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What Is A Tommy's Toy?
Imagine aliens from outer space landing on Earth and racing to turn your PC
into a complete toy store with scores of inexpensive easy-to-run software
programs. You have just imagined Tommy's Toys.
The Text Mode Product List
We currently have 135 text mode toys for sale. You can buy anything from
one toy to the Awesome Astounding Deluxe Toy Chest containing all 135 toys.
Please read this entire product list before making your purchase decision
because Tommy wants you to have a lot of fun.
Notes:
o All toys will run in 512K of memory on an IBM PC or compatible with
DOS version 2.1 or higher (try demo disk to be sure -- PC Jr. has
limited memory and is not guaranteed to work). The text mode toys
work with a mono adapter card with monochrome monitor, or color graphics
adapter card with color monitor (Hercules-compatible mono cards are not
guaranteed to work, but probably will).
o All programs provided on 5.25 inch (360KB DS/DD or 720KB DS/HD) or
3.5 inch (720KB DS/DD or 1.44MB DS/HD) diskettes, your choice.
Diskettes are NOT copy protected. All programs (c) Copyright Tommy's
Toys, World Rights Reserved.
SPECIAL NOTE: You can now order your toys IN DUPLICATE, that is, on
two different types of diskettes at the same time, just add 20% to
the price of your order. This offer does not apply to demo disks, to
items limited to one type of diskette, or to any order less than $6.00.
o Diskette media warranted to be free of defects. Defective
(unreadable) diskettes will be replaced free of charge if reported
within 90 days of purchase. Note: other than this, all programs are
provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, and, because of the
type of product, no refunds can be given, although, of course, we
are nice guys and will do what we can to satisfy our customers at
our own discretion.
o IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp.
Tommy's Toys and Tommy's Gorilla Balls are trademarks of Tommy's Toys.
o Catalog and prices subject to change without notice. Tommy's Toys
reserves the right to incorporate improvements in products without prior
notice and without obligation to replace previously issued products.
Updated products are available from us at a nominal cost (details come
with purchase.)
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Game Type A=arcade, B=board, C=cards, D=dice/dominoes, G=gambling,
Codes M=mission vehicle simulator, P=psych(olog)ical, S=skill,
T=text adventure, U=?, W=word/knowledge, Z=sports
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cat #. title description We've got the games, earthlings!
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1M. TOMMY'S TREK. Imagine the mainframe Trek of the 60's re-created, with
closed-loop simulation and a complete autopilot added, and enhanced with
color and sound effects so that the popular game jumps out of the screen
at you. So exciting you won't want to quit! Nostalgic. Don't confuse it
with inferior Earthling substitutes. (Not to be confused with Star Trek,
a registered trademark of Paramount Pictures Corp.)
2M. TOMMY'S SEAWOLF. Mock-serious submarine cockpit simulator for harassing
enemy shipping lanes. Sonar display, torpedoes, SAMs, weather effects,
enemy ASW helis and subs. Good enough to make you seasick.
3A. TOMMY'S SILO. Defend a missile silo with your own ABM system. Shoot
down incoming RVs before they nuke your silo. Learn touch typing real
quick.
4M. TOMMY'S LANDER. Land on an unknown (possibly hostile) planet in a
faraway galaxy. On autopilot mode, you get by with controlling the
steepness of descent.
5A. TOMMY'S PALACE. Raid the palace of the Dragon King room-by-room and
shoot it out with his men. A game of psychological leadership, daring,
and panache, not to mention tactics, reflexes, and concentration of fire-
power. Special thanks to ex-Presidents Ferdinand Marcos, Idi Amin, and
Baby Doc Duvalier for valuable ideas (no offense boys).
6A. TOMMY'S CAT & MOUSE. A maze game for split personalities. Truly
infantile. Watch the little mouse solve the maze for you; solve it
yourself; try to sneak past cats; or become a cat and chase mice.
7A. TOMMY'S GORILLA BALLS. For those who like passive resistance. A
really silly arcade game, gets you in the mood for our others. If you see
any hidden sexual connotations in this game you must have a dirty mind.
8S. TOMMY'S BLOB. Your blob against theirs for screen domination. Some games
last for hours. Save/restore capability included.
9A. TOMMY'S AIR RAID. Defend the city against a night attack. All the fun
without need of ear plugs.
10A. TOMMY'S CHARIOTS. Circus, circus. A Roman chariot race. The
Emperor is watching you.
11A. TOMMY'S TERRACES. A cannonball game, your hill vs. theirs.
12A. TOMMY'S TURKEYS. For when you just want to shoot turkeys. Slick
and fast. 8 games in one. Fast becoming a classic.
13A. TOMMY'S ZOMBIES. Relive the night of the living dead. Grossly
silly.
14A. TOMMY'S STOMPERS. Or, Spiders from Mars Part I. Goes with preceding
toy as a Halloween package.
15B. TOMMY'S CHESS SET. Turn your PC into an electronic chess set with
complete data management functions (it does not play chess itself):
enter, save, replay (not just restore) games complete with on-screen
notes and user designed sound effects. Backstep or undo backsteps with
a single keystroke. Comes with several neat games ready to replay.
Great for a chess club to publish their entire tournament on diskette.
16A. TOMMY'S GORILLA BALL PYTHONS. Can you stop the slithering?
17A. TOMMY'S GORILLA BALL RAMPARTS. Defend the castle against an enemy
siege by gorilla ball soldiers. Reminiscent of English Civil War.
18M. TOMMY'S SAUCER. An astounding flying saucer cockpit mockup: turn your
PC into a flying saucer cockpit for a few bucks. Designed by someone
who's been there (run it with the lights out, b.y.o. alien costume).
