PsL Monthly 1994 January/PSL Monthly Shareware CD-ROM (Public Software Library) (January 1994).iso/games/win/puzzles/files.bbs

File List | 1993-12-09 | 21.2 KB | 298 lines

MOSAIXW.ZIP    191607  08-24-93  Mosaix 1.0-B for Windows (Data Assist, Inc.;
                               | $23) is a colorful computerized jigsaw
                               | puzzle game.
PENTABL.ZIP     38172  10-21-93  PentaBlox 1.0 (AQUILA SOFTWARE; $20) is a
                               | puzzle game with twelve unusual pieces and
                               | 2339 unique solutions. The pieces may be
                               | rotated and flipped for placement using a
                               | handy toolbar and the drag and drop
                               | interface. There is no timer and no falling
                               | pieces as in Tetris games, and your
                               | solutions can be saved to a file for future
                               | reference.
PUZZLE.COM      34822  01-28-91  Puzzle 1.2 (Beckingham, Paul; $8) There are
                               | several variations and patterns available,
                               | including numbers and letters. You can also
                               | choose among 4x4, 6x6 or 8x8 matrices and
                               | load images from bitmap files. An auto-solve
                               | option is available.
VB_JIG.EXE     267773  05-06-93  VB Jigsaw 1.0 ($0) is a fantastic on-screen
                               | jigsaw puzzle. Unlike other jigsaw puzzles
                               | in PsL that only split the screen into small
                               | rectangles, this one offers a choice of
                               | several shapes, such as stars, circles in
                               | rectangles, elipses, and more. Any BMP
                               | graphic file can be used for a puzzle. The
                               | program will give hints if you get stuck,
                               | and can also animate the solution for you. A
                               | colorful Bart Simpson puzzle is provided. VB
                               | source code is included.
WINJIG.ZIP     117929  12-06-93  WinJig 0.9 (Tosa, Y.; $1) is a fun jigsaw
                               | puzzle game for Windows. It allows you to
                               | use any .BMP image as the subject for the
                               | puzzle, and you can select various sizes for
                               | each puzzle. A check feature shows all
                               | incorrectly placed pieces inverted to help
                               | you solve the puzzle. Other features include
                               | WIN31 sound support, several sample graphic
                               | files, and more.
WINSAW.ZIP     183779  09-23-93  WinSaw (LeVitt, Richard; $0) is a Windows
                               | jigsaw puzzle. You can load any Windows BMP
                               | image file from disk and the program
                               | converts it into a random set of tiles which
                               | you can select and drag into position to
                               | recreate the original picture. Only the
                               | Windows BMP file format is supported but
                               | other formats such as PCX and GIF can be
                               | converted into BMP files with programs like
                               | Paint Shop. VGA and VBRUN300 required.
GUYS.EXE        66260  07-22-92  Guys! (I.V.S. Entertainment Software; $12)
                               | you must lead the "guys" through a hazardous
                               | maze to the central exit. Unfortunately, the
                               | guys are pretty stupid, and can only follow
                               | directional arrows located on the paths in
                               | the maze. You must change the direction of
                               | the arrows to point toward the exit. Any
                               | guys that leave the beaten path die. Guys
                               | that run into each other mutate and start
                               | changing arrows randomly. Quick mouse
                               | reflexes and a lot of practice are required
                               | to win at this game.
INVMAZW.EXE     74621  11-30-92  Invisible Maze (R & R Enterprise; $10)
                               | creates invisible mazes. Walls only become
                               | visible after you run into them. Your score
                               | is based on getting out of the maze in the
                               | fewest possible moves.
LIL1.EXE       341165  05-20-93  Lost in a Labyrinth 1.0 (AddSoft; $20) is a
                               | spectacular three dimensional maze for
                               | Windows. It uses beautiful ray-traced images
                               | to give you an accurate eyelevel perspective
                               | from within the maze. The caption of the
                               | window shows the direction in which you are
                               | traveling to help you keep your bearings.
