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*** For budget games don't forget to look at the 'Commercial' section. ***

PRICE CHANGE - Previously sets which comprised 2 x 800K or a single 1.6Mb
disc cost 2. This is now down to 1.75 for 2 x 800K or 1.50 for 1 x 1.6Mb.
As before either option gives 1 Bonus Point. The price will NOT be shown for
each item, just the fact that it comprises 2 x 800K or 1 x 1.6Mb disc.


This section contains games, novelties and 'sillies'. For ordering
information see file 'APDL Info'. Some games may have an educational use

  Discs count as ONE POINT towards Bonus Discs unless stated otherwise

                     -------------------------------
                  ####  Risc PC users please note  ####
                     -------------------------------

Many games which worked perfectly on OS 3 don't on the RPC. This isn't just
a PD problem - a lot of commercial products don't either. If you like games
I advise you to get a copy of Game On or, for Strong ARM machines, Strong
Guard. (see the Commercial catalogue). These costs only 14.50 and 24
respectively (less than from the ARM Club!) and work with many PD games as
well as commercial ones.

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G005  -=- Gyrinus II, Son of Gyrinus, by Tom Cooper. v3.6 -=-
      Platform game where you collect objects to gain points and weapons to
      defend yourself. Actually two discs so you will need to de-arc it
      because it won't run from archives. If you don't want to do this I can
      supply it de-arc'ed on two 800K or a single 1.6Mb disc at 2 / 1.75.
      This game actually requires 2 meg but there is also a version on the
      disc which will run on 1 meg machines


G016  Invaders   = By Tim Peugniez. Space invaders game. NEEDS 2MB. Quite
                   good but not as fast as Yaig
      Forgotten Time = Simple but exciting sideways scrolling game from AMF
                   The Doomwatcher


G017  !Wheelspin = Drive along the road and miss assorted thingies
      !Starters  = 'Consequences' style game
      !WSearch   = 1.77 Composes Word Search puzzles of the sort seen in
                   magazines where you find words hidden in a square
                   ***updatedMay97***
          The following are novelties from AMF the Doomwatcher
      365 Days   = 1.10 A comment on the world for each day of the year
      !Proverb   = 1.00 Displays a new proverb each time you Run it
      !Error     = Whenever the desktop ERROR window appears a voice tells
                   you there is an error - better than a 'beep'
      !Today     = 1.10 Tells you what interesting historical things
                   happened 'today'. Famous births, deaths, interesting
                   happenings etc. As data is just a text file you can edit
                   it or make your own


G019  -=-  Desktop 'sillies'  -=-
      !Azumith   = Limerick generator (clean)
      !BigBen    = Not much of a clock but what a chime!
      !Boom      = Replaces the 'beep' with a roll of thunder
      !Bullets   = Machine gun the desktop
      !Cooky     = Desktop fortune cookie
      !CrabsCopy = Crabs eat the desktop
      !Drip      = Melting windows!
      !Fly       = Replaces the mouse pointer with a buzzing fly
      !Fred      = No, I don't know why either
      !Grapple   = A variation on 'Deskduck' using an Apple Mac logo
      !Invasion  = Aliens invade the desktop
      !Kill'Em   = Icon bar lemming killer
      !Madlib    = A non-serious program to create 'stories'
      !MadPro    = Can't think of anything to say!
      !Methane   = A bunch of methane atoms flying about
      !Mites     = A line of mites marching around
      !Mood      = A little face on the icon bar. You can choose its
                   expression from a menu to reflect your mood
      !Pipe      = The mouse pointer turns into a smoking pipe if it's not
                   being used
      !PV_Demo   = Exiting Demo from Paul Vigay. Bouncing balls, scrolltext,
                   etc, and all on the icon bar!
      !PV-Life   = From Paul Vigay again, the game of Life - on the icon bar
      !Rain      = Your monitor has developed a leaky roof
      !ReArrange = Turn your monitor upside down
      !Reflect   = 'Thought for the day'
      !Sharks    = A variation of !Wanda using a shark
      !Shooter   = Shoots up the desktop (ESC to quit)
      !Swallow   = Does exactly that to the desktop
      !TickTock  = Icon bar clock that does more than just tell the time. In
                   fact it doesn't tell the time very well, but who cares?
      !Invert    = Turns all the text upside down
      !Unvert    = Reverses !Invert


G028  Two games by Liakat and Luqueman Khan using the Alpine Software games
      creator. Both are similar sideways scrolling shoot-'em-up's

      !PowerUp   = Single player version
      !D-Revenge = One or two player game. A bit slower that the single
                   player version but can be played by one person only



G043  (Now combined with G041)
    Mainly simple games, ideal for younger users
      !Fish (memory game for two players), Hangman (Two versions), !TaiPei,
      Reversi, (two versions), !Simon, Leapfrog, !TileTrial (Fit shapes on a
      board), !BallGame (icon bar bat and ball game), !StarTrek, (good
      standard game), Battleships, !Quartet (Tetris type game), !Archanoid
      (Simple Breakout game), !Impact (another Breakout game), !MaxGammon,
      !RubikCube, TicTacToe, !Solitaire, !3DBounce, !FruitMach, !Rocks,
      !Adventure (Text adventure), Annihilate, Critical Mass, Master War,
      Super War, Trader, BlackHole, !RubikCube, !Yatzy, !Snake, Cave Run,
      Zot Empire, !LineOf5, !Worms, !Ladybird (Good Pacman game), Two and
      three player versions of Tron and !GNUchess
    PLUS a utility to convert the commercial game Pacmania to work from the
      Desktop and all the passwords for Repton3


G045  -=- Adventure Games -=-
      Dungeon Quest = Graphics adventure game. One and two player versions.
                   Includes a game editor to change and make new maps

      The Great Adventure by Gordon Pickard  *** updated Mar 97, now S/ARM
                   compatible ***

      Collosal Cave Adventure. The very first adventure game ever written.
                   Converted to the Arc by Ray Loades-Bannon

      The Secret Garden


G046  !Follow    = A pair of eyes follow your mouse pointer
      !Jimmy     = A little Scot who likes a drink!
      !Mac       = Animated B&W desktop TV picture
      !Backimage = Like !Wanda. The Arc logo floats around the desktop
      !Banana    = Pieces of the desktop keep falling off
      !Bullwinkl =
      !Balls     = Ball bouncing around the desktop
      !Mutant    = A plague 'escapes' from its window and spreads
      !Bounce    = The mouse pointer bounces about
      !Cooee     = At intervals a flap opens and a voice says....
      !Deskduck  = The famous duck quacking along the top of the icon bar
      !DeskDuck+ = More of the same
      !DuckHunt  = What to do when you get fed up with that #$**@% duck!
      !BigPointr = A big mouse pointer (what else?)
      !Heads     = Heads pop up with wise (?) sayings
      !Reverse   = Makes the mouse pointer work in reverse
      !0Friction = \
      !Drunk     = > More things to mess up your mouse
      !StayStill = /
      !Necko     = A cat chases the mouse pointer
      PLUS various other things that pop up and/or march about your desktop


G049 (Now combined with G011)
      !Arcannoy  = Breakout style game
      !Daleks3   = 3.4 Similar to the game of the same name on the Mac and
                   Atari
      !Microcosm = 1.01 An adaptation of the famous 'life' game which allows
                   many different types of creatures
      !Patience+ = Non desktop version with much nicer graphics than the
                   standard RISC-OS patience
      !Pong      = As in Ping Pong. One or two players
      !Rubik     = Computer version of Rubik Cube
      !Solitaire = 2.00 Desktop version of the standard game by R.Macfarlane
      !Wordiz    = 1.1 Two player word guessing game
      YAIG       = 1.50 Yet Another Invaders Game by Bjorn Flotten. Two
                   different versions of the game. Not fancy but it is fast
                   and includes source code


G053  !NetHack   = Large role playing text adventure ported from UNIX. Takes
                   1200K min so you need 2Mb. Can be run from hard or floppy
                   as it can be split over two discs

                 Plus three arcade games from David Ramsden
      !Armagedon = Shoot down the incoming missiles before they get you
      !Chomper   = 'Pac man' game
      !Intruders = Space invaders style with motherships and shields


G059  -=- Games and Novelties for younger users -=-
      !Dance     = A matchstick man dances on the icon bar
      !IconFilm  = Shows a 'film' on the icon bar. You can produce your own
                   as they're just a sequence of sprites
      !AirDuel   = Simple two player 'dogfight' game, not flashy but nice
                   and slow so ideal for children
      !RockSmash = Fairly standard 'asteroids' game
      Marvin     = The computer makes comments on your commands. Named after
                   the robot in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy so you can
                   guess what they're like
      !Bar-Ani   = Animation on the icon bar, choice of several
      !BendyFlow = Dancing flowers
      !DaysLeft+ = Tells you how many days to Christmas
      !Lite      = Simple two player Lite Cycles game
      !Ludo      = Faithful representation of the board game. All players
                   can be either human or computer
      !Monopoly  = Looks like a BBC port but plays OK with all the features
                   of the real game
      !Pypes     = Join up the pipes quickly before the green gunge appears
      !TheFace   = Replaces the mouse pointer with a face which has a
                   variety of expressions
      !Puzzle    = 2.03 Nice sliding block puzzle. A couple of puzzles are
                   included but you can make your own from any sprite file
      System     = Assortment of alternative desktop sprites
      !Swerve    = 0.04 Desktop Light Cycles game for up to four players by
                   Jason Williams
      !Dominoes  = Single player Desktop version of the game.


G063  !Mission   = Flight simulator game created with the SIMIS toolkit but
                   instead of the usual style this one's set in space!
      !ShootUp   = Just what it says. A good, fast, space invaders game.
                   Includes assembler source code with sprite routines so
                   will be of interest to programmers
      !Bugs      = Not actually a game but a good (non desktop) version of
                   Life with lots of options
      !Hacker    = Game hacker program from Doggysoft. Helps you hack
                   commercial games and give yourself infinite lives, super
                   power lasers, etc


G069  !Filler    = Two player or one player and computer desktop game where
                   you capture territory by changing its colour
      !Hexatoms  = Updated version of the old 'explosion' game where each
                   'square' is a hexagon
      !Armatron  = Zap the aliens, defuse the bombs and save the city
      !Blots     = Try to force the blots out of the screen with the use of
                   boulders and bombs
      !WhipTris  = Not a brilliant Tetris clone but a two player competitive
                   version!
      !3D-Tanks  = Wire frame graphics tanks game
      !PowerTime = Takes lap times from the Powerband games disc and dumps
                   than to the printer so you can compare your scores


G071  !Riscy Game  = Another 'Interdictor' style flight simulator using the
                   SIMIS toolkit. This is quite large and when de-archived
                   nearly fills two 800K discs but it will run from archive
                   or from a hard disc


G076  -=- These are suitable for younger children -=-
      !Charlie   ^ Based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
      Mad Dash   ^ Dash across the screen to collect what look look like
                   tomatoes while dodging drips of poisonous rain
      Hangman    ^ Best version I have seen. A bulldozer pushes the letters
                   into place. Keeps the player in suspense until the end
      MagicWords ^ Another 'guess the words' game
      Ted Tables ^ Teaches tables
      Hangman    ^ Another very good version. Choice of easy or hard words
      Pink Mog   ^ An educational adventure game. Lots of questions you have
                   to answer on a variety of subjects
      Quizland   ^ Educational quiz game with questions on English language,
                   history, geography, maths and natural science
      StarMath   ^ Very good game which teaches maths. Enough excitement to
                   keep children interested

      Both versions of Hangman on this disc modified Jan 98. Now S/Arm
      compatible and words are plain text files.


G078  -=- Warfare -=-
      'Riscy Game II' from the same author and it's another flight simulator
      but set over the ocean. A third game in the series is promised


G084  -=- Logic and Geometric Puzzles -=-
      !3DTetris  = So you liked Tetris and thought Hextris was hard? Wait
                   till you try 3DTetris
      !Pentoms   = Pentominos is an ancient game played with a set of
                   geometric shapes. The idea is to replace them in the
                   'box' in which they are supplied. Sounds easy? I assure
                   you it isn't. This was the first version written for a
                   computer and was to be a commercial game on the BBC but
                   it was never released and has been converted for the Arc.
                   by the Author
      Puzzles    = A series of non desktop logic and geometric puzzles by
                   T.Emms. Not very graphically stunning and some are rather
                   difficult. All have solutions supplied in case you don'r
                   believe they're possible
      BIATetris  = I haven't included this before because it's not really a
                   game, just another boring scrolltext with a second rate
                   Tetris clone attached. However people keep asking for it
                   so here it is



G088  -=- !DinoSaw -=-
      Superb platform game from Tom Cooper (Gyrinus, Lemings, Stxy, etc).
      Described as "A prehistoric platformer... A simple everyday story of a
      caveman and his chainsaw". Need I say more! This version has a limited
      number of levels, the rest is available from the Author when you
      register


G092  -=- Riscy Game III-=-
      The third in the series of Interdictor style flight simulators from
      Russell McKendrick. This one has three missions


G094  Over thirty desktop "sillies", too many to mention individually


G100  !Daleth    = 1.10 Platform game from AMF. Lots of features, collect
                   diamonds, weapons, jetpack, keys (to open doors) etc.
                   Nice smooth graphics. Each 'Hall of Testing' has a
                   password so you can bypass the bits already completed
      !Quote2    = 2.40 A sort of 'board game' where you answer multiple
                   choice questions on quotations to move forward. Now the
                   questions are in the form of text files so it's a LOT
                   easier to write your own. This game could be considered
                   for educational use.


