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SIDETRIS -------- SIDETRIS is a variant of the good old TETRIS scheme, with one or two innovations from PC Solutions. You need VGA graphics minimum for this game. In SIDETRIS I turn the play area on its side, to make maximum use of the screen. We have also implemented smooth animation, and nice graphics, unlike many other programs! HINTS: If you get an 'overhang' gap, you can sometimes tuck in a piece of the rights shape, with a deft movement at the last moment - experiment! The higher the score, the more likely you are to get rogue pieces. Rogue pieces do not occur when the screen has pieces to the left of the half-way mark - so try to keep a high column on the top/bottom edge - this prevents rogues! For more details, see the program itself. If you are using the SHAREWARE version, please register - you can get the full version on games-pack-3. Users of the FULL VERSION have a special cheat-mode - hit S when playing. * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * HOW TO ORDER ------------ Some programs have both Windows & DOS versions, others DOS only. In either case, easy WINDOWS install is provided for all programs. SPECIAL OFFER - Buy two or more packs, and P & P is free! Please specify disk size when ordering. Remember - our programs come with high quality packaging and printed documentation. Each pack also comes with several extra PC Solutions shareware 'new releases' for free! For instance, our Games-pack 3 has around 20 programs.. If the total order amount is less than 10 pounds (or $20 US) please add 1 pound UK postage/packaging/handling, or 3 pounds overseas airmail (USA $7) For orders which total above 10 pounds (or $20 US) there is no extra charge - ie P & P is FREE. If you want overseas recorded/registered delivery, add 3 pounds (USA $5). Send Cheques/P.O.'s to:- PC SOLUTIONS, Dept XX , P.O. Box 954, Bournemouth BH7 6YJ, ENGLAND. EMAIL ----- If you have a modem, and have INTERNET access, you can send EMAIL to us at: PC.Solutions@glass.jecsystems.com We also have an area on the GLASS ASYLUM BBS:- (phone 0268.510709). - you can download our latest SHAREWARE programs, and leave mail. This is a great BBS, which has a huge amount of online software and news. They also provide INTERNET access for around 30 pounds a year - very competitive pricing. US orders --------- We now have a service for US customers to place VISA/ACCESS orders - note this is for CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY in the US only! Do NOT send credit card orders to PC SOLUTIONS - we cannot process them. US customers can also order direct from PCS with their normal dollar cheques. You can order with MC, Visa, Amex or Discover from the Public (software) Library, by calling 713-524-6394 (speech) or by FAX to 713-524-6398 or by CIS Email to 71355,470. You can also mail credit orders to PSL at PO Box 35705, Houston, Texas 77235-5705 THE ABOVE NUMBERS ARE FOR ORDERS ONLY. When you order, PSL pass the order onto us to ship - so, please allow 2-3 weeks for processing and air-mail delivery. All enquiries about the status of shipment of the order, refunds, registration options, product details, technical support, volume discounts, dealer pricing, etc, must be directed to PC SOLUTIONS, Box 954, Bournemouth BH7 6YJ, ENGLAND. TELEPHONE and TECHNICAL SUPPORT ------------------------------- This is always a tricky subject for Shareware authors. Now it is important to remember that when you buy Shareware from a library, or purchase a magazine disk with Shareware on, the Author (ie us!) see NOTHING of the money you have paid - it all goes to the magazine/library concerned. Now considering that the number of Shareware copies of PC SOLUTIONS programs runs into MILLIONS - we have worked this out - you will understand that if we publish a phone number, we would need an operator full time just to deal with enquiries about software we have not been paid a cent for! In addition, at this stage we are not able to take VISA/ACCESS orders, so the principle advantage is lost anyway. For this reason, phone support is only available on request for REGISTERED USERS - ie. people who have brought our software. We have made arragements for US customers to place VISA/ACCESS orders over the phone with a third party (see above) - however this is strictly sales and orders only - any technical questions MUST be mailed direct to us. You can send EMAIL to us over INTERNET - the address is: PC.Solutions@glass.jecsystems.com If you do have a problem or question, please do write to us - but do check things through first - 99% of problems are due to user errors rather than problems in our programs. When you write to us, include your own phone or fax number or INTERNET address if you wish - if it is important, we