Game
http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/fascist/fascist.html
You'll take ages to figure out this strange email game. It's not that
it has no rules. On the contrary, the object is to make them up. If they
are accepted, your score changes in a way you won't be able to understand,
until you've spent some considerable time here. Confused? That's the general
idea.
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You Don't Know Jack
http://www.berksys.com/www/products/ydkj.html
Up 'til now, if you haven't had a CD-Rom drive you've been missing out
on the ultimate adrenaline rush kitsch trivia quiz show You Don't Know Jack.
Only the demo version is available here, it takes forever to download and
demands a huge chunk of your system but, hey, it's partytime. Grab a couple
of friends and get ready to play. You start minutes before transmission,
your palms sweating, at the greatest gameshow on earth. An ingenuous host
cracks a few sarky remarks, a few cheesy themes play in your head and then
WHUMPH! you're on air. You need a formula one brain stuffed with hard fact
and pop culture's bargain basement. A few breathless, manic moments later
it's all slipping away from you and with the clock ticking, trapped in showbiz
frenzy, it all becomes clear - YOU DON'T KNOW JACK! There's over 20 hours
of this superb stuff on the CD and you'll be kicking yourself you haven't
got one.
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Winalotto
http://www.winalotto.com
The instigators of this outfit were obviously unaware of the similarity
between their game's name and a well known brand of dogfood. Hey, the similarities
don't end there. This site is essentially advertising a phone service which
enters you into the New South Wales Lottery in Australia for free. Free,
that is, if you don't count the price of the phone call, the charges for
which don't appear to be listed anywhere! This suggests that the price of
a ticket is far less than the phone call itself but, say, if you phone from
a 'friend's house' or work perhaps (perish the thought) then it's almost
worth trying your luck. And lastly, don't tell Rosie Banks Ü Eddie
would never forgive us!
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Transport Tycoon Deluxe
http://www.cybercity.hko.net/london/cool/tycoon/tycoon.htm
James Dove loved the game Transport Tycoon so much that he set up this
site. James says If you want to get addicted then go out and get this game
as soon as possible (NB I am not being payed to say this). The object of
the game is to set up a successful transport business over a timespan of
100 years - which should give you a fair bit of scope. What James' object
is is anyone's guess. A career in advertising, maybe?
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The Internet Virtual
Vending Machine
http://www.york.ac.uk/~wjb101/spotserv/chocy/0.htm
The kinda site that raises a luke-warm smile once and once only. Choc-o-matic
is a virtual candy machine offering Marz, Marties, Cruchy and Olops. Insert
virtual coins, choose a virtual bar. If you can't make it to the shop enjoy
a virtual sweetie. Come again, says the sign. Oo I couldn't eat another
thing.
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The Case
http://www.thecase.com/
Watch out Hetty Wainthrop! A weekly mystery for budding Agatha Christie
types, the case is emailed to previously signed up amateur sleuths in the
UK on a Wednesday morning. They have until the next day to complete their
investigations. Additional clues in the form of statements from witnesses,
police officers on the scene and the coroner's report are supplied, along
with a description of the murder weapon and other forensic evidence. Over
the next 24 hours players activate their little grey cells and start to
piece together clues. Solve the case quickly because before you can say
Miss Marple the culprit is apprehended and all is revealed.
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The Adrenaline Vault
http://www.newworld.com/adrenaline/vault.html
All Java'd up and ready to go, the Adrenaline Vault's credo is Think
quick, move fast, play hard! Heavily hit and updated regularly, it's a hoard
of hardware info, reviews, and downloadables, although as you'd expect,
some are five or six megs in size. Visit the VR Vault or peek at future
releases like Heart of Darkness. Watch for the Java Arcade display of colour
bursts when the page loads. Tip: bookmark it and you can capture the action
to play back on your PC.
