Creative Chaos Random selection creates short stories.
Crossword Creator Tools for designing or solving crosswords.
CRYPTO! Create challenging word puzzles.
Garden City Software #1 Two nice programs -- HIST-PAL and FISHTANK.
Garden City Software #2 Figure payments, do sound effects, and more.
Mastermind Use logic to determine the secret number.
Memor-E A computer version of Concentration.
OpenDoor Have fun while appearing to be hard at work.
PARTYDOT Create unique screen displays.
Tommy's Crosswords Solve these crosswords or create your own.
Universe Analyzer Could an undesigned universe support life?
Word Play Re-shuffle letters to create given words.
Practical Jokes
A_Curse The computer creates imaginative curses.
CrazyDos A practical joke ``replacement'' for DOS.
Curses! An ``insult generator'' with a twist.
Hard at Work Routines to make your computer appear busy.
Hotboot and Insults Harmlessly boobytrap your victim's PC.
LoveDOS Secretly install on a ``friend's'' computer.
Program Grab Bag A collection of utilities, coders and jokes.
TV/VOLAPUK A practical joke and look-busy program.
Sports
Bass Class Learn the secrets of bass fishing.
BassTour Captain a fully-rigged bass fishing boat.
Budget Baseball Be a big league Baseball manager. Play ball!
Cunning Football Pick the plays and carry the ball!
Football Compu-Sched Track your favorite NFL teams' scores.
Handicap Horse Racing A full-color horse racing simulation.
PC Pro-Golf Play top-ranking golf courses on your PC.
Pro Set Football Manage your own favorite teams.
ProChallenge Baseball A strategy game using the 1987 World Series.
The Soccer Game Manage a world class soccer team.
Statistically Accurate Ba Run a major league game between any 2 teams.
Trivia
Computer Trivia Quiz A learning game for up to 6 people.
EZK-Quizzer A trivia game on various subjects.
Have You Read That Movie? Trivia game on movies and related writings.
Know-It-All A trivia quiz with interesting categories.
The Last Word A quotations trivia game for 1-4 players.
Tune Trivia A name-that-tune musical trivia game.
Games, Adventure and Text
Adventure Game Toolkit
by Softworks
Download Disk# 1231
and Disk# 1232
Want to create your own text adventure games? Now, with the ADVENTURE GAME TOOLKIT (AGT) you can, and you don't need to know programming!
In text adventures, players assume the roles of characters in a story which they read. But unlike a book story, the reader is able to interact with the plot, go different directions, ask questions and do things which may lead them to treasure or doom.
Using AGT, game enthusiasts can now transform their wildest fantasies into high-quality adventure games -- and teachers and parents, with a little imagination, now have a wonderful tool for making riveting games that can teach basic subjects, such as history, math, foreign langauges, vocabulary development, etc., in a fun and impactful way.
AGT can create complex worlds with up to 200 locations, 100 inanimate objects (swords, trees, cars, lasers, etc) and 100 animate objects (hobbits, orcs, famous persons, etc.). An AGT game can understand a 400-word vocabulary that can include complex (multiple actions) and function key macros for common commands for a polished result that conforms to the Infocom standard in adventure games so anyone can learn to play quickly.
AGT comes with complete instructions (100 page on-disk manual) and a sample mini-game that is walked through showing what can be created using AGT without requiring the game designer to have programming knowledge or experience. It also contains the source code files for the Colossal Cave adventure. This is an AGT version of the original game that was written by Crowther and Woods that was the first adventure game ever written. It is a classic! The AGT files for this game can be played and enjoyed simply as great entertainment or as a platform to build upon and/or learn from for the AGT game designer.
Special Requirements:
384K RAM and two floppy drives.
Author Registration:
$20.00 to $50.00.
ASP Member.
Adventureware
by Agency Automation RUN
Download Disk# 453
A fistful of text adventure games, ranging from a mystery adventure, to an episode of espionage, to a tale of horror. If you enjoy the challenge of puzzles and exploring the unknown, then you will be occupied for days with this quintet:
CRIME: Solve a crime and be a hero! You find yourself embattled in a world where the streets are not safe. Keep your back to the wall and look for allies!
HAUNTED MISSION: While on his way to a party, the world-famous Pumpkin Man was shanghaied by the evil Lady Winslow. Search the neighborhood, rescue him, and take him to the party.
ISLAND OF MYSTERY: Explore a tiny island in the middle of a vast ocean in search of 11 treasures. Locate each and then find the secret place where they must be stored.
THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE ADVENTURE: To add to the growing threat of nuclear proliferation, the USS Nautilus has been reactivated and totally refitted with the most modern and lethal equipment. As a new crewman aboard the Nautilus, you have received extensive training but experience is still the best teacher, and you will learn much more during your stay onboard -- if you survive!
TERROR IN THE ICE CAVERNS: The Soviets are developing a new death laser in the remote, frigid caves of Antarctica. Your mission (should you choose to accept it), is to enter the caves and the Soviet complex, locate the laser, steal the plans for it and then return to the surface to be picked up by a helicopter. Where are your mittens?
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
None.
Alice In Wonderland
by Robin Johnson RUN
Download Disk# 1495
ALICE IN WONDERLAND is an adventure game based on Lewis Carroll's novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Although you need not be familiar with the novel to play, there are occasionally places it would be helpful.
In this narrative adventure, you type in dialogue and directions as you wander through Wonderland as Alice, gathering special objects and talking with the odd creatures and other characters from the novel.
You will discover that your size can change in this game. You start out your normal size and then may grow or shrink, depending on your actions. At times, you will have to be very small to accomplish certain tasks. But be aware that the larger you are, the better your chances of evading death. Also, when you are very large, there is no weight restriction on what you can carry. When you are tiny and you encounter a danger, your chances of survival are pretty slim.
Winning consists of finding a particular valuable object and returning home with it. Along the way, there are many adventures to be had and many places to see. You will need to explore everything. Suitable for ages 9 through adult.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Ancients I: The Deathwatch
by FARR-WARE
Download Disk# 2975
ANCIENTS I: THE DEATHWATCH is a fantasy role playing game with excellent VGA graphics, similar to the games like EYE OF BEHOLDER and BARD'S TALE.
You can create and save your own characters. There are four classes and three races (elf, dwarf, human), as well as several face portraits (both male and female) for displaying your character on the screen. The game a three dimensional viewing screen for exploring the town and the dungeon as well as a dialogue box for encountering other characters or special areas of the town and dungeon. The town has an inn, an equipment shop, guild, a temple, and a casino. All commands are performed by clicking t mouse on one of several screen icons or on a particular line of text in dialogue box - rarely will you ever need to touch the keyboard.
Weaponry, armor and the inventory of each character can be displayed and manipulated on the screen using the mouse. In combat the monsters are displayed on the screen, and each character can attack, defend, use an item, cast a spell, or flee. Only magicians and friars can opt to cast spells. In the game your party of characters will be set on various missions, and clues will be given on the way. Games can be saved and th restored at a later date.
Special Requirements:
640K RAM, VGA, hard drive, and Microsoft compatible mouse.
Author Registration:
$23.95
Another Lifeless Planet and Me With No Beer
by Drew Software RUN
Download Disk# 2138
NOBEER is a logical adventure game. It's a big one, too, created with the Gamescape adventure game generation system. The response has been incredible. If you like adventure gaming, this is a must have! In NOBEER, the player is an astronaut stranded on a hostile alien planet (sound familiar? Players of Marooned Again will recognize the character immediately). The goal: find a way to get to an alien space ship and rig it to blast off to safety. That's easier said than done; as the astronaut you will face perils such as deadly slurpers, air squids, bladderbeasts and the terrible pun palm tree!
Unlike many adventure games, ANOTHER LIFELESS PLANET AND ME WITH NO BEER is completely logical. Everything in the game has a reason (well, maybe) and everything you do has a purpose (most of the time) and above all, everything is logical (well, to an alien, anyway). This game is funny too. Do you know what happens when you eat a frog? Or the only way to get past an alien monster? Have you ever tried to munch a slimeball? Do you know what it feels like when you try to pick up slime? What does a dead astronaut's head look like? You'll find all this out in ANOTHER LIFELESS PLANET AND ME WITH NO BEER.
Special Requirements:
No special requirements.
Author Registration:
$10.00
The Asian Challenge
by Conrad Button's Software RUN
Download Disk# 1688
Attention geography teachers -- teach your students about Asian geography in a text adventure setting. Make learning exciting.
The ASIAN CHALLENGE is an educational program, written for grades five through ten, which provides the student with information concerning the geography of the countries on the Asian continent. It is to be used as a supplement to text books and other instructional material. It uses the text adventure format to encourage the student to carefully read the information presented. The text adventure format is an effective means for holding the student's attention for prolonged periods. Learning becomes a fun experience and the student becomes much more interested in the study of geography. The use of this program also increases the student's reading and spelling capabilities.
This educational adventure is similar to a novel in which the student is the main character. The students will visit most of the countries in Asia. In each country they will be presented with important facts concerning the geographical features, early history, and animals native to the country.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
ATC - Air Traffic Controller
by Cascoly Software RUN
Download Disk# 2087
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER, simulating the duties of a sector air traffic controller, is a game that's perfect for a few minutes or hours of fun!
Easy to learn, but difficult to master, this game tracks best scores at each of 20 levels of difficulty.
You must guide about 20 planes safely through your sector, symbolized as a 13 by 13 grid. Two airports are shown, as are six "fixes" which are the only safe exits and entries to adjacent sectors. Take off, change altitudes, land -- each plane is shown as a letter with arrows that show current direction. Use the whole keyboard with this game (...if you're moonlighting as an atc, F10 allows quick escape when your real boss shows up!).
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$20.00
ASP Member.
Basketball Simulation
by Daniel Imamura
Download Disk# 946
BASKETBALL is a text-based simulation of basketball -- not an interactive computer game. Once you have chosen the teams and players, the game begins and you are a spectator.
As play proceeds, the radio announcer's dialogue rolls across the screen. If you enjoy listening to games on the radio, you will enjoy this game! Rather than trying to capture the physical representation of basketball on the PC, this program effectively brings the thrill of the game to you the same way the radio sports announcer does.
The program comes with data for six teams: the Celtics, the Lakers, the Rockets, the '76ers, and the East and West All-Star teams. Play games with any combination of these teams or create teams of your own.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
None.
Battle Ground
by MVP Software
Download Disk# 1090
BATTLE GROUND is a World War II field-combat game/simulator for two players.
Each player is the general of either the U.S. or German army commanding 16 privates with various weapons, two medics, one sergeant, and a major. These men have varying abilities that often come in handy while engaging in hand-to-hand combat. Each soldier carries hand grenades, adding even greater realism to this war simulation.
At the beginning of the game, the players select the battlefield on which to compete. There are five different battlefields to choose from.
As the battle begins, you start in separate corners and come out fighting. All troops are represented by small squares. Both players take turns moving, firing, and whatever other strategy they think of. A great feature is each player can do as much as he wants on any one turn, adding even more realism to the game of war.
Special Requirements:
A graphics card.
Author Registration:
$15.00
ASP Member.
Big Three
by SDJ Enterprise, Inc.
Download Disk# 1925
In this WWII strategy game you control all the action from the desolate fjords of Norway to the scorching sands of Egypt, from the strategic Rock of Gibraltar to the frozen streets of Moscow. Recreate the epic and fiercely fought battles of Tobruk and Stalingrad. Decide to open your second front in Normandy or the "soft underbelly" of Europe (Italy). Build bombers to hit your opponent's cities or build tanks and fighters to encircle and destroy his armies at the front.
Detailed maps done in excellent graphics help you track your progress and plan strategy. Each player assumes supreme command of the Axis, Allied or Soviet forces in Europe during 1939-1945. Players who perform better than their historical counterparts will normally win, and those who under-perform will normally lose. Mouse and/or joystick(s) are recommended but not required.
Special Requirements:
512K RAM, and CGA, EGA, or VGA.
Author Registration:
$17.00
The Case of Crime to the Ninth Power
by Patrick Farley
Download Disk# 2742
Presenting THE ADVENTURE TOOLKIT's (PC-SIG #1230 & #1231) 1990 text game contest winner. THE CASE OF CRIME TO THE NINTH POWER is the first in a planned series featuring Cliff Diver, a hard-boiled, ex-cop private eye who lives and works in San Francisco.
You must help Cliff escape from the Zamboni crime family's secret headquarters. Along the way, you and Cliff will face snarling Dobermans, two of Zamboni's goons (named Flash and Bonzo), and many other twists and turns. A captivating mystery to solve.
The game features a 400+-word vocabulary, a pop-up help system, and a Save/Restore feature that should be used often.
Special Requirements:
384K RAM.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Dark Continent
by Conrad Button's Software RUN
Download Disk# 967
A text adventure game that takes you to the heart of Africa. In DARK CONTINENT, you are on a safari expedition in search of King Solomon's legendary diamond. Unfortunately, your native followers have mutinied and left you lost in the wilderness without a map. Not only must you find the diamond, but also, your way back to England. (And try not to get eaten by wildlife on the way!)
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$20.00
DRACULA In London
by SDJ Enterprise, Inc.
Download Disk# 1220
DRACULA IN LONDON is a spell-binding adventure game with outstanding graphics for one to six players.
The plot of DRACULA IN LONDON is to track down the blood-thirsty vampire and put an end to his evil menace. Each player assumes the role of one of six vampire hunters: Van Helsing -- renowned metaphysician, Mina Harker -- school mistress, Jonathan Harker -- solicitor's clerk, Dr.
Seward -- head of a lunatic asylum, Arthur Holmwood -- son of Lord Godalming, and Quincy Morris -- wealthy young Texan. Provisions include sacred weapons, equipment, and animals.
Full of surprises and fast moving, DRACULA will provide you hours of excitement. Be sure to wear your garlic and bring your own stake.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$9.00
The Dragon Sword
by Tim Musa RUN
Download Disk# 2806
DRAGON SWORD is a fantasy role game like Dungeons & Dragons, in which you may create your own characters and explore a maze of thirty levels.
The objective is to find the Dragon Sword and slay the dragon which dwells somewhere in the maze. The maze is shown three dimensionally on the screen to simulate real movement as you move down the hallways and through the doors.
You can create a party from one to six characters. Each character can have his own class, weapons, spells and other abilities. New characters can always be created and saved to disk. Mapping is definitely required in order not to get lost. Your party will encounter many different types of monsters which must be fought in order to gain experience and treasure, although sometimes it is best to run away from powerful foes.
There are special areas in the maze in which you can be healed, buy and sell items, or encounter a puzzle or riddle. As you go deeper in the maze the monsters become harder to kill and the puzzles more difficult to solve. Registration allows you to obtain game hints from the author.
If you wish to start quickly, load the saved 4th level party that comes with the game, and begin your journey.
Special Requirements:
A graphics card.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Dungeons of the Necromancer's Domain
by R.O. Software RUN
Download Disk# 567
DND is a computer fantasy role-playing game inspired by Dungeons and Dragons -- the "grandaddy" of all the computer games that was developed and played on mainframe computers back in the '60s.
Different than most games, it uses character graphics in the upper-right corner of the screen, instead of graphics. Become a wizard and fight evil monsters and ghosts with your growing power. Or become a fighter and go head-to-head with mighty dragons. Or a cleric and try to dispel the evil spirits of the dungeons. The object is to stay alive and venture deeper and deeper into the depths of the dungeons. You have five completed dungeons to choose from, with expanded screen displays, character spells, and room furnishings. No matter which character you choose to be, this is a game that will test all of your game playing skills. Registration of the program includes a copy of "The Domain Master" for creating and editing both characters and dungeons.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$25.00
Eamon
by Wisconsin Software Systems
Download Disk# 296
and Disk# 297
and Disk# 1038
and Disk# 1039
Become a character in a land of adventure and do great and marvelous deeds! In this fantasy role-playing game, your first goal is to stay alive while getting rich during your questing.
When you enter these different universes, you are no longer John (or Jane) Smith -- a quiet, mild-mannered computer hobbyist. Instead, you are, ta-dah!, in the center of a tale of adventure -- fighting orcs, trolls, dragons, knights, and mages with an arsenal of weapons and terrible magic.
An entire series of adventures await you, starting with The Main Hall and including Ice Cave -- sagas with all the appropriate monsters and traps. The challenges are difficult, but not impossible to survive, and will keep you on the edge of your chair. The monsters are very mean and give up their lives to stop you from getting any further in your quest!
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$5.95.
Ecomaster
by Cascoly Software RUN
Download Disk# 2147
Get in touch with nature and animals, through your computer!
ECOMASTER's an ecology simulation in which you predict how animals will survive in a series of different environments. This is a game of skill and chance. Some of the areas where skill comes in include learning which animals perform best in various environments, or biomes, and guessing which biome will follow the current one.
This is a challenging game for everyone. Accompanied by a dictionary or encyclopedia, it can also be a great way to learn about different animals from around the world!
Special Requirements:
CGA or higher graphics board.
Author Registration:
$20.00
ASP Member.
Facing the Empire
by MVP Software RUN
Download Disk# 1075
If you like strategic war gaming, then FACING THE EMPIRE might be right up your intergalactic alley! Not an arcade game designed around speed, flashy graphics and high-speed joystick jockeying, FACING THE EMPIRE is more like a strategic board game -- oriented toward reasoning, planning and logistics.
As a member of the Lyran Stellar Federation, you must prepare your fleets and probes for deployment and battle. Then you must seek out the seven randomly-placed Morte stars hidden in the sixty-four stars of the Lyran periphery. You can accumulate points through destruction of Morte ship groups, bases, and their invasion headquarters. All this must be accomplished while they're trying to get you first!
Special Requirements:
No special requirements.
Author Registration:
$15.00
ASP Member.
FallThru
by Paul H. Deal RUN
Download Disk# 1389
and Disk# 2611
You and up to two other players stand only half a chance of making it home alive in this text adventure, called FALLTHRU!
You don't know how you got to this strange place, but you quickly discover that Faland is very large, comprising millions of square miles (all visitable) of farms, rangeland, forests, deserts, mountains, etc.
Much of it is inhabited by dangerous wild animals, renegades, warriors, and demons.
You and your fellow players must find your way through the trackless wilderness, while quickly learning to recognize friend and foe, earning a living, and defending yourself by fist and weapon. And along the way you must gather information and solve various riddles and puzzles by talking to shop keepers, strangers, warriors, inn keepers, etc., and by exploring the many settlements, dark and treacherous caverns, catacombs, mines, castles and ruins scattered throughout this vast territory.
FALLTHRU recognizes several hundred words by which you can set your course, pick up objects, buy and sell things, fight, hunt, shoot, and speak to the odd characters you and your companions will meet as you try to go home! Age level: 12 to adult.
Special Requirements:
300K RAM and two floppy drives.
Author Registration:
$10.00.
Figment - The Imagination Processor
by Patch Panel RUN (Type QUIT to quit)
Download Disk# 2581
FIGMENT is a full development environment for adventure games or other type of interactive fiction. Play roles in existing interactive fictions or write them yourself. FIGMENT does all the hard work of developing an interactive story so you can concentrate on the creative aspects.
You declare the objects, define the attributes, write the appropriate messages, and develop the game's logic. Programming is easy and quick with the full-screen editor and complete help system.
One you've developed your games, you can use FIGMENT to play them and trade them with other FIGMENT users. Also included is a run-time version of the program so that you can distribute your games to anyone.
In addition to adventure games, FIGMENT can be used by writers to model plots, as a role-playing tool in business, and much more. FIGMENT takes the tedium out of fiction writing and lets you put the creativity in.
Special Requirements:
384K RAM and graphics card.
Author Registration:
$35.00
Finnish Games
by University of Vaasa
Download Disk# 1536
A smorgasbord of programs from the University of Vaasa in Finland!
Games, linear programming tools, lots of telephone modem help, and even a touch of Scandinavian PC key use make an interesting mix of utilities.
MANAGAME is a management simulation game from the Department of Business Studies. You are in charge of a small manufacturing company with a new widget to market. Fortune or bankruptcy await you!
HEXAGAME is the old number guessing game with a twist: you can try it in decimal, binary or hexadecimal! Each guess is also shown in its decimal equivalent. Great for computer students.
MLTIGAME provides timed competition for one or more students on multiplication tables. Winners' names go into the Hall of Fame.
Suitable for ages 9 to 14.
LINSOLVE solves linear programming problems with up to 25 variables interactively. It also solves linear GOAL programming problems.
PCPFON tackles your special needs in using ProComm Plus, such as: 1) How to use Zmodem with ProComm Plus; 2) How to get the Scandinavian characters working; 3) How to transfer files between two PCs (when neither is a bulletin board) -- both by modem and by direct cable connection. Other files explain how to ready ProComm Plus and the Worldport 2400 modem for the host mode; give routines for calling Finnish Opus Bulletin Boards, and more.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
See documentation.
First Expedition
by Steve Englestad
Download Disk# 2984
and Disk# 2985
FIRST EXPEDITION is an ocean-going, graphic adventure game set in a mythical world. You're the captain of a ship and your duty is to find the magic spheres and save the world. Like a flight simulator, your ship's instruments and horizon are displayed for you. Manage your supplies, fuel, money, and health to reach your goal. Fend off pirates, trade with islanders, and navigate by the stars. This is an involved adventure with lots of interesting challenges for sailing fans.
Special Requirements:
CGA or better. Hard drive recommended.
Author Registration:
$23.90
ASP Member.
Frigate
by MK Systems RUN (To quit, choose O THER on menu)
Download Disk# 1467
FRIGATE is a strategy game which pits you and your ship against a Soviet fleet of vessels. The object is to destroy as many of the opposing ships as possible while avoiding destruction of your own.
Points are awarded for destroying your enemy while avoiding their missiles. Your ship, a nuclear-powered guided missile frigate, has many advantages over its Soviet counterparts but you are outnumbered by a large margin. Operating in an area of 1,000,000 square miles, you have radar, sonar, jamming equipment, anti-missile capabilities and three types of ordnance at your disposal.
FRIGATE is played from three on-screen windows -- a main window which gives you an overview of your ship's status, an options window which changes in accordance with the commands you select and a command window from which you issue those commands. Your ship's status and position, and the location of the enemy are updated frequently. FRIGATE is a challenging and stimulating game that will provide many, many hours of entertainment.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
None Specified.
FRP Game Master Utility
by Software Mines
Download Disk# 1063
The FRP GAME MASTER UTILITY is set up to be generally compatible with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons and its many variants. FRP is very flexible in its structure, and sacrifices some compatibility to maintain flexibility.
FRP's utilities take the manual labor out of playing Dungeons and Dragons. Everything done with paper, pen, and dice can now be done with the keyboard. These utilities are compatible with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons.
DICE ROLLING UTILITY -- critical hits, fumbles, double damage, D100, D20, D12, D10, D8, D6, D4, any number of dice with modifiers, display monster information, roll monster hit points, and edit hit points.
RANDOM ENCOUNTERS UTILITY -- generates random encounters for 10 different areas, each with different probabilities.
RANDOM TREASURE UTILITY -- treasure types A-Z, gem value, jewel value, edit, and view treasure data.
GAME PARAMETER UTILITY -- lets you alter critical hit, fumble, double damage, and encounter probabilities. The timer can be set, and combat die is selectable for special damage tables (except fumble).
Special Requirements:
384K RAM
Author Registration:
$20.00
Gamescape
by Drew Software
Download Disk# 1293
Imagine writing your own adventure games! Have your family play them, give them to your friends, hand them out at computer clubs, or even sell them and make a few bucks!
Gamescape is the incredible adventure game design system that lets you do all this. Using simple commands which are thoroughly explained by an easy-to-understand manual, you can do just about anything you would want to do in adventure gaming:
* Define rooms, objects, monsters, and actions
* Draw maps using IBM character graphics
* Play music, sound alarms, beep warnings
* NEW ! High resolution color graphics ability !
Gamescape also allows you to do things that no other adventure system allows. Your games can be of unlimited size and cover multiple disks! Full random features allow you to perform different actions, depending on a "throw of the die". Rather than hundreds of pages of instructions and loads of complex commands, Gamescape has a short, consise, uncomplicated manual and just a few short but very powerful and versatile commands. There is virtually no limitation to the things you can do with Gamescape!
Special Requirements:
Hard disk recommended.
Author Registration:
$95.00
Golden Wombat of Destiny
by Huw Collingbourne
Download Disk# 678
Your quest is to discover the Forbidden City of the Great Lost Empire and unearth the mysteries it holds. Do you have a prayer of succeeding?
