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From: mlandaue@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael C Landauer)
Subject: Re: pkunzip v2.04 ?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:21:27 GMT

sulcer@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (PSYCHOTICS R US) writes:

>Greetings All!

>I'm looking for the newest version of pkunzip.  I think its version 2.04, but 
>I could be wrong!  If anybody has this, could you please mail it to me?  Or
>tell me what ftp site has it?  Thanks a bunch!

>Geoff

Minor flame:
Apparently you are psychotic.  How many millions of times has this question
been asked in the last few weeks?  Why didn't you just read the newgroups
dealing with such programs instead of posting to c.s.i.p.g?
Anyways I'll answer your question, now that I've had my fun flaming you.
garbo.uwasa.fi (don't know directory)
pkz204c.exe

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: kevin.sonnenberg@rose.com (kevin sonnenberg)
Subject: **testing again** ple
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:53:35 GMT
X-Gated-By: Usenet <==> RoseMail Gateway (v1.70)


Date Entered: 01-24-93 18:49
From Rocco to All,

>Just testing, since my last try didn`t appear to work...
Your last test did work.... but just in case I didn't see properly. this
one really works!

:-)

+--------------------------------------+---------------------+
| Thu, Jan 21st.                       | 09:19pm             |
| Kevin Sonnenberg                     | Rose Media Hamilton |
| INTERNET - kevin.sonnenberg@rose.com | Ontario, Canada     |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------+

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From: hempel_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: P C   T E N N I S   G A M E S
Date: 21 Jan 1993 07:04:05 GMT
Organization: Wellington City Council (Public Access), Wgtn, Nz
Reply-To: hempel_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz

I'm after the names of some really good tennis games for the PC.  Are there
any that have just been release (I've got 4D Sports Tennis) or are going
to be released in the near future.  Also, is 4D Sports Tennis the same game
as World Tennis Championships?  If so, where does WTC come from?  It is
never mentioned in 4DST.
Any info would be appreciated.

John.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: fischer@netmbx.netmbx.de (Axel Fischer)
Subject: Re: Kyrandia: Temple of the moon
Organization: netmbx, Berlin, Germany
Distribution: inet
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:54:25 GMT
Keywords: Missing part

In article <1jlpmnINN43a@sauna.cs.hut.fi> csuokas@wolverine.cs.hut.fi (Carl Mikael Suokas) writes:
>Does anyone know what is missing from the altar of the moon (the one
>inside the caves with fireberries, Where two violet creatures are floating
>at either side of the screen), and what I should do to get it?

Spoiler:


Drop the moonstone in.

-Axel
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fischer@netmbx.de                                                   DoD #0228
From: umheinri@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Matthew Ward Heinrichs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Archon
Date: 25 Jan 93 21:48:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: ccu.C1FJ8K.2HA
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

In <93021.32615.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:

>In <1993Jan20.214525.15728@Princeton.EDU>, John Brinckerhoff Clements writes:

>>  I think the Manticore was actually Archon II (or should I say ][ ?).

>No, the manticore was definitely in the first game.  It was a funny looking
>thing who shot with its tail.  It was a piece for the dark side sitting on the
>corners.

>>Did anyone ever really get the hang of that triple-weapons setup?

>Triple-weapons setup?


>Tim Irvin

I think the triple weapons set-up he's referring to is the basilisk in Archon
II.  I think (?) that it alternated between a fireball, a poison cloud,
and a really deadly sting with it's tail.

Matt
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: hughes@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Lucian &)
Subject: Looking to Buy Wasteland
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 13:38:52 GMT

I'm offering $10 (I'll pay postage).
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Lemmings 2 Demo - those assembly source files
From: rwyckoff@cardinal.sc107.wesleyan.edu (Catullus)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:12:46 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT USA
Keywords: mystery, enigma, Lemmings, fnord

In article <1993Jan27.191142.25110@athena.mit.edu> dmsilev@athena.mit.edu (
Daniel M Silevitch) writes:

>After my earlier post on this subject, I went back and did some poking
>around. It appears that GK.EXE is some form of macro compiler (look at
>the path in the PIF file) which links the files listed in boot.rkb and
>runs them. All the files in this list are present except one (The list
>consists primarily of the .GAL files), named coldstart. Not actually
>having GK.EXE, this is only a theory. 
	As was mentioned in a post yesterday, make sure you pkunzip -d, 
otherwise the correct directories won't be created.  If you unzip it 
correctly, you can just type l2 (or whatever the main executable is).

