DOOM v1.9 is the latest shareware release of the all-time hit. You are plunged into the same brutal 3-D world where survival against the legions of monsters still comes down to who's tougher--you or them. There's a DeathManager front end for launching your games. DeathManager eliminates the need to type command-line parameters to SERSETUP and IPXSETUP. Once configured, DeathManager saves all the information you enter; it contains a dialing directory of your favorite opponents. Also included is DEWANGO, a server that you can access to find opponents to play and teams of DOOMers to join. An updated four-part DOOM FAQ by Hank Leukart is included. This is the full shareware release for those who have not yet experienced this great game. Note: DOOM portrays graphic violence and may not be suitable for younger children.
Heretic: City of the Damned
HERETC.ZIP
Id Software's supernatural blast-fest, Heretic: City of the Damned, is here. Play the first of the trilogy in single, Cooperative 2-4 player, or Deathmatch 2-4 player games. This sensational, action-packed fantasy, running on the tried-and-true DOOM gaming environment, offers realistic smooth-scrolling graphics. You can play by yourself or join your buddies in a network, modem, or null modem game--complete with game save. Hear the realistic sounds with your Sound Blaster or compatible sound card. Use one of four weapons available, and use your keyboard, joystick, or mouse to control the action. The good documentation covers everything you'll need to know, including how to play Heretic in OS/2. Games can be loaded from the included setup program or from the command line, and the command line switches are detailed in the documentation. You can record your games as demos and play them back. Note that there is violence, blood, and gore.
MVP Bridge for Windows
MVPBRW.ZIP
MVP Bridge for Windows is an excellent bridge game for both novice and experienced players. You play with three computer players. Plays starts with bidding as you try to describe your hand to your partner and make a contract as to the number of tricks you can take. There are special features for the novice: Click on Hints during both bidding and play to find out which card you should play; click on Kibitz to reveal the other players' cards; click on Verbose to add additional information to describe conventions being used; click on Hand Explain to show High Card Points and distribution of suit. Experienced players will not use these features as it ruins the game for real play. The graphics are excellent and play is accompanied by sound card-supported music. Registration gets not only this program but also Eddie Kantar's Bridge companion, which offers many move features such as multi-player options, new card backs, a 50-hand tutorial, and the ability to save hands.
Pickle Wars
PICKLE.ZIP
Pickle Wars uses Parallax scrolling, 256-color cinematic sequences, a mischievous musical score and digitized sound effects to transport players to the land of Arcadia. Users must save Arcadia from the invasion of the Pickle race. Will you locate the ancient weapons in time? Will our hero and heroine discover each other? Pickle Wars, the whimsical and wacky game, provides a challenging test.
Sea School Vol. 1: Math Waves
1SEA.ZIP
Sea School Vol. 1: Math Waves offers children a fun way to learn to count, add, subtract, and spell numbers. Various animal and fish friends help teach math basics, with a background calypso beat. Children perform a variety of tasks, such as counting items that wash up on shore, or ice fishing for the right answer. Giving the correct answer earns applause and a gold coin for the child's treasure chest. Giving a wrong answer may get you splashed by a penguin. The program provides positive feedback for any effort, making it a fun game rather than a dull lesson in arithmetic. Registered users get an alphabet and reading module. The game is for DOS only but can be accessed through Windows.
CD-Runner for Windows
CDRUNR.ZIP
CD-Runner for Windows is a multipurpose tool that plays audio CDs, accommodates multiple-disk changers, and now handles other removable media. The interface is modeled on a standard CD player and provides the usual controls, such as repeat, shuffle, stop, start, time, and eject. Quickly access and program individual tracks using a numeric keypad, and keep an ongoing library of your favorite disks. When other media is inserted, CD-Runner brings up a predefined program menu. Access your favorite mixing utility, and use CD-Runner's wallpaper utility.
