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[3.1.2] What Apogee games are no longer sold?


Apogee no longer takes orders for the games listed in this section but will
still offer technical support for people who own registered versions.  Apogee
does retains the copyright on these games.  The shareware versions are
still legal to distribute.  Informational sections on these games remain in
this FAQ.  See the previous section for the meaning the table columns.

 Name                      Size  Genre Discont'd  Filename     Ep  Ver  OS Gph
 ----                      ----  ----- ---------  --------     --  ---  -- ---
}Stargunner                5940k Shoot            1star11.zip   4  1.1  D  S *
}XenoPhage: Alien Blood... 6438k Fight            1xeno11.zip  N/A 1.1  D  S ^`
}Boppin                    1349k Puzzl 07/31/01   1boppin.zip   4  1.1  D  V *`
 Alien Carnage             1750k Plat  04/12/00   1ac.zip       4  1.0  D  V ^
 Bio Menace                 637k Plat  09/25/00   1bio11.zip    3  1.1  D  E `
 Major Stryker              568k Shoot            1majr14.zip   3  1.4  D  E
 Dark Ages                  189k Plat             1dark.zip     3  1.0  D  E
 Arctic Adventure           131k Plat             1arctic.zip   4  2.0  D  C
 Pharaoh's Tomb             118k Plat  03/02/00   1ptomb.zip    4  3.0  D  C
 Monuments of Mars          136k Plat             1mars.zip     4  1.0  D  C
 The Kroz Series            111k Puzzl Early 1999 1kroz.zip     7  1.0  D  T

}* - On August 19, 2005, a freeware version of Boppin was made available by
}    the original author.
}  - On June 22, 2005, Stargunner was released as freeware.

 ^ - Alien Carnage used to be known as "Halloween Harry."

 ` - These games contain some measure of graphic violence and may be
     unsuitable for young game players.
   - Boppin v1.0 has an option to minimize the violence somewhat.  Boppin v1.1
     does not have violent content unless a command line parameter is given.
     (See the cheats section.)

}Apogee no longer takes direct orders for the following games.  Instead, buyers
}must purchase them through a third party distributor.
}
}Name               Size  Genre Filename             Ep  Ver  OS Med Gph
}----               ----  ----- --------             --  ---  -- --- ---
}Max Payne          131mb 3DAct MaxPayneDemo1-05.exe  3  1.05 95  c  S   `
}
}` - These games contain some measure of graphic violence and may be
}    unsuitable for young game players.

Apogee no longer takes orders for the following games. They were never
Apogee games; Apogee merely resold them.  id wrote them, and FormGen
Corporation (since bought by GT Interactive, which was later bought by
Infogrames) distributed them but has since discontinued them.  Therefore,
Apogee does not sell them anymore either.  Demos of both games were
released by FormGen way back; these demos may still exist on Internet
sites for download, but note that Apogee does not have anything to do
with these demos.

 Name                                     Size  Genre Ep  Ver  OS Gph
 ----                                     ----  ----- --  ---  -- ---
 Spear of Destiny                         N/A   3DAct  1  1.4  D  V   ~
 Commander Keen: Aliens Ate My Babysitter N/A   Plat   1  1.4  D  E   *

 * - There is a CGA version of Commander Keen: Aliens Ate My Babysitter.

 ~ - While these games contain graphic violence, there are password
     protectable violence settings.

Apogee no longer supports the following games.  However, these were later
released as freeware and are legal to distribute.  Apogee doesn't take
registrations for these games and doesn't offer tech support on them, but they
do retain copyright.

 Name                      Size  Genre Rereleased Filename    Ep  Ver  OS Gph
 ----                      ----  ----- ---------- --------    --  ---  -- ---
}Puzzle Fun-Pak            298k  Puzzl  05/28/04  packs.zip    1  N/A  D  T
}Adventure Fun-Pak         298k  Adven  05/28/04  packs.zip    1  N/A  D  T
 SuperNova                 136k  Adven  03/28/98  snoza.zip    1   B   D  T '
 Beyond the Titanic         93k  Adven  03/10/98  titanic.zip  1  N/A  D  T '

}' - The Puzzle Fun-Pak contains the following games:  Block Five, Asteroid
}    Rescue, Phrase Master, and Maze Machine.
}  - The Adventure Fun-Pak contains the following games:  Rogue Runner,
}    Night Bomber, Raiders of the Forbidden Mine, and The Thing.

Apogee no longer takes orders for the games listed in the following section.
Apogee does, however, retain copyright on them and requests that these games no
longer be distributed.  Information about these games is given for purely
historical interest.  Except where noted, Scott Miller wrote each game listed.

      The Thor Trilogy - text action/adventure game, like Kroz (Todd Replogle)
             Word Whiz - vocabulary quiz game
           Trivia Whiz - trivia quiz game (George Broussard)

Apogee does not distribute, sell, register, or retain copyright on any of the
following games.  Furthermore, they request that the shareware episodes (if
they exist) on any Apogee site be removed from distribution.

        Jumpman Lives! - remake of "Jumpman" (Dave Sharpless)
      Star Trek Trivia - Star Trek trivia quiz game
 Star Trek: TNG Trivia - Star Trek: the Next Generation trivia quiz game
                         (George Broussard)


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