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GA-03: Small Arcade Games ------------------------- 7034/0088 Arcade Games #1 Small Programs Disk ------------------------- 3-Demon Price, John D. & Richardson, Rick $10 is a PacMan game from the perspective of PacMan for a really interesting twist on an old game, or switch to an overhead view. Chopper Commando 2.0 (CHOPPER) Currie, Mark & Schindlbeck, T.J. $? Fly a helicopter combat mission, bombing and shooting the enemy. There are three levels of play, and all of them are tough, even the "wimp" level. CPokeman is similar to PacMan. It is not as slick, but it works well and does not require graphics. Slow-down required. Uses ASCII characters. Flightmare (FLIGHT) is a two-part arcade game. You are in a jet. First you fight other jets, then you switch screens and must battle ground forces on motorcycles. Very good graphics. Hopper is like Frogger. Invaders is like Space Invaders. Janitor Joe (JUMPJOE) Bales, Kevin $0 is stranded in a space station with crazed robots trying to kill him. You have to find his keys and escape. This is a very well done "jumping and ladder" type of game. Pango You attempt to clear bees in the field within one minute by squashing them with blocks. Qubert Piazza, Bill $? The object is to make "Bert" jump from one tile to another causing tiles to change color. After changing all tiles, you move on to the next level. Troff Soumarokov, N. $10 is a game that combines the old "Snake" type game with the old "Blockade/Tron" type game to come up with a tough new challenge. You must race the computer's snake to get to the randomly appearing "pellets", and at the same time try to make the computer's snake run into your snake, a wall or itself while avoiding having the computer's snake do the same to you. There are four levels of randomly moving walls. Pascal source code is included. Requires a 286 machine, EGA and DOS 3.3+. The game is well designed, challenging and fun to play. (The author is a 17 year-old Soviet citizen living in Vienna, Austria.) -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #0088 -------------------------------- ------------------------- 7034/0578 Arcade Games #2 Small Programs disk ------------------------- Arctic Adventure vol.1 2.0 (ARCTIC) Micro F/X Software $10 is another installment in the exciting Nevada Smith adventure series. You start on the arctic map and must find your way around the hazardous ice caves, searching for the remaining fragments of a map that will eventually lead you to the location of the hidden treasure cave. Nevada will face freezing waters, diabolical traps, slippery ice patches, falling stalactites, runaway snowballs, and even the Abominable Snowman. This is addictive arcade action at it's best - great graphics, but only CGA-compatible video required. (Even monographics systems can run it with CGA emulation software from PsL on disk #860.) Brick Bly, Vincent $? is an arcade game in 16 color graphics and can be used with any monitor. BumpMaze 1.5 (BUMPMAZ) Soleau, William $15 We were not sure about adding this game. On the one hand, it seems like it might be too difficult and uncontrollable to be any fun. On the other hand, maybe it just requires more hours of practice to be fun than we had available for testing it. Here is the concept: imagine a pool game in which you lay a dozen bricks or two-by-four's around the table that has only one hole, one object ball, and the cue ball. The object is to use the cue ball to push or guide the object ball into the hole. Both of the balls are constantly and rapidly moving around, bouncing off the walls, bricks and each other in all directions. To give you an idea of the difficult, you are allowed eight minutes(!) to get the ball in the hole. (The opening screen seems to say to use the cursor keys to move the Pusher, but it is really saying to use the cursor keys to view the rest of the on-line documentation, which in turn tells you which keys to use to play the game.) Dragon (DRAGNFW) Willshaw, F. A. $? is a game like Breakout, but with a lot of twists. Killer is an arcade game in which you wipe out the killer bees. (Note: when you end the game, it aborts with a "file not found" error. We don't know what file it is looking for, but it doesn't affect the play of the game.) Kong is similar to the arcade game Donkey Kong. The graphics are a little on the crude side, but we still found the game to be challenging. Speed and sound are user adjustable. MetaPin is a pinball game. You select change the number of players with the right shift key. Start the game by pressing the left shift key. Adjust the starting shot force with the up and down cursor keys. Control the flippers with the left and right shift keys. Slow-down required (see notes, above). Proton Fencik, Mike $0 is patterned after the life size game in which two teams sneak around a room and try to zap each other with phasers. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #0578 -------------------------------- ------------------------- 7034/0678 Arcade Games #3 Small Programs Disk ------------------------- Batalia is a two-player game. You and your opponent each have a space ship and the object is to be the first to shoot the other a total of ten times. Barriers, etc, are placed on the screen for you to hide behind and maneuver around. The screen changes after each hit. Creeps 2.1 Applegate, Bob $10 is an MS-DOS version of an arcade game that dates back to the old Apple and Radio Shack Model I computers. The idea is that your ship (or whatever) has to navigate around a grid of blocks in which the enemy is also moving around in force. The levels we tried were not extremely challenging (the enemy never shoots back, for example). So it is simply a matter of time before you mop up the enemy forces. Nitefire (NITEFIR) is a two-player tank game. You take turns moving or shooting. Before shooting, you can adjust the angle and velocity. The first one to hit the other wins. PopCorn Lacaze, M. $0 is a fantastic breakout game with all kinds of special effects. There are two problems: the documentation is in French, and the game plays at a speed about ten times that of the surrounding graphics. It is possible to change the speed of the game by entering "POPSPEED n" (where "n" is some number from 0 to 30000) at the DOS prompt before entering POPCORN, but if you make the number high enough to slow down the play of the game to a reasonable rate, the surrounding graphics (such as the start-up screen) become excruciatingly slow. If you put in a lower number to speed up the surrounding graphics, the speed of play