Welcome to the MacAddict Index! This is an Index to the late, great Mac magazine, MacAddict. Although by the mid-2000s it was in deep decline, this aims to cover it from Issue 1 up to when the last vestiges were dropped and it relaunched as Mac|Life. For reviews, B="Blech", YW="Yeah, Whatever", S="Spiffy", FA="Freakin' Awesome", later reviews in a simple 1-5 scale.

Reviews

Product	Magazine #	Magazine Date	Score	Notes [where applicable]
1998 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Deluxe 2-CD Edition	18	2/98	S
3D Atlas 98	17	1/98	FA
3D Web Workshop 1.0	2	10/96	S
3D World 2.5	17	1/98	S
A.D.A.M. The Inside Story: 1997	4	12/96	S
Achtung Spitfire	19	3/98	YW
Action Scanner II	1	9/96	S
Adventures of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, The	3	11/96	B
After Dark 4.0	4	12/96	S	Phosphor burn-in was already becoming a thing of the past even back in '96.
Afterlife	2	10/96	YW	They rated the game poorly just because of its similarity to SC2K. And if it was similar to SC2K, more power to it!
All Dogs Go to Heaven Activity Center	19	3/98	FA
AMBER: Journeys Beyond	3	11/96	S	Another Myst type point-and-click. Is this any good?
American Girls Premier, The	17	1/98	S
American Heritage Children's Dictionary	4	12/96	S
Backyard Baseball	17	1/98	YW
Bad Mojo	1	9/96	FA
Berlitz Think & Talk Spanish 2.0	3	11/96	B	This got a bad review because it removed the speech-recognition technology (PC only) and still cost a Benjamin.
Better Homes & Gardens Remodeling Your Home	3	11/96	YW
Big Thinkers 1st Grade	18	2/98	YW
Blockbuster Video: Guide to Movies & Videos	1	9/96	B	This was when Blockbuster was still the top choice for movie rentals. Don't laugh.
Catz	3	11/96	S	The original, long before Ubisoft re-booted and ruined the series in an attempt of "Follow the Leader" after Nintendogs.
Chromatica	3	11/96	S
Claris HomePage	3	11/96	S	First head to head review, against golive. Claris was the winner by a long shot.
ClarisWorks Office 5.0	18	2/98	FA
Close Combat	3	11/96	S	Made by Microsoft.
Colorful Adventures	17	1/98	YW
Color QuickCam	1	9/96	FA
Commotion 1.0	18	2/98	FA
Complete National Geographic, The	17	1/98	B	They rated this poorly due to the crummy resolution it had.
CorelDRAW 6 Suite	4	12/96	YW
Cory Everson: Mind, Body, and Soul	2	10/96	B
Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover	18	2/98	YW
Critical Mass: America's Race to Build the Atomic Bomb	1	9/96	FA
CyberPress	4	12/96	S	QuarkXPress plugin
CyberSound Studio 3.0	19	3/98	S
DenebaCAD	19	3/98	S
DC120 Zoom Digital Camera	17	1/98	S
Descent II	2	10/96	S
DeskWriter 680C/282C	2	10/96	FA
Devo Presents Adventures of the Smart Patrol	4	12/96	B
Digital Trip to the Rainforest, The	18	2/98	FA
Disney's MathQuest with Aladdin	19	3/98	S
Don't Quit Your Day Job	3	11/96	B	An FMV type game, made by the makers of the CD-i.
Earthscape: Exploring Endangered Species	17	1/98	B
Elroy Hits the Pavement	1	9/96	FA
Emblaze Creator 2.5	17	1/98	S
Exploring the Lost Maya	1	9/96	S
Eudora Pro 3.0	2	10/96	S
Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe	2	10/96	FA
Fallout	18	2/98	FA
FileMaker Pro 4.0	18	2/98	FA
Fisher Price Ready for School Toddler Edition	17	1/98	S	This was one of the "kids games" rated by actual kids.
FlashBack	17	1/98	S	A kind of prototype "Time Machine", not the game
