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___________________________ _____________ ________ / | \| \ | | / | | \| | / | |\ | | | / /| | |/ | |\ | | / /_| | | | > | | / | ______/| |/ | |_______ / | | | | | / /| | | | | | / / | | | | /| | /_________/ |________|_______| |_____________/ |________________| Archimedes Public Domain Library 39 Knighton Park Road, Sydenham, London SE26 5RN _____ ___ __ __ ______ _____ / ____|/ _ \| \/ | ____|/ ____| | | __| |_| | \ / | |__ | (___ | | |_ | _ | |\/| | __| \___ \ | |__| | | | | | | | |____ ____) | \_____|_| |_|_| |_|______|_____/ _ | | __ _ _ __ __| | / _` | '_ \ / _` | | (_| | | | | (_| | \__,_|_| |_|\__,_| _ _ ______ ________ _ _______ _____ ______ _____ | \ | |/ __ \ \ / / ____| | |__ __|_ _| ____|/ ____| | \| | | | \ \ / /| |__ | | | | | | | |__ | (___ | . ` | | | |\ \/ / | __| | | | | | | | __| \___ \ | |\ | |__| | \ / | |____| |____| | _| |_| |____ ____) | |_| \_|\____/ \/ |______|______|_| |_____|______|_____/ This section contains games, novelties and 'sillies'. For ordering information see the file 'APDL Info'. Some games may have an educational use Discs count as ONE POINT towards Bonus Discs unless stated otherwise ------------------------------- #### Risc PC users please note #### ------------------------------- Many games which worked perfectly on RiscOS 2 and 3 don't on the RiscPC. This isn't just a PD problem - a lot of commercial products don't either. If you do like to play games I advise you to get a copy of Game On (see the Commercial catalogue. It costs only £14.50 (that's less than from the ARM Club!) and works with many PD games as well as commercial ones. If I do get around to producing Risc PC compatibility for games then I will ASSUME that you have Game On, so will only indicate that a game doesn't work on the RiscPC if Game ON doesn't fix it ____________________________________________________________________________ G004 !Fall Guy - 2 player sliding block game !Bomber - The old favourite again !3d-Life - Exactly what it says! Core Wars - Two computer programs fight to the death !VIC-20Em - VIC 20 emulator, doesn't do much but neither did VIC 20 !DeskWar - A tank drives about the desktop and shoots at things !IconMatch - Good 'Pairs' game using the RiscOS icons !IconMix - Mixes up all the filetype icons - very confusing !Follower - A little worm follows your mouse pointer !Asteroids - Dodge the rocks !Pipey - Lay pipes to catch the ball !SprayCan - Desktop graffiti !Frogs - A frog bounces along the bottom of the screen !Keyboard - Lets you play tunes on an organ keyboard !Darts - Good two player darts game !Cat - Animated pussy in a small window !Swinger - Swings mouse pointer to point in the direction it's moving Game cheats- Loads of cheats and hacks for Elite, Man at Arms, E type, Chocks Away, Alerion, BattleTank, etc.etc G005 -=- Gyrinus II - Son of Gyrinus - by Tom Cooper. v3.6 -=- A 'platform' game where you collect objects to gain points and weapons to defend yourself. Actually two discs (it's a big game!) packed into two archives so you will need to de-arc it because it won't run from within the archives. If you don't want to do this I will supply it de-archived on two discs or a single 1.6Mb disc at £2 This will only count as one disc for discounts This game actually requires 2 meg but there is also a version on the disc which will run on 1 meg machines G006 !TBVG = Drive your tank (??) about and try to shoot the thingies before they shoot you. Good game InYerFace - Two player 'Light Cycles' type game with several extra features Zorf - Two player game. Shoot your opponents' spaceship and dodge the planets !Horses = Simple horse racing/gambling game. A bit slow but young kids like it !Racer = Car racing game with a difference - it's played on the icon bar sprite G007 !Lemings = Superb game from the Author of Gyrinus II. I believe the name has been changed for copyright reasons but having read the instructions it might be a spelling mistake G008 !Wizard = Full version of game previewed on disc B068. You rush about trying to collect various items while dodging the assorted thingies that are attempting to kill you. Not state-of-the-art but very playable !Styx = 3.0 Good 'Grid Runner' clone from Tom Cooper. Now actually has some instructions!!! G009 -=- Three separate adventures by AMF the Doomwatcher -=- KORC series = Three text adventures, KORC 1, 2 and 3. Set in the Kingdom of Relative Concepts. An unusual world, full of strange characters and objects. The three games have a variety of very strange plots! If you have a version of Korc 1 which won't reload a saved position then return your disc with a stamp and I'll replace it with the 'de-bugged' version Fortress of Time = A text adventure based around a strange fortress with over 400 rooms. Initially much of the plot is unknown. Many of the inhabitants lie dead after a previous conflict and your ultimate object is not only to discover the past but to destroy the evil that still lives within the fortress Dimension = A 3D game where you must move about the landscape collecting yellow tiles, although some are hidden behind locked doors, and these can only be opened by collecting the keys. Others are guarded by balls which can kill you. An editor is also provided so you can create your own screens G011 YAIG = 1.50 Yet Another Invaders Game by Bjorn Flotten. Two different versions of the game. This isn't fancy but it is fast and includes source code G016 Invaders = By Tim Peugniez. Space invaders game. NEEDS 2MB. Quite good but not as fast as Yaig Forgotten Time = Simple but exciting sideways scrolling game from AMF The Doomwatcher G017 !Wheelspin = Drive along the road and miss assorted thingies !Starters = 'Consequences' style game !WSearch = 1.74 Composes 'Word Search' puzzles of the sort beloved of magazines where you find words hidden in a square -=- The following are novelties from AMF the Doomwatcher -=- 365 Days = 1.10 A different comment on the world for every day of the year !Proverb = 1.00 Displays a new proverb each time you Run it !Error = Whenever the desktop ERROR window appears a voice tells you there is an error - better than a 'beep' !Today = 1.10 Tells you what interesting historical things happened 'today'. Famous births, deaths, interesting happenings etc. Since the data is in the form of text files you can edit it or make your own G019 -=- Desktop 'sillies' -=- !Azumith = Limerick generator (clean) !BigBen = Not much of a clock but what a chime! !Boom = Replaces the 'beep' with a roll of thunder !Bullets = Machine gun the desktop !Cooky = Desktop fortune cookie !CrabsCopy = Crabs eat the desktop !Drip = Melting windows! !Fly = Replaces the mouse pointer with a buzzing fly !Fred = No, I don't know why either !Grapple = A variation on 'Deskduck' using an Apple Mac logo !Invasion = Aliens invade the desktop !Kill'Em = Icon bar lemming killer !Madlib = A non-serious program to create 'stories' !MadPro = Can't think of anything to say! !Methane = A bunch of methane atoms flying about !Mites = A line of mites marching around !Mood = A little face on the icon bar. You can choose its expression from a menu to reflect your mood !Pipe = The mouse pointer turns into a smoking pipe if it's not being used !PV_Demo = Exiting Demo from Paul Vigay. Bouncing balls, scrolltext, etc, and all on the icon bar! !PV-Life = From Paul Vigay again, the game of Life - on the icon bar !Rain = Your monitor has developed a leaky roof !ReArrange = Turn your monitor upside down !Reflect = 'Thought for the day' !Sharks = A variation of !Wanda using a shark !Shooter = Shoots up the desktop (ESC to quit) !Swallow = Does exactly that to the desktop !TickTock = Icon bar clock that does more than just tell the time. In fact it doesn't tell the time very well, but who cares? !Invert = Turns all the text upside down !Unvert = Reverses !Invert G028 Two games by Liakat and Luqueman Khan using the Alpine Software games creator. Both are similar sideways scrolling shoot-'em-up's !PowerUp = Single player version !D-Revenge = One or two player game. A bit slower that the single player version but can be played by one person only G031 -=- F18 Hornet 2 -=- Version 2 of the flight simulator game from Quantum. F18 Hornet is a complete game similar to 'Interdictor' created using the Flight Simulator Toolkit. The version on this disc is not the full program, it has only one mission whereas the full version has five,but is complete and is fully playable The full program comes on two discs and is available from APDL for £7.50 There is a discount of £1 if you buy this disc first and then return it with your order for the full program G039 BrickRun = The opposite of 'breakout' games. You have to stop the bricks and form a wall !Billion = Desktop text adventure with over one billion combinations so there are over a billion different games !Hextris = Tetris type game but with hexagonal shapes so more difficult !Executor = Several interesting sounds you select by 'pressing' a button in a desktop window !SPatience = Superior desktop patience that plays a variety of different games. Also has undo, replay etc !Tensile = Interesting novelty. A shape is drawn in a window and you 'pick up' a corner with the mouse. That corner then follows the mouse pointer about and the rest of the shape tries to follow as if it was made of rubber bands. Difficult to describe, fun to watch !NewSprt2 = Alternative set of desktop icons. There are lots of these already but these are actually quite nice Plus a module to enable the commercial game Saloon Cars to be used with multisync monitors G041 (Previously B010 and B040 plus extras) Fish = A memory game for two players Hangman = !TaiPei = Reversi = Non desktop version but includes