SCORE:
Much as in life, there is no scoring in The Golden Wombat.
THE POINT:
The point of THE GOLDEN WOMBAT OF DESTINY is destiny, itself.
Obviously. You'll know when you've found it. Possibly.
What do you think?
This text adventure game can handle full-sentence commands and has a large vocabulary of verbs. Users with CGA are able to customize screen colors.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
None.
Hogbear Adventure Game
by Hogbear Software, Inc.
Download Disk# 1269
The next time you are walking, hear laughter, and notice a nearby mansion, run for your life. If the HOGBEAR lures you in, you have to face him, a vampire, blue devils, killer bees, an ogre, a bear, pecking falcons and other perils.
If you are swift, wiser than most, and persistent, you might even overcome the snake and spider as you roam about the huge mansion. As in life, some games are unwinnable. But there's hope. This text adventure/graphics game moves quickly when you learn the knack of searching and gathering the tools and weapons you need. Otherwise, you lurch about from room to darkened room, stumbling toward certain doom in an obscure mansion filled with deadly surprises.
An update of the classic game Castle, HOGBEAR is fun for all ages. It runs on both color and monochrome systems.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Hugo II, Whodunit?
by Gray Design Associates RUN (Type QUIT to quit)
Download Disk# 2571
It's adventure time again as HUGO and Penelope get swept up in another superbly animated 3-D EGA extravaganza! This time a murder mystery is afoot, with a couple of fiendish twists and a large helping of humor along the way.
Look what's in store -- a revolving bookcase, a saucy French maid, and a murderer!! HUGO II, WHODUNIT? has the same look and feel of HUGO'S HOUSE OF HORRORS with more screens and characters.
If you enjoyed the original HUGO adventure, HUGO II has a real treat in store for you!
Special Requirements:
360K RAM, EGA, and a hard drive or high density floppy drive.
Author Registration:
$20.00
ASP Member.
Hugo's House of Horrors
by Gray Design Associates View RUN
Download Disk# 2150
If you are looking for an exciting, fun filled game, HUGO's HOUSE OF HORRORS will fit the bill. Take your hero through an animated adventure, solving puzzles, finding hidden objects, and rescuing the sweet Penelope from the hosts of the demonic mansion. At the same time stay alive and don't let yourself be turned into dog food! The graphics are fantastic!
Programmmer David P. Gray creates a colorful and challenging world for the player. Full moving character pix, furnished rooms, hidden doors, a mad doctor, a vicious dog, and much more await any enthusiastic adventurer. Maneuver your character with the arrow keys while simple written commands let you take and use items, search and talk. As you solve the puzzles your score increases and is compared to the total score possible with the game. For registered users a free hintbook is available as well as the capability to play back previous games.
Similar in concept to LucasFilm's Maniac Mansion, HUGO'S HOUSE OF HORRORS, though less complex, is as easy to use and as much fun. You will be glued to the screen for hours as you track your way through the haunted halls trying to save your sweetheart from the crazed inhabitants. A treat for all ages.
Special Requirements:
360K, EGA or VGA, and hard drive.
Author Registration:
$24.00
ASP Member.
Insanity
by Wizard Games RUN
Download Disk# 2173
A huge maze based adventure game where INSANITY rules. Find clues, solve puzzles, and try to stay alive in a place where the unexpected is common, and pandemonium is found at every turn.
As you try to find the exit from INSANITY you'll encounter many strange things. You'll meet a wizard. Pass through the stars. Collect ammunition to defend yourself against little red men. Explore a castle and a church along the way. Play games like seven card challenge or a fast paced soccer match. Most things won't make sense, but if you can find a method to the madness, you could find the key to end your search for a way out of INSANITY.
Special Requirements:
512K RAM and CGA.
Author Registration:
$20.00
It's A Crime!
by Adventures By Mail RUN
Download Disk# 1825
It's the late 1990's in New York City. You're a gang leader determined to build your gang into one of the richest, toughest and most notorious in the city on your way to becoming the Godfather. Compete with up to 500 other players, some of whom will be your enemies, while others will be your staunchest allies. Each turn, you will decide how to allocate your resources, what moves you should make. Mail your "turn card" with your moves. A computer will then process your information and send you a "results" sheet. It's your move!
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$12.00
Kingdom of Kroz II
by Apogee Software Productions RUN
Download Disk# 2001
In KINGDOM OF KROZ, you are in search of a priceless amulet that lies somewhere within the mystical kingdom. Be careful, there are mysterious rooms and vicious monsters waiting for you. You are armed only with a whip and your wits.
As the intrepid explorer, you will venture through 25 unique levels of perils and treasures. In this combination game of arcade action, strategy and adventure, each level is patrolled by as many as 1000 monsters, all with a taste for your blood. 16-color graphics and sound effects add reality as you negotiate lava, rivers, earthquakes, pits, forbidden forests and more.
Three skill levels and a random playfield generator insure that no two games will be alike.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$7.50
The Land
by Riley Computer Services
Download Disk# 2158
and Disk# 2159
A fantasy role-playing game based on the book "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant." Choose from six character classes, and explore towns, villages, and dungeons in search of treasure and magic.
Buy and trade armor, weapons, food, or magic items from the townspeople, who sometimes have helpful hints about the game. Mapping is simple in THE LAND since the program does it for you. As you search a town, a dungeon, or the outside world, an overhead view shows where you are, and how much is left to explore of that region.
You can save your game at any time -- handy if you are about to do battle with a dragon, or Hydra. Like Ultima and Questron this game will take you many hours to complete as your character gains experience and knowledge in the place called THE LAND.
Special Requirements:
CGA or higher.
Author Registration:
$25.00
Landing Party
by Rick Pitel
Download Disk# 604
Captain!! The energy crystals that power our life-support systems are failing! We need to locate new ones before we all die! You'll have to count on your crew, now. Let's hope you chose them well.
Your favorite movie stars, historical figures, friends and relatives can become characters in this text adventure game if you choose them before you become captain. You must then deal with an assortment of monsters from the planet's surface before you can get those energy crystals you need so desperately. LANDING PARTY is menu-driven for ease of play.
Individual games are short and different each time.
Hurry, Captain! The air... I... I can't breathe....
On the same disk is a two player trivia tic-tac-toe game. Each player must answer a trivia question to mark a square.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
None.
The Last Half of Darkness (CGA)
by SoFTLAB View
Download Disk# 2573
Do you like graphic adventure games with sharp pictures, mouse support, save and restore game functions, and spine-shivering puzzles to solve? Then THE LAST HALF OF DARKNESS is for you!
When the game starts, you find yourself in front of your recently deceased aunt's mansion. In order to gain the title to her fortune and estate, you must find the ingredients to a potion she was working on before she was killed. It won't be easy as there are many strange denizens in the old mansion. Some will help you in your quest, while others would just as soon finish you off!
Choose one of the listed commands with the keyboard or mouse. Use speaker sound or Covox's Speech Thing. Examine everything, take what you can, and don't forget to save your game before you do anything dangerous which, in this game, can be a frequent thing.
What are you waiting for? Dust those cobwebs off your trusty old map notebook and take a journey to THE LAST HALF OF DARKNESS!
Special Requirements:
CGA and LHARC archiving utility (PC-SIG #2018).
Author Registration:
$20.00
The Last Half of Darkness (EGA)
by SoFTLAB View
Download Disk# 2438
Do you like graphic adventure games with sharp pictures, mouse support, save and restore game functions, and spine-shivering puzzles to solve? Then THE LAST HALF OF DARKNESS is for you!
When the game starts, you find yourself in front of your recently deceased aunt's mansion. In order to gain the title to her fortune and estate, you must find the ingredients to a potion she was working on before she was killed. It won't be easy as there are many strange denizens in the old mansion. Some will help you in your quest, while others would just as soon finish you off!
Choose one of the listed commands with either the keyboard or mouse.
Use speaker sound or Covox's Speech Thing. Examine everything, take what you can, and don't forget to save your game before you do anything dangerous which, in this game, can be a frequent thing.
What are you waiting for? Dust those cobwebs off your trusty old map notebook and take a journey to THE LAST HALF OF DARKNESS!
Special Requirements:
EGA and a hard drive.
Author Registration:
$20.00
Marooned Again
by Drew Software RUN (Type QUIT to quit)
Download Disk# 1293
MAROONED AGAIN is not your standard text adventure. It's logical. It tells you this every time you try to do something illogical. The basic plot: You are marooned on an alien planet with a broken spaceship and a bunch of retarded clones who can only respond to two-word commands.
There is hope however! Also on this planet is an alien spaceship that can be made to work with some minor repairs. All you have to do is use the clones to fix the alien ship, and take off.
MAROONED AGAIN is lots of fun, and does not bear the irritating "irrational" nature found in so many adventure games. This game has been highly acclaimed by our users, so much so that it even has a sequel!
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$10.00
McMurphy's Mansion
by Don Higgins RUN (Type QUIT to quit)
Download Disk# 1073
MCMURPHY'S MANSION is a text adventure game that begins when your Uncle McMurphy dies and leaves you his fortune. Unfortunately, the money is hidden somewhere on his estate. The object of the game is to find the money, using various clues and objects. Both a map and an inventory list are displayed on the screen, and you can save at any time.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$16.00
Megagopoly
by Visual Data Communications Corp. RUN
Download Disk# 1194
MEGAGOPOLY is a game of high finance. The scenario: you have just inherited $100,000, now make millions more in the next 20 years.
MEGAGOPOLY gives you the opportunity to create unlimited wealth by offering different investments. Depending upon how wisely or not you invest your money, you watch it grow or shrink. Types of investments include stocks, bonds, oil, real estate, and even betting. It also tracks your score so you can play against your friends.
But MEGAGOPOLY is more than that. Every five years of the simulation, you get a bar graph to show your progress down the road to wealth. But don't get too complacent -- you might find yourself in the middle of a recession, or trying to make out in the world of runaway inflation.
Special Requirements:
No special requirements.
Author Registration:
$18.00(U.S.)/$23.00(Int'l)
Mix It Up
by Mark Frank
Download Disk# 911
If you're in a gaming mood, here are four great entertainment programs in our library.
NEVADA POKER MACHINE is a simple-to-play, one-player poker game in which you may discard one to five unwanted cards of those dealt to you. The payoff odds are shown at the top right corner of the screen, and the winnings are shown at the bottom. If you've ever played a poker machine in Las Vegas or Atlantic City, NEVADA POKER MACHINE will be very familiar to you.
If poker is not your cup of tea, PRO LOTTO is designed to help you win lotteries ranging from a 6/15 through a 6/52 format. PRO LOTTO lets you store all the past numbers you have played and all past winning numbers.
When choosing a lottery number you can put in your own number or a number produced by random generation. With PRO LOTTO your computer can also generate a number based upon the past record of winning lottery numbers.
PRO LOTTO can also produce a graphic screen showing what numbers are chosen most often, and can find the twelve most popular numbers for both you and your state's numbers. The program will print out the numbers you have chosen and the winning numbers from previous games. PRO LOTTO can show the money you have spent on the lottery and the odds of winning, and can look for all the matches you have made with the lottery for both matching and non-matching dates.
For those more analytical in their entertainment pleasures, and for those for whom a text-adventure is more to their liking, MUTANT INVASION is for you. This game puts you inside a science-fiction adventure in the year 2000. You're within a dome that covers the city to protect it from the firesky at nighttime. You can no longer hear the screams of the Outsiders, but you know they are very near. The atmospheric radiation storms are slowly quieting. Although most of the oceanic disturbances have run their course, tidal waves, typhoons and minor hurricanes occasionally come to claim a few more lives.
You are one of the survivors from the last war. But no one really knows what happened since all the radios, televisions and telephones went silent when the sky began to burn. The Outsiders, as you can guess, are not human. Most people call them mutants. They have more or less become used to living outside the city dome, out in the Burn. But there's no food or water fit for consumption, even for them. That's why they're coming again now. A few of the mutants have found a way into the dome. Do you feel ready to stop them? You must find their secret entrance and seal it off.
If you're more of a mystery fan than a sci-fi fan, the second adventure game is for you. INTERCEPT starts with you on the street in front of a car and a phone booth. If you look closely at your possessions, you see you have an ID card (not for buying alcohol) and a watch. Now, if you type in the correct command, you can get into the car. Once you're inside the car, what do you do? Get out, go into the phone booth, call your friend to find out how to start the car? You'll have to discover what to do on your own.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$2.00 for POKER, $10.00 for PRO LOTTO.
Moraff's Revenge
by MoraffWare
Download Disk# 1641
Science fiction author Steve Moraff brings one of the most complex and beguiling dungeons and dragons games to shareware. Though called a beginner's game, few will find it easy. With 70 levels, batallions of monsters and no clear cut rules, this adventure resembles life itself.
This game has no single, simple object. Not even survival qualifies.
Generally, the game involves equipping, fighting, exploring and healing.
New characters begin their odyssey with only a knife and no money. The characters must kill monsters, some of which are virtually indomitable, and find treasures to get money, weapons and cures. Even character improvement is a key to scoring in this game. The most exciting goal is to find the fountain of youth on the 70th level. A more typical expedition would call on a character to enter the dungeon and kill monsters and discover treasure. Then, the character returns and cashes in treasure at the bank, and sleeps at an inn to gain "spell points" and gain greater power. The character can then buy weapons with his extra money and reenter the dungeon to tackle even more powerful monsters.
Though this program uses simple ASCII graphics to represent the characters and rooms, the game's mapping system still adds to the excitement. The right side of the screen offers a three dimensional view of all four directions. Monsters become visible far down the corridor.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
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Moraff's Stones
by MoraffWare RUN
Download Disk# 2767
What do they do in the taverns on Moraff's World? What a silly question! Play the strategy gambling/barter game called STONES, of course.
Here you are in a tavern on Moraff's World, the only human in the place. Don't worry, discrimination is against the law in this province. You're sure that the guys (guys? aliens, ETs, BEMs, whatever...) beckoning you to play STONES with them are nice enough creatures who just need a fourth player. You buy into the game and take a seat at the STONES table.
After a while, you aren't doing badly. In fact, you've just wiped out one opponent who leaves the game. Who's this taking her place? You gradually realize that each time one player gets wiped out, it gets replaced by somebody smarter and nastier.
This excellent game from Moraff supports all graphic cards from Hercules to 1024 X 768, 256-colors in super VGA resolution.
Special Requirements:
512K RAM and a graphics card.
Author Registration:
Call 800-VGA-GAME for pricing.
Moraff's World
by MoraffWare View RUN (Type Q to quit)
Download Disk# 2766
MORAFF'S WORLD is an awesome fantasy role-playing game that may keep many players hacking and slashing monsters, night after night. It has 16-level dungeons with brick walls, wooden doors, ladders, and colorful monsters that you can see coming down the 3-D corridors.
Fight more than 20 classes of monsters, cast more than 100 spells, travel five continents, and explore many dungeons. Stores are located on the top levels of each dungeon where you can equip your character with weapons and armor. In the temples, you can buy spells to heal your wounds, and you can store your loot in the bank so its weight won't slow you down.
The main screen features a 3-D view for short distances, and a bird's-eye-view to show you where you are. MORAFF's WORLD has intelligent help that realizes when you are confused, and makes appropriate suggestions. All commands are initiated with a single keystroke.
This game is part of the MoraffWare Elite Game Series. The games fully support Hercules (720 x 348), CGA (320 x 200), EGA (640 x 350), VGA (640 x 480, 16-colors), MCGA (320 x 200, 256-colors), VGA (360 x 480, 256-colors), 800 x 600, 16-colors, 1024 x 768, 16 and 256-colors!
Special Requirements:
640K RAM and a graphics card. Hard drive recommended.
Author Registration:
Call 800-VGA-GAME for pricing.
Nebula
by Conrad Button's Software RUN (Type QUIT to quit)
Download Disk# 967
You are in a spaceship exploring the Orion Nebula for NASA. Your mission is to explore the three closest planets to your spaceship and collect one animal, one vegetable, and one mineral. How will you be able to tell? If you encounter an intelligent life form, how will you know? NASA has instructed you to capture it alive. Good luck!
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$20.00
Nirvana
by Wimsey Co. RUN
Download Disk# 1281
When you enter this world of Wimsey, an incredible interactive fantasy awaits you. You will explore uncharted territory, solve ingenious puzzles, and talk to fascinating and sometimes deadly characters. Your quest: Destroy the Ice Maiden, Nirvana, and end the monthly disappearance of young men from the village.
Nirvana can only be destroyed by ringing a crystal bell. You must find the bell, enter her dark castle and destroy her. Otherwise, a fate worse than death awaits you. Here is a good thinking person's game with a vocabulary of more than 1,000 words you can use when speaking to the characters you meet.
This program can also be used as a door on some bulletin board services.
Check your BBS software to see if it has this capability.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$2.00
Prince
by Media Methods RUN (To quit, TAB to the command box and type Q)
Download Disk# 1140
You have just inherited a small domain somewhere in the boundless tracks of central Asia. Each year you meet with your royal council and decide how many acres of land to cultivate, how much grain to reserve in the storehouses, and how much additional grain to buy or sell. Gold acquired from trade is needed to maintain your loyal troops, which can be used to defend your territory or to conquer new territory to accomodate an expanding populace. You can also send scouting parties to get information about the strength and potential threat of your surrounding neighbors. Above all, the main objective during your term is to build an irrigation system to guard against drought and make your crops more productive.
When making your decisions you must be careful not to tax your citizens too highly, since they might starve or grow rebellious. On the other hand, if you tax them too low, there may not be enough grain for planting crops next year. At the end of the year, your officers report to you a summary of the year's important events, such as harvest yields, balance in the treasury, population count, effects of drought or plague, territory captured, and information on the developments of any invasions from surrounding territories. The kingdom is in your hands. If you do well you will be honored, but if you do poorly you can always abdicate.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$9.95
Quantoids of Nebulous IV
by Kludgeware
Download Disk# 749
To the Spaceport! If we don't hunt these madmen down, they'll destroy life as we know it today!
(C'mon, admit it. Would you want your daughter to marry an accountant or... Heaven forbid... an MBA?! Do you want your grandchildren calculating ROI?! Aha, I thought not!) We must fight together and track down the QUANTOIDS OF NEBULOUS IV!!
You find yourself looking out the cockpit of your spacecraft while controlling ship maneuvers, varying your speed and firing at the enemy ships, filled with those nefarious bean-counters intent on enslaving us!
Look out! They have COMPUTERS!!
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$25.00
QuestMaker
by Marietta Co-opware RUN
Download Disk# 2746
If you have been dreaming of creating the next great animated adventure game, your dreams may come true with QUESTMAKER. More than two years in development, QUESTMAKER represents a giant step forward in animated game creation.
Even non-programmers will be able to create animated adventure games similar to popular games such as Kings Quest. This unique program allows the user to create fantasy, adventure, or even mystery games using .PCX images. QUESTMAKER is an excellent educational tool for creating subject-specific games. Make learning fun!
QUESTMAKER comes with a complete sample tutorial game called the ``Adventures of Hero Harry.'' This game demonstrates most of the program functions. You won't need to worry about details such as Save and Restore operations, character movements, game help, speed control, and inventory management since they are already built in. These automatic functions will reduce your game development time. Create a complete game in a couple of days instead of a couple of years.
Since many of the standard functions are already programmed, you can allow your imagination free rein to construct the ultimate animated game you've dreamed about.
All graphics used by the game are 640 x 200, 16-color .PCX images, which you can create using programs such as PC-Paintbrush or the QUESTMAKER II Toolkit, available after registration.
Special Requirements:
EGA. 286 or better and edit drive recommended.
Author Registration:
$20.00
Red Planet
by Don Higgins RUN (Type QUIT to quit)
Download Disk# 1073
The first manned expedition to Mars occurred in the year 2075. A lone astronaut, Captain Maltwee, successfully landed on the Red Planet and discovered that an advanced civilization had flourished there for thousands of years. Recent global wars had decimated the inhabitants, leaving but a few isolated bands of Martians intact. Through radio messages from Maltwee, the Earth Federation learned that he had gained the confidence of a religious order who inhabited the ancient city of Aukbaa. Maltwee soon learned that this order had collected the wealth of the old rulers and had hidden it in a secret underground vault. His last message to Earth indicated that he had discovered the secret vault and planned to steal the treasure.
It is now two years later. You have been selected by the Federation to travel to the Red Planet. Your mission is to find Captain Maltwee and return with the treasures of Aukbaa, to Earth.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$12.00
Ringwielder
by Drew Software RUN
Download Disk# 3008
RINGWIELDER is an incredible non-computer role-playing game that features the worlds of both fantasy and science fiction! The full set of rules is included on this disk in text form.
In a "role-playing game," you take on the characteristics of someone (or something) from the realm of fantasy or science fiction and play the game as if you are that character. While RINGWIELDER uses both the worlds of fantasy and science, the occult and extreme violence so prevalent in other games are ommitted. This provides a viable alternative to those who are offended by such things.
RINGWIELDER is easy to play and fast-moving. The rules are easy to understand, but interesting enough to hold the interest of even the most advanced gamer. The entire rule section is contained within this disk, along with an offer to obtain the official, hard-bound collectors-item book and club membership!
Special Requirements:
No special requirements.
Author Registration:
$10.00, $20.00, $35.00
Secret Quest 2010
by Eric Iwasaki
Download Disk# 633
SECRET QUEST 2010 is a graphic/text mystery that takes place aboard a starship in orbit around the Earth. You and a friend have been on a trip through space and are, just now, returning home. You wake up on the morning of your return and find that your friend is missing! You start searching the ship and begin to discover things in the process.
Be careful! There are many traps for the unwary.
Special Requirements:
CGA, two floppy drives, and a version of BASIC.
Author Registration:
None.
Skyland's Star
by Castle Software RUN (Type QUIT to quit)
Download Disk# 2796
Skyland's Star is a science fictional text adventure game which draws its inspiration from classic prose adventures. The storyline is a follows: the Earth is in desperate peril. The rapid growth in population and need for energy has all but depleted the world's fossil fuels. Science has been unable to replace them with a safe and reliable alternative. The player, a member of a small group of scientists, is recruited to travel into the future to witness how the problem was solved - in the past. The bulk of the game takes place here, in a major metropolis of the future. The player must discover how the future solved the problem and retrieve the necessary information and items for the present to survive the crisis, so that the future he witnessed can exist.
The game is intended for anyone who wants a challenging, intelligent diversion from reality. The program would be particularly welcomed by people who long for classic text adventures in these days of graphic intensive programs.
There are several aspects of this game which make it superior to even some of the best known professional text adventures. First, Skyland's Star has an excellent vocabulary, recognizing nearly 1500 words, and a parser which can comprehend commands ranging from a single letter to complex English sentences. It contains a save and restore feature which can save up to 26 games to a single directory. Another feature of the game is its sheer size. There are nearly 150 separate locations for the player to explore, including the City of Skyland itself, the Moon, a lake, an underground sewer system, and the three story government complex. The game was the Grand Prize winner at the 1989 Rockwell International/LAUSD Computer Science Competition.
Special Requirements:
640K RAM. Hard drive recommended.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Sleuth
by Norland Software RUN
Download Disk# 694
This is an interactive text game you can populate with your friends, relatives and neighbors. As you begin a game of SLEUTH, a murder has just been committed!
You must explore the house, question the houseguests for alibis and locate both the weapon and the scene of the murder. The challenge is to solve the crime, gather all of the suspects together and accuse the guilty party -- before the killer becomes suspicious and eliminates YOU!
This fascinating crime-solving game works on a monochrome monitor, and needs only the keyboard for input.
And the killer is . . .
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Son of Stagefright
by Softworks
Download Disk# 2299
This is a text adventure game with a theatrical twist. Things just aren't going right for you. For starters, you're locked inside an old abandoned theater. The little voice inside you is screaming, "GET OUT OF HERE!" As you try to get out, you'll encounter creaky catwalks, raging rivers, mini-mazes, rogues, rats and a zookeeper. You'll also endure puns, perils, pratfalls, word play, bad jokes, and some mild innuendo.
This game was written using the Adventure Game Toolkit (PC-SIG Disk # 1231,1232) and was the winner of the text adventure contest sponsored by the authors of the Toolkit.
Special Requirements:
384K RAM.
Author Registration:
$10.00
ASP Member.
