HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jpehko@cs.joensuu.fi (Juha Pehkonen)
Subject: Re: Aces of the Pacific and STACKER
Organization: University of Joensuu
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 09:37:13 GMT

staffan@nynashamn.telesoft.se (Staffan K-E Ungsgard) writes:
>Is there a way to run AOP with stacker installed. The game
>requires around 610 kb base memory plus some EMM memory.
>With EMM386 using the ram switch to load device drivers high
>I can't get more than around 575 kb when STACKER in loaded
>high. Is there a way around this ? Maybe a better memory
>manager than EMM386 ( QEMM ? ).


With Stacker and QEMM I got about 638 Kbytes of free memory, so that could
solve your problem. Dunno if EMM386 can do the same, doubt it.

Juha Pehkonen
jpehko@cs.joensuu.fi

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: cliff@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Cliff Chen)
Subject: Re: FTP-SITE WITH GAMES???
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 22:43:53 GMT

In article <Bw6HM9.LIK@ireq.hydro.qc.ca> bernard@ireq.hydro.qc.ca writes:
>	Well, it seems the guys reading this section are quite uncool...
>I've asked for ftp sites, with good games in it, I know there are plenty, and
>no one manage to get back to me... Well, I'm disapointed, I didn't know you
>were fags only interested in your personal games and personal wars... It's
>sad for you cause I have access to a number of programs, that I'll have to
>keep to myself, unless someone's cool enough to get back to me...

	Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I TRIED to send this
guy mail.  And guess what happened.  It bounced, faster than a superball.
So, if this guy is done insulting the members of the group, maybe he'd like
to try ftp'ing to:

	ftp.ulowell.edu

	and then apologize to the rest of us.
	If you are interested, the error message I got was that his system
doesn't even exist.

					Cliff Chen
					cliff@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
From: rambaut@castle.ed.ac.uk (A E Ram aut)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Falcon 3d IA High Score
Date: 12 Oct 92 08:31:13 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

I don't mean to turn this into a bragging session but I once got just
over 2mil on version 3.0d. Since then I have never got more than 900K
(neither have my friends) this despite the fact that I have flown for
longer and destroyed more ground targets (or thought I did). This gave
me the feeling that there are some inconsistencies in the scoring. I
noticed some threads on this subject a few months ago, did anyone sort
it out? I am now playing 3.01 and haven't approached anywhere near my
old scores.

Andrew
From: halvorsen@nbivax.nbi.dk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: GODS:Who's got the higest score?
Date: 8 Oct 92 11:02:41 GMT
Organization: Niels Bohr Institute and Nordita, Copenhagen

What is the higest score anyone has got in GODS. Or how many times have you
compelted all of the 4 levels. I completed all levels 3 times. Well almost.
The 3. time i met the final encounter then i got careless and lost all my lives.
I cant remember exactly what my score was.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: isc30108@nusunix1.nus.sg (AMBAT SASI S/O PALISSERY P)
Subject: Re: Same Problem on LSL2
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 11:42:03 GMT

can't really remember.
but i THINK 1 part is in the pool in the cruiser
& the oth is at the nudist beach?

sasi.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: hieu@ecr.mu.OZ.AU (Hieu_Trung DANG)
Subject: HYPERSPEED AND HARDBALL3 CRACKS NEEDED
Organization: Dept. Of Engineering Computer Resources, Uni. Of Melbourne
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 04:36:27 GMT


Can anyone help ?me find the cracks for hyperspeed and hardball3 ? If so 
can you mail me at my address since this news group recieve so much mail it is
impossible for me to read it all. thanx in advance.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: rhoge1@esk.compserv.utas.edu.au ([Robert James Hoge])
Subject: Centipede/Worm now available via FTP!
Organization: University of Tasmania at Launceston
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 02:46:50 GMT

Okay everybody, the centipede/worm game is now available via ftp.
It is a graphical game for those of you who want to know.

