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1HP11.ZIP      943405  10-13-94  Hocus Pocus - Episode #1 1.1 is a
                               | spellbinding game with vivid graphics and
                               | impressive sound effects. Your task is to
                               | help the diminutive Hocus find the fair
                               | princess Angela. She's being held captive by
                               | the evil wizard Megameanie. Hocus uses
                               | magical bolts of lightning to wipe out over
                               | 30 different monsters, including walking
                               | mushrooms and flying dragons. There is also a
                               | full stereo sound track. Requires 386SX
                               | processor or better, SoundBlaster compatible
                               | sound card, 580K or RAM, and 4M of disk
                               | space. It also supports joysticks and
                               | gamepads.oysticks and gamepads. (Apogee
                               | Software, Ltd.) (Reg.Fee: $30)
AETHRA1.ZIP   1228195  10-21-94  The Aethra Chronicles 1.0c is a fantasy role
                               | playing game which challenges you to find who
                               | kidnapped the newborn prince and why. Start
                               | by creating your character and two
                               | companions. Each character can be given
                               | special attributes, such as strength,
                               | marksmanship, or sorcery, to help you in your
                               | quest.     Additional companions may be hired
                               | as you sell and trade goods in various
                               | markets. Attend universities to gain more
                               | skills. You can talk to the characters you
                               | meet to get more clues, but some of them may
                               | want favors in return. Requires 6M of disk
                               | space. Music and sound effects require a
                               | SoundBlaster compatible sound card. This is
                               | available on two 3.5" 1.44MB MegaDisks for
                               | the special disk fee of $9.99. (Michael
                               | Lawrence) (Reg.Fee: $25)
AETHRA2.ZIP    688823  10-21-94  See AETHRA1.ZIP
APCIDM40.ZIP   327294  10-06-94  APCiDoom 4.0 allows up to four high-speed
                               | modem users to play the game of Doom. Players
                               | can connect via any combination of modem,
                               | serial connections, or IPX links, and chat
                               | during the game. Requires Doom version 1.6 or
                               | greater. (APC, Inc.) (Reg.Fee: $0)
BASSMP13.ZIP    84235  10-06-94  BassMap 1.3 will allow you to create and edit
                               | lakes for use with the BassTour and Bass
                               | Class fishing games. (Nels Anderson) (ASP)
                               | (Reg.Fee: $12)
BATS251.ZIP    349633  09-29-94  Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom
                               | 2.51 is an arcade game in the style of space
                               | invaders. Battle the space bats by shooting
                               | at them from your space craft. This game also
                               | provides a variety of sound effects and music
                               | for sound card users. (Pop Software)
                               | (Reg.Fee: $15)
BBLOTTRY.ZIP   230106  10-20-94  Best Bet USA 2.4 helps you choose lottery
                               | numbers with a set of number picking
                               | utilities, including wheeling, drawing from a
                               | history database, analyzing past drawings,
                               | and most picked and least picked statistics.
                               | (Lotto Software, LTD.) (Reg.Fee: $20)
BEAT_EM.ZIP    132377  10-07-94  Beat' Em!  picks NFL games relative to the
                               | line. All that's needed is last week's scores
                               | and the new line. It provides a wide
                               | selection of reports and tools. It can be
                               | tailored to fit one's individual sense of
                               | team performance. Requires 512K memory. The
                               | program also runs stand-alone within Windows.
                               | (Bob McElwain) (Reg.Fee: $22)
BJACKV20.ZIP   217167  10-07-94  Video BlackJack 2.0 is an exciting casino
                               | style video blackjack game. Options include
                               | split, double down, insurance, surrender and
                               | user defined wagering. Outstanding graphics
                               | with 3D effects, icons, buttons and
                               | animation. Full mouse and keyboard support,
                               | as well as music and sound effects! Requires
                               | 512K memory and VGA. (SNR Software) (Reg.Fee:
                               | $10)
BOLOBL20.ZIP    99052  10-06-94  Bolo Ball 2.0 is a challenging strategy game
                               | where the objective is to get your marbles to
                               | drop as far down the screen as possible. This
                               | sounds pretty simple, but the screen is
                               | filled with ramps, walls, black holes, and
                               | other obstructions. You can play against the
                               | computer or a human opponent. Their marbles
                               | also get in your way. The animated EGA/VGA
                               | graphics are very nicely done. (William
                               | Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $12)
BOWLAST5.ZIP   173220  10-07-94  Bowling Assistant 5.50 is a versatile, easy
                               | to operate bowling league record keeping
                               | program that can eliminate the hours spent
                               | each week manually updating your league
                               | records.     NEW: Lets the user select the
                               | left margin for reports, allows the program
                               | to open files from the main menu, and allows
                               | the exchange of players between teams.
