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- -----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 horse racing
- enthusiasts handicap races quickly and easily.
-
- (GA-09: #2427) LineDrive Fantasy Baseball 6.12 [LD6] (ASP) allows you to
- become owner, general manager, manager, and chief scout of your very own
- team made up of major league stars.
-
- (GA-10: #20026/4482) Action Graphics 2.1 [ACTION21] allows you to build
- things on your screen and animate them. NEW: the ability to display the
- dimensions while resizing an object, five alignment options, full page
- mode to print figures larger than the screen size, and the ability to
- print a figure in landscape mode.
-
- (GA-11: #27632/2802) Bass Class 1.8 [BASSCL] (ASP) is a fishing game and
- tutorial that is both educational and fun to play.
-
- (GA-11: #27632/4001) BassDuel [BASSDU] (ASP) is a two-player fishing
- tournament game.
-
- (GA-11: #27632/1535) BassTour 4.9 [BASSTR] (ASP) is a fishing tournament
- game in which you have complete control of a fully rigged bass boat.
- (Registration: $17)
-
- (GA-11: #4090) FastBreak Fantasy Basketball 3.04 [FB3] (ASP) allows you
- to run a fantasy basketball team of sports professionals from the NBA,
- NCAA or local recreational leagues.
-
- (GA-12: #4851) [Textris] 2.0 (Thomas G. Hanlin III; $12) is a Tetris
- variant that makes you spell words as the letter-blocks fall. NEW: the
- dictionary has been expanded and other enhancements made.
-
- (GA-12: #20154) Trivia Shell Series (ASP):
- [BIBTRV01] Bible Trivia
- [KIDTRV03] Kids (10+) Trivia
- [MA_TRV01] Massachesetts Trivia
- [ME_TRV03] Maine Trivia
- [PRSTRV02] Presidents Trivia
- [TX_TRV01] Texas Trivia
- [VT_TRV01] Vermont Trivia
-
- (GA-12: #20155) Trivia Shell Series (ASP)
- [GENTRV03] General Trivia
- [MVTRV01] Movie Trivia
- [NOVTRV02] Novell Trivia
- [OMWTRV01] Our Mysterious World
- [SCITRV03] Science Trivia
- [SPTTRV01] Sports Trivia
- [TV_TRV01] TV Trivia
-
- (GA-12: #20156) Trivia Shell Series (ASP)
- [CIVTRV01] Civil War Trivia
- [CT_TRV01] Connecticut Trivia
- [HI_TRV01] Hawaii Trivia
- [NH_TRV01] New Hampshire Trivia
- [RI_TRV01] Rhode Island Trivia
- [WLFTRV04] Wildlife Trivia
- [WW2TRV02] World War II
-
- (GA-12: #20157) Trivia Shell Series (ASP)
- [MENTRV01] Men of the World Trivia
- [USATRV01] Around the U.S. Trivia
- [WOMTRV02] Woman of the World Trivia
- [WLDTRV01] Around the World Trivia
-
-
- -----Education
-
- Sir Addalot [ADDALOT]
- Education: Math
- #12589 (ED-06)
- Landmark Solutions; $20
- is an arcade style educational math game for children ages 6-12. It
- features fascinating scenes and games that require math skill to win.
- Requires 386+ and VGA. Mouse supported. <ADDALOT1.PCX> <ADDALOT2.PCX>
-
- Talking Tutors
- Numbers & Tell Time
- #20287 (4 disks) (ED-06)
- PractiComp; registration: $10 each
- Talking Number Machine 1.0 [TNUM10] is designed to help children
- recognize, say, and write numbers from 1 to 9,999,999,999,999. High
- quality digitized speech is used to say the numbers that appear on
- screen.