19A. TOMMY'S EGG. You are an egg. Your mother laid you in mid-air right
over a craggy, bottomless pit filled with egg-loving trolls. Drop
Pitfall and try this fun game.
20A. TOMMY'S CHICKEN. You are now a chicken. Can you cross the road?
21M. TOMMY'S AIRSHARK. Pilot a super helicopter over a tank field. In-the-
cockpit type simulation.
22A. TOMMY'S ANTFARM. Get a cute glass-walled antfarm mad at you. Gosh it
would look silly playing in Safeway's accounting department.
23A. TOMMY'S STARBALL. Arcade game for those with cosmic awareness.
24A. TOMMY'S LIFTS. The spy-in-the-elevators game for your IBM PC.
25P. TOMMY'S WIZARDS. Prove your powers and qualify as a wizard in a real
wizard initiation test.
26B. TOMMY'S TOWERS. A new game of chess played on a board of 1000
squares, with all kinds of new pieces such as Duke, Earl, and Cannon.
Board management system only (program has all the features of Tommy's
Chess Set). Find a friend who's bored with Chess and start a match.
Warning: This astoundingly complex game is for the few (we still don't
know anybody who's actually finished a game yet)!
27A. TOMMY'S BALLOON. Drop bombs on enemy laser cannons. Very infantile like
you like it.
28A. TOMMY'S PADDLES. Your paddle against ours.
29C. TOMMY'S PATIENCE. Play Solitaire on the computer: Accordion,
Klondike, Canfield, Scorpion. Cards aplenty. Note: this program
won't work on PCs with only 256K of RAM.
30B. TOMMY'S CHECKERS SET. All the features of Tommy's Chess Set, for
serious Checkers players. Note: this program does not play checkers
itself, it only implements the board and rules on your PC.
31C. TOMMY'S OLD MAID. What the world has been waiting for: a way to
play Old Maid with the computer!
32A. TOMMY'S HYPERDRIVE. Shift your PC into hyperdrive. Hot to trot. This
is our most popular arcade game, probably because it is so screamingly
noisy and offensive.
33A. TOMMY'S JAMMER. A souped-up racer vs. jammer game for hotshots.
34U. TOMMY'S SHOW AND TELL. A-maze yourself. Beats an aquarium.
35A. TOMMY'S ICICLES. A bewildering, offbeat arcade game. Seems simple
until you paint yourself in a corner.
36G. TOMMY'S ROULETTE. Take your chances on our little ole roulette wheel.
37CG. TOMMY'S TWENTY-ONE. Play Blackjack against the house with this nifty
program, similar to the blackjack programs found in casinos. Handles up
to 19 decks at once in the shoe. Card counting mode, automatic
carryover of your pot between runs. Also included: Flapjack (Seven and
a Half or Italian Pontoon), Macao (Nine), Pontoon (British Twenty-One).
Watch out, the dealer is a real wiseguy.
38A. TOMMY'S METEORS. Think fast or become a statistic.
39D. TOMMY'S YAHTZEE. The super dice game. Computer is hard to beat with
our exclusive alien algorithm. Also included: Yacht, Crag (popular
variants). For 1-8 players, one of which may be the computer itself.
40C. TOMMY'S CRIBBAGE. Sir John Suckling would be proud. It's you against
the computer in this great card game. Plays 5-card and 6-card versions.
41M. TOMMY'S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. Towering. Play it on strike.
42G. TOMMY'S 1-ARMED BANDIT. Cherries or lemons? Includes standard
slots plus Las Vegas style poker machine.
43A. TOMMY'S PACKRAT. Our own version of you know what.
44A. TOMMY'S ENERGY FENCE. Startling what energy can do. Sizzling.
45B. TOMMY'S OTHELLO. The 8 x 8 version of the oriental game of Go, also
known as Reversi. Board management system (including backstep and undo
backstep), computer lookahead capability, game save and replay. Play
against the computer or another person and improve your management
ability.
46T. TOMMY'S SPACE DUNGEONS. Or, There and Back Again. The ubiquitous
text adventure hopped-up by aliens from outer space.
47A. TOMMY'S FLOPPY DISCUS. A silly arcade game for Software Olympians.
48DG. TOMMY'S DOMINOES. The Draw Game with Muggins (All Threes or All Fives).
The latest verion features betting and practice options, multiple
spinners, hand replay, automatic game save and restore. Play it while
wearing house slippers.
49DG. TOMMY'S DICE. A paradise of 10 dice games: Craps, Dice 21, Liar
Dice, Barbudi, Poker Dice, Chuck-A-Luck, 4-5-6, more. Let the good
times roll.
50S. TOMMY'S DOUBLE L. A humoresque game of strategy for thinkers.
51A. TOMMY'S PYRAMID. Steal the high priest's rattle.
52A. TOMMY'S DOG-EAT-DOG. A favorite on death row. Best appreciated by
those who have had a run-in with the court system.
53A. TOMMY'S GORILLA BALL GAUNTLET. A long-running favorite. Something
like a laid-back Centipede with more emphasis on strategy than reflexes.
54A. TOMMY'S MARBLE. Don't blink (or you'll go marbles).
55CG. TOMMY'S TUXEDO. Put on your tux and play Baccarat, Chemin de
Fer, Rouge et Noir, Faro, Keno, Acey-Ducey. Startup show features a
shocking text-mode Cancan.
56Z. TOMMY'S TENPINS. Share a lane with Fred and Wilma. Probably our
stupidest game.
57SG. TOMMY'S SHELL GAME. Where did the little pea go?