SlipKnot
SLPKNT.ZIP
SlipKnot can allow any Internet user with Windows to access the World Wide Web without a SLIP or PPP connection to the Internet provider. The Internet host system must have the Lynx or WWW software accessible at the host (most do) to provide the graphical link for SlipKnot, and the user needs some elementary knowledge of accessing the Internet in Unix mode to get SlipKnot set up. Once the setup hurdles are cleared, online operation is fully interactive with mouse-clickable hyertext Web-surfing possible from anywhere to anywhere. This product is of particular value to users accessing the Internet via 800 telephone numbers without SLIP/PPP service available--but it's not a competitor to the sleekness of NCSA Mosaic. Only the startup documentation is provided in this archive, with the expectation you will retrieve additional information from the Web once you're online. Registration brings Gopher access and direct logon to a personal home page (if you have one).
WordExpress
WXPRS.ZIP
WordExpress is a fine, feature-rich WYSIWYG word processor designed for ease of use and document creation. It also can handle many basic desktop publishing tasks. Among its features are paragraph and character styles, embedded tables and images, search-and-replace, columns, mail-merge, envelope printing, and headers and footers. The registered version provides a hyphenation feature and a thesaurus. This program is well-suited for executives, small businesses, and students. This update contains some minor changes and bug fixes.
ZDI's Quick Task Utility
ZQTASK.ZIP
ZDI's Quick Task Utility is a task bar that lists iconically all utilities currently active under Windows and allows you to quickly change between utilities with a simple mouse click. Lock it to a corner or set it freefloating. Configure Quick Task to stay always on top, or take advantage of a special feature that makes Quick Task pop up first on an ALT-TAB operation.
ZDI's Folding Fan Screen Saver
ZFFSSV.ZIP
ZDI's Folding Fan Screen Saver cycles through a collection of Windows BMP File images and unfolds them to the screen. The user may add most Windows 3.1 BMP files. The ability to cycle through BMP files in a user-selected directory allows you to quickly change images. Folding Fan is designed to handle a variety of image sizes, but will display images saved to 640 x 320 entirely in the fan. You can select the opening and cycling speeds that best suit you.
ZDI's Construction Screen Saver 3-Pack
ZCNST.ZIP
ZDI's Construction Screen Saver 3-Pack offers three clever alternatives for preventing burn-in in Windows. Push sets an industrious little fellow's shoulder against segments of your screen. Saw sends one piece of your screen after another crashing to the bottom as the tool of the title does its work. Wreck smashes the view with a cast-iron wrecking ball. Saw and Wreck are complete with appropriate sound effects. A handy install program places the 3-Pack in the appropriate directory. Like all Windows screen savers, these are then selected from the Desktop item in the Control Panel.
ZDI's ProFind
ZWFPRO.ZIP
ZDI's ProFind is a powerful file finder with full regular expression search capabilities on both file content and name. This ZDI Exclusive Utility allows you to quickly create and save search sets. On content search, you can quickly see the lines matched and manually add or skip the file or line. It also provides full file management capabilities on the located files; takes advantage of right mouse quick menus to speed file management; and copies found file information into the Clipboard. Searches can be as simple or as complex as needed, including full Boolean search on time, date, and size; full attribute searches; and search on directory names or hidden files or both. You can add various DOS Environment paths to your search path and save all search path information with your search sets. ProFind is setup to default to your installation drive and search for all files on that drive.
TextPad
TEXTPD.ZIP
TextPad is a full-featured text editor that lets you open multiple files for editing. Use the toolbar with balloon help to access search, replace, and block-select options, and perform file comparisons. Choose fonts, invert cases, print files, and search for text across files. The program offers unlimited undo-redo, and handles files up to 32,000 lines and 4,095K in size. Search for text across files, and use GREP expressions. TextPad is a fully optioned, well-engineered text editor with 16- and 32-bit versions in the same package. This version provides many enhancements, and increases the maximum number of files from nine to 16.
WinPak 1
WINPAK1.ZIP
WinPak 1 gives you a package of four screen savers designed to enhance your desktop. Along with the program, you receive two unique TrueType fonts and over 100 original icons. In addition, WinPak 1 can be accessed from the WinPak icon and installed without having to go into your desktop.