can contact you. PC SOLUTIONS CDROM OFFER ------------------------ We now stock a superb CDROM shareware collection, with literally thousands of superb quality Windows and DOS programs - games, utitlies, applications, word-processors, music, DTP.. its all there! This collection contains the latest offerings, only off the press a few months, with many new programs that you will not find on other collections. Of course, you will find all the latest PC Solutions shareware offerings on there as well! This CDROM costs only 14 pounds (fully inclusive), or a fantastic 12 pounds if brought at the same time as another PC Solutions package. This is probably the best value for money around - remember that other CDROM retailers have hidden extras like VAT and postage - we include those in our price! GAME-PACK-1 CHESSMATE-2600 - New version of our excellent chess program. Now has very nice shaded effect color pieces, plus full game store/replay features, and more.. SAGE-DRAUGHTS-2700 - Probably the worlds strongest draughts program, new graphics, mouse & many features. Forget those other weak shareware programs, and learn how to REALLY play! ADDIX-II - Great educational strategy game - an addictive two player game (Computer plays one player) also helps with Maths skills. BLITZ - Innovative Checkers game on Vari-size board- many added functions! Both DOS and WINDOWS versions supplied here - for even more advanced versions of SAGE and BLITZ, see the PROFESSIONAL version below.. DROP-IT - Variant on CONNECT-4 theme, with re-sizeable board & more.. Windows and DOS versions.. FALLZONE-II - Action - help ERIC battle through a multi-level game.. RANGER - ERIC takes on more aliens.. other great strategy/mind games.. GAMES-PACK-1 (5.25 or 3.5 disk) costs only 8 pounds !! (USA $15) GAME-PACK-2 FLIPIT - Very strong REVERSI/OTHELLO game, many features, such as re-sizeable board, full game store/replay options, and an extensive tutorial on playing the game. Also includes OCTOTHELLO - othello on an octagonal board! Forget all those other weak programs, this one can REALLY play! JAX - Addictive little brain teaser. RENJU - Fiendish japanese board game - easy to learn, hard to beat. MINEZONE-II - Neat deduction game - another outing for ERIC. CASCADE-II - Drop marbles & collect targets in this addictive game! STELLAR-COMBAT - A neat shoot-em up - includes source code! DECODE - Crack the code! + More great games. GAMES-PACK-2 (5.25 or 3.5 disk) costs only 8 pounds!! (USA $15) GAME-PACK-3 CAPTAIN ERIC-II - ERIC has to find his way through a dangerous landscape with monsters lurking all around, and many problems to solve. He must also find ammo for his gun, as well as the keys for the next level. Excellent graphics, fast and furious fun! ERICS-REVENGE - Further levels for ERIC to beat - many new puzzles to solve, and many new monsters to beat. FALL-ZONE-II - Another fine action/strategy game - ERICS out again! BOMB-RUN - Bomb strategic targets in this super arcade game. (CGA/VGA) WALL-RUN - Try to out-wall your computer opponent - addictive action! ELEPHANT - Neat 'hunt the elephant' logic game - with source code! SIDETRIS - A twist on the TETRIS theme, with many new ideas.. RACER - Fast Car-racing game... + many more great games.. GAMES-PACK-3 (5.25 or 3.5 disk) costs only 8 pounds!! (USA $15) GAME-PACK-4 DYNAMO DRAUGHTS - Play the EUROPEAN 10x10 game, with sweeping KINGS & MEN jumping backwards! Very Strong player, Full Game edit/replay + more.. Also plays SHASHKI (RUSSIAN), SPANISH and AMERICAN POOL draughts! Includes tutorial texts on these fascinating games - as played by hundreds of thousands of players across Europe & America. For an even more advanced version, see PRO version below.. BLOCKADE - An exciting new OTHELLO-ish board game, many features. Its a sort of two-player version of LIFE - you play the computer and try to capture his cells, while generating new ones of your own. you score points for capturing key areas. A truely innovative game, invented by PC SOLUTIONS! CONTAX - Another PC Solutions invention! A fine strategy game (CGA/VGA). The traditional GOMOKU/RENJU type game, but with a twist - you can only occupy cells already adjacent to both one of yours and an opponents piece. This simple rule radically alters the topography of the game, considerably sharpening tactical play. SOLO - New twists to SOLITAIRE game... + all our new releases! GAMES-PACK-4 (5.25 or 3.5 disk) costs only 8 pounds!! (USA $15) X-WORD For Crossword & Scrabble enthusiasts! Solve complex anagrams, search for letter patterns, with a dictionary of over 140,000 words and phrases. It can solve partial anagrams, or find words within words - very good for 'Countdown' addicts! X-WORD (5.25 or 3.5 disk) costs only 8 pounds!! (USA $15) UTILITY PACK Sprites'n'Fonts - Mouse