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.IF DSK1.C3
.CE 6
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^W-AGE/99 * NEW-AGE/
^99 *NEW-AGE/99* N
^EW-AGE/99 * NEW-AGE
^/99 *NEW-AGE/99*
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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^^^^^^^^^^*by JACK SUGHRUE, Box
459, East Douglas, MA 01516*
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^#12
^^^^MICKEY REVISITED
Last time in NEWAGE I spent lots
of time talking about Mickey
Schmitt's two books (THE ADVENTURE
REFERENCE GUIDE, $9.95 + $2 S+H, from
Asgard, Box 10306, Rockville, MD,
20848, and GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR
CASSETTE SYSTEM, $9.95 + $2.50 S+H,
from the author - Mickey Schmitt, 196
Broadway Avenue, Lower Burrell, PA,
15068). In the interim, I've also
written a lengthier article about
the new and wonderful ways to use
cassettes based upon Mickey's
cassette book which appeared in
REFLECTIONS. There are a couple of
disks available for user groups (or
individuals) who have cassettes still
active. These two different
chock-full disks include all the
items referred to by Mickey and many
others not yet mentioned by her and
can be gotten for a $3
shipping/handling fee each by asking
for "Cassette Master Disk" from
M.U.N.C.H., 560 Lincoln Street,
P.O.^Box 7193, Worcester, MA,
01605-7193; and "TI PD 1205.1
Cassette Utilities" from Tigercub,
156 Collingwood Avenue, Columbus, OH,
43213. Add an extra $1 to Tigercub's
disk request and ask for Jim
Peterson's PD Catalog, the largest
collection of the best of the least
expensive treasures in the TI World.
If your user group hasn't yet
purchased Mickey's cassette book and
used it as a fund-raiser, then your
group is missing a great opportunity
to make some green.
Some other things have happened
since I wrote that original article.
Mickey has formed a new - NEW! -
company of all TI stuff.
Doesn't that have a nice ring to
it? A new TI company. The MS stands
for the two partners: Mickey Schmitt
and Mike Sealy. They can be reached
at MS EXPRESS SOFTWARE, P.O.^Box 498,
Richmond, OH 43944. This dynamic duo
made their professional debut at the
Chicago Fair in November and released
a pile of stuff:
ADVENTURE HINTS (Series I) by
Lynn Gardner, which is unique in help
concepts for adventurers. Each hint
loads into the console in the same
way the Adventure Module disks load.
In addition to loading as standalone
help, these hints can also be loaded
into the specific programs and called
up from a running program! These
disks include built-in maps AND
hardcopy maps. Nice feature. This
first series includes some of the
adventures written by Mickey and
Lynn: OLIVER'S TWIST, RATTLESNAKE
BEND, ZOOM FLUME. The same kind of
two word (noun/verb) commands are
used to ask for help, so there's no
need to use all kinds of colored
cellophane papers, special invisible
ink pens, plastic decoding devices,
whatever. Requires Adventure Module
or interpreter.
GALACTIC EMPERORS by Eric Kepes,
an Extended BASIC, multi-player,
strategic simulation program. You
and one, two, or three others are
each trying to thwart opponents by
accessing control to all the planets
in the galaxy. Shades of the Darth
Vader! There are decisions you and
your opponents make beforehand (such
as the number of planets) before the
computer generates (new each time)
the playing grid. Although many
random events occur during the game
play, the game is a mentally
challenging activity that can be
saved to continue play at a future
date.
(Both of the above are $9.95 + $1
S+H and require the standard minimum
configuration of one SSSD drive and
32K.)
Finally from MS EXPRESS, there
are SLIDING BLOCK PUZZLES (Series I)
and SLIDING BLOCK SOLUTIONS (Series
I) each $7.95 + $1 S+H and both by
Norman Rokke, the same person who
brought you the extraordiary Fairware
graphic/text program "1000 WORDS,"
one of the very best of its kind
ever.
In this case, Norman has
transcended the "normal" sliding
block puzzles with which we are so
familiar. In the late 1800's Sam
Loyd, America's most ingenious puzzle
maker at the turn of the century,
created the 14-15 sliding block
puzzle. There are lots of these out
for the TI. The best I've seen is
Chris Bobbitt's Public Domain version
of many years ago and in all group
libraries.
These puzzles, however, are
considerably more challenging than
the originals. There are three on
this disk and all can be saved in
mid-game, so one doesn't have to
begin all over again.
The first consists of nine
different-colored tiles and
supposedly can be solved in 59 moves.
Puzzle #2 is made up of 10 blocks and
could be completed in 81 moves. The
hardest (#3, of course) has 11 tiles
to shift and can be solved in 90
moves. A colored monitor or TV to go
with your XB, 32K, and minimum disk
drive system are required.
You need the these puzzles before
you get the solutions' disk, which
provides the help you need for each
puzzle in little pieces so as not to
ruin the game for you. Very
user-friendly, like all things Norman
does. And, of course, ingenuity by
him is taken for granted.
Now that we have a new company
supporting TIers, let's hope the TI
Community supports the new company.
Your support will encourage even more
authors to stay with and write for
the 99.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I continue to get letters from
cribbage buffs all over the TI World
asking about a program I reviewed
last year. The program is written by
Gene Hitz. He even rewrote it after
I gleefully stated how I found a way
to cheat on the "Go". He chastised
me for cheating our little 99
computer. Now, the computer catches
me each time when I try. This
program is called "Cutthroat
Cribbage" and gives you a muggins if
you count incorrectly. It's fun to
play and is fast and friendly. The
game can be purchased for $7 from
ARCADE ACTION, Program Innovators,
412 Glenway, Wawatosa, WI 53222.
Actually, for $10 you get a diskful
of games, including a nice version of
TETRIS and piles of others. If you
are a cribbage player, I'd recommend
this game highly. If you'd like to
learn the game, ask for the longer
version (though I think he sends both
versions, anyway), because this will
give you the option to have the
computer count up any combinations
to see how things are scored. Then
get yourself a HOYLE's from the
library and play your TI until you
got the game down pat. Excellent
midnight companion.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Besides TIGERCUB's $1 catalog of
Public Domain disks (truly the BEST
BUY in the TI World), everyone should
send off for Asgard's newest catalog.
Asgard's latest, particularly for
Page Pro owners, is a mouth-watering
collection of delectable delights.
For game players, William Reiss's
TOURNAMENT SOLITAIRE (which includes
- along with KLONDIKE - PYRAMID,
GOLF, COMERS, PILE-UP, CANFIELD, and
CALCULATION) is teriffic. But call
or write for the free catalog and
notice the high level of your
droolability.
[If you use NEW-AGE/99 please put
e on your exchange list.]
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