Flight Unlimited	1	9/96	S
Font Reserve 1.0.2	17	1/98	S
Fractal Design Expression	4	12/96	YW
Freddie Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse	4	12/96	S
Full Tilt! Pinball	1	9/96	FA
FutureSplash Animator	4	12/96	S
Gabriel Knight II	3	11/96	S
Galapagos: Mendel's Escape	19	3/98	S
GameBreak: Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games	2	10/96	FA
Gearheads	4	12/96	FA
GeoBee Challenge	19	3/98	S
golive Pro 1.1	3	11/96	B
Gregory & the Hot Air Balloon	2	10/96	S	The kids tended to like this one, but the adults found Gregory the woodchuck's voice too grating. One of the kids disliked it with "No comment."
Gryphon Bricks	2	10/96	FA	This is that "Lego builder" you may have heard about, but "Lego" isn't mentioned once in the review. Possibly their lawyers advised against it?
Highlights Puzzlemania	4	12/96	FA
How Would You Survive?	2	10/96	YW	It's more like a textbook, really.
Image Alchemy PS	4	12/96	S
IndyCar Racing II	3	11/96	FA
Infinity City	3	11/96	S	One of the latter programs of the late Headbone Interactive.
Inside Independence Day	4	12/96	S
InventorLabs	3	11/96	YW
Jubilee's Journey	19	3/98	S
JumpStart 1st Grade Reading	17	1/98	S
JumpStart 2nd Grade	1	9/96	S
JumpStart Toddlers	1	9/96	S
SilverScanner Pro	2	10/96	S
Kai's Power Goo	2	10/96	S	I remember my aunt and uncle had this. Specifically I remember the "Smudge", Nudge", and "Smear" buttons.
KeyQuencer	3	11/96	S
Killer Transitions 1.0	3	11/96	S	Director and Authorware plug-in
KPT Bryce 2	1	9/96	FA
Kyoto Gardens: A Virtual Stroll Through Zen Landscapes	18	2/98	YW
Let's Pretend! Space is Our Playground!	1	9/96	FA
LivePix 1.1	17	1/98	S
Madeline Crossroom Companion: 1st & 2nd Grade	17	1/98	S
Make-a-Map 3D	19	3/98	FA
Marathon Infinity	4	12/96	FA
Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares	17	1/98	S
Math Blaster Jr.	3	11/96	S
MAXpower PRO+	17	1/98	FA
MechWarrior 2	2	10/96	FA
Michael Jackson's World Beer Hunter	3	11/96	S	Not THAT Michael Jackson. This one looks at 500 breweries and 300 beers, at a time when microbreweries were far less mainstream than today.
Mighty Math Carnival Countdown	4	12/96	YW
Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail	4	12/96	S	"Burn the witch, spank the virgin, buy the CD"
Mortimer & The Secrets of the Medallion	3	11/96	FA
Movie Cleaner Pro 1.2	3	11/96	FA	$190 for a movie compression tool?!
MovieStar 1.5	3	11/96	S	Exports videos for web use.
MPEGCAM	17	1/98	YW
Multimedia Guns: The Enthusiast's Guide to Firearms	4	12/96	B	Shovelware.
Muppet Treasure Island	4	12/96	S
My First Amazing World Explorer	1	9/96	YW
Myrmidon	3	11/96	YW	Printer utility.
Myth: The Fallen Lords	18	2/98	FA
Newton MessagePad 2100	19	3/98	FA	There was a side column with "5 Top Newton Accessories" that also received a "Freakin' Awesome" rating.
Nick Jr. Play Math!	4	12/96	YW
Nine Worlds Hosted by Patrick Stewart	2	10/96	S	"Trekkies, back off. [Nine Worlds] has nothing to do with your campy cult show." SHOTS FIRED!
Nisus Writer 5.1	18	2/98	S
Nixon: The CD-ROM	2	10/96	YW
Now Utilities 6.5	4	12/96	YW	NU used to be highly desirable, so much so that Apple "borrowed" parts for System 7 and 8 updates.
Origins of Mankind	3	11/96	B
Our Secret Century Vols. 3 & 4	2	10/96	YW
Overdrive	4	12/96	S	Photoshop plugin
P.A.W.S.	1	9/96	FA	Kids game, so it was rated higher than normal.
