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Show A-14 The Park Record Saturday, August 3, 1996 Barking Frog sold entertainment, education & productivity , ' HomePC New product review Forming a more perfect union Sid Meier's Civilization II I Look around. Is this the best civilization has to offer? It's an age-old question with an obvious answer: Civilization can always be improved upon. For proof, look no further than Sid Meier's Civilization II. Veteran Civilization players may be tempted to dive right into the popular empire-building strategy game's sequel without reading the manual, but be forewarned fore-warned ignore the book and you may catch only the game's obvious graphical improvements, including video clips, a new 3-D perspective and characters that provide you with information on the spot. The building blocks of your society, from trading to fighting, fight-ing, are newly realistic in other ways, too, maKing play more rewarding. For example, your computer ized rivals remember previous previ-ous negotiations. If you break a treaty once, word travels fast it will become harder for any other character to trust you. Civilization II involves tough decisions whether you're preparing prepar-ing for war or cooperating with neighbors over trade negotiations. negotia-tions. Your score depends on how far your society advances, not just how many enemies you defeat. It all adds up to complicated compli-cated gaming, but Civilization II's built-in scenarios let you strengthen your skills quickly. And if you should make too many wrong choices and face annihilation? Civilization II has a ready cheat mode, so you won't have to learn any mysterious "secret" codes. Now that's a sure sign of an advanced Civilization. $48.99 (Windows 3.1 CD-ROM) CD-ROM) from MicroProse, (800) 879-7529, (410) 771-1151, http:www.microprose.com. Two medical disks get first-rate treatment Mayo Clinic Family Health 12 American Medical Association Family Medical Guide When it comes to medical reference ref-erence guides, CD-ROMs are just what the doctor ordered. What better format is there for technical terms that require lengthy explanations? And was a topic ever more ripe for illustrations illustra-tions and video, from pictures of skeletons, muscles and the parts of the brain to animation revealing reveal-ing how the heart and lungs work? That said, it takes creative programming to present the basic facts and figures gracefully. Used well, a computer's interactivity interac-tivity can lead to a disk that gives the subject life, and it's nice to see both Mayo Clinic Family Health and the American Medical Association Family Medical Guide rise to the challenge: chal-lenge: Each offers information in a way that lets you interact on a personal level, as if you were talking privately to your own doctor. At their core, both disks let you identify symptoms of a medical med-ical condition and, after answering answer-ing a few questions, zero in on possible causes. For instance, suppose your child has developed devel-oped a cough. The AMA Guide asks, "Is your child's temperature tempera-ture 1000 or above?" If you select Yes, it asks, "Is your child breathing very rapidly or gasping for air?" Answer No, and the program responds, "This may be 4 a viral respiratory infection such as influenza"; answer Yes, and it advises, "Call your physician now your child may have a lung infection. See 'acute bronchitis' bron-chitis' or 'pneumonia in children." chil-dren." The Mayo Clinic disk reaches similar conclusions, listing list-ing among the possible causes bronchiolitis, a cold and croup; it then supplies background information infor-mation on each. The AMA disk gets higher marks for presentation, especially especial-ly for its attractive on-screen flow charts that help you follow all the alternatives. In contrast, while the Mayo Clinic disk dishes dish-es out similar substance, it does so in a less interesting, text-based text-based Q&A style. But the Mayo disk boasts a healthier store of information. Ask it about hyperthyroidism, for instance, and you'll get 3-plus 3-plus single-spaced pages of text, with dozens of hyperlinked sidebars side-bars on everything from Graves' Disease and goiters to atrial fibrillation and iodized salt. The same subject gets only two pages in the AMA disk, with no hyperlinked references. On the other hand, some may find the AMA's friendlier less formal text easier to understand. Another advantage of the Mayo disk is its inclusion of a few extras. Along with a poison guide and