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From: bieber (Douglas Bieber)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: UNDERWORLD: that blue hue??
Date: 9 Apr 92 16:10:27 GMT
Reply-To: bieber (Douglas Bieber)
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I have noticed that a blue hue sometimes covers an area and sometimes doesn't.
For example, I have a torch lit, and I don't see the blue hue... just the
normal colored dungeon.  Then, I enter the map to see where I am.  When I
exit the map, a blue hue exists.  If I enter and exit the map several times,
I can get varying levels of this blue hue, or eliminate it completely.  Is this
a bug?  I know that the blue hue can sometimes be useful, for it will
illuminate objects that are far away that you normally can't see.   At first,
I thought that it was dependent upon the time-of-day, but this didn't seem
to be the case.  Answers??

Doug
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From: csp55@seq1.keele.ac.uk (THE VAMPIRE)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Cheat for Prince of Persia
Date: 9 Apr 92 20:12:42 GMT
Organization: University of Keele, England


 

                   PRINCE OF PERSIA
                  ------------------

The following was found on a magazine .....
(if I must write which one please let me know .... )
Type at the dos prompt [Prince megahit]

KEY                 FUNCTION
----------------------------
K                   Kill all enemies on screen
R                   Resurrection
+                   More time
-                   Less time !?!?!

KEY (SHIFT)         FUNCTION
----------------------------
L                   Next level
T                   Extra life
S                   heals a lost life
W                   float down drops
N                   View bellow
U                   View above
H                   View left
J                   View right
B                   block non animated objects
I                   invert screen




                  GINO  '  THE VAMPIRE  '  STATHOPOULOS
                  csp55@>|-{=}.keele.uk.ac.16V.GTi.seq1
               Trapped  without  reflection in a  Herbrand
           Universe ,of undimensional data ,loss decompositions ,
   abnormalisation theory , fragmentation , partitioning and loneliness

                                     -/-
From: tozz@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Bob Tausworthe)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: UW: Queries on Level 1 through 6.
Date: 9 Apr 92 01:16:56 GMT
Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA

>/ hpindda:rec.games.misc / winata@cae.wisc.edu (Charles Winata) /  7:51 am  Apr  5, 1992 /
>Greetings Avatar!!
>Well, I've played UW until level 5 and before going further I would
>like to have some input on the quests I have.
>Sorry I put 6 instead of 5 in the topic.....bad memory :-)
>After this there will be kind of points of interest in each level
>SPOILER warning.
>
>
>
>
>
>Level 1:
>I am not aware of any quest here...so if there is any please tell me,

Get Rotworm Stew recipe from Goblin (forget which one).

>
>Level 2:
>The Dwarf King, GoldThirst wanted you to rid of the mine monster.
>An architect want you to find blue print.
>Any other things that I might forget to mention??
>
>Level 3:
>Lizardman ask you to find red gem. (Iss'leek)
>Lizardman ask you to find whereabout of a comrad (Ishtass)
>Release a mute prisoner.
>Get half of the Sword talisman. Which I have no idea how to find?
>   Please help...
*SPOILER*look on north wall of upper portion of ramp in SE corner of dungeon.
>
>Level 4:
>Give Derek gem cuter.
>Slay Rodrigar for Dorna and Bedin. In which Bedin will give scroll and
>   Dorna will give the Honor talisman.
>Solve maze of Silas.
>Solve maze of Bull Frog.
>Quest to get scroll of Lorne.
>Quest to find gold plate. (I'm lost here...please help)
*SPOILER* plate is in knight's burial crypt(?) in maze of Silas(?)
the ragged section in nw corner with all the secret rooms. Look closely
at two graves in Knight's compound to learn how to open door.
>Give Sethar Rotworm.
Actually Rotworm stew right?
>
>Level 5:
>Give Kneenibbler 10 fish to get combination.
>Give Eyesnack flute to teach tune (don't know what's for)
>Give tailor (name?) dragon skin and thread (Can I get more thread other
>   than from level 1? I lost them).
>Give mage blue stone in pac man maze.
>find picture of tommy for old mother (don't know what to do here....)
>
>Am I missing something?? Thanks in advance.
>
>Chuck
>-- 
>Charles Winata
>Winata@CAE.wisc.edu
>Winata@garfield.cs.wisc.edu
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From: ry01@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (ROBERT YUNG)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Zeliard bug???
Date: 12 Apr 92 20:51:04 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

