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From: u912078@daimi.aau.dk (S|ren Erland Vest|)
Subject: GameBytes, how to mail.
Keywords: GameBytes, bouncing mail, any other email adress
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 10:18:19 GMT

Hi all,

I'm having a little trouble getting through to GameBytes with a letter. The
email-address ross@kaos.b23b.ingr.com keeps bouncing back with a message from
my daemon that the connection was timed out. Is there any other email-address
to use, if I want to get through? Can I email them at CompuServe? And if then
how?

BTW, is there anyone out there NOT liking GameBytes??? :)

Regards,
Soeren E.

--
Strapped to the chair at the city's gaschamber,
               why I'm here I can't quite remember

                            -Guns'n'Roses
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: dlangend@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Darryl M Langenderfer)
Subject: Re: Game forsale
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:56:03 GMT

I have got one offer so I'm dropping the prices

            --D.

In article <1992Nov18.193646.29669@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> dlangend@magnus.a
cs.ohio-state.edu (Darryl M Langenderfer) writes:
>  I have the following games for sale
>
>title            format             asking price     new lower price
>Twilight 2000    IBM 5.25           $30               $25
>Knights of Leg.  IBM 5.25           $25               $18
>Centurians
>  Def. of Rome   Amgia              $25               $20
>
>
>    Offers welcome but I do have set mins in mind.  Shipping is going to
>    be a flat $3.00 if its more I'll cover it.
>
>           --D.
>
>              dlangend@magnus.ohio-state.edu
From: liamr@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu (Liam Hoekenga)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: MM3 Edit version 1.2
Date: 16 Nov 1992 23:36:02 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan ITD CSS
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Originator: news@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu

You could write to him and have him uuencode it, then send it to you
through e-mail.. I would be interested in this editor too..
liam
liamr@css.itd.umich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: thanks
From: cyco@nuts.almanac.bc.ca (pat turner)
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 23:22:18 PST
Organization: Nuts and Bolts, Crofton BC

I just wanted to say thanks for all those who sent help for Rise of the 
Dragon.  That game as been plauging me for some time and now I have 
managed to compleat it (well almost....will during the break).
I hope that I can help someone sometime aswell...
From: blum@medici.ils.nwu.edu (Dan Blum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster 16
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:31:24 GMT
Reply-To: blum@ils.nwu.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

SB Pro supports other CD-ROMs that just their own and Panasonic.  The
problem, of course, is determining which, although I suspect that it
will actually work with all of them (but don't buy anything on what I
say, please).

--
_____________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum           Institute for the Learning Sciences   Room 327
blum@ils.nwu.edu   1890 Maple Ave., Evanston, IL 60201   708-467-2306

 He thought he saw an Argument
 that proved he was the Pope;
 he looked again and found it was
 a Bar of Mottled Soap.
"A fact so dread,"
 he faintly said,
"extinguishes all hope!"
____________________________________________________________________
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: heidi@ucthpx.uct.ac.za (Heidi de Wet)
Subject: Killing bystanders (was Re: Ultima 6)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 09:51:25 GMT
Organization: Dept of Elec Eng, UCT

Tricky <mfd91@ecs.soton.ac.uk > writes:
>In <13445@ecs.soton.ac.uk> mfd91@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tricky) writes:
>>     I can't get the mouse ( Sherry ) in British's castle to talk to
>>me - what am I doing wrong . Is there perhaps more than 1 mouse in the
>>castle - the one I find sits in the corner looking suspiciously dead .
>
> It appears that during a moment of stupidity I killed the mouse - I
>suspect this was just after leaving the sewers for the first time .