Paint, Write, & Play!	4	12/96	S
Phantasmagoria	1	9/96	YW	Proof positive a Mac version existed!
Paul Cézanne: Portrait of My World	2	10/96	FA
Performa 6400	2	10/96	FA
Pete Townshend Presents Tommy: The Interactive Adventure	2	10/96	B
Playtoons Vol. 1-4	1	9/96	B
PowerBook G3	19	3/98	FA
Power Macintosh G3s	19	3/98	FA
Practice Makes Perfect Spanish	3	11/96	B
PrintPaks Awesome Iron-Ons Kit	2	10/96	FA
QuarkXPress 4.0	19	3/98	FA
Quicken Deluxe '98	19	3/98	FA
QuicKeys 3.5	3	11/96	S	"An interface worthy of 1996"
QX-Tools 2.0/PageTool 2.0	3	11/96	FA	Commercial plug-ins for QuarkXPress and PageMaker, respectively, but made by the same company.
PhotoTools 1.0	4	12/96	FA	Photoshop plugin
PopupFolder	4	12/96	S
RAM Doubler 2.0	3	11/96	S	Remember when stuff like this was still relevant?
Ray Dream 3D	19	3/98	S
Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 3	2	10/96	S
RealPC	18	2/98	S	This was only $79 reportedly had pretty good compatibility with early 1990s-era DOS games, provided you had a fast Mac.
Retrieve It! 2.0	1	9/96	S
Reunion 5	18	2/98	FA	This version was noted for being the first to allow adding same-sex couples (yes, even back in 1998)...or polygamy (up to 50 spouses!)
Riven: The Sequel to Myst	18	2/98	FA
Rockett's New School	18	2/98	YW
Thinkin' Science	19	3/98	YW
Sacred & Secular	3	11/96	S
Saturday Night Live Goes Political	1	9/96	YW	A collection of SNL sketches, all in low resolution.
ScanMaker E6	1	9/96	S
Secrets of the Luxor	1	9/96	S	Myst clone.
SilverScanner Pro	2	10/96	S
Simpsons Cartoon Studio, The	4	12/96	S
SkyTrip America	2	10/96	S
SmartSound for Multimedia	2	10/96	FA
Smelly Mystery, The	18	2/98	S
Speed Doubler 8	18	2/98	S
Spell Cather 1.5.6	3	11/96	S
Spring Cleaning 2.0	18	2/98	S
Spy Fox in Dry Cereal	18	2/98	FA
Spycraft: The Great Game	1	9/96	S	This is one of those FMV games, albeit one of the better ones. Still, you can tell that they're really reaching here.
Stanley's Sticker Stories	3	11/96	S
Star Festival 1.0	17	1/98	FA
Star Trek: Captain's Chair	18	2/98	YW
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy	19	3/98	S
Street Atlas 3.0; Phone Search 2.0	3	11/96	YW	Two products, complaints were limited customization and the dated nature of the maps.
StuffIt Deluxe 4.0	2	10/96	FA
SuperMac C500/240	18	2/98	S	I believe this is the last clone reviewed.
SuperMac J700	4	12/96	S
Terminal Velocity	4	12/96	YW
Theo the Dinosaur	2	10/96	B
TurboCAD 2D/3D	4	12/96	S
Pantone ColorWeb	4	12/96	FA
PhotoDeluxe 2.0	19	3/98	S
Power3D	17	1/98	S
PowerCenter 120	1	9/96	S
PowerCenter 150	1	9/96	YW
PowerTower 180	1	9/96	FA
UFOs: Just the Facts	17	1/98	S
Ultimate 3D Skeleton, The	3	11/96	FA
Vertigo 3D HotTEXT	17	1/98	S
Vicom Internet Gateway Lite	1	9/96	S
Volcanoes: Life on the Edge	1	9/96	YW
Voyeur II	3	11/96	B
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans	1	9/96	FA
WarCraft II: The Tides of Darkness	4	12/96	FA
Web-Motion	3	11/96	S
WebBurst	2	10/96	FA
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?	19	3/98	FA
Wing Commander IV	2	10/96	S
Wishbone Activity Zone	17	1/98	S
Word Heads	17	1/98	FA
Word Munchers Deluxe	3	11/96	FA	The original Munchers was such a classic. This just looks weird.
Worms	17	1/98	S
XClaim VR 2.0	19	3/98	FA
Young Dilbert in Hi-Tech Hijinks	19	3/98	S
YoYo	2	10/96	YW
Zork Nemesis	3	11/96	YW

