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Primary Systems Coverage this Issue:
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Sharp MZ-80K
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Acorn Atom
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Apple / Apple II
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Atari 400 / 800
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Commodore VIC-20
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Tandy TSR-80
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Sinclair ZX81
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Commodore PET
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Acetronic MPU1000
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Mattel Intellivision
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Atari VCS
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Philips G7000
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Database TV
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Texas Instrument TI-99/4
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Philips G7000
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Arcade
Features:
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Chess - Mate in up to 62 moves. Max Bramer takes you back to the first chess-playing electronic marvel.
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Go - The most popular game in the world — and one of the greatest computer challenges.
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Christmas Parade - Don't just trust to Santa, let us give you a run-down on the latest electronic stocking-fillers.
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Le Boom bomb defusing game (£14.49)
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Adam Super 11 (£18.95)
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Wizard (£24.50)
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Spaceship Grand Prix (£27.95)
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Torpedo Shoot hand-held game (£9.83)
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Match of the Day (£19.95)
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Grandstand Soccer (£27.95)
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Intercept (£14.49)
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Computer Perfection (£17.39)
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Big Trak programmable lorry (£27 to £35)
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Gunfighter hand-held (£27.95)
Listings:
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Chomp (Sharp MZ-80K) - The deadly Sharp game for apprentice poisoners
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Breakout (Acorn Atom) - As compulsive as ever on the Atom. The only "bat and ball" game you still can't put down.
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Goal (Apple) - Score over your Apple in this strategic struggle for supremacy.
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Mini Golf (Atari 400/800) - The park putting green was never as addictive as this Atari game
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Pot Shot (VIC-20) - VIC serves up the drinks as fast as you can shoot them down
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Round the Horn (TSR-80) - Find your sealegs in this thrilling Tandy seafaring race to earn California's gold
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Cosmax (ZX-81) - Space Invaders in 1K. The ZX81 challenges you to send the aliens packing.
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Solve the Cube (PET) - We gave Rubik's tantalizing puzzle to our Pet and made it child's play.
Departments:
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Mailbag - What do you think so far?
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A reader submits a free puzzle program.
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A reader questions whether any software houses will specialise in TRS-80 Model III games.
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A reader attempts to win a puzzle competition without following the rules.
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It is announced that the City Bomb program from issue 1 was filled with mistakes.
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A reader complains that the magazine's listings are for 9 different computers, which no-one owns.
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The editor responds to all the wannabe reviewers that wrote in.
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Competitions - So you solved our free puzzle ... Now try the Great Template Competition
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Game News - With Christmas just around the corner, start compiling your games package list here
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Dungeons of Death (£8.25 for Sharp MZ-80K)
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Stockmarket F (£5.85 for Sharp MZ-80K)
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Rhino (£5.00 for Acorn Atom)
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Monster Maze (£14.95 for VIC-20)
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Damsel and the Beast (£6.50 for ZX81)
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Startrek (£5.00 for ZX81)
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Apple Panic (£8.95 for Apple)
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Constellation (£7.00 for Acorn Atom)
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Mazeball (£4.95 for Acorn Atom)
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Project Nebula (£24.95 for TRS-80)
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Submarine Commander (£25.00 for Atari 400 /800)
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Minotaur (£10.00 for Acorn Atom)
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Brainwave - Try our champagne games. Mind Routines for the mathematical and Nevera's Crossword for the literary-minded.
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Video Screen - Games centres to make your T.V. make music — and war.
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Shoot Out (£14.95 for Acetronic MPU1000)
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Chess (£14.95 for Acetronic MPU1000)
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Draughts (£14.95 for Acetronic MPU1000)
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Boxing (£18.95 for Intellivision)
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Space Armada (£18.95 for Intellivision)
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Drag Racing (£16.95 for Atari VCS)
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Laser Blast (£16.95 for Atari VCS)
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Warlords (£23.95 for Atari VCS)
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Musician (£25.00 for Philips G7000)
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Musical Memory (£14.00 for Database)
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Earth Invasion (£14.00 for Database)
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Pinball (£14.00 for Database)
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The Bugs (Comic) - All you ever wanted to know about Screaming Foul-up, but didn't know how to ask.
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Adventure - Write your own adventure program. Keith Campbell gives the tips.
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Arcade Action - Meet the unlikeliest arcade screen hero of them all in Frogger.
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Experts teach readers how to master the Asteroids de Luxe arcade machine
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King and Balloon
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Pro Golf
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Donkey Kong
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Frogger
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Space Odyssey
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Galgas
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Kit Korner - The Sinclair may be breaking sales records, but it is not without its problems. Keith Mott goes troubleshooting.
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Sounds - Does your computer squeak when you want it to roar? David Annal can boost your decibels.
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Practical Programming - Are you making the most of your memory? Let Ted Ball jog it into action.
-
Graphics - Now bring that space invader to life. Gary Marshal gets things moving
-
Software Reviews - Stick out your thumb and set off to discover the universe in The Hitch-Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy — an adventure with a difference.
