11/5/07: Released Reckless Drivin' 1.54, which fixes a bug which would cause the game to quite with a "-1708 @ EventLoop" error, which became apparent under OS X Leopard.

11/1/07: Released Reckless Drivin' 1.53, which fixes a minor issue with the Kagi registration code on Mac OS X Leopard.

9/22/06: Ambrosia Software has just released my new racing game, Redline. Check it out now!

12/8/2005: Released Reckless Drivin' 1.52, which fixes a minor issue with the Parental Controls options in Mac OS X.

10/10/2005: Released Reckless Drivin' 1.51. This version fixes some problems on low-end graphics hardware.

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5/31/2005: I just released Zebulon, a new game for Mac OS X!

Go to http://www.jonasechterhoff.com to check it out!

12/9/2004: Released Reckless Drivin' 1.5. This version uses OpenGL for rendering, resulting in much smoother graphics. Requires Mac OS X 10.2.

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1/30/2003: Released Reckless Drivin' 1.44. This version fixes a rare bug causing the game to crash when the player is followed by police cars.

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12/24/2002: In case you've been wondering what I have been working on in the past months - check out this announcement from Ambrosia Software! Merry Chrismas and a happy New Year!

10/2/2002: Released Reckless Drivin' 1.43. This version fixes HID support under Jaguar and a problem with opening level files under OS X.

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4/22/2002: Released Reckless Drivin' 1.42. This version fixes a crash bug using non-USB-equipped macs. If you have a non-USB mac, you should get the new version.

4/11/2002: Released Reckless Drivin' 1.41. This version fixes some problems relating to gamepads under MacOS X. If you have a gamepad and MacOS X, you should get the new version.

4/8/2002: Released Reckless Drivin' 1.4. This version features the following changes:

• Added some support for gamepads under MacOS X using the HID Manager. See the Mac OS X section of the Readme for more info.
  
• Added Force-Feedback Support. You can now play Reckless Drivin' using the MacAlly iShock II, which lets you actually *feel* the car skidding and crashing into other cars.
  
• Fixed a bug which could cause the game not to remember your track record times.
  

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4/6/2002: CoolMacintosh.com has posted an interview on Reckless Drivin'. If you are interested, check it out here.

2/24/2002: Reckless Drivin' user Luca Schmid has sent me a new level he made with RDEdit. If you are a registered user, click here to download it.

2/22/2002: Released Reckless Drivin' 1.31. This version fixes an incompatibility with Mac OS X 10.1.3, that might make the screen fade to black, and not come back.

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6/6/2001: This has nothing to do with Reckless Drivin' really, but I think it's worth mentioning anyway: a new demo has been released for the mac, macloned, which is a port of a pc demo released by hAUJOBB. Why am I telling you about this? Because I did most of the mac specific code in that demo, so go download it, and have a look. By the way, in case you didn't know, a demo is a program written to show off various types of programming/graphical/musical skills, and to be entertaining to watch.

5/4/2001: Released Reckless Drivin' 1.3. This version features the following changes:

• Now works with Mac OS X Final. You need to upgrade your System to MacOS X 10.0.2 for Reckless Drivin' to run, since older versions of MacOS X had a buggy DrawSprocket Library (See Mac OS X readme below).
  
• Fixed a bug which would cause the game to crash when you shot a missile at the tunnel walls in level 8.
  
• Fixed a bug which would allow you to skip most of level 5 under some rare circumstances.
  

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2/1/2001: This site was temporily down due to exceeded bandwidth limitations. Added an external download link for the game.

1/19/2001: Many people were having problems with RD 1.2, the game would report a -30561 error. Released Reckless Drivin 1.2a, which fixes this problem. You can grab it at the download page.

1/17/2001: Reckless Drivin' 1.2 released. This version features the following changes:

• Carbonized the game, enabling you to run the game natively under MacOS X. CarbonLib is now required to run the game.
• The game will now remember the last name entered into the high score list.
  
• Fixed those misspellings in the game (this time for real).
  
• Added an FAQ section to the Readme.

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10/9/2000: RDEdit 1.0, a small level editor for Reckless Drivin', released. A very simple program without a nice user-friendly interface, but it does it's job - editing levels for Reckless Drivin'.

10/9/2000: Reckless Drivin' 1.1 released. This version features the following changes:

• Created a workaround for a bug in older versions of Sound Manager which would cause the game to crash when the player car crashes. However, this workaround may result in stuttering engine sounds and worse performance, so upgrading to a newer version of Sound Manager is *highly* recommended.
  
• Fixed a memory leak bug which would cause the game to crash when playing through all levels several times.
  
• Added the ability to load add-on level files created by RDEdit (registered users only).
  
• Fixed a few misspellings in the game and documentation (and probably introduced new ones).
  
• Pressing the esc key on the game finished screen will no longer abort the game, just close the screen.

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10/7/2000: Many people have reported crashes in Reckless Drivin'. This seems to be related to Sound Manager 3.4, so you should upgrade to a newer version, if you have Sound Manager 3.4 and are having problems with the game. Installing the latest version of QuickTime should install a new Sound Manager extension.

About Reckless Drivin'

Reckless Drivin' is a new action game for the Mac written by jonas echterhoff. It's gameplay is similar to it's predecessor, Burning Rubber, a Mac shareware game I released in 1996. In Burning Rubber one had to drive a car through 2-dimensional levels as fast as possible, leaving as much destruction as possible on the way.
Reckless Drivin' follows the same basic principle, however, it has been completely rewritten from scratch, and it employs a new graphics engine featuring smooth, dynamically zoomed, scrolling 16-bit graphics. The physics simulation has been redesigned to realistically resemble skidding and tire tracks on different road surfaces.

If you want to make yourself a better impression of the game, take a look at the screenshots page, or head directly to the download section.

Requirements

• A Power Macintosh or compatible. 100Mhz or more is recommended for smooth gameplay. To play the game at it's optimal settings, you should have an iMac or better.
• DrawSprocket and InputSprocket. These are parts of the Apple GameSprockets. If you do not have them installed on your computer, you can download them from here.
• MacOS 8 or higher is highly recommended. If you want to run the game under System 7, you need to have the Appearance Manager installed. However, the program has not been thoroughly tested under System 7.
• 12 MB of free memory. If you play with the 'Use Thousands of Colors' setting disabled, you may try lowering the applications memory partition size to something around 8 MB.