is impossibly fast. We partially resolved this by starting the program and turning off the Turbo mode on our computer when ready to play, but if someone can figure out a better solution, please let us know. Here are some things we were able to figure out: to use a mouse, press F3 at the main screen (you must load your mouse driver before running the program); to use the keyboard, press F4; to assign keys, press F5 and then press a key for left movement, right movement, and a "fire" key. Press F1 to play. Tank is a two-player tank game, or you can play the computer. Unlike NiteFire, you don't take turns. Firing, adjustment of angle and velocity, shields, movement, all take place constantly by both sides. Slow-down required (see notes, above). Trap 2.0 [10/93 CD] Brandt, Bruce $5 is an unusual and interesting game in which you try to move doors to trap the "monsters" in the least amount of time. Turbo (TURBODR) Ross, Doug $5 is a race car game. The goal is to get as far as possible while crashing as few times as possible. You will be slowed down by trucks and pokey cars, just like in real life, but when you pass them, you have to watch out for the speeding convertible coming at you from the other direction. (The author can no longer be reached at the address provided in the documentation.) Wizzard is a pinball game. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #0678 -------------------------------- ------------------------- 7034/1606 Arcade Games #4 Small Programs Disk ------------------------- ABM Clone Sales $? requires you to defend cities against a missile attack. Slow-down required. Astro Gangola, Dave $? is a good version of Asteroids, but it does not run on a system with a 101-key keyboard. Beast Baker, Dan $20 is an entertaining arcade game that has evidently been around a while without our seeing it before. You push blocks around the screen to try to trap the baddies. The better you do, the harder it gets. BLORT! is a strange variant on SPACE INVADERS. Run the program for instructions. BRDBrain (BRDBRAI) try to make the bird fly down to the water and catch a fish without drowning, getting hit by a wave, etc. Requires BASICA or GWBASIC. Moraff's Entrap 4.1 (ENTRAP) Moraff, Steve $0 is a multi-level 3D maze game. You must travel around a suspended grid, trapping or avoiding pesky monsters. The bad guys get smarter as you go along, and the going gets tough very quickly. This game is compatible with any video from Hercules mono to Super VGA. Mouse support is provided. Gapper is a high-speed arcade type game. If you have more than an 8088, you will need a CPU slowdown utility. Kamakaze (KAMAKAZ) is an arcade game where the object is for you to kill all the Wimps (the enemy) before they ram their ships into yours and destroy you. This game is similar to the old Asteroids game. CGA graphics required. Monuments of Mars (MARS) Apogee Software $12 is a "run, jump and shoot" type game in which your mission is to save captured astronauts from a secret underground city on Mars. This is another outstanding game from the publishers of the Kroz series. The graphics and sound effects are excellent, and you can customize the keyboard for ease of play. You have unlimited lives in this game, so you can concentrate on playing instead of trying not to be killed. There are 20 screens to conquer (we only got past two!), with all sorts of tricky enemies and dastardly traps. This will not run on an 8088 machine. SpaceInv (SPACINV) is an arcade "Space Invaders" type of game. Xonix is a simple game that is fun. Use the cursor keys to dart across the box holding the bouncing whatevers without them hitting your path. As you cross the box, you continue to reduce the size of the box until you move onto the next screen. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1606 -------------------------------- ------------------------- 7826/1607 Arcade Games #5 Small Programs Disk ------------------------- ASP Attack Plus 2.0 (ASP) The Hodges Enterprise $10 is patterned after the old snake games which were among the first games available for the PC. In the game, you guide the snake around gobbling up food as it appears. The snake grows longer with each bite, however, and if you run into yourself or a wall, it's off to snake heaven. What makes ASP different is that the better you do, the more walls start sprouting up. If that isn't challenging enough, you can choose to steer the snake with only left and right turns from the snake's perspective, as opposed to using the four arrow keys which always result in movement in the arrow's direction. Centiped (CENTIPD) is played like the famous arcade game Centipede. CGA compatible graphics required; joysticks are supported but not required. Lander is a "lunar lander" type of program written in Turbo Pascal. LEM requires you to try to land a lundar lander or the moon. BASICA or GWBASIC required. Moon is an arcade game in which you try to keep the enemy from stealing fuel while your ship is being refueled. Ninja Kemmetmueller, Robert $0 is a graphics, arcade-type game where you fight the enemy ninjas by kicking, striking, ducking and jumping. Pirates Wanta, Michael J. $0 puts you in command of the pirate space ship ROGUE II. Your mission is to plunder the galaxy, and avoid destruction by the forces of good. You can visit planets, gamble in cosmic casinos, dock with space stations, and generally wreck havoc on an otherwise peaceful universe. Pyramid is an arcade-type game where you move up and down the pyramid trying to change the colors of all the blocks without getting hit by the bad guys. It requires CGA and either an 8088 machine or a greatly slowed down 286. Round42 is a space invaders game with 42 rounds of different aliens to zap. This is definitely at the top of the heap of space invader type games. A slow-down utility may be needed. Spacewar (SW-BS) Seiler, Bill $20 Destroy the other ship before it destroys you. Use your Photon torpedoes or phasers to reduce its shield energy. A hit with no shields will destroy the ship. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1607 -------------------------------- ------------------------- 7826/1899 Arcade Games #6 Small Programs Disk ------------------------- Arcade Volleyball (AV) is a cute, simple little game in which two little round characters play volleyball by jumping and moving back and forth to hit the ball. The ball bounces off the sides and top of the screen to give some strange angles. This is a two-player game. Ball Galifir Developments $10 is a computer hockey game in which you can play the computer or a friend, play a league or let the computer play itself - all as any two of a dozen different teams with different characteristics. It took a few tries just to understand the options at the beginning, but once we got going, it was a fun and challenging game. Cubits Schaller, Brian $20 requires you to quickly move all the cubits to the next level by kicking, flipping or pushing them into the corner elevator while avoiding the time wasters. "Quickly" is the key word here - things moved much too quickly for us. If you have a 286/386, you will probably need a slow-down utility. Motor Mania (MOTORMA) Hewitt, Eric $11 is high speed motorbike game in which you race through a series of jumps. This is similar to the arcade Excitebike. On our system, the menu overwrote itself on one line, meaning that you had to actually move the cursor one line past a choice to select it. Pearl Dore, M. C. $15 requires you to defend the ships in Pearl Harbor from the incoming Japanese planes. Good graphics. Snake Lorati, Roger $5 is another variation of the old Snake game in which you must guide the constantly growing snake around the screen to eat the pellets without running into itself or other obstacles. There are a couple of interesting twists to this one. Striker Williams, Derek $10 requires you to navigate a helicopter through enemy territory and complete five different missions. Various obstacles, including five different kinds of aliens, gun turrets and missiles, try to keep the player from completing his mission. CGA compatible graphics required; joysticks are optional. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1899 -------------------------------- ------------------------- 7826/2402 Arcade Games #8 Small Programs Disk ------------------------- MainBreak 4.0 (MAINBRK) Soleau, William $? is similar to Up the Wall, but requires a mouse. Your job is to connect passages for the water to flow through without leaving gaps in the water main. Race Erikson, Carl $5-$15 is a game of miniature car racing. The cars can accelerate, decelerate, or turn through the race courses while many obstacles block their progress including walls, slopes, gates, tornadoes, and gas slicks. The more tracks a car successfully completes, the better the car becomes in areas such as acceleration, speed, traction, and helicopter speed. Also, Race! lets the user design his own race tracks on which the cars compete. CGA compatible video is required and an EGA version is provided. The game is fun and challenging. SuperFly 2.0 (SFLY) Anderson, Nels ASP $17-$19 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, and the graphics are classic "Nels Anderson" (author of Shooting Gallery, et al). Up the Wall (UPWALL) Soleau, William $10 is a fun and fast-paced arcade game. The object is to lay pipe (in effect) for water to flow through. The further the water gets when it starts flowing, the higher your score. This is not easy. CGA compatible video needed. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2402 -------------------------------- ------------------------- 7826/3399 Arcade Games #9 Small Programs Disk ------------------------- Diamond Dash (DIADASH) Fleming, David $15 is a run-jump-ladder-climbing type game, but instead of jumping over bad guys, you have to blast holes for them to fall into so that you can walk over them. There are five levels of play. EGA/VGA required. Galactic Battle (GALACTC) Goble, Brian $0 is a shoot-em-up arcade game for one player. You must use your spaceship to fight off attacks by hordes of evil aliens, destroying as many enemies as possible while enhancing the features of your ship. The game features an infinite number of levels, each consisting of 11 different waves of aliens. At the end of each level you must do battle with the deadly Mother Ship, and each impending wave brings on smarter and more powerful aliens. Galactix I (GTIXI) Wright, Richard L. $10 is an arcade game in which you must find objects and solve puzzles while avoiding dangerous robots and guards. This is a very tough game. Fast machines (386s up) should get a system slowdown utility (U2-05: #2409). Requires 512K. Prospector 1.0 (PROSPCT) Chapel, Lee $25 is an interesting arcade game with excellent graphics and play. You must guide the prospector through a 10 level gold mine, picking up gold nuggets, negotiating obstacles such as elevators and conveyor belts, and avoiding the various creatures living in the mine. Requires an EGA/VGA. Rimtrix Wright, Richard L. $10 is an arcade puzzle game in which you guide a ball through a series of tiles and into colored cups. The path of the ball can be changed by rotating and moving the tiles. This is a tough game, and faster machines may require a slow-down utility (#2409). Requires 512K. SpaceKill I (SPACEKL) Neurosport $15 is a space battle game in which you must maneuver through asteroids and mine fields, defend your docking station as well as your ship, and fight the enemies ships. EGA/VGA required. Space Spirals (SSPIRAL) Anderson, Alan $4 is an unusual space arcade game. You have to protect a space station and an approaching star ship from attack. Each swarm of attackers has new, more devious ships. The level of play can be set from easy to hard and slow to fast, so it is suitable for most ages. TV Guided Bombs (TVBOMB) VTS $3-$13 is a game in which you must guide a camera equipped bomb down the air shaft of the bunker. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3399 -------------------------------- -------------------------- 7827/4046 Arcade Games #10 Small Programs Disk -------------------------- Airpuck 2.0 Mandel, Bob $10 is a 3-D version of air hockey similar to Shufflepuck Cafe on the Mac. You play against an unusually good computer opponent. A mouse is required, and the game appears to require EGA/VGA. Anthill Busch, Chris $10 puts you inside a giant ant bed in the Amazon. You must work your way through the nest, picking up ant eggs and gems while avoiding the deadly ants. The game has many levels of play, each more dangerous and challenging than the last. EGA/VGA required. Dunjax 1.02 Mather, Jeff and Niec, David $5 Shoot and jump your way through massive underground labryinths filled with hazardous traps and relentless creatures. Good graphics and a challenging game. A slowdown routine is provided that allows acceptable speeds on high-speed machines. Nova Strike 2.1 (NOVA) Nova Strike Software $8 is a space flight simulation combat game. You must develop the flying and fighting skills and strategies necessary to destroy all the enemy ships. Requires a 286 or better, VGA and a mouse. Wilf II 3.0 (WILF) Cluley, Graham $17 you must guide the wibbling Wilf through a series of mazes, while avoiding the evil Glumphs. Your mission is to spread strawberry jam over the entire maze, and if you succeed, you are given another maze to wander. You can fire pom-poms at the Glumphs, but they always seem to come back. Beware the evil Frank, who gobbles up your jam almost as quickly as you can spread it. The SoundBlaster compatible sound effects included are hilarious. CGA or better video is required. X-Ball Wright, Richard L. $9 is a game where the object is to hit matching pairs of tiles with a bouncing ball. This is a challenging game that requires a lot of skill and concentration. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #4046 -------------------------------- -------------------------- 7827/4531 Arcade Games #11 Small Programs Disk -------------------------- Dungeons Of Drakklor 4.1 (DRAKLOR) Neri, Mark $15 You are a brave explorer searching for the fountain of life. There are 11 levels of tricks, traps, and creatures to overcome in your search. Requires 512K and EGA/VGA. Eye of Horus 1.5 (HORUS) JMS Enterprises $10 Aliens from a distant dimension are threatening the Earth. In this shoot-em-up style game, you must blast away at your enemies before they get close enough to shoot at you. You only get one shot at each alien, and there are pesky Sweeper ships at higher levels that can block your shots. Requires EGA/VGA and a mouse. Moraff's Super Blast I (SBLAST) 08-93 CD Moraff, Steve $0 is an advanced "breakout" type game. There are multiple screens with lots of surprises, including sticky paddles, multi-balls, and much more. Some of the screens require a lot of patience to master, but getting there is half the fun. Virtually all video systems are supported, from CGA to Super-VGA. A joystick is supported on AT's. Willy is a jump-and-climb type of arcade game that is very well done. Xlagit Tangtrakul, Atakorn $5 is a shoot-em-up action game in which international flags are dropped randomly from the top of the screen, and you must destroy ONLY the Iraqi flag. The more points you amass, the faster the action gets. If Sadamm's smiling face appears you can blow him away for extra points. This game requires a mouse, and has excellent EGA/VGA graphics, but also supports CGA. XO is a spaceship shoot-em-up arcade game. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #4531 -------------------------------- ---------------------- 12083 Arcade Games #12 Small Programs Disk ---------------------- Clone Invader (CLONINV) Quiring, Gary $20 is a clone of the old Space Invaders arcade game. It has colorful graphics and can be configured for virtually all cpu and video types. Elevators from Hell 1.2 (HELL) JMS Enterprises $10 You must escape from the psychopathic robot guard in a deserted building. Before you can exit, you must gather all the gems located on seven different floors. The elevator is your only access to these floors, but the killer robot knows how to use the elevators too. EGA/VGA is required. Icy Metal (ICYMETL) Mandel, Bob $10 provides three different simple but elegant hand/eye coordination games. All three involve the use of a ball, and/or funnel and donut-shaped objects. Game 1 (displayed) requires you to drop the ball into the funnel while avoiding the floating donut that steals your points away, Game 2 uses alternating funnels, and Game 3 requires you to shoot the ball through two donuts. 256-color VGA display and a mouse are required. Killer Bees (KILLBEE) Arcade Games $0 is a manual-dexterity game in which you must protect your man by shooting down killer bees. Requires a mouse. Koolah Teittinen, Marko $0 is a computerized version of the wooden maze game in which you turn knobs to roll a metal ball through a maze while avoiding holes. In Koolah, the maze gets more difficult as you progress to higher levels and a time limit keeps things moving. --------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #12083 --------------------------------- ---------------------- 12263 Arcade Games #13 Small Programs Disk ---------------------- Garbage 1.2 Jarrett, Eric $8 is an arcade game in which you try to throw the trash into a can with the highest point-value. It involves both chance and skill. Requires EGA/VGA. Mad Painter 1.0 (MADPAIN) Elder, Steven $10 The objective is to paint the center line on all the streets in town with your painting truck, while avoiding other maniacal drivers. An occasional cloud washes away a section of street you have painted and the area must be repainted. When you've completely painted the town, you advance a level and begin again. Requires 512K RAM and EGA/VGA. Squirmer 1.30C (SQUIRM) Parker, Stephen L. $10 is a sophisticated variation of the old Snake type game in which the ever-lengthening worm must maneuver around to swallow stuff while avoiding running into things. Transporters take you to different levels, and eating a clock gives you more time. Eating dynamite sticks will cause part of the worm to explode, making it easier to maneuver, but if the worm is not long enough, it may all explode and you die. Vendetta 1.0 (VENDETA) Elder, Steven $10 The object of the game is to shoot the bad guys that are hiding around town. You have to scroll the screen to see the whole town, and you have to be fast to get the bad guys before they get you. Requires 640K RAM, VGA, and a mouse. --------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #12263 --------------------------------- ---------------------- 12519 Arcade Games #14 Small Programs Disk ---------------------- Bandit 1.1 O'Shea, Mike $6 is a shoot-em-up spaceship game. EndLess Horror (HORROR) 08-93 CD JMS Enterprises $10 is a parody of the Street Fighter arcade type game. All the ozone has burned up and you must fight off Froggers. The evil Froggers were people at one time. Rocket Fighter (FIGHTER) (11-93) Sherwood Forest Software $15 puts you in the pilot's seat of a rocket fighter plane in deep space. Your mission is to take out the enemies of the Alliance armed with only the laser cannon in your ship and your piloting skills. Requires VGA and a hard drive. --------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #12519 [118] --------------------------------- ----------------------------- 20040/1611 ASCII Arcade Games Small Programs Disk ----------------------------- (Note: "ASCII characters" are the characters and lines that can be displayed on the screen without using true graphics. These games will work on any kind of video card and monitor.) ACQB is the ArmChair QuarterBack program. It is similar to the commercial NFL Challenge