-
- The program displays interesting number facts with accompanying graphic
- images. Activities include entering numbers as digits, writing numbers
- as words, having the computer speak or write numbers, and counting by
- increments of 1 to 10. Requires 640K, hard drive, 425K, EGA/VGA, and a
- 286 or higher for speech capability. <TNUM10.PCX>
-
- Talking Time Tutor 1.0 [TTIME10] teaches children to tell time. The time
- is spoken using high quality digitized speech. Four different activities
- are included, each with three skill levels. Activities include setting
- the analog clock to match the digital clock, setting the digital clock
- to match the analog clock, setting the analog clock to the spoken or
- written time, and setting the analog clock to a future or past time.
- Requires 640K RAM, hard drive, 640K, and EGA/VGA. A 286 or higher is
- needed for speech capability. <TIME10.PCX>
-
- Able Table 3.3 [ABLE]
- Math, Spelling
- #12584 (ED-12)
- Useful Software Systems; $52
- is a set of programs to help children improve arithmetic, keyboard and
- spelling skills. There is also a word association program, multiple
- choice game, and a calculator game. The program is intended for children
- ages 4 to 8.
-
- For The People [FTP]
- Government
- #12587 (ED-02)
- InfoTek; $13
- contains the complete text of United States Constitutional and the
- Declaration of Independence. It is provided in hypertext format and
- features powerful search capabilities. Requires 512K RAM and EGA.
-
- Wordwise 1.0 [WORDWISE]
- Vocabulary
- #12590 (ED-07)
- RJ Sullivan Associates; $15
- generates multi-choice vocabulary drills. No two drills are ever the
- same. It will enhance speed-reading skills and expand your vocabulary to
- encompass words with vague secondary meanings. Progress is tracked
- graphically and in tabular format.
-
- Metric Tutor [METRIC]
- Units of Measure
- #12588 (ED-12)
- New Software Evaluation; $8
- is a tutorial on linear measure, weight and volume. This program
- includes basic measure concepts, an introduction to the metric system, a
- course on linear measure with text and graphics, a test for linear
- measure, a liquid and volume measure tutorial, a review of Celsius and
- Fahrenheit basics, and an introduction to temperature measure. Metric
- tables and abbreviations are included. Requires hard disk, VGA.
-
-
- ---Quick Looks, Education:
-
- DOS Practice [DOSPRAC] (Phillip; $20) teaches DOS commands and practices
- by asking the user a set of questions on a variety of DOS topics.
-
- Lesson Plans Only 1.0 [LPO] (Frederick Small, ASP; $38) is a lesson plan
- generator. It supports all acute and subacute lesson planning. It
- features a sample lesson plans database and a memo writer that writes
- and prints to any device. Data fields are provided for title, class,
- lesson number, date, length, objective, course, content, method, and
- evaluation. Requires 512K memory and hard disk.
-
- Policy Only Software 1.0 [PPUV1] (Frederick Small, ASP; $50) generates a
- structured care policy. It is intended for the acute and subacute
- facility teaching staff. It features an easy-to-use planning system and
- a sample database.
-
- Teacher's Assistant [TEA] (GBT Publishing; $20) is an integrated test
- generator, exam bank database, student database and grade book program.
- You can automatically create tests using an English-based script
- language. The gradebook allows for a 100% or 4.0 grading scale and can
- graphically curve the grades.
-
-
- ---Updates, Education:
-
- (ED-01: #27653/3092) PC-Learn 6.1 [PCL61A, PCL61B] is a computer
- tutorial that teaches DOS, history of computers, batch files, virus
- prevention, how to use shareware, and more.
-
- (ED-04: #12391) LinguaPro/Spanish 2.20a [LPROSP22] is multi-faceted
- program for serious Spanish students.
-
- (ED-06: #27654/3468) XYSee 4.0 [XYSEE4] (Insight Advantage; $30) is
- designed as an insight enhancing addition to high-school and college
- level studies in Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry.
-
- (ED-10: #27031 [2 disks]) ProGrade System 6.2 [PROGRADE] is a grading
- program for teachers.
-
- (ED-10: #4415) [Trainer] 1.4 is a multiple-choice testing program. NEW:
- removed Olympiad.
