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- -----Games
-
- -----September 1993 Games Additions Disk
-
- Crossword Construction Kit. 1.2 [CCK]
- Crossword Puzzles
- Kijin Jung; $19
- creates a 15x15, diagonally symmetrical crossword puzzle. It outputs the
- grid and solution as EPS files for a professional appearance. Clues can
- be saved separately as text files, which you may format as you desire.
-
- Chess Replay 3 [CHESSRP]
- Chess
- Chessrpl Software; $20
- allows you to store chess games on disk and have the PC display them on
- screen move-by-move. Sample games are included. Requires VGA.
- <CHESSRPL.PCX>
-
- HE 1.1 [HE_V11]
- Card Games
- Austin E. Bryant; $40
- is a computerized version of Texas Hold 'Em. It does not have graphics
- as fancy as some games, but it is an excellent program for training to
- play in the real world.
-
- Protec Pinball [PROTEC]
- Pinball Game
- Wilfried Lottermoser; 35 German Marks
- is a pinball game. The intro screens are in German, but there is a
- README file in English with instructions, and that's all you really need
- to play pinball. The action was a little too fast on a 486-66, but was
- still playable. <PROTECS.PCX>
-
- GinRummy 4.2 [GINRUM]
- Card Games
- David Teach; $any
- lets you play Gin against the computer. Features include selectable gin,
- game and knock scores, optional Oklahoma rules, game difficulty, and
- more. <GIN_SCR.PCX>
-
-
- -----Games - Large Programs
-
- A number like "#20221" is a disk number from PsL's catalog.
- A category like "(GA-02)" is the category ID from PsL's catalog and is also
- a cross-reference to PsL's Reviews files in the \REVIEWS directory.
-
- 3D-Cribbage [CRIBBAGE]
- Card Games
- #20233 [2 disks]
- Mark R. Juneau; $25
- is the classic card game of cribbage. You play against the computer. It
- features a self-scoring cribbage board. Requires VGA. <CRIBBAGE.PCX>
-
- Executioners [EXECUTE]
- Arcade Games
- #20234 (GA-03) [2 disks]
- Bloodlust Software; $35
- is an intense fighting game for 1 or 2 players. It features a total of
- eight fighting moves, and machine guns, and a variety of strange
- super-villians. It also features music and digitized sounds effects.
- Requires VGA and 386+ with at least 1 meg of expanded memory.
- <EXECUTNR.PCX>
-
- Major Stryker 1.4 [STRYKER]
- Arcade Games
- #20235 (GA-03)
- Apogee Software; $34
- is a shoot-em-up space combat game. You pilot a high-powered space ship
- through space stations, lava caves and alien cities. Features include
- triple-parallax scrolling, EGA/VGA highspeed animated graphics, Ad Lib
- and Sound Blaster support, cinematic sequences, joystick support, a demo
- mode, and the ability to save/restore up to 10 games. Available on 3.5"
- 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only. <STRYK000.PCX>
-
- Monster Bash 2.1 [BASH]
- Graphical Adventure Games
- #20236 (GA-01)
- Apogee Software; $39
- is a horror adventure game with gruesome graphics. Johnny Dash must save
- his dog from the underworld of Count Chuck.
-
- The program features 8 megs compressed animated and scrolling EGA/VGA
- graphics, digitized sound and voice effects, Ad Lib and SoundBlaster
- support, uniquely animated monsters, opening and closing
- animated/cinematic sequences, joystick support, three skill levels,
- save/restore up to 10 games, built in hints, and many secret places and
- bonuses. Requires a 286 or faster. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and
- CD only. <BASH01.PCX> <BASH02.PCX> <BASH03.PCX>
-
- Scud Atak2 1.0 [SCUDATK]
- Arcade Games
- #12439
- David Peterson; $10
- is a missile-attack type game. Although this is an update, we are giving
- it a fresh write-up because it is such a massive improvment over the old
- version. The original had excellent graphics, but was too simple (only
- one missile at a time) and poor sound.
