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THE MAGAZINE THAT GIVES YOU THE TOP GAMESFOR YOUR MICRO- INCLUDING ATARI, BBC, COMMODORE,
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PERSONAL COMPUTER GAMES: AUTUMN 1983
NEWSA look into the future - newgames coming out soon, foryou and your micro_ p a g e 7
SOFT HITSOur top 75 games plus thenext 25 climbers. p a g e 11
WHIZZ-KIDA programmer's dream - wemeet one teenager who hasmade it to the top p a g e 14
ADD-ONSYou need more than a microto get the most from yourgames w e look at the extrabits and bobs. p a g e 20
DEDUCTIONAn adventure trailwith adifference. Follow the cluesand maybe you could win aColour Genie. p a g e 30
RESULTSWho won last issue's greatcompetition? A chance tocompare your ideas with thewinning entries. p a g e 35
ADVENTUREYes, it's the Program ControlGuardians in another nail-biting episode of derring-doand adventure, p a g e 39
SCREENSCROLLPage after page of reviews andviews on some of the topgames. Whatever your micro,there's a game here for you.
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ACTIONFREEZESix of the best games wecould find; analysed in detail,with 'how to win tips andadvice. p a g e 68
SCREEN STARA special look at a really goodgame, Manic Miner. page 95
CHESSOur chess expert looks atthree new games. p a g e 99
HARDWAREWe take a look at two microswhich could be best-sellersthis Christmas_ p a g e 106
LISTINGSThree sparkling programs toget your fingers dancing overthat keyboard. p a g e 115
THOUGHTSMore puzzles from the mindsof Mensa. p a g e 139
CARTOONSA few gems and jests from ourKipper Williams. p a g e 142
Guest editor: Kathryn Custance Contributing editor: Deldre Boyd Consulting editor: Geof Wheelwright Production editor:Eric Robbie Technical editor. Stuart Cooke News: Tony Takoushi Features: Steve Mann and D a v i d-J a n d a A c t i o n F r e e z e :Oliver Tucker Screen Scroll. Wensley Dale. Edward Ferdinand. Tony Harrington, Steve Mann and Ian Ritchie Chess: TonyHarrington Control Guardians: Jeff Riddle Cartoons: Kipper Williams Action Freeze illustration: Mark Watkinson Arte d i t o r-D o l o re s F a ir m an Art d ir ec to r: Jim Dansie Adver tisement manager: lames Seoular Assistant advertisement manager:
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ArIC 20 GAMES AND UTILITIESJ ACKPOT- This is it. the ultimate Fruit Machine Program. for theVIC, with nudge, hold and respin, 1003/4 Machine Code. 'Jackpot is abeautifully written simulation giving superb graphics animation anduse of colour, In fact, this program makes Commodore's FruitMachine cartridge look unbelievably cheap and nasty." HomeComputer Weekly. issue 20, 19.7.83 E 5 . 5 0KWAZY KWACKS - Accuracy and speed are required for thisshooting gallery, superb use of colour and graphics in this new andchallenging game from the author of JACKPOT, 100n".• MachineCode, joystick or keyboard control for the unexpanded VIC E 5 . 5 0PACMANIA Choos e your own game from the following options -difficulty 1-3, speed 1.3. size of maze 1-3, visible or invisible maze,still or moving power pills, define your own key controls, anycombination, it this is your type of game, then this is the one for you.for the 3K expanded VIC only E 5 . 5 0SN A KE BI TE - Guide your ever hungry snake round the screen,eating the flies and wasps, to stay alive you must avoid the deadlymushrooms, quick reactions are required for this biting game,keyboard control, for the unexpended VIC E 5 , 5 0It ' t ;SY 'joystick Only) - This is a Minefield with a difference! As youstep on the stones whilst collecting purple boxes which give you bothtime and points, they disappear from beneath your feet. DO NOTDESPAI R! ' s uGs r will randomly replace the stones but avoidbumping into him or its sudden death! An original compulsive andchallenging game E 5 . 5 0
MI NI -ROULETTE - PONTOON - HI -LOWThree great games of chance for the VIC, try to beat the computer.hours of fun, full colour. sound effects and tunes 0 . 5 0DA] ABASE - Create your own files and records on tape £ 7 . 5 0SUPER BANK MANAGER A full feature version any memory size,but needs 3K expansion E-7 . 5 0
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COMMODORE 64 GAMES AND UTILITIESJACKPOT 64- At last it's here, specially written for the 64, by theauthor of "Jackpot" E6,99THE ULTIMATE FRUIT MACHI NE PROGRAMME forthe VIC E5-5°
WESTMINSTER - A game for up to 10 players, can you lead theparty of your choice and win the general election, you tour the 60constituencies (seats) buying votes, when you can, (lust like the realthing), this must be one of the first board type games specificallywritten for the computer. Why play on your own, have tun with yourfamily and friends playing WESTMINSTER. Full instructionsprovided E 5 , 5 0RED ALERT A game tor 1-4 players, with sound and graphics,make money in casinos, commit robbery. hide from the police, hiresecret agents, (some of whom can be treacherous), negotiate forweapons. find and attack the secret rocket base to launch the missile.and watch the havoc and destruction caused. There's no turning backfrom "RED ALERT' E 5 . 5 0PI 'ItCHASE LEDGER - Easy to use. single entry, handles fourhundred invoices per month grossinet purchases, VAT £ 1 4 . 5 0The disc version available £ 1 7 0 0W HEE I ,ER DEALER A game for two to twenty players, become atycoon of the motor trade, you must obtain gearboxes, tyres andengines to produce cars for sale. Form syndicates. buy and exchangeparts, buy dealerships, but be careful, you may become bankrupt andhave to liquidate. find out what you're made of, have you got what ittakes to become a WHEELER DEALER 0 . 5 0',UN A k RESCUE - Our new version. avoid the asteroid belt torescue the stranded scientist's, then fight your way back to themother ship. Fast reactions are required to safely land and dock yourlunar module (available now) E 5 . 5 0PONTOON - ROULETTE- ACE'S HIGH
IMore powerful versions, that make three great games of chance for
E 5 . 5 0K t Son 64 - Assembler and Disassem bier, with decimal to hexconverter, everything our program for the VIC will do and more 0 . 5 0BANK MANAGER 64 - As our Super Bank Manager, but for the 64
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SPECTRUM GAMESSPECTRUM DARTS '4810- Five games of darts for 1-5 players. 501.cricket, killer, round the board, noughts and crosses, four levels ofplay per game, take on the computer or friends at these games of skillandludgement £ 5 . 5 0wI l f f I l k DEALER - As for the Commodore 64 now available forMe 48K Spectrum, Texas Ti 09•'4A and Dragon £ 5 . 5 0
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Nowyou can enjoythe game that theexperts lovedWild West hero captivated you in thefastest, meanest noisiest battle youwill ever experience in these times.Up to 80 bandits will challenge youon each wave, all on the screen atonce, all smooth, all in hi-resolutiongraphics, see the right hand columnfor full spec.
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For the 48K SpectrumWild West Hero uses ful l colourgraphics, hi-res, smooth movement,dramatic s o u n d effects, 1 0 0 %machine code, high score, two playoption, compatible with Kempstonor Downsway joystick interface.All Timescape products are guaran-teed for life, if our software ever failsto load return the cassette for an in-stant replacement.All orders despatched w i th in 2 4hours of receipt of order.
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I enclose cheque/postal order forMade payable to Timescape SoftwareAll routines contained are fully copyright, copyingall or part is illegalWild West Hero is copyright Paul Holmes 1983
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4 games for C5,00 including o/o•DIRTY-DICE
is a game for two players or one player and the computer Both Players agree on awinning total before starling 1100 is a quick game whilst 300 is a long game)
Player I starts the game with control of two dice He,s he l o l l s t h e d i c e a n d t h e t o t a l
of the two faces is added-to a r u n n i n g t o t a l T o g e t t h e r u n ni n g t o ta l a dd ed to l im be r s co re
the player must pass the control of the dice to hither opponent If one of the dice shownone, the control of the dice is passed to the opponent If both dice show a one the player
is -d ir ti ed- and loses all limiter score When the control is passed over the running total
returns to zeroThe first player to emceed the agreed total alter player 2 has completed !littler turn
it tha winner
SLIDERTlie computer will generate a 5 ri 5 square containing the letters A to X Your task is torearrange the letters so that they look like
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0 XA grid of X's and 0 s will be mated forming a playing area The two opponents take turnsto mono-are a cursor so that il covers an X and an 0 By pressing the 'M key the chosenX 0 pair will be removed The winner is the last player to remove an X 0 pair
LUREA large rectangle is tilled with black squares which are the holes in which you lure thechasers shown by chequered squares t au are the asterisk which flashes on the screen aridmust move around inside the rectangle avoiding holes and chasers the chasers always run
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towards you the this tact to lure them in the holes where they dieKeys I 0 move the asterisk in the directions indicated On the rectangle The required
direction key must be held down as the chasers complete their movesAlter all the chasers are killed, or if you are captured or tall in a hole a new frame
twill be created with less holes to lure the chasers in You score 1 point fur e a c h c h a s e rthat is lured to its death How much can you score in 11 frames7TEN FOURThere are 4 numbers hidden by the computer at dillerent locations on a 10 1 0 grid
Tit to tind the 4 numbers in the least number of moves by inputing to the computer asquare number of your choice
The computer will then tell you how tar away you are from any of the hidden numbersIn the grid
This is a game for stialegrsts who emoy working out puzzles Sounds easy doesn'tPIT
S NATCHThis rs an addictive game using numbers. The idea is to move around the grid collectingnumbers trom 0 to 9 which are added to your score
Another strategy game for puzzle lovers It is easy to make a wrong move and then youare out How many numbers can you Put before you go osier the edge? A choice of 55,535grids or Piping a 0 will give you a random choice location
MAZE RKThree cylindrical mazes each a tint harder than the last Move the asterisk through the mazeto find the way out There are ramps in the mare which move the astellsk three placesahead so you may end up missing the era you wanted toga into lire computer will countthe Welly el moves you make and tell you on completion of the maze, how well you havefared Being a cylinder mare you can go Out ot one side and come back in on the otheral the same level Definitely frustration
ZX81 Only Price f 5 SO including ppSpectrum: Dirty•Dice, Tentour, Snatch. Slider 16.00, 16/48K.ZX: Tenfour• Snatch f 5.50.ZX: Mazerk f5.50. 16K.ZX: Dirty-Dice. Slider. Os, Lure £5 50
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Available for the SPECTRUM, VIC-20,and the COMMODORE 64, comescomplete with 12 feet of cable and
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COMINGSOON...United Mieroware Indust-rial ( U MI ) has A l i c e i nVideoland (based o n th ebook Alice in Wonderland)in an advanced state of prepa-ration. and should release itin the UK s o on .
It is a graphic adventuregame that will set new stan-dards for sound and graphicson the Commodore 64, butthe bad news is that it will bepriced around E30_
O fi l 0 0 0Comdata, which distributesmany of its titles in the UK viaRabbit Software, has recentlyannounced F i r i n g L i n e ,Pegasus Odyssey, a k i l le rbats battle i n an attractivehi-res landscape, Ape Craze,and Supercuda.
C I L I O D E IOne o f the USA's Timex/Sinclair producers Softsyneis bounding into Commodore.64 software with Mothership,an action game in 3D withvarious battle scenarios.
In the pipeline are RedAlert. Circuit Runner, Cos-mic Guer illa,and T unnel-vision.
D O D 1 3 0Rumour has it that Datasoftis planning a version of Zax-xon for the Commodore 64 —watch this space for furthernews!
O L I E J C I C IOther releases for the 64 in-clude: Frogger (disk), MoonShuttle (cartridge) again fromDatasoft, Rep ton (disk) andjumpman from Epyx; Phar-aoh's Curse from Synapse;Fort Apocalypse, Shamus,Protector, Survivor, and For-bidden Forest from Cosmi;Sammy Lightfoot and AppleCider Spider from Sierra;Arex from Adventure inter-national; and Parallax fromLondon Software.
The Atari owners amongyou will recognise many o fthe ti tles since they a restraight conversions f ro mAtari to Commodore 64.
C I D E I DUltimate has released twonew titles for the Spectrum —Lunar Jet Man, the follow upto let Pac, and Atic Mac, ahaunted house adventure.
For Vic 20 owners Ultimatehas converted one of its best-selling titles, Jet Pac.
Games are rapidly invadingthe video shops, but oneshop, The Video Palace. inOxford Street, London, hasgone one step further — it'sproducing its own.
Not satisfied with distribut-ing over a thousand games,Palace Software (a subsidiaryof the same group) is gettingin on the act.
They have produced a setof arcade style packages forthe Spectrum, One, BBC
THORNYGAMESThorn EMI Video is releasinganother four games at the endof this month — two for theVic 20 and two for the Atari400/800.
The Vic games are TankCominander and Mine Mad-ness I n Tank Commanderyou drive your tank behindenemy lines to blow up theirsupply dumps, fighting o ffenemy tanks on the way.while in Mine Madness youtake gold out o f an aban-doned mine by lift.
If you enjoy sick games,Carnival Massacre for the Atari machines should beright up your street.
Also for the Ataris is KillerClimb, based on the old Jackand the Beanstalk story —climbing the beanstalk t osteal the giant's treasure.
EO PALACEMicro, Electron, Commodore64, and Vic 20.
The games should be on theshelves and in the cataloguesaround the beginning of nextyear, at between E5.99 and0.99.
The Video Palace claimsthat all the games are originalfast-action games, althoughsome of them will be based onfilm themes.
The idea o f marketinggames to fi t in with feature
films is really taking off, parti-cularly in the USA.
20th Century Fox VideoGames has just acquired therights t o Porky's Bar — arecent cinema release.
This is a five-screen encounter game where youattempt to stop Pee Wee.Wendy, and Ballbreaker fromdestroying Porky's Bar.
Imports of the game shouldcome soon for Colecovision,TI 99/4A, Atari and Vic 20.
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They will be available ondisk and cartridge at around$40 from the States, and in-clude Cosmic Tunnels, a 16-screen arcade game whereyou attempt to break througha space blockade, Wiz'n'Roo,a two-player 3D game Mons-ter Smash, Venus Voyagers,Jet Boot Block. Top see Tur-tYee, N i g h t Raiders, a n dRoundabout.
All games are in the Atari400/800 format,
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Broderbund has announcedtwo new games for the Atari400/800 computers — Opera-tion Whirlwind, aimed a tarcade players with inclina-tions to war themes, and Car-go Bay by David Snider (ofDavid's Midn ight Ma g i cfame).
Also released for the Com-modore 64 are Choplifter (byDan Gorlin, who designedthe Atari original), Seafox,Serpentine, a n d D a v i d 'sMidnight Magic. They are oncartridge, at $35 to $43.
• D 0 E lRoklan's new releases i n -clude three arcade games -Eyes, a creepy chase game,Da Fuzz, a car game, andRock bail from the arcadegame of the same name (notyet released in the UK).
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0 0 0 0 0Tronix has two new releasesin the US for Vic 20 owners —Deadly Sky, a helicoptershoot'em'op game wi th 32levels, and Scorpion, another32-level 'zap' game, at $4.
For the Commodore 64 KidGrid (converted from theAtari) and Juice were re-leased, both at $4.
E D D OMicrodeal, the Dragon soft-ware sp e c i a l i s t, h a sannounced five new titles.
Cuthbert in the Jungle andCuthbert goes Digging are
Rumour has it that the DailyMirror is going to launch itsown games software. Thishush hush operation has evenbeen kept secret from theMirror's own staff, but a reli-able PCG mole informs usthat several software houseshave already been commis-sioned to produce good qual-
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the latest adventures o f anewly-created Dragon 'star'who first appeared in Cuth-bert goes Walkabout.
The other new releases in-clude a real-time adventure, azany American game calledCrazy Painter and an arcade-style Star Wars game,
0 ID L I L I 0Virgin, one o f the newestsoftware companies around,continues to expand with therelease of eight titles.
Envahi and Creepers aremachine code arcade gamesfor the expanded Vic 20. Rac-ing Manager and Latex are
ity games.Perhaps we can expect to
see a Dai ly Mirror HomeComputer Club to go with itsvideo club. It's a refreshingchange to see a Fleet Streettabloid showing an interest incomputers, until now the do-main o f the quality Sundayand daily newspapers.
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D D O D OA range of 21 titles has been
released by Attic Computing,bringing the Artie catalogueup to 62 titles.
There are five programs forthe Vic 20, 10 for the Spec-trum, five for the ZX81 andone for the One.
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LEARNINGTO PLAYA lot of parents will be rush-ing out this Christmas to buyan Electron for their kids (seepage 110)— a good buy for theprice, but what about soft-ware?
As with all new machines,good software designed fo rthe Electron is thin on theground, so i t's good to seethat Chalksoft, an education-al software house, has beenquick off the mark with twoeducational games aimed atseven to 14-year-olds.
Puncman I & 2 is a punc-tuation program i n whichNosher eats up full stops andcapital letters, and Punch-man, controlled by the child,puts them back.
The other game, InvisibleMan, helps children learn ab-out coordinates. A cartoonman is hidden in a grid and tofind him the player needs tosolve clues in the form o fcompass directions.
Both packages w i l l b eavailable shortly and will befollowed in November withtwo other Electron games.CBS TAKES OVERMANIC MINERBug-Byte Software the cornpany that brought us ManicMiner (see page 97) for theSpectrum. has signed a majordistribution deal with CBS,the record and video com-
The deal gives CBS exclu-sive rights to market all Bug-Byte software in the UK.
Apart from being good fordealers and distributors, i tshould make it easier for us toget hold of the games.
ton-based software house,has announced new gamesand utilities for the Spectrum,Commodore 6 4 and BBCMicro, including Gridrunner,Purple Turtle and GamesDesigner.
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David Agulnik is one of the mattythousands of teenagers who are compu-ter games addicts. Now he is turning hishobby_ into iptimiisiness. his time anddevotion into Money. He hat tost-latin-clied Apoolypse Software, en Oxfordcompany' se. OrOdueinp, computer gamesfor Sinclair's Spectrum. Acorn's BBC,and Matters Aquarius.
Agulnik was born on 7I a n + 1965.in Epping. His father's prole ion as apsychiatrist meant several moles for theFamily. David lived- i n B i r m i N gh a n i
the first two years of his1ll6. then inBoston. Massachusetts lo.e. t h e n e x t
three. In 1970, the family settled inOxford.
Agulnik describes his seven years atDragon School in Oxford,as 'undisting-uished'. Then, aged 13. fie went toDartington Hall school.
*Everything the press has written ab-out it is true. he says. refening to therecent spate of publicity,
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'Computer classes were not compul-, so iL D a r t n gt on Y,ou c tl tl et ig en ,s id y
the school did every:thing in I t sdp v e r
not to u t he computer'I could go through a list of the things
that were wrong,' Agulnik says now.'You were allowed only to write inBasic, and could not use machitaNapde.You could not use PEEK Or poiaeitherttetouse the illeCtruert t h o u g h t y o u
might daniagpat he machine,No graphlts were allowed. All prop,
rams had to be of a "serious nature—certafhly not a game.
*Each program you designed had tubewritten_ w n in looftmnd and shown to
°rise.mes.
the tac1r, before he would auyou to use the computer. Sj iyou were even asked to flow ch,Tn it
'I got round this bureaucracy very
moti f W H A III I I N D O F M I ND
DOES IT TAKE TO D R E I Ma t• u p ADVENTURE GAMES? - 'V I D WHAT DOES ItT,TAKE
TO SET UP YOUR OWN• S O F T W A R E COMPANY?
