SPS Games Pack

Year:
1990

Genre:
Compilation

Language:
1P

Number of players:
English

Developer:
Ian Heath

Publisher:
Clarity Systems Ltd.

License:
Freeware (Mines v3.0, Arachnid v1.0, Arachnid v1.1, Arachnid v1.2)
Shareware (1991-07-03, Towers v1.0, 1992-01-16, 1994-04-22, 1994-10-19, v5.0)

Minimum version:
Windows 3.0 (Mines v3.0, Arachnid v1.0, Arachnid v1.1, Arachnid v1.2, 1991-07-03, Towers v1.0, 1992-01-16)
Windows 3.1 (1994-04-22, 1994-10-19, v5.0)

Minimum CPU:
8088/8086 (Mines v3.0, Arachnid v1.0, Arachnid v1.1, Arachnid v1.2, 1991-07-03, Towers v1.0, 1992-01-16)
80286 - Standard Mode (1994-04-22, 1994-10-19)
80386 - Enhanced Mode (v5.0)

Minimum RAM:
1MB (Mines v3.0, Arachnid v1.0, Arachnid v1.1, Arachnid v1.2, 1991-07-03, Towers v1.0, 1992-01-16)
1.5MB (1994-04-22, 1994-10-19)
2MB (v5.0)

Video modes:
CGA
Hercules
VGA Monochrome
EGA
VGA

Sound:
No sound

Additional runtimes:
Win32s (v5.0)

Other notes:
Compilation of four games - Arachnid, Mines, Montana and Towers.

Mines v3.0 includes source code.

Montana is not compatible with CGA, while Mines is not compatible with CGA, Hercules and VGA Monochrome.

1996-10-19 release uses an installer that is not Win32s compatible - a pre-installed package is available below.

Screenshots


Arachnid CGA

Towers CGA

Arachnid Hercules

Montana Hercules

Towers Hercules

Arachnid VGA Monochrome

Montana VGA Monochrome

Towers VGA Monochrome

Arachnid VGA

Mines VGA

Montana VGA

Towers VGA

Downloads


Mines v3.0 (1990-07-14)

Arachnid v1.0 (1991-02-08)
Arachnid v1.1 (1991-02-15)
Arachnid v1.2 (1991-03-14)

spgame.zip (1991-07-03)

Towers v1.0 (1991-08-22)

solitair.zip (1992-01-20)

card11.zip (1994-04-22)

sps_game.zip (1994-10-19)
v5.0 (1996-10-09)

v5.0 pre-installed

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