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- Miscellaneous
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- Contents:
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- -----Jokes
- -----Memory Games
- -----"Game of Life" Games
- -----Other Games
- -----Games for Windows NT
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- -----Jokes
-
- [DESFUN]
- DES Fun 3.00 (Dragon's Eye Software; $10) contains ten relatively harmless
- joke programs for Windows. These little gems range from faces drawn randomly
- on the screen, to cracks that appear from out of nowhere (with sound
- effects!), to laughing eyes that follow your cursor's movement, creepy bugs,
- and many more.
-
- [FLIP_RS]
- Flipped (Salesas, Robert; $0) is a harmless joke program that flips the screen
- upside down, wallpaper and all. The screen reverts to normal when you click
- the mouse.
-
- [PC_VD]
- PC-VD (Merriman, David; $?) is an amusing little program that pokes fun at
- viruses and the hoopla surrounding them. Requires VBRUN100.
-
- [PSLJOKE]
- PsL Jokester (Ford, Nelson ASP; $0) is a harmless practical joke to pull on
- someone. We won't spoil it by telling you what it does. Requires VBRUN.
-
- [RUNNIN]
- Runnin ($0) is an amusing little desktop joke. It creates a small window that
- runs away from your mouse cursor. You must try to catch it and click on the
- close button. Requires VBRUN300.
-
-
- -----Memory Games
-
- [AUTO_CN]
- Auto Concentration 1.0 (Leonardo, Lou and Howman, Cean; $20) is an interesting
- and challenging version of Concentration. You turn over squares trying to
- match up different automobile manufacturer logos. The three levels of
- difficulty give you a 4x4, 6x6, or 10x6 board to solve. A top ten list is
- maintained. This is lots of fun, with great colors and many playing options.
-
- [CONCEN]
- Concentration Challenge 1.0 (Thomas R. Weiss; $10) is a colorful version of
- the classic matching game. Requires VBRUN300.
-
- [DBM10]
- Double Match 1.0 (Puraty, Dan; $12) is a colorful animated game of
- Concentration for Windows 3.1. Up to four players take turns matching pictures
- to reveal parts of a hidden phrase. You can play against computer opponents
- with intelligence levels from dumb to expert. Other features include amusing
- sound effects, top 10 score recording, hidden bonus squares, and more. A sound
- card is recommended.
-
- [FLIPOUT]
- Flip Out! 3.0 (Johnson, Kent; $20) is a Concentration-type game for Windows.
- You can play against others, or against the computer. Several game types are
- provided including matching dice with their totals, clock faces to digital
- time, coins to their amounts, and fractions. Games can be scored against the
- clock, or by how many matches you achieve. Other features include custom board
- sizes, high score lists, and much more. VBRUN is required.
-
- [MATCHES]
- Matches (Quality Concepts; $10) is a unique "Concentration" game. In addition
- to trying to remember/match hidden pictures, there is an option to match
- pictures and words. This is an excellent game for both children and adults. A
- hard disk is required. (The authors are no longer at the address provided in
- the documentation.)
-
- [MEMTILES]
- Memory Tiles (Patch, Kevin L.; $10) is an attractive Concentration type game.
- You can use either shapes or pictures for tiles, or a combination of both.
- Several different sizes of playing grids are provided, or you can create a
- custom grid of any dimensions.
-
- [NCRUNCH]
- Number Crunch 2.0 (Persky, Jon; $5) is a memory game that requires you to turn
- up the hidden numbers 1-20 in order. The better you can remember the location
- of numbers you have already seen, the faster you can solve the puzzle, which
- is the goal of the game.
-
- [SIMN_JE]
- Simon 1.01 (Elkins, Jeff; $0) is a variation of the Simon Says game. You must
- click on the colors, trying to match the sequence played by the computer.
- VBRUN is required.
-
-
- -----"Game of Life" Games
-
- [AUTOCELL]
- AutoCell 1.1 (Paul Keet; $10) lets you design cellular automatons and cellular
- computers (similar to Game of Life theory).
-
- [CELLWAR]
- Cell War 1.0 (Funk, Al ASP; $5) is a battle to the death for two rival
- microorganisms. As you place new microbes on the grid, they will either grow
- and propagate or die depending on their placement. You can play against a
- friend or a computer opponent with variable levels of difficulty. Requires
- WIN31 and a mouse.
