Software of the Month Club
February 1997 CD-ROM Program Guide


- DOS Latest & Greatest -

Action English 1.1
Language skills
Brush up on your verbs, nouns, prepositions and more with this 
challenging program. It gives you extensive practice in basic 
English skills by making you identify the parts of a sentence. 
Pass each section five times with a score of 90 percent or higher 
to move to the next level. Perfect for middle school students.
*   Asks 1,800 questions
*   Includes 50 sentences 
*   Reviews 36 English skills, like compounds, infinitives and 
    punctuation 
*   Tracks individual scores for each student
(Application by David W. King; Password is SPOON)

bREN 3.0a
3D modeling
Create realistic images with your own 3D wire-frames in this 
command-line rendering program. View your objects from any 
angle, apply textures and set lighting. Complete with ray-tracing 
capabilities.
*   Import and export in several files formats, including BDF, 
    TGA, MPEG and JPEG
*   Includes six 3D images in BDF format, including a coffeepot, 
    Russian dolls and a sunset
*   Supports anti-aliasing, auto-smoothing, texture mapping, Z-
    buffered Phong rendering and more
(Application by ProProGroup, Inc.)

Feature Program
Deep Sky 2000 1.3
Look closely
View stars and other celestial bodies as seen through the 
telescope lens. This makes it easy for amateur astronomers to 
locate galaxies, nebulae and clusters. Both finder and main scope 
fields can be configured to match your telescope and eyepiece 
combination for an even more accurate representation. 
*   Star sizes correspond to their visual magnitude
*   Contains a database of 279,000 stars and 16,000 deep sky 
    objects
*   Stars can be plotted to a magnitude of 10
*   Advanced search engine for finding stars, constellations, 
    planetary bodies and more
*   Shows hemispheric sky maps
(Application by Richard J. Burke)

The Electronic Text Publishing System 4.10
Author
Publish your own electronic books and magazines with this 
amazing program. Compile ASCII text files into menu-driven 
executable programs. Create a table of contents, customize size 
and location of menus, and define colors. You can even specify 
different attributes, including border frames, elevator bars and 
drop shadows.
*   Includes a sample book 
*   Supports images using BLOADable BIN files as background 
    wallpapers
*   Special effects include screen wipe, opening curtains, splitting 
screens, clock sweeps and more
(Application by Philip P. Kapusta, Softword Technology)

EntreQuik 3.0
Business venture
Do you have a design idea you want to market? This handy 
business program analyzes your business plans! Determine profit 
potential, cash requirements, rate of return and more. It also 
prints business reports, including income statements, cash flow 
statements and balance sheets. Great for starting your own 
business.
*   Help feature explains what to enter, giving step-by-step 
    instructions
*   Specify up to 10 products or product groups
*   Saves you time by crunching the numbers for you and tells 
    you if your venture is feasible
*   Try different scenarios
(Application by Banyan Business Software, Inc.)

GOLDILOCKS & THE THREE BEARS
Electronic storybook
Read this classic children storybook on your computer! Watch as 
Goldilocks eats the bears' porridge, sits in their chairs and sleeps 
in their beds. The interactive story includes animation, music and 
sound effects.
*   Uses recorded human voices
*   Volume setting for music, sound and speech
*   Animation hot spots let children click on certain pictures to 
    make them come to life
(Application by C. Lee Butler; Requires a DOS mouse driver and 
Sound Blaster or compatible sound card)

Home Loan Diary 3.10
Financial package
Calculate how much money you can save by paying a loan off 
early with this financial program.
*   Track monthly escrow payments
*   Includes a calculator
*   Printing options
*   Money-saving tips
(Application by Philip P. Kapusta, Softword Technology)

Nova Chess 1.12
Checkmate
Put the computer in check in this customizable chess game. 
Change the color of the pieces, board, text and background. You 
can even rotate the board to change the view. A great program 
for mastering chess skills.
*   Hint features show you the best possible move
*   Hidden menu functions, including take back and undo moves
*   Set difficulty by limiting time between moves
*   Change sides before or during play
(Application by Thomas Starke; Requires a DOS mouse driver)

QuizMaker 5.1
This is only a test
Combine voice, music and images with this multimedia quiz 
maker.
*   Three different types of tests: matching, fill in the answer and 
    multiple-choice
*   Supports PCX images
*   Music creator
*   WAV file conversion utility
(Application by Information Entrepreneur Software)

REPLICATOR 1.0
Ditto
Conquer the town of Dullsville with your powerful replicator. 
There's one problem -- you have to build it first. Search the city 
for replicator parts and keep your eyes open for weapons. Watch 
out, there are other scientists trying to accomplish the same goal.
*   Up to ten players, human and computer
*   49 X 49 game board
*   View items in your possession
*   Save features 
(Application by Raymond G. White; Requires a DOS mouse 
driver)

Textris 4.0
Falling letters
Have fun while you practice spelling! Put words together, three 
to seven letters long, in this Tetris-style game. Make words 
horizontally and vertically.
*   Earn points for spelling
*   Hold pieces to give yourself time
*   View the tile before it falls
*   Blank tiles give you the option of picking your own letters
(Application by Chris Walker, Charon Software)