| Name | Extracted | Size | Date | Description |
| 8PUZZLE.ZIP | Yes | 16693 | 5/18/1994 | 8puzzle 11 creates the old puzzle of eight numbered blocks and one empty space in a three-by-three grid wherein you try to move one block at a time until they are all in numerical order. If you get too frustrated, the computer will solve it for you. (Norman Newman) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| ALPHAMAN.ZIP | Yes | 116324 | 11/19/1993 | Alpha Man 1.0 is an addictive problem solving puzzle. You use Alpha Man to push letter blocks into their proper places on the game board to solve the puzzle. The problem is that the blocks will slide in the direction they are pushed until they hit a wall or another block. 25 word puzzles are provided, with solutions available for the first five. EGA/VGA is required. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $12) |
| AQUAMAN.ZIP | Yes | 127737 | 11/21/1993 | Aqua Man 1.0 is a push-pull type of puzzle game. The object is to position pipe links so that they connect two underwater storage pumps. The challenge is in the fact that once you push a link, it keeps moving until it bumps up against something else, making it more difficult to position the links. There are 20 different puzzles to solve. Requires EGA/VGA. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $12) |
| ARGH.ZIP | Yes | 39095 | 5/18/1994 | Argh! 4.0 is a puzzle that contains different size squares and rectangles in a box. The object is to move the largest square to the opposite side of box by shifting the rectangles around. The program comes with SEVEN devious variations. It supports a mouse, which makes play much easier. Guaranteed to have you screaming "Aaargh!" in no time! (David B. Howorth) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| BARS.ZIP | Yes | 746039 | 6/23/1994 | BARS is an action puzzle game. There are 50 levels which can be played in two different ways. Sound cards are supported. Requires 640K memory, VGA, and 286 or better. (Team 200) (Reg.Fee: $?) |
| BIRTHDA.ZIP | Yes | 66383 | 5/18/1994 | The Birthday Game is a series of puzzles in which you maneuver around the screen trying to collect ingredients to build your birthday cake. There are seven different screens/puzzles. This is aimed at younger children, but should still be challenging for them. (BEZ Software) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| BLKS_CG.ZIP | Yes | 39660 | 5/18/1994 | Blocks is a block-pushing type of puzzle game that features elevators and prizes to be picked up. Each level is increasingly more difficult. (Garr Godfrey) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| BLOCKMAN.ZIP | Yes | 173923 | 11/12/1993 | Block-Man 1.0 is a mind-boggling puzzle game. The objective is to reach the doorway in each room. Block-man must lift and place blocks which are located in each room to find the Princess. Requires EGA/VGA. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $16) |
| BLOX.ZIP | Yes | 12466 | 5/18/1994 | Blox 2.0 is a unique and challenging puzzle game in which you have to push blocks around a screen to achieve a certain goal. The game is hard to explain, but fun to play. (Richard L. Wright) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| BLUEBOX.ZIP | Yes | 39085 | 5/18/1994 | BlueBox is an exercise in deduction. You must identify the locations of hidden magnets on a grid. Clues are obtained by shooting particle beams into the grid and observing their exit point. (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| BOLO.ZIP | Yes | 111747 | 11/18/1993 | Bolo Adventures is a strategy, puzzle arcade game with 40 scenarios to solve. You must get Mr. Bolo to the stairs in each room. The stairs are protected by either monsters, lasers, snakes, blocks, balls, electric grills, water and more. Each floor has at least one solution, but each could take hours to find. If you give up on one scenario you can pick which of the 40 to try to solve next and come back to unsolved ones later; the program keeps track of number of attempts and scores for multiple players. If you solve one scenario, you could go back to it later and try to improve your score. This is another top-notch game by master gamesman, William Soleau. Requires EGA/VGA. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $12) |
| BOLO2.ZIP | Yes | 112162 | 11/18/1993 | Bolo Adventures, Part II contains the further adventures of Mr. Bolo in a challenging puzzle/strategy game. Once again, you must escape the deadly lasers, snakes, blocks, monsters and other obstacles on 40 different floors. Each diabolical room has at least one solution that could take you minutes or hours to figure out. This game is NOT for people who frustrate easily! EGA/VGA required. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $12) |
