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Subject: PCS DOS games
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 09:47:26 -0500
From: Phil Vlasak <[email protected]>
To: Josh k <[email protected]>
Hi Josh K,I would be willing to attach one of my DOS games to find out if it
works with your new DOS system.
Here are the games I can send you:
ARTHUR'S QUEST
RED DRAGON KICK BOXING
A 2 Z Key Search
MIND PUZZLES
Haze Maze
BREAKOUT
P C S Car racing circuit
Panzers In North Africa
Fox and Hounds
Monopoly
Any night football
Here is the catalog telling you about them:
PCS Games Catalog 2002
EXCITING GAMES FOR THE BLIND COMPUTER USER
PCS Games is operated and
maintained by blind programmers. P C S is interested in providing
fast action, fun, and exciting computerized board and arcade games
for the blind community. In our board games, everything is
described with all the necessary details as the game is being
played and any information such as position or score may be
obtained by hitting a key.
In visual arcade games, players aim at objects using graphics
or pictures, but in our arcade games we have the player aim by
using their ears to hear a tone or a series of beeps to hit a
target. Thus, the impossible to play eye hand video game becomes an easy to
play ear hand audio game. We believe that the same
enjoyment can be achieved by a blind person playing our games as a
sighted person gets playing a video game. Playing sounds through
a sound card will be used to enhance and blend with the operation
of our programs.
Coming soon! PCS Games is working on a full Windows version of our
popular Pacman game which will be tentatively called Pacman Talks. In
collaboration
with David Greenwood of GMA games, we will be developing games using his
Windows game creating engine.
Pacman Talks is the first of a long list of games we hope to develop
that are self-voicing with 3d high quality multi channel sounds.
to GMA Game's home page.
PCS now has games playable from Windows or
DOS without needing any adaptive equipment.
The games are DOSS based and completely audio, all information is
spoken by a human, not a synthesizer, played through your computer's
speakers.
All of the games have a readme text file to help you with the installation.
Once a game starts, hit the f1 key to get help and instructions on
playing the game.
Each of the following eight games, Duck hunt, Snipe Hunt, Space
Invaders, Breakout, Pack man,
Red Dragon Kick Boxing Challenge, A 2 Z Key Search and
Mobius Mountain, comes on a CD.
Additional Games will be added to the list as they are converted
from the DOS versions.
Games in this format cost $40.00
If you have purchased one of the following games in DOS, we will
upgrade the game to our DOS/Windows hybrid for $10 each.
RED DRAGON KICK BOXING CHALLENGE. 30 OR 40
GO A FEW ROUNDS IN THIS GAME FOR FAST ACTION LOVERS.
PACK MAN. 30 OR 40
EAT FRUIT AND AVOID GHOSTS. LIVE ACTION ARCADE GAME.
PC S BREAKOUT. 30 OR 40
SMASH! POW! CRUNCH! BREAK THROUGH WALL AFTER WALL OF OBJECTS.
A 2 Z KEY SEARCH. 30 OR 40
A CHILD CAN USE THE COMPUTER AND LEARN LETTERS AND NUMBERS.
MOBIUS MOUNTAIN. 20 OR 40
A MATH, SHOOTS AND LATTER TYPE GAME.
The following are longer descriptions of each game:
P C S SPACE INVADERS
Thump, thump, a flash of audio peeps, chirps and blips alert you
that one of the six columns of invaders is directly over head. You
hold down the fire button, chupe, chupe, chupe and three enemy
ships are destroyed. They move off to the right, thump, thump,
thump, thump, and you try to get ahead of them. Again they come
into your sights and you let loose with another burst. Chupe,
chupe, chupe, the last three of six invaders in the column are
vaporized. With no time to waist you move right again to try
getting a bead on the first column of space invaders. You hear a
high tone and before you can react, Ca-Boom, you run into a bomb.
Its all over for you, and a tremendous explosion takes out your
fortress!
