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^4Best of Amos Public Domain.
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[2^1F W U F F .[0
^2APD 344.
^4by DYNATRAX.
^7 This is a shareware game, so if you really like it and play it, you
^7should send in your registration fee.
^7 It's a very addictive game which seems to be loosely based on the
^7principle of Solitaire where you have to remove pieces from the board
^7by jumping one over another into an empty space. The pieces in this
^7game are fluffy (fwuffy) red creatures and you save them by removing
^7them from the game screens.
^7 There are loads of levels and you do not need to empty a level in
^7the 24 moves allowed. You leave a level by clicking on the EXIT
^7button and if you've done enough, you go onto the next level. If
^7not, the Fwuffs are twapped forever.
^7 This game should come with a health warning, it is highly addictive!
^7The graphics are simple, but they do their job.
^6..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo.
[2^1S T O R Y L A N D 2 .[0
^2APD 350.
^4by DAVID ALEXANDER.
^7 You have to like animals to play this little adventure, or you get
^7sent back to Workbench! This game is written for very young
^7children, probably help to read the messages will be needed but there
^7is plenty of things in this miniventure that even 3 year olds can do
^7by themselves. The game starts in the child's bedroom and you have
^7to click on an object to take on your quest.
^7 There are four lands for you to visit, Toyland, Animal Land,
^7Witchland and Fairytale land. There is a task to perform in each of
^7these lands that will send you further along your way.
^7 The graphics for the game tasks are very well drawn and the effects
^7used are also very good. Although parts of the program could have
^7been a bit more polished, it is a good game for little adventurers
^7who aren't as critical as us adults!
^7 Worth a look and a donation to the Animal rights organisation who
^7will benefit from the proceeds. Recommended.
^6..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo..oo.
[2^1S A V E T H E T R E E S .[0
^2APD 343
^4by MARK POTTER.
^7 Another game with a message. The author of this game wants us to
^7take care of the trees that are left on this planet.
^7 The game involves stopping the little axemen from chopping down the
^7trees by catching them with your bulldozer.
^7 This is not as easy as it sounds as the men are faster than the
^7dozer and there are loads of them!
^7 The graphics are a bit small, but the game is very playable and
^7worth a look.
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[2^1L U D I C R O U S .[0
^2APD 342
^4by JOHN O'REILLY.
^7 This is a `silly' type of program. I don't mean that it's bad
^7programming, but that it's output will get you giggling!
^7 The idea is to input 10 names and 10 situations, then you can let
^7the computer do the rest. It displays sentences with random
^7inclusions of the names and situations that were typed in earlier.
^7 This can give rise to some fun, as our kids prooved when let loose
^7with it. Things such as `Dad met Mum and slapped her' and the like
^7led to great hilarity.
^7 The sentences can be displayed against a starfield if you like and
^7there is an option of speech, but as is normal, this slows things
^7down no end. There is a save feature as well as a couple of other
^7effects including music.
^7 Good fun for kids and adults, but be careful what you type in!!!
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[2^1S N A K E I N T H E G R A S S .[0
^2APD 334.
^4by Peter Harris.
^7 This is an Amos version of an old favourite, Centipede. I like to
^7see a new title given to an old game, and this one catches the eye.
^7 The graphics are really good with a jungle-like border around the
^7playing area. The game graphics look good and the gameplay is fast
^7and furious. One wrong move and you're a dead snake in the grass!
^7 Well worth a look at, it's good PD, hopefully Peter will do another
^7soon, and maybe with a novel idea he'll get a title on Licenseware
^7one day.
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[2^1Z I R U S P R O G R A M S 1 .[0
^2 APD 352.
^4by Paul Harthen.
^7 Delve back to the earlier days of Amos PD, and you may remember
^7Dreamers disk magazine. Paul used to produce that mag, and now he
^7has plans to produce a new more Amos based mag called Zirus, (see APD
^7353 for a demo.)
^7 Paul has provided three Amos source programs on this disk and they
^7are goodies. Bouncy has an excellent bounce effect, Multi scroll
^7puts lots of scrolly text on the screen and Animdots is a very pretty
^7pattern effect with cycling colours rather like a fibre optic lamp.
^7 Also on the disk are a couple of pieces of music and two non Amos PD
^7graphic utility progs for grabbing pics and converting them to IFF
^7files.
^7 Good source disk for finding new ideas.
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