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- ^^^^^^^^^^*by JACK SUGHRUE, Box
- 459, East Douglas, MA 01516*
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^#12
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- ^^^^MICKEY REVISITED
- Last time in NEWAGE I spent lots
- of time talking about Mickey
- Schmitt's two books (THE ADVENTURE
- REFERENCE GUIDE, $9.95 + $2 S+H, from
- Asgard, Box 10306, Rockville, MD,
- 20848, and GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR
- CASSETTE SYSTEM, $9.95 + $2.50 S+H,
- from the author - Mickey Schmitt, 196
- Broadway Avenue, Lower Burrell, PA,
- 15068). In the interim, I've also
- written a lengthier article about
- the new and wonderful ways to use
- cassettes based upon Mickey's
- cassette book which appeared in
- REFLECTIONS. There are a couple of
- disks available for user groups (or
- individuals) who have cassettes still
- active. These two different
- chock-full disks include all the
- items referred to by Mickey and many
- others not yet mentioned by her and
- can be gotten for a $3
- shipping/handling fee each by asking
- for "Cassette Master Disk" from
- M.U.N.C.H., 560 Lincoln Street,
- P.O.^Box 7193, Worcester, MA,
- 01605-7193; and "TI PD 1205.1
- Cassette Utilities" from Tigercub,
- 156 Collingwood Avenue, Columbus, OH,
- 43213. Add an extra $1 to Tigercub's
- disk request and ask for Jim
- Peterson's PD Catalog, the largest
- collection of the best of the least
- expensive treasures in the TI World.
- If your user group hasn't yet
- purchased Mickey's cassette book and
- used it as a fund-raiser, then your
- group is missing a great opportunity
- to make some green.
- Some other things have happened
- since I wrote that original article.
- Mickey has formed a new - NEW! -
- company of all TI stuff.
- Doesn't that have a nice ring to
- it? A new TI company. The MS stands
- for the two partners: Mickey Schmitt
- and Mike Sealy. They can be reached
- at MS EXPRESS SOFTWARE, P.O.^Box 498,
- Richmond, OH 43944. This dynamic duo
- made their professional debut at the
- Chicago Fair in November and released
- a pile of stuff:
- ADVENTURE HINTS (Series I) by
- Lynn Gardner, which is unique in help
- concepts for adventurers. Each hint
- loads into the console in the same
- way the Adventure Module disks load.
- In addition to loading as standalone
- help, these hints can also be loaded
- into the specific programs and called
- up from a running program! These
- disks include built-in maps AND
- hardcopy maps. Nice feature. This
- first series includes some of the
- adventures written by Mickey and
- Lynn: OLIVER'S TWIST, RATTLESNAKE
- BEND, ZOOM FLUME. The same kind of
- two word (noun/verb) commands are
- used to ask for help, so there's no
- need to use all kinds of colored
- cellophane papers, special invisible
- ink pens, plastic decoding devices,
- whatever. Requires Adventure Module
- or interpreter.
- GALACTIC EMPERORS by Eric Kepes,
- an Extended BASIC, multi-player,
- strategic simulation program. You
- and one, two, or three others are
- each trying to thwart opponents by
- accessing control to all the planets
- in the galaxy. Shades of the Darth
- Vader! There are decisions you and
- your opponents make beforehand (such
- as the number of planets) before the
- computer generates (new each time)
- the playing grid. Although many
- random events occur during the game
- play, the game is a mentally
- challenging activity that can be
- saved to continue play at a future
- date.
- (Both of the above are $9.95 + $1
- S+H and require the standard minimum
- configuration of one SSSD drive and
- 32K.)
- Finally from MS EXPRESS, there
- are SLIDING BLOCK PUZZLES (Series I)
- and SLIDING BLOCK SOLUTIONS (Series
- I) each $7.95 + $1 S+H and both by
- Norman Rokke, the same person who
- brought you the extraordiary Fairware
- graphic/text program "1000 WORDS,"
- one of the very best of its kind
- ever.
- In this case, Norman has
- transcended the "normal" sliding
- block puzzles with which we are so
- familiar. In the late 1800's Sam
- Loyd, America's most ingenious puzzle
- maker at the turn of the century,
- created the 14-15 sliding block
- puzzle. There are lots of these out
- for the TI. The best I've seen is
- Chris Bobbitt's Public Domain version
- of many years ago and in all group
- libraries.
- These puzzles, however, are
- considerably more challenging than
- the originals. There are three on
- this disk and all can be saved in
- mid-game, so one doesn't have to
- begin all over again.
- The first consists of nine
- different-colored tiles and
- supposedly can be solved in 59 moves.
- Puzzle #2 is made up of 10 blocks and
- could be completed in 81 moves. The
- hardest (#3, of course) has 11 tiles
- to shift and can be solved in 90
- moves. A colored monitor or TV to go
- with your XB, 32K, and minimum disk
- drive system are required.
- You need the these puzzles before
- you get the solutions' disk, which
- provides the help you need for each
- puzzle in little pieces so as not to
- ruin the game for you. Very
- user-friendly, like all things Norman
- does. And, of course, ingenuity by
- him is taken for granted.
- Now that we have a new company
- supporting TIers, let's hope the TI
- Community supports the new company.
- Your support will encourage even more
- authors to stay with and write for
- the 99.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- I continue to get letters from
- cribbage buffs all over the TI World
- asking about a program I reviewed
- last year. The program is written by
- Gene Hitz. He even rewrote it after
- I gleefully stated how I found a way
- to cheat on the "Go". He chastised
- me for cheating our little 99
- computer. Now, the computer catches
- me each time when I try. This
- program is called "Cutthroat
- Cribbage" and gives you a muggins if
- you count incorrectly. It's fun to
- play and is fast and friendly. The
- game can be purchased for $7 from
- ARCADE ACTION, Program Innovators,
- 412 Glenway, Wawatosa, WI 53222.
- Actually, for $10 you get a diskful
- of games, including a nice version of
- TETRIS and piles of others. If you
- are a cribbage player, I'd recommend
- this game highly. If you'd like to
- learn the game, ask for the longer
- version (though I think he sends both
- versions, anyway), because this will
- give you the option to have the
- computer count up any combinations
- to see how things are scored. Then
- get yourself a HOYLE's from the
- library and play your TI until you
- got the game down pat. Excellent
- midnight companion.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Besides TIGERCUB's $1 catalog of
- Public Domain disks (truly the BEST
- BUY in the TI World), everyone should
- send off for Asgard's newest catalog.
- Asgard's latest, particularly for
- Page Pro owners, is a mouth-watering
- collection of delectable delights.
- For game players, William Reiss's
- TOURNAMENT SOLITAIRE (which includes
- - along with KLONDIKE - PYRAMID,
- GOLF, COMERS, PILE-UP, CANFIELD, and
- CALCULATION) is teriffic. But call
- or write for the free catalog and
- notice the high level of your
- droolability.
- [If you use NEW-AGE/99 please put
- e on your exchange list.]
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