PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS CATALOG 1997
EXCITING GAMES FOR THE BLIND
Personal Computer Systems is a company that only includes blind
programmers.  PCS is interested in providing fast action, fun, and
exciting computer board AND arcade games for the blind.  In our
board games, everything is described with all the necessary details
as the game is being played and any information such as position or
score may be obtained by hitting a key.  In our arcade games,
instead of using visual graphics or pictures, which depend on a
player aiming at an object we have the player aim by using their
ears TO HEAR A TONE OR A SERIES OF BEEPS TO TARGET BY.  Thus, the
impossible to play eye hand video game becomes an easy to play ear
hand audio game.  We believe that the same enjoyment can be
achieved by a blind player playing our games, as a sighted person
playing a video game.
We are developing programs to make use of one area where a blind
person can grow and succeed.  Playing sounds through a sound card
will be used to enhance and blend with the operation of our
programs.  We in the blind community can get a similar enjoyment
from a sound card as the sighted community gets from graphics on a
monitor.

GAMES FOR THIRTY DOLLARS EACH, PLUS TWO DOLLARS SHIPPING PER ORDER:
ANY NIGHT FOOTBALL.  This is a text based football game.  Which is
simple to play, and the teams are historically reflected in the
statistics used.  (This game has no digital sounds like the other
games but we are working on a new version with real football sounds
and player's names.

MONOPOLY. A very speech friendly Monopoly game with over fifty
multi media sounds. 

TENPIN. Use your ear and hand skills to bowl against up to eight
players or try to beat your highest score. Hear the sounds of the
ball rolling down the alley and the pins knocking over! 

SHOOT. An exciting gun shooting game using hand and ear skills. 
You can shoot with over fifty guns in four different shooting
ranges. 

FOX AND HOUNDS. TRY AND CATCH THE FOX GAME.
Your goal is to catch the fox in less than ten hours!
The position of the fox is picked at random, while you start in the
Hunting Lodge, at about the center of the map.  You use arrow keys
to move around the map.

WORLD SERIES BASEBALL SPECIAL EDITION.  In collaboration with Harry
Hollingsworth, we will add real sounds to his 1996 version of
World Series Baseball.  Version 11 comes with 160 teams, including
the 1996 pennant winning Yankees and Braves and the 1996 all star
teams. With Version 11 Special Edition, the user of this popular
speech-friendly game will feel even more like he or she is really
at the baseball game.  The sounds will include ball
meeting bat, ball hitting glove, vendors in stands, and music,
including Star Spangled Banner, Oh Canada, Take Me Out to the Ball
Game, and charge music.

GAMES FOR TWENTY DOLLARS EACH, PLUS TWO DOLLARS SHIPPING PER ORDER:
MOBIUS MOUNTAIN.  A speech friendly math adventure game with real
sounds. It was written similar to Shoots and Ladders, with speech
in mind to enable blind children to know exactly what is going on
in the game at all times. 

PCS is going to distribute Michael Feir's  magazine Audyssey;
which is a magazine on Computer Games Accessible to the Blind.  It
is a bi-monthly released on Compuserve right now that we will make
available on 3.5 inch IBM format disk for ten dollars per year.
Each issue will contain the full text of the electronic edition
plus share ware or free ware games.

We at PCS are always looking for new ideas for programs, and if you
have a new idea we will give it some consideration.  If we make a
program which you suggested you will receive the program free.

Demos of our games are available from PCS for fifty cents each,
plus two  dollars shipping per order.

Contact PCS in any format at:
Personal Computer Systems
551 Compton ave.
Perth Amboy N.J.  08861
Phone (908) 826-1917.
Email pvlasak@monmouth.com

Our games are in the games section of GBX, (Global Blind Exchange),
on the internet. Just telnet to gbx.org. We encourage u to join and
support The Global Blind Exchange.
ANY NIGHT FOOTBALL demo is    FAN95.ZIP
MONOPOLY demo is    MN96.ZIP            
TENPIN demo is   TENPIN96.ZIP        
SHOOT demo is   SHOOT96.ZIP              
MOBIUS MOUNTAIN demo is   MOBIUS96.ZIP         
MAP GAME demo is  MAP96.ZIP           
FOX AND HOUNDS GAME demo is FOX97.ZIP

Below is a more detailed description of our games.

ANY NIGHT FOOTBALL.
A text based football game.  Which is simple to play, and the teams
are historically reflected in the game.  It includes 28 teams and
their stats to make a very realistic, enjoyable and easy to play
game for the blind.