Remeber the old Sierra game Zeliard?? There's this feather that can be bought
at a magic shop that's suppose to return the fighter to the last wiseman he
talked to. I thought it meant I'll go back to the town I just came from, but
instead, Iu go all the way back to level one! Is this a bug!? I can just kill
myself and do the same thing!!!!!
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From: lobby3@cirrus.com (Receptionist Lobby3)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: ST25th help
Summary: How do I get out
Keywords: Mudd, Alien ship
Date: 7 Apr 92 16:21:23 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.

I am stuck on the alien ship where Harry Mudd is.  Any hints on how to
get out?? (The mission name is "Another Fine Mess".)

Thanks in advance!!

Stuart
From: mjln_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Mikeey Jean Lin)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: UW: Lurkers and BUG comments
Date: 16 Apr 92 04:29:56 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <1992Apr13.233256.16772@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mcrosby@isis.cs.du.edu (Matthew Crosby) writes:

>In article <dwwjq7a.primus@netcom.com> primus@netcom.com (Robert keng) writes:d >Boy, what is it with that island?  MY strange experience:  I was wandering 
>around looking for the sword and/or the lizarmans remains, and I saw this
>island.  I had already been there, so I was amazed that it had all this stuff
>on it!  I went over and had a look...and the first thing I picked up was the
>gem cutter!  I thought "That's strange!", and looked at it some more, before
>I realized that it was a carbon copy of my inventory.  Even wierder then that,
>the objecst where linked with my inventory directly--when I put something in
>my hand, I actually saw the equivalent on the island disapear!!!  Furthermore,
>when I picked something up and put it in my inventory...both items disapeared!
>Luckily my game was saved, but still...  (Oh, btw, the breastplate was still
>there)

>--
>-Matt
>mcrosby@nyx.cs.du.edu   ...uunet!isis!nyx!mcrosby

	Arrrgggghhhhh!!!! It must be that island. I was looking at the 
breastplate and tried checking my inventory when WHAM!!! I lost all my 
scrolls and potions. I never dropped anything! I tell you, that damn 
island is cursed. :)

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From: bhv@areaplg2.corp.mot.com (Bronis Vidugiris)
Subject: Re: Help on UW level 1
Organization: Motorola, CCR&D, CORP, Schaumburg, IL
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 17:22:08 GMT

In article <1992Apr6.194621.26510@lmpsbbs.mot.com> bhv@areaplg2.corp.mot.com (Bronis Vidugiris) writes:

Someone writes:

))>That key is in the room in the very SE of the map. (at least there is a
   key there) However, how do you exit this room ? I can't jump to the blocks
   to the ankh shrine, and don't have the stamina to swim for it. But, if I
   try to jump, and swim back into the room, it become full of the infamous
   'floating articles'.

))>Another question: Is there a set of lockpicks in this level ?? If so, where ?
))>
))>-Tom


))	There is a key to open the temple door?  What I did was this.  Stand
))on the ledge.  Jump to the north pillar.  Jump to the east pillar.  Look south.
))There is a button on the wall.  Throw something towards that.  The item will
))hit the button and open the temple door.  Jump back to the first pillar.  Jump
))into the shrine.