P C S Space Invaders is a game of awareness, concentration and
quick reaction. You will have to listen to the sounds from
the PC speaker, where information about the column at the current
location is given. The stereo speakers will give you
additional information about your position and the
invaders, the remaining columns and how far apart is the first
column from the last. Even the occasional UFO will enter the fray
from the left or right side. You will try to blow away thirty six
invaders before they reach the planet, and then do it again, again,
and again. This is by far the most audio intents game Personal
Computer Systems has made to date. There are many things going on
at the same time, invaders moving back and forth and down, you can
move
right and left faster then the invaders, bombs are falling and
missiles are flying. As if that is not enough an occasional UFO
enters worth fat bonus points and as you reduce the columns
of invaders they move faster. Our help screen is there to decipher
what the sounds represent. Once you understand
what is going on, how the sounds are relaying information and after
a short learning curve, the sounds and action become second nature
and you can concentrate on racking up high scores.
Are you up to the challenge of this arcade game? Do you have what
it takes to save Earth from the hoards of space invaders,
threatening your survival? Well if so, try this one!
P C S Space Invaders cost $40.00 on CD for WINDOWS and DOS.
SNIPE HUNT
Grab your flashlight and a sack and lets go Snipe Hunting!
There was a good hatch this year and they are ready for the
picking. A word to the wise, "just be a where of the Male Snipes!
They will chase you and attack your lamp.
Personal Computer Systems is going to take you on a Snipe hunt like
you've never been on before. Not only are the Snipes plentiful but
there are different kinds of them!
This fast action arcade game is sure to have you hopping around
bagging flocks of the Elusive birds.
Snipe Hunt cost $40.00 on CD for WINDOWS and DOS.
P C S DUCK HUNT
It's three AM. grab your shotgun, a box of shells and your
duck call and lets go hunting! In this arcade duck hunting game
you hear the ducks flushed out and flying away to the right and
left. There isn't much time for studying. You must aim the gun
and fire before you lose the shot. Make sure it is a duck or goose
in the sights, or your day may be cut short at the Personal
Computer Systems game preserve.
P C S DUCK HUNT cost $40.00 on CD for WINDOWS and DOS.
RAINY DAY GAMES
Bored? Looking for something to do? Well, how about a game
of Solitaire, Mine Buster, or Triple yahtzee? Rainy Day Games is
a three game pack that contains the games mentioned above.
Solitaire is a favorite card game for many people killing a little
time waiting for the sun to come back out.
Mine Buster gives you a chance to play a speech friendly version
of Windows Mine Sweeper. You mark hidden mines by exploring the
cells surrounding the mines.
Your mind gets a good workout while a passing shower goes by.
Triple Yahtzee is a dice game that is fun to play by your self or
against a friend during a heavy downpour.
The games Solitaire and Mine Sweeper have been played from back
when the first computers started using Windows. Now, our games
can be played on DOS and Window machines capable of running DOS.
We also through in Triple Yahtzee for something different. These
three games are the type of games that all computers should have
available so you can fool around and get in trouble just like
everyone else!
RAINY DAY GAMES cost $30.00
ARTHUR'S QUEST
You are in medieval times.
Your quest as Arthur is to find and recover Excalibur, then
fight the Dark Lord with it, ridding the land of unrest and
conflict. Before you can do all that you must fight the knights
that are under the influence of the evil lord. You Build your
fighting skills with various types of weapons so that you will be
worthy of Excalibur and challenge the Dark Lord and banish him
forever.
ARTHUR'S QUEST COST $30.00
RED DRAGON KICK BOXING CHALLENGE
Hay! You. Yes you! I am talking to you! I hear that you
think your pretty tough! Well, do you think you can take me on?
Well, I hear you talk the walk. but can you walk the talk? Lets
see! Meat me at the Red Dragon Kick Boxing Ring in five minutes
and we will go a few rounds and see what you've got!
Your hands are sweating as the trainer wraps them. You try to
concentrate as the gloves go on, but the excitement of the event is
beginning to mount. This is the day you have been training for the
past year. All of the hard work is about to be put to the limit in
the most physically and mentally draining test of your life.
As you walk down the runway the cheers from the crowd makes your
adrenaline run through your body like a train through a corn field.
By the time you reach the ropes, you can feel yourself float out of
your body and look down on your opponent.
This is it. There is no turning back and you are up to the
challenge. The moment of truth has finally come. The bell rings!
We have produced a real time kick boxing game for you fast
action lovers. The game uses the six pack key group, the arrow key
group, and your stereo speakers to play the game. There are twelve
ranked kick boxers for you to fight. You can even make the
computer fight itself.
Listen for your opponent to throw a punch to your head or
body, or to kick out at you. The yell coming from your left,
right, or center stereo sound will tell you which direction the
attack is from. The type of yell he makes tells you what he is
aiming for. You try to block his blow, by hitting the correct key.
