HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: pgeltner@netcon.smc.edu (Peter Geltner)
Subject: Re: Police Quest 3
Organization: Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 00:22:33 GMT

In article <26322@optima.cs.arizona.edu> maestas@cs.arizona.edu (Mark Maestas) writes:
>In article <1992Nov11.191343.11249@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> rpayne@nyx.cs.du.edu (Richard Payne) writes:
>>I am stuck on day five in the office using the computer. I have ploted all
>>the crimes and join them all together but nothing happens can any one help
>>
>>thank you
>>My mail address is rjp1@ukc.ac.uk
>>
>   My method is to plot the murder right on the street (the line segment)
>where it occurred.  After marking the four murders, connect the lines and
>connect also to the corresponding predicted site on the right.  It should
>look like a symmetric, inverted star.  You should receive a little message
>telling you that this could be the place to go.
>

I should, but I didn't, so I won't.>



-- 

Peter Geltner   Administrative Dean of Computing
                Santa Monica College
                Santa Monica, California 90405
From: darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 01:09:54 GMT
Subject: Re: PAS-16 and games and demos
Organization: Center for Primal Scream Therapy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games, hsiaoe@barh107.its.rpi.edu (Eric Hsiao) writes:

> Games that support the PAS-16 in true stereo are:
> Rex Nebular
> Ancient Art of War in the Skies
> Greens
> and King's Quest VI 

     I believe Microprose's Darklands also supports the PAS16 in stereo
(but the sound isn't exactly impressive).

     -- Darryl Okahata
	Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com

DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.
From: ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: STUNT ISLAND - SIMPLY _AMAZING_!                 (Long Review)
Date: 12 Nov 1992 23:39:25 GMT
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
NNTP-Posting-Host: kepler.unh.edu

'>1) Delete Unreal and all of the superfast multipolygon Eurodemos from your
'>   HD - they are obsolete.
         
        This is absolutely true, Stunt Island totally blows away those 
    Eurodemos.  Go to the Theatre in the game and load up those .flm files.
    Every one of them puts those Eurodemos to shame.   

'>2) Delete Aces of the Pacific, JetFighterII, Secret Weapons from your HD. 
'>   MAYBE leave Falcon3, if you're not playing the game for the graphics.
'>   Be prepared to ignore F-15 SE III when you see it in the store.

	I don't think I'll delete Aces of the Pacific yet.  I'll admit though,
    that its getting harder to play Aces after playing Stunt Island and its
    awesome frame rate.

							Greg Greene
                                                        ggg@kepler.unh.edu
From: x89werner6@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Willing to trade copies (Oops!)
Date: 12 Nov 92 15:37:36 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

In article <BxM6FA.vn@ulowell.ulowell.edu>, stwombly@cs.ulowell.edu (Stephen P. Twombly) writes:
> I am willing to trade copies of games for other games....
> here are the ones I am willing to trade..
> 
> Konami NFL Football
> Lemmings
> F19 Stealth Fighter
> 
> All include instructions and copy protection solutions.
> 
> Send me a list of what you would be willing to trade and we'll talk....
> 
> email stwombly@cs.ulowell.edu
>
If you're talking about "single copies" (i.e. you bought a copy of the program,
played it, and now want to sell it), that's perfectly fine.  The way I first
read it however, sounded like you had made copies of the programs and copy
protection and now want to sell those copies.  It that's the case I hope your
lucky and no one from the software publishing industry notices your post (or
this one).  If the former was indead the case I suggest you clarify your
post.

Scott Werner
From: bcfrankl@otax.EOS.NCSU.EDU (BRIAN CARL FRANKLIN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: MM4 MEGACREDITS
Date: 11 Nov 92 14:17:17 GMT
Reply-To: bcfrankl@otax.EOS.NCSU.EDU (BRIAN CARL FRANKLIN)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Originator: bcfrankl@c00351-247dan.eos.ncsu.edu


I found what I call an error in MM4.. To get tons of MegaCredits
just go to the temple Yak and get them all, then leave and come back.. They
are replaced when you re-enter.. 

Have Fun...

Brian Franklin
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: swkgohw@nuscc.nus.sg (Sir Launcelot Du Lac)
Subject: Help with Secret of the Silver Blades
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:45:35 GMT

Well met Dan,

Go through it.  Thou wilt have to fight some battles first.  When thou
dost meet the Frost Giant King, don't do anything stupid :):).

If thou needest more help. e-mail me.


*************************************************************************
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*  Avatar & Knight of Britannia		*  sword of this stone and	*
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*  Bitnet  : swkgohw@nusvm.bitnet	*  born of all England.		*
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games,connect.audit
From: raelun@ibmpcug.co.uk (Paul Ellis)
Subject: Summoning - Hangs after save - HELP
X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author
	alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group.
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 11:16:36 GMT

Hi There,

I bought The Summonning this weekend, and have just started playing.