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Sandbox
http://www.sandbox.net/
Forget Phillip Marlowe, Columbo and Magnum. If you've been framed and
look more guilty than Ronnie Biggs, then call on cigar smoking, Vietnam
hero Sam Webb. By adopting his character you embark on an interactive cyber-mystery
with more twists than The Usual Suspects. In the search for Vincent, you
pit yourself against the anonymous Hyena and the beautiful twins: Nikki
and Vikki DuPont. (Was Vincent really the father of Vikki's child, despite
being married to Nikki and officially missing? ) With pictures of all the
characters, it's a bit of a mix between a Columbo mystery and an episode
of Dallas. By successfully unravelling the clues you can win yourself an
Internet shopping spree. I still think the butler did it!
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Psygnosis
http://www.psygnosis.com
Ludicrously successful, yet retaining a large dose of cultish cred,
Psygnosis is one of the world's key console and PC games developers. From
the frustratingly foolhardy Lemmings to the space-age speed-thrill of WipeOut,
the company can do no wrong. Its Web site, as you'd imagine, is highly evolved
- demos, screensavers and the skinny on upcoming games. Regularly updated
with details of releases (including Europe), formats and a technical support
option, it is no more or less than you'd expect.
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Play Battleships
http://manor.york.ac.uk/htdocs/bships.html
A one-way game of battleships against the computer. There is a way to
cheat Ü see if you can work it out. SERVER OVERLOADED NOT AVAILABLE
FOR NOW.
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Next Generation Online
http://www.next-generation.com/ng/
A superb read off- and online, the Next Generation is the ultimate for
gaming gossip. It provides an industry- and consumer-based perspective on
the the newest systems and all hardware is hotlinked to relevant game reviews.
The Your Questions Answered section is up-to-date and totally spot on. Don't
miss it.
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Monopoly
http://www.monopoly.com
This site uses the ultimate capitalist icon, Rich Uncle Pennybags, to
guide visitors around the pages. You'll find everything from the history
of the traditional board version to details of computer flavour. There's
also a demo of Hasbro's PC conversion, and details of how the game can be
played over the Internet. A chat room is provided for those want to, bicker
and gloat, before they play online. If you don't want to play over the desktop
there's an itinerary of upcoming offline tournaments, as well as an FAQ
just to make sure you know the rules. Thatcher would be proud of this site,
but Guardian readers stay clear.
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Mindscape UK
http://www.mindscapeuk.com/
Download interactive demos of DOS and Windows 95 games such as Panzer
General and Azrael's Tear, view screenshots, read up on Mindscape's star
products, reach out for tech support online or adopt your very own computerized
puppy, Woof.
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InterLotto
http://www.interlotto.li/
No longer will Web surfers have to make that weekly trip down to the
corner shop for a flutter because there's now a lottery online. Not the
lottery, you understand, but one run by the government of Liechtenstein.
All you need do is open an InterLotto account with the help of you flexible
friend. Interlotto film the draw so you know it's legitimate, and the winner
collects about £700,000.
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Interactive Crossword
http://www.crossworld.co.uk
Hooked onto Events online's What's On Web site for the UK is the home
of the interactive Internet crossword. The clues are not particularly taxing
- it's more like the crosswords in the Sun than the cryptic stuff that appears
in the Times. What's more you don't get the satisfaction of crossing out
each clue as you fill in the answer. If you're after a 10 minute diversion
in the middle of a busy day it's worth a whirl.
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Intelligent Gamer Online
http://igonline.escape.com
A kind of snobbish attitude distinguishes this from other games review
mags, but the thing is they have some good writers giving the serious lowdown
on all sorts of stuff you'll want to know. As well as previewing and reviewing
games for every system you can imagine (Saturn, Genesis, SNES, Playstation,
Atari, Mac, PC and arcade), there are articles on upcoming products and
reports from exhibitions. A very informative read.
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Happy Puppy
http://happypuppy.com/
This is an informal selection of games links, including pointers to
shareware and demos for PC and Macintosh, cheats and solutions, Web games
and games FTP sites, as well as RealAudio files of Mark Shander's Computer
Fun Shop radio show. Occasionally some of the information has dropped off
and there is the odd 404 error, but basically all the new games get a mention
somewhere. Other resource links Ü newsgroups, developer's pages etc
Ü are hidden around the place and there is even entertainment to be
had in the About Us section. Check the photo. These people are prime contenders
for geek of the week. Fetch!
