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Dear Reader,
Welcome to the first issue of Personal Computer Games - Britain's
newest magazine for microcomputer games enthusiasts.
There has been such a surge of interest in computer games recently
that the problem facing most people is not so much finding enough
games, as deciding how to choose among the thousands of packages
available.
That's where Personal Computer Games can really help you.
If you want to know what a game actually looks like on the screen
before you buy it, take a look at our exclusive Action Freeze! section. It
will show you in full colour precisely what you will see when you run
the program.
The display is only the beginning of the story. Look a little further
on in the magazine, and you will find page after page of games reviews.
They tell you honestly just what you will - and will not - get for your
money.
And for the most up-to-date news on what is available and where to
get it, turn to the listings in Screen Scroll.
Of course, we have not forgotten the all-important hardware. We
have scoured the shops for the zappiest peripherals around.
We even take a 'no holds barred' look at two of the most recent home
computers: the Oric-1 and the lynx.
As if that was not enough, we are offering you the chance to win a
free home computer package.
We'll be featuring the winning entry in our next issue. And who
knows, you might end up like 17-year old Richard J ones, whom we
interview in this issue.
Whatever your age and interest, or the size of your pocket, you're
sure to find Personal Computer Games packed with fascinating and
really useful information.
Good reading!

Editor
T h e latest i n f o r m a t i o n o n games just
released - a n d t h o s e still b e i n g
p l a n n e d . . . Dragonalia comes to
y o u r s c r e e n . . . a n d Sing-a-Long-a
Micro. pages 2,3

THE LIFE GAME

Let your i m a g i n a t i o n run riot a n d
w i n a c o m p u t e r that has been
specially designed for games
enthusiasts. page 17

H o w R i c h a r d J o n e s challenged the
c o m p e t i t i v e m a r k e t of c o m p u t e r
games, a n d l a u n c h e d three
successful c o m p a n i e s by the t i m e
he w a s 17. page 8

• • • • • • • • • • • H ^ ^ ^ H It is often difficult t o f i n d the right

f i l H 11J H peripherals to boost y o u r m i c r o ' s
• • • • • • • I ^ H powers a n d your fun. O u r special
The Program C o n t r o l G u a r d i a n s review tracks d o w n the suppliers

frotect t h e w o r l d from rogue games,

hey i n t r o d u c e themselves t o
for you. page 18

^ • • ^ H H H p p ^ p M p a W B ^ i H
y o u i n the first of a regular H 7 I I h i

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series, page 15 | | l U i i U i i
% ^ X I \ Puzzles for high, m e d i u m

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The newest British m i c r o s i n c l u d e a
strong rival to t h e S p e c t r u m a n d a KAKTUS
very u p g r a d a b l e h o m e c o m p u t e r .
Would y o u b u y o n e ? page 3 2

Six p o p u l a r g a m e s h a v e b e e n t i m e d
a n d f r o z e n in m i d - a c t i o n . W e t a k e
off t h e t r i m m i n g s to s h o w y o u w h a t
they are really like. page 5 0

If you are t r a p p e d i n t h e m i c r o
maze, you n e e d a g o o d g u i d e . W e
review some b o o k s t h a t c a n g i v e
you an o p e n sesame. page 47

Tiy before y o u b u y . W e d i d . A n d w e
tell y o u w h a t w e t h i n k . page 93

Editor: Deirdre Boyd

Consulting editor: Geof Wheelwright
Art director: Jim Dansie
Advertising: Peter G o l d s t e i n . H e r b e r t W r i g h t
A d production: Laura Cade
Publisher: F i o n a Collier
Publishing director: George L i t t l e j o hn

C o v e r a n d A c t i o n Freeze! i l l u s t r a t i o n s
by M a r k W a t k i n s o n

Personal Computer Games g r a t e f u l l y

a c k n o w l e d g e s t h e s u p p o r t o f its sister
Commodore... karate...
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Personal Computer World
W i l l i a m s sketches the trials
a n d Personal Computer News,
o f games a d d i c t s a n d goes over and their journalists, w h o have contributed
the top. page 4 8 t o this magazine.

Printed by: Chase W e b O f f s e t , C o r n w a l l © 1983 V N U , Personal Computer Games

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where. S i m p l y tell the c o m p u t e r whether you prefer
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plants.
How to get Acornsolt programs.
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Weeks
on
Ploce Chart

13
Game • Publisher

Z a x x o n • Datasoft
JUST ARRIVED
English Software is proving l o o k o u t for n e w program-
2 2 M i n e r 2 0 4 9 e r • B i g Five to be o n e o f the m o st pro- mers,'it avers.
3 38 Frogger • Sierra On-Line lific i n d e p e n d e n t producers English Software can be
4 38 Deadline • Infocom o f software for the Atari. contacted at 50 N e w t o n
5 37 Zorfc II • I n f o c o m In June, it a n n o u n c e d n o Street, Piccadilly, Manches-
6 28 Zork III • I n f o c o m less t h a n 11 n e w cassette ter M l 2 E A . Tel: (061) 2 3 6
7 38 T e m p l e o f A p s h a i • Epyx
games for the Atari 4 0 0 / 7259.
8 38 Zork 1 • Infocom
9
800. The programs included
39 Choplifter • Broderbund
10 9
Airstrike, V e n u s Voyager 2, Softek l a u n c h e d six n e w
Suspended • Infocom
11 34 Timewarp, Escape from games at the beginning o f
S n o o p e r Troops # 1 - S p i n n a k e r
12 40 W i z a r d r y • Sir-Tech
Perilous, Xenon Raid, June. Four are for the Spec-
13 34 A p p l e Panic • B r o d e r b u n d Firefleet, D i a m o n d s , Krazy trum, o n e is for the O r i c ,
14 34 S n o o p e r Troops # 2 • S p i n n a k e r Kopter, a n d Caverunner . and o n e is for the Dragon.
15 25 Castle W o l f e n s t e i n • M u s e All sell for £14.95 includ- A m o n g s t the n e w Spec-
16 22 Miner 2049er • Micro l a b ing VAT. t r u m games is Joust, written
17 24 Ulysses & t h e G o l d e n Fleece • S i e r r a O n - L i n e
August will see four m o r e by 15-year-old Andrew
18 11 AE • B r o d e r b u n d
19 i games: Hyperblast, C a p t a i n Gleister.
2 Dig Dug * A t a ri
20 29 Starcross • I n f o c o m Sticky's Treasure, Airstrike Firebirds is a shoot-up ver-
21 25 Flight Simulator • Sublogic 2, a n d Jet Boot Jack. These tical game, w h i l e Megapede
22 6i B - l Nuclear B o m b e r - A v a l o n Hill are o n cartridge a n d sell at provides a very high-quality
23 25 Flight S i m u l a t o r • Microsoft the dearer price o f £29.95. version o f the Centipede
24 31 Pinball • Sublogic English Software says it arcade game.
25 4 S h a m u s : C a s e II • S y n a p s e plans to release at least o n e The Spectrum games cost
26 10 J u m p M a n • Epyx n e w game program every £5.95; the others cost slight-
27 37 S a r g o n II • H a y d e n m o n t h . 'We're always o n the ly more.
28 1 Donkey Kong • Atari

PSST-IS THIS
29 15 Fort A p o c a l y p s e • S y n a p s e
30 38 Preppie • A d v e n t u r e International
31 13 Sea D r a g o n • A d v e n t u r e I n t e r n a t i o n a l
32

THE ULTIMATE?
11 Necromancer • Synapse
33 1 Repton • Sirius
34 38 Shamus • Synapse
35 31 Crossfire • S i e r r a O n - L i n e
36 30 Aztec • Datamosf
37 1 Frogger • Comsoft Recently established Ulti- The packaging shows Rob-
38 28 Serpentine • Broderbund m a t e Play the G a m e sees bie the R o b o t sitting on a
39 8 Pharaoh's Curse • Synapse itself as 'the most experi- flower a n d d e f e n d i n g it
40 6 Spy's D e m i s e • P e n g u i n enced arcade video game from w h a t l o o k like tiny
41 14 Gorf • Roklan design team in Britain'. Weetabix with wings a n d
42 39 K n i g h t o f D i a m o n d s • Sir-Tech Its members were some of eyes.
43 2 Fi n a l O r b i t • S i r i u s the first people to produce Robbie's j o b is to defend
44 1 V C - A v a l o n Hill arcade games for the US a n d the flower from interstellar
45 20 W a y O u t -Sirius Japan. space slugs, scuttling
46 20 W i z a r d of W o r - R o k l a n
47 30 M a s k of t h e Sun • U l t r a s o f t
' W e were u n h a p p y work- leeches and menacing
48 28 Centipede • Atari
ing for s o m e o n e else,' said midges. It is also designed to
49 36 C a n y o n C l i m b e r • Datasoft director T i m o t h y S t a m p e r, work with the 16K or 48K
50 37 A l i Baba & t h e Forty Thieves • Q u a l i t y 'so we decided to set u p o u r R A M Spectrum.
own company.' U l t i m a t e is releasing t w o
Chart courtesy ofSoftsel International T h e t u r n o v er is high, a n d is more games for the 16K

THE WORLD S
all reinvested in the com-
pany.
Ultimate's aim is to pro-
d u c e a range o f entirely ori-
Spectrum at the end of July.
T r a n z a m is a high-speed
pursuit race across the US.
The m a p is real and the

TOP GAMES
The chart above shows Soft-
sel's hot list of games as at
the middle of June. It is
compiled from sales to over
4,000 retail outlets i n 50
states and 30 countries.
Softsel is the world's
largest wholesale distribu-
tor of personal c o m p u t e r
software. It supplies more
than 3,000 product lines to
over 4,000 outlets world-
wide. European operations
are centred at Feltham, near
Heathrow airport.
Software for A p p l e , Atari,
I B M , C o m m o d o r e , Tandy,
Texas Instruments, and
C P / M micros is available
from Softsel t h r o u g h such
suppliers as T h o r n EMI,
M i c r o Soft, Sierra On-line,
Broderbund, Micropro,
IUS, Automated Simula-
tion, I n f o c o m , Sirius an d
Spinnaker.
In June, m a j o r m u l t i p l e
c o m p u t e r retailer Spectrum
signed Softsel as its sole
source for US software. The
a n n o u n c e m e n t gave Softsel
over 350 outlets o n l y t w o
m o n t h s after its U K l a u n c h
in April.
ginal arcade-quality h o m e playing area 600 times big-
c o m p u t e r software. Its first ger t h a n the actual viewing
offering, Jet Pac, w a s re- size o f the screen.
leased in May. C o o k i e is a g a m e w h e r e
Suitable for 16K o r 4 8 K Charlie the C h e f a n d his
Spectrums, Jet Pac is com- ingredients fight off the Bin
prised o f 16 waves of aliens, M o n s t e r and other nasties.
w i t h four spaceships to S t a m p e r describes it as 'in-
assemble, eacn o f w h i c h is credible'.
divided into three sections. All these retail at £5.50,
True t o its arcade origins, i n c l u d i n g VAT. They will be
the program includes a available at all larger bran-
player/game selection page ches o f W H S m i t h , J o h n
w h i c h a l l o ws you to choose Menzies, Boots, a n d other
one- o r two-player games, m a j o r software retailers.
a n d a keyboard or Kemp- The games can also b e
ston joystick select. This obtained through mail
selection appears after each order from Ultimate Play
g a m e is played. the Game, The Green,
Ultimate's latest offering, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics
PSST, was released in June. L E 6 5JU. Tel: 0530-411485.
 SPECTRUM 48K : ZX81 16K
SIX PART ADVENTURE

By t h e t i m e y o u ' v e travelled t o your nearest stockist the

g a m e s y o u b u y can cost t w i c e as much. Ordering direct f r o m
C R A S H M I C R O G A M E S A C T I O N m e a ns never having t o
leave your v i d e o action thrills, and immediately p l u g s you into
o u r c o m p r e h e n s i v e range of h i g h quality p r o g r a m s , and

BLACK CRYSTAL
m a k e s y o u s a v i n g s because there are n o delivery o r postage
charges. You w i l l also recefve our regular, illustrated catalog
to keep y o u i n f o r m e d about afl the latest games.
THE QUEST IS ABOUT TO BEGIN SPECIAL I N T R O D U C T O RY OFFER!
The ultimate rote-playing adventure tor the S P E C T R U M / Z X 8 1 . (only with ffw coupcml
Y o u can become a warrior, elf or wizard on a quest to find and use £1 off purchase price for 2 cassettes
the rings of creaton: to destroy the Black Crystal and de'eai the £ 2 off purchase price for 3 cassettes
Lords o< Chaos He'd w>thn six programs i-es a land of fabulous
(subtract from the subtotal o n the order form)
treasures and mythical monsters Journey through the land of
8e<oth. explore the castle of shadows, descend rnto the
Shaggoths lair, search for diamond s in the sea of sand but beware
of sand sharks! Confront the fire demo n m his temple, battle
against the Lords of Chaos a n d win your way to the Black Crystal.
By splitting Black Crystal into s»x programs we can provide more Name
variety and detarf than any other adventure fo» the Smclai'
computers.
Real time monster battles Superb graphics Save game feature Address
All six parts are supplied together on cassette, boxed with
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Please s e n d m e your catalog listing 5 0 other exciting games tor the SPECTRUM I
S P E C T R U M 48K: 180K O F P R O G R A M
enclose 5 0 p (stamps or P 0 . ) which I understand wiM tie refunded with m y lirst
IN SIX P A R T S - O N L Y £7.50 purchase (catalogs are sent automatically to customers or ( W i n g with |h* coupon
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W H Y P A Y M O R E FOR LESS OF A N THE H O B B n M e t x x m e House 48K £ 1 4 95

ADVENTURE PENETRATOR M e t o o u m e House *8* £695
TERROR DAKTIL 4 D Melbourne House *8K NEW £ 6 95
TIMEGATE Ouicksilva 48K £6.95
TRADER Outckulva 48K NEW £995
ARCADIA Imagine 16/48K £5.50
AH OIDDUMS Imaqine I6/48K £550
3 D TANX. DKtrormrs 16/48K £495
GOLD MINE DKtronics 16/48K NEW £ 4 95
ORBITER Sihrersoft 16/48K £5.95
To: C A R N E L L 8 0 F T W A R E , DEPT 2. 4 S T A U N T O N R D . S L O U G H . SL2 1NT.
G R O U N D ATTACK 16'48K £5 95
Please send me Black Crystal for my.

• Spectrum 48K C7 50
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100 GAMES
 THESCREEN
PLAY OF
THE BOOK
The feudal planet of Pern,
its fire-breathing dragons,
dragon riders, a n d lord hol-
ders have been immortal-
ised in the 10 million b o o k s
sold to hungry Anne
McCaffrey fans.
N o w the Nebula award-
winner has given cames
manufacturer Epyx the li-
cence to market a computer
game based o n her charac-
ters.
McCaffrey was in the lucky
position of being able to
pick and choose who

SINCLAIR POP
Who would have t h o u g h t , A n arcade-type video
that Clive Sinclair could game called Flying Train is
affect the pop music w o r l d ? also o n the B-side, in both
Chris Sievey a n d Pete Shel- l K a n d 16K versions.
ley are two musicians w h o With 750,000 ZX81s sold
have turned to his micros. in Britain, EMI have
Mancunian Chris Sievey is obviously realised that the
the man behind the world's people w h o 10 years ago
first computer-game p o p provided the biggest market
single. The record was re- tor pop records are now
leased in May by E M I , a n d buying computers and com-
the cassette in June. It fea- puter games.
tures a song called 'Camouflage' sells for ab-
'Camouflage' on the A-side, out o n e fifth of the price of
and three programs for the games cassettes. E M I hopes
ZX81 on the B-side. that Sievey's effort will 're-
When you play the B-side, volutionise the music a n d
all you hear is a series of h o m e computer industries'.
bleeps. W h e n you play it Pete Shelley's X L 1 Plus
into a ZX81, the program D u b Mix a l b u m is for the
will load into the compu- Spectrum. W o r k i n g in one
ter's memory. of the top computerised re-
cording studios in this
Once loaded, you can play
country gave h i m the idea of
the A-side. The lyrics to
writing a program o n one of
'Camouflage' a n d various
his albums.
graphics will be displayed
W h e n the music for X L 1
on your TV in sync with the
had been recorded, Shelley
song.
a n d a friend worked out a
program for the 48K Spec-
trum. They put it o n the last
track of the a l b u m. This is
loaded in a similar fashion
to Sievey's record.
The a l b u m is also sold with
a cassette.
'People are very scared
that the music may be
copied,' said a spokesman
from distributor Island. 'We
are not suggesting that.
'We are suggesting that
they actually buy the cas-
sette.'
The cassette was released
at the end of June. It sells at
approximately £5, the price
varying regionally.
'We did it because the artist
wanted to d o it,' replied
Island's spokesman w h e n
asked about future plans for
more albums.
'But we w o u l d n o t be
against doing it in the fu-
ture.'
should market the game.
Epyx was chosen because
of 'its eood track record a n d
good distribution,' she said.
'I was approached by three
or four companies, and my
research indicated that it
was the better one.'
M o r e importantly, McCaf-
frey wanted a c o m p a n y that
w o u l d remain true to the
spirit of her books.
Her younger son, Todd, is
in the U S helping to design
the game.
'He also helped to design
the Mayfair board game,'
said McCaffrey.
' H e has an Atari a n d my
older son has an Apple.
'The dragon riders a n d
lord holders are in the game,
but not all of the subsidiary
characters,' she continued,
i t is still at the planning
stage.'
Tne game will run o n
machines from Apple, Atari,
C o m m o d o r e , I B M a n d Tan-
dy. It will be available in the
U S from November, but U K
fans will have to wait until
1984.

FOLLOWING A NEW CULT

Newcomers to the software
market now include Virgin,
Like the rock industry 10 games a r o u n d for the Spec- O u r review copies had a
years ago, the computer trum. I n it, you are a dog few bugs; we hope that Vir-
the multi-million
music business.
pound

Virgin is launching eight

games initially. They are for
the Spectrum, B B C and Vic
20 and retail at £7.95. The
company promises a new
approacn to marketini
marketing
games software, a n d high
quality in the games them-
selves.
E ames market n o w is young, whose brief is to r o u n d up gin have managed to squash
uge a n d lucrative. Virgin is sheep without d r o w n i n g them before public release,
pushing its program authors them or destroying crops. It W i t h each game bought
as cult figures. Each cassette should be a big success. before 1st September, Vir-
comes with a description of Other Spectrum games are gin has two freebies. The
its author and a passport- Y o m p a n d Starfire, involv- first is o n e year's mem-
style mugshot. ing the n o w flogged-to- bership of the Virgin Games
Sheepwalk is Virgin's death themes of crossing a G a n g ,
offering from Gregory Tre- busy road and last-human- The other is music by Steve
zise, an 18-year-ola, A-level against-the-aliens respec- Hillage o n the second side
student. It is o n e of the best tively. of all cassettes.
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Richard Paul Jones is a 17 year old

w h i z z kid. I l e is sole proprietor of two
successful computer-related com-
panies which are buildin g u p solid
profits and a solid reputation. They
are expanding week by week. Then he-
will look for something new. another
interest. Me wants to make money.
Paradoxically (depending o n h o w
m u c h of a capitalist you are), he seems
to be d o i n g it with ethics.

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 I met him at C o m m o d o r e 's annual
computer show in L o n d o n ' s Cunard
Hotel, where his exhibition stand was
arguably the most eye-catching.
Brightly coloured a n d fast-moving
screens were generously dotted about,
tempting passersby from 10 years old
and u p to play.
There was the old favourite, Frogger,
with diving turtles a n d plenty of vehi-
cles to run you down. There was
Crazy Kong: 'the ape has captured
Mario the carpenter's girlfriend a n d
has taken her to the top of a steel
fortress. Y o u must get M a r i o to the top
to save her!' Both of these were
written by 15-year-olds. There was
started with a Z X 8 0 . H e was good at
writing programs. I was interested in
games. I was a freak at that stage.
'I saw Jeffs potential. We were hob-
byists. T h en we bought a Vic 20 each.
H e really started shining - he was very
m u c h into it. W e went to an exhibi-
tion, looked at magazines. A n d 1
could see the potential in his games
compared to those.
' H e was a bit d u b i o u s about coming
in with me at first. But our partnership
must have worked out. Jeffs got a
thriving business now.'
Jones made the decision three weeks
before C o m m o d o r e 's s h o w last year,
which made this year's show Llama-
Then unexpected troubles began.
Jones h a a been d o i n g all the market-
ing and administration. But his 5 0 %
share in the c o m p a n y meant that
Minter had to be consulted o n every
o n e of his decisions. For an indi-
vidualist like Jones it felt like a frus-
trating straightjacket.
H e had been placing advertisements
for programmers. They came in with
some extremely good demonstration
tapes, which he wanted to market. But
Minter refused to deal with them,
wishing to remain Llamasoft's sole
programmer.
The split was inevitable. ' W e were
incompatible,' Jones said. 'He thinks I

