| Name | Extracted | Size | Date | Description |
| BJACKV.ZIP | Yes | 155286 | 8/11/1993 | Video BlackJack 1.0 (SNR Software; $10) is an exciting casino style video blackjack game. Options include split, double down, insurance, surrender and user defined wagering. Outstanding graphics with 3D effects, icons, buttons and animation. Full mouse and keyboard support, as well as music and sound effects! |
| VIDEO_BJ.ZIP | Yes | 126704 | 1/31/1994 | Video Blakjak (Himowitz, Michael J.; $30) is a casino Blackjack game and tutorial. It can be played strictly for fun, but it also includes basic and advanced card counting strategies, auto-play for research, and fully adjustable rules for various casinos. It keeps track of all financial and card stats. |
| 2BITPOKR.ZIP | Yes | 57653 | 11/19/1993 | 2-Bit Poker (Williston, Mark C.; $10) is an addictive copy of the poker-playing arcade game. |
| DDVPV2.ZIP | Yes | 145119 | 8/11/1993 | Double Down Video Poker 2.0 (10-93 CD) (Hazan, Sam; $10) is a game of five-card draw poker with beautiful graphics and an added twist. If you win a hand, you get to draw for high card against the computer for double or nothing. If you can beat the face up card you can double your winnings. EGA and 512K are required; a mouse is not required, but makes the game a lot easier to play. |
| EGAPOK.ZIP | Yes | 41603 | 8/25/1993 | EGA-Poker is a nice implementation of a video poker game. game of low-ball played like a video arcade machine. |
| LVCASINO.ZIP | Yes | 101270 | 12/5/1993 | Las Vegas EGA Casino (Ted Gruber Software; $15) contains three casino games including blackjack, video poker, and a slot machine. How authentic are these games? Well, one of the programmers, Diana Gruber, used to deal blackjack in Vegas. Requires EGA/VGA. Sound cards are supported for music and sound effects. machine game. BASIC required. |
| POKRSLOT.ZIP | Yes | 106934 | 11/19/1993 | Poker Slot (Buti, Raymond M.; $15) is a poker slot machine game. We were all set to chunk this program as being "yet another poker machine game", but were impressed by the high quality graphics display and the ease of use. EGA or VGA and 300k RAM are required. poker game with an interesting twist - if you win a hand, you can double your winnings (or lose them) on the cut of a card. |
| VPOKER.ZIP | Yes | 37010 | 12/3/1993 | Video Poker Plus 3.0 (Falconer, Jay J.; $20) is a nicely done version of the Las Vegas poker machines. Payoff rates can be customized. Features include a files menu, sound toggle, stats, save to disk and more. |
| VPTUTOR.ZIP | Yes | 102435 | 3/9/1994 | Video Poker Tutor 1.3 (Catlin, Gary M.; $25) teaches you how to improve your chances of winning on a video poker game. You can also just use this as a game to play. Company; $19) is another computerized version of the five-card draw video poker machines in casinos. Graphics, ease of use, and the play of the game are all excellent. Inc.; $10) plays five card draw poker with the same rules as the video poker games used in Las Vegas. It is currently set up to play like the old video slots. It is user modifiable to play like the newest games and can be set to be a "tight" machine or a "loose" machine in terms of its payout values. Systems, Inc.; $20) is an interesting variation on the usual run-of-the-mill video poker game. Various wild cards are thrown into the game (at a price, though). You have to be on your toes to avoid accidentally pitching a wild card. |
| BASEBALL.ZIP | Yes | 156323 | 11/19/1993 | Baseball (Rotten Robbie's $PORT$-BB$; $50) is a pro baseball handicapping program. It displays picks using overall stats, picks using away/home stats, team statistics, pitcher's statistics, all games played on a specified date, and past match-ups. |
| CBB.ZIP | Yes | 164210 | 11/19/1993 | CBB (Rotten Robbie's $PORT$-BB$; $50) is a college basketball handicapping program. is a point spread, football pool manager. It is based on a weekly setup and includes editable databases and the executable, source code (Clipper). It prints sign-up sheets, charts, and result sheets. |
| FFUN.ZIP | Yes | 175631 | 11/22/1993 | FootBall Fun Game (Critics Choice ASP; $?) is a football pool management program. Features include the option to show the winning player's name on selection sheet, to delete players entered incorrectly, and to customize the rules on the selection sheet. |
| HORSE.ZIP | Yes | 403038 | 1/12/1994 | Handicap Horse Racing (Data-Plane Inc.; $75) is an animated horse-racing simulation. This game gives you complete control of your stable, lets you enter races, select the jockey, attend auctions, and much more. Pari-mutual betting is supported, including Win/Place/Show, Across the Board, Xacta, Trifecta, and Daily Double. Several people can play at the same time. EGA/VGA and a hard disk are required. |
| MEGAPUPS.ZIP | Yes | 343358 | 12/7/1993 | MegaPups (DSF Associates, Inc.; $40) is a greyhound handicapping database program. It lets you record histories for individual dogs, enter your own opinions about how various factors should be weighted, and then it predicts race results based on the information entered. Requires 576k of DOS RAM. |
