Beyond Cyberpunk: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to the Future (1991)

I love the artistry and creativity around the HyperCard community.

Years ago I stumbled on this (wonderfully dorky) episode of Computer Chronicles, that focuses on HyperCard:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FquNpWdf9vg

I love how the used-car salesman created his own application to help potential buyers find the right car. This was truly the “bicycle of the mind” era for computing; the user base was fairly self-selected, and people wanted to take full advantage of this new tool. [1].

The range of HyperCard was pretty amazing — famously, Myst was originally created with it:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EWX5B6cD4_4

1: https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Bicycle.txt

I participated in a HyperCard game jam this weekend... I'm not much of a programmer and have never made a game before, but it was so easy to get something up and running.

I will probably make some more things in HyperCard when inspiration strikes.

https://itch.io/jam/merveilles-hyperjam

The hypercard stack translated (transcoded?) to HTML here: http://www.streettech.com/bcp/

Requirements:

  Mac Plus or higher
  5.5MB of hard disk space
  1.5MB of RAM
  HyperCard 2.0