58CG. TOMMY'S POKER PARLOR. Draw and Stud with variations (Spit in the Ocean,
Wild Widow, Shotgun). 2 to 7 handed (computer plays all hands but
yours). Habit-forming.
59S. TOMMY'S ROTO REPEATER. Not just for Simple Simons. Explains where
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" came from.
60W. TOMMY'S TRIVIA. What color are Mr. Rogers' sneakers? Take an alien
dare with this meister program. Over 2400 questions on all subjects:
History, Sports, Entertainment, Weird Science and Technology, Politics,
Geography. Neat game format makes the $40 Trivia Fever look sick.
Why fumble with flash cards? Use your Trivial Pursuit board for
a dashboard protector. Play EIGHT ways, the first 4 solo against a high
score file and the last 4 against another player or team: Trivia IQ
(like in shopping malls), 50 Questions, Beat the Clock, Jeopardy Style,
Double Dare, Volleyball, Tic-Tac-Toe (Hollywood Squares style), and Fact
or Rumor (Rodeo Drive style).
61S. TOMMY'S CHINESE CHECKERS. Inscrutable. Play against computer or
another human.
62S. TOMMY'S PEGS. A.k.a. Mastermind. Make it or break it.
63S. TOMMY'S SALVO. Can you sink our battleship? Just like the classic
version often found in toy stores.
64B. TOMMY'S MILL. A.k.a. Merrills, this ancient board game, similar to tic-
tac-toe but with triple the options, has been found inscribed on the
steps of the Acropolis, buried with Viking remains, and mentioned in
Shakespeare under the name Nine Men's Morris ("Midsummer Night's Dream").
Almost forgotten by earthlings until a world championships was staged in
Hutton-le-Hole, England, in 1988, we aliens always did like it.
65S. TOMMY'S TOWERS OF HANOI. The definitive version. See why they burp
after dinner in China.
66C. TOMMY'S SIXTY SIX. A neat 2-hand card game based on Bezique & Pinochle,
with a simplified form of melding and marriage, and directed trick-taking
of the Skat variety. Said to have been invented in 1652 at an inn at
Paderborn in Westphalia, Germany, and now popular in the U.S. too, it is
reeking with tradition. Play against the computer, or watch it play
against itself.
67C. TOMMY'S GIN RUMMY. The program that is making Gin Rummy fanatics out of
legions of earthlings. Play against the computer, who is also Mr. Music.
Implements Standard, Oklahoma, Gin, and Tommy's own Space Cowboy
versions, with optional Hollywood (3 games at a time) scoring. Manual or
automatic sorting of your hand to take the tedium out of the
preliminaries. Become a seven-day Wander with this neat program.
68A. TOMMY'S GORILLA BALL BABIES. The bouncing kind. You see, the Gorilla
Ball Nursery is on fire and you man the net.
69A. TOMMY'S ROCKS. The sky is falling ... on your head.
70A. TOMMY'S FLIPOUT. A pinball machine with multiple characters. Too
silly! Comes with special Three Amigos mode (we got Broncomania from
living in Denver).
71A. TOMMY'S GORILLA BALL TRAIN. Will crack you up.
72A. TOMMY'S MOLE. Dig in and carve out a high score.
73S. TOMMY'S TIC TAC TOE. Two and three dimensional versions. You against
the computer.
74A. TOMMY'S I-POINT. Defend the point at infinity.
75B. TOMMY'S BACKGAMMON. Will beat you backwards and forwards. Play against
computer or another human. Standard and Dutch. It is subversive to sell
this great toy (some say our best) so cheap.
76W. TOMMY'S HANGMAN. So silly you ought to be hanged for buying it.
77B. TOMMY'S AWARI. The ancient African stick and bean game. Easy to learn
but challenging to play well. And it talks.
78S. TOMMY'S TRIFLES. Silly kiddie games hopped-up for adults:
Rock-Scissors-Paper, 23 Matches, 4 in a Row.
79A. TOMMY'S GORILLA BALL GOTCHA. Keep your wrap on the glad. Pretty
silly but it has an air about it. (A natural complement to #74 above).
80S. TOMMY'S NIM. Ancient China's revenge. Simple game of logic.
81A. TOMMY'S GORILLA BALL TAG. Plop! You're it. (Warning: gorilla
balls don't play fair.)
82W. TOMMY'S HIDDEN-WORDS. Find the hidden words in a puzzle, colorfully.
Megahours of fun. Educational. 50 word lists in all, but the computer
designs the puzzles to come out differently each time. Automatic game
save and restore. 9 difficulty levels, including straight-line and
snaking patterns. High scores automatically kept on disk. How can we
tell you how neat this is?
83S. TOMMY'S DOTS. Connect the dots, la la la la.
84T. TOMMY'S CAMEL. Your move, camel breath. The old caravan in the desert
text adventure game, you vs. the sheik's forces.
85S. TOMMY'S SPACE TYCOONS. Buy and sell your solar system. A stock market
type game, we had to have at least one.
86C. TOMMY'S CRAZY EIGHTS. In all its glory. Will also play Crazy Jacks,
Crazy Aces, etc.
87C. TOMMY'S KIDDIE CARDS. Want to play Go Boom or Stealing Bundles again?
How 'bout for the first time?
88S. TOMMY'S HIGH IQ. Our version of the pegboard game found in bars.
89A. TOMMY'S E-NET. Patrol an energy net in outer space. A favorite
in our galaxy.
