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A/INectrum*^J2X81
in our free E1000competition
Softwarereviews for:Commodore 64,Spectrum, BBC,vic-20, Texas,Atari, Dragon
and Orlc
games to type in
two spectrumurograms to play
PLUSprograms to
:ype in for vic-20,Commodore 64
and Atari
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Softwareprice risecauses stir
Imagine has caused [win slirs ir.
[he software industry — firsi byslashing price; and now ri '
All its present games, includ-
ing hcsl sellers like Zzoom,SlOnkcrs and Wacky Wallers,come down in price by £1 .Si to
0.95 from Monday.
going lo be expensive
warn. They buy Vail
Tlie firsl [wo at
Nine tracksfor speed
director of makers Phi MagSysierm, said: 'There is suchhuge gap between the sl<
speed [ape recorders and [
£300 or £400 you would have
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The galaxy's most I
battle wagon.Narzon Heatseekers Iram Lhe back. LasaSlamma Tanks in (ront.
HeliChargas from above.
A friendly mission in Zon lias become a desperate fight for
survival.
NowrasTnii!|i;i Thick trundles and leaps across Zon's surface, only ^
one person in the galaxy can save it.
You.
The ticket to Zon is £5.99 (RRP inc. VAT), and the journey starts at
Boots, WH Smith, Rumbelovvs. 01 any inim-alac'tie computer games shop. .
Your (JomiiH >ik.iv ii-1 will low it lobits.
B*illi<udo*t £pect>mm,WC-20& GSM-64.'
Morcn 20-Morch 26, 198a He. 54
'>4°Briefly
ri-style joystick s <
the Electron *
interface cjplng-in interface cartudgc fromFBC
,
S r«ccins:--*f7coits £24,95
- i the company says it ha;
n talking 10 software housesabout compatible software.
FBC Systems, 10 Main Centre,
Derby DEI 2PE• • •
Sir Clive Sinclair has signed a
deal allowing assembly anddistribution of Speclrums andZXSls in South Korea. Sinclair
Research will supply
Aquarius User is a new monthlymagazine for owners of the £50micro, edited by the ex-editor ofWhich Micro? Colin Barker.
Subscription is £12 a year and
urage newsagent sale as
arius User. ComputerMarketplace, 20 Orange St,
London WC2H 1ED
Four eductional games in five
European languages are on a
new program marketed by Soft-
Shop for the Commodore 64,
48K Spectrum and Oric/Almos.""
r -Barnes for Childrenrs
1
.addition, subtraction,
spelling numbers and the
alphabet and costs £9.95.
SoftShop International, Unit
301, 16 Brum St, London El7NJ
• • OYour Commodore 64 can hold a
programs for you. according to
published Artificial Intelligence
on the Commodore 64, Thebook costs £6.95 and was
en by father-and-son teamKeith and Steven Brain.
Sunshine, 12/13 Litlte NewportSt, London WC2R 3LD
Hews, OneMam view s,s
ei.ooo siiversoft competition 8
VIC-20 programs 10A game and a collection of useful sound routines
Software reviews 14Games for Spectrum, Atari, CBM 64 and TI-99/4A
Spectrum program 16Beat the bookies in A Day at the Races
Letters .
Oric prog i
Three fun games to type
software charts
Software reviewsSomething for everyone on Atari, Spectrum, Oric
Commodore 64 software reviews
software reviewsGames for Oric and VIC-20
Educational software reviews . .
.
...for VIC-20, Oric and Spectrum
TI-99/4A software reviews
commodore 64 programGet ready for some high-speed combat
prot
U.S. Scene
Software reviews ....Games for BBC and Spectrum
Atari programGobble the dots and avoid the gho
Classified ads start on
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NEWS
Price rise
doreAlthough still on cassette,
they will be boxed along with
other items, like maps anddetailed playing instructions.
Mr Everiss said Imagineieved software sold as
Kites alone bad reached its
\ by-product is that piracy
uld be less likely'
d theta wouldbe essential in n.e [he game..
Mr Everiss said Imagine hadalso developed a system makingits products nearly impossible
to copy.
He agreed that the price cuts
were to clear the decks and said
[hat, at £335, the software was
The: futu
rstand at all.' What's thekvAi: behind that?
"I'm totally amused andbemused by Imagine'* twisting
and turning. First they droptheir prices and the next minutehey are making them too high.
