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ABM_CMD.ZIP     30857  06-09-93  ABM Command (Kent Rollins; $0) is a faithful
                               | adaptation of the game Missile Command. You
                               | must defend your cities from an aerial
                               | attack, using either the mouse or keyboard
                               | to aim and fire your missiles. There are
                               | smart bombs, MIRVs, and bonus cities just
                               | like the classic arcade game. A 386 or
                               | better is recommended.
AFORCE.COM      18314  11-13-90  Alien Force 1.0 (Epps, Robert; $0) is a
                               | Windows version of an old pre-PC Apple game
                               | in which you guide your spaceship around a
                               | grid, blasting away at the enemy ships.
BANGBANG.ZIP    35158  12-06-93  Bang! Bang! (Lutton, David B. II; $10) is an
                               | artillery game for Windows 3.0. One or two
                               | players may participate. Players take turns
                               | firing their cannons at each other, taking
                               | angle, velocity, and wind speed into
                               | consideration. The player who blows their
                               | opponent to smithereens is the winner.
BDP150.ZIP     170647  10-06-93  Stardate 2140.2: Battles on Distant Planets
                               | 1.5 (Glacier Edge Technology; $15-$43) is a
                               | complex sci-fi battlefield strategy game for
                               | Windows. In the scenario provided, you must
                               | use your troops, tanks, rocket launchers,
                               | jets, and helicopters to destroy all
                               | opposing force units before they take over
                               | the world. You can play against the
                               | computer, against a human opponent, or watch
                               | the computer battle itself. SoundBlaster
                               | compatible cards are supported. Over 400K of
                               | disk space is required.
BLITZER.EXE     70880  12-18-91  Blitzer 1.2 (Sherman, Steve; $10) is a
                               | "Defenders" type of video game in which you
                               | fly a helicopter, try to rescue the good
                               | guys, shoot down the bad guys, etc. The
                               | graphics are good, with a scrolling,
                               | mountainous background. (The author can no
                               | longer be reached at the address provided in
                               | the documentation.)
BLOK_BR.ZIP     54547  10-20-93  Block Breaker 3.13E (Emura, Yutaka; $10) is
                               | a colorful Windows version of the old
                               | Breakout type game. Several challenging
                               | screens are included with four different
                               | speed options. WIN31 sound and MIDI are
                               | supported.
BRICKWN.EXE      6914  11-29-92  Brick ($0) is a simple version of the
                               | classic Breakout type game.
BUGS.EXE        19123  07-02-92  Bugs! 1.0 (Oasis Software; $5) is an amusing
                               | arcade game for Windows. You must navigate
                               | around 10 rooms, collecting keys and
                               | avoiding deadly bugs and electrified walls.
BUGSWAT.ZIP     17593  09-26-93  Angela's Bug Swat (Michael J. Murphy; $1) is
                               | a cute desktop game where you swat at bugs
                               | with the mouse cursor. Features include
                               | several bug speed options and WAV sound
                               | support. Requires VBRUN300.
CHOMP.COM       25529  06-14-91  Chomp 1.1 (Shekhel, Jerry J.; $20) is a
                               | faithful adaptation of Pac-Man for Windows.
                               | The animation is great and it is a lot of
                               | fun to play.
COLUMNS.EXE     20551  11-20-92  Columns for Windows 1.2 (Rotenstein, John;
                               | $0) is a "falling block" game in which you
                               | must arrange the colors on the falling
                               | blocks into rows of three or more before
                               | they hit the bottom of the shaft.
EMLITH.EXE      30739  02-19-93  Emlith 3.0 (Emura, Yutaka; $10) is a falling
                               | block game in which you can choose from up
                               | to sixty different shapes of falling blocks.
                               | You can also choose the block shape for your
                               | game, or you can select the "Challenge Mode"
                               | which uses multiple shapes. Other features
                               | include user selectable sound, oil-slicked
                               | blocks, exploding bombs, and more.
EMPIPE.EXE      83113  04-16-93  EmPipe 1.01E (Emura, Yutaka; $10) is a
                               | pipe-laying type game. You must select
                               | sections of pipe to direct the flow of
                               | liquid from the starting point to the ending
                               | point. The mouse cursor will change into the
                               | next available pipe shape to speed play
                               | along. Other features include music, sound
                               | effects, high score listing, and more.
HERMAN.EXE      32900  02-18-92  Herman and the Falling Rocks 1.01 (Bieling,
                               | Carl; $15-$30) is an amusing and challenging
                               | maze game. Your mission is to collect as
                               | many flowers as you can without letting any
                               | of the rocks fall on your head. If a rock
                               | hits you, then you die and have to repeat
                               | the level. There are a total of six levels,
                               | and you will have to die many times before
                               | you figure them all out.
HEX_TET.EXE     19968  10-25-90  Hex-Tet is a falling block games which uses
                               | objects made up of polygons which, without
                               | looking very radical, add a whole new
                               | perspective to the game.
