 Welcome to APC's haven for games aficionados Many games have special requirements. Windows games frequently need DirectX (for help click here), so be sure to read the instructions below and any Readme files included with these games. Download the DirectX 6.1 file \gamezone\dx61eng.exe to your local drive, then run the program from the command prompt.
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| Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri | |||||
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| Description: | Activision may well have won the naming rights, but the true sequel to the classic Civilization series is not the recently published Civilization: Call to Power (reviewed last month), but Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (SMAC) from Firaxis. Not only does SMAC maintain the story-line from Civilization II (which ended with colonisers heading to the stars), but its developers, Sid Meier and Brian Reynolds, were also the wizards behind the original games. | ||||
| Requirements: | Pentium133, Windows 95/98, 16M RAM, DirectX 6 | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, and unzip the files. | ||||
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http://www.alphacentauri.com/ | ||||
| Gruntz | |||||
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| Description: | Generally, if you see a game that substitutes the letter 'Z' for 'S' in an effort to be wacky, you should run a mile. If, however, this forces you to run screaming from Gruntz, that would be a pity. It's a particularly fine game, although, on second thoughts, if you've got a lot of work to do, maybe the run screaming thing would be the good option. Gruntz, you see, is very, very addictive. You control an army of Gruntz. Gruntz are cute little orange/purple creatures made up out of goo, and it's your job to rescue them, a la lemmings, but from a top-down, RTS style view. What saves Gruntz from being a mere clone is the fierce ingenuity of its puzzles and its twisted, often ridiculous sense of humour. Click on your Gruntz, and they talk. Deliver a warpstone to the 1 and he'll burst into song -- badly, but worth listening to. | ||||
| Requirements: | Pentium 133, Windows 95, 32M RAM | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Nestcape users download to your local drive and run the EXE file. | ||||
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http://www.gruntzgoo.com/ | ||||
| Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance | |||||
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OK, so by the time you read this, Phantom Menace mania will have gripped the nation, with rioting in the streets and a general outbreak of anarchy. Or perhaps not. In the meantime, hopefully someone will still be playing X-Wing Alliance, the latest in LucasArt’s long-running X-Wing/TIE Fighter games. The general game mechanics really haven’t changed that much since TIE Fighter. So what does X-Wing Alliance offer? Well, for a start, it offers a coherent plot. Play through the game in single player mode, and you’ll become Ace Azzameen, the youngest son of a trading family on the periphery of the Empire/Rebel war. Being a Star Wars game, of course, things don’t remain like that for long, and you soon find yourself in the thick of combat, spying and treachery. LucasArts have obviously realised that you can’t simply string out sequels to games with minor graphical polishes, and this time around have concentrated on the ingame characters, from arguing members of your own family to the slimy Viraxo clan, and your own personal droid, Emkay. | ||||
| Requirements: | Pentium 90, Windows 95, 16M RAM | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Nestcape users download to your local drive and run the EXE file. | ||||
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http://www.lucasarts.com/ | ||||
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