full 'C' source !Simon = Leapfrog = !TileTrial = Fit shapes on a board. A bit like a Tetris board game !Gallery = A gallery of seven compacted mode 15 pictures GNU Chess = !Ladybird = Good 'Pacman' type game !BallGame = An icon bar bat and ball game and more G043 (Previously B006 and B007) Reversi = !StarTrek = 1.50 Good standard Star Trek game Battleships= !Quartet - Tetris type game !Archanoid = Simple Breakout style game !Impact = More advanced Breakout game !MaxGammon = !RubikCube !TicTacToe !Solitaire !3DBounce = !FruitMach = !Hangman = !Rocks = !Adventure = Text adventure Annihilate Critical Mass Master War Super War Trader Black Hole = !RubikCube = !Yatzy = !Snake = Cave Run Zot Empire !LineOf5 = !Worms = Two and three player versions of Tron PLUS a utility to convert the commercial game Pacmania to work from the Desktop and all the passwords for Repton3 G045 -=- Adventure Games -=- (Previously B005 and B008) Dungeon Quest = Graphics adventure game. One and two player versions. Includes a game editor to change and make new maps The Great Adventure by Gordon Pickard Collosal Cave Adventure. The very first adventure game ever written. Converted to the Arc by Ray Loades-Bannon The Secret Garden G046 (Previously B009 and B034 plus extras) !Follow = A pair of eyes follow your mouse pointer !Jimmy = A little Scot who likes a drink! !Mac = An animated B&W desktop TV picture !Backimage = A little like !Wanda. The Arc logo floats around the desktop !Banana = Pieces of the desktop keep falling off !Bullwinkl = !Balls = A ball bouncing around the desktop !Mutant = A plague 'escapes' from its window and spreads !Bounce = The mouse pointer bounces about !Cooee = At intervals a flap opens and a voice says.... !Deskduck = The famous duck quacking along the top of the icon bar !DeskDuck+ = More of the same !DuckHunt = What to do when you get fed up with that #$**@% duck! !BigPointr = A big mouse pointer (what else?) !Heads = Heads pop up with wise (?) sayings !Reverse = Makes the mouse pointer work in reverse !0Friction = \ !Drunk = > More things to mess up your mouse !StayStill = / !Necko = A cat chases the mouse pointer PLUS various other things that pop up and/or march about your desktop G048 Sorcerers Domain = A logic game loosely based on Repton. It contains many strange puzzles requiring only logic to complete. Three fully RISCOS compatible editors can be used to design your own screen sets, define new characters and define how the sprites interact with each other and alter their characteristics G049 !Arcannoy = Breakout style game !Daleks3 = 3.4 Similar to the game of the same name on the Mac and Atari ST !Microcosm = 1.01 An adaptation of the famous 'life' game which allows many different types of creatures !Patience+ = Non desktop version with much nicer graphics than the standard RiscOS patience !Pong = As in Ping Pong. One or two player game !Rubik = Computer version of the Rubik Cube !Solitaire = 2.00 Desktop version of the standard game by R.Macfarlane !Wordiz = 1.1 Two player word guessing game G053 !NetHack = Rather large role playing text adventure ported from UNIX. Takes 1200Kb min so you need 2Mb. Can be run from hard or floppy as it can be split over two discs Plus three arcade games from David Ramsden !Armagedon = Shoot down the incoming missiles before they get you !Chomper = 'Pac man' game !Intruders = Space invaders style with motherships and shields G059 -=- Games and Novelties for younger users -=- !Dance = A matchstick man dances on the icon bar !IconFilm = Shows a 'film' on the icon bar. You can produce your own films as they're just a sequence of sprites !AirDuel = Simple two player 'dogfight' game, not flashy but nice and slow so ideal for younger children !RockSmash = Fairly standard 'asteroids' game Marvin = The computer makes comments on your commands. I suspect it's named after the robot Marvin in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy so you can guess what they're like !Bar-Ani = Animation on the icon bar, choice of several !BendyFlow = Dancing flowers !DaysLeft+ = Tells you how many days to Christmas !Lite = Simple two player Lite Cycles game !Ludo = Faithful representation of the board game. All players can be either human or computer !Monopoly = Looks like a BBC port but plays OK with all the features of the real game !Pypes = Join up the pipes quickly before the green gunge appears !TheFace = Replaces the mouse pointer with a face which has a variety of expressions !Puzzle = 2.03 Nice sliding block puzzle. A couple of puzzles are included but you can make your own from any sprite file System = An assortment of alternative desktop sprites !Swerve = 0.04 Desktop Light Cycles style game for up to four players from Jason Williams. *** Added June 93 *** !Dominoes = Single player Desktop version of the game. G063 !Mission = Flight simulator game created with the SIMIS toolkit but instead of the usual style this one's set in space! !ShootUp = Just what it says. A good, fast, space invaders style game. Includes assembler source code with sprite routines so will be of interest to programmers !Bugs = Not actually a game but a good (non desktop) version of Life with lots of options !Hacker = Game hacker program from Doggysoft. Helps you hack commercial games and give yourself infinite lives, super power lasers, etc G068 Super Skate !ArchieMan = Desktop PacMan !EOR - Maze game !Connect4 !Maze !Shanghai !ShootEmUp !SpaceGame !Wizard - This is an early, short, version of Wizard. The full version is now on disk G008 G069 !Filler = Two player or one player and computer desktop game where you capture territory by changing its colour !Hexatoms = Updated version of the old 'explosion' game where each 'square' is a hexagon !Armatron = Zap the aliens, defuse the bombs and save the city !Blots = Try to force the blots out of the screen with the use of boulders and bombs !WhipTris = Not a brilliant Tetris clone but a two player competitive version! !3D-Tanks = Wire frame graphics tanks game !PowerTime = Takes lap times from the Powerband games disc and dumps than to the printer so you can compare your scores G071 !Riscy Game = Another 'Interdictor' style flight simulator using the SIMIS toolkit. This is quite large and when de-archived nearly fills two 800K discs but it will run from archive or from a hard disc G075 Pipey Taletta - 1.00 shoot-em-up PLUS number of hacks and utilities for Interdictor II, Mad Professor, Mig29, No Excuses, Pipemania, Rotor, Holed Out and Nevyron. All require the original games to run AND a working demo of Bambuzle from Arxe Systems G076 -=- These programs are suitable for younger children -=- !Charlie=Based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mad Dash = You must dash across the screen to collect what look look like tomatoes dodging the drips of poisonous rain Hangman = Best version I have seen. A bulldozer pushes the letters into place. Keeps the player in suspense until the end MagicWords = Another 'guess the words' type game Ted Tables = Teaches tables Hangman = Another much simpler version Pink Mog = An educational adventure game. Lots of questions that you have to answer on a variety of subjects Quizland = An educational quiz game with questions on English language, history, geography, maths and natural science StarMath = Very good game which teaches maths. Enough excitement to keep children interested G078 -=- Warfare -=- 'Riscy Game II' from the same author and it's another flight simulator but set over the ocean. A third game in the series is promised soon NOTE - This game requires RiscOS 3 G084 -=- Logic and Geometric Puzzles -=- !3DTetris = So you liked Tetris and thought Hextris was hard? Wait till you try 3DTetris !Pentoms = Pentominos is an ancient game played with a series of geometric shapes. The idea is to replace them in the 'box' in which they are supplied. Sounds easy? I assure you it isn't. This was the first version written for a computer and was to be a commercial game on the BBC but it was never released and has been converted for the Arc. by the Author Puzzles = A series of non desktop logic and geometric puzzles by T.Emms. These are not very graphically stunning and some are rather difficult. All have solutions supplied just in case you believe them to be impossible BIATetris = I haven't included this before because it's not really a game, just another boring scrolltext with a second rate Tetris clone attached. However people keep asking for it so here it is G085 !CTetris = Colour Tetris !Kalaha = Extremely difficult game !RISCLife !War = Throw bombs at the enemy castle !dtTaipei = This version has a novel twist from others, there are 999 repeatable games in addition to the normal random setup !Maze !PolySaw - Jigsaw game !Umoria = 5.5 A highly complex dungeons game with lots of documentation G088 -=- !DinoSaw -=- Latest superb platform game from Tom Cooper (Gyrinus, Lemings, Stxy, etc). Described as "A prehistoric platformer... A simple everyday story of a caveman and his chainsaw". Need I say more! This version only has a limited number of levels, the rest is available from the Author when you register G092 -=- Riscy Game III-=- The third in the series of Interdictor style flight simulators from Russell McKendrick. This one has three missions G094 Over thirty desktop "sillies", too many to mention individually G098 Impact II = Very good 'breakout' style game with editor. *** This version modified Dec 92 to work on RiscOS 3.1 Meteors = Another very good game where you must zap the meteors before they get you Sky Pilot = Bang = 0.06 Interesting desktop game from Cy Booker which is similar to the PC and Amiga game of the same name Speedline = Tron type game for two or three players PLUS two editors for the commercial