The Bilestoad - Apple II game (1982/3) vs. Classic Mac pre-release demo (1992)

Comparing the classic Apple II game to the Classic Mac (OS 7 to 9) pre-release demo. I cover the three versions from the Apple II, look at the physical media and manual, discuss controls and elements of the game, and show gameplay. I also discuss the Classic Mac port and show gameplay, as well as show gameplay from a game influenced by The Bilestoad called Die By The Sword. (Chapters and links listed below.)

Chapters:
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0:00 Introduction
2:17 Marc Goodman
2:36 Previous Games
3:24 Something Different
3:40 Movie Influences
4:00 Game Box
4:28 Manual
5:32 Registration
6:27 Controls
8:41 Shyben
9:49 Apple II Gameplay
14:55 Softdisk Release
16:55 Pirated Copy
18:30 Mac Pre-Release
21:24 Mac Gameplay
26:31 My Verdict
27:47 Die by the Sword
28:48 Ren Faire
29:27 End Screen

Links:
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Disk images of the Apple II releases:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...
[Note: I can't provide the Softdisk disks since someone still owns the IP.]

Disk image of Planetoids and Space Warrior:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Datamost manual:
https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.app...

Halycon Days by James Hague - interview with Marc Goodman:
https://dadgum.com/halcyon/BOOK/GOODM...

Marc Goodman's 1992 post in comp.sys.apple2 (archived):
https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys....

Marc Goodman's webpage about Mac pre-release (Wayback Machine):
https://web.archive.org/web/200208021...

Disk image of Mac pre-release version at Macintosh Repository:
https://www.macintoshrepository.org/6...

"Die by the Sword" article in NEXT Generation 33 (Internet Archive):
https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Gene...

"Die by the Sword" on GOG.com:
https://www.gog.com/en/game/die_by_th...

The Bristol Renaissance Faire (formerly King Richard's Faire):
https://renfair.com/bristol/