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│ SPECIAL THEMES │
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│ INDEX: this section is divided into several │
│ categories, listed in the order below: │
│ 1) Christmas │
│ 2) Dinosaurs │
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║ **** SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DISKS **** ║
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H469: JAZZ JACKRABBIT - HOLIDAY HARE SPECIAL EDITION (94) EPIC - £3.00 HD
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Jazz fans will love this completely new offering with brand new levels and
bonus stages. New graphics with wintery scenery - but well worth playing at
any time of year! Great "holiday rock" soundtrack. Sblast/joy/gravis support.
BRILLIANT. 5-ADULT; 1.4MB(3.5); £37.99 (parts 1-9); VGA. 386+. 4MB RAM. *****
G456: SANTAS XMAS CAPER (ZEPPELIN) '93 FULLY PLAYABLE DEMO
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A great Xmas platform game. Nice catchy Xmas music if you have a soundcard.
Keys orjoy stick. Excellent VGA graphics. Santa must run around the North
Pole collecting presents. Avoid the nasties - or throw snowballs at them!
Great fun for all ages. 5+; 600K; VGA. **** [3½"DD (£2.00) or 5¼" HD (£3.00)]
G462: CHRISTMAS JETPACK SPECIAL (93) SOFTWARE CREATIONS
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Special version of the popular Jetpack game (H241). Old fashioned platform
and ladders style game with bang up to date graphics and sound effects (sound
cards supported). Santa now has a jetpack! He must pick up all the parcels -
avoiding all kinds of "dangerous" objects. Design your own levels. Fun for
all! 6+; 600K; £25.50 (100 levels, save/restore, etc.); VGA. Keys/joy. ****
[available on 3½"DD (£2.00) or 5¼" HD (£3.00) only]
G297: CHRISTMAS DEMOS!
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CHRISTMAS LEMMINGS (91) PYSGNOSIS - fully playable demo of this popular game.
Lemmings are adorned with Xmas hats! Set in a snow scene with flashing fairy
lights, snowmen etc. Great graphics. 6+; 150K; EGA. VGA. *****
XMAS DEMO (89) SIERRA - 7 animated scenes with good music, runs for 8 mins
(or continously). Watch Santa go down the chimney, dancing snowman, etc. Nice
for the v. young to watch - or run on a spare PC in the office/school and
cheer everyone up! Input of your own scrolling message. Good colour EGA pics.
CGA also supported but in black & white only. ALL AGES. 150K; EGA. CGA. ****
G457: HOLIDAY 93 LEMMINGS (PSYGNOSIS)
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Another fully playable (4 levels) demo to get you in the holiday spirit. A
must for Lemmings fans. Xmas music (Adlib or Sblaster), great snowy Christmas
scenery. Please note this is a different game to the Xmas 91 Lemming demo on
disk G297. Keys, Mouse or JOY. 5+; 200K; EGA. VGA. ****
G463: HOLIDAY LEMMINGS 94 (PSYGNOSIS)
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Yet another fully playable 4 levels taken from the full 32 levels of the new
94 Holiday Lemmings game. Same snowy scenery and Christmas suits but
different levels to puzzle over. Does not have soundcard support. 5+; 200K;
EGA. VGA. Mouse, joy or keys. ****
H293: BERTS CHRISTMAS v3.2 (93)
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Choice of 6 scenes and 18 pictures - including presents, trees, stockings,
santa, reindeer etc. Bound to be a big hit! MOUSE. VGA. *****
(for further details see "Berts Colouring Programs" in the Drawing section)
E296: CHRISTMAS PACKAGE v1.0 (85) EGB SYSTEMS
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Although old and in monochrome this is a nice selection of 7 educational type
programs, menu-driven and easy to use. MUSIC - choose from 26 titles. HIDDEN
WORDS - various topics (Xmas food etc), 3 grid sizes. BLIZZARD - hangman with
200+ seasonal phrases. XMAS TREE - words and music with tree pics! XMAS ROUND
THE WORLD - 1 or 2 players, shown "Merry Xmas" in 24 languages, guess the
country. NAME THE CAROL - listen to the first 1-7 notes, try & guess. MAKE A
BANNER - some provided or make your own. 8+; 360K; $10; ANY MONITOR. ****
E298: XMAS FUN I (menued)
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GREETINGWARE (86) ROXBURY RESEARCH - create two types of cards, then copy
them onto floppies to send to friends. An interactive birthday medley, with
candles to "blow" out and six songs, or a Xmas card with six carols. Carols
are played verse by verse with a pointer and words. Each card has standard
greetings or a personal message. Simple text based graphics (best in colour)
but fun for kids if they have friends or relatives with PCs. 7+. 220K;
$14.95; ANY MONITOR. ****
ALLELUIA (87) R.SHAW - ten favourite carols in sing-a-long sheet style.
Prints to three pages plus an index. All verses. Joy to World, Hark the
Herald Angels, We Three Kings, Midnight Clear, What child is This?, Deck the
Halls, Silent Night, Xmas Time, Come all Ye Faithful, and The First Noel.
20K; $donation; ANY MONITOR. PRINTER.
