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