ISSUE: 3Content
Features:
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From The Editor (Adding a new department, adopting some new ideas, and we'd really like you to fill out our reader survey at the back if you please)
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Hobby and Industry News (Oodles of goodies are on the way)
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Initial Comments (Games we have on our desks but haven't reviewed just yet)
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Letters (The readers voices will be heard!)
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So You Want to Write A Computer Game (Chris Crawford's back with this two-page essay on what you can look forward to as a budding game designer)
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Napoleon's Campaigns: 1813 & 1815 - Some Notes (Joel Billings offers some tactical advice for would-be conquerors)
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Fiction: Escape from Wolfenstein (Ed Curtis offers a short story condensing the entire Castle Wolfenstein game down to one page of text)
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Ode to Joy, Paddle, and Port: Some Components For Game Playing (Luther Shaw reviews some peripherals: TKC joystick, TKC paddles, TG Select-a-Port, TG paddles, and TG joystick)
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The Current State of Computer Game Documentation (Steve Rasnic Tem launches a multi-page tirade about how awful most software documentation is, and offers his opinion as a science fiction writer on how to improve things)
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Norden+, Robot Killer (Richard Fowell explains how he designed the tournament-sweeping 'bot to beat)
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The Silicon Cerebrum (Bruce Webster's column on designing Artificial Intelligence for software starts here)
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Reader Input Device (Tell us what you like, what you don't, and we'll make a better magazine)
Reviews:
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Southern Command (Apple II)
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Blackjack Master (TRS-80)
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Tigers in the Snow (Apple/TRS-80)
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A2FS1 Flight Simulator with British Air Ace (Apple II/TRS-80)
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Bug Attack (Apple II/Atari 400/800)
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David's Midnight Magic (Apple II)
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Creature Venture (Apple II)
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Zossed In Space (TRS-80)
Ads (in order of appearance):
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Pursuit of the Graf Spee / The Road to Gettysburg (Apple)
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Electronic Systems Furniture Company
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Bytes & Pieces mail order
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The Program Store mail order
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TG Products peripherals for Apple computers
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The Keyboard Company peripherals for Apple computers
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Apventure to Atlantis (Apple II/DOS)
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Robotwar (Apple II/II Plus)
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Fascination Soft Ware mail order
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SSI Software: Megabucks / Executive Decision / Power of the Presidency / Political Climate / The Campaign (Apple)
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Techyon mail order
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Avalon Hill Microcomputer Games: Voyager / Computer Football Strategy / Dnieper River Pipeline / Controller / Galaxy / Guns of Fort Defiance / Computer Foreign Exchange (Apple)
Notable Stuff:
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Richard A. Fowell was the winner of the CGW Robotwar tournament with his robot, Norden+.
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The reference to Psalm 9:1-2 appears on the masthead.
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Mission Escape awarded a prize to the first player who completed all 10 levels: congrats to Steven Allen, of the developers' home state of Iowa. The developers are now offering a prize to the first person who doesn't live in Iowa and beats the game.
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I thought it was a spelling mistake at first, but no, the game really is called Apventure to Atlantis (so named because of its release on Apple computers).
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Joel Billings of Strategic Software, Inc (SSI) tears Chris Crawford a new one in the letters column. Wow...!
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The "Basic Information" box appears with each review now, so consumers can quickly see what system(s) the game is programmed for.
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We can all thank Ed Curtis for writing one of the earliest video game-themed fanfics and opening the doors for half a million Final Fantasy geeks to spew forth radioactive word processor waste fifteen years later. Thanks, Ed. Thank you very much.
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Steven Tem's rant on the sad state of computer documentation is another one of those "must-read" articles, if for no other reason than game companies now more than ever aren't even giving us a proper manual in the box.
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The Silicon Cerebrum, since it focuses on theory more than application, is relevant even more than three decades later. Another must-read.
Features:
- From The Editor (Adding a new department, adopting some new ideas, and we'd really like you to fill out our reader survey at the back if you please)
- Hobby and Industry News (Oodles of goodies are on the way)
- Initial Comments (Games we have on our desks but haven't reviewed just yet)
- Letters (The readers voices will be heard!)
- So You Want to Write A Computer Game (Chris Crawford's back with this two-page essay on what you can look forward to as a budding game designer)
- Napoleon's Campaigns: 1813 & 1815 - Some Notes (Joel Billings offers some tactical advice for would-be conquerors)
- Fiction: Escape from Wolfenstein (Ed Curtis offers a short story condensing the entire Castle Wolfenstein game down to one page of text)
- Ode to Joy, Paddle, and Port: Some Components For Game Playing (Luther Shaw reviews some peripherals: TKC joystick, TKC paddles, TG Select-a-Port, TG paddles, and TG joystick)
- The Current State of Computer Game Documentation (Steve Rasnic Tem launches a multi-page tirade about how awful most software documentation is, and offers his opinion as a science fiction writer on how to improve things)
- Norden+, Robot Killer (Richard Fowell explains how he designed the tournament-sweeping 'bot to beat)
- The Silicon Cerebrum (Bruce Webster's column on designing Artificial Intelligence for software starts here)
- Reader Input Device (Tell us what you like, what you don't, and we'll make a better magazine)
Reviews:
- Southern Command (Apple II)
- Blackjack Master (TRS-80)
- Tigers in the Snow (Apple/TRS-80)
- A2FS1 Flight Simulator with British Air Ace (Apple II/TRS-80)
- Bug Attack (Apple II/Atari 400/800)
- David's Midnight Magic (Apple II)
- Creature Venture (Apple II)
- Zossed In Space (TRS-80)
Ads (in order of appearance):
- Pursuit of the Graf Spee / The Road to Gettysburg (Apple)
- Electronic Systems Furniture Company
- Bytes & Pieces mail order
- The Program Store mail order
- TG Products peripherals for Apple computers
- The Keyboard Company peripherals for Apple computers
- Apventure to Atlantis (Apple II/DOS)
- Robotwar (Apple II/II Plus)
- Fascination Soft Ware mail order
- SSI Software: Megabucks / Executive Decision / Power of the Presidency / Political Climate / The Campaign (Apple)
- Techyon mail order
- Avalon Hill Microcomputer Games: Voyager / Computer Football Strategy / Dnieper River Pipeline / Controller / Galaxy / Guns of Fort Defiance / Computer Foreign Exchange (Apple)
Notable Stuff:
- Richard A. Fowell was the winner of the CGW Robotwar tournament with his robot, Norden+.
- The reference to Psalm 9:1-2 appears on the masthead.
-
Mission Escape awarded a prize to the first player who completed all 10 levels: congrats to Steven Allen, of the developers' home state of Iowa. The developers are now offering a prize to the first person who doesn't live in Iowa and beats the game.
- I thought it was a spelling mistake at first, but no, the game really is called Apventure to Atlantis (so named because of its release on Apple computers).
- Joel Billings of Strategic Software, Inc (SSI) tears Chris Crawford a new one in the letters column. Wow...!
- The "Basic Information" box appears with each review now, so consumers can quickly see what system(s) the game is programmed for.
- We can all thank Ed Curtis for writing one of the earliest video game-themed fanfics and opening the doors for half a million Final Fantasy geeks to spew forth radioactive word processor waste fifteen years later. Thanks, Ed. Thank you very much.
- Steven Tem's rant on the sad state of computer documentation is another one of those "must-read" articles, if for no other reason than game companies now more than ever aren't even giving us a proper manual in the box.
- The Silicon Cerebrum, since it focuses on theory more than application, is relevant even more than three decades later. Another must-read.
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