Old Mac game - can't remember the name of it


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Hey guys,

I used to play old games on the Mac in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

One particular game in mind had me wanting to search for it so I can play it - only problem is I can't even remember the name of it! So, I'm trying my best to describe it.

It's like a maze and Pac-man combined. It's within a time limit, I think - you start in a black pathway (maze-like) and you have to get all the white dots (PacMan-like). At the beginning of each level, there's this black screen with the blue-and-white flickering number in the center.

I remember Level 5 being red and orange, and Level 6 ... I think gray and yellow. I clearly remember my sister making it to Level 7 once - that was black and navy blue.

Does that game ring any bells? If so, please answer and I'll check back here periodically. Thanks!

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The game they described sounds nothing like Lode Runner...

Yeah you're right. It's not Lode Runner.

I'll draw it and then upload it in a minute.

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ah, ok well I tried, I was trying to picture a game that was a black maze type that you had to get the white dots, hehe

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See attached:

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Do you remember what generation Mac you played the game on? Was it Apple IIc generations or what? Was the game 8-bit style?

Was it Spectre for Apple II?

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First off, I texted my 31-year-old sister and asked her. She said it's not the Mac but it's the Commodore 64. Guess I got confused, huh? Lol.

Secondly, with the big hint my sis gave me, I searched and searched .... even looked at tons of vids on YouTube.

Then it happened - last night. I was looking at vid after vid of a YT user's channel "C64Archive" and came across a vid with the familiar-looking thumbnail .... lo and behold, pah - finally found it!

It was "Oils Well."

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Nice!! Glad you found it, that game is short, of course the guy playing is really good at it apparently...

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