This reminds me of a (possibly apocryphal) story I heard years ago.  
Somebody was playing one of the early text-only adventure games on a 
mainframe.  This game featured snippets of various fantasy books, 
including a white rabbit which you would see hurrying out of the current 
location every so often.  This chap got stuck for a while and, in a fit 
of desperation, said "Kill white rabbit."  This command was accepted, 
with no obvious result, until a while later when he entered a command, 
and the game responded with "You killed the white rabbit!" and didn't 
carry out the command.  He re-entered the command and continued, and 
a short while later it happened again.  The intervals between accusations 
got shorter and shorter until every command produced "You killed the 
white rabbit!" and he couldn't do anything, not even exit the game.  
Then the game ran wild on the mainframe and locked the whole system up, 
so they had to reboot.

They don't make games like that any more :-)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: brad@seas.gwu.edu (Bradford J. Crane)
Subject: Re: Star Control II won't Install!
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:25:30 GMT

	This problem is SIMPLE. This means you have too many paths in your
configuration. All you need to do is take out a path so that the game will
install. For example: you will have ,
PATH= C:\;C:\DOS\;C:\STACKER\;etc.etc.etc
Well, do the following:
type <set path=c:\>
install the game, it will work this time.....
reboot and have fun, you don't need the path changed once the game is installed.
By the way, it did the same thing on my system.

							Brad


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: 890560p@dragon.acadiau.ca (Trevor Porter)
Subject: Wayne Gretzky 3 with two joysticks?
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 21:35:24 GMT

Subject line says it all.  I can't find any place in the manual that
states that the game supports two joysticks for two player games.  If it does,
what kind of a setup does it involve.  I only have one game port on my
PC.

I really hope this is possible, since I find it close to impossible to play
the game with a mouse or keyboard.

-- 
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_                               Trevor Porter    	890560p@dragon.acadiau.ca                               Acadia University                                                               Wolfville, NS, Canada                                                           -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
From: daly@ecs.umass.edu (Bryon Daly, ECE dept, UMass, Amherst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Star Control 2 Blows the Big One - NOT!
Date: 19 Nov 92 09:20:21 GMT

In article <1992Nov18.164458.63621@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, mas4@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (MICHAEL ANTHONY STRAUSS) writes:
> I deleted the damn thing cause it was too repetitive...  Go to a planet get
> minerals, talk to an alien here and there, fight now and then.  WHats the damn
> point.  The graphics were impressive and fighting was cool.  The only thing I
> kept was the Super Melee.  All the rest went in the trash.

I disagree totally.  While it does get dull after a while of harvesting
planets, you can free yourself mostly of this task after not too long.
The fun of the game is in talking to the aliens (and this is a lot of fun,
since some of them are very funny), and in the battles.  Harvesting the
planets becomes less and less necessary as the game goes on, and exploring
becomes more important.  Once you get all the Melnorme technology and a
few other devices, things become a lot more convenient and less tedious
and bothersome.

If you REALLY HATE harvesting the planets, you can try what I call "poaching".
Basically, you sit or move around in an area of hostile territory, looking for
enemies to fight and kill for their RU's.  If you turn your ship into a
killing machine, this can be a fun and easy to rack up 20,000 or more RU's
without harvesting a single planet.  Once you have this kind of resources
available, you can get everything you want in your ship and fleet, and after 
that, all you need RU's for is fuel.

I just completed the game, and I definitely enjoyed it.  The only bad thing
is that now that I've finished it, I probably won't play it again all
the way through, and will probably stick to the super melee.

-Bryon
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From: twb@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (thomas.w.beattie)
Subject: WC2 Command Line [Re: Wing Commander I & II crack question]
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:42:03 GMT
Summary: Select particular mission?  Mission Tree?
Keywords: more 

In article <1992Nov17.220943.19195@cs.mcgill.ca> spader@caesar.cs.mcgill.ca (Yoo-Shin LEE) writes:
>In article <1dv8jnINN5i9@csc2.anu.edu.au> axg708@anu.edu.au (Ashraf) writes:
>> 
>> WC Origin -k	
>> WC2 Origin -k
>I have also tried using options "-m" and "-b".  "-k" seems to disable your  
>mouse.  I think there are others... if you feel Like going through the 
>Alphabet!