Super Game Pak
by Apogee Software Productions RUN
Download Disk# 2296
SUPER GAME PACK contains six new games for you to explore and enjoy.
In the SHRINE OF KROZ, you are searching for the precious Crown within the mysterious kingdom of Kroz. Undoubtedly, the Crown must be guarded by unspeakable dangers. Armed with a whip and great courage, you decide to continue your journey.
WORD WHIZ is a word challenge game to measure your knowledge of the English language. For example, are you positive you know what the word "peruse" means? Most people believe it means "to skim" or "to glance over," but in fact it means "to read carefully." Most questions focus on a key word. There are four multiple choice answers to choose from.
Your quest in the ROGUE RUNNER is to recover the precious Heart of Courage, hidden deep inside the treacherous Ezam dungeons. The dungeons are populated by the lost souls of those who tried the journey before you. You may find maps and pick axes left behind by these adventurers. Keep an eye out for the scattered Teleport Scrolls.
They will help you escape imminent death.
Test your knowledge in the world of Star Trek, one of the most popular TV series of all time, with TREK TRIVIA. There are 100 questions to pick your brain, each with four possible answers.
ASTEROID RESCUE has you put in command of the Space Eagle. Your mission is to rescue the crew members that have been blown from the USS Sagan during an uncharted asteroid storm. The crew members from the USS Sagan were able to get into their life suits, but their air supply will not last long. Help is needed immediately!
BLOCK FIVE is a simple game to learn, yet is quite difficult to master. The object is to place five of your Xs in a row while preventing the computer opponent from putting five Os in a row.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
T-Zero
by Dennis Cunningham
Download Disk# 2691
Travel through time in T-ZERO, a text adventure in the grand style. Mix elements of fantasy and science fiction while exploring the nature of time. Explore a rustic but disturbing present, a bustling prehistoric era, and a damaged, bureaucratic future. Your task is to locate six round objects scattered across eras and landscapes, transport them to progressively future time-zones, and manipulate them in a fashion that will right the troubled times.
This game is dedicated to all gamers saddened by the premature death knell sounded for text adventures.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
ASP Member.
Tactical Combat Simulator
by Michael J. Feldhake RUN
Download Disk# 2378
TCS (TACTICAL COMBAT SIMULATOR) is a wargame simulation.
This interactive utility program allows two players to control company-size combat units. Place mines, set spot zones, scout areas of a map, set obstructions (such as blown bridges), move units, call in artillery fire and direct ground support.
Design your own game or play a pre-made game like "Panzer Leader." The versatility of TCS is limited only by your imagination. Use different scenarios in different times of history. A nice touch is the dimension that most games forget -- Hidden Moves. This program adds realism and versatility to wargaming. Each player has his own password and can only access his side of the game. You'll need to practice sound military tactics and intelligence to win. Use the Save feature and continue your game at a later time.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Time Traveler
by Conrad Button's Software RUN
Download Disk# 1075
You begin this text adventure in the Stanford University lecture hall in the year 2285. First, you must find the fabled Darnoc Time Machine.
Then hurry back to the past to find the allaw allaw plant needed to save all civilization. Remember, you must be both smart and alert. Travel to the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Visit revolutionary Philadelphia, the wild west, Sherwood Forest, the Egyptian pyramids, and an a prehistoric jungle. If you overcome the brontosaurus and other threats, you might save mankind. Remember that you alone have the burden of saving the world, one mistake and life on Earth as we know it will cease to exist.
Special Requirements:
No special requirements.
Author Registration:
$12.00.
Under the Gulf
by MK Systems RUN (Use OTHER from menu to quit)
Download Disk# 1852
If you're a game player who's considered going pro, here's the test.
UNDER THE GULF is a game which simulates the actions of a United States attack submarine. You are in control of the nuclear powered vessel while the computer controls an opposing fleet of ships and submarines.
The game takes place in a 500nm x 500nm area of the Black Sea. In the south west corner, two land masses merge to form a natural canal into the Mediterranean Sea.
Your mission is to keep all of the opposing ships from reaching the open waters of the Mediterranean. UNDER THE GULF demands the highest level of concentration and forces you to stay on top of numerous variables -- only the best of you will be able to hack this game, which relies heavily on your ability to keep track of your vessel's status.
Your submarine has complete radar and sonar systems, short and long range torpedoes, defensive systems, mining systems, and extensive navigational capabilities. Periodically, the weapons systems and the enemy ships will be updated. Unlike the enemy, however, your submarine is updated constantly and displayed with numeric status fields.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$20.00
World Generator
by Marcus L. Rowland RUN
Download Disk# 1133
WORLD GENERATOR is a utility for referees of science fiction role- playing games such as Traveller(TM) and Space Opera(TM). It is not a game in itself.
It produces detailed descriptions and maps of solar systems and planets in three-dimensional space sectors, with data on lifeforms, atmosphere, geology, etc. You can quickly generate, store, and edit designs for individual planets and entire solar systems. Each sector of the universe can have up to 100 solar systems and each solar system is allocated a star and up to 17 planets, asteroid belts, dust clouds, or secondary stars.
WORLD GENERATOR is menu-driven and provides on-line help displays as well as a tutorial and a rolling demonstration to help you get started.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Games, Arcade
Adventures of Captain Comic
by Michael Denio RUN
Download Disk# 1450
THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN COMIC is a fast-moving arcade game with high- quality color graphics. The Captain's job, and you know he will accept it, is to recover three treasures of the planet Omsoc that were stolen and hidden on the remote world of Tambi.
Along the way he must face many dangers, including: dive-bombing birds, bugs, fireballs, beachballs, spinners, glow globes, blind toads, killer bees, sparks, atoms, saucers, and the dreaded space pollen.
But our hero is not one to go into battle unarmed. He carries a blaster to blow away any meanies that attack, a shield to protect him from their touch (temporarily), and the uncanny ability to jump amazing distances.
He also finds many items that can help in his mission: keys, lanterns, corkscrews, boots, and cans of Blastola Cola.
If you decide to go adventuring with the Captain, all you need bring are quick reflexes, a good eye for detail and your ability to solve problems on the fly. Age level: 7-adult.
Special Requirements:
EGA with 256K of video RAM.
Author Registration:
$10.00 to $20.00
Alien Worlds
by Shannon Larratt
Download Disk# 1939
Here's an exciting game to show off your VGA screen. You're space walking in your space suit and you have to shoot aliens as they attack.
The surreal view of outer space -- its detail and color -- make ALIEN WORLDS a unique action game. There are no documentation files with this program, but what you need to know is given within the program itself.
The game is easy to grasp, but not as easy to master.
Special Requirements:
640K RAM, VGA, and a mouse.
Author Registration:
$5.00
Alive Sharks
by Alive Software RUN
Download Disk# 2231
An underwater action arcade game that utilizes unique Artificial Intelligence, simulation and classic animation techniques to transform your computer screen into a realistic ocean floor.
You are the Frogman and your mission is to collect rare marine creatures and recover lost treasures from the bottom of the sea. Armed with your trusty stun-gun, you can retreat to your electromagnetic base that repels sharks and the rest of your dreadful enemies. Your diving uniform is state-of-the-art, but you can survive only a few shark bites and it is useless against the poison of the deadly jellyfish.
This is not your typical ``shoot-em-up,'' ``eat-the-dots'' kind of game. Your enemies are crafty and independent and they surround you in clever formations. When you shoot at them from far away, they are smart enough to avoid your shot.
Special Requirements:
A graphics card. Optional mouse or joystick.
Author Registration:
$20.00
Arcade Series 3
by Tim Keller RUN
Download Disk# 293
A really fine collection of colorful arcade games. If you can't find a game to suit you here, perhaps you're just not a game player. This collection of games for the color tube will catch and hold your attention for hours. They work well on the PCjr also.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
None.
File Descriptions:
3-DEMON EXE A fascinating 3D Packman type game.
3-DEMON HI1 Score keeper for 3-DEMON.
PC-GOLF EXE Plays golf on your color tube.
PANGO EXE Use blocks to squish the bees before they get YOU.
PANGO HGH Score Keeper for PANGO.
KONG EXE Jump the barrels and watch out for the gorilla.
FORTUNE EXE Word game like Wheel of Fortune (mono).
PYRAMID EXE Climb the pyramid and the blocks change color.
PITFALL EXE Diving down a long pit but don't touch the walls (mono).
Arctic Adventure
by Apogee Software Productions RUN
Download Disk# 2839
This is the second exciting adventure of Nevada Smith. Nevada wasn't satisfied with finding the elusive pharaoh's tomb in his first adventure. After months of searching and studying ancient maps, Nevada has stumbled upon the location of a tremendous Viking treasure cave.
Join our intrepid hero as he heads for the Arctic in this stunning and chilling new adventure series!
Arctic Adventure contains 20 all-new diabolical levels, packed with mind bending, puzzling arcade action designed to keep you from ever succeeding. Nevada will face freezing waters, diabolical traps, slippery ice patches, falling stalactites, runaway snowballs and even abominable snowmen! There are many, many more obstacles for Nevada to overcome in this highly adventurous series.
You will start on a vast arctic "world" map and must find your way around the hazardous ice caves. You are searching for the remaining fragments of a map that will eventually lead you to the location of the hidden treasure cave. Gather pick axes to break walls and bullets to shoot dangerous enemies, or find the boat to cross the freezing waters to unknown caves.
Throughout your adventure you'll also find many bonus items to increase your wealth (and score). It's up to you to learn the use of any object you discover, and whether it should be altogether avoided.
This game uses the FAST (Fluid Animation Software Technology) system which allows for flicker free movement even on the older IBM PC's.
Other features: Great sound effects that can be toggled on or off.
Flawless keyboard controls or you can use a joystick. A permanent high score table will keep your name on record for all to see, and as with ALL Apogee games, you can save and restore your game.
Special Requirements:
640K RAM and a graphics card.
Author Registration:
$10.00 per volume, or $25.00 for all four volumes.
Asteroid Field Battle
by Leithauser Research RUN (You must be able to slow down your computer's clock speed.)
Download Disk# 1523
ASTEROID FIELD BATTLE is a challenging battle against the dreaded Electronians within the confines of a computer screen.
Your ship is trapped inside an electro-barrier and the Electronians are hunting you down. Your sole defenses are a limited force field, a short range laser, and several asteroids also trapped in the barrier which can be used to pick off the enemy ships.
This game can be played with or without a joystick. There are five levels of play, but the speed is CPU clock dependent so faster hardware may need to be reset to play. Beware! As with any zap'em game, this one is highly addictive.
Special Requirements:
CGA .
Author Registration:
None.
Battle Fleet
by Wade Corby RUN
Download Disk# 2261
A game similar to the Milton Bradley's Battleship. Deploy your BATTLE FLEET, and sink your opponent's ships before yours are destroyed. The program has nine levels of difficulty. Play against the computer, or another person via a modem.
Special Requirements:
EGA. Hayes compatible modem optional.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Beetris
by Simsalabim Software View RUN
Download Disk# 2436
Beetris is a clever twist on the popular Tetris game. Instead of fitting square blocks together as they fall, Beetris is set up as a bee's honeycomb shaped hive. Tetris-type, hexagonal shaped blocks can be rotated and moved in order to make them most efficiently fit in the hive. Great graphics and fast action make Beetris a fun new addition to Tetris family.
Special Requirements:
EGA, VGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Caves of Thor
by Apogee Software Productions
Download Disk# 2327
On an expedition far within the icy mountains of Norway you discover a crevice leading deep into the jagged rock. You find yourself within a vast underground empire--an enormous network of caves, passages and chambers. Local legends reveal that a famous mythological deity once ruled these peaks, could you have stumbled across the mystical ruler's kingdom? You decide to find out....
CAVES OF THOR is a brilliant 16 color arcade/graphics game with a 4-way scrolling playfield. You'll need to explore seven huge levels for the three Symbols of Virtue. These three virtues are needed to finish CAVES OF THOR.
As you explore the empire you must overcome the many creatures that patrol it. Use your gun (unlimited bullets) to shoot creatures and creature generators. Other hazards include underground flowing streams (with currents that can drag you away!), bubbling lava pits and lakes, and the very dangerous Thor Beast, which creates creatures with devastating speed.
This program features some of the best music yet heard in a shareware game. Other notable features include a save/restore option, easy keyboard controls, a demonstration mode, permanent high score, and an easy playing cheat mode!
For those players looking for a game similar to the Kroz games... this is it.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Commander Keen
by Apogee Software Productions RUN
Download Disk# 2505
Commander Keen pushes graphics to the limit. It's truly a ``commercial quality'' game that Nintendo and arcade fans will appreciate. It features ultra high-speed EGA graphics and superb sound effects. The animation and scrolling is updated at 60 frames per second (motion picture quality cartoons are filmed at only 24 frames per second).
The epic story of Commander Keen is in the style of the memorable matinee serials of Flash Gordon. You play the role of Billy Blaze, an eight year-old child genius who builds an interstellar ship when not working at home on his college fast-track degree. Among other household objects, Billy uses his Nintendo joystick for flight control and his mom's vacuum cleaner (heavily modified) for his ship's ion propulsion system (with pile height adjustment).
At the first hint of galactic trouble, Billy dons his brother's football helmet and becomes ``Commander Keen'' -- defender of Earth!
Ever on the side of justice, fairness, and high calorie junk food, Keen dispenses justice with an iron hand.
``Marooned on Mars'' is Volume one of the Commander Keen trilogy.
Each volume has its own unique appearance, with different goals, graphics, game characters, animation, and locations.
Special Requirements:
530K RAM, EGA/VGA, and high density drive.
Author Registration:
$15.00 for each volume.
Commander Keen 4: Goodbye Galaxy (VGA)
by Apogee Software Productions RUN
Download Disk# 2891
and Disk# 2892
The latest addition to the Commander Keen saga! In COMMANDER KEEN 4:
GOODBYE GALAXY, Billy Blaze is out to discover "The Secret of the Oracle." This huge game has 1.6 megs of graphics and tilted perspective which gives the appearance of depth. Other features include support for most popular sound cards (five songs), three skill levels, and the ability to save anywhere in the game (even inside levels). Fourteen creatures try to stop Commander Keen, but with your help you can get to the ending which sports an astounding animated sequence. Playable with keyboard or joystick, this program is one of the year's best. You will not be disappointed.
Special Requirements:
640K RAM, EGA, and a hard drive.
Author Registration:
$35.00/two-volume set
Commander Keen 4: Goodbye Galaxy (CGA)
by Apogee Software Productions RUN
Download Disk# 2927
and Disk# 2928
The latest addition to the Commander Keen saga! In COMMANDER KEEN 4: (C GOODBYE GALAXY, Billy Blaze is out to discover "The Secret of the Oracle This huge game has 1.6 megs of graphics and tilted perspective which giv the appearance of depth. Other features include support for most popular sound cards (five songs), three skill levels, and the ability to save anywhere in the game (even inside levels). Fourteen creatures try to sto Commander Keen, but with your help you can get to the ending which sport an astounding animated sequence. Playable with keyboard or joystick, thi program is one of the year's best. You will not be disappointed.
Special Requirements:
640K RAM, CGA or better, and a hard drive.
Author Registration:
$35.00 per two volume set.
Conquest
by David Burns View
Download Disk# 2956
CONQUEST has much in common with other "Conquer the World" games. Up to 8 players can play, any or all of whom can be computer controlled. The goal is to defeat all of the opposing armies and occupy every territory on the Map. The game objective can be different depending on selections made in the game set-up menu. CONQUEST is different from other games in this genre because of its point & click user interface and the strength of the rule-based algorithm used by the computer opponents.
Special Requirements:
EGA and a mouse or trackball.
Author Registration:
$20.00
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
by Apogee Software Productions View RUN
Download Disk# 3010
and Disk# 3076
What's green with red spots, has suction cup hands, and an overbite like Bart Simpson? Of course, the answer is Cosmo! A young alien on his way to visit Disney World with his parents. That is, until their ship is struck by a blazing comet, forcing them to land on an uncharted planet.
While his Dad repairs the ship, Cosmo heads off to explore the strange planet. Upon returning, both his Mom and Dad are gone and big, scary alien footprints are all around his ship! Oh no... have Cosmo's parents been taken away? Possibly to be eaten? Well, Cosmo is off to the rescue.
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure is an epic journey across a forbidden planet full of dangers and surprises. Can he save his parents in time? Cosmo is a lovable extraterrestrial (alien) with a special ability: he has hands that work like suction cups! He can cling to walls, ledges, and all sorts of other things.
No game in Apogee's history has displayed such amazing multi-scrolling graphics technology similar to games found on the Super Nintendo. With top-notch EGA/VGA animated graphics, huge animated creatures, and nearly two megabytes of colorful graphics.
Amazing Features: Breathtaking EGA/VGA compatible graphics and animation, full-screen, Parallax-scrolling (an IBM PC first!); ad Lib music with 10 full-length theme songs; over 20 unique and surprising creatures; Cosmo has many tricks, like scaling walls with his suction hands; massive levels, yet easy to explore; self-running demonstration mode; almost 2MB vivid EGA/VGA animated graphics; joystick support, save/restore, built-in hints; and a lot more.
Special Requirements:
EGA/VGA, 28086+ system, and a high density drive.
Author Registration:
3 episodes for $35.00
Crystal Caves
by Apogee Software Productions
Download Disk# 2882
Enter an underground world of treasures and traps. This colorful EGA game rivals any commercial game with its arcade quality, puzzles and graphics. As Mylo Steamwitz, you'll enter cave after cave of adventure, gathering the treasures of each, while evading hazards galore! CRYSTAL CAVES features the smoothest animated graphics ever seen in an Apogee game.
The game begins with Mylo rocketing to the Altairian star system on a simple treasure hunt. But what happens is far more dangerous than even Mylo bargained for. He enters an underground world of chambers full of alien technology and traps. Strange alien creatures and robots inhabit the caves, protecting the priceless crystals from money-greedy explorers.
Variety is evident in CRYSTAL CAVES. On some levels Mylo will even walk up-side-down! Other levels have such low gravity that the recoil from Mylo's laser pistol can knock him into other dangers! Some levels are without lights, and others are packed full of falling hammers, egg-dropping alien bats, free roaming slither eyes, web-shooting alien spiders, and much, much more. Each level has all new graphics!
There are three unique episodes to the CRYSTAL CAVES saga: "The Trouble with Twibbles" (shareware), "Slugging it Out", and "Mylo Verses the Supernova". Each episode has a unique story twist and graphics. Can you help Mylo strike it rich and quit his day job?
Each episode of CRYSTAL CAVES is $15, or you can order (and register) all three episodes for just $30. As an incentive to ordering all three volumes, you'll also get the hints sheet, the cheat codes, and new bonus games from Apogee. Plus, you'll be able to call the CRYSTAL CAVES hints line or mail questions to Apogee for assistance.
Special Requirements:
640K RAM, EGA, and a hard drive or 1.2 drive.
Author Registration:
$15.00 per volume/$30.00 per set
Dark Ages
by Apogee Software Productions RUN
Download Disk# 2568
Once again here is a superb game for all of you who like get away from it all and go adventuring to the DARK AGES.
DARK AGES is the first shareware game to support the Ad Lib and Sound Blaster music cards. It features a movie-style soundtrack of eight unique songs and themes. It also has sound effects that don't require an Ad Lib (or Sound Blaster) card to enjoy.
The EGA/VGA graphics are colorful and stunning, with fast scrolling screens and high-speed animation. DARK AGES has such demanding graphics and animation that it requires an 80286 (or 80386) machine to run at proper speed, otherwise it may run too slowly. Therefore, DARK AGES may only run on the newer, faster PCs and compatibles.
"Prince of Destiny" is Volume One of the DARK AGES trilogy. Only part one is available via shareware distribution, the other two volumes ("The Undead Kingdom" and "Dungeons of Doom") may only be purchased directly from Apogee Software Productions (ASP). Each volume has its own unique appearance, with different goals, level designs and locations. Each volume has 10 huge scrolling levels packed with devious traps, creatures and treasures.
Other features include built in instructions, save and restore, permanent high scores, sound on/off, flexible keyboard configuration, and three skill levels. Registered players will also receive a secret password, which can be used to activate a "child level" mode, and also an auto-fire mode, so you can hold down the fire key for continuous shots!
Special Requirements:
286/386 PC, 400K RAM, EGA/VGA, and high density drive.
Author Registration:
$15.00 per volume; $30.00 for set.
Dino Picture Database
by TO-Soft RUN (F10 to quit)
Download Disk# 2276
If you like dinosaurs, then you'll love the DINO DATABASE. DINO tells you the common and scientific names of a dinosaur and lists other dinosaurs in the same family. A world map graphically displays their habitats and the years they lived.
Kids will like the option to "paint" the dinosaurs and change the screen colors. A function to print the screen is also available. This program makes it fun and entertaining for kids or adults who want to learn about dinosaurs.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
14.95
Duke Nukum
by Apogee Software Productions View (Unfortunately, we could not put an uncompressed version of this superior game on the CD for you to run. It has an integral filename which is not allowed in the CD-ROM High Sierra format. However, it is well worth the time to download it to your hard drive.)
Download Disk# 2677
After the tremendous response to Commander Keen, Apogee's follow-up game had to be really spectacular. And DUKE NUKUM is just that--a superb showstopper with over one Meg of animation and graphics, four times more than Commander Keen had!
This is an arcade/adventure game that compares to the Sega Genesis home systems. (It's far superior to games typically seen on the Nintendo home system.) DUKE NUKUM also has four-way, dual scrolling playfields, and does it better than any other IBM game. Features: Large animated characters, reflections, arcade sound effects, built-in hint mode, joystick support, cinematic sequences, self-running demo mode, save/restore, high scores, etc.
Rarely is a game released with such a well animated main character.
DUKE NUKUM does realistic somersaults and uses his grappling hooks to hand-walk along ceilings. Duke is a hero everyone will like.
DUKE NUKUM is rendered in vivid EGA graphics, with many special screen effects. As usual, Apogee offers two more episodes if players want to continue their adventures with Duke.
This is truly a game that will demonstrate the graphical abilities of your computer if you have EGA or VGA. Get ready for a fun time as you rescue the world from the latest madman, Dr. Proton.
Special Requirements:
640K RAM, EGA or VGA, and a hard drive.
Author Registration:
$15.00 for each episode or $30.00 for all three.
EGL_RISE
by Esprit de E software RUN
Download Disk# 2673
EGL_RISE is made up of two large games. Twenty game levels are similar to other arcade games such as Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Space Invaders. Each level is different enough to be a game in itself. The 25-level adventure series is called the ``Rise & Fall of the Human Race''. Both games offer excellent graphics On each level you have a different objective to accomplish -- collect all the treasures or objects, find your way to a certain destination, destroy all the monsters, defuse a bomb, etc. The level ends when you are hit by a monster or trapped so that you cannot escape. Some levels have a timer and you must complete the level before the time runs out.
Some games are played like an arcade game, but in others you must take your time in order to plan your strategy.
EGL_RISE is compatible with all graphic cards, including CGA, EGA, VGA, Hercules and monochrome text adapters. Modify the graphics of the game characters with a draw function, creating your own style for each game.
You can even create your own games when you register.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$25.00 for game, and $39.00 for game creator.
Frac
by Simsalabim Software View RUN
Download Disk# 2436
If you think twisting, moving, and dropping different shaped blocks to form solid lines is fun, then FRAC, a new 3-D TETRIS-like program, will drive you completely over the edge.
The object of FRAC is deceptively simple. Pack falling blocks into solid layers as quickly and efficiently as possible. However, in FRAC you have to contend with not only moving and twisting the falling blocks, but also shifting them in space in order to place them in empty spaces on the 3-dimensional grid. If it sounds difficult, it is. The first couple of layers are relatively easy to complete, but with more than three layers, placing the many differently-shaped blocks can be a nerve-wracking fun experience.
If you've grown tired of 2-dimensional dropping-block games, enter the 3-D FRAC zone. Watch out for the huge 3x3x3 cube. It's the hardest shape to place.
Special Requirements:
EGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Galactix
by Cygnus Software View
Download Disk# 2991
and Disk# 2992
This is one of the best alien spaceship shoot'em up arcade games that can be found anywhere. The 256 color VGA graphics and animation are outstanding, and if you have a Sound Blaster card, you will get full digitized speech. Music for both Sound Blaster and Adlib sound cards is also provided. You have to hear it to believe it.
