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Amstrad's PC looks
set for May launch
• Amslradcould launch lis PC Amslrafl Compuler Show The
compallble machine a1 Ihe machine is likely Id be in the
Amslrad Computer Show on 31 C65D-E7D0 range, will have a
May colour monilor. Digital Re-
• Solh PCDOS and CP/M search's Gem graphics enui-
EompallbHlly to be Included? ronmenl software on board
• Author or lis onerallng sys- and, it is suggesled, both PC
tamnainsd compalihitlty and CP/M tile

Full details below and inside r^ompatibility It will also be

sold In both floppy and hart

amstrad's PC compatible disc vsrsions (see Popular
may now be scheduled foe Computing WBeltlyWi&icYi2<^).
launch on 31 May at the next conltnind on paga I

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Don't miss the third
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I 'ordsearch challenge Sounds exciting? Steinberg's
Midi interface for ttie C64
see p26 for details seepIO
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Contents
SOFTWARES
9 Write Hand Man Assembler Workbench
A complete machine code toolkit
package. Assembler Workbench
is ttie latest otlering for Itie QL
trom Talent

•4 HARDWARE

10 Steinberg Midi composer

Mark Jenkins tunes his ear to interlace are available - and
Steinberg's Pro 16 Midi package finds they're tioRi approachable
- both the software and Midi ar

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GAMES^
14 Reviews 5""«»t '7Z. "Z T'C
A golf simulation is ttie latest in
advertisements'
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from the green. Also the much- 19 Adventure Helpline

-4 PROGRAMMING
20 Commodore 16 2101 23 Atari ST
All-out arcade excitement in Ti Part two ot the mulli-tasking clock For upgraders - transfer your Spec-
Race - type it in and get dodging trum Ascii files lo the ST

20 Amslrad 22 Spectrum
Submarine - a nautical game not this 24 Bytes & Pieces
thelaint-hearted weel<, a header reader

REGUUtRS^
4, 5 NewsDesk 26 Competition 12 Communications
Amstrad lakes on Sincia i repair Pari three ot our wizards Compunet anist Hugh fliiey - ii

challenge

6 Letters, Puzzle, 28 Competition results 36 New releases

Colossus Chess contest: solution
Reader's Chart 38 Charts, Hackers
E'sMne N*«« adSar John Lslllca FwlurH wl Lynne ConaUible Sup-
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yVeivs Desk
Amstrad 's PC
Amstrad restructures Sinclair looks set for
May launch
repairs and returns service Paul eailey ol Drgilal

leanl thai TBD f merge the 30 day replacement deny that Gem would be
blBloeiclianBelai eluded an the machine "I c.
comment on any future plans ol
Amatrad. he "There's
"
said
Terry BlooiJ Dislnbulion, told appears to have washed itE

Papular Compuling Weekly

Ihal Sinclaii's blue label 30 day

wrong on a number of count

Although It's thought I

Amstrad PC will conform to l

Mirrorsoft features Biggies at UK CES I Bfyl standard by having 51 inch

drives, the but^ of the curt
most prominent stands, and wave of CP/M products Is

were previewing Biggies, Ihe Amstrad 3 Inch tormat dli

Electronics liade game based on the forthcom-
show, held from April iH-ZS at ing film, and a version of FIsel Software on smart cards was bitlly tc
Kensington Olympia. Street Editor for the CPC 6128. being heavily promoted at
Jim Mackoriochie ol Mirrorsoft Electric Software's stand,
also said that Its Amstrad PCW while, on the peripherals side.
FiBBi Street Editor vi'\\\ not now Amstrad specialist Timatii
Systems is widely thought ti
The company also displayed have written the PC's operating
1 new range of US-sourced system and Timatic was show-
i-bit software and announced ing a 5\ Inch external drive tor
AmalradB CP/M machines at
the Amstrad show earlier this
year Nick Young of Timalic
t the

CPCs called Equlriox, while groundsel its greater capacity.

Mastertronic launched Its En- TImatic's 5i inch dnve does
tertain man USA range, a se-
I

ries of e3.9S titles specifically Cheetah displayed its Amstrad CP/M i PC-
written lor Mastertronic by version of the Spectrum, and a DOS i

new sound sampler al ZU 35 ny's a

Both Level 9 and Ralnbird for Ihe Spectrum 48/126. Also is wel
Mikro-Gen joins on the Spectrum. Cheetah has reven
budgeteers
ttie announcing that the latter developed a Midi interface mg himself conceded that
would be publishing its Colos- £49.9^, with a 128 to Midi le.