| BOLO3A12.ZIP | Yes | 124188 | 8/16/1994 | Bolo Adventures III 1.2 can you save Mr. Bolo from the mind-boggling traps that surround him? In this third installment, there are 15 rooms of increasingly challenging puzzles filled with obstacles such as lasers, rivers, balls, boxes, crates, and more. As with other games from Soleau, this isn't a contest of how fast your reflexes are. Instead, it is a test of your resourcefulness. There can be several solutions to each room, ranging in complexity from several minutes to several hours each. An animated demo is included to illustrate game play. This is highly recommended for serious puzzle addicts! Requires EGA/VGA. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $12) |
| BOLOBOX.ZIP | Yes | 93020 | 5/18/1994 | BoloBox 1.1 challenges you to flip tiles on a 10x10 grid board back to the same provided for the first 10. Requires EGA/VGA. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $12) |
| BOXCARS.ZIP | Yes | 61695 | 5/18/1994 | Boxcars 1.0 As you move a token through the grid of dice, the ones you pass change values. Your goal is to recognize the pattern of change and move the token through in a pattern that will cause all the dice to display a six. There are hundreds (maybe thousands) of possible patterns, but on the first 20 boards, you have to beat the target score (by making fewer moves) before you can advance to the next. EGA/VGA required. (Jim Radcliffe) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| BOXMANI.ZIP | Yes | 18324 | 5/18/1994 | BoxMania 2 is a sadistic sliding numbers game in which you try to get the numbered squares in a box in order. There are eight levels, from 3x3 to 10x10. A new feature is a "chaos" mode in which the computer will interrupt your puzzle solving efforts to slightly scramble the square again(!). (Gunawan Agus) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| BREAKTM.ZIP | Yes | 35411 | 5/18/1994 | BreakTime 1.0 is a set of five games which can be run as a 6K TSR so that you can pop it up and play anytime, or you can just call it from the DOS command line. The games and puzzles include Scrambled Capitals, Cave Pig, Towers of Hanoi, Nim, and 8-Puzzle. (William P. Mann) (Reg.Fee: $15) |
| BRN_BOG.ZIP | Yes | 7183 | 5/18/1994 | Brn-Bog is a puzzle from the Brain Bogglers section of Discover magazine. The author calls it Maze, but it has nothing to do with a maze that we can see. The puzzle is very difficult, but the solution is provided for those who give up. Pascal source code is included. (Scott Taylor) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| CANNONA.ZIP | Yes | 457109 | 5/24/1994 | Cannonade 1.0 is an arcade game which challenges you to create a path for the ball to navigate through by moving blocks on the grid. Play can be accompanied with music and sound effects. Requires VGA. (Abacus Software) (Reg.Fee: $?) |
| CHECK1.ZIP | Yes | 34644 | 5/18/1994 | Check1 the object of this game is to eliminate all the checkers on the board. The checkers are placed two-deep, on every square all the way around the board. You can only remove them by jumping them diagonally. This is a tough IQ tester. EGA compatible video required, although the graphics are not as impressive as most EGA-only games. (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| CMIND.ZIP | Yes | 48177 | 5/18/1994 | Computer Mind is another variation of the Master Mind game. Best graphics on EGA/VGA, but works on CGA too. (Acinom Software) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| CODE10.ZIP | Yes | 45677 | 6/29/1994 | Code PPE 1.0 gives your PCBoard users an opportunity to gamble their available time online. (Brett Lucey) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| CRATES.ZIP | Yes | 37441 | 5/18/1994 | Crates is a push-pull type of puzzle game. The object is to push all the boxes into the space indicated (by an array of diamonds) in the fewest possible moves. (Mark Batchelor) (Reg.Fee: $12) |
| CUBE.ZIP | Yes | 2651 | 5/18/1994 | Cube is a computer version of the once-popular Rubik's Cube puzzle. It saves itself when you exit, so you can start again where you left off. VGA is required. (Doug Cox) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| CUBE1.ZIP | Yes | 91008 | 1/19/1994 | Cube 1.0 is a simulation of a visual IQ test. Nine blocks, each with a different pattern on each side, are stacked in a 3X3 grid. You're task is to arrange the blocks so that they form a pattern identical to the one that appears in a smaller window on the screen. A table will appear at the end of the game to show you how long you took to complete each puzzle. There is also a cube generator which will allow you to create your own puzzles. (Chris J. Cooney) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| CUBIX.ZIP | Yes | 46598 | 5/18/1994 | Cubix is a computerized version of Rubic's Cube. We have seen other programs that have attempted to clone the Cube, but this is the best one. Graphics are excellent, too. VGA and a mouse are required. (Bart Larsen) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| CYBRBOX.ZIP | Yes | 58575 | 5/18/1994 | Cyberbox II is one of the best push-pull puzzle games yet, which is saying a lot, because there are some outstanding games of this type. In Push-Pull Puzzles (for want of a better name), you have to move your man around a maze, pushing/pulling (or whatever) obstacles out of your way to get to the diamonds/keys/exits/whatever. The feature that makes Cyberbox II so interesting is that unlike the other games which have one room per screen (and vice-versa), C2 uses a large, scrolling playing field. Sometimes you can't even see all the elements involved, and you have to go exploring before you can get to the diamond you are after. There are three levels of play, and you can design your own playing fields. (Doug Beeferman) (Reg.Fee: $7) |
