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From: Gavin Adams <gavin.adams@lso.mts.dec.com>
Subject: Re: Flight sim news from CGW
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6B11FB43501BA10@rodan.jdola.lanl.gov>
X-Xxdate: Fri, 14 Aug 92 08:30:44 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:42:07 GMT

In article <BsyMIq.57t@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> Phat H Tran,
ptran@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca writes:
>I knew somebody was going to challenge me on that... Okay what's wrong
>with D?  (I don't wanna know what can be improved, because Falcon has
>so many facets that it's just asking for criticism from nitpickers.)
>
>Phat.

OK Phat, you asked for it. :)

1) In campaign mission, when selecting armament, if you go to the 1st,
2nd, 3rd flight, and they have no (as in nothing) weapons on a hard
point, and you select "Copy From Leader", the game will lock up.

2) Hi-fi flight model w/ a heavy ordinance (>32000 lbs.) will not get off
the ground, unless your in auto pilot (and then you will fall like a rcok
when you turn it off).

3) 600kt. enemy helicopters that can fly and fight and 10,000 feet.

4) Ordinance being depleted when you abort a mission.  Actually I kind of
like this now.  It allows you to "cheat", but you do pay a small price.

5) With an AGM-45/88 selected in PadLok view, going back to front view
will sometimes leave the reticule "imbedded" in you disply.  Doesn't hurt
anything, but hey...

6) SA-7's that nail me at 10,000 feet and start from a range of >1
mile(s).  The book says a range of one mile, maybe the book has a typo. 
Anyone with Jane's???

I've tried CYAC, just bought AOTP, and can conclusivly say that F3 is the
best air combat simulator I've ever flown.  IMO the campaign scenarios'
are too difficult, but the overall game-play is dead-on.

--- Gavin
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: snetzel@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott V Netzel)
Subject: Civ v4, and othe games (From GEN CON)
Originator: snetzel@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 06:26:39 GMT


Ok people, I went to GEN CON today, and saw many new and wonderful things.

First off, I asked the Techs at the MicroProse booth about v4 update. 
The guy said, "It is a "unofficial" update.  It raises the prices on some
things, it is for the player who is able to win with the other versions."
He said, "Keep your old version, because this one is just harder."
Sid Meier is NOT working on a CIvilization II, he is woking on a few things
at the moment, some stuff with space, some Civil War stuff, etc.  And after
he has a frame work of all the stuff he will pick the one he likes best
and do it.  And this Multi-player civ is nothing more then a hack, and the 
guys at MP will sue if it is put out fior a profit.

The people at OOrigins wee talking about a new Ultima game in the works,
I think I heard somthing about SVGA, but not sure.

There is a multi-player game on the internet, like mud, but much more 
excilent.  The company is called MPG-NET, and the online game is called
Drakkar.  This game is a multi-player interactive role-playing adventure
game.  It is GRAPHICAL using 256 color VGA (They have terminals for AMiga 
and MAC also), and vt100 or IBM ansi.  If you have played Ultima 5 you 
kinda know what the gaphics look like (I'd say 10 times better then ultima
5, but you get the jist).  If you would like to check it out, you must 
call them and set up an account.  With the set up, you get 10 free hours on
the game.  Other then that, it is like $3 to $4 per hour.  They had other
games set up there, that were in Beta test mode.  They were Operation 
Market-Garden (A multi-player combat simulator, based on A battle during 
WWII in Holland), Empire Builder (A multi-player game based on Mayfair Games'
award winning board game.) And Star Cruiser (It looked like Wing commander.)
The number for MPG-NET is 1-800-245-0317.  The internet connect is 
login.mpgn.com or mpgn.com.

I saw The board game Diplomacy from AH on disk for IBM.

ECA was showing off it's newest stuff, Rampart, Powermonger, etc...
They had nothing to saw about any Data disks for Powermonger, but...

Carriers at war looked incredible, but they wanted $70 for the damn game.
If you can afford it, check it out, it was good.

And believe me, there was so much more out there.  I had fun.  If you can get
a chance to get down to Milwaukee before Sunday, check it out.

Albion
snetzel@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

P.S. Excuse the gammer and spelling, my keyboard is screwed, and it takes 
     alot awayfrom my thinking checking everything I type.
From: btarbox@sw.stratus.com (Brian Tarbox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: atrain - stage two
Date: 12 Aug 92 19:00:41 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

>I find that the manual is rather nebulous about advice on continued city
>growth.

