The CATS 2068 Library

Volume One

• ANGELS — A space-invaders arcade game.
• BREAKOUT — A Basic version of the classic Atari game.
• BRICK-YARD BILL — Arcade-style, help Bill stack bricks without hemming himself in: Quite difficult.
• BRIDGE — Build a bridge by dropping sections from a helicopter before a blind man can fall into the river.
• DATE — A pseudo-dating service program. Purports to match you up with your ideal mate, but why does it tend to be Attila the Hun? Fun to use at Valentines Day parties.
• DEATHRACE — Run down innocent pedestrians with your race car. Cute little tombstones mark the scene of their demise.
• EGG SAVIOR — Arcade style. Rescue the eggs from nasty lazer guns.
• HIDDENWORD — A word puzzle generator of exceptional quality that was submitted by George Mockridge of the Pacific Users Group.
• HUNCHY — Arcade in which you are the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Rescue Esmerelda!
• KENO — A computer adaptation of an betting game.
• MINOTAUR — Find the exit to a maze, collecting invisible objects along the way, before the Minotaur gets you.
• MOONLANDER — Land your lander safely on the Moon. I went “SPLAT” every time.
• POKER, BLACKJACK, and CRIBBAGE -These three programs pit you against the computer in these popular card games. The graphics are very nicely done.
• Q-BERT — A nicely-done adaptation of the arcade game.
• SAILING — An interesting little Simulation game by our own Mark Fischer.
• SPACEWAR — Another Mark Fischer creation. We are invited to blow the opposition to dust with proximity bombs. Not just a shoot-em-up, though.
• STAR TREK — The CLASSIC game that everyone used to sneak onto the mainframes at college in the days of yore.
• TAG — A frustrating game in which we are to get a reluctant colored square to go where we want it.
• TIC TAC TOE — The classic noughts and crosses game with several levels of difficulty.
• TRAIN — Novel use of graphics in this little Good train wreck!
• TWISTS — Restore a 4×4 Rubic’s Cube face to its original configuration before the time runs out. Very challenging.

Volume 2 — Educational & Utilities

• 3D SHAPE — Draws ‘em.
• BARCHART — Generates a from your data.
• COLOR PLOT — A drawing program aimed at children’s use.
• COLOR DOODLE — A variation on th above program that makes blockier pictures.
• DRAW — A more sophisticated drawing program,
• GEOGRAPHY — An unfinished states and capitals program.
• HEADLINE and BANNER — Both of these generate large-size words running side-ways on a 2040 printer.
• PIE CHART — Makes pie charts from data you supply.
• PIXFIX — The winner of the Syncware News contest for graphics software. Gives you pixel by pixel control of the screen.
• RANDOM FAN — Pretty!
• SPANISH TUTOR — self-explanatory.
• SPECDRAW — An even more sophisticated graphics program, featuring 18 sizes of text, fill, four-point banding and more. You really need a keyboard this one!
• WOLVERINE — A sample picture drawn on PixFix.