DEIRIF4INIOYD FINDS O U Tw o •ply. I nicked •k e y fi t ithe t t ife r t f ,• -if -ttlfkat them . copied it. and gaic coRies (t) some
gilt 0 Pct. I6K in friends.'While still at school. Agulnik's spirit
of adventure was reinforced by hisMembership of the Treasure Trap club.This, is a striety whosettyanbers r ing,
• fantasy a n t u r e to. life t r o l cplaying.
These -fantasy adventures are set inPeckforton Castle. near Tarporky in f p;Cheshire.
'I gtill try to g e t.t h e r e e v e r y S t i t u rd t y . ' •
Agulnik says. explainiffg the source of11..shis later ideas loc. Apocalikk's adven-
ture games. TV. doh's I ,700 membersinclude people ,Nom rabbit and pug
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AGUILMIIICS ADVICEI am in the process of formally registering the company, and in themeantime am working as David Aguinik Trading As ApocalypseSoftware. I am also registering for VAT — I want that settled before thecompany gets too big and it becomes a problem.'
Programmers then get 25 per cent of the selling price of their game. Soif we sell to the public direct and get the full price, the programmer willget 25 per cent of that price. If we sell 1,000 programs at a discount — sayto a dealer — then the programmer will get 25 per cent of that. There is aprofit. but a lot of money goes into packaging and advertising.
'We have commissioned a firm called Whiterose Graphics to designour packaging,' Agulnik says. 'The games are in EMI-type video boxes. Ithink up the ideas and Whiterose Graphics draws them up. Again, therelationship is informal.
When it comes to advertising. I think about our market. This isgenerally the lower end: programs for computers costing about £100.Our advertising is split into two sections. There is a more expensive onefor the BBC and another for the Aquarius and Spectrum. A newcompany called Design Studio is handling this.
'Running expenses were first helped by the Manpower ServicesCommission Enterprise Scheme,' he says. 'Basically, if you show youhave at least i1,000 backing for your business, the scheme entitles you to.E40 per week, to help run your company.
It is a long process. but once you get through that, it is worth it.'There have been no legal problems.' Agulnik says. 'My mother is a
solicitor, which obviously helps. But I did wait until I reached 18 beforesetting up the firm.
'That is something I would say to anyone thinking of setting up theirown business. If you are under 18 and things go wrong, legally yourparents have to pick up the financial pieces and pay your bills.'
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combat courses, join the archery club,and make their own custumes,
'I started in the computer games busi-ness at the Association of London Com-puter Clubs,' he says. 'I got talking thereto ZX Computing editor Roger Mun-ford, who was then o n ComputingToday, The following week I went to anexhibition to help him.
By the end of the first day I had anexhibition badge. By the end o f thesecond day I had met Interface andseveral other people. I ended up talkingto Fiona McCormack from PopularComputing Weekly magazine.
'After that, I came to shows to helpPopular Computer Weekly. I justturned up and helped on the stands,selling magazines, and moving stuff.'
The months spent on the exhibitiontrail trekking around Britain paid off.Agulnik now has one of the most exten-sive networks o f microcomputer con-tacts in this country.
'I would talk to a guy, phone him uplater and keep talking. Because thecomputer games market has grown soquickly. I knew most of the well-knownnames when they were just starting, likeI am now.' Agulnik says.
'For example, I first met Jeff Minter ata show, and we got talking. I knewEugene Evans before he became a su-perstar. Same with Salamander — it wasjust a Dragon company when I first metthe people in it.'
In November last year, Agulnik metBugbyte partner Tony Milner at theNorthern Computer Fair.
'Why don't you start up. too?' Milnerasked h im. The idea appealed t oAgulnik,
Originally, the firm was to be calledAsgard. This was after Asgard Monitors.which i s involved i n Dragons andDungeons, but the company was wor-ried about clashes of interest.
'Then the name Apocalypse struck medidn't want a "smooth" name like
Rabbit,' says Agulnik. 'My adventuresare ful l o f crash, smash, destructioneverywhere.
'Apocalypse did not really have aformal start. I opened a hank accountone week, and met my main program-mer. Andrew Giles. another week.
'You could say the firm started for-mally at the beginning of August, whichis when I rented the office and startedworking full time.
'I go to the office everyday,' Agulniksays. 'I usually get there at I lam andleave some time between 6pin and 12midnight. I have been known to getback home at 2 in the morning.
'I have an informal relationship witheveryone who works with me. I don'tlike working on a dictatorial basis. Myrelationship with Andrew, for example.is very informal. I come up with theideas and Andrew comes up with theprograms.
'Apocalypse has a number of prog-rammers working on projects, but theydon't do as much as Andrew. Oneprogrammer, Bob Varley, is designingan Aquarius Forth program. Geoff, ourprogrammer in London, is working on
BBC adventure games.'When I started the company. we
aimed at the Spectrum and BBC compu-ter games market. I considered a lot ofthe US companies: Tommy. Mattel, Las-er Computer, Humdinger Computerand, later on, Memotech.'
Agulnik feels that successful com-panies are built on the backs of newcomputers.
'I looked for a new computer to baseour line on,' he says, 'and decidedMattel's Aquarius was likely to sell.
'There are more chain stores who aretaking the Aquarius than not,' saysAgulnik, 'Silica Shop. obviously, is sell-ing i t So are John Menzies, Wigfalls,WH Smith. Argos, Great UniversalStores. Asda, Dickens and Jones, Self-ridges and Lightning.'
'If the Aquarius achieves 100,000sales, we can make quite a bit of moneyselling software for it.'
What of the future?'In the next year I hope to move
entirely into adventure games,' saysAgulnik. 'After that, I am not so certain.but I might move into robotics. I willwait until Apocalypse makes enoughprofits from games. and then use that.
'I came up with ideas for three gamesthis week. I also created a fantasyadventure and a fantasy role-play game.That's just for this week.
'That is what I like about our games.They are a mixture of computers andDragons and Dungeons.' Agulnik sum-med up his own lifestyle: 'I really like anadventure'•
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or the dedicated games play-er it seems like a dream cometrue. There you are, in thecomfort of your own home:you've just unwrapped yourvery o w n micro, you've
stocked up with all your favourite gamesand adventures. and your finger i sitching to blast those aliens out of thesky.
For you. there'll be no more hanginground the local arcade, waiting for yourturn, and going through lOp's like therewas no tomorrow. Your game playingworld is complete. Or is it?
Is there anything else you need, byway of extra equipment, add-ons, andperipherals?
First of all, let's consider the televisionpicture. It's all very well using the 26inch job in the corner of the living room,but what happens when the familywants to watch Coronation Street?
The ideal solution would be to get aTV of your own, so that you can set upyour computer system in your bedroom,out of the way of the rest of the family. Buying a second TV may seem anunnecessary expense, but it's surprisinghow cheaply a reconditioned. ex-rentalset can be picked up for. Sometimes youcan find a colour model for E20 or less,and there's no doubt that a set reservedsolely for computing will save an awfullot of family strife.
Of course, i f you are very lucky/arevery spoilt/have rich parents. you mighthave a monitor to use with your newcomputer. This not only gives a muchbetter picture, hut i t means that therewill be no squabbling over the TV set.
There is one point to watch with amonitor: some computers rely on thetelevision for their sound facilities, andusing a monitor wi l l mean that thesound is lost.
However, very few o f us are luckyenough to own monitors. As far as thisarticle is concerned, we'll assume thatyou are stuck with a television display.
If you do go out and buy a TVspecifically for use with your computer,make sure that the two are compatible.The Spectrum, for example. wi l l notproduce a good picture o n certainmakes of TV.
If possible. take your computer to theTV shop and try the two out together.Shop-owners will have no objection i fyou explain why this is necessary.
As a matter of interest, Sinclair has
now redesigned the Spectrum to workwith a wider range of TV sets, Unfortu-nately, this has had the unwelcome sideeffect o f preventing some commercialsoftware from working on the new 'issue3' Spectrums.
So you've got yourself a cheap oldtelevision. The next requirement is acomfortable working area. A desk ortable will do fine, but make sure that youhave enough rom for the computer, theTV, a tape recorder, a notepad. and allthe other odds and ends that you'regoing to need.
Make sure also that your chair is theright height and has a backrest. You aregoing to be spending long hours withyour computer, and backache is no funat all! Some shelves and drawers forbooks, magazines and cassette tapeswould also be useful.
Okay, the working area is set up toyour satisfaction. Now it's time to con-centrate on the bits and pieces you aregoing to need to build up a completegames system.
The first absolutely vital requirementis a tape recorder for loading all thosegames into your computer (I'm assum-ing here that you don't have a 'systemwith disk drives). You can get away withsomething very cheap here. The taperecorder I use cost me E9.50 brand new.and has served me well for 18 months.
Be wary of using hi-fi equipment. Theaverage micro cannot deal with stereosignals, and the output from most hi-fisystems is too powerful. A cheap monorecorder is just the job.
There a r e e v e n 'co mp u te r -compatible' tape recorders available— in
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fact, W H Smith has just produced a newmodel b u t these are generally muchmore expensive, typically around 1:30 toE35.
Of course. i f your computer is a Vic20, Commodore 64, or Atari. then youhave no choice in the matter. Thesemachines use their own special taperecorders, and ordinary tape recorderswill not work with those computers.
- Try and get a recorder with a tapecounter built in. This saves a lot of timewhen you're searching through a tape,looking for that great game that yourecorded last week.
If you are BBC or Sinclair owner, youhave a further choice — the BBC sup-ports the Hobbit tape system. and Spec-trum owners can use the new Microd-rive_
The Hobbit and the Microdrive areboth very sophisticated tape systems,approaching a disk drive in terms ofspeed and ease of use. But, in both cases,a standard tape recorder is likely to benecessary for loading commercial soft-ware.
An add-on which some people thinkof as optional, and others think is vital,is a joystick. In this area the micro user isspoilt for choice. There are dozens ofdifferent types available, and it is oftenvery difficult to know which sort to get.
Spectrum owners, in particular, willfind themselves confronted b y aplethora of different makes, and soft-ware that wi l l operate one make isunlikely to work with another.
The Atari joystick. with its D-shapedconnector, is probably the nearest thingto a 'standard' joystick, and most of the
interlaces on the market for the Spec-trum are designed to use this type ofstick.
The machines have a built-in joystick.and machines such as the Vic 20, Com-modore 64, BBC. and Dragon havebuilt-in joystick ports.
The Spectrum and the Oric have noprovision for joysticks in their basicForm. In each case you will need to buyan interface that plugs into the compu-ter's expansion port. and that puts thecost up a bit.
A joystick is absolutely vital for theserious games player. There's no wayyou'll be able to get a record score onDonkey Kong if you have to rely on thekeyboard to play the game.
ZX81 and Spectrum owners will findthis even more so. The keyboards onthese machines are difficult enough touse at the best o f times; when fastreactions are vital, the 'rubber key'keyboards are handicap impossible toovercome.
If you are adventurous, you might beinterested in the non-standard type ofjoystick. The Sord M5, fo r example.supports 'joypads', which consist of adisc contained in a handset The disc isrotated in the direction required, andthe usual fire button is provided.
There is also the Trak-Ball, whichuses the same principle but which, as itsname suggests, contains a rotating ball.These are said to give a better responseand to be easier to use than convention-al joysticks. but they do take a bit ofgetting used to.
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my opinion - is the model that works onthe light-sensitive principle. Called the'Trickstick', this uses photo-transistorsand light-emitting diodes and the playeroperates i t by simply covering up thephototransistors with his/her fingers.The Trickstick has appeared only re-cently, and will sell at around 00.
How much you have to spend onjoysticks depends on your machine, AnAtari joystick that will simply plug into aCommodore 64 will cost you just undera tenner, but a Kempston 'CompetitionPro' joystick and interface for the Spec-trum will cost you £25.
For the Spectrum, it is probably better
to buy one of the new 'programmable'joysticks. There are two or three diffe-rent types o f these. and they shouldwork with almost any software. 'Prog-rammable' means that the player prog-rams the joystick to mimic the action ofany key. Programmable joysticks aresuitable for games that are designed forjoystick use, or for games that are meantfor keyboard operation.
Another accessory that may well beuseful for game playing is a computerprinter. Although n o t necessary fo r'blob-chaser' games (such as Space In-vaders and the like), a printer reallycomes into its own when playing games
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The Atari Trak- Ball: easier than a conventional ioystick. some say.
of strateg. such as adventure games orchess. It's surprising how often you willned to make a record of a screenful ofinformation.
Printers vary in cost and in standardof print. At one end of the market is theSinclair printer, which can now bebought for less than E40. At the otherend is a daisywheel printer that pro-duces 'letter-quality' print, and whichcan cost up to £1,000 or even more.
A printer is certainly not an essentialpurchase, but once you have one, youwill wonder how you ever managedwithout it.
For someone who is not going to use aprinter for word processing or letter-writing, a Sinclair printer is fine — thereare interfaces available to allow manydifferent makes of computer to use it.
Another low-cost choice is the Tandyfour-colour printer. This uses tiny pensto literally 'draw' text or graphics.
It's hardly the quickest machine, butthe quality is good, and i t has theadvantage of using ordinary white paperinstead o f the Sinclair silver thermalpaper.
The Oric printer is almost identical tothe Tandy, and should set you backabout El 70.
There are many other accessories thatare designed to make life easier for thegame player, and although none of theseare really essential, they can all enhanceyour enjoyment.
The Spectrum supports th e vastmajority o f these 'non-essential add-ons — probably because its basic designomitted many features in the interests ofcost-cutting.
Add-ons that wi l l particularly en-hance games playing are those whichgive speech capability, together with arange of re-programmed sounds.
Oric owners have four 'games' sounds2 2 b u i l t i n: SHOOT, ZAP, PING, a nd EXPLODE
and other machines have sound capabi-lities that allow these and other noisesto be easily programmed.
The Spectrum, wi th i ts somewhatweedy single-channel BEEPS, needs a
MID l i t t l e help in this direction, and there areseveral add-on sound packs that givethree-channel sound, music, and speechcapabilities.
Perhaps one of the nicest is the rangeof units from Fuller: using a box thatmatches the Spectrum in design andcolour and which simply plugs into the
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The Orator uses allophones. whichmeans that words are built up phoneti-cally, and the system thus has an almostinfinite vocabulary.
For the game player. this means thataudible warnings can be given whendanger looms, freeing the player fromhaving to keep his/her eyes glued to thescreen for a written mesage.
The Fuller Master Unit, which con-tains the sound and music generator, aswell as the Orator, and a joystick port,can be purchased for around 1250, and
has the added advantage o f enablingboth cassette leads to be left in place. Nomore lost programs when you forget toremove a lead when SAVEIBg.
So that's about it. This has only been abrief run-down o f accessories andperipherals that will help you turn yourcomputer into a complete games system.I hope this piece will have given yousome ideas of your own.
Obviously, the number of 'extras' re-quired will depend on the computer youhave bought, or have been given.
If you are starting from scratch, youshould remember that the computer youbuy should depend on the use you havein mind.
For playing games it is best to go forsomething that supports a wide range ofcheap software. It's no good plumping
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Remember also to keep an eye on thecomputer magazines. These all containlarge amounts of advertising and are theideal advance warning of new software/peripherals/computers.
Above all, think before you buy: isthat joystick the man in the shop was sokeen to sell you really the best for yourmachine in your price range?
Remember also that you might justrecoup the cost of your add-ons if youdevise a stunning new game and thensell i t. And however much enjoymentyou get from playing commercially pro-duced games, you will get a lot morefrom writing your own.
Happy garningl
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Enter Penda's capital, a place in historyHreopandune's new name will now set you free.Three kings are interred in St Wystan CryptName two and at the post you'll not be pipped.Go due north, avoiding dragons and green men,Pass o'er Romand road, watch iron horse, we ken.Right to devil's elbow - three miles less a quarter this lies.Date what was first in its day and gives word to smiles.Through hall and park to gateway siteSally Army's co-founder was born here on night.Keep the ball rolling, don't look backwards.Tell us, too, about up'ards and down'ards.Pass the Hole in the Wall, there's no Butch or Sundance -Wendy Craig's nanny gave them no chance,Not permitting such bold rogues on this estate.But George Eliot's novel on Treddlesion does equate.Southeast by brook to the place of the deer,Or so it was called by Guthrum's vikings we hear;We need not than name but the building John Lambe made'And the products of 1904, 1750 that in it did not fade.Proceed north along river, there'll be no faltersYou're on the right track tho' no one takes the watersYet where in Quebec did General Wolfe ascend these?Tis not your folly we want now, please.A thermal spring proves a fishy milestone;Sir William Cavendish in 1552 would have flownAway 10 miles - or is it leagues- to a fairer abode.Here 'built for a tsar who never saw it is the code.
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Through the village that moved and over riverPast Victoria's clock' with fear do quiverWhere London tailor's deadly parcel did come.The open-air church of the Reverend is your sum.Below fools, through while rake. past Rolley lowBig rocks appear shortly, rest here ere ),e g o .Below in the dale you'll be in trouble direIf you can't find what excited John Ruskin's ire.Where the Wye leads follow to below ancient castle hillA mistake well made in 1859 fits the bill.Answering that and the next would be great -From which century does the Gothic bridge date?Climb tumulus then low for inspiring sight,England's purest stream will give you the light.1668 is the year and fasting the fadWho fasted more than any other must have been mad.The village of many ash trees leads to a blendOf herbs and grain where your way shall wend_An ancient burial mound gives the solutionAs does the age it held congregation.Follow modern way, ignoring Roman road.A dangerous curve now is the lode.The route has changed from original aimStating this brings you nearer the claim.Edging by fish and superstar, the end is nighDark rocks point your way, by and byAn elementary clue coems your wayAs you tell what local animal they portray.Adventure still lives in the kingdom you have been.Like an eagle you soar with much overseen.Your quarry lies below and it you must shoot'Just give the name and you'll get the loot.
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T he Personal Computer Games' o ffi ce has beenswamped with entries for the adventure game competi-tion in our last issue, and we were surprised by the highstandard. We finally managed to whittle down the numbersto a top dozen for our panel of games enthusiasts to judge.
The entries were a combination of traditional text-basedadventure games and arcade-style games. One entrant.Dave Cornwall, went the whole hog with Murph the MothMeets the Space Invaders. The intrepid adventurer playsthe part o f Murph who works his way through all thepopular arcade games.
We had characters from fairy tales, such as Jack in theBeanstalk, mad scientists, spirits, and policemen, but the
story that wins the CGL M5 home computer is called Questfora New Beginning by John Sibley.
R M Stewart came a very close second with two of hisentries, The Hexagon Factor and The Island of Morassieand he also sent in three other excellent ideas.
The other runners-up are The Golden Seal by A KGosling, one of the best games we had in programmabilityterms, and Time-Hunter by L Isbister.
All three runners-up will each receive two books pub-lished by Century — The Intimate Machine and theDictionary of New Information Technology.
Below, we print the winning entry, and overleaf, extractsfrom the four runners-up
QUEST FOR A NEW BEGINNINGma n y years have passedMsince the holocaust de-cimated the human race andcontaminated t h e Earth .Scientists who foresaw theultimate self-destruction o fthe human race built a com-puter — massive, powerfuland self-regenerative — andgave it the power to replen-ish the Earth after a catac-lysmic disaster such as theholocaust.
