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Hello to all of you who like to play games on the NeXT!

I have recently placed updated versions of my games in
the submissions directories of nova.cc.purdue.edu and
cs.orst.edu.  Here's a brief description of the changes
to all three (PacMan, Columns, and PillBottle).

If you are a registered user of Columns or PillBottle,
you may request the source code for either one.  If you
requested source already, but have not yet received it,
please send me another e-mail message.  My file that
was tracking who to send the sources to got blasted by
a stupid HPUX trick, and so I need to know where to
send the files!  I will be sending the source as NeXTmail.

As always, direct any questions to me at yackd@wombat.ee.byu.edu.

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PacMan:

Bug fix:  The high score system shouldn't crash the game
	anymore when given long names.

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Columns:

The same as in PacMan.

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PillBottle:

Well, I am finally at a release level that merits
a 1.0.  The graphics are now 2X faster, which means
that although the game runs at the same speed, it
doesn't suck up _all_ your CPU resources on the
advanced levels.  The disadvantage to the new drawing
method is that it's RAM-hungry.  (It wants about
2-3 M on a color system for all the buffers.)  There's
also a _real_ bottle for you to play in!

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The file names are, specifically:

Columns2.1.app.tar.Z
PacMan1.2.tar.Z
PillBottle1.0.app.tar.Z

and they are located in /pub/next/submissions on both
nova( or sonata).cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu.


Well, try out the new versions and let me know what you think
of them.  I've you've already requested a feature, and it
hasn't shown up yet, don't panic!  I'm working as fast as I
can of these, but there's only so much spare time in the day!

Later,
-Don Yacktman
yackd@wombat.ee.byu.edu