7) What software is available for crosswords?
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This article is from the Crosswords FAQ, by James A. Lundon (jlundon@xstacy.enet.dec.com) with numerous contributions by others.
7) What software is available for crosswords?
Most crossword related software is available via shareware with the
usual shareware rules and regulations applying. Quite a few of the
developers of the crossword software mentioned below participate in
the newsgroup, so if you have any questions or problems you only have
to ask.
The applications included in the list below are all available in the
crossword archive. I have transferred the more detailed description
of each into a file called INDEX located in the archive. The format
of presentation below is: application name (crossword archive file
name).
1. Crossword Creator (cwc.zip)
2. The Electronic Alveary (tea100.zip teabd100.zip teadac11.zip teadling.zip
teabweb.zip ukacd11.zip)
3. Crossword Creator II (tm) (cwc2demo.lzh)
4. Wordlok (wrdlk11b.zip)
5. Enigmax (enigmx16.zip - supercedes enigmax1.zip)
6. Logos (logos.zip)
7. Crossword Word Finder (cwf12.zip)
8. Counterpoint Crossword Generator (counterx.zip - supercedes crssword.zip)
9. Crossword Construction Kit (cck13.zip)
10. AX303 [or AXTOOLS] (axword.zip)
11. Crossword Generator (Don't know its proper name??) (crossword-generator.hqx)
12. CrossMaster (cross-master-112-demo.hqx)
13. CrossPro (tm) (cross-pro-11-demo.hqx - supercedes cross-pro-demo.hqx)
14. The Crosstik Program (cross2.zip)
15. Crossword Compiler (DOS version: cw_v1.zip - Windows version: ccwin1.zip)
16. Cross (cross_am.lzh)
17. Crossword Companion (compnion.zip)
18. Cyberspace Crossword Puzzle (3dxwd.zip)
19. Crossword Program (bmcwrd.zip)
20. (Don't know its proper name??) (os2_xwrd.zip)
21. Xword (win_xwrd.zip)
22. Crossword Power (cwpower.zip)
23. Puzzler Solution Helper (pklr.zip)
24. Word-find (wordfind.zip)
25. Computer Crossword Puzzles System (ccps.zip)
26. Crosspro (crosspro.zip)
27. Compuzzle (crsswr.zip)
28. The Daily Crossword (dalyxwrd.zip)
29. Puz (puz10.zip)
30. WordWiz (wordwiz.zip)
31. Crossdown (xdown28.zip)
32. New Puzzle Factory (newpuzz2.zip)
Other applications I know exist but don't have in the crossword archive
yet include:
Name: Crossword Modus
Platform: DOS
Developer: Eric Deeson
Address: 20 Vaughan Avenue, London NW4 4HU. England.
E-Mail Address: ?
FTP Site: ?
File Name: ?
Cost: £37.45 Stg
Name: Crossword Editor
Description: ?
Platform: ?
Developer: Wordplay.
Address: ?
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: ?
File name: ?
Name: Criscros
Platform: DOS
Developer: Jerry Collins
Address: Box 110, 875A Island Drive, Alameda, CA 94501. USA.
E-Mail address: E-Mail Brad Kaenel (72357.3523@CompuServe.com)
FTP site: ?
File name: ?
Cost: $95
Name: WordCross
Platform: ?
Developer: ?
Address: Hi Tech.
E-Mail Address: ?
FTP Site: ?
File Name: ?
Cost: ?
Name: Crossword Magic
Platform: ?
Developer: ?
Address: Mindscape.
E-Mail Address: ?
FTP Site: ?
File Name: ?
Cost: ?
Name: Cross Words Deluxe
Platform: ?
Developer: ?
Address:
E-Mail Address: ?
FTP Site: Seen in America On-Line??
File Name: ?
Cost: ?
Name: Crosswords Plus (tm) for Windows / WordQuest (tm)
Description: ?
Platform: ?
Developer: Parsons Technology
Address: ?
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: ?
File name: ?
Name: The Crossword Puzzler [CWP] (tm)
Description: Automates the composition, editing, and submission of
crossword puzzles.
Platform: DOS
Developer: Mel Rosen
Address: 11718 Nicklaus circle, Tampa, FL 33624-4538, U.S.A.
E-Mail address: xkps13b@prodigy.com
FTP site: None
File name: None
Cost: $150 ($10 for a demo copy of CWP. For this you also
get a demo copy of the Word Weaver - Contact Mel Rosen)
Name: The Word Weaver (Possibly also called Plexus??)
Description: Light generator which can also clip into CWP
Platform: DOS
Developer: Charles Clapp
Address: 1106 Pebble Beach Blvd, Sun City Ctr, FL 33573-5333,
U.S.A.
E-Mail address: ?
FTP site: None
File name: None
Cost: $150 ($10 for a demo copy of the Word Weaver. For this
you also get a demo copy of CWP - Contact Mel Rosen)
I have scoured Library 8 of the IBMNEW forum on Compuserve for
crossword based applications and I have come up with 6 to 8
applications which I had previously not seen on the Internet, or in
any FTP site of my knowledge. I hope the developers of the respective
products don't mind me putting them in their rightful (I think) home.
There are some other packages which deal specifically with solving
prepackaged puzzles. A few games companies have released products in
this bracket. They include:
1. Take-A-Break Crosswords from Sierra Games.
2. Puzzle Master from Centron Software Technologies.
3. The New York Times Crossword Puzzles from Swfte International Ltd.
4. Dell Crossword Puzzles & Other Games from Apple Computer, Inc.
There are some other crossword related applications and utilities in the
archive which people, from time to time, have posted to the newsgroup.
These utilities/programs are explained in more detail in the file INDEX
in the archive itself.
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