program, but much simpler than Cunning Football on disk #1428. CF lets you control the actual play, while ACQB only lets you select a play (against the computer) and then tells you the result. Airtrax is an air traffic control game. You guide planes in without any crashes and your salary goes up. Object of the game is to get a high salary. Air Traffic Controller 1.0 (ATC) (10-93 CD) Cascoly Software ASP $24 is a simulation of the duties of a sector air traffic controller. The object is to guide twenty planes safely through your sectors. You have control of landing, taking off and changing altitudes with twenty levels of difficulty. Battle Of Kursk (KURSK) Kowalski, Matthew $0 is a strategy/simulation game of World War II tank warfare. The strategy comes in proper positioning of your tank to blast your opponent. The tanks are intended to be historically accurate in their make-up, despite the fact that only ASCII characters are used. Frankly, we found this to be a little simplistic (dull), but we've seen it get rave reviews elsewhere, so that may just be a matter of personal taste. Bugs Ouye, M. $? is similar to the arcade game centipede. Fast paced and challenging. Depthchg (DEPTHCH) Your ship goes across the top of the screen while subs cross below it at varying depths. You try to blow up the subs. BASIC required. Islands of Danger 3.2 (DANGER) Carr, Richard $9 is an excellent shoot-em-up arcade game. You must clear seven islands (on a scrolling playing field) of missile launchers to save your friend who has been captured by the Mad Emperor. Sound and joystick are optional. Works on all video. The demo mode serves as a tutorial. Lawn Mower 2.0 (LAWN) Orr, Christopher D. $0 challenges you to cut a lawn in the least amount of time without running over, through or into objects and without using up all your spare blades. Finish one yard and different ones come up. Pacworm is similar to one of the first "arcade" games ever written for a PC. It is simple, but fun and requires good reflexes. The point is to guide a worm around the screen and gobble up things as they pop up. Each time the worm eats something, it grows longer. If the head of the worm bumps into a wall or into itself, it dies. Pitfall You have to guide your jet through an endless pit, avoiding the curving walls and other dangers. Snakes lets you compete against the computer or a friend. As you move around the screen, you are leaving a "wall" behind you. The goal is to cut down your opponents space so that he will crash into a wall before you do. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1611 [13] -------------------------------- -------------------------------- 20040/2007 ASCII Arcade Games #2 Small Programs Disk -------------------------------- Chase 1.0 Wilson, John $0 See how long you can elude the large number of different kinds of creatures that are after you as you dig through the ground. You get a head start to dig some false tunnels or to do anything else you can think of to slow down the opponents, so make good use of the time at the start of the game. GBalls Tommy's Toys $0 you are on a constantly shrinking pool table and you must try to avoid running into any of the increasing number of balls. A good hand-eye coordination game for children. No graphics required. Hover Craft 1.01 (HOVER) Carr Software $? is a game in which you are the commander and have six hover crafts with which to destroy all of the enemy missile launchers on the island. The game uses ASCII characters instead of true graphics, so while the graphics are not as impressive looking, the program will work on any kind of video. Racecar 1.2 Soleau, William $0 guide a car down a race track, avoiding obstacles and oil slicks, following curves in the road and hitting ramps to jump over gullies. The clever use of ASCII graphics means that the program should work on any video setup. Space Investors 1.1 (SPACEIN) Pinnacle Software $0 is a space invaders type game that will work on any monitor because it uses text characters to "draw" the ships. Pascal source code is included. Tommy's Stompers (STOMPER) Tommy's Toys $2 is a game for younger children. You try to keep away from various Martian beasties, such as spiders that come down the screen on webs. To make things interesting, as you flee, you must also keep from getting squashed by the Stompers. The use of ASCII-graphics means that the program will run on any video. On VGA, we had trouble seeing the gray-on-black "anvils". Viper Kemmetmueller, Robert $0 is a shoot-em-up space arcade game that you will swear is using true graphics but instead, it is using ASCII characters that will work on any display. We have seen games before that make excellent use of ASCII characters before, but this is the best. The same author has a game called Snakepit, an "Indiana Jones" game which looked very good, but which we could not get to perform satisfactorily. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2007 -------------------------------- -------------------------------- 20040/2999 ASCII Arcade Games #3 Small Programs Disk -------------------------------- Axtrons Gunn, Christopher G. $? is a simple arena style game which pits you against dim-witted but diligent intergalactic opponents. You can destroy your enemy with direct combat or by setting traps and barbs. DiaMaze 1.0 Herringbone Software $6 Explore and blast your way through a mine to find as many diamonds as you can before your lamp fuel runs out. Gopher's Garden (GOPHER) Gunn, Christopher G. $? Your garden has become overrun with pesky gophers. Your job is to trounce the little rodents before they can do any more damage. You can pull up weeds along the way for bonus points. Minelayer 1.2 (MINELAY) Carr Software $12 is a fast-scrolling color arcade game. Your high-speed minelayer can move in eight directions across a 24 screen ocean. You must destroy enemy bases while laying mines for the enemy rammer ships that are out to get you. If it seems too easy at first, adjust the parameters as suggested and try again. Works on any kind of video, although color is helpful. Mission Maze 1.0 (ADMAZE) Soleau, William $12 is a maze/adventure game done with ASCII graphics, similar to MADMAZE by the same author, but with a completely different set of tools. There are a total of 6 levels and 12 items which must be located to complete the entire game. The author claims that you will rarely get past level 2 or 3. Shaft 1.0 Herringbone Software $6 you must explore the high-rise Fenton Building trying to defuse anarchist time bombs. The elevator comes in handy, but the open shaft can be a killer. SciFlyPC 2.1 (SCIFLYP) Berg, Bob $0 is a very good version of Space Invaders for those without graphics cards. It's all done with ASCII characters, and so well done that you won't miss the graphics. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2999 -------------------------------- -------------------------------- 20040/3699 ASCII Arcade Games #4 Small Programs Disk -------------------------------- Alley Claypool, Stephen $7 is a plain looking, but entertaining race car game. Although the "cars" and other objects are just ASCII block characters, the play of the game is well designed and fast paced. You have to avoid junk in the road, pick up fuel, and get around slower drivers. Berserk Graham, Keith P. $0 is an arcade game that uses any monitor. BASIC source included. Bomb Run 2.1 (BOMBRUN) PC Solutions $15 As your plane crosses over the enemy's territory, you must bomb the targets below. If you hit all the targets, you keep advancing to new screens. Fall Zone-II 1.2 (FALLZON) PC Solutions $12 requires fast thinking and reflexes as you pick up items in a cave as it crumbles around you. The game has good graphics with specific support for various resolutions, CGA through VGA. Plunder 1.0 Herringbone Software $6 you must use your skills as an archaeologist to uncover ancient ruins from Scotland to Iraq. As you dig trenches and pits in your search for long lost treasure, you must watch your budget. You can either get rich quick or go bankrupt just as quickly. Pyro II 2.2.2 O'Brien, Michael $0 is a game in which you are a pyromaniac burning down buildings. As you move from floor to floor, you earn points for the amount of damage you do without getting trapped in the flames. (No, the program doesn't have any redeeming social values, but then, neither does Die Hard(er).) Although the program uses ASCII characters for graphics, the graphics are very well done and the sound effects are even better. Tommy's Hyperdrive #32 (TOMHYPR) Tommy's Toys $6 You have to guide your ship through a constantly changing maze. When you reach the exit, your ship goes through a loud, flashy hyperspace to get to the next level. ASCII graphics work on any video. Good for younger children. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3699 -------------------------------- --------------------------- 7828/2600 Tetris-Type Games Small Programs Disk --------------------------- Colors 1.1 (COLORJB) Bonczyk, Jim is another game with a Tetris theme, but with new strategies. Requires VGA. Cuber 2.0 Soleau, William $12 is a challenging variation of Tetris. Double Blocks (DBLOCK) Yale, Ernest Yale $5 is a Tetris-type game for one or two players. The program is well designed, colorful, and has good sound effects which can be turned off. Because it uses ASCII characters for graphics, it will work with any type of video. (The author can no longer be reached at the address listed in the documentation.) EgaInt 0.94.12 Ng, Eric $0 is a variation of Tetris. Several options are available such as a tournament mode, your choice of control keys and block styles, and eleven levels of play. Requires EGA/VGA. Shift Tac Toe (STT) Hanchin, Len $10 is a Tetris type game in which you must shift the colors of three vertical blocks as they fall so that they will match up with other blocks of the same color. It starts off easy, but the action gets faster, the longer you go. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2600 -------------------------------- ------------------------- 7828/3487 Tetris Games #2 Small Programs Disk ------------------------- Beyond Columns 1.1 (BEYOND) Taylor, Brad P. $0 "...is like Tetris, only different." That's what our write-up of this program would have been before reading the background given by the author, who says: "The original Columns game was invented for the X window system by Jay Geertsen of HP" before Tetris came along. In this game, you control columns as they move down the screen, much like with Tetris. However, each column is composed of three different blocks and you make the columns dissolve by getting three blocks of the same color or design (your choice of several block designs is given) in a row, vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. To further complicate things, you can rearrange the blocks within the columns so that, for example, if a column on the bottom has two green blocks on top and the falling column has a green block in the middle, say, you can rotate the middle green block to the bottom of the column so that when it lands on the column with the two green blocks, there will be three green blocks in a row, causing them to dissolve. In our opinion, this program is a lot more difficult than Tetris. The Easy level drove us to a nervous breakdown. The bad news: it is for VGA or MVGA only, and it appears that you have to reboot to get out of the program. Rodeo Poker 1.0 (ROPO) Herring, Steve $8 is a western-style Tetris game. Instead of falling blocks, this game uses playing cards that drop down four chutes for you arrange into groups of five to make winning poker hands. You can jump a card from one chute to another. The better the hand the bigger the score. Tommy's Nyet 04.29.90 (NYET) Tommy's Toys $? is a clone of the popular Russian game, Tetris. Valgus Squared (VALGUS) Glenn, James R. Jr. $10 is a Tetris type of game with pieces moving in from all four sides. The object is to complete squares around the block in the middle. Since you never know what direction the next piece will be coming from, you do not have long to react, making this a very challenging Tetris variation. xTetris 2.0 Singer, Daniel $0 is a variation of the game of Tetris which includes triangular shapes as well as rectangles. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3487 -------------------------------- ------------------------- 7828/4045 Tetris Games #3 Small Programs Disk ------------------------- Brix 2.0 Dlugosz Software $5 is an impressive Tetris-type arcade game. As you progress to higher levels, the game speed increases, the playing field becomes smaller, and the puzzle shapes become more complicated. Other features include solo play or head-to-head competition, four difficulty levels ranging from easy to impossible, and more. A sliding tile puzzle game is also included. EGA/VGA required. Double Link (DOUBLNK) Tupaczewski, Paul $15 is a very addictive variant of Tetris. An oblong shape, which is actually two round units linked together, is dropped down the chute. Sometimes they are the same color, but often they are not. When four units of the same color are aligned together vertically or horizontally, they disappear and the other units in the links are left behind. If a unit left behind was being held aloft by its partner, it drops when the partner is removed. This can set up a chain reaction as a unit drops to form a group with three matching units below it. Each level starts with more and more Meanies (units with faces) in the chute. Once all of the Meanies are removed by grouping matching colors with them, the level is over. Multix Blackstone Software $10 is an interesting and challenging variation of the game Tetris. The falling pieces are very irregularly shaped, so placing them is very challenging. You can "crunch" a portion on the piece to make it fit better, but this will subtract from your score. Requires EGA. Teamtris (TEAMTRS) Cinetic Systems $0 is a variation of Tetris that lets you play against a human opponent, as well as playing solo. You can choose between two board sizes. VGA required. XXIV 08-93 CD Ambachtsheer, Mark $10 is a math game with a Tetris style. Sets of three numbers fall and the object is to get numbers to multiply together to equal 24, horizontally or vertically. Three levels of difficulty keep you on your toes. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #4045 -------------------------------- ---------------------- 7829/1612 EGA Games #1 Small Programs Disk ---------------------- Aldo's Adventure (ALDOEGA) Ibach, David and Benjamin $15 is a graphics game of the ladders, ramps, hazards, and treasures variety. The graphics are all professional quality. Requires a 286 machine and EGA compa- tible video. Breakout (BREAKOU) Strausberg, Hal $0 is a new version of the old Breakout type of game. It requires an EGA monitor and supports a mouse. Though we had a little trouble with the mouse operation, it did work well with the cursor keys and took good advantage of the extra colors available on an EGA. EGA-roids 1.0c (EGAROID) Designer Software $5 is a high-resolution asteroids game for the EGA. The graphics are terrific, but we had trouble getting the feel of the keys the program uses for different functions. We suspect that the key selection was based on a standard keyboard rather than the 101-key keyboard. EGA and an 80286-based machine are required. We have also included in this archive a patch (by John Deurbrouck) that will increase the maximum number of ships from three to thousands, so that you can get more practice. It will also create a new EGAroid file that allows only one ship, for when you are ready to really prove your skills. Fans Mettus Graphics $0 is an arcade game of the shoot-em-up genre, but with some strange twists to it. Fans has good graphics, for which EGA video is required, but the play is a little weak, in our opinion. Space Flees (FLEES) Independent Software Group, Inc. $0 is an action arcade game. EGA/VGA required. The key assignments assume an AT-style keyboard and do not work well on a 101-key keyboard. SoliEGA Junod, Joahn A. $5 is an EGA/VGA-Mouse rendition of the basic solitaire game. You are given three options for turning the cards in the deck. The EGA means sharper graphics and the Mouse means easier playing of the cards. After quitting the program, we were left with a black screen and had to blindly type CLS to get a cursor and DOS prompt back. Trisk Rubenking, Neil $0 is a video puzzle. VGABomb 1.0 Delaroderie, Rad $5 is an artillery combat game. Its strong point used to be that it was one of the only games available that use VGA graphics, which is no longer true, but it is still mildly entertaining. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1612 -------------------------------- ---------------------- 7829/2251 EGA Games #2 Small Programs Disk ---------------------- Bananoid (BANANOI) Rieder, William $0 is the best "breakout" type game we have ever seen on a PC. It requires VGA or MCGA, a mouse, and at least a 286-10. The graphics are beautiful. One unusual feature is that the playing field is two screens wide and scrolls smoothly as you move the mouse. Another unusual feature (for a breakout game) is that every once in a while, one of the colored blocks that you are breaking out falls down the screen and if you catch it with the paddle, it changes the paddle (to narrower, double-wide, or "sticky"), or it changes the paddle to a ship which can fire laser blasts at the remaining blocks (while the ball is still bouncing around, of course), or it advances you to the next screen. Which of these happens depends on the color of the block. The game appears to have been fashioned after the arcade machine game Araknoid. If you have the requisite hardware, this is one game you do not want to miss. (The author is no longer at the address provided in the documentation.) DragCity 3.0 (DRAGCIT) 08-93 CD Nikula, Richard $10 is a drag racing program. You can choose from six different sets of gears, or use automatic transmission. A mouse is optional, and EGA is required. Multiple players can compete, top 10 times and speeds are saved, and accelerator sensitivity is adjustable. While this has none of the action and extensive graphics of retail games like Grand Prix Circuit, is still has some entertainment value. EGASnake 1.0 Hulthin, Michael $10 is an EGA version of the old game Snake. It has realistic looking rats for the snake to eat, adjustable speeds, and multiple board layouts. PC-Fender (PCFEND) Mealey, Bruce $0 is an excellent implementation of the old arcade game Defender. 286 with EGA minimum required. Instructions are in the program. Runoff 2.0 Soleau, William $14 is a variation of the Pipe Dream type of game with 50 challenging levels. The game requires EGA/VGA and a mouse. Star Defense (STARDEF) Forben Software Engineering $15 is an arcade game with high-quality digitized voice and sound effects that play through the PC's speaker. The object is to protect your missile silos from enemy bombs. There are five levels of action, each a bit more difficult than the last. Requires 286 or 386 with EGA or VGA. ------------------------------- END OF SMALL PRGRAMS DISK #2251 ------------------------------- ---------------------- 7829/2511 EGA Games #3 Small Programs Disk ---------------------- Aldo Again (ALDO2) Ibach, David and Benjamin $15 if you liked Aldo-EGA you'll love Aldo Again. In this new game Aldo has more ramps, hazards and ladders to climb and more treasures to gather. The Mad Maze is guaranteed to wipe you out. EGA/VGA and 286 required. CatchEm Edson Software $15 is similar to the old Atari arcade game, Kaboom!. The object is to catch all the falling items. The type of item changes with each "wave". It may be raining cats and dogs in one