                               | (Richard G. Marchessault) (Reg.Fee: $0)
BRGD5_0.ZIP    132720  10-21-94  Contract Bridge 5.0 is a game of bridge that
                               | you play with a computer partner against two
                               | computer opponents. The game bids and plays a
                               | pretty decent game, though it does not have
                               | as many features and options as MVP Bridge.
                               | This demo will play for 15 minutes, which
                               | should be enough to get in a rubber of
                               | bridge, then you have to re-start it. (Errol
                               | Wallingford) (Reg.Fee: $20)
CHEAT75.ZIP    148165  10-07-94  Cheat 7.5 is a list of cheats, secret keys,
                               | and debug modes for over 200 games, including
                               | Doom, Sim City, Bio Menace, and Raptor. (Mike
                               | Zier) (Reg.Fee: $0-2)
CWF14.ZIP      974904  10-11-94  Cross Word Finder 1.4 generates a list of
                               | words that match a specified length and
                               | letter pattern. The list can be used either
                               | for creating or solving crossword puzzles
                               | where some of the letters are known. The
                               | master list contains 200,000 words, yet is
                               | extremely fast. Requires a hard disk with 4
                               | meg free during installation; space used
                               | after installation is 2.6 meg. (Benjamin
                               | White) (Reg.Fee: $25)
DCK11.ZIP      276121  10-07-94  DOOM Construction Kit 1.1 is a map editor for
                               | the game of DOOM. It features line drawing
                               | tools, sectors-in-sectors and sector
                               | extensions, flexible stair creation, decrease
                               | and increase scale, quick duplication of
                               | multiple objects, and more. Requires VGA, a
                               | mouse, and a registered version of DOOM. (Ben
                               | Morris) (Reg.Fee: $0-25)
DDATA_46.ZIP   110286  10-07-94  Diamond Data 4.6 keeps track of the
                               | statistics for a baseball team. It can be
                               | used to support members of a team throughout
                               | the season or an individual player across
                               | multiple seasons. Examine a player's career
                               | at a glance by looking at team statistics.
                               | Multiple databases can be merged together.
                               | You can have each season as an individual
                               | database and combine them to get lifetime
                               | statistics or keep each game during a season
                               | as a separate database and merge them
                               | together for a look at season totals. You can
                               | generate reports; sort each player by any
                               | statistic and exclude players who are below a
                               | threshold in any statistic.    NEW: assertion
                               | fault corrected when trying to read a
                               | database in a directory without SBI
                               | files.files. (Wayne Geiser) (ASP) (Reg.Fee:
                               | $25)
DDVP300.ZIP    250422  10-07-94  Double Down Video Poker 3.0 is a game of
                               | five-card draw poker with beautiful graphics
                               | and an added twist. If you win a hand, you
                               | get to draw for high card against the
                               | computer for double or nothing. If you can
                               | beat the face up card you can double your
                               | winnings. EGA and 512K are required; a mouse
                               | is not required, but makes the game a lot
                               | easier to play. (Sam Hazan) (Reg.Fee: $10)
DL100B4.ZIP    102297  10-07-94  DOOMLaunch 1.00b4 provides a shell for the
                               | game of DOOM. Features include menu-driven
                               | access to all DOOM options, support for up to
                               | 750 external WAD files, six saved games for
                               | each WAD, map viewer, and more. (Conquest
                               | Software) (Reg.Fee: $0)
DOOMPL4.ZIP    401003  10-07-94  New WAD Collection for DOOM 1.0 is a set of
                               | eight maps for Doom in WAD format.
