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the Hercules graphics card.
Display enhancements on TTL
monochrome monitors include stand
ard 80 X 25 line text and 720 X 348
Hercules graphics. On CGA, EGA, or
other RGB monitors, the adapter deliv
ers 80 X 25 sixteen-color text, 320 X
200 four-color graphics, or 640 X 200
two-color graphics.
Other features include automatic
mode switching and a 25-pin parallel
port. The installation procedure con
sists of the board's insertion into any 8-
or 16-bit PC-style bus and setting its
jumper; no software is required.
The Dual Graphics Adapter carries
a suggested retail price of $99.
Boca Research, 6401 Congress
Ave., Boca Raton. FL 33487
Circle Reader Service Number 204.
Boca Research's Dual Graphics Adapter
enhances both monochrome and CGA
monitors.
New and Improved GEOS 128
A new and enhanced GEOS 128 has
been released by Berkeley Softworks.
The new version includes geo Write 2.1,
a full-featured word processor; geoSpell
128, an 80-column spelling checker;
and geoPaint, a high-resolution graph
ics workshop.
Also included with the package is
an enhanced deskTop program that
supports two disk drives and a RAM
expansion unit, offers multiple file se
lection, and displays the date and time.
Other features include geoMerge, which
creates customized form letters and la
bels; Text Grabber, which imports text
from any Commodore word processor;
and the Desk Accessories, which in
clude a calculator, a notepad, an alarm
clock, a screen preference manager, and
both photo and text managers and
albums.
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GEOS 128 {version 2.0) supports
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numeric keypad, keyboard, and other
input device options, as well as more
than 70 printers. The system is compat
ible with the entire family of GEOS ap
plication products. The suggested retail
price is $69.95. Upgrades are available
for $35.00 plus shipping and handling.
Berkeley' Softworks, 2150 Shattuck
Are., Berkeley?, C4 94704
Circle Reader Service Number 205.
Circle Gets the Square
For those tired of waiting for an invita
tion to a game show, GameTek offers
home computer versions of "Holly
wood Squares," "Super Password," and
"Double Dare!."
Hollywood Squares asks players to
second-guess computer celebrities in
the popular game of tic-tac-toe. The
game comes complete with the show's
theme music and wisecrack comments
and answers. Two computer contes
tants can compete head to head or one
can play Gametek's expert player.
Micro kid.
In Super Password, one or two
players are paired with computer celeb
rities to give and receive word clues.
Players go through the same rounds
that their television counterparts do, in
cluding the S10,000 speed round, in
which the champion must correctly
guess ten words in 90 seconds.
Double Dare, based on the syndi
cated game show produced by MTV,
combines questions with physical chal
lenges, including launching contestants
off a teetertotter and onto a trampoline.
Players control their onscreen charac
ter's ability to jump over, throw, or toss
objects.
The three games are available for
the IBM PC and compatibles, the Com
modore 64/128. and the Apple II for
$14.95 each.
GameTek/Navarre, 6750 W.
Broadway, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428
Circle Reader Service Number 206.
Crime Solver
Avalon Hill has released a detective
mystery game that challenges your
crime-solving abilities. Police Blotter
places you in the role of a rookie detec
tive of the 13th Precinct of the Queensport
Police Department. You must
interview witnesses, decipher police re
ports, and gather clues.
The game features seven mysteries
involving blackmail, kidnapping, theft,
and murder. Each of the seven cases is
programmed for three levels of com
plexity. False clues, red herrings, and
dead ends tend to make finding a solu
tion difficult. An onscreen case clock
tracks the time it takes you to appre
hend a suspect.
The game is currently available for
the Apple II and has a suggested retail
price of $29.95. Versions for the Macin
tosh and the IBM PC and compatibles
are planned.
The Ai-alon Mill Game Company,
Microcomputer Games Division, 4517
HarfordRd., Baltimore. MD 21214
Circle Reader Service Number 207.
One to four players can attempt to solve
mysteries in Police Blotter.
Roll With It
Test your joystick skills as you maneu
ver a ball through a multidimensional
puzzle on ten different planes in Mind-
Roll, from Epyx. Each successive plane
increases in difficulty, but players can
rearrange the planes in any order for
play or practice.
Players must walk a plank, hunt
for hidden amulets, fill the screen with
tiled squares, and roll over puzzle
squares in a predetermined sequence.
All onscreen activities must be com
pleted before time expires. Plane 7 fea
tures time boosters that give you extra
seconds to negotiate obstacle courses,
roll down a racetrack, or complete a
maze.
After each plane, any remaining
time units are converted into points. t>