J upiter Defender, amazingly written

•y an 11-year-old, Scramble a n d
Panic.
The bunches of people a r o u n d each
machine were testimony to the popu-
larity of the games. H o w did it all
start?
Richard Paul Jones was born on 28th
July 1965 in Rinteln, West Germany.
His birth sign - Leo, the leader - was a
good indication of the career he was
to carve.
H e was educated in West Germany
a n d H o n g Kong, where his father's
work brought h i m . H e then spent nine
months in Northern Ireland where he
studied for, a n d got, seven O Levels.
Four A Levels were offered, but he
refused them, finishing school at 15.
'My father stayed in Northern Ire-
land just so I could finish my exams,'
Jones said. ' W e returned to England at
the end of June, as soon as I finished
my last one.'
H e then worked part-time in a hi-fi
and video shop. H e had the chance to
get into the marketing side b u t h a d to
turn it down: by law, he could not
work until the end of July because he
was not yet 16.
'My parents were looking for some-
thing to set me up,' Jones explained. 'I
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haulage company. If I had stayed in
the hi-fi shop, I w o u l d probably still
be there, maybe repairing equipment.'
His father had put some money
aside. Jones used it to start up a video
cassette library. H e h a d 100 tapes.
In December 1981 he moved into a
shop. ' N o w I have 2,500 tapes a n d
two people working for me.
'All the takings were invested back
into the company, and this is still
going on. Everything earned goes
back in to buy programs and pay staff.'
Jones launched the now-famous Lla-
masoft software c o m p a n y when he
was 16, from the takings generated by
the video cassette shop. It was a
whirlwind affair.
'I decided to form a partnership with
programmer Jeff Minter,' he said, i
tunaed it and Jeff was to program the
games.
'The way I met Jeff is that I bought -
or rather, I ordered a n d built - a
Z X 8 1 . I built mine before Jeff did; he
soft's first anniversary. H e managed to
get a cancelled exhibition stand o n the
second day, a n d so Llamasoft was
thrust into an eager market.
'We had a stock of 80 cassettes to
take to the show a n d sold most. The
show alone cost £600. But 10 days
later we had an order for £3,500 worth
of games - about 600 games,' Jones
said, i had put about £1,000 into
selling the whole lot. W e thought we
were o n to a really good thing.'
The d u o bought their first piece ot
equipment for £1,100. They m a d e
what Jones called a 'reasonable
profit'. This again went back into the
company. Things continued in this
fashion from June to September 1982.
a m a capitalist.' That was September
of last year.
Jones remains loyal to Minter's
skills. 'Jeff has quality. H e is a fantastic
)rogrammer. H e is a classic example,'
le praised. 'I don't feel that way: I just
eel I a m giving value for money.
Certainly, the quality of my games has
gone up and up a n d up. People think
the software is as good as Jeffs, but
not better. The advantage is in the
packaging a n d marketing.'
The split was followed by two
m o n t h s of research as Jones investi-
gated h o w to set up the c o m p a n y he
wanted. 'This involved going back to
the stuff I was sent w h e n with Llama-
soft a n d contacting other people, too.
Some stuff was good, s o m e n o t .
Obviously I have my o w n a u t h o rs
n o w , ' h e said.
Not one to be inactive, the t w o
months o f research were also spent
independently developing a joystick
for the Spectrum.
He named the n e w c o m p a n y Inter-
ceptor Micro's in D e c e m b e r 1982. 'I
placed my first a d , a full page. I spent
£500 on that a d . I m a d e a profit. I
placed more ads. N o w I place spot-
colour ads in four monthlies . A n d I
will use full colou r later o n . '
The professional attitude to market-
ing seems strange from s o m e o n e still
at an age w h e n most are at school. 'I
do not see myself as a m i n o r , ' Jones
argued, i don't t h i n k like a 17-year-
Had he encountered any legal prob-
lems in being under 18? ' N o , ' he
replied, i am trading as Richard Paul
lories Trading As Interceptor Mic-
ro's. I simply opened a b a n k a c c o u n t ,
placed my first ad, and that was it.
'VAT is mv ny first
n hurdle. I must
register for that. W h e n I set u p the
video library, I d id register for V A T .
The government doesn't care that I
am a minor. It is just glad to get the
money.
i have a legal contract for all purch-
ases of copyrights. I a m well covered.
Anyway, most of the programmers are
younger t h a n me.'
As w i t h all his previous enterprises,
Jones invested any m o n e y m a d e from
Interceptor Micro' s back into the
c o m p a n y , i n Noventber I had only
t w o games. N o w I o w n the rights to 21
o r 22 programs - w o r l d marketing
rights. Six programmers are w o r k i n g
from h o m e . S o m e are students: the
youngest is 11. M y best selling game,
Jupiter Defender, is written by h i m .
The oldest programme r is in his 30s.
He is a police officer. He b o u g h t a n
Atari for his leisure, created a g a m e
and sold it to me.
i l o o k at the games, see their poten-
tial. I work o u t w h a t each is w o r t h on
the retail market. I d o no t discrimin-
ate about age - everyone gets p a i d
w h a t the program is w o r t h . I have
never ripped a n y o n e off.
T h i s has p a i d . As y o u can see from
the tapes, some programmers have
given m e four games. They have en-
quired elsewhere b u t they d o no t get
any more. They m a y get promises b u t
n o t h i n g comes o f it. S o they c o m e
back.
'I d o n o t enjoy p r o g r a m m i n g - that's
hard work,' Jones c o n t i n u e d . ' B u t I d o
enjoy this. I enjoy talking to the
programmers a n d saying w h a t I want.
i may w a n t a version o f Panic, w h i c h
is already in the arcades. The prog-
rammers rough a n idea. I s m o o tthh the'
edges, so t o speak, a n d c o m e u p with a
m a r k e t a b l e product. If I felt it w a s n ot
value for m o n e y I w o u l d n ot market it.
i have o n l y recently put m y o w n
n a m e o n the covers ot the games,
under the programmer's n a m e . Usual-
ly, I star the programmer . Most other
people s h o w their c o m p a n y , a n d d o
n o t advertise w h o wrote the game.
Programmers appreciate recognition
w h e n they write a program,
i have a secretary, called Carol. S h e
is 18. A t the b o t t o m o f all o u r ads, I
have inserted " A n y problems, ring
Richard or Carol". S o Carol gets some
recognition, too. A n d her n a m e is at
the b o t t o m o f the letterheads as being
the secretary.
i t h i n k I a m probably o n e o f the only
c o m p a n i e s in E n g l a n d selling stuff
a n d n o t m a k i n g the profit everyone
else is m a k i n g . This is because I a m
s p e n d i n g so m u c h m o n e y o n packag-
i n g - n ot so m u c h adyertising, b u t the
packagin
actual packaging. " W h y are y o u pack-
_ like
aging like E EM
M I) V i d e o ? " people ask
me. Even the type of case I use -
instead o f using ordinary cassette
cases, I went for a special v i d e o
cassette package w h i c h is costing
three times as m u c h . But I am charg-
ing less t h a n most.'
A quick l o o k at Interceptor Micro's
rograms shows the truth o f Jones'
Fa ; games for the
C o m m o d o r e 64 are £5, Sie r e m a i n i n g
seven £ 7 . A n d games for the Vic 20
range from £ 4 (for Fros) u p to £6.
' M o s t of the art work I supply. I b o
i n d e p e n d e n t l y to people w h o m a y be
m y age. I p u t feelers out. If s o m e o n e
comes u p w i t h a good thing, I pay for
i C l o n e s said.
le covers o f Sprite M a n and Panic
were d r a w n by the sister o f A. C h a l l i s
(Jones never reveals the christian
n a m e s of his authors), w h o wrote
Frogger. 'Their parents t h i n k it is the
best t h i n g they have seen,' Jones enth-
used.
i d o m y o w n packaging, my o w n
d u p l i c a t i o n . W h e n I broke with Jeff, I
took the copier. N o w I have a n o t h e r
system w h i c h produces 300 copies in
one hour. I d o all this myself: I e m p l o y
a full-time person w h o works 4 0
hours a week duplicating. I try to keep
everything inhouse: copying, advertis-
ing, d u p l i c a t i o n .
'I seem to be giving t o o m u c h back to
the customer. I have been told I a m a n
idiot. " W h y charge £ 7 w h e n you k n o w
it is worth m o r e ? The games are better
t h a n some others." I a m t o o soft o n
the customer. But that will b u i ld u p a
good market share. They all c o m e
back.
' S o m e o n e - say a s c h o o l b o y w i t h £ 5
per m o n t h pocket m o n e y - m a y order
just o n e cassette. H i s father m a y send
the actual c h e q u e . T h e n a few weeks
later I get a n o t h e r order from the same
person. He's saved u p his pocket
m o n e y again, to buy a n o t h e r tape. A
lot o f o t h e r people d o no t have this
loyalty. Their games are expensive,
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a n d some users feel they have n o t got M o n e y c a n n o t buy programming
their money's worth. skills but it helps. It buys trie equip-

CANNOT BUY
i d o n o t reckon it is the best soft- m e n t y o u need to develop those skills.
ware in the world,' Jones deprecated. 'As far as wages go, the only t h i n g I

PROGRAMMING
'But it is value for m o n e y . I d o n o t have h a d from the c o m p a n y is m y trip
market rubbish - it w o u l d ruin the to America. I d o n ot take a wage. I

SKILLS BUT IT
name I am building now.' d o n ' t take a wage from the video s n o p ,
The c o m p a n y is getting to the stage either. I p r o b a b l y live on £ 2 0 a w e e k -

HELPS. IT BUYS
where even Jones' parents are h e l p i n g s o u n d s ridiculous, doesn't it? I d o n ' t
out. His father is w o r k i n g o n the d r i n k , I d o n ' t s m o k e , I don't socialise.'

THE EQUIPMENT
exhibition stands this year, i need H e paused. 'Well, n o t m u c h . '
more staff because I c a n n o t cope,' ' M y p r i m e interest in life is to m a k e

TO DEVELOP
Jones said. 'The market d e m a n d is money. Maybe I will retire early. I a m
growing so quickly. The p e o p l e that a weird sort o f character. I have just

were small - wholesalers, etc - a n d
ordered small quantities from me are
n o w ordering more because they h a v e
grown. The shops are sold o u t o f
cassettes almost as soon as they
appear. W h i c h is g o o d , really.'
C o m m o d o r e itself has got into the
act. It is currently advertising seven o f
Interceptor Micro's games in VicSoft,
C o m m o d o r e ' s Vic 20 user catalogue.
'Frogger is just for the U K market,'
Jones said. T h e y are all arcade clones,
arcade rip-offs. They are a problem
because y o u c a n n o t sell t h e m in the
US where copyright rules are stricter. I
a m selling P u c k m a n , for example, o n
Atari's Pac M a n advertising.
'Because I c a n n o t find a n interna-
tional market, I a m bringing o u t m o r e
original software. At the m o m e n t , I
can o n l y sell i n the U K . W h e n I
showed Frogger 64 at a c o m p u t e r
s h o w in America, I was told to turn it
THOSE SKILLS'
off immediately. The dealers were
afraid o f a l a w suit if they s h o w e d it for
even just a few minutes. " C o m e u p
with original software, or we can give
you ideas to develop into games," they
said.
'Jeff is n o w writing for a n A m e r i c a n
c o m p a n y . They are using English
brains because h e is the best. N o w
they are l o o k i n g at m y stuff, w h i c h is
c o m i n g u p to trie same sort of stan-
dard. B u t it is no t the right sort.'
Jones is l o o k i n g for a freelance
machine-code programmer 6502 or
Z 8 0 . 'I feel there are m a n y people o u t
there as good as Jeff if only they c o u l d
be developed right. There are people
w h o are as good - or better - t h a n
a n y o n e else in the world . But they d o
n o t h a v e the e q u i p m e n t , the facilities.
c o m e back from Florida a n d C h i c a g o ,
where I saw the C o n s u m e r Electro-
nics show. I f o u n d more e n j o y m e n t
w a l k i n g r o u n d C h i c a g o , w h i c h is a
grotty place, t h a n h a v i n g a rest o n the
beaches o f Florida o r g o i n g to Dis-
neyworld. That's because I a m fascin-
ated with electronics. It is no t w o r k to
me.
'I w o u l d like to retire at 25. If y o u
have e n o u g h m o n e y you c a n n o t get
bored. People say that if y o u are rich
y o u are u n h a p p y . B u t if y o u are poor
y o u can be u n h a p p y , too. I w o u l d
probably still o w n the businesses,
even w h e n I h a v e retired.
'I see m y role like that o f a b l o k e w h o
r u n s a record c o m p a n y , except I d o n ' t
rip people off. I could h a v e been
stingy - b a r g a i n i ng with program-
mers, being m e a n with the packaging
- a n d m a d e m o r e money. But I w o u l d
n o t have their respect.'

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moves? £6.50. trouble spelling, this program will be very
useful. Y o u can program it for any level of
A l o n e at S e a : Y o u r ship is sinking and difficulty, and it includes a game as well.
you must escape, but you must find and £5.95.
carry provisions, and other items. 416.50.

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Beat the software houses at their and

write an original graphics adventure.

from nine years old upward. But there are now so

many games about lhat the Droduccrs seem to bo
running out of ideas. Soon the success of a game
will depend on the design underlying it rather than
programming skills.
After a wave of Froggers. Flight Simulations,
f'acmen and Donkey Kongs, the software houses
are turning to the classics for inspiration. Adventure
games are centred round Tolkien's The Hobbit.
Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, even good old
Dragons and Dungeons.
So here is a competition open to all our readers,
whether you have programmed before or not. Let
your imagination go wild and write an adventure.
DONT base it on a book or Dragons and
Dungeons. 'Hie more tortuous and twisted it is. the
better. Touches of humour are always appreciated.
If there should be a tie. the adventure w i t h the most
detail will definitely have the edge.
The reward for the best adventure is a C G L M5
Home Computer w o r t h £190. Newly released, the
CGL N15 home computer package gives you every-
thing you need to start playing immediately.

GRAPHICS

There are four graphic modes which

allow:
" 24 rows of 40-column text
" 768 user-definable characters of u p
to 16 colours each
• 16 colours on the screen at any one
time
• 2 separable screens
J
256 x 192 resolution, fully dot prog-
rammable
"view port facility
' separate graphics memory
32 sprites, selectable from 256 separ-
able user-definable characters

SOUND-
4
Three programmable tone gener-
ators
Programmable white noise generator
* Programmable attenuation
* Simultaneous sounds

The CGL M 5 has a Z80A CPU (3.58 m H z ) , 20K

RAM (16K V RAM) expandable to 52K and 16K
ROM expandable to 24K. But its graphics and
THE PRIZE FOR THE MOST
sound make the M 5 ideal for games enthusiasts.
The animation is jitter-free and the graphics o n
a par with the arcade machines. The sound incorpo-
ORIGINAL ENTRY
rates a 'mini-synthesizer' which can give you three
separate voices with six octaves. T h e w i n n e r will receive a p a c k a g e that i n c l u d e s : * C G L M 5
All entries must arrive at the following address H o m e C o m p u t e r c o n s o l e (262 x 185 x 3 6 m m . 800 g r a m s )
by 31st August 1983: The Editor. Personal Compu-
ter Games, V N U Business Publications. 62 Oxford * P o w e r s u p p l y u n i t * T V c o n n e c t i o n c a b l e * Cassette
Street. London W I A 2HG. The judges' decision is recorder c a b l e * Basic I cartridge * User's g u i d e * Basic 1
final and no correspondence w i l l be entered into.
m a n u a l : Easy Basic For Beginners * D e m o cassette t a p e ,
The Autumn issue of Personal Computer
Games will feature the winning adventure. A n d we with t w o games.
will be offering another super prize to the reader
who comes up with the best program for it.
 P E R I P H E R A L S CAW R O O S T Y O U R M I C R O ' S P O W E R S
A N D Y O U R H I M . T O ̶ Y H A R R I ̶ O T O M H A S S C O U R E P THE
S H O P S FOR Y O U
There seems to be a n e w m i c r o c o m p u-
ter o n the market every week. B u t that
is as n o t h i n g c o m p a r e d to the rich
growth n o w t a k i n g place o f c o m p u t e r
peripherals o f all kinds.
Y o u m a y w a n t the freedom of a
joystick for reflex-type games. O r y o u
may w a n t a d d i t i o n a l m e m o r y or pro-
cessing power. In every case, there is
b o u n d to be at least half a dozen
suppliers eager to offer their wares.
The ideal way o f d o i n g a peripherals
round-up is to g r o u p w h a t is available
for each b r a n d o f h o m e computer. But
m a n y suppliers offer add-ons for more
than o n e k i n d o f m i c r o, so the list
becomes repetitive.
In the first o f o u r series of peripher-
als, therefore, w e have listed the sup-
This firm takes the business o f mak-
ing joysticks very seriously. It pays a
lot o f attention to u n i q u e d e m a n d s ,
such as the control o f p u p p e t s or the
m o v e m e n t o f vessels u n d e r water. Its
products range in price from £ 3 to a
staggering £1,000.
A k n t e r Instruments, based in Har-
low, also has a range of peripherals. In
particular, there are tnree types o f
green monitors: the Hitachi M M 1216
at £102.35; the S M 1 2 H 18MHZ
m o n i t o r at the s a m e price, a n d the
cheaper, if less powerful SM12N
1 5 M H Z at £79.35. All prices i n c l u d e
VAT.
The c o m p a n y also offers 14-inch
c o l o u r m o n i t o r s w h o s e prices range
from £ 2 3 9 plus V A T for the n o r m a l

E liers. The n a m es o f the micros are

ighlighted w h e n the peripheral con-
cerned is specific to a particular
machine.
First in o u r list is Flight L i n k , w h i c h
is based in A l t o n . It make s three
ranges of joystick, suitable for a w i d e
range o f micros. The first m o d e l in the
range is the J l . This has dual axis
carbon track controls a n d comes w i t h
or w i t h o u t cases, switches and cables.
The second. JS2, has high-quality,
all-metal d u a l controls. A t tne t o p e n d
of the range, w h i c h will be outside the
pocket of most micro-enthusiasts, is
the JS4. It has inductively c o u p l e d
contactless joysticks.
resolution o f 400 dots u p to £499 plus
VAT for the high-resolution 800 dots
screen.
S I R C o m p u t e r s , from Cardiff, sup-
plies a Z 8 0 disk pack for the B B C
M i c r o at £895. That s o u n d s steep, b u t
the system a i m s to b e a sophisticated
development o f the m a c h i n e ' s poten-
tial.
It connects to the B B C m i c r o in the
same way as a n o r m a l disk drive. It
then opens u p the w h o l e range o f
C P / M software for business an d
dataprocessing as well as games. This
is because the firmware supplied with
the m a c h i n e allow s y o u to switch
between Basic and C P N , an operating

Key. 1: ZX81 keyboard. 2: Atari disk drive. 3: Flight

Link joystick. 4: Sinclair 16K RAM pack. 5: Dragon 32 sound
module. 6: BBC Hobbit storage unit. 7: QBC disk pack. 8: Kempston
joystick. 9: Spectrum microcase. 10: Securit anti-theft device.
 MYSTERIOUS
ADVENTURES
FOR BBC MICROCOMPUTER MODELS A & B

Join the g r o w i n g band • WRITTEN IN

of Adventurers w h o ULTRA-FAST
are enjoying these MACHINE CODE.
absorbing and stimu-
lating programs. Step
into another w o r l d of • SAVE GAME
Fantasy, Magic, M y s - FEATURE.
tery and Sorcery. Only
your wits and cunning
can ensure success in • SPLIT SCREEN
these scenarios! DISPLAY.

1. T H E G O L D E N B A T O N ̶ Venture into a strange province of
Sorcery and Evil M a g i c t o recover the Golden Baton, a
priceless artifact w h o s e p o w e r s are sakJ to bring great Health
a n d Prosperity to the Land.
2. T H E TIME M A C H I N E ̶ As a Newspaper reporter you are
sent to investigate the eccentric professor who lives in the old
house on the Moors. What is his secret and why is his house
n o w deserted?
3. A R R O W O F D E A T H (Pt. 1 ) ̶ A blight has fallen on your
homelands, the Baton has becom e tarnished and now radi-
ates a malevolent aura of Evil. Your mission is clear ̶ trace
C I R C U S ̶ Your Car has run o u t of Petrol o n a lonely r o a d
miies from nabitation. As you truoge reiunctanily d o w n tne
road in search of help y o u are suddenly confronted by a n
amazing s i g h t . . . In a nearby field is a H u g e Circus tentl But
this is no ordinary Circus as y o u will soon d i s c o v e r . .
7. FEASIBILITY E X P E R I M E N T ̶ Far across the gulfs of time
and space, a dying race of super-intelligent beings search the
Universe for a Hero to save their e x i s t e n c e . . . At length their
thoughts turn t o planet Earth. Y o u are chosen t o be their
saviour in a bizarre scenario where d e a t h is a mere thought
away...

V'
the source of this Evil and d e s t r o y . . . or be destroyed. This is
the first part of an Epic A d v e n t u r e although e a c h part can be
played as a stand alone scenario.
A R R O W O F D E A T H (Pt. 2 ) ̶ You now have the means to
destroy your e n e m y . . . b u t y o u are far from h o m e and this
land is strange to you. C a n you cope with the deadly perils
which approach y o u a n d have y o u the strength to see your
mission through to the final conflict?
5. E S C A P E F R O M PULSAR 7 ̶ Alone o n a gigantic Space-
Freighter. . . The rest of your crew have died horribly at the
hands of a mutated Zoo-Specimen . Y o u r only chance of
escape is t o reach the Frail Shuttlecraft. But the lurking
Monster is hungry and y o u are the only food it has left . . .
r T HE W I Z A R D OF A K Y R Z ̶ Y o u are in the Royal Palace.
8 The King beseeches you to rescue his daughter f r o m the evil
wizard. If you succeed your reward will be p r i c e l e s s . . . failure
will bring certain death.
P E R S E U S . A N D A N D R O M E D A ̶ Travel into the realms of
9. ancient mythology. Battle with grotesque monster s a n d super-
natural powers as y o u search for the hidden secrets of m y t h
and legend.
T E N LITTLE INDIANS ̶ This mystery begins with a train
10. journey into a strange country. What secrets are held by the
strange country mansion? What meaning i s attached to the
strange idols? Maybe y o u will find out if you live l o n q
enough...

Each adventure comes attractively packaged for just £10.29 inc.

Available now for 48K Spectrum, Hi-Res Graphics

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The Hobbit is a
memory storage device for the BBC
19-w system developed from C P / M 2.2.
The disk pack also, o f course, pro-
vides a dual 2 x 4 0 0 K disk drive for use
with the standard B B C Basic. The
machine is able to run C P / M because
it includes a Z 8 0 A processing card
with its o w n 6 4 K R A M card, w h i c h
communicates w i t h the 6502A in the
BBC computer.
The supplier claims that, i n mos t
cases, the speed o f execution o f prog-
rams is improved by u p to 5 0 % com-
pared to conventional single proces-
sor computers.
Computer Concepts has h a d con-
siderable coverage for its W o r d w i s e
ROM-based w o r d processor for the
BBC micro. The price is £ 3 9 plus
£1.50 for postage and packing; V A T is
on top ot that. The ' c h i p ' plugs into
one of the empty sockets inside the
machine.
It is supplied with a spiral-bound
manual and a cassette w h i c h contain s
an example d o c u m e n t a n d a free
Typing Tutor program.
Basingstoke supplier Fox Electro-
nics offers the Vixen R A M cartridge
for the Vic 20. This cartridge is
switchable between 16K or 8 K and
3K. It plugs into the rear expansion
port and should be fully c o m p a t i b l e
with all motherboards and m o d u l e s .
No readdressing of existing Basic
programs is needed. The price is
£39.95.
The same supplier also offers a 42-
key travel keyboard for the Spectrum.
You are supposed to be able to re-
move the Z X printed circuit board
from your Spectrum a n d simply screw
it down into the keyboard case. The
supplier promises that n o soldering is
required. This costs £31.95, including
postage and packing.
There is also a ZX-Panda 16K R A M
pack for the Z X 8 1 . This is expandable
0QqG o
to 32K with a plug-in m o d u l e from the
same supplier. It includes a L E D
p o w e r indicator and is designed to
connect w i t h o u t risk o f the w o b b l e
that plagued the early Sinclair R A M
packs. Prices range from £19.95 to
£46.00 including postage and
packing.
For users w h o d o n ' t like the stan-
dard Z X 8 1 keyboard there is a re-
placement keyboard with a
calculator-type design. This is a stick-
on replacement a n d is priced at
£ 9 . 9 5 from Filesixty.
The Flight Link joystick
Those o f y o u w h o are being slowly
b l i n d e d by the glare from your T V set
being used as a m o n i t o r m i g h t like to
try o u t the effects o f antiglare screens.
Merseyside firm Datatel Business Pro-
ducts offers a range of antiglare
screens w h i c h give a sharper, clearer
image and cut d o w n eyestrain. The
price is £19.95 plus £1.80 for postage
a n d packing.
Datatel Business Products also
makes a multi-purpose c o m p u t e r
stand w h i c h has a n all-steel construc-
tion. This comes as a self-assembly kit
a n d there are t w o sizes: t w o foot a n d
two-and-a-half feet in height.
K K Electronics, o f L o n d o n , has a
range o f c o l o u r m o n i t o r s c o m p a t i b l e
w i t h the B B C , Lynx, O r i c , A c o rn a n d
all other c o m p u t e r s with R G B .
The m o n i t o r s have a 16-colour dis-
play plus a brightness control. There is
also a quality s o u n d amplifier with
loudspeaker control. Prices start at
£239.95, plus VAT.
A speaker w h i c h plugs i n t o the mic-
r o p h o n e socket o f the Spectrum an d
boosts the s o u n d o u t p u t is sold by
A l a n W h i t e , o f Poole. The speaker
comes complete with v o l u m e control
a n d needs n o soldering. It costs £ 5 . 5 0
inclusive of postage a n d packing.
I f y o u are worried a b o u t thieves
m a k i n g off w i t h your h o m e c o m p u t e r ,
you can at least ensure that they have
to go to the trouble o f taking the table
w i t h them, t h a n k s to a little device
from O f c o Ltd.
Called Securit, the locking device
fixes to the desk top w i t h o u t the need
for any holes being drilled. It costs
£29.95 plus VAT.
M o r e a n d m o r e games designers are
a d d i n g c o m p l e x sound routines to
their offerings. But for those D r a g o n
owners w h o reckon that the s o u n d o f
their m a c h i n e s still lacks a little, J C B
Microsystems offers the S o u n d Exten-
sion M o d e l for the D r a g o n 32. The
price is £34.95 including VAT.
The s o u n d extension model l o o k s
m u c h like a n ordinary games cartridge
a n d plugs into the Dragon's expan-
sion port. Based o n the AY-3-8910
s o u n d c h i p, the m o d u l e adds a n extra
c o m m a n d called M U S I C to Basic.
The range of possible s o u n d s is spe-
cified as numbers and characters.
A s o u n d synthesiser as used by pro-
The Securit anti-theft device
fessional m u s i c i a n s this is n o t. For the
price, y o u w o u l d n ' t expect it to be.
B u t it will p r o d u c e a creditable set o f
tunes and a variety o f games noises
from wailing sirens to b o m b blasts.
The novice c o m p u t e r user will prob-
ably n o t h a v e his (or her) m a c h i n e
long - a n d wil l r u n only a few prog-
rams - before the need for more
m e m o r y b e c o m e s apparent. The B B C
M o d e l B. for example, has excellent
R O M facilities, b u t has used u p quite a
bit of its R A M space accordingly.
B B C M i c r o users after more storage
will find the quaintly n a m e d H o b b i t
tape system w o r t h a look. M a d e by
m-22