It is located at    ftp.uwp.edu (in) /pub/incoming/demos (as) worm.zip

As I have played games my self that are unregistered, I announce that
worm.zip is unregistered, if that makes any difference.  If you want to
register it, there is a .DOC file with information in it.
It requires GWBASIC.EXE.

Have fun, whatever little fun you get out of an unregistered game.

Later.

BTW, the address listed in the .DOC file is only for postage, I can not
be reached there or conatacted by phone.  I do not wish to be contacted
either.  If it is urgent, I can be reached at all times at this email address.


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From: jmt@legend.cma.fr (Jean-Marc Tanzi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Wing Commander: Hint book reviews wanted
Date: 7 Oct 92 08:43:20 GMT
Reply-To: jmt@legend.cma.fr (Jean-Marc Tanzi)
Organization: INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France

In article <1992Oct1.084148.5563@gw.wmich.edu>, florida@gw.wmich.edu writes:
> 
> 	Has anyone purchased the hint (strategy, whatever) book on 
> Wing Commander I & II?  If so, could you send me a review, either by E-Mail or
> Post?  It would be greatly appreciated...
		     ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^
Very true. Or maybe the hot killers around could give us poor newbies a few clues.
Some questions I can think of:

- do you ever use the alternate views (F keys) in combat?
- do you prefer full guns for concentrate power, or more shots to make?
- do you really hold your fire to hit a given part of the enemy ship, 
  and which one (front, aft, side)?
- when do you fire missiles?
- do you change the assigned speed during combat?
- in the difficult protective missions, do you chase evading ships for a kill, 
  or do you stick around the capital ship and try to divert fire?
- do you have specific tactics for specific enemy/own ships? 

Thx for your help.

-- 
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jmt@cma.cma.fr   |  a century to burn them. Mankind versus Nature: 100000 to 1.
                 |  Will Mankind find a tougher planetary opponent?
From: sward+@CMU.EDU (David Reeve Sward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: KEEN WATCH: The U is Toast
Date: 15 Oct 92 01:40:39 GMT
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.pc.games: 14-Oct-92 Re: KEEN WATCH:
The U is Toast by Brian Nelson@po.CWRU.Edu 
> Kinda strange, that this guy doesn't like senseless violence, yet his 
> subconscious forced his fingers to type a word like "cleaver"...
>  
> Hmmmm....

Is that you, Wally?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: smoon@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Sang J. Moon)
Subject: Looking for UMS II scenarios
Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 19:37:57 GMT

Someone mentioned back that there was a source for additional UMS II
scenarios.  Could someone post that source (ftp, GEnie, etc.)?
Thanks.

Sang J. Moon
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: mellum@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com
Subject: Re: AOTP torpedo bombing
Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 17:26:54 GMT

In article <1992Oct16.120416.524@cbnewsc.cb.att.com>, opus@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (robin.g.kim) writes:
> Planes with tricycle landing gears (P-38, P-39) take off differently from
> planes with a tail wheel.  You have to wait until your speed gets to 100 mph
> or a little over before pulling up.  Use your flaps to lower this critical
> speed.  If you just crank back on the stick before that point, you'll just
> bleed off speed and never get off the ground.  Use of flaps is mentioned
> in the manual.
I've found the same thing.  Before patch B, it didn't seem to matter what your
load was, just crank back on the stick and the plane would take off.  The first
place I noticed a difference in patch B was on a long range strike mission with
the P38. With drop tanks and bombs, you need flaps down  to take off.
From: nweaver@ocf.berkeley.edu (Nicholas Weaver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: MM4 (Might and Magic 4) bug idea...
Date: 10 Oct 1992 23:22:22 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandstorm.berkeley.edu


	Armed with the information about the knowlege of the save-as then
reload it and the area is reset if you do something else first, I have a
couple of questions.

1.	Is it ONLY the area you are currently in?

2.	Does EVERYTHING in that area reset (barrels, chests, etc...)

	If so, well, here's a potential (if obvious) spoiler.....