driven sprite/font/graphics designer, with built- in screen designer. C-Tools - Sprites/Fonts library,+ other I/O - make small EXE. (C source) Includes example C code to use graphics from SPRITES'n'FONTS. and example C programs - including a complete 8x8 GO/OTHELLO board demo. XCELCOPY - Fast Disk-Copy utility, better than DISKCOPY, many features! LIFEPIX - Fractalish generator picture generator with C source. BATFX - Menus for BATCH files. MACLAN - Structured Assembly language for the A86 assembler. (with source) CGA Enhancer & PC-XT Speedup (for older machines) DMOUSE screen designer, CBM64 to IBM BASIC Converter. Easy-Ed - a simple line editor, with source. Phonetic Word-Finder - Demonstrates Phonetic word-matching - with C-source. Flexi-Label (Mail list & labels..) + more.. UTIL-PACK 1 (5.25 or 3.5 disk) costs only 8 pounds!! (USA $15) PCS PROFESSIONAL EDITIONS In addition to the standard versions you have just seen listed, PC SOLUTIONS now also market special PROFESSIONAL versions of SAGE DRAUGHTS, DYNAMO DRAUGHTS and DAMA ITALIANA. While the Standard versions you have seen are superb programs, with infinite play-levels, superb graphics, full game store/edit/replay, board position/problem edit and solve, and an enhanced playing power that equals or surpasses any other program - up to grandmaster level, the PROFESSIONAL editions of DYNAMO, SAGE and DAMA ITALIANA have even more features. To start, you have even larger opening and endgame databases, for more accurate and stronger play - with the option to extend the database yourself. There are also database search options - for instance, you can search for all game-lines in the book that transpose into a particular position - users of CHESS-BASE programs will know how useful that is! The play is so strong that even the World Draughts Champion uses our program to help with analysis! There are advanced game annotation features, with the ability to output the resultant game or board position to a word processor. SAGE PROFESSIONAL also comes with the PRO version of BLITZ. Also included with each of the PROFESSIONAL editions of our programs is BASIC CHECKERS - a simple 8x8 english draughts program WITH ITS BASIC SOURCE CODE - so you can have a go at writing your own program! This program will run under the QBASIC interpreter supplied with MSDOS 5/6, so no other purchase is necessary to use it. The code is heavily annotated - you do not need a high level of programming skill to start learning! Each PRO program comes with both DOS and complimentary WINDOWS versions - ie. SAGE PRO comes with BLITZ for WINDOWS. The PROFESSIONAL versions of SAGE DRAUGHTS, DYNAMO DRAUGHTS or DAMA ITALIANA cost 29 pounds sterling EACH, or $49 (USA) or 72,000 lire (Italy) or 255 francs (France) or 75 Dm (Germany) or FL 79 (Netherlands) - pay with a normal cheque in your currency. The price INCLUDES first-class/air-mail postage cost. CHESS GENIUS 2 Chess Genius is simply the strongest PC Chess program money can buy. It has an ELO rating of 2452 on a 486-66, placing it with the Worlds top few players. This program has almost continually been PC Chess World Champion since the early 1980's, winning nearly all computer competitions and confounding its opponents. David Norwood, one of Englands top masters, has written about it in glowing terms in his Saterday Telegraph column - he says he has great difficulty beating it! Like all good things, this Rolls Royce of programs is not cheap - it costs 90 pounds (fully inclusive) - however this compares favourably with more expensive consoles - which it out-classes. There are far too many features to list here - for a more comprehensive leaflet on Chess Genius, contact PC Solutions. PC SOLUTIONS, Dept XX , P.O. Box 954, Bournemouth BH7 6YJ, ENGLAND. AND FINALLY.. ------------- People often ask how we generate such small, fast programs - well special thanks must go to Borland and their excellent Turbo-C compiler - which we use to generate most DOS and WINDOWS versions of our programs. Together with our special tools and graphics libraries (see our Util-Pack) we can generate very efficient code. Overall we find the Turbo-C compiler to be superior to other comparable C/C++ compilers - especially at the price they are sold for! We have also just got the Borland C 4.0 compiler for WINDOWS /DOS - and again we can recommend this Rolls-Royce of languages. If you have had to put up with the large overheads imposed by Visual and Quick Basic, we can strongly recommend the Borland option. Contact Borland UK on Freephone 0800 212727 (or 0734 321150) for further info. PLEASE remember that if you purchased this program from a PD library or a magazine, you have not actually brought it! We don't see any of that money, and rely on YOU to register for the full version of our programs.