ALI-PAL Software  featuring
games that two people can play - inspired by Alison

My daughter and I started playing games on my computer when she was about 5. 
She could not do them herself so she would sit on my lap and I would do some 
of the controls and she would do the rest. That worked OK, but being a programmer 
I thought I could to better so... I started writing games that two people could 
play on the same computer together.


It was harder than it looked and took more time than you would think. 
Anyway we have had lots of fun making and playing these games and now 
I'm putting out these demo versions for others to have fun with too.
The demos are on the internet at http://www.csn.net/~pshields/
Or you could download them directly at:
ftp://ftp50.pair.com/pub/alipal/pingpong.zip Hot Potato pong - like ping pong (189k)
ftp://ftp50.pair.com/pub/alipal/wr2demo.zip Wild Racing - race car game (288k)

These games require MicroSoft Windows 95(TM) and DirectX(TM) 3.0 or higher or 
NT 4.0 with sp3. They play best at 800x600 screen resolution, but don't need a 
really fast machine.
You can find DirectX at
http://microsoft.com/msdownload/directx/dxf/enduser5.0

Tips:

- Too hard for your child ?
You might try going into the "Input devices" button and changing the max speed and sensitivity settings. Slower would probably be easier for your younger child and you could handicap yourself.



To order the full play version of Wild Racing run ORDER_ALI-PAL.EXE 
which will process most any type of order including Credit Cards or 
send a check drawn on US funds, 
made out to Patrick Shields in the amount of $10.00 ($7.50 + $2.50 S&H)

Patrick Shields
P.O. Box 407
Canon City, CO 81215-0407

The full Play version will let you save tracks you make in the track editor
so you can have match races on several different tracks. I've had to reduce
the overall file size for FTP purposes by removing some of the sounds (mostly of my
daughter announcing) - The full play version also contains the full sound library.

I have a new game called Crazy Lacrosse that plays like the Hot Potato Pong, except that you each have 2 players and on the medium and hard play settings they can move back and forth as well as up and down. 
This game is also $10.00 ($7.50 + $2.50 S&H).
I'm offering a special on both games for $15.00 ($13.50 + $2.50 S&H).
 
Feel free to email me at pshields@csn.net with comments, questions, etc. 
All Games Copyright 1997,1998 Patrick A. Shields

Using The Delphi Games Creator
Copyright 1996,1997 John Pullen, Paul Bearne, Jeff Kurtz
Characters from SpriteLib Copyright 1996  Ari Feldman