-
- This version still has excellent graphics and has added a synthesizer
- music soundtrack and digitized sound effects and speech (with sound
- cards), and joystick and mouse support. With the multiple missiles and
- aircraft, this is now a very challenging and enjoyable game. (Included
- on the CD with special permission of the author.)<SCUDATAK.PCX>
-
- Space Chase I: City Under Siege [STORM1]
- #20237 (GA-03)
- Safari Software Productions; $19-$34
- Jason Storm battles the forces of evil for control of a vast city.
- Features 10 levels of play, excellent EGA/VGA graphics, and original
- Adlib/SB music tracks. Requires 286-16+, 530K RAM (580K and sound card
- for music), EGA/VGA and 2MB of disk space. Preinstalled in DOS\STORM on
- the CD. <STORM.PCX>
-
- Patience Abroad 1.0 [ABROAD]
- Card Games
- #12438 (GA-04)
- CoCoWare/David A. Cowles ASP; $10
- contains nine foreign Solitaire card games and puzzles. Games include
- The Great Wall, Monte Carlo, Four Kingdoms, Sir Tommy, Russian Patience,
- Beleaguered Castle, and more. No graphics required.
-
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- Games Quick Looks:
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- CAD's LottoTexas Software 1.2 [LOTTOTX] (CAD Computing; $15) graphs,
- analyzes, and displays past winning Texas lottery numbers. It will
- generate number picks for you. This demo version will not save new data.
- <LOTTOTEX.PCX>
-
- [FLotto] v4.0 (PC Light, ASP; $20) is a lotto program for any Pick 3, 4,
- 5, 6, & 7 lottery game. It offers wheeling for up to 50 numbers. It does
- random and filtered quick picks. It calculates odds and keeps track of
- winning numbers.
-
- Global War 3.0 [GLOBEWAR] (Rockland Software Productions; $20) is a
- Risktype war game. Features include bitmapped graphics, digital and FM
- sound, navy, air, carriers, airborne, bases, supply rules, nukes,
- reenforecements, multi-attack, and more.
-
- Roulette 40-Number [ROUL40] (Dale A. Nichols; $0) is a simple,
- ASCII-based version of roulette, of interest primarily to those without
- graphics.
-
- Universal Hint System 1.5 [UHS] (Jason Strautman; $10-$15) is a set of
- hint files for 58 different games. These games are mainly adventures
- including most Sierra and Dynamix adventures: Alone In The Dark,
- Goblins, Indy 3 and 4, Monkey Island 1 and 2, Spellcasting 101 through
- 301, and more.
-
- CFP Toy Box 3.05 [TOYBOXS] (Steve Schustack; $20) is a collection of
- toys for children. The toys enable one to create colorful drawings, play
- and replay music by making the PC's keys act like the keys of a piano,
- listen to computer generated music, see the time and date, and even take
- a trip to another universe.
-
- [YahWho] (Keith Greer; $0) is a computerized version of Yahtzee. BP7-TV
- source code is included. <YAHWHO.PCX>
-
- Games Updates:
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- (GA-02: #20016/3640) [HUMBUG] 4.5 is a hilarious all-text adventure game
- with a decidedly English twist. ($20)
-
- (GA-03: #20165) [Oxyd] 3.9 is an incredible arcade/puzzle game.
-
- (GA-03: #3097) [QUATRIS] II+ 1.0-S2 is a top-notch Tetris-like game
- featuring an impressive 3D graphical user interface, bombs, robots,
- extended shapes, and numerous other advanced features. ($25)
- <QUATRISS.PCX>
-
- (GA-04: #27078/1599) Blackjack! 2.40d [BLACKJAC] ASP is a completely
- accurate simulation of the game Blackjack or 21.
-
- (GA-04: #27280) The Big Games Package [TEGL1, TEGL2, TEGL3, TEGL4] (TEGL
- Systems Corp.; $35) is a set of games for EGA/VGA. The following were
- updated this month: Mille Bornes, Mahjong Solitaire, Klondike Solitaire,
- and Big2. <KLONDIKE.PCX>
-
- (GA-04: #27672/1973) Patience 10 4.0 [PATENC40] (ASP) is a program with
- ten distinctly different versions of solitaire selectable from a menu.