This slick game starts after the Xidus jam the nightly newscast and threaten to destroy the entire planet. Your mission is to destroy the Xidus and save the earth and its people. Your super space fighter is equipped with rapid fire cannons, missiles, and megabombs. Destroy special ships with your fighter claw and get some even better weapons.
This game will keep you coming back for more and more. It is truly excellent.
As a side note, Cygnus Software plans to donate a percentage of the profits from registrations to help save the environment.
Special Requirements:
640K RAM, 286+, VGA, and hard drive. Supports sound cards.
Author Registration:
$15.00
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Games Galore
by Broad Street Photo RUN
Download Disk# 1328
Put your pedal to the metal! BIG-RIG is a text game which puts you behind the wheel of an 18 wheeler long-haul truck, where you must face various conditions pertaining to the road, your rig, and the weather.
To make your deadline and make more money, you can skip sleep, drive faster, or increase your payload at the risk of getting into an accident or paying a fine. 10-4, good buddy!
GEMINI-2 is a tank war game which you may play against the computer's tank or that of another player remotely by modem. Colorful graphics put you inside your tank. The screen is divided into a radar map and a three-dimensional view showing the landscape and your opponent's tank.
NUKEWAR is a text game that lets you launch deadly nuclear weapons and wipe out whole cities. Choose sides. You can be the United States or the U.S.S.R. This is a game where no one wins.
In the colorful graphics game, SOPWITH, you pilot a World War I biplane.
Your mission: bomb all the enemy outposts while using your machine guns against the computer's biplanes.
Special Requirements:
CGA and a modem for remote play.
Author Registration:
$15.00.
Giant Space Slug
by Drew Software RUN
Download Disk# 3008
The classical game of WORMS with nothing special added--except blinding speed. The speed level is adjustable from very easy to absolutely impossible. This makes it more fun to play than previously existing games which typically offered only one speed level. This game uses joystick or keyboard input.
GIANT SPACE SLUG is excellent for building eye-hand coordination, especially among children. It utilizes all four directions of the screen, not just the typical back-and-forth motion of most arcade-type games. This game has been most popular among parents wanting good games for their children. It works on monochrome as well as color monitors.
Special Requirements:
No special requirements.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Islands of Danger!
by Richard Car RUN
Download Disk# 2670
Your mission -- Take your killer hovercraft, pass the Twenty Islands of Danger (and their missile launchers), and rescue Jean. Sound easy?
Guess again, Rambo!
The author has used standard ASCII graphic characters and created an arcade-style game, complete with sound. Control your ship's path with one hand and shoot missiles with the other. Dodge enemy missiles and attack their launchers. The game can be played at different speeds for different abilities and also supports a joystick. Arcade fun at home!
Special Requirements:
Graphics card.
Author Registration:
$13.00
Jigsaw Mania
by United Innovations Plus
Download Disk# 2144
Jigsaw puzzle fans rejoice! JIGSAW MANIA provides colorful fun for all who enjoy the challenge of a good jigsaw puzzle by scrambling an image on your screen and asking you to piece it back together.
You set the difficulty level by dividing the puzzle into a few big pieces or lots of little square pieces. The program mixes the pieces up and you put them back together. That may sound easy, but you know better.
JIGSAW MANIA counts the number of moves it takes to complete the puzzle. The shareware version contains two different puzzles, while athe registered version contains twelve. The puzzles are great for either childrem or adults, simply just adjust the level of difficulty.
Don't worry about not having time to finish the puzzle. JIGSAW MANIA has a feature that lets you save the puzzle at any point and come back to it later. Not only is it fun, but it sure saves a lot of space on the dining room table.
Special Requirements:
384K RAM and VGA.
Author Registration:
$18.00
Jill of the Jungle
by Epic MegaGames
Download Disk# 3107
JILL OF THE JUNGLE is part one of the terrific new Jill game trilogy.
Jill is sort of a female Tarzan and her goal is to save the male prince (finally a game in which a heroine saves a helpless man!). This is a high-quality jump-and-dodge game in the tradition of games like Mario Brothers.
Jill has all the action of any arcade game and graphics that are comparable. In it, you (Jill) run and jump around different areas of the jungle (different levels) and dodge an interesting assortment of alligators, fireballs, poisonous frogs, giant ants, and other bad things. Jill runs, jumps, swings on vines, and swims to achieve her goal. Her only weapon is a knife. (It should be noted that even though Jill has a knife, JILL OF THE JUNGLE in not a violence-based game.) JILL comes with a neat sound track of music and noises that really makes the game come alive with a Sound Blaster card. This game is really hot!
Special Requirements:
512K RAM, CGA/EGA/VGA, and DOS 3.0+. Supports Sound Blaster and joystick.
Author Registration:
$15.00/volume; $30.00/3-volume set.
Jumpjet
by Montsoft View RUN
Download Disk# 2535
Your mission: seek and destroy three enemy bombers. Sounds easy -- but talk's cheap! This is one of many missions that will let you find out if you have what it takes to fly a JUMPJET.
Old fighter pilots will remember the ``Defender'' arcade series when they play this arcade-style fighter plane game. Use the cursor keys to fly over mountains, evade fighters, and attack tanks. Use the space bar to shoot your machine guns. Good arcade-style graphics make it easy to play -- but challenging to win. JUMPJET also supports the Ad-Lib and compatible sound boards for realistic crashes, explosions, and the sweet sound of success.
Special Requirements:
CGA, EGA, or Hercules graphics.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Lemmings: 1991 Xmas Edition
RUN
Download Disk# 2950
Lemmings are little rodents known for their collective consciousness.
They travel in dense groups and seem to move as a mass rather than as individuals. They're infamous for following each other off cliffs or into the sea to their death. In the video world, Lemmings have much the same personality. They aren't predispositioned to do anything but follow. They will do whatever they're told, and follow that until you tell them to do something else. Since you're in charge of where the lemmings go and what they do, it's up to you to save the lemmings from falling to their death.
As "hoards of roaming rodents" are released from a chute at the top of the screen, you use the mouse to tag them for a certain job as they scurry around the screen. You can make them walkers, climbers, diggers, or builders. You can even have one lemming stop the lemmings behind him from continuing in that direction. The way you control each lemming determines if the other lemmings will continue to move toward safety.
LEMMINGS: 1991 XMAS EDITION has been released for all the world to try.
It's a full working version of a Lemmings-style commercial game. There are a couple of modes borrowed from other popular versions of the Lemmings games available at software retailers, but this one is unique with its refreshing winter wonderland setting and pretty lights with all the lemmings in Santa hats.
Special Requirements:
512K RAM and CGA/EGA/VGA. Mouse and joystick supported.
Author Registration:
None.
Liberty Bell Slot
by TechStaff Corporation RUN
Download Disk# 2064
LIBERTY BELL SLOT is very simple. You pull the handle and watch three barrels roll. Match numbers three across and score points. The sound and action is very much like an actual slot machine. The graphics are good considering it doesn't use anything other than ASCII characters.
Special Requirements:
448K RAM.
Author Registration:
$7.95
Linewars
by Patrick Aalto RUN
Download Disk# 1764
LINEWARS is a two-user three dimensional space war game. It makes the most of your graphics display adapters with high definition graphics.
You can play LINEWARS alone or against a friend using a modem or cable.
You are looking at your opponent from your Cobra Mark IV multi-purpose General Contact Vehicle. Your ship is equipped with an energy shield, up to six missiles and two beam lasers, front and rear.
The events of this game take place far away in intergalactic space, where stars are few and alien vessels common. Therefore, you should pay attention not only to your opponent but also to all other ships in your vicinity. And there is always the chance that your missile launching system may jam. If this happens, you cannot use missiles during the battle.
Supports a mouse and ports COM1 to COM4 and speeds of 300 to 19200 bps.
It has an easy-to-use menu-driven interface for various game settings.
Includes a terminal program with dialing and auto-answer features.
Special Requirements:
CGA, MCGA, EGA, or VGA.
Author Registration:
$24.00
Maze Cube
by Charles A. Spence
Download Disk# 1419
Remember magic squares -- those little black and white plastic puzzles with the 24 numbered tiles and one empty space? You had to slide the tiles back and forth until you got all the numbers in the right order.
This is the computer version and it's all grown up!
MAZE CUBE is an addictive puzzle strategy game for all ages. The object is to match a given pattern with the fewest number of moves. It is a great way to help younger players develop logical thinking and spacial relationship concepts. For the older player, it's just plain good fun!
MAZE CUBE is entirely menu-driven and provides thorough on-screen instructions. Age level: 6-adult.
Also included are 25 different puzzles of varying degrees of difficulty.
A nice feature is the autoplay facility that replays your best game so you can see where improvements are needed. The program also lets you design your own puzzle patterns, up to a maximum of 99 different games.
This is the first game in the "Mind Maze" series, Wreck Tangle (Disk #1836) is the second.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Maze Wars
by Amazing Graphics View RUN (Type the menu letter to activate, ex. O for ok)
Download Disk# 2940
Virtual Reality comes to shareware with this new game called MAZE WARS.
The object of the game is deceptively simple. Shoot all the flying pyramids that roam around the 3D maze, and then find the exit. It sounds simple, will take you a few tries before you even track down all the elusive "monsters". Be careful not to run into the pyramids, as they act like mi and will blow up if you get too close.
The game can be played with either keyboard or mouse. This game features really smooth scrolling, and the ability to change all the wall colors to suit you taste.
Special Requirements:
VGA. A mouse is optional.
Author Registration:
$15.00
MicroBucks II
by Ted Gruber Software RUN
Download Disk# 1544
SLOT, by Ted Gruber Software, is a terrific slot machine simulation for your EGA systems. You bet from 1 to 5 coins and then give the one armed bandit a pull. If you're lucky enough you can make enough lucky bucks to pay for that new car you wanted. It's so much like the casino slot machines you'll forget you're playing at home. There are five ways to win, if you've got the guts to play 5 coins at a time that is, and the graphics alone make this program worth every quarter you put into it.
Special Requirements:
EGA.
Author Registration:
$12.00
Minelayer
by Richard Carr RUN
Download Disk# 2670
A colorful fast-scrolling arcade game with on-line documentation. Your high speed minelayer can move in eight directions across a huge 24-screen ocean. Your mission: destroy (by ramming) all of the enemy bases. Your only defense against the enemy rammer ships are the mines you deploy. The advanced version has many variations that will keep you challenged, busy, and addicted for a long, long time.
Special Requirements:
Color adapter.
Author Registration:
$10.00
MIRAMAR, Jet Fighter Simulator
by AWESOFT Inc.
Download Disk# 2813
You can now be in control of all the speed and firepower an F-18 has to offer without leaving your own home! Master the instrument panel, learn how to climb and dive, turn your radar screen into a combat sighting scope and fire 20 MM rounds at the enemy jet, or try the sidewinder missile. Keeping an eye on your altimeter, land your jet to refuel and then return to the air to engage more enemy aircraft. An excellent combat jet simulator.
Special Requirements:
CGA, EGA, or VGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Mix and Match
by Richard Carr RUN
Download Disk# 2670
If you liked Tetris, you'll love MIX AND MATCH. In Tetris, the goal is to arrange the blocks in the time allowed. In MIX AND MATCH, the goal is to match the random color in the fewest tries.
Match the color by choosing the correct intensity of the three primary colors of light (red, green, blue). A game the whole family will love!
You'll also learn something useful -- how the colors of light are made.
A great 640 by 480 high-res VGA game!
Special Requirements:
VGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Monuments of Mars!
by Apogee Software Productions RUN
Download Disk# 2326
Explore a secret underground city on Mars with THE MONUMENTS OF MARS, an arcade/adventure game set in the near future. In this first volume (``First Contact''), you will need to survive 20 unique and challenging levels filled with puzzles, traps, creatures, and useful artifacts.
Great graphics and sound effects make this a compelling and fascinating story. This is the first game to give you unlimited lives! You will never see a ``Game Over'' message in THE MONUMENTS OF MARS, since you simply restart the level whenever you die. Concentrate on solving each level without the hassle of constantly saving and restoring your game.
Other features include save/restore, high score chart, sound on/off and keyboard configuration.
Because of the extensive animation, it cannot be played on 8088-based PCs.
This is the first of four volumes of THE MONUMENTS OF MARS, subtitled ``First Contact.'' The other three volumes, available by registration only, are : ``The Pyramid,'' ``The Fortress,'' and ``The Face.'' The volumes should be played in sequence, since they continue the story to a climactic and shocking ending.
Special Requirements:
8086 or better, 350K RAM, and CGA, EGA, or VGA.
Author Registration:
$10 per volume; $25 for set.
Moraff's Blast I
by MoraffWare
Download Disk# 2227
Remember the old Pong game? Use a paddle to hit a ball against a wall of bricks. MORAFF'S BLAST is the pong game of 90's. With 21 levels, you can have up to 14 balls in play at once! The game has many special effects such as changing the size of the paddle, splitting the ball into four, faster play, slower play, and advance to the next level when a special brick is hit.
MORAFF'S BLAST I is the first game ever to support SUPER-VGA 800x600 in 16 colors! Also supports HERCULES, CGA, EGA and VGA 640x480.
Special Requirements:
Graphics card.
Author Registration:
$45.00
Moraff's Entrap
by MoraffWare RUN
Download Disk# 2647
Moraffware brings yet another high resolution computer game to the shareware world, supporting everything from hercules monochrome to super VGA color monitors, including 1024x768 256 color graphics. Like Moraff's Pinball (the first high-res VGA game) and Morff's Blast (the first 800x600 16 color game), MORAFF'S ENTRAP reaches new video heights in both the shareware and retail market.
MORAFF'S ENTRAP is a three dimensional game with a spectacular view of a huge maze-like playing field littered with enemy robots programmed to capture you. Your objective is to reach the far end of the pathway.
You'll have to use every ounce of your mental skill to entrap the enemy robots as you progress toward your objective.
Special Requirements:
Graphics card.
Author Registration:
Varies.
Moraff's Pinball
by MoraffWare RUN
Download Disk# 2162
If arcade pinball is your game, then try MoraffWare's MORAFF'S PINBALL with all the elements of regular pinball including bumpers, side traps, double scores, flippers, and lots of lights and noise. Try to beat your best score and enter your name into MORRAF'S PINBALL Hall of Fame.
MORRAFF'S PINBALL loads easily onto any IBM or compatible. Use the up arrow key to play, putting the first of five balls into action. The TAB and Q keys control the left flippers, the SPACE BAR controls your bottom flippers, and the ENTER key controls the right flipper. Good eye and finger coordination will increase your score.
The shareware version only lets you play one ball each game.
Special Requirements:
EGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Moraff's Super Blast
by MoraffWare
Download Disk# 2648
The sequel to the ultimate bricks and paddles is here. SUPER BLAST has 34 levels and up to 17 simultaneous balls. The game contains many special bricks that do things like move, multiply, eat balls, and explode into eight balls. Also included are one way bricks, tunnels to other levels, and paddle expansion and contraction bricks.
This game will work with any graphics card from Hercules to CGA, EGA, and even 800x600 VGA in 16 colors It supports a joystick if you have an AT class computer.
Special Requirements:
Graphics card.
Author Registration:
Varies.
Nyet
RUN
Download Disk# 2437
If you haven't yet acquired Tetris, here's your chance to buy a "Tetris"-like program through shareware. The object of the game is to pack a 2-dimensional box with block-shaped figures as they come falling down from the computer sky. Try hard not to leave any spaces, but don't despair. You'll get it in time!
This game appeals to both computer game veteran and novice alike (it is quite addictive!). Once you think you're pretty hot stuff, NYET challenges you to make the game harder -- drop those blocks faster! Now see what you can do!
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
None.
Orion Odyssey
by Billy Dalrymple View RUN
Download Disk# 2878
and Disk# 2879
ORION ODYSSEY is a graphical arcade adventure style game which involves a space flier (Wally, as he has become to be known) who flies around using a jetpack strapped to his back and tries to accumulate as many points as possible while destroying alien beings, finding and using artifacts, and monitoring his life status, fuel consumption, ammo, etc.
The Ankh has been stolen by the overlord Bytor. For it is said that whosoever controls the powers of the Ankh controls the universe. Bytor has assigned his supreme wizards to the task of unlocking its magical powers. Your job is to find the Ankh before Bytor and his supreme wizards discover its powers.
The fate of the universe lies in your hands....
Special Requirements:
512K RAM, EGA/VGA, and a hard drive.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Paganitzu
by Apogee Software Productions
Download Disk# 2881
Journey into an Aztec pyramid and survive the adventure of a lifetime!
No other game forces you to die in order to complete it! That's just one of many incredible plot twists in this excellent puzzle-oriented arcade/adventure game.
In PAGANITZU you'll guide your character, Alabama Smith (Al), into a vast and dangerous Aztec pyramid. Indiana Jones never had it so tough!
Inside, you'll confront traps of increasing perplexity, and creatures you never dreamed existed.
This is a genuine adventure--not just a series of levels to conquer.
You can follow different routes to achieve the winning goal. In fact, you can finish PAGANITZU and still have missed many of the game's intriguing situations or animated sequences.
In part one, "Romancing the Rose", Al discovers that the ancient Aztec pyramid, known as "PAGANITZU", holds many dark secrets. Al inadvertently releases a spirit of immense power, who's desire is to ravage the world.
Part one is shareware. The rest of the trilogy, "The Silver Dagger" and "Jewel of the Yucatan," are available through registration. Each part has new puzzles, new graphics, and stunning story surprises. You won't be bored!
Special Requirements:
640K RAM, graphics card, and a high density or hard drive.
Author Registration:
$15.00 per volume/$30.00 per set
Pharaoh's Tomb
by Apogee Software Productions View RUN
Download Disk# 2326
PHARAOH'S TOMB is an arcade/adventure game, set inside the heart of a huge Egyptian pyramid. Explore and (possibly) survive 20 uniquely dangerous levels, riddled with ingenious puzzles and traps. A special animation system called FAST (Fluid Animation Software Technology) provides flicker-free movement, even on older PCs.
You start with five lives and a few spears to overcome various dangerous denizens guarding the pyramid. Moving walls, bats, falling spikes, mummies, and magic winds are just some of the hazards to overcome. On each level, collect one or more keys to advance to the next level until, somewhere on the final level, you discover the prize of your journey.
No two levels have the same animated creature patrolling it, adding to the variety of the game. Sound effects are also used, but can be toggled off. The keyboard can be configured to use two alternate sets of keys. A five player permanent high score table keeps track of the all-time best explorers. Save the game on any level and restore at any time.
This is the first of four volumes of Pharaoh's Tomb, subtitled ``Raiders of the Lost Tomb.'' The other three volumes, available only through registration, are: ``Pharaoh's Curse,'' ``Temple of Terror,'' and ``Nevada's Revenge!'' The volumes should be played in sequence, since they continue the story to the final encounter.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00 per volume; $25.00 per set.
QUATRIS II
by Citadel Software
Download Disk# 2880
The ultimate brain game? You be the judge. This Tetris-like game is very easy to operate and play while at the same time exercising your brain to visualize and measure objects and space. If you know Tetris, QUATRIS II shouldn't be any problem for you.
This game has 3 complete levels and 40 extended shapes to play with.
QUATRIS II supports 16 color, high resolution EGA/VGA graphics mode using 3D graphical-user-interface, and now works under QEMM. It will automatically save your game, allow you to redefine your keys, track both your score and the number of lines left, and is provided with a grid to help you more accurately drop the blocks. A unique feature can improve your score by enlisting bombs that will either wipe out a line, wipe out particular pieces, or wipe out everything on the screen, provided you have enough "energy." Challenge of the playing field changes from level to level with the fluxuation of the two-dimensional "well" where the blocks fall.
The shareware version of QUATRIS II has only 3 levels of play, yet many people find (and we tend to agree) that even in this form it provides you with more fun and addiction than Tetris or any of the other tetris-like programs.
Special Requirements:
640k RAM and EGA/VGA card.
Author Registration:
$16.00 + $4.75 shipping
Race!
by Carl Erikson
Download Disk# 1892
RACE! is a game of miniature car racing. The cars can accelerate, decelerate, or turn through the race courses while many obstacles block their progress, including walls, slopes, gates, tornadoes, and gas slicks. The more tracks a car successfully completes, the better the car becomes in areas such as acceleration, speed, traction, and helicopter speed. Also, RACE! lets the user design his own race tracks on which the cars compete.
This is a version of the old race program found in all the video arcades, and the quality is nearly as good. You get an overhead view, looking down on track where you are racing other cars. 20 different tracks are included. Great fun for kids, yet challenging for us older kids.
Special Requirements:
CGA or EGA.
Author Registration:
$5.00
Robomaze II
by MVP Software View
Download Disk# 2725
ROBOMAZE II - THE LOBBY is the first in a series of three unique action arcade games, each one building on the other. You are a Freedom Fighter who must regain control of the Tower and the Dome to free your country from an oppressive dictator.
To accomplish this, you will be commanding the prototype Stalker robot.
The Stalker is capable of moving left and right, as well as jumping. At the beginning of the game, you have only the limited firepower of a gun. As you acquire money and explore more levels, more powerful weapons become available.
ROBOMAZE II - THE LOBBY has 40 levels filled with 15 different types of robots whose job it is to protect the Tower. During your assault, you will encounter keys that open doors and chests, land mines and spikes that will hamper your progress, and moving platforms that can squash the stalker like an empty can. Along the way, you will find hearts that give you health, ammunition for your weapons, and even special attacks that do anything from making the enemy robots shoot each other to making you invisible for a short time.
ROBOMAZE II accepts keyboard and joystick input. However, some commands must be entered from the keyboard, while others can be executed using a joystick. The game can be played on a CGA system but the 640X200 16 color-resolution graphics really shine on EGA or VGA monitors.
Special Requirements:
Graphics card. Joystick compatible.
Author Registration:
$15.00/$30.00
ASP Member.
Robomaze III
by MVP Software
Download Disk# 2997
Robomaze III is the third part of the Robomaze trilogy. In part II, you conquered the mad scientist and destroyed his robots. Now your against the evil dictator in dome in a fight to the finish. Your life versus freedom for your country.
This is both a graphic action and adventure game, as you fire your weapons and also listen to tips from your fellow resistance fighters in the dome. A fun and challenging game with great graphics.
Special Requirements:
CGA, EGA or VGA.
Author Registration:
$20.00
ASP Member.
Secret Agent - The Hunt for Red Rock Rover
by Apogee Software Productions
Download Disk# 3000
A Top-Notch EGA/VGA Action/Adventure Scrolling Game.
You're agent 006-1/2, top agent of the government's secret organization committed to protecting the world against terrorists and power-mad criminals.
Your mission: To parachute into a high-security island outpost and secur the plans to the ultimate satellite laser weapon, which was recently sto from the government. In the wrong hands this weapon could mean world control by the DVS, the world's most dangerous terrorist organization.
You will be isolated from outside help as you parachute into the secret fortress of the DVS. You will need to knock out the vast security syste bypass dozens of extreme traps, overcome hundreds of multi-talented guar (such as thugs, ninjas, sharp-shooters, knife throwers, sentries, dogs, many robots), and find the missing blue prints. If possible, take out t devious leader of the DVS (sorry, no file picture available).
If you liked Commander Keen or Duke Nukum, this game is just what you're looking for. Lots of interesting situations to overcome and traps to wo around. This game has great puzzles that make it much more than a simple run-jump-and-shoot contest. Superb colorful graphics and scrolling levels. James Bond never had it so tough!
Secret Agent is a full-screen scrolling game where you sneak around a hu map and enter various hideouts. In each unique hideout you'll search fo the laser blue prints, dodge traps, solve puzzles, and blast the bad guy All in good fun. Save/restore, joystick support, EGA/VGA graphics, and much more.
Order the Entire Trilogy and Save $15!
Each episode of Secret Agent is $15, or you can order (and register) all three episodes for just $30. As an incentive to order all three episode you'll also get the hints sheet, the cheat codes, and a new bonus game f Apogee. Plus, you'll be able to call the Secret Agent hints line or mai questions to Apogee for assistance.
Special Requirements:
EGA/VGA and high density drive. Hard drive recommended.
Author Registration:
$15.00 a volume or $30 for all three.
Shooting Gallery
by Nels Anderson View RUN
Download Disk# 2224
SHOOTING GALLERY is a colorful arcade game with several different levels to test your shooting skill.
