Computer Gaming World Issue 29

Features:

• Battlegroup and Mech Brigade (Jay Selover takes on a double-dose of Gary Grigsby-designed goodness by reviewing these two war games)
  
• Psi 5 Trading Company (Johnny Wilson reviews this real-time space combat title)
  
• Macintosh Window (Frank C. Boosman joins the CGW crew with his new Mac gaming column)
  
• Battle of the Atlantic (William H. Harrington reviews this naval combat sim from the last days of World War II)
  
• Universe II (Mark Bausman was a playstester for Omnitrend's latest game. Here's how that went over...)
  
• Island of Kesmai (Patricia Fitzgibbons pens her twelfth tele-gaming column by reviewing this multi-player CompuServe RPG)
  

Departments:

• Taking a Peek:
  • Garry Kitchen's Gamemaker (C64/C128/Apple)
    
  • Alter Ego (Female) (C64/Apple/Mac/IBM)
    
  • The Music Studio (C64/C128/Atari 800/IBM/Amiga/Atari ST)
    
  • Spitfire 40 (C64/C128)
    
  • World Geography (C64)
    
  • Mind Mirror (IBM)
    
  • World's Greatest Baseball Game (C64/C128/Apple/IBM)
    
  • Super Silver Disk series (C64/C128)
    
  • Micro-Scrabble (French) (C64)
    
  • GBA Championship Basketball: Two on Two (C64/C128)
    
  • Intrigue (C64/C128/Apple)
    
  • Infiltrator (C64/C128)
    
  • Shadowfire (C64/C128)
    
  • A View to Kill (Apple)
    
  • Stephen King's The Mist (Apple)
    
  • Endless (C64/C128)
    
  • Floyd the Droid (C64/C128)
    

  [*]Scorpion's Tale (Interplay's early illustrated text adventure game Borrowed Time feels Scorpia's sting)

  [*]Sports Scoreboard (Rick Teverbaugh attends to the computer golf community)

  [*]Over There! (News, views and gossip straight from the UK courtesy of Leslie B. Bunder)

  [*]Strategically Speaking (Reader-submitted tips for the following games):

  • Autoduel
    
  • Carrier Force
    
  • War in Russia
    

  [*]Micro Reviews:

  • Countdown to Shutdown (C64/Apple II)
    
  • Moebius (Apple II)
    
  • Norway 1985 (Apple/C64)
    
  • Clash of Wills (Atari/C64)
    
  • Adventures In Flesh (Apple II+/Atari/C64)
    
  • The Black Death (Apple II+/Atari/C64)
    
  • Make Millions (Mac)
    

  [*]Reader Input Device

  [*]Game Ratings

Notable Stuff:

• No reference to Psalm 9:1-2 on the masthead.
  
• Mind Mirror was designed by none other than Dr. Timothy Leary, he of LSD experimentation fame.
  
• Super Silver Disk is a series of UK import titles available in the US in a 2-for-1 format.
  
• A View to Kill is based on the James Bond film of the same name.