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=====Home:
...games, home accounting/finance, eduation, astrology, collecting, diet,
health, food & drinks, genealogy, home management, science/weather/maps,
vehicle management, misc.
-----Games
---November 1993 Games Additions Disk
Rocket Fighter [FIGHTER]
Arcade Games
Sherwood Forest Software; $15
puts you in the pilot's seat of a rocket fighter plane in deep space.
Your mission is to take out the enemies of the Alliance armed with only
the laser cannon in your ship and your piloting skills. Requires VGA and
a hard drive.
MineField For Everybody 1.0 [MFE100]
Strategy Games
Judah Warshaw; $5
is a minefield game that will run on any system. It supports a mouse,
save and load functions, customizable playing fields and difficulty, and
more.
Roulette [ROUL40].
Casino Games
Dale Nichols; $0
is a 40-number version of the old 36-number roulette gambling game.
PC-Sherlock 1.3 [SHERLK]
Logic/Puzzle Games
Sanjay Kanade; $18
is a game of logic and deduction. The computer competes
against you in deducing a secret number.
Sokoball [SOKOSW]
Strategy Games
Jim Radcliffe; $10
is a variation of the Japanese Sokoban puzzles. The object
of this game is to push the boxes to a designated area to clear the
game board. It features changing floor plans, pop-up barriers and
an editor for creating your own puzzles. Requires a 286+ and
VGA. <SOKOBALL.PCX>
-----New Large Games Disks
Amaze-ing [AMAZE]
Maze Games
#12577 (GA-06)
Sherwood Forest Software; $15
is a game with eight different scenarios/mazes, including pipes,
railroads, Egyptian tombs, and highways. Beware of obstacles such as
trains, robots and invisible walls. Requires VGA graphics and a hard
drive. <AMAZE1.ZIP>
BigBobs [BIGBOBS]
Puzzle Games
#12578 (GA-06)
Sherwood Forest Software; $15
You must guide the waitress at Big Bobs out to the parking lot in search
of a shining star. When hungry dogs, customers, or whatever approach,
you must give them food or suffer the consequences. Be careful of the
customers who may take you for a spin that you will not enjoy. Requires
VGA and a hard drive.
Capture The Flag! 1.3 [CFLAG13]
Strategy Games
#12580 (GA-06)
Richard Carr; $33
is a game in which you must capture your opponent's flag before capture
yours. You can analyze your team's skills, develop tactics and deploy
your teammates using natural cover to intercept and capture the
opposition's raiders.
This has the general look of the global domination type war games, but is
much more peacable. You can play against the computer or against a human
opponent. The program has sharp graphics and requires VGA. <CAPTURE.PCX>
SIMSpace [SIMSPACE]
Space Flight Simulator
#12583 (GA-01)
Rockland Software Productions; $35
is a spaceship flight and combat simulator. The screen is the bridge and
all the controls work via a mouse. You must complete as many missions as
you can before you die.
Features include photo quality bitmapped and rendered graphics with
digital and FM sound, many types of planets, wormholes, matter movers,
shuttles and over 250 different types of missions. Requires VGA, mouse,
3-9MB of disk space and a sound card. <SIMSPACE1.PCX>
Tamper 1.20u [TAMPER]
Board Games
#20303 (GA-05)
Vorco Technologies ASP; $33
is an investment strategy game. Players get rich buying and selling
stock in various companies. It allows one to four players. The first one
with a net worth of $100,000 or more wins the game. Requires 1 meg of
memory, VGA, and a hard disk. Available only on 1.44MB 3.5" disk or CD.
<TAMPER1.PCX> <TAMPER2.PCX>
Combat Zone [CZ]
Strategy Games
#20288 (GA-06)
Rockland Software Productions; $20
is a fast-paced arcade war game. Win as many battles as you can and get
promoted through the ranks. Requires VESA compatible SVGA graphics card
w/1 meg video ram, monitor capable of 1024x768x256 colors, Microsoft
compatible mouse, sound card and 4MB of hard disk space. Available on
1.44MB 3.5" MegaDisk or CD only.