WinPak 2
WINPAK2.ZIP
WinPak 2 offers more great screen savers, and icons, from a company known for its excellent screen savers. It contains four original screen savers and two new TrueType fonts for use on your desktop. In addition, it contains a collection of 100 very well done icons for associating with your applications. The screen savers are very well done and give you great choices if you like to rotate them from time to time. The icons are high-detail renderings and cover many popular programs. Registration entitles you to the Deluxe package, which contains more of everything, including more than 100 new icons. This version has an excellent setup routine that installs everything right where you need it without any intervention on your part. The screen savers can be setup, password-protected, and tested from the program icon without having to access your desktop setup.
WinPak 3
WINPAK3.ZIP
WinPak 3 is a collection of add-ons to enhance your Windows 3.1 desktop. It contains four screen savers to add to your collection and two Elite Truetype fonts. In addition, more than 100 icons are included. This set of icons are more of the generic type and can be used to associate with many tasks and applications on your desktop. The screen savers can be password-protected and setup from the WinPak 3 icon rather than having to access your desktop setup. The improved setup routine in this collection makes installation a snap. Registration entitles you to two more screen savers and fonts as well as more than 100 new icons.
RISS Font Pak #1 for Windows
RISSF1.ZIP
The RISS Font Pak #1 contains 5 scaleable TrueType Fonts for Windows 3.1. The fonts are highly ornamental, decorated typefaces that are excellent for headlines, newsletters and business documents. The package comes complete with a quick and easy setup program. When you register you receive 5 more fonts.
RISS Font Pak #2 for Windows
RISSF2.ZIP
The RISS Font Pak #2 contains 5 scaleable TrueType Fonts. The fonts are highly ornamental, decorated typefaces that are excellent for headlines, newsletters and business documents. The package comes complete with a quick and easy setup program. The registered version includes 5 more fonts.
RISS Font Pak #3 for Windows
RISSF3.ZIP
The RISS Font Pak #3 for Windows 3.1 is an original group of 5 scaleable TrueType Fonts that gives you WYSIWYG results. Each of the fonts is highly decorative and ornamental. The program comes complete with a quick and easy setup program so that everything is automatically installed. This is a wide range of fonts worthy of adding to your TrueType collection.
Jixxa
JIXXA.ZIP
Jixxa is a jigsaw puzzle program for Windows. Jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts will find Jixxa very realistic, with excellent animated movement and great graphics. For full appreciation of the pictures, a 256-color driver is recommended, but Jixxa will run in 16-color mode. Pictures can be dumped from a box, which scatters the pieces over the entire screen. Two puzzles with different size pieces are included. If you insist, Jixxa will solve the puzzle for you. For just a little help, you can view a small picture of the completed puzzle at any time. The excellent online help will show you how to use the advanced features, such a nailing down pieces so you don't accidentally drag them, sound, scroll and status bars, scroll to origin, and more. Jixxa is a must for those who enjoy jigsaw puzzles but don't want to clutter up the dinner table with their puzzles. Registration brings more puzzles and additional difficulty levels.
Scheduling Employees for Windows
SEW.ZIP
Scheduling Employees for Windows smoothly automates the task of managing worker time schedules from a colorful, informative interface. Using dynamic links to key details in its employee database, the program generates graphic displays of work times by day or week for whole departments or individual employees. Click-and-drag color bars enter daily time blocks, while the software keeps running tallies on hour and wage totals. This version is best for businesses with odd-hour or part-time workers; sample data for this use is included. Experienced Windows users will notice the lack of a searchable help file; you'll have to print the manual.
WinRamp Lite
WRAMP.ZIP
WinRamp Lite is a sophisticated, fully featured communications program that can emulate RipScrip, ANSI, TTY, and other popular terminal types. Installation leads the user through configuration quickly; WinRamp directly supports modems from a dozen manufacturers. You can create multiple tabbed dialing directories, and specify a Hot Dial directory with icons for your favorite systems. You can record and play macros, or write scripts using the built-in facilities. Configurable icon bars access the most frequently used features, with balloon help to identify functions. WinRamp can also be used to communicate via direct connect, and includes almost 200 RIP icons. This latest version fixes a number of minor problems and improves some functions.