                               | Amusing statements pop up when you bump into
                               | walls. Requires 256-color VGA display, a
                               | hard disk, and VBRUN200.
LIL2.EXE       281697  05-20-93  See above.
LIL3.EXE       318364  05-20-93  See above.
MASTMAZ.ZIP    100367  08-25-93  Master of the Maze 1.0 (Spice Software; $15)
                               | is an incredible 3-D maze game. You must
                               | escape multiple levels of twisting mazes,
                               | looking for gems and keys. An automapping
                               | function helps you see where you have been.
                               | There are locked doors, secret doors, ropes
                               | to climb, ladders to descend, and much more.
                               | 29 mazes are included, ranging from simple
                               | to extremely difficult.
MAZE_MAS.ZIP   154704  12-06-93  Maze Master 1.01 (The Flatirons Group ASP;
                               | $12-$15) is a maze generating game for
                               | Windows. It can produce simple mazes
                               | suitable for young children to monster
                               | puzzles with invisible walls for adults.
                               | Solving the puzzle is achieved by dragging
                               | the mouse-shaped cursor through the maze
                               | from the entrance on the left to the exit on
                               | the right. If you get stuck, the computer
                               | can solve the maze for you. Other features
                               | include bonus scoring, high score hall of
                               | fame, maze printing, WAV sound support, and
                               | more.
MAZMAKR.EXE     81143  04-22-93  MazeMaker 2.01 (Custom Real-Time Software,
                               | Inc. ASP; $15) is a multi-floor maze game.
                               | Each day the program challenges you with the
                               | "Maze of the Day" which is like a house with
                               | 4-6 floors and about 2000 rooms. You have to
                               | find your way through from beginning to end
                               | which is done by jumping between floors. You
                               | can choose the easy mazes which only have
                               | two floors. If you can do it you are allowed
                               | to attempt more difficult mazes up to the
                               | ultimate "Maze of the Year!"
MAZNMAZ.EXE     15262  11-18-91  MazinMaze 1.0 (Jendrek, J. P.; $10) will
                               | generate and let you solve mazes of varying
                               | sizes and difficulty. In EASY mode you are
                               | shown all walls and passageways, but in the
                               | TOUGH mode walls are invisible and show up
                               | only when you bump into them. For people
                               | will lots of time to kill there is an
                               | IMPOSSIBLE level where the wall are
                               | invisible and only a beep lets you know when
                               | you hit them. VBRUN is required. (The author
                               | can no longer be reached at the address
                               | provided in the documentation.)
MINEHLP.EXE     19111  05-19-93  MineHelp (Karrer, Peter; $0) assists you
                               | with the Minesweeper game included in
                               | Windows 3.1. It is able to solve the simple
                               | parts of the puzzle, leaving only the really
                               | challenging ones to you.
MYNES.ZIP       98994  12-06-93  Mynes (Freed, John; $5) is a variation of
                               | the Minesweeper game included with Windows
                               | 3.1. The major difference is that you can
                               | give yourself up to five lives, so that a
                               | careless slip doesn't blow 20 minutes of
                               | work. VGA is required.
WINWAY.EXE      23307  12-04-92  WinWayOut (Tarody, Thomas; $15) is a 3-D
                               | maze game that you have to fight your way
                               | out of. As you are searching for the exit,
                               | you will come across swords. These are
                               | needed for slaying the giant spiders that
                               | sometime jump out at you. This is a
                               | challenging game for maze lovers.
BOXWRLD.EXE     36765  04-22-92  BoxWorld (Jiang, Jeng Long; $5) is an
                               | excellent arcade strategy game. You must
                               | guide the animated figure around a maze,
                               | pushing boxes to cover up gems that are
                               | randomly scattered about. The first few
                               | levels are fairly easy, but if you're not
                               | careful you can box yourself into a corner
                               | with no escape.
