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Terminal Velocity (Mac OS Classic)

Terminal Velocity is an arcade-physics flight shooter set in AD 2704.

Level Select#

Type a code between trwarp1 and trwarp9 to jump to another stage within the current episode, or trinext to proceed to the next stage.

Most of the other in-game cheat codes are the same as in the PC version, except that maniacs (for afterburner) has been changed to trimacs.

Developer Hotline#

String 2 from STR# 1000 was probably used only in test releases:

Terminal Velocity cannot be run on this Macintosh. Please contact Robert Minnis at 214-221-2664 for assistance.

Minnis was co-author of this port, while the number, with a change of area code, was Terminal Reality's through at least 1999.

Bug Report#

All you can do is keep goin'.

Benchmark Test#

Press Z on the title screen to enter benchmark mode, in which each component of this object simultaneously gyrates in a different fashion. Press Esc or ⌘ Command Q to go back.

Typing trframe during gameplay will bring up that fps counter in the lower right corner.

References#


  1. Inside Mac Games, September 1996↩︎