Source:GEnieLamp A2, November 1995

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PAUG Newsletter
November 1995 Newsletter
by Ray Pasold [R.PASOLD]

VOLUME III, NUMBER 1

The Main Events

"Play around in PAUG" was the theme for the October meeting. What are your favorite games? The answers ranged from classics that used the old DOS 3.3 operating system to sophisticated 16-bit GS-specific games. The Eamon text adventure games won hands down as the favorite DOS 3.3 games, and almost all of them, with exception of the three commercial versions by Softdisk, are available right here in the A2 RoundTable Library! The most recent versions are in ProDOS 8. Before you can play the games, you must download the Master disk and the Main Hall disk, with versions available in both DOS 3.3 and ProDOS. These Eamon games are all in the public domain, and there is no shareware fee.

Battle Chess and Chessmaster were not only discussed, but members also wanted to know how to get them. Since they are both commercial games and no longer available, the best advice is to search in the Free Trade Zone for used copies. Just recently, both games were advertised for sale by Mr. Tracy Cook of A+ Technologies. A demo of the Battle Chess game is available in the A2 library. Chessmaster 2100 comes in both 8-bit and GS specific versions. The 8-bit version is copy protected and not hard drive installable. There are patches and fixes in the library so that Battle Chess and Chessmaster GS can be run from the Finder. The Chessmaster patches include a neat icon file. If you have the Bonus Icons file from Scantron Quality Computers, it includes an awesome Battle Chess icon.

Another chess game mentioned was Sargon III. Sargon III is only available for the Apple in DOS 3.3, but it is a powerful game! You can use the mouse and play at level 9, however; waiting for a reply at that level can take over one hour on an accelerated Apple II! This is usually not a problem, since most amateur players (like me) have a hard time beating level 2 (there are nine levels), which provides almost instant response. This disk is copy protected and not hard drive installable.

All three of these chess machines are rated by the U.S. Chess Federation and can play you at Master Play levels. They all provide tutorial games and instruction. In Chessmaster 2100 GS, there is even the ability to play Speed Chess! You can pick from 1 minute to 99 minute games (5 minutes is the norm), and if your clock runs to zero, Chessmaster promptly announces, "Your time has run out. You lose." Amazing!

Quick Peek into the Meeting

Let's take a quick peek into the meeting and see what happened. Of course, this is edited for content and confidential, so don't tell anyone!

Notice on door: Join us and "Play around in PAUG." What are your favorite games? Do you have any good tips? Have you downloaded a good game lately? Let's talk about playing around.

<Cindy> Hi! Welcome to PAUG! [Cindy is the PAUG RTC leader]

** <Eamon Zealot> is here.

<Eamon Zealot> yo.

<PATZ.PIX> howdy again, Tom.

<Cindy> Hi Tom, Welcome to PAUG

<Ron> Hi Tom

<Ron> Hi John

<Cindy> If anyone has anything to say about games — just speak up!

<Cindy> I have an idea what Tom plays.

<Eamon Zealot> This is where we talk about collecting pogs, right?

<Cindy> LOL [This means "laughing out loud"]

<Ron> LOL!

<Ron> Okay, Eamon games... never have tried them.

<Cindy> Tell us a little about Eamons

<Ron> Yeah, give us the FAQs, okay? (hehehehe)

<Eamon Zealot> Ron, if you like text adventuring, you'll probably like Eamon. If not, you won't.

<Cindy> What is Text adventuring?

<Eamon Zealot> Text adventuring is a style of gaming in which the computer tells you what you see, and you type in commands to move about and act on objects and creatures. The original Adventure by Crowther and Woods is the classic example. The Infocom series of games are text adventures.

<Ron> Like the Zork games and the old Infocom stuff, then.

<Eamon Zealot> Yes, Ron. Exactly.

<Cindy> Do you have to be a rocket scientist to play them? <g>

<Eamon Zealot> No, Cindy, you don't need to be a rocket scientist.

<Eamon Zealot> Eamons are NOT commercial. It's all public-domain, with the exception of three that were published in Softdisk. The other 236 Eamons were written by ordinary people. About half of them aren't so good, but the top 50 or 60 are very good.

<Ron> I'd say one of the things that got me into computing was the Infocom games. I was really fascinated with them.