G102  -=- All these games are suitable for younger users -=-
      !MissileC  = Missile Command game where you have to shoot down the
                   incoming missiles before they destroy your cities
      !Wallaby2  = Wallaby Wrestling Federation Championships. Two to six
                   players. Make your wallaby bounce on your opponents head
                   to win. much improved version of the game (previously
                   called !WWF)
      !BombPanic = Catch as many of the falling bombs as you can in the
                   bucket before you eventually miss one
      !Creepie2  = Guide the 'worm' around and score by 'eating' various
                   objects while not hitting the edges of the screen
      !Bungle    = Simple text adventure ported from the BBC. Not too
                   demanding and a good introduction to adventure games
      !Wire      = Guide the 'hoop' along the wire
      !Ludo      = Different from the version on G059 but again any number
                   of players up to four and they can play each other or the
                   computer
      !BlackJack = Desktop game for up to four players, any of whom can be
                   the computer. Has a few minor bugs that I'll try to fix
                   when I have time, but works reasonably well
      !WallBall  = A straightforward 'breakout' style game
      !Mastrmind = A version of the popular game from Nicholas Metcalfe
      !GoingGone = Enhance your mouse skills. Move around the 'maze' and
                   grab the fruits which appear before they fade away


G103  -=- More 'desktop sillies' -=-
      !Biorythms = Program to display biorythams. Some people might say it's
                   a serious program but I think this is the right category
                   for it
      !Bouble    = Makes your windows blow bubbles
      !Bounce    = Very interesting idea. Simulates a piece of elastic with
                   a series of balls threaded on it. You can drag it out of
                   line with the mouse, release it, and then watch it bounce
                   about. Doesn't sound much but fun to watch
      !CycleCol  = Just cycles all the colours and makes the desktop really
                   wild. Wear sunglasses!
      !Executor  = Program by Dave Thomas which imitates those 'zapper'
                   boxes that people who drive Capri's with furry dice in
                   the window always have. Makes a variety of noises
      !Globe     = Puts a spinning globe on the icon bar
      !Insult    = Every now and again, when it feels like it, this program
                   pops up a window which, err... well... insults you!
      !Insults   = A stream of insulting phrases in a window. You can enter
                   any name for the person you want to insult but the
                   default is Jeremy Beadle, which seems appropriate
      !Invaders  = Your desktop is infiltrated by Space Invaders which try
                   to hide behind the windows
      !Juggler   = A program that tries to teach you how to juggle
      !KangaKoe  = What looks like a hedgehog on a pogo stick bounces along
                   the icon bar while a mouse (?) runs around in a cage
      !Locomo    = An oldie, but still good. The latest version of the great
                   train robbery acted out above the icon bar. Must be seen
      !M5        = Four extra flashing pointers around the normal pointer.
                   No, I don't know why anyone would want to do this, but
                   why would any sensible person want any of these programs?
      !Mouse     = A mousetrap for your mouse pointer
      !Snow      = A 'snowing' backdrop. Only works properly in standard
                   size modes
      !XmasIcons = Puts Christmas decorations on all your windows and icons
      FPower     = Draws little flowers all over the desktop (even the
                   Author, Ben Summers, admits it's pointless, but so what)
      MoviPoints = A series of programs which produce different pointer
                   shapes for RO 2


G104  !Bloxed    = Tetris variant by Steven Singer. Has features like a two
                   player mode, 'power' blocks, bombs, a 16 ton weight that
                   removes three columns of bricks when it lands, etc, plus
                   various 'nasties' at the higher levels
      !Dream     = A sort of scrolling 'if it moves, shoot it' game.
                   Surprisingly fast considering it's written in Basic
      !MoonQuake = A large meteor has struck the moon close to the lunar
                   base and your job is to go into the underground caverns
                   that make up the base and clear the rockfalls. There are
                   various objects to be found and used
      !Arka-II   = Another 'breakout' type game
      !Buggies   = You have to guide the 'buggies' around and collect
                   things, etc. (I think!). No instructions, so you'll have
                   to find out about it for yourself


G105  !Stacker   = In this game you 'push' objects about to move them to the
                   correct places. Doesn't sound very exiting but, as usual,
                   there are things in the way, traps, and 'treasures' which
                   boost your score. Very playable. Complete with a game
                   editor so you can create your own screen
      !3DMine    : 2.03 A 3D version of the old Minesweeper game by Andrew
                   Garrard. Needs a minimum of 2Mb. Very difficult! Now
                   works on RPC
      !KingOut   = Simple sliding block puzzle
      !Slides    = Another sliding block puzzle but this one uses an
                   animated picture
      !Triang    = Triangular solitaire. No further explanation needed
      !PeggedOut = A good desktop solitaire game with a selection of Boards
                   with varying degrees of difficulty


G106  -=- Desktop sillies and games -=-
      !ArcWolf   = An explosion
      !DeskBug   = One of the few 'sillies' are worth a second look. A
                   strange 'man' walks about the desktop and around your
                   windows. If you move one he falls off!. Even the
                   closedown is fun
      !Dy_Stort  = Your desktop is melting!
      !Neko      = The little cat that chases your mouse pointer
      !No_Glue   = The stuff that sticks your windows to the backdrop is
                   coming unglued
      !Point     = Mouse pointer subject to violent fits
      !Sort      = Demonstration of sorting. The only trouble is it sorts
                   the screen RAM, which is a bit upsetting
      !Splat     = Someone is throwing tomatoes at the screen
      !Command   = Simple 'missile command' game
      !Amazing   = Explore the 3D maze
      !Revenger  = Desktop sound effects
      !Scroll2 and !Scroller = Two desktop message scrollers
      PLUS       - !Piano, !Man, !Gunshot, !Machinegn, !MouFol, !Sheep,
                   !Smiley, !String, !Sunny, !Twirly, !Whoops


G107  !Angband   = 1.0  Adventure game like Umoria but (I'm told) better.
                   Runs in a desktop window with 'character' graphics so not
                   state-of-the-art, but with this type of game that's not
                   what's important
      !Minesweep = 1.41 Nice desktop 'find the mines' game by Keith Drakard.
                   One of the best I've seen and very addictive
      !Quiz      = 1.11 Non desktop trivia quiz by Martin Rose. The
                   questions are DATA statements in the program but if this
                   was changed it would probably have some educational use
      !Willy     = 1.4  Port of Jet Set Willy by Russ Juckes. Still fun to
                   play. Includes cheat module
      !Miner     = 2.2  Another Spectrum port from Russ Juckes - Manic
                   Miner. Now includes a cheat module.


G108  !Quest     = 1.02 Quest for the Pendragon text adventure. This version
                   consists of the first four parts, the remainder are
                   available on registration
      ROM        = Realm of Madness. 210 location text adventure by Stephen
                   Mander
      !Excalibur = By Chris Dawson. Rush around various screens and collect
                   the diamonds etc. while avoiding nasties. Complete with
                   screen designer. A bit of screen flicker but quite good
      !SpaceInv  = (Subtitled 'Not Space Invaders Again'). By R.Chasmer.
                   You've probably seen it all before but that doesn't mean
                   it's not worth one more go
      !Ghouls    = Platform game by Julian Havercroft. No instructions and I
                   haven't worked out what you're supposed to do


G109  !Battle    = Two player player 'Space Battle'
      !Bumpers   = 'Bumperoids' game, shoot the asteroids before they splat
                   you
      !Creepie   = Guide the snake to eat the acorns without crashing into
                   the walls
      !NightShot = Skeet shooting game
      !Ubiquetus = Flashy but not very good 'gravity' style space game
      !BlackJack = Uninspiring desktop version but works OK
      !Splat     = Imagine you are holding a hammer (represented by the
                   mouse pointer) and you are 'splatting' ants or similar
                   small bugs with it. As the game progresses the 'ants' get
                   livelier and dodge better. Non-existent game strategy and
                   zero graphics but VERY satisfying
      !Splords   = Another two player 'space battle' game
      !StockMkt  = Stock market game. Buy and sell shares and try to make a
                   killing


G110  -=- Mostly 'board' type games -=-
      !Taipei    = Superb desktop version of this ancient Chinese game by
                   Alex Hopkins. Very addictive and worth the price of this
                   disc on its own
      !Chain     = Chain Reaction game for two players
      !Cluster   = Simple but difficult game where you grab territory by
                   placing three 'counters' adjacent to a vacant square
      !Explode   = Good single player version of the standard board game
      !IconMatch = Good 'pairs' game using the sprite icons
      !Merrills  = This is quite a good 2 player version of the game
      !Reversi   = Another standard
      !High/Low  = An old favourite. There's a gambling element added to
                   this desktop version
      !Turnabout = Difficult board game where you score by placing counters
                   in a line and changing the colour of your opponents
                   counters. There are three players, two of them are the
                   computer
      !Connekt_X = Not too brilliant example of the game where you drop
                   counters into columns and try to make lines. You can set
                   various options to make it easier or more difficult
      Core Wars  = Good version of the computer strategy game with debugger,
                   instructions and example programs
      !Square    = Another strategy board game where you place counters to
                   form squares to gain points. Challenging


G111  -=- Old favourites revisited -=-
      !JSW       ^ 1.43  Jet Set Willy by Darren Salt. Complete with four
                   games (the original, Jet Set Willy 2, Willy's House of
                   Fun, and Hyperspace) plus a screen designer so you can
                   make your own. There are lots JSW clones but this is the
                   best. Just as much fun after all this time as it was on
                   the old Speccy!
      !Hatris    = Thought you'd seen every possible variation of Tetris?
                   This desktop program has you stacking different shaped
                   hats instead of those boring old blocks
      !Pipe      = Another oldie - join up the broken pipes
      Risiko     = Desktop version of Risk
      !GravWars  = Good version of the 'gravity' game


G112  -=- For Breakout and Tetris fans -=-
      !Arkanoid  = Good version with lots of levels, multiple balls, tough
                   bricks, assorted falling thingies, etc
      !Penetrat  = Penetrator. Another good version, with screen designer
      !SpaceBall = No frills but who needs them?  Nice sound effects that
                   really make you feel you're hitting them bricks - better
                   than all that background music
      !ArcBall   = Another straightforward version, includes screen designer
      !Brix      = Probably the simplest ever version for the Arc. Less than
                   7K of code and doesn't even use the mouse! Can you
                   remember when all PD games were like this?
      !Tetris    = Straightforward non desktop game by A.Hersee
      !Tetris 2  = Another uncomplicated version with no Author's name. No
                   frills but plays well
      !Quintet   = It's that game again - one or two player version from
                   from Jean-Paul Hamerton


G113  -=- Games for non-pacifists -=-
      !Tanks     = Very good version of this popular game. Several levels
                   with lots of enemy tanks to shoot at (if they don't get
                   you first!)
      !Flight    = Straightforward flight simulator game created with flight
                   sim toolkit
      !Command   = 'Missile Command' game from Aaron Timbrell
      !ShootUp   = Alien zapper from Linton Dawe
      !WimpyInv  = Crude graphics, unexciting sound, but a great classic
                   'space invaders' from Keith McAlpine
      !Shootem   = Do just that
      !ShadoFire = Zap as many aliens as you can before they get you
      !pUpD      = 'Pleb up, pleb down'. Having spent a while killing
                   everything that moves it's time to try to save some.
                   People with lemming tendencies are flinging themselves
                   from a skyscraper and you must 'bounce' them to safety on
                   your trampoline. Crude graphics, -great fun.


G114  -=- Adventure games -=-
      !CastlGame = The instructions say 'wander around the castle and
                   collect as much gold as you can'
      !Dream     = 'DreamScape' 0.21 a graphics adventure by Adam Davis
                   using ALPS.
      !Dunjinz   = Nice role playing adventure from Tor Houghton
      !Hack      = Another version of NetHack. This is different from the
                   version on B053. I don't know how much the game has been
                   changed, I can never stay alive long enough to find out
      !Ularn     = Your daughter has a strange disease and only the great
                   magician Polinneaus who has retired to the caverns of
                   Ularn can save her. Game written by Ari Pitkanen
      !SugarCube = A 'mini adventure' by Gary Fitton. The Golden Sugar Cube
                   is the answer to all your problems!


