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- ~Dr Marty Make-Wright
-
-
- Remember Doctor Make-Wright? He used to write a monthly column in
- Cheet Sheets. However a number of libelous comments resulted in a
- costly trial which made the O J Simpson affair look like a case from
- the Small Claims Court. After the prosecution proved beyond a
- reasonable doubt occurances of completely unfounded claims against
- multinational publishing houses and their subsidary software companies
- Dr Marty was looking a condemed man. His only comment during the
- hearing was "I'm as innocent as Bruce Grobbelaar" which probably
- explains the resulting three month jail sentence.
-
- Once freed Dr Marty had a number of choices. He could go back to his
- surgery to help the sick, he could join up with the UN for
- international medical aid, or he could carry on writing a column
- about PC games. Guess which one he chose?
-
-
- ~ * * *
-
-
- Welcome back readers. Its Dr Marty Make-Wright back again to solve
- your PC queries. I've had a bit of time on my hands for the past
- three months which has given me some time to think over my column.
- I've come up with a few more new sections for the reason of variety
- and not at all because I haven't received many questions from you lot.
- This month you'll find the return of the Celebrity Question Corner,
- an interview with official rich bloke Bill Gates, and scattered
- between these textual marvels will be my usual question and answer
- sections. Let the games begin...
-
-
- ~Dear Dr Marty,
-
- ~I've just bought Star Trek The Next Generation: A Final Unity.
- ~Despite having the longest game name in history I still feel it is
- ~inferior to the excellent Star Trek Interactive Manual. Moreover
- ~the missions in A Final Unity bore me. I've just about exhausted the
- ~fun possible from adjusting the EPS Power Grid in Engineering so
- ~was wondering if there was anything else I could do to keep myself
- ~entertained?
- ~ Mr. Trek Kie
-
- DR MARTY REPLIES:
- I to tired of adjusting the EPS Power Grid but found
- additional pleasure in playing with the starboard impulse controls.
- However you are right to want something more from this game. I agree
- all that stuff about finding the fifth scroll and preventing the
- Romulans from crossing the Neutral zone seems dull by comparison.
- Instead Spectrum Holobyte have thoughtfully added a sub-game called
- Wake Up William Riker. Go to the bridge and notice Commander Riker
- walk in from the left. He'll head towards one of the computers, lean
- on it, then immediately nod off. While he's dreaming away about
- Councellor Troy get Picard to talk to him. Riker will wake up with a
- start and abruptly tell the Captain he hasn't got any suggestions
- right now. Thats one game you'll never tire of.
-
-
-
- ~An Interview With Bill Gates
-
- I was a bit bored one Sunday afternoon so I decided to play The
- Telephone Numbers Game. The rules are really easy. Simply pick up
- the phone, randomly press all the buttons, then wait to see who's
- number you've dialled. As luck would have it I reached the personal
- number of billionaire Bill Gates who was residing at his home in
- Seattle. After one or two tiny exaggerations of the truth (I told
- him I was Prince Phillip and was interested in Windows 95) he agreed
- to give me this interview:
-
- MM: Thank you so much for agreeing to this interview. One is most
- honoured to speak with someone who has more money than the
- Queen.
-
- BG: Err.. no problem.
-
- MM: Now tell me Bill have you seen the film Outbreak?
-
- BG: No, I don't go to the theatre. It's not interactive.
-
- MM: Ah, well did you hear about that dreadful disease in Zimbabwee
- where thousands were killed?
-
- BG: Well I might have read something about it. But don't you want me
- to talk about the new additions to Encarta 96 or Windo...
-
- MM: Or maybe you are aware of those pests who are damaging our
- cauliflower crops this year. Damn things have to be scrapped off
- the leaves before they're put on sale in Tescos. Frightfully
- vulgar. One just can't buy decent vegetables in this day and age.
-
- BG: Look, I don't care. I've got more money than the whole of western
- Europe put together so I don't have to listen to anybody.
- Including royality. Now if you haven't anything interesting to say
- I'm going to...
-
- MM: Now, now Mr Gates. You seem to have misunderstood me. What I'm
- trying to say is if you took all the bugs from Outbreak, and added
- them to those in Zimbabwee and on our cauliflowers you still
- wouldn't have enough bugs to match the number in Windows 95. Am I
- right, Mr Gates?
-
- BG: Arrrrrgggghhhhh
-
- MM: Oh, and one last thing. If you've got so much money why can't you
- afford to have you shirts ironed or your hair combed?
-
- BG: I'm going to get you for this. Your not really Prince Phillip are
- you? I'm sick of these bloody crank calls. I've got this line
- traced and these's going to be BIG trouble when I find out who
- you are. I'm gonna........
-
-
- At this point I decided it would be wise to end our conversation and
- place the phone back onto the receiver!
-
-
- ~The Celebrity Question Corner
-
- ~Dear Dr Marty,
-
- ~I'm completely stuck as to what to do with the rest of my career. I
- ~am the designer and producer of PGA Tour Golf 486 but I can't see
- ~where next to turn. After the original PGA Tour Golf game I took
- ~my idea to the consoles and produced the same game over and over
- ~again, just changing the name of the game by adding the year on
- ~to the end (I got that trick from John Madden's Football). But
- ~even the console kids got wise to that one so I wrote PGA 486 on
- ~the PC. I've tried to think of some new features to put into
- ~PGA Tour Golf Pentium but I'm completely stuck. Please help.
- ~ Steve Cartwright
-
- DR MARTY REPLIES:
- Hey, you. Get outta here. This is the Celebrity
- Question Corner. Last time I answered I question from the Prime
- Minister, now I've got bloody Steve Cartwright. WHO?
-
- Anyway, seeing as no big Hollywood movie stars have got in touch with
- me this month (I expect their sack load of questions got lost in the
- post) I'll give you an answer. I was playing a Skins Game last night
- where I won $140,000. I've got a decent quality colour printer
- connected up to my PC and I got thinking wouldn't it be great if you
- included a PRINT option. If you executed this idea properly I'm damn
- sure PGA Pentium would sell a million copies.... every week!
-
-
-
- Thats another month's column all finished. At least they can't get me
- for libelous comments this time, I only insulted the richest man in
- America and suggested the production of counterfeit money. Nowt wrong
- with that.
-
- There'll be more of the same next month (only with different words,
- and probably in a different order too). Bye....
-