"While I applaud their movetway from lower prices. I think
hey have over-reacted in the
ippositc direction. They will
it thee! osellgi
b Simpson, head of PCSDistribution, believes the prices
about £15.50 and£19.50. He said: "Imagine are
claiming these programs are
completely innovative. If that's
the
d for the itidus
Nine tracksFrom froni pagi
pay for the cheapest floppy d
Phloopy costs £114 and the
interface, which runs up to
eight drives, is £29.90. Tapecartridges cost £3-£3.50depending on quantity.
Up to LOOK can bt
says Phi Mag, and accessed in
three to four seconds. Transferrate is 10K per second, around:i.K):ime. faster than
only on the BBC computer, but
Phi Mag plans to makeavailable for other popi
Phi Mac says the speed ;
reliability arc due to a ni
recording
quarter-inch width of Ihc tape— and an error-checking systemcontrolled by an on-board
Phloopy has its own LoopFiling System, using thestandard HUC filing system.
BASK' commands and its ownefixed by an
s the
is driven at 15 inches per secondand. says Phi Mag, touches the
cartridge wall only occasionally.
Programs or text files from
Mr Lucas said his company
Once installed, the Phloopysystem plugs into the BBC'sdisc port and a second plug goes
into the power output •ocktt.
Phi Mag says the installaiion
should not take more than 20
The company says that, with
production under way at its
Falmouth plant, mail order
Phi Ma? Systems, Tregonlggle
Industrial Estate, Falmouth,Cort-waii TR11 4RY
may view of the Phloopym shuws Ihc 12ft (ape loop
You could beon our pagesPROGRAMS must always be sent on cassette.Listings are helpful, but not necessary. Check
carefully that they are bug-free, includedetails of what your program does, how it
works, variables you have used and hints onconversion.
ARTICLES on using home computers should beno longer than 2,000 words. Don't worry aboutyour writing ability — Just try to keep to the
style in hcw. Articles most likely to bepublished will help our readers made betteruse of their micros by giving useful ideas,
possibly with programming examples. We willconvert any sketched illustrations into
finished artwork.
tips are short articles, and briefprogramming routines which we can puttogether with others. Your hints can aid
other computer users.
Competitive rates are paid.
Keep a copy of your submissions and includean SAE if you want them returned. Labeleverything clearly and give a daytime and
home phone number if you can.
KOMI- I'OMPITISG VVl:l-.k! V 20 Man
Colour codedJet St! Willy
follow -up toMfcnic Miner, runs only wnen a
colour code, found on the inlay
card, is input by the player.
Software Projects says this is
a bid to lessen piracy. Jet Set
Willy, which has a competitiondetailed on the inlay, wasoriginally due out in December.h runs on the 48K Spectrum
along with the company's other
new games, Tribble Troubleand Orion. Dinky Doo, new for
the Commodore 64, plays a
Software Projects, Bear BrandComplex, Allenon Rd,Woolton, Liverpool L25 7SF
• • •The inaugural meeting of the
Society of Software Authors,affiliated to the ComputerTrade Association, will be held
at the Studio Theatre, KennethMore Theatre, Oakfteld Rd,llford, Essex, on May S,
starting at 1pm, Subscription:
£10 pi
Cox, acting treasurer.
Society of Software Authors, 7
Meadway Ct, Whalebone LaneSouth, Dagenhom, Essex
• • •Turbo, an extended BASIC for
the Commodore 64 at £14.95, is
said to offer 45
make Ihe computer
Logo, the educational program-ming language, has beenbrought out for the Spectrumby Kuma and for the Atari. TheSpectrum version is on tape for
£9.95 and Atari's is on cartridge
at £59.99, including two2! )' I- :.!! e manuals.Kuma, Unit 12, Horseshoe Pk,Horseshoe Rd, Pangbourne,Berks RG8 7JW.
Berks SL2 SBZ. Slow
Longmans is adding two books
computers: The BBC MicroGuide and, due out in three
weeks. The Electron MicroGuide. Both are by GrahameBlack well, director of the[vybridgc EducationalComputing Project, SouthDevon, and cost £2.95.
Longman, Burnt Mill, Harlow,
Essex CM20 2JE• • •
Kenilworth Software is
planning to bring out amagazine on tape for users ofthe T1-99/4A in May/June.Kenilworth Software, 9 DencerDr, Knights Meadow, Kenil-
worth, WarksCVS2QR• • •
Forthcoming shows; Microlair,
April 28, Alexandra Palace,
North London; 5th AnnualCommodore Computer Show,June 7-9, Novolel London(formerly Cunard International
Hotel), Hammersmith;Personal Computer GamesEaster Show, April 20-22,
Solihull Conference Centre,Homer Rd, Solihull; WhatMicro? Dr Barnard os Show,July 14-15, Battersea Pk,London.
