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Date:         Tue, 18 Aug 1992 14:02:51 -0400
Reply-To:     ad749@yfn.ysu.edu
From:         Rob Bakos <ad749@YFN.YSU.EDU>
Subject:      Installing Mean 18

I recently tried to install (well, copy the files to the hd) Mean 18
on a 386/25. The files copy, but they don't work. Just like a copy protection
of some sort...

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Rob

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Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 1992 09:19:11 EDT
Reply-To:     Bill Wright <wright@ADA1.CRD.GE.COM>
From:         Bill Wright <wright@ADA1.CRD.GE.COM>
Subject:      VBRUN100.DLL
X-To:         GAMES-L@brownvm.brown.edu

VBRUN100.DLL is Microsoft's Visual BASIC runtime library.  It is available
on simtel20 in the MSDOS.WINDOWS3 subdirectory as VBRUN100.ZIP.

Bill Wright               wright@ada1.crd.ge.com
                          (513) 774-5462
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Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1992 16:31:14 CDT
Reply-To:     Galen Tillery <RGTILLER@SAMFORD.BITNET>
From:         Galen Tillery <RGTILLER@SAMFORD.BITNET>
Subject:      Hardball III and joystick

Has anyone managed to get the joystick to work during HARDBALL III (i.e.
pitching and hitting)?

Mine works during game setup and joystick calibration but not afterwards.

BTW, I have a FlightStick.

Thanks, Galen.
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Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:14:35 LCL
Reply-To:     DELACRUZ@UTFSM
From:         "Freddy de la Cruz M." <DELACRUZ@UTFSM.BITNET>
Subject:      MORIA

Does anyone knows where is the last version of MORIA for PC AND for VM?


        Thanks to all the ones who will answer.... And remember...the
     FRUGIES (TM) are coming   !!!!! (1992 Copyright MAD Magazine)
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Date:         Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:27:00 EDT
Reply-To:     Gary Grothman <GROTHMAG@SNYSYRV1.BITNET>
From:         Gary Grothman <GROTHMAG@SNYSYRV1.BITNET>
Subject:      Warlords (+/- enhanced)

Hello, I've heard a rumour that the rather great game Warlords is
out in an enhanced version.   In fact, I believe someone asked about
this very thing a while back (I'll search the archives for his
address, yes).

Well, my question is, is it true?  Is there a "New, Improved, Now
with fluoride, With flavour crystals and scrubbing bubbles" version?
Are the flavour crystals worth the (supposedly) "new, inflated" price?

Other comments, on other games...

Centurion...pretty good, enjoyable, although battles seem well-nigh
unwinnable on higher levels.  Darn those Parthians anyway.  Entertaining
for a few campaigns...

Overlord...ugh.  Cool concept, Fairly Nifty (tm) graphics, but a basic
problem.  Far too time-dependent.  Using time efficiently is one thing,
but when the bad guy can invade and conquer one of your planets while
you, the almighty emperor, are REFUELLING one of dozens of ships (!),
what is going on?  A frantic pace may be interesting, somewhat novel
in a "strategy" game, but too much time is required with the mindless
busywork.  The manual actually suggests commerce between specialized
colonies as a way to improve efficiency.  Yeah, right.  What "emperor"
can find the time to be refuelling, launching, navigating, landing,
loading/unloading every cargo ship in addition to personally recruting
(oops...can't back up) his soldiers...

     Well, it looks great, and I'd enjoy it a great deal if it was about
1/10 the speed.  I suppose others would disagree with my mostly worthless
opinion.

Starcontrol: rather super.  SC II should be worth a few $$.

Anacreon: still a favourite.  Now that's a strategy game.  I'd love
to see a new version (I wanna see the battles when I get attacked 8-(
).

Well, this is already too long a post.  Hello to any survivors.

Love those Infocoms!  Oh, and thanks if you remember/respond to my
query...

Gary the verbally compulsive..
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Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1992 02:03:00 EDT
Reply-To:     Michael Wexler <WEXLER@UNC.BITNET>
From:         Michael Wexler <WEXLER@UNC.BITNET>
Subject:      Moria, Hack,etc...

  Did anyone ever find the recent versions of these ilk compiled for
a pc?  I may be the only person without a C compiler on the list, so
I need the already done versions...

 Also, anyone willing to let me know the Wizard passwords for Moria,
etc.?  I won't tell anyone;I just hate to be left out...

