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WI-04: Small Windows Games
ARCADE GAMES:
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3417 Arcade Games Small Programs Disk
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ABM Command (ABM-CMD) 08-93 CD
Kent Rollins
$0
is a faithful adaptation of the game Missile Command. You must defend
your cities from an aerial attack, using either the mouse or keyboard to
aim and fire your missiles. There are smart bombs, MIRVs, and bonus
cities just like the classic arcade game. A 386 or better is
recommended.
Alien Force 1.0 (AFORCE)
Epps, Robert
$0
is a Windows version of an old pre-PC Apple game in which you guide your
spaceship around a grid, blasting away at the enemy ships.
Bugs! 1.0
Oasis Software
$5
is an amusing arcade game for Windows. You must navigate around 10 rooms,
collecting keys and avoiding deadly bugs and electrified walls.
Columns for Windows (COLUMNS) 1.2
Rotenstein, John
$0
is an interesting variation of Tetris. You must arrange the colors on the
falling blocks into rows of three or more.
Emlith 3.0
Emura, Yutaka
$10
is another version of Tetris. You can choose as many as sixty different
shapes of falling blocks. You can also choose the block shape for your
game, or you can select the "Challenge Mode" which uses multiple shapes.
Other features include user selectable sound, oil-slicked blocks,
exploding bombs, and more.
Hex-Tet
is a variation of the arcade game Tetris. It uses objects made up of
polygons which, without looking very radical, add a whole new perspective to
the game.
Jewel Thief 1.3 (JEWLTHF)
Ligeski, Paul ASP
$10-$15
is a mouse-driven arcade game where you try to steal as many jewels as you can
while avoiding the ever-present guards. Once you steal all the jewels on a
level, a trickier set of guards appears. You start out with nine men, and you
lose a man (or more) each time a guard touches you or you leave the playing
field.
Space Walls II (SPACEW)
Taub, Adam
$0
is a difficult little game in which the object is to shoot the center of
rotating walls, while avoiding flying into the walls or being hit by the two
defending saucers. Many options are available to customize game play.
TetWin
Briatico, Joe
$5
is a very attractive and challenging game of Tetris. The column width can be
adjusted from 6 to 22 columns, and you can change the size of falling objects
from 4 to 7 squares. There are nine levels of play, and you can also play a game
with stationary pieces already in place.
Windows Command 1.0 (WINCMD)
Baldwin, Timothy G.
$3
is an adaptation of the arcade game Missile Command.
WinTris 3.0
Kipnis Enterprises
$15
is the game of Tetris for Windows. There are lots of options available, and
the graphics and playability are excellent.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3417
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3885 Arcade Games #2 Small Programs Disk
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Block Breaker 3.12E (BLOK-BR) (10-93 CD)
Emura, Yutaka
$10
is a colorful Windows version of the old Breakout type game. Several
challenging screens are included with four different speed options.
WIN31 sound and MIDI are supported.
Chomp 1.1
Shekhel, Jerry J.
$20
is a faithful adaptation of Pac-Man for Windows. The animation is great and it
is a lot of fun to play.
Herman and the Falling Rocks 1.01 (HERMAN)
Bieling, Carl
$15-$30
is an amusing and challenging maze game. Your mission is to collect as many
flowers as you can without letting any of the rocks fall on your head. If a rock
hits you, then you die and have to repeat the level. There are a total of six
levels, and you will have to die many times before you figure them all out.
Hyperoid 1.1 (HYPROID)
Hutchins, Edward
$0
is a clone of the old arcade game Asteroids. This is a pretty faithful
adaptation with lots of interesting twists that make for addictive arcade
action.
Lander 1.1 (WINLAND)
TMA
$0
is patterned after the arcade game Lunar Lander.
MacBlaster 1.10 (MCBLAST)
Gehr, Earl
$10
You have challenged the Evil Fruit Empire's monopoly on their graphic user
interface, and they are not at all happy about it. Their smiley-faced computers
hurl exploding mice and destructive copyright lawsuits at you.
Your only weapon is an infinite supply of rotten apple cores which you hurl
defiantly at the corporate Goliaths. Can you beat the Empire and give computer
users freedom of choice? (In case our description was too subtle for you: this
is a Space Invaders game with an anti-Apple Corp. bias.)
Snakes (SNK-KLP)
Patch, Kevin L.
$15
is a very fast-paced game in which you must kill snakes without letting them
kill you. You can't "win" this game. When you kill a snake, another snake takes
its place. Play continues until you lose three lives.
WormWar
is a rather FAST version of the old game of Centipede. By slowing our 486
down to 15mhz, we got it to run at a reasonable pace. Good color graphics on a
VGA.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3885
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BOARD AND STRATEGY GAMES:
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3416 Board and Strategy Games Small Programs Disk
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Attaxx
Millennium Computer Corp
$15
is a move-and-capture board game you play against the computer.
Egg Carton 1.0a (EGGCRTN)
PT WinWare
$6-$9
is an unusual strategy game played with an egg carton and marbles. The object
of this two-player game is to be the first to clear all marbles from your side
of the carton.
Fences 1.0
Blanding, Steve
$0
is a challenging game in which you must beat the computer or a human opponent in
building a fence across the playing field.
Flip Out! 3.0 (FLIPOUT)
Johnson, Kent
$20
is a Concentration-type game for Windows. You can play against others, or
against the computer. Several game types are provided including matching dice
with their totals, clock faces to digital time, coins to their amounts, and
fractions. Games can be scored against the clock, or by how many matches you
achieve. Other features include custom board sizes, high score lists, and much
more. VBRUN is required.
Guys!
I.V.S. Entertainment Software
$12
you must lead the "guys" through a hazardous maze to the central exit.
Unfortunately, the guys are pretty stupid, and can only follow directional
arrows located on the paths in the maze. You must change the direction of the
arrows to point toward the exit.
Any guys that leave the beaten path die. Guys that run into each other mutate
and start changing arrows randomly. Quick mouse reflexes and a lot of practice
are required to win at this game.
Hi-Q (HIQ-WIN)
Ratsch, Wolfgang
$10-$15
is a logic game in which you must remove pegs from the playing board by jumping
over them. Your score is determined by how many pegs you were unable to remove.
VBRUN is required.
MineHelp (MINEHLP)
Karrer, Peter
$0
assists you with the Minesweeper game included in Windows 3.1. It is able to
solve the simple parts of the puzzle, leaving only the really challenging ones
to you.
Solus 1.5
Vergos, Yorgo
$10
is an IQ type game where you try to move all the pieces by jumping them over
each other.
TakeOne 1.03 (TAKEONE)
Board Games
Jimmy Kavanaugh; 5 Pounds IR
is an interesting variation of peg solitaire. The object is to remove
all the markers but one from the board by jumping over other markers
either horizontally or vertically. You can play a standard game starting
with only one free square, or design your own patterns.
Other features include Dead Balls which must be captured with the final
move, Watch Balls that cannot be moved until there are only two markers
left, instant replay of games at three different speeds, and more.
Triplets 2.0 (TRIPLET)
Dean, Hal and Gamma
$0
is a skill game in which you alternate turns, trying to get three tokens in a
row on a playing gr