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Pyro
Pyro is an old CGA game where you play the part of an enterprising Pyro-Maniac. You have invented a rather creative way of going about burning down buildings. In the weeks before, you have hidden tanks of gasoline throughout your target building. Then on the night of your "visit", you show up in your bright pink jumpsuit on the top floor (Remember, colors were limited in CGA. Imagine you're a nudist if you prefer...), and set fire to the end of the ball of string you are carrying, and start your stroll throughout the building. As you walk, the string trails behind you, burning, setting fire to pools of gasoline from tanks you've tipped over as you went, finally walking down the stairs to the next floor, laughing as you go. Unfortunately, the string is burning rather quickly, and having it catch up to you, or brushing up against one of the flaming walls, or being engulfed in the fireballs resulting from the flames reaching the gas tanks, is extremely unhealthy, to say the least. Luckily, the more flames you cause on a level, the slower the string burns, allowing you to escape more easily. Starting off in the IRS building, you move on to the White House, Buckingham Palace, all the way to the Kremlin, occasionally meeting interesting and historical personages on the way. Strangely addicting, and with surprisingly good PC speaker sound effects, this game will keep you coming back for more as the pools of gas spread faster, and the explosions get bigger. Burn baby burn!