The Kempston joystick
21-m I k o n C o m p u t e r Products, the device
operates as a sort of half-way hous e
between cassette a n d disk-drive stor-
age m e d i a .
It comes i n t w o parts: a cassette u n i t
a n d a n integrated circuit w h i c h con-
SPfClAi tains the tape operating system to
REVIEW drive the H o b b i t . This last comes as a
A A R O M card w h i c h has to b e inserted in
/ one o f the three sockets in the B B C
i before the cassette unit c a n be used.
It represents a faster, more efficient
a n d effective way o f storing data and
programs t h a n c o n v e n t i o n a l cassette
recorders. A n d it has a n u m b e r of
c o m m a n d s w h i c h deal with the saving
a n d loading o f data.
The H o b o i t cassette u n i t is a b o u t
three an d a half inches wide, roughly
the same in height, a n d four inches
deep. It weighs two p o u n d s . Four
large rubber pads o n the base ensure
that the e q u i p m e n t stays on the table
instead o f skittering off o n t o the floor.
The device has a data transfer speed
o f 750 bytes o f data a second, five
times faster t h a n ordinary cassettes.
The price is £135 plus V A T .
Kempston M i c r o Electronics has a
joystick n a m e d the Competition-Pro
for the Z X Spectrum. It is a nylon a n d
steel construction, with a self-
centering stick and t w o fire buttons. It
plugs i n t o the Spectrum e x p a n s i on
port. Y o u can b u y it at W H S m i t h
branches for £ 2 5 i n c l u d i n g V A T . The
same supplier has joysticks for the
V I C 20 an d the Atari 400 a n d 800.
They c o m e at the s o m e w h a t cheaper
price of £16.50 i n c l u d i n g VAT.
Microcell C o m p u t e r Systems, based
in Leeds, advertises the Sinclair Z X
16K R A M pack at £28.50. The com-
pany also has a range o f m o n i t o r s
including the B M C B M 1 2 E green
m o n i t o r a n d the S a n y o S C M 1 2 H
green m o n i t o r , both for £100.
Cheetah Marketing, L o n d o n , has
an even cheaper Z X 8 1 c o m p a t i b l e
R A M pack at £19.75 a n d the 6 4 K
R A M pack at £44.75. Both prices
include VAT and postage an d
packing.
Warrington firm M i c r o Aids has
h o u g h t u p a way o f a l l o w i n g keen
Spectrum users to take their m a c h i n e s
with t h e m wherever they go. The
S p e c t r u m / Z X 8 1 microcase is de-
signed to hold the c o m p u t e r , p o w e r
supply, printer and r a m p a c k , with
space left over for a cassette recorder
or the fabled Sinclair m i c r o drives.
The supplier advises that the s h a l l o w
tray w h i c h c o n t a i ns the case can be
used as a n attractive desk-top con-
sole. A n d the detachable t o p of the
The Cheetah RAM pack
The Micro Aid case
case c o u l d be used as a TV stand. The
price starts at £29.95, including V A T .
The Harrow-based firm, H o m e En
tertainment Centre, has a n u m b e r of
add-ons for the Atari 400 a n d 800. In
a d d i t i o n to joysticks at £14.95, there is
a keyboard at £79.95, a 4 8 K expan-
sion at £99.95 and a disk drive at
£289.99.
If you have wanted to m a k e your
micro talk back, the N a m a l Supertal-
ker is a useful extra. It comes from
N a m a l Associates in Cambridge.
Priced at £89.95, it has an extensive
built-in R O M / R A M dictionary and a
standard RS232 interface.
It will r u n on a n u m b e r of different
micros. A n d as it is a p h o n e m e synth-
esiser, it is no t limited to particular
words. It has been designed a r o u n d
the Votrax SC-01A p h o n e m e speech
synthesiser c h i p . Y o u create w o r d s by
using a sequence of codes to build
>rds o u t of c o m p o n e n t sounds.
wU o ip to 200 to 250 n e w w o r d s c a n be
d u m p e d i n t o the device's R A M to a d d
to the 550 high-usage words already
stored in R O M . Special versions are
available for the Z X 8 1 a n d the Spec-
t r u m . These versions are m e m o r y
m a p p e d . In c o m p e n s a t i o n , the price
for these t w o m o d e l s is £49.95, includ-
ing VAT.
 If y o u w o u l d like to k n o w m o r e a b o u t the products m e n t i o n e d in this
review, y o u can contact the manufacturers at the following telephone
numbers. Addresses arc supplied w h e r e n o n u m b e r is available.

Akhter Instruments, H a r l o w (0279)412639

Cheetah M a r k e t i n g, L o n d o n ( 0 1 ) 2 4 0 7939
C o m p u t e r Concepts, Chipperfield (09277)69727
Datatel Business Products, Merseyside ( 0 5 1 ) 3 3 4 6369
Flight L i n k , A l t o n (0420)87241
Fox Electronics, Basingstoke (0256)20671
H o m e Entertainment Centre, H a r r o w (01)8610036

Finally, Hendon-based V u l c a n Elec- I k o n C o m p u t e r Products, (099421)515

tronics offers the Spectravideo Q u i c k J C B Microsystems, Poole (0202)423973
Shot joystick. Similar to a helicopter
joystick, it enables y o u to control and K e m p s t o ne M i c r o Electronics, Bedford (0234)852997
fire at the same time, w i t h one h a n d . It
K K Electronics, L o n d o n ( 0 1 ) 3 1 7 1486
has a rapid fire b u t t on on t o p of the
handle. A n d there is an o p t i o n a l M i c r o Aids, W a r r i n g t o n (092)5762613
left-hand fire b u t t on at the base w h i c h
Microcell C o m p u t e r Systems, Leeds P O Box MT12, Leeds 17
can be used simultaneously.
As the Q u i c k S h o t comes w i t h four N a m a l Associates, C a m b r i d g e (0223)355404
suction pads, there is n o need to h o l d Ofco, L o n d o n (01)9817301
down the base.
S I R C o m p u t e r s , Cardiff (0222)21341
The Quick S h o t joystick can be used
for the Atari V C S system, Vic 20, (01)2035161
V u l c a n Electronics, L o n d o n
Commodore 64 a n d Atari 400/800. It
costs £11.95 i n c l u d i n g VAT. A l a n W h i t e , Poole (0202)682867

Everything for the Acorn and BBC microcomputer user.

ACORN USER EXHIBITION

Cunard International Hotel Hammersm,h
25-28 August 1983
The Acorn User Exhibition at the Admission charges: Adults £ 2 per SHOAL
Cunard, Hammersmith will house the ticket, Children £ 1 per ticket,
ticket.
^largest display of Acorn products ever We have arranged for nearly every
assembled under one roof. It will be four exhibitor to redeem the cost of your ticket
days of non-stop entertainment and when you buy something from their standstand.
Education for parents and children alike. Group rates: 1 0 % discount for parties
The new Electron, the second of 10 or more,
more.
processors for the BBC micro, the BBC Buses: Frequent
Buses: Frequent services
services from
from central
central
Buggy, all the new software and hardware London.
London.
will be on show. There'll be competitions, Tubes: Hammersmith Broadway-
prizes, Acorn experts to answer your Metropolitan, District and Piccadilly lines
lines.
technical questions, demonstrations and Car Parking: Several car parks in the
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T
he appearance of the Oric-1 are sensibly arranged o n either side of line numbers exactly. O n the Spec-
has demonstrated once again the space bar. trum you can G O T O 499 even if there
the almost comical inability O n power-up, the display is in TEXT is no such line; execution will con-
of British micro manufactur- m o de with the caps lock on. This is tinue from the next line. O n the O r i c
ers to launch a new machine important as all keywords a n d vari- this will halt the program.
properly. Funded by British ables must be entered in upper case. Generally, the Oric Basic has more
Car Auctions and using the consider- Any attempt to user lower case is met to recommend it than Sinclair's ver-
able experience of Tangerine Compu- with ' 7 S Y N T A X E R R O R ' . Variable sion. Other c o m m a n d s supported by
ters, the Oric is aimed at the fastest- names can be of any length, but only Oric, but not by the Spectrum, include
growing sector of the micro market: the first two characters are recog- REPEAT . . . U N T I L , D E E K a n d
the sub £ 2 0 0 h o m e computer. nised. Great care must be taken w h e n D O K E , C A L L , D E F U S R , FRE, IF ...
The delivery difficulties that dogged choosing variable names as the O r i c is T H E N . . . ELSE, LOG, O N . . . G O T O /
both the BBC micro a n d the Sinclair fussy about what it will accept. G O S U B , S P C , T R O N and T R O F F .
Spectrum should have alerted O r i c to There are a few more that apply to
the pitfalls ahead. But the new com- Despite the fact that only the first
H I R E S m o d e only a n d are thus not
pany observed its rivals' mistakes, two characters are significant, re- strictly comparable.
then promptly repeated them. served words anywhere in the variable
As a result of this short-sightedness, title will stop execution of the prog- In addition to TEXT mode, there are
reviews have already appeared in ram. Unfortunately, there are a lot of three modes for graphics on the Oric:
some magazines that will have dis- reserved words, a n d the characters LORESO, L O R E S 1 a n d H I R E S .
suaded a large n u m b e r of prospective that make them u p occur in many For low-resolution graphics, TEXT
purchasers Trom buying. These re- descriptive names. You cannot have a m o de can be retained. O r you can
views have contained w r o n g informa- variable called ' S C O R E ' , for example, select either of the two L O R E S com-
tion and have failed to mention any of as that contains the Boolean operator mands.
the Oric's strong points. This is n o O R . T O crops up in 'TOTAL'. A n d it is
reflection o n the journalists involved all too easy to overlook combination s
- there is no way they could have including O N , A N D , IF. The m a n u a l
done a proper job with the material. is reticent on this subject. It warns
COLOUR SPLASH
against the use of ' P I G ' or 'PIPES' as Screen resolution is theoretically 28
they both contain PI, but then gives lines of 40 characters. But in most
' J O N I ' as an example. This contains cases the far left column c a n n o t be
A BASIC ASSET the reserved word O N a n d thus used as it contains the attribute con-
trolling the background colour for
doesn't work. This will prove irri-
First of all, let it be said that the tating. each row.
Oric-1 represents extremely good
value for money. It is a 16k colour and Colours can be set globally, using
The O r i c uses an extended version of Sinclair-style I N K and PAPER com-
sound machine, with Centronics prin- Microsoft Basic. Unlike the Sinclair
ter interface and R G B monitor socket dialect, this does not use 'tokenised' mands. They can also be set locally by
fitted as standard. The price? Under keywords. A l l these have to be entered P O K E i n g or PLOTting attributes o n t o
£100.
the screen. If colours are set globally,
in full. you should note that I N K and P A P E R
I suspect that most people will go for This Basic is an extremely good will change the whole screen instant-
the 48k version. At £170, it is slightly implementation, with features not ly, without a C L S c o m m a n d .
dearer than the 48k Spectrum. In- often f o u n d on more expensive com- W h e n P O K E i n g or PLOTting on
deed, it seems inevitable that the puters. As o n the Spectrum, com- screen, take care that codes are en-
Spectrum will be Oric's main rival. puted G O T O s a n d G O S U B s are sup- tered at a blank area of the screen.
In our review machines R O M chips ported. A line like G O T O A * 100 is Failure to do this will mean that any
were not fitted; instead, there were quite in order, assuming you have character already there is overwritten
two EPROMs. All references to given A a value earlier in the program. a n d replaced by a space. W h e n work-
'ROM' in this review should take this Structured programming purists will ing in LORESO , the alternate charac-
into account. be glad to see that you can G O T O or ters can be accessed by using P R I N T
Measuring 280 x 175 x 5 2 m m , the G O S U B a label. Define C O U N T as, C H R $ ( 9 ) a n d the standard set re-
Oric weighs in at 1.1kg. The keyboard say, 500 and you can quite happily gained with CHR$(8).
has 57 keys, described as possessing G O S U B C O U N T at any time. This
makes renumbering of a program con- I n H I R E S mode, the screen is di-
'tactile feedback'. They are a sort of
siderably easier. You simply change vided into pixels with a resolution of
halfway house between a full
the initial value assigned to the sub- 240 x 200. You are not limited in the
keyboard and the Spectrum 'dead
routine, rather than going through the n u m b e r of colours displayed, a n d the
flesh' keys. The keyboard is consider-
w h o l e program line by line. O r i c gives more flexibility than does
ably less cluttered than the Spec-
A word of warning to Sinclair users, the Spectrum in changing colours.
trum's, with a maximum of two func-
however. The O r i c requires you to hit Each attribute will work o n an area
tions per key. The cursor control keys
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ixel in depth. S o y o u can have 200
Rines of alternating colours d o w n the
screen.
The definition is generally veiy good,
with each colour sharp a n d distinct.
Characters can be plotted o n t o the
high-resolution screen using C H A R .
And there is provision for three lines
of text to be entered at the b o t t o m o f
the screen.
Drawing is simplicity itself. M o v e the
cursor to the relevant place with
CURSET followed by the pixel coor-
dinates and w h a t is described in the
manual as a n 'FB' n u m b e r. 'FB' stands
for foreground or b a c k g r o u n d , a n d
thus lines or points can be plotted or
erased.

Relative moves are h a n d l e d by CUR-

MOV, which has the same syntax.
CIRCLE draws w h a t s h o u l d be a
circle but appears to be a n ellipse.
Oric supports eight colours. The
advertisements rather misleadingly
claim 16 but this just means eight
foreground and eight b a c k g r o u n d .

USER'S FRIEND Top: the Oric-1 keyboard is less

There is only one level o f brightness.
Against this must b e set the tact that
the Oric is extremely flexible in deal-
ing with text formats. Characters can
be normal or d o u b l e size, flashing or
steady. A n d this is achieved with a
minimum o f fuss by using the C T R L
key.
It is easy to define your o w n charac-
ters, using either the standard o r the
alternative character s e t Characters
are unusual in that they are defined on
an 8 x 6 grid, w i t h the leftmost t w o
columns always being b l a n k .
For anyone used to the weedy
BEEPs produced by the Spectrum , the
Oric's sound facilities will c o m e as a
revelation. In a d d i t i on to the arcade-
style, preprogrammed noises such as
PING, S H O O T , Z A P a n d E X P L O D E ,
the Oric has three t o n e channels a n d a
noise channel. Y o u can m a n i p u l a t e
the latter to produce effects that are
limited only by your i m a g i n a t i o n .
With a range of six octaves, some
impressive music can be obtained.
Sound generation is controlled by
the M U S I C , S O U N D and P L A Y com-
mands. The output is defined with
MUSIC an d S O U N D and the en-
velope by PLAY. The envelope deter-
mines the 'shape' of the s o u n d , so you
can decide whether it starts sharply
like a guitar or s m o o t h ly as on a n
organ. There are seven shapes w h i c h
can achieve some s t u n n i n g effects.
The sound c o m m a n d s are relatively
complex but the results are well w o r t h
the time and experimentation.
Volume can be set in S O U N D a n d
MUSIC statements in the range 1 to
15. One thing you have to remember is
to include a P L A Y 0, 0, 0, 0 program
line - otherwise the last note played
will continue indefinitely.
Sound is definitely o n e o f the Oric's
strong points. It is not on a par with
the BBC machine. But it could well be
cluttered than the Spectrum.
Left: space-age profile and handy
tilt for typing. Above: RGB socket
and Centronics interface built in.
WHA T WILL IT COST?
O r i c 16k £99.95
O r i c 48k £169.95
Oric communications modern £79.00
O r i c microdrive n o t yet available
TECHNICALITIES
Processor: 6502A
RAM: 16k or 48k
ROM: 16k
Keyboard 57 key, tactile feedback
A S C I I , auto-repeat
Screen domestic TV, provision for
R G B colou r m o n i t o r
Disk microdrive, not yet available
Language Basic in R O M
a deciding factor if you are hesitating There are some glaring faults. In
between b u y i n g a n O r i c o r a Spec- each of the four m o d e l s I l o o k e d at,
trum. E P R O M s were installed instead of
To c o n c l u d e , the O r i c is a n extremely R O M s and the Basic c o n t a i n e d s o m e
good m a c h i n e a n d o n e that represents a n n o y i n g errors. I h a d assumed that
extraordinarily good v a l u e for m o n e y . these w o u l d be corrected before the
There is n o d o u b t that it will prove to m a c h i n e s were sent to customers. But
be a strong rival to the Spectrum in it appears that some Orics have been
w h a t is an extremely competitive sec- sold through t h e Spectrum ( n o rela-
tor of the market. t i o n ) retail c h a i n . Presumably O r i c
will replace these faulty m o d e l s -
That said, I t h i n k the Spectrum may
u n d e r the Sale of G o o d s Act, the
be a better m a c h i n e for a n absolute
customer is entitled to either a new
beginner. The graphics facilities are
m a c h i n e or m o n e y back.
easier to h a n d l e o n Sinclair's m a c h i n e
and the Spectrum m a n u a l , t h o u g h far W h e n the present bugs have been
from perfect, is more helpful t h a n dealt w i t h , and if O r i c rewrites its
Oric's. Sinclair's tokenised keywords m a n u a l to a higher standard, then the
are also probably easier for the be- Oric- 1 s h o u l d b e c o m e a best-selling
ginner. success. SM
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h e Lynx is enjoyable to use. It
can produce impressive
visual effects easily a n d has a
good range o f useful, if slow,
functions. It also has lots of
potential: as a good h o m e
computer, as a C A L m a c h i n e o r as a
small business micro .
If you b o u g h t o n e n o w , you w o u l d
find you c o u l d have a lot o f f u n w i t h it,
But the Lynx has h a d p r o d u c t i o n
problems. First, the m a c h i n e itself w a s
late. There is little software as yet. A n d
there are n o definite dates for o t h er
hardware to c o m e . Its popularity will
depend o n h o w fast manufacturer
C a m p u t e r s can p r o d u c e these, and o n
the Lynx offerings from the various
software houses.
The m a c h i n e reviewed here is the
standard 48k m o d e l . 92k, 128k and
192k versions are available a n d smal-
ler m a c h i n e s c a n be fully upgraded
internally. A n upgrade to either 128k
or 192k will increase the screen re-
solution from 248 x 256 to 248 x 512.
It will also give a n 80-column display.
The actual measurements of the
m a c h i n e are 34.5cm wide, 21.5cm
from front to back a n d 6.5cm at the
highest point .
W'hen
h y o u first switch o n , the Lynx
prints its logo, c o m p l e t e with a little
pawprint, at the t o p left It o f the screen.
U n d e r this comes tn« p r o m p t 'Ready!'
and a 'greater t h a n ' sign followed by a
flashing b l o c k cursor.
ill! rli
The Lynx: a proper keyboard
The display is quick to a p p e ar and
very crisp. Initial t u n i n g is very simple
and, once set, it rarely drifts off fre-
uency. The only problem is that the
3isplay is rather t o o sensitive to the
position o f the T V leads. Jerking this
or loosening it slightly - as can hap-
pen w h e n the T V gets k n o c k e d - can
cause the screen to waver. The colours
are very vivid a n d crisp a n d they d o n ' t
drift w h e n the m a c h i n e is t u n e d . Full
upper a n d lower case lettering is
provided directly from the keyboard.
Performance varies from T V to TV. I
f o u n d t h e Lynx w o u l d no t produce
colour at all o n a nine-year-old Fergu-
son (neither w o u l d the S p e c t r u m ), b u t
it worked well with a S o n y TVinitron
and even better w i t h a small Hitachi
portable. If in any d o u b t , d o consult
your dealer.
The Lynx provides eight colours,
i n c l u d i n g black an d white. These are
coded from 0, w h i c h is black, to 7,
w h i c h is white. Y o u can use the
colour's n a m e as well as its n u m b e r . I
f o u n d that ths improved program
readability.
P R O T E C T is a c o m m a n d w h i c h
gives some interesting visual effects.
The Lynx sends colou r signals as a
mixture o f three colours: rea, b l u e and
green. I f y o u type P R O T E C T R E D ,
everything i n red already o n the
screen c a n n o t b e cleared o r over-
printed. But a n y n e w characters o r
lines with a n element of red in their
colours will have the red removed.
Y o u can also protect subcolours like
magenta o r cyan, w h i c h means y o u
can print o n the screen in only one
colour. P R O T E C T 0 (black) returns
y o u to a three-colour mix again. Pro-
tecting white will stop anything from
being written on, or erased from, the
screen.
It can b e u n n e r v i n g if y o u forget that
a n y t h i n g already o n the screen in the
protected colou r c a n n o t be moved. It
looks as if the c o m p u t e r has crashed
(hard crash, I m e a n ) if y o u have listed
a program and then run it w i t h a
P R O T E C T statement before a C L S
statement.
C o l o u r m i x i n e is possible using a
find chequered graphics character
( C H R $ ( 2 4 2 ) ) as it is on the Spectrum .
Y o u can d o this only in squares, but
the crispness o f c o l o u r m a k es it very
striking.
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acters. The Lynx character matrix is 6

x 10, w h i c h is u n u s u a l . It leads to
rather elongated lettering b u t is n o t
unattractive.
The Lynx's screen resolution - 256 x
248 - allow s some impressive d r a w i n
effects. D O T , D R A W , M O V E an
P L O T are the relevant c o m m a n d s .
D O T puts a dot o n the screen at the
specified coordinates. D R A W puts a
line o n the screen from the last point
plotted, or the last position of the
graphic cursor, to the point specified.
M O V E simply moves the invisible
graphic cursor to where y o u tell it to
go. P L O T is rather unnecessary: it has
five m o d e s c o m b i n i n g all the other
graphic c o m m a n d s a l o n g w i t h a rela-
tive m o v e and draw. In other words,
the coordinates represent the a m o u n t
by w h i c h the cursor moves, n o t the
position at w h i c h it ends up.
Line d r a w i n g is crisp, clear and fast.
Lines c a n be p u t on the screen at quite
steep diagonals w i t h o u t a n ugly 'step-

WHA T WILL IT COST?

ping' effect. M y big reservation about
Lynx graphics is that there is n o easy
way to fill a shape. The only way I
could find to d o this was by plotting 48k Lynx £225 inc VAT
i n d i v i d u a l dots, w h i c h is slow a n d £299 inc VAT
96k Lynx
inaccurate. It m a y no t have been
possible, but a P A I N T or F I L L com- 128k Lynx £345 inc VAT
m a n d w o u l d have m a d e a good re- £ 3 9 5 inc VAT
192k Lynx
placement for PLOT.
Smaller m a c h i n e upgrades will work o u t at
Pixels are individually colou r defin- approximately the same overall price.
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RS232 lead n ot available
Printer £60 approx
O n e interesting idea is the use of
P R I N T @ a n d W I N D O W . B o t h use Light pen no t yet available
c o l u m n s t w o pixels wide. P R I N T @ CP/M n o t yet available
uses rows to the highest resolution o f
248 to put letters exactly where you-
w a n t them on the screen. S o y o u can
m i x text an d graphics tidily. W I N -
TECHNICALITIES
D O W specifies the size o f the text CPU: 4mHzZ80A
area. Y o u specify the first a n d the last 48k (16k graphics, 16k user)
c o l u m n +1, a n d the first a n d last row RAM:
SPECIAL expandable to 192k total
REVIEW +1, to change the part of the screen on
w h i c h y o u w a n t to print. ROM: 16k