| DAD.ZIP | Yes | 23549 | 11/10/1993 | Dits and Dats 2.0 challenges your logic skills. Have the computer try to solve your secret 4-digit number or you search for the computer's number. Requires VGA. (Ronald L. Crabb) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $8) |
| DOSMINE.ZIP | Yes | 13628 | 11/17/1993 | DOSMine 1.0 is a DOS game similar to Windows' Mine Sweeper. (David Vancina) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| DSCHUMP.ZIP | Yes | 303451 | 12/23/1993 | Dschump! 1.2 is a puzzle solving game from South Africa. The object is to navigate the bouncing ball across a scrolling maze of tiles. If the ball misses any tiles, it will plummet into the ocean below. Some of the tiles are fragile and will break if the ball bounces on them. There are also other tricky tiles to watch out for, such as the ones that will reverse the direction of the ball. Requires 500K RAM, and VGA. It also supports Sound Blaster compatible sound cards and joysticks. (Peter Hinz) (Reg.Fee: $34) |
| DT.ZIP | Yes | 38547 | 5/18/1994 | Double Trouble 1.0 is a puzzle in which the goal is to rotate intersecting loops of scrambled colored blocks until all the same colors are back together again. (Lawrence Dickinson) (Reg.Fee: $15) |
| ENIGMA.ZIP | Yes | 7322 | 10/12/1993 | The Enigma is the monthly publication of The National Puzzlers' League, founded in 1883. Each edition of The Enigma is filled with word puzzles designed to challenge and entertain all levels of puzzle enthusiasts. (Judith E. Bagai) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| FACETREX.ZIP | Yes | 123640 | 11/12/1993 | FaceTrex 1.0 is a strategy logic game where the objective is to use your animated man to push faces located on a 12x8 grid board onto their negative image located elsewhere on the board. The face grids will slide in the direction pushed until they hit either another face grid or the side of the board, or special arrow grids which redirect the face grid. 25 puzzles are included. Requires EGA/VGA. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $14) |
| FIDDLE.ZIP | Yes | 41804 | 5/18/1994 | Fiddle is a puzzle of visualization and logic. It has 26 levels of difficulty, each of which has a collection of colored pieces which you must move around on screen to form a square. Requires VGA. (Doug Beeferman) (Reg.Fee: $5) |
| FLIP_AT.ZIP | Yes | 40081 | 5/18/1994 | Flip-It AT:SS You must flip all the pieces on an 8x12 grid so that they are the same color. When you "flip" a piece, all the pieces from the one you pick to the edge of the board (in the direction the cursor is pointing) cycle through the next of six colors. In the easy mode, the cursor cycles through pointing up, right, down, and left. In the hard mode, it gets quite a bit trickier. Requires EGA, mouse. (AT:SS) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| FOREST.ZIP | Yes | 30203 | 5/18/1994 | Forest is a logic game for masochists. You are in a remote forest with both fires and floods raging around you. The only way out is to figure out the right three-digit code for using the satellite to call for help. Even if you survive long enough to do that, there is a strong probability that the rescue team will get wiped out by the flood/fire on the way in or out. (Stephen Yim) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| FUZION.ZIP | Yes | 94551 | 2/4/1994 | Fuzion 2.3 challenges you to fit together 12 unique pentomino pieces in a colorful puzzle. Controls easily select, rotate, slide and edit the shapes on screen. There are thousands of known solutions, but finding one is quite tough. (Ken Zeltner) (Reg.Fee: $15) |
| GEMMA20.ZIP | Yes | 74627 | 4/29/1994 | Gemma 2.0 is a VGA maze/board game. It combines elements of chess and maze-solving in a surprisingly challenging, absorbing game. Requires 286 or higher, VGA, and 512K. (Laurie Noel) (Reg.Fee: $20) |
