A bona fide Mac game classic is back from the dead, but it needs your help to get over the finish line.

Crystal Quest is beloved by a whole generation of Mac users who came up during the 1980s. It was the first color Mac game, an early entrant into the Macworld Game Hall of Fame and most recently resurrected for Xbox 360 in 2006. There’s a new attempt to update Crystal Quest for new Macs, PCs and Linux boxes, but it needs crowdfunding to be successful, and time is running short.

The premise of Crystal Quest is simple: collect all the crystals and a portal will open that transports you to the next level. You have to avoid mines and bad guys shooting at you: Easier said than done, especially at higher levels.

Its fast, frenetic gameplay and smooth graphics made it a favorite of Mac gamers back in the 1980s. It also included a “CritterEditor” that enabled you to change the look and sound of the game.

John Ardussi of Game Mechanics has partnered with Crystal Quest’s original designer Patrick Buckland to update the game for new hardware:

All the addictive levels and mesmerizing gameplay of the original have been retained in the design. The goal is to match the mechanics of the original with even better sound and graphics. Plus it will be on every platform we can get it onto. The initial release will be on PCs, Macs and Linux.

They’re a long way to their goal of $30,000 with only a few days left to raise the money. So if you’re an old school Mac gamer who would love to see this resurrected — even if you’re gaming on a PC now instead of a Mac — do your part.

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6tag, the excellent third-party Instagram Windows Phone app from developer Rudy Huyn, was updated yet again today. The new 4.0.3 version has one solitary change: an improvement for its ‘Direct Posts’ feature.

This synthetic leather iPhone 6 wallet case adds style and convenience to your device without putting on extra bulk with multiple layers. It protects from front to back and is secured by a strong snap-closure. The interior features three slots which can be used for storing credit cards, cash, business cards and receipts.

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Prior to the start of Mobile World Congress we got word that Kyocera was bringing a prototype device to Barcelona that would be running Windows Phone. So we dropped by to take a look at it, and prototype is definitely the key word here.

That’s because this is literally a version of the Android powered Torque smartphone with Windows Phone as the OS. The hardware is 100% identical, right down to the Android physical buttons at the bottom of the device. But, two interesting things in particular stand out.

This week at the Geneva motor show, Koenigsegg has revealed their new Regera supercar. The car has some amazing specs all around, including a CarPlay unit at the center of the action.

We’ve seen some automakers like Volkswagen and Chevrolet gear up for CarPlay support already, but seeing it inside an awesome supercar like the 1782bhp Koenigsegg Regera is a pretty sight. There is certainly much to admire in the cockpit, but the CarPlay unit seems to fit right in. That means plenty of Apple goodies like maps, music, iMessage, and of course phone calls will be just a quick touch away. Then again, most of us won’t get the chance to try it in the Regera first-hand, as there will only be 80 models made and it will sell for $1.89 million.

If you’re looking for a CarPlay solution in your next vehicle, you may want to tone things down a bit from this beauty, but if you happen to pick one up be sure to let us know so we can take it for a spin!

Source: 9to5Mac

The Apple Watch Edition has dominated conversations about the company’s upcoming wearable. And that might just be the point.

The Apple Watch Edition has been surprisingly controversial. “Not Apple-like” has been a repeated charge, as has “betrayal of the ideals of affordable luxury.” Typically, Apple makes a standard iPhone or Mac, and leaves the bedazzling to the aftermarket. Not so with the Apple Watch Edition: From the start, Apple senior vice president of design Jony Ive and newly official collaborator (and long-time watch designer) Marc Newson have set at least part of their Apple Watch sights on the high-end. But why?

The watch market isn’t the computer nor phone nor tablet market. The watch isn’t something smart that needs to be made mainstream. The watch is something mainstream that needs to be made smart.

Because the market for watches is already broad, and segments like sport watches and high-end watches are already well-established, Apple doesn’t have to make one product variation and then slowly add others over time. Apple can address the highest-value areas right from the start. They can skate to where their customers are going to be.

That includes customers who want an Apple Watch — or at least want to try an Apple Watch — who are used to owning and wearing expensive gold watches. The Apple Watch is not a health band: It can’t tastefully be worn alongside a Rolex or Omega. And even for those few willing to wear a watch on each wrist, they may not be willing to wear gold on one and aluminum on the other.

For these customers — call them Vertu people if you really must — having an Apple Watch Edition is a must. The cost will no more be a factor for them than the cost of gas is for a Lamborghini. Relatively, it’s the same cost for them as an Apple Watch Sport would be for most people.

What’s more: Catering to the ultra-high end of the market is something Apple knows how to do — and do well. Take the Mac Pro. The difference between the up-to-$10,000 workstation and the several hundred of a starter Mac mini is pure silicone speed. For Apple Watch Edition, it’s materials. It’s gold.

Unlike mobile phones, wristwatches aren’t new. They aren’t the products of a couple decades. They’re old. They are the products that go back over a century. Gold watches are an inextricable part of that history and culture. They’re how a segment of that market thinks about wearables. And if Apple can serve those people, doing something the company knows how to do, and at margins that exceed even its typical range, it would be almost negligent not to.

Serving that market brings with it another huge benefit as well — marketing. When the Apple Watch graced the cover of Vogue China, it was the Apple Watch Edition that did the gracing. When Apple Watch again showed up in Vogue Paris, it was again the Apple Watch Edition that was front and center. There have been occasions where Apple has shown off the entire collection, like at Paris Fashion Week, but the Apple Watch Edition is undoubtably the company’s signature piece.

Apple may not need to sell very many Edition-brand watches. They may not even intend to. Like the aforementioned Mac Pro, the Edition’s focus is far more specific. But that it exists not only adds to the addressable market, it adds to the Watch’s aura, and it gets Apple even further into conversations about high-end fashion.

We need look no further than the relentless perseverations about Apple Watch Edition pricing. The rest of the industry is literally throwing product against the wall this week and it’s all but drowned out by how many thousands of dollars the Apple Watch Edition will cost at launch.

Come Apple’s Spring Forward event on March 9, Apple will almost certainly put a price on the Apple Watch Edition. To really see its value to the company, however, you have to look beyond the dollar signs.