Following is a sample of the description:
THE QUARTERBACK IS CALLING AN AUDIBLE.
THE CHIEFS ARE IN A PASS PREVENT SHORT.  THREE, FIVE, THREE,
DEFENCE.
the quarterback gets the ball. and fakes it to the back. and sets
up to pass.  HE PUMPS! AND HE IS LOOKING DEEP DOWN THE SIDELINE!
AND HE PASSES!  IT IS A HIGH WOBBLY PASS!
COMPLETE! THE RECEIVER HANGS ON TO IT! NICE CATCH! THE BALL WAS
HUMMING!  THE PLAY IS GOOD FOR A 49 YARD GAIN.
IT IS FIRST DOWN AND 10 YARDS TO GO.
the COWBOYS ARE ON THE CHIEFS 20 YARD LINE.

This game follows the same rules as the NFL with 24 offensive and
8 defensive plays and allows you to play another person or against
the computer.
ANY NIGHT FOOTBALL sells for $30.00

     MONOPOLY

MONOPOLY was written for the blind and follows all of the
conventional rules of the PARKER BROTHER'S board game.  It has
options that allow for very detailed descriptions, location of
properties and tokens, and distribution of the players money.  The
aim of this game was to enable blind people to follow and know
exactly what is going on in the game at all times.  This game has
over 50 multi media sounds.  If you have a sound card in your
machine, you will now be able to enjoy the game even more.  If you
do not have a sound card, the game is also designed to play the
sounds through the P C speaker.

Following is a sample of the description:

PLAYER 1 CARL IS UP
THE DICE ARE 4 AND 2
THE ROLL IS 6
PLAYER 1 IS ON SIDE 4 AT POSITION 5
YOU HAVE LANDED ON SHORT LINE RAILROAD
THE COST OF THIS PLACE IS 200
THE FOURTH OF FOUR OF RAILROAD
YOU ALSO OWN ANOTHER PROPERTY OF THIS GROUP!
PLAYER 2 PHIL OWNS A PROPERTY BELONGING TO THIS GROUP!
THE PROPERTY IS NOT OWNED.
PLAYER 1 HAS 334 DOLLARS IN THE BANK.

PLAYER 4 ZACK IS UP
THE DICE ARE 1 AND 5
THE ROLL IS 6
PLAYER 4 IS ON SIDE 2 AT POSITION 8
YOU HAVE LANDED ON TENNESSEE AVENUE
THE SECOND OF THREE OF ORANGE
THIS PROPERTY IS ALREADY OWNED BY PLAYER 3 TIM
THE RENT COLLECTOR.
YOUR RENT IS 14 DOLLARS.
AFTER PAYING YOUR RENT,
YOUR ACCOUNT IS REDUCED TO 1412 DOLLARS.

You may play the game with two to four people.  You can save a game
in progress then restart that game later. Most of the rules are
taken care of by the computer, but you may set the starting cash
any where between zero and three thousand dollars.
MONOPOLY sells for $30.00

MOBIUS MOUNTAIN.

This math adventure game was written for blind children and follows
the format

of the Shoots and Ladders board game.  It was written with speech
in mind to enable blind children to know exactly what is going on
in the game at all times.  This game has multi media sounds.  If
you have a sound card in your computer, you will now be able to
enjoy the game even more.  If you do not have a sound card, the
game is also designed to play the sounds through the P C speaker.

Following is a sample of the description:

PLAYER 1 DAN IS UP.
THE SPIN IS 12
HERE IS AN ENTRANCE TO A COLD DAMP CAVE!
A MATH PROBLEM.
HOW MUCH IS 3 MINUS 2 5
THAT ANSWER IS NOT RIGHT.
THE RIGHT ANSWER IS 1
     oops! FALLING DOWN A DEEP PIT!
DAN IS ON THE PATH, AT LEVEL 10 5 STEPS FROM THE NEXT LEVEL.

PLAYER 2 AUGIE IS UP.
THE SPIN IS 1
THERE IS A BOLDER BEGINNING TO FALL ABOVE THE PATH!
A MATH PROBLEM.
HOW MUCH IS 11 PLUS 5
HIS ANSWER IS 16
CORRECT!
AUGIE RUN QUICKLY. VERY QUICKLY UP THE PATH.
AND AVOID THE ROCK SLIDE!

