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Shareware Solutions II SharewareShareware SolutionsSolutions IIII An Exciting Apple II Journey Into The Future Volume 2, Issue 5 October, 1995 Heard It Through The Grapevine GS+ Magazine entire software lines from West- US or Canada delivery; $40 for Code Software (HardPressed, Air Mail delivery elsewhere). In late August, Steve Disbrow, TypeSet, TypeWest, and Point- the publisher of GS+ Magazine less) and Procyon ( Pick n Pile, Games, Games, Games posted the following notice to all SwitchIt, GNO/ME and Splat). of the online services: As most of you know, I worked Additionally, EGO Systems will for Big Red Computer Club from It is with great sadness that I soon be releasing several soft- 1989 to 1992, and over the years am forced to announce that this ware products that are geared have remained friends and in (V7.N1) is the last issue of GS+ towards Apple IIGS owners who contact with BRCCs owner. Magazine. After six years, and have migrated towards the Mac. thirty-seven issues, it has sim- As you also know, BRCC is still ply become impossible to con- Shrink II is a $39.95 Macintosh in business, but because they tinue publication. application that provides Mac have not advertised or actively users with the ability to either promoted the software they do As you might be able to guess, create or decompress Apple II carry, sales are understandably the main reason for this deci- standard ShrinkIt archives. way down. Although nothing def- sion is money; specifically, the inite has been decided, BRCC is lack of it. As I mentioned an EGO Systems $25 Teach thinking about closing down the issue or two ago, renewals have Translator for Macintosh Easy Apple II end of the business. been off. Since then, renewals Open allows IIGS formatted went through the floor and new text files in the Teach format However, they still have a large subscriptions have been almost to be translated, with all the inventory of unsold software, so non-existent. Ive tried every- formatting remaining intact, weve just agreed to transfer a thing I could think of to reverse from the IIGS to the Macintosh. lot of BRCCs IIe/IIc entertain- this trend, but nothing has ment programs to Shareware worked. The end result is that The last bit of news concerning Solutions II. EGO Systems has no more mon- GS+s publisher is that Steve ey to publish GS+ Magazine. So, Disbrow has agreed to become a All of the following games are Ive reluctantly decided to pull Contributing Writer for Share- supplied in their original pack- the plug. ware Solutions II. Look for his aging, and all are boxed and first article to appear in the shrink wrapped. All programs Despite the cessation of GS+ next issue. are supplied on 5.25" disk only. Magazine, Steve Disbrow in- tends to continue supporting the Newsletter Notes Effective immediately, the fol- Apple IIGS through EGO Sys- lowing AtariSoft arcade games, tems, the parent company of Please take a moment and look which all require a 48K Apple GS+ Magazine. EGO Systems at the mailing label on this II+, IIe, IIc or IIGS are available will continue to distribute and issue. You will notice that the from Shareware Solutions II: sell back issues of GS+ Maga- issue your subscription expires Battlezone, Centipede, Dig Dug, zine, as well as continue to sell with is now listed on the label. Defender, Donkey Kong, Galax- software products such as Auto- If your label reads, EXP: V2, ian, Gremlins, Jungle Hunt, Arc, Animasia 3-D and Ad- #5 then this is the last issue Moon Patrol, Ms Pac Man, Pac dressed For Success. They will you will be receiving. If youd Man and Stargate. also continue to operate as like to continue receiving Share- distributors for MCTAs Zip GS ware Solutions II, please sub- In addition to the AtariSoft accelerators and to sell the mit your renewal fee ($25 for games, Shareware Solutions II Shareware Solutions II 1 Shareware Solutions II also has several role playing ad- Convert 3200, a brand new IIGS venture games that were pro- graphics conversion program, Volume 2, Issue 5 grammed by Bill Heineman and will soon become available from originally available from Inter- Shareware Solutions II as a low Shareware Solutions II is pub- play. Those include Neuroman- cost commercial software prod- lished bi-monthly by Joe Kohn, cer and Dragon Wars. Both uct. 166 Alpine Street, San Rafael, require a IIe, IIc or IIGS with CA 94901-1008. 