| GJID.ZIP | Yes | 38164 | 5/18/1994 | GJID 2.0 is a fascinating and unusual puzzle/maze game guaranteed to keep you trapped to your chair. For CGA, the graphics are impressive. The sound effects are good, but can be turned off if you don't want to disturb others. (Galifir Developments) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| GOLDMIN.ZIP | Yes | 60005 | 5/18/1994 | Goldmines 1.2 challenges you to deduce the location of mines without having one blow up in your face. VGA and a mouse are required. (Astro Computing) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| HARDART.ZIP | Yes | 33825 | 5/18/1994 | HardArt 1.0 a heart is hidden on the screen and you have to find it in an allotted number of moves. You can tell if you are getting closer by the pitch of a tone emitted after each move. The higher the tone, the closer you are. (Ken Dowst) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| HBANG.ZIP | Yes | 315624 | 5/18/1994 | Head Banger #1 is a sliding puzzle game. The object is to unscramble the picture by moving adjacent blocks to the empty slot. It features three scenic pictures to unscramble, three levels of difficulty and Sound Blaster support. Requires 286 or better, 640K RAM, VGA and a mouse. (Alan J. Night) (Reg.Fee: $15) |
| HBANG2.ZIP | Yes | 297052 | 4/27/1994 | Head Banger #2 is a sliding puzzle game. Requires a 286 or better, VGA, mouse and 530K memory. (Alan J. Night) (Reg.Fee: $18) |
| HERO13.ZIP | Yes | 132257 | 12/31/1993 | Hero's Heart 1.3 is a challenging set of "push-pull" type puzzles in which you must collect all the hearts before leaving an area. An interesting feature of this game is that you must try to cause "creepers" to move in a particular direction. You must also watch out for things like snakes, boulders and arrows. (The latter two can help you as well as kill you.) A puzzle editor for creating your own puzzles is built into the program. Requires EGA/VGA. (Everett Kaser) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $17) |
| HOOPS1.ZIP | Yes | 14383 | 3/21/1994 | Magic Hoops 1.0 is a deceptively simple puzzle game which requires you to rotate the colors in two, inner linked circles so they will match a pattern displayed on the screen. (Brian Rickman) (Reg.Fee: $8) |
| HRD.ZIP | Yes | 56910 | 5/18/1994 | Hua Rong Dao is an oriental puzzle game with sliding tiles of different sizes (along the lines of "AARGH!"). Legend has it that even the originator of the game couldn't find a solution in his lifetime. Very nice graphics. (M. Lei) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| HURKLE.ZIP | Yes | 15150 | 11/30/1993 | Hurkle 2.2 challenges you to find the "Hurkle" hiding in a 15 X 15 grid. Find it in 4 tries or less and you win. (Robert L. LaFara) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| LADDRMAN.ZIP | Yes | 138406 | 11/21/1993 | Ladder Man is a puzzle game of the blockade variety. You push balls around to climb on top of as you clamor to the top of the screen, picking up diamonds along the way. You can pop up a ladder, but it is not always long enough. Meanwhile, you have to watch out for fires and avoid falling into water. There are 30 different rooms to solve, each one more difficult. Even after solving them, you can enjoy going back and trying to do it again in fewer moves. Separate score cards are maintained for each player. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $12) |
| LADMN310.ZIP | Yes | 163508 | 8/1/1994 | Ladder Man III 1.0 is a blockade type puzzle game. You must collect all the light bulbs in each of the puzzle rooms. You use a ladder to reach objects like TNT, boats, balloons and crates while avoiding deadly lasers and dangerous water hazards. Requires EGA/VGA. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $12) |
| LANDMIN.ZIP | Yes | 18577 | 5/18/1994 | Landmine is a simpler version of MINES, below. (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| LINK_UP.ZIP | Yes | 44602 | 5/18/1994 | Link-Up 1.04 is a Rubik's cube-type twisting puzzle. The object is to get the proper colors linked back together. VGA and a mouse are required. (KillTime Software) (Reg.Fee: $15) |
| LLARRY11.ZIP | Yes | 139513 | 8/1/1994 | Loader Larry 1.1 is an animated logic puzzle game. Larry Lontrose is a part-time dock loader who has ambitions to be promoted up the corporate ladder. By solving the 20 mind-bending puzzle rooms, you can help Larry fulfill his dreams. Each room has objects like boxes, balloons, TNT, and more. Using these objects and avoiding others, he must reach the doors in each room. Requires EGA/VGA. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $14) |
| LOGIC.ZIP | Yes | 29893 | 5/18/1994 | Logic contains a couple of logic problems. You are given a set of clues or facts about various elements of the puzzle and you have to use those clues to deduce the rest of the facts. (Die Walkure Software) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| MAGICSQ.ZIP | Yes | 13487 | 5/18/1994 | Magic Squares A Magic Square is an equal number of columns and rows of numbers which when added down or across or diagonally will total to the same number. This program will generate magic squares up to 175 by 175. This could be used to generate puzzles or just to satisfy the mathematically curious. The text of a magazine article on the subject is included, as is Pascal source code. (Judson McCranie) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| MARBL11.ZIP | Yes | 31863 | 10/21/1993 | Marble Guess 1.1 is a rendition of the classic game of Master Mind. You try to guess the hidden marbles in the least amount of chances. Requires VGA and a mouse. (Blueview Software) (Reg.Fee: $15) |
