Games to Learn By, Inc.
Williamsburg, MA 0196
Marty Warner-Dubay, a former Timex software engineer, joined after leaving Timex.
The company listed two addresses: one for David Dubay in Connecticut, the other for Charles Warner, in Massachusetts.
Products
| Name | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| A&J Micro Drive Model 2000 | The TS2068 version of the A&J Micro Drive has all the features of the original and includes a Centronics printer interface. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| ABC Lift Off | Computer-based picture alphabet for young children, plus a game encouraging letter and word recognition. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Aegean Voyage | Helps develop deductive reasoning skills and introduces many characters and places of Greek mythology. Port of the Spinnaker educational program to the TS 2068. Ages 8 to adult. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Alphabet Zoo | Teach letter recognition skills via maze game. Port of the Spinnaker educational program to the TS 2068. Ages 3 to 8. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Amortization Pack | Analysis tool for determining best case and worst case future actions. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Art for All Ages | Drawing program. Draw circles, squares and freehand with joystick in eight colors. Undo, cut and paste features. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Art for Kids | Simplified version of Art for All Ages for young children. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Budget Minder | Home budget program. Automatic billing, graphs of bills. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Coin Collector | Menu-driven program to classify in detail your favorite coins. Files collection for inventory or purchase. Machine code sort. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Death Chase | Patrol your territory night and day, watching for enemy patrols and hostile aircraft. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Dominoes | Play against the computer. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Electric Cost Analyzer | Calculate the energy usage of appliances and electric devices. 16K. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Downloadable |
| Executive’s Calendar | Plan a single day, week or six months ahead. Open days and times are clearly noted. Will handle up to 7 appointments or tasks on a given day. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Finance Planner | Handy tool for evaluating cash flow, investments, loans or stock market speculations. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Frogger | Released by Games to Learn By. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Game Bag for Kids | Menu-driven assortment of simplified games. Hangman, Dinosaur Attack and Tic-Tac-Toe. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Generals | ||
| Inside/Outside Earth | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Logic Levels | Learn to predict the outcome of a series of actions via maze game. Port of the Fisher Price/Spinnaker educational program to the TS 2068. Ages 7 to 12. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Lost Island | You’ve been lost at sea and discover you are out of fuel. A storm carries you through uncharted waters to an island. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Making Change | Takes younger children through the composite and comparative values of various types of currency. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Monte Carlo | Blackjack and Craps. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Mystery Manor | Penniless, you are the sole relative of the late Frank N. Stein. As stated in the will, you inherit his house. Ten years of back taxes are due: can you find the money to pay off the taxes before the town auctions the house? Graphic adventure. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Number Tumblers | Arcade game to sharpen basic math skills. Port of the Fisher Price/Spinnaker educational program to the TS 2068. Ages 8 to 12. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Nursery Songs | ||
| Operation Pheonix | Strategy game. TS 2068 version has music and high-resolution color graphics. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Our Intriguing Solar System | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Payroll | Flexible entries allow you to tailor this program to your needs. Up to 30 employees in each file with all appropriate payments, deductions and proper stub notations. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Stamp Collector | Menu-driven program to classify in detail your favorite stamps. Files collection for inventory or purchase. Machine code sort. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| T.V. Trivia | ||
| T/S Count | Double-entry accounting package. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Tale Teller I | Learning unit for reading and vocabulary based on Aesop’s Fables. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Tale Teller II | Learning unit for reading and vocabulary based on Grimm’s Fairy Tales. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Crown | The Crown has been stolen by an evil wizard! It is up to you, the great adventurer, to restore the Crown to the people of the world in order to protect them from evil forces. This is not an easy task, since the Crown has been hidden somewhere deep within the dungeon. An adventure game | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Time Teacher I | Assists in learning the components of time. Pre-teaching and random practice examples with positive reinforcement. Pre-school through 3rd grade. Published after Timex’s closure by Games to Learn By. | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Downloadable |
| Up & Add 'Em | Teaches numbers to young children with animals. Port of the Spinnaker educational program to the TS 2068. Ages 3 to 7. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Utility 1 | Machine code sort, search (alpha and numeric) and renumber. Can be merged with other programs. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Utility 2 | User-defined graphics made easy. Draw UDG with a joystick, copy to printer and save to memory. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Utility 3 | User-friendly 64 column mode. Menu-driven demo. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Wild Words | ||
| Zapamoley | Zap the sleepy mole as often as you can. Lose points for hitting Rocky Rocks. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
Books
Periodicals
Documents
Downloads
| Name | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| The Crown | A Rogue-like game for the TS 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| 80 Column Printer Tips from Games to Learn By | Timex/Sinclair 2068 | |
| Beware! Beware! Dept. | Report of poor experience with Games to Learn By. | |
| Chequered Flag | Review of auto racing simulation game, translated from the ZX Spectrum version. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Connections: Help for Timex Owners | Games to Learn By, in Williamsburg, MA and run by Marty Warner-Dubay, a former Timex software engineer, is continuing to support the Timex computers. | |
| DeathChase | Review of the game, originally for the Spectrum and converted to the 2068. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| For You... Dealer Catalogs | ||
| For Your Support | Product availability announcements from Imre Auersbaucher (educational software), Hawg Wild Software (2068 fig-Forth, CP Spectrum Forth, EMU-1 Spectrum emulator, User Design Graphics toolkit), Dale Lipinski Software (5 new programs for the 2068, and 8 new ones for the 1000 and 1500, dealing with accounting and file management), Sinware (updated HotZ 2068), Games to Learn By | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| For Your Support | Hardware and software offerings from Chia-Chi Chao, Mike Trivisonno, Jack Donahy, Fred Nachbaur, Tim Worcester, Games to Learn By, Kraig Pritts, John Oliger, Tom Woods and Knighted Computers. | Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Games from 'Games' | Review of Deathchase and Frogger, available from Games to Learn By. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Latest News | Don Weiss exhibited his word processing system, which consists of a TS 1500, Compusa disk drive, Memotech Centronics interface and Seikoska printer. Marty Warner demonstrated MSCRIPT and Tasword II. | |
| March Highlights | Marty Warner-Dubay, formerly of Timex and now with Games to Learn By, reported on the condition of the Timex community. Estimated that 45-50,000 TS2068s had been sold by March 1984, 10-15,000 were in Timex’s warehouses and 90,000 were still at the factory in Korea. Dave Wood’s book was cancelled; thinking of self-publishing. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| More Educational Games [Review] | Reviews of Logic Levels, Number Tumblers, Up & Add ‘Em, Alphabet Zoo and Aegean Voyage. Ports of educational games by Fisher Price/Spinnaker. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New Products and Services (Syntax v5 n3) | Updates and new products from Thomas B. Woods, ROMPAK, JRC Software, Games to Learn By. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Okay - So It Comes In Baggies | In our vendor reports last month, SYNTAX said Timex software doesn’t come in baggies. Yes it does, and honest stuff, too. | |
| Reviewer Corner | Review of Generala. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Reviewer Corner: Generala | Software version of game similar to Yatzee. | Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Copyrights? | Games to Learn By has purchased the marketing rights to 18 Timex titles and is seeking to purchase more of them. |