I have heard that there is a way to select a particular System and Mission
number, perhaps:
	WC2 Sn Mn
But haven't been able to get it do work.
	Anyone know if this is possible?
	Is there a mission tree for WC2?
	
Tombo
---
Tom Beattie
t.w.beattie@att.com
att!hoqaa!twb



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From: e91petmo@odalix.ida.liu.se (Peter /\/\odin)
Subject: Re: Yet another LSL2 ?
Organization: CIS Dept, Univ of Linkoping, Sweden
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:09:29 GMT

M22110@mwvm.mitre.org writes:

>I admit that I am not very creative, but I have another LSL2 ?.
> 
>I am on the airplane and get nabbed by the KGB when the plane stops.  How can I
> avoid this?
> 
>Again, no hints, please.  Just the solution
> 

SOLUTION FOLLOWS....................................



OK, there's no way to avoid the KGB once the plane has
landed. Therefore, you don't want to be on the plane
when it lands. Geddit?


No? OK, Go to the back of the plane and try to leave.


Can't? Well, Ken (that's his name, right?) will shut up
once you give him something interesting to read. I think
it's in the magazine pocket in front of you.


From that point, it's pretty easy (I think). Get a parachute,
and anything you can think of, and open the door! You're out!!!



Oh, yeah....... don't forget to pull the string, or you're dead.


--Peter
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: acw0892@u.cc.utah.edu (Alan Carl Wong/ Humanities)
Subject: MM4 Help
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center Student Mail Machine
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 20:28:33 GMT

	OK, I think I've finally got through here.  Does anyone know the
positions of the sundials in Night Shadow to open that last coffin?  If
there is someplace to find it, that would be better than a direct spoiler
but if there isn't someplace where I can find it myself, then JUST GIVE ME
THE SPOILER!

Thanks in advance,

Alan
acw0892@u.cc.utah.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: raval@seas.gwu.edu (Rafael S. Raval)
Subject: Re: Help with Star Control ][
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:39:15 GMT

In article <1egse1INNblq@ub.d.umn.edu> sewing@ub.d.umn.edu (SARA M EWING) writes:
>
>Could someone please, please help me out a little here?
>I've got a few questions...
>1. Where is the alien that the Vux guy wants in return for the
>   Shofixti female?  He said something about a long thin being that
>   just ate the beast, and a yellow star... so I went to the Serpentus
>   (or sumthin like that) stars, the only yellow one (which, sigh, happens
>   to be the home a VERY nasty race of birds.... where is it?
>
The alien the guy wants is on a planet in the Arcturus system way at the top of
the starmap.
You will now what you are after when you see it.

>2. Which planet was the supposed defunct Ur-Quan on, and where is it?
>
The crashed Ur-Quan ship is on a planet, I think in the Beta Pavonis system.  
If it isn't it should be in that general area.

>3. Where is the Druudge trade planet?
>
I don't know.

>4. The merchant, a while back, told me (I think) of a planet which has
>   precursor stuff on it... where is this?  I don't think he was speaking
>   of a rainbow planet...
>
I don't know.

>And last but not least...
>5. Where are these rainbow planets?  I've only found the one by the two
>   adjoining blue stars...
>
I know the is one in the GroomBride system.  There is another on Beta Pegasi.
There is one at Zeta Sextantis.  I'm not sure where others are.

Rafael

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: heidi@ucthpx.uct.ac.za (Heidi de Wet)
Subject: CIV: Bug with Great Library?
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 12:28:59 GMT
Organization: Dept of Elec Eng, UCT

I'm playing Civilisation V1, and I'm getting strange behaviour with
the Great Library.  I built it a while back, and have never acquired
any technology from it.  Sometimes I get a message like "Religion
cancels effect of Oracle" and all my cities go into revolt, but I
don't actually get Religion.  What's going on?  Is this a known bug,
or am I missing something?

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Heidi de Wet                                 >>>  FREE  TSAFENDAS  <<<
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From: dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:50:18 GMT
Subject: Re: Wiz7 --- Climbing+spells
Organization: HP LOVECRAFT DIVISION
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games

   1. How do I use the climbing skill?
      I've practised all my characters up to about 20,
      but I can't find any place where I need to climb!!!

