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== Products == === Games === Ambrosia Software's games, in order of release: {| class="wikitable" |+ Games published by Ambrosia Software<ref>{{cite web|author = <!-- not stated -->|title = Products|url = http://www.ambrosiasw.com/support/faqs/products|website = Ambrosia Software|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905095302/http://www.ambrosiasw.com/support/faqs/products|archive-date = September 5, 2015}}</ref> |- ! Year !! Game !! Author !! Platform |- | 1992 || ''[[Maelstrom (1992 video game)|Maelstrom]]''{{efn|Compare to ''[[Asteroids (video game)|Asteroids]]''}} || Andrew Welch || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1994 || ''Chiral''{{efn|Compare to ''[[Atomino]]''<ref>{{cite newsgroup|title = Swoop, Ambrosia, and all|last = Powell|first = Trevor|date = May 5, 1995|newsgroup = comp.sys.mac.games|url = https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.mac.games/c/3GZm7vVsWPQ/m/pUioOHnniykJ|access-date = January 4, 2025|quote = I finally got a good look at Atomino shortly after Chiral's release, and there are a number of similarities (gameplay is very similar).. Still, I like to think that great minds think alike. }}</ref>}} || Trevor Powell, Andrew Welch || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1995 || ''[[Apeiron (video game)|Apeiron]]''{{efn|Compare to ''[[Centipede (video game)|Centipede]]''}} || Andrew Welch || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1995 || ''Swoop''{{efn|Compare to ''[[Galaxian]]''<ref>{{cite web|last = Wareing|first = David|title = Why was Swoop written?|url = http://www.ambrosiasw.com/support/faqs/products/swoop/Why-was-Swoop-written|website = Ambrosia Software|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150909085715/http://www.ambrosiasw.com/support/faqs/products/swoop/Why-was-Swoop-written|archive-date = September 9, 2015|quote = I (David) grew up with Galaxian, Missile Command, Tempest and a few zillion other arcade games... Swoop was created in order to put a high quality game from the early '80s vertical shootemup genre on the Mac.}}</ref>}} || David Wareing || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1996 || ''Barrack''{{efn|Compare to ''[[Jezzball]]''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Salvador|first1=Phil|date=May 17, 2012|title=Barrack|url=https://obscuritory.com/arcade/barrack/|url-status=live|website=The Obscuritory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129021848/http://obscuritory.com:80/arcade/barrack/ |archive-date=January 29, 2015 }}</ref>}} || Greg Lovette || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1996 || ''[[Escape Velocity (video game)|Escape Velocity]]'' || Matt Burch || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1996 || ''[[Avara]]'' || Juri Munkki || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1996 || ''[[Bubble Trouble (1996 video game)|Bubble Trouble]]'' || Alex Metcalf, David Wareing || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1997 || ''Harry the Handsome Executive'' || Ben Spees || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1998 || ''[[Mars Rising]]'' || David Wareing || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1998 || ''[[Escape Velocity Override]]'' || Matt Burch, Peter Cartwright || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1998 || ''Slithereens'' || Jesse Liesch || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1999 || ''Cythera'' || Glenn Andreas || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1999 || ''[[Ares (computer game)|Ares]]'' || Nathan Lamont || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 1999 || ''[[Ferazel's Wand]]'' || Ben Spees || [[Classic Mac OS]] |- | 2001 || ''[[Pillars of Garendall]]'' || [[Beenox]] || [[Classic Mac OS]], [[OS X]]{{efn|name=PowerPC|[[PowerPC]] only}}, [[Windows]] |- | 2001 || ''[[Deimos Rising]]'' || Sheryn Wareing, David Wareing || [[Classic