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GA-11:  Sports Games


Bass Class 1.8 [BASSCL] (11-93 CD)
   Olsen, Richard A. ASP
   $15
   #27632/2802
is a fishing game and tutorial that is both educational and fun to play.
It has excellent animated graphics, a built-in glossary of fishing
terms, mouse support, and three skill levels. Requires EGA and at least
512K of RAM.


(Registration: $17)
BassTour 4.9 [BASSTR] (11-93 CD)
   Olsen, Richard A. ASP
   $17
   #27632/1535
is a fishing tournament game in which you have complete control of a fully
rigged bass boat. You control where it goes, and how it gets there. Your bass
boat has all of the latest accessories, including a trolling motor, a 5 speed
outboard motor, LCD chart recorder, a rod box containing six different fishing
rods, and a fully stocked tackle box we would all be proud to own. Save and
Restore games, and keep records of the largest fish caught. 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.
This looks like a great game for the fishing enthusiast. It even has mosquitoes
to harass the fisherman (thanks a lot!).


BassDuel 1.21 [BASSDU]
   Olsen, Richard A. ASP
   $17
   #27632/4001
is a two-player fishing tournament game. This game contains all the great
features of the popular BassTour game and more. It has six new areas to fish
that are BassTour and Bass Class compatible. Supports a mouse and a joystick.
Requires 512K and EGA.


BaseBall
   Yuma, Russell J.
   $15
   #27708/1577
is played just like the real game with pitching, hitting, stealing bases - all
done with ASCII (text) characters.  Features include three levels of skill,
extra-inning games and scoreboard. A font editor is used to create players
that look more like tiny players. Requires EGA or VGA.


Percentage Baseball
   Withington, Dick
   $5
   #27708/1164
is not so much like playing a game as it is like listening to a game on the
radio.  The program does all the playing based on statistics for each type of
play.  The results of each at-bat and the accompanying descriptions of the play
are varied enough to keep things interesting.  Appropriate tunes and occasional
graphics also liven things up.  The disk has both a color and mono version of
the program, but they looked the same to us - no color.  If you have a fast CPU,
you will need to slow it down to read some of the timed comments.  Roughly
similar to Instant Replay Football (#1052) except that IRF is based on actual
team and player statistics from a prior season.  If you have a fast CPU, you
may have to use SLOW (disk #270) to slow your computer down for this program.


Simbase
   Smith, Philip
   $50
   #27708/1521
will simulate baseball games for serious analysts. It is not a game. It is
intended as a tool for analyzing the value of a particular player or a group
of players to the team over the course of one or more full seasons. It
provides a framework within which you can forecast the likely outcome for a
full baseball season.

You can use the program to help you assess current or historical win-loss
records in the major leagues, or you can use it to help improve the prospects of
your own local team. Play probabilities reflect statistics for individual
caught-stealing, wild pitch and balk records.


Cunning FootBall
   Cunningham, Cass
   $25
   #27678/1428
is a football game you play against the computer. This is the best football
game or simulation that we have seen. While others may let you select plays
but allow you no control over how the plays are executed; some do not even
graphically display the action. CF lets you choose from a large selection of
plays (including punts, kickoffs, and fumbles), displays actions and sounds,
and lets you control key players. Mouse and joystick are supported but not
required. CGA or better video supported.


Field General
   Markert, Rodney B. ASP
   $24
   #27678/2959
is a football game in which you play the computer or another player. Playing
consists of calling the plays. Unlike Cunning Football (#1428), you have no
control over the players while the play is taking place. You can play with
either NFL or WLAF rules.

An interesting feature is the "chalkboard" that shows how each of the football
players move on every play. There are an abundance of game elements which can
be controlled by the user. You can fake punts, fake field goals, and there are
kickoff and receiving options, an instant replay feature, and extensive play
descriptions. Requires a hard disk or 720k+ floppy and 512k RAM.


Soccer Game
   New Era Software
   $20
   #27678/2429
challenges you to become a successful manager of a soccer team. You start with a
fourth-division team and work your way up. The only way to move up is to do such
a good job that when your contract expires, a better team will offer you a
better contract. If you have done poorly, none of the teams will want you and
the game is over. The game uses a database of 1270 players, 100 teams, 100
treasurers, 100 scouts, 100 physiotherapists, 100 managers, 100 assistant
managers. The program does not allow you to save and recall games, which is a
major nuisance. At least one of the screens was written with flashing text,
which is a minor nuisance. Otherwise, this is a well-written, very full-featured
program.