You may play the game with one to four people.  You can also play
against the computer.  There are seven skill levels so children of
any age will be able to play and succeed at the game.  These levels
range from addition and subtraction problems of two single digit
numbers to multiplication and division problems of two double digit
numbers.  At the end of the game each player will get a report of
how well they did in solving the math problems.

MOBIUS sells for $20.00


     TENPIN BOWLING

Now through the addition of sounds a blind person can throw a ball
down a lane with the aim of knocking down ten pins that are
positioned in a triangle at the end of the lane.
this bowling game was written for the blind community.  The game
follows the format of the real tenpin bowling game.
It was written with speech in mind to enable blind people to know
exactly what is going on in the game at all times.

This game has multi media sounds.  If you have a sound card in
your computer, you will now be able to enjoy the game even more. 
If you do not have a sound card, the game is also designed to play
the sounds through the P C speaker.

Following is a sample of the description:

PLAYER 1 AL IS UP.
THE FIRST BALL.  OF FRAME 9
AIM FOR LANE 12 WHICH WILL HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 1 PIN.
A PIN ROLLS IN TO A STANDING PIN. ROCKING IT. BUT IT DOES NOT FALL! 
THE BALL HIT THE MARK! OH!  TOUGH BREAK.  THE PINS DID NOT FALL
RIGHT!  5 PINS WERE KNOCK DOWN WITH YOUR FIRST BALL.
THE 2 4 7 8 AND 10 PINS ARE LEFT STANDING.
YOUR SCORE IS 214
PLAYER 1 AL IS UP.
THE SECOND BALL.  OF FRAME 9
AIM FOR LANE 8 WHICH WILL HIT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE 2 PIN.
THE BALL SWEPT WIDE!
YOUR BALL HIT 3 LANES TO THE LEFT OF THE MARK.
YOU KNOCKED 2 PINS DOWN WITH YOUR SECOND BALL.
FOR A TOTAL OF 7 PINS KNOCKED DOWN IN THE FRAME.
THE 2 8 AND 10 PINS ARE LEFT STANDING.
YOUR SCORE IS 216
PLAYER 2 JOAN IS UP.
THE FIRST BALL.  OF FRAME 9
AIM FOR LANE 12 WHICH WILL HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 1 PIN.
ITS SPINNING! ITS SPINNING. THE 6 PIN IS SPINNING.
AND IT KNOCKS OVER THE 10 PIN.
YOU GOT A STRIKE! THE BALL HIT THE MARK!
FOR A TOTAL OF 10 PINS KNOCKED DOWN IN THE FRAME.
YOUR SCORE IS 217
THE LEADER AFTER 9 FRAMES IS,
JOAN WITH A SCORE OF 217 POINTS. AND HAS A TOTAL OF 6 STRIKES. 
FOLLOWED BY:
AL WITH A SCORE OF 216 POINTS. WITH A TOTAL OF 5 STRIKES.  PLAYER
1 AL IS UP.
THE FIRST BALL.  OF FRAME 10
AIM FOR LANE 12 WHICH WILL HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 1 PIN.
JUST ENOUGH. JUST ENOUGH SPEED ON THE BALL!
YOU GOT A STRIKE! THE BALL HIT THE SPOT!
YOUR SCORE IS 226
PLAYER 1 AL IS UP.
THE SECOND BALL.  OF FRAME 10
AIM FOR LANE 12 WHICH WILL HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 1 PIN.
A LITTLE BETTER THERE A LITTLE MORE SPEED ON THE BALL.
YOU GOT A STRIKE! THE BALL HIT THE SPOT!
YOU KNOCKED 10 PINS DOWN WITH YOUR SECOND BALL.
YOUR SCORE IS 236
PLAYER 1 AL IS UP.
THE LAST BALL.  OF FRAME 10
AND AL HAS 2 STRIKES IN A ROW.
AIM FOR LANE 12 WHICH WILL HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 1 PIN.
ITS WOBBLING. AND. AND. IT STAYS!  TOUGH BREAK.
THE BALL BROKE WIDE!
YOUR BALL HIT 1 LANE TO THE LEFT OF THE MARK.
THE 6 PIN IS LEFT STANDING.
YOUR SCORE IS 245
PLAYER 2 JOAN IS UP.
THE FIRST BALL.  OF FRAME 10
AIM FOR LANE 12 WHICH WILL HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 1 PIN.
YOU GOT A STRIKE! THE BALL HIT THE SPOT!
YOUR SCORE IS 237
PLAYER 2 JOAN IS UP.
THE SECOND BALL.  OF FRAME 10
AND JOAN HAS 2 STRIKES IN A ROW.
AIM FOR LANE 12 WHICH WILL HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 1 PIN.
OH! NICE BREAK. WITH THE BALL BREAKING SHARPLY. AND SWEEPING THE
LANE OFF.  YOU GOT A STRIKE! THE BALL HIT IN THE GROOVE!
YOU KNOCKED 10 PINS DOWN WITH YOUR SECOND BALL.
YOUR SCORE IS 257
PLAYER 2 JOAN IS UP.
THE LAST BALL.  OF FRAME 10
AND JOAN HAS 3 STRIKES IN A ROW.
AIM FOR LANE 12 WHICH WILL HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 1 PIN.
THE BALL BROKE WIDE!
YOUR BALL HIT 12 LANES TO THE LEFT OF THE MARK.
YOU ROLLED A GUTTER BALL!
YOUR SCORE IS 257
THE GAME IS OVER!
THE FINAL STANDINGS ARE.
JOAN WITH A SCORE OF 257 POINTS. AND HAS A TOTAL OF 8 STRIKES. 
FOLLOWED BY:
AL WITH A SCORE OF 245 POINTS. WITH A TOTAL OF 7 STRIKES.

