Harry the Handsome Executive

Overview

One of Pangea's titles and one that I remember playing years ago...but it's very difficult to play this game nowadays, as SheepShaver still struggles with sound issues and you need to have SOME controls remapped to avoid hitting the Windows key if you're playing on an emulator. What it really needs is a modern port, though still has some issues.

Review

In a previous update, there wasn't a review at all I had written, "I'm not here to write a review on Harry the Handsome Executive, it's a game that's fun but fairly derivative, the logo is a takeoff of Indiana Jones, the game draws the maps like Doom (1993) and the tank controls feel a lot worse than they did 30 years ago."

I mentioned this site when I discussed Ambrosia Software title Apeiron, and I'm surprised he even made it to the end. I still struggle with the robots in the fourth level, partially because they are tiny projectiles emitting from your right hand with just the right precision and cover needed. (Tank controls, remember?), and maybe I'm nuts but some of the backgrounds don't look right in-game like I remember, but then they look fine when I view the assets via ResEdit, like the carpets are darker-looking than they should.

A lot of the game is late 1990s office culture stuff, stuff along the lines of Dilbert or maybe Office Space which came out in that era, but it's dated these days (in a good way). Ben Spees has since bought the rights to the game from Ambrosia (before they completely collapsed) and the rights belong to his company 5 Elements Entertainment but he's done nothing with it, unfortunately (apparently an iOS re-release was planned but cancelled because they couldn't figure out how to translate the control scheme; it's definitely not a touch screen-based game).

Player Notes

I probably first played this back in...1998? You can grab the game and the registration code at the Macintosh Garden. The full review was written June 2026.

Additional Content

I'd like to show you MAPS of the game. These are full, original rips that still have developer artifacts on them (complete with a few items that are completely inaccessible). They were ripped courtesy the utility resource_dasm. They were originally 50MB BMP files when extracted but the uploaded versions here are significantly smaller. They also do not feature start points and are otherwise completely unannotated. Still, if you happen to get lost or are looking for items, this may help you out.

Level One: Welcome to ScumCo
Level Two: To the Incinerator
Level Three: Seekers of the Sun
Level Four: Robot Rebellion
Level Five: Below the Earth
Level Six: Depths of the Basement
Level Seven: Forgotten Catacombs
Level Eight: Toil and Trouble
Level Nine: Black Lab
Level Ten: It's Cooler Here
Level 11: Temple of the Swivel Chair
Level 12: Corporate Ruins
Level 13: Military-Industrial Complex
Level 14: Armed to the Teeth
Level 15: Confrontation