a drugs and prescription prescrip-tion section, the disk includes a personal history option for notes on your family's medical episodes. You also get a collection collec-tion of animated sequences on potentially helpful and occasionally occasion-ally sensitive subjects such as how to perform the Heimlich maneuver how to manipulate ear drops and how to use a suppository. supposi-tory. Of course, neither disk is meant to take the place of a physician repeatedly both disks advise you to see your doctor in serious cases. But you may feel better just knowing either program pro-gram is in the house. Mayo Clinic Family Health, $39.95 (Windows 3.1 CD-ROM, Macintosh CD-ROM) from IVI Publishing, (800) 432-1332, (612) 996-6000, http:hwww.ivi.com. American Medical Association Family Medical Guide, $39.95 (Windows 3.1 CD-ROM, CD-ROM, Macintosh CD-ROM) from D.K. Multimedia, (800) 225,3362, ;,,,(212).' 213x4800, http:h'www.dkfl.com. Of course Peter Rabbit can multiply mul-tiply Peter Rabbit's Math Garden l2 Peter Rabbit's Math Garden is the second in a CD-ROM series based on the classic tales of Beatrix Potter. The first, The Adventures of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny let Kids explore the story and Potter's watercolor landscapes from a 360-degree perspective. Math Garden is just as lovely, and it's chock-full of effective learning games. The new disk introduces basic math skills with the help of familiar famil-iar characters: Mrs. Tittlemouse asks children to sweep away a certain number of bugs from her house; Mr. Jeremy Fisher enlists players' help to sort the fish he catches to serve at a party; and Peter himself needs assistance in matching numbers of objects to numerals and equations before finding a place to hide from Mr. McGregor. Four skill-building activities increase in difficulty as players answer questions correctly. Math Garden also comes with a coloring color-ing and activity book that kids can play with away from the keyboard. key-board. And after each round, it's Radish Time, a lively activity in which animated radishes fall from the top of the screen. Children click on as many radishes radish-es as they can until time's up; each one they collect can be traded trad-ed for seeds to grow in Mr. McGregor's garden for Peter's next meal. "How many is nine minus six?" wondered Joseph, 6, when asked how many bugs Mrs. Tittlemouse had swept up. But he'd solved the problem in his head before his 8-year-old sister Victoria, answered. "Yes! It's radish time," Joseph cheered when he'd correctly sorted sort-ed fish for Mr. Jeremy Fisher's dinner party. With a basket of radishes, he was off for Mr. McGregor's garden. Just one trick problem remained. "Gardening?" he asked. "How do you garden?" $33.95 (Windows 3.1 CD-ROM, CD-ROM, Macintosh CD-ROM) from Mindscape, (800) 234-3088, (415) 897- 9900, http:www.mindscape.com. - -w Continued from A-13 and barrel," White said there were some details that had to be worked out namely, the name. "We had some logo problems," White said. DRC President Jerry Gilomen would also like to expand into larger markets, taking the Barking Frog to Southern California, Arizona or Texas, he said. "I own the trademark of 'Barking Frog,'" said Gilomen. "We expect to have our first non-Utah Barking Frog in operation in early 1997." Gilomen added that DRC plans to retain a presence in Park City in the form of the Riverhorse Cafe, the company's first and "flagship" restaurant, said Gilomen. But he wants to make a move toward year-round year-round restaurant operation, and will likely not purchase or establish further fur-ther restaurants in seasonal, resort areas. Gilomen said White and his partner part-ner merely own the right to use the Barking Frog name in Summit County he still has control over how it is used. "We gave Gilomen our word we wouldn't alter his logo and name," said White. "We'll try and honor his legacy," White continued. He praised the reputation Barking Frog has built both in Park City and Salt Lake City for good food and atmosphere. Still, White says changes will eventually be made once control has been established. "There aren't going to be anyt immediate changes," said White. "I'm not going to go in there with both guns blazing." He would, however, how-ever, like to give the restaurant's cuisine a more authentic south-of-the-border flavor. He also spoke of "improvements" to the menu and ambience. Stock Performance Utah company stock performance for July 30-Aug. 2. 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