   Thanks,
      Michael Wexler@unc.bitnet

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From: gwc@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Greg F Walz Chojnacki)
Subject: Strike Aces Patch?
Originator: gwc@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:33:36 GMT

>
I can't seem to get the joystick to work in Strike Aces. Is anyone
aware of a patch for that, and if so, its ftp location?

Thanks.

Greg

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From: rahayden@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Silicon Avatar)
Subject: Hitchhiker's Guide To UNIX
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 07:19:50 GMT

This is probably a silly post, but does anyone know if Infocom's classic
HHTTG game is availabel for UNIX format?

Thanks


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From: student2@sunrans.cern.ch (Student2)
Subject: Re: Civ(help)
Keywords: 
                              
                 
Organization: CERN European Lab for Particle Physics
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:08:39 GMT

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Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1992 19:45:46 HMT
Reply-To:     BRADHAMP@ASHLEY.COFC.EDU
From:         BRADHAMP@ASHLEY.COFC.EDU
Subject:      Game HARDWARE & purchasing

Thanks to all who posted on the hardware advice -- it has all been
very helpful stuff.  About twenty people replied so far, and this seems
to be the basics of good "happy medium" game system:

(by happy medium, I just mean beyond a 386sx, and below a dream machine,
 something that handles today's games well, avoiding user frustration as
 much as possible.)

                       486-33
                       4 megs
                       120 meg IDE HD
                       2 hd FD's
                       SVGA monitor
                       SVGA board
                       SoundBlaster Pro soundboard
                       64k cache

I know, I know --- of course more would be better, but this -seems- to be
the basics of a machine that would run today's games well, and not be
outdated too soon, especially since the 486-33 and 4 megs RAM -can be-
upgraded when it becomes necessary.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FILL THE SPECIFICATION OUT -- ALL INPUT WELCOME!

Also, a CD-ROM may very well be the first -necessary- upgrade for this
system.

I would also like to split open another can of worms:  where's the best
place to get the discussed system?  Local computer stores seemed to be
manned by ex-car salesmen, and surrounded in a fog of bad rumors.
Several ads in Computer Shopper seem to have some nice packages for
what seems to be good prices -- but can mail order really be trusted?

ps - doesn't the soundblaster pro also serve as a game card?

bradhamp@ashely.cofc.edu
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From: willimsa@unix1.tcd.ie (Gavin Williams)
Subject: U7: Spoilsers?
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 16:41:12 GMT




Rhight, I was in Empath Abbey, and suddenly, when talking to Kreg,
for no apparent reason, I was given the option, THIEF!

Now, I know he was no true member of the BOTR, but what did he steal??

Also, I woke up penumbra, and she referred to the timelord.

How do I get in touch with him??????


Thanks.

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Date:         Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:50:00 EDT
Reply-To:     Michael Wexler <WEXLER@UNC.BITNET>
From:         Michael Wexler <WEXLER@UNC.BITNET>
Subject:      Archie and wildcards...

I have used archie somewhat successfully, because I do not speak
Unix/regex, and I cannot figure out what the wildcard is.

So, if I want arac*.zip like in dos, how would I word my prog
or search statement to locate a few sites?

  Much Thanks!
  Michael Wexler@unc.bitnet
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Date:         Thu, 20 Aug 1992 15:21:53 EDT
Reply-To:     Costa Karamalis <057504@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA>
From:         Costa Karamalis <057504@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA>
Subject:      Re: Idx for WUARCHIVE?

On Thu, 20 Aug 1992 18:09:46 GMT Khan said:
>The index there is just for the portion of wuarchive which mirrors
>SIMTEL20 (i.e. everything below /mirrors/msdos). There's a lot more to
>wuarchive than that. Perhaps the 15Mb version is for ALL of wuarchive,
>not just the SIMTEL20 part?

Oh yes..I forgot to mention that...The index I was talking about is only
for the msdos directory..I did the mistake to think that since I was
only interested in that directory, you were too..Sorry about that...
Correction then..That index is only for the SIMTEL20 (msdos) ..

Costa.
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Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 1992 00:17:00 EST
Reply-To:     Chris Ward <CWARD@OPIE.BGSU.EDU>
From:         Chris Ward <CWARD@OPIE.BGSU.EDU>
Subject:      I'am back
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I am back to my account and back on this list.

As if anyone even cares, for the most part this is a test message.

CWARD
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Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1992 21:26:23 MDT
Reply-To:     "Dr. Strangelove" <IH23@UTEP.BITNET>
From:         "Dr. Strangelove" <IH23@UTEP.BITNET>
Subject:      LPMud

Anyone know of an LPMud for running on a PC? Thanks and reply privatly.