E299: XMAS FUN II (menued)
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XMAS TREE CONSTRUCTOR KIT v1.0 (91) ACUMEN - first you design the tree, then
choose the style of trunk. Do you want a star on top (choice of three) or an
angel? Add lights in 12 colours, and flashing ones too. Finally you can
decorate with balls, candycanes, parcels etc. Now stand back and admire your
creation whilst the music plays. Fun for all ages although those that can't
read yet will require adult help with the menus. 160K. $donation; EGA. ****
CAROLS v4.0 (86) B.POGUE - choice of 22 carols accompanied by a colourful
tree! Or set up to play a continous selection. 40K; PD; ANY MONITOR. ***
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│ OTHER CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS │
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│ Related programs that may be of interest - to │
│ locate, make a note of disk number, then use │
│ the CHECKLIST option from menu screen. │
│ 1) H303 (SUNDAY SCHOOL COLOURS) & E029 (KID- │
│ PAINT) both include a Xmas scene to colour. │
│ 2) H285 PRINTPARTNER - make your own Christmas│
│ cards, posters and calendars. Easy to use. │
│ 3) H450 HOLIDAY ART - PCX clipart collection │
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║ **** DINOSAUR PROGRAMS **** ║
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E277: CGA DINOSAUR SPECIAL (menued)
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DINOSORCERER (90) SOFTDISK - mix'n match heads, legs, backs and tails to
create 1000s of different dinosaurs (and Dinosaur names!). When you've made
one you like, save it or print out for hand colouring. If you happen to hit
upon a "real" dinosaur combination - read or print further information about
it. Great fun for ages 4-8. 70K; PD? (more titles available). CGA. ****
DINOBASE v2.1 (89) TOSOFT - good for school topics; familiarises children
with "looking things up" on a computer. Screen split into 4 areas: 1) outline
shape of dinosaur - can be "painted" in different coloured patterns. 2) World
map showing locations. 3) Box with information; name, pronunciation, meaning,
genus/family, species, time period, place, length. 4) Related dinos. Move
forwards/backwards through all files or search for a specific dino by typing
in the first few letters. 100+ dinosaurs. More pop-up boxes for time scale,
extra details, summary box which can be printed. Change screen colours. 7-11;
150K; $14.95 (manual, update); CGA. ****
H275: VGA DINOSAUR SPECIAL
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DORKS DREAMS (91) TRAN - this game has a great animated dinosaur introduction
(Adlib supported); the game itself is a challenging maze/move the blocks type
game. 8+; 300K(500); PD; VGA. 286. ****
DINOFLI (92) - T.Rex VGA animation to admire. 120K(200). PD.
MINO DINO (92) VRONTIER WORLDS - interesting 3D exploration for children
(they seem to find it much easier than adults). Move freely in all directions
(including "flying") - can you get on the dinosaurs back or in his mouth?
Caves to explore - some with surprises. Mouse, keys or joy. Good for mouse
control. 6-ADULT; 130K; £12 (more levels); VGA. 286. ****
DINOSAURS (93) simple menu driven program giving pictures and several screens
of information on eight different dinosaurs - Alamosaurus, Ceratosaurus, etc.
160K(450). PD?. VGA. ***
[3½"DD(£2.00) or 5¼"HD(£3.00) disk only]
W271: JURASSIC CAD (93) TRIBAL SOFTWARE
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Select dinosaurs and scenery (volcanoes, trees) from a picture menu bar or
import bitmaps and icons. Move, crop and resize individual pictures to create
your own scenes. Also simple drawing tools - line, circle etc.). 7+; 430K
(1MB); $20 (no reminders, extras); Win 3.1. ****
H191: VGA DINOBASE (92) TONY OWENS
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Rewrite of Dinobase (CGA) on E277 (above). Basically the same program but the
50+ pictures have much improved VGA graphics. Good for introducing databases,
and school topics. 7-ADULT; 260K (640); $10 (updates); VGA. *****
H490: DINOSAUR PREDATORS v1.0 (94) ALIVE SOFTWARE
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A must for young dinosaur fans - different levels suit wide age range. Chase
prey, avoid predators and work your way across the terrain. Play the part of
any of 17 Jurassic dinosaurs ranging from the mighty T. Rex to the mild
mannered Struthiomimus. Learn about pre-historic food chains, zoom in on any
animal or plant with your looking glass for more info, or take the Dino Buff
Quiz for extra bonuses. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Optional Sblaster/Adlib/speaker
music & effects. Mouse or keys. 4-11; 320K (660); $20 (3 more games - Ice Age
Mammals. etc.); 286+. 640K RAM. EGA. VGA. *****
H489: VGA DINOSAUR QUIZ SPECIAL - £3.00 HD ONLY
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DINOSAUR QUIZ (94) REVEAL SOFTWARE (UK) - nicely presented multiple choice
style quiz with lots of up-to-date questions. The idea is to earn bonuses and
hatch the dinosaur egg before your time runs out. Mouse or keys. Optional
sound. High scores. 8-ADULT; 128K (220); £4 (more questions); VGA. ****
VGA-PROJECTOR - PREHISTORIC QUIZ (94) NOVELLA (UK) - good picture quiz with
excellent dinosaur illustrations. Click on the correct name. Ages 7-ADULT;
860K (1.4MB); £8 (more educational slide sets); VGA. sVGA. MOUSE. ****
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE DINOSAURS? (94) MUSTARD SEED BBS - a short but
informative on-disk book that discusses various theories as to why the
dinosaurs died out. Nicely displayed. 10-ADULT; 90K; PD; VGA. ***
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│ OTHER DINOSAUR PROGRAMS │
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│ Related programs that may be of interest - to │
│ locate, make a note of disk number, then use │
│ the CHECKLIST option from menu screen. │
│ 1) H026 - PICTURE PUZZLE includes dino pics │
│ 2) W316 - LOOK & LISTEN DINOSAUR slide show │
│ 3) W392 - WIN EDUC SPECIAL I - includes a very│
│ good colouring book with 40 dinosaur cartoons │
│ 4) E406 - DINOSAURTIME - create and colour │
│ 5) H389 - UNCLE KENS SPECIAL - dinos to colour│
│ 6) H231 - DOLLARS AND DINOSAURS - spelling fun│
│ 7) H290/2 BERTS DINOSAURS/PREHISTORIC ANIMALS │
│ 8) E102 - DINOS BUCKET DROP - maths game │
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