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=====Games
Contents:
=====Games
=====Education
=====Home, Financial
=====Home, Other
=====Games
Contents:
-----Graphic Adventure Games
-----Text-Based Adventure Games
-----Small Arcade Games
-----Large Arcade Games
-----Board/Strategy Games
-----Logic/Puzzle Games
-----Game Management
-----Kid's Stuff
-----Word & Quiz Games
-----Other Games
-----Graphic Adventure Games
The Enigma [ENIGMA] (Judith E. Bagai, reg. fee: $0) is the monthly
publication of The National Puzzlers' League, founded in 1883. Each edition
of The Enigma is filled with word puzzles designed to challenge and
entertain all levels of puzzle enthusiasts.
---Updates: Graphic Adventure Games
(GA-01) Rooms of the Abyss [ABYSS] (Martin Binder, reg. fee: $2) is a 3-D
role-playing adventure game.
-----Text-Based Adventure Games
Sir Guy Gallant [GALLANT] (Eddie R. Wright, reg. fee: $10) ("... & The
Deadly Warning") is a mystery adventure game. It is set in mid-17th century
England on the property of Gallant Hall. You, as Sir Guy Gallant, a
cavalier knight of that era, must discover clues as to who killed your
father, the late Sir James.
---Updates: Text-Based Adventure Games
(GA-02) LoveFire 1.2 [LOVEFIRE] (Timothy Campbell, reg. fee: $0) is a
branching story program.
-----Small Arcade Games
ATC-Game 1.0 [ATCGAME] (Eddy Van de Winckel, reg. fee: $40) is an Air
Traffic Control simulation. You are in charge of the terminal area of a
medium sized international airport. It is your job to vector the departing
traffic to the appropriate airway and the arriving traffic to the
appropriate runway, maintaining sufficient separation between aircrafts.
<ATCGAME.PCX>
-----Large Arcade Games
Halloween Harry 1.1 [HARRY] (Apogee Software Productions, reg. fee: $35)
Aliens have landed in New York City and are intent on turning humans into
mindless zombies in their conquest of the universe. Harry is our only hope
in defeating their ghoulish advances.
Help Harry blow away the aliens with an arsenal of weapons, including flame
throwers, missiles and grenades. Rescue the captives at each level before
finding the way out and on to the next adventure.
Halloween Harry comes complete with a colorful tutorial, fantastic,
scrolling, perspective-based graphics and three skill levels.
Requires a 386 or better and 256-color VGA. It supports Joysticks, gamepads
and Sound Blaster compatible sound cards. <HARRY1.PCX>
PLIX 1.0 [PLIX10] (William Soleau, reg. fee: $) is a puzzle stratagy game
similar to Alpha Man (by the same author). The objective is to push and
position patterned tiles onto their matching negative image at the bottom
of the game board.
It sounds easy, yet the tiles will continue to slide in the direction
you push them until they hit another tile or the side of the game board.
Requires EGA/VGA monitor.
Raku Master 1.0 [RAKU] (William Soleau, reg. fee: $) is a logic game for
serious puzzle lovers. The object of the game is to flip all the red tiles
back to gray in as few moves as possible. The Raku Master will tell you
the exact number of moves in which he can solve the puzzle. If you don't
believe him, he will show you. Requires EGA/VGA. <RAKU1.PCX>
---Updates: Large Arcade Games
(GA-3a) Crusher Castle II 1.1 [CRUSHER2] (William Soleau, reg. fee: $12) is
the sequel to Crusher, the adventure strategy game.
(GA-3A) Graviton 2.03 [GVT203] (Daniel A. Sill, reg. fee: $10) is an
excellent simulated vector graphics space game.
(GA-3a) OilCap 6.1 [OILCAP61] (William Soleau, reg. fee: $12) is similar to
the game Pipe Dream. Contain the flow of oil before it reaches a dead end.
(GA-3A) Wall Pipe 1.1 [WALLPIPE] (William Soleau, reg. fee: $12) is a
sequel to Oilcap.
---Updates: Card and Casino Games
(GA-04) $mart Gambler 1.5 [GAMBLER] (Roy Schoenbeck, ASP; reg. fee: $43-46)
is a casino gambling tutor.
-----Board/Strategy Games
DOTSO 1.0 [DOTSO10] (William Soleau, reg. fee: $12) is a puzzle game based
on the classic connect-the-dots theme. Play against the computer to capture
as many squares as you can by drawing lines to create four sided boxes.
