Computer Gaming World Issue 8

Features:

• Test Pilot (Short fiction by John Vornholt)
• The Learning Game (Bob Proctor looks at the world of educational software)
• The Atari Arena (Allen Doum examines four new games for the Atari 400/800: Protector II, Claim Jumper, Picnic Paranoia, and Tax Dodge)
• Real World Gaming (Dan Bunten discusses the development of simulation games)
• Route 80: The Road to TRS-80 Gaming (Dick McGrath reviews eight different TRS-80 games: Time Runner, Apple Panic, Mad Mines, Black Hole, Babel Terror, Demon Seed, Jovian, and Cyborg)
• The Silicon Cerebrum (Bruce Webster talks about simple techniques for helping programs 'learn')
• Microcomputer Mathemagic (Dr. Michael W. Ecker delivers a program listing for the logical math game 'Fifty')
• Reader Input Device #6 (And overview of R.I.D. #5)
• Index of Volumes 1 & 2 (Where did that article appear? Use this handy index to the first two volumes of CGW and find out!)

Departments:

• Inside the Industry (Dana Lombardi invites you to cast your vote for best computer game of 1982)
• Letters (Everybody's got an opinion these days)
• Taking A Peek (Micro-looks at goodies CGW has received at the offices):

Reviews:

• Stratos (TRS-80/Atari 400/800)
• Seadragon (Apple)
• Lovers or Strangers (Apple)
• Mike Caro's Video Poker (Apple II)
• Millionaire (Apple II/IBM PC/Osborne)
• Choplifter (Atari)
• Bank Street Writer (Apple)
• A.E. (Apple II)
• Aztec (Apple II)
• The Elementary Apple (Book)
• Tubeway (Apple II)
• Vortex (not listed)
• Cribbage Solitaire (Apple II)
• Prisoner 2 (not listed)
• Empire I - World Builders (not listed)
• Empire II - Interstellar Sharks (not listed)
• Rescue at Rigel (VIC-20)
• Sword of Fargoal (VIC-20)
• Super Tax Man 2 (Apple II)
• Bulldog Pinball (Atari 400/800)
• GRAPPLE (Apple)
• Spider Raid (Apple)
• Zargs (Apple)
• Wordtrix (IBM PC)
• Ice Demons (Apple II)
• Night Falls (Apple II)
• Jawbreaker (Apple II)
• Golf Challenge (Atari 400/800)
• Lunar Leeper (Apple II)
• Pest Patrol (Apple II)
• Bandits (Atari 400/800)
• The Blade of Blackpoole (Apple II)
• Free Fall (Apple II)
• Wayout (Atari)
• Repton (Atari 400/800/Apple II)
• Galactic Attack (Apple II)
• Rune Fight (Apple II)
• Pillbox (Apple II)
• Micro Mother Goose (Apple II)
• Bomb Alley (Apple II)
• Evolution (Apple)
• Crisis Mountain (Apple II)
• Bolo (Apple II)
• The Survival Kit for Apple Computer Games (Book)
• Thrax Lair (Atari)
• The Predictor (Apple II)
• Serpentine (Apple II)
• Cosmic Balance (Apple II/Atari 400/800)
• S.E.U.I.S. (Apple II)
• Armor Assault (Atari 400/800)
• The Arcade Machine (Apple II)
• Flockland Island Crisis (Apple II/DOS)
• Night Mission (Apple II)
• Probe One: The Transmitter (Atari 400/800)
• Atari Games and Recreations (Book)
• Valley of the Kings (Atari 400/800)

Notable Stuff:

• The Psalm 9:1-2 reference appears on the masthead.
• Subscription prices have gone up slightly to $12.50 per year in the US, $16.50 per year in Canada, and $26.50 per year anywhere else in the world.
• Robert Woodhead of Sir-Tech Software has a letter printed in this issue. Cool!
• The Star Maze Contest from last issue looks like it has one winner, but the second and third place prizes remain unclaimed...