Attacking the opponent is easy by using the three top keys on
the six pack group, INSERT, HOME, AND PAGE UP to throw a punch to
the opponent's head. The three lower keys DEL, END, AND PAGE DOWN
throws a blow to the body. You Kick using the left and right arrow
keys. You move towards and back from your opponent by using the up
and down arrow keys. That is all the keys you need, but it takes
lots of practice to beat the champ!
So, get those fingers limbered up, put in your mouth piece,
and lets go a few rounds!
RED DRAGON KICK BOXING cost $40.00 on CD for WINDOWS and DOS.
RED DRAGON KICK BOXING cost $30.00 on floppy disk for DOS
Star Trek the Battle Begins.
David Greenwood takes us from beneath the oceans in lone wolf,
into the heavens with his new game star trek the battle begins.
You command four Federation Star Fleet star ships.
The frontiers were always a problem, but now three old nemesis
joined forces. The Federation must take on the Tholians,
Klingons and Romulans; all the members of the evil alliance
at once. You are the best the Federation has, and if it is
going to survive, you will have to be the one to come through.
Your star ships contain the latest technology the Federation has.
The ships are equipped with the most powerful phasers, the
latest photon torpedoes, and a secret super powerful tri-lithium
matter anti-matter mine.
The navigational and targeting computers are
loaded with the newest software. These last four star ships have
the most powerful and stable dilithium matrix warp core drives
around today. They can provide instant warp speed and protect
the ship with a force shield unmatched by any of your enemies.
You have the best tools, but will it be enough?
STAR TREK cost $30.00
PACK MAN
You are the rolly-poli Pack Man, a glutton for fruit. All you
do is travel around searching and Eating all that can be found.
Oh, yes, and don't let the ghost get you. Play Pack Man from a new
prospective. You are Pack Man himself moving around a simple maze
at ground level. This means unlike the original game where all the
ghosts are known to the player at all times, here ghosts are only
visible when they are in front of you. Then a decision must be
made, to turn and run, charge the ghost hoping to get super power
to dispel the ghost back home, or to charge the ghost hoping to get
past. If none of these work then the ghost will take one life, and
send you back to the starting block. Use up your last life, and it
is all over! Try this real time arcade game and see if you have
the quickness needed to win big!
PACK MAN cost $40.00 on CD for WINDOWS and DOS.
PACK MAN cost $30.00 on floppy disk for DOS
LONE WOLF
Do you have nerves of steel? Should you stand firm firing
torpedoes at a troop transport, or dive and try to make for safety,
while a destroyer is bearing down, and firing at the submarine?
Well, Lone Wolf allows you to take command of a world war two sub.
Now, feel the tension when you try to get your sub into a firing
solution. If the destroyer gets a sniff of the sub, it will be on
top of you before the torpedo is launched.
Lone Wolf is an advance computer submarine simulation. You
will need to have good skills using a compass, working with large
numbers, and knowing where you are at all times. This game is for
a person with quick reactions, sharp decision making, and can keep
track of many events happening at once. P C S Is happy to
introduce David Greenwood's challenging submarine simulation. He
has created a super game that will send you to the bottom visiting
with Davy Jones many times. So, put your May west on and have fun
trying to sink ships and stay dry, and happy hunting!
LONE WOLF cost $30.00
A 2 Z Key Search
Does your little one want to work on your computer too? Well, now
your youngster can use the machine just like you! A TO Z will
teach your beginner where the letter and number keys are found on
the keyboard. When a key is hit the game can be set to play a
letter or number and a corresponding sound. The game can be played
in several ways. There are three settings text only, text and
sound, or sound only. There are also short Follow the Leader
games, which will have your child trying to repeat the computers
prompts. This game is definitely geared for the novice, and will
be fun while also teaching them the keyboard layout. Best of all,
while the future computer whiz begins learning how to manipulate
the machine, the computer is safe! Only the ESCAPE key will allow
them to exit the game, making it difficult to hit keys which will
upset the computer as in your word processor. So now you can let
the little hacker loose with A 2 Z while you sit back and read your
book.
A 2 Z Key Search cost $40.00 on CD for WINDOWS and DOS.
A 2 Z Key Search cost $30.00 on floppy disk for DOS
MIND PUZZLES
P. BLANK. S.
WHAT IS YOUR GUESS?