A 'key' factor to growth is having a large enough population base.
This keeps your trains full (making money), spurs growth of other
buildings (making money).  So build lots of apt. buildings.

You can make a little money by buying and selling apt.s but not a lot
of money.  Also you may run out of people willing to buy your buildings.

>Is there any way to tell a freight train to NOT take cargo away from a
>station?  Consider the following scenario:
>
>        A-----------------------B

No.

I've got to the point of making 4-5 million a year, but still am stuck
on paying taxes...hard to keep any money...but I still like the game.
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From: jwilbur@iat.holonet.net (Jay Wilbur)
Subject: Re: Keen 5 & 6
Organization: HoloNet (BBS: 510-704-1058)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 22:52:00 GMT

bjornmy@ifi.uio.no (Bj|rn Magnar Myklebust) writes:
: 
: Where can I get Keen 5 & 6.  Is it freeware og commercial ?
: 
: bjornmy@ifi.uio.no
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games,misc.forsale
From: mth@cci632.cci.com (Michael Hickman)
Subject: FOR SALE - Out Of This World
Organization: [Computer Consoles, Inc., Rochester, NY
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 13:19:36 GMT

Posting this for a friend - reply to him.
-------------------------
For Sale:  Out Of This World.     $30/bo

This is a great game for the PC.  Similar to Prince of Persia, but
more futuristic and challenging.

The game is in brand new condition and comes on both 5 1/4 and 3 1/2
floppies.  Includes manuals and copy protection wheel.

I've solved it and i'm looking to finance another game.

REPLY TO:  rcs@rte.com
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From: jensen@pooh.sdd.trw.com (phil)
Subject: WCI or WCII?
Keywords: Wing Commander
Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 15:37:08 GMT

  I would like to get into WC - should I buy WCI first or can I just
start with WCII?

  Phil Jensen@pooh.sdd.trw.com
From: luit2@wsinfo11.info.win.tue.nl (Studenten Erik Luit)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: HELP!!: Conquests of the Longbow (Robin Hood)
Date: 18 Aug 92 08:39:24 GMT
Reply-To: luit2@info.win.tue.nl


spoiler follows!!
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I must free the queen's knight from the tower of the monestary. I saw a druid tree (the vine), but I don't know the druid name for the vine.
I tried all the names in Fulk's scroll.

Is it in the manual?

Thanks in advance,

Paul.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: g_challa@mv3800.engr.scarolina.edu
Subject: Games for sale
Reply-To: g_challa@mv3800.engr.scarolina.edu
Organization: University Of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 04:12:15 GMT

Hi netters,

	The following games are available for sale.  all of them come with
original diskettes, rule books, maps and boxes. 

	Eye of the Beholder I..........$25 , Including the official clue 
					    book ($15) retail.
	
	Eye of the Beholder II.........$30 , Including cheats.


	Might and Magic II.............$15 ,( Brand new )

You can have all of them for $65.

Above prices include shipping and handling charges.

Please reply to g_challa@mv3800.engr.scarolina.edu, or 
		t250188@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu.
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Pirates Gold
Date: 14 Aug 92 19:11:49 GMT
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA

v101q4ct@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Brendon M McNamara) writes:
>Has anybody heard anything about this? I checked at Babbages and they
>didn't know anything about it. Was I duped by someone's practical
>joking when I was drooling about it being released?

The specs went out not too long ago.  It's probably in heated
development, and nowhere near release yet.  It should be awesome from
the specs, though!   There goes another month...
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From: mnfriedr@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Martin Friedrich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: EOB I !
Date: 12 Aug 92 15:21:53 GMT
Organization: Student Pool, CSD, University of Erlangen, Germany

chan4@husc10.harvard.edu (Derek Chan) writes:

>Please send me stuff too if you have any to  send.  I too, also am trapped on
>level 2.  I bought this game last year, but never got into it because it is so
>harrrrrdd......

*giggle* Solved it in 18 hours :)
Could you be a bit more precise? I'll look up my maps then and tell you.

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From: beders@wip-sol.dfki.uni-sb.de (Jochen Bedersdorfer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Two player games via modem/serial link...
Date: 19 Aug 92 10:00:39 GMT
Organization: DFKI Saarbruecken GmbH, D-W 6600 Saarbruecken
In-reply-to: mcrw@hobbit.gandalf.ca's message of 17 Aug 92 18:02:38 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.180238.26592@gandalf.ca> mcrw@hobbit.gandalf.ca (Mark Woodward) writes:

   Just curious to see how many games out there supported 2 player
   over serial/modem links?

