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Number 1 * 4 April 1999 * http://gamesarchive.etmnet.com/
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Newsletter index
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* What's new?
+ Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame added
+ Zeroth Zone added
+ Message board added
+ Awards
* Top 5 downloads
* Feedback
+ Andrei Zaitsev
+ Marc Lapointe
* WebPoll
* Coming soon
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What's new?
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- Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame added
We've added a new game to our archive, called Prince of
Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame. It's a very good game;
excellent graphics and best of all, good gameplay. The game
was originally made by Brøderbund Software in 1993. Now,
the company 'Redorb' is reselling this classic (for only
$19,95!). Then you get the first episode of 'Prince of
Persia' and the second edition, where I am telling about.
The following story will tell you something about this game.
Title: Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
Author: Brøderbund Software
File size: 1,10 MB
Year: 1993
Version: Playable demo
Website: http://www.pop3d.com/html/leg/leg_homelink.html
Rating: [*][*][*][*][ ]
When you stowed away on a ship bound for Persia, little
did you dream that you would fall in love with the
sultan’s beautiful young daughter. Still less could you
have imagined that you, and unknown adventurer with
neither wealth or title, would win her hand and be
hailed by an adoring population as the new prince of
Persia.
In fact, the sultan had counted on marrying his daughter,
if not to a king, then at least to a prince whose wealth
and stature would favorably complement his own. The
thought of giving her up to someone such as yourself upset
the sultan so much that he nearly ordered your head cut
off on the spot.
Only the princess’ quick intervention saved your life. And
only by means of the most eloquent pleading (backed by
copious tears) was she able to persuade her father to
grant your request. So it was that Persia gained a new
prince.
Until, one morning, you entered the throne room and found
your place at the princess’ side already taken by someone
who bore a disturbing resemblance to you. Worse, even the
princess didn’t recognize you.
At a word from the "Prince," the sultan’s guards laid hold
of you. This was no time to argue. You broke free and
leaped through the stained-glass window on the rooftop of
the palace. With every guard in Persia after you, you
barely escaped with your life by jumping onto a merchant
ship.
And so you returned to your humble beginnings, a fugitive
once again, a stowaway on a ship bound for a foreign land.
As the wind carried you away from Persia, even further
away from the princess and the happiness that was all too
briefly yours, you vowed that from that moment on you
would live only to find your way back. You didn’t know
who your enemy was, nor how you would defeat him but
between you and the solution to this mystery lay your
greatest adventure yet.
With shipwrecks, mysterious caverns, deadly skeletons, and
magic carpet rides, your days were filled with adventure,
but your nights were plagued by visions of a dying
princess. It seemed that Jaffar had survived his last
encounter with your deadly blade and with the help of
powerful magic, was pretending to be you. You had to return
as quickly as possible to save the princess and put an end
to the grand vizier’s tyranny once and for all.
That sounds great, isn't it? And do you know that Redorb is
working at 'Prince of Persia 3D'? They are working at the
game for a few years now, so it could not be bad! You could
take a look at http://www.pop3d.com/ if you like.
If you want to download this game, go to The Games Archive
at: http://gamesarchive.etmnet.com/ After that you must
choose 'Games' in the frame to the left. Then you could
select 'Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame'. You
will get a HTML document with some information about the
game. There you can find a link with which you can download
the game.
- Zeroth Zone added
We have also added the game 'Zeroth Zone'.
Title: Zeroth Zone
Author: Fred Backman
File size: 250 kB
Year: 1999
Version: Freeware
Website: http://www.femmefetish.com/games/
Rating: [*][*][ ][ ][ ]
Zeroth Zone is a remake of the classic arcade game
'Scramble'. It's programmed by Fred Backman in Borland
C++, so you must run it in MS-DOS. It's not hard to play.
If you want to download this game, go to The Games Archive
at: http://gamesarchive.etmnet.com/ After that you must
choose 'Games' in the frame to the left. Then you could
select 'Zeroth Zone'. You will get a HTML document with
some information about the game. There you can find a link
with which you can download the game.
- Message board added
New at The Games Archive is the message board. It's from
BeSeen.Com, a free service. If you are searching for a game
and you can't find it anywhere on the net, then you could
post a message. Maybe someone will reply.
- Awards
We are proud because our site has won many awards! Most
people like the design of the site. Some words from the
owners of the awards:
Webnet Webrating 5 stars: (http://www.webratings.net/)
> "Sick of the new release games? Pick from and download
> some of the old favourites. A quality site, that is well
> worth taking a look at!"
Shohoku's HOT Game Site Award:
> "The site layout is pretty nice and also has some classic
> games that I haven't heard of in a while on there. Once
> again, good work and thank you for your application."
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Top 5 downloads
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The following games are most downloaded:
1. Doom
2. Pinball Fantasies
3. Dark Forces
4. Wacky Wheels
5. Worms
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Feedback
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- Andrei Zaitsev
In this section of the newsletter you can find messages
from visitors of our site.
> "Hi! I like your site. Back when there was few shareware
> games, I used to track every single release from Apogee
> and Epic (Comander Keen, Jill of the Jungle... heck, I
> even remember then 60k 'Monuments of Mars' - a lots of
> fun!). Now there seems to be too many games to try all of
> them, so I concentrate on first-person shooters (Duke 3d,
> Quake, Urban Assault)."
- Marc Lapointe
> Great page! I've always wanted a place to download my old
> favorites, now you've made that place. Congrats on the
> cool page.
Thanks to all of them who sent messages about our site to
us!
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WebPoll
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Opera 5% 13 votes
other 3% 8 votes
Total votes: 259
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Coming soon
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We are making a HTML document for each game with
information about that game. Like author, year, file size
etc. We also give them a rating (from 1 star to 5 stars).
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