Try your luck with traditional CARNIVAL SHOOTING. With 13 targets to test your aim. Shoot a whole row and get special points. Next is SKEET SHOOTING. Good aim is needed for this one. QUICK DRAW is the third round. Shoot when you get the green light. You'll need fast reflexes to get a good score here.
The program features practice for individual rounds, a hall of fame for high scores, and statistics for each round. A mouse is required to play this trigger-happy game.
Special Requirements:
450K RAM, VGA or MCGA, and a mouse.
Author Registration:
$15.00
ASP Member.
SNARF
by Everett Kaser
Download Disk# 2873
This is an arcade style game for the IBM PC family of compatible computers.
The general idea of the game is this: you have to run around through various mazes (levels) picking up treasure (rings and crowns) while avoiding the Snarfs. You can shoot the Snarfs, but you only get points for the treasure, not for the Snarfs. Each time you're touched by a Snarf, you're "tagged". You start with a "tag count" of 50. Each time you're tagged the count is decremented. If you get tagged when the count is 0, the game is over. You can get "healed" at a first-aid station (your tag count is pumped back up to 50). First-aid is only available every two to four mazes. The color of the top and bottom bars on the display change with each tag. Snarf 2.02 allows the user to create new levels for the game.
Special Requirements:
EGA or VGA adaptors only.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Space Rescue
by Monte Giles RUN
Download Disk# 749
A variation on the classic "Lunar Lander" theme.
Launch from Earth, maneuver your ship to dock with a space station, transfer the crew, return and land, preferably safely, on Earth again.
There are only a few commands to learn, which is good. You're not going to have a lot of time for practice. You'll be too busy trying to stay alive. Heads up!
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$12.00
Super Pinball
by Russ Fisher
Download Disk# 723
SUPER PINBALL is a collection of five great pinball games, each with a unique layout. You control the flippers with your left- and right-shift keys for realistic pinball action. The disk is menu-driven, letting you jump between games without exiting to DOS. No documentation is provided with this disk and none is needed -- simply type GO and choose your game.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
SuperFly
by Nels Anderson View RUN
Download Disk# 2649
Who ever thought swatting flies could be so much fun? Chase flies and other crawling bugs through twenty different levels in this action game where strategy is almost as important as skill. Different challenges lurk on each level.
This game has colorful high resolution graphics and fast action, even on slower machines. Three difficulty levels, sound effects, and a hall of fame compliment this fast paced game. Play SUPERFLY with the keyboard, a mouse, or a joystick.
Special Requirements:
EGA or VGA
Author Registration:
$22.00
ASP Member.
Teamtris
by Cinetic Systems RUN
Download Disk# 2924
Have you ever dreamed of playing Tetris "with someone" and not "against someone"? Well, it is now possible with Teamtris! This new variant of the most popular game in the world lets you play one player against the computer, two players against each other, or two teams with team and individual score tracking. This new Tetris twist also offers an optional oversized board that turns the traditional game space into a dynamic playing field when you're playing against someone else.
Special Requirements:
VGA graphics.
Author Registration:
Donations.
TechStaff Games Volume I
by TechStaff Corporation RUN
Download Disk# 2710
TECHSTAFF GAMES VOLUME I is a collection of four games plus a small file viewer program.
Included are:
SFV -- A small file viewer program to display text files from any directory. SFV also allows the user to change the screen color.
KENO -- A game where the computer chooses twenty random numbers from a possible eighty. A player may choose from one to eleven numbers, and after each turn, the number of successful guesses is displayed.
WILDCATTER -- An oil drilling game. Guess where and how deep to drill, based on available geology reports. Site location is random, but the depth you drill to is determined by the reports. After each well is set up, you get an income statement. The game ends when you have no cash left OR you have a total of ten operating wells.
SEA BATTLE -- A battleship game where you must seek and destroy a submarine located in the depths below. Fire three depth charges for each torpedo fired on your ship. Specify the depth level and the location of the detonation for each depth charge. The game ends when the submarine is completely destroyed or your ship is hit by a torpedo.
Special Requirements:
Some games require graphics.
Author Registration:
$6.00
TechStaff Games Volume II
by TechStaff Corporation RUN
Download Disk# 2711
TECHSTAFF GAMES VOLUME II is a collection of popular games for all ages.
Contained on this disk are the following games:
HIQ1 -- A puzzle with 32 pegs arranged in a cross with the center position empty. The object of the game is to remove all but one peg by jumping across pegs horizontally or vertically. The ``perfect game'' is when the last peg is located in the center of the cross.
PCMAN1 -- Another version of the popular game PacMan. Choose between one to four ghosts. The screen uses ASCII graphic characters while the program keeps track of the top ten scores.
WHEEL3 -- A version of the game Wheel of Fortune, for one to three players. A hidden phrase is given, and each player is given a turn to guess a consonant or buy a vowel. Spin a wheel to determine how much money each correct guess wins.
STATES1 -- A States and Capitals quiz game. Questions can be True - False, multiple-choice, or fill-in-the-blanks.
ERULET1 -- The game of European Roulette for one to four players.
Thirty-six possible outcomes are on the wheel and each player makes bets on which number might come up next. Three separate bets are made on each turn -- one on the specific number that will show up, another on whether the number is odd or even, and another on one of three blocks of twelve numbers. ERULET1 requires graphics.
Special Requirements:
Some games require graphics.
Author Registration:
$6.00
Tetrimonials
by Steve Johnson RUN
Download Disk# 293
TETRIMONIALS is a simple but addicting Tetris-like game which requires no graphics.
Special Requirements:
No special requirements.
Author Registration:
$25.00
Tommy's Gorilla Balls
by Tommy's Toys RUN
Download Disk# 1604
TOMMY'S GORILLA BALLS is a quick game in which you must dodge "gorilla balls" that roll out onto the screen from the four corners of the game table. The game ends when you are rolled over by a gorilla ball, and you are given a score based upon the amount of time that you stayed alive. If you stay alive long enough, the game table will gradually begin to shrink and you will have less room to maneuver. The strategy of this game is to make two gorilla balls run into each other, causing both of them to disappear from the game board.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$2.00
Tommy's Meteors
by Tommy's Toys RUN
Download Disk# 1604
TOMMY'S METEORS has you avoiding falling meteors while your character gobbles up blocks of buildings for points. Periodically new buildings will appear on the screen to replace the previous ones. The game ends when you are hit by a meteor or when you are inadvertently caught underneath a new building that appears on the screen. Your score is based upon the amount of time that you are able to survive.
The game automatically keeps track of the top ten scores, has on-line instructions, and works with both color and monochrome monitors.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$2.00
Tommy's Saucer
by Tommy's Toys RUN
Download Disk# 1282
Climb into a flying saucer cockpit to battle enemy saucers. Your mission is to destroy invading ships with the help of your ray beam. A point is scored every time you destroy an enemy saucer but the score reduces by one for every 30 clock ticks. The mission terminates when your shields are blasted and your ship is destroyed.
TOMMY'S SAUCER has various exotic alien display panels to show the energy and shield level, range, target crosshairs lock-in status, and aiming coordinates. You use a command panel at the bottom of the screen. The program has a sound effect toggle, a demo mode, function key control, an optional expanded view screen, and nine levels of difficulty. The sound and color show is nonstop and akin to a sci-fi movie. Runs on mono or color.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$2.00
TrainBall
by David M. Alexander
Download Disk# 2712
TRAINBALL is a model train layout pinball game for all age groups.
Create layouts with switches, tunnels, bumpers, and other features.
Three trains can be designed with up to seven cars to a train. Objects on the user-designed screen affect the direction of the trains, which can fire missiles at other trains. Switching is randomly controlled by the computer but train speed is controlled by the user. If any of the trains collide, there is an explosion and the game ends.
TRAINBALL comes with two track layout files and three train files.
Select from the existing files, edit them, or create your own. Creating screen layouts and trains can be difficult and confusing for those unfamiliar with ASCII characters. These files give inexperienced users an opportunity to practice and learn.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$25.00
VGA Sharks
by Alive Software RUN
Download Disk# 2230
An underwater action arcade game that utilizes unique Artificial Intelligence, simulation and classic animation techniques to transform your computer screen into a realistic ocean floor. This the VGA version of ALIVE SHARKS.
You are the Frogman and your mission is to collect rare marine creatures and recover lost treasures from the bottom of the sea. Armed with your trusty stun-gun, you can retreat to your electromagnetic base that repels sharks and the rest of your dreadful enemies. Your diving uniform is state-of-the-art, but you can survive only a few shark bites and it is useless against the poison of the deadly jellyfish.
This is not your typical "shoot-em-up," "eat-the-dots" kind of game.
Your enemies are crafty and independent and they surround you in clever formations. When you shoot at them from far away, they are smart enough to avoid your shot.
Special Requirements:
384K RAM, VGA graphics display. Joystick or mouse optional.
Author Registration:
$20.00
Willy the Worm
by Alan Farmer RUN
Download Disk# 445
Arcadiacs -- Try WILLY THE WORM, a high-quality action game!
Like Donkey Kong or Lode Runner? Then you'll love WILLY. When you've exhausted the possibilities or grown weary of the screens as they are, use EDWILLY and create your own screens. Keep Willy moving and keep having fun!
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Wolfenstein 3-D
by Apogee Software Productions RUN
Download Disk# 2981
and Disk# 2982
Awarded the Sept-Oct '92 Shareware Magazine Editor's Choice Award, WOLFENSTEIN 3-D is a game you'll want to get if you enjoy action with superb graphics.
The setting is World War II, and you're a commando who has been captured. You're held prisoner in the Nazi stronghold, Castle Wolfenstein. You're a valuable prisoner, however, so you aren't kept on the main floor, but eight levels down! To escape, you'll need to get past lots of obstacles. (The number of obstacles you must conquer depends on which of the four difficulty levels you choose.) The levels are appropriately named Can I Play, Daddy? (very easy), Please Don't Hurt Me (moderate), Bring 'Em On (difficult), and I Am Death Incarnate (very difficult).
You begin your escape attempt, with your health at 100 percent, and armed with a knife and a pistol containing eight shots (you will, however, be able to get more weapons from guards or in certain rooms.) Once you leave your cell, you have to get past the guards, navigating your way through maze-like corridors to find the elevator to the next level up. The guards are armed with pistols, machine guns, and guard dogs, and can rapidly deplete your health if you aren't fast.
What separates this arcade game from others are its amazing features.
WOLFENSTEIN 3-D is unpredictable. The actions of the game characters change as you change what you do, and sometimes they'll change even if you do every single thing the same. It's also very realistic. Your eyes are the eyes of the commando and you are in a three-dimensional setting that is so realistic you'll get dizzy if you turn around too quickly.
AdLib and SoundBlaster sound cards are supported, in addition to the PC speaker, making the sound effects amazing.
All these features make WOLFENSTEIN 3-D exciting and full of surprises; its built-in intelligence addictive and challenging. This shareware game will be sure to wake up the retail world and keep shareware gamers up late into the night!
Special Requirements:
286+ system, VGA, and a hard drive. Joystick or mouse optional.
Author Registration:
3 for $35.00
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Sherlock
by Gulf Sierra
Download Disk# 2684
SHERLOCK is a game of deduction. Use the clues provided to logically determine the locations of 36 images.
SHERLOCK may be played by a single person, or organize a tournament with each person attempting to solve the same puzzle as quickly as possible.
Use the mouse to control this game. A time limit can add excitement and sharp graphics will help to keep you occupied for many sessions.
Special Requirements:
EGA or VGA, and a mouse.
Author Registration:
$15.00
ASP Member.
Sic Bo
by United Innovations Plus View RUN
Download Disk# 2534
If you love to play dice and were in the Far East, you wouldn't be playing ``craps,'' you would be playing SIC BO.
Now this fast-paced game (usually played with three dice) can be played anywhere you can put a computer! With SIC BO, the craps-type board is displayed on your computer in stunning graphics. Bet on dice combinations you think are winners -- and roll 'em.
With 50 different winning combinations and payoffs up to 150 to 1, this is big time gambling fun.
Special Requirements:
EGA, and a mouse.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Solisquare
by Phil Paustian RUN
Download Disk# 1524
SOLISQUARE is a simple game based on solitaire. The object of the game is to remove all the different colored squares by picking up pairs of squares that are next to each other horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
In the standard game, the layout uses 15 colors laid out in 6 columns and 5 rows. The deck holds eight squares of each color, for a perfect score of 120 if you are able to remove all the squares. If you wish, you can choose different parameters. The program will ask you how many colors, columns, rows, and squares of each color you wish to use. (If you would like to play the game exactly like the original card game it was based on, choose 13 colors, 5 columns, 4 rows, and 4 of each color).
Note that if you choose 0 of each color, the game will give an unlimited number of squares.
Special Requirements:
EGA.
Author Registration:
$9.95
Solitile
by Everett Kaser Software RUN
Download Disk# 2924
SOLITILE is a game of solitaire played with "tiles". Derived from similar games, such as "Shanghai", "Gunshy", and "Mahjongg" which are played with Mah-Jong tiles, SOLITILE plays the same game, but adds new starting layouts and the ability for the player to create new layouts and/or modify the layouts provided. It has built-in, "westernized" pictures on the faces of the tiles, but can also use alternate tile-sets. The program includes a tile editor so the user may alter existing tile pictures or create entirely new sets. SOLITILE can also read in and use tile sets created for use with Nels Anderson's Mahjongg game (of which there are hundreds available).
Special Requirements:
EGA/VGA only. Supports Microsoft compatible mouse.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Stained Glass
by Kent S. Brewster RUN
Download Disk# 2089
Danger danger danger -- imprudent use of STAINED GLASS may get you fired! Just ask the programmer's sister-in-law, who brought work to a standstill at a large New York investment banking firm after loading STAINED GLASS onto the company network server....
Simple to learn, yet devilishly difficult to master, STAINED GLASS is almost pathologically addictive. Remember the game you played with golf tees and a block of wood, jumping one tee over another into an empty hole and removing the tee you jumped, until there was only one tee left?
STAINED GLASS takes that basic idea, substitutes colored panes of glass for golf tees, and adds primary and secondary colors and a very simple set of rules that you learned in kindergarten -- blue plus yellow makes green, orange minus red leaves yellow, and so on.
STAINED GLASS has all of the bells and whistles you would expect with a top-of-the-line strategy game, including such options as load, save, undo, hint, restart, and a panic button, just in case the boss walks by!
Furthermore, the author is trying a very interesting experiment with the shareware registration system. He calls it "commissionware" -- if you send him your $25 registration fee, he will send you your own serialized copy of STAINED GLASS. If you make copies and give them to your friends and one of them sends in his or her registration fee, you will receive a $5.00 commission.
Special Requirements:
CGA recommended.
Author Registration:
$25.00
VGA Concentration
by Alive Software
Download Disk# 2232
This is a fun and challenging picture matching game with novice and advanced levels. It tests the player's memory and concentration skills. This game has superb VGA graphics in 256 and 16 colors, derived from GIF files. There are four collections for a total of 52 great quality pictures.
The user interface is extremely simple. It's menu-driven and you can use it with the keyboard or a mouse. This is a special VGA version of CRAZY SHUFFLE. Register this program and get more pictures!
Special Requirements:
384K RAM and VGA. Mouse is optional.
Author Registration:
$20.00
VGA Jigsaw Puzzle
by Alive Software
Download Disk# 2229
VGA JIGSAW PUZZLE is game alive with color and brilliance in the 256 color mode that only VGA can produce. It loads a picture on the screen and then shuffles the pieces around. Your goal is to assemble the original picture!
The program includes three great quality jigsaw puzzles and features:
Easy-to-use menu-driven operation.
Keyboard or mouse option.
Four levels of difficulty.
Music.
Scorekeeping.
Also provided is information on how to create your own VGA jigsaw puzzles using the popular .GIF and .PCX file formats in the 320 X 200 X 256 colors.
Special Requirements:
384K RAM and VGA.
Author Registration:
$20.00
Worthy Opponent
by FIT (Future Ideas Today) RUN
Download Disk# 1175
WORTHY OPPONENT is a competitive, challenging, and entertaining game package that actually allows you to play games over your modem with other opponents.
What makes WORTHY OPPONENT unique are the sophisticated communications capabilities. Game competition occurs with an opponent miles away. You can still taunt and jeer at your opponent with every move. Discuss anything you like; strategy, good/bad moves, etc. with the specialized "talk" capabilities.
With excellent graphics, WORTHY OPPONENT is completely menu-driven and has on-line help screens to explain all functions. Four games are on the disk: Snake Pit, CornerStone, Checkers, and CannonBall.
Tournament play is also available where you can play against remote opponents using the on-screen clock.
Special Requirements:
Color monitor (CGA,EGA), modem recommended.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Wreck Tangle
by Charles A. Spence
Download Disk# 1836
WRECK TANGLE is a challenging strategy game for all ages. You have to match a given pattern by moving different shaped blocks in as few moves as possible. It will drive you crazy as you try to better the lowest scores and get your name on the master scoreboard. There are 25 different puzzles of varying degrees of difficulty. When you've mastered all 25, you can use the built-in puzzle generator to create your own WRECK TANGLE. Suitable for monochrome and color monitors.
WRECK TANGLE is another game in the "Mind Maze" series (Maze Cube on disk #1419 is the first).
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Games, Cards
20TH CENTURY FARO
by Robert L. Nicolai
Download Disk# 2088
FARO is one of the oldest gambling card games ever to grace the casino.
If you enjoy fast-moving casino games, you'll love this unique simulation called 20TH CENTURY FARO.
All bets which can be placed in the casino game are available in this program for one player. Even the casekeeper is displayed in the same way it would appear in a casino. A "Farobank" keeps track of all money lost by or paid to the player, letting you know how you're doing against the computer opponent. Like real Faro, it's the house that usually comes out ahead. But you never know -- it could be your lucky day.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Baccarat Professional
by United Innovations Plus RUN
Download Disk# 2722
Almost every self-respecting gambler knows how to play poker but how many know how to play Baccarat? Baccarat, while popular in European casinos, is unknown to many card players. Now BACCARAT PROFESSIONAL is available and anyone can learn it.
If you need to sharpen your skills, BACCARAT PROFESSIONAL will challenge you at a fast pace with clever graphics. If you need to learn how to play, you'll appreciate the detailed instructions, explaining all you need to know to become a ``player.'' After just minutes, you'll be ready to take on your computer -- for high stakes.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
BlackJack
by IBG Software RUN
Download Disk# 1329
BLACKJACK provides hot action for one to six players with good quality card graphics. Options include insurance, splits, totes, opening player banks and game banks, and initial bet sizes. You can also set card-weight values and combine player names with levels of skill, as well as specify how the dealer and each player are to be treated during the game.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$17.50
BlackJack!
by Glencoe Computing
Download Disk# 1283
BLACKJACK! is a tour de force in beating the casino dealer, and might help you line your pockets with green. Long overdue, it teaches you a basic blackjack strategy, adds an effective card counting system to it, and drills you on both the strategy and your counting ability. You play against world famous casinos or customize the rules the dealer follows.
It's fun, quickly played, and could fatten your wallet on your next trip to Nevada, New Jersey, or Monte Carlo.
BLACKJACK! is a joy because you can alter the number of decks in the shoe and practice your count in the most difficult of circumstances.
The rules on doubling down automatically change as you switch from single to multiple decks. You can play head on or add up to three players to your table. You watch your bank rise and sink with your luck and you can get instant advice on how to alter your betting strategy.
Special Requirements:
EGA, VGA, or Hercules graphics.
Author Registration:
$29.99
ASP Member.
Card Game Collection
by United Innovations Plus RUN
Download Disk# 1280
Bring your own deck and cut! Here's a lively collection of card games for your betting pleasure!
Going to Vegas or Atlantic City? Get in shape with Holdem Poker, the most popular card game in big casinos and card rooms across America.
You play eight other players and start betting when you get two cards.
The dealer displays three more cards which anyone can use. After betting, two more cards are displayed. This is a tough game and only the smart and the rugged survive.
Accordion Solitaire brings the battle-weary a game for rainy Sunday afternoons when time is as unimportant as winning. A gentle game with lots of instant gratification, it deals cards one by one. If cards next to each other are of identical rank or suit, pile one atop the other.
Likewise for those spaced three cards apart. As the surf beats upon the shoals of Nirvana, you'll find your row of cards shrinking. Using serene strategies, you might in this, or some future lifetime, get down to a single stack and win.
Red Dog will delight any betting man or woman. A computerized version of the old Acey Duecy game, it pits you against the house.
Professionally drawn and swiftly moving, it deals a spread of two cards.
Your goal: draw a card numerically between the spread of the two dealt cards. You view a payoff table which tells you how much you will win if your draw is successful. You can raise your bet once.
Poker whizzes hone their betting skills on Poker Solitaire. On the surface, it looks like a simple game. Responding to cards dealt one at a time, you fill out a five card by five card square, trying to make the most points possible. Runs, flushes and other poker hands are scored vertically and horizontally. You compute your best odds in two directions at once as you decide where to place the next card. The game moves fast; vibrant colors and designs enhance the screen.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00 for each game.
Casino Slot Machines
by Richard Metlen RUN
Download Disk# 1573
Here are three slot machine simulations for the casino lover. Besides a basic slot machine that matches dollar amounts three accross for your pay-off, there are also slot versions of keno and low-ball poker. These games would be ideal for someone planning their own casino night. While the ASCII graphics don't compare to the video slots you find in the casinos, the action is very much the same. And if you play long enough you might find these slots are a little loose... but we all like a loose slot, don't we?
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Computer Contract Bridge
by Small Business Software, Inc. RUN
Download Disk# 713
COMPUTER CONTRACT BRIDGE is played by two teams, the we team and the they team. The we team consists of the North and the South. The computer is North and you're South. The they team consists of the East and the West, both played by the computer. All your interactions with your computer opponents are done through the keyboard, and you'll generally get a prompt on the screen to tell you what to do next. If you pay attention to the prompts and follow their lead, you will have no trouble playing. The computer plays a fairly good game, but in time you can learn how to win. This particular version of the program is meant for the novice bridge player. Though it is a game and not a tutorial, you will definitely learn a lot by playing it.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$4.95
Computer Draw Poker
by Small Business Software, Inc. RUN
Download Disk# 714
Walk away from your next game a winner! COMPUTER DRAW POKER is a fun and challenging program; an excellent way to increase your skill at poker. It is played as five card draw poker with no requirements for opening bet and no limit. Both the player and the computer start with 1000 chips. Each antes one chip before cards are dealt, and can raise the ante up to three chips per round.
This program is both a player and a tutor. It does not look at your hand to make its own playing descisions, and when it does check the cards you're holding, it doesn't remember them. It checks your hand only to see that you are playing by the rules -- and tells you so when you're not. It also tells you when to bet, see, raise, call, fold, discard, and draw. The computer plays with a certain degree of sophistication and will bet high or low, as well as bluff, at random.
When you can consistently beat the computer, you are playing with a good deal of skill.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$4.95
Cribbage By T
by Ted H. Turner RUN
Download Disk# 1789
A hand of Cribbage is fun, indeed, when played with the scoundrel (aka your computer). As you play, he comments on your play, the state of the game and the score needed to win.
Clear graphics add to the effect of natural play, while you concentrate on your strategy. The main menu will direct you to information about the rules, how to score and other material. If you get stuck or can't decide which play to make, use the hints function. Five hints per game can help if you need it.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$20.00
CRIBBAGE PARTNER
by James I. Crowther, Jr. RUN
Download Disk# 1819
Cribbage Partner is a complete and realistic simulation of the game of Cribbage. In all cases except the demonstration, the player opposes the computer. Shuffling, dealing and bookkeeping are done automatically so the player can concentrate on the strategy and scoring aspects of the game. A wide selection of options is provided so that players can gear the level and pace of play to their experience. Full documention and rules of cribbage are included.
Unique features of CRIBBAGE PARTNER:
Cards, pegs, and Cribbage board are clearly represented.
Prompts and status messages explain the game situation and scoring.
Player can do scoring or have scoring done automatically.
Call for computer help on any play.
Any hand can be replayed.
"Muggins" option is available.
Full demonstration mode is included.
Function keys toggle among options during play.
Full color and monochrome options are included.
Will run on IBM PCjr.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$10.00
CROSSpro
by JJO Software
Download Disk# 1074
LAS VEGAS EGA CASINO is a package of games that use the special features of your EGA monitor. Included are: Las Vegas Casino Black Jack, Las Vegas Video Poker, and Las Vegas Dollar Slots (MicroBucks). You can choose any of the three games to play from the program menu. It has great graphics and is so realistic you forget you're playing a computer.
