Harry the Handsome Executive — corporate life, from above Runs here
1997 · Ambrosia Software · Mac OS 8 · SheepShaver (Power Macintosh 9500) · 800×600 at 8-bit colour
Guide updated September 2026
Harry is an executive. The game starts with him pretending to be asleep in a first-class seat while a stewardess tries to sell him something, and it goes on from there into the offices of his company, seen from above, where his comfort and his standing with the company both count.
Ambrosia published it in September 1997. This is version 1.0.1, running on an emulated Power Macintosh.
Boots Mac OS 8.6 and opens Harry by itself. Click Not Yet on the shareware notice once it lights up, then New Game, and click through the story page.
Controls
| Keyboard | Move Harry; the keys are set under Options on the menu |
| Mouse | The menu and story pages |
| Cmd-Q | Quit to the Finder |
Harry the Handsome Executive is Ambrosia Software shareware. Its licence permits non-profit distribution provided the software is unmodified and the complete works are included, and both are true here. The copy is unregistered, and the shareware notice it shows is left in place. Full reasoning is in notices/harry.md.
Archives
- Internet Archive: Ambrosia Software CD 7, the company's own compilation disc, which this copy's installer came from.
How it works & what to expect
| Machine | Power Macintosh, 800×600, 256 colours |
|---|---|
| System | Mac OS 8.6 |
| Emulator | SheepShaver, compiled to WebAssembly |
| Version | Harry the Handsome Executive 1.0.1 (November 1997; first released September 1997) |
| Saves | Inside the emulated Mac, in your browser |
The first start is the slow one: Mac OS 8.6 downloads once and every Mac OS 8 title after it starts much faster. The game fills the screen with its own frame and status panel.
What you see
The menu is a green wireframe of an executive office chair, annotated like an engineering drawing, next to New Game, Continue Game, Instructions, Options, Credits and Quit. A new game opens on a page of story before each level, and then Harry's office from above.
The panel on the right tracks the level, the score, and three gauges: Comfort, Surface Resistance and Corporate Favor. The game comes with its first episode in the Episode 1 folder, and the release notes mention support for custom worlds, rolling boulders and at least thirteen levels.
Questions people ask
How do I start?
Wait for Not Yet to light up on the shareware notice, click it, then New Game, and click past the story page.
What are the controls?
The keyboard moves Harry; the keys can be seen and set under Options on the menu.
Can I save and continue?
Yes: Continue Game on the menu picks up a saved game, stored inside the emulated Mac in your browser.
Is it legal to play here?
Harry is Ambrosia shareware, and its licence allows non-profit distribution as long as the software is unmodified and complete. This site is non-profit and carries no advertising.
Put Harry the Handsome Executive on your own site
Free, no permission needed and no account. Paste this where you want the machine to appear; it brings its own emulator and asks nothing of your page.
<iframe src="https://macemu.com/embed/harry/"
width="800" height="600"
style="border:0;max-width:100%"
allowfullscreen
title="Harry the Handsome Executive"></iframe>Sized to this title's real screen. How embedding works.