MIKRO-QEN Is set to launch a sal Trilogy, a bumper version at E9.75, 1 ing at the Amstrad show
E2.99 range of budget games,

Mac -
lol lowing on the lead set by US

Gold (see Popular Compuling Apple announces new

Whh*//, April 10|. The com- ly having cancelled a large

plete range has yet to be

but no price cuts stand booking at the June
User show This has prompted
Mihro-Gen's managing d!re< APPLE has announced a new Ic speculation that the mact
tor. Mike Meek It will Ise le Mac w

heavily on the company's hi Ing system enhancements and

the new 900K drive
The new model is to he Price (or the new model is
enample, will be a double ta| calleb the Macintosh 512r8ng E1.895 and it will be Introduced
of Cenlipede and GalSfloi and fits into Ihe range midway on May 1. The existing Mac 512
the idea being, according between Ihe eiisting 512K Mac will be dropped but an upgrade
Meek, that "liiere's a certe and the Macintosh Plus which
place in Ihe market that w >uld place it nicely lor
|ust pay E3-4 The range w
'. Whicti Computer? SUavi. rad show, and would
Amstrad's policy of
duced on the Plus, is a double-
sided model, and the operating
system hi
128K a
ir Ihat will suggest to dealers t

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CRL rings bells Cilizen's £50 printer Firebird Ireebie hits
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with the
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Tight lit Big-ridden

should, and whilst the error

ie overcome by flipping
indaw. lafge areas of dis-
Ihen disappear. Assign-

ise new lasler Then . .Elses

capaOle of the upt the inlerpreler,
igh speeds necessary. Ihus 1 regards the vari-
.lowing the CPU.
update does rejecling I

the name. For fJeti loops

PaulB are randomly rejected unless
Cheadle Hulme Mycjrrentpraiecl is
OiEShire

Unusuable QL?
perhaps the worst atfecl III
H Sinclair's range c i This tape would
widely as possil
but
handling. These routines ar
1 so stiol through with laulls thi
proceeds going to they are unusable, Eof. Loc an

company intend: iectronic, etc. While can oHer

I
THIS WEEK'S PUZZLE |

manulaclunna m
PuuIcKdZOS II ma that Ihis tiappans, the IBlly
10 u it
I be duly acknowledged
d quirKy (alltiough n the cassette tiy name.
™mon''hIe Tihe na"nl'l lo^
Programs should be sent to
We address below, should they
lonlie money The accouni paid 3^ ,r?;.^-r;. ,«,,,,„
disappear, ail OL owners will be in Commodore M mode, a
tinethemselves with no mass tape or disc be acceptable
will
cam, pdid daily This mean thai
storage meal a - unless, ot [returnable on request). Other
ei.ery day ajaesooihs of the
course, we all lorlt out a couple computers would require an
audiotape Please specify pro-
ed lo the sum, the bun^ rounding i™ i^UiiiiiSi?';"',!
ap plica Die.
precedented situalior
vesting the money, Lulgl made ^ ','^"';^o.<c..-i
discontinued home m tions will be acknowledged.
QL would not only be Dte Mills 9l weekly visiIb Lulgi noticed
43 Chancel Close
Ihallhe amount reraalmnB in the
In the oiamples given, malWi-
were used up.
Ihan halt ol Iha araounl original- ing digits occur In all but ore
Rob Bailer
Whalley Range
place in ihe cube, and » the
Faster chips
Manchester
lo Ihe number of characters in

weakly visits? the cutis mma one This is

Computer music
BoiwioniDPualsiM such hnes are prinledoul. These
Asa local organiser for Ih
The Ihrea dobs lb Ie values tor P
given In Ihe queslion
giviiig cubes ol ( respective lyl
Wlnnarol Puzzle No 20g

ues in LNe .anoe 102 Id 967, the Esher. Surrey who will be ro-

Lines90!o 150 chock each chai-

data bus Is too small The

The closing dale lor Pu/zic 205
ZeOOO has only an 8-bit data
is May M.
bus but this IS tar from an 8-bil

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Wrong answer
ace One Rom
Re Peek and Poke
would
I
dra' i. men if IS
na;
perlecl
irinted under
Spec b, a
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possible Id disable lo Interlace Any sollwarE nol compatible
One an a Spectrum wilfiout with Interlace One will tfien

disconnecling - and so load load normally. On a Spectrum

incompaliOlB software''" Plus you press the rasel button
Vout answer was no. but il is' loi Ihe same effect

On powar-jp and until any

exlendeil Basic commands are Wufli^V

Calculated Readers' Chart No 71

displays lovely bouncing balls. have a 48K Speclrum E.\\\elSper.trmmC64IAitislf3diBBCI
Acq rnsoH'F ire bird
David LoverseBd Uridium fC6^ Hewson
Lord ol the Rings iSoeclrumI C6^l
Amstradj Melbourne Houae
Commando fSpecHumtCe^CW} Elite
Simple sums Movie ISpecl'um) Imagine
Bomb Jack (SpeclrumI Amslradl Elile
Spellbound (SpeclrumlAmstrad) Mastarlronic
Swords and Sorcery (SpsClrumlAmstradl PSS
GunUiqM {Speclrun'/Ainslrad] Ulllmate
Way of the Tigar (SpBclruuil Amslradl Gremlin