Goal
   Wizard Games
   $25
   #27678/3519
takes you right into the heart of soccer team management. You can select a squad
of 20 players from any of 128 countries. Tactical options are covered with great
detail. You can adjust your players' positioning and tactics from minute to
minute in response to every threat from your opponents.

You'll have to cope with injuries, suspensions, fluctuating player fitness and
confidence. You are provided with a detailed analysis of each player and team,
as you press on to the World Cup playoffs. This is a very interesting
simulation. The program comes to us from Scotland.


1st & Goal Fantasy Football 3.05 [1ST35] 08-93 CD
   Frawley, R.M.
   $35
   #7677/3518
allows you to run a fantasy football league based on the NFL, NCAA, or the CFL.
It will run your player draft, keep track of your league's rosters, calculate
your standings based on any or all of 12 statistics of your choice, print your
league newsletter and keep track of your prize fund. It can be played for cash
prizes or just for fun and can be set up to pay out weekly prizes based on team
performance during the previous week as opposed to season total performance.
Requires 512K, 720K of disk space, and a color monitor.


Fantasy Football Assistant 2.1 [FFA] 09-93 CD
   Muellenberg, Daryl
   $25
   #7677/2709

helps "fantasy football league" commissioners automate record keeping
involved with running a league. It supports up to 8 teams with up to 22
players each. Reports include team rosters, weekly results, and
standings. Many options are availiable, such as division support,
scoring methods (basic, performance, or distance), starting lineup, and
more. Standings can be reprinted without executing the update.


FootBall
   Rankin, Pat and Day, Don
   $10
   #27679/1545
is a database of college football games from 1933 through 1986 and includes a
fast look-up utility.  Information in the database includes, year, team, leading
players, conference winners, bowl game winners, Hall of Fame members, coach of
the year and more.


FootBall Compu-Sched NFL-1990
   Bruzas, John A.
   $10
   #27679/1438
lets you keep track of pro football results. It contains the 1990 schedule,
the 1989 standings, 1989 playoff results, and Superbowl results. It reflects
the switch to the 17 week schedule. Just type in the scores for a week and
this program will provide you with the latest standings. The team logs will
also reflect these new scores.

ALSO ON THIS DISK:

FootBall Scoreboard
    $20
gives you access to the results of more than 4200 NFL games - regular season,
wildcard, playoff, championship and Super Bowl - played since 1970. It will
give you almost unlimited flexibility in how you can look at the game results.
You can print reports over a range of years, for specific teams, conferences
and divisions and more. This is a must for all serious football fans.


NFL Scorekeeper
   Eastside DataGraphics
   $25
   #27679/2053
will compare two teams on-screen, with graphics (color only). The first seven
weeks of data for 1989 are included. The 1989-1990 schedule is built-in. You
can enter game results from the newspaper. The program displays a variety of
statistics, such as run-pass tendencies. We tried it for the games in the
Houston Oilers recent home stand and the program was remarkably close. It
predicted the winner correctly in all three games and was pretty close on the
scores of a couple of them.


Defense
   Lee, Fred
   $45
   #7792/4252 [2 disks]
is a computerized football game that gives you more control than similar games.
You do the tackling, blocking, passes, runs, draw plays, field goals, sacks,
interceptions, fumbles, and so on. It demands skill and quick reflexes. It can
be played by up to four players or against the computer.

The documentation refers to a practice game, which the author did not include,
but which really isn't necessary if you read the documentation first. The
program may not run on some machines. Requires 500K of free memory. Supports a
mouse and joystick.


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20021/2506 Golf Games          Small Programs Disk
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Micro Golf (MICGOLF)
   Milsoft
   $0
is a miniature golf game with three courses. It is a much more sophisticated
game than Poko Memorial Miniature Golf, below, but Poko seems to require more
skill, perhaps because you are forced to play more bank shots. Also, on our
386, the movement of the ball was too fast to be seen.

Poko Memorial (MINGOLF)
   is a two-course miniature golf game. The graphics are very crude, but the
game is fun to play. Both this and Micro Golf allow multiple players.

Teed-Off (TEEDOFF)
   Hendricks, Kevin
   $0
is a golf game. After our December 1992 article on golf games, we were
sent this old game of golf for the PC. The graphics are as crude as you
would expect from an old program, but the play of the game is still
entertaining and control of the club swing is similar to the retail golf
games.

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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2506
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CaddieHack
   MICODE Developments
   $15-$24
   #20021/2135
is a golf game that comes in two versions, one for EGA/VGA and the other for
CGA. The graphics are detailed, colorful, and fast. Club swing and control are
identical to Mean-18's, although the distances for club selected do not seem
as accurate to us.