)It may be a different area.  If it is the 'badly damaged' door, I found it
)opened with one or two whacks from an axe.  Be sure and slash.  A bash from
)a cudgel might work too (haven't tried it).  I know that a thrust from
)an axe doesn't work well :-)

Some clarification.  The area with the badly damaged door is reached by
jumping in the water near the entrance to the shrine and proceeding
east.  This is the area called the 'temple' above and has some sort of
crystal ball that can't be picked up and I haven't found any use for, plus a
key (which at least visually looks like another key I found somewhere).  As
I mentioned before, I got through the door by cutting it with the axe.
I got out of the area by dying and being resurected, though :-(.  (I hadn't
realized this later when I posted).

Some general impressions of the game:

1)  I had problems reading one of the disks (par for the course).  However,
the game actually aborted the install with an error message this time!
Origin appears to be learning, even if they do appear to use an unreliable
source for their disk duplicator (probably cheap disks).  I've never
had any problem with other companies HD disks, just Origin, BTW.  The errors
seem to be fixed by copying the files and 'retrying' the read at the
DOS error prompt.

2)  I took the advice of other posters, and de-fragmented all files on
my disk before playing the game, and removed smartdrive and all TSR's.  So
far, only one crash, and that wasn't the corrupt save file crash, but the
'mouse cursor turns into a circle' and you can't do anything crash.  I've
also avoided piling up lots of objects in the exact same spot - I had one
game where something odd might have been happening when I put too many
objects in one spot, I'm not sure because I didn't save it.

3)  I'm enjoying the game.  I don't have direct access to ftp, so couldn't
try the demo out - it was large enough where I didn't want to use ftpmail.
It takes a while to get used to the interface, but it does give one more
of a feeling of 'being there'.
From: tvcoriell@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: UW: Level 3 lizardmen
Date: 6 Apr 92 14:47:56 GMT
Organization: Miami University, Hamilton campus


  On level 3 I made a mistake. I said the wrong thing to the leader of the 
lizardmen, and I had to fight and kill him.  I know I was suposed to give
him a red gem and I would obtain two notes signed by him. Then I would be able 
to use those to prove to the other gray lizerdmen that there leader was still
alive doing work upstream. Could someone tell me what happens when you
accomplish all of this?
				Thanx in advance,
				Todd Coriell

tvcoriell@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu
From: gs34+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gregg Matthew Sterling)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: SB in New York
Date: 6 Apr 92 18:12:06 GMT
Organization: Freshman, IM - MCS/CIT Track, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

>Hello, New Yorkers! or anyone familiar with N.Y.  I need some info if
>you could.  
>     I'm heading to N.Y.C. in 2 weeks, and I've heard that New York is
>one of the cheapest places to buy equipment.  I'm looking specifically
>for a SOUND BLASTER, or SOUND BLASTER PRO.
>     Does anyone know pricing?  The places where to get the best price?
>Thanks!
> 
>                                 Steve

The cheapest place to buy computer equipment is mail-order.. If you are
careful of where you order from, then you should have no problem finding
a reliable mail order company with a good price for a soundblaster or sb
pro.. Just make sure there is no credit card surcharge (its illegal),
that you can return it if you are not satisfied (usually u lose the
money for S&H which is fair), and that the warranty is a reasonable
time. Make sure they will ship it relatively fast also! Who wants to
wait 2-3 weeks or longer...
From: jim.kesselring@cccbbs.UUCP (Jim Kesselring)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: DRAGONS LAIR
Date: 13 Apr 92 22:45:00 GMT
Reply-To: jim.kesselring@cccbbs.UUCP (Jim Kesselring)
Organization: Cincinnati Computer Connection BBS - Cincinnati, OH - 513-752-8248

Just got this game Dragons lair escape from the castle something or
other.....its the new one.....anyway....
I cant seem to swing the sword......
after the lady swings the rolling pin at me and i duck off to the
left.....i run out onto this moat, crossing the bridge....
and these vines with eye balls stretches me out for lunch.....
how the hell do i get past this one....?????????
I have no docs for it (as usuall!!) is there any other control features
i should know about?
Ps anyone playing Ultima's new one.....Underworld.....alsome!!!!


well gotta go.......More files to crack.....Ha ha..