90W. TOMMY'S WHEEL OF MISFORTUNE. Solve the phrase or lose a prize. Over
1200 delightful game phrases to amuse you, a whole year's worth. Play 2
ways, Tommy's way or TV show rules. Runs circles around everybody else's
version. For 2-6 players, or 1 player against himself. High scores
automatically kept on disk. Our perennial crowd pleaser that is fast
wheelerizing offices worldwide: will you be the first big winner on TV
to drop Tommy's name? Note: not to be confused with Merv Griffin
Enterprises' Wheel of Fortune, with which we are not associated.
91S. TOMMY'S TYRANTS. Wargame lovers, we have not forgotten you. This long-
playing classic wargame is based on an automatically-displayed, arrow-key
scrollable map of over 10,000 cells (127 x 127). Command your troops,
air and sea ships, and captive cities to take it all from the opponent.
A two-player game, the computer plays referee only, updating the map
between moves while you watch. Automatic game save and restore makes it
easy to play over modem or by mail with a friend. Chuck Risk and try
this!
92P. TOMMY'S INSULTS. Teach yourself some manners. Warning: GROSS (this
program generates screen after screen of combinatorial insults, an old
alien pastime where we come from). Yes, you can add words to its
vocabulary (which starts out rated PG-13). Extra feature: drives the
Covox Speech Thing (tm) with First Byte Smoothtalker (tm) speech
synthesizer, if you happen to have one handy, so you can hear the insults
being spoken.
93A. TOMMY'S SPACE GOBLINS. For itchy trigger tentacles. You are lost
somewhere in the galactic space goblin housing projects and must shoot
your way out.
94A. TOMMY'S TANKS. Pure simplified battlefield action, your lone tank
against their whole army. You'll tank us for this.
95M. TOMMY'S JUPITER JET. Fly over a slushy planet and blast huge Jovian
gorilla balls. A talking cockpit simulator, about as silly as you can
get.
96P. TOMMY'S ALIENIST. Sessions with an alien psychoanalyst from outer
space. The meter keeps running.
97S. TOMMY'S TWISTED WISTER. Remember that plastic puzzle with the
empty square?
98Z. TOMMY'S TOUCHDOWN. Coach the NFL team of your choice. Makes Armchair
Quarterback look lame. Simulates the playing field play-by-play.
99U. TOMMY'S SPACE PANELS. A collection of noisy alien space ship control
panels from Tommy's private collection. The cheapest way to get that
feeling of being back in outer space again. Set the program up in your
crowded office and leave for a few hours ... they'll never quite believe
you're a mere earthling again.
100S. TOMMY'S CROSSWORDS. An elegant tool for making and solving
computerized crossword puzzles in beautiful color. An unlimited
fun machine! Nifty rotating clue buffers. Forty neat puzzles included,
from easy to murder -- and yes, you can cheat. Throw your pencil or pen
away and fall in love with your PC. There isn't a better crossword
puzzle management program on the market.
101M. TOMMY'S ABSTRABOMBER. Bomb an abstract world.
102S. TOMMY'S MAXIT. Drive it to the max! Used to be considered a
kid's game, ha ha.
103C. TOMMY'S TRICKS. Contract Bridge for the clubbed-out. Blackwood,
Stayman conventions, overcalls. Play 0 to 4 hands, the computer
plays the rest. Game logged on disk file automatically.
104CG. TOMMY'S RED DOG. The redneck's card game. Awful cute.
105S. TOMMY'S GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR. Shall we play a game? (8 Mhz clock
clock recommended for correct speech synthesis.) Play against the
computer, US vs. USSR.
106B. TOMMY'S MONOPOLY. The neatest implementation of the classic capitalist
fantasy power game in the quadrant. (Not to be confused with the
version by Parker Bros. or General Mills.) For 2-8 players, one of
which may be the computer itself. Automatic game save/restore, short
and long games, optional time limit, this program has it all. Never
worry about losing the pieces again.
107C. TOMMY'S SPADES. The 4-hand card game so popular in earthling jails.
Like Bridge, but with only one trump suit, mob bidding, and penalties
for sandbagging: the computer plays 3 hands, you play the 4th. Bone
up on this game and make your next jail stay more interesting.
108C. TOMMY'S HEARTS. Watch out for the Black Lady in this popular card
game, the classic game for the underdog. Includes Standard Hearts,
Spot Hearts, and Black Maria.
109CG. TOMMY'S SPACE FARMER. The card game they say is loved down on the
farm. Try to win the farm. Similar to Blackjack, but with a target
count of 16. Hopped-up to show how they play it in outer space (you
play against computerized aliens).
110C. TOMMY'S CANASTA. The firey Latin card game is ready to Samba on your
PC. This game was a worldwide fad in the early '50s and we want to
bring it back with this snazzy program. Whatever happened to Little
Rickey? Plays 2 and 4 hand versions.
111P. TOMMY'S TAROT. This gut-busting program handles all 22 cards of the
Major and 56 cards of the Minor Arcana, dealing the 10-card and 15-card
spreads. The key meanings of each card are displayed automatically,
including the astrological and Qabalistic meanings. Includes tutorial
introduction to the subject. And all for less money than a real deck
of Tarot cards. What WILL your dog have for breakfast tomorrow?
112P. TOMMY'S SPACE SWAMI. Silly accompaniment to above. Let a talking
alien from outer space tell your fortune. Just like the gypsy booths
in sleazy amusement parks. Forget the newspaper horoscopes and try
this. (8 Mhz clock recommended for correct speech synthesis.) A
program you'll use every day.
113P. TOMMY'S NUMBERS OF FATE. A Numerology program for fun and amusement.
Your Numeroscope while you wait. Analyzes name and birthdate into
personality, destiny, soul's urge, goal power numbers; also, pinnacles
and challenges, planes, concords, more.
