ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ WIZARD GAMES Shareware Releases - Summer 1990 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ WIZARD is a programming collective based in Scotland, with a range of games all available only for the IBM PC (and compatibles) via mail order. WIZARD believes that current PC games are overpriced and overpackaged (not to mention lacking in imagination). We are creating a series of unique and innovative games, designed to take full advantage of the size and power of IBM PCs and compatibles, and we are marketing these primarily via the 'try before you buy' shareware method. If you like any of our shareware releases, then please support us by registering for the game concerned. Registration costs œ12 (US$20) per game, and entitles you to the latest full enhanced registered version of the game concerned, with LOAD and SAVE game facilities and other additional features. Registration also puts you on our mailing list for information on Wizard releases - and there are several of these a year! System requirements for WIZARD releases are IBM PC/close compatible, with 512k RAM and CGA/CGA compatible graphics card. We have many reports of our games being run successfully on a wierd and wonderful variety of machines, eg Apple Macs, Hercules graphics machines, etc using appropriate DOS/CGA emulation hardware/software. What they say about Wizard Games: 'thanks for the work you are doing in the underdeveloped - yet overpriced - PC games world' - P Walker,Bradford 'these are just the type of games I have been waiting for. Keep up the good work' - C Meeks,London ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ THE SOCCER GAME (c) 1989 New Era ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Congratulations,you have just been hired as the new manager of a professional soccer team. Find out if you can handle this exciting job with THE SOCCER GAME, a sports managerial simulation game. THE SOCCER GAME is larger in scope and much more comprehensive than any currently available soccer management game: forget the rest, try out the best! Programmed by a certifiable soccer maniac, who was simply fed up with the lack of detail and scope in available soccer management games, THE SOCCER GAME uses the memory and processing capacity of the PC to create a game far larger in scope and far more entertaining and demanding than any of the rest. The object of this outstanding game is to become a succesful manager of a soccer team. You start out managing a fourth division team, and try to work your way up to the top of the first division, and on to international cup success. You select the team players, and staff. You demonstrate your skills by trading and buying players, by selecting the best teams to play, and by making the best deals. Features include: YOUR TEAM: up to 20 players, each with emotional stability, age, experience, skill, fitness, and consistency. Contract termination, and renewal. Players on free loan. Field positions, injuries, retirements, testimonials. Buy/sell players, directly or via transfer market. Hire/fire staff. Reports and advice from staff. Fixture list. Next match information. Offers to manage another team during the course of the game. OTHER TEAMS: 1270 players. 4 divisions (20 teams in each). 20 international teams. Physio, treasurer, scout, & assistant for each team. Edit team and player names. View any team's squad at any time. Information on signings between teams. Full information on individual players. FIXTURES: League tables for all 4 divisions. League Cup. FA cup. Cup Winners Cup. UEFA cup. European Cup. Friendly matches. Optional match highlights. Results from all matches. Man of the match. Scorers. High goal scorers list. Player of the month. Young player of the month. Manager of the month. FINANCIAL ASPECTS: Buy and sell team shares. make and sell records(!). Bank loans.Weekly cash flow with gate receipts, sponsorship, TV and radio fees, salaries, ground maintenance, tranfer fees, betting. PRESENTATION: Full windowing and pull-up menus. Colour. Music. Instructions. On-screen help. Levels of difficulty. Print outs. What they say about THE SOCCER GAME: 'congratulations on a full and comprehensible game' - J Whiting,Colchester 'enjoyed it immensely.. addicted' - N Loader,The Netherlands 'thank you,at Wizard games, for the many challenging hours' A,P&R Powell,Pudsey 'excellent game' - D J Hayes, E Grinstead 'extremely easy to use - the program matches and even exceeds the majority of commercially available software, with regard to text displays,help screens, and pull down menu facilities. Excellent value for money!' - C Longdon,Chippenham 'extremely well written game' - P G Jones,Leeds 'thank you for the SOCCER GAME - I think it's brilliant' - V Holmen,Manchester 'excellent - completely hooked on it' - J Holden,Cambridgeshire 'it IS compulsive - thanks very much for a great game' - D Johnson,Wiltshire 'I admit I am addicted to your imaginatively titled "Soccer Game" - Keep up the good work' - D Demetriou, Southgate 'I have in the past played all the football strategy games available and I consider "Soccer" the best and most reaslistic available.' - Chris Broadbent, Swindon -'brilliant' - A Powis,Hereford -'brilliant and very addictive' - D Farmer,Staffs (these are just a small selection of the rave quotes this game produces!) ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ GRAND PRIX (c) 1989 Hole In The Wall ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Manage your own Formula 1 racing team! You are in charge of finances, hiring and firing of drivers, design staff, and mechanics. You must select and purchase cars, engines, and other items necessary for a succesful season. You start out with limited money with which to build up your teams, and must obtain sponsorship, and negotiate loans. Once you have a completed team, it's time to start racing! There are 16 races in each Grand Prix international season, and you must try to qualify for each. With a skillful driver you may win a race. With a good chief mechanic you could win more. If you have an experienced chief designer your car may last the whole season. And if you manage to put all the parts together, the constructors and drivers championships await you! Grand Prix is, to the best of our knowledge, the only