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Gobliiins, Sierra
G2: This is a graphical adventure about three 'elves' that must save their king. The puzzels in this one are mindboggling: so far we've gotten to level three.
T2: In my experience, Sierra doesn't check their software for hardware compatibility. This program just will not run on my DOS/WIN machine for anything. I work with a guy who bothered with their tech support people for a month before he could get 'NASCAR Racing' to run on his system.

Indiania Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Lucas Arts
G5: Another masterpiece from Lucas arts. Indy's voice doesn't sound like Harrison Ford, but everything else in this game is so good, I can forgive that. My wife was on a business phone call the night my kid's and I figured out how to get passed the twelve foot python. It was such a perfect scene, we all howled out loud with laughter. Boy, was my wife pissed.
T5: I have to rate this as one of the all time best games I've ever seen. This is one of the games IBM used to test OS/2's compatibility with DOS. The music is great. The action is cartoon-ish, but it is sophisticated and fluid.

Jetfighter II: ATF, Velocity
G3: Air-to-air combat built around the original MS Flight simulator code. Not only are the key commands all the same, but the scenery includes San Fancisco, Ney York, and the Aircraft carrier. Once you get passed the dejavue aspect, the simulation is pretty good.
T3: I could only get this on to work under DOS.

Johnny Quest: Cover-up at Roswell, Virgin
G5: This adventure about Johnny Quest and his friends searching for alien artifacts, gets a score of five. This game has dozens of clever and challenging puzzels made just for kids between nine and twelve. Many puzzle games present only variations of the same puzzle over and over again. This program is fresh and imaginative.
T4: One of the new generation of games designed thinking we'd all eventually move to Windows 95, this game is compatible with Windows 3.1 with the WIN32g addition. It loaded and ran with a prerelease, internal version of OS/2 4.0, but the real version of OS/2 couldn't handle it.

Journeyman Project, Presto Studios
G3: The government thought they had the only time machine, until someone else went back in time to change history. Now you must travel through time to set things straight. At the time, this was an innovative story for a PC game, but now, it's old-hat. First person persective, adequate graphics, good sound. It's included in several bundles, but don't pay more than $15 for it.
T4: The game is CD based, but requires a password. What's that about? Copy protection on a CD? Get real.

Jurassic Park: The Screen Saver, Asymetrix
G3: Not actually a game, this is a collection of screen savers, wallpaper, and sound files.
T5: So simple, not even Windows can mess it up.

Lost In Time, Sierra
G1: Another fine Sierra product. I got this in '95 out of a bargain bin, but I saw it again in April, at WalMart for $10. Oh... If Mr. Sam only knew what was on this disk. Let's just say that an important part of the story involves extra-marital, interracial, sex. Do I need to say more?
T1: After considerible work, I got this to work well enough to realize it was a piece of shit.

Maelstrom, Softkey
G1: It was $5 dollars. What I deal, I thought. I guess I was wrong.
T1: I'm not going to say the package lied about the programs features, but I didn't hear any sound or see any movies.

Manhole, Activision
G2: This game will interest nursery aged children, maybe a preschooler, but don't expect it to keep a kindergartener's attention.
T3: The disk has both DOS and Windows versions. The DOS version is better, but runs too fast on a 486. The Windows version runs, but the screen is either windowed or cropped.

MegaRace, The Software Toolworks
G5: Armed cars battle it out on dozens of amazing race tracks. Bravo! The scenery in this game is wonderful. The narrator, Lance Boyel, is a full screen, fully animated, voice sychronized, used car salesman. You ought to be able to find this for about $10. There is a new version available, I haven't seen it but, with Software Toolworks reputation, I'm sure it's good.
T5: More proof that DOS based games are as viable a product as anything MicroSoft can code for Windows.

Microcosm, Psychosis
G3: Did you see 'Fantasic Voyage' or 'Inner Space'? If so, you know the story: you've been miniturized and injected into a human body.
T2: This game is very particular about its configuration. I had to create a boot disk just for it. Forget that.

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