-
- (GA-05: #0884) Mah Jongg 4.1 ASP [MAHJONGG] is a solitaire game played
- with Chinese tiles.
-
- (GA-05: #4648) Moraff's Morejongg 3.0 [MOREJONG] is a unique
- implementation of the ancient tile game Mah-jongg.
-
- (GA-08: #27288/1879) Pro Football Linemaker 3.0 [PFL] predicts the
- results of football games. NEW: statistics from 1992-1993's football
- season.
-
- (GA-09: #27079/1522) Bowl-101 12.2 [BOWL101] (ASP) is a bowling league
- management program.
-
- (GA-11: #27677/2709) Fantasy Football Assistant 2.1 [FFA] helps fantasy
- football league commissioners automate record keeping involved with
- running a league. NEW: divisions for 8 team leagues, 22-player team
- rosters, support for team quarterbacks and kickers, enter and report
- transactions and team owner information, customizable point values for
- the performance and distance scoring methods, importing, and an NFL
- roster list.
-
-
- -----Home, Misc.
-
-
- Anytime/Suntime 1.2 [ANYTIME]
- Time Tables
- #12441 (MS-08)
- RejTech; $5-$7
- Anytime shows the current time for up to 11 cities world-wide. Suntime
- shows sunrise/sunset times, as well as other information, for a city
- selected from a database of over 1300 cities. <ANYTIME.PCX> <SUNTIME.PCX>
-
- Bond-Tech's Bond Calculator 1.0 [BONDCALC]
- Investment
- #12442 (AH-03)
- Bond-Tech, Inc.; $52
- computes statistics for notes, bonds, money markets, odd coupons, and more.
- Computations include price, yield, yield equivalents, modified duration,
- convexity, horizon returns, dollar extensions, and more. <BONDCALC.PCX>
-
- LaserMax for Managing Your Money 1.25 [LMYM]
- Check Making
- #12443 (AH-01)
- LaserMax Software, Inc.; $49
- prints MYM checks using a HP PCL Laserjet compatible printer. Checks are
- printed on blank check stock for a fraction of the cost of preprinted
- checks. Signatures and logos can be printed on checks. It is compatible
- with both the HP and CHEQsys MICR encoding systems and comes with the
- Elfing MICR soft font.
-
- LaserMax for Pacioli v1.25 [LPACIOLI]
- Home Accounting
- #12444 (AH-01)
- LaserMax Software, Inc.; $49
- produces complete checks using blank check stock and any HP LaserJet+
- compatible printer, Pacioli 2000. Seven types of checks can be printed
- including Pacioli and Quicken Laser styles. This package includes the
- Elfring MICR soft font, support for the HP MICR system, and laser generated
- signatures and logos.
-
-
- -----Quick Looks
-
- --Quick Looks, Home, Miscellaneous:
-
- [CDMusic] (Wolf Kurtz; $0) reads info from music CDs, lets you enter disc
- and track names, and saves it in Paradox-compatible data files. Requires
- CD-ROM drive and a Paradox compatible database. C source included.
- <CD_MUSIC.PCX>
-
- Cubmate Lite 1.2 [CUBMAT12] (Kevin Coleman; $35) keeps track of cub scout
- packs/dens. Features include nine pages per scout, adult leader tracking,
- mail merge, several reports, book inventory module, pack/den inventory and
- financial modules, permission slips and more.
-
- G-ScoutMate 1.1 [GSMATE11] (Kevin Coleman; $35) keeps track of girl scout
- troops. Features include 22 pages per scout, adult leader tracking, mail
- merge, several reports, book inventory module, troop inventory and
- financial modules, new try-its, permission slips and more.
-
- Label Master and Catalog 1.0 [LMASTER] (Lenn Gutierrez; $23) is an audio
- tape label printer and catalog. It categorizes and prints tape labels on
- Epson Fx, Lx or compatible printer. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and
- CD only.
