The AppleIIGS entertainment product field suffered a slump in the early 90's as large game companies like Electronic Arts left the personal computer market. These companies also left unpublished a large amount of quality software.

Procyon has been working to hunt down this phantom software and finish bringing it to market. Our first success in this endeavor is Pick'n'Pile.

Pick'n'Pile is a high quality strategy/arcade game with fantastic graphics and sound. The object is to remove balls (which fall from the sky randomly) from the screen. The faster you do this, and the more you remove at once, the higher your score. Perhaps the best way to describe the game is to quote reviews:

"Some games require good eye-hand coordination while others require fast reflexes. Some are fast action arcade games while others require you to think and plan out a strategy. Some games are played with a mouse and some are played with a joystick. Some games are hard to play and some are easy. Some games are two player games while others are played alone. Some IIGS games have musical soundtracks and some use digitized sounds.

Now, try to imagine a game that includes all of the above characteristics. If you can't think of any, then it's clear that you haven't yet seen or played Pick'n'Pile!... I'd be willing to wager that, no matter how old you are or no matter what the primary use is for your IIGS, after a few hours of playing... you'll agree with me that Pick'n'Pile is one of the best IIGS games released this year!"


- Joe Kohn, SoftDisk GS #37

Sample screen shots from Pick'n'Pile

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