Please contact individual vendors for information on availability and ordering.
Outland Game Network. Outland is a new game network that provides a virtual environment for people to meet and play multi-player games. Outland features a selection of real-time, fully graphical, on-line games, written by independent Macintosh developers. Games currently available include Spaceward Ho!, Chess, Reversi, Backstab, and Hearts. Backgammon and several other games are coming soon.
In addition to multi-player games, Outland provides a friendly user interface featuring lots of chat areas, message boards, helpful sounds, and a beautiful landscape.
This new service is part of the Internet, so anyone with telnet or MacTCP access can now enter Outland using the free client software. In addition, many new access methods to Outland are on the way.
The charge to use Outland is $2.50/hour. There are no monthly fees, and the software is free. Each new visitor gets two complimentary hours to explore this unique realm.
Outland software can be obtained through anonymous ftp at major ftp sites such as sumex-aim.stanford.edu or by calling 1-800-PLAY-OUT. It requires a Mac 68020+ and System 7.
Outland • 405 El Camino Real, Suite 224 • Menlo Park, CA 94025
Troubled Souls. Troubled Souls, a fun and exciting new arcade game for the Macintosh is now available. Written by seventeen year old Randy Reddig, Troubled Souls is a challenging and entertaining game for all ages. Perhaps the most striking aspects of the game are the powerful Gothic artwork and original game concept, both completed by the high school senior.
Not since Tetris has a game required this much imagination and fast thinking. Through ingenuity and confidence, you can save the alchemist’s troubled soul before it’s lost forever. Do it right! The soul you save may be your own.
Varcon Systems • 10509 San Diego Mission Rd., Suite K • San Diego, CA 92108
Tel: 619/563-6700 • Fax: 619/563-1986
CrossPro. CrossPro offers users of Macintosh computers the classic enjoyment of the traditional crossword puzzle, and adds whole new dimensions to that venerable game form. Designed from the ground up as a true Macintosh program, CrossPro provides for the solution of crosswords using the full range of the Macintosh interface in ways that Mac users have come to expect.
CrossPro’s many features include: single window design, size the window to fit your screen, change words direction with a click of the mouse, create an electronic version of a paper puzzle using the Puzzle Edit feature, word hints, cycle through letters of the alphabet to test what letters might fit, puzzle timer, 370 puzzles, and more
CrossPro requires a Macintosh Plus or better, System 6.0.5 or later, and only 384K of RAM (great for PowerBooks).
CrossPro is available directly for Aspen Gold Software for a special price of $25 ($53 regular price) plus $3 shipping ($5 for Mexico/Canada, $10 outside U.S.).
Aspen Gold Software • 6610 Medinah Lane • Alexandria, VA 22312
Palmistry. Emerald Entertainment has released it’s new CD-ROM title: “Palmistry” - a fully interactive CD-ROM which features Aliana, a Greek goddess who helps you identify your hand shape through physical hand characteristics and reveal and explore your personality, relationships, career, health and love life. Developed by Emerald as an entertainment title, this CD has over 275 QuickTime movies, original music and original art. This product is great for parties as Aliana reveals each persons inner secrets. At any time, the user may ask Aliana for a print out of their personal reading; the longer you interact with the program, the more information is provided. Palmistry retails for $49.95
System requirements: Recommend 68040 CPU with 8 megs of RAM, a double speed CD reader (300\0kbs), 13” color monitor and stereo sound, 16 bit color depth (thousands) - Minimum 8 bit color (256), system 7.1 or greater.
Emerald Entertainment • 2533 North Carson Street • Carson City, NV 89706
Tel: 714/494-4988 • Fax: 714/497-2201
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. Gabriel Knight is the last in a long line of Shadow Hunters , those fated to fight the dark forces of the supernatural. Haunted by a centuries-old curse, he is tormented by terrifying nightmares.
Now he must spend every waking moment scouring the side streets and back alleys of New Orleans for the key to his dark past. And when he sleeps—the nightmare begins.
Gabriel Knight requires 20 MB of hard drive space, 68030 or above, 5 MB RAM, 256 colors.
Sierra On-Line • PO Box 485 • Coarsegold, CA 93614
Orders: 800/326-6654
Wild Blue Yonder. Wild Blue Yonder relives the action of the 50 years of the modern jet age. More than a historical look at the aircraft of those historical eras, the CD-ROM also provides an audio-rich experience including cockpit chatter, the sound of aircraft flying by, speeches from leading political figures of the time, and period music from performers including Charlie Parker, Elton John, and The Scorpions for each of the four historical eras in the Jet Age.
The colorful interface invites users to select several avenues of exploration, including color and black/white video footage of real combat footage from the close of WW II through Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm, to aircraft instrument panels which users can highlight to learn what each instrument does.
Twenty airplanes are described in realistic detail including specifications for peak performance in combat. Fast-moving videos show the actual aircraft in flight to enhance the user’s experience and knowledge of the plane.
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