Computer Gaming World Issue 11

Features:

• Suspended: A Cryogenic Adventure - A Review (David P. Stone looks at Infocom's newest text adventure)
  
• M.U.L.E. (Edward Curtis pokes and prods this now-classic sim)
  
• Battle For Normandy: Strategy and Tactics (Jay Selover wants to help you win the war)
  
• Scorpion's Tale (Scorpia's column offering hits for adventure games! This month, it's Serpent's Star.)
  
• Cosmic Balance Ship Design Contest Winner (David Cheng of San Clemente, CA opens a can of whoop-ass on the judges with his winning entry, Avenger)
  
• Knights of the Desert: Review (John Gleason and Ed Curtis review this tank war sim)
  
• Galactic Adventures: Review and Hints (David Long explains the good, the bad, and the best ways to survive)
  
• Computer Golf! (Stanley Greenlaw looks at four golf sims):
  • Fore! (Apple)
    
  • Championship Golf (Apple II)
    
  • Golf Challenge (Atari/IBM PC)
    
  • Hi-Res Computer Golf 2 (Apple)
    

  [*]Bomb Alley: A Review and Analysis (Richard Charles Karr puts this WW II strategy game under the microscope)

  [*]The Commodore Key (Edward Curtis and Dr. Johnny L. Wilson's new column focuses on all things Commodore/VIC-20. For this issue, that's just Sword of Fargoal for the VIC-20).

  [*]Chip and Ferb (Mark Eliot's comic strip of one user matching wits with his computer)

Departments:

• Inside the Industry (Why are computer applications selling like mad and game sales falling? Dana Lombardy has some theories...)
  
• Hobby and Industry News
  
• Taking a Peek (What did the mailman bring to CGW this month?)
  • Paris in Danger (Atari)
    
  • TAC (Apple)
    
  • Jump Jet (Apple)
    
  • Lode Runner (Apple II)
    
  • Matchboxes (Atari)
    
  • Zaxxon (Atari/Apple)
    
  • The Official Computer Hater's Handbook (Book)
    
  • Family Bible Fun (Atari 400/800)
    
  • Jury Trial (Apple)
    
  • Pensate (Apple)
    
  • Spy's Demise (Atari)
    
  • Bat-Stat (Apple)
    
  • Apple Cider Spider (Apple)
    
  • The Dark Crystal (Atari)
    
  • LAMP (Periodical)
    
  • Reach for the Stars (Apple)
    
  • Cosmic Balance II (Apple/Atari)
    
  • Fighter Command (Apple)
    
  • North Atlantic '86 (Apple)
    
  • Pick That Tune (Apple)
    
  • Pollywog (Apple)
    
  • Bugspree (VIC-20)
    
  • Road Toad (VIC-20)
    
  • Witch Way (VIC-20)
    
  • Gridrunner (VIC-20)
    
  • Shamus (VIC-20)
    
  • Flip-N-Match (VIC-20)
    
  • Ultima: Escape From Mount Drash (VIC-20)
    
  • Vixel (VIC-20)
    

  [*]Tele-Gaming (Patricia Fitzgibbons showcases BBSs that offer hints for all types of games)

  [*]Real World Gaming (Dan Bunten wraps up this series on simulation game design with a look at the play testing phase)

  [*]Atari Arena (The perils and pains of converting software to the Atari platform, as exposed by Allen Doum)

  [*]Name of the Game (John Freeman explains what a game designer is, and more importantly, what a designer is not)

  [*]The Silicon Cerebrum (Part I of Bruce Webster's new AI series, this time focusing on Heuristic Search)

  [*]The Learning Game (Bob Proctor looks at two adventure games that teach as well as entertain):

  • Dragon's Keep (Apple II)
    
  • Snooper Troops II (Apple II/IBM PC)
    

  [*]Micro-Reviews:

  • Wargames (Film)
    
  • Wizplus (Apple II)
    
  • Clipper (Atari 400/800/1200)
    
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  [*]Reader Input Device

  [*]Game Ratings (for use with R.I.D. above)

Notable Stuff:

• The reference to Psalm 9:1-2 appears on the masthead.
  
• CGW's first three issues are completely sold out from the back issue list.
  
• Chip & Ferb comic strip by Mark Eliot appears for the first time in this issue.
  
• Oops! Last issue made some programmer credit errors. See the corrections in this issue's 'Hobby and Industry News'.
  
• Scorpia (not her real name), one of the first ladies of gaming journalism, debuts her 'Scorpion's Lair' column in this issue. She'll keep it running for the next sixteen years, so pay attention, those with gaming journalism aspirations!
  
• CGW's hosting a computer golfing tournament for players with copies of Hi-Res Computer Golf 2. If you want in, send a postcard by September 1st, 1983.
  
• 'The Name of the Game' this issue could have used an extra proof-reading pass, with misspellings, missing hyphens, and other problems.
  
• Call the editor: Snooper Troops II is referred to as 'Snopper Troops II' in its screenshot caption on page 41.