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Software of the Month Club
March 1997 CD-ROM Program Guide
- Windows Children's -
- Feature Program -
Child's Play II
Have fun
Keep your kids busy for hours with this fun and entertaining
program. It mixes art tools and special effects to bring out young
artists. Improves hand-eye coordination while introducing
children to computers.
* More than 700 art stamps
* Ten painting tools
* Picture books
* Pre-colored backgrounds
(Application by ASL)
Create A Quiz 4.0
This is only a test
Generate your own onscreen interactive quizzes. It supports
multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank style tests.
* Generates scoring reports
* Includes five examples
* Printing options
(Application by Philip P. Kapusta)
Daisy's Garden 2 1.04e
Green thumb
Help Daisy pick all the fruit and flowers in her garden. It's more
difficult than it sounds -- the garden is a challenging maze and
there are greedy marmots and annoying little grubs out to get her.
* Three difficulty levels
* Six mazes per level
* Level creator and editor
* Joystick support
(Application by Dipl. Ing. Frank Burkart)
Desk Drop 1.0
Messy desk
Organize your desk with this Tetris-style game. Arrange
matching tiles of desk items to win.
* Bonus rows
* Spacebar lets you drop tiles quickly
* One player
(Application by Soleau Software; Requires 256-colors)
Math Page 1.0
Simple math
Create math work sheets with this wonderful educational tool.
Print 15 addition and subtraction problems per page.
* Designed for preschool, kindergarten and first grade students
* Three difficulty levels
(Application by Perry Knab; Requires a printer)
Networdz 2.0
Word game
This is an excellent Scrabble-type game. Enter the players'
names, configure the game board and start the game. See how
many words you can create in a crossword pattern.
* Add and delete words
* Import your own dictionaries
* Export existing dictionaries as text files
* Includes a Spanish dictionary
* Play against the computer or your friends
* Includes numerous configuration options, including custom
rules and sound effects
* Supports up to four players
(Application by Lance Frohman)
Nothin' But the Facts -- Arithmetic!
123s
This is an excellent introduction to addition. Understand how
addition works in Learn, move onto Practice and test your new
skills in the Drill mode.
* Each section has beginner, intermediate and advanced levels
* Animation
* Print certificates of achievement
* Track progress
(Application by Interactive Educational Productions; Requires
256-colors)
PocoMan
Product management
Organize a crowded warehouse in this excellent Sokoban clone.
Push a series of packages into their correct storage spaces. First
decide the correct order to move the packages -- then decide the
correct route. Plan your strategy or you'll trap yourself.
* Choose from 50 mazes
* Three difficulty levels
* Undo last move
* Choose magnification
* Track moves, pushes and time
(Application by Sleepless Software; Requires Windows 95)
Selingua Language Tutor 2.03
Learn language
Learn languages the easy way! Choose from English (both
American and British), German, Spanish, French and Swedish.
This program can be used by native speakers of any of these
languages to help them learn a new language.
* Five activities, including single word translations, speed tests
and studying irregular verbs
* Crossword puzzle game
* More than 500 word vocabulary lists for each language
(Application by Mariann Wartoft)
SH-Magic Words 1.0
Falling letters
Increase your word power with this fun Tetris-style game.
Arrange falling letters into words to make words of three to
seven letters.
* Fifteen levels
* Dictionary includes more than 1,600 words
* English and German word lists
* Keeps high score per level
(Application by Schenk & Horn)
- Windows Utility Collection -
Avalaunch 1.0
Open programs easily
Launch multiple programs with the click of a button or close
them all at once. Pages created in Avalaunch can be launched
and closed at times you specify from within Clock Talk.
Excellent productivity tool.
* Create multiple program pages to launch your programs
* Launch or close program pages from the Windows Run
function
* Open programs from batch (.bat), Windows PIF (.pif) and
Win95 link (.lnk)
* Integrate with Clock Talk, included on this volume
(Application by Real Solutions Software)
Clock Talk 3.1
What time is it?
This amazing utility replaces your Windows clock. Set alarms
to display messages on your screen. Use Clock Talk with
Avalaunch, included on this volume, to launch programs from
the program pages set up in Avalaunch.
* Announces the time at an interval that you select
* Starts and stops programs, WAV files and CD audio tracks
* Use the CD player to play music CDs without having to
start a separate program
(Application by Real Solutions Software)
Icon Master 3.50
Create your own icons
View and edit your system icons in a full-page display. Just
drag 'n drop an icon into the editor to make changes. Use the
move, copy and delete functions to manage your icon
directories.
* Extract icons from within executable and DLL files
* Convert BMP files to icons
* Group your icons into libraries for easier access
* Editor contains many tools, including brush size and
drawing lines, squares or circles
(Application by Blind Mellon Software; Requires
VBRUN300.DLL, included in this Utility Collection)
Visual Basic Run Times
Here's your VBRUN300.DLL
Software of the Month Club members occasionally receive
fantastic Microsoft Windows applications written in Visual
Basic. This set of DLL files ensures that these exciting new
applications run properly. Includes Visual Basic
VBRUN200/300.DLL files.
(Application by Microsoft)
Wallpaper Manager 3.10
Interior decorating
Schedule changes to your Windows wallpaper. You can
change the wallpaper at intervals of 15 and 30 minutes, every
hour, every week or create your own schedule. Great for
changing the appearance of your desktop.
* You choose which wallpaper to display and when to change
it
* Preview wallpapers before selecting
* Select the sequence in which wallpaper appears
(Application by Blind Mellon Software; Requires
VBRUN300.DLL, included in this Utility Collection)
WinZip 6.1
Compression utility
This amazing program combines the convenience of Windows
with ZIP compression files and other compression formats.
View the contents of your ZIP files by double-clicking on
them and then extract the contents to any directory you
specify. Use the Create function to back up the files on your
hard drive. The add function allows you to add files to an
existing archive to help back up your valuable data.
* Compress files on your hard drive to increase the amount of
available disk space
* Create new archives on your disk or hard drive
* Fast access to ZIP compression files
* WinZip Wizard unzips files and then runs setup and install
programs
(Application by Nico Mak Computing, Inc.)