-
- (ED-11: #4082) BTS-Equalizer 1.5 [NPBT15] (ASP) allows students or
- teachers to translate class notes and reading assignments into short
- answer and multiple-choice questions. NEW: 4 IQFs on science literacy
- and chemistry and an educational reform glossary.
-
- (ED-12: #20141 [2 disks]) [ET_CAI] 1.24 is a tutorial about electronics
- for high school and college levels. (Registration: $45)
-
-
- -----Home, Miscellaneous
-
- Genealogical Information Manager 2.2 [GIM]
- Genealogy
- #12576 (MS-06)
- David Blaine Wasden and Brian Clark Madsen; $20
- is a full-featured genealogical information manager. It includes the
- basic features of a traditional genealogical database manager including
- GEDCOM compatibility, standard pedigree chart, and family group record
- forms.
-
- Other features include an innovative method of grouping family history
- data into folders, full compatibility with Ancestral File and other
- FamilySearch products, LDS temple ordinances support, source and
- research notes for every vital statistic and for each person and family,
- sophisticated database querying capability, ability to merge new
- information into existing genealogical data, ability to split subsets of
- existing information into smaller data sets, and full utilization of
- available computer resources, including support for EMS memory if
- present. Requires a hard disk. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD
- only.
-
-
- ---Quick Looks, Home:
-
- Birthday Song [BIRTHDAY] plays Happy Birthday through the PC's speaker.
- C source code is included.
-
- Computer Conversion Factors [CFACT] (Microcode Concepts; $22) converts
- between commonly used scientific and non-scientific unit of measurement
- systems. With 176 units and 16 numeric prefixes, over 700,000 derived
- conversions are possible.
-
- Go 'Canes 1.0 [GOCANES] (Robert Terwilliger; $15) is a hurricane
- tracking program. It will plot developing and historical storms and
- contains tracking information from 40 previous hurricanes. Requires VGA,
- text editor.
-
- Matrix Genie & The Carpool 1.1 [GENIE] (Niche Software, ASP; $10) shows
- the mathematics of carpooling. What happens if each month 3% of solo
- drivers were to switch to carpooling? This tutorial provides a method to
- mathematically predict the long term results of behavior changes.
- Animation, morphing and anecdotes about carpooling are included.
- Requires VGA, DOS 3.3+ and a hard disk. <GENIE.PCX>
-
- Music and Video Librarian 3.8 [MVL] (Alpine Software; $29) helps
- organize music and video collections, Hi-Fi and video equipment. It has
- a section to record information about radio stations.
-
- [Patterns] (T.M. Parker; $29) analyzes your weight history and predicts
- your future weight.
-
- PowerSIZE/RES 1.A [PSRBTU] (D. L. Hughes; $99) figures the BTU load on a
- room-by-room basis. It also gives the CFM's and the free-space required
- in square inches for each supply register. Reports include a
- room-by-room summary, and house heating and cooling loads. Pop-up pick
- windows display information such as climate data, U-values, shading
- coefficients, and more. Requires 512K RAM, DOS 3.2+ and a hard drive.
-
- Ranger Tracker 1.0 [RRTR10] (Robert Barrentine, ASP; $35) is a database
- for information on the Scouts and Scouters of an Outpost. It stores
- roster, advancement, attendance, participation, Outpost/Patrol offices,
- Merits earned, and training data.
-
-
-
- The following programs...
- are specialized record-keeping programs for collectors. They are all
- by RCCO Research with a registration fee of $15 each. They all feature
- report writer, label printing, various sort options, calculator,
- text-search, mouse support, EMS support and a wide choice of printers.
- Each requires a hard disk.
-
- StampsNexus 1.0 [STAMPSNX] (RCCO Research; $15) is for stamps.
- BooksNexus 1.0 [BOOKSNX] (RCCO Research; $15) is for books.
- SportsNexus 1.0 [SPORTSNX] (RCCO Research; $15) is for sports cards.
- CoinsNexus 1.0 [COINSNX] (RCCO Research; $15) is for coins.