game Caverns and one for Nevyron and a playable demo of Cataclysm G100 !Daleth = 1.10 A platform game from AMF the Doomwatcher. Lots of features, collect diamonds, weapons, jetpack, keys (to open doors) etc. Nice smooth graphics. Each 'Hall of Testing' has a password so you can bypass the bits you have already completed !Quote2 = 2.40 A sort of 'board game' where you have to answer multiple choice questions on quotations to move forward. Now all the questions are in the form of text files so it's a LOT easier to write your own. This game could therefore now be considered for educational use. G102 -=- All these games are suitable for younger users -=- !MissileC = A 'missile command' game where you have to shoot down the incoming missiles before they destroy your cities !Wallaby2 = Wallaby Wrestling Federation championships. For from two to six players. Make your wallaby bounce on your opponents head to win. much improved version of the game (previously called !WWF) !BombPanic = Catch as many of the falling bombs as you can in the bucket before you eventually miss one !Creepie2 = Guide the 'worm' around and score by 'eating' various objects while not hitting the edges of the screen !Bungle = This is a simple text adventure ported from the BBC. It's not too demanding and is a good introduction to adventure games !Wire = Guide the 'hoop' along the wire !Ludo = Different from the version on G059 but once again any number of players up to four and they can play against each other or the computer !BlackJack = Desktop game for up to four players, any of whom can be the computer. Has a few minor bugs that I'll try to fix when I have time, but works reasonably well !WallBall = A straightforward 'breakout' style game !Mastrmind = A version of the popular game from Nicholas Metcalfe !GoingGone = Enhance your mouse skills. Move around the 'maze' and grab the fruits which appear before they fade away G103 -=- More 'desktop sillies' -=- !Biorythms = Program to display your biorythams. Some people might say this is a serious program but I think this is the right category for it !Bouble = Makes your windows blow bubbles !Bounce = Very interesting idea. Simulates a piece of elastic with a series of balls threaded on it. You can drag it out of line with the mouse, release it, and then watch it bounce about. Doesn't sound much but fun to watch !CycleCol = Just cycles all the colours and makes the desktop really wild. Wear sunglasses! !Executor = Program by Dave Thomas which imitates those 'zapper' boxes that people who drive Capri's with furry dice in the window always seem to have. Makes a variety of noises !Globe = Puts a spinning globe on the icon bar !Insult = Every now and again, when it feels like it, this program pops up a window which, err... well... insults you! !Insults = Produces a stream of insulting phrases in a window. You can enter any name for the person you want to insult but the default is Jeremy Beadle, which seems appropriate !Invaders = Your desktop is infiltrated by Space Invaders which try to hide behind the windows !Juggler = A program that tries to teach you how to juggle !KangaKoe = What looks like a hedgehog on a pogo stick bounces along the icon bar while a mouse (?) runs around in a cage !Locomo = An oldie, but still good. The latest version of the great train robbery acted out above the icon bar. Must be seen !M5 = Puts four extra flashing pointers around the normal pointer. No, I don't know why anyone would want to do this, but then why would any sensible person want any of these programs? !Mouse = A mousetrap for your mouse pointer !Snow = A 'snowing' backdrop. Only works properly in standard size modes !XmasIcons = Puts Christmas decorations on all your windows and icons FPower = Draws little flowers all over the desktop (even the Author, Ben Summers, admits that this is pointless, but so what) MoviPoints = A series of programs which produce different pointer shapes for RiscOS2 G104 !Bloxed = A Tetris variant by Steven Singer. Has extra features like a two player mode, 'power' blocks, bombs, a 16 ton weight that removes three columns of bricks when it lands, etc, plus various 'nasties' at the higher levels !Dream = A sort of scrolling 'if it moves, shoot it' game. Surprisingly fast considering it's all written in Basic !MoonQuake = A large meteor has struck the moon close to the lunar base and your job is to go into the underground caverns that make up the base and clear the rockfalls. There are various objects to be found and used !Arka-II = Another 'breakout' type game !Buggies = You have to guide the 'buggies' around and collect things, etc. (I think!). No instructions, so you'll have to find out about it for yourself G105 !Stacker = In this game you 'push' objects about to move them to the correct places. Doesn't sound very exiting but, as usual, there are things in the way, traps, and 'treasures' which boost your score. Very playable. Comes complete with a game editor so you can create your own screen !3DMine : 2.03 A 3D version of the old Minesweeper game by Andrew Garrard. Needs a minimum of 2Mb. Very difficult! Now works on Risc PC !KingOut = Simple sliding block puzzle !Slides = Another sliding block puzzle but this one uses an animated picture !Triang = Triangular solitaire. No further explanation needed !PeggedOut = A good desktop solitaire game with a selection of Boards with varying degrees of difficulty G106 -=- Desktop sillies and games -=- !ArcWolf = An explosion !DeskBug = This is one of the few 'sillies' that are worth a second look. A strange looking 'man' walks about the desktop and around your windows. If you move one he falls off!. Even the closedown is fun !Dy_Stort = Your desktop is melting! !Neko = The little cat that chases your mouse pointer !No_Glue = The stuff that sticks your windows to the backdrop is coming unglued !Point = A mouse pointer subject to violent fits !Sort = A demonstration of sorting. The only trouble is it sorts the screen RAM, which is a bit upsetting !Splat = Someone is throwing tomatoes at the screen !Command = Simple 'missile command' game !Amazing = Explore the 3D maze !Revenger = Desktop sound effects !Scroll2 and !Scroller = Two desktop message scrollers PLUS - !Piano, !Man, !Gunshot, !Machinegn, !MouFol, !Sheep, !Smiley, !String, !Sunny, !Twirly, !Whoops G107 !Angband = 1.0 An adventure game like Umoria but (I'm told) better. Runs in a desktop window with 'character' graphics so it's not state-of-the-art but then with this type of game that's not what's important !Minesweep = 1.41 A very nice desktop 'find the mines' game by Keith Drakard. One of the best I've seen and very addictive !Quiz = 1.11 Non desktop trivia quiz game by Martin Rose. At present the questions are DATA statements in the program but if this was changed it would probably have some educational use !Willy = 1.4 A port of Jet Set Willy by Russ Juckes. Still fun to play. Includes a 'cheat' module !Miner = 2.2 Another Spectrum port from Russ Juckes - Manic Miner. Now includes a cheat module. G108 !Quest = 1.02 Quest for the Pendragon. A text adventure. This version consists of the first four parts, the remainder are available on registration ROM = Realm of Madness. A 210 location text adventure by Stephen Mander !Excalibur = From Chris Dawson. Rush around various screens and collect the diamonds etc. while avoiding various nasties. Complete with screen designer. A little bit of screen flicker but quite good !SpaceInv = (Subtitled 'Not Space Invaders Again'). By R.Chasmer. You've probably seen it all before but that doesn't mean it's not worth just one more go !Ghouls = A platform game by Julian Havercroft. No proper instructions and I haven't really worked out what you're supposed to do. If you find out, please tell me G109 -=- Most of the items on this disc were on discs now deleted -=- !Battle = Two player player 'Space Battle' !Bumpers = 'Bumperoids' game, shoot the 'asteroids' before they splat you !Creepie = Guide the 'snake' to eat the acorns without crashing into the walls !NightShot = Skeet shooting game !Ubiquetus = Flashy but not very good 'gravity' style space game !BlackJack = Uninspiring desktop version but works OK !Splat = Imagine that you are holding a hammer (represented by the mouse pointer) and you are 'splatting' ants or similar small bugs with it. As the game progresses the 'ants' get livelier and dodge better. Almost non-existent game strategy and zero graphics but VERY satisfying !Splords = Another two player 'space battle' game !StockMkt = Stock market game. Buy and sell shares and try to make a killing G110 -=- Mostly 'board' type games -=- !Taipei = Superb desktop version of this ancient Chinese game by Alex Hopkins. Very addictive and worth the price of this disc on its own !Chain = Chain Reaction game for two players !Cluster = Simple but difficult game where you have to grab territory by placing three 'counters' adjacent to a vacant square !Explode = A good single player version of the standard board game !IconMatch = Good 'pairs' game using the sprite icons !Merrills = This is quite a good 2 player version of the game but I confess I'm not very good at it !Reversi = Another standard !High/Low = An old favourite. There's a gambling element added to this desktop version !Turnabout = A difficult board game where you score by placing counters in a line and changing the colour of your opponents counters. There are actually three players, two of whom are the computer !Connekt_X = A not too brilliant example of the game where you drop counters into columns and try to make lines. However you can set various options which make it easier or more difficult Core Wars = A good version of the computer strategy game with debugger, instructions and several