KYE.EXE         36702  05-20-92  Kye 2.0 (Garbutt, Colin; $various) is an
                               | exceptional maze/strategy game. You must get
                               | through each level without getting stuck or
                               | eaten by beasts. There are numerous types of
                               | objects to get around. You will have to
                               | start each level over many times as you
                               | experiment to see how an object reacts when
                               | pushed. Other features include an on-screen
                               | maze editor, mouse control, black holes,
                               | one-way doors, time bombs, and more. This is
                               | a very challenging game with lots of
                               | interesting twists.
DKF_KYE.EXE      5586  02-19-93  Dkfky 5 & 6 (Fitgerald, Dennis K.; $0)
                               | contains several challenging mazes for the
                               | popular game KYE.
SOKOBAN.EXE     32552  08-19-92  Sokoban for Windows 2.2.5 (Liss, Allan B.;
                               | $0) The object of this game to push crates
                               | scattered about a maze-like warehouse onto
                               | the loading dock in the least amount of
                               | moves. It is very easy to push yourself into
                               | a corner, but levels can be restarted and
                               | games can be saved. There are 50
                               | brain-punishing levels.
SQ_PLAY.EXE     41970  12-03-92  Squeeze Play (Henderson Graphics; $15) is a
                               | block-pushing type of puzzle, but with a
                               | twist you have to push blocks around to trap
                               | the creatures before the creatures get you!
MSQUARE.ZIP     51509  09-23-93  Magic Squares 1.0.3 (Randy A. Harris ASP;
                               | $5) contains three sizes of sliding block
                               | puzzles and an intriguing math puzzle for
                               | WIN31.
PUZZLE_8.ZIP    15739  06-23-93  Puzzle_8 (Pocket-Sized Software; $5) is a
                               | sliding puzzle game.
SLIDE.ZIP       29830  09-23-93  Picture Slide Puzzle (Interactive Media
                               | Design; $5) lets you import any BMP file
                               | into a siding puzzle. You can custom design
                               | how may squares across the puzzle will be
                               | and the size of the squares. Requires
                               | VBRUN300.
STELLPUZ.EXE   198807  08-12-91  Stelly's Puzzle Potpourri (James W. Stelly;
                               | $15) is a collection of three classic
                               | sliding tile puzzles. Interesting background
                               | information is provided for each puzzle, and
                               | on-line help is readily available.
ARROWS.EXE       9736  04-16-92  Arrows (Doc Software; $5) is a seemingly
                               | simple, but challenging puzzle. You must
                               | rotate arrows to get five in a row, but when
                               | you turn an arrow, it forces the arrow it is
                               | pointing at to rotate 90 degrees. Things
                               | don't always turn out the way you plan...
                               | VBRUN is required.
BLAKBOX.EXE     23146  12-11-92  Black Box 1.0 (Vince the Mince; $0) you must
                               | identify the locations of hidden atomic
                               | particles on a grid. Clues are obtained by
                               | injecting rays into the grid and observing
                               | their exit point. This is a great test of
                               | logic.
CBREAKR.COM     20536  06-20-91  Code Breaker 1.01a (Fogel, Kenneth and
                               | Haden, Charles W.; $0) you must guess the
                               | same sequence of numbers that your computer
                               | generates from the clues it gives you.
CC.ZIP          47848  07-27-93  ColorCodes 4.1 (George Montgomery; $10) is a
                               | Mastermind game.
CUBIC.COM       37859  06-06-91  Cubic 1.0 (Chappell, Geoffrey; $10-$15) is a
                               | well done 3D game of Rubic's Cube. It has a
                               | self-solving feature, and you can change the
                               | view of the puzzle at any time. This is the
                               | closest to the real thing of any
                               | Rubic's-type program we've seen.
DOT.ZIP         12502  08-12-93  Dot (James Shields; $8) is a deceptively
                               | simple little slide-the-pieces puzzle where
                               | you try to move the bulls-eye inside the
                               | circle. This is much harder than it looks.
                               | Requires VBRUN300.
