Pick'N Pile (PC, 3 1/2" Disk) Slash - 1992 USA, Canada Release

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Pick'N Pile
Packaging cover Pick'N Pile.
Product ID 08888-04316
Product UPC 008888043164
Platform(s) PC
Packaging Retail Box
Media 3 1/2" Disk
Copyright date 1992
Publisher(s) Slash
Developer(s) UBI Soft
Category(s) Entertainment, Arcade
Country of Origin United States of America

Description from the packaging.

"Pick' n pile is one of those perfect, mindless diversions that are all too rare these days… the play is seriously obsessive; it took me about sixty seconds to become a hopeless Pick'n Pile addict." - Tom Malcolm Info Magazine.

  • A multitude of colored balls are falling from the sky, and it's your job to make them disappear. - - That's the aim of this crazy game.
  • Watch out for the devils!
  • Work against the clock!
  • Enjoy the excellent playability, superb graphics and sound effects in this hair- pulling, teeth grinding, excitingly wonderful reflex game!
  • Say adieu to your sanity…

System Requirements

PC MS-DOS 3.0
Required CPU XT 8088/8086
Required RAM 512K
Supported Video CGA
EGA
VGA
Tandy 16 Color

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Retail Box cover Pick'N Pile. Retail Box back Pick'N Pile.

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Package Contents

The Slash version includes an envelope containing the manual, one 3 1/2" disk and may or may not include a Slash registration card. The Slash version can be distinguished from the original UBI Soft version by these characteristics:

  • Both versions comes in the UBI Soft printed setup box.
  • The UBI Soft version has a system requirements label on the the lower left front corner of the box wrapping to the left spine of the box. The Slash version has no system requirements label and a small, dot-matrix printed label on the front lower left corner reading: 3.5" DISK ENCLOSED.
  • The quality of the contents inside the Slash package are of lower quality than the original UBI Soft release.
    • The disk labels on the Slash version are printed on a dot matrix printer
    • The Slash manual is on plain paper

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