But the holocaust cametoo quickly and the uppersection o f th e computerbuilding was total ly des-troyed, and with i t. all thepeople who could operatethe computer.
The entrances to the hugeunderground section of thecomputer building were im-penetrably blocked by ton-nes of debris, cutting off allhopes of activating the com-puter.
The 12 activating circuitswere lost, hidden i n th ehundreds o f rooms belowground.
If all these circuits couldbe located intact, and in -serted into the 12 correctslots o f the computer. i twould be activated and car-ry out the purpose i t wasdesigned fo r a n d th eEarth would be reborn.
One of the surviving in-habitants o f the holocaust(that is. those who wereorbiting Alphamestor Four-teen) has returned to Earthin the hope that there issome truth i n the legendtold by his parents.
The legend sa id t h a tsomewhere on Earth therewas a computer that would
give the Earth its soul back,and th e human race asecond chance.
Now after three years o fconstant searching acrossthe cold, dark, barren de-serts which the land masseshad b e co me , a vo i d i n gradiation pits, and falloutmists (both lethal), he hadfound an opening, which hewidened a n d c l i m b e dthrough.
He found himself i n acorridor, lit dimly by slightlyluminous walls.
He searched room afterroom, u s u a l l y fi n d i n gnothing, but now and thenfinding a useful i tem — ateleporter, blaster, chargepacks, a teddy, and othersuch items. The blaster proved to be useful against someof t h e radiation mutatedcreatures that followed him,trying to kill him,
The radiation-bleachedair gradually took its hold,making his progress moreand more difficult. The blas-ter charge p a cks w e r equickly used up and he hadto be continually alert. Onerad-bite spelled a slow andpainful death, and once arad-beast was on your tailthere was no turning back.
As he trudged on deeperinto th e complex, au to -mated defences becamemore numerous.
These could shoot youdown with fiery-red maserbolts, use steel shutters toseal you i n and suffocateyou, electrocute you, andtaunt y o u w i th horribleabuse from the i r synthe-sised voices.
One by one he found themissing circuits. Some werehidden under dust and de-bris where they had beenleft, others were more care-fully protected by cunningtraps that could mean deathin an instant.
He found that the strangesymbols found a t randomintervals along th e fl oo rgave subtle clues t o th ewhereabouts of the circuitsif you deciphered them cor-rectly, otherwise they couldsend you round in eternalcircles, disorientating you,and slowing your progress.
Sometimes music wouldbe heard somewhere fa raway. If he headed towardsit, i t would stop, b u t i tcould give clues i f he lis-tened for long enough.
Once h e had gatheredtogether all the circuits, hehad to find a hidden door-way that gave access to thecomputer.
The signs gave clues oncemore but only if you lookedat the right time.
After a great deal of pati-ence and perseverance hecame to a panel in the wallof a corridor.
Set into the panel weretwo buttons, A sign belowflashed up. It read:
O NE B U T T O N O P E NS T H EDOOR. O NE WI LL KI LL Y O U'
Carefully h e though t,trying to work out a possibleway to tell which button didwhat. Bu t there were n oclues. Guessing was th eonly way. He hugged theteddy a n d reached o u t ,praying, as he pressed oneof the buttons...
Slowly a crack appearedin the wall. I t widened, be-coming a doorway. He step-ped through into the roombeyond, and the wall closedbehind him.
Before h i m stood t h ecomputer, silent and majes-tic, i ts huge monitor dark,and below that, 1 2 slots,waiting for the 12 circuits hehad found.
He knew he had a limitedamount of time to insert thecircuits i n the order thatactivated t h e computer.Otherwise th e automateddefences would recognisehim as an intruder and mer-cilessly destroy him.
He p u t i n the circuits.Wrong! He swopped a few.Wrong again!
He tried again and again,as time slipped by.
Then he must have got thesequence right, because thelights grew brighter, th ecomputer hummed and amessage appeared o n themonitor.
'E NTE R CO DE W O RD TO BE-G I N RE P LE NI S HME NT. '
Codeword? What it couldbe he had no idea, the possi-bilities were infinite.
Perhaps i t had been i none of the rooms or corri-dors and he had missed it.
Or perhaps the clue wasin the room somewhere. I fhe couldn't find it he wouldbe trapped and the earthwould be doomed.
Perhaps teddy knew thecodeword? It must be heresomewhere. H e kn e w i tmust be.
Everything depended onit.
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TheHexagonFactor
by R. Stewart
TheIsland ofMorassie
by R. Stewart
Time.Hunter
by L. Isbister
TheGoldenSeal
by A. K. Gosling
T he Hexagon is a top sec-ret government establish-ment doing research in tonerve gasses and germ war-fare.
Our hero (the player) isthe head of security, and theaction takes place over aholiday weekend i n th eHexagon.
In the computer hall is thepowerful computer systementitled 'Casto r ', w h i c hcontrols all doors, windows,communications, heating/ventilation. CCTV and nor-mal personnel and businessrecords.
Unknown to ou r hero,Castor has been program-
eutmnoned to the smallisland of Morassie, off the
west coast of Scotland, ourhero ( th e player) learnsfrom the local priest, FatherMulcahy, th a t th e islandhouses one of the gatewaysto hell, and that the wholearea is in the grip of devilishevil forces.
The player must rid theisland and i ts inhabitantsfrom demonic possessionand control, and close thegateway forever.
Characters include th ehero, who has a vast know-ledge of occult lore and is apsychic investigator: Ezer-on, the player's guardian
using a time machine you1110 can travel through 1 0different e ra s (includingyour own), looking for sixkeys to a box which arescattered throughout a cavesystem.
The cave system alters asyou travel through time — insome eras the caves havefallen i n o r haven't evenbeen made yet, so you haveto be careful how you travelor you'l l end u p i n solidrock!
You can estimate how old
This adventure takes placeI in ancient Rome, wherethe successful en j oyedriches and power, but wheredeath could be spectacular-ly cruel.
The adventurer's task is toobtain the first seal o f Au-gustus (he used three duringhis reign).
med to slowly malfunctionduring th e weekend, i norder to allow two intrudersto steal the formula for thelatest secret weapons.
To add to the problem,the building's water supplyhas been doctored wi th astrong sedative.
Luckily, Castor h a s abrother computer known asPollux, which is only used ifCastor breaks down.
During the weekend Cas-tor's malady becomes moreand more o f a problem astelephone lines are cut o ffand the electrified fence ischarged with a lethal vol-tage. Confusion, death and
angel, who is invulnerableand can materialise objectsrequested by the hero; Ezer-on's companion, Petra, amischievous female sprite,and 17 evil adversaries.
The enemy are eight de-mons, two poltergeists, tul-pas and banshees. There arealso imps, which are black,smoky friends of demons.
The most deadly enemydwells in Castle Morassie,set on an island in a loch.He is guardian of the gate-way and must be challengedlast.
The two poltergeists areinvisible, cause chaos, andmay possess children. A tul-
a cave is by the working ofthe rock wall. For instancerough surface = made nomore than two previous erasago at most.
As you travel you have torecharge your time machineby placing it on an altar. Butthe inhabitants of each erahave moved this to a diffe-rent cave.
If you are really unlucky,the altar may be stored in acave-in so that you will haveto g o backwards o r for-wards in time to find the
This would be o f greatpolitical value to the currentemperor, Domitian, since itwould be seen by all as asign th a t th e Gods hadfavoured him.
After obtaining the seal,therefore, i t must be takento the emperor's palace andhanded over; the adventurer
mayhem are the result.Doors open and shut at
random a n d no-one canleave the grounds or enter
except fo r the two for-mula-pinchers.
The player must counter-act the destructive tenden-cies displayed b y Castor.Some of the computers re-ports are true, others falsebut all have to be acted on.Pollux eventually begins togain power and all 'his' re-ports will be correct.
Eventually the intrudersmust be captured and stop-ped, and Pollux brought 'online' to restore communica-tions and access.
pa is a human form man-ifestation materialised by itscontroller's mind and onlyceases to exist on the demiseof i ts controller. Bansheesare female sp i r i ts w h oherald death for househol-ders who see them.
Watch for 'possession' ofthe inhabitants s u c h peo-ple will act normally. Theycan be identified by theirabhorrence o f re l ig iouswords.
Originality? I t ' s se t i nScotland! Otherwise it's theold battle idea, I admit,though the player needs tohave some knowledge o foccult/psychic lore.
cave that will/did hold thealtar in that particular era.
Several eras have exits tothe surface. Unfortunatelyif you stay o u t too longyou'll die.
You get a partial map o fthe cave system in your ori-ginal era.
Several o f the eras haveinhabitants who may helpor attack you.
If attacked and youthen they will help you, bi.if you make a mistake ark;lose, you die!
will receive a valuable i vward.
Graphics are no t essen-tial, and would depend onavailable memory. Howev-er, they could b e usedHobbil-style to show majorlocations, and th e splen-dour of ancient Rome couldadd to the effect.
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I have never been a pinball addict, butthis package, with three flippers, bum-pers. rollers, a jackpot, and a slingshot,got me to a point when I felt RogerDaltry might well be pushed to a poorsecond should they ever film Tommy H.
The facility for a two player game, anda 'nudge' adds to its attractions, andunless you are going to build your ownwith Bill Budges Kit (and you wouldneed an Apple II), this is as good as youwill get. E F
GAME: SUBMARINECOMMANDER
MACHINE: VIC 20PRICE: £24.95 approx.FROM: THORN/EMIFORMAT: CARTRIDGEIt must be stated at the start that this is avery well produced simulation package,rather than th e set-'cm-up-and-firegame found in many arcades.
The action is set in the Mediterranianand your reviewer, having glancedthrough the comprehensive instructionmanual, fel t confident that no shipbetween Gilbraltar and the Gulf wassafe. Within five minutes. the submarinein question had been grounded o ffLibya, sunk by enemy fire, and hadbecome hopelessly lost.
Returning to the manual, I found thatthe instruments offered not only usefulbut invaluable support. So rule numberone is to ensure you know what thosestrange and extensive dials and needlesactually do.
The central area of the screen offersthree modes, various maps, periscope,and the sonar screen. The map is of thewhole Mediterranian and gives only themost general of impressions (a flashingdot) of where you are. The location ofthe enemy has already been shown to bein the range on the final mode, the sonarscreen.
There are many, many more things tothink about in this game, and tactics arevery important i f you are to avoid
becoming a 'bilge pumper' on the finalratings. To give you an impression of thecomplex nature of the instrumentation,you have to keep an eye on: attitude.compass, clock, torpedo supply, fuelsupply, battery charge. speed (in knots)sonar screen (map and periscope),depth gauge - and that is only a third ofthem!
All in all, I rather think an honorarycommission in the senior service shouldbe the reward for a good score in thisparticular game. E F
GAME: CPBERTMACHINE: BBC MODEL BPRICE: £7.95FROM: SUPERIOR SOFTWAREA title like Q* Bert is wierd - it doesn'tmean anything, and fails to suggestaliens or magic kingdoms, or any sort ofstuff we're used to. So, what's i t allabout? The big clue is that the firstsyllable is 'cube'.
Imagine a pyramid made of cubes,where each horizontal face of a cube hastwo adjacent sides being the bottom of astep up. and the other two being thefront edge of a step down. If that addlesyour brain, you'll find a diagram on thecassette cover.
When Q Bert comes up on the screen- it is an elegant piece of graphics - oneface of this pyramid floating in black
space. As Q Bert (a character unfortu-flatly too small to take on much charac-ter) you must step from cube to cube,thus having four choices of movement.
Every cube you step on changes col-our, and the object is to colour thewhole pyamid. It's easy to step off thepyramid and fal l away, but the realdanger is to step on the snake.
The snake starts at the top o f thepyramid, and does a rapid random crawlto the bottom, when it reappears at thetop, and the cycle starts again. Fallingoff the pyramid or meeting the snakeloses one of your three lives.
Two spinning discs floating adjacentto the pyramid can be stepped upon to
lure the snake away, and take you to thetop of the pyramid.
The whole game is very cerebral, andit can whip up the same sort of frenziedaddiction Rubik's cube used to do.Alternatively, it can drive you mad. Thewhole thing happens very fast, and thesnappy rhythm of the sound effects ishyponotic
This is a simple. elegant mind gamethat's made exciting by i ts speed. I tcould lose you friends as you pass uptheir company for Q Bert's. W D
GAME: PONTOON, NI-LOW,MI N I ROULETTE
MACHINE: VIC 20PRICE: £5.50FROM: MR CHIPFORMAT: CASSETTEFor those people who still rememberwhat playing cards are, here is anotherchance to don the green eye shade, lightthe cigar, and snarl 'Deal!' - the onlydifference being your opponent doesnot drink red eye, and keeps the ulti-mate poker face.
The program allows you E50 to startwith, and your bet may not exceed E9per game. This excludes bets on con-secutive cards in the case of Pontoonand Hi-Low (you remember, that's theone that keeps Bruce Forsyth in falseteeth).
It is, by definition, a very straight-forward package, but very amusing forthe would-be gambler. Although I amcertain that the computer does notcheat, the idea that i t knows what mycards are before it 'deals' its own seems,fishy, and I am certain that this is why Ilost my E50 in an embarrassingly shortperiod of time!! E FGAME: CHOPLIFTERMACHINE: V K 20PRICE: £24.95FROM: AUDIOGENICFORMAT: CARTRIDGEThis is not, as the title may suggest, aileveryday story o f a muscle buildim.Lbutcher, but a well written helicopterrescue game.
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The helicopter base is located to theeast o f the enemy border, and themission takes the helicopter west insearch of the hostages - who run 4 6
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11It 2 1 •'IC 2 0 • 13round waving what must be doublejointed arms in delight at the prospect ofreturning to the good old US of A.
Landing the helicopter gives them thebreak they are looking for, and they leapaboard without a second invitation.
The home team, however, takes greatdelight in bombing, colliding with andshooting at anything that moves, and allin all, the general impression is that UShelicopters and their contents are de-finitely in 'season'.
Fortunately (and not surprisingly),the helicopters are armed, and may fireback when in the air. Once the first setof hostages have been picked up, thehelicopter has to shoot up prisons torelease further freeloaders, and this isquite tricky to master.
The game requires a joystick, andsince the rotate and firing buttons com-bine, this is a recipe for disaster to theuninitiated.
Scenario: have confidently lined uphelicopter gun on enemy satellite, en-gage fire button,. your craft promptlyturns through 40 degrees, which is morethan a bit disconcerting!
However, once the controls are mas-tered, this is a compulsive game, withboth good graphics and a satisfying'chop-chop' sound from the helicopterblades.
G AME : 3D • O M B ALLEYMACHI NE : BBC MO DE L BPRICE: E7•95FRO M: S O FTWARE I NV AS I O NF O RMAT : CASSETTE
It's inevitable that current events must• infl ue nc e ideas for games, and it's pro',3 a b l y more than a coincidence that 3DBomb Alley reminds me of the Falk-
lands. It even opens with a fairgroundversion of Rule Brittania.
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The farther away the enemy plane iswhen you shoot it, the more points it isworth, but the nearer the plane come,the louder the explosion when you hit it.
The game starts off quite easily, oneplane at a time. but soon they're comingthick and fast and it begins to get theurgency of . say. Missile Command.which requires similar skill.
The game has been written very com-petently, but there's no variety in whathappens, no change of scene. Thisactually feels like part of a larger game,the dissatisfying part, but there is nomore. Moreover. 3 D Bomb Attackraises other issues.
Nowadays, if a micro will let youstorm embassies, fight elections, and docombat in the South Atlantic, how longbefore we see a game where, as a fighterpilot, we must seek and destroy a jumboiet?
Should we play the same games asgovernments? W D
G AME : 3 DEEP SPACEMACHI NE : BBC MODE L BPRICE: £7 .95FRO M; POSTERNF O RMAT ; CASSETTE1 hose aliens will do anything fur agimmick. Their latest wheeze is to obligeyou•to wear 3D glasses (included in thepackage), so you can admire them inperspective while you zap them,
3 Deep Space is a horizontal. shoot'em game where the action takes placejust above the stationary surface of aworld decorated with lines of pyramids.
Like the OrICS in Egypt, these pyra-mids just sit around and do nothing.They may have something to do with thealiens, but it's hard to be sure becausethe game came with no instructionsbeyond how to use the 31) glasses.
The aliens come from the right of thescreen and are diamond shapes. Notonly must you move up and down toshoot them as they come across, youmust also move your laser gun 'into' and'out of' the screen, otherwise the line offire can pass behind, or in front of, them.
There are four blockbuster bombsavailable as well as the gun, and thesewill take out every alien on the screen atonce_ They should be used sparingly,preferably when the diamonds are com-ing thick and fast, and at all depths.
At 10,000 points, the onslaught ofdiamonds is replaced by a wave of aliens
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The game is simple in concept, and it'sthe 3D glasses that make it special. Incase you haven't worn them before,there's one blue cellophane lens, andone red. By slightly separating the redand blue components of the picture onthe screen, the glasses should simulate a3D effect.
I've never found the system satisfac-tory, but the glasses are fun, and alsogood to wear at parties. In the case of 3Deep Space, they make the graphicsshimmer beautifully. but frankly, Ifound it easier to judge the distance ofan alien by the separation of its red andblue shapes, and by its size. The fartherit is, the smaller it is.
Since the gun is the same size as thealiens, it makes shooting a matter ofpicking on someone your own size.
The configuration of keyboard keysused makes this game difficult. Oncegrasped. people will tire of it after awhile. However, the departure from theusual 31) graphics claimed by games isadmirable. Some people can fool theireyes with these glasses, and they'll enjoyit.
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It's an adventure game, which startsoff with the familiar premise that youhave been abandoned on a moonbasethat has many rooms and floors. Youronly means of escape is to find theDoctor, hiding on the seventh,111.
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and deepest floor, For 10 bags of gold.he'll take you away in his police box,
Finding the Doctor involves wander-ing through the rooms and down stair-cases, battling o r avoiding monsters,collecting gold and conserving yourstrength, and so on. If your strength fallsbelow zero, you're a gon net-.
Being left alone on Moonbase Alphadoesn't mean you're going to be lonely.The place is a-buzz with things, mainlybad. There's demons and wizards, andcreatures that sit on your head and killyou.
There's a robo t cal led Marvin.boring people to death. and Doris themonster, who looks like a TV set on legs.and who wants to turn you into a frog.
One way of dealing with such things isto take a Hulk-pill, and get very strongand green for a while, able to walkthrough walls,
Hopefully, you'll find money bagsthere, which, i f there's n o monsteraround, you can then chuck down achute into your savings.
The game is full of interesting happen-ings and characters. Many of the charac-ters seem to be doing part-time workbetween TV series, and it's worth play-ing the game just to meet them. Soundeffects are good, the game often requiresspeed, and 3D is simulated with simplebut amusing graphics.
And, o f course, the game is a realadventure, requiring mental maps to bemade.
Escape from Moonbase Alpha ispackaged nicely, but the packaging isdeceptive. The program inside has a rareeffervescence. It is witty, frustrating, andintelligent - which makes it one of thebest I've ever played.GAME: G A L A K Z I O N SMACHINE : S P E CTRUM 1 6 KPRICE: £5 .95FROM: MI KRO -G E NFO RMAT: CASSETTEAs you will no doubt realise from thehorribly twee way that Nlikro-Gen hasspelt the title, this is simply the Spec-trum version o f Galaxians. a second-generation Space Invaders, which hasbeen around fo r quite a while, andwhich has been implemented on numer-ous machines.
