Hey Jake,
In a recent episode you were talking about about 2D side scrolling game control setups with directional keyboard controls and mouse aiming (I think in relation to Owl Boy?). You mentioned Abuse as your first memory of this setup - I thought at the time that surely as a fine Mac gaming lad you'd have played Dark Castle well before this?
Also, just in case you haven't seen it - there's a Secret History of Mac Gaming book being crowd funded and published soon.
Whoa I forgot that Dark Castle had hybrid controls. Do you use the mouse for throwing rocks? Abuse was the first one I played that had the fluid feeling of a twin stick game but used wasd/mouse. I was one of the people who crowdfunded that Mac gaming book. Looking forward to it!