There are mountains in the game to be climbed.

   2. How far do I have to wait until my spellcasters get
      all the possible spells?
      Because when they do, I want to change their professions!
      (And not before!)

Most spell casters get all spells about level 30+.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
	     HP CPCD   dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com
From: wbruvold@weber.ucsd.edu (William Bruvold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Railroad Tycoon
Date: 23 Nov 1992 20:37:15 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
NNTP-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu

In article <1992Nov23.180655.19114@csc.ti.com> simon@wotangate.sc.ti.com (Jean-Yves Simon) writes:
>In article 5652@sunvax.sun.ac.za, 9020152@sunvax.sun.ac.za () writes:
>>I'm thinking of buying Railroad tycoon becuz Civilization is briliant
>>and seeing that RT is also a Sid Meier gme I wonder if it is in the 
>>same class as CIV.  I don't have a lot of money to waste so I want to 
>>bye something that is worth it.
>>
>>Therefore I would appriciate it if someone could just briefly tell me 
>>what RT is all about.
>
>Yes, I will be also interested to read any information about this game,
>I have seen many posts about this games and it seems to be great.
>

BUY IT!!!!!  If you liked the "adminstrative" tasks of Civ ("gosh,
what do I build next?" or "where would it make sense to put city A
so it helps me 6000 years later?")  than RR Tycoon is a great game.
Heck, you probably can pick it used second hand for cheap from
someone who has "played it out".  Not mine though!  If it is worth
anything to you, I still love playing a game at the cutthroat level,
sans "legal" cheats that were never used by real robber barons, and
this is after owning the game for almost 3 years.  During the course
of that period I think I have constructed nearly  50 full railroads
spaning two continents and 4 different time periods!!!!



Go ChoCho train Go
(Or how bout those TVF's doing a mail run in the Rhine Valley :_) 



>
>


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: thail@seas.gwu.edu (Samuel R. Posten)
Subject: arj files
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 04:40:42 GMT

can somebody please tell me what will decompress .arj files on a pc?
thanks much.
Sam

Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.games:22854 comp.os.msdos.misc:6248 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:30549
From: dudek@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Cybard=)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP: Annoying little lines (Mouse and video)
Summary: Problem with mouse and video with some apps, especially games.
Keywords: games,video,mouse
Date: 21 Nov 92 21:30:13 GMT
Organization: UB

Before I explain the problem, let me describe the systems this problem
occurred on:

System #1:      Motherboard:  	Wavemate 286-XT Bullet (YES, it DOES exist!
				Think of it as a 286SX.), 1MB RAM, Intel 
				80287 math coproc, XT BIOS.
                Mouse:      	Logitech bus mouse.
                Video:      	Hercules mono.
		OS:		MS-DOS 3.3

System #2:      Same as system #1, except I replaced the motherboard.
		Motherboard:	DFI Racer286-12, 4MB RAM, AMI BIOS, Intel
				80287 math coproc.

System #3:      Motherboard:	Insight 486DX-33, 4MB RAM.
                Mouse:      	Insight (Microsoft serial compatible).
                Video:      	Diamond SpeedStar24 (SVGA)
		OS:		MS-DOS 5.0

Now the problem:  On sys #1:  On some games, especially SimCity and Leisure
Suit Larry 2, Windows 3.0 and PaintShow Plus, I would get these annoying 
short horizontal line segments on the screen as I moved the mouse cursor 
around.

When I replaced the motherboard in sys #1 to make sys #2, the problem was
cleared up, except for PaintShow Plus.  (I didn't try out Windows.)

On sys #3, I have the same problem all over again, except in Windows 3.1.
(I haven't tried windows 3.0.)

The line segments are ~1/4 in. long, usually black (always black on Herc
mono) and only disappear if the section of the screen is re-drawn for some
reason.