>This makes me wonder whether this is an officially released demo, because
>most demos come with normal executables, and don't have to be compiled.
	I wonder about this too, except if you read the included text file, 
you'll find that the interesting source files seem to be some kind of patch/
hack that allows the 'Tandy Gryphon' computer to play the CD Audio track of 
your choice instead of the game music.  In this same file, there is a 
sentence that leads me to believe this demo may have been released on CD - 
when the assembly hack is discussed, the fact that 'two versions of the 
Lemmings theme are included on the disc' is mentioned.
	The last question raised by this is what, exactly, the Tandy 
Gryphon is.  As far as I know, Tandy does not sell a machine called the 
Gryphon in the States, but this file originated in the UK.  I wonder if the 
Gryphon is another name for the VIS (Video Information System), or if it's 
just an MPC-capable Tandy.  At any rate, I'd love to get my hands on some of 
its software!

	Meanwhile, I'm still trying to figure out the last level of the 
demo.
From: bigbro@netlink.cts.com (Kenneth Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Quest for Glory 2 HELP!
Keywords: Quest, Glory, 2, HELP, elemental
Date: 27 Jan 93 20:14:17 GMT
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA

line@argon.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Edward H Lin ) writes:

> I'm having trouble with the air elemental.  I can slow the elemental down
> with the sand but I cannot trap the thing.  I've tried everything but I
> cannot trap him.  I have sand and water and I still can do nothing to
> them.  Also, if anyone knows, what is the "goo" the gnome speaks of?  If
> anyone has any answers, I would appreciate it..
> 
> Thanks,
> Eddie
> 
> --
> PEARL JAM - MINISTRY - SOUNDGARDEN - ALICE IN CHAINS - QUEENSRYCHE - METALLIC
> -  Eddie Lin                   |   "Oh you couldn't damn that river...       
> -  line@gas.uug.arizona.edu    |    and maybe you don't give a damn anyway"  
> JOE SATRIANI - FAITH NO MORE - TEMPLE OF THE DOG - NINE INCH NAILS - - - 12/9

Do you have the device used to put him in(bellows), if not either steal 
it, fetch it, or earn it through arm wrestling...when you have the 
elemental slowed down just type(yeah! point and click is evil)type use 
bellows or something like that.

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INTERNET:  bigbro@netlink.cts.com (Kenneth Sullivan)
UUCP:   ...!ryptyde!netlink!bigbro
NetLink Online Communications * Public Access in San Diego, CA (619) 453-1115
Organization: Junior, Physics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:20:00 -0500 
From: "Clifford T. Tanaka" <ct20+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: FSP footballl

I played this game at my friend's house for a little while, and it
seemed like the secret to passing is to throw to a receiver that's
covered, preferably by two or three defenders.  Sounds illogical, but
he'll come up with the ball almost every time.  And he'll drop it
whenever he's wide open.  To me it seemed like a very poor simulation of
football.
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From: nshah@acs.bu.edu (Nimesh Shah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: For sale:
Date: 28 Jan 93 02:22:51 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Originator: nshah@acs.bu.edu

I have the following games for sale: They include the boxes, manuals, disks, and registration cards.  All are in perfect condition.  Leave offers through email.  Thanks.
   
    Falcon 3.0   $30
    Quest for Glory III  $30.    

Nimesh   nshah@acs.bu.edu

From: tozz@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Bob Tausworthe)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 21:22:49 GMT
Subject: Re: UW Help please
Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games

>
>	I am playing UW I. In the 5th or 6th level there is an old woman
>who wants a picture. I pushed her into the lava accidentaly. Since then
>I haven't seen her anymore (I think she is dead).
>
>	Is she vital in order to finish the game? In that case is there
>a way to solve it without restarting the game.
>
Yes, she is important to the game. But later, not right now. Go on with the
game but remember her quest. When you have found the picture she was 
looking for, go back to where she was (level 5 I think) and do the following:

	    Save Game
            Exit UW
	    run UW
	    create a new character (doesn't matter what)
	    save Game
	    exit uw
	    copy player.dat from first game into save game of new character
	    run uw
	    run new character's save game
	    find Judy and giver her picture
	    get what she gives you
	    save game
	    exit uw
	    copy player.dat from save game back to first game
	    run uw
	    continue with first game

I know it sounds ugly. I know it sounds like cheating. But the problem you
described is fairly common. When UW first came out there was a lot of talk
about people doing exactly what happened to you. Judy apparently likes to
swim, but she can't take the heat. Also, her quest is imparative to the
game, so you will not be able to finish if you don't get her her picture.
The above HACK allows you to encounter her and get the things she is going
to give you.