C.
CORRECT!
THE WORD IS P C S.
P C S is re-introducing some oldies but goodies for the new age!
Hangman, Scrambled word, Guess the Word, and follow the leader have
not been played until you have played our version. Do you think
playing games which teach spelling and develop your memory are
boring? Well get MIND PUZZLES and see if you can survive a game of
Hangman! P C S has put together a suite of games designed to make
playing easier and more fun then ever! These games will be a
challenge for all ages. Find out if your memory is as sharp as
you think it is by playing a game of Follow the leader. Some
things are timeless and these oldies were around a hundred years
ago played by children scratching out letters in the dirt. We are
proud to present these favorites enhanced for the computer in time
for your enjoyment before the twenty first century.
MIND PUZZLES cost $30.00
HAZE MAZE
Hear your footsteps as you navigate through a maze.
Listen closely can you hear the sound of your footsteps change when
the ground beneath you goes from stone to wood? Oh! what is that?
Hear the echo off to the left, where the passage splits. Oh! wow,
did you hear the sound of the footsteps become flat when a wall
appeared ahead. Cool! The only way to get a better feel for a maze
is to walk it yourself.
P C S takes you one step farther in audio game experience. As you
walk through a maze we made it sound as if you are really there.
While you walk through the maze, you will hear the sound of
footsteps differ as the ground beneath you changes. You will also
be able to hear the sounds of echoing footsteps off to the sides
when the area next to you is free of obstructions. When you hit a
wall, the sound of the type of wall being bumped will be heard.
Just before you walk into a wall, if you're listening closely, you
will hear the sound of your footsteps flatten out with no echo,
warning of a wall ahead. A wind chime becomes slightly louder as
you work your way closer to the exit and complete the maze.
The game uses stereo sounds to indicate paths to the left or right.
Haze Maze cost $30.00
COPS
An alarm goes off, and you know that somewhere in the county
criminals have struck. Your duty is to find and catch them. In
this new game by P C S, you play the roll of a police officer in a
police car restricted to movement only on roads, parks, and
parking lots. The objective is simple, all you have to do is catch
the suspects before they escape by crossing the Middlesex county
line. This is usually a nice, quiet, suburban place to live and
work, but lately a criminal element has moved in. When the alarm
goes off and the dispatcher gives you the approximate location of
the hooligans, it is time for you to fight the traffic and use your
memory of the street layout to cut the thieves off and apprehend
them. The streets of Middlesex are laid out in a way to help you
know where you are, and how you might travel in order to get to
where the suspects are. The North/South streets are in
alphabetical order named after states. With Alaska being farthest
West. The East/West streets are sequentially numbered, with First
Avenue furthest North. There are also many landmarks for you to
become acquainted with, and a subway system in the county that the
gangsters can use. So, make sure you do not lose them in there.
Just because you have a siren, don't think you won't have cars,
trucks, kids, or many other obstacles getting in the way. Using
the siren will help you get through traffic quicker, but if the
crooks hear you they will move faster. One other small matter, the
bad guys are not restricted to roads like you. Well it is all up
to you now to sweep the county clean of trash, so, go out there and
get them before they get away!
Cops cost $30.00
Breakout
SMASH! POW! CRUNCH! Is your hand/ear coordination up
to demolishing wall after wall of objects?
Breakout brings back the nostalgia of early video gaming days but
adds today's challenges.
Twenty two years ago Atari released the original Breakout video
game for their 2600 home game machine. P C S has taken the Breakout
concept and adapted it for game players who are visually impaired.
You shoot a ball with increasing speed into layers of walls with
over 130 real sounds.
Breakout contains four game variations, bust through, clear the
wall, squeeze play and stretch to breaking where you can break
glass, smash cups, pop balloons and try to beat your highest score.
Who ever said life was fair never played Breakout!
BREAKOUT cost $40.00 on CD for WINDOWS and DOS.
BREAKOUT cost $30.00 on floppy disk for DOS
Card Club
Ivan wrote some good ones! Smell the aroma of pepperoni
pizza, hear the cards being shuffled. A cloud of cheap cigar smoke
drifts over you. Your mother always told you to stay out of places
like this! The card club ain't so bad! Where else could you find a
collection of shady characters to play a game of Hearts, Norwegian
Whist, Widow Whist, or Crazy Eights? The gang at the club house is
sharp and always ready to play. Can you beat them? Well come on
in, grab a slice of pizza, and try your luck. A word to the wise.