| NAGS13.ZIP | Yes | 87058 | 9/10/1993 | Race the Nags 1.3 (Olsen, Richard ASP; $17) is an animated horse-racing game for up to six players. You start the game with $50 and can bet on over 200 horses. Big winners will have their name added to the Hall of Fame. Requires EGA and 512K. |
| NCAAPICK.ZIP | Yes | 96360 | 12/5/1993 | NCAAPick (McCann, Donald; $10) will ease the task of managing a yearly NCAA Basketball Tournament pool. It decreases the paperwork and provides more information to the pool manager and players. |
| PBB.ZIP | Yes | 225112 | 11/19/1993 | PBB (Rotten Robbie's $PORT$-BB$; $50) is pro basketball handicapping program. |
| PH_HCP.ZIP | Yes | 168080 | 11/19/1993 | PH (Rotten Robbie's $PORT$-BB$; $50) is a pro hockey handicapping program. |
| POOLMAN.ZIP | Yes | 121197 | 11/20/1993 | The Pool Manager (Kunz, Andy ASP; $25) is a sports pool organizer and database for running the office sports pools. It maintains all aspects of running a football pool or for any sport with up to 120 participants. All NFL teams are coded in. It calculates and prints the standings after the game results have been entered. You have the ability to configure the exact pool you need. Options include confidence points/wins only; use of the point spread; and an application of a tiebreaker. Run a "What if" scenario to determine the standings if a certain team or teams were to win without affecting the actual results. Requires 384k. J.; $17) predicts the results of football games. Each week, you enter the statistics for that week's games, then the program predicts point spread, projected passing, rushing and total yards, first downs, fumbles, time of possession, sacks, and more. A detailed analysis of how the projections were calculated can be printed. Data from the 1992-93 season have been included for evaluation purposes and for developing current calculations. Requires 385k of RAM. |
| PFPICKS.ZIP | Yes | 129511 | 11/20/1993 | PRO Football Picks 5.0s (ALC Software; $40) is a football handicapping program created to pick winning teams considering the Betting Spread points. It's success rate was 73% in 1986, 43% in 1987, 57% in 1988 and 62% in 1989. It also provides useful statistical information based on the data given. For under and over betting, the probable points scored is also provided. A schedule for the 1993 football season is included, as well as a database for 1992 games. |
| THORO44.ZIP | Yes | 153015 | 2/4/1994 | Cambridge Handicappers 4.4 [Hyre, Leonard and Himowitz, Michael J.; $30] This disk contains three handicapping programs: for Thoroughbred, Harness and Greyhound Handicappers. These are professional quality handicappers, incorporating three important factors to the calculations: Speed Rating, Track Variant, and Gender. Formulas work well with longer races and assist in weeding out horses who show early speed but fade at longer distances. Also includes Cambridge Thoroughbred Handicapper 5.0 ($50), a fully relational database that stores, retrieves, and modifies race analyses. Note that you cannot start the program with NTHO4SW.EXE. You have to start it with THORO.BAT. Requires 512K. |
| TRN_TRAK.ZIP | Yes | 101174 | 11/20/1993 | Tournament Tracking System (Williamson, Brian W.; $5) will assist you in managing a type of sports tournament pool in which the bettors guess the winners of all the games in an event such as the NCAA basketball tournament. It will print a report showing the results for all bettors from most correct picks to least. assist you in picking lottery numbers based on your personal biorythms. This is more like it. I personally get irritated by programs that purport to use mathematical analysis to foretell the results of a future random selection of numbers. Here's a program more to my liking -- if you're going to engage in voodoo, use voodoo; don't pretend to use science. After analyzing your chances of success based on your biorythms for the day of the lottery, it will generate number selections for you based on numbers that it deems to be "good" for you. |
| FLOTTO.ZIP | Yes | 111824 | 10/28/1993 | FLotto v4.0 (PC Light, ASP; $20) is a lotto program for any Pick 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 lottery game. It offers wheeling for up to 50 numbers. It does random and filtered quick picks. It calculates odds and keeps track of winning numbers. |
| FFSV1.ZIP | Yes | 135042 | 8/23/1993 | Fantasy Five Spot 1.0 is a combination of lotto, keno and bingo. |
| LOTTO.ZIP | Yes | 308031 | 7/20/1993 | Lotto-Buster keeps track of numbers, helps pick numbers, records past winners and analyzes trends. |
| LOTOMANI.ZIP | Yes | 125539 | 11/20/1993 | Lotomania (Spencer-Jones Inc.; $5) covers four lotteries and provides databases for the appropriate Canadian lotteries. The program can also be used for lotteries outside of Canada. It also provides a frequency analysis of winning numbers. |
