Re: Apple II software poll

["Donald C. Lee" <dlee17@ccsf.cc.ca.us>]

Hi, 

     Yum-yum a good post :)

Don

Donald Lee
http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/bay/6073

On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Jack Spencer JR. wrote:

> GAMES: ARCADE/ACTION
Rescue Raiders
Aztec
Robotron 2084
Castle Wolfenstein/Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
A Centpide like game where you shoot at ghosts and stuff in a cematery
Apple Panic (first game I ever had for Apple II)
Skyfox (sounded great with a Phasor sound card!)
Flobynoid (great, great Arkanoid clone by the FTA programmers I think)
Columns (another great shareware game!)

> GAMES: ADVENTURE/ROLE PLAYING
Ultima III, IV, V (Unfortunately never got a chance to play I and II)

> GAMES: STRATEGY
Lords of Conquest
 
> 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)
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiege series (favorite one is USA, but I
like all of them that were released for the Apple IIe)
Mastertype (Hey I had fun and learned how to type!)
Alge-Blaster
 
> HOME/BUSINESS APPLICATIONS: WORD PROCESSORS
AppleWorks
Apple Writer II (my dad used it before AppleWorks)

HOME/BUSINESS APPLICATIONS:SPREADSHEETS
AppleWorks
Microsoft (?!?!?) Multiplan (my dad used it)

> HOME/BUSINESS APPLICATIONS:DATA BASE
AppleWorks
Dbase (my dad used it)

> SYSTEM UTILITIES: OPERATING SYSTEMS
DOS 3.3/Prodos :)

> SYSTEM UTILITIES: PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
Basic (though i didn't learn too much of it)
Apple Logo II
 
> SYSTEM UTILITIES: COMMUNICATION
Z-Link - "Shareware"

> SYSTEM UTILITIES: SOFTWARE MANAGMENT
Hmmmmm, does Copy II+, etc fit in here?

> SYSTEM UTILITIES: GRAPHICS MANIPULATION
The "Original" Print Shop 
Print Magic
 
> 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.)

Games: Sports

Julius Erving and Larry Bird Go One-on-One (a classic man!)
John Madden Football
Computer Baseball (probably the oldest game I have in my libary, dating
back to 1981.....a primitive game but spent many hours simulating a full
162-game season on PAPER, unless games of today)
Lance Haffner text Sports Games (pro basketball, pro baseball, pro
football, and college basketball)

Others:

Apple Presents: The Apple IIe (the program I used and had fun with before
my dad purchased the Apple IIe :)


Ok, I think I wrote enough.  Enjoy!

Don