Games you can play even if you're not Beavis or Butt-head

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A variety of well-designed computer games, including Sanctuary Woods' $70 Buried in Time, Epic MegaGames' free Epic Pinball and Interplay Productions' $40 Virtual Pool, operate seamlessly on Windows-based computers and do not require huge time requirements for setup and mastery. Many computer game software developers refuse to develop applications for either Windows or Macintosh because they claim that these systems place too many restrictions on game design. Most games are developed for the ancient DOS operating system, and they require difficult and lengthy modifications to a system's configuration. But some computer games such as Sanctuary Woods' Buried in Time are well-designed, available for both Windows and Mac, and are fun to play. Buried in Time is a three CD-ROM time travel adventure game that includes realistic videos and animations. Epic MegaGames' Epic Pinball game, available for free from CompuServe and America Online, is an outstanding and exciting virtual pinball game.

Software Publishers, Games,Recreation Software Pkgs(Micro), Software multiproduct review, Computer adventure games, Adventure game, Home software, Strategy game, Computer strategy games, Interplay Productions, Entertainment Hobby Software, Sports Gambling Game, Sanctuary Woods Multimedia Corp., Spectrum Holobyte Inc., Epic MegaGames Inc., Ocean State Publishing Corp., Enteractive Inc., SBYT, Buried in Time (Adventure game), Star Trek: The Next Generation, A Final Unity (Strategy game), Epic PinBall (Sports gambling game), Virtual Pool (Sports gambling game), Jixxa (Entertainment hobby software), Alchemist (Entertainment hobby software)

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Software to feed children's minds, one byte at a time

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Software packages for children are recommended. Broderbund's $35 Kid Pix is an easy-to-use paint program for IBM PCs and Apple Macintoshes. Nice features include a scratchy-sounding pencil tool and the ability to add letters, with each letter being sounded out. Parents can disable the printer feature and block file access. Carmen Sandiego is a popular of series of games, each priced at $30, from Broderbund. Players travel around the world and through time, picking up informative tidbits about history, geography, art and music. Carmen Sandiego games are available for the IBM PC and the Mac. Lawrence Productions' $25 McGee games, for Macs and PCs, introduce small children to computers. The Learning Co's Super Solvers games, each priced at $40, takes children on adventures while teaching them problem-solving skills at the same time. All four games in the series are available on PCs; one is available for the Mac.

Computer programming services, Usage, Educational software, Children, Learning Company Inc., Software Selection, Product selection, Computer Game, Super Solvers Midnight Rescue (Educational software), Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (Children's educational software), Lawrence Productions Inc., McGee (Educational software)

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Two new programs are bringing changes to desktop publishing

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Design Intelligence's $99 to $149 i publish and Broderbund Software's $40 PressWriter are two new desktop publishing packages for Windows 95 that are challenging Microsoft's Publisher position in the market. PressWriter is aimed at small businesses. Its design is based on the assumption that construction will be done from blocks of text and pictures. 1,000 quotes and a wide varity of art is included in PressWriter. i publish is extremely quick and easy to use. Documents can be created for either Web sites or paper, but the varity of documents that i publish can create is more limited than either PressWriter or Publisher. The user interface on i publish is unusual in that it splits the screen in two and one side is basically a Web browser. The way documents are built on i publish is unique in that it uses intelligent components.

Product description/specification, DTP software, Desktop publishing software, Desktop publishing, Design and construction, BROD, DTP extension, Design Intelligence Inc., i publish (DTP software), PressWriter (DTP extension)

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