Conference hydra::amiga_v1

As a fairly recent entry to the net (about five months), I sympathize with
your confusion. One problem is the somewhat nebulous connection between this
conference and the various directories/tools on the net for upload and download.
I've suggested a summary note for these topics, but apparently it's not been
implemented as of yet. I personally don't know the environment well enough to
initiate it.

The directories I'm aware of are:

TAPE::USER2:[UPLOAD]
TAPE:USER2:[AMIGA...]
WJG::AMIGA:
CRISTA""::AMIGA:

The compression types are self-documenting, keyed to the filetype:

.LZH = LHARC
.ARC = ARC
.ZOO = ZOO
.SH = SHAR

Various tools for uploading, downloading, and compression/decompression are in
TAPE::USER2:[AMIGA.TOOLS]. I'm on a VMS system, so I can't speak for the Ultrix
side.

As far as games go, I don't do much in that area, but I have a few that I know
are good (IMHO): Amoeba and StarTrek (the one by Jimbo Barber) are the only ones
which come to mind, but I've seen others praised in this conference.

Welcome to the conference, and good luck with your concerns.

Cheers,
	Bob

    Hi,
    
    There is a fairly small set of public domain/shareware disks called
    FRED FISH disks. The gent who looks after this on the net has prepared
    a two-volume catalogue which does just as you ask - gives info on each
    program on the disk. To get hold of this thin tome, simply type :
    
    copy tape::user2:[amiga]ff_cat_v1.ps *.*
    copy tape::user2:[upload]ff_cat_v2.ps *.*
    
    These can be printed on a postscript printer and once bound, will grace
    any bookshelf...
    
    Happy hunting,
    
    Dave.
    

Thanks a lot, you have certainly got me started somewhere!

If anyone else could provide me with a games-list, you'll have made my day -
and problebly weekend!

Sigge

    Note 4217 and it's reply's  contain alot of information.
    
    								Ed
    

re .2

Or Save a tree, use what we sell and just use BOOKREADER for the Fred
Fish catalogues.


re .0

I put a note in here asking what  all the extensions mean. Try a
dir/author=hilton and it's one of them!!

PD Games around, tons of Fred Fish ones (see Catalogue)

Try Spacekillers, in here somewhere, written by a DECie
BIP is a little game  I uploaded, a couple of notes back
Missile Command is aroundin tape::user2:[upload]


Just sit, back all weekend, and read this massive conference!!
;^))

    If you go to note 1156 you will find a listing of all Fred Fish disks
    with a description of the programs.
    
    It took a while to figure out but I got Cribbage to work.
    
    Now just looking for a good solitare game.
    
                                 regards

    re:.0
    
    A great game on a FF is Dragon Cave.
    Don't miss that one.  It has also been mentionned
    somewhere. 
    
    
    
    Vince.

One of my favorite computer games is free.  It's LARN, from Fish Disk 63.
The game is similar to Rogue, Hack, and Moria, but is far more playable.
The game has been pretty heavily Amiga-ized: instead of ASCII character
graphics, the game uses 8 (or 16?) color tiny pictures of the monsters,
treasure, and items in the dungeon.  The game has menus and allows you
to click and drag with the mouse to move your character.

A lot of the fun of the game is figuring out the strategy to use in dealing
with the monsters in the game.  Most of the monsters have special powers,
which you can neutralize with the right spells, potions, or scrolls.

Thanks all for your answers. I 've seen the big note about Dungeon Master,
(note 1874), in this notes file. Do you know if the demo is still available
somewhere on the net? Does the DEMO need 1Meg, or is it just the REAL DM that
needs 1Meg?

Sigge