114P. TOMMY'S I CHING. In the East they do it with hexagrams. Ask the I
Ching before you make any changes. Rub the space bar to impart your
karma, then the PC aids you in interpreting the hexagrams.
115C. TOMMY'S PATIENCE II. Four more neat patience (solitaire) card
games: Betsy Ross, Corner Card (4 Seasons), Pyramid, and Sir Tommy.
Demo mode included. Buy this for those self-indulgent days when you
just want to be alone playing a game with your mind elsewhere. Note:
this program won't work on PCs with only 256K of RAM.
116C. TOMMY'S PINOCHLE. Keep up with the Huxtables with this neat 2-player
version of their favorite card game, double deck and all, including the
traditional Rubbing of the Head. One game of this and they'll never be
able to tear you and your PC apart (between airings of The Cosby Show).
You against the computer.
117W. TOMMY'S CONNECTING POINT. An exciting game where you guess the missing
parts of a free association phrase chain. For 2-4 players, or 1 player
against himself. (A.k.a. Chain Reaction.)
118W. TOMMY'S KNOCK-KNOCK JOKE MACHINE. It tells you one, you tell it one.
Built-in learning device. Install on office PC and watch it grow.
119C. TOMMY'S EUCHRE. The card game they say the joker was invented for.
Once called the national card game of the United States, you can see it
being played on the boat in "Chariots of Fire". Easy-to-learn cousin of
Bridge. Computer plays 3 hands, you play the fourth.
120W. TOMMY'S WHEEL OF CONFUSION. Cryptogram lovers, this one's for you.
Forget about guessing letters in a skeleton phrase -- now try guessing
letter substitutions in a cryptogram! This game is hot, get it before
they steal it for TV. More salubrious for the noodle than the straight
variety. For 2-6 players, or 1 player against himself. (Note: to ease
the shock value two levels of play are provided.)
121A. TOMMY'S NYET. Allegedly invented in Russia (a.k.a. Tetris) you steer
odd-shaped falling blocks so as to land just right. Doubles as a flying
saucer landing trainer program. Next block peek mode, practice mode.
Play against high score file or try tournament play, where 2-6 each try
the same sequence of blocks to see who's best. More fun and a lot
cheaper than Spectrum Holobyte's.
122S. TOMMY'S BLACKBOX. The game popularized by Scientific American Magazine,
perfected by aliens from another planet. Find the hidden gorilla balls
in a rectangular grid using deduction on TT ray probes. Good training
for intergalactic exterminator and pest control school.
123T. TOMMY'S MANOR. Mister Tommy (no relation) has died and left his
considerable fortune to anybody who can find and crack his secret safe.
Our version of the Stoneville Manor text adventure, not difficult but
not expensive either.
124U. TOMMY'S KSCOPE. A nice kaleidoscope program for your PC. Wakes up your
eyeballs.
125W. TOMMY'S JOTTOMANIA. The wheel strikes again! The exhilarating game of
guessing secret words by intersection, combined with Tommy's Wheel of
Misfortune. (For example, if the secret word is TOMMY and you guess
TOYS, then the computer will tell you there were 3 intersections.) For
2-6 players. Or play the classic game of Jotto solo with 5-letter
words.
126W. TOMMY'S PLATES. An exciting vanity license plate game. For 2-4 players
in 2 teams, or 1 player against a high score file. Learn to enjoy
traffic jams on freeways. Over 1000 neat plates stuffed into the
program, plus you can add your own favorite plates to data base. Forget
Bumper Stumpers and get this.
127D. TOMMY'S TRASH! That's right, trash. A neat dice game, a.k.a. Zilch,
where you have to know when to quit before throwing trash. Why waste
$10 on a dice cup and 6 dice when you can get this neat toy and play
against alien robot intelligence on your PC, cheap? All the options
included, PLUS a unique 2-player mutant mode that permits for more
strategy. For 2-9 players, one of which may be the computer itself.
128W. TOMMY'S CHANNEL 3. From our alien studios in New York City, here's a
nifty game show that tests your ability to recall and deduce mental
associations quickly. A triple category is displayed, such as Moe, Poe,
or Boe, then a set of statements, each of which goes with some category,
for example, Knows Diddley (Bo). Play against another player or against
the high score file. Gobs of funny data sets included for a good time
when your date stands you up, or even when he/she doesn't.
129U. TOMMY'S TOY CLOCK. A silly full-screen clock for when you are feeling
tick-tock. It really doesn't do anything but tick, but oh how silly
it is. Features adjustable colors and a settable alarm.
130B. TOMMY'S JAVA. Ever kill time in an airport with that propeller-shaped
board game (a.k.a. Aggravation) where you "percolate" other players'
pieces by hopping on them and sending them back to the start? A fun
family game for 2, 4, or 6 players in 2 teams, and the computer can be a
player. Shortcuts & super shortcuts. Auto game save/restore. Match
score file. Wear beanie with propeller while playing for max effect.
131CG. TOMMY'S FAN TAN. The game of ill-repute made respectable for your PC.
Play original, Parliament, Five or Nine, & Play or Pay versions. You
against 2-7 computerized players. Fantanstic.
132C. TOMMY'S OH HELL. A.k.a. Blackout or Jungle Bridge, here is the neat
card game that is like contract bridge only with a different number of
cards in each play, and where you must make your contract !exactly! or
......! You against 2-6 computerized players. Heat things up.
133Z. TOMMY'S TRIPLE PLAY. Coach a baseball team in a TV-style announced
broadcast. Short & long games. Good sense of humor. Lite fun.
134CG. TOMMY'S TONK. The popular card game beloved by blacks from the South,
ready to boogey on down on your PC.