G115  !Castles   = Move around the castle, crushing monsters with barrels or
                   dropping things on them, collect the treasures. Good game
                   from Mike Williams
      !Splodge   = Another 'collect the diamonds' game from Andrew Wood.
                   Great graphics and a few nice individual touches.
                   Includes a good screen designer
      !Arc-Xbd   = Very good 'Repton' type game
      !Gauntlet2 = Maze game. No credits or instructions
      !Gremlins  = Pac Man clone from Brian Tucker with original game code
                   from Aaron Timbrell
      !Ballonvng = Move about the maze while being pursued by nasties and
                   burst the balloons


G116  !Cricket   = 1.35 Good limited overs cricket game from D.Carter. The
                   graphics aren't sensational but they're adequate. You can
                   load and save teams and create your own. Lots of
                   variations so it's moderately realistic. Versions for VGA
                   or standard monitors
      !Golf      = Quite good golf game from W.H.Varley and various others.
                   Up to 18 holes and from one to four players
      !3DBounce  = A sort of single player 3D squash. Very fast with an ARM3
      !Risk      = 1.01 Comprehensive non desktop version from Mark Sizer
      !PlanetWar = Three games in one package (Annihilate, Planet War and
                   Master War). No instructions but I understand these are
                   all 'standard' games on other platforms
      !Ztrax     = Nice variation on the 'Pipes' theme using sliding blocks.
                   Complete with screen designer


G117  !Staka     = 1.50 Ian Palmer's very good (but !%$#@y difficult) 3D
                   version of Tetris
      !Aargh!    = Guide the little thingy around various screens without
                   touching anything. Doesn't sound like much but, like all
                   the best games, a simple idea, difficult, but addictive
      !Trynth    = Space desktop strategy game from David Jones
      !Twiz      = Another simple game idea that's very good. Thingies
                   (twizzles) are eating away the screen and can only be
                   killed by luring them to one spot. They can be guided by
                   shooting away part of the screen or firing a pellet which
                   you can 'explodge' into a ball that they can't eat
      !Sparky    = Good version of the old game where you trap the 'spark'
                   in a cage by drawing lines across the screen
      !Navigator = For no apparent reason you are flying a spaceship around
                   Chicago, through the sky above and through the cellars.
                   Very difficult
      MemoFlex   = 'Pairs' game from Moonlight Graphics with a unique
                   feature as the 'tiles' can be in up to five layers


G118  -=- Games for younger users -=-
      !Knockout  = From the people at Lunchtime magazine, the nicest version
                   I've seen of the game where two players fling things at
                   each other over a barrier. You set force and elevation of
                   the throw and there are nice touches like wind 'blowers'
                   and 'gravitators'. Although it's a two player game it's
                   good enough to be worth playing against yourself
      !10iss     = 1.05 A version of the 'first ever' video game by Nicholas
                   Metcalfe. Several variations which make this more than
                   just the simple bat'n'ball game
      !Bomber    = 1.01 Another oldie from Richard Whincup
      !Breakout2 = Comparatively gentle version
      !CarRace   = Guide your car along the road. Crude graphics but fun
      !CaveRun   = Fly your whatever-it-is through the cave without crashing
                   into the walls or anything else
      !DogFight  = Two biplanes fight it out
      !OutForce  = Shooting gallery game. Get the baddies as they appear at
                   the windows before they get you
      !PowerQues = 'Quest for Power', another cave run game
      !Springy   = Make Springy jump over various objects
      !TronRemix = Good version of Lightcycles
      !Chase     = Chase objects about the screen with your mouse pointer.
                   Doesn't sound like much but it's actually quite good


G120  -=-  Games Cheats  -=-
      A massive collection of cheats, maps, hacks and enhancements for -
      Iron Lord, Lemmings, Man at Arms, Thundermonk, Powerband, Interdictor,
      Twin World, UIM, Wonderland, Nevryon, Inertia, Aggressor, Apocalypse,
      Ballerena, Battle Tank, Bughunter, Caverns, Dropship, E-Type, Mission
      Control, Moon Dash, Quazer, Red Shift, Rotor, Terramex, Blood Sport,
      Last Ninja, GBA, Stunt Racer, 2067BC, Air Suprem, Aldebaran, Guile,
      Lander, Mig-29, Zarch, Chocks Away, Chopper Force, Arc Soccer,
      Blowpipe, Crisis, Fervor, Fireball, Jet Fighter, Lost Temple, Mad
      Professor, Opus, Revelation, Sim City, Tertis, Top Banana, Trench, Pac
      Mania, Bug Hunter, Cataclysm, Chuck Rock, James Pond, Nebulus,
      Talisman, Zool, Cycloids, Pon!, Babel, Hero Quest, Pipie Mania,
      Populus, Rockfall, Repton, Alien Attack, Axis, Blitz, Conqueror,
      Parandroid, Provocator, Quark, Quazer, Xenon2, Gyrinus2, Swiv.
      - Plus ZIP, an Infocom code interpreter, and and probably quite a few
      more that I've missed


G121  -=-  Games Cheats  -=-
      Another collection of Games cheats, hacks, etc for -
      Dungeon, Golf, Pandora's Box, Umoria, Chopper, Cataclysm, Chocks Away,
      Ibix the Viking, Nevryon, 2067 BC, Lemmings, Gods, Twin World,
      Wonderland, Sim City, Enter the Realm, Phaethon, etc.
      - Plus two separate interpreters for Infocom games and the Archimedes
      Cheat Manual from Dave Lodge


G122  -=-  Another disc of 'sillies'  -=-
      !Brolly    = When it's up, it's raining, when it's not, it's not
      !Face      = A little face in a window - completely useless!
      !Face+     = Press keys to change the face - young kids love it
      !Fungus    = What happens if you don't keep your desktop clean
      !Gravity   = Ever wondered what holds your mouse pointer up?
      !Muncher   = That %$#@ PacMan has escaped and will eat anything
      !OhShit    = Fed up with that 'beep' when there's an error?  Want a
                   sound that more accurately reflects what you feel?
      !OpenSezMe = Just to let you know that the filer is opening a window
      !Plopper   = I KNOW it's just another one of those things that bounce
                   about the desktop - but this one's cute
      !Spec_Ld   = For all those ex Spectrum owners who need an occasional
                   reminder of how bad it used to be
      !Stars     = A starfield in a little window - elegantly useless
      !Subs      = Variation on the old Wanda theme
      !Thingy    = You'll think nothing is happening, but wait a while until
                   it strikes!
      !Yow       = A wise and highly intelligent 'though for the day' from
                   Garfield in a desktop window
      !Player    = Just a little program to display 'sprite films' in a
                   desktop window. Several films are included
      !RandomErr = Are you one of those people who gets worried if nothing
                   has gone wrong for a while? Do you find those cryptic
                   error messages that applications display inexplicable?
                   This is exactly what you need


G123  PTT        : Prehistoric Time Trip. A large text adventure in three
                   parts. Billed as 'RO 3 only' but it works in RO2 if you
                   load the Font Manager and are prepared to put up with
                   some minor problems. Unlike some PD adventures this one
                   has a decent parsar and the game plays very well
      !Moses     = As Moses you have been selected to lead a mission to free
                   all the slaves in Egypt. You have to collect all the
                   commandments, Plagues and People. Actually a fairly
                   straightforward 'platform' game
      !Final     = Space trading game. You send out spaceships to colonise
                   planets, mine ore, and send it back to Earth to get money
                   to buy oxygen and supplies, without which the colonists
                   will die. An old idea and not the best version I've seen
                   but it works quite well. NB - The program needs around
                   400K of System Sprite space which has to be set manually


G124  -=-  Five maze/platform games  -=-
      !Balvanic  = Apparently inspired by Boulder Dash on the Atari so it's
                   a Repton type game. Some nice touches like the character
                   impatiently tapping his foot if you don't do anything for
                   a while. Complete with screen designer. Recommended
      !Bug       = Guide the whoosit around and collect the mushrooms. Some
                   problems with the Tracker module used (I think) on the
                   RPC but it works without music
      !MrPea     = Nice little platformer from Graham Savage
      !Panic     = Panic the Fridgehog by David Fletcher. All resemblance to
                   another game with a similar name is, of course, purely
                   coincidental
      !Sprog     = Collect the bones and ignore the thingies. Thoroughly
                   screws up everything so be prepared to switch off and on
                   again after playing!


G125  -=-  Games suitable for younger users  -=-
      !Bang      = Another version of 'Chain', 'Explosion' etc
      !Draughts  = Guess!
      !INvADER   = Simple game where you shoot the whatevers coming at you
                   across the screen
      !Pigeons   = Dogfight game for two players
      !Snake     = Guide the snake around and eat the mice
      !Poacher   = Really a thinly disguised Space Invaders game
      !WarofWor  = Two player game where you try to shoot the other before
                   he gets you
      !Airline   = You are chairman of a small airline and have to run it to
                   increase your assets to the point where you can take over
                   British Airways
      !Bowls     = Bowls game (surprise!)
      !Fruits    = Non desktop fruit machine gambling game
      !Million   = Try to make a million in the magazine publishing business
      !Shove     = A sort of board game for two players
      !SnakePit  = 2.00 Move around the snake pit and try to eat all the
                   eggs before the snakes escape and eat YOU. New version
                   has improved graphics (the original was rather crude).
                   Nice game to play from Darren Salt.
      !Sweeper   = Another desktop Minesweeper game
      !Trader    = Another business simulation for one to four players. You
                   move your ship from port to port carrying cargo. Looks
                   like a BBC conversion (Mode 7) but plays OK


G126  !Ashekva   = Text adventure game from AMF. As Ashkeva Alyedin, a
                   country peasant, you wake to find yourself trapped in a
                   strange, magical, monastery, populated by evil monks.
                   Over 360 rooms and more than 260K of text. Runs either
                   outside the desktop or in a desktop window. All the usual
                   AMF logic is applied to devising the various traps
      !DigOut    = Nice Repton game from Carl Shaw. Collect assorted object,
                   kill the baddies by dropping rocks on them, etc. With
                   screen designer
      !ARV       = You have been a bank robber but your last job went wrong.
                   Luckily you managed to send the loot to a friend in Rio
                   de Janiero....
      !RuralAv   = Rural Adventure. You have just escaped from a mental
                   hospital and you have to try to make your way to the
                   harbour to escape the country
      !Blkheart  = Castle Blackheart by James Watson. Rush about the castle,
                   kill baddies, collect treasure, get keys to open doors...
      !Skimbard  = This seems to be a desktop text adventure creation tool.
                   Absolutely no instructions and it comes with only a very
                   short demo adventure


G127  -=-  The Tom Cooper Collection  -=-
      By popular request. I have been asked to produce some 'compilation'
      games discs so I will begin with the products of the well-known games
      programmer Tom Cooper. This set comprises -

                           Dinosaw
                           Gyrinus 2
                           Lemings
                           Stxy
                           TBVG

      PLUS the best Archimedes 'breakout' game  --  Impact-II by Andy Piper

      All programs are archived and some need to be de-arc'ed before they
      can be used
      On 3 x 800K or 2 x 1.6Mb discs (specify)  either  3.50  (1/2 points)


G128  -=-  The AMF the Doomwatcher Games Collection  -=-
      The games from the prolific programmer. Includes Some of the best
      adventure games written for the Archimedes. The set comprises -

                           Ashkeva Alyedin
                           Daleth
                           Dimension
                           Forgotten Time
                           Fortress of Time
                           The KORC trilogy   (Kingdom of Relative Concepts)
                           Sorcerer's Domain

      On 2 x 800K or 1 x 1.6Mb disc


G129  !Boink     = Shoot the thingies (Boinkeroids) which are bouncing about
                   and trying to squash you. Multi level
      !BurstPipe = I know it's not original but quite a good version
      !Caves of Confusion ^ Sideways scrolling shoot-anything-that-moves
                   game from Geoff Holland. Very good quality. This is
                   actually the 'demo' version and for a two disc version
                   with lots of extra features you send 5 to the Author
      !Fall      = First version of this game I've seen on the Arc. A lot of
                   small balls are held up by a grid of letters. Two players
                   take turns in taking away a letter and the one who
                   releases most balls wins
      !FPTetris  = Flying Pig Tetris. Not the most wonderful version but OK
      !Tetris2   = Reasonable desktop version
      !Genister  = Platform game with the usual monsters and things to
                   collect
      !Exeria    = Escape from Exeria from Soft Rock. Pac Man type game
      !Opus      = I thought that this game was already in the library but
                   if it is I can't find it
      !AutoMaton = Good desktop version of the game where you pile up the
                   counters until they reach critical mass when they explode
                   and convert your oponents counters to your colour. From
                   one to four players, any of whom can be the computer


G130  Two flight simulators from Neural network design. Both created with
      the SIMIS toolkit and both with biplanes