PC Pro-Golf
   CMA Software
   $20
   #20021/1413
is a color graphics golf game in which the user may select clubs, direction
and force of swing. Unlike the commercial game, Mean-18, the force of swing is
selected in advance and you have no real-time control over the actual swing.
Nevertheless, the game is entertaining and the graphics are good, with water,
sand, woods, buildings, roads, out-of-bounds areas and more. The program is
also compatible with all models of the Tandy 1000.


Mean-18 Courses
   #7088-7099/1237 [11 disks]
is a set of courses for Mean-18. "Mean-18" is a commercial program sold by the
PsL in its Retail Products section, but we highly recommended it long before
we started selling it. We find it particularly entertaining to play a course
on "Mean-18" the same time the pros are playing the same course on TV. The
first five disks are available for $6.99 as MegaDisk Set #7088. The next six
disks are Set #7089.

#7088:
#1: Avenel, Barricad, Bocawdsn, Bocawdss, Butler, Colonial, Firestone,
    FirstOaks, Jaycee
#2: ClubSpud, Kearsage, KulaClub, KvekClub, MaskRd, Merion, OaklandH, Oakmont.
#3: Palace, Pinehurst, PineValley, RicksGC, Toxic, TPCSWGRS, Westhills,
    Woodlands.
#4: Amazon, Augusta, BallBust, BearCreek, Beijing, Belvedere, Brazoria and
    Brewsky.
#5: Brixii, ChipPutt, Coors, Cypress, Deerwood, Devil, Dodadune, Eldorado and
    Elling.

#7089
#6: Fishwarf, GreenMtn, HackHaven, Harbour, HellsBells, Indian, Invernes,
    Isles, Lakeview, and LakeTahoe.
#7: Doral, HoustonOpen, Lochness, Lordsrev, LuvCanal, Maverick, Memorial,
    Mystic, and National.
#8: Nitetime, Oakland, Paradise, Pawnee, PGAtuff, Pines, Redwood, Sawgrass,
    Sentry, and Shorty.
#9: SleepyHollow, Spring, StAndrew, Surrey, Swamp, Treeline, Tropics,
    Turnbery, Ultimate, and USAtoday.
#10: CSN, Walden, Waterford, Waterloo, WaterWd, Windmill and Zarhill.
#11: King's, Queen's, RiverBn, MyIslnd, Abbey, Lakota, Cajun, Caledon,
     Water2.


Mean-18 Utilities
   Taylor, Michael C.
   $10-$15 each
   #1324
is a set of programs for use with Mean-18. Golf-Pro, Mean-18 Menu System, and
GolfMaster each allow hard disk users to keep courses ARCed. Golflog
consolidates Hall of Fame scores for organized reports. Caddy is a pop-up table
that tells how far the ball will travel for each club for 3 types of swings.
Also included are the following user-designed courses: ENGLISH, ESYACRE,
REVENGE, FRNCURSE.


Mean-18 Tips/Courses
   Various
   $0
   #1445
contains three fictitious courses in a challenging setting and are designed for
the advanced player.  CICERO OAKS was designed by Bob Kula.  WATERBURY was
designed by Jim Kvek.  BULLWINKLE LINKS was designed by Bob Kula, Jim Kvek and
John Vasconcellos.  The disk also contains a text file with a score card for
each course with the yardage for each hole.  Another file contains ideas for
interesting variations in playing Mean-18.


NFL-Aid
   Competitive Edge Software
   $20
   #4012
contains statistics from the last 3000+ NFL games intended to help in
handicapping NFL football games. It provides five screens of information,
including Win/Loss/Tie summaries, average points scored, head-to-head results, a
recap screen with all of the previous games that have been reviewed, a computer
pick with game results, and a current standings screen.


FastBreak Fantasy Basketball 3.04 [FB3] (11-93 CD)
   Frawley, R.M.
   $35
   #4090
allows you to run a fantasy basketball team of sport professionals from the NBA,
NCAA or local recreational leagues. It will keep track of player draft,
18-player team rosters, starting lineups, player contracts, fees and fines,
league standings based on eight categories and a prize fund. You can also print
out a league newsletter.

This program is a multi-player game in which each participant forms his own
team. It can be set up to play just for fun or for cash prizes. Team results are
based on the actual game statistics of players in real games. Requires 720K of
disk space and a color monitor.


Olympiad
   Rankin, Pat and Day, Don
   $15
   #1453
is a database of Olympic Games data from 1896 through 1984.  Each data entry
includes the year, event, winner of the gold, winner's country and score,
whether the event was for men, women, or couples, and whether the event was a
summer or winter game.

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