You may play the game with one to eight people.  You can also play
against the highest score in five speed categories.

TENPIN sells for $30.00

     SHOOTING RANGE FOR THE BLIND

You can shoot with more than fifty guns in four different Shooting
Ranges.  In the skeet range you can shoot at clay birds.
In the rifle range you can shoot at a target trying to hit the
bulls eye.  In the pistol range you can shoot at a steel human
silhouette target
In the junk yard you can shoot a rifle, a shotgun, or an automatic
weapon at over thirty objects.

This game has multi media sounds.  If you have a sound card in
your computer, you will now be able to enjoy the game even more. 
If you do not have a sound card, the game is also designed to play
the sounds through the P C speaker.

Following is a sample of the description:
YOU ARE AT THE SKEET RANGE.
YOU WILL BE SHOOTING AT 10 CLAY BIRDS.
YOU ARE USING A SHOTGUN.
YOU ARE SHOOTING A TOURNAMENT.
HIT ANY KEY TO GO.
A HIT!
YOUR SHOT 1 WAS A HIT.
YOU HAVE 1 HIT.
OUT OF 1 SHOT.
FOR 1 SKEET.
HIT Q TO QUIT, OR HIT ANY OTHER KEY TO GO ON.
LEFT OF THE MARK.
YOUR SHOT 1 WAS OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE MARK.
YOU HAVE 1 HIT.
OUT OF 2 SHOTS.
FOR 2 SKEETS.

YOU ARE AT THE RIFLE RANGE.
YOU WILL BE SHOOTING AT A CARD BOARD TARGET
AND WILL BE SHOOTING 10 ROUNDS TRYING TO HIT THE BULLS EYE.
HIT ANY KEY TO GO.
1 RING TO THE LEFT.
2 RINGS TO THE RIGHT.
1 RING TO THE LEFT.
YOUR SHOT 1 WAS 1 RING OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE BULLS EYE.
YOUR SHOT 2 WAS 2 RINGS OFF TO THE RIGHT OF THE BULLS EYE.
YOUR SHOT 3 WAS 1 RING OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE BULLS EYE.
YOUR SCORE IS 24
OUT OF 3 SHOTS.

You may play the game with one to four people.  You can also play
against the highest score in several categories.

SHOOT sells for $30.00

FOX AND HOUNDS. TRY AND CATCH THE FOX GAME.
Your goal is to catch the fox in less than ten hours!
The position of the fox is picked at random, while you start in the
Hunting Lodge, at about the center of the map.

Following is a sample of the description:
YOU ARE JUMPING AN EAST WEST BUSH.

THE FOX IS ABOUT 6 BLOCKS AWAY
 WEST OF YOUR POSITION,  RUNNING WEST.
THE HOUNDS HAVE THE SCENT.
252 MINUTES.

YOU ARE IN A MEADOW.

THE FOX IS ABOUT 7 BLOCKS AWAY
 WEST OF YOUR POSITION,  RUNNING WEST.
AWAY!  THERE IS THE FOX!
262 MINUTES.

YOU ARE IN A FIELD.

