Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!cs.dal.ca!ug.cs.dal.ca!gauthier From: gauthier@ug.cs.dal.ca (Paul Gauthier) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Want pointers to _good_ msdos games Message-ID: <1990Dec26.224913.12338@cs.dal.ca> Date: 26 Dec 90 22:49:13 GMT Sender: news@cs.dal.ca (USENET News) Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada Lines: 36 Nntp-Posting-Host: ug.cs.dal.ca Almost every PD/Shareware game I've come across on local BBS systems and the anonymous FTP sites that I've looked on has been of terrible quality. I found a really enjoyable 3D Chess program, a bazillion versions of Tetris clones, but that's about it. Almost everything else is written so poorly as to be unplayable. I'm looking for PD/Shareware games which are of high quality. Pointers to such games would be greatly appreciated. I'm looking for both text adventure (well written ones, not the BASIC trash that seems so abundant) and arcadish type games. I have a Herc card but have a CGA emulation program, so CGA games would be of interest as well. I'm also _very_ interested in strategy oriented games (text adventures kind of fall into this category). It seems to me that the PC's strong suit would be detailed games of strategy and/or simulation, so I think (hope) there would be at least a few gems out there. I'm looking for both one-player, two-player, head-to-head and many-player type games. Games where a group of people can sit around and spend a lazy evening playing a strategy game would be excellent. While still of interest, games which make use of a modem aren't really what I'm looking for. The reasons? I'm on break from school and wouldn't mind some enjoyable games to pass the days. Also, I just sold a '286 to a friend and he has 3 kids ranging from grade 6 to 4th year university. All of them, and the father, would like to have some games to make use of the machine while they climb the steep learning curve towards using it for word processing, database, spreadsheet, etc. Any and all recommendations are appreciated, PG -- Paul Gauthier | tyrant@ug.cs.dal.ca President, Cerebral Computer Technologies | tyrant@dalac.bitnet Phone: (902)462-8217 Fax: (send email first) | tyrant@ac.dal.ca