Requires EGA/VGA monitor.
Marble Guess 1.1 [MARBL11] (Blueview Software, reg. fee: $15) is a
rendition of the classic game of Master Mind. You try to guess the hidden
marbles in the least amount of chances. Requires VGA/MCGA and a mouse.
Requires VGA and a mouse. <MARBL11.PCX>
Everything You'd Ever Wanna Know About Scrabble 1.0 [SCRABFAQ] (Steven
Alexander, reg. fee: $0) is a collection of facts about the game of
Scrabble. It includes information about tourney rules for U.S. and Canada,
tips on playing a better game and lists of Scrabble-related books,
periodicals, and software.
Three-O 1.0 [THREE_O] (DeQueen Software, reg. fee: $18) is a board game
similar to tic-tac-toe with numbers. The object is to get three of your
numbered tiles in a row, at which point you score the sum of their numbers.
Requires two people to play each other. <THREE_01.PCX>
-----Logic/Puzzle Games
Crypto-Mania 2.21 [CRYPMAN] (Don L. Dow, reg. fee: $15) is a game of
cryptograms, which are sentences or phrases written in code, one letter
substituted for another. You must decipher the code and reveal the phrase.
There are 250 puzzles included. Requires 640K RAM.
Cryptik: Encoded Jigsaw Puzzle 1.4 [CRYPT] (Cascoly VGA Puzzle Sets, reg.
fee: $15) is a set of Jigsaw puzzles for the PC. The puzzle you choose is
encoded to show its major colors, then the pieces are jumbled. All puzzles
feature original photography. Requires VGA and mouse.
Reactor 1.0 [REAC1] (Scott Andrews, reg. fee: $0) is a maze game similar to
the author's AMAZE. Find your way through this maze inside of a nuclear
reactor using your mouse to move forward, left and right. Don't take too
long or you may die from overexposure. <REACTOR.PCX>
Super Croc [SUPRCROC] (Dave Culbertson, reg. fee: $2) is a challenging
puzzle game. The objective is to remove as many crocodiles as you can by
jumping one over another. It features animated exploding crocodiles.
Requires EGA/VGA. <SUPRCROC.PCX>
---Updates: Logic/Puzzle Games
(GA-06) Alpha Man 1.1 [ALPHAMAN] (William Soleau, reg. fee: $12) is an
addictive problem solving puzzle.
(GA-06) Bolo Adventures III 1.1 [BOLO3] (William Soleau, reg. fee: $12)
save Mr. Bolo from the traps.
(GA-06) Mice Men 1.1 [MICEMEN] (William Soleau, reg. fee: $12) challenges
you to guide your 12 mice across the playing area before the computer's
mice make it across the opposite direction.
(GA-06) Squares 1.2 [SQUARE] (Geoff Friesen, reg. fee: $25) is an 11k
pop-up game whose object is to turn all the squares black.
-----Game Management
Bowling Assistant 5.31 [BA531] (Richard G. Marchessault, reg. fee: $0) is a
versatile, easy to operate bowling league record keeping program that can
eliminate the hours spent each week manually updating your league records.
As soon as the scores are entered the program takes care of all the record
keeping details.
-----Kid's Stuff
Bert's Prehistoric Animals 3.2 [BPA] (Theron Wierenga, reg. fee: $20) is a
coloring program for children. The child places prehistoric animals on a
variety of backgrounds and colors the picture. A voice feature allows the
animals to speak their names. A window is provided for children to write a
short story about their picture. The image and story can be printed out.
Requires 512K, VGA and a mouse. <BPA1.PCX>
<BPA2.PCX>
Bert's Whales and Dolphins 3.2 [BWD] (Theron Wierenga, reg. fee: $22) is a
coloring program featuring sea mammals. Its features are similar to Bert's
Prehistoric Animals. <BWD1.PCX>
<BWD2.PCX>
Bert's Christmas 3.2 [BXMAS] (Theron Wierenga, reg. fee: $20) is a coloring
program featuring Christmas images. Its features are the same as Bert's
Prehistoric Animals. <BXMAS1.PCX>
<BXMAS2.ZIP
Young Picasso 1.5 [YP150] (Blueview Software, reg. fee: $0) is a draw and
paint program for children. It features bright colors with large icons,
and it's fun and easy to use. Requires VG