Miscellaneous Contents: -----Jokes -----Memory Games -----"Game of Life" Games -----Other Games -----Games for Windows NT ========== -----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.