      !AllAtSea  ^ Fly your biplane among the islands and try to stop
                   supplies being transferred by boat
      !Trech     ^ Fly your biplane to destroy the trechery that has let the
                   enemy planes occupy the neighbouring airfields


G131  !WarJet    ^ By David Woods. Another flight simulator using the SIMIS
                   toolkit but set in Scotland (an armed rebellion by the
                   the Scot Nats'?). The scenerio is a 100Km square section
                   which is, as far as possible, real, containing Loch
                   Lomond and Ben Lomond, the Campsie hills, Carron
                   resovoir, Forth and Erskine bridges and many major roads
                   and buildings. Glasgow and the Clyde are very real
                   places. A pleasant change from the usual flight sim game
                   with a desert and a bunch of pyramids. Creating the world
                   was obviously a major project, and simply flying around
                   in it is the best part of the game. You have all the
                   usual guns and rockets, and there are things to shoot at
                   and things that shoot back. If you want action there are
                   better games, but if you want a flight simulator rather
                   than a shoot-em-up this is the best PD one I've seen
      !AntiGrav  = One of those games where you have to 'hover' your jet
                   while moving around a scrolling maze. Unlike most it's
                   actually playable! Includes screen designer
      !Airball   ~ Help! Even the Author admits that this is almost
                   impossible. No proper instructions (I don't really know
                   what the object is), but as it's a conversion I would
                   hope that someone will understand


G132  !BigBang   ^ Actually a demo of the commercial game from Psycore.
                   However, it's a very good playable demo, (although as the
                   full game comes on two discs it's nowhere near complete),
                   so I've put it here instead of in the commercial demo
                   section
      !OddBall   ^ Great multi-level game loosely based on the 'breakout'
                   theme. You use your bat to bounce the ball against
                   blocks. The most obvious difference is that the play area
                   is irregular, and instead of the usual bat moving across
                   the bottom of the screen with a line of bricks at the
                   top, the bat is much magnified in a window which displays
                   only a small part of the play area and it can be moved up
                   and down as well as from side to side. At the right of
                   the screen is a small display of the entire play area and
                   you use this to work out where bat, ball, blocks, and
                   other items are. Very addictive with lots of features


G133  -=-  Desktop Sillies  -=-
      !Bake      = Desktop 'fortune cookie' program
      !BouncyNut = Non desktop but nice
      !CrossFire = Shoot up the desktop when you're bored
      !Deskspots = A spotty desktop - too fast for ARM 3
      !Diver     = Another variation on Wanda
      !Graffiti  = Read the writing on the wall!
      !Gremlin   = Lets you write in almost any icon (no, I don't know why
                   either, but you can)
      !Heavy!    = VERY heavy mouse pointer that's hard to keep up
      !Heli      = Turns the pointer into a little helicopter - nice!
      !Hunter    = Something is chasing your mouse pointer
      !I_Ching   = I refuse to take this seriously so it's with the other
                   'sillies'
      !Manic     = A really manic mouse pointer
      !MegaAnim4 = Doesn't live up to its pretentious name - just rotates
                   the switcher icon
      !NoDesk    = Nicks your desktop - but it will put it back if you ask
      !PDP       = Personality Discovery Program by Martin Summers. This
                   appears to be intended seriously, but really...
      !PhoneSim  = Makes a noise like a ringing phone
      !Rambler   = Program by Mike Williams to generate 'waffle' from a text
                   file. No politician should be without it!
      !RedError  = Better than a 'beep', a selection of error messages from
                   Red Dwarf
      !RotateSW  = Another rotating switcher
      !Thingy    = I could think of better names. Save everything first, it
                   won't do any harm but it's NOT easy to stop!
      !Wellies   = Try it for yourself. A must-have for all serious Acorn
                   owners


G134  !Astrophel ^ Billed as 'a desktop space strategy game' by David Jones.
                   Unfortunately, although there is extensive documentation,
                   it is unstructured and mainly concerned with explaining
                   how to create the scenerio, the data structures, the user
                   interface, etc. and is a bit thin on how you actually
                   PLAY the game
      !Cover     ^ 1.10 Desktop game for one to three players by Keith
                   Drakard
      !CrazyMine ^ Crazy Paving Minesweeper. Complex non-desktop version of
                   the minesweper game by A.W.Garrard
      !StrmSweep ^ Another variation on Minesweeper from A.W.Garrard. This
                   time the mines move!
      !Hypnos    ^ Desktop 3D maze game by Raffaele Ferrigno. You have to
                   collect various objects to let you escape
      !Scotty    ^ Jet Set Scotty. No need to bother with descriptions, with
                   a name like that you can guess what it is!
      !WolfEd    : An editor for Wolfenstein ASWAP files from Peter Smith.
                   Lets you change graphics or sound but not map files


G135  -=-  Puzzles  -=-
      !Awari     ^ Non-desktop game from Martyn Ewers
      !Cribbage  ^ Desktop five card cribbage from P.Fairbrother
      !Enigma    ^ Engel's Enigma. Very difficult puzzle from Andrew Ayre.
                   If you're fed up with Rubik's Cube try this
      !Kabale    ^ Patience type card game from Olav Reinert
      !KPatience ^ Desktop King Albert Patince from Darren Salt
      !Mahjongg  ^ Nice (though non-desktop) version from Tim Browse. Plays
                   very well
      !OutWit    ^ Two player tactical board game from Andrew Ayre
      !Scrabble  ^ Desktop scrabble from Phil Love
      !Sevens    ^ Extremely addictive card game from Gary Lee. Actually a
                   four-handed game but the computer plays the other three
                   hands. Highly recommended
      !Solitaire ^ 1.11 Desktop Solitaire by Keith Drakard. Lots of
                   features, tutorial, playback, etc
      !StaksII   ^ Complex card game from Moonlight Graphics
      !Towers    ^ Patience-like card game from Danius Michaelides


G136  -=-  More puzzle games  -=-
      !4Square   ^ Interesting (and very difficult) desktop puzzle from
                   Darren Salt
      !Beakers   ^ Non desktop game where you shuffle water between two
                   beakers to isolate the required quantity in one beaker.
                   Sounds simple but actually quite difficult
      !Boxes     ^ Two player game from Fraser McFarlane
      !Crossword ^ Billed as 'Haslam's Magnificent Crossword Designer'. What
                   more can I say?
      !CTetris   ^ Challenge Tetris from Darren Salt. Two player non desktop
                   game
      !Cypher    ^ Desktop game based on a Windows (bleeuuch!) game
      !Hanoi     ^ Desktop Tower of Hanoi from Darren Salt. It's an ideal
                   version if you're a bit short sighted because the window
                   is scaleable
      !JigWord   ^ 1.60 A type of clueless crossword puzzle
      !KingOut   ^ Sliding block puzzle
      !Othello   ^ Desktop version by Dave Forth
      !Pelmanism ^ Non desktop but quite good version of the old favourite
                   by Mark Gillman
      !Sim       ^ 1.10 Two player desktop game by Keith Drakard. I'm not
                   going to describe it, except to say it's not easy!
      !Squiggle  ^ Two player game. You add pieces in turn to the end of the
                   'road' and try to make your opponent run into a wall
      !Thieves   ^ Forty Thieves. Desktop single-player card game from
                   Graham West
      !Triad     ^ Desktop single player board game with no instructions
                   from Philip Beresford. I *think* I've worked out how to
                   play it so you should be able to


G137  !Mosquito  ^ Nice WWII scenerio SIMIS flight simulator game from Chris
                   Mottram. Set over some islands off the west coast of
                   Scotland. Also includes good briefing notes and drawings
                   and data on your aircraft and the enemies you may meet
      !GNUChess  ^ 3.1 A much later (and larger) version than the one on
                   B041, although the graphics are still rather crude.
                   However, full 'C' source code is included and extensive
                   documentation


G138  -=-  The Great Flight Simulator Collection  -=-
      This is a compilation of most of the flight simulator games created
      using the SIMIS flight sim toolkit. Two games in the current catalogue
      have not been included (RiscyGame I and F18 demo) because they already
      fill a disc so there would be little advantage in adding them. If you
      are a flight sim fan this is definately for you. Get out the flying
      helmet (or silk scarf and goggles), dust off your joystick and prepare
      yourself for a mammoth session of zooming, bombs, rockets, and
      (probably) spectacular crashes!

      The collection comprises -

                           AllAtSea              (G130)
                           Flight                (G113)
                           Warfare               (G078)
                           Riscy Game III        (G092)
                           Mosquito              (G137)
                           Trech                 (G130)
                           Warjet                (G131)
                           Mission               (G063)

      On 4x800K discs or 2x1.6Mb discs, either costs  4.50  (1/2 points)


G139  !Baz       ^ Fire a coin from your piggy bank and try to make it hit
                   Baz, who is hovering above you hurling abuse and other
                   substances. That's just the first level. Then it starts
                   to get difficult! Not state-of-the-art but an amusing
                   game from A.James
      !Invasion  ^ Fairly conventional Space Invaders game from David Baker
                   and Andrew McDonald
      !Racer     ^ Unexiting game for one or two players. You race around a
                   track trying to avoid crashing or hitting other cars
      !SheepRace ^ A sort of gambling game from Quintin Parker. I think the
                   name gives you a clue to what it's about!
      !Trek      ^ 1.30  Based on a BBC version of the standard Star Trek
                   game by T.Kennington and rewritten and updated for the
                   Arc by Les Hurst and Alex Hopkins. Not spectacular but
                   one of the nicest versions I've seen
      !XmasGame  ^ The rheindeer are on strike and Santa has had to hire a
                   plane to make his Christmas deliveries. The problem is
                   that the presents are coming down rather fast and not too
                   accurately so you have to catch them


G140  GTAC       ^ Graphics text Adventure Creator. New program from Andrea
                   Gallo. As the name sujests this lets you write adventure
                   games with text and pictures that run in the desktop. It
                   comes with a simple example game. The program is
                   Shareware and there are a couple of restrictions on this
                   version, but they don't stop you writing and running your
                   own games
      Walker2    ^ This is by Nicholas Kingsley and seems like a good game.
                   Lots of instructions, but he forgets to mention exactly
                   what you're trying to do and how you do it!
      Mapper     ^ 1.00 Again by Nicholas Kingsley, a program for designing
                   game maps, intended to help you create a map for a game
                   you are writing


G141  !3DMaze    ^ By John Fletcher, a straightforward game where you have
                   to try to find your way out of a 3D maze and also look
                   for treasure. The C source code is included, and this is
                   simple and well commented, so it could be expanded into a
                   much more comprehensive game
      !Bounce2   ^ Rather difficult game where you have to bounce your ball
                   around various screens
      !Fall      ~ I've seen lots of versions of this game on the PC. It's
                   for two players, there is a screen made up of random
                   letters with rows of balls at the top. Each player in
                   turn selects a letter, which is then 'taken away' so the
                   balls can fall down, and you score by getting balls to
                   fall to the bottom of the screen
      !GHZap     : Useful utility from Quintin Parker which intercepts those
                   naughty "UpdateMC" calls usd by incompetent programmers
                   which will (probably) crash your computer
      !GryThnder ^ 1.04 Grey Thunder from Colim McEwan. Sideways scrolling
                   shoot-em-up. Yes, another one, Boring, eh? Well, this
                   time there's a difference. This version happens entirely
                   in a miniature window on the icon bar!
      !MastMind  ^ 0.02 Rather nice desktop Mastermind from James Harvey
      !Robocatch ^ A 'cut down' version of the full game with fewer levels
                   etc. Seems to be a fairly standard shoot up
      !Rtf_Pro   ^ Another Tetris clone, but quite good. Non desktop and
                   meant to be a two player version, but never completed so
                   only one player is 'active'. Not as flashy as some but
                   plays well
      !WolfEditr ^ 1.00 An editor for Wolfenstein 3D for HD users


G142  -=-  Games for kids  -=-
      !Alpine    ^ Vertically scrolling downhill ski slalom
      !Bunnies   ^ Try to zap the bunnies as they run accress the screen
      !Froggy    ^ A sort of 'space invaders' variation. Instead of shooting
                   down aliens your froggy has to catch the flies with his
                   tounge
      !Fruit     ^ Non desktop fruit machine. The instructions are not too
                   good and the game isn't brilliant but there are lots of
                   gambling options which can make it interesting
      !Horses    ^ Multi-player gambling game
      !Lemonade  ^ Not really a game, a simulation of running a lemonade and
                   ice cream stall. In fact it's a complex business
                   simulation where you have to buy stock, set prices, etc
      !ProHorsie ^ Another horse racing/gambling game
      !Ringlets  ^ Connect shapes together to form circles
      !Roller    ^ One or two player racing game. Guide the balls around the
                   track
      !Slapper   ^ Splat the wasps!
      !Sosta     ^ Rather good tool for teaching keyboard skills. You shoot
                   down the bombs by hitting the correct key to fire at
                   them, but the keys keep changing, and there's not enough
                   time to look at the keyboard!
      !Sparky    ^ Simple but quite good maze game