HIQ_WIN.EXE      9905  01-22-92  Hi-Q (Ratsch, Wolfgang; $10-$15) is a logic
                               | game in which you must remove pegs from the
                               | playing board by jumping over them. Your
                               | score is determined by how many pegs you
                               | were unable to remove. VBRUN is required.
LOGIGR.ZIP       9339  06-09-93  Logigram (Mavabe; $10) is unusual puzzle
                               | game.
LUCAS.COM       37484  02-06-91  Lucas's Puzzle 2.1 (Curran, James M.; $5) is
                               | a puzzle that seems impossible at first, but
                               | which can be solved. As a bonus, digitized
                               | sound effects can be heard through your
                               | computer's internal speaker or Covox's Voice
                               | Master or Sound Master. You have an option
                               | to demo a winning game.
MISER.COM       11514  09-12-90  Miser Mind 1.0 (M & M Productions; $5) is a
                               | take-off on the board game of MasterMind.
MRMIND.COM      20396  08-30-90  MasterMind 1.1 (Curran, James M.; $?) is a
                               | Windows 3 version of the well-known game of
                               | logic and deduction. This is an excellent
                               | game with lots of options and nice colors.
NAMEGM.ZIP      46422  07-16-93  Name of the Game 1.0 (TOGGLE BOOLEANS; $0)
                               | is a series of increasingly difficult card
                               | puzzles.
SOLUS.EXE       24845  07-09-92  Solus 1.5 (Vergos, Yorgo; $10) is an IQ type
                               | game where you try to move all the pieces by
                               | jumping them over each other.
TAKEONE.ZIP     27699  07-31-93  TakeOne 1.03 (Board Games; Jimmy Kavanaugh;
                               | 5 Pounds IR) is an interesting variation of
                               | peg solitaire. The object is to remove all
                               | the markers but one from the board by
                               | jumping over other markers either
                               | horizontally or vertically. You can play a
                               | standard game starting with only one free
                               | square, or design your own patterns. Other
                               | features include Dead Balls which must be
                               | captured with the final move, Watch Balls
                               | that cannot be moved until there are only
                               | two markers left, instant replay of games at
                               | three different speeds, and more.
TEETIME.ZIP    168855  10-15-93  Tee Time 1.2 (MerryWare; $20) is an
                               | interesting puzzle game. The object of the
                               | game is to clear all the blocks on a 10x10
                               | playing grid. The target blocks do not fall
                               | but appear in a window for placement, and
                               | can be rotated and reversed. The playing
                               | grid is divided into four 5x5 quadrants by
                               | two mirrors, one vertical and one
                               | horizontal. A row or column clears when it
                               | can be divided into two halves that are
                               | "negative mirrors" of each other. This is a
                               | very challenging game.
TOBOR.EXE       42654  12-03-92  Tobor (Lonsky, Nicholas; $5) is a puzzle
                               | game in which you must try to move in such a
                               | way as to get the Tobor's to run into each
                               | other, destroying themselves, before they
                               | get to you. (The author can no longer be
                               | reached at the address provided in the
                               | documentation.)
TRIO.ZIP        17825  08-24-93  Trio 1.0 (Torensoft Consulting; $10) is an
                               | interesting puzzle game for Windows. The
                               | game consists of 81 cards with different
                               | colored shapes. To form a Trio and remove
                               | cards, you must select three cards where
                               | each of the attributes (quantity, shape,
                               | color/shading) are all the same or all
                               | different. You'll definitely have to put on
                               | your thinking cap for this one! Requires
                               | VBRUN200.
WTHECUBE.ZIP   111268  12-06-93  The Cube 1.0 (KillTime Software; $15) is a
                               | rotating cube puzzle. Skill levels range
                               | from Beginner to Master. Requires VGA and a
                               | mouse.
XFIG10.ZIP     107305  09-23-93  X-Figure 1.0 (Alan Saul; 10 Pounds Sterling)
                               | is a crossword puzzle game where the clues
                               | refer to numbers rather than words.