-
-
- ---Quick Looks, Finance:
-
- LoanValu 4.43 [LOAN443] (C. William Hodgson; $25) is a loan calculation
- program. It will find missing elements and lets you compare loan rates.
-
- [StkPrice] (Albert Feller, ASP; $24) lets you enter, save, and plot
- stock prices. It will also display prices in tabular format. The
- interface is somewhat crude by today's standards, but the program is
- functional and easy to use.
-
- Tax-Sort 1.f [TAXSOR_F] (D. L. Hughes; $24) organizes income and expense
- tax data. Data is organized into categories for easy preparation of US
- or State tax forms. A mileage module keeps track of tax deductions for
- those who use their car for business. Requires 512k RAM and a hard
- drive.
-
-
- ---Updates, Finance:
-
- (Quick Looks) Cash Control 1.0C [CC_PS] (Pipedream Software, ASP;
- $17$25) is a personal or small business checkbook program.
-
- (Quick Looks) Money & Banks 1.4a [M_B] (RCCO Research Associates; $28)
- is a personal banking manager.
-
- (AH-02: #12212) Debt Analyzer 1.21 [DBT121] (ASP) helps to reduce debt
- through loan payment matrix or loan consolidation.
-
- (AH-02: #4881) [EEBond] 10.0 maintains a database of variable rate
- Series E and Series EE Savings Bonds. NEW: bond summary screen and bond
- prediction screen.
-
- (AH-02: #4864) Mortgage Analyzer 1.08 [MRT108] (ASP) lets you do amortization
- schedules, loan qualification, refinancing, mortgage acceleration, side
- by side mortgage comparisons, and mortgage related calculators.
-
- (AH-02: #27110/0143) [PCLOAN5] 5.09 is a loan and mortgage amortization
- application.
-
- (AH-03: #20220 [2 disks]) Owl Portfolio Manager [OPPL] combines graphic
- analysis of stock trends with portfolio management and tracking. NEW:
- updates the Owl Portfolio Price Loader.
-
- (AH-03: #2719) Wall Street-The Bottom Line 6.0 [WALLSTR] is a stock
- market/securities database tracking and analysis package. NEW: the
- ability to view or print an amortization schedule based on loan,
- interest, and time input from the calculator option screens.
-
-
- ---Updates, Home:
-
- (MS-03: #3312) Collect! 2.0 [COLLECT2] keeps track of a variety of
- household collections. (Registration fee: $40)
-
- (MS-06: #27220 [3 disks]) Family History System [FAMILY] is a popular,
- complete genealogy program with reports. NEW: an interface to the 4PRINT
- utility for printing to HP Laserjet, data validation, lifeline format
- for ancestor/descendant/relative reports, and it prints generalized box
- charts.
-
- (MS-08: #27226/1210) Storm 6.11 [STORM611] is a hurricane tracking
- program.
-
- (MS-08: #27812/4565) EarthWatch 3.0 [EARTHWCH] (ASP) is a real-time,
- graphic display of a mercator projection map of the world.
-
- (MS-08: #4342) Travel Points Of Interest 2.0 [TPOI] is a database of
- geographical areas of interests in the U.S. NEW: 700 listings across the
- U.S.A. and you can pick from hundreds of cities and pick the distance
- you want from the city's center.
-
- (MS-10: #27358/2019) [FishBase] 3.0 (Richard A. Olsen; $17) will help
- you keep a diary of things you want to know about your fishing
- activities.
-
- (MS-10: #4099) METRIC-X 2.03 [MX_203] is a metric to inch-pound to
- metric conversion utility.
-
- (MS-10: #12537) You're Hired 1.2 [YH12] is a job interview simulator
- that provides realistic training and experience to prepare you for job
- interviews.
-
- (Quick Look) TripFinder [TRIPFIND] (Lynn Cathay; $20) contains a
- database of vacation/travel packages which can be accessed by selected
- criteria.
-
- (Quick Look) X10 Direct Control 1.41 [X10DC] (D. Huras; $20) sends
- commands to the X10 CP290 Controller.
-