G143  High Risc Racing demo. The cut-down demo version of the commercial
      game. At first it looks like a totally uninspiring 'top view' car
      racing game with unimpressive graphics, but then you realise the
      racing is not the most important part. What you have to do is win
      races to get prize money which you then use to buy extra bits for your
      car, so it's more complex than just driveing a car around the track.
      This demo version has most of the features of the full game, but only
      a limited number of levels and cars to choose from. However it does
      give you a good idea of what the full product is like and is playable


G144  !Blimp     ^ Move round the screen and eat the pies without setting
                   off any bombs
      !BrickABat ^ Another 'breakout' game
      !Duck      ^ Move your duck around and eat the fish while avoiding the
                   skulls
      !Giana     ^ The Great Giana Sisters, a nice platformer converted from
                   the C64. Works on RPC with a few minor glitches
      !Roller    ^ Straigtforward platformer from Julian Havercroft. You
                   need to turn off the cache with an ARM 3
      !Woody     ^ From Geof Holland, jump over (or shoot) various thingies
                   which zoom at you and collect the gold nuggets
      !Railway   ^ By M.S.Draper, not a game, it's a simulation of building
                   and running a railway. As well as the main program, which
                   can be played by from one to four players, there are
                   tools for you to create your own railway networks. You
                   decide where to build, when to buy rolling stock, move
                   trains, make contracts to collect and deliver goods, etc


G145  -=-  Text adventure games  -=-
      !Aftermath ^ By James proctor, set in the 21st century after a nuclear
                   war. Apart from other dangers that will stop you
                   completing your quest, there are brain-damaged victims of
                   a plague that attack anything they can find and devour it
                   (this means YOU!)
      !AMoria    ^ Archimedes Moria - yet another port by Graham Toal
      !Crown     ^ Simple text adventure for beginners by Linton Dawe. You
                   have to return the stolen Crown of Power to the castle
                   and claim your reward
      !Nerd      ^ By Karl Hawkes, who describes it as 'the adventure game
                   for nerds'. Your aim is to solve a murder which happened
                   seven years ago during riots in the City of London (which
                   left the city derelict) and kill the murderer!
      !Spheres   ^ Spheres of Chaos by Chris Grant. Your quest is to locate
                   the seven spheres, created by a wizard and scattered over
                   the Kingdom, to prevent the evil king from getting then
                   and using their power
      Trellis    ^ Actually an adventyre game interpretter by V.Hudd of Soft
                   Rock Software. This makes it easy to write text based
                   adventure games. As well as comprehensive instructions
                   (which assume an understanding of adventure games and
                   elementary programming) there are two sample adventures,
                   !Crystal (The Purple Crystal of the Heavens) and !Pyramid
                   (The Sacred Pyramid)


G146  -=-  Shoot-'em-up games  -=-
      !Aliens    ^ 2.01 Simple 'shoot everything' game by Mark Hiller
      !Blitz     ^ Ballroom Blitz. Thinly disguised (but quite good) one or
                   two player variation on the Space Invaders theme by Neil
                   Pawson
      !Chopper   ^ Vertically scrolling shoot-everything-that-comes-at-you
                   from Reter Reeves-Hall
      !Missile   ^ Missile Command clone from J.Hornell
      !NotSpInv? ^ Not Space invaders Again from Paul Hallam. Well, it looks
                   like it to me!
      !NxtGen    ^ Not terribly brilliant (!) sideways scroller
      !Photon    ^ Vertically scrolling game by Ben Carter. First you have
                   to dodge the mines, then catch and shoot the mothership


G147  -=-  Games and puzzles  -=-
      !5x5       ^ Extremely difficult desktop puzzle by Tim Gladding. You
                   have to 'set' all the squares in a 5 x 5 grid, but each
                   time you toggle the state of a square four of those
                   surrounding it also change
      !Analyser  ^ Not a game but a program by Matthew Wilcox to analyse the
                   scores obtained in a bridge game
      !BackGammn ^ 1.27 Desktop Bacgammon by Duncan Cobb
      !BlkQueen  ^ Non desktop card
      !BlokSnook ^ Non desktop sliding block puzzle
      !C4        ^ Desktop version of Connect 4 by Chris Stretch with lots
                   of features
      !CATtris   ^ Cat Tetris, a non desktop variant where the 'blocks' are
                   various shaped items of interest to the watching feline
      !Clock_Pat ^ Non desktop Clock Patience by Chris Payne
      !Crag      ^ Desktop dice game for 1 to 4 players by P.Lurcock
      !Dad       ^ Sliding block puzzle (no, I don't understand the name
                   either)
      !Enigmar   ^ Complex word puzzle by Mark Davies. Similar to the 'word
                   square' puzzles that appear in magazines but you can
                   choose the style and difficulty
      !Euler     ^ A version of the Knights Tour by Pete Godsall
      !gnuGo     ^ 1.1 The game of Go from the Free Software Foundation,
                   written by Man Li
      !LetDrop   ^ Letters drop from the top of the screen and you have to
                   zap all except the ones that correspond with the ones
                   along the bottom. Not easy!
      !LoShang   ^ Nice Taipei/Mahjonng game from D.Pedder
      !Lucas     ^ Difficult game by Momen Nostri
      !Patience2 ^ Non desktop patience game
      !Poker     ^ By Raffaele Ferrigno, Play against the computer
      !Puzzl     ^ Very difficult puzzle by Richard Forster
      !Sen_Wrang ^ Senior Wrangler, a patience game by Tim Havenhand


G148  -=-  Adventure games  -=-
      !Arion     ^ Large and complex Dungeons adventure game from Mike
                   Goatley. Need multisynce/VGA monitor
      !Hack      ^ Yet another non desktop version of Hethack, this time
                   from Al Slater
      !Hermes    ^ Hermes the God's messenger, a desktop graphics/text
                   adventure written using GTAC (see G140)
      !MicroAdv  ^ A text adventure creator/compiler from John Fairhurst.
                   Includes example adventures
      !MysLand   ^ Mysterious Land, a VERY text adventure from Tom Godber


G149  -=-  Games for diamond hunters  -=-
      !AcidPac   ^ Pac Man game from Aaron Timbrell
      !Blob      ^ By David Johnson. Move around and get the diamonds while
                   avoiding bugs. Unexciting graphics but plays well
      !BombaMan  ^ Run around the maze and drop bombs to blow up rocks and
                   baddies, by Robert Titman
      !Fred      ^ Rather nice maze game from Nicholas Marriott
      !Nasty!    ^ Sir Nick Nasty in Blocksville. As usual, grab the
                   diamaonds
      !Shuggy    ^ Another maze game by David Johnson
      !Pushy     ^ If you are fed up with collecting diamonds this nice
                   little game from R.Williams will make a change. Push the
                   blocks around to expose the crosses marked on the floor.
                   Not as easy as it sounds


G150  !Spitfire  ^ Spitfire Fury by John Haddon. As the name suggests this
                   is a flight sim game where you fly a Spitfire in 1939.
                   There are twelve missions plus a practice mission.
                   Scenery is quite good and varied


G151  -=-  More flight sim games  -=-
      !Forlon    ^ A rather standard SIMIS game
      !ProjectX  ^ Another one from Colin McEwan. Asusual you have to shoot
                   up the enemy ground forces while avoiding flak and enemy
                   fighters
      FinalFlight^ Multi-mission game with a choice of aircraft from Mike
                   Jackson


G152  -=-  Infocom  -=-
      This disc contains Infocom interpreters and compilers plus some games

      !AUInfocom ^ An Infocom interpreter by Edward Poor which runs in a
                   desktop window
      !Infocom   ^ A port of Infocom Task Force 4.01.2 interpreter by Brian
                   Scattergood.
      InfoToolkit   Disassembler and Dumper for Infocom files by Mark Howell
      !Inform    ^ An Infocom assembler by Graham Nelson
      !Zip       ^ Another interpreter by Edward Poor

                 PLUS the following adventures -

                   Advent
                   Curses
                   Dejavu
                   Sampler1


G153  !Agresion  ^ 2.15 By Graham Crockford, who says it was inspired by
                   'Gorillas' on the PC. It's a two player game where you
                   fire projectiles at your oponent. With a patch for RO2
      !BatlDroid ^ Battle Droids by Colin McEwan. Just zap everything in
                   sight!
      !Crossbolt ^ 2.00 Not too brilliant 'space invaders' game


G154  !Atomix    ^ By Terje Folmo who says it is based on the game of the
                   same name on the PC. However, he doesn't tell you much
                   about how to play although it does have a screen designer
      !Balloon   ^ I think you are supposed to burst the balloons but no
                   instructions
      !Force     ^ Looks like some sort of multi-player shoot everybody type
                   game, but again no instructions, just a screen designer
      !Elevator  ^ Horrible, nasty, things are running rife in the lift
                   shaft of the new office building. Kill the nasties and
                   try to get to the top of the lift shaft and rescue the
                   Princess


G155  -=- The Great Adventure Games Collection -=-
      A collection of some of the best text adventure games available. Some
      are not state-of-the-art, but then a good text adventure doesn't need
      a fancy front end, if the puzzles are absorbing and the scenerio
      exiting that's all that matters. This collection is guaranteed to
      ensure many headaches and the burning of much midnight oil.

                    The collection comprises -
                           Collosal Cave Adventure
                           Aftermath
                           Angband
                           Arion
                           Ashekva Alyedin
                           Dunjinz
                           Excalibur
                           Fortress of Time
                           Hermes (the God's Messenger)
                           Kingdom of Relative Concepts (the KORC trilogy)
                           Mysterious Land
                           NetHack
                           Prehistoric Time Trip
                           Quest for the Pendragon
                           Realms of Madness
                           Rural Adventure
                           The Secret Garden
                           Spheres of Chaos

      PLUS the Trellis game creator with two example games, The Sacred
      Pyramid and The Purple Crystal of the Heavens.

      These are all supplied highly compressed and you may need to
      de-archive some games as they will not run from the archive

      On 4x800K discs or 2x1.6Mb discs, either costs  4.50  (1/2 points)


      -=-  Four discs of 'sillies' and novelties  -=-

G156  !Author    ^ The Author says this program tries to write a ten chapter
                   novel, in fact it generates large amounts of rubbish
      !B and B   ^ Beavis and Buthead - animation in a desktop window
      !Backwards ^ Reverses the mouse
      !Bee       ^ Non desktop animation of a bee
      !BeWorthy  ^ You'll have to prove it
      !Bloing    ^ Non desktop 'funny noise' generator
      !Cack      ^ By Jon Ribbens, generates cack, that is, err, rubbish
      !Chameleon ^ A small window floats around the desktop, behind the
                   windows, and tries to take on their characteristics
      !ClickTock ^ Generates a backdrop of faces and one of them will tell
                   you the time
      !CokeCan   ^ A coke can dances to the music (if there is any!)
      !ColChaos1 ^ Changes the desktop colours
      !ColChaos2 ^ As obove but *keeps* doing it, this could give anyone a
                   headache!
      !Corrupt   ^ Draws all over the screen
      !Crawl     ^ Rather good. A small window 'crawls' around the desktop
      !Creeper   ^ Draws quite nice 'creepers'
      !Cropper   ^ Your very own crop circle!
      !DeskScrll ^ Lack of vertical sync
      !Dotty     ^ Draws dots!
      !DropMake  ^ Just draws pretty picturs made up of radiating lines
      !DubBounce ^ Just bounces two balls around
      !EgoTrip   ^ Tells you how wonderful you are
      !Elevator  ^ Elevates the mouse pointer
      !ElizaII   ^ A rather good desktop 'Eliza'
      !Etch      ^ An Archimedes version of that woderful Amiga Etch-a-
                   Sketch program
      !Eternal   ^ Non desktop graphics displays
      !Fidgit    ^ A fidgity mouse pointer


G157  !Birds     ^ Desktop birdsong
      !Cookies   ^ Desktop Fortune Cookie program
      !Granite1  ^ Just draws a screen that looks like a block of granite
      !Granite2  ^ Ditto (but looks more like a grey cream-cracker to me!)
      !Hmmm      ^ To quote the Author 'opens directories with a childish
                   and quite revolting noise'
      !ICanDoIt  ^ Hear Holly from Red Dwarf say 'I can do it' every time
                   you open a directory
      !Insanity  ^ Ditto Rimmer 'are you insane'
      !OhSmegIt  ^ Ditto Lister (guess)
      !Ice       ^ Makes the mouse pointer skid about
      !Introvert ^ Shrinks your windows!
      !Italian   ^ Destructive bouncy ball
      !Jumble    ^ It does too!
      !kwadra    ^ I'm not quite sure what this does
      !Leave     ^ Or this!
      !Melting   ^ But this does exactly what the name implies
      !Metro     ^ Draws lots of lines that look like the Paris Metro (or
                   perhaps it's Moscow, or the London Underground...?)
      !Migrate   ^ Migrating desktop
      !Monkeys+  ^ If an infinite number of monkeys type for an infinite
                   time they will produce the complete works of Shakespeare.
                   This program just MIGHT take a little time to produce
                   intelligable results!
      !MouFol    ^ Just a few balls following the pointer around
      !Murphy    ^ Displays random examples of Murphy's Laws at intervals
      !NaNaNaNaN ^ Takes the %$*^@ when there's an error
      !NoSignal  ^ Simulates an untuned TV (useful, eh!)
      !OhYes     ^ A John Major emulator (but more intelligent)
      !OpArt     ^ Flashy non desktop graphics


