Software of the Month Club New Member XXII CD-ROM Program Guide - Windows Software Research Institute - - Business - Buy or Lease It 2.0 Car deals Ever wondered whether you should buy or lease a car? Now it's easy. Enter car information, loan figures, lease details and your financial information. The program gives you a variety of alternatives. Great for personal use or for small businesses. * Step-by-step process * Save and print options * Three screens include General, Buy and Lease (Application by KJ Software) DPC8 1.0 Financial system Generate depreciation schedules for tax and book purposes. For taxes, it uses the IRS-defined Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) to calculate annual depreciation amounts. For book purposes, it generates three schedules: straight line, double declining balance and the sum of the year's digits method. * Print depreciation tables * Supports asset descriptions * Supports fiscal years (Application by Ohio Star Software) KollectALL Collectibles Keep track of valuable business and hobby collections. Store pictures of items along with vital information, like date acquired, description, price paid, current value and more. * Built-in address book and calculator * Four views, including Quick Sort * Print item lists (Application by Niche Software, Inc.) Loan Table Maker 1.0 Amortization tool Quickly compare loans in a snap! Simply enter the number of months, the loan amount and interest rate, and it does the rest. It creates a table of all possible combinations of monthly payments. * Supports five loan and interest amounts * Copy data to Clipboard * Print options * Automatic updates as new amounts are entered (Application by KJ Software) Make$.Cents 1.2 Balancing your budget Organize your personal finances with this comprehensive package. Includes traditional checkbook management, account reconciliation and historical analysis. * Supports split transactions * Handles six accounts, including checking and credit cards * Easily reconcile accounts to bank statements * View accounts various ways (Application by Empower Software LLC) - Children's - Chicken Invasion 1.0 Egg-citing game Chickens are falling from the sky and invading the planet! It's your job to shoot down as many chickens as you can before they land. The more chickens you shoot, the faster they fall. In the final level you must destroy the lights on the egg base. * Eight levels * Score shows number of missed chickens * Customizable high scores (Application by Joel D. Park; Requires Windows 95) Dots 1.2 Boxed in Complete a grid of boxes by connecting dots in this fun game. Players take turns connecting dots, scoring each time they complete a box. * Two players, human or computer * Change dot width and height * Adjust dot and background colors (Application by A.C. Barentyne; Requires Windows 95) Interactive Trivia 1.5 Galactic fun Blast off with this multimedia trivia game. Answer multiple choice questions about space exploration. You can even add your own questions. * For two players * Times play * Great sound effects (Application by David Browder, Wonder-Soft; Requires a sound card) Jack and the Beanstalk Fe, fi, fo, fum... The classic story of Jack in the Beanstalk is told in this delightful storybook. Turn the pages and listen to the story being read. color and save the pictures. * Includes 35 storybook pictures * Easy navigation * Great for preschool and elementary kids (Application by Jack Otis Moore; Requires a sound card) Leap Frog 2.0 Hop, skip and a jump You'll jump over this Othello-style game. Capture other frogs by jumping over them. You can jump horizontally, vertically and diagonally. You win if you have the most frogs at the end of the game. * Easy and medium modes * Six levels in each mode * Great music and sound effects * Records high scores (Application by MG Software; Sound card recommended) - Desktop Publishing - HyperCam 1.19 Lights, camera, action! Record screen actions and save them as movie files with this ingenious program. You can also record sound along with the video. Just select the window or region and start recording in AVI format. * Adjust frame rate based on the speed of your computer * Supports Windows 95 video compression codecs * Choose sound quality - from 8-bit to CD quality * Hot keys options (Application by Greg Kochaniak, Hyperionics; Requires Windows 95) HyperSnap-DX 3.02 Say cheese Take professional-quality screen captures using hot key combinations. Captures six screen types, including full screen, window, active window, region and more. Save and view as BMP, GIF and JPEG images. * Supports capture of DirectX screens * Cropping features * Include or exclude cursor (Application by Greg Kochaniak, Hyperionics; Requires Windows 95) The RGB Color Box 1.4 Custom colors Quickly create HTML codes with custom color schemes for your Web page. Select colors for backgrounds, text, and new, active and visited links. The program then creates the proper codes which you can copy and paste to your HTML documents. A perfect companion for Web page editors like WebExpress 2.01, included on this Volume. * Save and load different color schemes * Use the default color picker * Supports BMP backgrounds * Preview box (Application by Peter Theill; Requires Windows 95) - Education - ChemLab 1.1d Chemistry simulation Conduct your own scientific experiments with this chemistry lab simulation. It imitates the steps, equipment and procedures. Each experiment contains an introduction, procedure screen and observations. Add, filter and heat chemicals, use indicators, take notes and more. * Six chemistry labs * Save and print labs * Superb graphics (Application by Model Science Software; Requires Windows 95) ChemWords - Atomic Structure Educational arcade Practice atomic structure terminology as you play this shooting game. Start by studying the terms in the glossary, then try to hit the term which describes the definition to score points. * Three levels * Set game speed * Adjust scoring and difficulty * Great background music (Application by R.T. Carman, Digital Graphics; Requires a SoundBlaster-compatible sound card) Currency Exchanger 3.3 Cha-ching Learn currency exchange rates. Select two countries, enter currency amount and it converts it immediately. Great for student travelers and anyone studying foreign trade. * Supports 16 currencies, including dollars, yen and marks * Includes world clocks * Interest calculator * Set base currency and exchange rates (Application by Cosmin Smeu) Markin 1.0 Grading system Teachers can grade electronic files with this unique tool. Mark errors simply by pressing a button. Supports up to 24 error types - you can define your own button sets to reflect your marking style. When you've finished marking the document, turn it into a Web page. All the errors in the text will be linked to definitions. Marked essays can also be saved as text files, so your students can print them out. * Add comments, feedback and grades * Cut and paste text from other applications * Changeable fonts and colors * Lock text (Application by Martin Holmes) - Games - Ancient Ivory 3.1 Dice game Roll the dice in this Yahtzee-style game. You have three tries to roll different combinations, including three of a kind, full house and large straight. * Up to four players * Play against a friend or the computer * Adjust animation speed * Great MIDI music and sound effects * Toggle sound on and off (Application by LatticeWork Software, Inc.; Includes both 16 and 32-bit versions; Requires a sound card) Axium Adventures 1.0 Space challenge Can you solve these intergalactic puzzles? The game is set in the year 2143, and you have been sent to the Axium galaxy to discover and solve 50 alien puzzles. * Ten difficulty levels * Automatically saves games * Includes solutions for first three puzzles (Application by Soleau Software; Requires 486/66 MHz or better and a sound card) Crossdown 4.0 Word puzzles Construct and solve crossword puzzles with this great game creator. Construct symmetrical puzzles or design your own by inserting letters and blanks on the game grid. Choose from three sizes: 11x11, 13x13 and 15x15. * Includes six crossword puzzles * Cheat options * Save and print puzzles * Copy puzzles into other programs. (Application by Sam Bellotto, Jr.; Requires Windows 95) Poker Challenge 1.4 Unique game This new card game combines the excitement of high-stakes poker with the strategy of Tetris, Shanghai and Yahtzee. It's a great solitaire game. * Records top ten scores * Enter up to a dozen players * Includes Poker Challenge contest games (Application by John Cutter)