The Pirite thief.........

                **Poof**
From: icsu0038@cs.montana.edu (Jacob)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: UW: demo - Where's the human settlement, etc.
Date: 8 Apr 92 15:42:50 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Dept. of Computer Science, Bozeman MT 59717

In article <1992Apr8.001627.7490@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> daneman@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Michael J. Daneman) writes:
>I've been playing the Underworld demo and I'm very impressed.  Of all the
>dungeon games I've seen this one give you the greatest feeling of being there.
>I do have a few questions:
>
>1) How do I find the human settlement.

Keep going past the area you found Bragit.  You will come to a clif to the
right and a sloping path to the left.  Go down the path a little bit, turn
around, run and JUMP!  You will land on a path that is unreachable otherwise.
Follow this up and, after killing a rat, you are at the human camp.

>2) How can you kill slugs.  (BTW same goes for lurkers - you can't fight
>   then in the water and you can't reach them from the shore).

They are both much easier to hit if you are looking down at them.

>Thank,
>-Mike.

Your welcome!
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From: wwpan@cs.utexas.edu (Wen-Wei Pan)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Going to buy a soundblaster card ...
Date: 17 Apr 1992 13:48:08 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: langtry.cs.utexas.edu

I plan to buy a SB. Anyone could recommand me a reliable and
cheap mail-order co. or dealer ? By the way, what is the
last version of SB ?(hardware and driver)

Pan
From: mjln_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Mikeey Jean Lin)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: The Terminator Game
Date: 16 Apr 92 04:37:19 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <qaa7iB1w164w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> tunafuss.bbs@cybernet.cse.fau.edu writes:

>Help Help Help
>I am trying to find help with the Terminator game
>an IBM computer game 
>I can not find sarrah conner 
>Help Help Help
>If anyone can offer any assistance i would appreciate it!!!
>TunaFuss

	Hmmm... who are you playing? Are you playing the Terminator it's
almost impossible to find Sarah. Check the map for stars (* I think), that
symbol is supposed to list where Sarah is usually found. (By the way, if
you have a pirated copy then you need the original document with the map)
Reese usually locates Sarah at those locations. I haven't played the game
for a long time so if you need additional help, you have to e-mail me.
Good luck. 
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From: zella@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Rich)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: WOW
Date: 12 Apr 92 21:55:22 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

Holy cow, we are actually within 3 days of the proposed
release date of Ultima VII,  I can believe it.  Has anyone
yet confirmed that the game will be in the stores on Wednesday!

  Rich  zella@en.ecn.purdue.edu


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From: G.Moretti@massey.ac.nz (Giovanni Moretti)
Subject: INDIANAPOLIS 500 - What causes "ERROR WHILE RUNNING INDY" + sound card nF=a7\I
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
X-Reader: NETNEWS/PC Version 2c
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 22:19:06 GMT

Hi

I have just purchased (second hand) a copy of "Indianapolis 500" which
seems to run rather well for 10-15 minutes except that it dies with the
message "ERROR WHILE RUNNING INDY" (from memory) and then locks up the
machine.  This message is part of the file INDY.EXE so it must be known
to someone:-) - Any way I can fix this?

Question 2:  I have a Thunderboard (Adlib and Soundblaster compatible) 
             but it still uses the internal speaker, which is ghastly :-(
             HOW DO I ENABLE THE SOUND CARD?

There was no PC specific instructions with it, just the book
describing all the types of race cars and the history of Indianapolis.
The lack of these instructions isn't a problem except that (I hope)
there are options (eg sound cards ...) that I can use.  It's
functionally complete and perfectly playable (as testified to by my 8
year old son), it's a bit depressing when it just dies :-(

My setup is:
         HP Vectra 8MHz AT with 640K ram 
         DOS 4.01
         HIMEM.SYS      (from Windows 3)
         SMARTDRV.SYS   (from Windows 3)
         EMS (expanded memory system driver from PC Magazine)
         2MB of extended ram.