G158  !OngOng    ^ Silly noise when you open a directory
      !Peardrops ^ Just draws 'em
      !Philosoph ^ Woderfully wise random sayings
      !Plague    ^ All over the desktop!
      !Pleasure  ^ When you open a directory the Cat from Red Dwarf tells
                   you how he gives such pleasure to the world
      !Poppiy    ^ Bouncing ball etc.
      !Powder    ^ Nice graphics display - looks more like a firework than
                   the Author's description
      !Praise    ^ Isn't it all wonderful!
      !ProveToMe ^ You will!
      !Reminder  ^ Just reminds you how truly wonderful you are
      !Repair    ^ What do you do when the mice in the screen chew through
                   the wiring in one of your windows and its' lights go out?
                   Why, call the Window Repair Man
      !Reporter  ^ Just pops up to say 'Hi'
      !Ripples   ^ Flashy graphics display
      !RocketPtr ^ Mouse pointer shaped like a rocket ship for kids
      !Rope      ^ Draws multi-coloured circles when you press MENU
      !Runner    ^ Mindless violence (so try it!)
      !RussDemo  ^ Have you ever tried one of those Demos that tell you your
                   computer doesn't have enough RAM or something to run it..
      !ShootIt   ^ Opens directories with a band
      Shorties   ^ Lots of (very) short Basic graphics programs
      !Shrink    ^ Shrinks the screen
      !Shrink2   ^ Ditto but also confines the mouse
      !Snoopy    ^ Somebody's watching the mouse pointer
      !SoNice    ^ Draws pretty (!) pictures
      !Turd      ^ Desktop dustbin that makes a rather rude noise when you
                   dispose of something
      !Warp      ^ Graphic display - guaranteed useless by the Author


G159  !Screenie  ^ Lots of pretty patterns
      !Slicer    ^ Slices up the desktop
      !SpinOnIt  ^ Hear Rimmer from Red Dwarf give you interesting advice
                   when you open a directory
      !SmegHead  ^ Again from Red Dwarf - guess what this one says!
      !Urgency   ^ Ditto but tells you there's an emergency
      !SoSoppy   ^ It is, too, but it tells you how lovely you are
      !Splurgers ^ Several variations on the same theme
      !Star      ^ Quite nice graphics
      !Tortoise  ^ Sort of 'neighbourhood watch' for desktop sillies.
                   Patrols the desktop and kills the interlopers!
      !TRoll     ^ Totally useless animated tiolet roll. Obviously the
                   product of a diseased mind (but fun!)
      !UniCycle  ^ Nice animated uniycle
      !Voices    ^ Some alternative system 'beeps'
      !Watch     ^ Variation on the eyeballs-watching-pointer theme
      !Windows99 ^ Now you too can have all the wonderful advantages of
                   M*^$%soft Windows on your Arc. - slows down the computer,
                   uses lots of memory, unintelligable error messages for no
                   apparent reason....
      !XXX       ^ Nothing to do with beer or 'dirty pictures' - it just
                   seems to slap assorted icons all over the backdrop
      !Yow       ^ Sort of desktop Fortune Cookie program

      For the seriously deranged I will supply discs G156 to G159 on four
      800K or two 1.6Mb discs for     *** 4.00 ***  (1/2 points)


G160  -=-  Games and novelties for kids  -=-
      !Bounce    ^ Make the ball bounce over the holes or it will burst on
                   the nail at the bottom.
      !Face      ^ Make a funny face by selecting from various features (and
                   perhaps putting them in the wrong place).
      !Finger    ^ Pointing finger mouse pointer
      !FunPark   ^ Simulation of running a funfair. I think you have to buy
                   rides, set prices, etc. No instructions, so I had trouble
                   working out what to do, but experience suggests that any
                   seven year old would probably not have any difficulty.
      !FunFaces  ^ Rather more sophisticated program from Mike Williams for
                   making up faces. This one is a desktop app, but unlike
                   !Face you can't put the bits in odd places
      !GWord5    ^ Simple 'guess the word' game where you have to 'type' the
                   word by clicking on a keyboard
      !NoughtEx  ^ Desktop noughts and crosses, play against the computer.
      !OddPets   ^ Draws some VERY weird animals.
      !PestCtrl  ^ Splat the rats and various other small furry objects that
                   appear. Very satisfying!
      !Pootah    ^ Probably the most revolting set of icons available (but I
                   quite like the dinosaur floppy disc icon). Created
                   especially for younger users.


G161  !PushyII   ^ Improved version of the game on G149 by R.Williams where
                   you push the blocks around to expose the crosses marked
                   on the floor. This is not just a later version, it's a
                   lot harder and MUCH bigger. When de-archived it takes
                   about 2.4Mb of disc space, and you will need 2Mb of RAM
                   to de-arc it, so you will require either 2Mb + hard disc
                   or 4Mb to run it from the archive
      !Ballz     ^ A variation on the old Pipes theme by David Johnson. You
                   guide a ball to the exit by changing its path with
                   'bends' which you manouvre into place with the mouse. In
                   later levels there are various objects that make things
                   more difficult


G162  -=-  Puzzles and logic games  -=-
      !Baka_Chak ^ Very good desktop board game. You control 20 goats and
                   the aim is to get them onto the board. Unfortunately
                   there are four tigers which try to eat the goats
                   (actually by jumping over them, rather like draughts).
                   Nice graphics and fun to play.
      !FindWords ^ Non-desktop word square puzzle. as well as a few sample
                   puzzles you can also make your own.
      !Quadris   ^ Non desktop Tetris
      !WhichWay  ^ 1 or 2 player game where you move around a grid picking
                   up numbers which either add to or subtract from your
                   score depending on their colour. Not easy.
      !Word_S    ^ Desktop word search program by Mike Smith. As with his
                   previous programs it's Shareware, but there are no proper
                   instructions, so although it looks like a good program
                   you are going to have to work out how to use it without
                   any help from the Author.
      !X-Word    ^ Crossword compiler from Mike Smith. Same comments apply
                   as !Word_S.


G163  -=-  The Great Tetris Collection  -=-
      This is for all you fans of the falling blocks (and other assorted
      things). A huge collection of tetris-like games, nearly 4 megabytes
      when de-archived. Nearly all work on the RPC.

                           3DTetris    G084
                           BIATetris   G084
                           Bloxed      G104
                           CATtris     G147
                           Columns
                           CTetris     G085
                           CTetris     G137
                           FarBeyond
                           FPTetris    G139
                           Hatris      G111
                           Hextris     G039
                           MarBlocks   G164
                           Quadris     G162
                           Quartet     G043
                           Rtf_Pro     G141
                           Staka       G117
                           Tertis      D124
                           Tetris      G112  (two)
                           Tetris2     G129
                           WhipTris    G069

      WARNING - This collection can be dangerous to health/employment/exam
      results. Under no circumstances should any Tetris fan be allowed near
      it unless there are at least two days before they need to leave the
      house. Concerned friends/relatives should stand by with large pots of
      black coffee and a blanket to cover them when they eventually
      collapse. (If this happens do not switch off the computer - they may
      be in the middle of a game and wish to resume when they wake).

      On 3 x 800K or 2 x 1.6Mb discs, either costs   3.50   (1/2 points)


G164  !ATC       ^ 1.01 Air Traffic Control by Mike Smith. Not really a
                   game, a simulation of controlling civil aircraft and
                   guiding them in to land at several airports using your
                   radar screen. Some features are not yet implimented and
                   others will only be available in the 'full' version (ie.
                   after you pay - so it's NOT Shareware).
                   ***updatedDec96***
      !Blup      ^ 1.10 By Andrew Ayre. A good puzzle game where you can
                   play against the computer, the clock, or another player.
                   Clicking on a ball makes it change colour, you have to
                   get as many of the balls as possible to change to a
                   certain colour. Unfortunately this affects the colours of
                   adjacent balls. Complicated and addictive.
      !Bombz     ^ 1.11 Multi-level game by Tony Houghton. As the name
                   suggests you have to move around each level getting rid
                   of the bombs. There's also a level designer
      !FileWars  ^ Rather strange game from Adam Richardson where two armies
                   of your files fight each other. Don't ask me why, or how
                   the winner is decided, but it might help while away a few
                   idle minutes....
      !MarBlocks ^ Non desktop but quite good (and not too hard) version of
                   Tetris by A.Wood
      !PollTax   ^ Sixty level game by Quintin Parker where you push blocks,
                   collect money to open doors, etc. Ignore the name - it
                   has nothing to do with anything!


G165  !Bumper    ^ By Andrew Titman, race the ball around the track
                   collecting flags, bouncing off walls and trying not to
                   fall in the water. Twelve tracks and a practise mode.
      !Cycling   ^ By Andrew Titman. Cycle race game where you ride against
                   two computer riders. Lots of options like length of
                   track, quality of opposition and number of stages.
      !Flood     ^ By David Johnson, position the blocks to direct gushing
                   water to safety. With level editor.
      !Gravity   ^ By David Horman. You've probably seen this before. You
                   fire missiles at your opponent but they are thrown off
                   course by the gravity fields of the planets. However,
                   this is the best version I've seen with much nicer
                   graphics.


G166  !Blobby2   ^ By David Johnson, a scrolling 8 level platform game. You
                   have to reach the flagpole at the top of each vertically
                   scrolling level without being overtaken by the screen.
      !Goop      ^ By Andrew Titman. The royal family of Goop blobs have
                   sent Goop on a 15 level mission to reclaim all the stars
                   which have been stolen by the evil scorpions. Works on a
                   RPC with Game On
      !Miserly   ^ By Robert titman, a platform game where you have to
                   search the tax offices, prison, a car park and the Royal
                   Mint to try to find your lost money


G167  !Pharaohs  ^ The Pharaohs Secret Tomb, another game from Generation
                   Design. Rush around the tomb and try to clock up points
                   before your energy runs out.
      !SeaTrek   ^ Another game from generation design where you are under
                   the sea searching for gold coins while your oxegen is
                   slowly being used up.
      !Brix2     ^ I know it's an oldie, but this is a good Breakout type
                   game from Mike Williams. Lots of features and the screens
                   are just textfiles so you can design your own very easily


G168  !Blitzer   ^ OK, so it's not state-of-the-art, but it's still a pretty
                   good shoot-em-up.
      !Swarm     ^ Highly acclaimed game from Matthew Bloch. All sorts of
                   robots and aliens are out to get you, plus there are
                   space mines which you have to dodge. You have to collect
                   the diamonds to get to the next level. Very addictive and
                   has excellent graphics. Only problem is it's BIG, around
                   1.9Mb. It can only be fitted onto an 800K disc by
                   compressing it as a ZIP file, and unless you have the
                   full version of SparkFS you will need either a hard disc
                   or you can JUST run it from a RAM disc with 4Mb of RAM.
                   For this reason this disc is available either on 800K or
                   1.6Mb, and as the 1.6Mb version has Swarm compressed
                   using ArcFS you can run it from the archive.


