Trixter's Abandonware: Miscellaneous

Title	File Size	Graphics	Sound	Cracked?	Boots?	Runs on:	Comments	Extras
Alter Ego (female)	580 KB	c	p	y	n	all	Unique experience--you live an entire life, making decisions along the way. High-density floppy version
Alter Ego (male)	(dir)	c	p	y	n	all	Unique experience--you live an entire life, making decisions along the way. 5.25" 360K floppy version
Alter Ego (male)	586 KB	c	p	y	n	all	Unique experience--you live an entire life, making decisions along the way. High-density floppy version
Bard's Tale Construction Set (installed version)	1.09 MB	c,e,t,v	P,t,X	y	n	286+	Lets you build your own Bard's Tale game
Bard's Tale Construction Set (pre-installed version)		c,e,t,v	P,t,X	y	n	286+	Lets you build your own Bard's Tale game
Gamma Force	282 KB	c,C	P	?	y	8086,286,386	This was produced by Infocom, and called an "Infocomic". It was a linear story, but you could change character viewpoints at points in the story; it also featured vector graphics with perspective zooming and rotation, and also simple animation and sounds. At about $10 a pop, they could've been popular, but they didn't catch on. There were four released: Two RPG-fantasy-based (the ZorkQuest series), a futuristic sci-fi (Gamma Force), and a 30's pulp sci-fi one (Lane Mastodon) Extremely Rare.
MSDOS 1.25 (Corona OEM version)	87 KB				y	all	This is a hoot.
McAffe VirusScan, v.39	18 KB						This is from 1989, and only recognizes 39 viruses. :-) Included as an example of how far technology has come...
Optune, pre-release beta	70 KB						MFM/RLL hard drive optimizer. Do NOT run this on modern hard drives, only older (20MB or less) ones. It is included here for nostalgic purposes only.
PC Tools 4.3	197 KB						A worthy rival to Mace Utilities and Norton Utilities at the time, many people swore by this Central Point flagship product.
Pinball Construction Set	30 KB	c	p	y	n	8086	The one and only
Strip Poker	89 KB	c		y	n	all	Artworx Strip Poker, 1985; a classic.
Tandy 16-color Polarware Patches	16 KB	t		y	n		Transylvania and another Polarware game, patched to force using the PCjr's 16-color mode, which also works on any Tandy PC.
ZorkQuest	279 KB	c,C	P	?	y	8086,286,386	(See comments for Gamma Force)

Confused by the abbreviations? Consult the legend.

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