Galaxians (okay, Mikro-Gen, i f youinsist - Galakzions) are simply SpaceInvaders that refuse to stay in their niceneat formation, insisting instead onswooping down at you from awkwardangles and at inconvenient times,
Mikro-Gen's Galakzions are hardlyfearsome beasts - in comparison tosome I have seen, they are positively
sedate - and there is nothing really newin this program to add life to what isbecoming a somewhat tired and datedconcept
In fact, I seem to recall a ZX8 I game(from Artie, perhaps?) in which theattacking Galaxians were quite awe-some - they were certainly harder todeal with than Mikro-Gen's aliens, eventhough Artic used the limited ZX81graphics. This version has the advan-tages of colour and sound.
But i f you feel that no home i scomplete without a Galaxian game,then I guess this'll do until somethingbetter comes along.
There's a choice o f speeds - fast,normal, or slow - and the option o fusing Mikro-Gen's own joysticks. 1 triedthe Kempston stick without success,then hooked up the AGF programmablejoystick, which worked a treat.
In fact, this game is slow enough forkeyboard operdtion - keys 2 and 4 moveyou left and right, while 0 fires. There isalso the facility for one- or two-playeroperation.
'Competent but uninspired' wouldseem to be the fairest verdict. S M
G AME : A N D R O I D ATTACKMACHI NE : BBC MODE L BPRICE: £ 8 .9 5FRO M: CO MP UTE R CONCEPTSF O R MA T : CASSETTEAn android attack is far worse than amugging. In the game of that name, theattack results in you exploding into littlebits, like a shattered vase. This is anarcade-style game, in the Pacman tradi-tion. Trapped in a maze, you mustdetend yoursel I fro m a variety o fandroids by shooting them down, o rlaying mines and blowing them up.
Some androids leave a trail of dots,others the occasional fruit, and eatingthe latter will restore your energy re-serves. i f your energy drops to zero.you're a gonner because the androidswill soon home in on you.
The game has 19 levels of play. and ifyou start on level one, it's theoretically
possible to Nvork your way all the wayup. Initially, there are just four whileandroids, which are things that bounceup and down on hydraulic legs, as if theywere built at the Citroen factory.
These are no t much trouble, andexplode after just one shot. But purpleandroids appear from eggs laid in themaze, and they need three shots to godown.
As you go on. red and blue androidsappear, which are even worse. On beingshot, a blue splits into two reds, and ared into two whites. All this means themaze can get pretty crowded, with atotal of 16 white androids at any onetime and all of them after you.
The evilest android is a yellow facecalled Smiley, w h o floats l i ke th eCheshire Cat, disregarding walls, andwho is totally indestructible. Only if allthe dots are eaten will he give up yourscent.
The pace of the game is always fast,and the action hots up rapidly. At level10, the maze becomes invisible, andwith each level there's always some-thing happening.
Android Attack has good. solid. De-fender-style sound effects, and i t evenrequires a certain amount o f strategicthought. Variations on arcade gamescan be tedious and unimaginative. butAndroid Attack is better than average.
Apart from th e rather awkwardchoice of keyboard keys to play it with.the game is recommended. M D
G AME : HE LLS TEMPLEMA C H I N E : ORIC 4 8 KPRICE: £ 1 2FRO M: K E N E MA AS S OCIATE SF O R MA T : CASSETTEHell's Temple is a large and complexadventure that claims to 'set a new trendin adventure programming'. I t is notrecommended for beginners - indeed,the cassette case tells us that 'parentalguidance is recommended for childrenunder 16', which seems a bit strangesince the average 14-yar-old is likely tobe more experienced than his/her pa-rents in dealing with programs like this.
Hell's Temple is set 'in the time of thedark ages when witchcraft. sorcery, andfear ruled mankind'. The player takesthe part o f an adventurer, one o f a'strong and gallant breed who fightagainst the power of evil'. Being stupidas well as strong and gallant, the adven-turer decides to go adventuring in Hell.
The programe comes with a 'Hell'sTemple Survival Scroll', which provideshints on how to deal with the hazardsahead. A constantly updated status re-port lets you know how deep into Po 53
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Hell you have penetrated, and showsyour strength, spellpower, and amountof gold held
If you wish to stop the game for areturn at a later date, exits are provided.At each stage of the game a 3D view ofthe temple catacombs is given — typing
R, or F will turn you left or right ormove you forward.
On the threshold of each room. theplayer has four choices: to go inside, toleave, to use the HELP function (this tellsyou your opponent's strengths but usesup one spell), or to use oErEer (thisallows you to see beyond the door tocheck for monsters, illusions, and trea-sures -- it also uses one spell).
If a monster confronts you, you mayfight. use a spell, bribe i t, o r retreatThere are 75 monsters, any o f whichmay kill you. Occasionally the Gods willbe so impressed with your bravery thaithey will reincarnate you (minus anywealth you might have, which the Godskeep as a fee for their services!). TheSurvival Scroll warns against venturingfar from the upper levels until consider-able strength has been gained.
Along with the Scroll comes an invita-tion to join the Hell's Temple Fan Club,which will allow adventurers to corms-pond and exchange hints and tips.
I am still a long way from completingHells Temple, but what I've seen I'veliked. There are some nice graphics and,all in all, this is one of the better piecesof Oric software to appear so far. S M
GAME: DARTSMACHI NE : ATARIPRICE: £14 .95FROM: THO RNI E MIFO RMAT: CASSETTEWhy anyone who likes darts wouldwant to wait while a cassette programloads up a simulated version of the gameis beyond me. You could walk down theroad to your local pub in half the timethe Atari recorder takes to load theprogram.
On the other hand, i f you are underpub age. and don't have a dart board,this will give a very reasonable feel forwhat playing darts is like,
Well, almost. Holding a joystick is notquite the same thing as throwing a dart,but the program has some nice touches_The graphics in this game are a delight_The screen displays a marvellous oldEnglish pub, with a clean-cut youthpoised to throw — no leather jacketedyobbos in this pub, please.
In the bottom right-hand corner of thescreen an enlarged version of the dartboard appears, with a ghostly hand
hovering over the bulls eye, holding adart. You have to manoevre the hand toaim the dart at the treble 20, or whatver,
The joystick controls the hand'smovements, but what makes this gamedifficult is that the hand behaves like itwas owned by someone who's workedhis way through 15 pints of bitter. I tdoesn't stay on line for more than a
fraction of a second, so you have to keepsteadying it.
There are various skill levels, so thatwith increasing skill level the hand getsmore and more twitchy. Pressing the firebutton 'throws' the dart. And just as inthe real version. there is a wire hazard,which means that i f you hit the wire,your dart will bounce out.
Up to four players can play at onetime, and if you are really bored, you canplay against the computer w h o will, ofcourse, thrash you soundly, since i tcontrols the whole thing anyway.
You can choose to play 301. 501. 901,or 1,001, and you can opt to begin with adouble, or to omit the double and gostraight for score. One pleasant thingabout the computer version of darts isthat the machine does all the arithmetic— well, nearly all. It won't tell you whatto aim for to 'get out' in a make-ablescore, say 138. You still have to stir yourbrain to that extent at least. T H
G AME : PLUNDERMACHI NE : S P E CTRUM 4 8 KPRICE: £ 6 .0 0FRO M: CASES CO MP UTE R
SIMULATIONSFORMAT: CASSETTENow this one really is fun.. .The year is1587, and Spain is financing her Arma-da by running gold from the Americasback to Europe.
You are, in fact, a licensed pirate.Your job is to patrol the seas and grab asmuch of the Spanish gold as you can. Ifyou can't actually get your hands on it,you can at least sink the ship carrying itand prevent Spain getting the benefit.
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turns, and there are three levels o fdifficulty for each number of turns. Thegame is won once you have stopped acertain amount of gold from reachingSpain (35,000 gold pieces at the easiestlevel, 145.000 at the hardest).
If successful, you are knighted, andyour hated rival Francis Drake becomesyour cook. Fail, and you are humiliatedwhile Drake goes on to write his namein the history books.
To aid you in your task, the Spectrumdisplays a detailed map of the Atlantic,together with copious information onthe weather, armament, cash, cargo.men, damage to the ship. number ofvictories and defeats, number of turns.and so on. When your lookout spots aship, you are told its type (merchant,galleon, troopship, warship), and youthen make the decision to attack o rretreat, based on the relative strengths ofthe enemy and your ship.
If you attack, you are given the optionof firing or boarding. In either case, thebattle is enacted graphically, with thetwo ships closing together, and some-what stylised plumes of water as can-nonballs splash into the sea. If the battlelooks to be going badly, you can choosediscretion and head for the nearest portfor repairs or more men.
Hitting another ship results in yourcraft sinking, whereupon you are igomi-niously drummed out o f the service_There are also uncharted islands, aban-doned ships. and strange mists to in-vestigate. These can bring rewards, ordisaster.
This is the sort of game for which acomputer is ideal. and this particularsimulation gave me hours of enjoyment.It's sufficiently difficult to hold one'sinterest for a long time, and the conceptbehind it is novel, and well thought out.Great fun. S M
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MACHI NE : DRAG O N 32PRICE: £ 8 .0 0FRO M: MI CRO DE ALF O RMAT : CASSETTEThis is an intriguing little game whichcombines several different traditionalarcade-type ideas into something new.
At the start of the game. the screen isdivided into a large rectangle, composedof squares. Cuthbert, an animationfigure in what looks like a stetson hat,starts at the middle-bottom square and.to the accompaniment o f a tunefuljingle, starts shinning( u p t h e v e r t i c a llines, and wandering along the horizon-tals. P 57
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It's easy to quote big memorybers like 32K In many other popular and more useful applications.
answers to any doubts or questions you computers of that size, ills not so easy tomay hove about computers. a list of themany Genie specialists appears below. u s e it allEven some of the newest models let W H Y GOOD PICTURES CAN BEBut if you hove any problem what- y o u use little more than two thirds of the M O R E COLOURFUL ON THEsoever, get in touch wiM us at Lowe u s e r memory The °Met third is snatched Q O L O U R GENIEComputers — we're here to help a w a y to drive the computer
But simply because morefamilies are realising Mat acomputer with less all-roundpedormance than the 32K ColourGene is a waste of money and notso rewarding
Alter all, you cannot tell whatwill interest you most until you'vetried everything computers can ;Auyou
Some others ask you to comparethe technical facts. Well, to givethem oil a surprise we've publishedsome of 32K Colour Genie's mostimportant features.
But for the less technical, hereore a few other important questionsand answers.
- Design eniciency 95% ot RAM L Sc . M J I i O O I efor user memory- 161( ROM with Microsoft Colour BASIC
Extended- Forth (optional)- 256 predefined characters with 128 more
you can program yoursett A massive 256can be displayed at any one time
- Repeat operates on all 63 keys- 4 function keys giving 8 user
programmable statements- Full editing and tracing facilities for
de-hugging- Screen resolution at 320 x 200 wint text and
graphics-Or 160 x 102 individually addressable
pixels in 4 colours
- Screen display, 25 rows or 40 characters- i6cotoors (8 loll. plus 8 tints)- 80 commands plus more than 40 graphics.
arithmetic and special functions- 8 OCICN8S, independent on each al 3
separate sound channels with independentyolurne. duration and erm4ope on eachcnonnel
- Full synthesised sound effects via separateTV or 1-ii-Fi output pans
- Cartridge based software- PrestelNiewiato modem. Sol/ware cartridge
loaded tor fast system access- Floppy disc system- Supett digital ioysholts with numeric pods
and two lire buttons
Many other computers otter severalmodes. These give high resolutions butat a cost
On some, high resolution usesso much RAM that you get only2 colours,and very little memory left toplay with
But Colour Genie has got other ideasto let you have the good quality pictureeffect of high resolution (320 x 200 forthe technical) AND FULL COLOUR
THIS IS HOW IT WORKSColour Genie lets you create as many CIS1 28 different shapes that It lucks awayin its memory, in addition to the 128shapes it has permanently stored (youcan see 64 of them on the keys in thephotograph).
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So you can compose pleasantmusic -or drive everyone out of thenoose!
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So Colour Genie contains all that'snecessary to make it work including thepower transformer,
It is also mode of stronger materialsthan many others, to cope with the mostboisterous of families
But just in case you find a 10Ib boxa be! avArward to carry to the car, you'lllend 11 has got a built-in carrying handle!
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The scenario is as follows: Cuthbert isresponsible for lighting up the lunarlanding pad for the arrival of the federalchief s state visit. In this age o f hightechnology, he lights up the pad onesquare at a time, by walking all the wayround it.
To complete a square, it is not neces-sary for Cuthbert to methodically go up,across, down and round each line insuccession. He can wander one side ofone square and down the verticle o fanother quite as he pleases. And hedoesn't have to walk. I f you want,Cuthbert can be made to jump along allthe horizontals in a series of hops byrepeatedly pressing the fire button.
There is one drawback to hoppingthough. Whereas Cuthbert won't walkoff the edge of the rectangle, he can bemade to leap off the edge. This jump isfatal and sends Cuthbert sliding downthe edge of the screen to his death.
If that was all there was to it, CuthbertGoes Walkabout would be a distinctlyforgettable game The interest comes in
the shape of a set of Moronians. blob-like creatures who pursue Cuthbert upand down the verticles and horizontals.When they catch up with him, theyexplode.
Moronians hunt rather blindly in theearly start o f the game and can beavoided for the most part. I f you findyourself cornered, you can alwaysattempt to leap Cuthbert over them.This works - unless the Moronian isabout to change direction (from left toright, or right to left), which is notexactly a predictable event.
I had a little difficulty in controllingCuthbert when it came to the fiddly bits,such as getting him to stop climbing up avertical and to switch instead of goinghorizontal_ The points of intersectiondemand precise control,
Every time you manage to complete asquare it lights up. The sides of uncom-pleted squares tha t Cuthbert h a stravelled over turn from black to brown,so it is easy to keep a track of what stillneeds walking over.
Oh yes, one more thing, the Moro-nians become smarter in their huntingfor Cuthbert the longer you take tocomplete your lighting up of the lunarpad. Late in each screen a 'Chief Moro-nian' appears. He seems to be able tobend the rules governing Moronianbehaviour, and does for Cuthbert ratherquickly.
The game has a Hall of Fame whichallows you to enter initials after the 10best scores_ T H
• MA R : GAMESPACHMACHINE: OR1C 4ENPRICE; £7.00F R O M SECTOR 7FORMAT: CASSETTO
This is the sort of tape that appears earlyin the life of every home computer - acollection of simple games that are notconsidered commercial enough to besold on their own. Sector 7's Games-pack is a typical example: a 31) mazeprogram, a Bomber game, noughts andcrosses, a maths test, a Snake-typegame, a blast-the-invading-aliens game,and an extremely simple version o fPacman.
There's not a lot to be said about aselection like this - none of the prog-rams are exactly complex. I also foundthe odd bug that had slipped through -as in Obstruction, the Snake-type game,where the program crashed on occa-sions when the snake's trail h i t theborder of the screen. The keyboard wentcompletely dead and the program had tobe reloaded,
Of the seven games here, I must admitthat I found Laser quite compulsive. Inthis, a saucer attacks your ground sta-tion, and you have to destroy the mis-siles it fires at you. It moves closer witheach attack, and can be destroyed if youhave managed to zap enough o f itsmissiles without using up all your avail-able energy.
Of the other games, Maths Testwould be good for a young child topractise arithemtic - after a correctanswer the player has the opportunity toplay a simple Space Invaders game.
I suppose this selection would besuitable for giving to a very young childat the same time as he or she gets theirfirst computer - but most kids arefamiliar with computers nowadays, andare likely to demand something con-siderably more complex that shows offthe Oric's features to better advantage.
The one thing that puzzles me is justwhy Sector 7 decided to market thisselection for the 48K machine alone.None of the programs are so complex
IsECTNECTRUNthat they couldn't have been fitted into16K, so why restrict the potential mar-ket? Seems a bit dumb to me. S M
GAME* HARRIER ATTACKMACHINE; SPECTRUM 16KPRICE: SCESFROM DURELL SOFTWAREFORMAT: CASSETTE - -First of all. I must admit to a prejudiceagainst this game. Harrier Attack hasunpleasant overtones of the Falklandsconflict - although, to be fair to DurellSoftware, there is not direct reference toArgies. Task Forces or, indeed, theFalklands. But then what would youmake of a game in which you take offfrom an aircraft carrier, fl y over anisland bristling with defensive positions,bomb an enemy base, and then return tothe safety of your ship?
Could be coincidence, of course- andmaybe it's only my uncharitable mindjumping to unjustified conclusions... Oris it?
Anyway, ethics aside and, let's face it,micro games are hardly noted for theirmorality, concentrating as they do onwiping out aliens, bombing cities, etc,etc), what do you get for your money?
What you get is an adequate, i f notspectacular, 'shoot 'em down' game thatmakes very few intellectual demandsand which - in my case, at least - pallsfairly rapidly.
Harrier Attack begins with your Har-rier aircraft in position on the flight deckof an aircraft carrier. Pressing the 'cur-sor Lip' control takes you into the skies,
and from this point on i t is simply amatter of avoiding or shooting down thevarious obstacles in your path.
Fly low and you'll avoid most of theenemy fighters, but will run into a lot offlak from the ground defences. Fly high,and the fighters will attack in force,
You have the choice between trying toblast the opposition to pieces or adopt-ing a lower profile and simply takingevasive action. If you elect to fight, youhave to make sure that you keep Ow 59
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Points are awarded on a sliding scale.with a mere 10 points for hitting anenemy guided missile, and 750 forshooting down an attacking aircraft. Ifyou get into serious trouble, there is thechance to hit the eject button and bailout - do this just before your plane isdestroyed and you'll pick up 1,000points. Landing safely brings a bonus of2.000.
There is a choice of skill levels rangingfrom Ito 5. and level 1 is a doddle, withthe enemy flak making little impression.As the skill level is raised, enemy gunsdo more damage and you have to flyfaster since you are considered to becarrying more ammunition, and fuel hasto be burned quickly to reduce weight.
On screen indicators tell you yourspeed, how much fuel you have left, andthe number of bombs and rockets re-maining.
And that's all there is to it. I foundHarrier Attack a disappointment - tak-ing off could have been made consider-ably harder, and after bombing theinhabitants of the enemy base back tothe Stone Age a few times, it all becametoo predictable.
There are some excellent Spectrumgames around, most of which makemuch better use of sound and graphics -your money would be better spent onthem.
Harier Attack is also available for theOric. S M
GAME: NIGHTRIDERMACHINE: ORIC 48KPRICE; C6•00PROW C IR °SOFTFORMAT: CASSETTENightrider is a game for the larger Orie,in which the player has to recover stolenshares from ex-Foundation (the prog-ram does not tell you what the Founda-tion is) members and staff who are now'trying to legally takeover'. They must bestopped by force - but the player mustnot kill them.
Giving aid in this mission is an intelli-gent, computer-controlled car (couldthis program have anything to do withWs Knight Rider, do you suppose?),which provides all the necessary data.maps. and so on. and which interjectscomments to keep the player on his orher toes.
Nightrider failed to load at 'fast' rate -a common failing with Oric games - butprovided no problems at the 300 baudrates. After loading, the user is invited towait for a few seconds while the game isset up before being given a brief ex-
planation of the available data - fuelloss, strength of foe, number of shares tobe found, likelihood of survival and thepossibility of zero resistance.
There are four different maps whichthe player may consult at each turn.These give details of the terrain, skillfctor, odds against success, place atwhich the action occurs, and the num-ber of shares available.
