From: Andrew.J..Mead@f417.n3641.z1.fidonet.org (Andrew J. Mead)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop
Subject: MS-DOS Online Games Available
Date: 26 Jan 93 03:15:01 GMT


                     Get These Updated Online Games

Here are the most recent versions of my online doors.  They are available
for FREQ, or may be at a DDS site near you.  Try them today!

These games are NOT crippled in any way!!!  I will NOT cripple my doors!!!
Magic Name   Filename      File size  Name of the Game               .ZIP size
   MAD       MAD117.ARJ      49478    Madness                          52742
   OIL       OIL112.ARJ      52499    Oil Field                        56550
   PATH      PATH105.ARJ     50407    Path Finder                      53645
   MINE      MINE102.ARJ     49958    Minefield                        53228
   STAR      STBBS370.ARJ    76869    Star Traders                     82001
   STOCK     STOCK105.ARJ    54210    BBStock Exchange                 58173
   GE        GE106.ARJ       79549    Galactic Empires                 90419

   BOI       BOI200P.ARJ     83144    BBS Onliner Interface (Pascal)   89765

United States - Canada
    All are FREQable from 1:3641/417 (my BBS) 24hrs a day (at v32bis 14400)
    If you prefer *.ZIP files, just add "Z" to the magic name (files will be
    slightly larger).  First time callers have download priveleges. (Call
    919-489-9446 PCP:NCRTP).  (All .ZIPs are zipped with PKZip 1.10)

International
    The games available are FREQable using the same magic names from.
    Note: Current versions may be upto one week behind US release.

    Australia               Australia               Portugal - Europe
    The 999 Planes of Hell  The 999 Planes of Hell  Midi-Thru
    3:633/253 - 8am to 3am  3:633/257  -  24 hours  2:361/1   -   24 Hours
    14400 - +61-3-796-2180  9600  - +61-3-707-5848  14400 - +351-34-313554

DDS (Door Distribution System)
    These games are hatched into the DDS.  It seems that they are making it to
    most of the DDS, but there may be some kinks that prevent them from making
    it all the way throughout.

                  ****** Now with GT Power support ******

                          ****** Features ******
FOSSIL support (* NEW *)    DESQview support    Non-Standard Comm Settings
AVATAR/1 support (beta)      Windows support         Monthly Hall of Fames
New Documentation!!!!!        SysOp control        19 different drop files
    ***** BOI-DOORS support echo available (contact me for feed) *****

All doors will run directly under virtually ALL MSDOS BBS Software programs.
Can be run from command line or by a batch file.  Extremely configurable.
All games are written with the BBS Onliner Interface 2.01.

Registration is just a key away, and only $10 US per game.

         *****  Get the current versions of these hit games *****
->Path Finder
    You're trapped in one corner of a 20 by 77 maze.  You can only see the
part of the maze you are in.  How fast can you find your  way to the opposite
corner and escape?  This challenging real-time game is amazingly addictive.
For those of you tired of "kill-em all" or "make the most money" type of
games, this is for you.  Mazes are usually solveable in 2 to 10 minutes.
Warning: You will be unable to play this cool game only once.

->Madness
    My cult favorite.  This frustrating simple to play, yet hard to master
screen clearing game now features user toggleable highlighting of legal
moves, and an optional (SysOps option) monthly tournament mode (or play
both modes).  (Try the undocumented "A"lphanumeric mode!!!).

-->Oil Field
   You've got 10 drilling rigs, and a million dollars in the bank.  Are
you going to go broke, or will you strike it rich?  Now completely colorized.

->Minefield
    You and your trusty sweeper have got to clear a path through the mines
from one side of the screen to the other.  You are racing against the clock,
but don't get too carless and hit too many mines because the penalty points
will hurt.  This game is for the players who like relatively quick games
that require logic and deduction.

->Star Traders
    This single player classic game of interstellar mercantilism is now
even easier to play.  Buy and sell stock with ease.  Scores in the Billions
are possible.  Each player gets fifty turns (5 to 20 minutes) to create
and profit from creating interstellar trading companies.  This game has
now been fully colorized.

->BBStock Exchange
    You've got 10 years and $10,000 dollars to invest.  Watch the market
go up and down.  The computer tracks par value, and the object is make
the most against par.  This game is not totally random.  The companies have
real profiles and are modeled after real corporations.  See if you can
beat the bulls in this brand new game!!!

->Galactic Empires
    This multi-player (up to 8 games of 4 to 9 players) game of strategy and
treachery has returned!  Sort of a cross between Global Wars and Chess, this
game can last a month or a year.  Tactics and strategy are very important.
Fleet Admirals play against themselves and the computer for domination of
the Galaxy.  At one turn per day, it takes a week and a half to travel from
edge to edge.

Now Available!!!!!
->BBS Onliner Interface 2.00
    Use Turbo Pascal and the BBS Onliner Interface to write your own online
games and utilities with all of the features of mine.  The BOI comes with
complete source code and a real working online game!

Andrew J. Mead                               1@9952WWIV   1:3641/417  Fido
Not Insane                                   1@9395VBBS   75:7919/417 Door