38 S o m e fascinating things can be

achieved here by using W I N D O W in
c o n j u n c t i o n with P R O T E C T . Again, I
have o n e reservation: a quick norma-
lising c o m m a n d w o u l d h a v e been
h a n d y to reset the w i n d o w to its
default. As it is, y o u h a v e to remember
the coordinates o f the n o r m a l text
w i n d o w a n d use those n u m b e r s to put
things back to normal.
The V D U is another Lynx oddity.
This uses C H R $ ( A S C I I ) codes 0 to 31
to perform cursor m o v e m e n t s and
other graphics c o m m a n d s . It is also
used for the power-up beeping noise.
Y o u can use P R I N T C H R S to d o the
same thing , so the V D U is rather
unnecessary. It is, however, quicker to
enter t h a n P R I N T C H R S .
Three of the facilities here are really
striking. The first is V D U 12 - over-
write. This is like the Spectrum's
O V E R c o m m a n d a n d is turned off by
inputting V D U 20. Secondly, there's
I / O ports: expansion bus, cassette, RS232,
R G B , composite video
single o r twin, S S / D D , 250k/driv e
Disks:
Languages: Basic; Pascal a n d Forth to c o m e
V D U 24 - double-height characters wavelength, n u m b e r o f cycles and
(turned off by V D U 25). Y o u can v o l u m e . V o l u m e is specifiable from 0
obtain striking effects by m i x i n g to 63, and wavelength and n u m b e r of
icie- and
single- a n a double-height
aouDie-neigni text.
lexi. Lastly,
uisuy, cycles from 0 to 65535. The wide
parameters m a k e for a n impressive
a n d more subtly, you can employ
superscript a n d subscript o n text. This range o f sounds .
S O U N D is a m a c h i n e code-based
simply m e a ns m o v i nlethe
g the cursor u p or
c o m m a n d . Y o u can P p K E several
d o w n to give a n overlapping effect.
consecutive addresses with appropri-
The other V D U codes are for such
things as carriage return, colou r ate values, type in S O U N D and the
first o f these addresses. The computer
change, line feeds a n d backspace. I'll
m a k e a huge criticism here: the screen will read t h e m a n d convert the values
to sounds, stopping w h e n it reaches a
does no t scroll.
value o f 0. This could conceivably be
S o u n d is based o n a digital/analogue used to synthesise speech.
conversion principle a n d is used with
two commands: BEEP and S O U N D . Y o u can incorporate m a c h i n e code
B E E P is followed by three figures into Basic programs by prefixing each
b r o k e n u p by c o m m a s . They stand for line w i t h C O D E . I N P and O U T read
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or send data f r o m / t o specified Z 8 0
parts.
A m a c h i n e code m o n i t o r c a n be
accessed from Basic by typing M O N ;
it is exited by typing 'J'. This includes a
breakpoint facility as a debugging aid.
O n the subject o f Lynx Basic, I've got
n o choice b u t to express stern reserva-
tions. S o m e o f t h e effects w h i c h c a n
be obtained w i t h ease are really strik-
ing, b u t the overall structure is n o t i n
keeping w i t h the reasoning b e h i n d it.
A t first sight it looks fantastic from a
p r o g r a m m i n g view, but using it for a
w h i l e reveals serious disadvantages.
D a v i d Jansons, w h o designed Lynx
Basic, has had a lot of experience of
Microsoft and TRS-80 Basic, i d o n ' t
like them,' h e said. H i s aim in putting
together a highly non-standara Basic
was to m a k e it 'as structured as possi-
ble'. Considerin g h e put the original
interpreter together i n little over four The Lynx's casing is neat and stylish
m o n t h s , it's quite a n achievement. B u t
it has been regularly a m e n d e d since a flow trace b u t also by a c o m m a n d have to switch the m a c h i n e off. A little
the m a c h i n e was a n n o u n c e d in S P E E D . The latter sets the rate o f thought here w o u l d h a v e m a d e all the
September. program execution, so you can slow difference.
It includes some very o d d qualities d o w n the program lines to see exactly C a m p u t e r s has m a d e dealer agree-
indeed, the reasoning b e h i n d w h i c h what's going o n . Editin g is fairly ments w i t h Spectrum C o m p u t e r Cen-
seems a little strange. First a n d fore- simple. tres a n d w i t h Lasky's. N o plans for
most, it w o n ' t a l l o w multi-statement Lynx Basic has several omissions more dealers are in the air as C a m p u -
lines. The next o d d i t y lies in the w h i c h a p p e a r to have been replaced ters does n o t w a n t stock-flow prob-
number of loops a n d conditionals by unnecessary trimmings. It repeats lems. It plans to h a v e produced
provided. U n u s u a l facilities include, itself a n d thu s leaves o u t m o r e impor- 40,000 Lynxes by the end of this year.
most notably, t h e ability to change the tant things. The lack o f a reset key A 12-month warranty is tacked o n t o
cursor character and the rate at w h i c h m a k e s it possible to get into a terminal the package, b u t this excludes labour.
it flashes. crash very easily - for instance, if y o u Servicing after that will be carried o u t
get stuck in a n i n p u t l o o p y o u c a n n o t by subcontractors a n d by 'one of the
use E S C a p e to get o u t o f it an d y o u retailers'. MB
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B.B.C. M I C R O Tanks Salamander 628110 £24.95

C o m p e n i c e s & Statements Gemim 63B115 £19.95
H o m e Accounts 4 BuiXie" Gemini 638116 £19 95
Decision Maker Gemim 63BI17 £5.95
Mem Regd Soppi>er Code No Price £19.95
Stock Control System Gemini 638118
S p a c e Pirates 16K Bug Byte 02B001 £8.00 Selective Mailing List Gemim 63B119 £1995
Space Warp 32K Buy Byte 02B002 £9.00 Commercial Accounting Gemim 638120 £1995
Got 32K Bug Byte 02B003 £5.50 B B C Word Processing 32K A or I3 Gemini 63B121 £1995
Dragon Q u e s t 1 I6K Bug Byte 02B004 £11.50 BeeDcalc Gemini 63B122 £19.95
Fruit Machine B Bug Byte 03B006 £5.50 Moonraider B / A 32K Micrcpower NEW £7.99
B B.C. Airlift B Bug Byte 028007 £5.50 Galactic C o m m a n d e r B/A Micropower NEW £7.99
32K
Polaris 32K Bug Byte 028008 £5.50 S p a c e m a z e B/A NEW £ 6 85
32K Micrcoower
B B C Chess 32K Bug Byte 02B009 £8.00 M a z e Invaders B/A
32K Micrcpowe* NEW £5.70
B B C Backgammon A/B Bug Byte 02B010 £ 8 00 Startrek A or B
Micrcpower NEW £5.70
B B C Multifile 16K Buy Byte 02B011 £15.00 Killer Gontla B/A
32K Micropower NEW £7.99
£5.50 Croaker B/A
B B C Micro Derby A/B Bug Byte 029012 32K Micropower NEW £ 7 99
Barrage B/A
S w o o p B/A 32K Micropower 24B029 £7.99 32K Micropower NEW £7.99
Alien Destroyers 32K Micropcrwer 248030 £7.99 32K Micropower NEW £7.99
Labynnths of LaCoshe B/A
Galactic C o m m a n d e r 32K Micropower 24B031 £7.99 32K Micropower NEW £6 85
P a l t e r B/A
Timetrek 32K Mlcropowor 24B032 £7.99 C a v e m a n Adventure AorB Micropower NEW £6 85
Laser C o m m a n d B/A 32K Micropower 24B033 £7.99 32K Micrcpower NEW £5.70
Yarnzee B/A
Astro Navigator B/A 32K Micropower 248034 £5.70 Micropower NEW £5.70
Wall B/A 32K
C h e s s B/A 32K Micropower 24B035 £7.99 AorB Micropower NEW £4.55
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Footer B/A 32K Micropower 24B036 £7.99 Music Processor B/A 32K Quick silva NEW £14 95
Adventure Micropower 24B037 £7.99 32K Acomsoft NEW £ 9 95
A l g e b r a * Manipulation B/A
Cowboy Shootout 32K Micropower 248038 £ 6 85 Arcade Action B/A 32K Acomsoft NEW £11.65
kfcjnchyman Micropower 24B039 £6.85 Acomsoft NEW £9.95
C u b e Master B/A 32K
Seek M«crcpower 24B040 £8.85 32K Acomsoft NEW £1685
Forth B/A
Eldorado Gold B/A 32K M<ropoweT 24B041 £6.85 Acomsoft NEW £11.90
Word Hunt B/A 32K
RoutetteB/A 32K Micropower 248042 £5.70 32K Acomsofi NEW £ 9 95
Sphinx Adventure B ' A
Reversi 2 B/A 32K Micropower 24B043 £5.70 P e e k o Computer B/A 32K Acomsoft NEW £9.95
Filer Micropower 24B044 £10.30 32K Acomsofi NEW £9.95
Rocket R a i d B/A
Micro Budget Moopowor 248045 £7.99 32K Acomsofi NEW £9.95
Meteors B/A
Constellation B/A 32K Micropower 24B046 £8.85 32K Acomsofi NEW £11.90
Missing Signs B/A
Disassembler Micropower 24B047 £8.85 32K Acomsofi NEW £11.90
Number Balance B/A
World Geography 3*K Micropower 24B048 £8.85 Sentence Sequencing B/A 32K Acomsofi NEW £11.90
Where B/A 32K Micropower 24B049 £6.85 32K Acomsoft NEW £9.95
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Junior Maths Pack 32K Micropower 248050 £6.85 Super Invaders B/A 32K Acomsofi NEW £ 9 95
Startrek/Candyfloss AorB I J K Software 33B001 £6.50 Painting B/A 32K BBC Soft NEW £10.00
6 Games AorB I.J K Software 338002 £4.50 32K BBC Sofl NEW £10.00
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Mutant Inv'Breakout AorB I.J K Software 338003 £6.50 Music B/A 32K BBC Soft NEW £10.00
Beep Beeb B or A 32K U K Software 338004 £4.50 Beebmon AorB Micropower NEW £10.30
Beebmunch B or A 32K I.J K Software 338005 £6.50 AorB Micropower NEW £10.30
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Super H a n g m a n B or A 32K U K Software 33B006 £4.50 Chemistry A or 8 Micropower NEW £ 6 85
3 D M a z e B or A 32K U K Software 33B007 £4.50 World Geography AorB Micropower NEW £5.95
Invaders A 1 J.K Software 338006 £5.50 Physics AorP Micropower NEW £6.85
Invaders B or A 32K 1 J.K Software 338009 £7.50

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Wordpro B or A 32K 1 J.K Software 338010 £10.50
Atlantis/Scramble 32K 1 J.K Software 338011 £7.50
Flags 32K 1 J.K Softwaro 338012 £4.50
Hyperdrive 32K 1 J.K Software 338013 £6.50
Strata Bomber 32K 1 J.K Software 338014 £7.50
A/B Acomsofi 538051 £9.95 Monopole Rabbit 13K002 £9.99
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Arcadians B Acomsoft 538052 £9.95 Grave Ftobbers Rabbit '3K003 £9 99
S w i n g Block Puzzles B Acomsofi 538053 £9.95 Sprite Editor/Graphic Generator Rabbit 13K004 £9 99
B Acornsoft 538054 £9.95 Adventure P a c * 1 Rabbit 13K00S £ 9 99
A/B Acomsofi 538055 £9.95 Attack on Mutant C a m e l s llamason 52K006 £8.50
C u b e Master B Acomsofi 538056 £9.95 Rox 64 Llamasoft 52K007 £4.95
Tree ot Knowledge B Acomsofi 538057 £9.95 Gndrunner Llarnasoft 52K006 £8.50
A/B Acomsofi 538058 £16.85 Colonels H o u s e Rabtxt 13K009 £9 99
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City Defence Bug Byte 028059 £7.50 Grand Master C h e s s Audiogenic 16K012 £17.95
Bug Byte 028060 £7.50 Renaissance Audiogenic 16K013 £8.95
Space invaders
028061 £7.50 Motor Mania Audiogenic 16K014 £8.95
Galaxy Wars Buy Byte
C o m p Concept 60B073 £7.80 Super SkramWe Terminal NEW £9.96
Asteroid B e n
S p a c e Hawks C c m p Concept 60B074 £7.80 Star Trek interceptor NEW £7.00
6IB075 £10.30 P a n e 64 interceptor NEW £7.00
Golden Baton Digit Fantasia
Digit Fantasia 6« B0 76 £10.30 Frogger64 interceptor NEW £7 00
Time Machine
Digit. Fantasia 61B0 77 £10.30 Centrcpods Rabb.1 NEW £5 99
Arrow Death 1
Arrow Death 2 Digit Fantasia 61B078 £10.30 Pakacuda RaWni NEW £5.99
32K 618079 £10.30 EscapcMCP Rabbit NEW £5 99
Pu»ar 7 Digit. Fantasia
Orcus 32K Digit Fantasia 618080 £10.30 Cydons Rabbit NEW £5 99
Feasibility Experiment Digrt Fantasia 618081 £10.30 Lunar Lander Channels NEW £9 95
Frogaer 338088 £7.50 Superlont English Soft NEW £8 95
Croaker Micropower 248108 £7.99 Spntemafcer English Soft NEW £6 95
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DRAGON 32 G2 Games 2
G3: G a m e s 3
G4 Games 4
KX
KX
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27D009
27D0I0
27D0II
£495
£4.95
£4.95
Supplier Code No Price G5: G a m e s 5 48K KX 27D0t2 £4.95
Pastimes l •CL 27D0I3 £4.95
Ghost Attack (carii Dragon Data 17C007 £24.95
Cave Hunter (cart) Dragon Data 17C008 £24.95 Pastimes 2 KX 27D014 £4.95
Starstop Chameleon lean) Dragon Data 17C009 £24.95 Space Flaiders Psion 27D0t5 £4.95
Chess (cart) Dragon Data 17C011 £2495 Planetoids F*Sion 27D0I6 £495
Dragon Selecfcon O n e
Dragon Seiecton Two
Dragon Data
Dragon Data
17C012
17C013
£7.95
£7.95
Hungry Horace ia. 27D0t 7 £5.95
Personal Finance Biorhylhms ICL 27D018 £6.95
Dragon Data t7C0l6 £7.95
GrapfK Animator History t ICL 27D019 £6.95
Dragon Data t7C017 £7 95
Comjxita Voice Dragon Data 17C018 £7.95 Geography t ICL 27D020 £6.95
Dragon Data 17C022 £7 95 Inventions 1 ICL 27D021 £6.95
fe,uw Micrcdeal 21C028 £8.00 Muse 1 ICL 27D022 £6.95
Defense Microoeal 21C029 £8.00 English Litorature KX 27D023 £8.95
Dramn Invaders Microdeai 2IC030 £8.00 48K Microgen 060024 £7.95
Escape MicroCeal 2IC03I £8.00
Chess
48 K
MansKxi Adventure Microdeai 2tC032 £8.00 Flight Simulation Psion 28D025 £7.95
Jenjsafem Adventure Microdeai 21C033 £8.00 VU-CALC Psion 28D026 £895
Wftamsbu'g Adventure Microdeai 21C034 £800 VU-FILE Psion 28D027 £8.95
Ultimate Adventure Microueai 21C035 £8.00 VO-3D Psion 28D028 £995
Phantom Slayer Microdeai 21 CO36 £8.00 Imagine 05D029 £5.50
P-atet Invasion Acadui
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4 Games Pac* t MicraSeal 2IC038 £8.00
4 Games Pack 2 Micrcrieal 21C039 £8 00 Master C h e s s Micro G e n 06D031 £6 95
4 Games Pack 3 Microdeai 2IC040 £8.00 Sorcercers Castle M o o Gen 060032 £5.50
Racer Bali Microdeai 21C041 £8.00 Cosmic Raiders Micro Gen 06D033 £5.95
Scarfman Microdeai 2IC042 £8 00 070034
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Microdeai 21C043 £8.00 Spectral Invaders Bug Byle 020037 £5.00
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Spedres
Microdeai 21C045 C8.00
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S p a c e intruders
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7 inventions t CL 27E140 £6.95

E8 Spelling 1 CL 27E141 £6.95

G i t Chess Psion 28E142 £6.95

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G 9 Bwrtiythrns S-xlair 20E143 £6.95
Vic Forth (carl) Adda 01V001 £38.95
B3 V U - C L A C Sinclair 20E144 £7.95
Vic Stat (cart) Adda 01V002 £ 2 8 95
B4 V U - F H E Sinclair 20E145 £7.95 01V003
Vic G r a p h (cart) Adda £ 2 8 95
B1 Collectors Sinclair 20E146 £9 95 Facemaker 16K ASK 14V004 £ 8 95
B 2 C l u b Records Sinclair 20E147 £9.95 Twister 16K ASK 14V005 £8.95

O S Scramble 16K Oncksilva 12E148 £3.95 Number C h a s e ' 8K ASK 14V006 £8.95
W e Want to Count 16K ASK 14V007 £8.95
O S Invaders 16K QutKsilva 12E149 £3.95
Frogger 3K Rabbit 13V006 £9.99
O S Asteroids 16K Owcksilva 12E150 £3 95
S p a c e Storm Rabbit 13V0I0 £6.99
O S Defenda 16K OiKfsilva 12E151 £3 95 ASK 14V012
R a i n b o w Towers £895
Mazogs 16K Bug Byte 02E175 £10.00 N u m b e r Gulper ASK I4V0I3 £8.95
Invaders 16K BugByie 02E176 £4.00 Super W o r m Rabbit I3V014 £4.99

Adventure B u g Byte 02E177 £8.00 Night Ftighl 3K Rabbit 13V015 £499

Rabbit Wnter 16K Rabbit 13V016 £1999
Z X A S Assembler Bug Byte 02E178 £5.00
Rabbit B a s e 16K Rabbn 13V019 £14.99
ZXTKT00*i1 Bug Byte 02E179 £6.00
H o m e Office 8K Navaio 18V020 £12.95
Z X D B D/smOler & Debugger BugByie 02E180 £6.50
Creative 19V021 £14.95
Decision Makor
Damsel and the Beast BugByie 02E18I £6.50 '.oan Analyser Creative 19V022 £14.95
Dictator BugByie 02E182 £9.00 Car Costs Creative 19V023 £14.95

Star Trek BugByie 02E183 £5.00 H o m e inventory Creative 19V024 £1495

02E184 Household Finance Creative 19V025 £14.95

Constellation Bug Byte £8.00
Forth (cart) Audiogenic I6V026 £2495
Multifile 16K BugByie 02E185 £17.50
Monitor (cart) Audiogenic I6V027 £ 1 9 95
Awan Sinclair 20E186 £6.95
Bonzo BK Audiogenic 16V028 £7.95
G a m e s Pac* t Sinclair 20E187 £4.75 16K AuOogenic 16V029 £12.95
T c n b of Drewan
Games Pac* 2 S«xlair 20E188 £4.75 Trashman ( c a m Audogenic 16V030 £19.95

Asteroids Sinclair 20E189 £4.95 Pit 3K Audogenic 16V031 £7.95

Sinclair 20E190 £4 95 Astro Blitz (cart) Audiogenic 16V032 £1995

Centipede
Boss 8K Audiogenic 16V033 £14.95
Defender Sinclair 20E19I £495
Tank Attack (cart) Audiogenic 16V034 £19.95
Outworld (cart)
S p a c e invaders Sinclair 20E192 £4.95
Audiogenic 16V035 £19.95
G a m e s i 10 G a m e s Blockade Audiogenic 16V036 £6.95
G a m e s 2 Starfighter IK JKGreye 32E001 £3.95 Amok Audiogenic I6V037 £6.95

Artist IK JKGreye 32E002 £3.95 Vicalc Audiogenic 16V038 £8 95

Alien Blitz Audogenic 16V039 £7.95
G a m e s 3 CatacomOs 16K JKGreye 32E003 £4.95
Sky Math Audiogenic 16V040 £6.95
G a m e s 4 3 0 Monster M a z e 16K JKGreye 32E004 £4.95
S p a c e Division 3K Audiogenic 16V041 £695
G a m e s S 3 0 Defender 16K JKGreye 32E005 £4.95
3K Audiogenic 16V042 £7.95
The Alien
Football Manager 16K Addictive 50E193 £5.95 3K Audiogenic 16V043 £8.95
V.cat
Gobbteman 16K Artie 25E194 £3.95 H a n g m a n / H a n g Math Audiogenic 16V044 £7.95
Namtir Raiders 16K Artie 25E195 £3.95 Math Hurdler/Monster M a z e Audiogenic I6V045 £ 7 95

25Et96 S e a W o f ' B o u n c e Out/Vic Audiogenic 16V046 £8.95

Galaxy Warrior.'Startrefc 16K Arte £6.50
C o d e Maker/Code Breaker Audiogenic 16V047 £ 7 95
Invasion Force 16K Art« 25E197 £3.95
Kosrmc Kamikaze 3or8K Audiogenic 16V048 £7.95
Assemoier 16K Artie 25E198 £9.95
Audiogenic 16V049 £7.95
Mmikit
C h e s s 11 Artie 25E199 £9.95 Audiogenic 16V050 £7.95
Golf
Chess tK Artie 25E200 £2.95 Spiders ol M a r s (cart) Audiogenic 16V051 £19.95

Kraku Arte 25C201 £9.95 Cloudburst (cart) Audiogenic 16V052 £19.95

Artie 25E206 £3.95 R e n a i s s a n c e icarti Audiogenic 16V053 £19.95

Galax ians
Satellites a n d Meteorrtes (carl) Audiogenic 16V054 £19.95
Games IK Artie 25E207 £6.00
Meieor R u n icarti Audiogenic 16V055 £1995
Sword of P e a c e Artie 25E208 £6.50
Magnificent Seven 3K Audiogenic 16V056 £ 4 95
Toolkit Aroc 25E209 £5.95 Audiogenic 16V0S7 £48.95
Mikro Assembler (cart)
Forth Arte 25E210 £14.95 Wacky Waiters Imagine 05V149 £5.50
Bug Artie 25E211 £7.00 Catcha Snatcha Imagine 05V150 £5.50
Assembler Bug Byle 02E212 £5.00 Arcadia imagine 05V151 £5.50
02E2I3 Castiemath 16K Audiogenic 16V058 £895
invaders BugByie £4.00
Arcadia imagine 05V059 £5.50
Adventure BugByie 02E2I4 £8.00
Martian Raider Romik 10V072 £ 9 99
Mazogs BugByie 02E215 £10.00
Rem* 10V073 £ 9 99
Mind Twisters
Pilot Hewson 70E216 £5.95 Shark Attack Romik 10V074 £ 9 99
Puckman Hewson 70E217 £5.95 Multisound Synthesizer Romfc 10V075 £9.99
Games Mtaogen 06E218 £3.95 Sea Invasion Rome I0V076 £ 9 99
Space Attack Romik 10V077 £9.99
Scramble Microgen 06E219 £3.95
Chess 16K Bug Byte 02V078 £7.00
Frogs Microgen 06E220 £3.95
Asteroids Bug Byte 02V079 £7.00
Pamtmaze Microgen 06E221 £3 95 02V080
Another Vic in the Wa» Bug Byte £7.00
Asteroids Microgen 06E222 £3 95 Panic 8ug Byle 02V081 £7.00
Tempest Microgen 06E223 £3.95 Cosmiads BugByie 02V082 £ 7 00
1K Microgen 06E224 £3 95 Backgammon 3K Bug8yie 02V083 £ 7 00
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Debug Mcrogen 06E225 £3.95
Blitz Commodore 04V103 £4.99
Asteroids Ouic*srfva 12E226* £3.95
Hcppn Commodore 04V104 £499
Croaka Crawia Quickstfva 12E227 £3.95
Race Commodore 04V105 £4.99
Munchees Quickstlva 12E228 £3.95 Strategic Advance 16K Commodore 04V106 £ 4 99
Trader Ouicksilva 12E229 £9.95 Simpiicalc 16K Commodore 04V107 £1995

Starquest Qmcksjtva 12E230 £3.95 Vic Stock Control BK Commodore 04V108 £19.95
Vic Writer BK Commodore 04V109 £19.95
Super Nine Qu<*silva 12E231 £9 99
English Language BK Commodore 04V110 £ 9 99
Databas e Management System Gemmi 63E232 £7.95
Maths 1 BK Corrvnodore 04V111 £ 9 99
Decision Maker Gemmi 63E233 £5.95
BK Ccmmodore 04V112
Maths 2 £ 9 99
Monster Mine G e m Software NEW £4.95 Biology BK Commodore 04VI13 £ 9 99
Space Mission G e m Software NEW £4.95 Chemistry 8K Commodore 04V!14 £ 9 99

