Art Bits from HyperCard
TigerUniversity
75 points
15 comments
March 06, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (6 comments)
colinbartlett
HyperCard was definitely my first taste of what would become my career in web software development. I wasn't a Mac user at home, but school had them and I absolutely loved what I could create with HyperCard, there was nothing like it on Windows. I also recall switching to SuperCard simply for the COLOR support, what a time.
doawoo
We need a modern HyperCard, I want to see more creative computing
oidar
Archive.org link: https://web.archive.org/web/20260306224042/https://archives....
ascorbic
Ah, that'll be useful. The hardest thing about adding a new project to my site is finding a new HyperCard/System 6 icon. https://mk.gg/
schlauerfox
now I need an emoji font in this 90s style of those 'small treasures'
alexpotato
My favorite fact about HyperCard was that the game Myst was built using HyperCard: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst#:~:text=The%20game%20was%...