MacOS Software
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• Voyager Japan makes some of the most amazing eye candy you'll ever run across, including the mesmerizing Nirvana Engine. Warning: these pages are mostly in Japanese!

• MandleAcid 2.0. A classic.

• RainBox 1.2. A way-cool psychedelic painting program. Good for small kids and older macs too.

• Bliss Saver by Imaja software, a way-trippy palette-animation screensaver that looks to be better than most, although it costs money and I've only played with the demo. Also available is Bliss Paint, which is similar to RainBox, although probably more sophisticated.

• Chthuga. "An oscilloscope on acid."

• Darkside of the Mac. A cool freeware screensaver.

• ScreenPlasma 1.2. A Fractal screensaver.

• Bomb 1.14.1, and eye-candy program that claims to use cellular automata and fractals. Whatever, as long as it looks cool.

• MacPlasma 1.1. Old, but amusing anyway.

• Persistence of Phosphor Screensaver. Has some nice trippy modules.

• HypnOptic 1.0.3. Don't stare at this one if you're epileptic...

• sound shapEs 1.2.1, a program that listens to sound input (such as a CD) and draws trippy images to complement your listening experience.

• FracPPC. A nice fractal generator. PowerPC only.

• EasyFracPPC. Yet another PPC only fractal generator. Does not lose accuracy at high magnification.

• PowerXPlorer 1.0.5. Another good fractal generator, with animated colors. PowerPC or math coprocessor required.

• Koblo, a company on the cutting edge of audio synthesis using their revolutionary Tokyo engine. Create unreal psychedelic soundscapes with Vibra9000 and Stella9000 (both commercial titles, demos available). Also available is the freeware Vibra1000 minisynth.

• Steinberg - Download the demo version of Rebirth, a must-have software synth and drum machine for the techno enthusiast. Also available is the demo of Cubase, an awesome sequencer.

• Arboretum Systems writes such killer sound apps as Metasynth, Hyperprism, Ray Gun, and more...

• SoundApp plays a variety of sound formats, including MP3.

• MacAMP, a buggy but aesthetically pleasing mp3 player.

• Happyweed. Like Pacman, only much better. If only real life were like this!

• Foobar vs. The DEA. Shoot-em-up with a drug theme. Mildly amusing.

• PGP - The standard in encryption

• Burn 2.4 by Next Wave Software, to securely (and irrevocably) delete files from your hard disk (emptying the trash is NOT sufficient). They also make Enigma, an encryption program, which is not recommended due to its short key length.

• Hotline, a BBS-style client that allows access to hundreds of file and chat servers.

• Aladdin Systems, where you can download StuffIt Expander, DropStuff and StuffIt Lite or buy StuffIt Deluxe.

• Disinfectant, an excellent free anti-viral program. Updated whenever a new virus is discovered.

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