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Other Games


Contents:

-----Joke Programs
-----Comment & Noise Generators
-----Look-Busy Screens
-----Modem Games
-----Flight & ATC Simulators
-----Memory Games
-----Other Games

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-----Joke Programs

[ADULATE]
Adulate 1.8 (Cobb, Larry T.; $?) is a random adulation generator. The
phrases range from mildly amusing to outrageous.

[APRIL]
April (is a program for April Fool's Day. It displays a C> prompt until a
key is; pressed, then it displays a warning message that the system has
detected that) the picture tube in your monitor is upside down, whereupon
it `fixes' the problem by inverting the display.

[BACKTALK]
BackTalk (Trimble, Timothy; $0) displays an innocent A> prompt on the
screen, then tells the user to go away because it's sleeping and tired.

[CLAUDE]
Claude 1.1 (McLaughlin, Brian; $5) lets you carry on a conversation with
your computer. We were going to classify this as Artificial Intelligence,
but it is short on Intelligence (rarely responds directly to your
questions) and long on Artificial (it generates random comments). Young
computer novices might enjoy it, however.

[CPROMPT]
CPrompt this gag file is one that you can add to a friend's (or enemies)
AUTOEXEC.BAT. It simulates a C:\> prompt, however any command they enter is
disregarded with a curt reply.

[DRAIN]
Drain (Aspinwall, Jim; $0) this joke produces a "system error" stating that
water has been detected in drive C and the cleanup is in progress.

[DRIP]
Drip 2.00 (Masters, G.; $0) When text is on the screen, Drip will cause one
of the characters to `drip' down the screen, either completely off the
bottom of the screen or until it hits another character.

[FBIJOKE]
FBI Joke (Tyler, T.; $10) is a joke program to make your friends think you
can tap into an FBI computer and scan people's records.

[BB_FUN]
Bytebrothers Fun (the Bytebrothers; $0) This is a collection of
pointless, tasteless programs (that a lot of people seem to like): an
obscene sorted directory lister; a funny headline generator; a "spoofy
virus checker". We have archived them all into one set so as to offend as
few people as possible as quickly as possible.

[HELPME]
HelpMe digitized speech crying "Help! I'm trapped in this computer. Help!"
Excellent sound, but only on an 8088. At faster speeds, the pitch of the
voice rises to Chipmunk level.

[KABOOM]
Kaboom (Leithauser, David; $0) uses digitized speech and sound effects to
have a little fun with you.

[KAOSKEY]
KaosKeys 1.0 (Maland, Philip; $0) is a simple TSR joke program that will
cause keystrokes to be randomly capitalized.

[LAUGH]
Laugh is a digitized laugh box. The quality is about as good as can be
expected on a PC.

[PARASCN]
ParaScan 3.0 (Byte Brothers; $0) Warning: all you people who think silly
stuff (especially, stuff being silly about *viruses*) doesn't belong on a
computer, skip to the next program. The rest of you are in for a pretty
good laugh.

[SHAKEIT]
ShakeIt (Julius, Tab; $0) is a fun little 18k TSR program that causes the
screen to shake after a user-defined number of keystrokes. The user (or
should we say perpetrator?) can also specify a number of keystrokes that
the effect should last, so the unsuspecting victim will be typing along,
get the shakes, and then have them mysteriously quit.

[SNAFU]
Snafu 2.0 (Dowst, Ken; $0) is a practical joke that may be too much for
some people's sensitivities in this day of virus panic. If you are offended
by the sight of screaming, fainting co-workers, don't get this program.

[SNOOP]
Snoop 1.0 (Cohn, Andrew M.; $10) offers up a wide variety of screens to
fool, inform, entertain and annoy your fellow employees. Requires DOS 3.1+.

[VOLAPUK]
Volapuk-Debugger 491b (Gustafsson, Roger; $?) is a combination "look-busy"
and practical joke program. As a look-busy, you can run this program and go
to sleep sitting up at your desk, confident in the knowledge that your
video display will make people think you are hard at work. Or put it on a
friend's computer when he goes for coffee and watch his reaction when he
sees "bugs in DOS" being "patched".

[WPFAKE]
WPFake (Sewell, David; $0) is a practical joke program that appears to be
WordPerfect 5.1, but no matter what the victim types, the text that prints
to screen is text you have selected beforehand.


-----Comment & Noise Generators

[COMEDY1, COMEDY2]
Joke Talk 1.3 (Creative Educational Software, Inc.; $30) is a comedy
package loaded with jokes, gags, sound effects, The Candid Camera Show,
Name That Tune game, voice impersonations and more. A real human's voice
speaks through the computer's speaker. You can play back any of the jokes,
songs and sound effects, and create your own custom joke files.