HURRI1.ZIP     305824  06-21-93  Hurricane 1.01 (Systems Software Developing,
                               | Inc.; $15) is an excellent adaptation of the
                               | classic arcade game Tempest. For those of
                               | you too young to remember, your firing
                               | cursor travels around a variety of geometric
                               | mazes while you try to shoot the bad guys
                               | that come from the center.
HYPROID.EXE     30166  11-14-91  Hyperoid 1.1 (Hutchins, Edward; $0) is a
                               | clone of the old arcade game Asteroids. This
                               | is a pretty faithful adaptation with lots of
                               | interesting twists that make for addictive
                               | arcade action.
JEWLTHF.ZIP     69131  10-14-93  Jewel Thief 1.4 (Ligeski, Paul ASP; $10) is
                               | a mouse-driven arcade game where you try to
                               | steal as many jewels as you can while
                               | avoiding the ever-present guards. Once you
                               | steal all the jewels on a level, a trickier
                               | set of guards appears. You start out with
                               | nine men, and you lose a man (or more) each
                               | time a guard touches you or you leave the
                               | playing field.
MAGNETO.ZIP     55006  07-27-93  Magneto .90 (Marc-Thomas Clifton; $?) is an
                               | arcade game in which you move your magnetic
                               | pieces by reversing polarity.
MCBLAST.EXE     21205  02-19-92  MacBlaster 1.10 (Gehr, Earl; $10) You have
                               | challenged the Evil Fruit Empire's monopoly
                               | on their graphic user interface, and they
                               | are not at all happy about it. Their
                               | smiley-faced computers hurl exploding mice
                               | and destructive copyright lawsuits at you.
                               | Your only weapon is an infinite supply of
                               | rotten apple cores which you hurl defiantly
                               | at the corporate Goliaths. Can you beat the
                               | Empire and give computer users freedom of
                               | choice? (In case our description was too
                               | subtle for you: this is a Space Invaders
                               | game with an anti-Apple Corp. bias.)
PLANAR.EXE      98842  11-11-92  Planaria (Douglass, Bruce Powel; $0) is a
                               | Windows version of the classic Snake type
                               | game. You wander the screen as a hungry
                               | worm, devouring cute little kittens and
                               | avoiding all obstacles (including your own
                               | ever-lengthening tail). Each time you ingest
                               | a feline holes appear in your tail,
                               | providing additional escape routes.
                               | (Requires BWCC.DLL from the RUNTIMES
                               | directory.)
PYTHON.ZIP      45185  12-06-93  Paulie Python 1.0 (Way Out West-ware;
                               | $5-$15) is an exciting Windows variation of
                               | the old "snake" game. Your job is to slither
                               | around the eight imaginative mazes devouring
                               | all the mice and avoiding walls. To make
                               | things more difficult, your tail grows after
                               | you eat a mouse and other surprise obstacles
                               | are scattered about.
RUNNER.ZIP     137863  08-16-88  Runner 1.0 (SouthBay Software; $20) is a
                               | fast and fun animated game for Windows. Your
                               | runner must go from level to level turning
                               | on control lights and gathering fuel
                               | cannisters. Unfortunately, there is a rather
                               | nasty enemy runner looking to throw you to
                               | your death and turn off the control lights.
                               | Along the way you will encounter bouncing
                               | colored marbles that both help and hinder
                               | your progress, a wizard that will grant you
                               | another life, teleportation pods, and much
                               | more. Other features include a MIDI music
                               | soundtrack, interesting sound effects, and
                               | keyboard/mouse/joystick support.
SCW103D.EXE    285701  09-20-91  Second Conflict for Windows (Galloway, Jerry
                               | W.; $0) the leader of the Empire has died
                               | without an heir, leaving the Galaxy in utter
                               | chaos. You are in command of one fleet and
                               | one solar system, and up to four people can
                               | play this incredible game of galactic
                               | supremacy. You must use scouts to
                               | investigate nearby star systems and decide
                               | which ones are worth colonizing and which
                               | are worth fighting for. You can also look at
                               | what opponents are building to determine the
                               | size of your attack fleet, and build
                               | transports to move troops and colonists to
                               | other star systems. Although the author
                               | refers to this as a "demo" version, it
                               | contains more than enough features to keep
                               | any gamer's interest. The graphics and
                               | playability are excellent, and help and
                               | strategy hints are always available. 640K
                               | and at least an EGA monitor are required.
SEMA.ZIP       223900  08-12-93  Space Exploration-Mission Alpha (Jeffrey R.
                               | Marken; $15) is an excellent Windows
                               | adaptation of the classic arcade game Lunar
                               | Lander. You must safely land your spacecraft
                               | on the treacherous terrain of several
                               | different planets, each with varying amounts
                               | of gravity and special obstacles. You must
                               | also successfully dock with an orbiting
                               | craft after your landing, keeping a careful
                               | eye or your fuel level and
                               | horizontal/vertical speed.
SNK_KLP.EXE     67059  12-18-91  Snakes (Patch, Kevin L.; $15) is a very
                               | fast-paced game in which you must kill
                               | snakes without letting them kill you. You
                               | can't "win" this game. When you kill a
                               | snake, another snake takes its place. Play
                               | continues until you lose three lives.
