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By Donna Tapellini
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Doonesbury Flashbacks
From Mike Doonesbury's first day at college to humorous exposés
of politics in the '90s, Doonesbury fans will find it all in this
comprehensive collection of 25 years' worth of the insightful
comic series-that's more than 9,000 strips. Browse Doonesbury
Flashbacks chronologically, or find all the strips that involve
your favorite character. You can also navigate by geography (using
a Doonesbury map), year and political "character." Amusing
animations pop up intermittently, and the musical interludes sprinkled
throughout are also entertaining.
$35 (street). Mindscape, 800-234-3088, 415-897-9900.
By Hailey Lynne McKeefry
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Saturday Night Live Goes Political
If all the election '96 shenanigans are making you mad, lighten
up with a look back at the cream of political satire. Saturday
Night Live Goes Political includes politically inspired caricatures,
news briefs, sketches and parodies, and 25 games. In Newt's House,
pass as many bills as possible by whacking each with a gavel.
$29.99 (street). Berkeley Systems, 800-344-5541 x100, 510-540-5535.
I never thought president Ronald Reagan was particularly funny.
But put all his jokes, one-liners, anecdotes and monologues on
one CD-ROM, as did the producers of Well ... There You Go Again,
and a pattern emerges-Reagan was a president with a sense of humor.
Also valuable is the archiving of many of Reagan's major speeches,
as well as the ability to search for a keyword or topic. -DT
$49.95. Mitgang/Kushner, 800-278-3245, 408-425-4839.
By Nancy A. Lang
Political scandal was never better. With Nixon's Watergate,
you'll relive the Watergate hearings through the videotaped testimony
of White House chief legal counsel John Dean. Listen to excerpts
of President Richard M. Nixon's speeches and pore over 16,000
pages of transcripts with the included Acrobat viewer. (Performance
of the OCR software is, much like the 37th president, less than
perfect.)
$39.95. PIF Warpmedia/Magnum, 800-334-2820, 818-982-0771.
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Vote America
Don't be an uninformed voter. Vote America can help you
make a wise decision come November. Watch the candidates discuss
their viewpoints on video, click through more than a dozen issues
such as family values, gun control and welfare reform to find
out where each candidate stands, then compare them to one another.
Take a political IQ test to see if you're a pundit or just a bystander.
Vote America also lets you connect to a Web site to access updated
information. -DT
$19.95 (street). Virtual Entertainment, 800-301-9545,
617-449-7567.
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By Ian Etra
Do you yearn for all the beeps and blips of an early '80s arcade?
Microsoft's Return of Arcade takes you back to simpler
times with four coin-op classics-Pac-Man, Pole Position, Dig Dug
and Galaxian. From the crackling voice of the Pole Position announcer's
"Prepare to Qualify" to the desolate sound of Pac-Man
disintegrating, Microsoft faithfully replicates the arcade originals
in Windows 95. You can even give yourself more lives-something
the arcade owners would have frowned upon.
$34.95. Microsoft, 800-426-9400, 206-882-8080.
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