135BW. TOMMY'S TRICKY QUESTIONS. The alien version of the game of Twenty
Questions. Move over University Games. For 1-6 players. Over 500
tricky question cards to keep you amused. A superb toy that combines
luck, skill and knowledge for fun, fun and fun!
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Tommy's Toy Paks
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The catalog number order of Tommy's Toys is no accident. Each group of 15
sequential Tommy's Toys from the above list was designed by Tommy to have a
special balance that makes it something worth having. We call them Toy Paks,
and are experimenting with making them available for a special price of
$49.95 postpaid in U.S.A. (outside U.S. add $5), a power purchase for
eclectics.
TOMMY'S TOY PAK I (001-015): THE MISSION BEGINS
TOMMY'S TOY PAK II (016-030): SILLINESS IN SILICON
TOMMY'S TOY PAK III (031-045): WIRED TO WIN
TOMMY'S TOY PAK IV (046-060): ARMCHAIR MELTDOWN
TOMMY'S TOY PAK V (061-075): TRADITION CLOCKED IN MHZ
TOMMY'S TOY PAK VI (076-090): A KID AGAIN
TOMMY'S TOY PAK VII (091-105): WARFARE ALL SEASONS
TOMMY'S TOY PAK VIII (106-120): FICKLE FLIP-FLOPS OF FATE
TOMMY'S TOY PAK IX (121-135): ODD MEN OUT
TOMMY'S TOY PAK X (136-150): REVENGE OF THE SOFTWARE TOYS**
**Note: Toy Pak X not available yet.
Theme Paks:
For those who prefer that all their toys be on the same theme, we have the
following package deals available.
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*hot* Tommy's Card Pak *hot*
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Not a pack of cards, a pak of toys! Are you an aspiring card shark?
Have trouble finding card partners? No time to leave your office? Just
want to learn from a good teacher who won't tell anybody about all your
beginner mistakes? Try your computer! Announcing TOMMY'S CARD PAK, a
collection of all our card games, including Tommy's Patience, Tommy's Old
Maid, Tommy's Twenty-One, Tommy's Cribbage, Tommy's Tuxedo, Tommy's Poker
Parlor, Tommy's Sixty-Six, Tommy's Gin Rummy, Tommy's Kiddie Cards, Tommy's
Crazy Eights, Tommy's Tricks, Tommy's Red Dog, PLUS Tommy's Spades, Tommy's
Hearts, Tommy's Space Farmer, Tommy's Canasta, Tommy's Patience II, Tommy's
Pinochle, Tommy's Euchre, Tommy's Fan Tan, Tommy's Oh Hell, AND Tommy's
Tonk. That's 22 different programs! Included FREE, a copy of a famous
earthling card player's bible (paperback ed.), as if complete instructions
aren't already included. All for an astoundingly low price of just $69.95,
and the computer won't take your money when it beats you either. Compare
this to private instruction or club fees and whip those checkbooks out.
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Tommy's Gorilla Ball Pak
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Come gather round and enjoy the adventures of Tommy's Gorilla Balls,
coming soon to a PC near you -- and you don't have to be pre-pubescent to
enjoy them either. For only $24.95 (postpaid in U.S.A.; foreign add $5)
here is what you get: Tommy's Gorilla Balls, Tommy's Gorilla Ball Pythons,
Tommy's Gorilla Ball Ramparts, Tommy's Packrat, Tommy's Gorilla Ball
Gauntlet, Tommy's Gorilla Ball Babies, Tommy's Gorilla Ball Train, Tommy's
Gorilla Ball Gotcha, Tommy's Gorilla Ball Tag, Tommy's Jupiter Jet. That's
10 different toys for less than $25, specially priced so you can't resist
buying it (hurry before we raise prices and you get Gorilla Ball guilt).
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Tommy's Arcade Pak
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Arcade fanatic! Here are our most popular arcade games all gathered in
one pak, waiting for your name in their high score files: Tommy's Palace,
Tommy's Blob, Tommy's Turkeys, Tommy's Egg, Tommy's Starball, Tommy's
Hyperdrive, Tommy's Jammer, Tommy's Meteors, Tommy's Floppy Discus, Tommy's
Gorilla Ball Gauntlet, Tommy's Flipout, Tommy's Mole, Tommy's E-Net, Tommy's
Space Goblins, Tommy's Nyet. That's 15 different toys for only $34.95
postpaid in U.S.A. (foreign add $5), a real steal for prompt earthlings.
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Tommy's Word Paks
Some earthlings can't get enough of our word-driven toys such as Wheel
of Misfortune, Trivia, and Crosswords. Bowing to their incessant demands
we beamed down gobs of data from our library computer and created these
neat data-intensive toy paks, stuffed to the kilters and waiting to please.
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Tommy's Word Game Sampler Pak:
The basic word game toys from the main line: Tommy's Trivia, Tommy's
Hidden-Words, Tommy's Wheel of Misfortune, Tommy's Crosswords, Tommy's
Connecting Point, Tommy's Wheel of Confusion, Tommy's Jottomania, Tommy's
Plates, Tommy's Channel 3, Tommy's Tricky Questions. 10 toys, just $39.95
postpaid in U.S.A. (foreign add $5).
Tommy's Wheel of Misfortune Pak:
If you haven't gone bonkers over it yet, try it. If you have burned up
the 1200+ phrases of the main line (Potpourri) version (Cat. #90), it's
time for Tommy's Wheel of Misfortune Pak, containing 17 versions of the
program with different phrase data bases, tailored to specific themes. Tap
into the indefinable magic of a game that improves your knowledge and
vocabulary, mental prowess and memory, all while having lots of fun.