   I know of the maze/robot one (mega255.zip) on wuarchive and mention
   of future support in Scorched Earth.

   So anyone got others?


I know the following linkers:
Populous from Bullfrog
Falcon 3.0
SimCity
HardDrivin 2

:)ochen
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From: rkoo1@napier.uwaterloo.ca (zero)
Subject: Ultima 6 - Built in cheat!!
Originator: rkoo1@napier.uwaterloo.ca
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 18:33:03 GMT


Not to ruin things for would-be Ultima 6 players but... how many of you know
that Ultima 6 has a built in cheat put there by the game programmers
themselves?!?!

Yes. This cheat allows you to do virtually anything - change player attributes,
add any item, weapon or armor to player inventory and even to set certain game
flags!  Plus it's menu driven! A menu driven cheat! Can you imagine that?

Access to this cheat is presented below. For those of you who do not wish to
bequest the pleasure of solving this the hard way - hit 'n' now.



























OK!  The key lies in being a Monty Python fan.
1) Talk to Iolo.
2) When you asks what you how he can help you type 'spam'.
3) You will get the standard 'I dunno what you're talking about' reply from
   Iolo. Ignore this and enter 'spam' two more times.
4) Finally enter 'humbug' and VOILA!  Instant cheat!
5) Follow the options presented and experiment!

One more thing - Save your game before you try the cheat in case you mess up
one of the game flags.
That's all the info I can give.
Enjoy!

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From: kbos@carina.unm.edu (Kurt Bose "of Biscayzee")
Subject: Re: PC cricket games
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 15:59:30 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Keywords: cricket, pc, simulator, sports

In article <1992Aug19.131229.24767@nntp.hut.fi> aleksei@vipunen.hut.fi (Akseli Anttila) writes:
>Has anybody played computer cricket? I am interested in games that have 
>both action and team captaincy aspects. (Like most hockey etc. games,
>I believe). 
>
>I have FTP:d some SW-games (Sticky wicket, world cup cricket) but these
>lack individual player action.
>
>I think there are at least two commercial games out there, Graham Gooch
>something and Ian Botham something. Any experiences?
>
I have yet to see any good cricket games made for ANY computer (good as in 'on
the same level of personal satisfaction as games based on other sports').  I'm
only a casual PC user, but I also own an Amiga, and none of the UK mags have
given glowing reviews to any cricket sims.  I'd assume that with the popularity
of the Amiga in the UK, any successful cricket game would at the very least be
available for the Amiga.  

My personal feeling is that the definitive cricket sim has not been tackled.  I
have seen a demo version of the Ian Botham game in stores here in ABQ, but I
don't think I'll get it.  The two SW games you mention above are the only ones
I've seen for FTP for _any_ system.


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From: csp57@seq1.keele.ac.uk (Daniel Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Shareware Cricket games uploaded to uwarchive
Date: 14 Aug 92 12:52:30 GMT
Organization: University of Keele, England

Hi,

I have uploaded to uwarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 in the directory
/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS 2 shareware cricketing games for the PC.

The files are called stwicket.zip and worldcup.zip.  There is a short .txt
file for each as well that just describes the game very quickly.

Both games require EGA as a minimum and are simulations of 1-day cricket
matches.  In stwicket you are the captain of one of eight english county
sides and have to win the Sticky Cup.  In worldcup you captain an
international side and attempt to surprise surprise win the World Cup.

I have registered both games so can provide more info if anyone wants to
know the extra benefits of registering including a bonus game with Sticky
Wicket.  If you do decide to register please mention that you obtained the
shareware versions from the net so the author can see how successful
each distribution source is.

If you have any comments regarding these games E-Mail me and I will pass
them on to the author as he is not on the net.

	Daniel

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From: ebazergh@gmuvax.gmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: 688 Attack Sub - Thanks to ALL!
Date: 20 Aug 92 16:31:00 -0500
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Thanks to EVERYONE who replied! I now have the defective files.
 
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From: adam@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Adam)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Siege speed probs.
Date: 17 Aug 92 03:44:27 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

I just got Siege, and love the game, but sometimes it's so slow I can
hardly stand it.  I've got a 386/40 (not usually what I'd call a slow
computer).  Anyone have any tricks that would speed it up at all?

