Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Join Ron as he discusses the history of Macintosh gaming with William "Bill" Appleton! Were you one of those folks who longest to make your own adventure games or media rich hyper content? Well if you used the World Builder engine or build a stack using SuperCard - then you've got Bill to thank! So many classic titles, Apache Strike.. Enchanted Scepters.. Creepy Castle... Titanic: Adventure Out of Time... Bill was there!

Learn about Bill's education and early career and his new venture Metazoa!

LINKS:
mobygames.com/person/5331/william-c-appleton
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Appleton_(entrepreneur)
linkedin.com/in/billappleton
metazoa.com

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