XWORD lets you quickly create a crossword puzzle that can be saved to disk and printed. The crossword puzzle size can be from 15x15 to 23x23.
You enter words with the cursor onto the puzzle grid. Afterward, the words can be "deleted," with the word placed on a "move" list where it can be recovered and placed in another location. This program maintains word lists for across and down, and clues which you can see at any time.
XWORD lets you enter words on the puzzle grid even before the clue list is made. After you finish your puzzle, the program lets you print a blank crossword puzzle, a clue list, and the solution to the puzzle.
Your crossword puzzle can be saved to disk. Thus, the amount of crossword puzzles you can create is limited only by disk space and your own imagination.
CASTLE DROGANYA is a reactive adventure game. The course of the game is dictated by your response to the situation. The goal is to free the souls of the townspeople who have been trapped by the evil Lord Droganya.
LIAR'S POKER is a game utility that simplifies playing Liar's Poker, a betting game in which each player's "hand" is a dollar bill serial number. The program generates random numbers that can be substituted to play the game. It keeps records on disk for up to 20 "liars" (players), each liar having up to 20 numbers which can be printed or displayed on the screen.
Special Requirements:
EGA and a version of BASIC.
Author Registration:
$5.00 to $20.00.
Draw Poker Professional
by United Innovations Plus RUN
Download Disk# 1962
Keep your card skills polished and your poker face in training. Play DRAW POKER PROFESSIONAL in an eight-handed game of your favorite version of poker.
Whether you are a card game enthusiast, a neighborhood player or a professional, you can play poker just as it is played in a card club or casino. Seven of the eight hands are played by the computer. Play Straight Ante, Blind, Straddle, Anything Opens or a Jacks or Better game. Choose from the many configuration options to suit your playing preferences, mood or skill level.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Games for EGA
by Spectrum Software
Download Disk# 1938
If you like computer games, you'll like EGA GAMES, with arcade quality graphics and playing style. EGA GAMES includes BlackJack, Poker, pac- man style Squasher, and a 3D version of TicTacToe.
Choose BlackJack and play with realistic looking cards. This version can improve your playing skills before your next trip to the casinos.
Poker Square is a new variation of the traditional 5 card stud game.
Each player has 5 hands and must place each card carefully in order to win this one. Squasher is a pac-man style game that combines action and strategy to retrieve the pots of gold before the monsters squash you.
3D TicTacToe is a variation of the original TicTacToe which opens up many more winning strategies.
Special Requirements:
880K bytes of free space, EGA, and a mouse.
Author Registration:
$20.00
Golf Solitaire
by United Innovations Plus RUN
Download Disk# 1700
Here is yet another outstanding solitaire game from United Innovations Plus. GOLF SOLITAIRE is played with a standard deck of fifty-two cards.
The layout is made by dealing out five rows of seven cards each, overlapping face up. A total of thirty-five cards form the layout. One more card is dealt below the layout, face up to form your base. The object is to clear away all the layout cards by building onto the base card. Building is done in sequence, in either direction, regardless of suit, and if you make a wrong move your computer will certainly keep you honest.
This top-notch software package comes with outstanding graphics plus all the features that make this a top-notch program. You can control the speed of dealing and elect to view the shuffling of the cards. You also choose the number of holes and which variation of the game you wish to play. The graphics are impressive, clear and easy to follow.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Klondike
by Ted Gruber Software
Download Disk# 1544
KLONDIKE is a traditional gambling game similar to a card game most of us know as "Solitaire." KLONDIKE differs from Solitaire in that you can only go through the deck one time, cards are dealt from the deck one at a time instead of three at a time, and betting is an important part of the game.
The object of KLONDIKE is to put as many cards as possible on the "piles." This is accomplished by moving the cards around on the screen by using either the mouse or the keyboard. This game requires an EGA graphics adapter, which makes the graphics look so good it looks like you're playing with a real deck of cards.
Special Requirements:
EGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
The Las Vegas EGA Casino
by Ted Gruber Software RUN
Download Disk# 2501
Take a trip to Vegas without spending a dime. THE LAS VEGAS EGA CASINO is a collection of three favorite Las Vegas casino games.
Las Vegas Casino Blackjack is a simulation of the table game, as played on the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas Video Poker is a re-creation of the popular video poker machines played in casinos, grocery stores, bowling alleys, airports, and other notorious Nevada hangouts. Las Vegas Dollar Slots (MicroBucks) is a colorful visual game of three-across slots.
Special Requirements:
EGA.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Lowball Poker Professional
by United Innovations Plus RUN
Download Disk# 1956
The game of Lowball Poker is played with a fifty-three card deck, consisting of a standard deck of playing cards with one joker. This form of lowball is also known as California Lowball. The rank of cards are from the king (high) to an ace (low). The joker is wild and used as the lowest card in your hand so long as it doesn't make a pair.
In Lowball, your goal is to beat your opponents by trying to get the lowest hand. A complete reverse of what is normally played in high poker. The best hand is a 5-4-3-2-A known as a wheel or bicycle.
Straights and flushes do not count. You watch your hand and the computer plays all the others. Good graphics and complete control over shuffling, dealing speed, and display of cards help make this program enjoyable.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Memory
by Steffen Muller Software RUN
Download Disk# 2705
MEMORY is the PC version of that challenging card game Concentration.
Fifty cards are displayed face down. Players turn up two cards, one at a time, hoping to find a matching pair. If no match is found, the cards are turned face down again and the next player tries to find a match.
Remember which cards are where in order to find the most matches. Play against a friend or five different levels of the computer.
MEMORY has excellent graphics, mouse support, optional sound, and a well-designed game board. This program is an excellent way to develop your visual memory. But beware -- MEMORY is extremely addictive!
Special Requirements:
EGA or VGA.
Author Registration:
$20.00
Mule's End 21
by Michael Wegner RUN (Type Q to quit)
Download Disk# 2876
MULE'S END 21 has all the options of a Las Vegas 21 game without any of the headaches. Double-down, split a pair, take an insurance bet - it's all there. And there's a difference between this game and all the other 21 games on the market - besides terrific graphics, it tells you all the options you have at any given moment! If you have a pair, it asks if you'd like to split. If you have the money to double-down, it will ask if you want to! Insurance? Just a yes or no will do it! Same great graphics as MULE'S END POKER-SLOTS!
Special Requirements:
384K RAM and EGA.
Author Registration:
$14.95
Mule's End Poker-Slots
by Michael Wegner
Download Disk# 2876
MULE'S END POKER-SLOTS is the typical poker slot machine with a difference - check out the cards! Check out the machine itself! Besides the great graphics, this game comes complete with instructions, easy-to-use (and learn!) keypresses, and support for a Microsoft compatible mouse. Drop a buck in the slot and give it a try!
Special Requirements:
384K RAM and EGA. Supports a mouse.
Author Registration:
$17.95
Osmosis Solitaire
by United Innovations Plus RUN
Download Disk# 1913
OSMOSIS SOLITAIRE takes the popular parlor game of solitaire and adds many new and interesting twists. Starting with a standard deck of 52 playing cards, the program creates 4 stock piles (3 cards down and 1 card up) and a base card which will be the key for starting the game. The rest of the cards are stored in the "waste pile." Each subsequent row can only be started by a matching base card of another suit. The object is to build upon each base card the other twelve cards of its own suit. Except for your starting stock row, you cannot play a card unless it can be found in the preceding row. To add to the fun, the 4 stock piles must also be used in play. The final outcome: hopefully, all cards will be played!
A great pastime for all who enjoy card games of any sort.
Immediately accessible and easily understandable, OSMOSIS SOLITAIRE will soon be a popular game for your gaming library. Don't pass up this wonderful package created by Raymond M. Buti.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Poker
by Robert Gellman View RUN
Download Disk# 791
Play draw poker head-to-head with the computer. POKER has a sophisticated style of playing and betting, and is intended to challenge the serious poker player.
It's honest. The computer does not know what is in your hand unless there is a showdown.
It's smart. The game has different patterns of betting and can observe your style of betting and modify its own behavior accordingly.
It's cagey. POKER can bluff in several ways and sometimes makes large bets with bad hands or no bets with good hands. Every action it takes has at least two possible interpretations. The randomness of the shuffling has been tested in simulations involving over half a million hands and the results mirror those expected in normal poker playing.
Ante up and deal 'em.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$20.00
Poker Challenge
by WorkWare Company RUN
Download Disk# 1642
Poker players, here are two games that will hone your skill while giving you lots of enjoyable practice. In Stud, you play against seven computer opponents -- all smart and shrewd. In Texas Hold 'Em, you play against nine computer opponents who have lots of savvy. But Poker CHALLENGE does give you a break; poke a hot key and your odds of winning are instantly displayed on the screen, along with an abundance of information about the hand.
Not only are these games for the thoughtful, serious player, they also move fast enough to keep the beginner delighted. In fact, you can take advantage of the fast deal and then use the plus and minus keys to play the game so fast you can barely keep up with the moves. All face up cards are drawn on the screen, showing their ranks and suits. You control the ante and betting limits. For poker pros and amateurs, POKER CHALLENGE is a winner.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$19.00
Poker Slot
by United Innovations Plus RUN
Download Disk# 2737
POKER SLOT is a gambling game found in casinos in Nevada and New Jersey. Before playing POKER SLOT, choose one of four variations of the game -- Second Chance Poker, Joker Wild, Deuces Wild, and Double Down.
The object of the game is to get a poker hand of Jacks or better. You will be paid off according to your poker hand. For each round, insert one to five coins worth $1.00 each. (POKER SLOT will keep track of the total coins bet.) You will be dealt five cards in each round and you may choose which ones to hold or discard.
POKER SLOT can be played with a mouse or keyboard, and has a detailed screen layout using EGA graphics.
Special Requirements:
360K RAM, EGA. Hard drive recommended; supports a mouse.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Pro-Play Blackjack
by Bill Dobbing RUN
Download Disk# 2942
You have a King and a seven and the dealers has a nine showing. What do you do? I'll take another card! "Never hit hard 17 or more." That's something the advanced blackjack player knows and that something that PRO-PLAY BLACKJACK will remind you of. Have fun and learn the advanced concepts of blackjack with PRO-PLAY BLACKJACK; a blackjack simulation with great graphics.
If you have a basic understanding of blackjack, but want to take the next step and play like a "pro," here's your chance. PRO-PLAY includes all the help screens and the tables of strategies you'll need. PRO-PLAY uses the rules found in most casinos on the Las Vegas Strip to teach you concepts of hard/soft hands, splitting, double downing, and more. Once you have skills improved, invite six other friends to play and PRO-PLAY will keep the score.
Special Requirements:
512K RAM and CGA.
Author Registration:
$12.00
Pyramid Solitaire
by United Innovations Plus RUN
Download Disk# 1701
The old game of pyramid solitaire is even better when your computer deals and keeps score -- you just enjoy the game. Twenty-eight cards are dealt in the form of a pyramid. The pyramid has seven rows of cards. This is composed of successive rows of one to seven cards. Each card is overlapped by two cards of the row below. The last row, which contains seven cards, are turned face up. The object is to remove all cards from the pyramid and from the remainder of the deck by simple addition using any two cards available for play. The two cards must add up to 13 points.
This top-notch software package comes with all the extras. There is mouse support during the playing of the game. It allows dealing of the cards either face up or face down. There are two modes of play, multiple redeals or a single deal. It allows you to replay the previously dealt hand. You can even control the speed of dealing and elect to view the shuffling of the cards just to keep the computer honest. Graphics are impressive, clear, and easy to follow.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
SMSPOKER
by Michael E. Lind RUN
Download Disk# 55
SMSPOKER is similar to a Las Vegas poker machine. It's a solo game played against the deck/machine. You are dealt five cards in a horizontal row. The better the hands you get, the more $$$$ you can win. Between each poker hand, the game asks if you want to bet on whether a random card drawn from the deck is higher or lower than eight.
Game features include adjustable playing speed, dealer/player interaction, and real awards to registered winners.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Solitaire Card Games
by Richard Metlen RUN
Download Disk# 1411
Attention escapist compulsive obsessives! Avoid this trio of solitaire games like the plague. Otherwise, you'll spend the rest of your life hunched over your PC enjoying these spiffy designer solitaire games.
There's enough variety to keep you going for hours or eons. For those lonesome souls who need card games like Eleven, Even Out, and Block11 as a substitute for meditation or tranquilizers, this disk is worth its weight in gold.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$5.00
Thinking Man's Solitaire
by United Innovations Plus
Download Disk# 2759
and Disk# 2760
Are you familiar with the standard Solitaire game that builds a stack of cards from Ace to King? It's not so hard, especially if you don't have to stick to one suit. THINKING MAN'S SOLITAIRE presents a new twist:
the order isn't as simple as Ace, 2, 3. In fact, you build four different stacks, each in a different order. Have trouble remembering what card comes next? Ask THINKING MAN'S SOLITAIRE to keep the order posted on your screen.
The documentation on the disk makes it easy to get started. Watch the colorful deck magically shuffle three times, cut, and stack. Deal the cards one by one, and see each one move to the stack you designate as your score mounts. If you have a mouse, you may use it. Otherwise, the keyboard does just fine. The hardest part of this entertaining game is stopping.
Special Requirements:
491K RAM and EGA.
Author Registration:
$18.00
Tommy's Gin Rummy
by Tommy's Toys RUN
Download Disk# 1612
TOMMY'S GIN RUMMY implements the game allegedly invented in 1909 by E.T.
Baker of the Knickerbocker Whist Club of New York, with optional automatic sorting of your hand to give the best score. You play against the computer, which plays a mean game. Your hand is displayed at the top of the screen, the computer's hand is displayed under yours. To learn the game, you can choose to play with open hands, meaning that you can see the computer's hand but it can't see yours. The computer shuffles, deals, and keeps all scores current.
You can choose from 3 different variations of GIN RUMMY; Standard, Oklahoma (Cedarhurst), and Tommy's Space Cowboy. A hot key demo mode is available, in which you can watch the computer play against itself, a great way to learn how to play this all-time favorite card game with plenty of music and color. It works both on mono and color screens.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
None.
Ultima21 Deluxe
by Falconer Services Inc. RUN
Download Disk# 791
Play Blackjacks as it's played in the casinos with the computer as the dealer. ULTIMA21 keeps track of the hands played and who won each hand.
It also shows your longest winning (and losing) streaks. In addition, you can set up your own options -- resplit aces, double-down on any number of cards, make the dealer stand on 17, turn the sound on during play, and other things to keep it interesting.
Hit me!
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$20.00
UNOSCORE
by Suzanne Spencer Software
Download Disk# 2522
UNOSCORE is an eye-popping version of the card game UNO. In UNO there are four sets of numbered cards. Each set is a different color. You are dealt seven cards to start the game. Match the last card laid down, in color or number. If you don't have a match, draw a card. The winner is the first to play all of his cards.
Great graphics make UNOSCORE a joy to play. UNOSCORE is easy to learn, yet challenging for all ages. It's also a great way to teach young children pattern-matching skills while having fun!
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$5.00
Vegas Johnny's Draw Poker
by Top Score Software RUN
Download Disk# 1896
VEGAS JOHNNY'S DRAW POKER is a detailed simulation of a draw poker game.
It plays all the other hands, gives you playing tips in plain English like "don't throw away good money -- fold!" It will show you the odds of winning at any given time -- makes play fun for the poker novice or pro. It works on all popular display adapters; a color monitor is optional, as is a mouse. Its features include:
Bet limits, blind and ante amounts are user selectable.
Six levels of competition -- user selectable.
Variable playing speed -- user selectable.
On-line betting and drawing advice.
On-line odds and statistics.
On-line help with "what beats what".
Scoreboard file to log big winners.
User interface allows fast and easy play.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$7.00
Vegas Pro Video Poker
by WorkWare Company RUN
Download Disk# 1490
Video poker machines are the most popular "slot" machines in Las Vegas and account for almost forty percent of the billions of dollars that tourists spend in Nevada casinos.
VEGAS PRO takes you on a quick, happy trip to a casino to play the popular machine "five card draw poker." You bet and pull the handle and watch the cards line up. You can hold or draw each of the cards. Then you tell the machine to deal and get the good or bad news. Each game can be played in seconds.
Poker, to its afficionados, is not a card game, but a game of money management. VEGAS PRO lets you set the payoffs yourself to practice for different casinos. A draw tester allows you to try out different gambling strategies. The game will play on almost any monitor and provides superb graphics on EGA/VGA. The user can also control sound effects, speed of play, and other options.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$19.00
Entertainment, General
3 ball Juggler
by First Magnitude View RUN
Download Disk# 2844
Here's a program for those ''wannabe'' jugglers who've kept putting off breaking those eggs or tossing those balls. But now there's no excuse.
Learn how to juggle with your computer. You say, "my computer?" That's right. 3 BALL JUGGLER, a rather unique program, uses animation to teach you the basics of three-ball juggling, common mistakes made by beginners, and some techniques of advanced juggling. A challenging arcade game is thrown in for more fun.
Special Requirements:
512K RAM and EGA/VGA.
Author Registration:
$15.00
ASP Member.
The Animated Memory Game
by Flix Productions View
Download Disk# 2645
The ANIMATED MEMORY GAME uses animated pictures to test memory skills.
By matching hidden pictures in pairs, you win the game and get animated rewards.
Many options are provided: select from 14 different tile patterns, change the background color, and even enjoy a mini-movie theater.
Various difficulty levels provide a challenge for all ages. Adults can use it too! Both keyboard and mouse support are provided.
Special Requirements:
640K RAM, EGA or VGA, and hard drive. Mouse optional.
Author Registration:
$6.00
Cipher
by Nels Anderson RUN
Download Disk# 2266
If you are tired of word games which look dull and boring. Here's a colorful and challenging program that uses high-resolution graphics.
CIPHER is a "crypto-quotes" type of game. A quotation is enciphered and displayed on the screen in its scrambled form. Your challenge is to figure out the cipher by replacing the scrambled letters with the actual letters. As you go along, more and more of the puzzle will start to look like real words. Eventually, you should be able to solve the entire quotation.
CIPHER IS a word puzzle game, yet it uses hi-res VGA or EGA graphics for displays (mouse optional). It also will run in text mode. It includes over 30 puzzles to solve and the registered version comes with over 200 additional puzzles. You can also enter your own already encrypted puzzles.
Special Requirements:
None. Color monitor recommended.
Author Registration:
$15.00
ASP Member.
Compu-Nerd
by Drew Software RUN
Download Disk# 2222
COMPU-NERD is a tongue-in-cheek diagnostic program used to determine whether or not the user has the dread malady COMPUTERUS-NERDITIS or BOZOITIS-JERKONUS. These terrible and sometimes lethal diseases creep up on one unexpectedly. By answering a few, simple questions the user can determine if he has either disease, its progress and the remedy for the current stage of development. This is a sure winner at computer club meetings and parties, or just to show off a bit of the absurd to your friends and prove that computers can be used for more than spreadsheets or Galaxy Noids.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
Contribution.
Creative Chaos
by R. Evan Lunde RUN
Download Disk# 1691
CREATIVE CHAOS is made for those whose ideas are too predictable and whose minds are too logical. To enhance creativity, CREATIVE CHAOS uses random selection to help you create short stories, juggle menus, tell fortunes, generate silly phrases and funny nonsense sentences. But most of all, CREATIVE CHAOS can stimulate your imagination, help you create inventions, artwork, games, or engage in incredibly obtuse mental gymnastics.
Instead of deductive thinking, CREATIVE CHAOS stimulates intuitive thinking. The fundamental idea behind CREATIVE CHAOS is to use random selection in a very structured way to juggle lists of ideas, chores, and anything you can list. Sometimes the results are hilarious, other times they contain a real germ for change. And, sometimes they are plain old silly.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$22.00
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Crossword Creator
by PC Help-Line RUN
Download Disk# 819
CROSSWORD CREATOR can be used by anyone who enjoys designing or solving crossword puzzles. It provides the tools you need to lay out a puzzle on the computer's screen, define clues for each word, save your design on disk, and produce professional-looking printouts of your crosswords.
Enhancements include: 70 pages of context-sensitive available on-line, support for Wordfind (Castle Oaks Computing), desktop publishing conversion, support for all types of printers (including lasers), and an automatic word placement feature that will actually build a puzzle for you, using words you enter. Features include:
Pull-down menus, dialog boxes, and mouse support.
Comprehensive, context-sensitive HELP.
National language support for French and Spanish.
Supports dot-matrix, and HP ink-jet and laser printers.
Type horizontally AND vertically.
36 x 23 puzzle matrix; up to 4 lines of text per clue.
Compatible with all popular networks.
Special Requirements:
320K RAM and a printer. Mouse recommended.
Author Registration:
$50.00
ASP Member.
CRYPTO!
by Tom Gough
Download Disk# 2141
Are you a cryptogram junkie? CRYPTO! and CRYPTO MAKER give you the chance to solve and create challenging word puzzles. Test yourself and tease your friends with jumbled famous quotes.
Choose from a library containing 200 different puzzles. Ponder over the serious and funny quotations provided by the creator, Tom Gough, as you rack your brain trying to discover the next letter in the quote. Don't cheat! The program will give you hints, but try to unearth the answers for yourself. If you are stumped you can "cheat" by revealing a letter or use the hint key to tell you whether the letter is a vowel or consonant. The name of the speaker of the quotation appears when the puzzle is solved.
You can also create your own cryptograms to perplex your friends. Type in your favorite quote, change the letter sequence, and you're ready to play. Becoming familiar with playing CRYPTO! will help you in making your puzzles.
Function keys toggle colors and all puzzles can be printed. Easy-to-use instructions and menus give fast access to the game. A great game for all adults who enjoy word puzzles.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$6.00
Garden City Software Collection #1
by Garden City Software RUN
Download Disk# 1421
Psychologists tell us that watching fish can reduce stress. They don't understand what a $150.00 fish, belly-up in the tank, can do to your blood pressure. Instead, try electronic fish. Not a game, FISHTANK is a soothing alternative to pet care and maintenance. With proper voltage, your fish will live forever. You get all the accessories complete with a snail and eel.
History buffs will love HIST-PAL, a simple timeline database that gives the years of birth and death, the occupations, and noted quotes ("Let them eat cake!") of over five hundred famous people. With a word processor you can add to the time line. Want to be among the "Rich and Famous"? Just drop yourself into this electronic "Who's Who" to impress your friends and enemies alike.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$2.00 for each program.
Garden City Software Collection #2
by Garden City Software RUN
Download Disk# 1422
An even half-dozen programs that run the scale from mortgages to metronomes.
HYPNO brings onto screen colorful hypnotic images to induce relaxation or enhance meditation. Provides changing circles, spirals a swinging watch, etc. Of particular note is a visual that is combined with affirmations (positive statements) to help you change negative mental images or bad habits.
MORTGAGE is a neat package that will compute your proposed mortgage payments and homeowner's costs by considering things such as insurance, taxes and maintenance dues.
TIMEZONE tells you what time it is anywhere in the world, listing by country, area of country and cities. Useful when communicating with faraway places.
The next three are for musicians. PC-SOUND achieves the unbelievable:
your computer can sound like a tuba, saxophone, fife or other instruments. Or, if you prefer, you get white or pink noise or the sound of a siren or ray gun or clock ticking or waves beating on the shore, and lots more. Depending on your PC's speaker, the effects range from entrancing to distracting.
How would you like to tune a guitar, violin, banjo, mandolin and other musical instruments with the help of your computer? Or, produce mathematically precise tones. Use TUNER.
METRON is an electronic metronome for musicians to set the beat.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$2.00 for each program.
Mastermind
by Dan Bartnik RUN
Download Disk# 2468
How many guesses would it take you to figure out a secret six- or seven-digit number? How about if you got clues? Have fun and test your logical thought process with MASTERMIND. MASTERMIND determines the secret number and you have to guess it. Each time you guess, it tells you how many digits were correct, but not which ones! You take it from there and try to solve the secret in the fewest guesses.
Three different versions are included for all skill levels. MASTERMIND is easy to use, includes all the game instructions on help screens, and supports a mouse.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Memor-E
by TO-Soft RUN
Download Disk# 2276
A computer version of "Concentration." Match 18 pairs of pictures in a 36-square grid. Get on-line Help, hints, or even where all the pairs reside. The game can be played by one player against the clock, or by up to four players.