Nice game so far...

Problems tho ...

After the first time I played, I can no longer get any music played through
my Adlib card, just the sound effects, I've toggled the sound key through its 
three options but no joy.

also..

After I save my game, I get a Done. message returned, then the options screen,
press right mouse button, and the game hangs.


I have a 386-20mhz with 4meg, QEMM386 v6, 632k base memory free before loading
game, adlib sound card. I have allocated 512k extended memory as well.

Any ideas peeps ? or if not a Telephone support number for SSI games in the UK ?

Many Thanks

Rae.

-- 
Paul Ellis - raelun@ibmpcug.co.uk  -- Virginnia Water, UK.

The above may not be 100% correct, but I think its atleast 97% mine !
Relax and Have fun !! The Rest will sort itself out eventually !! ;-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: Bill Barth@longs.lance.colostate.edu (bill barth)
Subject: Wiz7: Need help with crypt (Spoilers)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:48:32 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523


-- 
UUCP :   ncar!boulder!ccncsu!longs.lance.colostate.edu!bb740597
bb740597@longs.lance.colostate.edu

There may be some, hopefully, mild spoilers here.  I'm near the
end of the game so be careful out there.

I'm in the crypt facing a skull door.  How do I open it?  I
have the gem of the sun, nine of the maps, and the lodestone,
but I have no clue how to enter the Hall of the Dead.  As
nearly as I can tell, I have explored all of the other sites
completely, though I have not made it past the second challenge
of the Hall of the Crusaders.  (I'm hoping something here will
aid me in that quest.)

Also, I have released the queen, but am unclear about Evilspeak,
and I don't know what to do with the urn.  Only been in one of
the crypt rooms as I've only found one crypt key and three
gorrors keys.  Killed two gorrors, but the Fiend of Nine Worlds
is impossible.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
From: mikeb@wpi.WPI.EDU (Michael David Balcom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: U7 HELP ME PLEASE!
Date: 7 Nov 1992 21:26:51 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu

I am playing U7 v2.1 with the v3.4 fix.  I found a bug (go figure).
In Moonglow, the sage who knows where Ambrosia is is ON THE ROOF of the 
house she lives in.  I walk in the house and talk to her husband who is
watching their kid.  When the time is appropriate, she interjects a comment
into the conversation but is not anywhere to be seen.  Outside the house I
can see her walking around on the roof.  I can click on her and I will say
"sage" but when I double click, I cannot talk to her.  I have tried to talk
to her on the ground and on my magic carpet, floating next to her.
	So I got a walkthrough and found Ambrosia.  There was much rejoicing.
Yea...  But I cannot get through the wall to the Hydra!!  Any help would be
appreciated but if you told me what to do I would be even happier.
	BTW, was she supposed to give me anything or just tell me how to find
this place?

		Tanks (and helicopters) for the help --
			mikeb@wpi.wpi.edu

"If you cannot solve a problem in any given Ultima game, assume it to be a
bug until told otherwise."  --  The Ugly Truth.
From: kychen@cco.caltech.edu (Kay-Yut Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: TSN is cheaper than MPGNet?
Date: 14 Nov 1992 00:40:19 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandman.caltech.edu

>TSN is, IMHO, the best online games service. Lots of fun, and fairly priced
>too.
>
>
>Andy.
>
>andy@hpsmo100.rose.hp.com	Hewlett Packard	- Support Materials Operation
>TSN: AndyY, Box 24491           8050 Foothills Blvd, Roseville, CA 95678

i think TSN has the best customer support and best interface. But the MPGnet
has better games. 

TSN also has more people and more games. BUt i am primarily a CRPG player
so i tend to judge the network more on their RPG.

Kay CHen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: j_manning@csc32.enet.dec.com (John Manning)
Subject: DQK help needed
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:19:20 GMT



Possible spoilers follow:



I have the book of Armocar(or whatever) from the temple in Hawkbluff and
am now in Blackwater Glade but can't figure out what to do.  I found 2
corridors with dragons at the end but can't seem to get to either one of them
because of cave-ins or doors that I can open.  Can anyone give me a clue on
what to do next.

Thanks,

John

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|    John Manning                       |  Opinions expressed are my own.     |
|    j_manning@csc32.enet.dec.com       |  I do not represent Digital Equip.  |
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From: vco@phoenix.csc.calpoly.edu (Van K Co)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Question about Koei games
Date: 10 Nov 92 19:39:29 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Cal Poly SLO

In article <BxHJnx.53K@nic.umass.edu> cma@titan.ucc.umass.edu (COLIN MA) writes:
>Hi, can anybody tell me which of the Koei games should a
>beginner start off with?  Thanks.
>

try Romance of The Three Kingdoms 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: Alexx@world.std.com (Alexx S Kay)
Subject: Re: Ultima 7 - minor questions
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 16:39:26 GMT

parker@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bryan Parker) writes:

>Possible *Spoilers*
























































>Anyway... some minor questions.