Any help (especially with the game dying would be mightily appreciated.

Thanks
Giovanni

PS - I'm not sure on this but I think one time I heard the Hard Disk move
     just before it died.
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From: juklehto@kontu.cc.utu.fi
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: Civilization Scores
Date: 8 Apr 92 11:09:40 GMT
Organization: University of Turku, Finland

In article <1992Apr7.145942.9609@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, bo511@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (James P. Norris) writes:
> 
> 198%? What is your friends strategy? Force world peace at 3 
> points a turn? ( 650 turns= 1950 points ).
> -- 
    I think that at least at the lower levels max points
you get from peace is 100.

Lehtonen JV
From: bk158@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Su-Cheong Mac)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Silver blade can't run. What about the others?
Date: 15 Apr 92 09:40:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr15.094039.18360
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)


  Two weeks ago I have posted a question about Secret of Silver Blade
can't run on my IBM PC 486. I have  received some email respone. Thank
you very much for your help. One reply says that it can't run on DOS 5,
and the other says that it can't run on 486, but the most strange one
is that with 4d boxing in the hard disk, none of the SSI games can run!
Since my PC is a 486 with DOS 5, having 4d boxing in my harddisk too,
I think I have to give up Secret of Silver Blade  8-(

  What do I want to ask is : Can new games from SSI (Pool of Darkness,
Gateway to the Savage Frontier, etc) run on 486 with DOS 5? Thanks for
help in advance

MSC
nckus089@twnmoe10.bitnet
msc@sun4.ee.ncku.edu.tw
From: reynolds@park.bu.edu (John Reynolds)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Thrustmaster Weapons Control System
Date: 14 Apr 92 20:03:47 GMT
Distribution: rec.games.misc
Organization: Boston University Center for Adaptive Systems


Has anyone used the Thrustmaster WCS?  How is it?  Have you used it
with Falcon 3.0?  What do the buttons do?  

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From: ong@a.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Conquest Bug - mouse interface
Date: 11 Apr 92 12:54:34 GMT
Organization: Oklahoma State University

Well, the mouse interface problem in Global Conquest turned out to be
quite serious.

My reqular setting has EMS and mouse (.SYS driver).  Mouse interface goes
crazy quite a bit.  I quit out of the game using keyboard and then tried
to run other games to see if Conquest corrupted my mouse driver or is the
problem in the game itself.  The mouse driver in memory was corrupt as I 
had the same problem in other games with the mouse after Conquest corrupted
it.

So I took out the EMS (Global Conquest uses EMS if it can find them), the
games works just as fast (on my 386-33) but mouse still got corrupted.
So I changed the mouse driver from a .SYS to a .COM.  Same problem occured.

I am using CLIX serial mouse.  I will call Microprose monday. 
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From: kra@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Kenneth R Aron)
Subject: Apogee Games
Organization: Columbia University
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 22:12:12 GMT

Since we're on the subject of shareware...

If you haven't downloaded "Commander Keen:Goodbye, Galaxy" from
ftp.ulowell.edu or elsewhere, do so.  It's an incredible program
and is light years ahead of the original.  This is professional
quality programming and we need to encourage authors such as
those at Apogee.

If you have downloaded keen4, can someone please explain to me
what the purpose of those water droplets is?  I can't for the
life of me figure out what the heck they're doing there.

Ken

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From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: Apogee Games
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 23:55:06 GMT

kra@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Kenneth R Aron) writes:
>If you have downloaded keen4, can someone please explain to me
>what the purpose of those water droplets is?  I can't for the
>life of me figure out what the heck they're doing there.

Collect 100 and win a free life.
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