Special Requirements:
None
Author Registration:
$10.00
OpenDoor
by Bil. Alvernaz RUN
Download Disk# 2157
Finally, someone put the fun back into computing! OPENDOOR introduces a new category of software -- the anti-program! It's for all those times when you need a break from the other "stuff" you do on your computer. The Seattle Times called this program "the Saturday Night Live" of DOS software.
OPENDOOR simulates the look of a real operating system, with single touch commands, using the Function Keys and other "live" keys. On screen help is provided at the touch of a key - any time.
Wordprocessing, spreadsheet, graph, and multitask screens can be displayed when you don't feel much like working, but want it to look like your computer is.
The built-in programs of OPENDOOR are all geared toward the fun side of computing:
Crystal Ball - a life reading index that can even be rigged.
What To Eat Decision Maker - answers for "Where do YOU want to eat?".
Jerk-O-Meter - rates a person's "irritation" factor.
Lie Detector - provides ratings from "Outright Lie" to the "Truth".
Ringing Phone - a perfect interruption to get rid of someone.
Stars! - every imaginable character blasted all over your screen.
Computer Lock - it even looks like it works.
Death Simulator - a blank screen with an eternal message.
OPENDOOR is not for doing any serious work, because its main purpose is to provide plain and simple fun -- all without doing harm to anyone's computer (or ego). You can use OPENDOOR to make it look like you are working very hard, for things like deciding where to eat, or even to play jokes on others.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$49.95
PARTYDOT
by Rite Item RUN
Download Disk# 1553
Generate colorful designs on your computer. Enjoy a kaleidoscope that you create, or let the computer originate one for you.
PARTYDOT allows you to use pre-defined geometric shapes, colors and graphic designs to create unique screen displays. Experiment with the various options and menu items and save the designs that you like for later viewing.
Special Requirements:
512K RAM and CGA, EGA, or VGA.
Author Registration:
$9.95
Tommy's Crosswords
by Tommy's Toys
Download Disk# 1711
Does anyone know a four letter word for a Russian River? Hmmmm...once again you are racking your brain trying to figure out another clue to TOMMY'S CROSSWORDS, a sleek package which allows you to solve and/or create your own crossword puzzles. Either work on one of the 40 puzzles provided on the disk -- choosing from an array of topics -- or create your own puzzle, using your own imagination or typing in one from your favorite newspaper.
With the ease of the function keys, you are able to toggle sound, pop-up instructions, enter and exit puzzles, and much more. The program will track not only your score -- but also will provide you with hints by filling in either single letters, or complete words within the crossword grid. If no hints are needed, a score of 10,000 points will be awarded for a solved puzzle, otherwise minus one point for each letter provided. A puzzle solving timer is also kept in the lower right hand corner of the screen.
Although not for younger children, TOMMY'S CROSSWORDS is an entertainment machine for all adults. A skillful challenge for the most avid crossword fan, you will be captured by the ease of play, the complexity of the puzzles provided, and use the program as a tool to build your own for years to come.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$2.00
Universe Analyzer
by Mark Mahin RUN
Download Disk# 1772
What is the probability of an undesigned universe meeting all the requirements for a biologically favorable universe? UNIVERSE ANALYZER is designed to provide a limited answer to this important question. By "a biologically favorable universe," this program means a universe with plenty of heavy elements such as carbon, and a large number of bright long-lived stars like the sun.
After prompting the user for inputs, the program generates a list of seven requirements for a biologically favorable universe. Using a random number generator, the program then generates many "universe models" with various characteristics as a result of chance. The program does NOT involve any religious or philosophical presuppositions.
However, the program does tend to reach the philosophically interesting conclusion that there is less than one chance in 1,000,000,000,000,000 that an undesigned universe would be biologically favorable.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Word Play
by Charles A. Spence RUN
Download Disk# 2256
This game is the third in a series of visual puzzles from the author of Maze Cube (PC-SIG disk# 1419) and Wreck Tangle (PC-SIG disk# 1836). If you enjoyed these programs, then WORD PLAY will give you an even greater challenge.
You're presented with shuffled letters that are required to create given words. Completion of each word displays a matching meaning. The game continues until exact placement of all letters is correct. Sound easy? You will be struggling to approach the top scores on any level without lots of practice. The exciting challenge is to achieve this in the least number of moves.
25 different puzzles of varying degrees of difficulty are included. The top ten scores for each puzzle are recorded and the Masters Scoreboard displays the scores of the world's best player for each level.
A nice feature is the Autoplay facility which replays your best game so you can see where improvements can be made. You can also easily design your own puzzles, up to a maximum of 99 different games. WORD PLAY is entirely menu-driven and provides thorough on-screen instructions.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
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Practical Jokes
A_Curse
by Conrad Button's Software RUN
Download Disk# 1523
Cursed PC! More than an epithet, A_CURSE is a practical joke program that causes the victim's computer to start spouting macabre curses, such as, "May a one-eyed pigeon nest in your hard drive!" "May raunchy pitbulls kidnap your spreadsheet!" A_CURSE displays up to ten random curses on your chosen one's screen. Each one is different (with millions of possible combinations) and they vary from the absurd to the disgusting.
What a way to start the day!
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$10.00
CrazyDos
by Compu-teck
Download Disk# 1912
A wisecrack response for every DOS command, for your own entertainment or a practical joke. CRAZYDOS is a temporary "replacement" for DOS with some interesting responses to commands. There are some alarming looking "error messages," but don't worry, there are no aliens, molasses, or problems reading drive Q:. All "system crashes," "Chinese keyboards," etc., are imaginary and temporary, and can be ended by a keypress in some cases, or ENTER in others. To exit CRAZYDOS you must tell your computer "I love you."
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Curses!
by R.K. West Consulting
Download Disk# 2741
A humorous and creative ``insult generator'' with a twist. A single keystroke switches from insults to compliments! You control the contents so the program can be used to generate descriptive phrases on any subject. Phrases are randomly generated, based on your vivid vocabulary!
Special Requirements:
360K RAM.
Author Registration:
$10.00
ASP Member.
Hard at Work
by R.K. West Consulting RUN
Download Disk# 2728
HARD AT WORK (HAW) has eight different screens to make your computer appear busy while you are away. These dynamically changing screens produce a busy effect for the casual eavesdropper.
The screens supplied are those of a system test, a database re-index, a spreadsheet FILL option, disk optimization using Speedy Disk, a virus scan, and a speaker integrity test. All of the screens are amusing and provide laughs when the truth is discovered.
Definitely for the office computer. Use as a joke on a co-worker who may be fooled into believing that the computer is at work while you take a break!
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
None.
ASP Member.
Hotboot and Insults
by Vertical Software RUN
Download Disk# 619
A couple of practical jokes that are fun for the PC user and, possibly, the PC victim.
HOTBOOT is a public domain version of a classic. If you like this one, get the original from Left-Handed Software. Load HOTBOOT into the system of your victim. From here on out, it's a flirtation of sorts between the PC and the user. As the user attempts to work with the computer, the computer issues increasingly more personal remarks. How real is this to the victim? You'll have to watch and see if you can figure it out.
INSULTS can randomly generate 22 million insults on the unsuspecting PC user -- some of them even make sense. Not for the weak-stomached.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$14.00
LoveDOS
by R.K. West Consulting RUN
Download Disk# 1403
This program gives a whole new meaning to ``personal'' in personal computer. Pre-install LOVEDOS on a friend's machine and sit back and watch 'em blush! With each keystroke, a provocative remark flashes to the screen, line after line, putting the moves on the operator. A sexy rework of the old INSULTS program. Nothing too suggestive, but choose your victim carefully anyway. At last, a truly user friendly computer!
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
None.
ASP Member.
Program Grab Bag
by James Hill RUN
Download Disk# 1314
For the PC practical joker, here are several safe (but insane) scams to play on some unsuspecting user's computer. Place them in a batch file or on his hard disk. When he comes back and touches a key or boots up his computer, look out! One trick makes his machine sound like it's filling with water and then it goes into a spin drive cycle! Fun galore. Don't blame us, though, if your victim gets even!
Other programs included here are a bit tamer: Convert almost any U.S measurement to the metric equivalent and vice versa; covers temperature, liquid, weight, linear distance, speed, and square and cubic volumes.
CHK4BOMB checks a program to see if it does any disk writing or formatting and also displays any text it finds in the program code.
SCRAMBLE and UNSCRAM can be used to encrypt and decrypt sensitive and private files. OBLITER8 totally deletes a file so it will be unrecoverable. SHOW provides a graphics demonstration of the PC-SIG logo. Lastly, read a very uplifting text by Pythagoras, a famous early Greek philosopher and mathematician.
Special Requirements:
CGA and a version of BASIC.
Author Registration:
$15.00.
TV/VOLAPUK
by Gustafsson Data RUN
Download Disk# 1912
VOLAPUK is a combination practical joke and look-busy program. Start the mock debugger and your memory is seemingly reconfigured, your hard disk is diagnosed, and all errors are cleared from existence -- in reality the screen messages are the only things that are changing.
TV simulates the late-night movie "War of the Ants" (that's where the screen "fuzzes out" after the national anthem). Then, when you press a key, the loudspeaker is silenced and the random pattern turns into a beautiful person with the message "Dear User, I Love You." In a few seconds the dreamgirl/dreamboy vanishes, the "War of the Ants" continues. Another keystroke takes you back to DOS. The programs are self-testing against viruses for security.
Special Requirements:
TV requires CGA.
Author Registration:
None.
Trivia
Computer Trivia Quiz
by Shoestring Software RUN
Download Disk# 2887
COMPUTER TRIVIA QUIZ is a learning game for people of all ages, computer skill, education level, and user experience. The program allows the user to test his/her knowledge of computer terms, computer history, our famous and not so famous founders, ground-breaking events, etc. COMPUTER TRIVIA QUIZ is written for those who wish to become more computer literate.
The range of subjects is wide. They cover computing from the stone age (Stonehenge) to questions about DOS (name a command new to DOS 3.3). The questions are designed to provide an enjoyable exercise in learning about early microcomputers (remember the Altair?), the various computer models (what was the first operational electrical digital computer?), individuals important in computer history (who was the first programmer?), computer inventions, their inventors & trivia (like how did the name Winchester come up for hard drives), software (who wrote Applewriter?) and much much more!!!
COMPUTER TRIVIA QUIZ is organized as a multiple choice game in which up to six players can play. When answering a question, the player can look at the "hint". The hints are full of useful information and make an enjoyable reading and learning tool! Questions, hints and answers (correct and incorrect) were written with the intended goal of increasing the user's understanding of computers, no matter what level of computer knowledge and sophistication the individual user possesses.
Those that are experts with computers can learn interesting things from this program. Beginners can quickly develop a literacy about computers which will surely amaze their friends. Do you know what kind of a bug the first computer bug was? (hint: it was alive and crawled into a relay...) Try this program! Guru level individuals looking for a challenge should set the time limit to 10 seconds and see how many questions in a row they can get correct.
Special Requirements:
320K RAM.
Author Registration:
$20.00
ASP Member.
EZK-Quizzer
by EZK Data Systems
Download Disk# 1449
Since 1800, who are the only two brothers who have served in the Senate at the same time? What is a hematophagouse? What was the first X-rated film to win the Best Picture Oscar award? What building is on the back of the five dollar bill? Who cares? EZK-QUIZZER does!
EZK-QUIZZER is a computer trivia game that uses various subjects to get its questions. Before answering a question, you are asked what category tickles your fancy and then you must answer the question before time runs out. The categories range from television to mathematics, sports to history, and a potluck category where you never know what type of question will pop up. There are three rounds of questions and each round gets harder, so the points given when you answer a question correctly get higher also. After the first round, you can start to wage your points against the computer so hopefully by the end of the third round you have enough points to be in the Hall of Fame.
By the way, this program is so good I hear Alex Trebek has it on his computer at home.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Have You Read That Movie?
by George Tylutki RUN
Download Disk# 2887
Have You Read That Movie? is a game of trivia on movies and related literature. The questions are multiple choice, and there are three levels of difficulty. The game has 91 easy questions, 141 medium questions, and 136 hard questions. The game can be played by one or two players. In two player games you can alternate turns or compete on each question simultaneously. The game can be set up so that you may have up to three tries before guessing the right answer. After the correct answer is given interesting facts are displayed about the movie or literature that should enhance the knowledge of all trivia buffs and movie fans. The game has pull down menus and online help.
Special Requirements:
A graphics card.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Know-It-All
by David Morlitz
Download Disk# 2297
Everybody loves trivia, but nobody loves a know-it-all. That is, until they've experienced KNOW-IT-ALL, the trivia question game that goes beyond most traditional trivia games.
Star Trek, TV Shows, Science, and Slogans are just a few of the categories of questions that you'll find. Start out with the questions that KNOW-IT-ALL has to offer and after you've mastered these, use the editor in KNOW-IT-ALL to add questions to your own customized data file. The questions can be multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank.
KNOW-IT-ALL keeps a running tally of how many questions you've answered and returns your score. Since you can add your own questions to KNOW-IT-ALL, you could also use the program as an educational computerized tester.
Special Requirements:
Graphics card.
Author Registration:
None.
The Last Word
by Bit Masons RUN
Download Disk# 2432
Who said ``I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.''? This, and hundreds of other famous quotations, are the basis of the trivia game, THE LAST WORD.
Answer questions about quotations by selecting either who said it, why it was said, where it was said, or what it was said about. Your answers are matched against a set of acceptable responses with a sophisticated pattern-recognition algorithm. You don't even have to spell every name perfectly to receive credit, and bonus points are given for quick responses.
While this is not a game for children, it can be used as an educational tool for young adults. Quotations are taken from old movies (Garbo, Bogart, etc.), humorists like Robert Orben, songs from Gilbert and Sullivan, and writers like Kipling, Nietzsche, Frost, Shakespeare, and Hemingway. (Ans: Voltaire.)
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
ASP Member.
Tune Trivia
by Lanke Software
Download Disk# 475
Remember ``Name That Tune''? Here's a new version.
TUNE TRIVIA plays songs on your PC so you can try to guess the songs' titles. Once you've answered correctly, you are then challenged with trivia questions about musical history.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$30.00.
Sports
Bass Class
by Olsen Outdoors View RUN (Use the keys Q,W,E,A,D,Z,X,C to move theboat)
Download Disk# 2500
Whether you are new to bass fishing or it's been your life, BASS CLASS will teach you the secrets of bass fishing. After you select your experience level and the location, you're out on a computerized lake, fishing for the biggest stringer in a six-hour fishing contest.
Sound tough? Don't worry, you're prepared! You have a modern, fully- rigged bass boat with six different fishing rods, 2300 different lure/color combinations, a nifty LCD depth finder, a trolling motor, and lots of accessories.
Select your rod and bait, navigate around the lake, and search for lunkers. Decide when to use the outboard motor and when to use the trolling motor, where to fish, which fishing poles and baits to use, and more.
BASS CLASS uses great graphics to show you the lake and even includes weeds and submerged stumps to trip you up. Remember, you are in a contest. If you don't make it to the weight-station before the end of contest, you lose.
BASS CLASS includes six different locations which are interchangeable with the locations in BASS TOUR, another program by the same author.
Better bring your life jacket -- some of the fish are incredibly big.
Special Requirements:
512K RAM, and EGA. A mouse is optional.
Author Registration:
$15.00
ASP Member.
BassTour
by Olsen Outdoors RUN
Download Disk# 1319
BASSTOUR is a fishing tournament game in which you captain a fully-rigged bass fishing boat. You control where the boat goes and how it gets there. Your bass boat has all the latest accessories, including a trolling motor, LCD chart recorder, a rod box containing six different fishing rods, and a fully-stocked tackle box. The object of the game is to catch the heaviest five fish limit on each of three days of the tournament. The fisherman with the highest total weight wins the tournament. As in real fishing, it's not always easy!
BASSTOUR has three levels of play: novice, intermediate and professional. In any of the skill levels, you are fishing against 30 of the top names in bass tournament fishing. You have six different bodies of water that you can fish. The fishing area is drawn on the screen, and the program randomly decides where fish should be placed. If you love to fish, you will love BASSTOUR.
Special Requirements:
512K RAM and graphics card. Mouse optional.
Author Registration:
$15.00
ASP Member.
Budget Baseball
by Streetsong Software RUN
Download Disk# 1400
Bring big league baseball to your den with BUDGET BASEBALL. Become one of baseball's great managers. You can replay a World Series game or pit a Series contender of one year against a team from another year.
Along the way, you can alter the course of the game by controlling batters, runners and pitchers. You can even alter infield placement, call for intentional walks and display the team rosters. You can tell the batter to bunt, take a pitch, try to fly out or go for a home run.
On base, you can tell the runner to try and steal. A marvelous game for baseball fans.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$19.95
Cunning Football
by Cass Cunningham RUN
Download Disk# 1240
You pick the plays, you run, you pass, you score! It's CUNNING FOOTBALL -- a fast action game for mouse, keyboard, or joystick!
CUNNING FOOTBALL provides the "Saturday" quarterback a chance to try all of his winning strategies on a realistic playing field that includes interceptions, penalties, and an opposing team that wants to stomp you into the ground. On offense, you control the player with the ball. After the snap, you control the QB until you pass, lateral, or hand the ball off. On defense, you control the middle/inside linebacker. After selecting a play from the menu, you can display a diagram of the play to give you information about where you should move, who your available receivers are, and when you should pass. Go team!
Special Requirements:
512K RAM and CGA, EGA, VGA, or Hercules.
Author Registration:
$25.00
Football Compu-Sched
by Cosoft Micro Systems
Download Disk# 2153
Keep track of your favorite NFL teams and their scoring records for the year with direct and simple menu structures. Add new scores as the games are played, week after week. Go back and look at history, running the program with only the function keys.
Last year's stats and standings are already included in the data files as well as the pertinent information from all 24 Superbowls. Compare seasons as well as teams. Print your results for convenient future reference.
Special Requirements:
Printer recommended.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Handicap Horse Racing
by Data-Plane Inc.
Download Disk# 2145
Here's full-color horse racing simulation so real it practically leaves hoofprints. You control your stable, entries, jockey, feed bills, stall rentals, liquidations, claiming races, auctions, and complete and accurate pari-mutuals including Win, Place, Show, Across the Board, Xacta, Trifecta, and a Daily Double. The system makes the calls and determines the payoff after each race.
HANDICAP-HORSE-RACING has brought a great industry into the world of simulations, high stakes, and heart pounding finishes.
When your guests arrive, they'll be bringing their own money (play) for a day at the track. They'll look forward to running their "Best of Breed" in their own colors, against the field.
Fun and instructive for the whole family. The realistic simulator lends itself to analysis by other handicapping systems.
Comes complete with a stable of 800+ horses who were top money winners of their time, and a full program of races from five furlongs to a mile and one eighth. Fields may race form one to 16 thoroughbreds.
Special Requirements:
MS-DOS 3.0+, a graphics card and hard drive.
Author Registration:
$74.95
PC Pro-Golf
by CMA Software
Download Disk# 1344
PC PRO-GOLF is a game that graphically depicts in four colors an actual golf course with water-hazards, sand-bunkers, wooded areas, buildings, roads, etc. With each stroke the player may watch the course of the ball and see where it lands. When your ball comes within a certain distance from the hole, the program will display a close up view of the hole so that you may putt the ball in.
Penalty-strokes are added under the correct conditions and an updated score-card is available for review at any time, as are the help-screen and club-values list. An unfinished game may be saved for resumption at a later time.
Getting the program up and running is made easy by a very sophisticated installation program that was smart enough to know that we were testing this program on a Tandy SX1000! Also included is the printable 10-page manual, and AMHERST, another complete 18-hole course. Fore!
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$20.00.
Pro Set Football
by Ed Hagen RUN
Download Disk# 1990
4th Quarter, two minutes left to play. Ball is on the 20 yard line, 4th down and 1 yard to go -- as coach of your favorite football team it is up to you to decide the next strategy in Ed Hagen's PRO SET FOOTBALL.
Choose from your favorite teams as you decide the offensive and defensive choices for your players. Pass, run, kick, score touchdowns and kick field goals. Get penalized for "off sides" or intercept a pass and run it back for 6 points!
Although PRO SET FOOTBALL is not a graphic game, its depth is made up in the format in which you play. First, either choose from pro or college teams. Second, play against the computer or a friend. Select from a menu of options for either the defensive or offensive plays -- the computer then "plays" the results of your choices. Game time is held in 15 minute quarters and stats of all your players (real players from the 1987 pro teams and 1988 college teams) are displayed at half time and the end. Sound effects are minimal but do add a nice quality to the game.
Truly enjoyable, simple to use, PRO SET FOOTBALL will never be the same game twice. Enjoy playing the pros all year round -- a nice addition to your computerized sports library.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$15.00
ProChallenge Baseball
by JBE Ltd. RUN
Download Disk# 1207
PROCHALLENGE BASEBALL is a one- or two-player strategy game of computer baseball that has a variety of player options for every pitch of the game.
In this version the game simulates the 1987 World Series game between St. Louis and Minnesota, but in the registered version of the program you may choose between 26 Major League baseball teams. PROCHALLENGE BASEBALL is set up for you to be the manager giving signals to the players. The pitching team has the option to change its defensive formation, pick off a runner, and decide what pitches to throw. When a pitch is thrown, you can specify where the ball should be placed over the plate. The options for the team at bat include the choice to swing at the ball, bunt, steal a base, lead off a runner, hit and run, run and hit, and call the pitch.
PROCHALLENGE BASEBALL does everything to simulate the actual game, even to the point of using the statistics for each player of the team.
Baseball fans will be pleased that the program allows them to play based upon the skill and strategy of the real game of baseball. PROCHALLENGE BASEBALL has graphic screens for the entire field with its players and the view from the pitcher's mound, not to mention the many colorful game menus to aid in game play. At any time you may let the computer make the signal, so that one player may play against the computer or even the computer against itself.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$24.95
The Soccer Game
by Wizard Games RUN
Download Disk# 1695
Congratulations, you have just been hired as the new manager of a professional soccer team. Find out if you can handle this exciting job with THE SOCCER GAME, a sports managerial simulation game.
The object of this outstanding game is to become a successful manager of a soccer team. You start out managing a fourth division team and try to work your way up. You select the team players, team matches, and even the team scouts. You demonstrate your skills by trading and buying players, by selecting the best teams to play, by making the best team plays and the best deals.
THE SOCCER GAME uses a database of 1270 players, 100 teams, 100 scouts, 100 treasurers, 100 physiotherapists, 100 managers, and 100 assistant managers.
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$20.00
Statistically Accurate Baseball
by Joe Damore
Download Disk# 2074
Being an armchair baseball manager is a tough job. For all the work you do during the season, the players on the screen never do what you tell them to do. You yell "run for third base" and they stay put at second, or you tell them to bunt and they strike out. Now there's hope.
STATISTICALLY ACCURATE BASEBALL lets you bring together two major league baseball teams, historical as well as current, and let them do battle on the diamond, with you as their manager. You can pit your managerial skills against the computer, a fellow armchair manager, or let two computerized managers go at it head to head.
STATISTICALLY ACCURATE BASEBALL provides you with players from The 1988 Cubs, A's, Bluejays and Giants, as well as The 1950 Red Sox and The 1936 Yankees (over 120 more teams are available from the author). It's the answer to the question of what to do after the World Series. Play ball!
Special Requirements:
A hard drive is recommended.
Author Registration:
$14.00
Games, Board and Dice
African Desert Campaign
by MK Systems RUN
Download Disk# 2972
AFRICAN DESERT CAMPAIGN puts you in command of the Allied or German armies in a World War II fight over the Suez Canal. In this game you're given an equal number of troops and equal amounts of suppliers. You can split your forces, move your troops, and attack your opponent. This is a strategy-based game with limited graphic displays.
Special Requirements:
No special requirements.
Author Registration:
No registration fee.
Aggravation
by Cutlass Software
Download Disk# 1590
At last, the PC has its own version of that old favorite board game, Aggravation. This is the same game that you played as a kid in summer camp or at the dining room table with the family. Play with up to three others or challenge the computer -- you still get your markers sent back to the Start. Play is fast, the computer rolls the dice and you can always reach your men. The only thing missing is that little grin on your older sister's face as she sweetly inquires if you want to play again?