Good Luck

		      tozz
From: lewis@oasys.dt.navy.mil (William Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: F15iii Modem Help Needed! any patches?
Date: 24 Jan 93 20:33:20 GMT
Reply-To: lewis@oasys.dt.navy.mil (William Lewis)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

Help!.
A friend of mine, and I, attempted to hookup together to play F15iii
over the modem. We both have HST 14.4k Couriers. After several attempts
we gave up. We tried to do a voice to data (game) mode and dialing.
However, the "phone" won't dial, you have to that manually.
Is there something we are doing wrong or is there a patch out there
that fixes this. Just a few weeks ago I noticed alot of discussion about
F15iii, but I've been away for a week and even with 1100 new articles,
there's not one dealing with f15iii. Has everybody given up on it already?
Help appreciated, please email - this board is too full, if anyone else
needs this info, and I get it, I'll forward.
Thanks,
Bill (lewis@oasys.dt.navy.mil)
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From: perrong@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Perron Guillaume)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: RE: 3dbench
Date: 22 Jan 93 20:37:37 GMT
Organization: Universite de Montreal


I guess Trident cards perform comparatively well:

>      
>486DX2/66 with 256k cache, VESA local bus Cirrus Logic card  43.4 FPS
>486DX2/50 0k , VLB Zeos NCR77C22E+                           33.3 FPS
>486DX/50 w/ ET4000 ISA card (8 bit)                          28.3 FPS
>486/33 ET4000-based Local Bus (no-name):                     26.6 FPS
>486DX2/50, 0k L2 cache, Diamond SS24X ISA 16-bit:            24.3 FPS
>486/50 256k cache, Fahrenheit 1280-1M                        17.5 FPS
>386/40 with 16-bit ET4000 card                               16.3 FPS
>386DX/33, 64k cache, Orchid Prodesigner II (16 bit)          12.8 FPS
*386DX/33, 64k cache, Trident 8900 1Mb                        12.5 FPS*
>486SX/C, NEC Prospeed, 25 Mhz, VGA on m-board, LCD Color VGA 12.0 FPS
>386DX/33 MHz, 256k cache, ATI VGA Wonder, Rapid Cad chip set 11.3 FPS
>386DX/33 with 128k cache, Trident-9000 card                  10.6 FPS
>486/33 with 256k cache, Paradise VGA (8-bit)                  9.8 FPS
>386/33 with 64k cache, Trident VGA-1M                         8.2 FPS
>386DX-25 (no cache), Trident 8900C 1Mb                        7.8 FPS
>386-25 w/ 512k Western Digital-Paradis VGA & Software cache:  7.4 FPS
>386SX-20 NEC Powermate, 0k cache, Paradise VGA                6.4 FPS
>286/12 NEC Powermate, VGA on m-board                          4.7 FPS
>IBM PS/2 Model 55 SX (80386 SX/16 MHz) with Ahead VGA         3.6 FPS
>8088 with 8-bit ATI Integra (16-bit, 8-bit slot) ;)           0.5 FPS

We need more 386 CPU's w/ different cards though.
And for those wondering, yes, those kinds of benchmarks are usefull:
they tell us that to play Falcon 3.0 or Comanche, an 8-bit Paradise 
is a waste on a 486DX/33. So when upgrade time comes (and it comes 
often, with new CPUS's) one knows what to put on the motherboard, to 
make the games scream.


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                  student and gamer |       |    |  /|         players out
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From: cornwell@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Populous II IBM (WARNING!!)
Date: 26 Jan 93 11:01:51 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England


>Bullfrog is simply trying to port a very good Amiga game into the hell
hole known as PC compatible.  I'd pity anyone who went from the Amigas sound
and grafx capabilities to the myriad mix-up that PC  users wield.  If you
think about it they are a british company, and perhaps the Soundblaster is
more prolific there (speculation I dont know) at any rate you must give
and take with ANY comversion and if they sacrificed sound support for some
systems that doesnt really matter much IMHO.  The game itself is great and
you could probably get the auditory clues you need for startegy's sake
from a pc speaker.



      NO I don't believe that the soundblaster is any more popular
      over here than the adlib is, in fact it is more likely that
      the opposite applies as the adlib is way cheaper.
      I think jennifer was right about the fact that it is inexcusable
      for them to offer only soundblaster support, when 99.9% of other
      PC games offer support for both, and frankly I don't give a toss
      that they had to port it from the amiga.  They have successfully
      done it before so why not now?
      ...not that I believe that there is a creativelabsgate conspiracy
      going on, but it is certainly a bit of an odd technical/marketing
      decision, when you consider that if they had adlib support they
      would keep everyone happy (unless they had a Roland :-)

      It all smacks of a rush job to me, I won't buy it primarily
      because most of the reviews I've written say its 90% like the original
      with numerous twiddly bits added, and I OWN a soundblaster :-)

      
      Pete

      (cornwell@minster.york.ac.uk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: rick@psg.com (Rick Buhagiar)
Subject: Wiz 7 help needed!
Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon US
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 03:24:05 GMT


I have a character in my party which has a spell on him. It causes him to
laugh, froth at the mouth and sometimes turn against my own group. Obvoiusly
he is no good to me in this condition. How do I remove this spell?

