Smashing Windows

File	smashing-windows.hqx
Size	677.7 KB
Category	Arcade Game
Architecture	PowerPC, 68K

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Smashing Windows is a tongue-in-cheek Space Invaders clone for the Macintosh, released by titan@indigo.ie during the height of the late-1990s Mac-versus-Windows culture war. The default sprite sheet has you shooting down waves of evil Windows logos, but a Choose Sprites dialog lets you swap in any enemy you like.ConceptThe game is a straight Space Invaders engine wrapped in platform-war satire. The novelty is the configurable sprite set, which turns the shooter into a generic target-practice toy you can re-skin to taste.System requirementsIt runs on any 68K or PowerPC Macintosh with a 256-color 640x480 screen. Smashing Windows automatically switches the monitor to 256 colors at launch, then restores the prior depth on quit.Sprite customizationThe Choose Sprites dialog is the main hook: pick the default Windows logos, load alternates, or drop in your own. Cosmetic only, but it gave the program a long shelf life as a meme delivery vehicle on shareware CDs.