• • •Virgin Games' Nick Alexanderlias just returned from Hungarywhere he had talks withAndromeda, the software housethat produced Chinese Juggler,
ahiHn importing new games.Virgin, 61-63 Portobello Rd.London WII 3DD
After the game ofthe book, the
book of the game of the book.Melbourne House has brought
our A Guide to Playing TheHobbit. Priced at £3.95, it
outlines strategies and tactics
solutions. Melbourne Housealso publishes the game tape for
the48K Spectrum, Commodore64, Oric and BBC.Melbourne House, Castle YardHouse, Castle Yard,Richmond, Surrey TWIQ 6TF
T1-994A SOFTWARETwo great games for the une*panded T1-99/4A
PILOT £5.95
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ONE MAN'S VIEW
Get it right.Sir Clive
Every two years or so that special time comes round again
when — in classic Sinclair slyle — Sir Clive and his aunleash their latest and greatest home computer.
Wailing/or it is a mob of anticipating and impatient
computer freaks like me who will buy anything with the
wonderfuly angular Sinclair logo on the side.
Will the QL meet our expectations? Perhaps.
II certainly sounds good, but so do a lot of other
things when we first read about them in the hastily-
written and hazy first impression reports. The revi
rave about a computer that nobody, including the wr,
knows a lot about.
There are mysterious ami conflicting reports of chip
names, memory capacity and cost unlit, finally, the
official literature arrives. Happy would-be customers tear
open the envelopes and scratch their heads in confusion
when they find, for example, that it costs £100 more than
they had heard.Thankfully, that initial period is over for the QL
and the solid facts hart-settled down to a basic list. And
a
very good list it is too: I28K RAM (96 usable after 32Kfor screen display is subtracted), eight colours, several
text and graphics modes, twin built-in Microdrives, lois
of interfaces, a wittingly excellent BASIC controlled by
a Rolls-Royce of processors, an interesting shape and a
big expansion programme.And it's cheap. Or rather, for argument's sake, it's
inexpensive. It really is a lot less than it should be.
The catch? there doesn't appear to be one. Butperhaps everyone is looking in the wrong directionfor the
fatal error. If anything does eventually, or initially, so
wrong il won 'I be the computer. Odds on it will be the
company.For too long we have lei it all go by with computer
companies: the production problems, recalls, apologies,
re-delivery, the months of wailing. If ourfriend Sir Clive
is reading I hope he bows his head in shame.
I'm ashamed to say that I have had two ZXSIs andthree of the I6KRAM packs tor it, finally vlving up after
the third packed up. This time round I've really donemyself proud, not slopping at three Specirums. Oh n
I've had eight. No, this is not a typing error — I so
eight. I wonder how many QLs I'll get.
Now, patience is one ofmy better virtues and I knowthai things like this must happen a/1 the lime. But if
'
better not happen again. I want to have faith in yourcompany. Sir Clive, but you have let me down in thepast.
Your last chance will arrive soon when I order my QL. Bewarned: there are others like me and it 's a dangerous athroat market.
Please get it right.
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the WC-20 »ith 3K oRAM.
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immediately after power up will
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POKE8192,0:POKE44,:NEW
POKE36866.150:POKE36869.240:POKE4B.30
With a 16K RAM pack, if
you used the above POKEs,you don't need to lower the topof memory — so delete the lii
from the program. Otherwise
you will get an OUT OFMEMORY error as soon as
try to RUN.
# Winning Games on Ihe VIC-20, £5.95, is published by Ellis
Horwood and distributed byJohn Wiley & Sons.
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Trail ofdestruction?
Whether it's bombs, oil wells,nuclear reactors, or plain oldsabotage, can you stop adisaster in this bunch of
games?
Gusher sabotage one's opponents, hav^H
CBM 64 E9.95 ahTos^mire'ya maitw oftac"
la.id St,' London Wo 9JTtakes place is quite attractive, but
The blurb and instructions on ihe
packaging had led m< to believe
thai this was an entirely oriein^l
game, so it war, quite a surprise
persuade anyone to play il with
me. 1 did play it right through
old board game. Nol thai it s anthink"*! ever play it again' M.n!