-
- [LIFE_DS]
- The Game of Life 1.0 (Stafford, David; $0) is a game of cellular survivial for
- Windows. There are several different species of cells, including Snowflake,
- Glider, Spaceship, Seed, and others. You simply plant them on the screen and
- watch their struggles. You can zoom in and out on the display, step through a
- growth cycle, and more.
-
- [PLIFE]
- PLife 1.0 (Urlocker, Zack; $0) is a Windows implementation of the Game of
- Life. TPW source code is included.
-
-
- -----Other Games
-
- [21CT]
- 21 CardTrick 1.1 (MOJO Software; $7) is a magic trick for Windows. Three rows
- of cards are displayed. You pick one and the computer figures out which it is.
-
- [B_ARROW]
- Bow & Arrow 1.0 (Di Troia, John; $12) is an entertaining hand-eye coordination
- game. Having seen bow-and-arrow type games that were not very interesting, we
- were prepared to be disappointed again, which made this one all the more
- enjoyable. In the first stage, balloons float up the screen and you must shoot
- them all before you run out of arrows. On the second level, you must again
- shoot the red balloons, but without hitting the yellow balloons. The third
- level, in which you must pop bubbles to let the butterflys trapped in them fly
- away, is easy enough to lull you to sleep, only to get "slimed" on the next
- level. We never got beyond level four, not being nimble enough to avoid being
- slimed, so you will have to discover for yourself what awaits you on the
- higher levels.
-
- [BLCKOUT]
- Blackout (Mills, Patrick; $12) is a challenging hand-eye coordination game.
-
- [CTEST_W]
- Color Test for Windows 2.0 (Wilkins, Terry; $15) gives you a personality
- profile based on the colors you like best.
-
- [GTG]
- Get The Girl! (JAB Software; $20) is an adult oriented role-playing game for
- Windows. The goal of your character is to successfully answer a series of
- questions by a beautiful girl in hopes of going out with her. When a question
- is asked, you must choose from a menu of possible answers. If she likes your
- response, you are allowed more questions. The 256-color pictures, digitized
- voices/sound effects, and MIDI soundtrack are very well done. Requires WIN31
- and VBRUN200. A sound card is highly recommended. (The authors can no longer
- be reached at the address provided in the documentation.)
-
- [ICHINGW]
- I Ching for Windows 1.01 (Pocket-Sized Software; $10) provides an
- interpretation of an ancient Oriental form of fortune-telling. Sixty-four
- hexagrams and their meanings are provided, and you can randomly select one
- after posing a question or view each one individually.
-
- [NNNW]
- Neural Ned in NEDS WORLD 1.00 (David Smiczek; $14) train a small creature to
- survive.
-
- [OUIJA]
- Ouija 2.21 (Gifford, Scott; $5) is a computerized Ouija board program in which
- the spirits guide your mouse around the board to spell out answers to your
- questions. (Haven't those spirits heard of Modems?)
-
- [TSETSE]
- Tsetse ($0) is the world's smallest arcade game! The whole game takes place on
- the program's icon. The goal is for you to "shoot" objects as they fly by,
- using the right button on the mouse to click the cursor on them. High score
- and the current score is displayed in what is normally the icon's title. Not
- the most challenging arcade game in the world, but one of the cutest and
- cleverest.
-
- [WINWIZ]
- Windows Wizard (Campbell, George; $0) is an animated fortune-telling game. You
- simply type in a question, and the Wizard will answer you in an eerie voice.
- (The Wizard's mouth moves and eyes blink.) Requires Windows 3.1, sound card,
- and VBRUN.
-
-
- -----Games for Windows NT:
-
- [NT_BOG]
- Bog for Windows NT (Pocket Sized Software; $5) is a word-finding game similar
- to the game of Boggle.
-
- [NT_HANG]
- Hangman for Windows NT (Pocket Sized Software; $5) is the popular
- word-guessing game.
-
- [NT_PZL]
- Puzzle-8 for Windows NT (Pocket Sized Software; $5) is a computerized version
- of the well-known 8 tile puzzle game.
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