============================================================ 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 7 * 6 July 1999 * http://www.dosgamesarchive.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Table of contents ------------------------------------------------------------ * What's new? + Online shop + Hosted sites * Game tip + Worms * Top 10 downloads * Wanted! + Civilization + RPG games + Maddog games * WebPoll * Site tip + Abondonware Search Page ------------------------------------------------------------ What's new? ------------------------------------------------------------ - Online shop ---------------------------------------------- * Computer games In association with Softdisk's DownloadStore.com, we provide the possibility to buy computer games from our site. The games are reviewed and there is also a screenshot of the game. It's very easy to order a game, you only need your credit card! We have the following games in the shop: The Lost Vikings............................... $15.00 Keen Dreams.................................... $9.95 Dangerous Dave's Risky Rescue.................. $9.95 Falcon A.T..................................... $19.95 Catacomb Abyss 3-D............................. $9.95 Hovertank 3-D.................................. $9.95 If you order a game, it will be downloaded directly (you don't have to wait for the postman!) More games are coming soon. * Computer books In association with Amazon.com, we also sell books on our site. All our recommended books are top quality and related to MS-DOS. The books are reviewed and there is an image of the cover. These books are currently in the shop: Prince of Persia: The Official Strategy Guide.. $15.96 Running DOS Games under Windows 95............. $15.96 CD-ROM Classics: Cheats and Hints.............. $19.99 2,001 PC Cheats................................ $14.99 If you want to visit our online shop, go to: http://www.dosgamesarchive.com and choose 'Online shop' in the frame to the left. - Hosted sites --------------------------------------------- Since a few days, we are hosting other sites on The Games Archive: * The MS-DOS Games Ring - http://webring.dosgamesarchive.com This webring contains the most coolest sites about classic computer games and abondonware on the Internet. * MidTimeGames - http://midtimegames.dosgamesarchive.com Here you can download computer games for Windows and MS-DOS. Select a categorie, download a game and have fun! * SaveGamesNet - http://savegames.dosgamesarchive.com On this site you can download save games for several computer games. * WarCraft World - http://warcraft.dosgamesarchive.com Everything about the classic computer game 'WarCraft: Orcs and Humans' from Blizzard Entertainment (site in Dutch). Want to find out how to get your site hosted on The Games Archive? Please go to http://www.dosgamesarchive.com and choose 'Hosted sites' in the frame to the left. After that click on 'hosting page' on the bottom of the page. There you will find more information about the hosting we provide. ------------------------------------------------------------ Game tip ------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Worms Developer: Team17 Software File size: 1,65 MB Year: 1995 Version: Playable demo 2.0 Rating: [x][x][x][x][ ] Worms is a strategy game with a difference... it appeals to the dark side of human nature. Basically you control four worms who are at war. You must try and use the weapons at your disposal in the best possible way - or at least to the most devastating effect. Each player enters their team names and worm names. Then the battle begins! A new landscape is created which can be on a variety of backdrops with effect gravity, amount of wind, friction and skid potential. Players have a varied arsenal of weapons. Each player has a limited time in which the player can move and make fire (in the demo this is 60 seconds). After they have made their move, the next player has their go. Because it's turn based, a lot of the strategy is very visual which gives other teams clues and ways to plan out their action. Screenshot: http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/images/worms.gif If you want to download this game, go to our site at http://www.dosgamesarchive.com. Choose 'Games' in the frame to the left and select 'Worms'. You will get a HTML document with some information about the game. On the bottom of the page you will find a link with which you can download Worms. ------------------------------------------------------------ Top 10 downloads ------------------------------------------------------------ The following games are most downloaded: 1. Prince of Persia 2 6. Wacky Wheels 2. TIE Fighter 7. Worms 3. Cannon Fodder 8. Ninja Rabbits 4. Pinball Fantasies 9. Wolfenstein 3D 5. DOOM 10. Aquanoid ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. - Civilization --------------------------------------------- > "I'm looking for the original Civilization game, no > CD-ROM, just the original IBM compatible game. Please > write if you have info." Matt - mdzielen@cc.owu.edu - RPG games ------------------------------------------------ > "Has anyone got or know a site for the following RPG's > for the PC, I seek cracked versions; > * Pools of Radiance > * Curse of the Azure Bonds > * Secret of the Silverblades > * Pools of Darkness > * Champions of Krynn > * Death Knights of Krynn > * Dark Queen of Krynn > * Gateway to the Savage Frontier > * Treasures of the Savage Frontier > * and also Frontier: First Encounter manual > Can anyone help?" Peloi - s.hong@streetfighter2.demon.co.uk - Maddog games --------------------------------------------- > "I'm trying to run Maddog games, manufactured by Am. Laser > Games Inc., on a new Pentium computer. The games loads and > then freezes. Can anyone help me with this problem? Also > there is no sound. I have a Yamaha sound card. My computer > is a PB 266, 64 MB RAM, 8 gigabytes harddisk and 4 MB of > video. Please contact me if you can help. Thanks. linP - secre@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------ WebPoll ------------------------------------------------------------ Here are the results of our WebPoll: What's your favorite browser? Netscape Navigator 48% 374 votes Internet Explorer 41% 321 votes Opera 6% 45 votes Other 5% 40 votes Total votes: 780 ------------------------------------------------------------ Site tip ------------------------------------------------------------ - Abondonware Search Page ---------------------------------- The Abondonware Search Page has a very big index of abondonware games. Abandonware is software that was once sold, but is now no longer sold by the distributer. When you search for a game, you will get a listing of sites where you can download that game. It's very handy! So you don't have to check several abondonware or download sites. URL: http://www.gangsters.org/search/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for reading our newsletter! ____________________________________________________________ If you want to unsubscribe from this mailing list, mail to webmaster@dosgamesarchive.com and write down the following information: UNSUBSCRIBE your@email