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- Public (software) Library
- Copyright 1994 Nelson Ford, PsL
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- CHESNET.ZIP 35882 06-09-94 ChessNet 1.1 (Lerner, Jack; $35) lets you
- | play a game of chess over a modem. You could
- | also use it just to play through games on
- | screen. You cannot play the computer,
- | however, which makes the shareware fee for
- | this somewhat exorbitant, considering that
- | Battle Chess and ChessMaster 2100 sell for
- | the same or less. The graphics are good, and
- | the "game replay" is handy.
- KCHESW15.ZIP 163353 04-14-94 K-Chess for Windows 1.5 (Ark Angles, reg.
- | fee: $18-20) is an educational Chess program
- | for Windows that shows its own calculations
- | as it works. It features various types of
- | hints and help, and can devise the best line
- | of attack for several moves ahead. One or
- | two players may participate, or you can
- | observe the computer in auto-play mode.
- | Keyboard and mouse input is accepted.
- WAX_WIN.ZIP 33881 06-09-94 Waxman 1.2w (Check-Tech Software, Inc.; $?)
- | is a chess game for Windows that you play
- | against the computer. It will let you
- | specify the amount of time the computer can
- | think about its next move. Other options
- | include move analysis, editing of the board
- | to set up special situations, changing
- | sides, and more. Waxman plays a surprisingly
- | strong game. If you like speed chess, set it
- | on 40 moves in five minutes and see if you
- | can beat it.
- WINCHES.ZIP 48966 06-09-94 Windows Chess 1.0 (Baker, Daryl; $0) is a
- | game of chess for Windows 3.0. It has good
- | graphics and plays a decent game, though not
- | as strong a game as the DOS-based chess
- | games in the library. We ran into a bug in
- | which it would not let us promote a pawn to
- | the eighth rank. Requires EGA/VGA.
- BACKUPW.ZIP 126878 01-20-94 Backup 1.3 is a board game for up to four
- | players.The object is to be first to move
- | all four of your pieces from your start box
- | to your home box without being bumped off by
- | the other players. (Burnham Park Software
- | Inc., reg. fee: $12)
- BLITZ52W.ZIP 36489 01-21-94 Blitz-Draughts For Windows 5.2 is an
- | innovative checkers game on a variable-sized
- | board. Features include two player setup,
- | the ability to load and replay a game on
- | disk and more. (PC Solutions, reg. fee: $15)
- CHEEZI21.ZIP 129664 11-30-93 Cheezi 2.1 (Paul T. Dawson, reg. fee: $35)
- | is a Windows adaptation of the classic board
- | game Parchisi . You can play two to four
- | players, each player can be a real person or
- | the computer. Graphics and sounds, requires
- | Win. 3.1, at least 1 meg memory, EGA +,
- | VBRUN200.DLL, and a mouse.
- ITAL52W.ZIP 32203 01-21-94 Dama Italiana For Windows 5.2 is an Italian
- | version of the classic board game of
- | Draughts. Features include a resizeable game
- | board, two player setup and the ability to
- | load and replay a game from disk. (PC
- | Solutions, reg. fee: $49)
- OUBLIET.ZIP 21893 09-10-93 Oubliette (A.B. Data Sales, Inc.; $15) is an
- | intriguing board game for Windows. The
- | object is to force the computer opponent's
- | playing pieces off the board or into a hole
- | in the center of the board.
- SHIHTAO.ZIP 352794 09-20-93 Shih Tao 1.5 (Kreisel & Reinartz; $20) is an
- | old asiatic board game for Windows 3.1. The
- | object is to strategically place 66 colorful
- | stones in the board. Features include 3D
- | graphics, help/undo options, load/save
- | games, and more. Requires VBRUN300.
- WMAJ101.ZIP 138229 04-23-94 TOUZAI-Mahjong 1.01 is a Japanese version of
- | Mahjong that you play agains three computer
- | opponents. (Junichi Saitoh, reg. fee: $25)
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