The player, who is assumed to beriding in his souped-up car. the Night1000, is faced with a series of oppo-nents, most of whom appear to be either
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For example, traffic warden Frank NSikes has a welcoming committee ofnine men with guns, while anotheropponent will be armed with lasers.mortars, or a tank.
After the player has been notified ofthe opponent's strength, the optionsavailable are to fight. run, quit the game,or to get help quickly. This latter in-volves jumping the car over a river to berefuelled, and this leap has to be carefulycontrolled to avoid overhanging cliffsand quicksand.
Selecting the 'fight' option simplyinvolves a very minor calculation - youare told your opponent's strength, andall you have to do is select sufficientforce to overcome him. Care must betaken in this, since using too much forcewill kill, which is not allowed.
And that's all there is to it - yousimply keep meeting opponents, collect-ing their shares it' you beat them, whilerefuelling as necessary. I must admit thatI found refuelling quite difficult - inmost cases I simply disappeared into thequicksand, and had to begin again. Idon't know what happens when you'vecollected all the shares - I'm afraid I lostinterest long before I reached this stage.
Nightrider is hardly a showcase forthe Oric's capabilities - its use ofgraphics and sound is minimal, and itseems more the type of game that a keenuser would type in from a magazine
listing rather than a commercial piece ofsoftware.was not impressed. S M
GAME: DANGER UXBMACHINE: SSC MODEL ElPRICE: £7.95FROM: PROGRAM POWERFORMAT: CASSETTEThe object of Danger UXB is to defuse aticking time bomb before its clockreaches zero. On the way to where thebomb is located you must consume asmany blue tiles and flags as possible, byrunning vertically over a 15 x 15 grid.
To get yourself in the same column asthe bomb, you can slide horizontallyacross the tiles. This is also a usefulmove to avoid the skulls placed in yourway.
As the tiles are eaten up, it becomesharder and harder to reach the bomb intime. Once six bombs have been defusedthe grid is replaced, and the gamebecomes faster. At the higher levels ofthe game, stamping boots are intro-duced which impede your progress to-wards the UXB, and must be avoided atall costs_
Danger UXB makes full use of theBBC's graphics and sound capabilities.The animation is very smooth, and themovement keys extremely responsive.
As for the sound, you are treated to aScott loplin rag, as you rush around theboard for dear life as well as the usualzaps and explosion.
I found Danger UXB a refreshingchange from shooting down aliens,attempting to land Concorde, or doingodd things with frogs. It's a mixture oftactics, timing, and reflexes, and it hadme glued to the screen for hours on end.A very well written program, which Ihighly recommend. I R
GAME: ORC ATTACKMACHINE: ATARIPRICE: £29.93PROMS THORN/EMIFORMAT: CARTRIDOE
Orc Attack is a new departure for com-puter games. You are defending yourstone castle from the invading Ores.These are determined little fellows whobang ladders against your castle walls,and then try to swarm up them and cutyour head off (literally - if you don't putup a stout defence, you will find yourhead bouncing on the ground at the footof the castle wall, looking suitably asto-nished and gory).
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This effectively peoples your safe bat-tlement with invisible Ores. and makeslife very difficult. A t the top o f thebattlements you can grab a sword (whichcan be swung around using the joystick,to lop any Ore off his ladder).
Alternatively, you can pick up rocksfrom either side of the battlements, or (areal treat th is fo r th e homicidallyminded), you can pour a pot of burningoil over the Ores and wipe out one entirewave of attackers. The graphics hereshould satisy the most bloodthirsty, asflames engulf all below the battlements.The dead Ores form a pyramid at thebottom of the screen.
I never survived the massed ranks ofordinary Orcs, bu t fo r those whosereflexes are more attuned to this sort ofthing, these fellows are only the start.There are Ninja Orcs (don't ask what aNinia is, don't you go to the movies?),who can scale the walls without ladders.
There are also Stone Warts and gigan-tic Demon Trolls to be fended off. As ifthis were not enough, there is a Sorcererwho nips in from time to time. and urgesthe hordes on against you.
The graphics are good and the gamehas a certain originality and style about it.I soon got tired of having my head cut offwhile waving my sword about to no avail,but for the skilled, this game might wellhave something.
SAME, MOROCCO GRAND PRIXMACHINE: DRAGON 32PRICE: CLOSFROM MICRODEALFORMAT: CASSETTEIf you have spent a few l a p coinscrouched behind the wheel o f thatmarvellous arcade racer, swerving pastcars at incredible speeds with the scen-ery flashing past, you are going to need agood imagination to find this race even afraction as good.
The graphics do not even begin to becomparable. Instead of that magnificentracetrack with i ts 3D feel, you arerestricted to no more than a blockgraphics outline of a track, which scrollsvertically down the screen.
But once you have accustomed your-self to the fact that there is no contestbetween the arcade version and this,
you should be able to sit back and enjoythe feature that Morocco Grand Pr ixhas to offer.
Your car stays in the same line on thescreen, though you can, of course moveit about from one side of the track to theother. The track itself has twists, turns.and narrow bits that seem to grow out ofthe top of the screen. Other cars moverapidly down screen towards you ingroups o f between two and four innumber.
Avoiding collisions takes some niftyjoystick work. You have a slight degreeof control over your speed (pulling thejoystick towards you makes for slowspeed p u s h i n g i t away from youincreases your speed). But even so,
cutting between the other cars is tricky,especially if the road happens to narrowJust as four of them are boxing you in.
You start each race on the hardshoulder, and as soon as you pull on tothe track, a 100 second starts ticking by.You gain points for all the cars you passand for the distance you travel round thetrack. Each time you collide, your cargoes cartwheeling over and over off thetrack. This costs you time and distance,and cuts down your scoring chances,though you can crash as many times asyou like. There is no bonus or extra timefor doing well.
The game has a very inadequate hallof fame, which reflects the top scores indreadfully small figures, but doesn'tallow any initials to be added to identifythem. This game looks like a beginningrather than a finished product. A littlehard work on the listings should pro-duce a better version, T H
GAME: RIVER RESCUEMACHINE: ATARIPRICE: £ 2 4 . 5FROM: THORN/EMIFORMAT: CARTRIDGERiver Rescue is a not-so-distant relativeof the arcade game where you have to flya helicopter/jet/rocket ove r ruggedmountain terrain, bombing everything in
sight (Airstrike, reviewed blow, is a primeexample of the species).
The basic skills are very similar, thoughThom EMI has brought off a cunningchange which makes the thing worth-while as a game in its own right. The basicscenario is that, instead of trying to avoidmountain peaks while zapping the nas-ties, you are piloting a launch down ariver to collect explorers, who have some-how got lost in the jungle.
There are jetties at various points alongthe river on both the north and southbanks. Bringing your launch to a stop at anorth bank jetty causes an explorer todash from the jungle and hop on board.The idea is to collect a few of them anddrop them off on the south bank jetties.
You can load your boat up with asmany as nine explorers if you wish, butsince the launch goes at a great clip andthe river is full of twists, turns. and thingsto bump into (including dolphins), i t issmarter to unload them as fast as you getthem.
The pace of the boat can be slowedmarginally, using the joystick, but it tendsto shoot o ff once you signal normalspeed. The dolphins have an irritatinghabit of wagging their tails just as youthink you've found a clear line past them.This, and any other crash, does for yourboat, your passengers. and you.
In case you think this is all you have toworry about, there is also a helicopterwhich appears from time to time andmines the water in front o f you. Thelaunch is armed and you can blast yourway clear th i s goes for the dolphins aswell, which I thought was a bit off, even ifthey do move at the wrong time.
If you can keep the throttle full downand avoid crashing into anything. theboat moves into the right hand section ofthe scrolling display. This cuts down yourreaction time, of course, but it gives youhigher scores.
All in all, an exciting game. T H
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The first wave is made up of strangegreen birds, who fly erratically about thescreen and drop bombs on you. If yousurvive this first onslaught, the O. 83
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I RE CHALLENGEIf it wasn't tor sonic hairy lookingmonster chasing you around theHampton Court Maze, this gamewould be comparatively easy. But as itis, one of the main challenges is tokeep away from this rather strangelooking creature.
The other object of Sultan's Maze isto locate the jewels that are scatteredin between and around the hedges,and then to take yourself, hopefullyladen down with jewels, to the nearestexit without being stopped by thecrazed monster.
NOW TO WINIt all sounds rather difficult, which atlevel 10 it is, but the programmer hasprovided many aides so that you cancomplete your mission.
The first is a map detailing whereyou and the monster are located in themaze, and also where the jewels are tobe found.
You lose 'energy' points each timeyou refer to the map, but once youhave worked out what way you arefacing and the N,S,E and W, this 'aidede memoire' will prove invaluable.
The oher help you are given is the 'I'key which allows you to jump throughan inside hedge, or to avoid thecreature that is following you, or both.
The best advice, as in most mazegames, is observation. Rememberwhere you came from, where you aremeant to be going, and where thejewels and monster are. All of whichinformation came from the map.
But remember that if you lose toomany energy points the jewels will be,'too heavy for you to pick up and youronly way is to exit and try again.
VIDEO VERDICTA simple game that allows you to thinkabout the problem and work it out. It'sa game that will frustrate you to no endbut makes a change from the fast,action-packed Space Invader typegame,
However, after a time you'llprobably rmember many of the mazeplans, and consequently get prettybored with the whole thing. But untilI hen...
Machin*: Dragon 32,Price: £7.95.From: Gem Software.Format: Cassette.
You're in the maze and you can go either ahead and left, orbackwards. So, which way?
A glance at the overall map and you can tell fa S o u t h isn'tgonna get you anywhere.
It's time to jump through the hedge to escape theyou lose energy points.
NOW TO WINPay attention to both the centipedeand especially the spider, who has ahabit of appearing from nowherewhen you least expect it.
If you don't have a joystick attachedto your terminal, you can't move thelaser up and down, but only sideways,This proves to be an immensedisadvantage since you are inevitablydestroyed if the centipede has a goodrun down the mushroom field,whereas with the joystick you canavoid this by moving your laser gunabove the centipede.
At the lower skill levels, the spiderwill not prove to be much of aproblem. Yet at the highest level thespider will take a lot of overcoming.VIDEO VERDICTThe graphics and sound effects arepretty good in this version of thearcade game as you get the machinegun sound when zapping the colourfulcentipede.
It is a very simple game and a bit ofpractice could make you highlyproficient in centipede bashing. The
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THE CNALIENGEEquipped with a laser gun, it is yourobject to destroy the squirmingcentipede as it makes its wayprecariously down the mushroomfield. This is in itself a daunting task,but it is made no less easy due to theunexpected presence of a ratherdubious looking, bouncing spider whoappears randomly to make theinevitable challenge.
Thus the task is to destroy the manyparts of the centipede before itdestroys you, and to avoid or 'laser' thespider, in order to score a bounty ofpoints.
As the game progresses thechallenge becomes increasingly moredifficult. The centipede comes at you ata far greater speed and the funnylooking creatures, reportedly dirtyfleas, appear far more often. It'senough to keep anyone on the edge oftheir seats.
Other incentives to get your nameon the high score list include snailscrossing the mushroom field, andfunny looking creatures emanatingfrom the centipede itself.
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But soon it speeds up. and becomes more and more of a threatthe lower it gets.
You're in trouble if you don't zap it soon — and you have onlythree chances.
IM E MA I L I N G §The aim in this one-player version ofthe arcade game is to destroy theenemy command centre by pilotingyour space ship over rugged terrain,and on the way bombing and firing atenemy helicopters and missiles.
To destroy your ultimate target, youhave to whirlwind your way througheight different sectors — each oneproving to be more impossible andfrustrating than the last.
NOW TO WMThe totally illogical aspect of this gameis that you have to hit every fuel tankalong your way in order to avoidplummeting into the ground. In theblurb that comes with the game itstates that, you need to destroy thefuel tanks, to gain vital fuel'. Little did Iknow it was that vital.
There is no easy answer insuggesting how you can win. Onething to be careful of are the enemyhelicopters whose missiles seem tocome at you with admirable accuracy.You'll be lucky to conquer all eightstages which include the meteorstorm, the skyscraper city, the cavewith funny-looking space creatures,and the underwater battle — due to alarge extent from running out of thatvital fuel.
The graphics are not as good, or ascolourful as the arcade version,but the challenge iscertainly as big if notbetter. Although thegame is playable onkeyboard, stage four isruled out unless youhave a joystick. (Thefact that I only restage three with ajoystick means nothing.)VIDEO VERDICTThe major groan about SuperScramble is the amount of attentionyou have to pay to the fuel tanks — tothe extent that nearly everything elsecan get ignored. The game is certainlychallenge, and to destroy thecommand centre on skill level threewill certainly take a lot of practice.
Not bad, all things considered,
Machine: Commodore 64.Price: £9.93.From: Terminal SoftwareFormat: Cassette.
There's danger ahead. but you're looking good (so far). Watchout for those missiles.
Don't forget the fuel tanks, n d notice that those missiles arecoming at you more often.
Crash! You ran out of fuel an d this is wily the easy stage. Theothers are much harder.
riga CliALLIMPOThis is not a game for the zap and splatcrowd, but rather a well-executedadventure in words and pictures.Pharoh's Tomb is most of all a brain-teaser, a game you'll need to spend agood deal of time with for it to beworthwhile. There's a stunningEgyptian treasure at stake here, so thetime you spend on it will no doubt beworth it. You are an explorer in theland of the Pharoh, and one who's hotfor all the gold and jewellery that'soffered.
HOW TO WINPharoh's Tomb uses split-screengraphics to give you a picture of theinside of the tomb AND the commandline to control your characters. Thecommand line is a scrolling textwindow which displays your questionsor commands, and the program'sresponse to them.
To give you the solution would becheating, but suffice it t oy t h a tvictory in this game takes a hell of along time. The program has a limitedvocabulary which includes obliqueand unhelpful responses, such as. 'Idon't understand,' and, can't'.
As the game progresses. you start towork out the hints that lead you fromroom to room within the tomb. Forexample, the commands 'GoWest'. or 'Go South'. or'Move stone', or 'Pickup Cloak' would moveyou from the CrystalRoom to the SacrificialChamber. But youdon't really want tknow whether tcloser to the trea3not do you?
The program's rathshort and vague responsmake the game. to saythe least, rather difficAnd after seeing 'I ca150 times or more. it crather boring. Patiencevirtue here since even thedistinctly unhelpful, and the iirdrefuses to give any hints at all —erepeatedly telling you that you dneed any—which tends to wounold self-confidence.
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VIDEO VERDICTIf you like something that taxes themind and makes you think a lot, thenthis is the game for you. My complaintis in the lack of language that thecomputer understands — but then thatis just my excuse.
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Now what? Throw the stone? Wave the fan? More importanwhich way is the treasure?
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THE CHALLENGEYou are in charge of a firefleet cruiser,and it is your mission to manoeuvreyour craft past cannons, tanks, andforce fields, and countless otherdangers and hazards.
The vertical scrolling enables you, ifyou're good enough, to pass through34 different screens of such hazards,which are divided into four equalsectors, with each sector becomingmore and more difficult— or should Isay impossible.NOW TO WINFirefleet is one of the more challenginggames to come on to the market of late.The first sector, although you're underheavy fire, will not prove to be much ofa problem, since you have plenty ofspace in which to manoeuvre, and theenemy cannons are in full view.
In your enthusiasm to get past thisfirst section. be careful not to be tooheavy handed on the joystick, sinceoversteering will be the death of you,and your cruiser.
The second sector is much the sameas the first, with the additionalproblem of enemy tanks blocking yourpath. It is the last passage that couldprove to be your downfall, since spaceseems to be at a premium. My onlyadvice here is to keep back and fire asquickly as possible at the obstructions
and you'll still need luck on yourside.
The third and fourth sectors are themost difficult. There are force fieldsand dead ends, as well asindestructable tanks and cannons tomake your mission a newimpossibility.
It is at these stages that you'll need alot of co-ordination and a lot ofpatience when you run into the deadends — and furthermore, a lot of luck.
VIDEO VERDICTA first rate game that will give youhours of fun. The mission is difficult toaccomplish and consequently thegame becomes very addictive.
The graphics aren't great and Icouldn't find the score chart. butdespite these minor criticisms, it's areally challenging, game and willcertainly give you a run for yourmoney.
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It gels tougher, believe it or not. The maze t o u ghave the added hazards of the cannons.
It's not easy even at the begining. Watch out foilliannons,the enemy tanks, the obstacles.., and don't oversteer.
TIlE asommormseAs the name suggests, Evolution is agame in which you, the player, evolveinto bigger and better things. You startoff as an amoeba and, if you overcomethe various challenges, you thenevolve into a frog, and eventually intoan otter.
NOTE TO WINAs an amoeba you begin at the bottomof a pool which has various levels, andthe object is to eat five spores, four ofwhich can be eaten at any level. Thelast one must be eaten at the top level.
Simple enough you might say, butyou have a limited amount of time, athere are two species of predatoyou must avoid. If you don'tclock, then you die throughnourishment'.
Once you've evolved intoobject is to catch 10 flies wit)tongue while avoiding a rathtbird, who seems to think thatwould make a rather tasty mea
Be warned that the frog tend•move rather slowly, and therefowould be advised to stick to the Ithe screen and wait for the swoopbird to get near you and then, likclever frog you are, sidestep.
The challenge of 10 flies is a difficone, but do not despair since, after aperiod of time, you will find that thebird does not pose so much of aproblem.
If you are skilful enough to evolveinto an otter, the challenge then is toavoid a hungry giant crab and to catch10 fish at the same time.
The fish appear random*, and so itcan happen that you are left avoidingthe crab for up to half a minute. The 10fish is a tough task in itself but thefast-moving crab will pose a problemfor even the nimble fingered.
VIDEO VERDICTA challenging game that could keepeven the most proficient video gamesplayer enthralled for hours. As theprogram indicates. This game is for bigfrogs, not puny tadpoles'.
There is another program calledEvolution, where you evolve from anape into a man, and then intocontroller of the world.
Both versions of the game are from aforthcoming Pan/PCN book. SixtyPrograms for the Oric-1 by RobertErskine. Humphrey Wal%yn, PaulStanley. and Michael Bews.
The book will sell for E4.95. and thelistings for this game and many otherswill be included in it. You only needtype them in and they'll RUN,
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If you are fortunate enough to survivethe hedgehogs with one of your threelives sti l l intact, you must journeythrough deep space, which in Xenon- I'scase seems to be populated by flyingcarrots, bent on your destruction.
The penultimate scenario is probablythe most difficult and exciting. Your taskis to destroy waves of 'paratrons' beforethey reach the ground. If they land onyou, they explode — but i f they reachground level, they burrow into the earth,and attempt to stick bayonets into thesoles of your feet.
Once you have fulfilled your quota ofpararons, it only remains to destroy thevery impressive Zorgon Battle Star.
Xenon-1 is an exciting arcde stylegame, with fast and colourful graphics.Nine levels of difficulty are available, thelowest of which kept me frustrated forhours.
The least spectacular thing about thegame was the sound, which was madeup o f fairly standard 'explode' and'shoot' noises.