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Date:         Tue, 11 Aug 1992 08:16:00 -0500
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From:         "Mark Pizzinato" <PIZZINATO%XANADU@KINGSTON.ARPC.ALCAN.CA>
Subject:      SVGA Games

Hi all ...   I just received a game in the mail that requires SVGA.  The game
is Links 386 PRO .  It runs in 640x480x256 colours.  (Remember that VGA is
640x480x16 Colors or 320x200x256 colours.  BTW... the games is really good and
is much improved or the regular LINKS.

Mark Pizzinato
Kingston, ONT
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Date:         Mon, 17 Aug 1992 16:44:31 ADT
Reply-To:     Kim Osborne <OSBORNE@UNB.CA>
From:         Kim Osborne <OSBORNE@UNB.CA>
Subject:      Ultima 6

Hi,
Just got hold of Ultima 6 and cannot believe how big it is. I have
tried playing it a number of times and I am a little unsure where
I should really start my quest. The world is so big! Help!
Also, how does this game rate against Ultima7 - is 6 better or
worse? Let me know your opinions . Thanks in advance.
  Oh, one other thing - does anyone know if Crusaders Of The Dark
  Savant is out? I know it was advertised last November but I
  haven't seen it. Thanks again.

                             Sincerely Yours

                             Kim Osborne
                             <OSBORNE@UNB.CA>
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Date:         Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:32:01 BST
Reply-To:     A.S.Booth@DURHAM.AC.UK
From:         A.S.Booth@DURHAM.AC.UK
Subject:      Star Trek 25th "Target Analysis" (PC version)
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When I press "A" I get a message from Mr Sulu saying "Target analysis on/off"
This doesn't appear in the icon options, what does it do?

On another point, has anyone got an unprotect for Monkey Island II (PC), that
codewheel is driving me bananas.

Thanks in advance...

Andy Booth
Durham UK
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From:         "Dr. Strangelove" <IH23@UTEP.BITNET>
Subject:      BBS Games

Does anyone know of a good site for BBS game doors? I'm looking for a
couple of games but especially Galactic Warzone and Barren Realms Elite.
Any help would be more than appreciated. Thanks a bunch.

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Date:         Thu, 20 Aug 1992 12:23:07 EDT
Reply-To:     Costa Karamalis <057504@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA>
From:         Costa Karamalis <057504@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA>
Subject:      Re: Idx for WUARCHIVE?
              20 Aug 1992 12:50:58 GMT from <IRHANV00@UKCC.UKY.EDU>

There is an index for WUarchive...I know cause I have it for my PC.
It is not 15 Meg as one said...it can fit in a 3.5DD....
You can find one for different machines (PC-UNIX-VM...)
in the MSDOS:FILEDOCS directory....just look there and you ll
see it..
Costa.
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Date:         Mon, 17 Aug 1992 12:43:56 -0400
Reply-To:     Visualize Whirled Peas! <hatzm%venus.dnet@GTE.COM>
From:         Visualize Whirled Peas! <hatzm%venus.dnet@GTE.COM>
Subject:      Links Problems
X-To:         games@gte.com

Is anyone else having trouble with Links using QEMM and smartdrive?  The game
will go about 3 holes and then I get a qemm nasty-gram.  Taking out all of my
exceptions doesn't seem to help the matter.  I had heard in the rumor mill that
smartdrive might not get along with it very well???

Mike Hatz
hatzm%venus.dnet@gte.com
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Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 1992 15:05:01 CDT
Reply-To:     Jeff Frazier <S28684FJ@ETSUACAD.BITNET>
From:         Jeff Frazier <S28684FJ@ETSUACAD.BITNET>
Subject:      Index (Wuarchive)

They do have a file lists everything at wuarchive, but I can't remember
the name or where the file is located. I think it is compressed with a
unix compression and uncompressed it is 15 meg.


Jeff Frazier (s28684fj@etsuacad)
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From: willimsa@unix1.tcd.ie (Gavin Williams)
Subject: Re: Ultima 6
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 12:15:49 GMT

In <GAMES-L%92082010455440@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU> ST402943@BROWNVM.BITNET (Steve Bogusz) writes:

>I also just purchased U6, but I am having problems with the sound.
>I have a sound blaster card set to 240 that works fine with all of the
>windows functions and with other games such as F117, but when I try
>Ulitma 6, all I get is random sounding noise.  During instillation I
>set the sound to the Creative Labs option and the port to 240.
>If anyone knows what I am doing wrong, or a fix, please send me e-mail.
>I am already one ultima behind, so any help that would get me back on
>track would be highly appreciated.
>            Steve Bogusz

I had the same problem, it was that it couldn't handle a 486 at 33.
If your machine runs at a similar speed, just switch of the turbo button,
and select all ldefaults.  It should then work.



