Sales, Wants and Swaps ---------------------- Ads are run for ONE issue only, at no charge. If you want an ad repeated, please let me know as soon as possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Having saved the world again, Arnie has Might and Magic VI: Mandate of Heaven, for sale for œ25. He also has Final Fantasy VII for sale at œ28. Give him a ring on 01785 600501 or email johnjomoore@msn.com if you're interested. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SOFTWARE SUPERSALE Jim O'Keeffe & Lol Oakes The following list of esteemed friends have been our companions on wonderful journeys to unforgettable places. Together we have travelled new worlds, solved great mysteries and created vast empires. Now the time has come for us to go our separate ways - other adventures beckon and these stalwart retainers must be left behind. However, we would not wish to reward their loyal service by churlishly allowing them to lie forgotten in dark drawers and dusty cupboards. So we seek new positions for them - different havens of rest where their wonders have not yet been seen, and where there are fresh minds upon which they can work their magic. There is still a great deal of life left in all of these "old dogs". Take one into your home and become part of its story. ALONE IN THE DARK 3 : Edward Carnby looked up. The eagle was visible as it skimmed the light of the moon. Slaughter Gulch - never had a ghost town been so aptly named. The hot sierra wind blew open the swing door to the old saloon bar. A scream echoed through the night air. The old Navajo witch doctor was right - Emily Hartwood's life was at risk. A sudden crack. A Winchester being loaded. Carnby drew his six shooter. Empty. The heel of his boot split into pieces. He had to find cartridges quickly. The moon began to cloud over. Carnby rushed out. His shoulder hit against a rock solid object. The statue of Jed Stone towered above him. He felt the second bullet tear into his back. Slowly, he tumbled into the darkness. A Western adventure with a sinister plot. Use your physical and investigative skills, as well as your intuition, to uncover a dark secret. The best of the famous Infogrames trilogy - on 1 CD. œ5 ATLANTIS - THE LOST TALES : Travel in time and step into the world of Atlantis, a civilisation rich in wonder and sophistication. Reigning over an island of peace and plenty is Queen Rhea. Her reign is secure - or is it? Find the truth by entering the life of Seth, the young hero of this mystery which unfolds over five continents. Live an adventure of epic proportions, fantastic technologies and unpredictable people. Imaginative and, in places, very difficult adventure from the French team at Cryo Interactive on 4 CDs. œ5 BUZZ ALDRIN'S RACE INTO SPACE : Prepare yourself for a multimedia simulation of the greatest adventure mankind has ever known ... the race to the moon. Assuming the role of Mission Director for either the United States or the Soviet Republic, you'll design and guide your country's space programme in a heated race to land the first man on the moon. Can you get the Russians there before the Americans? Can you get there earlier than the Americans did? A critically acclaimed strategy game on CD. œ3 CHRONOMASTER : You're about to become part of a time and place where science has made miracles possible, If, like Rene Korda, you have enough money, medicine has beaten out the ageing process. A talented person can now live long enough to become an expert in not only one or two, but dozens of careers. That's why Korda is so good at what he does. He's not only a specialist in terraforming and pocket universe design, he's also a starship pilot, astrogator and diplomat. Now somebody else is sabotaging other pocket universes and it's up to Korda to correct the damage and uncover the conspiracy. An original and captivating graphic adventure on 1 CD, designed and written by the late Roger Zelazny, programmed by the Dreamforge team, and featuring the voices of Ron Perlman, Brent Spiner and Lolita Davidovich. œ3 COMMAND AND CONQUER & COVERT OPERATIONS DATA DISK : World domination in a box! Play as either The Brotherhood Of Nod, a terrorist faction fighting to monopolise the world's supply of tiberium, or as The Global Defense Initiative, a peacekeeping alliance intent on security for all nations through the fair distribution of this new wealth. Build and better your bases. Unite or divide your forces. Develop and utilise guerilla tactics and a range of potent electronic hardware as you strive to crush the opposition. This is the real time strategy game which has launched a thousand imitators, but has rarely been bettered. Complete campaign for each side, contained on 2 separate CDs. Multiplayer support via serial connection or modem. Package also includes The Covert Operations data disk which provides a further 15 new missions to be undertaken, plus the secret dinosaur levels. œ5 ENTOMBED : You play the role of an archeologist who becomes trapped in an ancient tomb. Alone you must navigate your way through deadly traps and intricate puzzles as you try to escape from your harsh captor ... before it can claim another victim. What became of the race that created this vast underground metropolis, and what is its purpose? ... communication with another realm? ... time travel? This is an absorbing puzzle adventure with hi-res raytraced graphics, digital audio and five detailed episodes on 1 CD. Very Myst-like in both appearance and play. œ3 GAZILLIONAIRE : You are an intergalactic wheeler-dealer, rocketing among the seven planets that make up the galaxy of Gogg, as the head of your own trading empire. Your spaceship is loaded with 100 tons of moon ferns, oggle sand, lava lamps, diapers and toasters. Your goal? Sell the cargo, make a cool profit and earn one million kubars before your squid-faced, lizard-headed competitors beat you to it. Think you can achieve economic dominance of the galaxy? Congratulations, humanoid, you may have what it takes to become a Gazillionaire! Offbeat, but absorbing, interplanetary strategy and trading game on 1 CD. œ3 HEART OF CHINA : This adventure is set in the breathtaking splendour of 1930's Asia. The daughter of a ruthless American landbaron is lost and facing death somewhere in the lush mountains of central China. To her rescue comes a down-on-his-luck pilot. Together they must be guided to escape and freedom. Travel