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Know your child's l . Q 8K Commodore 04V121 £9.99
Know your own personality BK Commodore 04V122 £9.99
Robert Camer Menu Planner 8K Commodore 04V123 £9.99
Vic Mc^ey Manager 8K Commodore 04VI24 £ 9 99
V k R o m User & Highway C o d e 8K Commodore 04V125 £9.99 MemReqd Suppl<er Code N o Price
B B C Mastermind 8K Commodore 04VI26 £9.99
Bug Oft 34 GO52 £21.99
Type4Ti*w Ccmmodore 04V13S £4.99
The Ehminator 32K Adventure Intni 34G053 £17.99
Programmers Aid Cart Commodore 04V'36 £34.96
Preppe 16K Adventure Intni 34G054 £21.99
Machine Code Mcnitor Cartridge Commodore 04VI38 £34.95
S e a Dragon 16K Adventure Intnl 34G055 £25.49
Missile P a r e Titan 22V141 £8.00
Stratos 16K Adverftjre Intnl 34G056 £25.49
RoadRunner Titan 22V142 £5.00
Tutti Frutti 16K Adventure Intnl 34G057 £17.99
Android Attach Titan 22V143 £5.00
Temple of Asphai 32K Automated Simu»s 35G058 £29.75
tscr
Titan 22V144 £5.00
Upper R e a c h e s of Asphai 32K Automated Simuis 35G0S9 £14.75
Titan 22V145 £5.00
Invasion O n o n 24 K Automated Simuis 35G060 £18.50
Mawai Attack Titan 22V146 £5.00
Space Wars'Battte Zone Titan HeflhreWarnor 32K Automated Simuis 35G061 £29.75
22V147 £5.00
Space Fortress The Keys of Acheron 32K Aulcmated Simuis 35G062 £14.75
Rcmik 10V13S £9.99
Space Attack Danger in Dnnd>st> 32K Automated Simuis 35G064 £14.75
Romik 10V136 £9.99
innovative t Datestones of R y n 32K Automated Simuis 35G065 £14.75
Melbourne H 65V149 £5.95
innovate 2 Melbourne H R e s c u e at Rigel 32K Automated SimuW 35G067 £22.00
65V150 £5.95
Vnovabve 3 StarWamor 32K Automated Simuis 35G068 £29.75
Melbourne 65V15I £5.95
Wbara & Pnncess Crush. Crumble & C h c m p 32K Automated Simuis 35G069 £22.00
Melbourne H 65V152 £5.95
Tomato Ricochet 16K Automated Simuis 35G070 £14.75
Quicksilva 12V153 £5.96
Monster M a z e Automated Simuis 35G072 £29.75
Quichsilva 12V154 £7.95
Platter M a m a Automated Simul 35G073 £29.75
P u d Power Qmcksilva 12V1S5 £7.95
Alien Garden Automated Simuis 35G074 £29.75
Trader Quicksilva 12V156 £14.95
Action Q u e s t 16K J V Software 36G075 £22.00
SuDspa:e Sinker Quicksilva 12V157 7.95
Ghost Encounters 16K J V Software 36G076 £22.00
Slanjjest QuicKsilva 12V158 £7.95
Journey to the Planets 32K J V Software 36G077 £22.00
Moons otAjpiter Rom* 10V159 £9.99
Grand Master Chess God 16K Roklan Corp 37G078" £33.25
8K Audiogenic 16V160 £17.95
ChopMter (tart) Wizard of Wor 16K Roklan Corp 37G079- £33.25
Audiogenic 16V161 £24.95
Apple Pane (cart) Battle of Shitoh 48K Strategic Simuis 38G080 £31.00
Audiogenic 16V162 £24.95
Serpentine (cart) Tigers m the S n o w 40K Strategic S«nuls 38G081 £31.00
Audiogenic 16V163 £24.95
Mangrove Firebird 4K Gebelli Software 39G082" £29.50
Audiogenic 16V164 £7.95
Country Garden Embargo 8K Gebeiii Software 39G083- £33.00
BK Audiogenic 16V165 £7.95
Guardian of the G o m 32K In-Hcme Software 40G084 £22.00
8K Audiogenic 16V166 £7.95
24 K In-Home Software 40G085 £22.00
RaKwtCH Rabbit 13V167 £1999 Sentinel 1
Pool 400 16K Innovative Design 41G086- £29.50
Acductcr Llamasoft 52V168 £6.00
Btckreig ChooWter 16K Brode»bund 42G087- £29 95
Llama s o " 52V169 £4.95
Gndrurmer Stellar Shuttle 32K Brodertxjnd 42G088 £23.55
Llamasoft 52V170 £6.00
Andres Atiac* Moon Shuttle 16K Datasoft Inc 43G069 £31.40
Llama s o t 52V171 £8.00
Zaxxon 16K Datasoft Inc 43G090 £31.40
Database Management System Gemini 63V172 £19.50
bwoioes & Statements Gemmi Astro C h a s e 32K First Star Software 44G091 £22 00
63V173 £19.95
Venus Voyager 16K Engfcsh Software Co 45G092 £19.95
Home Accounts & Budget Gemini 63V174 £19.95
Decis*xi Ma-er Gem.ni £ 5 95 BaiaBugg.es 16K Gamestar 46G093 £22 00
63V175
Stock Control System Claim Jumper 16K Synapse Software 47G094 £27.50
Gemmi 63V176 £1995
Selective Mailing List Claim Jumper 16K Synapse Software 47G095" £29.95
Gemini 63V177 £19.95
Commercial Accounting Shamus 16K Synapse Software 47Q096 £27.50
Gemini 63V178 £19.95
Critters Shamus 16K Synapse Software 47G097- £29.95
Rabbit NEW £5.99
Anti Matter Splatter Picnic Paranoia t6K Synapse Software 47G098 £27.50
Rabbit NEW £5.99
Skramde Picnic Paranoia 16K Synapse Software 47G099" £29.95
Rabbit NEW £5.99
English invaders Necromancer 16K Synapse Software 47G100 £27.50
Rabbit NEW £5.99
Pakacxida Necromancer 16K Synapse Software 47G101" £29 95
Rabbit NEW £5.99
Escape MCP Survivor 16K Synapse Software 47G102 £27 50
Rabbit NEW £5.99
Cyclons Survivor 16K Synapse Software 47G103" £29 95
Rabbit NEW £5.99
TheCa-ch S h a m u s II 16K Synapse Software 47G104 £27.50
Rabbrt NEW £5.99
Paratroopers S h a m u s II 16K Synapse Software 47G105' £29 95
Rabbit NEW £5.99
Vupkxie Stargate Courier 16K Syncor 48GI06' £27.50
Abrasco NEW £8.50

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Andrei Attack l a s e r Ants 16K Syncro 48GI07 £18.50
Snaicher Abrasco NEW £9.50
Laser Ants 16K Syncro 48G108" £28.75
Hunter Abrasco NEW £7.50
Astron IX 16K Syncro 48 G 1 0 9 £18.50
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Triad Sumlock NEW £7.95
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Sumlock NEW £ 7 95
ASWF-ghters Sumlock NEW £695 When we send your software order, you'll lind a
CN*ce- Sumlock NEW £6.95 return address label and a list erf the buy-back pnees lor
Destrcver Sumlock NEW £ 7 95 each item ordered
Guntaht Sumlock NEW £6.95 Remember, we are pleged to buy back your
Space Rescue Sumlock NEW £ 6 95
Space BcmOer & Man on the R u n Sumlock NEW £6.95
software against a new purchase ot equivalent or
PuaiePack Sumlock NEW £6.95 greater catalogue value, provided you purchase it from
Starsfcip Escape Sumlock NEW £9.95 us And you get a full month to decide whether to keep
Data Pac* Sumlock NEW £895 your software or benefit from the buy-back option
Scorp.cn Sumlock NEW £7.95 Of course, if you wish to return two or more software items against the purchase
MulWron Sumlock NEW £7.95 of a more expensive item then provided that their initial purchase price does not
AtfteOcus Sumlock NEW £ 5 95 exceed that of the new program you want we'll be happy to help
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A guide to some books to help you t h r o u g h the micro m a z e
TURN OVER A NEW LEAF
WHAT TO READ IN
MICROCOMPUTING, A
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BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH
ANNOTATION
BY C S A I A P T AND A V
STOKES, PUBLISHED
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This is an a d m i r a b le a t t e m p t
to help more m i c r o users
decide w h a t b o o k s suit
them best.
The bibliography lists
more than 400 books,
dividing t h e m into four
main categories:
background, languages,
specific micros, a n d
hardware a n d software. It
also lists them by publisher,
by author, a n d by title a n d
comments on w h o w o u l d
find them useful.
It provides a good
guideline as to w h a t is n o w
available - there are, for
instance, 26 titles beginnin g
'Basic...'
At £9.50 it is quite costly.
But it does put the m i c r o
book market i n t o
perspective, and m a y save
its price. Cyndy Miles
LEGAL CARE FOR YOUR
SOFTWARE
BYDANIEL RIMER,
PUBLISHED BY
ADDISON WESLEY A S A
247-PAGE PAPERBACK
ATCll.tS
Now that you have turned
your brainwave into a
software product that is
bound to be the ultimate
money-spinner, h o w d o you
know that you are no t going
to be ripped off?
To be honest, you don't. At
any time prior to, d u r i ng
and after your product hits
the streets, every shark
around will be nosing about
after a fast buck.
Legal Care for Your
Software tries to cover this
problem in detail by l o o k i n g
at patent law, copyright,
trade secrets, trademarks,
copy protection, contracts,
and limited liability.
o O q
Unfortunately, it o n l y
deals with the legal aspects
a n d implication s o f the U S
legal system. S o m e o n e has
yet to p r o d u c e a n equivalent
version for Britain.
The basic problem both
here and in the US is that
software usually has a short
life. S o safeguarding your
software w i t h legal m e t h o d s
involves careful
examination to discover
w h i c h m e t h o d s should b e
used. Copyright is o n e , but
has drawbacks in that it
o n l y covers 'an original
expression o f an idea' a n d
n o t the idea itself.
This m e a ns that any p u b l i c
d o m a i n or copied sections
are n o t copyright, even if the
rest is.
If a copyright does n ot
cover all your needs, y o u
can take o u t a patent - but
registration c a n take u p to
two years.
Bearing in m i n d the price
of Legal Care for Your
Software, I w o u l d
r e c o m m e n d it o n l y to the
most serious of people.
Even then, it s h o u l d be used
in c o n j u n c t i o n with a
lawyer. N i c Jones
filMM
CHOOSING A
MICROCOMPUTER
BY FRANCIS SAMISH,
PUBLISHED BY
GRANADA A S A 140-
PAGE PAPERBACK
AT £4.93
S h o p p>i m
ngj for a m i c r o can be
a big headache.
hea< That's
where this b o o k , a n d others
like it, can help.
'Try before y o u buy,' w a r n s
g O
the a u t h o r . ' D o n ' t b u y any
m i c r o through mail order
unless y o u h a v e been able to
inspect the m a c h i n e
beforehand,'he adds.
There are 13 chapters in
all. They skim over a w i d e
s p a n of subjects - hardware, micros.
software, technology,
p r o g r a m m i n g , a n d other
relevant matters - to give a
general feel o f t h e m i c r o
market. A glossary o f
c o m p u t e r jargon r o u n d s
everything o n .
Altrlougn supposed to be
a i m e d at both h o m e and
business users, the b o o k
tends to favour business. I n
the last chapter, for
instance, the h o m e user
loses o u t w h e n a list o f
business packages is given.
A n o t h e r problem w h i c h
besets all b o o k s o f this
nature is that they c a n get
out-of-date quickly.
But if y o u need s o m e
rough guidelines before
reaching for your
c h e q u e b o o k , Choosing a
Microcomputer isn't b a d MICROCOMPUTER
value. Wendie Pearson
COMPUTER
LANGUAGES AND
THEIR USES
BY GARRY MARSHALL,
PUBLISHED BY
G R A N A D A A S A IDS-
PAGE PAPERBACK AT
£5.95
N o o n e can say that this
b o o k alienates the
newcomers. W i t h the
o p e n i n g line ' A c o m p u t e r
language is a language for
communication with a
c o m p u t e r ' , it takes a stand
a m o n g the not-too-
a d v a n c e d users.
Garry Marshall takes y o u
through Basic a n d o u t the
other side to Prolog, G i n o -
F, C o m a l a n d Lisp.
There's a discussion o f
language development
before a c o m p a r i s o n of
Basic w i t h the other
languages. There is also a n
explanation o f h o w those
languages c a n be used with
databases, 3-D graphics,
and s i m u l a t i o n .
The instructions are m a d e
clear w i t h program listings
a n d diagrams, a n d
techniques are explained
a n d reviewed.
The b o o k is written in so
light a n d easy a way that
even n e w users will get a
broad u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f
w h a t they can d o with their
CM
Nei Cryer are! Pat Cryer
BASIC
Programming on the
BASIC PROGRAMMING
ON THE BBC
BY M I L AND PAT
CRYER, PUBLISHED BY
PRENTICE HAUL
INTERNATIONAL A S A
195-PAGE PAPERBACK
AT £5.95
Three cheers. The a u t h o r s
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variables such as X , Y, and
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Y o u c o u l d easily replace 'oil I
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'labour' for Z .
This b o o k puts Basic in
plain English, rather t h a n
m a k i n g it l o o k like a
mathematical mess. It takes I
y o u from scratch a n d m u s t
surely be the toddlers' guide I
to learning Basic.
C h a p t e r 9, A n i m a t i o n for
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spot, learning h o w to create I
a n i m a t e d snakes a n d
b o u n c i n g balls. A n d it
c o n t i n u e s to b e very
readable w h e n it explains
m a t h e m a t i c a l functions a n d I
string h a n d l i n g , file
handling, programmable
characters a n d s o u n d .
The cherry o n the t o p is the I
m i n e of i n f o r m a t i o n in the
glossary a n d index. This
b o o k is well w o r t h the
investment. WPl
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 •Captain Kirk to Enterprise - w e re
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computer. Scotty. c a n y o u b e a m us
u p ? C o m e in.'
•I'm sorry C a p t a i n . But t h u h ship's
in t h u h grip o f a tarrible force culled
Basic, w h i c h is h o l d i n g us a n d y o u
inside the c o m p u t e r a n d leavin g
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T h a n k s loads. Scotty. R e m i n d me
about this next time you need a wage
rise. Kirk out.'
Yes. indeed. C a p t a i n Kirk and his
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computers by large n u m b e r s o f
people. The latest of these is
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the good ship a n d her crew into the
Dragon 32.
The game allows y o u . your .
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a m i strange alien encounters. Y o u
must hel p the starship Enterprise
complete its five-year mission.

Well, k n o w i n g h o w to w i n ' at Star

Trek has as m u c h to d o with
k n o w i n g h o w to play v i d e o games as
it does to d o w i t h k n o w i n g a b o u t the
TV series that has s p a w n e d so m a n y
c o m p u t e r versions of the game.
In this game, the only new
civilisation you are likely to find is
the good old Klingons'. As the game
opens, you are told that 'a force of
KJingons has invaded federation
space. Y o u r mission is to rid the
galaxy of this menace. Three
starbases are standing by.'
T h e best advice is to read the
m a n u a l thoroughly. Y o u may t h i n k
y o u k n o w the Enterprise well. But
she is a complicated ship a n d will
need all your expert knowledge a n d
advice to survive the hard times
ahead o f her.

This is a must for Star Trek fans w h o

have entered the D r a g o n . It neatly
c o m b i n e s the adventure game-style
text formats w i t h some arcade action
ACTION involving the D r a g o n joystick. A
FREEZE good g a m e for both beginners,
because it's challenging, an d for
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D r a g o n D a t a 3 2 w i t h joystick.
L a n g u a g e : Basic.
Commander, you must get rid of the Klingons!

A map of your corner of the galaxy.

Turn on the force field - how long will H last?

ACTION
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Hyperprobe launched
 Y o u arc, believe it or not, a frog.
A s a proud member of the
a m p h i b i a n race, you must get
yourself across a highway, then a
river and safely on to your
comfortable lily pad.
The players of other video games
might be 'green' with envy at this
seemingly simple lask, but there are
real hazards to prevent you from
h o p p i n g your way home. The
highway is full of frog-squashing
traffic. The edge of the road is
riddled with starving snakes. A n d
the waters are crawling with
crocodiles.
There is a bonus in your river-
crossing challenge. A lady frog is
languishing o n o n e of the l o g s - a n d
you gel extra points from rescuing
the damsel in distress a n d taking her
h o m e to your lily pad.

H i e trick in this B B C version of the

popular video game is to get an idea
of the response time of your keys.
O n c e you k n o w h o w quickly the
frog is going to m o v e after you press
the key (hint: it's slower than you
think), you will be in a good position
to get through the traffic section.
O n c e you get to the other side of
the road, you will be relatively safe
for a few m o m e n t s - providing you
keep a sharp eye out lor the snake
that patrols that side of the road.
Next comes the challenge of the
logs. Y o u will notice there are three
rows of logs moving parallel to o n e
another. The first row moves from
right to left, the second from left to
right a n d the third from right to left
again.
If you miss the lady frog the first
time it comes r o u n d , you can h o p
back a n d forth between the logs
until you do. D o n ' t let yourself hit
the right or left of the screen, where
you'll meet a n untimely end.
W h e n you are near the other side,
you must look closely to m a k e sure
there are n o crocodiles lurking near
your lily pad. If you are successful,
there will be a little fanfare.

This is a good implementation of the

classic a m p h i b i a n video game. The
controls could perhaps be more
responsive than they were. Ikit a
ACTION little time spent getting the feel of the
FREEZE keys should solve the problem.
P r i c e : £ 8 . 0 0 . M e d i a : cassette.
D i s t r i b u t o r s : A & F Software, 8 3 9 Hyde
Road, G o r t o n , Manchester, M l 8 7JD, a n d
most BBC micro dealers tha t stock A & F
programs. R e q u i r e m e n t s : standard
BBC m i c r o a n d cassette r e c o r d e r .
L a n g u a g e : machine c o d e .
Just follow the instructions. Simple, i s n t it?

There she is, your lady frog. Run, run, run.

Don't let that snake surprise you. It's

dangerous.

G-asp! Better luck next time - perhaps.

ACTION
FREEZE

53
 (•'lying the balloon in Pulsar
Software's Up. U p a n d A w a y for the
Atari computer w o u l d be easy - if
there weren't kids with slingshots,
lightning bolts from foreboding
black clouds, windmills, kites a n d
small planes all trying to pull you out
of the sky.
So the main challenge is simply a
matter of staying alive. If your
balloon is hit by something, or runs
out of fuel, it will deflate a n d
plummet like a stone.

Keep your eyes o p e n a n d your hands

tightly o n the joystick. Y o u will have
to be careful from the moment you
take off.
The first danger you are likely to
face is the kid with the slingshot. For
some reason, that kid feels the need
to sling arrows at your innocent little
balloon (the rotter). Y o u can move
quickly, by thrusting the joystick
hard to the right, a n d try to avoid the
shot. Alternatively, you can
manoeuvre round it once the shot
has been taken.
If you manage to make it past the
kid, you will have either a storm or a
crazy acrobatic pilot to face. The
pilot seems to m o v e completely at
random. H e is happy to hit your
balloon with his p r o p e l l o r a n d cause
your eventual downfall. As for the
storm, unless you are careful a bolt
of lightning will strike you with a
crack of thunder.
Avoiding the previous slings a n d
arrows was relatively simple. Y o u
will have to keep practising your
manoeuvres to avoid the plane. The
storm clouds are best survived by
moving quickly into the spot
between two clouds.
At the lower skill levels, the
w i n d m i l l should not pose too m u c h
of a hazard. Later, it can take
considerable dexterity to survive.
The trick here is to be travelling high
enough a n d fast enough so that you
don't get sucked d o w n to the ground
by the force of the suction generated
by the windmill .
The kite is perhaps the trickiest
challenge for beginners, but actually
o n e of the easiest t o figure out. Y o u
must restrain yourselffrom flying
past the kite until its o w n e r moves
ACTION the kite to the right.
FREEZE

A nice simple game without too

much violence. S o m e t h i n g to quietly
get frustrated with w h e n you have
had it u p to your eyeballs with the
Star Raiders. Space Invaders a n d
Pacmen.
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FREEZE

Flying high - but beware that kid and the deadly

kite.
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This is Space Invaders w i t h a
difference. Y o u are a gophe r a n d

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hordes o f insects are i n v a d i n g y o u r
ce. They are threatening to
troy y o u r very o w n Kaktus (sic)
w h a t you planted w i t h your o w n t w o
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break in the g r o u n d .

ACTION
FREEZE

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Too late. The kaktus will soon lose its sole

defender.
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it lands safely.
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thin d o c u m e n t - three pages in all.
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tough words in o u r pilot's glossaries
it's time to hit the skies.

ACTION
FRIEZE
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 In Hungry Horace, the first of o u r
blue friend's adventures, Horace
wants nothing more than a little
food to see him through his stroll in
what seems to be a rather large park.
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concession stands a n d food outlets
in the park - most people seem
content to bring their o w n lunches.
Horace has absent-mindedly
forgotten to make o n e of his o w n . So
he decides to steal other people's
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Horace's efforts to cadge cuisine
are opposed by the park's guards
w h o pursue him from the m o m e n t
the game starts. His only defence is
to ring the park alarm bells that send
the guards scurrying in every
direction looking for the cause of the
trouble.
In Horace Goes Skiing, o u r
intrepid hero wants merely t o make
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In Horace a n d the Spiders, Horace

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For Horace novices, we will
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I H O W TO W I N
Very carefully... There are a few
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waiting arms of a park guard.
The best advice is simple
observation. Y o u will soon find that
ACTION some patterns work better than

60
HUES others in moving you through
various mazes.

A Spectrum classic. It's a pretty safe

bet that the spiders will regret the
day they met Horace a n d we will
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 Relax before some serious playing - this is the
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Narrow corridors and flying lunches make for

hard time

Will Horace tiptoe quietly enough to sneak past

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Horace is unaware of trouble ahead in 'Horace

Goes Skiing'
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230 F.A»DT03/'.8"uT07;? i«**»9«32)"0
2-0 X 7 ( * * 3 . 3 2 ) - ( * 7 < * ' 8 - 3 2 ) ) : ( V 7 ( 9 » 4 ! - * . 3 ) ) ; N . ; N . Pressing this key at any o t h e r t i m e
245 w h e n i t i s y o u r t u r n l e ts t h e c o m p u t e r
250 lfd'25 3»1
25 4 *-(12-3).ia«1D;T»13;IF9<7X-*'16 k n o w you can't move.
255 !fe>12 »»(d-13>«l6*la;Y'1d4;iM>18X«**1a
2a0 L"0*(192*Y>•32*X/S»7L , 0»'at T o m o v e , y o u use n u m b e r s in
270 LIH<£91;£3?£80
27a IFPP25<>0S*25;S.290 accordance w i t h a pair of w h i t e dice
230 IFE»915»0«i;9aBX25«'7L»255»If3*Oi»1 displayed o n the screen. Illegal moves
285 IFE»93"»i-1M«e*25.*7L»23 5;iF6"09»24
2V0 D»0;N»0;F.A*7T024;IF»*A<9 N-N-PPA are indicated by a t o n e f r o m t h e
29a n.;if N*o D»1 speaker. Y o u h a v e t o p o s i t i o n the
300 E-E-48;ifEOW-1 IFEOWM2 IF£<>.„3 IFE<>»-4 I F f o O S.250
310 ife«o;?F*235;G.OO cursor (which appears under the
320 IFPPB>90»PP3=0 P.$7;«.250 b o t t o m right triangle) under the piece
325 If(a-E>»0 0«0»0;a.330
32a 6os.c;gcs.^;»ps«pp9-i y o u w a n t t o m o v e u s i n g t h e ' ( ' a n d * )*
327 *»0; F.»»1T0o; IFP»A<9 keys. Y o u t h e n press t h e n u m b e r k e y
328 >.;if\*c *»o;;.aDoc
329 G.365 corresponding to the dice value y o u
330 I M B - E X 1 P.»7;G.250 w i s h to m o v e . T h i s moves the piece
335 IFPP(b-E)»5 P.»7;o.250 the required n u m b e r of points.
340 IFPP(b-E)»19 P.S7;s.250
342 IF«»P(8-£)<>13;G.36C
343 2"3-C If o n e o f y o u r pieces is 'hit', it w i l l
344 COS.e;60S.»J»P3»0;pPO«»P0*10;»-115;v»1C8'(P«>0/10)-9;9.B.£ a p p e a r o n t h e bar. Y o u w i l l be u n a b l e
34a C»b;s«o;gos.«
360 I F3< >2 5 G->S.c;5CS.» t o m o v e t he cursor until all y o u r
Sol IFB-25 X'11>;T=92-PP25*9;Caa
3a2 pP9appe-i;B-8-c;P?9»«>PO.I;SOS.C;»O5.H;¥'=!'*C pieces have b e e n m o v e d f r o m there.
3a5 IFE-W-1 --1.QJS.390 Y o u can r e m o v e y o u r pieces s i m p l y
370 J»£=»w2 WW2»0>6.390
375 IFE-««3 -W3=0;6.390 by pressing the key w i t h the required
380 !F£•«-4 WW4»0; n u m b e r o n it. B e a r i n g - o f f is
390 IFWW100 0* X-2O0 C" rfW3<>0 Of --4<>0 6.250
399 I»B<>25J?;*255 p e r f o r m e d i n t h e s a m e m a n n e r as f o r
400 X = £8BU; '.A*0T03;f.9«CT07; 7 < » * • ? • *2>»0 a n y o t h e r m o v e except that the piece
410 ?<£981D*d*32) 3 V7(&*«1)??(£881E*8 a 32) B Vf <8*16) «N.»N.»G0S.b 0 tT
420 IF P P 0 • 0 G.4 95 is a c t u a l l y m o v e d o f f t h e b o a r d .
»25 «»o; »«0;(>"0
430