THE FOX IS ABOUT 6 BLOCKS AWAY
 WEST OF YOUR POSITION,  RUNNING WEST.
272 MINUTES.

YOU ARE AT A PUB.

THE FOX IS ABOUT 6 BLOCKS AWAY
 WEST OF YOUR POSITION,  RUNNING WEST.
282 MINUTES.

YOU ARE IN A MEADOW.

THE FOX IS ABOUT 5 BLOCKS AWAY
 WEST OF YOUR POSITION,  RUNNING WEST.
292 MINUTES.

YOU ARE IN A FOREST.

THE FOX IS ABOUT 3 BLOCKS AWAY
 WEST OF YOUR POSITION,  RUNNING EAST.
302 MINUTES.

YOU ARE ON A NORTH SOUTH ROAD.

THE FOX IS ABOUT 2 BLOCKS AWAY
 WEST OF YOUR POSITION,  RUNNING EAST.
303 MINUTES.

YOU ARE ON A HILL.

YOU CAUGHT THE FOX IN 333 MINUTES.
This game is very easy to play, because the only keys you need to
use are the four arrow keys.  But you can also customize the game
to your liking by changing the amount of information displayed.
The game comes with 39 sound files, to help you enjoy riding a
horse through Middlesex Downs chasing a fox.

FOX AND HOUNDS sells for $30.00

WORLD SERIES BASEBALL SPECIAL EDITION.  
In collaboration with Harry Hollingsworth, we will add real sounds
to his 1996 version of World Series Baseball.  Version 11 comes
with 160 teams, including the 1996 pennant winners and all star
teams. With Version 11 Special Edition, the user of this popular
speech-friendly game will feel even more like he or she is really
at the baseball game.  There are many new changes in the spirit of
a live sports commentator (like describing the weather at the game
which may later affect the score).  A new reset option allows the
user to leave a game in progress, and return to it later, beginning
at the exact place where the game was interrupted.  
There are over 60 sounds in the game including ball meeting bat,
ball hitting glove, vendors in stands, and music, including 
Star Spangled Banner, Oh Canada, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, and
organ charge music.

Following is a sample of the description:
WE HAVE A CAPACITY CROWD HERE AT          YANKEE STADIUM
 NOW HERE IS OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM

THE NINETY SIX YANKEES ARE READY TO TAKE THE FIELD.
DAVID CONE IS READY TO TAKE HIS FINAL WARMUPS.
HE HAS A RECORD OF 7-2 AND AN E R A OF 2.88
PLAY BALL!
 AS WE GO INTO THE TOP OF THE FIRST

MARQUIS GRISSOM, CENTER FIELD IS UP BATTING .308 
WITH 23  HOME RUNS.
 
THERE IS A HIGH FOUL TO THE LEFT, BACK  INTO THE STANDS.
DAVID CONE PICKS UP THE ROSIN BAG.
IT IS A HOT SHOT RIGHT OVER THE BAG     DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE.
TIM RAINES PICKS UP THE BALL IN THE CORNER AND    RIFLES IT TO
SECOND BUT MARQUIS GRISSOM IS IN STANDING UP. A DOUBLE. 
MAN ON SECOND
NOBODY OUT

MARK LEMKE, SECOND BASE IS UP BATTING .255 WITH 5  HOME RUNS.
 
THE STRETCH AND THE PITCH TO MARK LEMKE
A SHORT FLY TO THE OUTFIELD. CHARLIE HAYES IS RACING OUT.  
HE DIVES.  HE CAUGHT IT. F 5.
MAN ON SECOND
ONE MAN OUT

CHIPPER JONES, THIRD BASE IS UP BATTING .309 WITH 30  HOME RUNS.
DAVID CONE SHAKES OFF THE CATCHER'S SIGN. 
NOW HE  IS READY. HERE IS THE PITCH.
IT IS A HOT SHOT BETWEEN SHORT AND      THIRD. A ONE BASE HIT.
RUN SCORES
THE SCORE IS NINETY SIX BRAVES 1 NINETY SIX YANKEES 0 
MAN ON FIRST 
ONE MAN OUT
FRED MCGRIFF, FIRST BASE IS UP BATTING .295 WITH 28  HOME RUNS.
RYAN KLESKO IS ON DECK
WORLD SERIES BASEBALL SPECIAL EDITION sells for $30.00
For those who already own Version 11 of World Series Baseball, 
the Special Edition Update is only $10.00
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