Re: Apple II software poll

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"Jack Spencer JR." <eeville@dreamscape.com> wrote:

>Hiya,
>
>I'm taking a simple poll on what are the best software titles that are/were
>available for the Apple II.  You can just name your favorite game or give a
>wide assortment of titles.
>
>If you go the "big list" route, please follow this criteria.  It will keep
>me from going crazy and will help you make wise choices :)
>
>1) if a title is IIgs specific, that is, will only run on the GS, please say
>so.  a simple "GS" tag will do.
>
>2) choose titles for the following catagories:
>
>GAMES: ARCADE/ACTION

Cosmocade (GS), DuelTris (GS), Wolfenstein 3D (GS), Star Trek GS (GS),
Out of this World (GS), Tunnels of Armageddon (GS)

>GAMES: ADVENTURE/ROLE PLAYING

Out of this World (GS)

>GAMES: STRATEGY

Out of this World (GS), Battle Chess GS (GS)

>GAMES: EDUCATIONAL(most educational software was geared toward children and
>was in the form of games.  There may be non-game educational software, but
>that can go here)

Vocabulary In All Directions aka. VIAD (GS), Columns,
Milestones 2000, HyperCard for the IIGS, HyperStudio for the
IIGS.

>HOME/BUSINESS APPLICATIONS: WORD PROCESSORS

AppleWorks GS (GS), WordPerfect GS (GS)

>HOME/BUSINESS APPLICATIONS:SPREADSHEETS

AppleWorks GS (GS), AppleWorks Classic

>HOME/BUSINESS APPLICATIONS:DATA BASE

AppleWorks GS (GS)

>SYSTEM UTILITIES: OPERATING SYSTEMS

GS/OS (GS), System 6.0.1 (GS), GNO/ME (UNIX for the IIGS)

>SYSTEM UTILITIES: PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

C (GS), Pascal (GS), Modula-2 (GS), advanced BASIC (GS), Forth (GS),
HyperCard/HyperTalk GS (GS)

>SYSTEM UTILITIES: COMMUNICATION

Spectrum (GS), SIS web browser (GS), Marinetti TCP/IP stack (GS),
Faxination (GS), PMPFax (GS), MS-DOS Utilities Graphical Interface
aka MUG! (GS), ProTerm 3.1.

>SYSTEM UTILITIES: SOFTWARE MANAGMENT

Finder from System 6.0.1 for the IIGS.

>SYSTEM UTILITIES: GRAPHICS MANIPULATION

DreamGraphics 3200 color paint program (GS), Platinum Paint (GS)

>OTHER (I'm pretty confident any program could fit into the above catagories
>with a little logic stretching.  If you like a program that you really don't
>think fits anywhere else, then put it here.  If a piece of software fits
>under one of the general catagories above, but not the more specific
>catagories, feel free to create your own "OTHER" subcatagory e.g GAMES:
>OTHER.  I'm not expecting too many to go here.)

Pointless, a truetype font interpreter for GS/OS (GS)