>Why are the furniture/items in Christopher's shop moving around?  Ghost?  Is it
>possible to communicate with it?  (via a seance spell I suppose)

I presume it's Christopher's ghost, but I wasn't able to communicate with him.
The Seance spell is only really useful to get to Skara Brae.

>Is it *REALLY* necessary to give Owen the bad news about his statue?  It seems
>irrelevant... nobody seemed to notice.  And he does take it kinda hard... :)
>I mean, why bother?

I don't think so.

>Is it necessary to save some blackrock for later?  I got some at Cove, but blew
>up a couple pieces.  Can I get some from the BMC in Minoc some how?  I noticed
>that they were mining some 'B.R.' 

You will need 4 pieces of BR at one point, but you can always get more by 
"using" a mining machine at a BR outcrop.
> 
>What is the little ruin in the swamp all about?  The one with all the
>crucifix looking thins... Is the MageBane a decent weapon?

It's the ruins of StoneGate, the stronghold of the ShadowLords from Ultima V.
I don't know how good MageBane is.

Alexx

Alexx@world.std.com
"Gregor Samsa had days like this"
		-- Roderick Manalac
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: uzun@crash.cts.com (Roger Uzun)
Subject: SpellJammer has been out a while, how is it?
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
Date: 11 Nov 92 02:12:30 GMT

Now that the new AD&D Game SpellJammer from SSI has been out for
a while, I am wondering what people think of it.  I have
seen no comment on it to this point.  Does it allow character
development and advancement of levels as did the Gold Box games?
Does it allow multiple character classes etc, do you control
1 or more players in the game?

-Roger
--------------------------------------------------------------
bix: ruzun
NET: uzun@crash.cts.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: rsykes@AFIT.AF.MIL (Robert K. Sykes)
Subject: Re: Great Naval Battles from SSI, anybody?
Organization: Air Force Institue of Technology, WPAFB OH
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:59:29 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.132021.9206@ericsson.se> etxleda@helix.ericsson.se (Lennart Dahlskog) writes:
>From: etxleda@helix.ericsson.se (Lennart Dahlskog)
>Subject: Great Naval Battles from SSI, anybody?
>Date: 5 Nov 92 13:20:21 GMT


>Having just bought Great Naval Battles (North Atlantic) from SSI.
>Any hits, experiences etc. are welcome.

How about a review when you get a chance, or anyone else who has this
game.
From: bs428@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John J. Brassil)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Does anyone have an unprotect for Dune?
Date: 9 Nov 1992 14:31:47 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bs428@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John J. Brassil)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu

Doc checks are so boring, yeah?
Thanks,   
John
-- 
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* What's all this then? * jbrassil@mgmserv1.mgm.saic.com * 8-{) *
*****************************************************************
From: andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Screwed by Ultima Underworld
Date: 5 Nov 92 18:21:24 GMT
Reply-To: andrew@frip.wv.tek.com
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville, Oregon

>>This patch won't fix the problem the original poster was having.  I had the
>>same problem near the end game and I had the patch.

>	The patch *does* fix the problem. However, as ORIGIN has pointed out,
>the patch will *not* work on an already corrupted save-game file.

I'm the original poster, and I'm here to tell you that the patch does *not*
fix the problem.  I applied it, wiped out save*/*.*, started over ... and
saw the "inventory corrupt" and "screen freezes, must reboot" problems.
(As I said in the original post.)

Now, does anybody have a *real* solution?

  -=- Andrew Klossner (andrew@frip.wv.tek.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: bhv@areaplg2.corp.mot.com (Bronis Vidugiris)
Subject: Re: Wizardry 7 - Help!
Organization: Motorola, CCR&D, CORP, Schaumburg, IL
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 15:33:43 GMT

In article <1992Nov4.192722.29639@ultb.isc.rit.edu> mxk7684@ultb.isc.rit.edu (M.X. Koon) writes:
)
)I have a question for all you wizardry7 players out there.
)I friend of mine was exploring Gorn castle and I told him
)that you need to give the bananas to the monkey.  BUT he ate 
)the bananas and killed The innkeeper. ...so Is there anywhere
)else I could find bananas???
)

Dumb move.

However, there does happen to be some bananas in the prison area of the
Gorn castle.


