Play Cribbage like a King! First played by Kings and Queens in the 1600's, Cribbage is one of the world's oldest and most popular card games. Now, the creators of the award-winning Chessmaster 2100 and Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing bring you the challenge and mastery of Cribbage in... Cribbage King.
Whether you're already a Cribbage master or just beginning, Cribbage King is the game for you. With Cribbage King, you'll play against the strongest computerized Cribbage engine in the world. Seven Artificial Intelligence computer personalities- each with his or her own unique playing style- await you. You can even ask them for hints! (Receive answers in easy, conversational English.) Cribbage King has gorgeous, full-color, high-resolution graphics. Special Bicycle card designs are also included! Easy-to-use, menu-driven features and context-sensitive help create a game fit for a King.
Play Gin like a Master! Gin King will astound you. Gin King brings you the fascination of playing one of the world's most popular card g
A murder is announced.
Whodunit? Was it Madam Rose in the carriage house with the poison? Monsieur Brunette in the trophy room with the horseshoe? Or was it Colonel Mustard in the library with his trusty revolver?
Play the home computer version of your favorite game of criminal detection just as you would on the board game, with friends.
Or do what you can't do with the board version: play against the ultimate master of deduction, your own computer!
You can even do both: play with a mixture of human and computer-controlled opponents!
Enjoy the enhancements the computer can bring to the game play, such as graphic animation and sound. Watch Miss Peach stroll into the gazebo and hear the twittering of songbirds.
Clue Master Detective is an enhanced version of the game Clue you know and love. The new game has even more to exercise your "little grey cells"- more suspects, more possible murder locations (indoors and outdoors), and more weapons- in fact, more mayhem!
So put away your violin, put on your deerstalker
This major addition to the game content includes the long-awaited espionage system (spying, infiltration and pillaging). It also includes an entire Major Faction, the Forgotten, whose gameplay is based on espionage.
Third Reich is an adaptation of the famous boardgame of World War II Grand Strategy. You may lead either the Axis or the Allies against a human or computer opponent. It will take several play sessions before a new player becomes completely familiar with the game.
Gemfire is a marvelous war strategy from KOEI game collection. The game offers the advanced military strategy and even multiplayer support, but only at the shared screen. The story of the game starts as follows:
Once upon a time, Ishmeria was a haven for elves, fairies and other creatures of lore. Yet one day an evil wizard wielded the powers of a Fire Dragon to destroy the peace. A legendary Pastha and 6 magicians fought the wizard and trapped the Dragon. But, the wizard cast a fateful curse, turning the magicians and Dragon into cold gems, which were placed upon the crown: The Gemfire.
Gemfire's powers preserved peace in Ishmeria, until King Eselred abused the magic for his greed. Then one day, the Pastha came to Princess Robyn to plea for her help. That very night she stole the crown and hurled the gems into the midnight sky! But before she could destroy the Dragon's ruby, King Eselred caught Robyn and seized the crown!
In search of virtuous leaders, the magicians flew to the far corners of Ishmeria. Still,to
"The 5th Fleet" is a modern naval warfare game where you are in command of a U.S. Navy task in the Indian Ocean. You will have at your command a wide range of ships and aircrafts, with over 160 different units like Nimitz class carriers, Ticonderoga class cruisers and F-117A Stealth Fighter. Only ten scenarios are included in the game, but each one will probably require you several tries before you can complete it. There are indications in the manual for the time necessary to finish a scenario, given in number of turns and also expressed in hours, and sometimes even in days, knowing that a turn is equal to eight hours of real time. The game can be played by two players on the same computer or through electronic mail, or one against the computer.
Pacific General is a simulation game set in the Pacific theater of conflict in World War II, pitting the Japanese Empire against the combined might of the Allied forces. In this game, it is possible to take either side in the conflict, which can be played from the dawn of combat in 1937 through to the historical or hypothetical outcome(s) of the war. Land, air, and naval operations play a key role in the battles to be fought.
Advanced Civilization is a game of skill for two to seven players. It covers the development of ancient civilizations from the invention of agriculture circa 8000 B.C. to the emergence of Rome around the middle of the third century B.C. Each player leads a nation of peoples over a mapboard of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East as they attempt to carve a niche for themselves and their culture.
Brigade is a real-time wargame pitting the player against a computer opponent. Unless you physically pause the game, the computer opponent does not wait for you to move. It thinks and acts on its own, in real time. The game is played on a grid of hexagons, each hex represents an area of 500 meters from side to side. On this mapboard, units maneuver and attack under the control of their respective commanders. Brigade is a scenario-driven game in which the features of the mapboard, the composition of the opposing forces and their goals are dependent on which scenario is being played.
War has been declared!
During a major Soviet naval exercise, 50% of the ballistic missile subs are deployed to sea and a limited nuclear strike is launched on American targets.
At 3:58 AM NORAD picks up the first incoming nuclear warheads, targeted for US Air Bases, with less than 6 minutes to impact. As Chief Target Planner at the Strategic Air Command it is your responsibility to launch a limited second strike.. The targets selected should demonstrate the resolve of your political leadership, while not escalating the conflict.
A controlled conflict, in part, is one in which the participants use or threaten to use military force, including nuclear weapons on a scale restricted enough to avoid a general war. This concept of Escalation Control is the strategic policy embodied in the Presidential Directive 59 (PD-59) which states that the U.S. should be able to initiate the limited or selected use of strategic nuclear weapons, and to control the escalation process such that democracy would continue to "preva