<Eamon Zealot> Me too, Ron. I wasted about a year of my life playing every Infocom game I could afford. I played the original Zork on a DEC PDP-11/34 back when all you could get on personal computers was Zork I. The original encompassed all three Zorks.

<Bill> Don't mean to change the subject, but does anyone know where to get a good chess game for the IIGS?

<Eamon Zealot> Feel free to change the subject, Bill! I don't know of any chess games for the GS.

The conversation then went on about the chess games. This is just an example of the fun and top notch information you will get when you attend a PAUG meeting. Don't you wish you would have been there?

The Library

Great games are to be found in the A2 Library. Here's where to get them.

DOS 3.3:	Library 42
ProDOS 8:	Library 33
GS specific:	Library 21

Here are some specific files you may want.

Chess Stuff

11191	CM2100.RUN.BXY	Run ChessMaster from GS/OS
10243	CM2100HLP.BXY	Icon & HD help for Chessmaster GS.
21557	CM2100.FIX.BXY	Remove CM2100 (IIGS) key protection
19941	CHESSFINDER.BXY	Run BattleChess, others, under 6.0
8570	BTLCHSSDEMO.BXY	Demo of Battle Chess GS

Eamon Stuff

The DOS 3.3 Demos and Master disks:

8828	EAMON.D.001.BXY	Eamon Master Disk (DOS 3.3)
8833	EAMON.D.GMH.BXY	Eamon Graphics Main Hall (DOS 3.3)
8667	EAMON.D.DD6.BXY	DOS 3.3 Eamon Dungeon Designer v6.2
8496	EAMON.DEMO.BXY	Stand-alone Eamon Demo (DOS 3.3)
8952	EAMON.D.162.BXY	Eamon.162 Eamon v7.0 Demo (DOS 3.3)
21219	EAMON.D.DD7.BXY	DOS 3.3 Eamon Dungeon Designer v7.1
21220	EAMON.D.MDS.BXY	DOS 3.3 Eamon DDD 7.1 Supplement
21221	EAMON.D.UTL.BXY	DOS 3.3 Eamon Utility Programs

Some DOS 3.3 amazing helpers:

23012	OZ.DOS.1.0.BXY	DOS 3.3 for 800K 3.5" disk
23013	MOVER.1.03.BXY	Store 5 5.25" disks on one 3.5"

HyperCard GS Eamon:

15457

EAMON.HCGS.BXY

Main Hall & Beginners Cave in HCGS

ProDOS Eamon:

16219	EAMON.001.BXY	ProDOS Eamon Master/Main Hall
15702	EAMON.GMH.BXY	ProDOS Graphics Main Hall
11767	EAMON.P.191.BXY	ProDOS Enhanced Beginners Cave
11768	EAMON.P.195.BXY	ProDOS The Training Ground
11842	EAMON.MAPS.BXY	Misc. Eamon maps
12062	EAMON.PURGE.BXY	ProDOS EAMON.DESC file fixer
15100	EAG.DEC90.BXY	Sample Eamon newsletter
16866	UNIV.CHKFIL.BXY	Universal Eamon file verify program
16728	BEST.EAMONS.BXY	An incredible role-play experience
19410	EAMON.VARS.BXY	Variable listing for Eamon MAIN.PGM
21218	EAMON.DDD71.BXY	ProDOS Eamon Dungeon Designer v7.1
21222	EAMON.ADB.BXY	Appleworks ADB of Eamon list.
21234	EAMON.UTL.BXY	ProDOS EAG Eamon Utilities
23019	EAMON.LISTS.BXY	Updates of six Eamon Lists

More Stuff

A few we didn't mention:

23321	COGITO.BXY	Cogito, a Brutal Deluxe IIgs game
23380	Q2.BXY	Treasures from Heaven (GS)
23480	STALACTITES.BXY	Stalactites for the IIgs
23428	SPACEINV.GS.BXY	GS version of the 1978 arcade hit
23504	NUMBLOX1.0.BXY	Logic Game using numbered blocks (GS)
23575	FF.MANUAL.BXY	Printable manual for ForestFire (SoftDisk GS)
24234	GAMES.UTILS.BXY	Game hacking and cheats

Have FUN!