example programs !Square = Another strategy board game where you must place counters to form squares to gain points. Challenging G111 -=- Old favourites revisited -=- !JSW ^ 1.43 Jet Set Willy by Darren Salt. Complete with four games (the original, Jet Set Willy 2, Willy's House of Fun, and Hyperspace) plus a screen designer so you can make your own. There are lots JSW closes but this is the best. Just as much fun after all this time as it was on the old Speccy! Now works on the Risc PC. *** updated May 96 *** !Hatris = Thought you'd seen every possible variation of Tetris? This desktop program will have you stacking different shaped hats instead of those boring old blocks !Pipe = Another oldie - join up the broken pipes Risiko = A desktop version of Risk !GravWars = Good version of the 'gravity' game NB - !Mine and !AcidPac now removed owing to lack of space G112 -=- For Breakout and Tetris fans -=- !Arkanoid = A good version with lots of levels, multiple balls, tough bricks, assorted falling thingies, etc !Penetrat = 'Penetrator'. Another very good game which includes a screen designer !SpaceBall = No frills but who needs them? Nice sound effects that really make you feel you're hitting them bricks - better than all that background music !ArcBall = Another straightforward version, complete with screen designer !Brix = Probably the simplest ever version for the Arc. Less than 7K of code and doesn't even use the mouse! Can you remember when all PD games were like this? !Tetris = Straightforward non desktop game by A.Hersee !Tetris 2 = Another uncomplicated version with no Author's name. No frills but plays very well !Quintet = It's that game again - a one or two player version from from Jean-Paul Hamerton G113 -=- Games for non-pacifists -=- !Tanks = Very good version of this popular game. Several levels with lots of enemy tanks to shoot at (if they don't get you first!) !Flight = Straightforward flight simulator game created with flight sim toolkit !Command = 'Missile Command' game from Aaron Timbrell !ShootUp = Alien zapper from Linton Dawe !WimpyInv = Crude graphics, unexciting sound, but a great classic 'space invaders' from Keith McAlpine !Shootem = Do just that !ShadoFire = Just zap as many aliens as you can before they get you !pUpD = 'Pleb up, pleb down'. Having spent a while killing everything that moves it's now time to try to save some. People with lemming tendencies are flinging themselves from a skyscraper and you must 'bounce' them to safety on your trampoline. Crude graphics but great fun. G114 -=- Adventure games -=- !CastlGame = The instructions say 'wander around the castle and collect as much gold as you can' !Dream = 'DreamScape' 0.21 a graphics adventure by Adam Davis using ALPS. !Dunjinz = Nice role playing adventure from Tor Houghton !Hack = Another version of NetHack. This on is different from the version on B053. I don't know how much the game has been changed, I can never stay alive long enough to find out !Ularn = Your daughter has a strange disease and only the great magician Polinneaus who has retired to the caverns of Ularn can save her. Game written by Ari Pitkanen !SugarCube = A 'mini adventure' by Gary Fitton. The Golden Sugar Cube is the answer to all your problems! G115 !Castles = Move around the castle, crushing monsters with barrels or dropping things on them, collect the treasures. Good game from Mike Williams !Splodge = Another 'collect the diamonds' game from Andrew Wood. Great graphics and a few nice individual touches. Includes a good screen designer !Arc-Xbd = Very good 'Repton' type game !Gauntlet2 = Maze game. No credits or instructions !Gremlins = Pac Man clone from Brian Tucker with original game code from Aaron Timbrell !Ballonvng = Move about the maze while being pursued by nasties and burst the balloons G116 !Cricket = 1.35 Good limited overs cricket game from D.Carter. The graphics aren't sensational but they're adequate. You can load and save the teams and create your own. Lots of variations so the game is moderately realistic. Versions for VGA or standard monitors !Golf = Quite good golf game from W.H.Varley and various others. Up to 18 holes and from one to four players !3DBounce = A sort of single player 3D squash. Very fast with an ARM3 !Risk = 1.01 Comprehensive non desktop version from Mark Sizer !PlanetWar = Three games in a single package (Annihilate, Planet War and Master War). There's no instructions but I understand these are all 'standard' games on other platforms !Ztrax = A nice variation on the 'Pipes' theme using sliding blocks. Complete with screen designer G117 !Staka = 1.50 Ian Palmers very good (but !%$#@y difficult) 3D version of Tetris !Aargh! = You have to guide the little thingy around the various screens without touching anything. Doesn't sound like much but, like all the best games, it's a simple idea, difficult, but addictive !Trynth = A space desktop strategy game from David Jones !Twiz = Another simple game idea that's very good. Thingies (twizzles) are eating away at the screen and can only be killed by luring them to one spot. They can be guided by shooting away part of the screen or firing a pellet which you can then 'explodge' into a ball that they can't eat !Sparky = Good version of the old game where you have to trap the 'spark' in a cage by drawing lines across the screen !Navigator = For no apparent reason you are flying a spaceship around Chicago, through the sky above it and through the cellars Again, very difficult MemoFlex = A 'pairs' game from Moonlight Graphics with a unique feature as the 'tiles' can be in up to five layers G118 -=- Games for younger users -=- !Knockout = From the people at Lunchtime magazine this is the nicest version I've seen of the game where two players fling things at each other over a barrier. You have to set the force and elevation of the throw and there are some nice variations like wind, 'blowers' and 'gravtators'. Although it's a two player game it's good enough to be worth playing against yourself !10iss = 1.05 A version of the 'first ever' video game by Nicholas Metcalfe. Several variations which make this more than just the simple bat'n'ball game !Bomber = 1.01 Another 'oldie' from Richard Whincup !Breakout2 = Comparatively gentle version !CarRace = Guide your car along the road. Crude graphics but fun !CaveRun = Fl;y your whatever-it-is through the cave without crashing into the walls or anything else !DogFight = Two biplanes fight it out !OutForce = 'Shooting gallery' game. Get the 'baddies' as they appear at the windows before they get you !PowerQues = 'Quest for Power', another 'cave run' type game !Springy = Make Springy jump over the various objects !TronRemix = A good version of the old 'Lightcycles' game !Chase = Chase objects about the screen with your mouse pointer. Doesn't sound like much but it's actually quite good G120 -=- Games Cheats -=- A massive collection of cheats, maps, hacks and enhancements for - Iron Lord, Lemmings, Man at Arms, Thundermonk, Powerband, Interdictor, Twin World, UIM, Wonderland, Nevryon, Inertia, Aggressor, Apocalypse, Ballerena, Battle Tank, Bughunter, Caverns, Dropship, E-Type, Mission Control, Moon Dash, Quazer, Red Shift, Rotor, Terramex, Blood Sport, Last Ninja, GBA, Stunt Racer, 2067BC, Air Suprem, Aldebaran, Guile, Lander, Mig-29, Zarch, Chocks Away, Chopper Force, Arc Soccer, Blowpipe, Crisis, Fervor, Fireball, Jet Fighter, Lost Temple, Mad Professor, Opus, Revelation, Sim City, Tertis, Top Banana, Trench, Pac Mania, Bug Hunter, Cataclysm, Chuck Rock, James Pond, Nebulus, Talisman, Zool, Cycloids, Pon!, Babel, Hero Quest, Pipie Mania, Populus, Rockfall, Repton, Alien Attack, Axis, Blitz, Conqueror, Parandroid, Provocator, Quark, Quazer, Xenon2, Gyrinus2, Swiv, - Plus ZIP, an Infocom code interpreter, and and probably quite a few more that I've missed G121 -=- Games Cheats -=- Another collection of Games cheats, hacks, etc for - Dungeon, Golf, Pandora's Box, Umoria, Chopper, Cataclysm, Chocks Away, Ibix the Viking, Nevryon, 2067 BC, Lemmings, Gods, Twin World, Wonderland, Sim City, Enter the Realm, Phaethon, etc - Plus two separate interpreters for Infocom games and the Archimedes Cheat Manual from Dave Lodge G122 -=- Another disc of 'sillies' -=- !Brolly = When it's up, it's raining, when it's not, it's not !Face = A little face in a window - completely useless! !Face+ = Press keys to change the face - young kids love it !Fungus = What happens if you don't keep your desktop clean !Gravity = Ever wondered what holds your mouse pointer up? !Muncher = That %$#@ PacMan has escaped and will eat anything !OhShit = Fed up with that 'beep' when there's an error? Want a sound that more accurately reflects what you feel? !OpenSezMe = Just to let you know that the filer is opening a window !Plopper = I KNOW it's just another one of those things that bounce about the desktop - but this one is cute !Spec_Ld = For all those ex Spectrum owners who need the occasional reminder of how bad it used to be !Stars = A starfield in a little window - elegantly useless !Subs = A variation on the old !Wanda theme !Thingy = You'll think that nothing is happening, but just wait a while until it strikes! !Yow = A wise and highly intelligent 'though for the day' from Garfield in a desktop window !Player = Just a little program to display 'sprite films' in a desktop window. Several films are included !RandomErr = Are you one of those people who gets worried if nothing has gone wrong for a while? Do you find those cryptic error messages that applications display inexplicable? This is exactly what you need G123 PTT : Prehistoric Time Trip. A large text adventure in three parts. This is billed as 'RiscOS 3 only' but it will work in RO2 if you load the Font Manager