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01.08.1999 - GnomeREPORT Pinky & The Brain: World Conquest -- Even if you've never seen the cartoon *NARF* you'll enjoy this game. When I have time to kill, I love sitting down and playing puzzle-type games. I'm not a huge Pinky & The Brain fan, but I love mazes--and that's what World Conquest is all about! Move walls, get special powerups, and cover each 8x8, 12x12, or 16x16 grid within a certain period of time. It even comes with a custom maze builder when you get bored with the 30 pre-made ones. Play either Pinky or Brain in single- or multi-player mode (via LAN, modem, or Internet). There are even different ways to compete against your opponent (four types of competitions). What should you do tonight? Try to take over the world! Settlers III -- Isn't it everybody's dream to strike out and start up their own civilization? For many of us, that just isn't feasible. While this might look like any other "Civ" game, Blue Byte Software has leaped ahead of the pack with Settlers III. And you don't need to play Settlers I or II to see that this game stands well on its own. You can be the Romans, Egyptians, or Asians--with over 30 trades to help build your economy! Play with others via the Internet (or LAN) if you're tired of going at it alone. Thanks to extensive user feedback during beta testing, this is a great game for gamers. Time to Settle down... -- Chris Pirillo GnomePROGRAM Win-Res-Q v1.0 [139k] W9x/NT FREE
http://www.magnetiq.com/programs/winresq10.zip I featured this program a few weeks back; the site had moved between the time I wrote the review & the time it was published. Most of you weren't able to get it, and you should have. When Explorer crashes, you usually lose all those icons sitting in your System Tray (like your Internet Connection, System Resource Monitor, etc.). If you need to access a program whose icon isn't visible anymore, instead of rebooting, run this program. Just select which process you wish to see and it should show up again (WARNING: all Windows processes are listed)! Res-Q me... GnomeSYSTEM Raven & Obsidian2 Driver Updates for W9x/NT http://www.quantum3d.com/extremegaming/support/drivers.html Looks like they've updated the Lean & Full driver packages for Raven (3Dfx Glide 2x) and Release 6C BETA drivers (Quantum3D v2.54). There is also a link for information on installing 3Dfx Voodoo2 reference drivers for the Obsidian2. GnomeCANDY NavWorks Customizable Interfaces Have you ever loaded up a website and been blown away by its high quality navigational graphics? With NavWorks, you can easily make YOUR site just as attractive to visitors. There are four different NavPackets available at this time (with more to come). You can open and edit them in Adobe's PhotoShop 4, Corel's Photo-Paint 8, and/or JASC's Paint Shop Pro 5. If you're not sure about purchasing an entire set of different web navigational interfaces, try a couple of their free downloads. Perfect for the graphically challenged! GnomeFAVORITE
EzBoard Free Web Community Internet Professionals are burning off billions of brain cells every minute; just about everyone is thinking of ways to get "community" involvement on their website. You can lead pipes to water, but you can't make them sink. If you don't have the pipes, consider doing weekend web plumbing with EzBoard. It's a FREE user-customizable web forum for your site--cgi-bin access or programming skills are NOT required (hey, ya gotta like that). They'll even build custom features for ya (for FREE as well). Everything is handled from their site. No worries, mate! GnomeDESKTOP FONT: Dominoes [5k]
http://members.xoom.com/sfonts/dominoes.zip All play and no work makes Jack a happy boy. I must admit that I haven't had much time to play games lately. When I do have time, however, I'd much rather play games that aren't on the computer. There are a few "classics" I never quite got the hang of, though. Cribbage was a tad confusing, Backgammon looked like a Checkers wannabe, and Dominoes... well, I suppose the closest I'll ever get to playing that game is by using this Wingdings font. Suddenly I feel hungry for pizza. GnomeTIP When I received Manny, one of the first things I tried was the modem. After all, what good is having a laptop if you can't connect to the Internet with it? I almost went deaf after listening to the minute-long squealing handshake and quickly decided that I wanted to connect a bit more quietly. To turn off the sound of your modem entirely, open the Control Panel, click on the modem icon, select the installed modem, then click the Properties button. From there, choose the "Connection" tab, then click the 'Advanced' button. In the "Extra Settings" line, enter "M0" (without the quotes)... that's 'M' as in mother and '0' as in zero (the number). Ah, peace and quiet! |