-
- Scoutmate 3.2 [SCOUT32] (Kevin Coleman; $35) keeps track of boy scout
- troops. Features include nine pages per scout, adult leader tracking, mail
- merge, several reports, merit badge book inventory module, troop inventory
- and financial modules, permission slips, merit badge counselor module and
- more.
-
- [ESPTest] 1.0 (Phil Mosier ASP; $40) is an extrasensory perception test. It
- records your attempts to guess cards using clairvoyance, or precognition.
- Pascal source code is included.
-
- Personal Possessions 1.0 [POSSESS] (Relative Software Innovations; $20) is
- a collection of programs to organize your personal property. It keeps track
- of audio, video, and home inventory. Multiple sort and print options are
- included.
-
- TripFinder [TRIPFIND] (Lynn Cathay; $20) contains a database of
- vacation/travel packages which can be accessed by selected criteria. (See
- screen shot.) Information is provided for cruise, tour and resort
- categories. Requires 4+MB of disk space, 640K RAM. (Preinstalled:
- \DOS\TRIP) <TRIPFND.PCX>
-
- X10 Direct Control 1.3 [X10DC] (David Huras; $20) sends commands to the X10
- CP290 controller. It features a point and click DOS character interface.
- It also supports a ON/OFF/DIM for multiple unit codes, self-test, set base
- house code, set time and x10.dat file format.
-
-
- --Quick Looks, Financial:
-
- CheckStar III [CHKSTR] (Salim Sindhi & Bob Simpson; $20) is a check
- management program that tracks fixed and estimated expenses.
-
- The Living Assistant - Financial Module 0.5 [TLA_FM] (Custom Computer
- Systems; $20) is a checkbook, savings, and budget management program. It
- can handle multiple accounts for multiple people.
-
- Money & Banks 1.4 [M_B140] (RCCO Research Associates; $28) is a personal
- banking manager. It keeps records for personal, professional or business
- banking.
-
- Stock Analyst 1.0 [STOCKANA] (Visionary Software ASP; $60) is a stock
- analysis program. Features include buy/sell analysis of stocks, line, bar,
- p&f charts, room for up to 1,500 stocks with 32,000 prices each, and more.
- We found the program's input to be cumbersome and to have poor error
- recovery/trapping, but the graphs and analysis are worth a look.
-
-
- --Quick Looks, Education:
-
- PC Storybooks 2.0 [PCSTORY] (Rebecca Thomas; $20) are short graphical
- stories intended to introduce pre-schoolers to computers. Graphics are CGA
- and not very fancy, but should still be of interest to young children.
-
-
- -----Updates
-
- --Home Updates:
-
- (AH-01: #12190) Financial Wizard 5.4 [FINWIZ] is an investment and loan
- analysis program.
-
- (AH-01: #4950) Lasermax For Quicken 1.25 [LMQ] is for printing your own
- checks for use with Quicken.
-
- (ED-06: #4953) Skill-Oriented Algebra [SOA] generates printed algebra
- exercises and tests for elementary to junior high students.
-
- (ED-11: #12029) Total Recall 3.02 [TTLRCALL] lets you create computerized
- study programs. NEW: DOS 6.0 support.
-
- (MS-01: #4719) Personal Numerologist 2.11S [PNUMER] produces professional
- looking, in-depth personality reports based on a name and birth date.
-
- (MS-02: #12445) Murphy's Law [MURPHY] displays one of Murphy's laws or some
- other clever quote each time you boot up. NEW: additional text files
- including quotes of wisdom, aphorisms and unusually stupid pronouncements
- by famous intelligent people. C source is included.
-
- (MS-07: #4428) Around the House 1.43 [HOUSE] (ASP) is an information
- manager for the home.
-
- (MS-07: #20033/4335) [SMART10] 1.9 ASP is an X10/CP290 home control system.
-
- (MS-08: #27228/2491) [Whist] 3.0 calculates and prints weather histograms.
-
- (MS-09: #27230/3020) Vehicle Record System Plus 2.0 [VRS] is a
- comprehensive vehicle management system for homes and businesses. ($70)
-