Regards, Rick.

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rick@psg.com       uunet!m2xenix!rick
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: KQ6
From: gerdeman@lisa.alrc.usbm-ccn.gov (Steve Gerdemann)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:59:51 GMT
Organization: U.S. Bureau of Mines, Albany Research Center

In article <jdg3a-q@rpi.edu> raderb@rpi.edu writes:
>
>I need help in the palace facing the genie at the top of the tower.
>I've been to the druids on the Isle of the Mist, cast the spell to get out of
>the cage, and gotten the embers for the skull.  But when I am in the cage, the maiden's dress burns, and I can't use it to get inside the castle.  How can I get into the castle while still going to the Isle of the Mist?  Or, how can I defeat the genie at the top of the tower?
>
>				Brent Rader
>				raderb@rpi.edu

On the Isle of the Sacred Mountain there is a cave, by the bush were the crazy
lady you met was.  If you use the tinder box and crawl into the cave you will
find a peperiment leaf.  Remember how the genie always like the mints at the 
shop.  If you give the leaf to him he will go crazy.  Also if you buy a        
lamp for the man in the square that looks like the lamp the genie is in.  You
can have jollo switch the real lamp and the fake lamp.  Then when you meet the
genie you can command him with the real lamp.  The other way to get in the     
castle is to take the piece of hair and some other assorted things, go to the  
side of the castle and cast a spell to draw a door on the castle wall.  Then
you can just walk in.

            Good Luck,
From: jgregory@ub.d.umn.edu (jennifer gregory)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: MISC: Split Poll, '.adventure' and '.rpg'
Date: 27 Jan 1993 21:53:25 -0600
Organization: University of Minnesota, Duluth
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ub.d.umn.edu



Enough already!!  That's the third time today I've read that post!
We get the point - don't send in the same damn message more than once a
day at least...
Geesh...

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: yukyuk@beta.lanl.gov (Craig B. Huffnagle)
Subject: Re: MM3:  Questions about transfer and docs
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:48:38 GMT

In article <C1F82o.LJr@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> janderso@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Justin Anderson) writes:
>Second question:  Is there supposed to be documentation for the spells?  I've
>got (I think) everything that's listed on the back of the box:  ref. card, map,
>pad, playbook (not sure of exact list, the game's at home), but there is no
>documentation for spells, or any sort of "how to play" stuff other than the
>reference card.  The book just tells about Corak's story (or something like
>that).
>
That's it.  There is no more documentation on the spells than you find in the
book that tells about Corak's story.  You are supposed to learn as you go.

- Craig

-- 
Craig Huffnagle				      	      yukyuk@yuck.lanl.gov
"My mom always said that rain was God crying,
	She also said it was because of something I did."      Jack Handey
------------------- Think of a disclaimer, it applies. -------------------
From: demo2@ccu.umanitoba.ca (CC demo userid)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: XWING Delay
Date: 28 Jan 93 05:56:16 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Save your money for STRIKE COMMANDER!
From: stewartm@bfield.uucp (Stewart Mckinnon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Ultima Underworld Locks Up????
Date: 26 Jan 93 16:39:37 GMT
Organization: Bakers Field BBS

I have a 486/25 with 4 megs RAM, SVGA monitor. I have recently purchased Ultima
Underworld I, and started to play. Everything went fine until I enetered the
secret door by the Silver Tree Seed room, and went down to near where the water
was flowing. I looked down, and the screen locked up and I had no mouse or
movement. I had to re-boot the machine. I have no Soundcard. Has anybody else
had this problem? Is it hardware or software?

Please - reply by EMail. My site to read mail in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games is so
backed up, it'll take FOREVER to get to any replies, and I want to find out
ASAP what the problem is....thanks.....

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+  stewartm@bfield.uucp                    "what, me worry?"                 +
+  "welcome, my son. Welcome......to the machine"                            +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
From: wes1574@summa.tamu.edu (Bill Scrivener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Games for Sale
Date: 27 Jan 1993 13:27 CST
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: summa.tamu.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

I have two games I need to sell:

1)  Castles.  3.5" and 5.25" disks, docs and box.  $17.00

2)  Links.  The original, not Links386Pro.  5.25" disks, docs and box.  $20.00


Prices negotiable and include shipping.

I also have Lotus Megellan 2.0.  Make me an offer on that one.



Bill


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