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From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan)
Subject: Re: Idx for WUARCHIVE?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 18:09:46 GMT


In article <GAMES-L%92082011271342@UTARLVM1.UTA.EDU> 057504@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA (Costa Karamalis) writes:
>There is an index for WUarchive...I know cause I have it for my PC.
>It is not 15 Meg as one said...it can fit in a 3.5DD....
>You can find one for different machines (PC-UNIX-VM...)
>in the MSDOS:FILEDOCS directory....just look there and you ll
>see it..

The index there is just for the portion of wuarchive which mirrors
SIMTEL20 (i.e. everything below /mirrors/msdos). There's a lot more to
wuarchive than that. Perhaps the 15Mb version is for ALL of wuarchive,
not just the SIMTEL20 part?

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From: bkpipa@eos.ncsu.edu (BRIAN KEITH PIPA)
Subject: RE: modem games
Originator: bkpipa@c00574-1403br.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: bkpipa@eos.ncsu.edu (BRIAN KEITH PIPA)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 20:06:30 GMT


Retaliator sounds like a good game.

Is Retaliator Public Domain, Shareware, Commercial ?
If PD or SW, where can it be obtained?
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From: jenkinch@ucs.orst.edu (Charley Jenkins)
Subject: Help! Need Suggestions For A Good Graphic Adventure!
Organization: University Computing Services - OSU
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 15:05:40 GMT



I am looking for a good game for me and my wife to
play together, and I wanted to get some suggestions
from people on the net.

I am looking for a graphic game that has great graphics
and sound (I have an LAPC-1 and SoundBlaster).  My wife
will get bored with any game that has a lot of combat, some
is o.k.  We have played Indy..Last Crusade, and enjoyed
it except for the real-time combat which, neither of us
could use the keyboard well enough to defeat some of the guards
in the castle.

From what I have read here, it sounds like Dark Seed, King's Quest,
Rise of the Dragon, might be good choices.  Plot or the depth of
the game, are not as important to my wife, as good graphics, sound,
ease of the user interface are to her.

E-mail me or post it here.

Thanks in Advance!!!!!

Charley Jenkins

jenkinch@ucs.orst.edu

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Reply-To:     Joseph Langevin <JPL@CELIO.UVM.EDU>
From:         Joseph Langevin <JPL@CELIO.UVM.EDU>
Subject:      hardware & sega

1) Thanks to all the replies about my question reqarding computers.

2) I would have posted it to the hardware list, if:
    a) I knew where it is. Can anyone tell me?
    b) the discussion had not happened on this list, which is pretty
       much my only fun list. Just thought I'd warn people, if you
       were going to rush out and buy a system. I apologize for my
       concern. ;)

3) There was some discussion, which I completely ignored, about which
home entertainment system is better; SuperNintendo, Sega Genesis, ???
I would like to know what people think is better. My wife is hinting
at buying me one, and wants to make sure she get the right one.

Peace.

- Joe (jpl@celio.uvm.edu or jpl@celio.bitnet)

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Subject:      pools o dark

 Hello,
        Is there anybody out there that can tell me what it is that I have to
do to getn to the other part of Mulmaster city.  I have fought in the arena
many MANY times, I've even kicked the shit out of the head beholder (forgot
his name). So if there is any of you pod champions, please
                                        PAALLLEEEEEEEEESSSSE!!!!

                                        help me out
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From: IRHANV00@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: HELP
Organization: University of Kentucky
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 20:30:04 GMT

In article <GAMES-L%92081407592370@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Denise <DENISEW@BROWNVM.BITNET> writes:
 
>
>Hi everybody,   I just got a new game called SIMANT, but when I try to load the
>game into the computer here's what I get:
>
>SIMANT cannot open enough files to run.  Please increase the 'FILES=N'
>statement in the CONFIG.SYS file on your boot drive by 1.  If there is no
>'FILES=N' (where n is some number) in your CONFIG.SYS file, please refer to
>your DOS manual about how to edit/create one.
>
>Well, I tried increasing by 1 but nothing happened.
>
>Can anyone Help?  Thanks, Denise
 
Place this statement in first in your config.sys file
Files=40
Dos limits the number of allowable number of open files at one time, somtimes
limiting windows operations. Increase the 40 if that doesn't work. Hopefully
that should do the trick!
                                              Forrest
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