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GA-13: Other Games
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27835/1946 Fun Stuff Small Programs Disk
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- various kinds of practical jokes and just-for-fun programs. Does this kind of
program encourage people to write virus or Trojan Horse types of programs, as
one reader suggested? We don't think so. There's no more reason to hide a virus
in this type of program than in, say, a DOS utility of some sort.
April
is a program for April Fool's Day. It displays a C> prompt until a key is
pressed, then it displays a warning message that the system has detected that
the picture tube in your monitor is upside down, whereupon it `fixes' the
problem by inverting the display.
BackTalk
Trimble, Timothy
$0
displays an innocent A> prompt on the screen, then tells the user to go
away because it's sleeping and tired.
Bytebrothers Fun (BB-FUN)
the Bytebrothers
$0
This is a collection of pointless, tasteless programs (that a lot of people seem
to like): an obscene sorted directory lister; a funny headline generator; a
"spoofy virus checker". We have archived them all into one set so as to offend
as few people as possible as quickly as possible.
CPrompt
this gag file is one that you can add to a friend's (or enemies)
AUTOEXEC.BAT. It simulates a C:\> prompt, however any command they enter is
disregarded with a curt reply.
Drain
Aspinwall, Jim
$0
this joke produces a "system error" stating that water has been detected in
drive C and the cleanup is in progress.
Drip 2.00
Masters, G.
$0
When text is on the screen, Drip will cause one of the characters to `drip'
down the screen, either completely off the bottom of the screen or until it
hits another character. Drip is a TSR that takes 1k.
HelpMe
digitized speech crying "Help! I'm trapped in this computer. Help!"
Excellent sound, but only on an 8088. At faster speeds, the pitch of the voice
rises to Chipmunk level.
Kaboom
Leithauser, David
$0
uses digitized speech and sound effects to have a little fun with you.
KaosKeys 1.0 (KAOSKEY)
Maland, Philip
$0
is a simple TSR joke program that will cause keystrokes to be randomly
capitalized.
ParaScan 3.0 (PARASCN)
Byte Brothers
$0
Ok - all you people who think silly stuff (especially, stuff being silly about
*viruses*) doesn't belong on a computer, skip to the next program. The rest of
you are in for a pretty good laugh.
ShakeIt
Julius, Tab
$0
is a fun little 18k TSR program that causes the screen to shake after a
user-defined number of keystrokes. The user (or should we say perpetrator?) can
also specify a number of keystrokes that the effect should last, so the
unsuspecting victim will be typing along, get the shakes, and then have them
mysteriously quit.
Snafu 2.0
Dowst, Ken
$0
is a practical joke that may be too much for some people's sensitivities in
this day of virus panic. If you are offended by the sight of screaming,
fainting co-workers, don't get this program.
WPFake
Sewell, David
$0
is a practical joke program that appears to be WordPerfect 5.1, but no matter
what the victim types, the text that prints to screen is text you have selected
beforehand.
Zappo
Green, Phil
$0
is a 1k TSR that turns your keyboard into a grenade/phaser/machine-gun sound
generator. We were prepared not to like this, but it's actually kinda fun. If
someone trots into your office and gives you a hard time, "arm" your phasers by
pressing the ScrollLock key and being firing away. Different weapon sounds are
generated by different keys.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1946
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27835/2312 More Fun Small Programs Disk
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Alfie 1.0
Baser, Barbara L.
$8
generates fill-in-the-blanks party games similar to the popular Mad Libs
commercial product. Party guests are prompted for various nouns, verbs,
adjectives, adverbs, etc, which are then plugged into a basic story line with
amusing results. The story framework can be created by you or you can use one of
the two on the disk.
BugRes
Gilbrech, Skip
$?
sends bugs crawling across your screen. The bugs will then munch every
character on the screen they can find until there is nothing left.
Bugs Alive (BUGSALI)
Acinom Software
$10
is an evolution simulation program with the challenge of a game, yet at the
same time, teaches about the processes that drive natural selection. It
challenges the user of the program to set up an environment and then to
explain how and why things change. Interesting EGA color graphics.
MegaDoom-III 3.0 (MEGAD)
Pinnacle Software
$20
If you have ever tried an adventure (slash) role-playing game and thought they
were too long and boring, try this one. We won't say any more, other than to
express surprise that the author would identify himself.
Monster
Holroyd, Tom
$0
Load this TSR into a friend's computer. When the Cookie Monster gets hungry, he
will ask for a cookie (using digitized speech). The user must type the word
"cookie" to put the cookie monster back to sleep and regain use of the computer.
Assembler source code and speech digitizing info are included.
SHELLS
Zenka, Jan
$10
helps improve you powers of perception by playing the ol' shell game. The object
is to remember which shell has the object after being juggled around. You
control the speed of the juggling and scoring is given on your correct answers.
This program was sent to us from Czechoslovakia, where the author says Shells is
a popular game.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2312
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27835/4221 More Fun #2 Small Programs Disk
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Adulate 1.8
Cobb, Larry T.
$?
is a random adulation generator. The phrases range from mildly amusing to
outrageous.
Claude 1.1
McLaughlin, Brian
$5
lets you carry on a conversation with your computer. We were going to classify
this as Artificial Intelligence, but it is short on Intelligence (rarely
responds directly to your questions) and long on Artificial (it generates random
comments). Young computer novices might enjoy it, however.
FBI Joke (FBIJOKE)
Tyler, T.
$10
is a joke program to make your friends think you can tap into an FBI computer
and scan people's records.
Laugh
is a digitized laugh box. The quality is about as good as can be expected
on a PC.
Snoop 1.0
Cohn, Andrew M.
$10
offers up a wide variety of screens to fool, inform, entertain and annoy your
fellow employees. Requires DOS 3.1+.
WhAbuse
Howell, W
$0
displays random humorous and abusive messages. C source is included.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #4221
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27835/2675 "Look Busy" Screens Small Programs Disk
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Boss_SW
Graham, Keith P.
$0
is a TSR which switches to a phony spreadsheet when the boss is looking. You can
switch back and forth from even graphics games. Includes MASM source. The source
is very comprehensive.
Hard at Work 1.3 (HAW)
R. K. West Consulting ASP
$0
is one of the best "look busy" programs yet. (These are programs that make your
computer look like you are "Hard at Work" when you are really asleep with your
eyes open.) Reading a romance novel when the boss walks in? Just tell him that
you are waiting for the computer to finish one of the many different tasks the
program can emulate. One screen looks like Norton's hard disk defragger. Another
looks like Lotus 1-2-3 crunching numbers, and so on.
HotLot
is a resident utility that will pop a realistic looking 1-2-3 template onto
your screen without your having to leave the [game] program you are running.
Instant Buzzword Generator (IBG)
Lancaster, Bob
$0
will help you come up with such impressive phrases as: "User-Frien