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Gremlin
http://www.gremlin.com/
Sheffield's Gremlin have risen from turning out 8-bit games for the
Zx Spectrum to producing multimedia blockbusters for the PC. Demos of many
of their most successful titles, such as Normality Inc. and Fatal Racing,
can be downloaded from this Web site. You'll also find screensavers, patches,
tips and cheats. For those who like to turn back the clock you can play
some of their earlier Zx spectrum efforts. The software to turn your PC
into a 8-bit machine is downloaded with the game. Gremlin have certainly
packed a lot into their pages, but why did they spoilt them by using such
an unattractive green background? Then again game players are not renowned
for their taste (see Game On, Internet 22, September 1996).
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GameStation
http://www.mds.mdh.se/~eko93pjn
Maybe I'm just showing my age, but the phrase 'Game Boy' has different
connotations, than it does to teenagers. Anyway, if you want to find out
all the latest news, reviews, and information about the new generation of
video games (no Grandstand tennis here, thank you very much), then give
this site a look. It looks at the four main platforms, PlayStation, Saturn,
Nintendo 64 and 3DO, and as well as news and reviews, features competitions,
and celebrity 'me and my....' interviews. It's also well designed and wonderfully
easy to navigate.
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Digital Nostalgia
http://www.umich.edu/~webspin/games
As the retro-gaming revival reaches fever pitch, people too young to
remember Pac-Man and those who've never even heard of Pong, are reaching
for the reassuringly old school throwback of vintage computer and arcade
games. Digital Nostalgia provides a timely introduction to the plinky, low-res,
race about and shoot...well, the only thing that moves, of Asteroids, Space
Invaders and all those other 8-bit wonders that kept kids glued to their
Atari consoles. All games are less than 600Kb and specially reformatted
for PCs and emulators, there's a slight name change but you'll get the hang
of it. A thorough tutorial irons out most problems regarding downloads,
zipped files and running games under Windows or DOS so prepare to return
to pre-Super Mario and Sonic innocence and life before Lemmings, The Sony
Playstation, and even Doom.
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Cosmo's Conundrum
http://www.uk.cosmoasis.com
If you are the type of person who is hooked on pub quiz machines, youâll
enjoy competing in Cosmoâs Conundrum, a new multi player Java based
online trivia game. You compete against Zeek, a gangly and rather smug looking
Martian and any other online players in a head-to-head compo. If you win
you qualify for the cash round which takes place later on that day. These
quizzes have been popular in the states for a while but this is the first
of itâs kind, aimed solely at the British market. This means questions
about the lovelife of Cindy Beale rather than the reruns of I Love Lucy.
Admittedly the cash isnât likely to pay off the mortgage but it might
pay for the telephone time it takes to play the game and after all, the
fun is the taking part not the winning! One of the real benefits of this
game at the moment is that it has only recently been released. Get in quick
and see yourself on the Hall of fame. Good luck.
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After Shock
http://www.tezcat.com/~raul/as/ArcadeAlley.html
Before you download the standalone versions of WebInvaders, Webfrog
or Webpong (coming soon), try the silly little Shockwave demos Ü a
few minutes' mindless entertainment. Way to go...
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3DO
http://www.3DO.com
3DO is an unique computer company, as it produces both hardware and
software. Despite disastrous sales of last year's 3DO console, electronic
giant Matsushita has just bought the rights to a new 64-bit model for $100
million. Currently 3DO's software publishing arm, Studio 3DO, is bracing
itself for the launch of Meridian 59 , a game which combines graphics, email
and IRC. Here you can download a beta version, but be quick, once the full
game's released the demo version will expire. This site maybe huge, but
a clear layout and an onsite search engine make for easy navigation. This
is one site game-heads must visit.
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Shoot The Tories
http://www.adweb.co.uk/dp/major/major.htm
Play political assassin and plug John Major full of holes. Top but tasteless
and pretty poor sport Ü bet Lee Harvey Oswald never had this much fun!
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Gary's Crossword
http://www2.csn.net/~rosenz/cross.html
Completely cool, fully interactive Shockwaved crossword. Dead simple
clues but completely diverting. Anyone using a Mac can get hold of the full-blown
version that lets you create your own puzzles, save them as files and fill
them in later. Well, perhaps you'd better get someone else to fill them
in as you already know the answers.