| MASTERM.ZIP | Yes | 31950 | 5/18/1994 | Master Mind is a nice version of the Master Mind type of puzzle in which you try to deduce the colors chosen by the computer. (Stephen Yim) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| MATHTRX.ZIP | Yes | 24637 | 5/18/1994 | Mathtrx is a set of math tricks with which you can amaze your friends. (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| MERLIN.ZIP | Yes | 4919 | 5/18/1994 | Merlin is a simple 1k memory resident (pop-up) puzzle. Merlin is played on a three by three board and the object of the game is to clear the board. Since it is a TSR, you can pop it up and work on it anytime you have a free minute. (David Stafford) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| MFE110.ZIP | Yes | 48470 | 7/25/1994 | MineField For Everybody 1.1 is a minefield game that will run on any system. It supports a mouse, save and load functions, customizable playing fields and difficulty, and more. (Reg.Fee: $5) |
| MICRUX.ZIP | Yes | 34439 | 5/18/1994 | MicroLink Crux 1.1 is a colorful puzzle/game where you try to place multicolored cross-shaped pieces on a grid. The object is to only have the crux-arms of the same color touching. See if you can beat the computer's score. (MicroLink PCUG Headquarters) (Reg.Fee: $5) |
| MINDCUBE.ZIP | Yes | 97940 | 12/5/1993 | MindCube is a challenging strategy-arcade game in which you try to clear the screen of all the goodies while avoiding spy cameras, time traps, delay bombs, etc. When you earn points, you can spend them on devices to help you accomplish your mission. EGA/VGA required. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $14) |
| MINE_FLD.ZIP | Yes | 100747 | 12/5/1993 | Mine Field is an interesting variation on the old mine field type game. Rather than just picking your way through the field, you have to locate and mark ALL the mines. In addition, there are 15 different board styles. Requires VGA, 350k and a mouse. (Expert Source Code, Inc.) (Reg.Fee: $19) |
| MINEHUN.ZIP | Yes | 39999 | 5/18/1994 | MineHunt is a mine field type of maze game. With VGA in the 50-line mode, you can have a very large playing field. (VGA is NOT required.) (Narimane Nabahi) (Reg.Fee: $5) |
| MINEPM.ZIP | Yes | 27526 | 5/18/1994 | Minefield is a DOS-based version of the popular Windows game of the same name. The object is to find and mark all of the mines in the playing field without setting any off. VGA and a mouse are required. (Paul Mills) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| MINES.ZIP | Yes | 30508 | 5/18/1994 | Mines 2.0 in this game you have to find a clear path through a minefield to allow the advancement of your unit, armed with only a metal detector which you later find out is defective. It tells you how many mines total are in adjoining squares, but not which squares they are in. Optionally puts up walls too. Many levels of difficulty. (Mark Vankekerix) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| MIRRORS.ZIP | Yes | 48877 | 5/17/1994 | Mirror Maze 2.0 is an interesting and unusual game in which a beam of light is moving through a maze (a grid of squares, actually). Mirrors are angled across many of the intersections, and your job is to move the mirrors to guide the light so as to hit all the points in the maze while avoiding the nasties. Your time to accomplish this is limited. EGA/VGA required. (Dave Edson) (Reg.Fee: $20) |
| MIXMAT.ZIP | Yes | 67893 | 5/18/1994 | Mix and Match 1.3 is an interesting game in which you try to match a random color by mixing the correct intensity of the three primary colors (red, green, blue). The challenge is to match the target color in as few tries as possible. VGA required. A very well-designed game. (Richard Carr) (Reg.Fee: $12) |
| MLLOYD.ZIP | Yes | 28941 | 5/18/1994 | MicroLink Loyd 1.1 is like one of those old plastic puzzles where you slide 15 numbered squares around inside a larger square until they are in order. There are 4 rounds, each with a different goal. Up to 7 players are allowed. The program features sound toggle, fast mode, statistics on multiple games, Bosskey, on-line help, keyboard and mouse support, top ten scores, and more. Works with any monitor, but looks great on a color monitor. This is the best sliding-squares game we have see yet. (Bob Lancaster) (Reg.Fee: $0-$5) |
| MSQUARE.ZIP | Yes | 1700 | 5/18/1994 | Magic Squares 1.0.3 contains three sizes of sliding block puzzles and an intriguing math puzzle for WIN31. (Randy A Harris) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $5) |
| MSTRCODE.ZIP | Yes | 53040 | 11/19/1993 | Master Code is patterned after the game "Master Mind". The computer selects four colors in a specific order. You try to guess the colors and the order by "placing pegs" in the "playing board". The computer responds with a white light for every correct color guessed or a black light if the color is not only correct, but is in the correct position. The object is to deduce the colors and order in as few guesses as possible. Requires EGA. (Michael Morlan) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| MSTRMIND.ZIP | Yes | 104248 | 11/19/1993 | Master Mind is the classic game of logic and deduction with a twist. Fruit is used instead of the traditional colors. You can choose to guess at 5 to 7 positions from 5 to 9 pieces of fruit with or without multiple pieces of the same kind of fruit and with 3 levels of reporting. Requires VGA and a mouse. (Charles A. Hardy) (Reg.Fee: $15) |