SPACEW.EXE      86426  05-21-92  Space Walls II (Taub, Adam; $0) is a
                               | difficult little game in which the object is
                               | to shoot the center of rotating walls, while
                               | avoiding flying into the walls or being hit
                               | by the two defending saucers. Many options
                               | are available to customize game play.
SPACRCK.ZIP    252629  07-27-92  Space Rocks (Adam J. Taub; $20) is an
                               | Asteroids-style arcade game.
TETWIN.EXE      18380  11-14-91  TetWin (Briatico, Joe; $5) is a very
                               | attractive and challenging game of Tetris.
                               | The column width can be adjusted from 6 to
                               | 22 columns, and you can change the size of
                               | falling objects from 4 to 7 squares. There
                               | are nine levels of play, and you can also
                               | play a game with stationary pieces already
                               | in place.
TGUNNER.ZIP     96880  09-13-93  TailGunner 1.0a (Diversions Software; $15)
                               | is an action-packed space combat simulation.
                               | You are the tail-turret gunner of a
                               | futuristic spaceship, and must fight off
                               | hundreds of hostile ships as you try to
                               | escape enemy territory. Plasma cannons and
                               | pulse lasers are your main weapons, and an
                               | optional lock-shoot indicator helps you blow
                               | the bad guys out of the sky. Other features
                               | include 256-color graphics, WAV sound
                               | support, and more. Requires VBRUN300.
WARHEAD.ZIP    106879  12-06-93  Warheads for Windows (Steadle, Eric; $17) is
                               | an excellent version of the arcade classic
                               | Missile Command. Your job is to protect your
                               | cities from an unending onslaught of
                               | incoming missiles. Watch out for the dreaded
                               | Bomber, which appears from nowhere to pepper
                               | the skies with deadly Smart Bombs. The
                               | graphics and playability are very good. On
                               | two different test systems, when we first
                               | started the game, it ran very slowly. We
                               | restarted Windows and the game, and it ran
                               | at a more normal speed.
WINCMD.COM      14378  06-19-91  Windows Command 1.0 (Baldwin, Timothy G.;
                               | $3) is an adaptation of the arcade game
                               | Missile Command.
WINDOG.ZIP     219079  08-11-93  Prairie Dog Hunt 1.0 for Windows (Diversions
                               | Software; $15) is based on the cutesy arcade
                               | game where you bean helpless prairie dogs
                               | with a hammer as they emerge from their
                               | holes. However, in this game you have a
                               | choice of high-powered firearms and get to
                               | blast the furry little pests into a bloody
                               | stain. The impressive 256-color animated
                               | graphics and digitized sound effects make
                               | the massacre all the more enjoyable. You can
                               | control the number of dogs, and how many
                               | rounds of ammo you get. Watch out for the
                               | occasional rabid rodent, because if you get
                               | bitten five times you will die of rabies.
WINLAND.EXE     25466  12-12-91  Lander 1.1 (TMA; $0) is patterned after the
                               | arcade game Lunar Lander.
WINTRIS.COM     16062  09-05-90  WinTris 3.0 (Kipnis Enterprises; $15) is a
                               | falling block game with lots of options
                               | available. The graphics and playability are
                               | excellent.
WORMWAR.COM      9282  07-23-90  WormWar is a rather FAST version of the old
                               | game of Centipede. By slowing our 486 down
                               | to 15mhz, we got it to run at a reasonable
                               | pace. Good color graphics on a VGA.
WOWSPL.ZIP     102976  09-15-93  WOWSpill (World of Windows Software ASP;
                               | $15) is an arcade strategy game where you
                               | must connect random pieces of pipe from a
                               | water faucet to a drain. Extra points are
                               | awarded for using the bonus pieces and for
                               | creating intersections. There are three
                               | different board sizes available, each with
                               | its own high score board. This is a
                               | fast-paced, non-violent "thinking" game
                               | suitable for the whole family. Requires VGA
                               | and 1 meg of free disk space.
WSLAM.ZIP       44672  10-11-93  Slam! 1.0 (Epps, Robert; $10) is an
                               | excellent air hockey game for Windows 3.1.
                               | It allows you to play on a 3-D table against
                               | a computerized opponent with adjustable
                               | speed and aggressiveness. You may also
                               | customize screen colors and the overhead
                               | view angle. A 386 or better CPU is required.
ZANTI1.ZIP     246964  10-20-93  Zanti! 1.2b (Sheaffer, Patrick; $5) is an
                               | exciting multi-media arcade game. You must
                               | guide the Zanti aliens into the hands of
                               | Earth's military. This is accomplished by
                               | connecting pieces of a tunnel from the
                               | invader's ship to an ending piece. If you
                               | have played any of the ôPipe Dreamö type
                               | games, you'll understand how this works.
                               | There are great 256-color graphics and
                               | digitized WAV files to add to the enjoyment
                               | of the game.
ZANTI2.ZIP     422819  10-21-93  See above.
ZANTI3.ZIP    1263876  10-21-93  See above.