*********Warning************
Potential      Spoiler/Cheet
*********Warning************
Potential Spoiler/Cheet
*********Warning************
Potential Spoiler/Cheet
*********Warning************
Potential Spoiler/Cheet
*********Warning************
Potential Spoiler/Cheet   

	Ok.  go into Red Dwarf Mine whatever.  Drink all the barrels.
Save.  Save-as.  Move a step.  Reload from the save-as.  Drink all the
barrels.  Save.  Save-as.  Move a step.  Repeat....   

>:]  (Diabolical Grin)

	I haven't had a chance to try this yet.  Will report on it as soon
as I do.
-- 
                             Nicholas C. Weaver
nweaver@ocf.berkeley.edu                           nweaver@soda.berkeley.edu
It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, .signifying nothing.
#include <stdwittydisclaimer.h>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games,rec.games.misc
From: flynn@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (FLYNN  JEFFREY THOMAS)
Subject: Re: Opinions Wanted-->New IBM Releases
Keywords: Opinions, new games, new releases, reviews
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 20:09:17 GMT

tatakamoto@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Teri Takamoto) writes:
>     Here's the list:
>     1.  Cyber Empires (SSI).
>     2.  Gobliiins (Sierra).
>     3.  Grand Slam Bridge II (Electronic Arts).
>     4.  Heaven and Earth (Buena Vista Software).
>     5.  Heimdall (Virgin Games).
>     6.  Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (Electronic Arts).
>     7.  Pit Fighter (Domark).
>     8.  Plan 9 from Outer Space (Konami).
>     9.  Quest for Glory 3 (Sierra).
>    10.  Spellcasting 301 (Legend).
>    11.  The Summoning (SSI).
>    12.  Theatre of War (Three-Sixty).
>    13.  Utopia (Konami).
>     Thanks in advance and *have at it*, everyone!

The game Heaven and Earth if the puzzle-fiend's wet dream!
It's filled with hundreds of puzzles from anti-mazes (you may only move
through lines, like leap frog of something) to 3-d assembly of Escher-like
figures.  Some of the stuff will really blow your mind.  There are also some
New-Age-ish card games that are pretty interesting.  When you think that you
have mastered all of the puzzle-types you go to "the path" where you are
challenged by random puzzle type in a "climbing the mountain a step at a time"
motif.  I highly recommend the "aquisition" of this game!

                                                -Pudthwart
                                           (flynn@ucsu.colorado.edu)

you have 
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>|  Senior Computer Operator                   Computing Resource Center  |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: lidz@quads.uchicago.edu (adam lidz)
Subject: Video Card
Reply-To: lidz@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 10:12:18 GMT

I'm about to get a new Video Card, and I'm wonderng what's supported well. . .
I'm looking at the ATI VGA Wonder XL 24, since it has the mouse on the card.
I was just wondering how well it is supported.  Does Links 386 support it?
Anyone ever run into problems with the mouse?  
Is it often supported in the 800x600 mode?  (Since that's all my moniter can do)
Any suggestions for something better?  (But still in the < $170 range)

E-Mail me at:
lidz@nes.nersc.gov
From: impster@ais.org (Charles Budensiek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: THE SUMMONING: Need help to find antidote..
Date: 16 Oct 92 03:31:28 GMT
Organization: UMCC

Okey.. I went throught all the beginner levels <okey okey... so I took the
easy way.> and now I come upon this Honorah woman who wants an antidote to
give me something <those who know the answer will know what it is>. I have
tried giving her an Algit rune, Algit potion and a cure poison parchment,
but to no avail. HELP! Now some schmuck <after the gazers> wants what she is
going to give me... argh!!!