4«5
450
F.A«!T04iS«1J E-6bA;iF£»3G.475
440 p»ppe;ifp=io s*s»3
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I« p<10 'SD P>1 0.475
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470 B«0;iF 5>» f•«»
475 I.;E»38F;?3F-O;IFF*0;G.20Q
47a 0.542
495 3"0;N«0;F.4«iroie;s"N.»p4/K
49o K.Slf !»•!
500 " » 0 ; I " 0 ; 00 I»I*I;®"P®XJIFP<IO 6.524
501 F.4=ITO4;S=O;L=^»A;IF£=OG.520
503 IFI*c"25ASD 0=1 S>200iG.516
504 IF I*£>24 ASD D-O -.520
505 I F I *E>24 AND D«1 5-20;lF X>25 - £;S-1;G.51 a
5Oe P«»»(I-'>;0«PPi;IFD«1G.516
508 IF P»30 S=0;G.520
509 I FP<10 AND P>1 G.520
511 S»(24-l)/a;iFJ.20 AND I>17 S«1
512 IFP-1 S"S*2
513 IFP-10 S«S*2»I/4
514 IF 3«10 AND P*10J S = $*3*I/3
515 IF Q>20 AND »=10;3«S*5*1/3
516 IF $•« S=S*H.X2;6.5la
518 IF s>n 6"X;F"»iH*S
520 N.
524 UNTIL X«2*;t»6dF;83F«0;iF -»0 G.200
525 IF(3*£)<25 OS C»0JG.542 !
52a gos.c;gos.»;ppb»pp9-io
527 N»0;F.»«19T024;N-N*(PPA>/10;N.
528 IFN«0 A«I;G.6000
530 G.595
542 IFPP(B*EX>1 JG.560
543 B"B*E
544 GOS.c;GOS.a;oPdaO;>>P25'PP25*i;X-115;Y«92-ppe5*9;B»B-E
546 c>-q;s«o;gos.«
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561 x>a«o x » n 5 ; r « i o 8 * ( p p o / i o ) * 9 ; c » o ; s » o ; p " ( > p o / i o ; 6 0 3 .»
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S 0 1 5 I F P > 9 P . F / 1 0
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5055 C=9*2;».
5040 flL=(i92-*).j2*«/B'c;:»';iFc-a z»o
5050 F.A.1T0 f .<=0137
5 060 ; ? { L * « « S 2 ) - < » a ' * ' J 2 ) ) : < v ? ><» z ) > ; < . . ; L * L * S ; N . ; a .
5100 nlfP'O
5 1 1 0 L « < 1 9 2 - R ) * J 2 * X / 3 * C ; L " L * ( P - 1 > * ! ; Z » 6 J I « C«C 1 * 0
5 1 2 0 ' . « « ) T 0 7 ; T < L » < O 2 ) = < ? ( L " * 5 2 ) ) : ( V ? ( < * : ) ) ; N . ; B .
5 2 0 0 « F . » » J 4 T 0 5 4 ; « 0 V T * . ? 6 ; 0 ® A W A / 1 3 6 ; " 0 V € ( A * 5 0 > » 4 6 ; D R » « ( A * J C > / 1 0 6
5210 «I.; - . I - A . !t.*o'i;wj2-A.9.Xft«i;.wi»0;ww4»0;iFi.i»2<>WWlG.5220
5215
5 220 2-C;G0S.((--1-20)-5230);7=3o;GOS.((-«2»20>*5 230>;a.
5225 Of . A = 1 4 5 t c i e 7 ; » O V f A , 3 6 ; P L C T 7 / A / 1 0 6 « " M 0 9 f < » * * 0 > / 8 6
5 2 3 0 PLOT 7 , < A* 50 > » 1 0 6 ; N . ; 8 B 1 • » . 9 . X O * 1 ; E B 2 - A . « . ; E B 3 * O ; B 0 4 « O
5 2 3 1 R » 3 A I « 3 E 2 ; 3 E 3 » B 8 2 ; E D 4 . A 6 2
5240 ZB 1 1 2 * G 0 S . ( ( 9 3 1 • 2 0 ) + $ 2 2 9 ) ; 7 » 1 4 2 ; G 0 S . ( C8i2»?0)*"i 230); • .
5250 »«44;r"96;G0S.*;»..
5270 « = 3 9 ; R = I 3 I ; 6 0 S . S ; A « 4 9 ; Y « 9 I ; C O S . * ; » .
52»o *«3v;r«ioi;c>os.»;x=49;Y»9i;GOS.»;»«44;y«96;6os.I;».
5310 X»3 9 ; Y » I O I ; G O S . » ; T » 9 I ; G C S . » ; X « . 9 ; 5 0 S . % ; * " 1 0 I ; 6 0 S . i ; P .
5330 x«39;Y«ioi;605.I;V"9I;GOS.>;X*«9;G3S.S;V-ICI;60S.I;X*4«
5340 »>96;GOS.$;a.
5350 R . « ' 3 » T 0 4 9 S . L O ; I . » - 9 1 T C 1 0 1 S . 5 ; G O S . S ; N . ; « . . ; B .
5 4 0 0 s F . A » - 2 T 0 2 ; « » 2 - A . A ; ) 1 0 V E < X * < » ? ) , < » * A ) ; P L 0 T 6 / E * 2 - < ) , ( Y * A )
5 4 1 0 N . ; « .
6000 P.112;IFA"0o.a1C0
6 0 1 0 P . " I • I N ! " ' ' " C O * U T T ® S PE:GW S U P R E M E ! !
6020 6.6200
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game t h a t matches developments i n y o u r £4.95 t h a t i s t h e r e s u l t o f t h r e w y e a r s d e v e l o p m e n t w o r k . The c o m p i l e r c o n f o r m s

s k i l l as a p l a y e r b y b e c o m i n g i n c r e a s i n g l y
more devious. By offering to you the full
r a n g e o f o p t i o n s y o u can choose h o w t o c o n t r o l
y o u r w a r r i o r t h r o u g h t t h e maze. A f u l l
wary c l o s e l y t o S t a n d a r d P a s c a l a s d e s c r i b e d I n t h e P a s c a l U s e r M a n u a l a n d
R e p o r t U o n s e n / W i r t h ) a n d p r o d u c o s ZOO o b j e c t c o d e d i r e c t l y i n o n e p a s s ; n o
P - c o d e s t o b e s u b s e q u e n t l y i n t e r p r e t e d . H P 4 i s a l s o s m a l l < n o t m o r e t h a n 19K
i n c l u d i n g r u n t i m e r o u t i n e s and t a b l e s ) b u t t h i s d o e s n o t imply any lack o f
power - t h e c o a p i l e r and r u n t i m e s wore w r i t t e n i n 2 0 0 a s s e m b l e r l a n g u a g e
a n d a g r e a t d e a l o f t i m e was s p e n t o n i n c r e a s i n g t h e s p e e d a n d d e c r e a s i n g

i m p l e m e n t a t i o n of t h i s p r o g r a m enables such
the size of the critical routines.

Me h a v e d e s i g n e d H P 4 t o b o s i m p l e t o u s e , v e r y f a s t , c l o s e t o S t a n d a r d
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versions are v i r t u a l l y identical except that t h o c a s s e t t e v e r s i on does not
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the S p e c t r u m t o be used. F u t u r e M i c r o d r i v e d e t a i l s o n h o w t o d o t h i s i n o u r HP4T A l t e r a t i o n G u i d e a v a i l a b l e s e p a r a t e l y .
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100 GAMES
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BLASTER
BY ALAN GREEN

Well, yes, it is another space-invader

type game, but it has redeeming
"A"»n.IINIXT n
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features. It demonstrates many of the
-C-*n»l!NEX I n special features of the Spectrum,
including colour ( B R I G H T , F L A S H ,
I N V E R S E , etc), sound ( O K , B L E E P ) and
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user-defined graphics.
The program runs on both 16K and
48K machines and contains full
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instructions: the usual 'blast the
120 PRINT AT ) , 2 i ] R I G H T X J I N K 5 J " S c o r a O-SAT 0 . 1 6 ) 3RIGHT 1« aliens before they kill your
IRK S J - H l q h " J s s
150 LET c= I hT ( R N t * I O ) « l ! LET b= 3
grandmother and eat your pet dog'.
1 5 2 I f c « * S THEN I E T N = 2 0 0 0
1 5 1 I F c > 5 ' N D c< 26 THEN L E T m l O O O
Please note that the 'A', 'B' a n d C" in
15 4 I F c > * 2 6 THEN L E T - - 1 0 0 0 lines 4 0 , 5 0 , 6 0 , 1 6 0 a n d 212
1 5 5 L E I c h = INT < R 4 C . ? ) * I
160 PRINT AT I B . a ) I N K 6 J " A " J A T b - l . c - H " " I AT b . c )
respectively should be entered as
INK 4 i C H R J C c h • 1 4 4 ) graphics A, B a n d C. Thanks to Neil
I/O LEI ta»3 l » l 2
IPO LET a = a « ( I N K E T » = " 2 " ANO a < « 2 f l l - ( I N K E T S 1 " AND a > » i )
Marshall for the modifications in lines
1 9 0 PLOT « , » ! P L O T OVER I ) . . j 2 1 2 a n d 214.
290 I F INKE T S ? " 0 " T H E N OR A h I N K S ; 0 . » ! BEEP .025.20!
P L O T f t ! OR A h OVER l ; 0 . » : G 0 TO 2 6 0
2 0 5 GO S U 3 k
219 LET b » b « l i BEEP - 0 1 . 1 9 - b ! I F b » 1 9 THEN GO TO 2 SO
212 PRINT AT I B . a i INK 6 J " A -
214 LE I •-••CINKE ANO a < = 2 8 ) - t l N K E M = - I " ANO a » = l )
2 2 0 GO T O 1 6 3
230 3CEP . 5 . - ! 0
240 PRINT AT 1 9 . c l ) " " « PRINT AT 2 | . 0 » 2 I INK /JCHRt (ch»144»l
I F Q - 5 T H E N CO T O M O
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260 IF « = I c * B ) * 4 IHEN GO TO 2 S 0
2/0 GO T O 2 0 5
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BEEP . 0 4 . 5 - n : P R I N T AT b . c i I N K 2 J C H R S C c h » l 4 4 > : B E E P . 0 4 . n : N E I T n
2 9 0 LET at ( « • ( c M 2 ) ) ! P R I N T AT 0 . 8 J B R I G H T x ; INK 5 ) * !
PRINT AT b . c ) " " I GO T f l 1 5 0
1)0 PRINT AI i a « 1 2 » INK / J - G a a a 0 * e r - i IF t>-ts THEN LET »*•»!
P R I N T A T 0 . 2 1 1 3 R I C H T X? I N K 3 J » t
1 0 5 GO S U B 6 0 3
310 F R I N T AT 1 2 * 6 ) I N K 6 ; " P r e « s Y t o o l a t again"
320 IF l N K E T t " " r " THEN C l $ ! 3 E E P . 3 . 5 0 ! GO TO / 0
110 IF I N K E * » ' - n - T H E V C L S ! STOP
3 4 0 GO T O 3 2 3
350 041A 3 I N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 3 I N 0001l000,3IN OOOIX000.3IN 1001100X.
BIN 10011001 . B I N I I I I 1 I I I . B I N 1000000l.BIN 10000001
3 6 0 OATA B X h 3 3 1 1 11 0 3 . B I N 0 1 U I I I 0 . B I N 1101X0I1.BIN 01111110.
J I N 0 10 X 1 0 1 0 . 3 1 N I C 0 0 0 0 0 1 . 3 I N 0 l 0 C 0 0 l 0 . B I N 00100100
I/O DAI A 6 1 * ) 0 1 1 I I 0 0 . B I N 00I00I00.BIN 00II1I00.BIN 01111110.
3IN 1X111111.SIN 00100100.91* 0l0000l0.BIN 10000001
3 8 0 B O R D E R 2 I P APE f 2 ! I N K / i C L S
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" t r t t a a . |0UI o n l y h o p e i t t o " ) A T 6 > I ) " b t a s t thee before the* land"*

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410 PRIRI » l 1 3 . 1 J INVERSE I I INK / I FLASH I)"MARNING..."
4 2 0 P R I N T A ! 1 2 » 1 S" O N L T F I V E « L I E 1 S H A V E TO 1 4 N D " I 4 I 1 4 . 1 )
• T O TAKE OVEF I I I "
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0 3EEP 3EEP . X . 2 1 « IF M K E » » « " H E N GO 1 0 4 4 0
4*0 CIS
455 PRINT -ALIEN BLASTER"* PRINT AT 0 . 0 J 0 V E R IJ

460 PRINT AT > . 0 ; " T o aova b a t e r i g h t o r e t t "MNVERSE l * " ' 2 » "

4/0 P R I N T AT 4•0J"To eo.a bate l e f t prats "JINVERSE ! > • • ! • -
480 PRINT A1 > , o ; - P t a i » "»INVfR SE 1i"•0«"iINVERSE 0J- to f i r e " !
PRIM AT » . 0 > " lna»« at a t » o d i f f e r e n t a l u m , ona t c o r e t aor a than
the other".

to tha planet.*
4 8 / PRINT AT 1 5 . 5 ; I N K " 8 . • • R a i d e r " ! PRINT AT I 7
" IKK 4 J " C . . . 0 r O l d "
490 PRINT AT ? 1 » 1 5 " P t a i » anr »e» to s t a r t "
530 BEEP • 2 . 5 ! IF INKEf»<»-" THEN 00 10 1 0 0
513 GO TO 5 0 3
520 30RDE6 Z t PAPff 2 : IN" r : CIS
550 PR I NT AT 1 0.93" Alien B l a t t e r "
543 FOR n = - l ) TO 4 J
550 3EEP . J . i J - n

5 6 0 NEXT P : PAUSE 3EEP . 5 . 7 0 ! BEEP . | , | 5 l RETURN

6 ) 3 FOR TO ? ! U E P . 1 . 1 3 ! BEEP . 1 . 1 5 ! NEXT n
6 1 0 ' O R o = 2 0 TO 0 S T E P - 2
6 2 0 BEEP . 1 . n l N f X I n
6 P A U S E $ i JEEP . 2 5 . I S ! BEEP .25.15
640 EIU N
1000 L E I C " C - l ! RETURN
» 0 3 u LET c = c « l ! RT TU PN
I03U hEIURN

•Insert line 35 LET S S = 4 5 0

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BBC ENGINE
FAILURE
BY IAN WATT

U I F ENSINE M:LJ»£ er M ». -ATT

This adventure game will run on
20 RE* »N ADVENTJTS »3B * 99C " I C ' O
53 D I " EC19> either a model A or model B BBC
40 MODE 7 : x=3:->3 computer.
53 C L S : P R I N T ' ' • C H R ! 1 ? 9 " 9 0 y o u -ant I n s t r u c t i o n a l or N> ?";:
:S»6ET»;ir THiN 2 0 0 ELSE I * 1 ! = " » " THEN 6 0 ELSE 50
As adventures go, it is not stunningly
a0 CLSiWDJ 5 1 - 0 , 1 2 , 1 ? 0 j * R I N T " i f the caDs lock Is ->ot on then out
1t"CH»»133"on". unusual but it is fun to play. As with
7 0 FOR 1 TC 5 0 0 0 : N E y T l
iO CLS:P»INT'CMRJ121" You i r r o r b i t i n g round a olenet »hen "
all decent adventures, you need a
CNR»131"the engines f a l l . " modicum of patience - but that never
90 FOR I * 1 TO 5 0 3 3 ! NEXT :
100 P R I N T ' c H R 1 1 5 2 " Y o u h a v r , M a l t e d tiae before the shlp"CHR»132 did anyone any harm. It has to be said
" b u r n s u p 1n t h e a t r o s p h e r g
113 FOR 2 = 1 TO 7 5 0 3 : V E X T
In whic* to "CMR5132"reoa1r
Z
the engines." that you can cheat by following the
120 ® B : f . r , c « 9 * 1 3 5 " Y o u h a v e to direct the conouter to "CHRS133
listing closely, but the penalty there
"manipulate the objexts you a ay c o a e "CH*»133"across." lies with your own conscience...
1 3 0 FOR ! • 1 TO 7 5 0 0 : N E X T 1
n o PRINT'CHR1134"The coeouter has a f a i r l y U r g e nu«oer"CHR»134 By way of an outline, you are in a
"of coaaands t h e r e f o r e If one CO«»J"1 " C HR $ 1 3 4 " d o e 1 n o t work
then try m o t h e r . " spaceship whose engines have failed
1 5 0 ' O R I » 1 TO 1 0 0 0 0 : N E X T I
while orbiting a planet. The fact that
160 ORINT'CHR$130" The p r o g r a a I t d e s i g n e d so t h a t o n l y "CHR1130"
"the f i r s t three l e t t e r s o f r a c h c o i » » a n d " C H R S 1 3 0 " a n d o b j e c t n e e d be you are in orbit means that you are in
typed
170
In, although,
PRlNT'CHRtl'1
1f"CHR»130"desired,
" N . B . To a o v e , s i n o l y
the f o i l
type the
- o r d aay a t
I n i t i a l "
entered." danger of burning to a crisp in the
180 PR I N T ' C H R S 1 3 4 " p ; . N f o r North." planet's atmosphere in just a few
190 FOR J - 1 TO 1 5 0 0 0 : N E X T Z
minutes. You are the hero/heroine
200 RESTORE 1 3 7 3 : F C R I • 1 TO 19.-READ j:E<Z)*l:NEXT Z
210 CLS:*»1:L"3 whose job is to repair the ship and
223 RESTORE
save the lives of all the grateful crew.
230 w«w»1:IF W > 2 0 AND - < 4 0 T H E N P R I N T " i t is becoming «ara."
240 I F W > 3 9 AND - < 6 0 T H f N PR I NT " I t Is hot."
250 I F W > 5 9 AND - < 8 0 THEN P R I N T " I t it very hot." Y o u must move throughout the ship
260
270
IF - > 7 9 THEN 0 R I N T " T h e s h i p
IF - . 1 3 0
is b u r n i n g
THEN P R I N T " T h e s h i a h l s
up."
blown uo.":SOTO 850
and on to the planet, picking up
280 I F 4 - 5 AND C ( 1 0 » < > 9 T H E V P R I N T " Y 0 U h a v e b e e n s h o t by guards.": objects (which may or may not be
GOTO 850
useful) as you go. The computer is not
2 9 3 I F ( E M 6 ) < > 1 6 CR E < f 7 > < > 1 6 ) AND A»5 THEN PRINT
a lethal disease.": 60T0 350
'»«« have caught above offering its help if you ask it
3 0 0 FOR B « 1 TO » : R E » 0 *S;NEXT
3 1 0 VOU 3 1 , 0 , 3 , 1 3 0 : R I N i AS
nicely.
320 PRINr'ClR»131"Ev1dent e . l t s : - " ; : R E S T O R E 5 8 0 : F 0 R C = 1 TO
READ t>: NE x T : I ' 0 < * 0 THEN PRINT " : N o r t h : " ;
330 »EST3RE 5 « 0 : F C R C = 1 TO » : R E » D 0 : N £ X T : I F o < > 0 THEN ® R I N T " s S o u t h : " ;
340 RESTORE 4 0 0 : ' 0 R C • 1 TO A : R E A 0 D : N E X T : I « D < > 0 THEN »RINT":Ea51:";
350 RESTORE 6 1 0 : » O R C • 1 TO « : R E » 0 0 : N E X T : I F D < > 0 THEN PRINT":-est:";
360 ®RINT'•CHRt132"ObJects :- "J
370 H»0:RESTORE 730
5 8 0 FOR G ' l , TO 1 9 : R £ » C M : I F E(G) O A 0® - " 4 THEN NEXT ELSE PRINT":";
Ci;":";:H«H*1:I» H < > 2 THEN NEXT E L S E P R I N T "CHRI132;:N£XT
390 PRINT •'CM»3133"Inventorx:-
400 F=0:RESTORE 730
4 1 0 FOR G * 1 TO 1 0 : RE A 0 C » : I F E ( G * < > 0 AND E ( G > < > - 1 OR F « 4 THEN NEXT
ELSE P R I N T " : " ; c t ; " : " ; : F » F * 1 : I ' F < > 2 T « F « , NEXT E L S E PRINT"
C H R 5 1 3 3 ; .-NEXT
4 2 0 VDU 3 1 , 0 , 1 3 , 1 2 9 : P O I N T " C J-
4 3 0 VDU 3 1 , 0 , 1 7 , 1 2 9 : » R I N T " C
VDU 3 1 , 0 , 1 5 , 1 3 4
440 I N O U T " C o a * a n d ? "S»
450 CLS:VDU 31,1,19
4 6 3 I F L E F T K B * , 3 > » " - £ A - OR L E • T t ( B S , 3 > « " E N T " CR L E F T f t f l l , 3 >B " E X I "
OR L E F T » ( B » , 3 > « " E A T " THEN 6 2 0
470 I» L E F M < e t , 1 X > " N " THEN 4 9 0 E L S E RESTORE ?80:POR C-1 TO A:
READ D : N E X T : I F D » 0 THEN 5 ? 0 ELSE 5 2 0
483 IF L E F T S ( 8 5 , 1 X > " S " THEN 4 9 0 ELSE RESTORE !90:F0» C«1 TO A:
READ 0 : V E X T : I F 0 - 0 T H E N 5 3 0 E L S E 5 2 0
4 9 0 I F L E F M < a $ , 1 > < > " £ " THEN 5 0 0 E L S E RESTORE 600:F0R C-1 TO A;
READ D : NE X T : I F D O T H * N 5 3 0 ELSE 520

500 I F L E F T T ( E L , 1 > < > " - " THEN 510 EL S F RESTORE 6 1 0 : F O » C"1 TO A:
READ 5:NExT:IF o»0 THEN 533 ELSE 523
510 GOTO 620

520 A.A«D:*r » = 1 2 THEN 1050 ELSE 220

530 PRINT-NO e . i t ! "
5.0 SOTO 2 2 3
5 5 0 DATA C o n t r o l root,Living guartert,-ed1ca I quarters,
Teleport t e r m i n a l , o n plsnet
5 9 3 DATA C O T O u t e r storage bankt,Cargo hoid,ShuttIe say.
Inside 0' shuttleer a't,Englne servicing roo"
5 7 0 DATA - e a a o n r y , R i g h t engine,Left enjine,SupoIy depot.Workshop
5 4 0 DATA 0 , - 1 , 0 , 0 , 3 , ! , 0 . 3 , 0 , - 3 , 0 , 0 , - 2 , 0 , 0
5 9 3 DATA 1 , 3 , 5 , 0 , 3 , 0 , 3 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 2 , 0 , 3 , 0 , 0
6 0 0 DATA 0 , 1 , 0 , - 2 , 0 , 1 , 0 , - 2 , 3 , 3 , - 3 , - 2 , 0 , - 3 , - 2
4 1 0 DATA 0 , 2 , - 1 , 0 , 0 , 2 , - 1 , 3 , 3 , 2 , 3 , 0 , 2 , 0 , 0

