Each Software of the Month Club® CD-ROM will NOW include a selection of program cateogies from our popular SRI list. In addition to the normal selection of software from our Games, General Interest, Kids and DTP clubs you will now recieve programs from the SRI. What this means is that you can be assured that when you use a program from the SRI you know that it is the highest quality. Why? Because the SRI is a list of our most popular software. Below is a list of topics and descriptions in this months issue.
GENERAL INTEREST
Telecommunications
AOL Aid
This extension aids the America Online user in the finer points of this great pay service.
MacLHA
This allows the compression/decompression of .LHA and .LZH files on the Macintosh.
UULite
Use this program to UUEncode binary files and UUDecode encoded files for Internet E-Mailing.
Desk Accessories
Area Codes
Find the state/city of any area code.
Icon Maker
Capture icon images.
Little Black Book
Keep track of all your phone numbers and addresses.
ProCalc
Calculator to perform complex calculations.
Servant
Twenty-six chapter tutorial covering the C programming language.
Virus Detective
Scans and protects your system from a virus attack.
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Paint Viewer
Display, zoom, copy/paste PICT, PNTG, or EPS graphic file formats.
Quicklook
UPS calculator with the latest rates world wide.
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PICTuresque
Displays PICT, EPS, and MacPaint files. Copy and format to the clipboard.
Victoire
A desk accessory to cheat on your favorite games.
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System 7
AppleEase
A pair of System 7 utilities that will make changing your AppleMenu a lot easier.
Folder Icon Maker
Create your own attractive folder icons from almost any file. Just drop and drag! Requires System 7.
ICON WIZARD
Load and edit system icons.
ProSwitch
Easily switch between a running process under System 7. Includes ΓÇ£hot keysΓÇ¥ and hidden windows.
System 7 Pack!
Includes terrific additions to your system toolbox: Finder 7 Menus!, Rename Delay Editor!, and the Application-Document Linker!
System Errors 7
Gives a complete list of System 7 operating system result codes. Never again be confused about ΓÇ£ERROR ID#ΓÇ¥.
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Arcade
Action
Pinball construction set game.
Brickles Plus
Nice rendition of the classic ΓÇ£BreakOutΓÇ¥ arcade game.
Artillery
Go head-to-head with a friendly game of artillery duel.
Rhodes
The object is to get the Rhodes scholar through the hedge maze at Oxford.
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AGenT
Agent is part simulation of a laboratory exercise and part adventure game. In addition, it contains elements of a tutorial. Through it all, the students try to solve a problem in biochemical genetics by exploration, trial and error, and by the use of simulated scientific tools and abstract reasoning.
Dots Game
Players take turns connecting dot pairs within the rows and columns of dots. When all sides of a square are connected together, the player claims the square.
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Alpha Battle I-I
Fly your craft in the space field. Try not to get hit by the missiles and wandering asteroids.
Blocker
Push blocks to strategically crush your enemies, picking up bonus items along the way.
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Arashi
DonΓÇÖt let the pulsars zap you in the great shootΓÇÖem up game.
MacTriv
Excellent trivia game for up to four players.
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Blockade
A cross between an arcade game and RubikΓÇÖs cube.
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Bolo
Great network game in which up to 16 people in tanks battle for control of an island.
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Classic Tennis
ItΓÇÖs you against the computer in this challenging tennis match.
Gang Wars
Save two cities from the massive crime wave.
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Columns II
Similar to Tetris.
Covert Action
Take the helm of a U.S. attack submarine.
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Continuum
Fly your spacecraft among the 60 different planets.
SΓÇÖydnar Squares
This is a very polished, high-quality arcade/strategy/puzzle game.
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Cyclone
Shoot through the rotating walls and destroy your enemy in this space game featuring extremely clean graphics.
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Daleks
Try to avoid being captured by the Daleks.
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DevilΓÇÖs Gulch
Pull your pistol and shoot the scum of the earth in this Old West gun fight.
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Dreamlight Verttice
You must close in a flaring reactor in this maze type game.
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Dr. Macinto
Mac version of Dr. Mario.