| NUM_MIND.ZIP | Yes | 14138 | 5/18/1994 | #_Mind is a logic game you play against the computer. The object is to deduce the computer's four-digit code before it deduces yours. It is virtually impossible to beat the computer. (Eggater & Ibanez) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| NUMLOG3.ZIP | Yes | 51563 | 5/18/1994 | Numbers & Logic III is a new set of four challenging, number/logic puzzles. The games are not overly difficult to solve, given enough time. The object is to solve them as quickly as possible. This approach makes the game entertaining for all ages. A log of best times and players' names are kept for each game. EGA/VGA and mouse required. (David Burns) (Reg.Fee: $18) |
| NUMLOGI.ZIP | Yes | 49868 | 5/18/1994 | Numbers & Logic I 1.0 is a set of three unusual and challenging number puzzles. The object is to get a solution in the shortest possible time. EGA/VGA and mouse required. (David Burns) (Reg.Fee: $8) |
| NUMPUZ.ZIP | Yes | 94257 | 11/19/1993 | Numpuz Challenge is an implementation of the traditional puzzle with sliding numbers. It optionally shows you the best solution achieved to date. A special section for educators is included. (Larry Ballou) (Reg.Fee: $12) |
| PAPAM2.ZIP | Yes | 138929 | 6/14/1994 | Pencil & Paper Activity Maker 2.0 creates and prints out puzzles, activities, and projects for pencil and paper. A variety of puzzles can be made including mazes, decoder, word search, matching, acrostic, word crossover, hidden message, hidden picture, dot to dot, unscramble verses, unscramble words, math puzzles, and more. (Stephen D. Groll) (Reg.Fee: $25) |
| PEG.ZIP | Yes | 286691 | 6/30/1993 | PEG 1.04 presents various challenges of peg solitaire with multiple starting positions, and changing endgames. For ages 8 to 88. Requires EGA and mouse. (Steve Estvanik) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $24) |
| PEGOUT.ZIP | Yes | 33651 | 5/18/1994 | Pegout 2.0 is a solitaire board game played with pegs. The object is to remove all but one peg. The remaining peg must end up in the center hole, or another hole predetermined by you. Color graphics required, EGA/VGA are supported, if you have them, with better colors and graphics. In our first test, after doing a Backup, the program would not accept any other move, but on the next run, Backup worked fine. Sounds like an elusive bug. (George Leotti) (Reg.Fee: $5) |
| PEGS.ZIP | Yes | 57540 | 11/18/1993 | P.E.G.S. is a puzzle in which you maneuver around blockades on the screen and push objects around to get rid of them. There are a total of 16 different screens/puzzles. PEGS is easier than similar games in the library, such as Bolo, so it is better for young children or the easily frustrated. (BEZ Software) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| PLIX.ZIP | Yes | 104342 | 4/27/1994 | Plix 1.0 is a puzzle strategy game similar to Alpha Man (by the same author). (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $14) |
| PLIX10.ZIP | Yes | 104195 | 9/27/1993 | PLIX 1.0 is a puzzle stratagy game similar to Alpha Man (by the same author). The objective is to push and position patterned tiles onto their matching negative image at the bottom of the game board. It sounds easy, yet the tiles will continue to slide in the direction you push them until they hit another tile or the side of the game board. Requires EGA/VGA monitor. (William Soleau) |
| PPACK.ZIP | Yes | 114205 | 11/19/1993 | PPack contains three programs that each help you build a different type of printed puzzle or problem: Puzzle - build puzzles that require deductive reasoning to solve and therefore teach and provide practice in deductive reasoning. Words - create puzzles containing up to twenty hidden words in a grid of random letters. The words can go in any direction horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Word Maze - build a maze of words from any specific word that you enter. You have to trace your way from the start of the maze to the finish by forming the maze word, letter by letter in sequence from the first letter in the word to the last and then repeat. You may go horizontally or vertically but not diagonally. (Acinom Software) (Reg.Fee: $7-$15) |
| PUZLMSTR.ZIP | Yes | 206635 | 11/19/1993 | PuzzleMaster is a set of six puzzles: Master Mind, word scrambles, jigsaw puzzle, peg-jumping, a slide game, and a Simon game. Each game's difficulty can be set, and there lots of options. The jigsaw game loads PCX, IFF, and GIF pictures so you can use any files you have lying around. The individual games are not the most sophisticated in PsL, but they make a nice set. (Richard C. Leinecker) (Reg.Fee: $15) |