620 " » « 3 : N » 0 : D * 0 : IF L E f T 5 ( 9 » , 3 ) " " T E L " THEN 5 6 0 ELSE I F L E « M ( C 1 , 3 1 =

" Q U I " TH£N » 5 3 ELSE I ' LE*T1<93,3)-"HEL" THEN 1 0 4 0
6 3 3 R E S T O R E 7 6 0 : F 0 » 1 * 1 TO 1 1 : R E AD C l t X F L E f T S ( B t , 3 ) • C » T H E N " » I
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to 5 2 K It has a display o f 4 0 x 24 characters, and a graphic resolution o f 320x 192 with
a total character set o f 256 (including t h e c o m p l e t e A S C I I set with upper a n d lower case
letters, numbers and a d d i t i o n a l graphic symbols). T h e keyboard has 4 9 full stroke
moving keys, unlike some o f the cheaper machines which have m e m b r a n e keyboards.
The size o f the machine (excluding a n y o f t h e additional peripherals!, is J 3 " x 6 " x 2 " .
P E R I P H E R A L S : It is very easy t o increase the capabilities o f your A q u a r i u s as all t h e
peripherals plu g straight i n t o o n e another. Y o u c a n a d d a Printer, a M o d e m , a Data
Recorder. Mini Expander a n d other items. All o f the peripherals are v*ry easy t o install
and what is m o r e , they're easy t o use. B u t the best news o f all is, they're easy t o a f f o r d .
CPM O P E R A T I N G C A P A B I L I T Y : The Aquarius is capable o f being e x p a n d e d to S 2 K
R A M a n d later in 1983 a disk drive will be available f o r It. with the commercial C P M
business operating system. This will allo w y o u access t o o n e o f the largest software
libraries In t h e w o r l d , with literally hundreds o f programs available f o r y o u t o use.
C A R T R I D G E S : Various sophisticated programs will be launched on plu g i n cartridges
such as a V m c a l c type spreadsheet a n d a word processor. In addition there will be
dozens o f games a n d utilities and alternative languages such as
Logo, which c o m b i n e d w i t h the built i n microsoft basic gives a n
u n b e a t a b l e c o m b i n a t i o n o f high quality p r o g r a m m i ng ability.
ATARI 400/800 NEW LOW PRICE?
A T A R I 4 0 0 / 8 0 0 : W i t h the Atari Personal
Computers, y o u c a n play the u l t i m a t e in
T.V. games, teach yourself new subjects
or skills, balance budgets, a n d even write
y o u r o w n c o m p u t e r programs in Basic.
S P E C I F I C A T I O N S : Both the Atari 4 0 0
a n d 8 0 0 c a n display i n up t o 16 colours,
each with 16 intensities. They have four
independent s o u n d synthesizers for music
tunes/game sounds, giving four octaves
with variable v o l u m e and t o n e control o n
your T.V.'s speaker. The display graphics
are o f amazing q u a l i t y , having a detailed resolution o f 3 2 0 x 192, comprising 24 lines of
4 0 characters. Atari personal c o m p u t e rs have a standard 10K R O M operating system. In
a d d i t i o n the standard Atari 4 0 0 ( £ 1 4 9 ) comes with 16K o f R A M . and t h e expanded
version with 4 8 K (£1981. The Atari 8 0 0 (£2991 comes w . i h 4 8 K as standard. Both ihe
4 0 0 a n d 8 0 0 ate n o w supplied w i t h a F R E E £ 4 0 Basic Programming K i t , which includes
t h e Basic Programming Cartridge, as well as a 1 2 0 page Basic Reference Manual and the
184 page Self Teaching Manual b y Bill Carris called 'Inside Atari Bas>c', s o you can begin
p r o g r a m m i n g straight a w a y , w i t h o u t b u y i n g a n y 'extras'. Even a mains plug is supplied!
O V E R 5 0 0 P R O G R A M S A V A I L A B L E : The Atari c o m p u t e rs are supported by well over
500 programs available for your use. a larger selection than y o u will find on any other
television game or h o m e c o m p u t e r ! The wide selection puts Atari way ahead o f the
c o m p e t i t i o n . Just fill in t h e c o u p o n and w e will be pleased t o send y o u a full price list
which gives details o f o u r range o f software available for e n t e r t a i n m e n t, h o m e education,
p r o g r a m m i n g a n d h o m e office use We t h i n k you'll agree when we say it's quite impressive.
100 F R E E P R O G R A M S F R O M S I L I C A S H O P : If y o u b u y your Atari H o m e Computer
f r o m Silica S h o p , y o u will rncieve a F R E E presentation pack o f 6 cassettes, c o n t a i n i n g
100 programs including games, utilities a n d demonstrations. A 16 page booklet giving full
details o f all o f these programs is available on request. I f y o u have already purchased
y o u r computer elsewhere y o u c a n b u y the set o f 6 cassettes for £ 3 0 . What's more. Silica
S h o p offer a t w o year guarantee on all c o m p u t e rs as well as a F R E E j o y s t i c k . This adds
u p to a great offer that wo believe c a n ' t be beaten or m a t c h e d by B n y o f o u r competitors.

£149
A T A R I 4 0 0 16K - £ 1 2 9 . 5 7 + V A T = £ 1 4 9
A T A R I 400 48K - £172.17+VAT=£198
MATTEL AQUARIUS - £68.70 + V A T = £79

VIDEO GAMES
A T A R I 800 48K ̶ £260.00+VAT=£299

COLECOVISION T H E S Y S T E M ; The CBS Colecovision

VECTREX THE S Y S T E M : Vectrex is a totally u n i q u e H o m e
offers n e w standards i n video game Arcade System, w h i c h has been exclusively designed and
p l a y . T h e excellent graphics are well engineered to duplicate real arcade game p l a y . Complete
i m p l e m e n t e d with arcade titles such with its o w n m o n i t o r display, Vectrex w o n ' t cause any
as Z a x x o n . Lady B u g , G o r f . Wizard arguments over the use of the family's television because
of W o r , Carnival, Mouse Trap and the it has its o w n b u i l t in screen.
lovable Smurfs. The console comes
T H E S C R E E N : Vectrex does n o t use ordinary display
supplied w i t h a three screen arcade
techniques, instead it uses vector scanning to control tho
quality version o f D O N K E Y K O N G .
images o n the screen. W i t h this scanning m e t h o d , the
Parker a n d other companie s have also
g u n o n l y updates t h e area o f the screen that has changed,
a n n o u n c e d ranges o f cartridges for
whereas a normal T . V . re-transmits t h e E N T I R E screen
Colecovision, to further enhance the
SO times a m i n u t e . I t is this that gives Vectrex its speed,
wide range of quality titles available
a n d means that very little c o m p u t e r power is required
for this new television games m a c h i n e .
for screen c o n t r o l , a n d tho results provide very fast
T H E C Q M S P . L E : The C B S Colecovision video games system has advanced technology responding a n d clear images. These Vector Graphics'
which produces superlative graphics resolution a n d excellent sound effects. Tho styling are used i n several arcade games such as Asteroids and
ol the console and hand controllers has been carefully researched; t h e consolo is designed BatHezone, t o giv« y o u incredibly high resolution and
t o c o m p l e m e n i m o d e m hi-tech e q u i p m e n t , and has clear features for easy o p e r a t i o n . q u a l i t y . Vectrex brings all of this f r o m the arcade right
The hand controllers allow fingertip control via t h e 8 direction joystick, a n d feature 2 into your living r o o m . Tho Vectrex screen is capable of
independent fire buttons. The push b u t t o n keyboard Is used for game selection a n d for displaying 80 c o l u m n s b y 4 0 lines, which Is significant
game control with s o m e cartridges. The hand controllers are detachable and are connected t o the extensive developments p l a n n e d f o r the system.
to six feet o f telephone coil cable, storing neatly away i n the console when n o t In use. E X C I T I N G S O U N D S A N D E L E C T R O N I C S : Vectrex has a n advanced microprocessor
A T A R I E X P A N S I O N M O D U L E : The Atari converter m o d u l e allows Atari V C S software with m o r e speed and power a n d exciting effocts than m a n y h o m e video games systems
cartridges t o be played o n the Colecovision console, allowing owners the freedom t o R E A L A R C A D E C O N T R O L S : Vectrex has a u n i q u e control p a n e l , similar t o those used
purchase f r o m the extensive range o f Atari c o m p a t i b l e cartridges. It also means that in m a n y real arced* games, with 4 concave action b u t t o n s a n d a full 360" self centering
existing Atari owners can b u y t h e C B S Colecovision games system w i t h o u t discarding joystick. This control panel has a 4 foot detachable cord for m a x i m u m player freedom.
their software library. Silica S h o p offer part exchange facilities If y o u wish to upgrade. R E A L A R C A D E G R A P H I C S : Vectrex has its o w n 9 inch vertical screen a n d unlike a
T U R B Q E X P A N S I O N M O D U L E : The T u r b o Driver Expansion Module allows y o u 10 conventional T . V ; screen, uses advanced display technology t o achieve brilliant, h-gh
actually drive the vehicle that appears o n your T.V. screen. The m o d u l e consists o f a resolution imagery and superb game pla y never before possible. The Vectrex display
steering wheel, dashboard and accelerator pedal. O n e hand controller Is m o u n t e d o n the provides special effects t o o . such as 3 - D rotation a n d z o o m i n g i n a n d o u t , which a
dashboard t o provide a gear change u n i t . The m o d u l e comes c o m p l e t e with a T u r b o regular T . V . canno t m a t c h . Using a black and w h i t e m o n i t o r , each Voctrex game comes
Driver cartridge, ihe first of several cartridges to mak e use o f t h e m o d u l e , which provides supplied w i t h its o w n coloured plastic screen overlay t o a d d t o t h e oxcitement o f game
all tho action o f sitting i n the driving seat. This facility is u n i q u e to C B S Colecovision. p l a y . T h e range o f Vectrex cartridges ( £ 2 1 9 5 each), gives a g o o d selection o f arcade
games such as Berzerk, Scramble. R i p - O f f a n d B o m b e r A t t a c k . Vectrex comes complete
with a fast paced ' M i n e s t o r m ' game built into m e m o r y .
H Q M E _ C O M P U T E R E X P A N S I O N M O D U L E . The H o m e C o m p u t e r Module schoduled

£147 £149
for late 1983. allows conversion o f the games unit i n t o a
sophisticated H o m e C o m p u t e r . This flexibility o l design
is a n i m p o r t a n t feature o f the CBS Colecovision System. V E C T R E X : Voctrex has a n advanced state-of-the-art
microprocessor with m o r e speed than other T.V. games.
COLECOVISION £127.82 + V A T = £147 VECTREX - £129.57 + V A T = £149.00

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We stock a w i d e range o f accessories for t h e Atari V C S a n d 4 0 0 / 8 0 0 personal c o m p u t e r s .
The same accessories can b e used o n t h e C o m m o d o r e V I C range o f c o m p u t e r s . T h e W i c o
range can also b e u s e d w i t h t h e Texas I n s t r u m e n t s c o m p u t e r s o n p u r c h a s i n g a special
adaptor. To give y o u a n idea o f t h e range available, just take a l o o k a t t h e f o l l o w i n g list:
LE S T I C K : A m e r c u r y filled J o y s t i c k specially m a d e
lor o n e h a n d e d o p e r a t i o n , w i t h t h u m b fire b u t t o n
Q U I C K - S H O T : Th.s joystick features a c o n t o u r e d
h a n d l e g r . p , t h u m b trigger a n d o p t i o n a l base fire
b u t t o n . It is supplied w i t h 4 sure f o o t suction grips
S T A R F I G H T E R : Neat a n d c o m p a c t w i t h a small
d i r e c t i o n s t i c k . Metal interior f o r a d d e d s t r e n g t h .
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W I C O S T R A I G H T • S T I C K : T h e m a m feature o f this
joystick is its arcade style, b a t h a n d l e g r i p . It also has 2
fire buttons. F o u r g r i p p a d s i n c l u d e d for table t o p u s e .
WICO T R A C K B A L L : A true arcade style trackball f o r
use with y o u r Atari o r C o m m o d o r e V I C . T h i s p r o d u c t is
dasigned t o give arcade c o n t r o l in y o u r living r o o m .
12' E X T E N S I O N L E A D : A 1 2 ' e x t e n s i on f o r Atari a n d
Ata-i c o m p a t i b l e joysticks f o r greater p l a y e r f r e e d o m .
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Mattel games u n i t is a m o s t versatile
T.V. g a m e w h i c h o f f e r s 3-D graphics
q u a l i t y for o n l y £ 9 8 . E a c h cartridge
c o m e s w i t h 2 o v e r l a y s w h i c h f i t over
t h e u n i q u e h a n d controlle r giving
easy d i r e c t i o n s f o r g a m e p l a y . U s i n g
t h e h a n d s e t ' s c o n t r o l d i s c, objects
l e a n b e m o v e d a c c u r a t e l y in 1 6 d i r e c t i o n s giving a realistic s i m u l a t i o n o f lifelike m o v e m e n t
V O I C E S Y N T H E S I S : T h e Intellivoice u n i t , p r i c e £ 4 9 , is used w i t h special cartridges
| where high q u a l i t y synthesised m a l e a n d f e m a l e voices feature as p a r t o f t h e g a m e p l a y
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643 NEXT r s l * " < > 0 THEN 6 6 0

650 P»INT"I 1o n o t u n j f f i l j n l y ou.":30T0 220
660 RESTORE 7 J O : 0 » I G H T » C 9 1 , 5 ) : F0» J « 1 TO 1 9 : B E » D C 5 : C S ' L E F T %(ST.!)
670 « 0 R K ' t . TO 1 5 : 1 F L E F M < D $ . 1 > < > " " ANO C S = « 1 0 5 < 0 5 / 2 , 4 ) T H E N N - 1
690 IF C 5 " " I D 5 < 0 5 / 2 / 4 ) THEN 0 * J ELSE D I G H T t < 0 i , < )
690 NEXT O N E X T J : I F 0 < > 0 THEN 7 0 0 E L S E P R I N T " P a r d o n ? " : GOTO 2 2 0
700 I * N * 1 THEN " B I N T " L e a r n to tyoe."
710 ON « GOTO 780,190,940/970,1090.1130.1170,1203/12*0/1270,1300
720 GOTO 220
730 DATA SLUE BUTTON/RED SUTTON/YELLOM BUTTON/LIGHT-BLUE/LIGHT-RE0/
LI6HT -YELL 0*
7 4 0 DATA A S T 0 » G E " / S H U T T L E C B » » T / F L 0 O » » 0tSK/I»P®EBGUN/SCACESUIT/
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770 PRINT " I c a n n o t do t h a t . " : 6 0 T 0 220
7 3 0 IF 0 < > 3 THEN 7 7 0
7 9 0 I F 0 « 2 AND E ( 1 5 ) = 1 6 T H E N 1330

800 I F 0 - 2 AND E < 5 ) 0 1 OB 0 = 1 AND E C 4 > = 1 OB 0 - 3 » N 0 E<6)-!

THEN P*lNT"The thlp olo.n i t s e l f up.":GOTO 850
5 1 0 IF 0 « 3 »N0 E ( 4 ) » 1 THEN P R I N T " * y e l l o w l i g h t coaes o n . " :
E(4)«16:E(6)*1:GOTO 223
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of the t h l a . " : E ( 1 6 ) * 1 6 : E ( 1 9 > » 1 0 : G 0 T C 220
' 3 0 If 0 - 1 OB 0 » 3 THEN PR I N T " N O t h I n g h « p o » " t : G O TO 2 2 0
540 PRINT"The t e l e D o r t h a t Been »C11 v e t e D . " : L « 1 : E < 5 ) " 1 6 : G O T O 220
8 5 0 VDU 2 3 ; L 1 / O ; O J 0 ; 0 ; 3 1 / 5 / 2 3 : P B I N T " P r e t t soace to s t a r t again.":
I F I N « E Y » < 5 0 ) « " " VDU 2 3 I 1 1 / 2 5 5 J 0 ; O i O / : G O T O 4 0 E L S E VDU 31,5/23:
PRINT" " : I * I N K E * » < 5 0 ) - " - VDU 23;11;255;o;o;

0.-:60T0 4 0 ELSE 850

8 6 0 If L « 3 OB A O 4 a NO A < > 5 THEN 7 7 0
S 7 0 If A • 4 THEN A « 5 ELSE IF » « 5 THEN A"4
8 8 0 PR I N T " 0 . * . " : GOTO 2 2 0
890 IT 0 < 7 OR C » 5 OR 0 " 1 3 OR 0 " 1 4 OR 0 " 1 9 T H E N 7 7 0
900 If ' • 4 THEN 9 B I N T " I a*, c a r r y i n g too •oeh.":GOTO 220
910 If E ( 0 > < > A THEN 9 3 0
920 E(0 )"0:G0TC 590
930 PRINT " I -o not see 1t h e r e . " :G0T0 220
940 I f = . ( 0 ) < > 0 *NS E ( 0 ) < > - 1 THEN P B I N T " I a. not carrying 1t.":GOTO 220
950 I F H • 4 OR » • ! THEN P R I N T " ! do n o t tee a place to out 1t.":60T0 220
963 E(0)"A:S0TC TSO
970 IF 0 O 9 AND 0 < > 7 ANO 0 0 1 5 THEN ' 7 0
940 I F E ( O ) < > 0 »N0 E O X > - 1 I r f f N P » I N T " 1 do n o t have It to i n a e r t . " :
GOTO 220
990 If A < > 1 * NO 0 « 9 OB 0 « 7 ASD E < 1 5 ) < > 0 OR 0 * 1 5 * ND *<>10 THEN PBINT
"I do not see a p l a c e to Insert lt.":G0T0 220
1000 I F 0 - 7 THEN E ( 0 ) » 1 6 : E < 1 5 > ̶ I : G 0 T 0 980
1010 IF 0 - 9 THEN 1 0 3 0
1020 If 0 * 1 5 * N D E < 1 8 ) * 0 THEN E C 0 ) » 1 6 E L S E 7 7 0
1030 PRINT "A r e d light cotes on.":E<5)«1:E(4)»16:E<9)-16:GOTO 220
1040 IF *»9 »ND E ( 9 ) » 0 T H E N P » I N T " T r y Inserting the ' l o o o y d i s k . " :
GOTO 220
1 0 5 0 If A . 1 3 T H E N PR I N T " T r y u n s c r e w i n g the panel.M:G0T0 220
1 0 6 0 I F * ' 2 OB » = 3 T H E N P R I N T " * tablet taken with water oreventt the
catching of a lethal disease.":G0T0 220
1073 P R ! N T " T h e r e It no h e l o a v a i l a b l e to g1ve.":GOTO 220
1080 P<INT " Y o u r oet ORIGONK h a s « l s t a l < e n y o u f o r an I n t r u d e r and'
Killed you.":G0T0 !50
1090 IF 0 0 1 1 THEN 7 7 0
1100 If E < 0 ) < > 3 AND ! ( 9 > < > - 1 T H E N < > R I N T " I a * n o t c a r r y i n g lt.":G0T3 220
1110 I F E < 0 ) » - 1 THEN P R I N T " ! an a l r e a d y -earing lt.":GOTO 220
1120 t<0)«-1:GCT0 880
1133 If 0 < > i THEN 7 7 0
1140 IF A<>5 'HEN J 30
1150 IF E < 1 1 ) 0 - 1 THEN p b I N T " Y o u h a v e b e e n d e s t r o y e d by n e r v e gas.":
GOTO 550
1160 »*9:G0T0 223
1170 IF 0<>5 'HEN 770
1140 IF A<>9 THEN P R I N T " ! not Intide lt.":G0T0 220
1190 *»5:G0TC 220
1200 IF 0 O 1 * THEN 7 7 0
1210 IF A 0 1 J THEN 9 3 0
1220 IF c < 1 2 ) < > 0 T - E N p b i n t " I need • scre.drIver.":GOTO 220
1230 E(14)«13:E(13)"16:30T0 550
1243 IF 0 < > 1 4 T - E V 7»3
1250 IF E C 1 4 J O A 'HEN 930
1260 HINT "A b l u r light coaet o n . " : E(4>«1:*<5)-16:G0T0 220
1 270 IF 0 O 1 6 THEN 7 4 0
1 250 I F E C C X > 0 THEN P R I N T " I j o not have any - a t e r . " : G 0 T 0 220
1290 E 13) *1 6:GOTO 183
1300 IF 0 < > 1 7 T - E N 760
1313 I F E < C X > 0 THEN p R T N T " I do n o t h a v e a t a b l e t . " : GOTO 2 2 0
1323 GOTO 1 2 9 3
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1343 3 » 1 0 3 - « i : I F « > « THEN * » 5
1353 PRINT<"5eore«";5;" 9est t c o r e . " ; *
1360 50TC 553
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Macro command facility allows the creation ol
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ZODIAC
A traditional adventure game in which the
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treasures The player manipulates objects
through simple sentences which the program
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Using high resolution graphics to display the
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6 / 0 T : ? - I K GANE H I L L B E G I N HHE« 4 R E C I ANGLE S ARE O I S P L A Y E O ON
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/ 6 0 REH
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800 GRAPHICS I 9 S P C R E 5J2//.0
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8 2 0 P O S I T I O N ? . / « ? 1 6 J SCORE - J l . R - l
B I O P O S H I O R 2 . 9 s ? 16 « " • a t • II-
8 4 0 G0SU9 1 153 s GO <U3 1 1 6 0 > » 0 R 1 = 5 1 2 4 8 10 5 2 J 5 H P 0 R E I . O i N F X T I
850 l = « : G O I f 150
8 6 0 REN
8 / 0 R E " . . RE-OVE P1»YE"S
8 8 0 FOR 1 = 0 10 X I :PORE 5 1 2 4 9 . X l - U S O U N O O . X I - I . I O . I O S N t X I I
8 9 0 F C R 1 = 3 10 X 2 : P 0 R E 5 1 2 4 9 . X 2 - I i SOUNO 0 . X 2 - I . I 0 . 1 0 S N E X ! I
9 0 0 FOR 1 - 0 10 X I SPORE 5 1 2 5 0 . X I - I s S O U N D O . X I - I . I O . I O S N E X I |
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1010 »6 = P E E R C 1 0 6 1 - 1 6 S P 0 R E 542/9.*6SP"3-256.»6
1 0 2 0 PORE 6 2 1 . 4 S F O F 1 = 5 1 2 5 6 TO 5 1 2 5 9 S P 0 R E l . l S N E X I I
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1 0 9 0 R r * . . E F P O R SCUNO E F F E C T S
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AIRLINE 48K £7.95
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GAME: GREAT B R I T A I N
LIMITED ( 4 8 K )
S U P P L I E R : S I M O N HESSEL
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I'm assured that the 16K Z X 8 1 ver-
sion of this is number 10 in the Z X
software library. It's a colourful and
sophisticated management game that
gives you the chance to play at being
prime minister of our sceptred isle.
The idea is to stay in power for as long
as possible. So you must end each
five-year term in a popular state.
To start the game, you key in your
name and then choose the party you
represent - Labour, Conservative,
Liberal or Social Democrat. This is
not a decision to be taken lightly. I
found that a Labour government al-
ways started on a much worse footing
than the rest, particularly Tory. W h e n
the preliminaries have been com-
pleted, you are presented with a run-
down of the current state of affairs.
Simon Hessel does stress that this is
a game and not a simulation. But
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tors being updated along with the
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and the balance of the national
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income at the end of the year. They
will also affect unemployment, infla-
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benefits, including child allowance,
pensions and unemployment benefits.
The populace are particularly sensi-
tive to any of these, especially to
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pensions falling behind inflation. - it was very hard to discern a n y l
Finally, you are given the opportunity market trends.
ids. I enjoyed playing I
to plough money into some worthy Stock Exchange but it didn't hold my
cause in the hope that a social reform attention for too long. It's the sort o f
will be recognised. At the end of the game that is fun to play once or twice,
year, news flashes will appear on the but I can't see it proving addictive.
screen concerning riots or party re- Any number from one to four can
volts which may force you to revise play. Steve M a n n
your policies.
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Then you sit and watch as the results
clock up. Di c k Ol ney
GAME: STOCK EXCHANGE
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I must admit I am generally suspicious
of multi-games packs, since they often
disguise low quality. Perhaps surpri-
singly, after the way it approached the
Atom software, this is the only such
package that Acornsoft is offering for
the B B C micro. It contains a selection
of old favourites including Invaders
and Breakout.
Invaders is a one- or two-player
game with nine skill levels. Each
This game came to me on the other player may choose a different level of |
side of Dungeons of Intrigue, but is play, which is a novel feature even for
being sold as a separate piece of stand-alone Invaders. The game
software with an 'Etch-a-Sketch' moves smoothly and quickly, with
program on the other side. The same plenty of flying saucers and all the
difficulties in loading were experi- standard features. The invaders and
enced as with Dungeons, but after saucers seem very large and are quite
changing some program lines I even- easy to hit at the start. But so is your
tually got it up and running. base. They speed up quite dramatical-
ly when there are only a few left, and
The aim of the »ame is to make a
the last remaining invader really does
killing on the stoc < market. Y o u start
move like a rocket.
with £5,000 and lave the option of
buying or selling shares in a range of Breakout is also of good quality and
companies like Ewing Oil, Yoric Mic- is attractively colourful. As well as the
ros, Synclair Toys, Borg Sports. A S L standard game there are three option-
Software and Mothercare. al features: double bat, moving walls,
I started by sinking all my cash into and captive balls. Any combination
Yoric and A S L - and 'sinking' is the can be chosen, giving a set of eight
right word, because share prices in different games. As in many versions
these companies promptly plum- of Breakout, the bat moves quite
meted. I then spread what was left of slowly in normal mode. In this game,
my funds a bit more evenly, and pressing the shift key gives double
gradually began to recoup my losses. speed, a feature that I liked.
For each turn you have the option of The third game on the cassette is|
buying, selling, or leaving things as another early arcade original,
they are; shares held, market fluctua- Dodgem. Y o u move a car through a
tion and cash in hand are all updated maze of six concentric square tracks
automatically. with four crossing points between
O n e thing that began to annoy me them. A computer-controlled car is
was the fact that fluctuation in share travelling in the opposite direction
prices seemed to be much too random and determined to get you. This ver-|
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93-w sion is completely standard, with the
favoured Z ' , 'X', a n d V keys for
m o v e m e n t a n d the space bar for accel-
eration.
Finally, we have an interesting varia-
tion o n the game where y o u must
avoid crashing into your o w n tail,
n o w immortalised in the film Tron.
S n a k e is a one-player game in w h i c h
y o u guide a small white square a r o u n d
the screen attempting to eat 'food'. If
you d o n ' t reach the food in time, it
fades away. If you d o eat it, your
points are increased and the tail
w h i c h follows the course o f y o u r dot
grows a little. Y o u e n d u p w i t h a long
snake b e h i n d you. If at any point you
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lines, a life is lost. Each g a m e consists
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a n d surprisingly addictive variant o f a
stunningly trivial game. DO
GAME: HARVESTER
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Strategy, rather than z a p p i n g the
enemy, is the theme o f Harvester. It is
intriguing rather t h a n exciting, de-
p e n d i n g on p l a n n i n g m o r
hand-to-eye c o o r d i n a t i o n .
U p to four people c a n play, each
driving a harvester w h i c h gobbles dots
scattered a b o u t the screen.
W h e n the game is R U N , the screen
fills u p with coloured dots k n o w n as
parcels of Boosterspice. The distinc-
tive harvesters for each player are
placed at r a n d o m . To the right of the
screen arc simple direction codes: 1
for up, 5 for d o w n . 8 for north east,
and so on. Y o u m a k e a m o v e by typing
in y o u r personal code (A-D) and the
direction c o d e o f y o u r choice. Y o u
can take as m u c h t i m e as you like to
m a k e u p your m i n d , and then use the
Delete key to c h a n g e it. Hitting RE-
T U R N m a k es the move.
The harvester trundles off, gobblin g
dots in your chosen direction as far as
it can go, to a pleasant musical accom-
p a n i m e n t . It stops w h e n it hits the
edge o f the screen, meets another
harvester or r u n s o u t o f dots. M o v i n g
in a direction w h i c h is thus barred,
w i t h o u t any dots left to gobble, ends
the round.
The player's score is then reduced to
zero a n d other players' scores are
carricd over the next r o u n d .
The strategy is to try to m u n c h a line
of dots in such a way that your
o p p o n e n t is isolated in as small an
area as possible.
The graphics are s i m p l e b u t effec-
tive and i n c l u d e a rather powerful
screen flash routine in the second half
if you fail. The s o u n d effects also w o r k
well. Harvester's biggest a p p e a l is the
fact that it is a game for the intellect
rather t h a n a sublimate d desire to z a p
other entities. Karl Dallas

