Art Bits from HyperCard

TigerUniversity 75 points 15 comments March 06, 2026
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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%...

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