#23 Star Trek, Othello, and Artillery bombing. EGA req'd.

EGABOMB.EXE	58848	Artillery Combat game v1.0.
EGABOMB.DOC	3512	Documentation for Artillery Combat.
OTHELLO2.EXE	112592	Othello v4.3.
TREK.EXE	147120	EGA TREK v1.0.
TREK.REF	713	Function keys references.
TREK.DOC	17365	Documentation.

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Program	Artillery Combat v1.0 (EGA version).
Hardware	64K RAM, EGA with 16 color capability.
Software	Dos 2.0 or later.
To start	Enter "EGABOMB".
To end	Hit .
Author	Rad Delaroderie. P.O. Box 1991. Columbus, GA 31907.
Reg. fee	$5.

• EGABOMB.EXE
• EGABOMB.DOC

Have you ever wanted to blast away at the person next door? Well, don't do that; have him over to play the EGABomb military artillery combat game instead!

Two players, each with an artillery position, fire shells at each other. You adjust your firing angle and gun speed to counteract the effects of the constant breeze and your enemy's position. Sometimes you even have to launch your large diameter shells over hills and berms.

Each artillery position starts the game with 100 men, but every time you launch a shell, 10 of your men desert because they can't stand the noise. Your enemy experiences the same phenomenon whenhe shoots at you. This cause a couple of things. First, you only have 10 shots before your position is deserted, and second, the more blasts it takes you to blow your enemy away, the less credit you get because there's less men available on the other side for you to kill. So it behooves you to hit bullseye in a hurry. You can also cut down your enemy's personnel with near misses.

You and your enemy can shoot it out for up to 10 separate games ant once, and when it's all over the computer gives you and your enemy a statistical analysis of the percentage of battles won, your average casualty rate, and an overall rating telling you who is the winner.

Note: This program game will not work on an IBM PCjr or PCjr compatible because of the PCjrs special screen modes used for multicolor graphics. The proram requires an EGA with 16 color capability.

Read EGABOMB.DOC to get a full description of the game and some brief instructions on how to begin.

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Program	Othello 4.2.
Hardware	EGA required.
Software	Dos 2.0 or later.
To start	Enter "OTHELLO2".
To end	Hit .
For help	Hit while in the program.
Author	Earl Waud. P.O Box 83, Buffalo, Ohio, 43722.
Reg. fee	$25. Registered user will receive a copy of the source program.

• OTHELLO2.EXE

The game of Othello is one of cunning, strategy and planning. The object is to have more "stones" at the end of the game than your opponent.

Each player begins with two stones set up in the center of the board, which is an eight by eight grid. You take turns trying to fill the grid with more stones than the other player. You must use your stones to "surround" one or more of your opponent's stones by trapping them between two of your stones, thereby converting them to your color! But beware; the same can easily be done to you!

The game is over when every space on the grid is filled, or neither player can make a legal move. If you cannot make a legal move, your turn is skipped and your opponent gets to move again.

Play with two combatants or try your skill against the computer (be forewarned, the computer is good)!

You move using the cursor keys (, , , and ).

This game even has a Boss key. A What, you ask? If you are playing Othello while you should be working, and your boss happens to stroll in, you can hit the key to "hide" until the coast is clear. To resume the play after hiding (you sneak), enter "OTHELLO". If you enter "QUIT" during hide, the game will end and return you to DOS.

On-line help is available while playing the game by hitting . To quit, hit . You can read an on-screen explanation of the game when you first start playing.

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Program	EGA TREK v1.0.
Hardware	EGA graphics card and monitor.
Software	Dos 2.0 or later.
To start	Enter "TREK".
To end	Enter "QUIT" or "Q" at the command line.
For help	Read TREK.DOC, and TREK.REF.
Author	Nels Anderson, 92 Bishop Drive, Framingham, MA 01701.
Reg. fee	$25. Registered user will receive a copy of the source program.
Donation	$10. User will receive a copy of the latest version of the game, plus user support.

• TREK.EXE
• TREK.REF
• TREK.DOC

These are the voyages of the mighty Enterprise with Captain You in command. Trajically, the Organian Peace Treaty of has collapsed and the Federation is now at war with the evil Klingon Empire. Hostilities have brought a Klingon invasion fleet to parts of Federation territory. Even the Romulan Star Empire has joined the fracas, though their presence is somewhat limited and their actions unpredicatable.

As captain of the Constitution Class Heavy Cruiser U.S.S. Enterprise, your mission in EGATrek is to secure a 64 quadrant section of the galaxy. You must destroy all Klingon vessels, including regular cruisers, command ships and maybe even a starbase. Your ship is completely battle ready, armed with a full complement of phasers and photon torpedoes, and contains 430 officers and crew members.

This EGA version of the classic Star Trek computer game is replete with a main viewing screen which actually shows planets, stars, Klingon warships, Federation starbases and Romulan vessels. Your screen comes alives with 16-color EGA graphics!

You constantly recieve messages from different parts of the ship, damage reports, messages from Federation starbases and more. Plus, you can raise and lower shields. You will need to monitor such ship functions as energy levels, shield levels, damage to systems, and weapons reserves.

The game instructions should be read before the game is played, since EGATrek is not entirely self-explanitory (at least for first-time Trek players), but the game is easy to learn using the instructions. Full documentation for EGATrek is available in the TREK.DOC file. On-line help is available from the command line by entering "H". You are also given a briefing before you start each game so that you can be brought fully abreast of the situation in your quadrant of the galaxy.

Happy Trekking!

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