| PUZZLER.ZIP | Yes | 227336 | 11/20/1993 | Puzzler helps you solve crossword puzzles, unscramble anagrams or any other kind of puzzle where you only know some of the letters of a word. It has a dictionary of over 112,000 words and abbreviations. (Acropolis Software) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| PUZZLERS.ZIP | Yes | 96282 | 11/19/1993 | Puzzlers is a colorful, challenging puzzle for all skill levels. The computer rates you based on the number of moves required to solve the puzzle. Requires 512K, and EGA/VGA. (Dennis J. Yelton) (Reg.Fee: $15) |
| PYRO_JK.ZIP | Yes | 36699 | 5/18/1994 | Pyro! A fire starts burning along the walls of a maze. Your goal is to rotate sections to connect all parts of the walls so that the fire will burn everything. You have to work fast to beat the spreading flames. VGA required. (John Kasunich) (Reg.Fee: $8) |
| QLTRX.ZIP | Yes | 40537 | 5/18/1994 | Quiltrex 1.0 is a puzzle game in which you move colorful patches around to match a variety of quilt patterns. Some are easy and some are very challenging. (Herringbone Software) (Reg.Fee: $8) |
| RAKU.ZIP | Yes | 103241 | 9/27/1993 | Raku Master 1.0 is a logic game for serious puzzle lovers. The object of the game is to flip all the red tiles back to gray in as few moves as possible. The Raku Master will tell you the exact number of moves in which he can solve the puzzle. If you don't believe him, he will show you. Requires EGA/VGA. (William Soleau) |
| REAC1.ZIP | Yes | 39571 | 10/12/1993 | Reactor 1.0 is a maze game similar to the author's AMAZE. Find your way through this maze inside of a nuclear reactor using your mouse to move forward, left and right. Don't take too long or you may die from overexposure. (Scott. Andrews) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| RGBZIP.ZIP | Yes | 112448 | 11/1/1993 | RGB 1.0 is a geometric puzzle game like Rubik's cube. All 16 cells must be turned to red by clicking on adjacent cells. There are more 100 patterns to solve. Requires VGA. (Antonio Cordoba) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| ROBIX11.ZIP | Yes | 95751 | 11/12/1993 | Robix 1.1 requires you to get your colored blocks to the bottom of the game board by pushing rows of blocks either to the left or right. You can play against the computer or a friend. Requires EGA/VGA. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $12) |
| ROBOTS.ZIP | Yes | 60108 | 5/18/1994 | Robots From Hell requires you to avoid the robots while attempting to reach the exit. Since there is no time factor and the robots do not move until you do, this is a strategy game or puzzle rather than an arcade type. Since robots cannot be easily avoided, the real key is luring them into obliteration in the force fields. Requires VGA or MCGA. (William R. Voss) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| SATORI.ZIP | Yes | 37083 | 5/18/1994 | Satori You must place tiles on a board trying to create a continuous unbroken design. This is similar to Pipe Games in the Arcade section, but without a time limit. EGA/VGA and a mouse are required. (Rinzai Satori) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| SEEKER1.ZIP | Yes | 78084 | 5/18/1994 | Seeker1 is a lot more fun and addictive than it would sound like from the description. All you do is select one of three entrances into a maze for your man to enter and sit back and watch. Your man moves through the maze, hopefully picking up items that will gain you points. Meanwhile, an enemy is stalking your man and if you have not selected an entrance well, may catch and kill him. (William Soleau) (Reg.Fee: $5-$10) |
| SHERLK.ZIP | Yes | 87800 | 8/30/1993 | PC-Sherlock 1.3 is a game of logic and deduction. The computer competes against you in deducing a secret number. (Sanjay Kanade) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $18) |
| SLIDEP.ZIP | Yes | 23693 | 7/28/1994 | Sliding Puzzle 1.0 is a computer version of the familiar sliding tiles game. The object is to arrange the numbered pieces by sliding them around inside the 4X4 grid until they are lined up in numerical order. It's not as easy as it sounds. (Dataware) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| SLIDER.ZIP | Yes | 54123 | 5/18/1994 | Slider is a sliding number puzzle game like the ones they sell for party favors. The program is configurable for different sizes, different mix-up percentages, and saving/loading games. Mouse support is included. (A. Thomas) (Reg.Fee: $5) |
| SOKOSW.ZIP | Yes | 104916 | 9/12/1993 | Sokoball is a variation of the Japanese Sokoban puzzles. The object of this game is to push the boxes to a designated area to clear the game board. It features changing floor plans, pop-up barriers and an editor for creating your own puzzles. Requires a 286+ and VGA. (Jim Radcliffe) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| SQUARE.ZIP | Yes | 11992 | 10/4/1993 | Squares 1.2 is an 11k TSR pop-up game whose object is to turn all the squares black. (Geoff Friesen) (Reg.Fee: $25) |