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 Software: Reviews

Write Hand Man Simple Accounts

iWlSiilr^Si
w ily
dubiously
Imported (rom the
titled,

US l>y
Hrilt-I^HIi
: 14th February Ihi

cotinis lor the Amslrad CPC

range to the Amslrad PCW

Setting up Simple Accounts

for the first time doeslalie quite
thai holds CPIM itself, tak- a while: afler making your
working disc' (backup), you
process depend]ng on whrcti define a template. Before you
option /OL choose. When run- enter any data, you must name
] CP/M programs you will Ifie 'folio' yoL
sr see thai this rnemorv Is
mIsEing (eg, NewworOi but with Ih or year. Folio number-
editing keys are used tor er mmitted to keeping thingi ing l!

cBl.Thlslspaflicularlylrua le diary up to date iat only 200 er

the whole, it is perlecl to
When making an entry
give the date, a classilic
number, which Is the colur
completely invisiDle unlil a
special key combination is also be called up -eference (whii
ssed. The program you are within 1.5K :>l paper and then lose :tiing you like|, I

When finished yoi I. the VAT and

harm) and a pop-up menu ap- restored back to youi to CP^M programs
pears giving you several gram eicactty where
you started
l)Blare Tony Kendle ive been made, they can be
The drawback Is loked at and analysed in a
ir. nates in a notepad file, roprlate 1 Write Hand Man Hi- iriety of ways, A straight lor-
study your diary lor the next Amslrad CP'M Pries ard list of purctiases'sales
weeks, look up a phone
^bers file, get a disc dl
'lew a less, This Is

operate from Ram. microdrii

using the standard 68000 pro- Of disc Hies tor modifying a
Workbench sembler or SuperBasic pr
Trace facilities allow a user grams or on any tem tile
to single-step through an entire Only ore minor point arof
program whereupon

every conceivable tacliity

;omblned in a single ma-
le code development pack-
1 enabling a programmer to
emble about 35K of source VAT. VAT reports can be rr
code on an unexpanded OL w he re by users which summarise the VAl
Jirectiy from memory; larger QOOS routines d put and output lor any lolio,
programs may be accommo- mal single -step tr.

daleO with mi c rod rive, floppy well planned language to Customs & Excise.
The program is totally n*
lorn pact and elegantly cte- driven, which makes uslr
easy tor jusi about any.
dump combination. When dis-
assembly o1 a sub- routine is
sassembier. Access ti completed, the normal display

may be made on-screen, nal disassembly resumed. Oavid Wallin

ing the detailed Indei, A laclllty is included tor pro-
gramming the five function Program The Assembler Work- Program Simple Accounts
Iteys for use vitlth SHIFT and the bench Micro Sinclair OL Price Price C3d.e5 Micro Amslrad
E24.S5 Supplier Talent Compul- PCW 8256 Supplier Cornu
Sottwars. 16 Kneesworth
Street, Hoyston, Herts SGB
5AA
 Hardware: Reviews
Midi Interface
^^ve tna last couple of yeais (he

ognised as lHe best

noney music computer
plications sgsner-
aiion wirr tE hullWn Sid sound ch ) to very
conlrol ol prolasslo 3\ syn-
vher> ritted with a Midi interlace.

unbaliHVi
ave been oipanded 1 almost
STHNBERG RESEARCH
men at ne« music pacfiages Iror
ny and America. One good exam iB is the
IHTERFACE
Pro lelro m Steinberg, which, as ts name
is a 16-channel Midi cc
indicaled, youll nee
to run the package, and
Sieinberg make two - one at ato jnO E135
and a simpler version (lacking sockets lor
tape synchro n is atl on and so on) tor nearer
C35. The Pro '6 software is around E90,
and, inctdentally, is available in an Apple
version too. with a 2l-ctiannel Atari 520ST
version lonhcoming.
Tha cosi ol Midi synthesisers capable ol
taking advantage o( the Steinberg soltware
IS plummeting, with the amailngly power-
lul Casio CZ-lOl reportedly in the shops re shown on you'd assign each channel to transmit on
for S2A9 cash The 101 is unusual m being
able to play four notes with lour diflerenl The larger Midi interface
sounds simultansoualy, as well as being rs on the rear Midi channel 1. Channel 16 would control a
able to play lour or elghl-nole chords with ockels on the synlh lor expander or drum machine or
a non-Midi digital delay) sal to Channel 16, and so on.
Bulth o Vfisollware or connection
to a programmable loots* ch. Red and
machines, other sequencers. I
^Idi Inlorma- Unusually, many parameters such as tem-
keyboaids, effects units and so Ihe interface. po and Midi channel can be changed white
so yout connection s aren't right the music is playing. A series of moving
The Pro 16 package will all It initial
you'll have a good idea of w ere to start. vertical bars indicate that there's some
The software allows 16 polyphonic activity on each channel, and other read-
ed - tha Real
Time option Includes a metre nometJleep- remaining and so on. Total capacity is BOOO
and the maximum lenglh ot ne eeclion is notes and most of the functions are con-
M bars or any time signal re. Normally trolled simplyfrom the Cursor. Function
and Shift keys.
The software will record and play back

Ki*?-i!>Siil"in?RSbl'gg|?SII5 patch iHound) changes, pitch bend, modu-

flji _^
^^mi^m^m^ ,,
i
lation {vibrato], keyboard velocity
the loudness ol the note on many
(affects
synlhs)