Special Requirements:
CGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Aggression
by Expert Source Code, Inc. RUN (Click S to start, I for instructions, Q to quit)
Download Disk# 2972
AGGRESSION is a board game that combines some of the aspects of checkers and backgammon. Like checkers, each player's game pieces start at opposite sides of the board. You alternate moves, and each player tries to be the first one to get all their pieces to the other side. You can surround an opponent's game piece and return it to its starting place.
Play against a friend or the computer. A fun game with sharp graphics.
Special Requirements:
EGA/VGA and a mouse. Hard drive recommended.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Backgammon
by Software Creations RUN (Type Q to quit)
Download Disk# 708
BACKGAMMON is finally here for your PC! Now you can play against a strong opponent on your own computer. If you've never played before, or you're the champion of your local club, BACKGAMMON will fill the role of instant opponent. For the true afficionado, the program keeps track of points, games, gammons, and backgammons.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$21.95
Bingo
by Richard Metlen RUN
Download Disk# 1913
Being the BINGO caller can be a thankless job, so let the computer do it! BINGO will print as many different bingo cards as are needed for your game, then pick and record the numbers for you.
The program picks numbers between 1 and 75, one number at a time, giving the number plus its line letter designation, as in a regular bingo game.
The program keeps track of the called numbers on a "tote board," to be available for comparison with the numbers on the winning card.
Special Requirements:
No special requirements.
Author Registration:
None.
Board Games
by Helios Software RUN
Download Disk# 993
A trio of classic board games.
PC-PENTE is a game with its roots in the ancient game of Go. The playing field is a grid and the object is simple: either get five of your pieces in a row or capture 10 of your opponent's pieces by surrounding them with your pieces. It is assumed that you already know how to play the game, but in case you don't, Rules.com has a concise overview of the basic strategy of Pente.
PYRAMIDS is a strategy game based on an ancient Egyptian theme. You and the Pharaoh Cheops are vying to discover the other's pyramid before your own is found. The playing pieces include sphinxes, lions, bulls, rams, wolves, hawks, camels, cats, antelopes and a cobra -- each with special powers. You can see your opponent's pieces and your opponent can see yours, but you do not know the rank and power of each until one of you attacks the other.
YAHTZEE is the classic dice game we've all played in which you try to collect pairs, three-of-a-kinds, full houses, and the like for points by rolling six dice. From each roll, you can pick up from one to six of the dice and re-roll them, to try to better the score you receive for the roll. Once a requirement has been filled, you cannot use that roll again. The winner completes his list with the highest total score.
Special Requirements:
A version of BASIC.
Author Registration:
$5.00 to $10.00
Boggler
by Solaris Systems RUN
Download Disk# 2527
An addictive game that's great for get-togethers, BOGGLER is a word game for any number of players.
The game displays a 4x4 square of letters. All players try to build the longest and most unique words in three minutes' time. Connect any letter to any other adjoining letter to form large words. And the challenges lie in the restriction of being able to use each letter in the square only once each word. The only words that count as points are words with three or more letters that are unique to everyone else's!
Special Requirements:
Graphics card.
Author Registration:
$10.00
BORDER
by Cascoly Software RUN
Download Disk# 2147
BORDERS is a battle for turf -- not in the city but on your computer screen. In this strategy game you try to claim more area than your opponent while blocking his attempts to do the same. Players take turns staking out their territory within a rectangular area. Claimed areas can only be in the form of triangles. Your aim is to make the largest triangles (thereby claiming the most area), while thwarting your opponent's attempts at making his triangles. The object is to outsmart your opponent by enclosing more than 40% of the available area to win.
You'll find this easy-to-learn game challenging and fun as you learn the various strategies that make or break your game.
Special Requirements:
CGA or higher graphics.
Author Registration:
$20.00
CD Dot Challenge
by Cam-Don Group RUN
Download Disk# 2421
CD DOT CHALLENGE is an easy-to-play game with over 75,000 different game variations. As easy as it is to play, it requires great strategy to win and is very addictive!
The game board consists of a grid of dots. The object of the game is simple... to draw a line between any two dots. Each time a player draws a line that "closes" a square, that player earns a point and another turn. As simple as this sounds, the strategy can be quite complex!
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$12.50
Chess Tutor
by Pep-Cal Software RUN
Download Disk# 2154
Learn the subleties of famous chess games. Not a lot to read, but lots to learn as you play. CHESS TUTOR is an original and is meant to supplement PRAXIS I, although it is not necessary to run CHESS TUTOR.
Improve your game painlessly.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$14.95
Chinese Checkers by ImagiSOFT
by ImagiSOFT, Inc. View RUN
Download Disk# 2904
IMAGISOFT's extraordinary game of CHINESE CHECKERS for 1-6 players features animated graphics and brings you all the challenge of the traditional board game. As in the board game, to win you must be the first player to move all your marbles to the opposite side of the board.
The 6 players (represented by animated icons, a Dragon, Wind, Flower, Mantis, Tiger, and Peacock) can be played either by people or by the computer.
Special Requirements:
640K RAM and EGA/VGA. Supports a Microsoft compatible mouse.
Author Registration:
$19.95
ASP Member.
Civil War Battle Set
by W. R. Hutsell RUN
Download Disk# 2430
Remember when you played "war" with your friends? CIVIL WAR BATTLE SET can help you relive those days, in the comfort of your home or office!
CIVILWAR is a one-player re-creation of various battles from the American Civil War. Choose either side and command infantry, cavalry, artillery, and general units. Battles are affected by unit type, terrain, leadership, morale, attack type, and other factors. You may modify the game difficulty and the aggressiveness of the enemy, as well as visibility and artillery range. "Spy" on enemy troops, override orders of subordinate commanders, and control intensity of encounters.
You can create or modify battle scenarios, including battle map, army type, strength, and other factors. Name units according to historical battles or choose your own names. And, if you get interrupted during an intense battle, save it and come back to it during your coffee break!
Special Requirements:
CGA and two floppy drives.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Conjecture
by RSE Inc. RUN
Download Disk# 2391
CONJECTURE is similar to a popular TV game show. Spin wheels, guess letters, and try to solve puzzles. The press called it ``exceptional,'' and our customers rave over it.
The graphics are excellent and there is a mode for playing solo or with up to four others. It comes with plenty of puzzles and you can customize the game to suit yourself. CONJECTURE sold nationwide through major retail stores for $24.95 and is now being released as user- supported shareware. It's great fun.
Special Requirements:
A graphics card.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Craps Complete
by United Innovations Plus RUN
Download Disk# 2418
Craps is one of the most popular gambling games found in casinos throughout the world. Now craps can be played from your computer! CRAPS COMPLETE offers the player the same action as you would expect to find at the crap table. All the various wagers are explained in the documentation. These include: pass line, pass line odds, don't pass, don't pass odds, place bets, don't place bets, big 6 & big 8, field bets, come bets & come odds, don't come & don't come odds, proposition bets, hardway bets, craps/eleven, any craps, and the horn bet.
This is one way to become familiar with the game before going to the casinos and learning it the hard way. Enjoy it in your home with others or by yourself!
Special Requirements:
350K RAM, EGA, and MicroSoft compatible mouse. Hard drive recommended.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Crazy Shuffle
by Alive Software RUN
Download Disk# 2014
Test your memory and concentration skills, no matter what your age.
Match colorful cards with other cards or try to match a card with an associated word.
CRAZY SHUFFLE can be a joyful learning experience for young children, an educational program for teens and pre-teens and yet provide a formidable challenge to adults. Select three different games, with five levels of difficulty and three collections of pictures.
The game is menu-driven, provides score-keeping, has on-line help and optional mouse support. Variable speed control and great graphics add to the fun.
Special Requirements:
A graphics card. Mouse is optional.
Author Registration:
$20.00
Cross of Insanity
by Dickinson Software RUN
Download Disk# 2437
CROSS OF INSANITY is a puzzle game of two interlocking rings of colored squares, shaped like a cross. The object of the game is to sort the squares into sequential order so that all the squares are lined up together according to their color. Squares can be moved horizontally or vertically by rotating one of the two rings. The squares are sorted in a random order of four colors. The game keeps a running tally of your score so that you can keep track of your improvement. CROSS OF INSANITY is an easy game to play for both young and old, and it is enough to drive one absolutely insane.
Special Requirements:
CGA, EGA or VGA.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Deluxe Yaht
by Frank J. Grau RUN
Download Disk# 2953
DELUXE YAHT is a very attractive computerized version of the famous Yathzee dice game. In it, you throw five dice and try to match certain combinations (all sixes, full house, straights, etc). You get a different amount of points for different combinations, and the player with the most points after the last throw wins! The computer rolls the dice and you choose the combinations. Old Yathzee players will like this version because the program tracks the scores on-screen with a score sheet that looks like the original paper version. Deluxe Yaht is easy to use, and great fun for adults and children.
Special Requirements:
EGA, VGA. Mouse optional.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Double TroubleTM
by Dickinson Software RUN
Download Disk# 2437
Anyone who loves puzzles will spend many hours trying to figure this one out!
DOUBLE TROUBLETM is a deceptively simple, yet challenging puzzle for young or old. Starting from a scrambled position, the user rotates two intersecting circles of colored balls, grouping them into four color groups. As the color groups are formed, the two intersecting circles promptly break up color groups already formed. Eventually, the balls will be grouped into their proper positions, completing the puzzle successfully. Try again, but for a lower score! The program counts each key press taken to move the balls into position. Help is available at a key stroke!
Special Requirements:
EGA.
Author Registration:
$15.00
DoubleCross
by Solaris Systems RUN
Download Disk# 2527
Here's a strategy game to keep two players busy for a while! Build a bridge that solidly connects both sides of the board...but you must do it while blocking your opponent's attempts to do the same!
Special Requirements:
A graphics card. Supports a mouse.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Empire
by Viable Software Alternatives RUN
Download Disk# 2980
Empire is a different kind of role-playing game. In it, up to four people take on roles of dictators and compete to conquer the world. Each player is given an equal number of armies, and takes turns moving them from country to country, attacking, and being attacked. An interesting twist of this game is that each dictator is assigned a political idealogy and, as you conquer countries, the occupants may be friendly or unfriendly. Friendly countries take less troops to occupy, and unfriendly countries can rebel and throw your troops out.
Use the program's world and continent maps to determine your troop deployments. The maps are nicely designed, and you can use a mouse to move around. When you want to move or attack, all possible choices are displayed on pop-up menus for easy selection. When you do attack, a window opens up and you see small representations of men and tanks blowing each other up. The outcome of any battle is random, with the dictator having the most armies in the battle favored.
Game design and graphics are well done. This is a solid version of the traditional military-strategy game. You can play one-on-one with the computer, but that can be a little boring. The real fun is when you have more than two human adversaries, and that's when the strategy gets interesting and challenging.
Military-strategy games have been around a long time, and Empire has put a pretty face on this traditional game. It doesn't have the fast action of an arcade game, but if you're a fan of military-strategy games, Empire deserves a closer look.
Special Requirements:
512K RAM, EGA/VGA, and high density drive. A mouse is optional.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Kaka!
by TelComm Associates RUN
Download Disk# 2013
Roll six die in competition to remain the highest scoring player in the game. Two to six players take turns to roll "scorable" combinations of numbers. Once a player's turn begins, play continues until the player chooses to quit and take the turn's score or until KAKA! is rolled -- a non-scoring roll of the dice. Directions are provided online and context-sensitive help is a keystroke away. A new feature is saving your game where you left off.
Special Requirements:
Graphics card.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Mah Jongg
by Nels Anderson RUN
Download Disk# 1221
MAH JONGG is based on an ancient Chinese game that has been around for centuries. The object of the game is to remove as many matching tiles from the playing board as possible. Sounds easy, huh?
Not quite. The board has five levels of tiles and the tile you may need might be at the bottom level, out of your reach. There are 65,535 different boards that can be played, which will keep you glued to your computer for many hours.
The game supports Hercules graphics as well as EGA. An UNDO facility, mouse support, and game statistics make it more interesting than ever.
Special Requirements:
Hercules graphics or EGA.
Author Registration:
$15.00
ASP Member.
Mah Jongg -V-G-A-
by Ron Balewski RUN
Download Disk# 2922
MAH JONGG -V-G-A- is a high-tech simulation of the ancient Chinese game of Mah Jongg. Some historians date Mah Jongg back to the time of Confucius -- over 25 centuries ago!
It's believed that sailors and fishermen played Mah Jongg as a diversion from the monotony of their long voyages. The game was originally played with cards, but eventually bone and bamboo tiles were substituted since these were less likely to be blown off the deck. The object of the game was to match tiles, but the tiles had to first meet certain criteria.
MAH JONGG -V-G-A- recreates the beauty and addictive pleasure of Mah Jongg, but uses modern data processing techniques and high-resolution graphics instead of bamboo tiles.
In an attempt to make this game as elegant and as enjoyable as possible, the author has used some of the most advanced features of today's state-of-the-art MS-DOS computers. Not all PC computers are able to run MAH JONGG -V-G-A-. But if yours can, prepare yourself for the meeting of the past and future!
Special Requirements:
640K RAM, VGA, two floppy drives, and a Logitech-compatible mouse.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Mahjong
by ProCon Software
Download Disk# 641
MAHJONG is a Chinese gambling game which arrived in the West in the early 1920's. The origin of the game is unclear but its development has touched on astrology, chess, gambling and, oddest of all, the Earth's magnetic field.
It is a fast moving, dynamic game that becomes addictive with its excitement and intrigue. The basic premise is a card game with 136 cards (or "tiles" as they are called in MAHJONG) requiring both skill and luck. Four players receive 13 tiles each and then pick up and discard tiles as they try to obtain four complete sets and a single pair of tiles.
The game is interesting because of the many combinations possible and the skill required to increase your score. To add further excitement, the fast pace provides little chance for contemplation -- thus developing an "instinct" rarely seen in other games. Three levels of play are provided: beginner, advanced and professional. An entertaining game for the whole family.
Special Requirements:
CGA, EGA, VGA, or Hercules graphics.
Author Registration:
$30.00
Micro Link Otra
by Bob Lancaster RUN
Download Disk# 2493
MICROLINK OTRA is a memory game, a cousin to ``Simon,'' the electronic hit of the late 70's. Take turns replaying an ever-longer sequence of flashing squares generated by the computer. After four rounds, the player with the highest score wins.
Some features include:
From one to seven players.
Accepts keyboard and mouse input and works on all monitors and display adaptors.
Top-ten scoreboard and statistics maintained on high/low/average scores in current session.
Sound on/off toggle.
``Fast'' mode eliminates animation to speed up play.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
Optional
MicroLink Shut The Box
by Bob Lancaster RUN
Download Disk# 2493
MICROLINK SHUT THE BOX is an electronic version of the traditional boardgame of the same name.
A player rolls a pair of dice and then shuts numbered doors which add up to the total on the dice. If a roll cannot be used, the total of all shut doors is added to the player's score, and play passes to the next player. After five rounds, the player with the highest score wins.
Some features include:
From one to seven human players or challenge a ``PC Opponent''.
Keyboard and mouse input as well as MDA/Composite monitor support.
Top-ten scoreboard and statistics kept on high/low/average scores in current session.
Sound On/Off toggle and optional display of dice with dots or numerals.
``Fast'' mode eliminates animation to speed up play.
Enjoyed by adults, kids as young as five or six can play and benefit from the addition skills that the game exercises.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$5.00 suggested
MicroLink Yaht
by Bob Lancaster RUN
Download Disk# 2493
MICROLINK YAHT is an electronic version of the traditional dice game Yacht, now popularized as Yahtzee.
A player rolls five dice, attempting to score in a number of categories (full house, three of a kind, etc). The player may reroll any or all of the five dice for a total of three rolls per turn. After three rolls, the player enters the appropriate score into one of the categories on the scorecard, and play passes to the next player. When all categories are filled, the game is over. High score wins. Players of all ages will enjoy this game.
Some features include:
From one to six human players or challenge a ``PC Opponent''.
Keyboard, joystick, and mouse input plus color monitor support.
Top-10 scoreboard, statistics on high/low/average scores in current session and optional display of possible scores with each roll.
Sound On/Off toggle and optional display of dice with dots or numerals.
``Fast'' mode eliminates animation to speed up play.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
$5.00 suggested
Mine Field
by Expert Source Code, Inc. RUN
Download Disk# 2765
MINE FIELD is a graphical game of logic, deduction and maybe a little luck. Mark all of the mines in a minefield so your troops can make it through safely. Mark all of the bombs or uncover all of the safe tiles and the game is over.
Some of the features of MINE FIELD include:
Superb VGA graphics.
Mouse support.
15 different boards to choose from.
User-selected number of mines.
On-line rules.
Sound toggle.
640 x 480, 16-color VGA resolution.
Special Requirements:
400K RAM, VGA, and a mouse.
Author Registration:
$15.00
NCRisk
by Neil Clasen RUN
Download Disk# 1322
This colorful strategy game, a clone of the Parker Brothers' game Risk, pits you and your army against the armies of up to five other players in a worldwide conflict.
Strategy involves trying to pick up extra armies by occupying whole continents. At the same time, you must protect yourself against unexpected moves by your opponents. Do not expect a short game if your foes are skilled. Conquering the world can be difficult!
Special Requirements:
Hercules graphics, CGA, EGA or VGA.
Author Registration:
$10.00
Nine Men's Morris
by Travis Bailey RUN
Download Disk# 2185
Try a game that has its origins in ancient history! Layouts have been found in manuscripts and tombs, including one cut into roofing slabs in Germany (Muhle). Similar to the game Noughts and Crosses or Tic Tac Toe, it was most popular in the 14th Century, acquiring the name Morris in England. This was possibly due to the board resembling patterns made by Morris dancers.
Play takes place on the 24 intersecting points on the board. Each player attempts to arrange three of his pieces in a line on the board.
Such a line is called a Mill. This entitles a player to remove any one of his opponent's pieces from the board, including any that are themselves forming a mill. A player who can reduce his opponent to two pieces or block him from making a legitimate move wins the game.
This strategic two-player game (the computer won't be an opponent) will make for a challenging and fun evening!
Special Requirements:
CGA or better.
Author Registration:
$5.00
OTH
by Brett D. Bensley RUN
Download Disk# 1523
This delightful Othello-like game was created as a college class project. Well designed and speedy, it was written in Turbo Pascal.
Fortunately, the students made the source code available as part of the package for those interested in programming. With four skill levels, the game permits up to four players. Othello devotees will find the computer is generally a mite smarter than expected when it comes to outflanking their squares. The game works well on both color and monochrome displays.
Special Requirements:
None.
Author Registration:
None.
PC-Jigsaw Puzzle
by Alive Software RUN
Download Disk# 1558
PC-JIGSAW is an educational game of skill and intellect that starts out drawing an image on the screen and then it shuffles the pieces. The object of the game is to assemble the pieces to match the original image on the screen. You can use either the keyboard or a mouse to move the pieces.
PC-JIGSAW is completely menu driven and comes with an on-line help facility to quide you through the operation of the program. You select the image you want from the Images menu and then select Start from the main menu to begin playing. You can view the original image at any time to help you along. You can even change the level of complexity by making the PC-JIGSAW image pieces smaller or larger. The fewer pieces you swap, the better your score. Also, every time you view the image, points are subtracted from your score. PC-JIGSAW comes with four puzzles you can solve. If you like jigsaw puzzles, you will love PC- JIGSAW.
Special Requirements:
CGA, EGA, VGA, MCGA, or Hercules graphics. Optional mouse.
Author Registration:
$15.00
PC-Sherlock
by Sanjay S. Kanade RUN
Download Disk# 2948
PC-SHERLOCK is a "brain" game involving logical reasoning and deduction.
You and your PC play against each other to deduce each other's secret number. PC-SHERLOCK presents your PC as an extremely intelligent player who is tough to win against. Of course, every advantage is given to the human player to ensure that good players can really win against the PC.
Surprisingly, the game becomes more and more exciting as you learn to apply your logic in a more skillful manner. Of course, PC-SHERLOCK is random and there is no fixed strategy or formula to win. So it remains exciting even after thousands of plays.
Special Requirements:
Hercules, EGA, VG, and SVGA graphics adaptors.
Author Registration:
$17.99
PEG SOLITAIRE
by United Innovations Plus RUN
Download Disk# 2223
PEG SOLITAIRE is played on a playing board shaped in the form of a plus sign. The board has 33 holes with 32 pegs. (The center hole of the board is left empty.) The object is to remove all but one of the pegs from the board jumping one peg at a time.
COLOR PEG is a second game. This board has 24 pegs divided into different colored groups of 6 pegs each. The object of this game is to jump pegs until all peg groups have exchanged positions. You win when the top and bottom peg groups have swapped places and the right and left peg groups have done the same.
Both of these games are simple to operate, but difficult to master. Use the keyboard or mouse to move around.
Special Requirements:
512K RAM and VGA.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Pentrix
by Solaris Systems View
Download Disk# 2527
It's Tic-Tac-Toe on steroids! Based on the board game Go-Maku, PENTRIX will test your strategic thinking. You and an opponent take turns placing your game pieces on the board. Outflank your opponent by placing five of your pieces in a row and you've won. The help screens explain the rules and make winning sound easy -- but it's not.
PENTRIX works fine on any system, but has stunning graphics on EGA/VGA.
Works great with or without a mouse.
Special Requirements:
Supports a mouse.
Author Registration:
$10.00
PowerChess
by Werner Wild RUN
Download Disk# 2558
POWERCHESS is one of the best chess playing games on the market today.
POWERCHESS is a full screen, highly graphic chess game designed for both beginners and advanced players. Because of the clearly arranged screen and the complete implementation of international chess rules, POWER CHESS can also be highly recommended for chess classes.
POWERCHESS is filled with outstanding features. It obeys international chess rules, en'passant, 50-move drawing rule, three repetitions of a position recognizes stalemate, and technical draw. The screen displays the chessboard, as well as playing time for Black and White, an index of the last 21 moves, an index of all possible moves concerning the position on the board, announcement of a checkmate in N moves, with computer hints for the next move.
Using the computer hints, you can even have the computer play against itself. Chess moves can even be taken back, in case you change your mind. Different levels of play can be selected, for beginner to highly advanced. The chessboard can be set up in special positions so you can experiment with different types of play.
POWERCHESS provides a library of games and interesting positions which can be easily extended. POWERCHESS can be your own private chess tutor, providing you with hours of enjoyment and learning.
Special Requirements:
512K RAM and CGA, EGA, VGA or Hercules Graphics.
Author Registration:
$42.00
Puzzlers
by Dennis J. Yelton RUN
Download Disk# 2739
PUZZLERS is a puzzle game that has been described as a two-dimensional Rubik's Cube. PUZZLERS has a variety of numbered grids, each containing a colorful pattern, which the computer or another player can scramble by shifting individual rows and columns. Individual moves are shown on the screen as the pattern is scrambled. The object of the game is to unscramble the grid in the least number of moves.
PUZZLERS has two main patterns: checkered boards containing letters of the alphabet and quilt designs. The size of the grid square can range from 3 X 3 to 7 X 7.
Special Requirements:
512K RAM, EGA or VGA monitor.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Reversi
by David W. Parsons View RUN
Download Disk# 2520
An Othello game for the novice and master. Three playing levels and great graphics make it easy and fun for everyone. Developed by nationally-ranked Othello players.
Special Requirements:
EGA or VGA and a mouse.
Author Registration:
$15.00
Roulette EGA
by United Innovations Plus RUN
Download Disk# 2381
This game is for casino players, gamblers, and game players. The casino game of Roulette is played on a layout consisting of 38 spaces numbered 1 through 36, O and OO with 8 different types of wagers that can be made on the Roulette layout. They include a Straight Bet, Split Bet, Street Bet, Square Bet, Line Bet, Column Bet, Dozen Bet, and an Even Money Bet. There are 154 different betting locations on the Roulette layout which vary in payoff odds.
Special Requirements:
350K RAM, EGA, and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
Author Registration:
$25.00
Scramble
by Ted Gruber Software RUN
Download Disk# 2448
SCRAMBLE plays like a familiar crossword board game of a similar name.
It features stunning EGA graphics, optional mouse support, and a 33,000 word dictionary, along with utilities to modify the dictionary or use your own dictionary. Games can be played by one to four human or computer players. If all the players are computer players, SCRAMBLE will play against itself.
An infinite undo feature is included to let you undo all the words back to the first word. A stats screen allows you to see what letters have been played, what words were made, and the point value for each word.
SCRAMBLE can be played at two different skill levels. You've really got to see this one!
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