[CURSES]
Curses! 2.3 (R. K. West Consulting ASP; $10) is an "insult generator" that
can be changed into a compliment generator. An editor lets you control the
programs vocabulary. The program can be used to generate descriptive
phrases on any subject. Requires 360k RAM, and a hard disk is recommended.

[DOS_JOKE]
DOS-Joke (Creative Educational Software, Inc.; $15) displays a fake DOS
prompt and responds with rude remarks through the PC's speaker when
anything is entered. If nothing is entered, it will blurt out comments
periodically anyway.

[IBG]
Instant Buzzword Generator (Lancaster, Bob; $0) will help you come up with
such impressive phrases as: "User-Friendly Desktop Utility", "Integrated
Artificial intelligence Techniques", "Advanced Recursive Analysis", and of
course, "Comprehensive On-Line Infostructure". Think of how glib and
impressive your new-found vocabulary will seem!

[INQMIND]
Inquiring Minds selects random phrases from the text file to produce
headlines such as one might see on "National Inquirer". This is an
interesting program, and the text file can be completely altered to your
taste to produce anthing from poems to snappy comebacks. Included is the
original source code in C.

[WHABUSE]
WhAbuse (Howell, W; $0) displays random humorous and abusive messages. C
source is included.

[ZAPPO]
Zappo (Green, Phil; $0) is a 1k TSR that turns your keyboard into a
grenade/phaser/machine-gun sound generator. We were prepared not to like
this, but it's actually kinda fun. If someone trots into your office and
gives you a hard time, "arm" your phasers by pressing the ScrollLock key
and being firing away. Different weapon sounds are generated by different
keys.


-----Look-Busy Screens

** These programs put stuff on your screen to make you look busy when
** you are really snoozing.

[BOSS_SW]
Boss_SW (Graham, Keith P.; $0) is a TSR which switches to a phony
spreadsheet when the boss is looking. You can switch back and forth from
even graphics games. Includes MASM source. The source is very
comprehensive.

[HAW]
Hard at Work 1.3 (R. K. West Consulting ASP; $0) is one of the best "look
busy" programs yet. (These are programs that make your computer look like
you are "Hard at Work" when you are really asleep with your eyes open.)
Reading a romance novel when the boss walks in? Just tell him that you are
waiting for the computer to finish one of the many different tasks the
program can emulate. One screen looks like Norton's hard disk defragger.
Another looks like Lotus 1-2-3 crunching numbers, and so on.

[HOTLOT]
HotLot is a resident utility that will pop a realistic looking 1-2-3
template onto your screen without your having to leave the (game) program
you are running.


-----Modem Games

[GINRUMC]
Gin Rummy Challenge 7.1 (GINRUMC) (Cody, Jim; $0) lets you play gin with a
friend over the phone. You can also play against the computer.

[LINEWAR]
Linewars (Aalto, Patrick; $24) is a fun shoot-em-up game for one player or
for two players on two computers connected by an RS-232 cable or by modems.
The purpose of the game is to defeat your opponent with each of you
maneuvering a high-speed spaceship. Linewars will work on CGA, but the
graphics are much more impressive on EGA compatible video.

[TELECRD]
TeleCards 1.0 (Kohler, Kevin T.; $20) allows you to play card games over
the telephone. Three games are included: Crazy Eights, Cribbage, and Gin
Rummy. Requires a modem or a direct link with a NUL modem.

[GEMINI]
Gemini 9$0) is a two-PC game played over a telephone modem.

[WRTHY_OP]
Worthy Opponent (Future Ideas Today Inc.; $15-$20) is a set of strategy
games you play against an opponent over a modem. Games included are Snake
Pit (eat your opponent's tail and you grow larger), an Othello-like game,
checkers, and Cannonball (fire cannons at moving trains). Message
capabilities allow you to taunt and jeer at your opponent in the true
spirit of athletic competition.


-----Flight & ATC Simulators

[ATCSIM]
Air Traffic Control Simulation (Leung, Francis Yan Keung; $20) gives you
the job of air traffic controller. Features include support for CGA 320 x
200 x 4 colors mode, 6 levels, command to take up heading, command line
parameter to specify graphics mode and card, variable wind effects, a "Hall
of Fame" with the top 10 scores, and 4 types of emergency situations. It
allows you to change speed in demo state, and break out of (to abort) an
approach.

[ATCGAME]
ATC-Game 1.0 (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.