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97-* bow, D Lawson a n d M Butler. Arca-
dia also offers a lifetime guarantee. If
one of their games fails to load it will
be replaced at once, free of charge.
This is certainly a step to be encour-
aged. Instructions for setting up are
clear a n d concise, a n d there's a touch
of sly h u m o u r in that the alien beasties
you are battling against belong to the
Atari-an Empire. O f course, it could
just be coincidence...
The object of the game is fairly
standard zap-the-alien stuff. The alien
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This is one of a large selection of
packages distributed by Atari but writ-
ten by non-Atari personnel. Atari
does apparently pay quite good royal-
ties if the program sells and it's a good
way of making available software
which might otherwise never be pub-
lished. Eastern Front has achieved
such success that creator Chris Craw-
ford has been given a job with Atari's
elite software team in California.
The game is a one-player simulation
of the German invasion of Russia
during World War II, in which you
have the job of controlling the Ger-
man forces. The playing field is a m a p
of Western Russia, covering three or
four screens' length in each direction.
Using a joystick, you move a purple
square around the map, which scrolls
over if you reach the edge of the
screen.
Russian military units are seen as
red squares, and G e r m a n ones as
white. To identify any unit and its
strength, you must position your pur-
ple square over it and press the fire
button on your joystick. Each turn
you may give up to eight orders to
each German unit. These a m o u n t to
instructions for movement in a par-
ticular direction. They are given by
pressing the fire button whilst your
square frame is in position over the
appropriate unit, a n d - keeping the
button pressed - moving the joystick
in the direction you wisn the unit to
move (not diagonally).
When you have completed your
orders, pressing the start button initi-
ates the procedure which figures out
their results. A unit will not carry out
all your orders exactly for a number of
reasons. Firstly, it may come into
conflict with an enemy unit by trying
to move into the other's space. In this
case, the result of the conflict will be
determined by the fighting strength of
each unit along with various random
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factors, and one unit will be forced to
withdraw. Associated with this is the
inability, under certain conditions of,
your unit to move through a Russian
unit's zone of control.
Secondly, a German unit cannot
move into a space already occupied by
a friendly force, and will merely wait
until the other has moved. Finally, the
number of spaces which a unit can
move each turn is limited by its o w n
nature (infantry or tank regiment), the
terrain it is crossing and the season of
the year. The game runs from 22 June
1941 to 29 March 1942, with each
turn representing one week; the cur-
rent date is displayed at the top of the
screen.
Your score appears in the bottom left
hand corner and is reassessed each
turn, the idea being to end the game
with the highest score possible out of
255. Since this score fluctuates in both
directions, there is n o point in playing
part of a game. As there is no game-
save feature, you will have to leave
your computer on or allocate several
hours each time you boot up the disk.
The graphics are the most obviously
impressive feature, with the colours
changing according to the season.
There can be no doubt that this is a
fine piece of programming. DO
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'You must become Ulysses,' says the
manual. 'Your task: to find the Gol-
den Fleece and return it to the King.
The perils are many, your foes power-
ful. But with courage, logic, intuition
and luck, you can survive and take
with you the secrets of sorcerers.
Now, sit back, close your eyes, and I'll
spin a spell to open time's portals...'
The game is for one player a n d is set
in a number of locations, including
the King's town, a tavern, a shop and
Colossal Island. Each location ha?. t s
own picture, which comes on the
screen when you get there - in the
time I was playing, I found at least 20.
In each of these places you will b u m p
into people - guards, sailors, shop-
keepers - or stumble across objects to
take on your ciuest.
If you stumble across a mysterious
floating bottle, for instance, you just
type GET BOTTLE. The item is then
added to your baggage and disappears
from the picture.
Y o u start off in the town. From there,
you can move north, south, east or
west. You may speak to anyone you
meet, to see whether thev have any
helpful information. Robbers may
steal some or all of your possessions.
You may be able to buy something -
or you may find that what you thought
was money isn't legal tender here.
The instruction b o o k does not tell
you much about what you can or
cannot do. Part of the fun is finding
out for yourself, and you will need to
use your imagination to find the right
commands. The game certainly has a
sense of humour. W h e n I was unable
to get any sense from a guard, I typed
in KILL G U A R D . The response was
T h a t wouldn't be nice. Besides, he's
bigger than you'.
I was not particularly impressed with
the graphics - I've seen better on
micros such as the Apple or Atari. But
only a mad millionaire is going to buy
an I B M PC for games. This game, and
others like it, will be played by the
boss in the evenings. It could give a
new meaning to 'working late at the
office tonight, dear'. Mi k e Whitney
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This is an adventure game in the great
tradition. Y o u are Jen, last of the
Gelfling race which was exterminated
by the evil Skeksis. They control the
land with the aid of the powerful Dark
Crystal, damaged centuries ago when
a shard broke off and was lost. N o w
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101 -m could no t be simpler. Y o u gently
shove the disk in the drive and boot.
The first picture on the screen shows
Jen sitting o n a rock playing his pipes.
From then on, it's u p to you.
The game is sixth in the Sierra-
O n l i n e Hires Adventure series and
uses the same code as the previous
ones. I f o u n d it more frustrating t h a n
its forerunners, a n d m o r e arbitrary.
O n e classic exampl e is the t i m e I w a s
spotted by a bat with a crystal eye. It
t o o k o n l y o n e bat-sighting, followed a
few turns later by the a p p e a r a n c e o f
one o f the G a r t h i m (invincible nas-
ties) to h a m m e r h o m e the message
that Bats M e a n z G a r t h i m . I got killed
that time.
After rebooting a n d retracing m y
steps from the m a p I h a d d r a w n so
carefully, I w a s spotted by a n o t h e r
bat. 1 w a s o n l y two moves away from
the hill where the Landstriders
grazed, so I headed for it a n d arrived
just in time. T h e n u p c a m e a G a r t h i m .
To m y intense displeasure, I disco-
vered that being in the presence of
Landstriders - w h o get their kicks in
life by kickin g the life o u t o f G a r t h i m -
makes no t o n e bit of difference. Y o u
w i n d u p just as dead.
APPLE II 0RIC1
In a n adventure g a m e there are very
few situations in w h i c h an operator
error can cause a problem . In the case
o f the D a r k Crystal, the need to loa d
each picture-file from disk m e a n s y o u
c o u l d confuse disks, causing a 'file n o t
f o u n d ' error. The same problem could
occur w h e n you m o v e from o n e disk
to another. In b o t h cases, the program
explains w h a t the m a c h i n e thinks
might b e h a p p e n i n g .
It is best if y o u play this o n a c o l o ur
T V as it loses mos t o f its appeal in
m o n o . However, since it is based on
the A m e r i c a n T V standard, the col-
ours are blurry. Richard King
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Z o d i a c is a full-length adventure for
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h a l f an h o u r to d o so.
This features a very large vocabulary
a n d uses the large m e m o r y to very
good effect. It's a standard text adven-
ture. Y o u start in a small h u t and
w a n d e r through various locations re-
trieving treasure. There are six valu-
able objects to be retrieved a n d it will
take y o u a l o n g time to complete the
w h o l e game - Tansoft reckons five
hours for a seasoned adventurer and
50 or m o r e for the novice.
There is a g o o d range of locations
and plenty ot detailed description. If
you find yourself in a r o o m , the O r i c
will tell y o u that it has high ceilings, a
sturdy mantelpiece a n d exquisite
panelling, w h i c h denotes that the
h o u s e o w n e r has g o o d taste a n d high
financial standing. Y o u are not res-
tricted to s i m p l e v e r b / n o u n instruc-
tions. Y o u can a d d descriptive adjec-
tives w h i c h will affect the way the
c o m p u t e r carries o u t y o u r orders.
M u s i c is a d d e d at relevant points o f
the adventure - at o n e location y o u
c o m e across a radio that is playing the
theme t u n e from the Archers. This
detracted from m y e n j o y m e n t as the
s o u n d d i d terrible things to the screen
display. I assume that p r o d u c t i o n
O n e s are n o w free from this a n n o y i n g
feature.
S o u n d b u g s aside, this is a very nice
piece o f software. I a m n o t an adven-
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SPECTRUM DRAGON 32
When I first received this game, I
spent the best part of a weekend
playing it. Since tnen, I have returned
to it more often than any other.
The object ot the game is to pilot
your chosen team from division four
to the league championship, on the
way winnin g the FA C u p as often as
possible. The game mirrors reality in
that a good C u p run will give you
greater attendances, hence more
money at the gate. Conversely, losing
too many games cuts your income and
can result in you getting the sack.
Y o u have a m a x i m u m of 16 players
in your squad and can buy or sell as
the situation dictates, borrowing from
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change players' names to suit your
own toibles and prejudices. Unfortu-
nately, your players must have names
of eight letters or less, including ini-
tial, so there's no room for Kenny
Dalglish.
Loading Football Manager for the
first time, you are invited to enter your
name and then choose a team from
the 64 on offer. N o matter which team
you choose, you start the game in
division four - which must be particu-
larly galling for Liverpool fans. If your
favourite team is not represented, you
can select any of the others and then
change the name. Y o u select your skill
level from a choice of seven, ranging
from beginner to genius. Y o u then
choose your team's colours - this is
not too realistic as you are restricted
to black or white - and the game
begins.
The truly addictive quality of this
game is the remarkable way it mirrors
a real football manager's problems.
Each player in your squad is rated
between 1 and 5 in skill. This rating
affects his price in the transfer market
REVIEWS and his cost to you in wages. In
addition, each has an energy value of
20 or less. Each game played reduces
this value by one, while resting the
0 O O O O
ZX81 BBC
layer for one game boosts his ener
C:y 10. Y o u r team's> performance
P will
depend on values obtained from the
skill and energy ratings of the players,
plus a morale factor. Lose games and
this goes d o w n , making you more
likely to lose again. This is identical to
a real team's performance.
So far, the game is purely textual.
N o w the fun begins. Having selected
the most suitable team for the forth-
coming game (you have a dossier on
your opponents' skills, morale and
energy), you have to sit back, biting
your nails like any real manager, while
w
.V * 1 I • VI
the game is played. This is done in a
1
series of goalmouth scrambles. Suc-
cessful shots are greeted by an electro-
nic scoreboard flashing ' G O A L ! ' and
the match score is displayed.
It should be stressed that this is not a
short game - there are 15 games in a
season, plus the various rounds in the
FA C u p . To get from division four to
the league c h a m p i o n s h ip at any of the
higher skill levels is going to take you
a week of playing every day. SM
GAME: P I M A N I A
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MACHINE: SPECTRUM
(OTHER V E R S I O N S A V A I L A B L E
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I'm not too sure that Christian Pen-
fold and Mel Croucher should be
allowed to walk the streets. Both of
them are obviously warped ...
What we have here is a world where
saxophones turn into hang-gliders,
where red herrings swim across the
bottom of the screen blowing bubbles
of derision, and where snatches of
music confuse, hinder and occa-
sionally help you. A l o n g the way
you'll be greeted by a blatant appeal
for cash - they promise to send you a
T-shirt, but what makes you think you
can trust them? Throughout your
adventures you'll be involved with the
Pi-Man w h o will give you presents of
useful things like blackboards, then
next minute rob you blind.
It's a game that encourages all that is
noble in the h u m a n spirit - namely
naked, ravening greed. The prize is a
specially designed £6,000 gold and
d i a m o n d sundial. Whoever wins it
will certainly deserve it, but will un-
doubtedly be a gibbering lunatic by
then.
Seeing as there's so much at stake,
I'm not going to tell you too much -
why should I help you get rich?
Suffice it to say that it's an adventure.
But the objects are not your run-of-
the-mill swords, magic rings and po-
tions - you pick up TV dinners, cans
of worms,
» • aa aaaa
handfuls of Valium
A a a 1a • a M 4 J I I t IP V t I lilt
The object is to get through the Gate
of Pi, which will reward you with a
place name and date. Turn u p at the
appointed time and an Automata per-
son will hand over the goodies.
There are potential clues in every-
thing, probably even in the horren-
dous 'disco single' on the other side of
the program tape.
The Pi-Man does a mean hokey-
cokey. The animation makes non-
sense of the fact that the Spectrum is a
slow computer. And the cassette case
should carry a government health
warning: this game can damage your
brain. It woula appear that Automata
staff are not expecting an early winner
- if n o one shows up on the first date
set they promise to return at the same
time on the same day of every year
until the prize is won. SM
O n e of my arcade favourites is a game
called Space Panic. Monsters is an
exact reproduction of the original,
right d o w n to the sound effects.
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man w h o runs around five floors
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ladders while being chased by mons-
ters. As you might guess, the idea is to
kill all the monsters as quickly as
possible. Instead of a weapon, the
little m a n is equipped with*ith a s| spade
with which he can d i eg;a n d fill in holes.
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107-m are then much more likely to be hit by
the acid drops. You are also in danger
of being trapped above ground by the
occasional mole which may close up
the entrance to the burrow.
The game ends when all three lives
are gone or when the insects succeed
in eroding the base of the cactus so
that it falls.
You control the game with a joy-
stick or with easy-to-use keys. Note
that the L key, which is used to fire,
does not repeat if held d o w n.
Kaktus is sufficiently interesting to
interest players w h o have become
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These two are essentially the same
game, both being glossy versions of
the arcade favourite. Frogger. as you
might guess by the name, is the origin-
al copyright version, while Preppie is
an amusing variation.
For any of you w h o have yet to
sample its delights, Frogger involves
manoeuvring a frog first across a busy
road and then across a river to reach a
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h o m e base at the top of the screen.
There are four lanes of traffic on the
road, two lanes in each direction, and
the speed of this increases as the game
progresses. The frog must avoid
touching any of the vehicles. O n the
river the opposite applies, since the
frog must leap onto moving streams of
logs, turtles and crocodiles to get
across. Believe it or not, the frog
drowns if it falls in the water.
Things are made more difficult by
deadly snakes which wander across
the grass between the river and the
road, and by various creatures which
lie in wait at your h o m e base ready to
gobble you up.
The version of Frogger for the Atari
is fairly true to its ancestry, except that
it is only a one-player game, and each
game consists of five frogs. There arc
lady frogs' which wait on logs for
your controlee (which is presumably a
gentleman frog) to escort them home.
Leaping on top ot this frog of the fairer
sex allows you to control the happy
pair as if they were a single creature.
The game has two speeds.
Preppie has a similar layout but with
only three lanes of traffic on the road
and on the river. In fact, the road is a
fairway and is populated with lawn-
mowers, golf cars and bulldozers. The
river starts off with boats only on it,
but logs and crocodiles appear later
on. Instead of a frog, you control a
young student - 'preppie' is a US term
for rich spoilt kids w h o have attended
public school. The preppie's name is
given in the story which accompanies
the game as W a d s w o r t h Overcash.
Because of a bizarre college tradi-
tion, Wadsworth has to retrieve golf-
balls on a very dangerous course. In
the first frame there is only one golf-
ball. It lies on the other side o f the
green, and must be retrieved and
carried back to the starting zone. As
the game progresses more balls
appear. Only one ball can be carried at
a time and there is a time limit.
Incidentally, instead of a snake thre-
atening you in the central reservation
there is a giant frog!
Preppie can be played by one or two
players using either one or a pair of
joysticks. In both Preppie and Frogger
the graphics are superb, and they both
include melodic but repetitive tunes.
The music can be turned off without
losing the other sound effects by
pressing S E L E C T on Frogger or S H I F T
and ' M ' on Preppie.
I like both of these games, and to be
honest there is not m u c h to choose
between them. Preppie wins out in
terms of presentation, but the long
sequences between each term make it
slower. It also includes the option of
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This is a version of the curiously
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The scenario is an old warehouse
where a huge gorilla (clearly a relative
of King Kong) is holding a young
w o m a n prisoner. Each of the four
frames has a different configuration of
horizontal girders linked by ladders,
with the belligerent ape and his ter-
rified captive at the top.
To start with, your job is simply to
climb from the bottom of the screen to
the top and rescue the girl. This is
complicated by the endless supply of
barrels which are consistently hurled
at you by the gorilla.
You use the joystick to control a little
character w h o leaps when you press
the fire button. Apart from jumping
over the barrels, your only defence is
to smash them with a mallet, of which
two are available at different levels of
the screen.
These mallets will destroy the fire-
balls which wander about the place.
But possession of them is temporary,
and you cannot climb any ladders
while holding one.
If you reach the top on the first frame
the scene changes. N o w you run over
eight 'plugs' symmetrically positioned
in the structure. These then disappear
- causing the girders to collapse and
the gorilla to fall to the floor. This time
there are no barrels but plenty of
fireballs.
As the game goes on, all sorts of
further hazards appear. These include
conveyor belts, furnaces and lifts,
each demanding a different strategy.
I have always ielt this game was one
of the most interesting and challeng-
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two different playing speeds, for one
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'practice' game in which you get 1 2
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Three copies of The King are in-
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resolution graphics. It is thus less
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OAMlt KATERPILLAR ATTACK a third of the price. My only major them is undoubted, but less serious
SUPPLIER: M I C R O D E A L criticism is that the base will only flyers could soon admit defeat.
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tion so that it is virtually impossible to manual which is easy to read and
MACHINE: D R A G O N 3 2 escape the caterpillar segments when understand. Illustrations and maps
(VERSION A L S O A V A I L A B L E they reach the bottom. DO explain the aircraft controls and in-
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held by Atari UK. It is licensed from MACHINE: I B M PC (64K) level of skill.
an American outfit called Tom Mix
Far more than just a game, the Micro- Unfortunately, with such a large area
Software.
soft simulator is realistic enough to of the world t o cover and display, the
You move a small oval base around qualify as a serious training aid for resolution gives a rather jerky and
the bottom of the screen while firing prospective pilots or those with a lumpy appearance. The colours are
upwards at long centipedes/ passion for flying but n o cash to not quite realistic, and although the
caterpillars, each of whose segments indulge it. graphics are excellent, I have to fault
has a life of its own. The playing field You can select a vast number of the sound effects.
is scattered with mushrooms which routes about the North American
take four shots to destroy. N e w If you get tired of serious flying, a
continent. There are 22 detailed air-
mushrooms appear whenever you hit bonus in this packge is British Ace, a
port layouts to take off from or land at,
World W a r I dogfight game. In this,
a caterpillar segment. They also in weather conditions ranging from
you must shoot d o w n at least five

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>pear in the wake of the creatures daylight with no wind and not a cloud
enemy fighters - with differing capabi-
eas in the original but described as in the sky through to pitch darkness
lities - and b o m b aerodromes and
and solid clouds with a tornado
spiders in the introduction to Kater- factories. You battle it out in real time,
raging.
pillar) that occasionally hurtle d o w n so it is advisable to learn to handle
at you from the top of the screen. This program is for the dedicated, for your aircraft using the flight simulator
Katerpillar is fast with good graphics people w h o are prepared to spend program before tackling this game.
and sound. It isn't as exciting as the many hours in the 'cockpit' learning This is one situation where learning
Atari cartridge version, but is less than on the job will not do. Nigel Cross
how to fly. Its long-term appeal for

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ZX81
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quantity as well as quality' Sinclair User. Oct 82
It e a c h g a m e w a s o n a s e p a r a t e t a p e a n d s e l l i n g tor C 5 e a c h I w o u l d s t i l l r e c o m m e n d them
,r_ . . . . . . Computing. Oct/Nov '82
t a s y to o p e r a t e , g r a p h i c a l l y i m p r e s s i v e a n d g o o d v a l u e tor m o n e y The Times n t h Dec 82
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With 3 stages
B o m o a n d shoot your
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fortified c a v e s

GALAXY I N V A D E R S ( m a c h i n e c o d e ) Flews ot swoop-

and drving alien cratl to light olf
SNAKEBITE ( m a c h i n e c o d a ) Eat the s n a k e Oetore eats
>ou Va'-attfe speed (Very las* ai too s p e e d )
LIFE ( m a c h i n e c o d e ) A ZX81 version of the well k n o w n
game
JD T I C - T A C - T O E ( B a s k ) P l a y e d on a 4 x 4 * 4 board this P L A N E T O I D S ( m a c h i n e c o d e ) Move your ship and tire missiles in Sdireclions lo
s a qa-ne lor the brain II is very hard to beat the compMter at t
avoid a n d shool down the large planetoids and small fliers a n d bouncers Rotate left
GUNFIGHT ( m a c h i n e c o d e ) Western style snoot-out
r*t»een ? players or against Ihe computer
rotate right, move, fire a n d hyperspace controls
FUNGALOIDS ( m a c h i n e c o d e ) B o m b tno FungalO*JS
Wore they grow to the sky or shoot y o u down DODGEMS (machine code) Dodge the computer s car while eating the dots
INVAOERS ( m a c h i n e c o d e ) 4 9 aliens a n d r a n d o m Hv,ng
saucers to shool down
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M E R C H A N T (Basic) Make your fortune on trading voyages in Ihe Mediterranean
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Base to New Y o r k / N e w 2Cand 4D Title C. Sequence starts in

Y o r k to Base/Base to Cairo; top left corner, works d o w n
Base to R o m e / R o m e to the first c o l u m n , up the
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