The computer can hold 64 patterns at a

time and you can prepare patterns In three
ways - Real Time. Step Time [entering
single notes or chords from the synthesiser
and spaces with the space l>ar) or quantised
real time. This means you can auto-correct
your playing so that a misplaced note will tie
3igMh,16lhor
in 96tn bt t. Very handy lo
enthusiss for tlI keytjoard e)

TMP BAR TMSIGHT ONT REC SGL MDE hole package is iatd out In imila-
n unusually flexible fC-track tape
; each channel number active at

I white. Underneath
Midi transmission

B facility you won't

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1 1

2
^r^=r^=' :
t|l::-^:zzjJ;

.d-a>one Utdl sequsncsrs a DX7/TX7 editor, an

\ second page allows you la at, and a comptehen-
impensale for any ibing ei is ling

e long delays or ahorl c ilely So you coi

ising two syrilhs pfayini le Pro >6. record
iC'E. and prepare a pia-
ranscrlplion in standard Hardware Steinberg Midi Inteifaces £135
le compuler. it the same time and C35 respectively Real Timet Step Time
cost of the CW has SoltwarB £30 Mtofo Commodore 6^ Sup-
on Midi pller (via) Oiloid Syntliesiser Company.
Is less slQniflcant. Luckily Flat 5, Gladstone Coun. Gladstone Rd.
ie dowt3 in price loo, and will Headington, Oxford Tel 08676 5277.

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It's not all jungles

and chit-chat
Christina Erskine looks at artist Hugh Riley's (left) work
on Compunet- a selection of which is shown here
the most suixesstul tealures -released Can Dare, and Hugh
ItiB Commoflora-speclfic
" database Compunet is iIb Art Gal- Hugh, an unemploved an college gradu-
Here, budding artists can

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Reviews: Games

aspeds make up
the problems Far
ing inough.
buOget- range game,
£2.99. 11 would be
acceptable, but at tuii price it

gat your adrenalin going. There's been many a good comprising tighter and
IIS all canlrolled by llie idea spoiled by poor eie- bomber piai Pelar Worlock
obligalory icons, which don'l cuHon. and Anco's War The action
act lakes place
work as smoolhly as soma I've Pla>' is a perfect example. againsl a t liling 3D back- Proflrani War P/ay Micro Com-
seen. Maybe icons aren'1 such The idea was to lake the key ground ot rnDdore 64 Price £7.95 (£10.95
a good idea alter all. Oifliculty elements from the war gar on Hiscj Supplier Anco Soft-
levels are based on an optional ware, Unit 10, Victoria Industri-
number of variables, real mas-
ochists going lor lockeys,

horses and distances. To play

time rings in each of three time
malhematical mind capable o( It all celts lor some Utile
juggling 20 different ideas at Jock II you've not guessed by planning and a bit ol

Win, each way and forecast

bels are allowed and some
^
f^
y the year 2112 AD an-
drold design v^ill have
now. Jock Is 3 maze game with
Nothing original then and
nothing particularly striking,
care has been taken to try to h^ reached such heights radiation leads la loss of life. even el the budget price - but It
simulate the Imponderables of that they'll look like animated However, there's an eWta life should hold your attention for a
(oil owing form' dustbins ~ but at least they'll lor each live rings collected. few hours on a rainy spring
The piogram uses the also have cute names like Sunday.
of the game is its scale - it's John Minion
Unluckily, they'll also be big This means that to plan the
read by a superior grade of able to get lost in time, which Is best route you have to cher^
Datek and there's a printer op- what has happened to our gar- the neighbouring screens - the Rings Micro Spectrum 4eK
tion which I'd say is almost bage can man. Initial approach Isn't always Price C1.99 Supplier AtlanUs
obligatory (f you want to keep His only hope of a happy Software Limited. 19 Prebend
proper track of the form book, homecoming la to locate the 32 ing the abliflaiory bouncing Street, London N1 8PF
otherwise you'll spend all o(
your time scribbling notes and
rechecking tables. miliar th-ough-the-canopy land base, before they destroy
So they're oft - with reason- view o( the horizon and con- IhelT targets You must than
able race graphics -and this is
a winner but m a very small
(ield

grass
Reasonable
looks
means
green and
the
the
»Wing Commander

llUthe
WW
Ith Biggies taking to

lillcroprosB
air soon, and
bringing
stylised but easy to under- enough

made it

The combat and

to salely
though admit that I haven't yet
1

this far).
land |b1-

retuelling
tiorses have at least tour legs
Itroles as moderately visually
eicltingbulnomere.
If you're a gambling addict il
ed llight
Acroje!,
larity of
it
simulators such as
seems that
air battle
the popu-
games is
S^^^^H graphics and sound generally
very good

though complex
may help you through Sundays £1 99; nol
and rained oti cards, but other-
wise Its main value is as an act ion -packed enough for pure
object lesson in how nobody full-price Creative Sparks title.
beats the system. at lust the right time, by the stand Damage, attitude, corn- ChriB Jenkins
John Miniofi
speed and altitude are among
tains the excitement o( air com- the most imporienl
Spectrum 48K Price £2.99 Sup- bat without sacrificing all the Your task is to intercept ene- chine CBM 6A Price £1 BS Sup-
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 Games: Reviews
tlons like wind, alrlemperalure

