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An object-oriented UsefulNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface for the Platform/AppleMacintosh, released in 1987. It used the concept of a Rolodex-style stack of data cards, with links from card to card. It made programming very easy; so easy, that it threatened commercial Mac software. Apple didn't know what to do with it, and was slow to develop it. The last update was in 1998. Promised further updates ended up as {{Vaporware}}, and it was abandoned in 2004.

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An object-oriented UsefulNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface MediaNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface for the Platform/AppleMacintosh, released in 1987. It used the concept of a Rolodex-style stack of data cards, with links from card to card. It made programming very easy; so easy, that it threatened commercial Mac software. Apple didn't know what to do with it, and was slow to develop it. The last update was in 1998. Promised further updates ended up as {{Vaporware}}, and it was abandoned in 2004.
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An object-oriented UsefulNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface for the UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh, released in 1987. It used the concept of a Rolodex-style stack of data cards, with links from card to card. It made programming very easy; so easy, that it threatened commercial Mac software. Apple didn't know what to do with it, and was slow to develop it. The last update was in 1998. Promised further updates ended up as {{Vaporware}}, and it was abandoned in 2004.

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An object-oriented UsefulNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface for the UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh, Platform/AppleMacintosh, released in 1987. It used the concept of a Rolodex-style stack of data cards, with links from card to card. It made programming very easy; so easy, that it threatened commercial Mac software. Apple didn't know what to do with it, and was slow to develop it. The last update was in 1998. Promised further updates ended up as {{Vaporware}}, and it was abandoned in 2004.
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* ''{{Spelunx}}''

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* ''{{Spelunx}}''''VideoGame/{{Spelunx}}''
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An object-oriented UsefulNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface for the UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh, released in 1987. It used the concept of a Rolodex-style stack of data cards, with links from card to card. It made programming very easy; so easy, that it threatened commercial Mac software. Apple didn't know what to do with it, and was slow to develop it. The last update was in 1998. Promised further updates ended up as {{Vaporware}}, and it was abandoned in 2004.

The World Wide Web is a SpiritualSuccessor of [=HyperCard=] (among many other things). HTTP, Java, and Wikis were all pioneered by people who had used [=HyperCard=], and were inspired by its simple and intuitive interface.

!!Games written in [=HyperCard=]:

* ''VideoGame/CosmicOsmo''
* ''VideoGame/TheManhole''
* ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}''
* ''{{Spelunx}}''
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