Adam
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From: aviz@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Dr Algirdas Avizienis)
Subject: Ultima 7 Problem...
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 15:45:38 GMT

	Well, yesterday I posted asking for help with Ultima 7, and
the advice that people gave me just matched what I figured should
happen, and didn't match what was happening.  I have version 3.2 of
Ultima.  Maybe this could be a bug?

possible spoilers.




	Well, I've made the potion, dipped the cage in the well, and
I wait, and wait, and wait for the liche to lie down.  But he doesn't
He just stands on his bed.  Sometimes, not even all of the ghosts
lie down.  One (Paulette, the barmaid) often walks around for hours,
never lying down.

	Could this be a bug, or am I doing something wrong, still?


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From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
Subject: Robin Hood from Sierra
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 19:08:10 GMT

I think I should describe my question in detail. In Robin Hood (Sierra),
I saw a scene on the cover of the box which Robin kissed Lady Marian in
Willow. (not in church at the end of the game) How can I do this? How
can I use my lips?
From: erik@westworld.esd.sgi.com (Erik Fortune)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Treasures of Infocom
Date: 21 Aug 92 23:26:20 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA

The Lost Treasures of Infocom includes 20 games for about $40 dollars.
Here's a list off the top of my head, so I may miss a few:
   Zork 1,2,3
   Beyond Zork
   Zork Zero
   Enchanter, Sorceror, Spellbreaker
   Infidel
   Deadline, Witness, Suspect
   Suspended
   Planetfall, Stationfall
   Lurking Horror
   Ballyhoo
   Starcross
   Hitchhikers Guide
   Moonmist

That's twenty.  I guess I remembered them all.   It includes black and
white versions of most of the original materials bound into a single
book plus hints for all twenty games in another book.   All games are
the original versions (more or less) which means that Zork Zero is the
only one that is vaguely graphical.  All in all, it's a great buy!

You might be able to get original versions with the original package
materials (color, larger, real envelopes, the real board for suspended etc) 
from Herb's Discount Software (510)490-6336.   He has a small amount of Infocom 
stuff for the IBM PC and a large amount of infocom stuff for other systems 
(though I'm not sure if infocom ever released Amiga stuff).   It's more 
expensive, but nice to have the real materials.    I have "real" versions of 
most of the games in the "Lost Treasures" and I've been thinking of buying the 
Atari versions of the games I don't have just to get the real package
materials.

Oh, yeah -- he does mail order.

-- Erik
From: 11dmcvay@gallua.gallaudet.edu (Daniel T. McVay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: SIMCITY for DOS
Date: 14 Aug 92 05:35:39 GMT
Organization: Gallaudet University

In article <1992Aug14.040746.13085@uniwa.uwa.edu.au>, tvilla@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Tim Villa) writes:
> I've seen the game SIMCITY on various formats (Mac, Amiga) and would love
> to see it on pc format. Does anyone have it or know where I can obtain a
> copy?
> Thanks
> Tim
> tvilla@tartarus.uwa.edu.au

Hoping to obtain a pirated copy? I don't blame you. It's about high time
them vendors started selling affordable software. Besides, I wish I knew
some pirate boards. So I can talk to them guys about putting a descrambler
on my cable tv.
 
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From: tuan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Tuan Minh Nguyen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: For Sale: Aces of the Pacific
Date: 21 Aug 92 23:39:36 GMT
Reply-To: tuan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Tuan Minh Nguyen)
Distribution: usa
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: tuan@bashful.cc.utexas.edu

I bought the game at the local Computer City for $47.99 .
It seems like I won't have time to play the game.  I opened
the box, but haven't installed it or looked at any of the
manuals.  I'll sell it for around $35.00 or for whatever
my best offer is.  You can email me or call me at
(512) 467-6625 if you are in Austin.
Thanks.
From: mncmic02@uctvax.uct.ac.za
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: CGA blues...
Date: 14 Aug 92 07:53:43 GMT
Organization: University of Cape Town



Hi.

I'm sure I'm one of the many unlucky people who still have CGA... (and get
depressed every time we read this newsgroup!)

My question is... Are there any new good games out there (flight simulators or
otherwise) which will still work on my outdated 286 with CGA? Also, does anyone
know of games which are EGA or VGA which will still work on my CGA?

Thanks

Mike
University of Cape Town
South Africa
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