Heartfelt, but rather unrealistic wishes like ruling the world, unlimited processing power or an evening playing poker with three celebrities usually fall into the sphere of competence of a fairy. In case one happens to show up in your home: don’t ask for that poker game. That’s already been taken care of, thanks to New World Computing. NWC-mastermind Jon Van Caneghem invited three class B TV celebrities of the mid-90s for a day of green-screen filming. The result is called Multimedia Celebrity Poker.
If you’re into TV series, then you’ll probably have no trouble recognizing the faces of your opponents. Sitting at the poker table are Jonathan „Riker“ Frakes (Star Trek: Next Generation), appearing somewhat tight-lipped; talkative comedian Joe Piscopo (Saturday Night Live), showing off his array of impersonations; and aging starlet Morgan Fairchild (Hotel, Falcon Crest), sitting stiff and generally trying not to look too lost. Digitized video clips, seamlessly integrated into the main frame, depict all a
WinFish 3 - Fly Fishing features beautiful 256 Color Graphics and Animation. Select your Fly, Line, and hit the River. Full realistic fishing, river, and nature sounds. See if you can catch the BIG one. Full 180 degree scrollable view of the river to watch as your line floats downstream.
Truco '96 is a virtually unknown Sega Mega Drive unlicensed tabletop card game originating from an electronics company Miky situated in Argentina. The game itself came out sometime between 1995 and 1996; the company's website merely says "copyright 1995." While the game and graphics appear to be entirely original, music is stolen from Battle Mania Daiginjou.
The game is an implementation of the South American card game Truco.
Max and Marie Go Shopping is an educational adventure game where the player must help two young anthropomorphic dogs, Max and Marie, buy all the necessary things for Aunt Lisa's party.
Each location in the city is represented by a full-screen scene where the player can click on things and people to interact with them, or just trigger a funny animation. The player can move between various places in the city by riding a bus, or just by clicking the icon that allows him to instantly move to any location.
RARS is an acronym for Robot Auto Racing Simulator. It is an open source 3D racing simulator. RARS is designed to enabled pre-programmed AI drivers to race against one another. RARS was used as the base for TORCS.
Something terrible has happened at Awkward Manor! For all those who love a good murder mystery, here is a new twist. Now you can explore an elegant English mansion, just as if you were there in person. Forget virtual reality- Virtual Travel makes it real! There are ten different game levels to satisfy every age and ability. As a gumshoe detective at Level 1, you'll get lots of help, but as a skilled detective at Level 10, it could take you an hour or more to solve each mystery! Awkward Manor has fourteen beautifully photographed rooms and thousands of places where suspects may have left clues... there's a clue now, under that chair! It looks as if Major Gallop was in the library! When was he there? Ring for the butler, he may be able to help you... Oh well, not this time! Let's go upstairs to the Royal Bedroom... Mrs. Thatcham's there! She may know more about the Major's movements! Let's ask her where she was at 7.45... Yes! As she walks away, she says she was with Major Gallop in the Ballroom! Maybe he was in here
The Lie is an entry in the Puddle Books series. It teaches children ages three to eight the importance of telling the truth. In the main screen, the player can select a storyteller, and navigate through the pages. On each page of the story, the selected storyteller reads the page out loud. Clicking on the picture on the right of the page leads the child to an activity. In some pages, a song will play with animation accompanying it before leading to the activity. The game features reading comprehension and vocabulary.
The Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack (BOMEP) was a collection of thirteen 16-bit simple games sold separately from Windows. It was published in the Microsoft Home series of software. They were selected as the best games from the previously released Microsoft Entertainment Pack series.
Solitaire Twin Pack contains two card games, Pyramid Solitaire and Golf Solitaire.
Both games are played with the mouse and come with in-game help text, and the ability to change the pattern on the back of the cards. Only Pyramid Solitaire has an Undo function and only Golf Solitaire has a Save Game option.
Power: The Game is an turn-based wargame in boardgame style. The objective of the game is to defeat your opponents in by capturing their Flag with infantry. Tanks, planes and ships can be used to help cover your position and give you sufficient power. Available are tanks, planes, ships and infantry. The game is divided into timed rounds of combat, with the entire conflict lasting two hours or less. During each round all players make their moves simultaneously. You are allowed to issue up to five commands during each round. At the end of each round all movement is seen, all conflicts are resolved and all power units when they occupy a foreign country with any piece through an entire round.