How to...

How to...	Issue #	Magazine Date	Page	Difficulty/Notes
Build a Home Network	1	9/96	84
Create a Macro	4	12/96	98
Create Frames (Part 1)	17	1/98	84
Create Frames (Part 2)	18	2/98	78
Create In-Line Frames	19	3/98	78
Create Web Graphics	3	11/96	98
Customize Icons	2	10/96	76
Fake a Photo	1	9/96	78	These are easy, amateurish, and generally unconvincing Photoshop tricks.
Get Your Site Online	4	12/96	102
Jazz Up HyperCard Stacks	19	3/98	74
Organize a Web Page	1	9/96	82
Work with HTML	2	10/96	82
Work with PDF Files	17	1/98	78
Use Pop-Up Windows	18	2/98	76

Features

Headline	Magazine #	Magazine Date	Page	Notes
3Dillema	3	11/96	Reviews six 3D tools with the ranking system, which I won't write down on the main Reviews list.
5 Steps to 3D Animation	3	11/96	36	Dennis would re-appear a few times in early MA history.
Accelerate Mac OS 8	19	3/98	36
Apple's Future	17	1/98	30
Become a Graphics Guru	18	2/98	42
Brave New Browsers	1	9/96	43
Every Trick in the Bookmark	3	11/96	50
From Newbie to Guru	2	10/96	28
G3 Gives You Wings	17	1/98	40
How'd They Do That?	18	2/98	36	Related to graphics-related stuff.
Internet Visionary	1	9/96	34
Live Objects	4	12/96	54	OpenDoc components arrive.
Just What the Doctor Ordered	1	9/96	30	Spoiler alert: they're wrong.
Make Your Browser a Lean, Mean Web Machine	17	1/98	46
Nitro-burning Funny Macs	19	3/98	28
OpenDoc Rocks	1	9/96	36
Stand By Your Mac	1	9/96	48
The 12-Step System Diet Plan	2	10/96	36
The Hard Stuff	4	12/96	34	Mac gaming hardware.
The Soft Stuff	4	12/96	38	Mac games! They even covered the classics (classics that were classics back in 1996, like Crystal Quest). If you're new to the classic Mac gaming scene, check this article out, lots of good stuff.
Claris HomePage	3	11/96	S
The Top 21 Things That Can Go Wrong with Your Mac	2	10/96	40
This Old Mac: PowerMac 8100	19	3/98	46
Too Many *#!@$ Systems	2	10/96	28	Apple and the clone markets are saturating the market. 22 models on store shelves? No wonder Steve killed the cloning program.
Under an 'Epic' Cover	4	12/96	46	PowerBook 1400.
Us & Them	3	11/96	48	Defending Mac pricing. Too bad they had to resort to Power Computing's models.
Winners!	4	12/96	50	Who won the custom-painted Macs, and why? And what do the Macs look like?
Zine Zen	18	2/98	26

Know It All

Subject	Issue #	Issue Date	Page
Contextual Menus	18	2/98	82
Sound	19	3/98	82

Covers

Cover Feature	Issue #	Issue Date
Why The Mac's Future is Bright	1	9/96
Everything You Need to Know To Keep Your Mac Trouble-Free	2	10/96
3D Made Easy (and fun!)	3	11/96
Holiday Games Spectacular	4	12/96
Steve Jobs: How He Will Save Apple	17	1/98
Special Issue: Graphics!	18	2/98
Vroom! Soup Up Your Mac	19	3/98

Magazine Changes

Issue #	Issue Date	Changes
2	10/96	Introduces colors for the rating system (no text+all the same color=trouble), these hold true to the end of the rating system's run: highest red, then yellow, then green, then blue.
18	2/98	"Know It All" introduced.
19	3/98	This Old Mac re-introduced. Cheryl England's last issue as editor.

Issues We've Covered

Issue #	Issue Date	Added	Max Quote
1	9/96	7/19/14	"You're gonna need shades!"
2	10/96	^	"Quick! Someone hit Command-Option-Escape..."
3	11/96	^	"It's as easy as pie!"
4	12/96	^	"This is way too stimulating!"
17	1/98	7/6/14	"I wonder if he can perform marriages!"
18	2/98	^	"Look ma, no manual!"
19	3/98	^	"Rev on the redline, dude!"

This list made by Pseudo3D of Carbon-izer, please don't copy it without permission. This list is made by a human meaning errors are possible.