Golf Construction have an on the length ot Starstrike II

m
eflecl
your stTot Clut) selection, di-
a rooiball, len- rection and power in Ida swing ong time, no Realtime
are loystick controlled. Ad-
an too lbs I [ - >r 3D games, and i

jrses, yoii can liegin those Slarslrik

and an unholy b
I'om your imagination. blasted the aliens
II yokj and yogr 64 have al- Suddenly it's
losi intelligent ready won every Olympic gold
n^edal going, taden Fulham to
15 aneitremely the FA Cup Final, re-gained the
Ashes, and paddled a kayak
vanced players can also at- over Niagara Falls, The Gall
tempt to dehberalaly liook or Cons^rocl/onSelholOs endless
slice their shots. new challenges. Whelhi slaughter you're
The graphic displays are ex- you'i a goiter highly about to ash. You reed to
cellent.You gel a plan view of Stat system and
the hole showing the fairway, Pater Worlock plane! t

rough, bunkers and water haz-

lance; variable we a ards, together with pln-piace- Program The Boll Conslruclion
ment on the greens Graphics 5er Micro Commodore 64 Prk»
idicapping. alongside tne display indicate discEH 95 twin cassette E12.95
slopes across and along the Supplier Arlolaaott, 6B Long
Acre. Coven t Garden. London
VVC2E SJH
co-ordinate with the ro-
1 so that you can dock
unless he ascends a tower t vu. any o1 you Elits out

Sodov the Sorceror

heavenly sparkler hanger ami which Is constanlly
no recharging, and opening and closing. Next it s
Into space again to lake on the
his strength as i
orbital llghlers. This is a ques-
friendly red spidei tion of using your radar care-
Eventually a fully and calls lor extremely

at which point S
race down the tot
falls to ;ap the k

it the start Sodov patrols tt

Program Sodov the Sorceror

targelling. His alcnemlcal a Micro Spectrum 4QK Prk»
E2.95 Suppllar Bug-Byte, Liber-
ty House. 22Z Regent Street,
London W1R7DB

imbo-lumbo, warped as you warp Irom oi

ough la have any fund a men- grid to the other, s
Twister and colleling So
from dimension to
until you face IhE

WE iris?

ined
Twister.
dweller
Twister herself.
This Is enlivened by

srdlng to System 3.
thing for anytiody who has bi anced game play making
TiWsfera good, (airly mindless
3 moltier and daughter
TIOlT d Chan JohnMlnion
IS pure
le against what look like floating typewrit- Program Slarsirike II Micro
er keys, collecting mystical Spectrum 4aK Price £7.95 Sup-
computer games playerl symbols and iJlastmg the < pilar Realtime Software. Pros-
Despite the packaging blurb horde: I
peel House. 32 Sovereign
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Games: Arcade Action
Commodore and Amstrad
conversions - an update
Tony Kendle with the latest news on many long-awaited
conversions of successful titles. Plus: the first part of the
complete solution to Gargoyle's H/Jarsport

jusia shoot-up without any real lecnnlcal

Innovation" seems lo be Ihe general vBr-
BE ersions of a game
riict Being mora
Ian ot shoot-ups. I
of
witl
a traditionalist and a
personally reserve
sn by IhB same team, bul whet ludgBment on Cyberun until I've played it

3S to Ihe CommoaoFB, tNaie has lo db

BxperLise BroLQrtl In and somBtlmBs a

gamB fesulis
is has happoHBd recenlly wilh the
jmBly Buccesslul and widely ac-
nafl release ol Zolds. the Commodo'e the good ideas. The acclaim that gamos
like Oceans Salman received, compared
the ZSO ones. We ve had s lew to Nighlshads. shows thai II isn't jus! the
gams already Put would I ti Idea ol 3D games (lor example) that people
anyone who has any inio lor th are bored wilh - there IS Slill a market II Ihe

psrircular on the Commodore plot IS good.

'

Commodore owners are perhaps in a

belter situation in that Ihey' have a steady
Irlotite of alien excellent software Irom US

Gota, most of which is already in the can

when the aflverls appear. This level of
competillon has put oil some home com-
puter software companies from attempting
Commodore conversions, bul the good
news is that Qargoyle Games, producer oi

General verdict our mosi oonsistenlly innovative and high

quality releases, has relented on its 'no
Commodore' policy lor Ms next game.