G169  -=-  Games for kids  -=-
      !Astroball ^ Nice two player tennis game by Nick Rice
      !BeatemPE  ^ Two player beat-em-up game where you have a choice of
                   characters
      !Cannon    ^ Shoot down the planes with your cannon before thay dive
                   on you
      !FLOP      ^ Good 'pairs' game from The RAJ
      :Laser2000 ^ 2 to 4 player Lite Cycles game by Thomas Simmons
      !Mines     ^ Buy and sell goods to try to keep the space mines going
      !Photon    ^ Vertically scrolling game from Ben Carter. First you have
                   to dodge the mines, then catch and shoot the mothership
      !PSST      ^ Great Desktop Paper/Scissors/Stone game by James Andrews
      !RadRacer  ^ Two player racing game. Guide your car around the track
      !Snake     ^ Nice Snake game by Peter Blake. Collect the goodies and
                   don't run over your tail
      !Starbase  ^ Try to zap the aliens as they zoom towards you


G170  -=-  Puzzle games  -=-
      !4Patience ^ Card patience game
      !Farbeyond ^ Desktop Tetris
      !Goo       ^ Nice desktop 'pipes' style game by Andrew Ayre
      !Hneftafl  ^ Two player desktop board game by Stuart Whitehouse
      !NIM       ^ A very old (but still difficult) game by Bill Hensman
      !Othello2  ^ Desktop version by Y Twll
      !Quarto    ^ Two player board game by Keith Theobold
      !Queens    ^ Try to place 8 queens on a chess board so no queen is
                   attacking any other queen
      !Shuvem    ^ Sliding block puzzle
      !Shuzzle   ^ Variation on the sliding block puzzle theme by Ian Palmer
      !Slide     ^ Yet another sliding block puzzle by David Johnston
      !Spots     ^ 1 to 4 player board game by Patrick Hinrichs. Too complex
                   to explain briefly but difficult and addictive
      !Stax      ^ Dominoe patience game
      !Words     ^ Guess the word game
      !XReferenc ^ Addictive game where you have to guess all the letters in
                   a grid at the bottom of the screen


G171  Asylum     ^ Cut-down version of a multi-level platform game by
                   Digital Psychosis
      !Bomber    ^ This seems to be a 1 to 4 player game where you have to
                   move around a maze, using bombs to remove obstructions,
                   but no instructions at all
      !CyberWar  ^ Forget the blurb - it's a zap-everything-that-moves
                   shoot-em-up by Darren Windsor
      !Xor       ^ Superb multi-level desktop maze game by John Hedley. I
                   seem to remember this game being a great hit on the BBC
                   many years ago


G172  -=-  Adventure and Maze games  -=-
      !Dungeon   ^ Fairly small and simple game using the Trellis
                   interpreter.
      DungeonDuo ^ Two player game by Paul Hallam where you rush about the
                   corridors killing baddies. Includes an editor.
      !KrytenTXT ^ Nice text adventure game by Robert Titman. Loys of rooms
                   and interesting objects but a reasonable knowledge of Red
                   Dwarf would be an advantage
      !Pratt     ^ Fake Pratt by Mark Randall. The pop group Fake Pratt have
                   vanished only 20 minutes before they're due on stage and
                   you have to find them. Short game and the solution is
                   provided.
      !ShugTExp  ^ By David Johnston, Shuggy The Explorer. Shuggy's village
                   is plagued by attacks by orcs and he decides to stop them
      TRSW       ^ The Rather Silly Way, written by Andrew Williams and
                   converted to the Arc by James Cort. No description
                   necessary, the name says it all.


G173  !AstroSmsh ^ Shoot-em-up by GEK with lots of bells and whistles
                   including a weapon shop where you can buy extra goodies
      !CyberWar  ^ By Darren Windsor. There IS a plot, but basically it's a
                   one or two player shoot-everything-that-moves game.
      !Positron  ^ Straightforward Space Invaders game by Jonathan Tate


G174  !BallonInv ^ You fly a balloon, dropping bombs on enemy tanks etc. and
                   fighting off attacks by planes and missiles
      !Hedz      ^ Very strange! The heads of assorted school friends and
                   teachers are bouncing around the screen trying to squash
                   you and you have to zap them.


G175  !Eclipse   ^ Another (quite good) space invaders game from Chris
                   Hakes. Lots of levels and features.
      !Gunship   ^ Sideways scrolling shoot-em-up by Paul Hallam. Lots of
                   complicated controls and is supposed to need two people
                   the fly the gunship, a pilot and a gunner, but anyone
                   with three hands or under the age of twelve should have
                   no problems.


G176  -=-  Flight sim games  -=-
      !Seaplane  ^ Instead of the normal jet fighter it's a WWII scenario
                   where you are flying a seaplane in the Mediterranean
                   against German U-boats and troopships.
      !Tornado   ^ Conventional SIMIS game
      !X-Wing    ^ Another interesting variation by Neal Plews. This time
                   it's a Star Wars scenario.


G177  -=-  Gameboy emulator and games  -=-
      G177-1 contains the Gameboy Emulator (v0.56) by Purple Monchichi plus
      several games. Each following disc contains more games. Individual
      disc costs 1.50 but there is a special price for the complete set.
      ***updatedSep97***
                    See also B431

      G177-1       Gameboy Emulator plus games Bill & Ted, Bionic, Blades of
                   Steel, Blues Brothers, Bomber Man, Bubble Bobble
      G177-2       Best of Best, Bo Jackson, Donkey Kong Land
      G177-3       Blodia, Cool Spot, Dodge Ball, Drac Kid, Dr Mario, Duck
                   Tales 2, Galaga + Galaxian, Hunchback
      G177-4       FFL (Final Fantasy Legend), FFL2, FFL3, Mystic Quest
      G177-5       FIFA Soccer, tennis, Track & Field, WWF
      G177-6       Card Game, casino, Chess Master, Itchy, Magnetic Soccer,
                   SpartN+J, Ultraman, Worms, and two versions of Tetris
      G177-7       Toshinden, Warrior Land and a simple Space Invaders
      G177-8       Legend of Zelda, Runes of Virtue, Prince of Persia, Kid
                   Icarus
      G177-9       Bomber Jack, Gauntlet, Jungle Book, Kwirk, Loony Tunes,
                   Mario Brothers, Pac Man, Parodius, Snoopy

      Complete Gameboy collection -
                 On 9 x 800K discs     10.00
                 On 5 x 1.6Mb discs     8.00


G178  !Firebolt  ^ Game by Ian Waugh for 1 to 4 players. You make your way
                   through levels by dropping a bomb to blow holes in walls
                   (getting out of the way rapidly). Lots of levels and a
                   screen designer
      !Frak      ^ Platform game by GEK productions. I seem to remember an
                   old game on the BBC and Electron by this name, and it
                   looks a bit familiar too....
      !Kick-Off  ^ 2.9 Football Manager game by Mark Davies. You have to do
                   all the things you would expect if you were running a
                   football team, buy and sell players, look after your
                   stadium, and you can even borrow money to carry out
                   improvements. Once the season starts you have to decide
                   on tactics and look after morale. This is a complicated
                   program, and a complete season will take several hours
                   (probably not all in one session). A 'must have' for all
                   football fans who are sure they could do a lot better
                   than all those !$%*ing useless managers
                   ***updatedSep97***


G179  !Holocaust ^ By Graham Crockford. Really a hugely expanded version of
            the game where 2 to 4 players throw rocks at each other over a
            hill or wall. With this implementation you can chose between 22
            different weapons, lots of accessories, shields, move about
            (using up fuel), etc. With all the graphics and sounds the game
            is rather large, about 1.8Mb

            On 2 x 800K or 1 x 1.6Mb disc


G180  !Emotions  Cut down demo version of RPC only game by GEK productions.
            No instructions, just a list of key codes, but it looks like one
            of those games where you dash about avoiding baddies, collecting
            coins, etc. I suspect it's quite good, but I don't have time to
            find out what to do by trial end error
                 As it's RPC only and about 1.2Mb it's only available on HD
            disc at a price of *** 1.65 ***


G181  !NoWindows ^ Get your own back on Bill Gates for Crimes Against
                   Humanity and ease your frustrations by zapping the
                   Windows logos
      !PacAttack ^ Rather old but playable version of the game
      !Pharaohs  ^ The Pharaohs Secret Tomb, by Generation Design. Seek out
                   the tombs and find the goodies, etc.
      !Powerball ^ Very good desktop 'breakout' by David Ramsden. Very
                   playable


G182  !Bombs     ^ By Steven Kramer, 3D puzzle game where you move around,
                   blowing up the bombs, without exploding yourself
      !DeathBall ^ 1 to 4 player game by Thomas Leonard. Move your 'ball'
                   about various levels collecting coloured bars. Includes
                   instructions for creating your own levels
      !OgresLair ^ By Kevin Martin. 1 or 2 player game. Explore the ogres
                   lair, find him, and kill him. Only it's not quite as
                   simple as that (well, it wouldn't be, would it!)
      !Splodge   ^ By David Johnson, quickly try to get to the exit of each
                   level while collecting bonus points, using various
                   objects to help you, and avoiding the baddies


G183  !Blue      ^ Blue Thunder by D.Birch. Vertically scrolling shoot-em-up
      !Hive      ^ Very good space invaders game by Matthew Bloch and
                   others. Lots of features and includes C source code
      !Stib      ^ 1.03 Good and addictive game by Julian Brown. A sort of
                   cross between Breakout and Tetris. You 'shoot' things at
                   the wall to make sets of three, when you do they vanish


G184  !Avian     ^ Help the intergalactic space-pilot/budgerigar rescue the
                   hostage budgies captured by a cat. A sort of vertically
                   scrolling Cave Run with extras by Matt Lucas
      !Hopper    ^ 1.00 Yes, I know you've seen it before, but that doesn't
                   mean it's not still fun. Very good version of the classic
                   game by Simon Foster
      !PlantEat  ^ 1.2 Man Eating Plants by Paul Hallam. Try to stay alive
                   dodging the monsters by hiding behind the plants.


G185  -=-  Puzzle games  -=-
      !7Patient2 ^ Non desktop unexiting 7 card patience game by P.Kerr
      !FiveDice  ^ 1 to 3 player desktop dice game by Michael Ellis
      !Hearts    ^ This is some sort of card game by Nick Rice who says he's
                   not going to give any instructions because he's too busy.
                   How considerate!
      !MindTrap  ^ Very difficult desktop puzzle game by Darren Salt. You
                   have to line up all the blocks of the same colour by
                   rotating/swapping sets. You can save/resume a game at any
                   time (very useful!)
      !SokoBas   ^ 1.4 By Arjan Opmeer, desktop version of the game where
                   you have to shove the blocks scattered about a room to
                   the storage area. Obviously this isn't quite as simple as
                   it sounds
      !RSI       ^ A similar, and I think better, version by John Knight.
                   The levels are plain text so you can make your own and
                   you can save games


G186  !Chaos     ^ A good description. The general idea is to shoot at just
                   about everything and score as much as possible before the
                   inevitable happens
      !RHFT      ^ Rock Hard Fluffy Thing by Mike Goatly. Collect the
                   diamonds while avaoiding the Nasty Things. Good game,
                   with a map designer


G187  !Risk ^ Another version of the popular game, this time by Steve Bosman
      Ayra ^ Highly acclaimed Shareware graphical text adventure with
            interactive puzzles from Chris Egan and David Taylor. Over 330
            locations and 800 objects.
            This program is too big to fit on a single 800K disc and it
            won't run from an archive, so you need either a HD drive or a
            hard disc to run it.

                 On 2 x 800K or 1 x 1.6Mb disc


G188  !PinWizard ^ Pinball Wizard by Mike Pool. Non desktop game. No
                   instructions but although it is implied that the flippers
                   should work I can't make them.
      !SuperFE   ^ Super Foul Egg. Good tetris type game for from 1 to 4
                   players. Lots of features and nice graphics.


G189  !ArchiF    ^ Archi Fighters. A rather unfinished beat-em-up game.
                   Works on the RPC but the players tend to vanish off
                   screen from where you here the sounds of your fighter
                   having the *&^$ knocked out of him
      !Inferno   ^ Playable demo of a multi-level game from Paradise where
                   you have to try to damp down the reactor before it
                   explodes. Lots of assorted gimmicks etc.
      !Invaders  ^ Faithful desktop reproduction of the original Space
                   Invaders
      !StarBase  ^ Missile command type game by Graham Rawbottom



G190  (Previously G075 and G085)
      !CTetris   ^ Colour Tetris, desktop version
      !Kalaha    ^ Extremely difficult desktop puzzle game by Graham Jones
      !RISCLife  ^ Desktop Life by Henrik Pedersen. Works on RPC but only in
                   Mode 12
      !War       ^ Nice desktop throw-bombs-at-the-enemy-castle game by
                   Henrik Pedersen
      !dtTaipei  ^ Good desktop version by Graham Jones with 999 repeatable
                   games in addition to the normal random setup
      !Pipey     ^ By L.Drapes, join up the pipes before the ball reaches
                   the end. Nice version, easy to play
      !Maze      ^ Simple 3D maze program by Steven Haslam
      !PolySaw   ^ Desktop jigsaw by Graham Jones
      !Taletta   ^ Vertical scrolling shoot-em-up by AMF, now modified to
                   work on RPC.
      !Umoria    ^ 5.5 Mines of Umoria. A highly complex dungeons game with
                   lots of documentation
      PLUS hacks and utilities for Interdictor II, Mad Professor, Mig29, No
                   Excuses, Pipemania, Rotor, Holed Out and Nevyron


