============================================================ T H E G A M E S A R C H I V E N E W S L E T T E R ============================================================ Number 3 * 8 May 1999 * http://gamesarchive.etmnet.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome! ------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the new newsletter of The Games Archive! We have added a new section to the newsletter, called 'Site tip'. There you will find each release of the newsletter a nice or original games site. ------------------------------------------------------------ Newsletter index ------------------------------------------------------------ * Welcome! * Game tip + Doom * What's new? + Play Pong while chatting * Top 10 downloads * Site tip + MidTimeGames * Wanted! + Twilight 2000 * Feedback + Michael + Delenn * WebPoll * Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------ Game tip ------------------------------------------------------------ - Doom Title: Doom Author: id Software File size: 2,35 MB Year: 1993 Version: Shareware 1.666 Rating: [X][X][X][X][X] Doom is a fast-moving virtual reality game in which you are plunged into a brutal 3-D world. To escape alive, you must outfight legions of grisly fiends and solve Doom's lethal puzzles. You play a marine equipped with a variety of weapons and technological artifacts, but in the end it comes down to who's tougher: you or them. Screenshot: http://gamesarchive.etmnet.com/images/doom.gif If you want to download this game, go to The Games Archive (http://gamesarchive.etmnet.com/). After that you must choose 'Games' in the frame to the left. Then you could select 'Doom'. You will get a HTML document with some information about the game. There you will also find a link with which you can download the game. ------------------------------------------------------------ What's new? ------------------------------------------------------------ - Play Pong while chatting We have added the game Pong (Java) to the chat page. This because you often must wait long before you get response from the person who is chatting with you. Then you could play Pong, which is located under the chatbox. So you don't waste your time! It's very easy to use: click with your mouse on the applet and the game begins! Your paddle is controlled by the mouse, the opponent's paddle is controlled by the computer. You could try it if you wish! ------------------------------------------------------------ Top 10 downloads ------------------------------------------------------------ The following games are most downloaded: 1. Pinball Fantasies 6. Cannon Fodder 2. Doom 7. Wolfenstein 3D 3. Worms 8. Aquanoid 4. Wacky Wheels 9. Duke Nukem 5. Ninja Rabbits 10. Transport Tycoon ------------------------------------------------------------ Site tip ------------------------------------------------------------ - MidTimeGames MidTimeGames is a games site where you can download old games from 1994 till 1996. Most of the games you can play on a computer with a 80486 processor in MS-DOS. But they have also Windows games. Select a category, download a game and have gaming fun! The site is under construction, so not everything will work! URL: http://midtimegames.webjump.com/ Do you know a nice or original games site? Then you could send it to us! Please e-mail at gamesarchive@hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Wanted! ------------------------------------------------------------ In this section you will find postings from our message board. Most people are looking for a game that isn't in our archive. Maybe other visitors (or readers of this newsletter) own the game. Then they could contact the person who has written the message. - Twilight 2000 > "I'm looking for an old dos game, called Twilight 2000. If > you have any idea where I can find it, please e-mail me! > That would be great." Kekoa - kekoa@earthlink.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Feedback ------------------------------------------------------------ In this section of the newsletter you can find messages from visitors of our site. - Michael > "You have one awesome site!" webmaster@htmlnut.hypermart.net http://htmlnut.hypermart.net/ - Delenn > "Nice page!" queenzerg@yahoo.com http://members.tripod.com/~QueenZerg/index-3.html Thanks to all of them who have sent messages about our site! ------------------------------------------------------------ WebPoll ------------------------------------------------------------ Here are the results of our WebPoll: What's your favourite browser? Internet Explorer 45% 167 votes Netscape Navigator 45% 166 votes Opera 5% 19 votes other 5% 17 votes Total votes: 369 ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for reading our newsletter! ____________________________________________________________ If you want to unsubscribe from this mailing list, mail us at gamesarchive@hotmail.com and write down the following information: UNSUBSCRIBE your@email