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| "Anyone have a coat hanger? My brain itches." | impster@umcc.ais.org
| "If I was a turnip, would I be revered and    | Charles Budensiek
| "worshipped like I would deserve to be?"      | ph #: Ask if you want it.
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From: ac999118@umbc8.umbc.edu (ac999118)
Subject: Re: GAME BYTES: New article types wanted!!
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 17:49:29 GMT

In article <69913@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt3017a@prism.gatech.EDU (Guy Elden Jr.) writes:
>In article <uprao.717901063@mcl> uprao@mcl.ucsb.edu writes:
>
>]>Actually, no the filesize of Game Bytes (zipped) will never go beyond
>]>1.44MB.  Actually, my intention is to make it always fit on a 1.2 MB
>
>    Of course, it still doesn't matter how big the file is, because you
>can just use a shareware file splitter/integrator to split the file up to
>fit on floppies, if the size of gamebytes ever exceeded 1.44 megs (or 1.2
>for the 5.25" users). I think Ross realizes how time consuming and troublesome
>this is, so keeping the files to a reasonable length eliminates frustrations..

Well, if you use a program like ARJ (and maybe PKZIP does this to), you
can set the -v1200 flag, and it will compress the file/s into files of
1.2Megs or less.  It's pretty easy to use, and even splits the files.

Well, that's just my suggestion.

-John
From: marms@python.cs.unm.edu (Mike Arms)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Scenarios for Command HQ?
Date: 8 Oct 92 21:18:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: python.Bvtn6v.M73
Reply-To: sandia!marms@unmvax.unm.edu (Mike Arms)
Organization: Dimsdale Brothers Extortion Agency

sandia!marms@unmvax.unm.edu (Mike Arms) [hey, that's me!] writes:
>Back in June, krishna@festus.ksu.ksu.edu (Krishna R Akkina) queried
>about getting the address for that ftp site that had Command HQ scenarios.
>Does anyone know of any such scenarios?  This game definitely needs more
>than the 3 set-piece scenarios and one random (Empire) scenario that it 
>comes with.  I'm appreciate any pointers.  Thanks.

I've had quite a few "me too" replies to my search for Command HQ
scenarios.  Unfortunately, no scenarios have been found so far.
If anyone knows of some, please either post or reply via e-mail.
Thanks.

-- 
Mike Arms
Sandia National Laboratories
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From: mostert@cs.sun.ac.za (A. Mostert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Star Control ship editor available by FTP !
Date: 11 Oct 92 19:56:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.mostert.6.718833399
Organization: University of Stellenbosch, RSA



Hi all

My ship editor for Star Control allows you to modify your ships, eg.
giving them more crew, fuel, faster firing etc. It can be downloaded
from ftp.ulowell.edu as /msdos/Games/Editors/scse100.zip.

A. Mostert
Stellenbosch, RSA
mostert@cs.sun.ac.za
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: mallen@wyvern.twuug.com (Marc Allen)
Subject: Finished, sorta...
Organization: Tidewater UNIX Users Group
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 00:59:45 GMT

Well, hells bells!  I killed Xeen.  Didn't mean to, mind you, it kinda
happened accidently like.  I've got plenty of things to do, first.  The
problem appears to be that MM4 rewrote my last save game and placed me AFTER
I defeated Xeen.  I can't go back (unless I go WAY back to another save
game) to play around with variants. <sigh>

Marc

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: mkohlhaa@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (mike)
Subject: Re: Contacting Links386 Usenet open organizer
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 03:17:08 GMT

In article <dedmunds.718664543@sfu.ca> dedmunds@selkirk.sfu.ca (Darran Edmundson) writes:
>Is anyone else having trouble sending in their results for round 4
>to Jon Grantham?  My mail keeps bouncing although it's gone through
>fine for the past 3 weeks.
>
>Jon, are you reading this?

I tried to send my game to John on Friday afternoon, and it just bounced
back to me.  I'll put mine in links386_games/...

Mike


-- 

					-- Mike

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: dkennett@fraser.sfu.ca (Daniel Kennett)
Subject: W7 vs MM4 ?
Summary: Which is better?
Keywords: W7 MM4
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:48:47 GMT

   Has anyone, who owns both W7 and MM4 or has at least played both long enough to get anywhere significant tell me which of the two is better, plot, graphics, and complexity wise.  Is W7 really that small (2disks)?  If anyone can answer this question could you post it here.

	Thanks in advance.....

