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From: werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Looking for suggestions for good PC games
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Date: 17 Jul 89 03:18:40 GMT
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In article <5376@oregon.uoregon.edu>, michelbi@oregon.uoregon.edu (Michel Biedermann) writes:
> I am writing a business proposal in which I propose spending about $120 -
> $150 on computer games.  These games are mainly to help computer phobics
> overcome their apprehention of the mysterious machine.  Given that the only 
> game I own is Tetris, I a looking to the NET for help.  What games do you 
> recommend I purchase?  I should add that one of my requirements is a 
> GOOD and FUN typing TUTOR (not a simple shoot'm down thingy), and that 
> both genders will be playing these games.  


	If typing is what you want, maybe the solution is any game with
Zork in the title. If you prefer something a little less challenging,
then the Sierra adventures add in graphics what they leave out in rigor.
If just putting hands on the keyboard is the key, then how about Rogue,
or any of its successors. (actually just its successors, which have the
nice advantage of being in the public domain. Rogue, well, it is no longer
being offered by Epyx. May it rest in peace.)


-- 
	        Craig Werner   (future MD/PhD, 4.5 years down, 2.5 to go)
	     werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
              (1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517)
                           "Trust me. I'm almost a doctor."