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1 have Tried to create some-thing 'quite different fromzapping aliens and escapingfrom mazes, both of which in
my opinion have been almosttotally exhausted.
Anyway, this game is a non-violent and realistic day out at
the races.
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in my family
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ORIC PROGRAMSMeteor Race
Your challenge in Lhis game is
bombing
The game :
Llsling (or Meteor Race
a ihe : r> half h
bottom has a landscape.
Your ship will appear in [he
cemre of the screen and then
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to left, achieved by using
constantly updated strings.'
The landscape section has
targets to bomb and to survive
you must keep hitting the pods,*
_se your puwx'r by ai
The missiles score point >
only. You lose units of power
for each shot, so don't be 100
trigger happy!Before starting you will be
asked 10 choose a difficulty
level and this controls your
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Leap,and bthreefor yo
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re pitied against the
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You and the computer Stan
at opposite sides of the screen,
moving towards each other.
Both of you leave a wall behind
uid your wall is solid.
iu must avoid the walls andsmaller obstacles and not leave
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e loser is the first to crash
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COMMODORE 64 PROGRAMNow you too can join in Ihis
high speed combat game, using
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command is built into theprogram, and is designed lo use
multicolour mode, so you can;e the different coloured palhs
of you and your opponentsThe second inleresting
feature of the game is lhat the
keyboard can be used for bothplayers at the same time. This is
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Light biker
a play, and has one
When the game it normallyset, you have a resolution of 160
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regular David Rees. And thereare a few other novel features
too
1X0-220 set high resetcolours and display
:.<l|.2=lt .-.! Kreen memory
260-195 draw edge lines
300-4*) m,i in routine600-760 increment pixel r
1000-1070 POKES machintcotlr
1100-1520 machine code DATA2000-2250 end of game plus do
3000-3110 display keys and
To use Ihe game, RU1There will be a delay as matcode DATA is POKEd in. Thekeys you will use are then
displayed as Ihe high rcsolut
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drawn and the game starts ir
earnest. After it is finished,
point is added to Ihe score o.
ihe player who won, and youcan play another game.
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SPECTRUM PROGRAM U.S. SCENE
Critics coolon CBM 264
/ suppose you might hurt' heart/ In rimr ihal Jack Trumlcl,
company foiinilct anil president ot Commodore, has resigned/null lilt' company. Commodore is still reeling under the ne\
Within four weeks of framlel's departure, four other high le
Coninitlore c.wcutives ulso resigned.
Although the two newest Commodore machines, the 264and 364, were sluted for an April delivery date, it sapparent that trie high iere! shake up may cause this date ,
postponed. Stum' industry observers feel thin witlitiut high-level
management in':" icrsetl in the computer industry. ( 'oimnodoremay be left without ti cteur cut marketing plan for the rest of this
Despite this, it is unlikelv 'hut the cotnpain will feel unvthe marketplace. After all. the
imier-i'iio price tag here, has all bt
the low-end home computer markeI, they can readily afford to hoi
of the two new machines.>/ Commodore to delay the newcool reception given the ma*, hint's
. some industry analyst.', and cerium key members of thecomputing press when It was learned that neither machine wsoftware compatible with the 64.
Such a more look-, bail tit this member of the computingpress; we'll sec hoy much of tt factor it is to Commodore in
'"
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tspond with the producers ot Ihe show.The host, Nicholas Johnson, author ol How To Talk Back
To Your TV Set. is now on the receiving end of his idea. UsingI he Source, an American computet bulletin board urtniable bysubscription, viewers can contact the show via The bfew Tech
The service pruritics previews of coming shows, addressesand phone numbers lor t ompames yitose products were shown,Johnson's own syndicated columns, books artil/abie atdiscount, information an obtaining transcriptions of the show,other special offers, and. uliovi' till, the chance for viewe
II ideas for future shows. \ow that's talkin' hack...
eo/al nthemMil hw -pent about 400,000 01
Part of the results predict that within two rents t
tlf c.f till personal computers sold will be replacei
tic machines, the firm also predicts thai buslnessc
buying so inane persona! computer; when stund-al— Jworkstations can be
'ntegmlion seems odd tome. If 'ill things hare goneore years? I though! one of the reasons th
personal units were purchased hy business people was that ti.
eliminated the need to depend on one central computer tin
sharing facility.
Oh, well. People love lo re-invent the wheel don't they? I'll
>ou in two years and let you know what happened.
Vital what is happening.
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