the crowded streets of Hong Kong, cross the blinding snowfields of the Himalayas and ride the fabled Orient Express - on a journey of life, love and death. An excellent, albeit somewhat aged, adventure game that comes on 5 3.5" disks. œ3 LINKS LS - LEGENDS IN SPORTS '97 : After winning nearly every award for a sports simulation possible with Links 386, Access Software had to dig deep and stretch the limits of technology to bring you the next generation of golf game - Links LS. This original version of Links LS includes three full courses (Kapalua Village and Kapalua Plantation from Hawaii, and the Latrobe Country Club). Full flybys of every hole, virtual tours of the clubhouse, the ability to play as Arnold Palmer and the most splendid graphics ever seen, all spread over 3 CDs. This was the best golf game ever - it is now only beaten by its most recent incarnation Links LS 98. œ5 MASTER OF DIMENSIONS : An odyssey which takes you through twelve dimensions in an attempt to summon the Wizard Merlin to save your homeworld from destruction. Some of these dimensions are similar to our own time and space, others are radically different. Your journey could take you anywhere - from a dying space station to an Egyptian wall painting! The friends and foes you will meet along the way are as varied as the worlds they inhabit. Vampires, an alien slob and a voluptuous femme fatale are just some of the goodies, baddies and uglies that await you. Be warned, these are not conventional characters in conventional worlds - appearances can be extremely deceptive. A solid adventure, with attractive cartoon graphics, on 2 CDs. œ5 MICROPROSE SID MEIER CD EDITION - CIVILISATION & RAILROAD TYCOON DELUXE : Civilisation gives you the opportunity to build an empire to stand the test of time as the ruler of an entire civilisation through many generations - from the founding of the world's first cities 6000 years in the past, to the imminent colonisation of space. Railroad Tycoon Deluxe puts you into the fascinating world of railways and trains as the president of a tiny enterprise with a dream of empire and glory. Two of the very best strategy games ever, from the acknowledged master of the genre, together on 1 CD. œ5 RAMA : It is the dawn of the 24th century and a spaceship of mindblowing proportions is discovered on the fringe of the solar system. This vessel, baptised Rama by the people of Earth, is hurtling straight towards our planet. You are an astronaut sent to enter and explore this spaceship, to discover its purpose and reveal its secrets for humankind. Decipher a series of complex alien puzzles, avoid unexpected dangers and reveal the meaning behind tantalising clues. An epic science fiction adventure game based on the series of books by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee. The 3 CD limited edition package includes a paperback copy of the novel "Rama II". œ5 RIVEN - THE SEQUEL TO MYST : Enter a deceptively beautiful world torn apart by timeless, unresolved conflicts ... where secrets lay hidden at every turn ... and nothing is as it seems. You must search. You must explore. You must summon every spark of intellect and intuition to unearth clues which both land and inhabitants hold sacred. You must let Riven become your world. Only then may the truth be discovered. The long awaited follow up to the legendary Myst - a gorgeously rendered world filled with mindbending puzzles on 4 CDs. œ10 PLEASE NOTE : All games are originals and come complete with all original packaging and full documentation, except for Chronomaster which has documentation but no box. All games are in good condition. All games are CD only except Heart Of China which comes on 3.5" disks. Games can be purchased by contacting either JIM O'KEEFFE, 32 Windermere Avenue, Little Lever, Bolton BL3 1DU (Tele : 01204 795861 after 6pm) or LOL OAKES, 7 Clarke Crescent, Little Hulton, Worsley, Manchester M28 6XL (Tele: 0161 799 6696 after 6pm) Please add œ1 per order to cover postage and packing. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Lol Oakes would also like to buy Legend's Time Quest - please contact him at 7 Clarke Crescent, Little Hulton, Worsley, Manchester M28 6XL (Tele: 0161 799 6696 after 6pm) if you have a copy. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FOR SALE: Space Quest, 1,2,6, Kings Quest 4,5, Sim Ant. Make me an offer. Phone Andrew on 01550 721319 or chopski@geocities.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Keeks', Kieran Collins, Seskin, Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland is looking for Captive on the PC. If you can help, please contact him. ------------------------------------------------------------------ @~If you have software or hardware to sell or are searching for an @~elusive piece of software and you want an ad included in the @~next issue of SynTax, just let me know. There's no charge to @~individuals. Please, no pirated software! ------------------------------------------------------------------ @~SynTax Begging Section follows: SynTax Begging Section Solutions and/or maps are urgently needed for various commercial and PD/Shareware games. If you can only partially complete a game, send in as far as you can get and maybe if we all have a go together, someone will be able to finish it. The first person to send a full solution for publication for any adventure/RPG etc can have two titles from the SynTax library or one commercial program from the list which follows which includes adventures, RPGs, arcade games and utilities or one book. Contact me if you need to check machine specifications for any program, or just want more details. If you want to buy any of the games or books, make me an offer! BOOKS ----- All gone for the moment! ------------------------------------------------------------------ PC 3.5" ------- (Sport): Jack Nicklaus Course Disk II (needs JN Golf), PGA Tour Golf Course Disk (needs PGA Tour Golf), The Games Winter Callenge (Adventures): The Adventures of Willy Beamish (Sim/Strategy): Paragliding Simulation, Sherman M4, UMS II Planet Editor (Needs UMS II) (Utilities): HP New Wave for Windows PC 5.25" -------- (Sport): Tackle World Class Soccer, Tony La Russa's Ultimate Baseball, World Championship Soccer (Arcade): P47 Thunderbolt (Sim/Strategy): Centurion Defender of Rome PC both formats --------------- (Sim/Strategy): Aircraft and Adventure Factory - o -