128K and a 5.25" disk drive. For the past three years, Brutal Deluxe has been thrilling Apple Writer/Publisher: Joe Kohn Also available are two wonder- IIGS owners by releasing such Roving Reporter: Cynthia Field ful fast action arcade games great freeware games as Block- Proofreader: Jane Kos from Taito, including Renegade ade, Cogito, and The Tinies. and Qix. They both require a IIe, Entire contents of Shareware IIc or IIGS with 128K and a As has been reported before, all Solutions II copyright (©) 1995 5.25" disk drive, and Qix of Brutal Deluxes releases to by Joe Kohn. All rights requires a joystick. date were ported over from other reserved. Nothing may be re- systems; The Tinies was orig- printed or reproduced, in whole From Unison World come sev- inally written to run on the IBM or in part, in any media without eral collections of Print Shop PC and Blockade originally ran the prior written consent of Joe Graphics. American History on the Macintosh. As program- Kohn. Graphics contains more than mers, Brutal Deluxe was able to 350 graphics that cover the his- translate the code so that the Available by subscription only, tory of the United States from IIGS versions of the games were several options are available: Columbus to the space shuttle. nearly indistinguishable from Theres also a Combo Pack that their originals. A) The first 12 issues: $35 for contains more than 200 general US/Canada; $50 elsewhere. interest Print Shop graphics. The Brutal Deluxe team con- B) The first 18 issues: $55 for sists of two French program- US/Canada; $75 elsewhere. Some of the above titles are mers, neither of whom considers C) The next 6 issues/Renewal: available in limited quantities himself to be an accomplished $25 for US/Canada; $40 else- only, so dont hesitate too long. artist. So, to allow them to in- where. If you do order a title that has clude the same high quality art been sold out, youll be issued a work that appeared in the origi- Make all checks payable to Joe credit that can be used to pur- nal versions of their software, Kohn. US Funds Only. Sorry, chase anything else from Share- Brutal Deluxe needed a program but no charge cards, purchase ware Solutions II. that would convert those foreign orders or COD orders will be format graphics to a format that accepted. All of the above games are could be displayed and look good available for only $6 each, plus on a IIGS. The result is Convert This newsletter was created $3 per order for shipping to the 3200, a user friendly version of entirely with an Apple IIGS. All United States, or $5 per order the same graphics conversion articles written in AppleWorks for shipping elsewhere! program that Brutal Deluxe has Classic. Page Layout prepared been using in-house to help in AppleWorks GS. Printing As always, only checks or money create their games. was done on a Hewlett-Packard orders, in US Funds only, can be LaserJet IIP Plus, connected to accepted. Please make all Under development for nearly the IIGS courtesy of Vitesses checks payable to Joe Kohn. 1.5 years, Convert 3200 is a pro- Harmonie. The use of TrueType And, let the games begin! gram that can speedily convert fonts is courtesy of WestCode graphics created on other sys- Softwares Pointless. Convert 3200 tems, including graphics in the GIF, PCS, IFF, BMP, BIN and E-Mail Addresses: Shareware Solutions II, in asso- TIFF formats, and convert them CIS: 76702,565 ciation with the programming into a number of different IIGS GENIE: JOE.KOHN team of Brutal Deluxe, is also formats, including 256 and 3200 INTERNET: [email protected] pleased to inform you that color formats, as well as stan- 2 Shareware Solutions II dard 16 color graphics and Print press Return). with AppleWorks v5, the update Shop GS graphics. disk is available free of charge. Press E to enter the Edit Simply contact Shareware Solu- Sporting an interface that is Mode. Then use the arrow keys tions II and request it. similar to that found in a num- to maneuver to relative byte ber of games created by Brutal $0001B (second row from the If you previously had not up- Deluxe, Convert 3200 will be top of the first screen). Change dated ContactsMover to v5.0, available to European IIGS the 30 by typing 31 over it. the cost of the update is $5. owners directly from Brutal De- Then press Escape to exit the luxe, and to IIGS owners out- Edit Mode. Press W to write Please note that if you are not side of Europe from Shareware the change to the disk. Accept using AppleWorks v5.1, you do Solutions II. The list price is the hexadecimal address by not need ContactsMover v5.1. expected to be $15. Full details pressing Return, then press Y and ordering information should to make the change. The Finder’s Print Function be available in the next issue of Shareware Solutions II. Once again, press F to follow One of the most widely misun- the same file (accept the file- derstood and underutilized func- Contacts GS And AW 5.1 name with Return).
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