Which other FAQs about PC games exist?
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Which other FAQs about PC games exist? [ Editor: question 6.1 of the PC Games FAQ (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games, version 1.02, September 1993). ]
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Apart from this main FAQ for PC games, some other FAQs exist. Some are
for one game specifically, some are for other newsgroups that are in
some way related to PC games.
- Air Warrior
The Air Warrior FAQ is made by Gary Cooper <GRCooper@aol.com>.
- Civilization
The Civilization FAQ is available by FTP from:
ftp.uwp.edu in /pub/msdos/romulus/hints/civ.faq
A slightly updated version is available by email from Dave Stanworth:
djh@wcl.bham.ac.uk /* the subject must contain "Civ FAQ please" */
There is also a FAQ that holds proposals for the next release of
Civilization. It is available by email from:
buckel_j@oldham.gpsemi.com
- Commander Keen
The FAQ for the Commander Keen episodes is made by Brian Milner
(Brian.Milner@brunel.ac.uk).
- Core Wars
This FAQ is maintained by Stefan Strack (stst@vuse.vanderbilt.edu) and
is posted to the rec.games.corewar newsgroup. You can get it by FTP
from:
rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.answers/games/corewar-faq
- Doom
Although this game isn't out yet, it already has its own FAQ, compiled
by Dizzy (t0schar@teaching.cs.adelaide.edu.au).
- Dune 2
This FAQ is available from Simon (sepollit@cs.adelaide.edu.au). You can
also get it by FTP from:
ftp.uwp.edu /pub/msdos/games/romulus/hints/
The file name is of the format dune2_??.lzh where ?? is the version
number.
- Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures
The FAQ for this game is maintained by John Kochmar (kochmar@sei.cmu.edu).
- VGA Planets
A FAQ is written by Roger Burton-West <ubte30e@ccs.bbk.ac.uk>.
- Wolfenstein 3D
The FAQ for this one is maintained by Stanley Stasiak
(stasiak@ee.uwa.edu.au). It should be available by FTP from
ftp.uwp.edu.
- X-Wing
The Internet Guide to X-Wing Strategy can be taken from wpi.wpi.edu in
the /starwars/X-Wing/ directory.
- Interactive Fiction
There is a FAQ for the newsgroup rec.arts.int-fiction, which concerns
the making of text-based adventure games, including Infocom adventures.
You can find it in the newsgroup, or you may ask David A. Graves
(dag@cup.hp.com).
There is a also a FAQ for the newsgroup rec.games.int-fiction by Scott
Forbes (forbes@ihlpf.att.com), which is about playing text-based
adventure games.
Finally, there is a FAQ for Adventure Game Authoring Systems, maintained
by Nathan Torkington (Nathan.Torkington@vuw.ac.nz).
These FAQs can be retrieved from:
ftp.gmd.de /if-archive/rec.arts.int-fiction/*
/if-archive/rec.games.int-fiction/*
- Flight Simulators
There is a FAQ for the newsgroup rec.aviation.simulators, which you can
find in the newsgroup. You can also get it by FTP from:
rtfm.mit.edu /pub/usenet/rec.answers/aviation/flight-simulators
- PC Soundcards
There is a FAQ for the newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard, which you
can find in the newsgroup. You can also get it by FTP from:
rtfm.mit.edu /pub/usenet/comp.answers/PCsoundcards/generic-faq
- Games Design
The FAQ for the rec.games.design newsgroup is maintained by Travis S.
Casey (casey@cs.fsu.edu). You can find it in the newsgroup or you can
get it by FTP from:
rtfm.mit.edu /pub/usenet/rec.answers/games/design-FAQ
-- Jurgen Appelo <appelo@dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl>, PC Games FAQ
[ Editor: the main FAQ itself was posted twice a month to
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.announce, rec.games.misc and news.answers, and
archived at rtfm.mit.edu in /pub/usenet/comp.answers/PC-games-faq/.
Its other sections (newsgroup etiquette, jargon, hardware, bugs,
upcoming games) are not puzzle material and are omitted. ]