Preserving the classics https://demu.org/ 2026-04-21T10:34:39+00:00 https://demu.org/ https://demu.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2024-09-05T23:57:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://demu.org/doku.php?id=interactive_entertainment:1942&rev=1725580660&do=diff 1942: The Pacific Air War Designer's notes on 1942 The Pacific Air War Ed Fletcher Producer, MPS Labs 1942 The Pacific Air War (PAW), a World War II air/sea combat simulation from MicroProse, focuses on the air war in the Pacific. The simulation will give you the opportunity to participate in some of the most exciting, desperate, and unique battles in history. You'll have the chance to fly both Japanese and American fighters, dive-bombers, and torpedo planes as you battle for control of the P… text/html 2024-09-05T23:38:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://demu.org/doku.php?id=interactive_entertainment:alien_breed&rev=1725579498&do=diff Alien Breed If you've been to the store recently, you know how much computer games cost. Buying them hurts. Because of these inflated prices, most software stores include in their inventory a rack of budget games, usually priced under $25. This would be good, if it weren't for what's on that rack. Usually the budget section is stocked with older games that did poorly when they were initially released as a full-priced game. This is often because the game wasn't any good, and people caught on… text/html 2024-09-06T00:00:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://demu.org/doku.php?id=interactive_entertainment:doom&rev=1725580819&do=diff DOOM The world of shareware is a vast place. Thousands of programs, a good number of which are games, are available to download from BBSs or purchase from shareware distributors. Many of these games are mediocre, and some of them are genuinely awful. Some of them, however, are major works created by talented individuals that will keep players happy for a good long time and are easily worth the modest registration fee the authors request. One such game was Wolfenstein 3D, created by Id Softwa… text/html 2024-09-05T23:41:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://demu.org/doku.php?id=interactive_entertainment:fury_furries&rev=1725579680&do=diff Fury of the Furries Lemmings imitations are a dime a dozen. A couple years ago the computer game industry saw a wave of sideways-scrolling puzzle games flood the store shelves. While some of them were good, many were hastily-produced knock-offs designed to cash in on the sudden popularity of green-haired idiots. text/html 2024-09-05T23:42:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://demu.org/doku.php?id=interactive_entertainment:mega_race&rev=1725579764&do=diff MegaRace Game players are no strangers to battle-oriented race games. When you're hurtling down the track at unthinkable speeds there's no better way to speed by the competition than to blow them into little smoldering bits. Now battle racing fans have a new toy to play with: Megarace from Software Toolworks. Toy is the right word here. Megarace is not a heavily detailed sim; it's just a straightforward "drive fast and shoot things" game. If you don't expect anything more from it, you shou… text/html 2024-09-06T00:02:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://demu.org/doku.php?id=interactive_entertainment:outpost&rev=1725580931&do=diff Outpost Outpost design notes By Bruce Balfour, head designer You only get one chance to destroy civilization.Outpost is a strategy / simulation game in which players explore new worlds, research new technologies, and strive to colonize distant planets. Based on NASA research into future space projects, as well as current planetary science and theories on interstellar spacecraft design, Outpost is designed to be a realistic simulation of the complexities involved in building a self-contained co… text/html 2024-09-05T23:43:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://demu.org/doku.php?id=interactive_entertainment:right_fire&rev=1725579798&do=diff Privateer: Righteous Fire Several months ago Origin blessed us hardcore Wing Commander freaks with Privateer, the only WC game to allow players to interact in the Terran-Kilrathi war from the perspective of a private citizen trying to make a buck. While Privateer was a welcome and original addition to the Wing Commander series, it could have been much more. Once you had finished the main plot and built up your ship to the limits of that game, there was nothing interesting left to do. There we… text/html 2024-09-05T23:43:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://demu.org/doku.php?id=interactive_entertainment:star_lord&rev=1725579813&do=diff Starlord What can I say about Starlord except that it's bad and the time I spent playing it was about as much fun as oral surgery? I guess I could be more specific. That's probably a good idea, since this magazine isn't called "Beavis and Butthead Review Computer Games and Blow Stuff Up," although don't think I haven't lobbied for that change myself. But I'm getting distracted; I was talking about Starlord. Say, that reminds me, "I don't like stuff that sucks! Huh-huh, huh, huh!"