[DULLES]
Dulles Tower (McKeown, John; $any) is an Air Traffic Control simulator that
provides a realistic representation of the responsibilities incurred while
working in a real airport control tower. This does not have a lot of slick
graphics that might appeal to the casual game player; we suspect that you
have to really be into aviation to appreciate this program.

[CORNCOB]
Corncob 3-D 3.42 (Stokes, Kevin ASP; $18) is an air combat game that puts
you in the cockpit of a piston engined aircraft. It features scrolling 3-D
graphics similar to Flight Simulator. In addition to the normal flying and
shooting scenarios, you may have to land the plane to plant bombs in enemy
territory; land on an airstrip suspended at 20,000 feet, or fly through a
narrow corridor to shoot at a generator orb. If you fly past the mission
you did yesterday, you will see the burning wreckage. It has realistic
flight model based on physics of aerodynamic flight. The plane can
sideslip, high speed stall, or fall backwards. Due to the realistic landing
model, landing a heavily damaged plane can be exciting. Mastering the
flight controls may take a little time. Requires 12Mhz or faster, VGA color
monitor, and 520K memory. A hard disk and joystick are recommended.

[FSPRO]
FS-Pro (Lincoln, Joe; $2) will help track and edit all of the different
MODES that can be created using the Microsoft Flight Simulator III program.
Since you cannot write any files that can be immediately imported by Flight
Simulator, you keep a list of small files that is called ADVENTURES which
have the same name as the MODE except for a different DOS extension. With
this series, FSPRO becomes your main menu to access other modules, such as
the Airport Directory included on this disk.

[MIRAMAR]
Miramar (Cochran, Marc; $10) is a fully operational Jet Combat Simulator.
It does not have scenery (unless you end up at the bottom of the ocean).
Instead, it is oriented towards instrument flying and dogfighting. There is
no doc file. Be sure to have NumLock and CapsLock on before you start.
Don't touch the keyboard until the first screen full of text comes up, then
enter I for Instructions. Even then, all it tells you is what keys to use.
The farthest we were able to get the plane off the aircraft carrier was the
bottom of the ocean.


-----Memory Games

[ANIM_MEM]
Animated Memory Game 1.0 (Guthery, Tom IV; $6) tests your memory skills.
When you match the correct pairs of pictures from memory, you are
"rewarded" with animated graphics. There are several levels of difficulty.
This program was written by an artist with over 15 years' experience in the
field of classical animation. Requires 640K, EGA or VGA, and a hard drive.

[BRNDEAD]
BRAINdead2 1.0 (Donat, Michael ASP; $10-$15) is a Concentration type game
with excellent EGA/VGA graphics.

[CONCV1]
Concentration 1.0 (SNR Software; $10) the game of Concentration using
playing cards. Turn up two jokers, and you lose!

[CRAZSHUF]
Crazy Shuffle (Alive Software; $20) tests a players memory and
concentration skills as you try to match pictures with pictures or words
with pictures. It has five levels of difficulty and excellent graphics

[DTQ]
DTQ 2.1 (Hamilton, Roger D. ASP; $15) is a Concentration type game with
some twists. You play against the computer in 31 stages from four levels of
difficulty. You can choose to have to match two, three or four pictures.

[MATCHEM]
Match'em (Hardy, Charles A.; $15) is "concentration" type memory game. The
object is to match two pictures hidden in an 8 x 8 grid of squares. You
select the squares by clicking on them with a mouse. You may play against
the computer or a friend. The EGA graphics are attractively done.

[MON_MEM]
Moraff's Monster Memory 1.1 (MoraffWare; $0) is a memory/matching game that
uses pictures of monsters that inhabit the Moraff's World game series.

[SIMNSAY]
Simon Says vol.I (Johnson, Todd A.; $0) is based on the electronic memory
game Simon. There are 3 different levels, and a repeat mode is available if
you make it past a certain sequence. A mouse or the keyboard may be used.

[TILEMTCH]
Tile Match 1.0 (Anderson, Nels ASP; $17) is a memory game in which you
match pairs from a set of colorful tiles. You can make your own tiles with
the provided tile editor. Several options are available, including
background scenes and 48 solitaire variants with different playing and
scoring rules. Tile Match can be played with up to four players, or against
the computer. A mouse is recommended. Requires EGA/VGA.

[VGACON]
VGA Concentration (Alive Software; $20) is a Concentration-type game with
excellent 256 color graphics. Four different sets of pictures are included.
It requires a 286 or 386 and VGA. Mouse is optional.

