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From: neil@progress.COM (Neil Galarneau)
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Subject: Re: Want pointers to _good_ msdos games
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Date: 31 Dec 90 20:09:16 GMT
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gauthier@ug.cs.dal.ca (Paul Gauthier) writes:

>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.

One game that fits the bill perfectly is Space War.  Space War is a share-ware
game which is of the highest quality.

Space War is an arcade-type game.  You can play either 1 or two players on
one keyboard.  If there is only 1 player, you can turn on a defensive or
offensive robot to practice against if you so choose.

Space War was written in 1985 by Bill Seiler I believe.  He supported
Hercules and cga.  I sent him some money, he sent me the source code.  It is
all in assembly language, but very clean and well documented.  The herc is
beautiful!

This game is the same idea as the Space War on the PDP-1.  You and an
opponent have spaceships (gravity and a planet are independent toggle switches)
and you fly around in a wrap around universe and shoot at each other.


I HIGHLY recommend the game.  I spent far too many hours playing this game
to tell you exactly HOW MANY in a public forum such as this :-).

The exciting thing about the game is that you can play against a
tricky, learning, persistent opponent (a human being) in addition to the
robots.


I don't know where this game is in netland.


Have fun!

Neil
neil@progress.com