Glypha: Vintage

A game brought back from yesteryear. Fun and simple. Play it after watching the news.

30 years later and this game still holds up. Glypha was always one of my top ten shareware games back on our old Performa and I’m having a lot of fun playing it again on my Steam Deck

A fun simple but difficult old school arcade game!

I am long time fan of Soft Dorothy Software games, so when I heard that Glypha was being released for modern machines I could not wait to play it. If anything, the new game takes the foundation laid with the original and improved it with faster gameplay and more responsive action. Keeping the B&W aesthetic of the original game was a bold choice, but it absolutely serves the game well with an extra hit of nostalgia.

Faithful remaster of the original Glypha. Challenging and well-balanced gameplay.

Excellent game, very smooth. I never played the Mac version, but Joust on the Atari was one of my favourite games, even with those stiff joysticks. I like how this new version feels and also the AI of the bad birds. They are kinda smart. I would give this game 7/10 only because of what I missed the most from the old Atari Joust, the multiplayer. This version doesn't have that. I imagine having 4 human players and a couple of AI birds would be a blast!

Excellent rewrite of one of the most classic old mac games by the same author. You could probably consider this to be the definitive edition. Even has achievements and controller support. Only thing I'd love to see is a color option as I spent most of my time playing the second title back in the day :)

I grew up playing Glypha III, so when I stumbled upon Glypha: Vintage, I couldn't get my credit card out fast enough. This version of Glypha looks and plays amazingly, and I concur with other reviews saying that this is the definitive edition of Glypha. I was initially a little off-put by the black and white graphics because I had mainly played Glypha III, and also off-put by the jerkier walking animation and slower walkspeed, but I got used to them all very quickly, and I think the black and white graphics were the perfect choice. And I even enjoy the slower walkspeed because it forces me to rely less on walking and do more short hops to accomplish the same thing, and I enjoy that higher execution requirement. My only criticism is more of a qualitative one, that it feels like I rack up extra lives a bit quickly. However, in the context of how difficult the game becomes when you get yourself into real trouble, the number of extra lives is more like an HP meter than a number of lives, so I think the difficulty balances out just fine with the extra lives. I also think a Steam high score leaderboard would be a lot of fun, but it doesn't take anything away not having one right now. Thank you for breathing new life into Glypha, and adding a new chapter. This is not just a nostalgia game - it is legitimately fun to play present day, and is more than deserving of its asking price for the effort that clearly went into it. And see John's post in the discussion page for more details on what went into it. It's a great writeup. Thanks again!

Great nostalgic blast from the past. Would love to see Glider re-released as well.

Modern version of Glypha III, from the days when Mac had games you couldn't get anywhere else.