[WHATISIT]
What Is It (Compass Systems; $24) is a "Concentration" type game for up to
four players. The objective is to try to uncover Hi-Res EGA images by
matching similar game tiles, asking questions about the hidden picture or
spinning the chance wheel. Requires a minimum of 512K (640K is recommended)
and EGA. Only two pictures come with the program, but even after playing
with those, the program can be used as just a straight "Concentration"
(match the tiles) game.

[ZIMON]
Zimon 1.02 (MorganSoft; $15) is a Simon clone and two different solitaire
games. A mouse and color display are highly recommended.


-----Other Games

[3B_JUGGL]
3 Ball Juggler (First Magnitude; $15) uses EGA/VGA graphics and
accompanying text to teach how to juggle. The program starts with a single
toss and leads you on to advanced techniques and tricks. The display can be
slowed down for closer study. A juggling game is included.

[ALFIE]
Alfie 1.0 (Baser, Barbara L.; $8) generates fill-in-the-blanks party games
similar to the popular Mad Libs commercial product. Party guests are
prompted for various nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, etc, which are then
plugged into a basic story line with amusing results. The story framework
can be created by you or you can use one of the two on the disk.

[AN_QUEST]
Animal Quest (Alive Software; $22) is an unusual game that lets you
experience Nature from a very different perspective. First, you can select
an animal you would like to become. Then you try to cross the forest
collecting as many Energy Tokens as possible by capturing your prey while
avoiding your predators and by outsmarting competitors for food. To be
successful at this game you must quickly decide who is your prey and who
are your predators. Animal Quest has excellent graphics, three difficulty
levels, mouse support, sound card support, and extensive information on
each animal and plant. This is a very realistic simulation of food chain
ecology, based on factual animal relationships. Requires EGA/VGA and 512K.

[BADLIBS]
BadLibs (Jarrett, Eric; $8) is an interactive text story-maker that is
similar to the word game played on paper. It's a great party game, too.

[BUGRES]
BugRes (Gilbrech, Skip; $?) sends bugs crawling across your screen. The
bugs will then munch every character on the screen they can find until
there is nothing left.

[BUGSALI]
Bugs Alive (Acinom Software; $10) is an evolution simulation program with
the challenge of a game, yet at the same time, teaches about the processes
that drive natural selection. It challenges the user of the program to set
up an environment and then to explain how and why things change.
Interesting EGA color graphics.

[DRMYSTIC]
Dr. Mystic (Campbell, George; $10) is a talking oracle. You ask questions
and the good Doctor speaks his wisdom to you. Actually, the answers are
completely random and may not match the question at all - this is no Eliza.
The fun is listening to the very clear, digitized speech through your PC's
speaker. This may not work on some portables, such as the Sharp and Compaq.
(Note: Do not try to run PLAY.EXE; it is used by the program and is not
meant to be run by the user.)

[FREUD]
Dr. Freud (Patterson, Charles; $10) gives a personality profile of the user
based on questions and answers done in a conversational manner. It can also
be used as a party game or by an individual just for fun. Requires BASIC.

[MEGAD]
MegaDoom-III 3.0 (Pinnacle Software; $20) If you have ever tried an
adventure (slash) role-playing game and thought they were too long and
boring, try this one. We won't say any more, other than to express surprise
that the author would identify himself. (grin)

[MIRRORS]
Mirror Maze 2.0 (Edson, Dave; $20) is an interesting and unusual game in
which a beam of light is moving through a maze (a grid of squares,
actually). Mirrors are angled across many of the intersections, and your
job is to move the mirrors to guide the light so as to hit all the points
in the maze while avoiding the nasties. Your time to accomplish this is
limited. EGA/VGA required.

[MONSTER]
Monster (Holroyd, Tom; $0) Load this TSR into a friend's computer. When the
Cookie Monster gets hungry, he will ask for a cookie (using digitized
speech). The user must type the word "cookie" to put the cookie monster
back to sleep and regain use of the computer. Assembler source code and
speech digitizing info are included.

[OLYMPIAD]
Olympiad (Rankin, Pat and Day, Don; $15) 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.

[RHSLIFE]
RHSLife is an implementation of the well known "Game of Life". Requires 1MB
RAM, VGA.

[SHELLS]
SHELLS (Zenka, Jan; $10) helps improve you powers of perception by playing
the ol' shell game. The object is to remember which shell has the object
after being juggled around. You control the speed of the juggling and
scoring is given on your correct answers. This program was sent to us from
Czechoslovakia, where the author says Shells is a popular game.

[ULT_LIFE]
UltraLife (CA Software; $25) is the game of Life, first invented by John
Conway. It features a "universe" of up to 64,000 by 64,000 cells.