wave and kitchen appliances in another. The changing graphics makes the game more interesting than Kaboom!. It takes a long time to get up to a pace that is really challenging, but we seem to recall that Kaboom! was the same way. Requires VGA (with 256k), a mouse, and a 286 or faster. Gravity Wars (GRAVWAR) Ismail-Beigi, Sohrab $0 is an interesting variation of the old two-player, tank aim-and-shoot type game. Instead of tanks, you have the Enterprise against a Klingon vessel, and the gravity of nearby planets and stars affect your shots. For each game, you can toggle through randomly drawn star systems to find one that looks particularly interesting and challenging. VGA required. Joust VGA (JOUST) Sharpless, Dave $10 is a well-done PC version of the popular arcade game. The graphics are very good. The play is a little speedy on a 386-33. It plays best on a 286-12, but is still quite playable on other machines. PCMan is an EGA rendition of the classic Pacman game. Although there was once a commercial game named "PCMan", this is a new, public domain version. It requires at least a 286 machine and EGA. It has ten levels of play, and many playing fields, but it is missing the bonus objects that appear on the fields of the arcade version. Xaptron Rinzai Satori Production $0 is your basic shoot-em-up game. Requires a mouse and EGA/VGA. Nice graphics, but a "very" tough game. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2511 -------------------------------- ---------------------- 7829/3134 EGA Games #4 Small Programs Disk ---------------------- Daloman Depths 1.0 (DALOMN) Pique, Lloyd $0 is an action arcade game. You become one of four characters in a quest for the lost idol. Explore mazes, some in plain two dimensions, others are in three. You find traps, potions, chests, and plenty of monsters. It appears to require EGA/VGA. Missile Attack 3.0 (MISSILE) Soleau, William $12 puts you in control of the city's anti-missile battalion. True EGA and a mouse are required. Patriot 1.1.1 Jaeger, Bruce $0 is a tough VGA arcade game in which you must guide Patriot missiles against Scud missiles. A mouse is required. Scud Attack 1.0 (SCUDATK) Peterson, David Lee $5 is a rather simple arcade game that is spiced up by being topical and having VGA graphics. Requires 640K, VGA, and a mouse. Snarf 2.02 Kaser, Everett $10 is an arcade game similar to the commercial arcade game, Tutankham. It is a very challenging game with fast action and excellent EGA/VGA graphics. You can create your own levels with a special editing function. This rivals many commercial games and is a lot of fun! -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3134 -------------------------------- ---------------------- 7844/3205 EGA Games #5 Small Programs Disk ---------------------- BombAway 1.2 (BOMBAWA) Delaroderie, Rad $10 combines two popular programs EGABomb and VGABomb. It is a high-resolution, mouse-supported (not required) graphics game in which two players fire artillery shells at each other under a moonlit star-filled night sky. EGA/VGA required. Brokeout 1.1 (BROKOUT) Cox, Doug $0 is a no-frills breakout game that requires a mouse and VGA. Mario Brothers VGA 1.0 (MARIOVG) Sharpless, Dave $15 is a fast-paced arcade game with very good VGA graphics. As "pests" come down from the top of the screen, Mario has to jump up to flip them over, then get to them quickly to kick them out. A very fast pest keeps you on your toes. Mustang 3.0 Schmitt, John $12 you fly a WWII Mustang through an increasingly difficult array of evil enemy fighter planes and larger enemy bombers. Throughout the never ending mission, the Mustang can augment its arsenal by picking up special gifts that float down the screen. EGA/VGA required. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3205 -------------------------------- ---------------------- 7844/3273 EGA Games #6 Small Programs Disk ---------------------- Aldo Assault (ALDO3) Ibach, David and Benjamin $15 is the sequel to Aldo's Adventure and Aldo Again. Features include ramps, ladders, treasures and hazards. It has new scenes, superb animation, and more. Requires EGA/VGA. Galactic Food Fight (GFF) Dondzila, John $0 is an arcade game along the lines of the old Defender type games. Even after slowing the game down as much as possible, it ran a little too fast for us on our 386-33. It should be fine on slower machines. The sounds cannot be turned off within the program, but Silencer, on disk #2006 in U2-03, killed the sounds as usual. VGA is required. GoldHunt 1.1 (GLDHUNT) Soleau, William $12 try to pick up the pots of gold as you avoid the deadly sensors and roaming Red Devils. There are 10 different levels in this game, and it is very challenging. EGA or VGA is required. Rampcube 1.0 (RAMPCUB) Soleau, William $12 calls for a good eye and fast reflexes. This is another challenging, high-quality game from Soleau. You have to catch colored tiles as they slide off of a ramp and arrange them into cubes in the grid below. If you do not catch one in time, it will fall into the slot below it, probably messing up your cubes. EGA/VGA required. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3273 -------------------------------- ---------------------- 7844/4047 EGA Games #7 Small Programs Disk ---------------------- BRAINdead2 1.0 (BRNDEAD) Donat, Michael ASP $10-$15 is a Concentration type game with excellent EGA/VGA graphics. FBIFred Spezzano, Richard $10 You are an Fbi agent searching for a secret access code in a rat infested New York City subway. This multi-screen mission contains many hidden secrets. Requires EGA/VGA. Gotcha 1.0 Herring, Don $0 is a variation of the game of Qixx. The object is to lop off portions of the screen without being hit by the moving lines. Requires VGA. Mirror Maze 2.0 (MIRRORS) Edson, Dave $20 is an interesting and unusual game in which a beam of light is moving through a maze (a grid of squares, actually). Mirrors are angled across many of the intersections, and your job is to move the mirrors to guide the light so as to hit all the points in the maze while avoiding the nasties. Your time to accomplish this is limited. EGA/VGA required. Simon Says vol.I (SIMNSAY) Johnson, Todd A. $0 is based on the electronic memory game Simon. There are 3 different levels, and a repeat mode is available if you make it past a certain sequence. A mouse or the keyboard may be used. Zimon 1.02 MorganSoft $15 is a Simon clone and two different solitaire games. A mouse and color display are highly recommended. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #4047 -------------------------------- ]]]]]]]]]]