This, however, is a minor quibble, andone which in no way would stop merecommending Xenon-1 as a worthyaddition to your One games library. I R
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All it really lacks is a way of linkingthe strength of each stroke to some testof skill. The best golf games tend to havea 'strength measure. This is usually acolumn which rises and falls rapidly at
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Microdeal's version of Golf, as I said,doesn't have this Instead, all you can dois select the club or iron number thatyou want to take. I t then allocates a'strength' to the shot
The graphic display of the golf courseis on a hole-by-hole basis, as is thecustom with such games. And there arethe usual water hazards and rough offthe fairway. I don't remember treesposing anything of an obstacle, so thecourse must be a Scottish one. Therough certainly has a lot in commonwith Scottish rough: you have a veryslim chance of hitting a good ball out ofIt.
The computer usually decides thatyou have topped the ball or otherwisemis-hit it, and it can take a couple ofshots to get back to the fairway.
Getting off the fairway in the firstplace would be less likely if the programdidn't have a built in 'slice and hook'factor, which arbitrarily judges yourdrive (or fairway shot) to be off-line,from time to time.
Aiming the ball is relatively simple,and is done on the clock golf principle(that is, 3.0 is mid-screen, right, 6.0 isbottom-middle, and so on).
Once you are on the green, the sceneshifts to a close up o f the pin anddisplays the ball's position. You thenhave to input both the direction of theputt, and the strength of shot. This ismore under your control, andone-putting becomes easier once you'veplayed a few holes, T H
GAME: JUNGLE TROUBLE* * A C H IM SPECTRUM 16KP R I M 611•95M OM : DURELL SOFTWAREFORMAT: CASSETTEIn the jungle, the mighty jungle, troublehas always lurked amidst the trees. Thereare only four trees in Durell Software'sjungle, so that its more of a Light Savan-nah Trouble that's offered. Trouble it is,nevertheless.
The trees appear at the second level ofthe game, which has three levels in all,and which constitute an assault coursewhich must be covered as soon as possi-ble to reach home.
First, your man collects an axe and hasto jump along a line of stepping stonesacross a river. If he falls in, a crocodileappears pretty snappily.
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If the axe gets completely blunt, youhave to go back to the beginning of levelone, and collect a new one. I f in thecourse of chopping down all the trees,one hasn't fallen on him, your manclimbs another ladder, and thence mustswing across a pit of fire, and make anOlympic leap over a chasm which sud-denly yawns open,
Jungle Rouble gives you three livesand four speeds to play at, and al lmovements of your figure are controlledby the cursor control keys, which havebeenwell chosen.
The game is written in machine code.and i t shows. It's an attractive gamewhich offers a variety of challenges and afair amount of initial frustration.
The graphics especially are interesting.In other games figures move about likewooden dummies on wheels, but i nJungle Rouble, your matchstick manruns, leaps, jumps, and falls as i f in aprofessional animation. You can evenstudy his leg movements.
Similarly, the monkeys are truly mis-chievous, they scratch their heads and tapyou on the shoulder before they rob you.
In fact, attention to detail is goodeverywhere. The state of the axe is illus-trated on the bottom of the screen, andyou can watch it becoming blunter— untilit looks like a rotten, gnarled tooth.
Jungle Rouble is amusing. I t clearlydemonstrates that being a Tarzan-likelumberjack is at least as exciting as beinga starship commander. W D
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to eat fish. Now at last, they're out ofretirement in Terror-Daktil, and boy,are they hungry.
Before the terror commences, you arein an aircraft flying over a distant land.Control of the plane is lost as you passhuge black volcanoes. The volcanoesapproach like shambling blancmangesuntil, to the accompaniment of sinistermusic, you crash, and all goes dark.
When the sun rises, the plane is lyingbroken like a squashed moth, by a wind-ing river. From a vantage point on high,you notice that red blobs are building upover the horizon, into a space-invaderlikeconfiguration. They can be shot at with acannon which can be moved left-right,and the range of the cannonball can bealtered by swinging the cannon between45' and 73' to the horizontal.
The blobs break off to reveal them-selves as Terror-Daktils, illustrated i ndetail. and flying at you with speed and anopen jaw. Shooting them down in forma-tion earns 20 or 30 points, and duringattack, 100 points.
If you fail to shoot or avoid a Terror-Daktil, one life is lost, and you must waittill the next day when they appear afresh,after dawn. You have three lives in all.and if you can eliminate three rrays ofTerror-Daktils, you will be rescued onthe sixth day.
The game describes itself as 4D — theFourth dimension being time. Since anygame not involving time would be a stillFrame on the screen, it's an idle claim.However, Melbourne House's use of thethree spatial dimensions has resulted invery sophisticated graphics.
When the Terror-Daktils fly at you.they increase in size and flap convincing-ly. Likewise the cannon-balls recede andfollow convincing trajectories.
There are some strange things aboutthis game. First, two people called Alanand Fred have got scores already builtinto the high score table. Second, I foundthat the computer itself often launchescannon-balls, without me being any-where near the keyboard. and it went onto get a higher score than me.
A good score is over 10,000. but initial-
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Skill with this game comes slowly,which is good, but once acquired, it offersno great challenge except perserverance.
Terror-Daktil is an unusual variationof the vertical shoot-up theme, and it willtake longer than average to tire of. W D
GAME; PASS GOMACHINS: BBC MODELPRICE: 88.50FROM: KAYOS SOFTWAREFORMAT: CASSETTEOn the back of a box only slightly largerthan a hardback novel, the blurbannounces Pass Go as 'similar to awell-known board game, where proper-ty is bought and sold',
The board in question, along withbanknotes and green houses, is illus-trated on the front cover, and unlessyou've been brought up by wolves in aremote forest, you'll know exactly whatthey're referring to.
Despite all this, and the game's title,you never do pass Go or collect £200.One to nine players move around acircuitous route where the familiarstreets are replaced by a series of shopsand hotels, as well as jail, chance, taxstops, and so on.
The bank initially owns all the proper-ty, and charges nominal sums if you landon them. Arrive at the pet shop, forexample, and you're obliged to spend£40, whether or not you want an animal.
If you're lucky, the bank will offer tobuy the property, but this is not automa-tic. If you do, you will collect substantialmonies from others landing there.
In addition to property dealing, play-as can play the market for gold, land, orshares, the prices o f which fluctuatefrom turn to turn. I f you land at themarket, why not buy land if the price islow? This, and the fact that a salary ofinderrninate amount arrives randomly,means that your assets are constantlybeyond your control.
Other things are different as well.Instead of going to jail for three turns orpaying a fine, you may find yourselfcommitted for five turns, and let out ongood behaviour after two. If you are indebt, the bank will lend, but if the debtescalates, the bank will strip your assetssystematically, without any chance ofdeals with the other players. Also, cheat-ing is right out.
The object is to gain as much proper-ty, and thus as much payment, as possi-ble, and to speculate on the commod-ities market. until everyone else is bust,
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Your position and an inventory of yourfinances are shown each turn. But bestof all, is actually taking the turn itself.
This is where Pass Go excells. In whatlooks like a red taxi with your name onthe side, you actually drive along thestreet and see the various sites roll past.It's a strange pop-art town the actiontakes place in, where, for example, a skishop is a pyramid with a flag on it, andChance is a huge revolver which says'Click, Bang!*.
Your drive is accompanied by aninfectious, fruity tune_ This is fine if youfeel l ike celebrating success, but i t'spositively sarcastic if you're doing at allbadly.
The trouble with the original boardgame is that if you have a few assets earlyon. the system is true to life, and yougain more and more. If you have initialbad luck, you're discriminated against,and then it just gets worse.
In Pass Go, this is accentuated, be-cause your choices are narrowed. Youcan find the all-powerful bank taking allthe decisions for you.
The two games are different, but thesame obsessional competitive qualitiesdominate. This is good, and the graphicsand music of Pass Go will give you agood ride for your money. % V D
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Splat is the sound tomatoes or smallanimals make when they hit a wall andit's fairly similar to what the gamespackaging does to your eye. The coverhas a background o f silver, reflectinglight in garish, spectral tones, and i tdemands your attention.
The game inside is worthy o f thisattention — it's a maze game with adifference. You control Zippy, a charac-ter that can be moved left, right, up, ordown through a maze where the occa-sional clump of grass lies waiting to beeaten.
Thus far, i t sounds like HungryHorace, and indeed, the sound effectswhen the grass is eaten are virtuallyidentical. Unlike Horace, Zippy has amaze which has many times larger thanthe screen.
The screen drifts randomly aroundthe maze, and if its boundaries catch upwith Zippy, he's splattered. This canhappen very easily — when, for example,he's caught between a maze wall and anapproaching screen wall, or if he lingerstoo long on a grass outcrop. l o • 86
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There are seven levels of play, and agraduation to the next level is achievedby surviving in the last. The percentageof time elapsed is shown and when it'scomplete, the Spectrum will surpriseyou by saying 'Yippee', an achievment initself considering the limited system.
The second level offers plums as wellas grass, and the new hazard of water, inwhich Zippy drowns. On level 3 there'sspikes to avoid, and with each level themaze moves faster.
Zippy himself is not much of a charac-ter, being merely a cross with feet. Hescuttles around quickly, hence thename, and it's easy to move him.
If you don't have a Kempston or AGFjoystick. you can define your ownkeyboard keys. This is an idea so britliant other software houses should beforced to adopt it
Incentive Software are offering a prizefor the best score before mid-January,but you'll need no incentive to play thisgame again and again. It's one of thosethat keep you up well beyond bedtime.
If Horace hooked you. Zippy willamaze you with his moving maze. Splatcould well become another classic. WI)
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Getting a reliable decorator is difficultenough. Imagine how much worse itwould be if he had to work with aberserk android on the loose.
In 3 D Painter, this is exactly theproblem. You are the painter, and thejob is painting a maze. The maze is not3D. but it's a nice, symmetrical shapefloating in black space. As you move left,right, up, and down, you paint your pathin a pretty colour.
The object is to paint the whole maze,and the danger is this android whomoves randomnly and jerkily around. Ifhe bumps into you, you're dead. If youavoid contact, there's another threemazes to paint before you return to thefirst one.
There's a time bonus for quick com-pletion of the maze, and when that'sdown to zero, you're out of a job.
With quick reactions, it's possible togive the android the slip - he's not toosmart, and can brush right by youwithout picking up your scent. It's as ifhe's got a heavy cold and can't smellpaint.
You'll find the game easy to grasp, butthere are problems - not all of themintentional. The second maze is cyan
until you paint it green, and it's easy tomiss a bit of the maze because of thelack of contrast. And it's possible to gettrapped in dead ends in the fourth maze,which spells the word 'painter'.
It's a shame there's no animation inthe characters - they move around asflexibly as a couple of frozen fish fingers,
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the game. My main regret was that thereweren't any more mazes to explore. 31)Painter is an uncomplicated game, andsometimes the simple pleasures of lifeare the best. W D
GAME: THE BLACK PLANETtAACNINE: SPECTRUM ASKPEKE: ILLIPSPROM PHIPPS A SSOC IA MIPORMATt CASSEITSThe story goes like this, As Starmagon ofthe Empire Fleet, the player's task is torid the space lanes of a group of pirateswho are threatening the trading vessels.The pirates, who are based on the BlackPlanet, understandably feel contemp-tuous about attempts to deal with them- their planet has no sun, and is thusinvisible (I'm not sure how well that tiesin with currently established scientificthinking).
There is a way to detect their home-world - all you have to do is to find theseven parts of the Key, which wasbroken up long ago, and hidden onseven different planets.
As with Quicksilva's Time Gate, theinstructions for this game are so com-plex that they have to loaded as aseparate program before the game prop-er is attempted - a printer is a great helphere to save constant reloading of theinstruction portion.
The instructions tell you about thespecial peculiarities of each planet, andthe steps you will need to take to locatethe key segment on each. Procedures forsegment retrieval take the form of amildly intellectual exercise - on oneplanet, for example, you have to out-guess your opponent who is moving
towards you on a sort of honeycombgrid.
You start the game with 30 crewmembers, and it's one of these - not you- that gets wiped out each time youmake a mistake, which certainly mirrorsreal-life military behaviour.
At various stages your ship w ill beattacked in deep space by the piratesand you are equipped with weapons todeal with this eventuality - alternatively,of course, you can simply run away.
You have to make sure that yourshield strength is sufficient to deal withthe attackers, and you have navigationalaids to enable you to land on the variousplanets.
This is the sort of game that's fascinat-ing to play once or twice, but once youhave managed to work out suitablemethods of dealing with the obstacleson each planet, the enjoyment rapidlyfades. I found this to be the case withTime Gate. as well - it soon becameextremely tedious.
This genre of games seems to equatequality with length - as long as theprogram takes an age to complete, itdoesn't really matter if the constituentparts aren't up to much. This is a view towhich I have never subscribed, but Imay well be in a minority here - I knowpeople who have been playing TimeGate for months and months.
If you fall into this category then TheBlack Planet is for you. S M
DAME: INVADERSMACHINE: ORICPRICE: CLSOPR O M LIK SOFTWAREPORIDAT: CASSETTEWell, I guess there's nothing like an oldfavourite... I'd put money on the factthat there is hardly a micro anywhere inthe world that does not support aversion of this tried and trusted arcadewarhorse, and IJK's offering means thatInvaders is now available for both sizesof Oric.
I won't waste your time, or insult yourintelligence by describing Space Invad-ers - I'm sure that every single reader ofthis magazine is all too familiar with thebasic concept. Suffice to say that the UKversion contains all the features you'dexpect, with the addition of a customis-ing option that enables the player to setthe game up to his own standard of play_
The basic game is pretty much yourstandard invaders - somewhat slow andrather too easy - but you can vary thespeed of the overall game from 9, whichis very slow, to I, which is near enoughimpossible, and you can vary the 9 1
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Creates beautilul graphics in red, Ohm., green angNach Ous prints alenanerneOCS Etua-in
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r o M N ' CA W (48K S p e c t r u m) 1The best Spectrum spreadsheetyou can buy. Writ ten in machinecode to be faster, t o give youmore s pac e f o r data, a n d t oal low mo r e f e a t u r e s t o b einc luded. i t i s g u a r a n t e e duncrashable.* 99 columns or 250 rows.* Fully prompt ed input.* Extens ive repeat facilit ies.* Suppor t s A L L S p e c t r u m
funct ions* Unique iterat ive facility.* Totals /Sub-totals .
+ many more."It more programs s hared thequality of OMN1CALC then wemight s ee more Spec t rums inoffi ces"Home Comput ing Week ly3/ 6/ 83i t is idea l f or s omeone wh ohas just found the spreadsheetconcept, bu t i t is als o a verypowerful t ool f or anyone whohas used one prev ious ly "Sinc lair User June 1983
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EVOLUTI ON 148K Spec t rum) Smilodon,Tyrannosaurus Rex, Diat ryma, Stegosaurus,
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speed of the invaders, bombs, and mis-siles, You can also vary the volume fromO. which is no sound at all, to 9, which isextremely LOUD.
The only thing you can't change is thespeed of the saucer that moves acrossthe top of the screen - this ambles alongat a very gentle pace, and indeed, isalmost impossible to miss_
You can also stipulate whether youwant your targets to be invisible o r
visible. Setting everything to the fastestpossible speed and choosing invisibleinvaders makes for an intersting, i f notparticularly playable, game!
All in all. I found this implementationsurprisingly enjoyable. I t makes gooduse of the One's colour and sound. andthe customisation facilities enable theuser to make the game harder to play ashe or she gains proficiency.
I must admit to a feeling of surprisethat Invaders is still with us - it seems tohave been around for decades and onewould think that micro games playerswould want something new.
Rut its wide availability attests to itspopularity - and, certainly, i f you ownan Oric. and you're an Invaders fan,then you'll enjoy playing this. S M
GAME: D I N K Y KO NGMACHI NE : ORIC 4 8 KPRICE: £6 .95FROM: SEVERN S O FTWAREFO RMAT: CASSETTE
Dinky Kong provides an object lessonin presentation - even the fast versionloaded first time, which certainly makesa change. and clear onscreen promptsguide you through loading both parts ofthe program and tell you which keys touse for movement_
Unfortunately the game itself provedunplayable.
Dinky Kong is Donkey Kong for the48K Ode. The graphics are well de-signed and the sound is good. There arenine levels o f difficulty, and writerAdrian Sheppard seems to have goteverything right, bar one factor - and
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unfortunately this factor is vital.Movement is controlled via the cursor
keys and space bar and, on my Oric atleast, i t proved impossible to get thespace bar to work properly unless it waspressed down with both hands.
This meant relinquishing control o fthe movement keys and my reactionswere just not fast enough to hit the spacebar correctly. and then regain control,before being wiped out.
Dinky - or Donkey - Kong - has beenaround for a quite a while now. In thisgame, the player attempts to rescue a girlwho is held captive by an angry gorilla atthe top of a series of platforms.
To reach the distressed damsel, i t isnecessary to climb the ladders thatconnect the platforms, all the whileavoiding the barrels and, in later stagesof the game, fireballs that are hurled bythe overgrown chimp
In addition, there are extra points tobe gained by touching the umbrellasthat are scattered about, and by movingover the hearts that also appear random-ly. These hearts not only score extrapoints, bu t also create gaps i n theplatforms through which barrels andfireballs will fall.
Once the top platform is reached, theplayer can move on to the next level by
pressing the up-cursor key twice insuccession while positoned next toeither of the two small platform legs.
Points are scored at the rate of 10 foreach move, plus 500 fo r each heartcrossed, and 800 per umbrella. Theplayer starts with three lives, and one islost each time a barrel of fireball hits, orif the player falls o ff the edge o f aplatform.
A bonus life is allocated at 20,000points.
I suspect that the problems with thespace bar are a peculiarity of my particu-lar One - which is a pity because DinkyKong looks like a lot of fun, and I wouldhave liked to have reviewed in i t moredepth
I think that Severn Software andAdrian Sheppard have made a mistake
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in their choice of movement keys - i twould have been more sensible to havehad left and right movement controlledby one hand, and up/down handled(sorry!) by the other, instead of using theOric arrow keys. which for some un-known reason group left/down andright/up together.
All I can suggest is that you try thisgame out in your local shop beforebuying and leave it alone if you find thatjumping the obstacles is impossible. SM
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This is a carbon copy of the arcade gamewhere you fly over a mountainous land-scape, bombing fuel depots and ammuni-tion stores (an act which miraculouslyincreases your stock of both). There are,of course, the statutory guided missilesand flying saucers.
As i f this were not enough, there arewhat appear to be clouds in the skywhich you have to fl y around. Anyattempt to fly through these clouds ex-plodes your aircraft.
The occasion for all this mayhem andnavigational skill is pretty standard: yourplanet is at war with the Planet Cyclonand you, ego-maniac that you are, havevolunteered for the most hazardous mis-sion of the war, namely a solo attack onthe fortress o f Gemini, 40 kilometerssouth o f the planet's capital state o fHermon.
The distance has little significance, atleast for players with my sort of reflexes,as you are bound to be hit by a rocket, orfly into a mountain avoiding same.
The graphics generated in this game areexcellent. I had to take the manual's wordfor the existence o f 'sliding airlocksblocking the way', once you have got pasta certain number of missiles. But accord-ing to the close print on the cassettefolder which serves as the manual, thereare such things. You have to blow themopen in order to proceed, and they may, itseems, be surrounded by enemy fighters.
If you fly unscathed all through the firstscrolling screenful, you go to the nextlevel, signalled by a different colour, andare handicapped by being able to take onboard less fuel and less ammunition. Thismeans, o f course, that you have to beeven more suicidal in your bombing.
