Lunatic Fringe
A space shooter, originally packaged as a module for After Dark, a screensaver program for Macintosh System 7. Programmed by Ben Haller. Playable on Mac OS X using "Fringe Player 2", an app programmed by Greg…
Lunatic Fringe is an arcade developed by Stick Software, released 31 December 1991 on Mac.
What Lunatic Fringe is
Lunatic Fringe is an arcade game developed by Stick Software and released in 1991. It was published by Berkeley Systems. It is available on Mac only. It runs on After Dark.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are alone on patrol at the unexplored borders of the Interstellar Alliance's territory. It's a remote, forbidding region known as the Fringe. Suddenly you are attacked by a marauding band of aliens. They are a new and belligerent race, whose battle tactics defy belief. You are too far away for assistance to reach you. Can you repel the invasion single-handedly, or is it only a matter of time before the Interstellar Alliance falls at the hands of the Lunatics?
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Lunatic Fringe launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams and Baseball Stars 2.
Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams, Baseball Stars 2.
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