In our last episode, Commander Keen foiled the Vorticon plot to destroy the earth. The disabled mothership limped home to report their failure to the Grand Intellect. Keen, after taking a short nap, blasts across the brain-bending expanse of space between Earth and Vorticon VI. The Vorticons will be lying in wait, their wicked weapons bristling with pent-up energy, with only one thought on their minds... As Commander Keen, you must make your way through all the perils of Vorticon VI and discover the secret of the Grand Intellect. The Vorticon elder aboard the mothership told you two things. One, the Vorticons are not evil--the Grand Intellect is controlling them with "Mind-belts." and two, the Grand Intellect is from Earth! Who could he be?

Outer Heaven leader CaTaffy has activated the ultimate super weapon: Metal Gear! Responding to the crisis, covert unit "Fox Hound" is called into action, and that's where you come into play. Trained in hand-to-hand combat and skilled in every weapon known to man, you're Fox Hound's lethal fighting machine, code named "Solid Snake". But on this mission you better be sly as well, to surprise heavily-armed enemies, busting 'em up quietly and rescuing their hostages before alarms are triggered. Plus you gotta maintain radio contact with Commander South, who'll feed you crucial info on Metal Gear's whereabouts. To survive, capture sub-machine guns, Barettas, grenade launchers, and plastic explosives, until you find and destroy Metal Gear, ending CaTaffy's reign of terror!

Get ready for the fast-paced Word Muncher challenge! "Eat your words" and outwit those sneaky Troggles. Word Munchers is an entertaining software package that makes word practice fun and easy. You will learn to quickly recognize vowel sounds as you race your word-chomping Munchers around the game board. When you find words with the vowel sounds you're looking for, you direct your Munchers to gobble those words. But you have to think fast! Hungry Troggles are always right behind you--and they like to snack on Munchers. Word practice has never been so exciting! Be word-wise in a flash! As your skill at spotting identical vowel sounds improves, your score will increase. But if you make a wrong choice, you lose a turn and one of your Munchers. You can keep the game challenging by moving up the levels of difficulty and raising your score--maybe all the way to the Muncher Hall of Fame! Amusing graphics and sounds make this award-winning game fun and lively. With Word Munchers, word practice is easy to swallow! Look for more fun-filled antics from the Munchers and Troggles in two other exciting software packages, Number Munchers and Fraction Munchers. The fun way to learn. For more than 15 years, children and adults all over the world have enjoyed using MECC educational software to develop essential learning skills, sharpen their thinking, and embark on exciting adventures. You too will find MECC software challenging and fun--the way learning ought to be.

In Sword of the Samurai, you will be part of the culture of feudal Japan, and you must learn to live by its rules. To succeed as a samurai, you must think like a samurai. You must learn when to leave your sword in its sheath, when to draw it - and what to do with it once its drawn. You will fight duels, lead troops on the battlefield, and defend your family against assassins and kidnappers. If you are courageous and honorable, you may advance to become head of your clan and warlord of your province. If you master diplomacy and generalship and outmaneuver your rivals, you may even unite all the provinces and become Shogun -absolute ruler of Japan. But remember that in all cultures power corrupts - and those who seek absolute power dont always play by the rules.

Are you a smooth, suave, single guy on the make, or maybe you fancy yourself the sleek, sexy femme fatale? Whoever you are, get ready for a look at the other side of life. In Sierra's latest 3-D adventure, Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals, you're BOTH! AS LARRY ...you'll get dumped by your woman and lose your job at Natives, Inc. What better reason to take off into the steamy jungle ruled by Amazon cannibal women. Larry's in for the adventure of his life with the woman of his dreams in hot pursuit. AS PATTI ...you'll follow Larry's trail deep into the overgrown jungle. Find your lover, and rescue him from a life of sex slavery at the hands of the man-eating cannibal Amazon women who have taken him prisoner. Passionate Patti: on a quest for the man that got away! A GAME OF DOUBLE IDENTITY Leisure Suit Larry III is the first Sierra game ever to allow you to switch roles and see the story from another point of view. In our first ever role-switching adventure, you'll experience a new dimension of computer adventure. Become Larry, trying to find himself in the jungles of Nontoonyt Island, and Passionate Patti, searching for the man of her dreams (who seems to have dropped off the face of the earth).