G191  (Prev. G004 and G039 - most of these suitable for younger children)
      !Fall Guy  ^ 2 player sliding block game
      !Bomber    ^ The old favourite again
      !3d-Life   ^ Exactly what it says!
      Core Wars  ^ Two computer programs fight to the death
      !VIC-20Em  ^ VIC 20 emulator, doesn't do much but neither did VIC 20
      !DeskWar   ^ A tank drives about the desktop and shoots at things
      !IconMatch ^ Good 'Pairs' game using RISC OS icons
      !IconMix   ^ Mixes up the filetype icons - very confusing
      !Follower  ^ A little worm follows the mouse pointer
      !Asteroids ^ Dodge the rocks
      !Pipey     ^ Lay pipes to catch the ball
      !SprayCan  - Desktop graffiti
      !Frogs     ^ A frog bounces along the bottom of the screen
      !Keyboard  ^ Play tunes on a desktop organ keyboard
      !Darts     ^ Good two player darts game
      !Cat       ^ Animated pussy in a small window
      !Swinger   ^ Swings mouse pointer to point in the direction it's
                   moving
      BrickRun   ^ The opposite of 'breakout' games. Stop the bricks and
                   form a wall
      !Billion   ^ Desktop text adventure with over one billion combinations
                   so more than a billion different games
      !Hextris   ^ Tetris type game but with hexagonal shapes so more
                   difficult
      !Executor  ^ Several interesting sounds you select by 'pressing' a
                   button in a desktop window
      !SPatience ^ Superior desktop patience that plays a variety of
                   different games. Also has undo, replay etc
      !StarFight ~ Space invaders type game by N & C Westley
      !Tensile   ~ Interesting novelty. A shape is drawn in a window and you
                   'pick up' a corner with the mouse. That corner then
                   follows the mouse pointer about and the rest of the shape
                   tries to follow as if made of rubber bands. Hard to
                   describe, fun to watch
      !NewSprt2  ^ Alternative desktop icons
      Plus a module to use the game Saloon Cars with multisync monitors and
                   cheats and hacks for Elite, Man at Arms, E type, Chocks
                   Away, Alerion, BattleTank, etc.etc


G192  (Previously G006 plus G009)
      !TBVG      ^ Drive your tank (?) about and try to shoot the thingies
                   before they shoot you. Good game
      InYerFace  ^ Two player 'Light Cycles' game with extra features
      Zorf       ^ Two player game. Shoot your opponents' spaceship and
                   dodge the planets
      !Horses    ^ Simple horse racing/gambling game. A bit slow but kids
                   like it
      !Racer     ^ Car racing game with a difference - it's played on the
                   icon bar sprite
      -=- Three separate adventures by AMF the Doomwatcher -=-
      KORC series  = Three text adventures, KORC 1, 2 and 3. Set in the
                   Kingdom of Relative Concepts. An unusual world, full of
                   strange characters and objects. The games have a variety
                   of very strange plots!
      Fortress of Time ^ Text adventure set in a strange fortress with over
                   400 rooms. Initially much of the plot is unknown. Many of
                   the inhabitants lie dead after a previous conflict and
                   your objective is to discover the past and destroy the
                   evil that still lives within the fortress
      Dimension  = 3D game where you move about collecting yellow tiles,
                   some of which are hidden behind locked doors. These can
                   only be opened by collecting the keys. Others are guarded
                   by balls which can kill you. A screen editor is provided


G193  (Previously G007 and G048)
      !Lemings   ^ Superb clone of the commercial game from Tom Cooper. I
                   assume the name has been changed for copyright reasons
                   but having read the instructions it might be a spelling
                   mistake
      !Domain    ^ Sorcerers Domain, loosely based on Repton by AMF. Many
                   strange puzzles requiring logic to complete. Three
                   editors can be used to design screen sets, define new
                   characters and define how the sprites interact with each
                   other and alter their characteristics


G194  (Previously G068 and G098)
      Impact II  ^ Very good 'breakout' game with editor
      Meteors    ^ Zap the meteors before they get you
      SkyPilot   ^ Shooting game, needs cache off on faster machines
      Bang       ^ 0.06 Mines game from Cy Booker
      Speedline  ^ Tron type game for two or three players
      SuperSkate ^ Jump over the holes
      !ArchieMan ^ Good desktop PacMan by Robert Armes and Mark Syms
      !EOR       ^ Guide the 'hero' round the desktop maze and find the
                   coins and the door to the next level
      !Connect4  ^ Popular desktop puzzle
      !Maze      ^ Icon bar maze game
      !Shanghai  ^ Desktop version
      !ShootEmUp ^ By Lee McGinty, space invaders on the icon bar!
      !Wizard    ^ This is an early, short, version of Wizard. The full
                   version is now on disk G008

      PLUS two editors for the commercial game Caverns and one for Nevyron


G195  (Previously G008 plus)
      !Wizard    = Full version of game previewed on disc B068. You rush
                   about trying to collect various items while dodging the
                   assorted thingies that are attempting to kill you. Not
                   state-of-the-art but very playable
      !Styx      ^ 3.0 Good game from Tom Cooper. Now actually has some
                   instructions!!!
      !WR_Demo   ^ World Racing, cut down version of a car racing game from
                   S.Boham. This version is single player, only 3 levels and
                   no sound


G196  !Botkiller ^ By Artex Software who wrote Exodus. 30 level game where
            you have to kill all the insane robots, solving puzzles
            collecting objects and avoiding various things that are trying
            to kill you.
      On 2 x 800K or 1 x 1.6Mb disc. Needs 2Mb RAM but can be run from a
            single 800K drive


G197  !Arya      ^ Graphical text adventure with interative puzzles. Over
                   330 locations and 800 objects. Registered version has 16
                   bit graphics on the RPC and 8 bit on others. This version
                   contains a reduced number of 8 bit graphics
      !FarWest   ^ Desktop graphical adventure by Faederico Gallo created
                   using GTAC. Unlike the usual Dungeons & Magic scenario
                   this one's set in the Wild West
      On 2 X 800K or 1 x 1.6Mb disc. If you have an 800K drive and no hard
                   disc you can run a graphics-less version of Arya


G198  !Firebolt  ^ 1 to 4 player game by Ian Waugh where you have to drop
                   bombs and blast your way through a maze. With screen
                   designer
      !FantasyF1 ^ Fantasy Formula 1 by Stephen Hawkins. Choose your team
                   and follow the races while you try to win the F! world
                   championship
      !RailPro   ^ Superb simulation of traffic control of a railway station
                   by Jos Keijzers. You let trains arrive, guide them to a
                   platform, and direct them to the correct exit lines.
                   There are several ready-made stations and timetables, and
                   an editor program for you to make your own. If this
                   sounds rather boring (nothing to shoot, no bombs, etc)
                   you couldn't be more wrong. It's VERY difficult to keep
                   everything moving on time.


G199  -=- Games suitable for younger users -=-
      !Battle    ^ Battleships game
      !Columns   ^ Tetris game but quite gentle and easy to play
      !Dot_Dot   ^ Join up the dots and make a picture
      !Jigsaw    ^ Very good jigsaw puzzle with several jigsaws and lots of
                   options to make it hard or easy
      !Matchit   ^ Join up the tops and bottoms of the figures
      !Minefield ^ Simple desktop Mines
      !ProDarts  ^ Good darts game
      !Shooting2 ^ Shoot the birds as they fly past
      !Starfight ^ Simple two player game
      !Voyager   ^ Fly through the rings of the planets to gather data


G200  !Plig      ^ By Chris Egan. Collect all the goodies in each level
                   before the time runs out
      !Thrust    ^ By Richard Atterer, another (but good) clone of the
                   popular oldie


G201  !Wavelength   ^ I think this is a single level demo of a game by
            GamesWare, but it's difficult to be sure because they're too
            silly to say so. Anyway, it's playable and quite good.


G202  !Frogger   ^ Hopper clone. Fairly good version, lots of levels with
                   increasing difficulty. The graphics aren't brilliant but
                   it plays well
      !Bouncy    ^ Great little game where you have to 'bounce' a ball along
                   platforms to change their colour without falling into the
                   abyss
      !Cairo     ^ By Evan Lewis, explore and loot the dungeon


G203  !STG       ^ Save The Geeks. Only you can stop the evil Snerds from
                   killing the nice little Geeks.
      !MrDoo     ^ Good maze type game by S.Kett


G204  IYAToV     ^ It's Yet Another Tetris Variant. Blocks drop anto a
                   see-saw and you have to try to keep it balanced. This
                   version now modified to work on S/ARM
      !Xylon-Pro ^ One or two player Space Invaders style shoot-'em-up


G205  !Joop      ^ Platform game from GEK. The 2 x 800K version can't be run
                   from floppy but must be copied to a hard disc.

                 On 2 x 800K or 1 x 1.6Mb discs


G206  !BunnyRace ^ Great platform game from Philip Mellor. Help Elvis the
                   Bunny catch the evil Alfonso who's nicked his cabbages.
                   The 800K version runs from floppy

                 On 2 x 800K or 1 x 1.6Mb discs.


G207  !CavrnDuel ^ 1.22 Two player game by Graeme and Steven Scott. You have
                   to search the caverns to find weapons, armour and food
                   before meeting your adversary
      !JawWars   ^ Use your toothbrush to zap the evil germs before they
                   destroy all the teeth
      !Lunar     ^ 3D walking shooting game by Graham Bell. OK, so it's not
                   Doom, but it's a lot cheaper
      !TankDuel  ^ RPC/A7000 only game by Graeme Scott. 2 to 4 players drive
                   their tanks about the landscape, hiding behind things and
                   shooting at their opponents
      !TDT       ^ Straightforward but difficult top-view tank game. Simple
                   wire-frame graphics but lots of features


G208  Wizard Apprentice demo. 3 level playable demo of the RPC only CD game.
            To get it onto a floppy disc a lot has been left out, amongst
            other things, there's no sound. It's been compressed as a ZIP
            file (a copy of !SparkPlug is provided) so you will need to copy
            it to your hard disc. Wizard Apprentice normally costs 14.95
            (see the CD catalogue) but if you return this disc with your
            order you need pay only 14

                 On 1 x 1.6Mb disc


G209  !Abuse  A port of the PD release of the Crack dot Com PC game by Nick
            Vrenna. The full data files for Abuse are not PD, but the 3
            level Shareware one is available, and this is included. I'm told
            that the program will work with the data files from the full PC
            game if you have a copy. This is RPC only, although I gather
            that it will work on any machine from 610 to S/ARM

                 On 2 x 1.6Mn discs, price 2.50


G210  Thunder Strike ^  Four mission flight simulator game by Shanaka
            Thilakawardhana. Although it's a very large game it can be run
            from floppy (800K or 1.6Mb)

                 On 2 x 800K or 1 x 1.6Mb disc


G211  !Elite     ^ 32 bit version of the best BBC game, and probably one of
                   the really great classic games. Includes a utility to let
                   it run on S/ARM and a copy of the Commander editor
                   !Elite+. If you think you're good, create a Commander
                   with NO weapons, NO carge, NO money, JUST enough fuel to
                   reach the next system and see how you get on. (Yes, it
                   can be done)
      !EliteTrad ^ Shows the profit/loss from trading cargoes between
                   different systems
      !InfMass   ^ Collect all the pills before you run out of time
      !Future    ^ Yet another flight sim game. Quite good, if anything
                   slightly better than most


G212  !Blup      ^ Good platform game by Richard Talbot-Watkins and Matthew
                   Godbolt. RPC only, and it looks like a conversion with a
                   letterbox screen but nicely done and good gameplay
      !BOMB      ^ Battle Of the Master Bombers by Owain Cole. Copy of an
                   Amiga game of the same name with extras, something like
                   Bomba Man
      !MrMatt    ^ Extremely good desktop maze/falling blocks game by Huib
                   Verweij


G213  !Marsquake ^ I've just realised that this great game by Paul Taylor
                   wasn't in the library. Well, it is now. Includes editor
      !Digger    ^ Port of a PC game by Andrew Jenner. Very playable. Avoid
                   the nasties and get the cash!  With lots of extra levels


G214  !Flotsam   ^ Flotsam of a Dream, rather good GTAC desktop game by
                   Edmund Richardson with close links to certain well known
                   space TV series and films. It's not 'closed' so if you've
                   got a copy of GTAC you could add to it
      !Maze      ^ Desktop maze by David Johnson, with designer
      !XmasTanx  ^ 1 to 4 player fling-things-at-the-other-players game by
                   Andrew Hunter. Set in Antartica, hence the name, and it's
                   got all the usual features and more


G215  !Caves     ^ Fly around the caves, avoid the obstacles, zap te aliens,
                   etc. By Matthew Wilson
      !DStar     ^ Roll around the maze and collect the balls. 25 levels
                   plus a level editor, by Andrew Von Dollen
      !Infest    ^ Infestation by David Stubbs. Fight your way to and
                   destroy the teleport device thats introducing eggs which
                   hatch into strange monstrosities. With editor
      !SpceLnche ^ Push the missiles to the launch pads so they are all
                   launched before your time runs out
      !Vortex    ^ Vertical scrolling shoot-em-up


G216  !Monopoly  ^ Very good and comprehensive and desktop version of the
            classic game by D.Mortimer. Up to 6 players with lots of options
            and can save/load games