Does anybody have any idea what is happening and why?  Could it be
something as simple as changing a line or 2 in my config.sys or
autoexec.bat files?  I tried booting from a "plain" system floppy, but the
problem still persisted.  (Of course I still had to load my mouse driver.)

-- 
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 State University / dudek@sun.acsu.buffalo.edu   \   /  `-' )      ,,, 
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    @ Buffalo   /   play on!" - Wm. Shakespeare    \ `__.-._)      ''' 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: ross@kaos.b11.ingr.com (Ross Erickson)
Subject: GAME BYTES AWARDS - last week!
Keywords: game bytes magazine
Reply-To: ross@kaos.b11.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corporation
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:07:41 GMT

--
We're coming up on the final days for nominating your favorite game
for the Game Bytes 1992 awards.  Please read and email quick if you
haven't already.
--
This is a repost.  If you have already sent in your nominations,
please disregard.  If you haven't "voted", send in your nominations
asap!
----------------------------------------------------------------


Just a quick note about the Game Bytes GAME OF THE YEAR nomination
process that is going on now...

We are accepting nominations for Game of the Year, 1992 in the
following categories:

Strategy/Wargame
Action/Arcade
Simulation
Role-Playing Game
Adventure
Edu-tainment
Sports

and finally,

Best Overall Game 1992

The game must have started shipping between December 1, 1991 and
November 30, 1992.  

Please EMAIL me your nominations.  They will be tallied until
the end of November  and then the top 3 in each category will be
posted for you to vote on.  We hope to get EVERYBODY involved in this.
The voting will continue from December 1 to January 15, and then the
winners will be announced.

Real awards will be sent to the companies whose products win the
category.  (Anybody want to donate some $$ for a small trophy??  :-)
Looks like it's me again!!)

Thanks for participating

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From: chasimir@rhps.chi.il.us (charles kwiatkowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Anyone heard of REX NEBULAR?
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 16:57:11 CST
Organization: CrissySoft Incorporated

Yes I have.
It is quite huge (12M) and takes a quite a bit of intuition to play.
The graphics are so-so and so are the pc-speaker sounds (sorry, I havent 
got a SB) but the game play is pretty good.
MA.MXG@forsythe.stanford.edu writes:

> Hi,
> 
>        Has anyone heard of the game "Rex Nebular"?
> I'm thinking of buying it but I don't know if it's worth it.
> Can anybody give me some opinions on it?
> 
>             Thanks alot,
>         *  *     Amos_
>        * *____________}
>         * *
>          *

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: stevep@ims.com (Steve Poulsen)
Subject: Re: U7 HELP: Isle of Avator
Reply-To: stevep@ims.com
Organization: Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:34:43 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.143341.418@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu>, ckcheng@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu writes:
|> 	Help! Help! I'm stuck! I'm stuck!
|> 	I'm now looking for Hook, Abraham, and another guy.... I left
|> Buccancer's Den, and am now at Isle of Avator....  Well, I used the big
|> yellow key found in Buccancer's Den, and opened a door to a cave....
|> Inside is the throne of Guardian and a metal 'wall'.... And..... What's
|> next???? What should I do next???? I even imagined to sit on the throne so
|> that the metal wall will open.... I try (stupid) and fail.... Help! Help!

**** SPOILER ****





























Notice the water on the floor in one corner?  I wonder where that came
from?  Look behind the tapestry.

-Steve-

--
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Voice: 503-626-7117   Fax: 503-644-6969   Fidonet: 1:105/31.6
INTERNET: stevep@ims.com   Compuserve: [70262,3115]
From: mapjg@gdr.bath.ac.uk (J Golding)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Wiz7 Space required ?
Date: 16 Nov 92 18:14:37 GMT
Organization: School of Mathematics, University of Bath, UK


Hi there.

I'm really interested in Wiz7 but having looked at a box
in our local game store it doesn't say what disc space it needs.

Can someone please tell me how much hard disk space it uses up
because I'd like to know before I buy (just in case.).

Thanks,

John
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