and are prepared to put up with some minor problems. Unlike some other PD adventures this one seems to have a decent parsar and the game appears to play very well !Moses = As Moses you have been selected to lead a mission to free all the slaves in Egypt. You have to collect all the commandments, Plagues and People. This is actually a fairly straightforward 'platform' game !Final = A 'space trading' game. You must send out your spaceships to colonise planets, mine ore, and send it back to Earth to get money to buy oxygen and supplies, without which the colonists will die. This is an old idea and not the best version I've seen but it seems to work quite well. NB - This program requires around 400K of System Sprite space and you will need to set this manually. G124 -=- Five maze/platform games -=- !Balvanic = This was apparently inspired by 'Boulder Dash' on the Atari so it's a 'Repton' type game. Has some nice touches such as the character impatiently tapping his foot if you don't do anything for a while. Complete with screen designer. Recommended !Bug = Guide the whoosit around and collect the mushrooms. Some problems with the Tracker module used (I think) on the Risc PC but it seems to work without music !MrPea = Nice little platformer from Graham Savage !Panic = Panic the Fridgehog by David Fletcher. All resemblance to any other games with a similar name is, of course, purely coincidental !Sprog = Collect the bones and ignore the thingies. This game thoroughly screws up everything so be prepared to switch off and on again after playing! G125 -=- Games suitable for younger users -=- !Bang = Another version of the 'chain', 'explosion' etc game !Draughts = Guess! !INvADER = Simple game where you shoot the whatevers coming at you across the screen !Pigeons = 'Dogfight' type game for two players !Snake = Guide the snake around and eat the mice !Poacher = This is really a thinly disguised 'space invaders' game !WarofWor = Two player game where you try to shoot the other before he gets you !Airline = You are the chairman of a small airline and you have to run it in such a way as to increase your assets to the point where you can take over British Airways !Bowls = Bowls game (surprise!) !Fruits = Non desktop fruit machine gambling game !Million = Try to make a million in the magazine publishing business !Shove = A sort of board game for two players !SnakePit = 2.00 Move around the snake pit and try to eat all the eggs before the snakes escape and eat YOU. New version has much improved graphics (the original was rather crude). Nice game to play from Darren Salt. !Sweeper = Another desktop 'minesweeper' game !Trader = Another business simulation for one to four players where you have to move your ship from port to port carrying cargo. Looks like a BBC conversion (Mode 7) but plays OK G126 !Ashekva = Great new text adventure game from AMF the Doomwatcher. As Ashkeva Alyedin, a country peasant, you wake to find yourself trapped in a strange, magical, monastery, populated by evil monks. Over 360 rooms and more than 260K of text. Runs either outside the desktop or in a desktop window. All the usual AMF logic is applied to devising the various traps !DigOut = Nice 'Repton' type game from Carl Shaw. Collect assorted object, kill the baddies by dropping rocks on them, etc. Complete with screen designer !ARV = You have been a bank robber but your last 'job' went wrong. Luckily you managed to send the loot to a friend in Rio de Janiero.... !RuralAv = Rural Adventure. You have just escaped from a mental hospital and you have to try to make your way to the harbour to escape the country !Blkheart = Castle Blackheart by James Watson. Rush about the castle, kill the baddies, collect the treasure, get the keys to open the doors... !Skimbard = This appears to be a sort of desktop text adventure creation tool. Absolutely no instructions and it comes with only a very short demo adventure G127 -=- The Tom Cooper Collection -=- By popular request. I have been asked to produce some 'compilation' games discs so I will begin with the products of the well-known games programmer Tom Cooper. This set comprises - Dinosaw Gyrinus 2 Lemings Stxy TBVG PLUS the best Archimedes 'breakout' game -- Impact-II by Andy Piper All programs are archived and some need to be de-arc'ed before they can be used On 800K or 1.6Mb discs (specify), either costs just £3.50 (1/2 points) G128 -=- The AMF the Doomwatcher Games Collection -=- The games from that prolific programmer. Includes Some of the best adventure games written for the Archimedes. The set comprises - Ashkeva Alyedin Daleth Dimension Forgotten Time Fortress of Time The KORC trilogy (Kingdom of Relative Concepts) Sorcerer's Domain On 800K or 1.6Mb discs (specify), either costs just £2.50 (1 point) G129 !Boink = Shoot the thingies (Boinkeroids) which are bouncing about and trying to squash you. Multi level game !BurstPipe = I know it's not original but this is quite a good version !Caves of Confusion ^ A sideways scrolling shoot-anything-that-moves game from Geoff Holland. Very good quality. This is actually the 'demo' version and for a two disc version with lots of extra features you send £5 to the Author !Fall = This is the first version of this game I've seen on the Arc. A lot of small balls are held up by a grid of letters. Two players take turns in 'taking away' a letter and the one who releases most balls wins !FPTetris = Flying Pig Tetris. Not the most wonderful version but OK !Tetris2 = Reasonable desktop version !Genister = Platform game with the usual monsters and things to collect !Exeria = Escape from Exeria from Soft Rock. Pac Man type game !Opus = I had thought that this little game was already in the library but if it is I can't find it !AutoMaton = Good desktop version of the game where you pile up the counters until they reach 'critical mass' when they explode and convert your oponents conters to your colour. From one to four players, any of whom can be the computer G130 Two flight simulators from Neural network design. Both created with the SIMIS toolkit and both with biplanes !AllAtSea ^ Fly your biplane among the islands and try to stop supplies being transferred by boat !Trech ^ Fly your biplane to destroy the trechery that has let the enemy planes occupy the neighbouring airfields G131 !WarJet ^ By David Woods. This is another flight simulator using the SIMIS toolkit but it's set in Scotland (is this an armed rebellion by the the Scot Nats'?). The scenerio is a 100Km square section which is, as far as possible, 'real', and contains Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond, the Campsie hills, the Carron resovoir, the Forth and Erskine bridges and many major roads and prominent buildings. In fact, Glasgow and the Clyde are very much real places. A pleasant change from the usual flight sim game with a desert and a bunch of pyramids. Creating this world was obviously a major project, and in fact simply flying around in it is the best part of the 'game'. You have all the usual guns and rockets, and there are things to shoot at and things that shoot back, but if you want action there are better games. However, if you want a flight simulator rather than an Interdictor style shoot-em-up this is the best PD one I've seen !AntiGrav = This is one of those games where you have to 'hover' your jet while moving around a scrolling maze. Unlike most this one is actually playable! It also includes a screen designer !Airball ~ Help! Even the Author admits that this one is almost impossible. There's no proper instructions (I don't even really know what the object is), but as it's a conversion I would hope that someone else will understand G132 !BigBang ^ This is actually a 'demo' of the commercial game from Psycore. However, it's a very good 'playable' demo, (although as the full game comes on two discs it's nowhere near complete) and so I've decided to put it here instead of in the commercial demo section !OddBall ^ A great multi-level game loosely based on the 'breakout' theme. You have to use your 'bat' to bounce the 'ball' against various blocks. The most obvious difference is that the play area is irregular, and instead of the usual bat moving across the bottom of the screen with a line of bricks at the top, the bat is shown much magnified in a window which displays only a small part of the play area and it can be moved up and down as well as from side to side. At the right of the screen is shown a small display of the entire play area and you have to use this to work out where the bat, ball, blocks, and various other items are. Very addictive with lots of other features G133 -=- Desktop Sillies -=- !Bake = A desktop 'fortune cookie' program !BouncyNut = Non desktop but nice !CrossFire = Let's you shoot up the desktop when you're bored !Deskspots = A spotty desktop - too fast for ARM 3 !Diver = Another variation on Wanda !Graffiti = Read the writing on the wall! !Gremlin = Lets you write in almost any icon (no, I don't know why either, but you can) !Heavy! = A *VERY* heavy mouse pointer that's hard to keep up !Heli = Turns the pointer into a little helicopter - nice! !Hunter = Something is chasing your mouse pointer !I_Ching = I refuse to take this seriously so it's with the other 'sillies' !Manic = A really manic mouse pointer !MegaAnim4 = Doesn't live up to its pretentious name - it just rotates the switcher icon !NoDesk = Nicks your desktop - but it will put it back if you ask !PDP = Personality Discovery Program by Martin Summers. This appears to be intended seriously, but really... !PhoneSim = Makes a noise like a ringing phone !Rambler = A program from Mike Williams to generate 'waffle' from a text file. No politician should be without this! !RedError = Better than