WinCharging
WINCRG.ZIP
WinCharging is a sophisticated credit-card-management system. It lets you input card data, credit limits, personal targets, and transactions. You specify amount and transaction categories and note the purpose of the expenditure in easily understood dialogs. You can track spending by categories and accounts. The program generates reports and graphs to view or print. You can establish accounts to carry a balance or pay charges each month. Versions that handle four or 12 charge accounts are available. WinCharging is a strong tool for detail-oriented people who want to control or at least monitor their credit-card usage. It comes with a complete help file as well as an introductory help file. This version improves program size and speed and adds minor usability enhancements.
BarClock
BARCLK.ZIP
BarClock goes far beyond the usual time display to add task switching, application launching, system information, and alarms to the active title bar. You use small icons to switch among tasks, add icons to launch applications, and choose settings for alarms and warnings of low resources or disk space. Simply click to access a calendar, view resources and disk space, set full-featured timers, choose WAV files to act as chimes, and more. BarClock packs an amazing number of features and yet consumes little memory or resources. This latest version adds several useful enhancements.
CDStore
CDSTOR.ZIP
CDStore is an easy way to keep track of your music collection, regardless of its media format. Track all possible information from title, artist, and running time, to recording label, producer, rating and cost using the 3-D interface. There are also ample opportunities to add your own fields, and add comments. You can keep complete information on the tracks, including running time. CDStore features good searching capabilities and excellent printed reports that allow you to customize a report so you get just the information you want. New to this version is the ability to import ASCII text files from other databases, the addition of a manual runtime button to facilitate keyboard entry, and minor enhancements. Although this version is limited to 20 entries, you'll receive the complete program upon registration.
CEnvi for Windows
CENVIW.ZIP
CEnvi for Windows is a script-language interpreter, a control automator, and a command-line shell for Windows. CEnvi provides an easy-to-use command line and batch file-based user environment and interpreter for the Cmm (C--) language, which offers beginners a relaxed and non-rigorous introduction to C programming. Concise documentation, an extensive code library, over 70 examples, and compact executable size make CEnvi a good choice for writing Windows scripts. Version 2.00 gives you control over colors and font size, and it can interpret Cmm scripts. You can now subclass another program's windows, providing complete control over other Windows applications.
Little Black Book for Windows
LBBW.ZIP
Little Black Book for Windows is an excellent address book and auto-dialer with reporting capability. The interface looks just like a black address book, making it easy to use. You can store names, addresses, and phone numbers, as well as 64K of notes per entry. You access features through a button menu. One click dials any phone number. You can search on any combination of fields and use wildcards. A print preview feature and online help are included. This version is a minor update.
Teach Your Children
TYC.ZIP
Use audio and visual reinforcement to teach children math and reading skills with Teach Your Children, an educational tutor. Children use the keyboard along with stop and go buttons to answer questions on addition, subtraction, multiplication, spelling, and reading. The math questions have four levels of difficulty. You can display or print quiz results. Toggle the sound, access on-screen instructions, and track scores. However, you can't clear a wrong answer, and answers must be entered backwards.
Directory Compare for Windows
DCW.ZIP
Directory Compare is file-management software that displays side-by-side file listings of two selected directories, providing copy, move, delete, print, display, and run functions between them. It displays all files (including hidden and system files), highlighting identical files with different dates. It allows wildcard selection of groups of files. You can print selected lists. Use is via a mouse or hotkeys. Broad user customization is available for display fonts, colors, and window size and location. Directory Compare is ideal for LAN and desktop-laptop file synchronization. An outstanding context-sensitive help system is available for all operations and includes icon-linked HyperGraphics help. Automated install is provided. Exemplary software!
Visual Basic 3.0 Runtime Module
VBRUN3.ZIP
This Windows dynamic library file is the runtime module required for programs written in Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0.