game of formula 1 team managment available. Its features include: - run the season with one, or two (if finances allow) drivers. - control finances, obtain sponsorship and loans (beware the loan shark!) - control spending on car/engine development, and salaries - select drivers from transfer market - experience history, age, skill, temperament, for each driver - realism: real-life circuits,teams and drivers. - circuit statistics, lap records, team records - qualifying and race lap times, best and average - accidents, breakdowns, injuries - graphs/charts of team/driver/competitors performance for the season, and for the game to date. - customise team names - slick presentation, colour, sound, easy and fast to operate - on-line help and instructions ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ INSANITY (c) 1989 Wizard Games ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ A huge maze-base adventure game, where INSANITY rules! Find clues, solve puzzles and try to stay alive in a place where the unexpected is common, and pandemonium is found at every turn! As you tru to find your way out of the labyrinth, you'll encounter many strange things, You'll meet a wizard, pass through stars, collect ammunition to defend yourself against little red fiends, explore a castle and church along the way, play games like seven card challenge and a fast paced soccer match. Most things won't make sense, but if you can find a method to the madness, you could find the key to end your search for a way out of INSANITY. INSANITY is a highly challenging and entertaining game suitable for all the family. It comes with a built in demo to give you an idea what the game is about. Insanity realy has te be seen, rather than read about! 'INSANITY: It's Brilliant' - J Amandini ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ POPSTAR (c) 1989 Wizard Games ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ You are an unknow hopeful, trying to gain popularity and chart success in the crazy world of sex,drugs, and rock and roll! Your health, alertness, creativity, happiness, and drug intake, are constantly monitored and must be carefully controlled. The aim of POPSTAR is to become a star, then a megastar: by playing gigs around the world to create some popularity, by promotional activities, and by recording and releasing records and making videos. You must constantly watch your health and emotional state, as the crazy world of sex drugs and rock and roll is very arduous. You will be tempted continually into partying and drug taking, but beware! You will need holidays and perhaps even health sanitoriums, rehabilitation clinics or even hospital to recover from your excesses! ACTIVITIES: touring - pubs, clubs, halls, stadiums. Support tours. Recording - various studios. Make videos - various producers. Negotiate record contracts, and record company loans - various labels. TV and radio appearances. Promotional autograph and interview tours. Parties. Holidays - various locations. Health sanitorium. Drug taking. Drug addiction and rehabilitation. Drug busts. Hospital. Consult your analyst. Visit your doctor. Bankrupcy. Death. INFORMATION: local,UK,European, and American top 100 charts, updated every week. Various regional and international top 100 popularity polls. Detailed history of your own releases and tours. Information on new releases. Record and video reviews. Gig reviews. Advice from manager, band and friends. PRESENTATION: full windowing and bar menus. Special effects. Colour. Sound. Instant context-sensitive help and information always available via function keys. Bar graph displays. Friendly interactive style. What they say about POPSTAR: 'played for hours at it' - A Turner,Bolton 'wonderful! just my sort of game. Keep up the good work etc' - Alan Rose,Ilford 'what a brilliant game' - R Thomas,Swansea 'most impressed' - B Clay,Suffolk ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ OLIGOPOLY (c) 1990 Wizard Games ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ OLIGOPOLY is light-hearted but detailed game of business management- you must build up your business in the face of cut-throat competition: hire/fire staff, build factories, set prices and marketing and research budgets, deal with strikes, and generally play at being a capitalist! You have just inherited a business, called "USELESS LIMITED" from a sadistic uncle of yours. USELESS ltd makes silly little devices called "Incomprehensible Gadgets" which the general public seem to think are essential aids to modern living (yes folks "no home should be without one"). "Oligopoly" is the state where a few companies between them dominate a market. In the market for "Incomprehensible Gadgets" there are six companies including you, and there is some limited foreign competition which will only get a foothold in the market if the six companies are fairly incompetent. CUTTHROAT ltd will concentrate on price competition, aiming for a low profit margin on a high volume of sales. TOPNOTCH ltd goes for good quality design and expects customers to pay premium prices for it. IMAGE ltd loves to promote itself, so concentrates on marketing, again expecting premium prices for such a fashionable name... STEADFAST ltd as rather boring and conservative and tries to survive by taking as few risks as possible (you could say it depends on the boring conservative core of the general public for its'' sales!) SHADOW ltd copies you (except when you do really stupid things!), as they don''t' have minds of their own (shame....). So the aim of the game is to destroy the competition and get yourself a complete monopoly of the market for "Incomprehensible Gadgets" You have control over all aspects of USELESS ltd''s activities - production of the gadgets, design and development of revised models, and selling and marketing of the finished gadgets. You have a workforce to control and factories and equipment to organise, buy and sell. To help you run this business, you have a good computer system (programmed by WIZARD, so it must be quite wonderful) giving you a variety of graphical and financial information. It is up to you to figure out how to make sense of it all! ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ WIZARD GAMES 4 Hoselaw,Kelso,Scotland,TD5 8BP ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