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Table of Contents
  Other Programs by Astro Computing

Games

Windows

Domino Solitaire

Penatminos

Word Search

Puzzle Pack

DOS

Gold Mines

Cubix

Business

Windows

Card File


  Domino Solitaire

Domino Solitaire is a game where you place each domino from the playing set in place on the game board.   To win, all dominos from the set must cover the board.

The game can be played over and over as the computer scrambles the board each time.  You can choose the size of the domino set from double 0 to double 9.  Best scores are recorded and stored for each size domino set.

This game can be used to teach number recognition and logic.  Or it can be used to just have fun.

Domino Search was written in Visual Basic version 3.0.

System requirements:  Windows 3.1, VBRUN300.DLL, VGA monitor, and Mouse.  Color monitor recommended.


  Pentaminos

The game of pentaminos is a set of 18 puzzles made up of the 12 pentaminos.  A pentamino is a shape that is made by joining five squares together at the edges. There are 12 different shapes.  You are to put the pentaminos into different shape puzzles.

There are many solutions to each puzzle but they are difficult to find.  Along with the game, the registered version contains a bit map of all 7,335 solutions for all the puzzles.

This game can be used to teach logic and pattern recognition.

Pentaminos was written in Visual Basic version 3.0.

System requirements:  Windows 3.1, VBRUN300.DLL, VGA monitor, and Mouse.  Color monitor recommended.


  Word Search

Word Search is a collection of 100 word search puzzles of various sizes.  These puzzles are divided in 5 catagories:  People, Places, Words, Things, and Sports.  They are educational as well as fun to play.

Word Search was written in Visual Basic version 3.0.

System requirements:  Windows 3.1, VBRUN300.DLL, VGA monitor, and Mouse.


  Puzzle Pack

Puzzle Pack is a set of 5 geometric puzzles:

 Puzzle 1 and 2 consist of  9 squares with each side colored differently.  To complete the puzzles, you match the colors to form a 3x3 checkerboard.  The second puzzle is more difficult than the first.

Puzzle 3 is made of 7 hexagons which fit together to make a large hexagonal shape.

Puzzle 4 has 20 triangles which fit together to form a hexagonal checkerboard.

Puzzle 5 consists of 25 squares which form a triangular checkerboard.

All puzzles are put together by matching the colors on the sides of the pieces.  The puzzles range from fairly easy to nearly impossible.  Answers to all puzzles are provided if you give up.

Puzzle pack  was written in Visual Basic version 3.0.

System requirements:  Windows 3.1, VBRUN300.DLL, VGA monitor,  and Mouse.  Color monitor required.


  Gold Mines

Gold Mines is a new twist to the old mine games.  You are given a playing field containing hidden gold bars and bombs.  The goal is to find all the gold bars without hitting a bomb.  When you uncover a square safely, you are told how many bombs are in the neighboring squares.  Using logic, you should be able to find the gold bars without stepping on a bomb.

You can set the number of gold bars, bombs, and size of the puzzle.  You can also save an unfinished puzzle.

Gold Mines was written in Turbo Basic version 1.0

System requirements:  DOS 2.2 or higher, CGA or better monitor.


  Cubix

Cubix is a neat little rubix cube.  You are shown a 3 dimentional cube which you can turn in any way you want.

Along with the normal 3x3x3 cube there is a second program included which is a 4x4x4 cube.

You can set the colors on the cube.  You can also save an unfinished puzzle.

Cubix was written in Borland C++ version 3.1.

System requirements:  DOS 2.2 or higher, VGA monitor, Mouse required.


  Card File

Card File is made to replace the Card File program which comes with Windows.  I wrote it to use for myself and liked it so much, I decided to offer it to you.  It allows you to store any kind of information you want on "cards" of any length and then do searches on the entire text of the cards.  I use it for phone and address lists, programming ideas, and "To Do" lists.  You can build separate card files if you want.  You control the size of window and setup completely.

Card File was written in Visual Basic version 3.0.

System requirements:  Windows 3.1, VBRUN300.DLL, VGA monitor.  Mouse recommended