leollicc Warden robots can go in any direclion

in knocked out by it - Ihe quallly ol
Ihe animation around until you see them coming, bi
even this is not looipioof if you want lo g

anyone solves this one. a/ivayssave the game when near them.
Stroking wilh Gargoyle lor a bit, res The lirsl task Is lo gel the baking lii
ive been wailing ages lor Is Monfy On who ordered copies ol our Arcade C water and flour irom Daley level Go to th
Run from Gremlin, the game that re- bakery in Daley and Factor these to make
e thai detlnilion of background music use of the Marspert map that it conl
I on the already tunelul Commodarc. I
the bakery you will find some dough.
Ihal this will be appearing by garni :e complole Marspon Also on Daley level you will find some

s very pleased with the To get through the danger door on Elis

One game thai have got many inquiries

I

about, very lew hard facts, ie Iha

but I'll assume everyone has got at
Ihal I

Amstrad version ol Commando - in com- as lar as gBllinB the gun and knows ho
puting terms il is not really that far behind keep It charged. For Ihose who hav
seen the map I'll repeal the polnl Ihal to gel through the danger
the Spectrum^Commodore versions but il
IS so eage'ly awaited thai It seems like sept warriors move In consislenl di
lions around a square - If you know w mbine the gauze you find

In the meantime Alllgala is cleaning up way Ihey go you can often avoid t
wilh Who Dares Wins II. a very playable allogelher. II you meet a sept comm
game indeed I you in the middle of one corridor you
be sure that if you keep walkmg the place the gas mask m the locKer in

danger room lor further use.

For the Spectrum. Ultimale's Cyberun corridor, and so on. When entering a Once through you will be able to find
has linally surfaced, only 10 Oe met with ice room which contains an ice pack 31

general disappointment all round - "it's cornet Igeddll?). More neit week

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 Games: Adventure Corner

Adventure designers -
growing numbers
Tony Bridge evaluates a new adventure writer for
the Spectrum, an area where the Quill has recently
reigned supreme

s. The di for example, may be give

I I ture-wrihng ulillty available 10 ine 3 120 l< T50 V.

\^ general public (apart from one's object descript

,

own prosramming ability) was Gitsoft's Ob] eels, commands and recognised
The Ouill. which roQutat readeis will know words, and ata«niQh *saa cai> l>o
gets rny personal vole lor Itie most uselul changed. II Is at the expense ol the others,
program ever released, and sorely largely so a line balancing act is called tor.
responsible lor fhe current popularily ol Once the parameters of yt
presented each location
such utilities tor the Amslrad, but apart 500 its own screen, objects are preaentsd as
from the ill-tated Graphic Adventure Wriler words or 350 obiects], Ihe main list, as each object can be described r
Irom Dream Soltware. The Quill has allows selection ot one of the other ac
reigned supreme lor the Spectrum But not each of which displays a sub-menu types In the name ot the object, the weig
Hyde has anything to and the starting position The weight p
copy ol 3t progta rameler is particularly interesting, wi
t imagini each degree ot weight returning a differe
d Elt's da IS almost CI reply (so, one or two means the abject a
couple ol weeks ago, and It's certain be picked up ~ it your load is getting ft
viable allernative to the Quill route. Choosing the location editor displays heavy, you'll gal "you can't", "don't t
The package consists of Itiree modi the description box.changed to reflect the silly" and so on).
to aid the adventijre writer, and a length that has been selected from the
dimension editor, and mto which you will Werrd obiects
emphasis throughout (he package Is
usBr-lriendt/nsBs, and lound the modi
I h this is

Sudden death

rs for a
;hB game j ture, T/iBHouse of the Oead, which shows
The edihng menus are all drlv- the strengths and weaknesses of the sys-
e cursor keys, to SBlei:t the options, -ecognlse). useful lor timing situations (for tem The adventure itself Is well worth
plus and minus keys, to change the siample "you hear footsteps approach- playing, with soma Interesting problems
From the colourful main menu you ng"). while 'chain' Joins 1*0 locations and locations. partii;ularly like the way In
I

together, thus allowing lor a longer de. which the player must choose just a few of
Bcrlpiion than you may have decided upon a multitude ol wperdand wonderful obiects

ethe
I correct obiects must be car-
e program very sneakily gives
vague c s which seem to malte every

Adventure Helpline The only drawback Is that the Writer ar\i)

GoMB unBiuiV ir
^
the adventure it creates is in Basic, and bo
the responses are typically 4-5 seconds 01

very eipensrve adventures with 20 second

DuxtiH BM in Buih. Ewry twk li Giv* Ml Mv*Miu«r Todly (GMT) H responses! The screen layout is a little
pedestrian, but a graphic utility is prom-

relish Mr Hyde's Aaveniure WrilBi is the

best value have seen for many months, at
I

graphic utility] from

just £6.05 (£5.95 for Ihe
J Hyde, 303 Buxton Road, li^acclesfleld.
cillc reply lo help'. Cheshire, SKI 17ET

te/popuijtn coMPi/TiNO wieklv

 .

Adventure Helpline

ADVENTURE Borcsret ol CI*]rmon)u* Cailla on Spactrum.