-
Astrobirds (£8.95 for Acorn Atom)
-
3-D Asteroids (£6.95 for Acorn Atom)
-
Games Pack No. 1 (£3.95 for ZX81)
-
Gorgon (£18.95 for Apple)
-
Snooker (£19.95 for Atari 400/800)
-
Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy (£17.00 for PET)
-
Darts (£29.95 for Atari 400/800)
-
Wumpus (£19.35 for TI-99/4)
-
Tawala's Last Redoubt (£15.95 for Apple)
-
Escape from Colditz (£8.95 for MZ-80K)
-
Ship of the Line (£5.95 for ZX81)
-
Alpha-Square (£3.95 for ZX81)
-
Slalom (£4.95 for ZX81)
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Black Holes (£6.40 for ZX81)
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Down to Basic - Moira Norrie guides you through the world's most widespread computer language — micro by micro
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Software Glossary - We all slip into jargon now and again — but now there's a way out.
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Hardcore - What else could we call it? A guide to the low-cost computer market
Ads (In Order of Appearance):
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Emap Ltd (Rastar Blaster)
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Sharp (Sharp MZ-80K)
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Microstyle
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Morriston
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Molimerx (TRS-80 Software)
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Microdigital (HP85)
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Adda
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Bug Byte
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Sinclair
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Silica Shop
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W H Smith (Sinclair ZX81)
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Castle Electronics
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Maplin Electronic Supplies Ltd
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DK'Tronics
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Kansas City Systems
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Silicon Chip
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Acornsoft
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Midwich
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Gemini
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Hewson Consultants Ltd
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Macronica
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Silicon Centre
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Landau
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SBD Software
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John Wiley & Associates
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Computershack
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ZX81 Users Club
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Computer Games
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Lowe Electronics
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Essential Software Company
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Kramer & Co
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Surrey Micro Systems
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Video Services Bromley
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Comserve (Video Genie EG3003)
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Computer Centre
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Q Tek Systems Ltd
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Everyman
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Games Centre
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Quicksilva
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Ward Electronics
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Eltec Services Ltd
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Twickenham Computer Centre
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Mountaindene
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Highlight Software
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Mr Micro Ltd
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Michael Orwin
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Pnintivity
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Compshop
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Ibek
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Silver Soft
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Spider Soft
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Control Technology
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Sharpsoft
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The Gamer
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Cornell Software
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Microdeal
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Acorn
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Braintree Micro Leisure
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Voltmace
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Calisto Computers Ltd
Primary Systems Coverage this Issue:
- Sharp MZ-80K
- Acorn Atom
- Apple / Apple II
- Atari 400 / 800
- Commodore VIC-20
- Tandy TSR-80
- Sinclair ZX81
- Commodore PET
- Acetronic MPU1000
- Mattel Intellivision
- Atari VCS
- Philips G7000
- Database TV
- Texas Instrument TI-99/4
- Philips G7000
- Arcade
Features:
- Chess - Mate in up to 62 moves. Max Bramer takes you back to the first chess-playing electronic marvel.
- Go - The most popular game in the world — and one of the greatest computer challenges.
-
Christmas Parade - Don't just trust to Santa, let us give you a run-down on the latest electronic stocking-fillers.
- Le Boom bomb defusing game (£14.49)
- Adam Super 11 (£18.95)
- Wizard (£24.50)
- Spaceship Grand Prix (£27.95)
- Torpedo Shoot hand-held game (£9.83)
- Match of the Day (£19.95)
- Grandstand Soccer (£27.95)
- Intercept (£14.49)
- Computer Perfection (£17.39)
- Big Trak programmable lorry (£27 to £35)
- Gunfighter hand-held (£27.95)
Listings:
- Chomp (Sharp MZ-80K) - The deadly Sharp game for apprentice poisoners
- Breakout (Acorn Atom) - As compulsive as ever on the Atom. The only "bat and ball" game you still can't put down.
- Goal (Apple) - Score over your Apple in this strategic struggle for supremacy.
- Mini Golf (Atari 400/800) - The park putting green was never as addictive as this Atari game
- Pot Shot (VIC-20) - VIC serves up the drinks as fast as you can shoot them down
- Round the Horn (TSR-80) - Find your sealegs in this thrilling Tandy seafaring race to earn California's gold
- Cosmax (ZX-81) - Space Invaders in 1K. The ZX81 challenges you to send the aliens packing.
- Solve the Cube (PET) - We gave Rubik's tantalizing puzzle to our Pet and made it child's play.
Departments:
-
Mailbag - What do you think so far?
- A reader submits a free puzzle program.
- A reader questions whether any software houses will specialise in TRS-80 Model III games.
- A reader attempts to win a puzzle competition without following the rules.
- It is announced that the City Bomb program from issue 1 was filled with mistakes.
- A reader complains that the magazine's listings are for 9 different computers, which no-one owns.
- The editor responds to all the wannabe reviewers that wrote in.