| STAINGL.ZIP | Yes | 75186 | 5/18/1994 | Stained Glass 910116 is a very tough puzzle-game in which you clear the board by jumping colored boxes ("panes of glass") over each other. What happens when one box jumps another depends on the colors involved, making planning ahead pretty tricky. For example, if a blue box jumps over another box and lands "on" a yellow box, the double "panes of glass" combine to become a green box. A blue box jumping "over" a green box would remove its color from the double box and leave just the single yellow box. Very interesting and challenging. (Kent Brewster) (Reg.Fee: $25) |
| STARS.ZIP | Yes | 12066 | 5/18/1994 | Stars is a "brain teaser" that works something like the Game of Life. (William Meachem) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| STPSIGN.ZIP | Yes | 36148 | 5/18/1994 | StopSign 2.0 is a puzzle game similar to ARGH!, only this time it's a stop sign that you have to put back together. (David B. Howorth) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| SUPRCROC.ZIP | Yes | 79804 | 11/3/1993 | Super Croc 3 is a challenging puzzle game. The objective is to remove as many crocodiles as you can by jumping one over another. It features animated exploding crocodiles and sound card support. Requires EGA/VGA. (Dave Culbertson) (Reg.Fee: $2) |
| TANGRM11.ZIP | Yes | 75986 | 8/12/1994 | Tangram 1.1 is an ancient Chinese puzzle game. It comes to life in hi-res VGA, and includes 50 intriguing puzzles to solve, full 360 degree control of the Tangram pieces, built-in screen saver, ability to save your own puzzles, and more. Requires VGA and a mouse. (Reg.Fee: $15) |
| TDT_WALL.ZIP | Yes | 104196 | 11/19/1993 | Tear Down the Wall is a strategy game you play against the computer or another person. The object is to try to remove the brick (of varying sizes) that will let the most bricks above it fall - an unusual and challenging game. (Chet Langin) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| THEPYRM.ZIP | Yes | 47577 | 5/18/1994 | The Pyramid 1.04 is a puzzle game in which you rotate the sections of the pyramid until each side has all 25 triangles of the same color. There are four skill levels. VGA and a mouse are required. (KillTime Software) (Reg.Fee: $15) |
| THESTAR.ZIP | Yes | 58639 | 5/18/1994 | The Star 1.04 Can you get the pentagon-shaped background of each star to be all one color? Requires a mouse and VGA. (KillTime Software) (Reg.Fee: $15) |
| TILE15.ZIP | Yes | 45472 | 5/18/1994 | Tile15 2.0 is a puzzle where the object is to to get all the tiles in numerical order, just like in the little plastic, hand-held game. (Jeff Gordon) (Reg.Fee: $6) |
| TOB.ZIP | Yes | 27468 | 1/25/1994 | The Odd Ball 2.0 is a simple, yet challenging strategy game. Twelve balls are displayed, one of which weighs differently than the others. The object is to find the odd ball by weighing the balls in as few tries as possible. (Ronald L. Crabb) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $12) |
| TRICK.ZIP | Yes | 31191 | 5/18/1994 | Trick is a computerized card trick. You pick a card mentally and the computer tells you which card you picked. (Michael S. Yurchuk) (Reg.Fee: $1) |
| TRISK.ZIP | Yes | 8614 | 5/18/1994 | Trisk is a video puzzle. (Neil J. Rubenking) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| VGAHIQ.ZIP | Yes | 40174 | 5/18/1994 | VGA Hi-Q is an implementation of the classic game of Hi-Q. The board is filled with 32 pegs and the center hole is empty. You must get rid of as many pegs as possible, leaving only one peg in the center hole. Requires VGA. (Galifir Developments) (Reg.Fee: $10) |
| VGASHFL.ZIP | Yes | 60469 | 5/18/1994 | VGA Shuffle is a sliding-tiles puzzle game. It uses 256-color, high-res pictures instead of the usual numbered tiles. Three pictures are provided, including a nice one of Gorbachev. You can add your own pictures in Deluxe Paint II LBM format. A mouse is required. (Nikolay Soumarokov) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| WESP.ZIP | Yes | 56758 | 5/18/1994 | Wesp is an interesting game in which you are on a series of platforms (squares) which appear to float in random order in space (with stars twinkling in the background). As you jump from a square, it disappears. You can jump one or two squares at a time. The goal is to visit each platform so that they all disappear. Then you move to the next level and a more difficult pattern. (Guenter Koch) (Reg.Fee: $0) |
| XFIRE.ZIP | Yes | 289466 | 12/2/1993 | XFire 2.02 is a VGA puzzle/arcade game. Select a photograph from the menu, decide how many peices you want and the puzzle will scramble them. As the peices move around on the board, use your mouse to fire at them. When your crosshairs line up horizontally or vertically with the space where the piece fits, it will automatically snap into place. Score points by completing the puzzle quickly. Xfire supports sound cards. (Steve Estvanik) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $25) |