Th« Hobbll on CM. am irappM In Uia goblin'
HELPLINE
I

Carhrrgton, 1S7 GsyHald Avenu*, B'HIII, Wesi

Fourth t^rotocol on Sptctnim. 1 cannor qbi

Cua* QubM on BBC, How do 1 use me wand? ZortiH on CM. Ha« do you gal pasi the
Road, Bholino. Souinamplon. Jlmnif Ho. 119 High Suecl. Plurrotead. Lon- dragon? Why doea Iha wizard appear? What Is

Mlnlon1.Pn>|KlVelc«»MS|>«tnim.lcBn'l

l¥rt). John SIBwait '! Faif(a*n Court. Che«y

Cehard Ealate. London SE7 7DK. ItSSMplsIonHBll noad.UanOon H4 *0K open? How do you gel pial Iha wliard's head

Lord of tha Rlnfli on Sp«lruin. can'l itm} 1 gel pBSI Ule menhir? Oanen Gragory, 29
Ihe muraei and complwe me game? M SIrldei Ol scale Ihe mfoOen gale. Anna Ludlow Grove. Biepnam. BlackpocI, Lanes.
lorlolafo. ^^ Douglas Tsrisce. Slirling.
ScoUand. chesWr.MaOBNG

Wailora OB 9(»Mnim, How do you Bel Ihe John Wooiston. 401 Sheiiiey Ooad.

game. Daw id Speaks. IS Kanl Drive.

CoMa«l C» (S50 pi) on CPyM. How do 1

HlkMUKH'a QuW* on IBM PC. Hd» do axploro plovar room, and how do open the 1

,ou open Iho screenmo door - o. do you' E Ijint m Ol* Ring* on SpMWun. 1 oan'1 gel oul walk-in saTe? David lore, CarUon House.
Sheehan, Bo> IDO. 7 M Audley SIreeL Lonaon ol Uie maze ol Veea which move. Paul Hunter.
Ill r.ldaiaay Hoad. Puinay. London SW15

ra Hill. London SE8. » miwd mil on Sp«awn. Mow i

1 Ihe houaa? Healfier Loflhouse,

1 S\, Ljvenon. Saliburn, Cleveland.

Doctor Who part 3 the story so far

Time Lords order DOCTOR WHO to regain the plans of the Time Instant Replay
Unit and thwart the 'evil' MASTER. Having tricked his way past the Madrag and
numerous robot controllers, he enters the Factory Area, finds the electronic
spanner and now seeks a route to Security to get the Pass Card.
Crossing the central lift shaft and riding the Monorail gets him
to the RHS of the complex. After false starts he climbs a long
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Investigating further reveals frantic 'CONTROLLER' activity a
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be security beams, causing General Alert. He retraces his steps,
waits and then tries again.
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Finally avoiding the guards he finds a room with 3 detonators

AMSTRAD|ET.AMay)
and below a guarded and locked safe-room (containing the Pass
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Card). Two floors up a VDU gives him a clue for deciphering the
DISK £16.95
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Programming: C16

TIME
RACE

Programming: Amstrad

^ SUBMARINE
by Daniel Bishop

joysticlt or press
When you do this. IhiB game
The large blue oblong is

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 Programming: Amstrad

Programming: OL

CAPSCLOCK
by D Wifheroe

the 't>ODl' program error-checking ofl.

Enter (tie program below, tailing care to For those values which require two
get the lire numbers exactly right. Save it numbers to be altered, you divide the
as. say, mdvl-timeser, now load the origi- value you want lo enler by 256^ the result of
nal 'boot' tile, and Merge mdvl-limBsel. the division goes in Ihe first number, and
Note thai you must load boot' and merge
want to add a border lo either or both of the
delete the original boot lile and save the windows, you must also adjust the window
moditied file as boot'. width and height to make room lor the
On the sublect of moailying Capsciock, border. The formulae for calculating the

E__lv^H^^Vf^ ed speciltcaiiy to suit Quill In SO-column Window wiath = Ten width + (border 4]
mode. I( you wish to use the program In Window height = 10 + (border width ' 2)

n^^^^ik another mode or with another program Tevl width for the Caps Lock window is
54; (or ihe clockwindow, 120. Thafs if you
may want to change Ihe Paper and Ink
colours used, and perhaps add borders to
should think you'd have to double these
should now have your CapEclock values lo get Capsclock to run in that
\^ code Inslalled. Of course. IDere's fic menta o1 Ihe Basic loader (printed last mode.
Copies of both programs can be ob-
point inadding a olocli \o Quiil if it doeati-| week) can be altered according lo the
tained from me. on microdrive for E4
use the error-checking in Ihe loader pro- Cheques to 19 Glen Lyon. St Leonards.
the strain out [
this, I've wiitlan a dock gram, since some checksums will no long- East Kilbride, G7A 2JJ.
aatting rojiina which can be merged into er be correct: hence the option to turn the

