michelbi@oregon.uoregon.edu (Michel Biedermann) (07/16/89)
I am writing a business proposal in which I propose spending about $120 - $150 on computer games. These games are mainly to help computer phobics overcome their apprehention of the mysterious machine. Given that the only game I own is Tetris, I a looking to the NET for help. What games do you recommend I purchase? I should add that one of my requirements is a GOOD and FUN typing TUTOR (not a simple shoot'm down thingy), and that both genders will be playing these games. So please, don't propose three different armchair quaterback and two baseball games. Another nice touch would be a game that make good use of a mouse just to round-off these people's skills. Your suggestions are greatly appreciated, and maybe I'll even buy some of those games for myself. Thanks for your help. Michel Biedermann michelbi@oregon.uoregon.edu U. of Oregon
werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner) (07/17/89)
In article <5376@oregon.uoregon.edu>, michelbi@oregon.uoregon.edu (Michel Biedermann) writes: > I am writing a business proposal in which I propose spending about $120 - > $150 on computer games. These games are mainly to help computer phobics > overcome their apprehention of the mysterious machine. Given that the only > game I own is Tetris, I a looking to the NET for help. What games do you > recommend I purchase? I should add that one of my requirements is a > GOOD and FUN typing TUTOR (not a simple shoot'm down thingy), and that > both genders will be playing these games. If typing is what you want, maybe the solution is any game with Zork in the title. If you prefer something a little less challenging, then the Sierra adventures add in graphics what they leave out in rigor. If just putting hands on the keyboard is the key, then how about Rogue, or any of its successors. (actually just its successors, which have the nice advantage of being in the public domain. Rogue, well, it is no longer being offered by Epyx. May it rest in peace.) -- Craig Werner (future MD/PhD, 4.5 years down, 2.5 to go) werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517) "Trust me. I'm almost a doctor."
casey@well.UUCP (Kathleen Creighton) (07/19/89)
>both genders will be involved
Well, that eliminates about 95% of the available games :-). "Wheel of
Fortune/Jeopardy" is available (actually, the Jeopardy game is enjoyable
for all); "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego" can be challenging 20 or
30 years after your last geography class; computer simulations of card games
or backgammon; and if you have the hardware to run them, the new turbo race
car games (with Porsche, Ferrari, etc.) would go over real well with the
men and probably at least some of the women.
If I'm not mistaken, the most well-reviewed typing tutor is "Mavis Beacon
Teaches Typing".
And if you're in a Prodigy service area (I didn't notice), you might consider
getting a Prodigy account for intro to telecomm.