Computer Gaming World Issue 13

Features:

• RobotWar: Third Annual Tournament (There's a trophy and $100 on the line if you've got what it takes to win)
  
• Ultima III: Review and Tips (Scorpia reviews the largest Ultima yet)
  
• Operation Whirlwind: Review (Mark J. Bausman puts this battalion-level strategy game in his cross-hairs)
  
• Reach For the Stars: Review (Ed Curtis sets out to conquer the galaxy)
  
• Legacy of Llygamyn: An Introduction to Wizardry's Third Scenario (Robert Reams breaks down what you can expect to find in this massive fantasy adventure)
  
• Broadsides: Review (Dave Long swabs the deck with this ship-to-ship combat sim)
  
• North Atlantic '86: Review & Strategies (Jay Selover explains how to get the most out of this modern-day military sim)
  

Departments:

• Inside the Industry (Dana Lombardy shares the results of the CGW reader survey from July/August 1983)
  
• Taking a Peek:
  • Reader Comprehension Skills (Apple II)
    
  • Across the Rubicon (Tandy CoCo)
    
  • Bomber Command (Tandy CoCo)
    
  • Mission: Empire! (Tandy CoCo)
    
  • Galactic Taipan (Tandy CoCo)
    
  • The Electronic Flash Card (Apple II)
    
  • Legionnaire (Apple II)
    
  • Tycoon (Multi)
    
  • Zombies (Atari)
    
  • The Arcade Machine (Atari)
    
  • Spare Change (Apple)
    
  • Match Wits (Apple/IBM PC)
    
  • Murder By the Dozen (Apple/IBM PC/C64)
    
  • Success With Math (Apple/Atari/C64)
    
  • Argos (Apple)
    
  • Conquering Worlds (Apple II)
    
  • Round About (Apple)
    
  • The Bilestoad (Apple II)
    
  • Murder On the Zinderneuf (Atari/C64)
    
  • Music Construction Set (Apple II)
    
  • Banner-Rama (Apple II)
    
  • Vindicator (Apple)
    
  • Cubit (Apple II)
    
  • Floyd of the Jungle (Atari/C64)
    
  • NATO Commander (Atari/C64)
    
  • The Alpine Encounter (Apple/C64/IBM PC/Atari)
    
  • Pharaoh's Pyramid (Apple/C64/Atari/IBM PC)
    
  • Cybernation (Apple)
    
  • Caverns of Callisto (Apple II)
    
  • Moviemaker (Atari)
    
  • Space Knights (Atari)
    
  • B.C.'s Quest For Tires (Atari)
    
  • Learning With Leeper (Atari)
    
  • Oil's Well (Atari)
    
  • Capture the Flag (Atari)
    
  • Gruds In Space (Apple/Atari)
    
  • Stellar 7 (Apple/C64)
    
  • Professional Tour Golf (Apple/C64)
    
  • Queen of Hearts (Apple/Atari)
    
  • Survival (Atari)
    
  • War of the Worlds (Atari)
    
  • Chivalry (Apple)
    
  • Stickybear Basketbounce (Apple)
    
  • Stickybear Opposites (Apple)
    
  • Stickybear Shapes (Apple)
    

  [*]Letters (Where readers talk back)

  [*]Dispatches (Keeping strategy games user-friendly in spite of the graphics)

  [*]Scorpion's Tale (Scorpia regales readers with hints and tips for Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz)

  [*]Name of the Game (Jon Freeman sounds off about plagiarism in the halls of computer gaming)

  [*]Tele-Gaming (Patricia Fitzgibbons explains how to meet new friends via modem)

  [*]Atari Arena (Allen Doum looks at problems of originality when it comes to arcade conversions and knock-offs)

  [*]The Commodore Key (Roy Wagner answers some of Jon Freeman's complaints about the C64 from last issue, while Dr. Johnny L. Wilson discusses strategy for the VIC-20 version of Nukewar)

  [*]Micro Reviews:

  • Flying Tigers (Apple II)
    
  • Space Station Zulu (Atari 400/800/1200/Apple II)
    
  • Enchanter (Multi)
    
  • Fortress (Apple II/Atari)
    
  • Secret Agent (Apple II)
    

  [*]Game Ratings

  [*]Reader Input Device

Notable Stuff:

• The reference to Psalm 9:1-2 appears on the masthead.
  
• The great crash of 1983 is starting to be felt in the computer game industry, as Dana Lombardy's column reveals this issue.
  
• Ken St. Andre (of Flying Buffalo) has a letter printed in this issue, defending the C64.
  
• 'The Silicon Cerebrum', 'Chip & Ferb', and 'The Learning Game' are all on vacation. 'Microcomputer Mathemagic' and 'Route 80' appear to be dead in the water, having been missing since July.
  
• Oops! Scorpia's hints for Zork III last issue talked about a ladder on the west that had to be moved. The ladder's actually on the east.
  
• According to the statement of ownership, CGW's selling 8,000 - 10,000 copies of each issue.