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WorldVillage
http://www.WorldVillage.com/
Shoved rather unceremoniously into Internet's Games section, WorldVillage
is, in fact, a multi-purpose destination for school stuff, multimedia and
games. Information is well sorted into user-friendly length features and
reviews with special recommendations awarded the title of Gamers' Zone Site
of the Day, Cool Multimedia and Cool School House Pick of the Week. There's
a directory of gaming companies with sites on the Web and some funny WAV.
soundfiles to play about with. All in all it's an odd little place Ü
neither one thing nor the other Ü so make up your own mind.
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Atari Jagwire
http://www.atari.com
Regularly checking an official support site for avid Atari gamers is
like admitting you're hooked. A full fix of the latest hardware and games
releases is on offer, plus in-depth coverage of Atari products in Atari
Explorer Online. Links to other addicts provide an important source of self-validation.
No, there's nothing wrong with playing Battle Sphere or even Mortal Kombat
III, unless you're over 12.
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SPQR
http://www.pathfinder.com/@@JndyljA8hQIAQPsz/twep/rome/
A somewhat serious version of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum. Wander round Rome in the Empire's darkest hour and solicit the information
that might either save or destroy the city. Glorious graphics that take
a lifetime to load but Internet didn't have the patience. Let us know if
you do.
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Hunt The Wumpus
http://www.bu.edu/htbin/wcl
The options are (i) get carried off by bats, (ii) fall into a deep pit,
(iii) find that silly wumpus and teach him a lesson or two. It's not as
easy as you think.
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Keith Pomakis' Connect 4
Page
http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/kppomaki/c4/
Sometimes it can be a little frustrating waiting for your computer opponent
to have their go but it's a harmless way to spend a few hours. Keith's page
also connects up to other C4 sites.
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Conquest!
http://www.misha.net/~conquest/conq.html
Conquest is a strategy war game set in the Middle Ages in which, using
your army, you seek to overthrow other knights. Loads of these let's pretend
games are now located on IRC and this home page includes links to explanations
and all kinds of mannuals as well as details of the big upcoming Conquistador
meets.
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Rocket Science
http://www.rocketsci.com/
According to the company, Rocket Science represents the creative fusion
of four industries: the flash, the realism, and the on-time production savvy
of the special-effects industry; the creativity of Hollywood; the technology
innovation of Silicon Valley and the best of the video game arena. You get
stills, movies and general tips about the two CDROM games featured here,
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and Loadstar. But, naturally, there's no demo versions.
An elaborate, if unfulfilling advert.
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Hell
http://www.pncl.co.uk/~gentle/hell.html
Special mention for this DOOM2 page, for modem players with noone to
throw rockets at. Spankingly fine graphic to look at and its creator thanks
his Dad for buying him a PC. Sweet!
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Lucas Arts Entertainment
Company
http://www.lucasarts.com
There's certainly a lot to live up to when you're the bloke behind one
of the most successful films ever made. Star Wars' George Lucas has carved
out a career in popular PC games, of which there are a few demo versions
and screen shots here.
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Jumble and Crossword Solver
http://odin.chemistry.uakron.edu/cbower/jumble.html
Trouble with the Times crossword? Type in the letters you've got with
question marks for the ones you don't know and, blankety blank, this page
will produce a list of suggestions. Unscrambles anagrams, too.
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The Riddler
http://www.riddler.com
One big corporate puzzle...hunting round the world's electronic networks
for clues to win the big cash prize.
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Kevin Ng Homepage
http://www.u-net.com/~kng
Want a decent game for Windows? Download three of Kevin's shareware
games straight from this page. Lunacy, Laserstrike and Wormworld are puzzle/arcade-type
games that involve a battle to get from A to B.
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Modoom
http://www.pncl.co.uk/~gentle/modoom.html
Essentially a way of finding people to play Doom with or, alternatively,
a rather sad way of making friends.
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Letter R.I.P.
http://www.dtd.com/rip
Totally cool version of hangman complete with sadistic comments on the
side. Poor old Zeppie the Zombie is strung up in a dungeon and if you fail
to locate that letter he loses limbs until he's doggy lunch!