If you enjoyed the arcade game you willhave to look at a great many gamesprograms to find a better home computerversion than this one. TH O . 95
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SLAP DABAn exciting game based on the arcade gamePainter which combines fast action withstrategy. Giant insects hiding under the oldpaint surface are released by your paintbrush. You require fast action and quickthinking to outwit them and finish the panelThe game is 100 percent machine code andHI-RES. Graphics also includes Hi-score andrunning score.KB/JS 1 6 1 ( / 4 8 K 0 . 9 5
GALACTIC ABDUCTORSA stunning action packed game with weed]large ani mated graphics. Gi ant SpaceHawks whirl and weave in intricate patternsas they drop their deadly homing mineswhich will destroy your base on contactWhile you are busy defending yourself theHawks will fewd on your helpless populationreturning only their skulls. All MC gamecomplete with high score table that will blowyour mi nd wi th i ts graphics and soundeffects.KB/JS 1 6 1 ( / 4 8 K E 5 , 9 5
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When you get your breath beck you'll be runningfor yOut life again in "ExtenTimator". Transportedinto the future you'l fi nd that earth is a verydifferent place. Robots rule the world and thehuman race is almost extinct, there s only onetwisty left You have to save them b u t hurry youdon't have much time.
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JOYSTICKSPRICE: £9.95FROM: TERMINAL SOFTWAREFORMAT: CASSETTEDa breaks over the verdant Frenchcountryside and all is silence, save forthe rumble of distant artillery fire andthe discreet hum of a Commodore cas-sette recorder loading another piece of64 software.
You are the famous World War Ifighter pilot waiting for the program toload, giving all the while your opponentthe evil eye_ Terminal Software havedecided to move their game arena back70 years to the scene o f the fiercedogfights in the air. For once youropponent is not the flying ace Baron vonZ80. but whoever you choose to humili-ate with your innate game playing skills.
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The action takes place in the centre ofthe screen with white clouds fringingthe edges, and two planes bank to andfro. jockeying for position, and the killUnlike most popular games, the firebutton does not allow for mindless fastfire, and requires careful aim beforeeach shot.
The excellent sound effects add to thegeneral feel for the game, and I wouldrecommend it as a very compulsive andrare two-player game. E FGAME: GRIDRUNNERMACHINE: VIC 20 4 JO YSTICKSPRICE: £5.00FROM: LLAMASOFTFORMAT: CASSETTEOne hundred and fifty years hence a jobwith the electricity board will involvenot only reading meters, but an ability toseek out and destroy alien druids.
But the compilers o f GridRunnercan't wait that long. In i t, you are incommand of a spaceship operating in apower grid which is infested by aliendruids, and your aim is to ensure they donot enjoy their stay. You are armed witha plasma cannon to help get this rues-sage across.
The basic concept of this fast movinggame is similar to the popular arcadegame Centipede, with the base shiphaving two degrees of freedom to attackand avoid the descending droids. Thedruids appear in chains which scurryleft to right descending as they do.
In order to 'zap the grid', you mustdestroy all the druids which will earn
you an extra ship. Life is, however, neverthat simple, and there are three distinctdangers for our futuristic LEB man.
The first is being rammed by a druidwhich will result in the loss of your ship.and you will have to use your manoeuv-rability to its full to avoid this.
The second danger comes from thosefriends of the aliens, the X/Y Zappers,who move along the edges of the grid,zapping away on a fixed and fortunatelypredictable cycle.
The last threat comes from a pod, apod being what is left when you blast adruid segment. These little beasties staywhere the droid was hit and grow old.and doubtless bitter, for a certain age.Then they send a bolt of energy vertical-ly down the grid with the sole aim ofreturning the favour o f their recentblasting.
All three o f these dangers can beavoided once they are understood, and agood rule of thumb is to keep on themove within these areas you see as safe.
This is a very fast moving game whichdemands fast reactions and cool head.The graphics are excellent, and there is agood, 'chunky' blast from the ship'scannon. Al l i n all, a most enjoyablegame, but not fo r those wi th heartproblems. E FGAME: FALCON PATROLMACHINE: COMMODORE 64PRICE* M E EF R O M VIRG INFORMAT, CASSETTEIf your idea of sandy, palm tree-ed landsinvolves a pool, sunbathing, and a pintof draught pinacolada. this is not the
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The moment the software has finishedloading, you will be struck by the veryhigh quality of the 3D effect graphicsand the imaginative use of backgroundsound effects
As the pilot of an interceptor fighter,you must defend your city from straffingfighter bombers, which fl y past at atremendous rate with a very impressiveroar. To give you some chance o fscrambling in time, you have a radarplot in the bottom of the screen, whichshows the targets as bright dancing dots:similar to the arcade game Defender).
With limited fuel and ammunition,you must use your skill to clear the skiesof hostile craft before landing (a trickymanoeuvre) t o refuel a n d re-arm.Should you hang around for any longerthan is necessary, you get a practicaldemonstration of the big bang theory, asyour craft is reduced to its componentparts by a passing fighter.
For th e really excellent use o fgraphics, I would award this game fullmarks, and it is by far the best Virgin hasproduced yet_ E FGAME: SOOPER FRUITMACHINE: COMMODORE 64PRICE: L5FROM: COMMODORE
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Yes folks, it had to happen, the 64 hasgot its own one-armed bandit package,complete with nudge, hold, and the bell,bars, and orange family.
There is, I am sure, something verysignificant about one game machineimitating another, but I leave you towork out what exactly it is.
Having never been a bandit addict, Iinvited a couple of lager swilling expertswho found i t much to their liking,noting that it would be possible to rest apint on top of the monitor.
Personally, I fi nd the concept o fgambling without money rather fruit-less, but the interest shown by themasses, suggests that once you have gotthis bug, nothing short of a stiff dose ofpenicillin will cure you.
The graphics are perfectly adequate,but even I missed the satisfying clunk ofthe wheels, not to mention the reward-ing spitting noise the pub machinesproduce when forced to cough up. E F
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Within a few weeks of release, ManicMiner was the best-selling computergame in the country, and deservedly so.Everything about the presentation ofthis strange underground tale spellsquality - the opening scene depicts anidyllic summer's day, while the Spec-trum BEEP'S out a bit of Tchalkovsky,and a piano keyboard is shown, with thekeys moving in time to the music.
The Manic Miner of the title is a chapcalled Willy , who, for reasons bestknown to himself, goes prospectingaround Surbiton. Here, he stumbles onan ancient mineshaft, in which is evi-dence of an ancient civilisation.
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camels. eh Jeff?), a Kong Beast makes anappearance, and there are attacks fromferocious toilets i n Eugene's La ir(Eugene Evans left Bug-Byte for Liver-pool rivals, Imagine).
Manic Miner is a fine example of thetalent and imagination that goes intoproducing computer games these days.The Spectrum is particularly well servedin this respect - something about Clive's(Sir Clive - Ed) little wonder seems toattract the best programmers (maybe it'ssomething to do with the potentialfinancial reward!). We've come a longway from Pong and Space Invaders,and Manic Miner is an indication ofjust how far. Superb. S M
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combatants, these machines have con-tinued working miles underground,accumulating riches beyond belief.
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The graphics are a lot of fun. andBug-Byte has given a choice of keys formovement, but it would have been niceto have a joystick option. The best thingabout the game is its off-the-wallhumour and references to other games -Willy finds himself battling penguinsand mutant telephones (better than
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SO YOUWANT AGAME OF
long with all the mutations ofspace i n v a d e r s a n dadventure-type games now
l i t• b e in g p ro du ce d for home
computers. there are an• i n c r e a s i n g number o f
good quality cassette and cartridgebased chess programs.
These programs represent a verycheap way of turning a home computerinto a reasonable chess playing partner.They cannot provide quite the same feelfor the enthusiast as a dedicated chesscomputer. The dedicated chess machinehas the advantage o f offering a realchessboard and good solid pieces, in-stead of graphics. But the cassette orcartridge based program has the over-whelming advantage of price on its side.
The quality of play and the number offeatures offered vary widely from prog-ram to program. And since the programstend to be specific to particular compu-ters, you might find that you are stuckwith a package, at this point in time atleast, that is somewhat poorer than one
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running on a different make of machine.Spectrum owners are by far the best
served as far as choice is concerned.There are already at least four differentversions of chess programs on offer fromdifferent suppliers. Artie Computing hashad programs available for the ZX81and the Spectrum for a while now.
Artic's program is not particularlystrong. A t last year's 3rd EuropeanComputer Chess Tournament, a t thePCW Show, i t was the onlyr personalcomputer program to enter, and it camesecond to last, out of a field of 12.
But as Richard Turner of Artic pointsout, Spectrum Chess was somewhatground under at the tournament by thesize of some of the processors i t wascompeting against. The program suitsthe weaker player, and has a verypleasant graphics display.
The latest version, Spectrum Chess 11has three options from which the userhas to select one as soon as the programis loaded. These three are 'PLAY, ANALY-SE, ()I LOAD'.
To take the third option first, thisprovides the chance to load a previouslysaved position. Typing in 'A ' for thesecond option allows you to set up aposition which the machine will thenanalyse, and 'P' sets up the board for thestart of a game.
There is a wide choice of playing level(which sets the 'strength' at which theprogram will play — within the overalllimitations o f the program's design).Basically, the longer any chess programhas at its disposal to search for moves,the better i t can be expected to do.Spectrum Chess 11 can have its movespeed set at anything from one secondto 16 hours. The time is keyed in asseconds, and the time limit for a gamemust be at least a three digit number(that is 100 seconds).
Whatever level you choose, you cancut down the computer's playing timeby pressing 'P' again. This forces i t toplay the best move it has found so far.This, or a variant on it, is standard tovery nearly all computer chess 110101
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programs, and i t caters nicely for theimpatient player, who wants the compu-ter to get on with it
As with all the home computer chessprograms I have seen, the notation usedto record moves i s algebraic. Eachsquare on the board is represented by aletter and a number (A to H along thebottom of the board, and 1 to 8 up anddown the side, running from White'sQueen's Rook to Black's Queen's Rook
White's King. for example. is at El atthe start of the game).
The program. o f course, has agraphics representation o f the pieces,and these are moved from square tosquare by entering the co-ordinates ofthe square a piece has to move to. AKing's pawn opening, for example, isentered as 'E2 E4'.
Invalid moves provoke a messagetelling you that the move is invalid. Thishas also become a standard feature ofchess programs, and is of great help tobeginners, since it prevents them fromcontusing Knights' moves with Rook'smoves, and so on.
Spectrum Chess I I will also recoil]mend moves when it is the player's turnto move, if 'M' is typed in. The game canbe stopped and stored on to cassette atany point by typing in 'T' (provided thecassette recorder is properly connected,of course). The program allows castlingon either wing, and recognises en pas-sant pawn captures.
One of the attractive features of theArtic chess modules is that they are ableto use the ZX81 and the Spectrum'sfacility to print whatever is on the TVscreen directly on the printer. In thisway, users can a t any time take adiagramatic representation o f f th escreen. As any chessplayer will know,games often turn up positions, such asthe start of a good attacking combina-tion, that have an interest in their ownright. This is done by pressing 'Z'.
One weakness is that the originalversions of the program did not - and Ibelieve the present version still does not
recognise the '50-move/draw' rule.This is the rule that, it' no pawn has beenmade, and no piece or pawn captured,in 50 moves. the game is an automaticdraw).
At any time, pressing '0 ' will print allthe moves made so far either on to thescreen, or on to the printer, if the latter ispresent. Up to 20 moves a time areshown on the screen.
There is a fairly complicated set o finstructions for setting up positions onthe board in analysis mode. Space pre-cludes a full description of the preciseway of going about this, but it is not assatisfactory as that in some other prog-rams, such as the Cyrus chess programexamined below. This latter has theideal way of setting up a graphics-typechess board via the cursor arrow keys, aswe will see.
Further details on Spectrum Chess 11from: Artie Computing, teh 0482 75284.
Psion also offers a chess program forthe Spectrum called, not surprisingly,
Chess. This program has nine levels ofplay, and is written in machine code. Itruns automatically as soon as i t i sloaded, and the first thing the player seesis a graphically displayed chess board.
Once again, you have the option ofeither selecting 'P' for play, or choosingto set up the board differently. Theprogram is roughly at the same strengthlevel as that of Artie, though if anything,the instructions which come with thecassette are even briefer.
This is a false economy, as a reason-able manual can be a great help to abeginner. But for the price of the casset-te, (to be inserted later) there is littlepoint in grumbling.
In many ways this program is verysimilar to Artie's. Pieces are moved byentering the co-ordinates of the to andfrom squares (without the space re-quired by the Artic program) and alllegal moves are allowed. T will onceagain save unfinished games to cassette,and 'Z will copy the screen to a printer.
One major difference was that i n
analysis mode, instead o f a series o fcomplicated inputs for each piece thatyou want to place on the board, you canuse the cursor (5,6,7, and 8) to move aflashing cursor around th e screen.Pressing the letters K, Q, N, H. B, and Pplace the King. Queen, Knight, Rook,and so on, on the square on which thecursor is at that time. 'C' clears the boardcompletely, and 'X' takes you back tothe main program.
There are at least two other chessprograms fo r the Spectrum, one byIntelligent Software, and one by Com-pusense. These will be reviewed alongwith other chess programs in the nextedition of Persona! Computer Games.
Audiogenic has a chess programwhich runs on the Vic 20, and on theCommodore 64. Called Grandmaster,this program comes in a neat box, anddespite being cassette based, has a small,stiff-covered manual. The manual startsout by making the immodest - and as faras I am aware, untested - claim to be the:world's strongest chess program forhome computers'.
Compared to the brief, back-of-a-cassette-wrapping 'manual' provided bythe two packages we have looked at sofar, this has eight written pages o finstruction. It aims at both the beginnerand the experienced player. The begin-
ner will find the rules of the game inChapter 5.
The Vic 20 version needs an BKexpansion cartridge. Moving the piecesis done by entering square co-ordinatesas for the other programs, and as withthose, you can choose whether youwant to play black o r white. Illegalmoves are blocked by the program.
One curious feature is that the cursorarrow keys are used to move the wholeboard about the screen, i f it happens tobe loaded out of position.
The program can play against itself(command 'F21 and you can set up to 8foreground and 16 background colours,as well as 8 border colours.
There may be chess players who aremore bound up with the appearance ofthe set than they are with the game. Thistype of player will appreciate this fea-ture; others may fi nd i t somewhatirrelevant. (There is also a commandwhich will turn your board display intoa 'colour spectacle'...)
Moves can be 'taken back', and youcan ask the program what move it wouldplay i n your place. There are nineplaying levels, ranging from five secondsto two hours, plus a 'postal chess' levelwhere the machine will compute for aslong as it deems necessary.
Atari have a chess program, by LarryAtkin (Chess, 04,95) which comes ondisk. On the face of it, this looks like avery good home computer chess prog-ram. I didn't have time to play a lengthygame against it, but was highly tempted.In a 'lightning' game, it performed verywell,
Atari's Chess has all the features thatone expects of a good chess program. Itwill recognise all legal moves, includingcastling and en passant pawn captures.And. unlike some commercial dedicatedchess computers. this program will de-clare a draw either on the 50-move rule,or when neither side has sufficient mate-rial to force a win.
One thing the program will not do,and I regard this as a real blemish, is toallow pawns that reach the eighth rankto be promoted to a piece other than aQueen. I t always forces you to take aQueen. The manual suggests that i f youwant to 'look at a complex end-gamewhere you have knight promotion, forexample. you should use the "change"facility to put a knight on the square.'
This is not the point though, sinceoccasions do arise when, i f the compu-ter is not itself considering promotionsother than Queen promotions, the gameresult will be false. These are pretty rareoccasions though, so unless you are anutter purist, I wouldn't let this little flawbother you too much.
There are 17 levels of play, and theprogram has a large number of features,including an opening library o f over7,000 moves, and the ability to replay awhole game.
The manual not only has the rules ofchess, it also has an interesting sectionon the game's history. and some goodadvice on strategy and tactics. •
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to all users.Into a field with many established
models now comes Mattell wi th i tsAquarius, which according to Mattel, isideal not only for education, but is alsoin the forefront when it comes to games.
This is a bold claim, and it remains tobe proved whether or not i t has suc-ceeded.
Featuresshould point out from the start that this
is a machine that you can add bits to,such as printers, cassette recorders, atype of joystick called 'hand controllers'and other assorted goodies. These willadd to the final cost, and, as I found out,will take up half your living room.
The basic version of the machine hasonly 4K of RAM, that is, memory avail-able to the user. But for an additionalE29.95 you can buy the first of severaladd-ons, namely 16K of memory, giving20K in total.
If you buy one of these machines, thenI would recommend that you buy theextra memory, since the difference inprice is small, and the extra memory isvital.
With the machine, you get a powersupply cable, TV cable to plug theAquarius into the back of the TV, and aninstruction manual.
The micro itself is very neatly de-signed, a n d robust. T h e 49-keykeyboard is, in my opinion, the onlymajor drawback, since the keys are ofthe rubber, push-button type, and donot have a very positive 'feel' to them.When you press a key you can feel asmall click, but there is not a clearenough movement to make it possible totype at decent speed.
An interesting feature of the keyboardis that you can place overlays on it. Anoverlay is a piece of flexible plastic withholes for the keys, which you can layover the keyboard. Commands areprinted on the overlay and by pressingthe control key and one of the otherkeys, i t i s possible to have single-keyword entry just like the Sinclair&
On the back of the machine there area number of sockets. Here you can plugin various peripherals, such as a cassetterecorder and a printer.
The most important part o n the
Aquarius is the cartridge/memory port.When you unpack the basic Aquarius,this port i s covered wi th a slide-inmoulding made o f black plastic, andwhich fits flush to the top of the com-puter.
To fi t cartridge software, o r morememory, you have to slide this blackmoulding off.
One important add-on is the mini-expander which attaches to the back ofthe Aquarius via this cartridge/memoryport. For £49.95 you get a unit whichincorporates two slots on the top to putin more memory and/or program car-tridges, tw o hand controllers ( fo rgames), and two more sound channels,to make the total of three.
However, i t is not necessary to buythe mini-expander to make use of gamescartridges, since the cartridges them-selves can slot direct into the back of thecartridge/memory port.
Finally, the last two peripherals arethe data-cassette recorder and the prin-ter. The data-cassette recorder allowsyou to store and retrieve data andprograms which are held on tape.
You don't have to buy and use Mat-tel's data cassette recorder, and afterusing it, I recommend against it. This isbecause I had a lot of trouble LOADingprograms from tape.
Attempting to adjust the tone andvolume levels won't help either, sincethere are no controls to adjust.
The printer from Mattel will allow youto print both graphics and text. It is alsopossible to 'dump' the contents of thescreen to the printer by using the coPycommand.
The printer is o f the thermal type,which means that you need to use aspecial type of paper.In useFor the purpose o f this review, I re-ceived the 4K Aquarius with I 6K add-on RAM a data-cassette recorder, aprinter and a mini-expander, with handcontrollers and various pieces of soft-ware.
Once everything was set up and theAquarius turned on, I tried some prog-ramming. The Aquarius is programmedin Basic, and the dialect on the machineis Microsoft.
The Aquarius is a machine which canproduce sound and colour, and to befrank. Microsoft Basic was not designedto handle them. The result is a mess. Toget the machine to produce any of its 15colours, you have to go through a
AT UNDER E80, HAS MATTEL CUT TOO M ANY CORNERS WITH ITS NE W AQUARIUS?process of mkEing memory locations_There are no 'real" colour commands,
The graphics are not much bettereither. With games machines. i t is im-portant to have good graphics, and withthe Aquarius this is not the case. In-stead, you have block graphics, and thismeans that resolution is sacrificed.