The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind.
Card club cost $30.00
P C S Car Racing Circuit
Feel the sweat run down your back while you try to control
your super charged computer down the straight away towards the next
critical turn. Will you make it or will it be curtains? You can
race your car against opponents on five different tracks. You use
your ear and hand skills to successfully navigate a turn. The
function keys are used as a dash board to find out how fast you are
going, and other important info about the race. You are being
challenged by twenty five of the world's best drivers and if you
beat the record score, your name is saved.
P C S Car racing circuit cost $30.00
Panzers In North Africa
Have you ever wondered what the difference between tanks were
during World War Two? Which great military power would you fight
for? Command a world war two tank, and fight your way to victory.
This game allows you to battle enemy tanks from the great desert
campaigns fought in the north African theater. In this game you
will move your tank into battle, choose to fire smoke to obscure a
more powerful tank, or blast away with armor piercing rounds. The
game will warn you of trouble, such as being in range of your
enemy's main gun, running low on ammo, or if enemy forces are
moving beyond your visibility.
Panzers In North Africa cost $30.00
World Series Baseball Special Edition
It is the bottom of the fifth. The other team scored 2 runs
and there are 2 outs. Do you make a change or stay with the
veteran for one more batter? Hear the sounds of the ball park as
you manage your team to victory or defeat in the world series. In
collaboration with Harry Hollingsworth, we have added fifty real
sounds to his 1997 version of World Series Baseball.
World Series Baseball Special Edition cost $35.00
Fox And Hounds
The dogs have the scent, and you hear them coming closer as
you track the fox. Will you get it before it scoffs off with
lunch? Use the arrow keys to steer your horse and chase the fox at
Middlesex Downs.
Fox and Hounds cost $30.00
Shooting Range
The tension mounts. You need to make a hit on this last shot
to break the range record. Hear the gun go off and the clay bird
break when your shot smashes into it. Sometimes you might even get
a whiff of cordite come wafting out of your floppy drive. At the
skeet range you can shoot at clay birds. The rifle range you can
shoot at a target trying to hit the bulls eye. the pistol range
you can shoot at a steel human silhouette target, or at the junk
yard you can shoot a weapon at over thirty objects.
Shooting Range cost $30.00
Tenpin Bowling
Will you make the strike? Or are you going to choke and miss?
Feel the tension grow as the game goes on. Hear the ball roll down
the lane, hit the pins, and the crowd respond as it watches you
play. A blind person can throw a ball down a lane with the purpose
of knocking down ten pins that are positioned at the end of the
lane.
Tenpin Bowling cost $30.00
Mobius Mountain
Can you beat Augie to the top of Mobius Mountain? Augie
thinks he is a pretty smart cookie. Watch out for the rock slides
and pits, and answer math problems correctly at a ladder, and make
giant leaps to the top. This math adventure game was written for
children and follows the format of the shoots and ladders board
game.
Mobius can be played by one to four people.
There are seven skill levels so children of any age will be able to
play and succeed at the game. These levels range from addition and
subtraction problems of two single digit numbers to multiplication
and division problems of two double digit numbers. At the end of
the game each player will get a report of how well they did in
solving the math problems.
Mobius Mountain cost $40.00 on CD for WINDOWS and DOS.
Mobius Mountain cost $20.00 on floppy disk for DOS
Monopoly
Can you become the big tycoon and replace Trump at Atlantic
City? Or are you going to wander around the cardboard city
panhandling your way back into the game. Monopoly was written for
the blind and follows all of the conventional rules of the
Parker Brother's board game. It has options that allow for very
detailed descriptions, location of properties and tokens, and
distribution of the players money.
Monopoly cost $30.00
Any Night Football
In this text based football game you become the coach and send
in the plays. Feel the same frustrations that the million dollar
coaches experience when the quarterback changes your play. Any
Night Football is simple to play, and the teams are historically
reflected in the game. It includes 28 teams and their stats.
Any night football cost $30.00
You can contact PCS Games in any format at
PCS Games
666 Orchard Street
Temperance, MI 48182
E-mail "Phil Vlasak" [email protected]
or [email protected]
PCS Games Web site www.pcsgames.net
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