Mac OS]], [[OS X]]{{efn|name=PowerPC}}, [[Windows]] |- | 2002 || ''[[Coldstone (game engine)]]'' || [[Beenox]] || [[Classic Mac OS]], [[OS X]]{{efn|name=PowerPC}} |- | 2002 || ''[[Escape Velocity Nova]]'' || Matt Burch, ATMOS || [[Classic Mac OS]], [[OS X]], [[Windows]] |- | 2002 || ''[[Bubble Trouble (1996 video game)|Bubble Trouble X]]'' || Alex Metcalf, David Wareing || [[Classic Mac OS]], [[OS X]] |- | 2002 || ''pop-pop'' || Andrew Campbell || [[Classic Mac OS]], [[OS X]], [[Windows]] |- | 2003 || ''[[Uplink (computer game)|Uplink]]'' || [[Introversion Software]] || [[Classic Mac OS]], [[OS X]] |- | 2003 || ''Aki Mahjong Solitaire'' || Liquid Metal Software || [[OS X]] |- | 2004 || ''[[Apeiron (video game)|Apeiron X]]'' || Andrew Welch || [[Classic Mac OS]], [[OS X]] |- | 2005 || ''[[GooBall]]'' || [[Unity Technologies|Over the Edge Entertainment]] || [[OS X]] |- | 2005 || ''[[Darwinia (computer game)|Darwinia]]'' || [[Introversion Software]] || [[OS X]] |- | 2005 || ''[[El Ballo]]'' || ProRattaFactor || [[Classic Mac OS]], [[OS X]]{{efn|name=PowerPC}} |- | 2006 || ''[[Redline (Ambrosia Software game)|Redline]]'' || Jonas Echterhoff || [[OS X]] |- | 2006 || ''[[SketchFighter 4000 Alpha]]'' || Lars GΓ€fvert || [[OS X]] |- | 2007 || ''[[DEFCON (computer game)|DEFCON]]'' || [[Introversion Software]] || [[OS X]] |- | 2008 || ''Aki Mahjong Mobile'' || Kent Sutherland || [[iOS]] |- | 2008 || ''Mr. Sudoku'' || Tod Baudais || [[iOS]] |- | 2008 || ''mondo Solitaire'' || Glenn Andreas || [[iOS]] |- | 2008 || ''mondo Top 5 Solitaire'' || Glenn Andreas || [[iOS]] |- | 2008 || ''[[Aquaria (computer game)|Aquaria]]'' || Bit Blot || [[OS X]] |- | 2009 || ''[[Multiwinia]]'' || [[Introversion Software]] || [[OS X]] |- | 2010 || ''Aki Mahjong for iPad'' || Jerome Knope || [[iOS]] |- | 2010 || ''Mr. Sudoku for iPad'' || Tod Baudais || [[iOS]] |- | 2010 || ''Mondo Solitaire for iPad'' || Glenn Andreas || [[iOS]] |- | 2010 || ''Mondo Top 5 Solitaire for iPad'' || Glenn Andreas || [[iOS]] |- | 2011 || ''Mondo Solitaire for Mac'' || Glenn Andreas || [[OS X]]{{efn|[[x86|Intel]] only}} |- | 2011 || ''HypnoBlocks'' || Lars GΓ€fvert || [[iOS]] |} {{notelist}} Ambrosia, in conjunction with DG Associates, has also released the ''Escape Velocity Nova'' card-driven board game.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cohen|first=Peter|date=October 20, 2004|title=Ambrosia makes Darwinia and EV board game|url=https://www.macworld.com/article/172926/ambrosia-3.html|url-status=live|access-date=April 11, 2023|website=Macworld|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503221936/https://www.macworld.com/article/172926/ambrosia-3.html |archive-date=May 3, 2021 }}</ref> === Productivity software === Ambrosia Software's utilities, in order of release: * Eclipse β [[Screen saver]] CDEV * Big Cheese Key β FKey to mask screen image from boss. * FlashWrite β Text editor [[Desk Accessory]] * FlashWrite ][ * ColorSwitch β [[Menu bar]] item to change monitor color depth * EasyEnvelopes β Envelope printing Desk accessory. Later a [[Mac OS X v10.4]] and [[Mac OS X v10.5]] [[Dashboard (Mac OS)|Dashboard]] widget. * Snapz * To Do! * Oracle * ColorSwitch Pro * Snapz Pro β Screen capture application * iSeek β Desktop search application * Snapz Pro X β Mac OS X-compatible version of original * WireTap Pro β Audio recording utility * Screen Cleaner Pro β [[April Fool's]] joke * Dragster β [[File transfer]] application * iToner β [[iPhone]] custom ringtone transfer utility * WireTap Studio β Audio recording, editing and master storage; won a 2007 "Eddy Award" from ''Macworld'' * WireTap Anywhere β professional virtual audio patchbay utility, enabling the recording of any Mac OS X application's audio output from within any Mac OS X audio application. * Soundboard β Mac OS X Audio playback ("computerized cart machine") * Big Cheese Key X β Mac OS X-compatible version of original
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