You do however, have quite a largenumber o f graphic shapes to choosefrom in the character set, and these willhave to do since you cannot define yourown shapes.
The entering of Basic programs is notso easy. Trying to enter a program of anyreal length proved to be frustrating dueto the 'soft key' keyboard. Certainly, it isno better than the Spectrum keyboard.
If when entering a line you make amistake, you should correct i t beforeyou hit the RETURN key, since there areno facilities to edit or change a line afterit has been ENTE.Ked.
The only course of action if you havemade a mistake is to retype the line. Innay opinion, this is not good enough,and Aquarius should have includedediting facilities.Sof twareAt present there is not much softwareavailable fo r the Aquarius, althoughmore is promised. The software I did getwas in cartridge form — which is good ifyou want fast access to the game orwhatever, but bad insofar as cartridgesoftware costs more than cassettes.
Of the games I received fo r theAquarius, Snafu and Tron DeadlyDiscs were the best, considering thegraphic limitations of the machine. Butafter using them for a while, they losttheir interest, and none had any real'addictive' quality.
One British company is producingcassette-based so ftware f o r t h eAquarius, is Apocalypse Software (seepage 14).
Verd ictWhen buying a micro, cost can beparamount, so the cheaper the better.But is this the most important criterion?
Mattel have cut so many corners that,in the opinion of this reviewer, the resultis counter productive. You can have allthe add-ons you can think of, but youwill be left with a machine that is limitedin Basic and graphics. D J
Name: Mattel Aquarius.Manufacturer: Mattel,Available: Now.
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ment through the playing of games andso on, but also finding some educationalvalue.
The BBC micro was designed withthese two aims clearly in mind. TheModel B is quite expensive and costsnearly [400. Moreover, i t has manyfacilities that are not generally used -such as the large number of expansionports- and for a school kids' machine, ithas more facilities than are needed.
The escape from this dilemna is theElectron.
PresentationThe Electron comes in a sturdy packagewhich holds the Electron. the powersupply. TV lead, two manuals, and acassette of example programs. No cas-sette leads are provided, but they areeasy to obtain from most good hi-fidealers.
The Electron itself is a very neatlydesigned unit. It looks good, and whileit is small in size, its keyboard is full size.In fact, the keyboard is o f very highquality, with proper moving keys, unlikethe rubber, push button keys found onsome machines.
To the left o f the keyboard i s arecessed yellow light which is there toindicate i f you are in upper or lowercase. On the top of the keys is printedthe standard QWERTY alphabet, while on
Z t h e front of the keys are printed Basickeywords and some commands.
g l T h u s . i t is possible to enter Basiccommands by pressing the colvi Hui key
aand the keyword key at the same time.
This 'single keyword entry' was firstused on Sinclair's ZX80 and ZX8I, but
1 o n the Electron it is optional. Typing outthe word in full gives the same result. soC I y o u have the best of both worlds.On the side of the Electron are the
sockets to connect the Electron to acassette recorder, and a TV set or moni-tor. The power supply socket is to theright of the machine, well away from theother sockets.
One thing that is missing from thedesign o f the machine is an ON/OHswitch, If you wish to turn the machineon or off, then you have to either removethe 13-amp plug from the wall socket, orremove the power plug from the Elec-tron. This, I am sure, will cause wear astime goes by.
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disappointed to find that the Electronhas no ports in which to attach joys-ticks. But what you do have is an edgeconnector at the back of the machine,and here, so Acorn promise, wil l beattached several 'adds-ons' when theybecome available.
FeaturesAlthough the Electron is similar to theBBC Micro, it must be regarded as verymuch a cut-down version of the BBC, sodon't expect all the features of its 'big-brother'. However. for E199, you do geta high-resolution colour computer withsound as well as a sophisticated Basic.
As far as graphics and text is con-cerned. the Electron can operate in anyone of up to seven modes, numbered 0to 6. Depending on what mode you arein. you can have more or fewer coloursand higher o r lower resolution. Thetable shows the different combinations:
It's important to note that the diffe-rent modes take up different amounts ofmemory, and since there is only 32K ofRAM that is available to the user, youhave to be sure there is enough room foryour program. as well as the informationrecord of the screen.
Sound is also provided for, and this isaccessed through the Basic commands,SOUND and ENVELOPE. There is only onechannel for sound so you can only playone note at a time. Thankfully, you canalter the volume and this will no doubtsave some parents' tempers.
Altogether, the graphics are quitesophisticated. and there is somethingfor everyone - except sprites. To bebrief. sprites allow you to move objectsabout the screen with the minimum ofloss, and it's a pity that BBC Basic neverincorporated them.
Game players will love the Basic thatis on the Electron. It's fast and struc-tured Ito an extent). It's perfectly feasi-ble to write games in Basic withouthaving to translate into machine code.
There is one problem with the Elec-tron implementation o f Basic. in thatthe machine runs at different speeds indifferent modes. Experienced softwareauthors will program around this. but itmight prove to be a bit of a problem for
those who wish to convert programsfrom the BBC micro to the Electron.SoftwareThe Electron wi l l run some existingBBC micro software, but there can be afew problems. The BBC micro uses anextra mode, mode 7, which saves a lot ofmemory. but the Electron doesn't sup-port this. This means that i f you try torun some BBC micro software that usesmode 7. then all you will get is garbageon the screen.
The software houses who producesoftware for the BBC micro wil l nodoubt be busy converting their packageto run on the Electron. This is all to thegood for Electron buyers, since therealready is an abundance of software forthe Beet).
In the meantime, Acornsoft are toproduce a number o f games for theElectron. which should be available bythe time you read this. I understand thatthe fi rst few items o f software wil lmainly be of the arcade variety.
Meanwhile, Brainstorm ComputerSolutions, of Seven Sisters Road, NorthLondon, have already produced twotext-based adventure games fo r theElectron, and these will be marketed bySoftek_
VerdictMuch has been said about the Electronbeing a cut-down version of the BBCmicro, and it has to be said, this it true.What is not been emphasised enough isthat this is still a very sophisticatedmachine for the money.
If in the opinion of some reviewers, itdoesn't fi t in to any particular pricerange, this is all to the good.
At present you can either buy amachine under a hundred poundswhich has some features but not others,or you can go for an expensive machine,at E400 upwards. In my opinion, theElectron i s what a home computershould be, and with the facilities it hasto offer, the price is just right. D J
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CHESHIRE CATS< 1 5 1 ) - 7 * ( I N 6 3 4 8 6 = 2 5 3 A N D p = I 5 1 )- - ( I N 6 3 4 8 6 = 2 5 4 A N D p > 1 4 4 ) 4 . 7 * ( I N6 3 4 5 8 = 2 5 4 A N D p = 1 4 4 )
1 3 0 P R I N T A T 1 1 , 1 5 ; I N K 5 ; C H R S
3 C L S4 G O S U B 9 0 0 05 L E T h s = 0 : P O K E 2 3 6 5 8 , 1 0
2 0 G O S U B 8 0 0 08 0 R A N D O MI Z E
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This is a shoot-'em-up game which had to be omitted from 60 Programs for the ZX Spectrum by Pan Books/ PCN, due to itslength. Cheshire Cats is a deep space game with hordes of erratic aliens to fight with your laser and, if sorely threatened, youcan rsesort to a hyperspace disappearing act.
1 B O RDE R 0 : P A P E R 0 : I N K 7 : C
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STARFORCE ONETake on the robot guardians of thecentral computer in a superbly stylisedthree dimensional battle game(100% machine code arcade action)Available for the 4841 Spectrum E5_95.
THE CRYPT w r i t te n by Stephen RentonPrepare yourself tor the manychallenges that shall confront you whenyou dare to enter THE CRYPT.lou will battle with giant scorpions, Hellspawn, Craners, P o s-N e g s a n d i f y o u a r e
inlucky enough — the Dark Cyclops in,his arcade style adventure
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THE ADVENTURES OF ST, BERNARDAn exciting, last moving, machine code.
arcade game where you guide yourIntrepid St Bernard through the perils ofthe icy wastelands to rescue his Mistress
from the Clutches of the abominabti, snowman
Available for the 48K Spectrum E5,95
j T H E DEVIL RIDES IN II uttered Mg last incantations as the
clock struck thirteen Al l fell silent except Ifor a r u s t l i n g in the corner. From •
out of the shadows they came. all Hellsfury against me but I was not
defenseless until the Angel of Death,astride a winged horse, joined the battle
Avoiding his bolts of hell fire. I tookcareful aim M y chances were slim but if
my luck held(Fast moving, machine code, all action,
Arcade gems)
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ZX81 COMPENDIUMAllen Intruder, Wumpus Adventure,Numerology, Hangmen. Hieroglyphics,Movie Mogul.The ideal software package for all 16KD031 owners. Six major programmes onIwo cassettes for only E6 50."Alien Intruder/Hieroglyphics — Bothprograms make good use of graphicsand words to make a very entertainingpackage " Suiclaer User Aug 82"Alien/HieroglyphocsAVumpus/Movie— Avaried m i x fr om Darnell , a l l featur ingImaginative responses and graphics and
all o f them good games for al l ages.(Hieroglyphics i s particularly good torchildren) " (Popular Computrng WeeklyAu 8 2
BLACK dRYSTAL The Classic six programadventure game tor the 48K Spectrum and
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-SLACK CRYSTAL is an excellent
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-BLACK CRYSTAL has impressed me by
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"THE WRATH OF MAGRA"The first born has been destroyed. TheBlack Crysta l o f Berotht has be e nbanished. The alliance of Evil has beendefeated by the armies of Lord Fendal. Soends the Third Age. Now we invite you towrite your name in the history of theFourth Age of the Third ContinentYou will meet friends and enemies, oldand new, in the long awaited sequel toVolcanic Dungeon. Using high resolutiongraphics and combining the best qualitiesof " B la c k C r y s ta l" a n d " Volc a nicDungeon", we will allow you to becomepart of this tale of revenge."The Wrath of Magra" comes as three, 48Kprograms o n cassette, box e d w i t hinstruction manual and book detailing thehistory of the Third Continent and themany spells you will be using throughoutthe game.
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A ANCO SOFTWARE50 Amazing games for your 16/48K SpectrumDue to the success of this amazing games tape, wecan now offer it direct to you at an equally amazingsaving of E2.00. Now only E6.99 each.This tape cannot be purchased anywhere else andmust not be confused with inferior games from anyother source.10 games for 16.148K Spectrum only £300Defender for 48K Spectrum only E2.50Kong for the 48K Spectrum only E4.99All prices include post and packingWe require arcade quality games for the Spectrum,and can offer up to 50e/0 royalties for the rightgames. Please send your game at once forimmediate attention.All orders sent within 3 working days.Please send your cheque or postal order quickly toavoid disappointment to:
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1Epic three p i l l adventure with comprehensive features making it ideal familyentenauunent Solve the mystery of the diary before lime runs out! You start in theserene English countryside, then travel through the bustling London streetsto further adventures across Europe, wit h a thrillmg c limax in Israel_ Themost feature-packed adventure yet for the Dragon! With hi-res graphics and textOnly £7.95
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SPLAT AN ORIGINAL Z X SPECTRUM CHALLENGE BY THE AUTHOR OFMINED-OUT. OBJECTIVES EXPLORATION, SURVIVAL AND EATING GRASS.IZippy. Plums, Rivers. A massive 2IK play area, 7 levels to explore, User definedcontrols, also Kempston & A_G.F loystick compatible. 1500 High Score CompetitionSPLAT evolution by lart Andrew & Ian Morgan. Also 'volatile from all good computershops
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THEN P R I N T F L A S H I ; A T 0 , 2 5 ; " T I: " ; t i : G O T O 6 0 0 0
1 9 0 I F t l - t i > = 2 9 T H E N G O S U B 30 0 0
199 G O T O 1 0 02 0 0 L E T y = y + 2 : L E T x = x + 2 : I F y >
=21 T H E N L E T y = 12 1 0 I F x > = 3 I T H E N L E T x = 02 2 0 P R I N T O V E R I ; A T y 1 , x 1 ; " j k "
;AT y 1 + 1 , x / ; " I m " ; B R I G H T i ; I N K2 ;A T y , x ; " j k " ; I N K 4 ; A T y + 1 , x ; " Im"
2 3 0 L E T y l = y : L E T x l = x : R E T U R N3 0 0 L E T y = I N T ( y + R N D * 1 . 5 - R N D * 1 .
5 ) : L E T x = x + 2 : I F y > = 2 I T H E N L EI y = 1
3 0 5 I F y < = 0 T H E N L E T y = 2 03 0 7 I F x = 3 0 T H E N L E T x = 03 2 0 P R I N T O V E R I ; A T y 1 , x 1 ; " j k *AT y 1 + 1 , x 1 ; " I m " ; B R I G H T I ; I N K
5 ; A T y , x ; " j k " ; I N K 4 ; A T y + 1 , x ; " 1m"
3 3 0 L E T y l = y ; L E T x l = x : R E T U R N4 0 0 L E T y = I N T ( y + R N D * 3 - R N D * 3 ) :
LET x = I N T ( x + R N D * 3 - R N D * 3 )4 1 0 I F x < 0 T H E N L E T x = 3 04 2 0 I F x > 3 0 T H E N L E T x = 04 3 0 I F y > 2 0 T H E N L E T y = 14 4 0 I F y < I T H E N L E T y = 2 04 5 0 P R I N T O V E R I ; A T y 1 , x 1 ; " n o "
;AT y 1 + 1 , x 1 ; " p q " ; B R I G H T I ; I N K5 ; A T y , x ; " n o " ; A T y t l , x ; " P q. 4 6 0 L E T y l = y : L E T x l = x : R E T U R N
5 0 0 L E T y = y - 3 : I F y < 1 T H E N L E Tx = x + I N T ( R N D * 7 ) + 3 : L E T y = 2 0 : I Fx > 3 0 T H E N L E T x = I N T ( R N D * 5 )5 1 0 P R I N T A T y l , x 1 ; O V E R I ; * n o "
;AT y 1 + 1 , x 1 ; " p q " ; I N K 2 ; B R I G H TI ; AT y , x ; " n o " ; A T y + 1 , x ; " p q "
5 2 0 L E T y l = y : L E T x i = x : R E T U R N6 0 0 L E T d e = d e + I6 1 0 I F d e = 5 T H E N L E T y = I N T ( R N
D * 2 0 ) + I : L E T x = I N T ( R N D * 3 0 ) + I : LET d e = 0
6 1 5 L E T y = y + I N T ( R N D * 2-R N D * 2 ) :
LET x = x + I N T ( R N D * 2 - R N D * 2 ) ; I F y <1 O R y > 2 0 O R x < 0 O R x > 3 0 T H E N LET d e = 5 : G O T O 6 1 0
6 2 0 P R I N T O V E R I ; A T y l , x 1 ; " r s ";AT y 1 + 1 , x 1 I " t u " ; B R I G H T 1 ; I N K2 ; A T y , x ; " r s " ; A T y + 1 , x ; * t u "
48K Spectrum
6 2 5 L E T y l = y ; L E T x I = x6 3 0 R E T U R N7 0 0 L E T y = y + I N T ( R N D * 2 - R N D * 2 + ( y
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8 5 0 L E T y l = y : L E T x l = x8 6 0 R E T U R N9 0 0 L E T y = y + d i : L E T x = x + d e9 1 0 I F x > 3 0 T H E N L E T x = 09 2 0 I F y < 1 T H E N L E T y = 2 09 3 0 I F y > 2 0 T H E N L E T y = 19 4 0 I F R N D > . 8 T H E N L E T d e = ( 2 A
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9 6 0 L E T y t = y : L E T x l = x : R E T U R N1 0 0 0 L E T b = b - 1 : P R I N T P A P E R 5 ;I NK 0 ; A T 0 , 1 9 ; b ; "1 0 0 5 I F p = 1 4 4 T H E N L E T 9 1 = 1 2 4 :LE T 4 1 = 8 8 : L E T 1 = 7 8 : L E T 9 = 01 0 0 6 I F p = 1 4 5 T H E N L E T 9 1 = 1 2 8 :LE T 4 1 = 8 8 : L E T 4 = 7 8 : L E T 9 = 7 81 0 0 7 I F p = 1 4 6 T H E N L E T 9 1 = 1 2 8 :LE T 4 1 = 8 3 : L E T 4 = 0 : L E T 9 = 1 2 61 0 0 8 I F p = 1 4 7 T H E N L E T 9 1 = 1 2 8 :LE T # 1--,-7 9 : LET f -- 78 : LET 9=78
1 0 0 9 I F p = 1 4 8 T H E N L E T 9 1 = 1 2 3 :LE T 1 1 = 7 9 : L E T 4 = - 7 8 : L E T 9 = 010.10 I F p = 1 4 9 T H E N L E T 3 1 = 1 1 9 :LE T f 1-7 9 : L ET 4 1.-7 8: LET 3=-76
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Make the split second decisions that the professionals have tolsha,1 I fi ld i t l t he shor t Sa lt pass an t i mdybe le t t h e oetectoeOr do H y a tong defence-splitting ball and risk an interception?Has my winger got the speed to take on the full back and beat him?Do I try a long shot and catch the goalie oil his line,Or Shalt I g ive the ba ll t o a team mate in a better p o sit io n,The more games of -S t a r S o c c e r '. t h a t y o u p l ay , t he m or e sk ill Tut you will b ec om e.
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LUNAR RESCUE M8K SPECTRUM)A team o f research scre n t ist s a fe trappedon the moon and you have t o p ilo t therescue pod from me mother ship and ferrythem back safely. But you have onlyspace for one scientist at a lime1 0 0*A t iNC action with super smooth HI-
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VOYAGER (VIC 208 OR 16K)The M issiOn IS siM p le . but it s comple t ionis tar from being so As captain ofstalship you have all the best tacties atyour disposal Unfortunately the Klingonsoppose you A great M/C version of thiscla ssic computer game.
GOLF O M SPECTRUM)Using M C graph ic rout ines, a game toabsorb the keen novice and the scra tchplayer Pla y on a 9 or 18 ho le course, w it hfu ll se lect ion o f clu b s Alo n g the greensand f a irwa ys hours o f add ict ive sport ca nbe had .
LIBERATOR f18iO48K SPECTRUM)This game re st s you r a im and react ions a syou Command a gunsigh t on a homewardbound space fre ighter Yo u r ca rgo is theroyal t reasures o f the empire and manypeople want them.
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PICTURE PUZZLE (DRAGON 32)With hi RES graphics and tdOti, MIC. Youare se t the problem o f p u llin g the p ictu renaci, together Te st your a to ll aga inst theirragon 32 computer, A game guarenteedto h o ld you sp e ll bound fo r hou rs
SPHINX (VIC 208 OR 161()A rive t ing , f u ll co lou r g raph ic adventure.That p a s you aga inst the speffS andguardians of the tomb. In your guest touncover the t reasure o f the pharoahS. Th isgame w i l l have you enthra lled
IMUNDERKAWK (40K SPECTRUM)Based on the popular a rcade gamePheoniy, Th is 100% lu l l co iou r epiCpitches you aga inst M e evil Albe rt ronswho are se t t o dest roy you r race, livetevets o f la st a ct io n b ring you to thecommand centre of battle heel. can youlin ish M e jo b ,A11114 JOYSTICK OFTiON
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three and a half orbits before it reaches the '6 o'clock' position.Page 141: the first button which must be pressed is the button in the centre column, bottom row,
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