a 'beep', a selection of error messages from Red Dwarf !RotateSW = Another rotating switcher !Thingy = I could think of better names. Save everything first, it won't do any harm but this is NOT easy to stop! !Wellies = Try it for yourself. No self respecting serious Archimedes owner should be without this! G134 !Astrophel ^ This is billed as 'a desktop space strategy game' by David Jones. Unfortunately, although there is extensive documentation, it is rather unstructured and is mainly concerned with explaining how to create the scenerio, the data structures, the user interface, etc. and is a bit thin on how you actually PLAY the game. However, I am hoping that the Author may have produced a later version and I shall substitute it asap if he has !Cover ^ 1.10 Desktop game for one to three players by Keith Drakard !CrazyMine ^ Crazy Paving Minesweeper. A complex non-desktop version of the minesweper game by A.W.Garrard !StrmSweep ^ Another variation on the minesweeper game from A.W.Garrard. This time the mines move! !Hypnos ^ Desktop 3D maze game by Raffaele Ferrigno. You heve to collect various objects to let you escape !Scotty ^ Jet Set Scotty. Forget all the usual descriptions, with a name like that you can surely guess what it is! !WolfEd : An editor for the Wolfenstein ASWAP files from Peter Smith. This lets you change any of the graphics or sound but not (yet!) the map files G135 -=- Puzzles -=- !Awari ^ Non-desktop game from Martyn Ewers !Cribbage ^ Desktop five card cribbage from P.Fairbrother !Enigma ^ Engel's Enigma. Very difficult puzzle from Andrew Ayre. If you're fedup with Rubik's Cube try this !Kabale ^ Patience-type card game from Olav Reinert !KPatience ^ A desktop King Albert Patince from Darren Salt !Mahjongg ^ Nice (although non-desktop) version from Tim Browse. Plays very well !OutWit ^ A two player tactical board game from Andrew Ayre !Scrabble ^ Desktop scrabble from Phil Love !Sevens ^ Extremely addictive card game from Gary Lee. It's actually a four-handed game but the computer plays the other three hands. Highly recommended !Solitaire ^ 1.11 Desktop Solitaire by Keith Drakard. Lots of features, tutorial, playback, etc !StaksII ^ Complex card game from Moonlight Graphics !Towers ^ Patience-like card game from Danius Michaelides G136 -=- More puzzle games -=- !4Square ^ An interesting (and very difficult) desktop puzzle from Darren Salt !Beakers ^ Non desktop game where you have to shuffle water between two beakers to isolate the required quantity in one beaker. It sounds simple but it's actually quite difficult !Boxes ^ Two player game from Fraser McFarlane !Crossword ^ Billed as 'Haslam's Magnificent Crossword Designer'. What more can I say? !CTetris ^ Challenge Tetris from Darren Salt. A two player non desktop game !Cypher ^ A desktop game based upon a Windows (bleeuuch!) game !Hanoi ^ Desktop 'Tower of Hanoi' from Darren Salt. This is an ideal version if you're a bit short sighted because the window is scaleable !JigWord ^ 1.60 A type of 'clueless' crossword puzzle !KingOut ^ Sliding block puzzle !Othello ^ Desktop version from Dave Forth !Pelmanism ^ Non desktop but quite good version of the old favourite from Mark Gillman !Sim ^ 1.10 A two player desktop game from Keith Drakard. I'm not going to describe it, except to say it's not easy! !Squiggle ^ This is a two player game. The idea is to add pieces in turn to the end of the 'road' and try to force your opponent to run into a wall !Thieves ^ Forty Thieves. A desktop single-player card game from Graham West !Triad ^ A desktop single player board game with no instructions from Philip Beresford. I *think* I've worked out how to play it so you should be able to G137 !Mosquito ^ Nice WWII scenerio SIMIS flight simulator game from Chris Mottram. Set over some islands off the west coast of Scotland. Also includes good 'briefing' notes and drawings and data on your own aircraft and the enemy aircraft you may meet !GNUChess ^ 3.1 This is a much later (and larger) version than the one on B041, although the graphics are still somewhat crude. However, full 'C' source code is included and extensive documentation G138 -=- The Great Flight Simulator Collection -=- This is a compilation of most of the flight simulator games created using the SIMIS flight sim toolkit. Two games in the current catalogue have not been included (RiscyGame I and F18 demo) because they already fill a disc and so there would be little advantage in adding them. If you are a flight sim fan this is definately for you. Get out the flying helmet (or silk scarf and goggles), dust off your joystick and prepare yourself for a mammoth session of zooming, bombs, rockets, and (probably) spectacular crashes! The collection comprises - AllAtSea (G130) Flight (G113) Warfare (G078) Riscy Game III (G092) Mosquito (G137) Trech (G130) Warjet (G131) Mission (G063) On 4x800K discs or 2x1.6Mb discs, either costs ** £4.50 ** (1/2 points) G139 !Baz ^ You have to fire a coin from your piggy bank and try to make it hit Baz, who is hovering above you hurling abuse and other substances. That's just the first level. Then it starts to get difficult! Not state-of-the-art but an amusing game from A.James !Invasion ^ A fairly conventional Space Invaders game from David Baker and Andrew McDonald !Racer ^ An unexiting game for one or two players. You race around a track trying to avoid craching or hitting the other cars !SheepRace ^ A sort of gambling game from Quintin Parker. I think the name gives you a clue to what it's about! !Trek ^ 1.30 Based on a BBC version of the standard Star Trek game by T.Kennington and rewritten and updated for the Arc by Les Hurst and Alex Hopkins. Not spectacular but one of the nicest versions I've seen !XmasGame ^ The rheindeer are on strike and so Santa has had to hire a plane to make his Christmas deliveries. The problem is that the presents are coming down rather fast and not to accurately so you have to catch them G140 GTAC ^ Graphics text Adventure Creator. Great new program from Andrea Gallo. As the name sujests this lets you write adventure games with text and pictures that run in the desktop. It comes with a simple example game. The program is Shareware and there are a couple of minor restrictions on this version, but they don't stop you writing and running your own games Walker2 ^ This is from Nicholas Kingsley and seems like a good game. There's lots of instructions, but he forgets to mention exactly what you're trying to do and how you have to do it! Mapper ^ 1.00 Again from Nicholas Kingsley this is a program for designing game maps. It's intended to help you create a map for a game you are writing G141 !3DMaze ^ From John Fletcher this is a straightforward game where you have to try to find your way out of a 3D maze and also look for 'treasure'. The C source code is included, and this is very simple and well commented, so it could easily be expanded into a much more comprehensive game !Bounce2 ^ Rather difficult game where you have to bounce your ball around various screens !Fall ~ I've seen lots of versions of this game on the PC. It's for two players, and there is a screen made up of random letters with rows of balls at the top. each player in turn selects a letter, which is then 'taken away' so that the balls can fall down, and you score by getting balls to fall to the bottom of the screen !GHZap : Incredibly useful utility from Quintin Parker which tries to intercept all those naughty "UpdateMC" calls usd by incompetent programmers which will (probably) crash your computer !GryThnder ^ 1.03 Grey Thunder from Colim McEwan. A sideways scrolling shoot-em-up. Yes, another one, Boring, eh? Well, this time there's a slight difference. this version happens entirely in a miniature window on the icon bar! !MastMind ^ 0.02 rather nice desktop Mastermind from James Harvey !Robocatch ^ This is a 'cut down' version of the full game with fewer levels etc. Seems to be a fairly standard shoot up !Rtf_Pro ^ Another Tetris clone. this one's quite good. It's non desktop and is meant to be a two player version, but it was never completed so only one player is 'active'. Not as flashy as some but plays well !WolfEditr ^ 1.00 An editor for Wolfenstein 3D for HD users G142 -=- Games for kids -=- !Alpine ^ Vertically scrolling downhill ski slalom !Bunnies ^ Try to zap the bunnies as they run accress the screen !Froggy ^ A sort of 'space invaders' variation. Instead of shooting down aliens your froggy has to catch the flies with his tounge !Fruit ^ None desktop fruit machine. The instructions are not too good and the game isn't brilliant but there are lots of gambling options which can make it interesting !Horses ^ Multi-player gambling game !Lemonade ^ This is not really a game, it's a simulation of running a lemonade and ics cream stall. In fact it's a complex business simulation where you have to buy stock, set prices, etc !ProHorsie ^ Another horse racing/gambling game !Ringlets ^ Connect shapes together to form circles !Roller ^ A one or two player racing game. Guide the balls around the track !Slapper ^ Splat the wasps! !Sosta ^ A rather good tool for teaching keyboard skills. You have to shoot down the 'bombs' by hitting the correct key to fire up at them, but the keys keep changing, and there's not enough time to look at the keyboard! !Sparky ^ Simple but quite good maze game G143 High Risc Racing demo. This is the cut-down 'demo' version of the commercial game. At first sight it looks like a totally uninspiring 'top view' car racing game with unimpressive graphics. But then you realise that the racing itself is not the most important part. What you have to do is win races in order to get prize money which you then use to buy extra fittings for your car, so it's