EATBUG.ZIP       1295  10-03-94  Oliver the Bug Eater 1.0 is a simple,
                               | text-based QBASIC game with the object being
                               | to eat all of the bugs as they move around
                               | the screen. (Jonathan Gray) (Reg.Fee: $5)
FFLAG.ZIP       28185  10-03-94  Find the Flag 1.0 challenges you to match
                               | pairs of international code flags in a grid
                               | of 42 tiles. Upon completion of 10 games, a
                               | decoder will be displayed to reveal the
                               | letters and numbers that are represented by
                               | each flag. (Dataware) (Reg.Fee: $0)
JAZZ11.ZIP    1418944  08-26-94  Jazz Jackrabbit 1.1 is a creative and
                               | entertaining arcade game in the tradition of
                               | Xargon and Jill of the Jungle. The evil
                               | turtle emperor Devan Shell has rabbit-napped
                               | the bunny princess Eva Earlong. Now he's
                               | swiping all the goodies in the galaxy to
                               | support his plot of galactic rabbit
                               | destruction. Help Jazz the Jackrabbit defeat
                               | the army of turtles in his quest to rescue
                               | Princess Eva. This game features smooth
                               | scrolling 256 color VGA graphics, a rockin'
                               | stereo soundtrack, and plenty of digital
                               | sound effects. Requires 4 MB disk space.
                               | Music and sound effects require a sound card.
                               | The game also supports joysticks, and Gravis
                               | gamepads. (Tim Sweeney) (ASP) (Reg.Fee:
                               | $29-43)
LVCRAP32.ZIP   101262  10-07-94  Las Vegas Craps 3.2b is an EGA/VGA Las Vegas
                               | craps game for one or two people. This is a
                               | game for beginners as well as the experienced
                               | gambler. It allows every bet permissible in a
                               | real casino. It includes complete statistical
                               | information, a screen blanker and a host of
                               | other features. It works best with a mouse,
                               | but it is not required. On-line help screens
                               | explain both the play of this game and the
                               | game of craps itself. This is a very well
                               | done, entertaining game. (Kent Myers)
                               | (Reg.Fee: $25-30)
NJFLUX.ZIP     377562  10-12-94  Nejilian Flux 1.0 is a space shoot-em up game
                               | which, in the PsL reviewer's opinion, is too
                               | simple to be entertaining to adults, but
                               | which may be okay for young children.
                               | (Eric-Jon Waugh) (Reg.Fee: $15)
ORION90.ZIP    930940  10-12-94  The Orion Project 1.0 is similar to the
                               | classic arcade game Asteroids. Your objective
                               | is to destroy asteroids and various enemy
                               | space craft as you travel through each of
                               | four quadrants. The game includes support for
                               | sound cards and Gravis game pads. PsL
                               | opinion: not very challenging. (Joel Strawn)
                               | (Reg.Fee: $34)
ROYPOKER.ZIP   369755  10-05-94  Royal Video Poker 3.0 is a full-featured draw
                               | poker program that has Jacks or Better, Joker
                               | Poker, and Deuces Wild. It also has High/Low
                               | double up and Triple Draw options. Music and
                               | speech are available to those with Sound
                               | Blaster cards. Also, you can save multiple
                               | game and play statistics. Requires a 512K
                               | SVGA graphics card, and 800K disk space.
                               | (Charles Lankiwicz) (Reg.Fee: $20)
SFLY21.ZIP     104323  10-17-94  SuperFly 2.1 Armed only with a fly swatter,
                               | you must swat flies, roaches and spiders
                               | while avoiding being trapped by them. The
                               | goal is to swat the Super Fly itself, and
                               | each round presents different obstacles that
                               | make it increasingly difficult to end the
                               | insect menace. EGA or VGA required. (Nels
                               | Anderson) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $15)
SHOPLIFT.ZIP   117372  10-04-94  Shoplifter 2.0 is an arcade game which finds
                               | convicted kleptomaniac, "The Rug", back to
                               | his old tricks in the Felonville Mall. Help
                               | him steal as many items as possible before
                               | he's picked up on the store surveillance
                               | cameras. If he is caught three times, he'll
                               | wind up back in jail. (Rob Sherwood)
                               | (Reg.Fee: $15)
SKART12.ZIP   1260204  10-19-94  Skunny Kart 1.2 is a high-speed racing game.