Diamonds
Similar to the classic ΓÇ£BreakOutΓÇ¥ but with much more.
Target Strike
Shooting gallery arcade game.
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Frac
A 3-D version of the game ΓÇ£Tetris,ΓÇ¥ but definitly seen from a different perspective.
3D Paddle Bash!
Use your paddle to bat the ball past the computer opponent. You have five different opponents and the ability to edit the opponent parameters in order to adjust the level of difficulty.
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Glypha II
Ride your winged steed across the playing field while jousting your opponents.
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Gnatman!
You are the exterminator solely chosen to wipe out the mutant bugs that have invaded the peaceful town of Emerald Creek.
Missile Command
The peaceful cities are being attacked by missiles.
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Island Defender
This game requires more than just a quick trigger finger. Precise mouse-positioning and a good sense of proportions and angles will be necessary. Island Defender provides four levels of action against increasingly smaller target ships. A electronic targeting scope allows you 360 degree coverage of the surrounding ocean from your volcano hide-away.
Starfleet Exam
Star Fleet records have been assembled in order to test your knowledge of the Star Trek universe. The more questions you answer correctly, the higher rank you will receive.
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Jewelbox
A puzzle game similar to Tetris.
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Mac Avenger
Non-stop arcade shooter. Move your character about the playing field while blasting the evil robots.
MOVOD
Macintosh Operated Vehicles of Destruction is an extremely fun 256-color action game.
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MacSokoban
The object of the game is to move a set of gold bags to given destinations through given mazes.
TileMix
A puzzle game similar to RubikΓÇÖs cardboard squares puzzle.
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Maelstrom
Thrust through all the waves, destroying asteroids and aliens.
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Ninja Boy
Use your punches and death kicks with your Ninja throwing stars to defeat your opponent.
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Oxyd
Maneuver your sphere through obstacles while activating targets in this game which features excellent sound and graphics.
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Patriot Command
Save your cities from missile attacks through the use of anti-missiles.
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Safari II
Fun shootΓÇÖem up! Tranquilize animals as they run across your screen.
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Star Runner
Fly your spacecraft and rescue the humans.
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Star Stormer
Defend your planet from the Xullians.
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Surround
The object of Surround is to outlast your opponent by not hitting his trail and not hitting the surrounding border.
Tank Wars
Battle simulation between two tanks.
Tetris Max
An excellent 256-color game where you try to align the pieces to make them fall.
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3tris
Filling one level makes all of the blocks in that level disappear. The game ends when the blocks reach the top.
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Jetpack
Guide your jet-pack equipped adventurer though a series of hazardous mazes.
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Maniac
Traverse mazes, avoid ghosts, chomp dots and power up with pellets in this excellent arcade adaptation.
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KIDS
Spelling/Reading
ALPHA PIC
A pre-schooler alphabet book.
PatriciaΓÇÖs Spelling
Use this stack to help children with their spelling.
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Audio Spelling Tester
Allows user to record words or phrases to be spelled correctly.
Spelling Tutor
Allows you to print out ΓÇ£rightΓÇ¥ and ΓÇ£wrongΓÇ¥ word lists.
French Verbs
Review the present tense of French verbs.
Learn To Read Russian
Contains the Cyrillic alphabet with the English transliteration.
Spelling/Reading
ALPHA PIC
A pre-schooler alphabet book.
PatriciaΓÇÖs Spelling
Use this stack to help children with their spelling.
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Audio Spelling Tester
Allows user to record words or phrases to be spelled correctly.
Spelling Tutor
Allows you to print out ΓÇ£rightΓÇ¥ and ΓÇ£wrongΓÇ¥ word lists.
French Verbs
Review the present tense of French verbs.
Learn To Read Russian
Contains the Cyrillic alphabet with the English transliteration.
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Word Beginnings
Can you figure out what letter begins with the appropriate
word/picture?
Vocabulary Stack
Frequently encountered words, with meanings and usage.
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Word Beginnings
Can you figure out what letter begins with the appropriate
word/picture?
Vocabulary Stack
Frequently encountered words, with meanings and usage.