| | 1 | Multi Player Micropolis for X11 is now available from DUX Software! |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | DESCRIPTION: |
| | 4 | Micropolis, the original award winning city simulation game from |
| | 5 | Maxis Software, now runs on powerful Unix workstations with X11! DUX's |
| | 6 | implementation of Micropolis for Unix was awarded product of the year 1992 |
| | 7 | by Unix World in the January 1993 issue, and reviewed in the April 1993 |
| | 8 | issue. Now it's souped up, works with standard X11 servers, and even |
| | 9 | supports networked multi user collaboration! Multi Player Micropolis is |
| | 10 | designed to be a fun cooperative educational experience! |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | Micropolis is a colorful animated interactive system simulation |
| | 13 | game, providing a set of rules and tools for planning and building a |
| | 14 | complex dynamic simulated city. Several people on different X11 |
| | 15 | workstations can participate in the same city, cooperating and |
| | 16 | coordinating their actions across the network. |
| | 17 | |
| | 18 | Working together, you can zone land use, hook up the power grid, |
| | 19 | build roads, bridges, parks and stadiums, raise taxes, and even summon |
| | 20 | disasters, causing the city to grow and thrive, or crumble and die. It's |
| | 21 | a creative, entertaining way to develop your political skills! |
| | 22 | |
| | 23 | REQUIREMENTS: |
| | 24 | Micropolis runs on Silicon Graphics Irix, SPARC SunOS, and other |
| | 25 | Unix workstations. You can play it locally or over the network on most 8 |
| | 26 | bit color or monochrome X11 displays, like NCD X terminals. And you can |
| | 27 | hear it on standard sound devices, and NCD's NetAudio server. |
| | 28 | |
| | 29 | OPTIONS: |
| | 30 | Micropolis supports but doesn't require the X11 shared memory and |
| | 31 | shaped window extensions, and a local sound device or NetAudio server. |
| | 32 | And you can turn off the sound so your boss doesn't know you're playing! |
| | 33 | |
| | 34 | FEATURES: |
| | 35 | Multi Player Micropolis for X11 sports the Motif look and feel, |
| | 36 | implemented using the efficient TCL/Tk toolkit. It features multiple |
| | 37 | city editors and maps with overlays, fast colorful animation, engaging |
| | 38 | sound effects, easy to use pie menus and direct manipulation interaction, |
| | 39 | simultaneous multi player editing, communication and annotation |
| | 40 | facilities, and voting dialogs for group decision making. It includes |
| | 41 | eight challenging scenarios and a library of interesting cities. |
| | 42 | |
| | 43 | AVAILABILITY: |
| | 44 | Multi Player Micropolis is available directly from DUX Software, and |
| | 45 | via anonymous ftp from ftp.uu.net (192.48.96.9), in the directory |
| | 46 | "vendor/dux/Micropolis". You may freely copy it, and play the fully |
| | 47 | functional game in "demo mode" on one display without a license, but the |
| | 48 | city melts every 5 minutes. If you enjoy Micropolis, you can buy a license |
| | 49 | over the phone by credit card, without leaving your seat! A single |
| | 50 | player license lets you save and restore your cities, and play for as |
| | 51 | long as you like on one display; a multi player license lets you play |
| | 52 | Micropolis with your friends over the net! |
| | 53 | |
| | 54 | PRICING: |
| | 55 | Single Player Node Locked License: $49 |
| | 56 | Multi Player Node Locked License: $89 |
| | 57 | Single Player Floating License: $129 |
| | 58 | Multi Player Floating License: $149 |
| | 59 | |
| | 60 | PLEASE CONTACT: |
| | 61 | DUX Software, 4906 El Camino Real, Suite 1, Los Altos, CA 94022 |
| | 62 | Phone #: 1-800-543-4999 or 1-415-967-1500, FAX #: 1-415-967-5528 |
| | 63 | Email: micropolis@dux.com |
| | 64 | |
| | 65 | NOTICE: |
| | 66 | X11 Micropolis Copyright (C) 1993 by Electronic Arts. |
| | 67 | Unix implementation and multi player user interface by Don Hopkins, DUX. |
| | 68 | Based on the original Micropolis concept and design by Will Wright, MAXIS. |
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