| LOT_CHAL.ZIP | Yes | 136006 | 11/20/1993 | Lotto Challenger 3.7 (Data Solutions ASP; $32) is a number-selection program for all Pick-5, Pick-6 and Pick-7 Lotto games. The program uses "statistical analysis" to determine which numbers are Hot, Cold, Overdue, and Last Drawing. (We have expounded before on the dubious merits of such "statistical analysis", so we won't repeat ourselves.) It checks tickets for winning combinations and includes a history option for testing playing strategies on previous drawings. The program can be reconfigured for almost any state's lottery system. Mouse support is included. |
| LOTOMSTR.ZIP | Yes | 99872 | 11/20/1993 | Lotto Master Professional (JPM Computer Products; $40) maintains and tracks Lotto bets, checks bets against the Lotto drawings, maintains a history of winning numbers, analyzes historical numbers for significant information, generate bets based on statistical history, and supports bets based on user-selected numbers with statistical backup. Requires DOS 3 or higher. |
| LOTWHEEL.ZIP | Yes | 136008 | 11/20/1993 | Lotto Magic Wheel (Rose, Herb; $15-$35) is a sophisticated wheeling system for Pick-5, Pick-6, and Pick-7 Lotto drawings. The author claims that wheeling a set of numbers can help improve your odds for winning a Lotto jackpot. The program is fast and easy to use. frustrating chore of choosing your lottery numbers. |
| LOTTOTX.ZIP | Yes | 155345 | 7/13/1993 | CAD's LottoTexas Software 1.2 (CAD Computing; $15) graphs, analyzes, and displays past winning Texas lottery numbers. It will generate number picks for you. This demo version will not save new data. and data for the NJ Pick-6 lottery. C source code for these programs is included. $5) lets you figure the odds of any lottery game. |
| PROPHET.ZIP | Yes | 274452 | 11/20/1993 | Lotto Prophet (DataMicro, Inc. ASP; $15-$40) helps keep a record of numbers picked as well as recording the previously called lottery numbers. It will maintain all of the State, Canadian 6/49 and Australian Gold lotteries at one time. It can hold numbers for up to a total of 60 U.S. and International lotteries. There are advanced wheeling systems routines, and a Doubles and Triples frequency report can be produced. |
| SUPERLOT.ZIP | Yes | 241472 | 11/20/1993 | Super Lotto-Master (Bower, Morris L.; $15) is a lottery number database and analytical program. It stores past winning lottery numbers input by the user and calculates the most "probable" numbers for future drawings. It supports all 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 digit lotteries. A biorhythm can be run for the drawing date. |
| TEXLOTT.ZIP | Yes | 152146 | 8/21/1993 | Tejas Lotto is a quick pick program for the Texas lottery. is a very good version of the dice game of the same name. It has a lot of nice touches, such as showing the dice actually flying across the table instead of just popping the numbers up on the screen. A thorough explanation of all the different kinds of bets is included. |
| CRAPSCMP.ZIP | Yes | 88667 | 11/20/1993 | Craps Complete (Buti, Raymond M.; $15) is a realistic computer version of the casino game of craps. The documentation contains lots of information on strategy and wagering. 350K of free RAM, EGA, and a mouse are required. |
| LV_CRAPS.ZIP | Yes | 97150 | 11/20/1993 | Las Vegas Craps (Kent Myers; $25-$30) is an EGA/VGA Las Vegas craps game for one or two people. This is a game for beginners as well as the experienced gambler. It allows every bet permissible in a real casino. It includes complete statistical information, a screen blanker and a host of other features. It works best with a mouse, but it is not required. On-line help screens explain both the play of this game and the game of craps itself. This is a very well done, entertaining game. |
| SICBO.ZIP | Yes | 87036 | 12/4/1993 | Sic Bo (Buti, Raymond M.; $15) is a popular Oriental casino game. It is played with three dice. You guess which of the individual numbers or combinations of numbers will appear on the dice when thrown. EGA and mouse are required. version of the casino game SICBO. It is done with Vegas odds intact and allows 1 to 4 users; complete with on-line help screens. game in which you can bet on "pass" or "don't pass". is a Bingo game manager. It picks numbers, displays them in huge letters on screen, tracks numbers called, prints out results, and keeps statistics on how many times each number has come up in order to demonstrate randomness. It also prints customized, random bingo cards. This is great for clubs and churches. $13) is the game of bingo as played in Las Vegas. You mark your card as each ball is dropped. The computer is also marking a card, so the object is to beat the computer. Game variations offered are the Classic, T-Bingo, and X-Bingo games. The programs have nice graphics, which require VGA, and a mouse is needed for marking the card. make the decision whether to bet a horse to win, place, or show. You provide the track information and odds from the daily paper. Various charts and reports are available showing payoffs, etc. run a bingo game with your PC. The program prints out the cards and it's up to the players to pay attention to the numbers being called by the computer, just like real bingo. Up to eight cards can be printed on regular paper. |