much more complex than just driveing a car around the track. This 'demo' version has most of the features of the full game, but only a limited number of levels adn cars to choose from. However it does give you a good idea of what the full product is like and is 'playable' on its own G144 !Blimp ^ Move around the screen and eat the pies without setting off any bombs !BrickABat ^ Another 'breakout' type game !Duck ^ Move your duck around and eat the fish while avoiding the skulls !Giana ^ The Great Giana Sisters, a nice platformer converted from the C64. Works on Risc PC with a few minor glitches !Roller ^ Straigtforward platformer from Julian Havercroft. You will need to turn off the cache with an ARM 3 !Woody ^ Form Geof Holland, jump over (or shoot) the various thingies which zoom at you and collect te gold nuggets !Railway ^ By M.S.Draper, this is not really a game, it's a simulation of building and running a railway. As well as the actual game, which can be played by from one to four players, there are also tools for you to create your own railway networks. You have to decide where to build, when to buy rolling stock, move your trains, make contracts to collect and deliver goods, etc G145 -=- Text adventure games -=- !Aftermath ^ By James proctor, this is set in the 21st century after a nuclear war. Apart from other dangers that will stop you from completing your quest there are brain-damaged victims of a plague that will attack anything they can find and devour it (this means YOU!) !AMoria ^ Archimedes Moria - yet another port by Graham Toal !Crown ^ A simple text adventure for beginners by Linton Dawe. You have to return the Crown of Power (which has been stolen) to the castle and claim your reward !Nerd ^ By Karl Hawkes, who describes it as 'the adventure game for nerds'. Your aim is to solve a murder which happened seven years ago during riots in the City of London (which left the city derelict) and kill the murderer! !Spheres ^ Spheres of Chaos by Chris Grant. Your quest is to locate the seven spheres, which were created by a wizard and scattered over the Kingdom, in order to prevent the evil king from getting then and using their power Trellis ^ This is actually an adventyre game interpretter by V.Hudd of Soft Rock Software. This makes it very easy to write text based adventure games. As well as comprehensive instructions (which do assume an understanding of adventure games and elementary programming) there are two sample adventures, !Crystal (The Purple Crystal of the Heavens) and !Pyramid (The Sacred Pyramid) G146 -=- Shoot-'em-up games -=- !Aliens ^ 2.01 A simple 'shoot everything' game by Mark Hiller !Blitz ^ Ballroom Blitz. A thinly disguised (but quite good) one or thwo player variation on the Space Invaders theme by Neil Pawson !Chopper ^ Vertically scrolling shoot-everything-that-comes-at-you from Reter Reeves-Hall !Missile ^ Middile Command clone from J.Hornell !NotSpInv? ^ Not Space invaders Again from Paul Hallam. Well, it looks like it to me! !NxtGen ^ Not terribly brilliant (!) sideways scroller !Photon ^ Vertically scrolling game from Ben Carter. First you have to dodge the mines, then catch and shoot the mothership G147 -=- Games and puzzles -=- !5x5 ^ Extremely difficult desktop puzzle by Tim Gladding. you simply have to 'set' all the squares in a 5 x 5 grid, but each time you toggle the state of a square four of those surrounding it also change !Analyser ^ This is not a game but a program by Matthew Wilcox to analyse the scores obtained in a bridge game !BackGammn ^ 1.27 Desktop Bacgammon by Duncan Cobb !BlkQueen ^ Non desktop card !BlokSnook ^ A non desktop sliding block puzzle !C4 ^ Desktop version of Connect 4 by Chris Stretch with lots of features !CATtris ^ Cat Tetris, a non desktop variant where the 'blocks' are various shaped items of interest to the watching feline !Clock_Pat ^ Non desktop Clock Patience by Chris Payne !Crag ^ Desktop dice game for from 1 to 4 players by P.Lurcock !Dad ^ Sliding block puzzle (no, I don't understand the name either) !Enigmar ^ A complex word puzzle by Mark Davies. This is similar to the 'word square' puzzles that appear in magazines but you can choose the style and difficulty !Euler ^ A version of the Knights Tour by Pete Godsall !gnuGo ^ 1.1 The game of Go from the Free Software Foundation, written by Man Li !LetDrop ^ Letters drop from the top of the screen and you have to zap all except the ones that correspond with the ones along the bottom. Not easy! !LoShang ^ Nice Taipei/Mahjonng game from D.Pedder !Lucas ^ Difficult game by Momen Nostri !Patience2 ^ Non desktop patience game !Poker ^ By Raffaele Ferrigno, Play against the computer !Puzzl ^ Very difficult puzzle by Richard Forster !Sen_Wrang ^ Senior Wrangler, a patience game by Tim Havenhand G148 -=- Adventure games -=- !Arion ^ Large and complex Dungeons type adventure game from Mike Goatley. Need multisynce/VGA monitor !Hack ^ Yet another non desktop version of Hethack, this time from Al Slater !Hermes ^ Hermes the God's messenger, a desktop graphics/text adventure written using GTAC (see G140) !MicroAdv ^ A ext adventure creator/compiler from John Fairhurst. Includes example adventures !MysLand ^ Mysterious Land, a *very* simple text adventure from Tom Godber G149 -=- Games for diamond hunters -=- !AcidPac ^ Pac Man game from Aaron Timbrell !Blob ^ By David Johnson. Move around and get the diamonds while avoiding the bugs. Unexciting graphics but plays well !BombaMan ^ Run around the maze and drop bombs to blow up rocks and baddies, from Robert Titman !Fred ^ Another rather nice maze game from Nicholas Marriott !Nasty! ^ Sir Nick Nasty in Blocksville. As usual, grab the diamaonds !Shuggy ^ Another maze game by David Johnson !Pushy ^ If you are fed up with collecting diamonds this nice little game from R.Williams will make a change. Push the blocks around to expose the crosses marked on the floor. Not as easy as it sounds G150 !Spitfire ^ Spitfire Fury by John Haddon. As the name suggests this is a flight sim game where you fly a Spitfire in 1939. there are twelve missions plus a practice mission. Scenery is quite good and varied G151 -=- More flight sim games -=- !Forlon ^ A rather standard SIMIS game !ProjectX ^ Another one from Colin McEwan. As usual you have to shoot up the enemy ground forces while avoiding the flak and enemy fighters FinalFlight^ Multi-mission game with a choice of aircraft from Mike Jackson G152 -=- Infocom -=- This disc contains various Infocom interpreters and compilers plus some games !AUInfocom ^ An Infocom interpreter by Edward Poor which runs in a desktop window !Infocom ^ A port of Infocom Task Force 4.01.2 interpreter by Brian Scattergood. InfoToolkit Disassembler and Dumper for Infocom files by Mark Howell !Inform ^ An Infocom assembler by Graham Nelson !Zip ^ Another interpreter by Edward Poor PLUS the following adventures - Advent Curses Dejavu Sampler1 G153 !Agresion ^ 2.15 By Graham Crockford, who says this game was inspired by 'Gorillas' on the PC. It's a two player game where you fire projectiles at your oponent. With a patch for RO2 !BatlDroid ^ Battle Droids by Colin McEwan. Just zap everything in sight! !Crossbolt ^ 2.00 A not too brilliant 'space invaders' type game G154 !Atomix ^ By Terje Folmo who says it is based on the game of the same name on the PC. However, he doesn't tell you much about how to play it although it does have a screen designer !Balloon ^ I think you are supposed to burst the balloons but no instructions !Force ^ Looks like some sort of multi-player shoot everybody type game, but again no instructions, just a screen designer !Elevator ^ Horrible, nasty, things are running rife in the lift shaft of the new office building. Kill the nasties and try to get to the top of the lift shaft and rescue the Princess G155 -=- The Great Adventure Games Collection -=- A collection of some of the best text adventure games available. Some are not state-of-the-art, but then a good text adventure doesn't need a fancy front end, if the puzzles are absorbing and the scenerio exiting that's all that matters. This collection is guaranteed to ensure many headaches and the burning of much midnight oil. The collection comprises - Collosal Cave Adventure Aftermath Angband Arion Ashekva Alyedin Dunjinz Excalibur Fortress of Time Hermes (the God's Messenger) Kingdom of Relative Concepts (the KORC trilogy) Mysterious Land NetHack Prehistoric Time Trip Quest for the Pendragon Realms of Madness Rural Adventure The Secret Garden Spheres of Chaos PLUS the Trellis game creator with two example games, The Sacred Pyramid and The Purple Crystal of the Heavens. These are all supplied highly compressed and you may need to de- archive some games as they will not run from the archive On 4x800K discs or 2x1.6Mb discs, either costs ** £4.50 ** (1/2 points) -=- Four discs of 'sillies' and novelties -=- G156 !Author ^ The Author says this program tries to write a ten chapter novel, in fact it generates large amounts of rubbish !B and B ^ Beavis and Buthead - animation in a desktop window !Backwards ^ Reverses the mouse !Bee ^ Non desktop animation of a bee !BeWorthy ^ You'll have to prove it !Bloing ^ Non desktop 'funny noise' generator !Cack ^ By Jon Ribbens, generates cack, that is, err, rubbish !Chameleon ^ A small window floats around the desktop, behind the windows, and tries to take on their characteristics !ClickTock ^ Generates a backdrop of faces and one of them will tell you the time !CokeCan ^ A coke cans dances in time to the music (if there is any!) !ColChaos1 ^ Changes the desktop colours !ColChaos2 ^ As obove but *keeps* doing it, this could give anyone a headache! !Corrupt ^ Draws all over the screen !Crawl ^ Rather good. A small window 