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DOS PUBLICATIONS FUN & GAMES

This category is devoted to books that
relate exclusively to DOS games or gaming,
or to programs that generate fun for the user.

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Running DOS Games Under Windows 95 1997 by Brian Howard ISBN: 1-55755-322-X     This is not a Windows website, so the publications listed here pertain only to DOS except for some that have chapters which discuss other operating systems. However, this book is being listed here because of the number of comments I have seen, and questions I have received, regarding the usage of DOS programs under Windows. By far, the major problems are from those wanting to play DOS games. For them, this book offers solutions not found in many other places.     After a short introduction to DOS and its basics, the author goes on to discuss Windows properties and hardware. He tells in plain language how to eliminate conflicts and how to answer questions asked by Windows regarding the game you are attempting to play. Some of this information will also be useful for those running DOS programs other than games. The rest of the book is devoted to CD and on-line DOS game discussions including some of the most popular such as "Doom", "Death Rally" and "Quake". A bonus is the CD-ROM which contains over a dozen games along with other software.

Stupid PC Tricks 1991 by Bob LeVitas with Ed Tittel ISBN: 0-201-57759-3     A short (~150-pages) book that discusses the fun shareware that appears on the enclosed floppy disc. Included in the 17 programs are ones that display fireworks, spira-graphic line drawings, thoughts of the day, or kaleidoscopic or fractal images. Also included are screen blankers, a dice game, bugel calls and other PC speaker sounds. There are even several programs designed to play screen or speaker tricks on unsuspecting friends and coworkers. The book then has a chapter on managing TSRs, and it ends with a glossary.

A special thankyou to Colin Conrad and Babs Walker of
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia for book cover scans work.

Thanks to Richard Bonner of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
for digital "repairs" to the covers.

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DOS Websites
for links to some of the programs
mentioned in this publications reference.

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