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GA-05: Board/Strategy Games
Board Games Megadisk
7036/3147 [3 disks]
contains a selection of the best board games: chess, checkers, backgammon,
Monopoly, and many more.
Battle Fleet
Corby, Wade L.
$15
#20022/2803
is an excellent computer version of Battleship. There are 10 levels of play
against the computer. Also included is a version that can be played over a Hayes
compatible modem. Requires EGA or VGA.
BattleShip 2.3 [BATLSHIP] (10-93 CD)
SimoneSystems Software
$15
#12557
is a computerized version of BattleShip with a twist. It features islands,
mine sweeping, submerge submarine, moving spy ship, and more. Requires 286+
and mouse.
Warships 2.1
Tag Software
$15
#20022/4644
is a computerized version of the game Battleship. You play against the computer,
trying to sink its ships before it sinks yours. It features sound effects, nice
EGA/VGA graphics, and mouse control.
Sea Quest 1.0
Burns, David
$20
#4891
requires you to seek out and destroy all the enemy submarines and mines.
Your fleet of six ships is equipped with sonar, torpedos, and depth
charges. Land masses and bad weather interfere with your sonar, and if
you shoot at a sub and miss, the sub will shoot back.
The playing area is larger than the screen, so the main display is a
scrolling window on the full map. Sonar can be used on three levels:
surface, for mines, and shallow or deep for subs. A minimum of two ships
are required to triangulate and locate a sub. This is an interesting,
challenging game. Requires EGA/VGA, 286+, and a mouse.
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0091 Board Games Small Programs Disk
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Aggravation 1.5 (AGGRAVT)
Kohler, Kevin T.
$5
is adapted from the board game Aggravation. The object is to move all four of
a player's pieces around the board from Home Base position to "Home Safe". Up
to four people can play, or you can play against the computer.
Mah Jongg LapTop 1.1 (MJLAPTP)
Balewski, Ron
$15
is a version of Mah Jongg written with black and white graphics so that the
tiles can be easily identifiable on laptops and other systems without color
monitors. This is a fun way to pass time at the airport, or wherever else you
have to sit around with nothing but your laptop for company. Of course, it is
equally as much fun on any kind of computer, but the color EGA versions are
usually more enjoyable on desktop systems.
Monopoly 6.7 (MONOPLY)
Gibson, Don Phillip
$0
if fashioned after the popular family board game. You really need a color
monitor for this one.
Pachisi
Leotti, George
$5
is a version of an ancient game on which is also based the modern game of
Parchesi. One to four people may play with the computer optionally playing
any unmanned positions. It appears that more luck than strategy is involved.
EGA or VGA compatible video is required.
Property Dealer (PROPRTY)
Clafton, David E.
$5-$10
is a Monopoly-like game, where the general idea is to buy property in order to
charge rent and thus deprive the opposition of their money. Up to six players
can compete, and features include customizing the board size, saving and
restoring games, and much more, including a complexity beyond the original
Monopoly game. EGA is required, although there are no impressive graphics.
Skimmers
Just For Me Software
$17
is a two-player game somewhat like Parchesi. One player moves pieces to the
right and the other to the left, according to the value of the dice. The
first person to get all their pieces across the board wins. The catch is
that after each set of moves, if opposing pieces are in the same column,
those with with lowest total value get sent back to square one. Skimmers is
easy enough for young kids to learn, but challenging enough for adults. VGA
required.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #0091
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2406 Board Games #2 Small Programs Disk
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Blitz 3.6 (08-93 CD)
PC Solutions
$24
is a very strong game of checkers with many options. You can resize the checker
board, alter the response time, show movable pieces, select two-player mode and
more.
Checkers 1.61 (CHECKJM)
McCranie, Judson ASP
$15
is the best checkers game we have seen for the PC. It has excellent graphics and
plays a good game. You can select colors and the level of strength at which the
computer should play.
Checkers (CHKR-PF)
Franchuk, Peter
$0
lets you play checkers against the computer. The program is not very strong, but
the complete Turbo Pascal source code is included. If you are a TP programmer,
you may have more fun with the source code than with the game. EGA compatible
video is required.
Chekkers 1.7 (CHEKKER)
Shewchuk, J.D.
$15
is an excellent version of checkers. It features several levels of play, your
choice of Hoyle or Huff jump rules. Sound can be toggled on/off. You can flip
the board to change sides and record game and board information.
Dynamo Draughts 5.9 (DYNAMO) (08-93 CD)
PC Solutions
$24
is the European version of Draughts, a variant of checkers. Draughts is played
on a 10x10 board, although this program allows you to resize the board. One
major difference between Draughts and Checkers is the way a king moves.
Kings can move along an entire diagonal, leaping opponents, landing on any space
beyond the opponent, and then taking further leaps in different directions. You
can select the board size, number of men, response time, auto-play, computer IQ,
corner shapes and more.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2406
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1903 BackGammon Games Small Programs Disk
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Backgammon (BACKGMM)
is just an electronic board and dice with which you can play a human
opponent. The computer will not play you.
Backgammon 5.1 (BACKTDM)
The Dream Machine
$12
is a challenging version of the ancient board game. It offers a multitude of
playing options and includes 10 levels of difficulty. Pieces are moved by typing
in the position number you want to play. You can save and recall games, switch
sides during play, take back moves, use a doubling cube, have the computer
suggest moves, and much more.
The program does not offer mouse support, and it can be a nuisance to type in
numbers to move a piece. During testing, it aborted to DOS when trying to save
a game. Despite these flaws, we believe it is the strongest backgammon game in
the library.
BG
is a very good backgammon program. Moving the blots is not exactly
difficult, but it could have been made easier to do. The author warns you to
expect to get crushed, but in a test game, we won by a roll or two and we are
not experts by any means. Still, it is an interesting game.
Backgammon (BACKGAM)
is a backgammon game (complete with C source code). No graphics are
required.
BackGammon (BACK-JG)
Gatewood, Joe
$0
is a CGA version of BackGammon, with doubling cube, graphics and running game
score. It plays a decent game, but no option is giving for turning off the
annoying sounds. If the noise gets to you, get SILENCER on disk #2006.
EGAGammon 2.0
Evans, Daniel R.
$10
is a beautifully done version of Backgammon for the EGA/VGA. You play the
computer or a human opponent. Mouse or keyboard may be used by the first player.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1903
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PC-Gammon IV 1.1
Repstad Computer Consultants ASP
$25
#4557
is the best shareware backgammon game to date. (We called to register as
soon as we finished reviewing it!) It plays a very good game, but really
shines when it comes to the user interface. In addition, you can save
and restore games, write a log of all moves to disk, and customize set
up positions. Other features include three user-selectable playing
strengths, three levels of AutoMove,