                               | Features include 3D point of view racing,
                               | support for 2 joysticks on one machine, three
                               | racing modes, music and sound effects,
                               | several different tracks to race on, and
                               | more. Requires 386+, 4 MB of memory, and VGA.
                               | (David Snell) (Reg.Fee: $34)
SMARTSOL.ZIP    17676  10-10-94  Smart Solitaire 1.01 is a text mode klondike
                               | solitaire card game. It has mouse support and
                               | smart playing features, such as automatic
                               | card placement in obvious situations. (Bob
                               | Dolan) (Reg.Fee: $10)
STALKER.ZIP   1376575  10-24-94  Stalker 1: Path of Fire 1.0 is a 256-color
                               | VGA action game. There is a Zone, a
                               | radioactive contamination zone, a zone of
                               | death and decay. The Stalker is the only man
                               | brave enough to enter the Zone in search of
                               | the magical golden sphere. The Magical golden
                               | sphere can fulfill any wish. Requires 386,
                               | VGA, and a Sound Blaster is optional. (MM
                               | Software Productions) (Reg.Fee: $16)
TOMCALAB.ZIP   136153  09-29-94  Tommy's Calabresella  is a computer version
                               | of the Italian card game Calabresella, played
                               | with a 40-card deck, eights through tens
                               | removed. Warning: There is a one-minute delay
                               | screen at the beginning of this game.
                               | (Tommy's Toys) (Reg.Fee: $6)
TOWERSJV.ZIP   897375  10-24-94  Towers (VV)  is a role-playing style game
                               | which will also allow you to play another
                               | person across a modem. You and your men have
                               | become stranded on The Island of Towers after
                               | your ship was destroyed during a mighty
                               | storm. Now, in an effort to earn funds for
                               | rebuilding your ship, you have commissioned
                               | the local sheriff to find Lord Baniff, who
                               | has not been heard from in over two weeks.
                               | The mission sounds simple enough until you
                               | begin the quest inside the tower and confront
                               | evil doers and the traps they set to stop
                               | you. This game requires 559K of RAM, 688K or
                               | EMS memory, 1.5MB of disk space, and a mouse.
                               | It also supports sound cards.     PsL's
                               | reviewer warns: "In order to install and test
                               | this game, it had to be unzipped, copied to a
                               | 1.44 floppy and installed from there. Then I
                               | had to take out virtually everything in
                               | AUTOEXEC.BAT, reconfigure EMS memory, then it
                               | would hang until I disabled the sound support
                               | and com port feature." (Vince Valenti)
                               | (Reg.Fee: $15)
UHSDOS16.ZIP    94778  10-03-94  Universal Hint System 1.61 gives you
                               | hint-book style clues for many popular
                               | computer games. (Jason Strautman) (Reg.Fee:
                               | $10-20)
WACKY.ZIP      733873  10-11-94  Kids Wacky Sound Box  is an interactive
                               | program that relieves stress with laughter.
                               | Features include great graphics, plus wacky
                               | sounds and voices. For kids age 4 to 84 years
                               | old. Requires VGA, hard drive, 640K RAM,
                               | SoundBlaster and a mouse. (Al Needham)
                               | (Reg.Fee: $?)
WILDWE11.ZIP   770538  09-30-94  Wild West 1.1 is a 256-color VGA arcade style
                               | game. Skunny the squirrel travels back to the
                               | old American West to make sure that his herd
                               | of sheep remain safe from a bunch of evil
                               | gunslingers. It features shoot-em-up fun with
                               | smooth horizontal scrolling, Adlib/Sound
                               | Blaster support, interactive springs and
                               | catapults, automatic game save, and secret
                               | sections full of goodies. (David Snell)
                               | (Reg.Fee: $24)
XWORDC11.ZIP   184604  10-07-94  Crossword Challenge 1.1 is a crossword puzzle
                               | game for VGA. Features include the ability to
                               | peek at answers and to save your work to
                               | disk. Requires a hard disk and 640K RAM.
                               | (Philip P. Kapusta) (Reg.Fee: $9-16)