BrainO [BRAINO]
Word & Quiz Games
#12579 (GA-12)
Groff Software; $0
is a challenging set of quizzes that are designed to appeal to adults.
It is consists of four programs asking questions that require quit a bit
of thought.
DinoHunt [DINOHUNT]
Arcade Games
#12581 (GA-03)
Sherwood Forest Software; $15
Help Nicky Neanderthal pursue dinosaurs across the prehistoric
landscape. Get them before they get you! Requires VGA graphics and a
hard drive.
DinosaurTime 2.0 [DINOTIME]
Kid's Stuff
#12582 (GA-10)
Computer Creations; $20
is an animated coloring book. Children can design pictures from the
drawings provided or create their own. There is a wide selection of
coloring tools. Animation can be added to the picture. Pictures can also
be saved to a file or printed. Requires a mouse and VGA. <DINOTIME.PCX>
(See screen shot on cover.)
Ultimate BlackJack 1.2 [ULTIMABJ]
Card Games
#12585 (GA-04)
Accidental Software; $13
is an animated casino BlackJack card game. You can play with any of 12
computer characters. Set the number of decks, match any Casino rules,
monitor game statistics and more. Two card counting systems are
available. Requires EGA/VGA, hard disk and 540K RAM. <ULTIMABJ.PCX>
---Quick Looks, Games:
High Sea Homicide [HIGHSEA] (Sherwood Forest Software; $15) is a murder
mystery game. While on vacation aboard an ocean liner, you find yourself
in the midst of a murder mystery. You must find the killer and bring
them to justice. Requires VGA & hard drive.
Melvin Freebush [FREEBUSH] (Sherwood Forest Software; $15) is a 3-D
adult adventure game where the object is to find the love of your life.
Be careful, the wrong move will get you thrown out of town! Requires VGA
and a hard drive. <FREEBUSH.PCX>
Melgratta [MELGRATA] (Sherwood Forest Software; $15) is an adventure
game in the land of Melgratta. In this place beyond the realm of reality
you will see fairies, elves and wizards. You will find gold and other
treasures. But beware of the forest full of thieves who will attempt to
steal your fortune. Requires VGA.
Mordorventure III 6.0 [MDV] (Rockland Software Productions; $17) is a
role-playing fantasy adventure game. Up to five people can play
simultaneously or play against the computer. We did not get satisfactory
results in testing, as it appeared the game played too quickly on our
machines.
Siege! 1.2 [SIEGE12] (Rockland Software Productions; $12) lets you build
a fortress, levy taxes and raise an army. Build your fort as big as you
can and don't let the enemy capture your leader in combat. Requires
EGA/VGA and a mouse.
[Tank] (Rockland Software Productions; $12) is a *demo* of a tank game.
VGA and mouse required.
Wild Pitch 1.04 [WP10] (Michael Savage; $25) is a text-based baseball
simulation that allows you to test your skills as a big league skipper.
Select lineups, pitchers, steal bases, hit and run, etc. View your stats
at any time. Contains all 1992 American League and National League
teams.
---Updates, Games:
(GA-03: #12586) Protec Pinball 1.06 [PROTEC] is a pinball game. NEW: A
scanned picture replaced the old drawing, and the program is now in
English.
(GA-05: #20022/4644) [Warships] 2.5 is a computerized version of the
game Battleship. NEW: multi-shot mode of play, improved Expert level of
play and smarter random ship placement.
(GA-05: #0884) Mah Jongg 4.1 [MAHJNG41] (ASP) is a solitaire game played
with Chinese tiles.
(GA-07: #27079/2521) Aldersoft's Bowling Secretary 1.5 [ABSEC1] keeps
track of all of your league's secretarial duties. NEW: a set of
functions to perform award maintenance, award checking for the new WIBC
500 and 600 series awards, and the ability to specify the number of
players which can form a legal lineup.
(GA-08: #4687) Handicap Horse Racing [HORSE] is an animated horse-racing
simulation.
(GA-08: #27291/1119) The Cambridge Thoroughbred Handicapper 4.4
[THORO44] (Leonard Hyre and Michael J. Himowitz; $30) helps ho