usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) (03/19/90)
In the following two messages I am posting two really hot binaries off of my Detroit BBS, The Club II. If you have trouble uudecoding, de-arcing and un-diskcompressing these, then you can pick them up (and the requisite utilities) on The Club II at (313) 334-8877 3/12/2400 The first file is ZYBEX - which might be described as "R-Type for the 8-bit." Using GTIA graphics, this game is GREAT! Tremendous! Flush that ST or Nitendo. I've picked up at least 5 different weapons. ZYBEX.UUE is a uuencoded, arc'd file with the documentation AND a .DCM file - The .DCM file is a DISKCOMM file. To get this you need to trim the header off, uudecode to get the arc file, then (on your Atari) de-arc and then diskcomm the ZYBEX.DCM file onto a full disk. (formatted blnk) You'll need ARC for the 8-bit, Bob Puff's Super UnArc is reccomended. You'll also need DISKCOMM, Bob's Diskcomm 3.2 is likewise reccomended. The second file is TETRIX - an Atari 8-bit implementation of a current popular game Nitendo claims to own. If you like Tetris, you'll like Tetrix. If you haven't played Tetris - play it a while, give it a chance. It grows on you - like a socialist wart! TETRIX.UUE is a uuencoded, arc'd file containing the documentation, the TETRIX.OBJ file, and something else (high scores?) You need to trim the file, feed it to uudecode, and then de-arc it ON YOUR 8-bit. Both of these files are new pd/shareware releases for the 8-bit and they're IM-PRES-IVE. Be sure to send them what you can to help support stuff like this. ZYBEX is just incredible. Excuse me, I have to get back to ruining my hands now. (As an aside, if you haven't used Bob Puff utilities like Super Arc/UnArc and Diskcomm, you're in for a shock too. TOP quality programming. Support your 8-bit authors.) Terry Conklin "Lights have faded - Euphoria is dead conklin@egr.msu.edu Past and Present - Exalt of the Wierd uunet!frith!conklin Chimerias petrified - Eclipse & suspicion The Club (517) 372-3131 Deafened stream - Babylon fell..." The Club II (313) 334-8877 - Celtic Frost, Into the Pandemonium