'crawls' around the desktop !Creeper ^ Draws quite nice 'creepers' !Cropper ^ Your very own crop circle! !DeskScrll ^ Lack of vertical sync !Dotty ^ Draws dots! !DropMake ^ Just draws pretty picturs made up of radiating lines !DubBounce ^ Just bounces two balls around !EgoTrip ^ Tells you how wonderful you are !Elevator ^ Elevates the mouse pointer !ElizaII ^ A rather good desktop 'Eliza' !Etch ^ An Archimedes version of that woderful Amiga Etch-a- Sketch program !Eternal ^ Non desktop graphics displays !Fidgit ^ A fidgity mouse pointer G157 !Birds ^ Desktop birdsong !Cookies ^ Desktop Fortune Cookie program !Granite1 ^ Just draws a screen that looks like a block of granite !Granite2 ^ Ditto (but looks more lige a grey cream-cracker to me!) !Hmmm ^ To quote the Author 'opens directories with a childish and quite revolting noise' !ICanDoIt ^ Hear Holly from Red Dwarf say 'I csn do it' every time you open a directory !Insanity ^ Ditto Rimmer 'are you insane' !OhSmegIt ^ Ditto Lister (guess) !Ice ^ Makes the mouse pointer skid about !Introvert ^ Shrinks your windows! !Italian ^ Destructive bouncy ball !Jumble ^ It does too! !kwadra ^ I'm not quite sure what this does !Leave ^ Or this! !Melting ^ But this does exactly what the name implies !Metro ^ Draws lots of lines that look like the Paris Metro (or perhaps it's Moscow, or the London Underground...?) !Migrate ^ Migrating desktop !Monkeys+ ^ If an infinite number of monkeys type for an infinite time they will produce the complete works of Shakespeare. This program just *might* take a little time to produce intelligable results! !MouFol ^ Just a few balls following the pointer around !Murphy ^ Displays random examples of Murph's Laws at intervals !NaNaNaNaN ^ Takes the %$*^@ when there's an error !NoSignal ^ Simulates an untuned TV (useful, eh!) !OhYes ^ A John Major emulator (but more intelligent) !OpArt ^ Flashy non desktop graphics G158 !OngOng ^ Silly noise when you open a directory !Peardrops ^ Just draws 'em !Philosoph ^ Woderfully wise random sayings !Plague ^ All over the desktop! !Pleasure ^ When you open a directory the Cat from Red Dwarf tells you how he gives such pleasure to the world !Poppiy ^ Bouncing ball etc. !Powder ^ Nice graphics display - looks more like a firework than the Author's description !Praise ^ Isn't it all wonderful! !ProveToMe ^ You will! !Reminder ^ Just reminds you how truly wonderful you are !Repair ^ What do you do when the mice in the screen chew through the wiring in one of your windows and it's lights go out? Why, call the Window Repair Man !Reporter ^ Just pops up to say 'Hi' !Ripples ^ Flashy graphics display !RocketPtr ^ A mouse pointer shaped like a rocket ship for kids !Rope ^ Draws multi-coloured circles when you press MENU !Runner ^ Mindless violence (so try it!) !RussDemo ^ Have you ever tried one of those Demos that tell you that your computer just doesn't have enough RAM or something to run it..... !ShootIt ^ Opens directories with a band Shorties ^ Lots of (very) short Basic graphics programs !Shrink ^ Shrinks the screen !Shrink2 ^ Ditto but also confines the mouse !Snoopy ^ Somebody's watching the mouse pointer !SoNice ^ Draws pretty (!) pictures !Turd ^ This is a desktop dustbin that makes a rather rude noise when you dispose of something !Warp ^ Graphic display - guaranteed useless by the Author G159 !Screenie ^ Just lots of pretty patterns !Slicer ^ Slices up the desktop !SpinOnIt ^ Hear Rimmer from Red Dwarf give you interesting advice when you open a directory !SmegHead ^ Again from Red Dwarf - guess what this one says! !Urgency ^ Ditto but tells you there's an emergency !SoSoppy ^ It is, too, but it tells you how lovely you are !Splurgers ^ Several variations on the same theme !Star ^ Quite nice graphics !Tortoise ^ A sort of 'neighbourhood watch' for desktop sillies. Patrols the desktop and kills the interlopers! !TRoll ^ Totally useless animated tiolet roll. Obviously the product of a diseased mind (but fun!) !UniCycle ^ Nice animated uniycle !Voices ^ Some alternative system 'beeps' !Watch ^ A variation on the eyeballs-watching-pointer theme !Windows99 ^ Now you too can have all the wonderful advantages of M*^$%soft Windows on your Arc. - slows down the computer, uses lots of memory, unintelligable error messages for no apparent reason.... !XXX ^ Nothing to do with beer or 'dirty pictures' - it just seems to slap assorted icons all over the backdrop !Yow ^ A sort of desktop Fortune Cookie program For the seriously deranged I will supply discs G156 to G159 on four 800K or two 1.6Mb discs for *** £4.00 *** (1/2 points) G160 -=- Games and novelties for kids -=- !Bounce ^ Make the ball bounce over the holes or it will burst on the nail at the bottom. !Face ^ Make a funny face by selecting from various features (and perhaps putting them in the wrong place). !Finger ^ Pointing finger mouse pointer !FunPark ^ This is meant to be a simulation of running a funfair. I think you have to buy rides, set prices, etc. No instructions, so I had difficulty in working out what to do, but experience suggests that any seven year old would probably not have any difficulty. !FunFaces ^ A rather more sophisticated program from Mike Williams for making up faces. This one is a desktop app, but unlike !Face you can't put the bits in odd places. !GWord5 ^ Simple'guess the word' game where you have to 'type' the word by clicking on a keyboard !NoughtEx ^ Desktop noughts and crosses, play against the computer. !OddPets ^ Draws some *very* weird animals. !PestCtrl ^ Splat the rats and various other small furry objects that appear. very satisfying! !Pootah ^ Probably the most revolting set of icons available (but I quite like the dinosaur floppy disc icon). Created especially for younger users. G161 !PushyII ^ By This is an improved version of the game on G149 by R.Williams where you push the blocks around to expose the crosses marked on the floor. This is not just a later version, it's a lot harder and *much* bigger. When de- archived it takes aboput 2.4Mb of disc space, and you will need 2Mb of RAM to de-arc it, so you will require either 2Mb + hard disc or 4Mb to run it from the archive !Ballz ^ A variation on the old 'pipes' theme by David Johnson. You have to guide a ball to the exit by changing its path with 'bends' which you manouvre into position with the mouse. In later levels there are various objects that make things more difficult. G162 -=- Puzzles and logic games -=- !Baka_Chak ^ Very good desktop board game. You control 20 goats and the aim of the game is to get your goats onto the board. Unfortunately there are four tigers which will try to eat the goats (actually by jumping over them, rather like draughts). Nice graphics and fun to play. !FindWords ^ Non-desktop word square puzzle. as well as a fre sample puzzles you can also make your own. !Quadris ^ Non desktop Tetris !WhichWay ^ 1 or 2 player game where you have to move around a grid picking up numbers which either add to or subtract from your score depending on their colour. Not easy. !Word_S ^ A desktop word search program by Mike Smith. As with his previous programs it's Shareware, but there are no proper instructions, so although it looks like a very good program you are going to have to work out how to use it without any help from the Author. !X-Word ^ A crossword compiler from Mike Smith. Same comments apply as !Word_S. G163 -=- The Great Tetris Collection -=- This is for all you fans of the falling blocks (and other assorted things). A huge collection of tetris-like games, nearly 4 megabytes when de-archived. Nearly all of these work on the RiscPC. 3DTetris - G084 BIATetris - G084 Bloxed - G104 CATtris - G147 Columns - CTetris - G085 CTetris - G137 FarBeyond - FPTetris - G139 Hatris - G111 Hextris - G039 MarBlocks - G164 Quadris - G162 Quartet - G043 Rtf_Pro - G141 Staka - G117 Tertis - D124 Tetris - G112 (two) Tetris2 - G129 WhipTris - G069 WARNING - This collection can be dangerous to health/employment/exam results. Under no circumstances should any Tetris fan be allowed near it unless there are at least two days before they need to leave the house. Concerned friends/relatives should stand by with large pots of black coffee and a blanket to cover them with when they eventually collapse. (If this happens do not switch off the computer - they may be in the middle of a game and wish to resume when they wake). On 3 x 800K or 2 x 1.6Mb discs, either costs ** £3.50 ** (1/2 points) G164 !ATC ^ Air Traffic Control by Mike Smith. This is not really a game, it's a simulation of controlling civil aircraft and guiding them in to land at several airports using your radar screen. Some features are not yet implimented and others will only be available in the 'full' version (ie. after you pay - so it's not Shareware). !Blup ^ 1.10 By Andrew Ayre. This is a good puzzle type game where you can play against the computer, the clock, or another player. Clicking on a ball makes it change colour, you have to get as many of the balls as possible to change to a certain colour. Unfortunately this affects the colours of adjacent balls. Complicated and addictive. !Bombz ^ A multi-level game by Tony Houghton. As the name suggests you have to move around each level getting rid of the bombs. There's also a level designer. !FileWars ^ A rather strange game from Adam Richardson where two armies of your files fight each other. Don't ask me why, or how the winner is decides, but it might help to while away a few idle minutes.... !MarBlocks ^ A non desktop but quite good (and not too hard) version of Tetris by A.Wood !PollTax ^ A sixty level game from Quintin Parker where you have to push blocks, collect money to open doors, etc. Ignore the name - it really has nothing to do with anything!