Argos Gameware ships new Entertainment Digest Volume I Windows games: Alien Checkers, Jewel Thief, Maze Master, DoubleMatch, Quadrille solitaire and two bonuses.MAYWOOD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 1995--Argos Gameware is now shipping its challenging new collection of non-violent Windows games, including two kinds of puzzles as a bonus. The games in this volume include Alien Checkers, Jewel Thief, Maze Master, DoubleMatch and Quadrille quadrille Dance for four couples in square formation, fashionable from the late 18th through the 19th century. Imported to England from Parisian ballrooms in 1815, it consisted of four or five contredanses (see solitaire solitaire or patience, any card game that can be played by one person. Solitaire is the American name; in England it is known as patience. There are probably more kinds of solitaire than all other card games together. . Some of the games in this collection may seem familiar, but there are delightful twists to them, from cowardly monsters to mouse-driven mice. New Argos Gameware Entertainment Digest(TM) Volume I for Windows is available for $29.95 (all prices suggested U.S. resale at participating resellers; inquiries invited). In addition to these games (Alien Checkers, Jewel Thief, Maze Master, DoubleMatch and Quadrille solitaire), Entertainment Digest, Volume I also includes, as a bonus, sample Argos Gameware ArtApart(TM) on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. multimedia jigsaw puzzles and WordHunter hidden-word (letter grid) puzzles. When playing Alien Checkers, your opponent is a menacing, monstrous, otherworldly player with a bully's snarl and (on audio-capable systems) an audible growl; his attitude changes considerably when you beat him. You can disable To turn off; deactivate. See disabled. the animated alien for a more routine human vs. computer game of checkers, with your choice of several levels of machine expertise and skill. Players can also select the rule sets by which they'll play. Jewel Thief requires a deft hand as a player attempts to pluck pluck 1. an abattoir term for the thoracic viscera plus the liver, after separation from the esophagus and the diaphragm. Includes the larynx, trachea, lungs, heart and liver, plus the spleen in sheep. 2. precious stones gems; jewels. See also: Precious from hordes of hazards which become more difficult as play continues. The game even delivers a secret reward for any player who manages to make it all the way through to the end. You become a mouse (blind or sighted, at the player's election) when playing Maze Master. The walls of these mazes can be tall, short or ``glass,'' and players can choose how difficult a maze to run. There's even an option to print one to 100 mazes, on demand. The game even keeps a record of the players with the best times at each level, with a separate list of those playing today. On an audio-capable system, the game opens with a trumpet fanfare and the mouse sounds surprisingly like a race car, accelerating through its gear range. One to four (human or computer) players match up the pairs of pictures and patterns to reveal clues beneath in DoubleMatch. Pick a level of difficulty from inept to intelligent. On audio-capable computers, sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros are an option. Quadrille is a classic but, to most card enthusiasts, unfamiliar solitaire game. It involves counting up and counting back as the cards inexorably count down to the end of the game. Entertainment Digest, Volume I includes a sample of its ArtApart animated multimedia Windows jigsaw puzzles with 3D-look interlocking interlocking /in·ter·lock·ing/ (-lok´ing) closely joined, as by hooks or dovetails; locking into one another. interlocking Obstetrics A rare complication of vaginal delivery of twins; the 1st pieces (available separately for $39.95, including 30 color images). Cut the puzzle into as few as 15 pieces, or more than a thousand. On an audio-capable computer, the accompanying sound effects are both appropriate and amusing. The other bonus in Entertainment Digest, Volume I is a WordHunter word-search puzzle. Since you find and highlight the hidden words with a mouse, it can be a little easier to play than the word-search puzzles in the paper, except that some WordHunter puzzles give you clues and not the hidden words themselves. One real hidden treasure here - especially for teachers - is that Argos WordHunter lets users author their own puzzles, then print them out. The Argos Gameware Division (founded 1994) of H&M Systems Software Inc., creates non-violent computer game software. While there is no killing, no violence and nothing in these games requiring parental intervention, there is still fun and provocatively challenging action throughout the scores of games in the Argos collection. For further information contact Argos Gameware Division, H&M Systems Software Inc., 25 East Spring Valley Avenue, Maywood, New Jersey Maywood is a Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 9,523. Maywood was incorporated as a borough on June 29, 1894, from portions of Midland Township, based on the results of a referendum held that 07607-2150; phone 201/845-3357; fax: 201/845-4638. Argos Gameware(TM), Entertainment Digest(TM) and ArtApart(TM) are trademarks of H&M Systems Software Inc. EDITORS ONLY: Contact Martin Winston, Newstips Inc. 13830 Braeburn Lane Novelty, Ohio 44072 216/338-8400 fax: 216/338-3480 Black and white or color photography
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