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The Complete Roleplaying
Resource Page
http://www.cqs.washington.edu/~surge/rpg.html
Alphabetical archive of all the 'let's pretend' you can handle.
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Jackpot
http://www.cs.umu.se/cgi-bin/scripts/jackpot
Just stick to this online fruit machine and you'll keep your shirt.
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The Talker
http://www2.infi.net:80/talker/
Choose an icon, alias and attitude and bluff your way through this virtual
party, safe in the knowledge that they'll never guess how much you've had
to drink.
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The Sprawl
http://sensemedia.net/sprawl/
The Sprawl combines the interactivity of text based MOOs (multi user
object oriented environments) with the media rich content of the Web to
create WOO. This site is a must for all die hard text adventurers, but it
also shows what can be done with HTTP.
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Carlos' Colouring Book
http://robot0.ge.uiuc.edu/~carlosp/color/
Useless as they are, sites like these can be fun. In this case, you
select a segment of a picture, choose a colour and then shade it in. You
can do one at a time or a batch, and it's destined to inspire a whole new
generation of interactivity.
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Mr Potato head
http://winnie.acsu.buffalo.edu/potatoe/
Create your own, customised Mr Potato Head.
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Fractal Explorer
http://www.vis.colostate.edu/~user1209/fractals/mandel.html
A fractal is a complex self-similar and chaotic mathematical object
which reveals more detail as you get closer. You can explore the most famous
example of these, the Mandelbrot set, by changing the colour palette and
zooming in by clicking on the image. Even if you can't understand how this
complex iteration works, you can still generate wild graphics.
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Lite-Bright
http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~ta/lb/lb.html
This is fun. You insert coloured pegs into a board, one colour at a
time, to create a pretty picture. After you've finished, you can title it
and then submit it to the gallery for others to admire.
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You are Peeping Tom
http://maki.ke.ics.saitama-u.ac.jp/
This Peeping Tom camera excites with glimpses of the back of some Japanese
computer boff's head. Or maybe it's an airconditioning duct. Wow, let's
set it to music.
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Sega
http://www.segaoa.com
News, special events, promotions, new releases, hints, product descriptions,
screen shots, audio/video clips and support fot Sega computer games.
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I-Ching
http://cad.ucla.edu:8001/iching
If you're not happy with your fortune as told by this interpretation
of the Chinese I-Ching, you can always reload and get another one.
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Nathan Cochrane's Home Page
http://www.iinet.com.au/~nathan/index.html
An original source page of game reviews and pre-release information.
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All-Web Easter Egg Hunt
http://orac.andrew.cmu.edu:5823/egg
Even though the competition to find 50 Easter eggs hidden on various
pages around the Web is over, most of the eggs are still there. If you want
to carry on searching, the details are here.
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DoomGate
http://doomgate.cs.buffalo.edu/
This paradise for Doomsters has links to FTP sites, hacking and editing
instructions, add-ons, patches, spoilers, FAQs, secrets, forums, official
DoomWeb nodes and DoomII details.
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Doom WWW
http://www.ping.de/~sven/doom/
Billed as the best place to make new enemies, this site acts as a dating
service to meet fellow Doom addicts, so you can hunt them down and kill
them via your modem. If you don't fancy killing fellow players, you can
join forces and fight together.
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The Chess Server
http://www.willamette.edu/~tjones/chessmain.html
This experimental server allows two people to play chess over the Web.
Multiple games can be played simultaneously and any number can watch. It
has a realistic graphical interface which will make a pleasant change for
those who have played on bulletin boards.
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The Games Domain
http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain
There are absolutely oodles of game pages, FTP sites and gamezines on
offer here. This is the largest and possibly the speediest server of its
type and, yes, Doom is here.
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Tarot Information
http://cad.ucla.edu/repository/useful/tarot.html
You can choose from a short three-card reading or the full Keltic Tarot
one. Even if you think it's straight nugget it can still leave you feeling
quite unsettled.
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URL Roulette
http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/organizations/kucia/uroulette/uroulette.html
You'll stumble across gems you'd otherwise never discover with this
random navigator.
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