	Daniel
	dkennett@sfu.ca

	-Do Androids Dream Of Electronic Sheep?-
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: johnsond@unvax.union.edu (Dale R. Johnson)
Subject: My address is...
Organization: Union College, Schenectady, NY
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:31:13 GMT

Sorry, I thought my .sig would be added, my address is 

johnsond@unvax.union.edu

thanks.

Dale
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From: bpn@po.CWRU.Edu (Brian Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: KEEN WATCH: The U is Toast
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 20:30:53 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62102.student.cwru.edu

In article <1992Oct13.191235.24033@unvax.union.edu> mcwhirtj@unvax.union.edu (Jim Mcwhirter) writes:

[stuff about wolf3d bein' a terrible game deleted]
>it one bit. I'm sorry to hear that midless, gross graphics are "in",
>and cute and cleaver is "out". 
              ^^^^^^^
Kinda strange, that this guy doesn't like senseless violence, yet his 
subconscious forced his fingers to type a word like "cleaver"...

Hmmmm....

Brian Nelson
bpn@po.cwru.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: hhchiu@htdec5.iaa.ncku.edu.tw (hhchiu)
Subject: Problem on ScreenShot in GameByte #5
Organization: National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 07:26:04 GMT

I have problems in viewing Links 386 Pro. All others are alright.
Maybe there should be a note in each reviews of gamebyte that lists
appropriate video cards. I have a 386-33 + triplex S3 svga card.

Chang
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: kaz@iastate.edu (Jimmy Buffet)
Subject: PD or Commercial "cracking" program
Summary: PD or commercial Cracking programs
Keywords: Crack
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 22:18:15 GMT

I'm really sick of manual protection.  People who buy games don't deserve to
have to look something up every time they run a game.  Does any one have
a list of PD and Commercial "cracking" programs.  where I can get the PD
would also be appreciated.  Thanks in advance!


-- 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: jamesp@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Jim Peroulas)
Subject: ZORK I (A blast from the past)
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 05:42:56 GMT


My first computer with a disk drive was a C-64 (I had a TI-99/4a before that!)
and I used to love to play the old Infocom games on it. You could imagine how
glad I was when the Lost Treasure of Infocom came out on the IBM.

Well, I am trying to solve all the ZORK's in order but I seem to be stuck
at the very end of the first one. I have done everything mentioned in the
hints and brought all the treasures to the living room. My question is,
what do I do now? Is there something I should say to get a final rating?
I try saying score but this just gives me my score and puts me back into
the game.

Please send me e-mail if you are too afraid of showing your age by posting!

						-JP
From: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Cracked, Hacked, or Freebies???
Date: 16 Oct 92 08:53:53 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

ross@kaos.b11.ingr.com (Ross Erickson) writes:
>>
>>Well, the etarip site is down, thanks to Dan "Blabbermouth" Barrett, so I can't
>>help you.  Look in comp.sys.amiga.games or c.s.a.advocacy, though; I think Dan
>>had some information about a couple of etarip mirrors (I think the closest one
>>was in Finland...), and ways to get the hacked software (complete with docs)
>>via mail.  Check out his posts in c.s.a.a for more details.
>>
>>No e-mail to me, thanks; let that jerkoff Barrett spoil it for you.

>Hi Kurt,

>I hope you have a REALLY BIG mailbox.  "Your mailbox overfloweth".
>Why don't you do us a favor and go get a job at McDonalds and never
>touch a keyboard again.  Losers like you should have no electronic
>rights.

>ESAD!!

Chill, guys.  Seriously, you should read comp.sys.amiga.games
before flaming.  Kurt was making a joke.  So did Dan Barrett. 
Read it and you will know.

Kurt, next time please don't make this kinds of jokes when you
know most people here wont get it--please.

Yours sincerely,
Kelvin

PS: no offense to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games readers.  However,
    Kurt was refering to an insiders' joke of comp.sys.amiga.grames.
    Why he did that?  I have no clue.  Let's hope he will not
    do it again.

e-mail: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games