- Competitions - So you solved our free puzzle ... Now try the Great Template Competition
-
Game News - With Christmas just around the corner, start compiling your games package list here
- Dungeons of Death (£8.25 for Sharp MZ-80K)
- Stockmarket F (£5.85 for Sharp MZ-80K)
- Rhino (£5.00 for Acorn Atom)
- Monster Maze (£14.95 for VIC-20)
- Damsel and the Beast (£6.50 for ZX81)
- Startrek (£5.00 for ZX81)
- Apple Panic (£8.95 for Apple)
- Constellation (£7.00 for Acorn Atom)
- Mazeball (£4.95 for Acorn Atom)
- Project Nebula (£24.95 for TRS-80)
- Submarine Commander (£25.00 for Atari 400 /800)
- Minotaur (£10.00 for Acorn Atom)
- Brainwave - Try our champagne games. Mind Routines for the mathematical and Nevera's Crossword for the literary-minded.
-
Video Screen - Games centres to make your T.V. make music — and war.
- Shoot Out (£14.95 for Acetronic MPU1000)
- Chess (£14.95 for Acetronic MPU1000)
- Draughts (£14.95 for Acetronic MPU1000)
- Boxing (£18.95 for Intellivision)
- Space Armada (£18.95 for Intellivision)
- Drag Racing (£16.95 for Atari VCS)
- Laser Blast (£16.95 for Atari VCS)
- Warlords (£23.95 for Atari VCS)
- Musician (£25.00 for Philips G7000)
- Musical Memory (£14.00 for Database)
- Earth Invasion (£14.00 for Database)
- Pinball (£14.00 for Database)
- The Bugs (Comic) - All you ever wanted to know about Screaming Foul-up, but didn't know how to ask.
- Adventure - Write your own adventure program. Keith Campbell gives the tips.
-
Arcade Action - Meet the unlikeliest arcade screen hero of them all in Frogger.
- Experts teach readers how to master the Asteroids de Luxe arcade machine
- King and Balloon
- Pro Golf
- Donkey Kong
- Frogger
- Space Odyssey
- Galgas
- Kit Korner - The Sinclair may be breaking sales records, but it is not without its problems. Keith Mott goes troubleshooting.
- Sounds - Does your computer squeak when you want it to roar? David Annal can boost your decibels.
- Practical Programming - Are you making the most of your memory? Let Ted Ball jog it into action.
- Graphics - Now bring that space invader to life. Gary Marshal gets things moving
-
Software Reviews - Stick out your thumb and set off to discover the universe in The Hitch-Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy — an adventure with a difference.
- Astrobirds (£8.95 for Acorn Atom)
- 3-D Asteroids (£6.95 for Acorn Atom)
- Games Pack No. 1 (£3.95 for ZX81)
- Gorgon (£18.95 for Apple)
- Snooker (£19.95 for Atari 400/800)
- Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy (£17.00 for PET)
- Darts (£29.95 for Atari 400/800)
- Wumpus (£19.35 for TI-99/4)
- Tawala's Last Redoubt (£15.95 for Apple)
- Escape from Colditz (£8.95 for MZ-80K)
- Ship of the Line (£5.95 for ZX81)
- Alpha-Square (£3.95 for ZX81)
- Slalom (£4.95 for ZX81)
- Black Holes (£6.40 for ZX81)
- Down to Basic - Moira Norrie guides you through the world's most widespread computer language — micro by micro
- Software Glossary - We all slip into jargon now and again — but now there's a way out.
- Hardcore - What else could we call it? A guide to the low-cost computer market
Ads (In Order of Appearance):
- Emap Ltd (Rastar Blaster)
- Sharp (Sharp MZ-80K)
- Microstyle
- Morriston
- Molimerx (TRS-80 Software)
- Microdigital (HP85)
- Adda
- Bug Byte
- Sinclair
- Silica Shop
- W H Smith (Sinclair ZX81)
- Castle Electronics
- Maplin Electronic Supplies Ltd
- DK'Tronics
- Kansas City Systems
- Silicon Chip
- Acornsoft
- Midwich
- Gemini
- Hewson Consultants Ltd
- Macronica
- Silicon Centre
- Landau
- SBD Software
- John Wiley & Associates
- Computershack
- ZX81 Users Club
- Computer Games
- Lowe Electronics
- Essential Software Company
- Kramer & Co
- Surrey Micro Systems
- Video Services Bromley
- Comserve (Video Genie EG3003)
- Computer Centre
- Q Tek Systems Ltd
- Everyman
- Games Centre
- Quicksilva
- Ward Electronics
- Eltec Services Ltd
- Twickenham Computer Centre
- Mountaindene
- Highlight Software
- Mr Micro Ltd
- Michael Orwin
- Pnintivity
- Compshop
- Ibek
- Silver Soft
- Spider Soft
- Control Technology
- Sharpsoft
- The Gamer
- Cornell Software
- Microdeal
- Acorn
- Braintree Micro Leisure
- Voltmace
- Calisto Computers Ltd
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