What Does the Acronym ... Mean?

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Below are acronyms for games used frequently by people in the
newsgroups. You can use them to shorten your subject headers and
to prevent typing fatigue. The asterisks (*) are to be replaced by
digits, like U* can be replaced by U7 to represent the game
Ultima 7.

AITD    Alone in the Dark
AOE     Aces over Europe
AOTP    Aces of the Pacific
AW      (SVGA) Air Warrior
B17     B-17 Flying Fortress
BAK     Betrayal at Krondor
BARIS   Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space
BS      Blake Stone-3D
BT*     Bard's Tale 1-3
CAW     Carriers at War
CHQ     Command HQ
CIV     Civilization
COS     Clash of Steel
CYAC    Chuck Yeager Air Combat
DM      Dungeon Master
DOOM    Doom
DOTT    Day of the Tentacle
DQK     Dark Queen of Krynn
EOB*    Eye of the Beholder 1-3
EQ      EcoQuest
F117    F-117A Stealth Fighter
F15-*   F-15 Strike Eagle 1-3
F1GP    Formula 1 Grand Prix
F3      Falcon 3.0
FB      Flashback
FOG     Fields of Glory
FPFP    Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist
FPSF    Front Page Sport: Football
FPSFP   Front Page Sport: Football Pro
FRUA    Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures
FS5     Flight Simulator 5.0
GK      Gabriel Knight
GS2000  Gunship 2000
GOB*    Goblii(i)ns 1-2
HB?     Hardball 1-3
HH      Halloween Harry
HOC     Heart of China
HOF     Hand of Fate
HQ      Hero's Quest
INDY*   Indiana Jones *
JMFB2   John Madden Football 2
KQ?     King's Quest 1-6
LB?     Laura Bow 1-2
LGOP*   Leather Goddesses of Phobos 1-2
LOK     Legend of Kyrandia
LOL     Lands of Lore
LSL*    Leisure Suit Larry 1-6
LTOI*   Lost Treasures of Infocom 1-2
MB      Monster Bash
MFS*    Microsoft Flight Simulator 1-5
MI*     Monkey Island 1-2
MM*     Maniac Mansion 1-2
M&M*    Might & Magic 1-5
MOO     Master of Orion
NHL     National Hockey League
OOTW    Out of this World
PACWAR  Pacific War
POD     Pools of Darkness
POP*    Populous 1-2
POP*    Prince of Persia 1-2
PQ*     Police Quest 1-4
QFG*    Quest for Glory 1-3
ROA     Realms of Arkania
RRT     Railroad Tycoon
RTZ     Return to Zork
SC      Strike Commander
SC*     Star Control 1-2
SC*01   Spellcasting 101-301
SC2000  SimCity 2000
SF2     Street Fighter 2
ShC     Shadow Caster
SOD     Spear of Destiny
SQ*     Space Quest 1-5
SWOTL   Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
T2029   Terminator 2029
T7G     The Seventh Guest
TIM     The Incredible Machine
TLB*    Tony Larussa's Ultimate Baseball 1-2
U*      Ultima 1-8
U7.5    Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle
UA      Unlimited Adventures
UW*     Ultima Underworld 1-2
V4V     V for Victory
W*      Wizardry 1-7
WB      Willy Beamish
WC      World Circuit
WC*     Wing Commander 1-2
WCA     Wing Commander Academy
WGH*    Wayne Gretzky Hockey 1-2

WIZ*    Wizardry 1-7
WOLF3D  Wolfenstein 3D

@~I tend to use small and large letters too eg EotB for Eye of the
@~Beholder, HoC for Heart of China etc, depending on whether or
@~not the word in the title uses a capital letter ... Sue













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