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: markus@clement.info.umoncton.ca (MARC PAULIN)
Subject: Re: Hardball III Major League Player Disk Crack Request
Keywords: Hardball, Crack
Organization: Universite de Moncton
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 13:05:35 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.024202.5370@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu> honnold@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu (Jeff Honnold EE UnderGrad ) writes:
>From: honnold@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu (Jeff Honnold EE UnderGrad )
>Subject: Hardball III Major League Player Disk Crack Request
>Keywords: Hardball, Crack
>Date: 5 Nov 92 02:42:02 GMT


>        I know there used to be a second patch for this posted on Wuarchive
>unfortunately, I can't find it....could someone please repost it there or mail
>it to me.....I'm talking about the one that will work with the Major League
>Players disk....I had the one for the original game...

>                Thanks in advance

>                Jeff
I found the crack on wuarchive and it doesn't work.  

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: colorado@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (Martin Snow)
Subject: WC I: Joystick fix?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: NASA/GSFC-Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 19:11:00 GMT

Is there an ftp site that has the Wing Commander I joystick fix?
I just got the game, and can't seem to find the patch on any of the
more common archives.

Martin Snow

snow@lyrae.dnet.nasa.gov
snow@cololasp.bitnet
msnow%cygnus@vaxf.colorado.edu
From: bprk_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Brian Park)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: CIV:  help w/ cheat keys PLEASE!
Summary: you know what all those funky keys are - tell me!
Keywords: civilization
Date: 10 Nov 92 19:46:07 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Hello,

   To all you Civ Emperors out there, I was wondering if you could let me
know what the cheat (?) keys in Civilization are.  For instance, I've read
about shift-1-8 and alt-5-6 (I think?), but I haven't gotten either of these
to work.

   So - are those the right keys?  Is there any special sequence/time I should
(or shouldn't) use them?  Are there any other built-in cheats?  Are they
available in all versions?  (I'm using v4 now...)

   HELP PLEASE!  It's not that I'm that bad at Civ, I just need another reason
to stay up late nights...

   Thanks, (and sorry that I missed the info before)

   Brian Park
   bprk_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: dpipes@spica.srg (Dave Pipes x4552)
Subject: Re: Railroad Tycoon
Organization: just me
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 13:14:22 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games

In article <2089@shaman.wv.tek.com> andrew@frip.wv.tek.com writes:
>[]
>
>	"... without growth you will die as a railroad."
>
>Not so.  My best game, at 100% difficulty, involved a railroad that never had
>more than three stations.  The winning strategy is to get a small but highly
>profitable railroad running to throw off cash, then spend the rest of the game
>playing the stock market, acquiring railroads, and building *them* up.

*One* winning strategy, not *the* winning strategy.  The gentleman is right;
as a *railroad*, you were spectacularly unsuccessful :-).  As an investor,
you won the game.

That's why I love this game.  There are so many ways to do things!

	David Pipes
:-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: us014782@mmm.serc.3m.com (Donald F. Hess)
Subject: Dagger of Amon Ra
Keywords: 
	Well, I'm confused.  I'm tring to solve the Riddle of Amon-RA...
	a room you leave without entering and have tried elbow room, leg
	room, head room and a few others.  It's a real pain in the crt
	to have to watch and listen to the Amon RA groupies sing that
	chant over and over and over when I blow the answer.  So ...
	being low on patience ... WHAT THE HECK IS THE ANSWER?!?!?!?
Organization: 3M Company
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 21:32:26 GMT

	Thanks in advance for your help...    

-- 
Don Hess					EMAIL : dfhess@mmm.com
3M Company 					PHONE : (805) 388-4168
Data Storage Tape Technology Div		FAX   : (805) 388-4804
Camarillo, CA 93012-8485
From: kxj6@po.CWRU.Edu (Kijin Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: xeen - where to get thievery?
Date: 6 Nov 1992 23:32:07 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: kxj6@po.CWRU.Edu (Kijin Jung)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, roper@halcyon.com (Michael Roper) says:

>
>other than creating a robber, where can
>the thievery skill be acquired in mm4?
>thanks.
>
>michael roper
>

Create a Ninja...

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: kwolf@sage.cc.purdue.edu (The Wolf)
Subject: Ultima 7
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 23:54:08 GMT

Ok, first of all thanks to everyone that emailed me. I have one more
question before I get started with Ultima. First, should I update the
Black Gate with the Forge of Virtue before I start playing or will it
hurt anything if I'm half way through the game and then try to update?

Ok, next question. This is just a minor one. Should I attempt to keep
notes on everything that villagers, travelers, etc. have to tell me?

-- 
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Killer Wolf                        Of course this land is dangerous!
Purdue University                  All of the animals are capably
kwolf@sage.cc.purdue.edu           murderous.           -P.F.