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- Public (software) Library
- January 1994 Monthly CD-ROM
- Copyright 1994 Nelson Ford, PsL, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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- Dracula in London [dracwin] (SDJ Enterprises, Inc., reg. fee: $14) is a
- graphic adventure game for Windows 3.1. You will assume the roles of the
- characters from the classic story as you hunt down the evil Count Dracula.
- Use your wits (as well as holy water, garlic, wooden stakes, etc.) to
- destroy the blood-sucking fiend before another innocent victim is killed.
- Requires a 386 or better, hard disk, and VGA.
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- DuckHunt 1.0 [duckhnt] (Andrew G. Novotak Jr., reg. fee: $15) is a colorful
- duck hunting simulation. It includes 256-color graphics, authentic digitized
- sound effects, and a MIDI music soundtrack. Requires VBRUN300.
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- K-Chess for Windows 1.0 [kchesw10] (Ark Angles, reg. fee: $12) is an
- educational Chess program for Windows that shows its own calculations as it
- works. It features various types of hints and help, and can devise the best
- line of attack for several moves ahead. One or two players may participate,
- or you can observe the computer in auto-play mode. Keyboard and mouse input
- is accepted.
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- Lotto Tracker 3.0 [lt30] (Warrensoft, reg. fee: $35) keeps track of any
- lottery and provides forecasting, graphics, and other statistics about
- lotteries. Other features include lotto pool accounting and wheeling
- options. Requires WIN31, and EGA.
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- Master of the Maze 1.05 [mastmaz] (Spice Software, reg. fee: $15) is an
- incredible 3-D maze game. NEW: fixes display problems.
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- Strip Poker for Windows 1.03 [STRIP1, STRIP2, STRIP3, STRIP4] (Juergen
- Schroeder, reg. fee: $35) is an erotic card game for Windows 3.1. If
- features "R" rated SVGA graphics and digitized WAV sound files. A hard disk
- is required.
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- Thoroughbred Handicapper Pro 1.0 [THP] (James S. Nixon, reg. fee: $30.00)
- has a powerful combination of commonly used handicapping techniques to
- calculate point scores. Provides reports for both handicapping and wagers.
- Includes tracking of all wagers and choice of basic or advanced handicapping;
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- Ultima 21 Deluxe for Windows 1.7c [ultima21] (Bitwise Software,
- International, reg. fee: $40) allows you to play blackjack in several
- different casinos with computerized or human players. Requires 2meg RAM,
- hard disk, and VGA.
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- Backup 1.1 [BACKUP] (Mark Brownstein, reg. fee: $12) is a board game for
- four players, three of whom may be computer players. The object is for all
- four of your pieces to go from your start box to your home box without being
- bumped off by the other players.
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- Cross Words Deluxe 2.0 [CWDLX2] (Edward E. Dellow, reg. fee: $20) is an
- electronic crossword puzzle book for Windows.
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- Destroyer for Windows 2.0 [D4W20] (Don E. Krafcheck, reg. fee: $20) is a
- Windows version of the classic Battleship board game. You can pit America's
- navy against the Japanese or the British against the Germans. Try to
- pinpoint your enemies naval fleet by searching the peg positions on the
- board. With each play, watch as the missile hits a target, sending the
- vessel into flames, or as it splashes into the ocean. Sink the entire fleet
- before they sink yours and you win.
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- Keno for Windows 2.0 [KENO2] (Don Hofer, reg. fee: $12) is based on the
- popular Vegas gambling game.
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- KENO+PLUS 1.0 [KENOPL] (Keno+Plus, reg. fee: $10) is a Windows' version of
- the popular casino game Keno. The player can readily determine the odds and
- payoffs of all possible outcomes for a given ticket. It features a complete
- listing of odds and payoffs, random ball selection, ball selection
- summaries, a list of winning combinations, and suggested strategies.
- Requires VGA and VBRUN300.
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- Klotz for Windows NT 3.05 [KLOTZ4NT] (Wolfgang Strobl, reg. fee: $0) is a
- game similar to Tetris for Windows NT.
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- Quotes 2.0 [QUOTES] (Richard Davis, reg. fee: $10) displays a random
- humorous quote or quip.
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- CardShark Hearts 4.07 [CSHEARTS] (Nelson Ford, reg. fee: $29) is a strong,
- multi-featured game of Hearts for Windows. NEW: minor bug fixes. Requires
- VBRUN200.
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- Cyberspace Crossword Puzzle 1.24 [3dxwd] (Ivory Tower Software, reg. fee:
- $0) is a 3-D crossword puzzle game. Requires VBRUN300.
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- Black Box 1.1 [bbox11] (Simon Farrell, reg. fee: $5) is a logic game where
- you have to figure out the location of targets in a grid by firing rays into
- the box from any edge.
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- Cipher 3.0 [ciphrbt] (Brad Trupp, reg. fee: $0-10) is a deciphering game
- for Windows. NEW: increased number of puzzles to 1400.
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- Dots 1.0 [dots] (Chad A. Olson, reg. fee: $5) is a simple strategy game you
- play against the computer. You must select from 1 to 3 dots in a line each
- turn, and the player to capture the last dot wins.
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- Fifteens 1.0 [fiftn10] (Philip Bush, reg. fee: $5) an innovative solitaire
- game. A grid of cards is generated and you must remove sets of cards whose
- value totals 15. Face cards can only be removed in sets of 4 like cards.
- Other features include a top scores list and a timer option. Requires
- VBRUN300.
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- Frustration [frust] (Chad A. Olson, reg. fee: $12) is a game of luck and
- skill where you try to get all the tiles on the playing field crossed out.
- This is accomplished by rolling the dice and then selcting a tile or a
- number of tiles with points that match the total of the dice roll. There is
- a 25-game limit to this version.
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- Pyramid 1.6 [pyr16] (Philip Bush, reg. fee: $5) is an interesting version
- of solitaire where you must remove pairs of cards whose value totals 13.
- Requires VBRUN300.
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- Amazon Skulls 1.0 [skulls] (TOGGLE BOOLEANS, reg. fee: $0) is an unusual
- strategy game for Windows. You take turns with the computer placing skulls
- on the playing grid, making sure that the skull being placed touches the
- last skull played but no others. Three different skill levels are available,
- and the playing grid ranges from 5x6 to the "Pit of Death" (shown). If the
- rather gruesome skulls are not to your liking, you can change them to happy
- faces.
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- SuperShowDown [SSD] (reg. fee: $0) is a fun game of poker solitaire for
- Windows 3.1. You must try to deal yourself 12 poker hands onto a 5x5 grid.
- The computer caculates your scrore as each card is played. This is not
- especially easy to win, because the computer receives 5 points for every
- card you play that doesn't pay off.
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- Word Search for Windows 3.0 [WORDSRCH] (Steven D. Stern, reg. fee: $15)
- makes scrambled word puzzles from a set of words you enter.
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