Versions included: Potpourri, Monday Night Football, Teeny Boppers, TV
Auction, Crime Story, Movie/TV/Radio Madness, Something for Everybody, King
James Bible, The Evening News, At the Old Ball Game, A Little of Everything,
From the Kitchen, All Over the Map, Catch As Catch Can, Easy Mixed With Hard,
Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Tommy's favorite), A Year's Worth of Shows.
The entire pak is just $24.95 postpaid in U.S.A. (outside U.S. add $5).
15,000+ phrases in all, thousands you'll never see on TV. Plus, the MASTER
version, minus any internal phrases, but configured to read in, from disk,
a complete phrase data base which you can make up, complete with your own
theme, categories, and phrases. (Watch Out! This power has been known
to destroy countless galaxies!)
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Tommy's Trivia Pak:
Ever had the dream of being a big winner on Jeopardy!? Or the office
trivia king? Here's the alien's best product on earth for stuffing your
brain with useless information, Tommy's Trivia Pak! Only $24.95 postpaid in
U.S.A. (foreign add $5).
This pak is HOT. You see, long before we went into the toy business we
aliens from outer space were silently observing your silly planet. We tapped
deeply into our computers for this pak, which contains a total of over
*15,000* (FIFTEEN THOUSAND) neat trivia questions on all subjects with an
extraterrestrial slant on things. It's too awesome to describe! Over one
million bytes of trivia, kept up to date by busy aliens ... not even
computerbrained Mr. Spock could know this much stuff. Also includes a
special version which you can customize with your own trivia questions. Just
imagine how many pounds of Trivial Pursuit flash cards you would have to buy
to equal the sheer size of this multi-diskette data base -- and our trivia
leaves theirs in the dust anyway. This is not only neat, it is nourishing.
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Tommy's Hidden-Word Puzzle Pak:
Don't dell, but we got a heckuva lot of hidden-word search puzzles
packed onto a whole Toy Pak's worth of diskettes (500 puzzle titles on 10
different versions of the program). If you enjoy getting lost in a
wilderness of words, and finding your way out, this pak will amuse for many
yahrens. And all in brilliant color on your IBM PC, not with cruddy old
pencil and paper! Includes a special version which you can customize with
your own hidden-word puzzle lists. Do a puzzle a day and keep your brain
from going to fat; make up special puzzles for your office mates (with your
own little private jokes). Only $19.95 postpaid in U.S.A. (foreign add $5).
Free bonus: Tommy's Crosswords (Cat. #100) & Tommy's Trivia (Cat. #60)
included to add to your word game library.
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Tommy's Crossword Puzzle Pak:
If you've discovered a love affair with Tommy's Crosswords you're not
alone: the days of pencil & pen crossword puzzles ended when this program
was released dirt cheap to the inhabitants of earth. Now how about the
latest version of the program along with a whole pak of 200 neat and weird
crossword puzzles on all subjects, designed by extraterrestrial beings with
hyperintelligence? All for only $19.95 in U.S.A. (foreign add $5). Free
bonus: Tommy's Hidden-Words (Cat. #82) and Tommy's Trivia (Cat. #60) included
to add to your word game library.
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Tommy's Magnum 45 Paks (with apologies to CBS):
Packing 3 Toy Paks together for $144.95 (postpaid in U.S.A.; foreign
add $15) packs quite a kick! What a great gift for somebody with an IBM PC
or compatible! You have your choice of any 3 Toy Paks. Bonus: your choice
of any 2 of the following paks: Wheel of Misfortune, Crosswords, Trivia, or
Hidden-Word Puzzle Pak. Nice gift card included if desired.
Tommy's Little Secret Disk:
If you have a CGA and color monitor, Tommy has made up a nice little
secret disk just for you, containing 3 neat arcade-style classics that are
not in the text mode line: Tommy's Breakout (the classic ping pong ball
vs. wall game), Tommy's Rockets (your rocket against the computer's), and
Tommy's Lepton (try to survive in the world of matter-antimatter). All for
just $9.95 postpaid in U.S.A. (foreign add $1).
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The most exciting toy store ever offered in earth history is waiting to
be shipped to YOU by aliens from outer space, cheap!
**close encounters**
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TOMMY'S DELUXE TEXT MODE TOY CHEST I
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**of the sixth kind**
Tommy's Awesome Astounding Deluxe Text Mode Toy Chest I consists of ONE
HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE (135) text mode Tommy's Toys (Toy Paks I-IX) stuffed
onto over THIRTY 360KB diskettes or FIFTEEN 720KB or SEVEN 1.44MB diskettes
-- OVER TEN MILLION BYTES IN ALL -- and packaged in a handsome diskette
storage chest along with assorted doodads (cards, dice, dominoes), all for
only $360.00 (postpaid in U.S.A.; foreign add $5 for each Toy Pak in Toy
Chest -- $45).
When's the last time you went out and bought a software package with
even five diskettes in it? Now try and imagine a whole chest bulging with a
hundred-plus QUALITY toy programs, all for just a few hundred earth dollars,
probably the best buy on earth at this primitive stage of its galactic
evolution.
But what will it do for you? Plenty! This time you can live your
childhood RIGHT -- after you are supposedly grown up! Why, by the time you
have mastered all the controls, displays, rules, strategies, puzzles, trivia
questions, and forbidden secrets from outer space in these neat toys you will
be ready for your Bachelors in Galactic Gameology with a Minor in Toyology
Silly Cum Laude. (From there you might go on to a professional degree in
Toyonics, a research career in Sillyoncology, or a service-oriented field
such as Sillyatrics. Why one day Tommy might even come and recruit you to be
a Toy Elf in our secret alien workshops located in Denver, Colorado, where
you can live the higher life of pure cerebral silliness after attaining to
hyperintelligence and a knowledge of touch typing.)