| PWRBINGO.ZIP | Yes | 124719 | 11/21/1993 | Power Bingo 1.0 (Buti, Raymond M.; $15) lets you play Bingo against the computer, which plays for up to 41 other players, each with six Bingo cards. As the numbers are drawn, you click them off on your six on-screen cards and try to beat the computer hands to Bingo. Requires a mouse and EGA/VGA. Big Six game. It's the game with the large vertical wheel with money on it ($1, $2, $5, $10, $20). $25) is an old-time slot machine, circa 1910-1920. Rather than a graphic drawing of a slot machine, this game uses a digitized picture of the actual machine. This type of slot machine is known as a multiplier. Requires 512K, 750K disk space and EGA/VGA. slot machine game with excellent graphics. is a five coin Las Vegas style slot machine. It features stunning colors, sound effects, and realistic graphics. Sound Blaster support is included. (Unfortunately, you cannot turn off the constant and somewhat irritating music without also turning off the SB sound effects.) Requires EGA/VGA. Las Vegas games of the same name. You start out with $10,000 and have a maximum $500 bet and minimum of $1 on ten or less spots, $2 on eleven or more spots. The limit of the pot is $50,000. and easiest game in Las Vegas. This computerized version will let you get the feel of it before you go to Vegas. simulation of a casino keno game. Requires EGA/VGA. A mouse is optional. |
| VID_KENO.ZIP | Yes | 88400 | 11/19/1993 | Video Keno (Buti, Raymond M.; $15) is the game of Keno for your computer. Requires 320K free RAM, EGA or better monitor, and a mouse. The graphics are well done, and the included documentation makes learning the game easy. computerized version of James Bond's favorite card game. This is only for people who are intensely interested in seeing how the game works, or for those who have grown tired of watching paint dry. Innovations Plus; $15) is a computerized version of the popular European card game Baccarat. The program has excellent graphics and a variety of playing options make this game a lot of fun to learn. |
| BACRAT.ZIP | Yes | 316879 | 8/22/1993 | Ultimate Baccarat 1.0 (Accidental Software; $13) is an animated casino Baccarat game. It lets you play with three computer characters and up to six human players. A tutor takes you through the game step by step and the dealer talks you through the game. Requires EGA/VGA, hard disk, 540K RAM. |
| DECKO.ZIP | Yes | 154374 | 8/11/1993 | Decko 2.0 (Hazan, Sam; $5) is a card game that is similar to Keno but played with cards. It features great graphics, sound, and mouse support. ASP; $43-$46) is a casino gambling tutor. Tutorials teach you about odds, money management, improving luck and how to get the best of it in a casino. Games covered include video poker, slot machines, blackjack, craps, roulette, and others. A planning module lets you determine the best bet size for you and the size of bankroll required for your gambling junket. Requires 640K and 720K disk space. |
| MONSTER.ZIP | Yes | 77771 | 12/5/1993 | Monster Carlo (Soumarokov, Nikolay; $0) lets up to five players compete in games of chance, including various dice games, poker, horse races, roulette, and even Russian Roulette. Each player selects a monster's picture to represent them. You take turns and one of the games of chance is selected and played during each turn. Although no skill is involved and the individual games are simplistic, the complete package is fun to play and the graphics make it interesting. EGA/VGA required. (Comes to PsL from Vienna, Austria.) |
| PIRADA.ZIP | Yes | 145343 | 11/21/1993 | Pirada I, II, and III (ETS Inc.; $?) contains three animated games: blackjack, draw poker, and Keno. In Pirada I, you uncover cards on a grid, trying to get as many columns and rows to sum to 21 as you can. You must have a least one 21 point hand to advance to the next level. If you uncover a grenade, you have to finish before the grenade goes off or you lose one of your lives. Pirada II is a draw poker game played on a grid, with hyperactive munchkins bouncing up and down when you get a high scoring hand. Pirada III is a variation of Keno, with amusing animated eyes. This is a very well done package. VGA and a mouse are required. horserace game for up to 10 bettors. It closely simulates being at the track. You place bets, watch the race and the computer keeps track of how much you've won or lost. The horses' names and odds are randomly generated and the results of the races are based on these odds. There are also varying track lengths and conditions that affect the results. The graphics are somewhat crude, but effective. The overall design of the program is very good, in our opinion. version of a program that has never been very well done before. In addition to getting the game, you get a good explanation of the rules and strategies of betting. |
| ROUL40.ZIP | Yes | 8546 | 9/21/1993 | Roulette is a 40-number version of the old 36-number roulette gambling game. |