What a bargain, say what?
FREE BONUSES!
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Tommy's Card Pak, Tommy's Wheel of Misfortune Pak, Tommy's Crosswords
Pak, Tommy's Trivia Pak, Tommy's Hidden-Word Puzzle Pak, Tommy's Little
Secret Disk, and Tommy's Shareware Pak all included FREE. PLUS, a free copy
of a famous "Hoyle" (paperback ed.) so you can bone up on the rules and
strategies for over 200 games.
About FIFTY 360KB diskettes or TWENTY-FIVE 720KB or TWELVE 1.44MB
diskettes in all! Who else offers you such an awesome amount of challenging
silliness anywhere on earth?
WHY BUY TOMMY'S TOY CHEST?
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Because this is a material world and you are a material earthling; life
is short and there are only so many things you can do for the first time.
Like your first date, your first car. Do you remember where you were when
Kennedy was shot? How about when the first earthling human landed on the
moon
(what was that moving in the shadows just beyond camera range)? What can we
say, here's another first that you will never forget: where you were when you
received your first Tommy's Toy Chest and had your first close encounters of
the sixth kind. And you don't have to make any personal visits to Devil's
Tower to do it, either, because we're as near as your mailbox.
YOU THINK THAT $360.00 IS TOO MUCH FOR A MERE ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCT?
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Listen, how much did you spend for that VCR movie last month, the one
you already saw a dozen times? Or that visit to your in-laws that was so
much fun you couldn't wait to leave? For the price of a Collector's Edition
of Monopoly or ten Christmas trees these toys offer something that movies,
records, and tapes don't: they exercise your cerebral cortex, both
hemispheres, like aerobics or squash, while giving you the emotional
excitement of pure entertainment -- and we're not talking about dancing
around the record machine (and yes, many of them are actually educational).
You see, they not only give but they take, they demand something of you,
and after you give it, you are the better for it. So don't feel guilty for
enjoying your Tommy's Toys. Join the Tommy's Toys generation and become a
toy master before you get too serious to enjoy it.
YOU'RE AFRAID TO BUY THEM FOR YOUR OFFICE PC?
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So what if our products make your expensive, no-nonsense, business
computer into a great big toy? Think of them as the alien antidote to
international business machines -- take one or two after any business
headache.
Not being copy-protected, you can put them on your hard disk at work,
ready to play when you get bored or stymied, perhaps perking you back up so
your work productivity actually improves -- so how can your boss get mad when
he catches you with them? (Yes, all the products have mute switches.)
But if you got it, why not flaunt it? Picture your big (5.25 inch), or
cute and compact (3.5 inch) -- but in any case beautiful and mysterious --
Tommy's Toy Chest sitting next to your office or home PC, with our silly logo
staring back at all who pass, beckoning to a higher, finer world of pure
extraterrestrial cerebral silliness.
Aren't you valuable enough in your office to have this symbol of higher
consciousness proudly displayed, or will you have to quit and find a job
where your rights aren't denied?
As for value, let the number 1-3-5 sink in for a minute: imagine the
pleasure of trying two new toys a week for an entire year and still having
dozens left! Most earthlings take two years to go through them once, then
they're all at their service, on command, forever. How many earthling games
can you get for the same price? Nobody else can offer you a product like
this. Still don't believe we're from outer space?
YOU WANT TO GET ON AN ALIEN'S GOOD SIDE?
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Some earthlings spend zigabucks on membership fees, travel expenses, and
other purchases to attempt to get an alien from outer space to be their
friend. But for just a few hundred greenbacks it is all waiting for you in
one place, a chance to become a code blue-nine customer of Tommy's Toys and
communicate with disembodied alien intelligence in playful discourse. In an
age when man is threatening to blow up his planet, where will you be without
a genuine Tommy's Toy Chest in your fallout shelter?
ADDITIONAL ENTICEMENTS
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Since you probably haven't bought a toy store before, from aliens or
otherwise, and perhaps need a little helping hand, we also include the
following enticements to make you feel special:
1. Free update for one year! We automatically mail you updated toy
versions as they become available (at our discretion).
2. A SECRET list of neat earthling fan clubs, stores and magazines Tommy
thinks you might want to check out after you have bought a Tommy's Toy Chest
(Tommy has his tentacles everywhere).
3. Permanent membership in Tommy's Toy Club (we can't tell you what this
means, but one day you'll be glad you joined).
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CHRISTMAS CLUB
You want to sample before you go whole hog and order a Pak or Chest? Be
our guest! For all purchases made from the Chest, whether via mix & match,
Toy Pak, or Theme Pak, you may deduct the cost you paid when ordering the
Chest (use discount/credit line on order form). Only purchases made within
the previous 24 month period from the date of the Toy Chest purchase count,
however. Don't wait till your income tax refund check to have fun!
Note: free toys earned by bug reports may also be deducted from the cost of a
Pak or Chest, we tell you the discount.
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A Final Word from Tommy
My Earthling Friends, I hope you will avail yourself of this cosmic
opportunity to play with an alien from outer space by buying some of my
neat low-priced products. We want to be your one and only galactic PC
toy company, so here is my personal guarantee. If you buy any of my toys
and don't like them for whatever reason, you don't have to buy any more.
Have fun,
Tommy
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Tommy's Toys
P.O. Box 11261, Denver, CO 80211 USA
"Alien Engineering at Down-to-Earth Prices"
"Mix Work and Play the Alien Way"