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 Programming: QL
Una Column OrigNum ANarBtlon
To a Her clocK wrndow: 1 CLEAR
20240 1 Border colour
20240 2 Border w.dll- 2 WINDOW 512,256,0,0:CSIZE 1,0:PAPEE
2:CLS:G0 SUB 10:CSIZE 2,1
20240 6,6 0.120 Window «ldlM 8 EXEC ndvl capsclock:EXEC W mdvl quill
20240 /,S 0,10 WI.K10W heighr 9 OPEM #1,scr:0PEN #2,sGr:STOP
10 WINDOW 180,160,156,50
11 PRINT DftTE$:INEur ('Reset clock?
[Vr/Nl')!a$
12 IF aS='N' OR a$='n':WINlXW 512,256,0,0:
Toaller CAPS LOCK window.
20250 5
CLS:RBruirL
Border colour
20250 B Border widlh 13 BIEUT ('Year[eq. 19861')Iy:INPUT ( 'itoith
n-12]:')lm:INPUT ('lay [l-31]:')!d
14 INKfT CHovir (1-23]: ' ) !h:INPUT
( 'Minutes:
20260 1,2 0.S4 WindowwidUi 'l!n:INPLrr { "Seconds: )!s
'

20260 3.4 0,10 Window helohl 15 ajATE y,m,d,h,ii,s:CL£:GO 10 11

For brevity's sake, this routine has not

been error-trapped ; if you input a string
20160 2 4 Colour orCAPS-;
rather than a number into aie of the date
parameters, or even just OnER>, the
20130 6 7 Colour Dl CAPS LOCK Indicator, program will crash. If you regularly boot
Ercm F2, change line 10 to:
200S0 3.4 I.IM InillalBian delay.
lenflffi in ODOS cyctes Imilially 10 WINDOW 360,160,66,50
460)

HEADER
by Paul Murray

detail of that llle

As well as giving than ame of (tie tile and
its typB lag. BylBS. F ogram etc], ttils
routine gives lis lergir and alart. In ttie
case Dl HifHys, start is neaningleas and

may be ignored. For co J, il mdicalaa the

address at whicn the code should be
loaflea, and lor program silgiuesthBlma
number trom wtiicti autc
II ttie program does

!" Is displayed.
Length Indicales the lot length {in bytes]
The rouline
of Ihe lile.
domiiaUsr 64010.
Type in Ilia code wit the Loader pro-
gram we prmled m
Vol 5 No 14 - which.
mcidanlalty, will work a ittle better il you

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 Programming: Atari

DATA TRANSFER
by Ian Coe
spectrum- Atari llnK should be as she the status being determined by a negative
port value Thus WPM) = Indicates no
Spectrum Tasword liles are he character is avallabla. Fig 3 gives an Atari
microdrlva as code loaded lo ad Basic program that talies the bytes and
32000, The Last Word Oala (lies ci
transferred direct using the Mo<ie

respective computers

3 It the
the Spectrum together w<

Basic progra:
, DOC en
alicaflyto allow the
sntity it properly. A

uld Hash periodically and the Atari i

irbltol rial ai

M iny *
I

3,
ri ST u

trom other computers and.

may have quite a large

and Ihe daunting prospect ol retyping them

make
lies
IS above II should be possible
woi1<ing copies of most Tasword
onto the Atari ST

nto the new system prompted rne to see If

a way could be found lo transler the tiles
using the RS232 Interface on the Atari
My old compuler system was a 4BK
Spectrum. Interlace 1 plus Microdrive and
Ihad some 2 Mb of Taswoid2a.na The Last

k and software

Although he RS232 con gjration. lead

connaction! and pf jgrami are tor Spei>
•anster, ASCI tiles can be
ijler withan
RS23! port sing this nelw rk. For exam.
piB.Iharo aeems to ba no
HS433 pon of thB BBC microcomputer

<ould need lo elect the port

using FX5.2, than VDU ai
'edelfberatety
written the programs to ba 1pOTiabte and
as simple a possiblB. wilh Ltanycompll-
caling teali 69 - they onf
once (or es h tllB Iranslerred. not to JoaK

FloH Cntrg]
necessary, but In my system this was
perfectly satisfactory. Any change should Xsn/Xoffi rhTlBlll
be reflected In the FORMAT command
given lo the other compuler.
Rts/Cts: [MJISOi

before the correct pin connections were

found. A Itat ribbon cable with s Male 9

trum end and a Female 75 way connector

on the other The pin connections for the

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Programming: Bytes & Pieces

Border
on Spectrum
by Keith Ratcliffe

)orcler arojnd part al the Icp ot

n. Alternate squares flasli oppo-

paramelers ai

grealSF than 20. and is located m Itie pnn

Colour Control
HIWItimiUlBLECOLIlUltt.-
itnoColnr «
on BBC 31 thirst for tt.1

Hifim-i'Kii*
by N Whiteley H sii 11 10 N.A.iiiittiiir. ••
41 RCH II •
Mmte 7 on the BBC micro s the Ideal mode
81
lor adventure programs nd other games/
applications which proc ce a lot of ten
111 m M IHTFIIKtllUIS m OSE.... n Mlm^'fiMri-
linetl and you have ove MK In which to III IHIIE7
llliiltl,l.i,7,!t,|,';)
iiiPiio(miiiiit4,i,i,i,M,i,ii
Bui there Is a problem IJlPBIlIt CsKuf cwlrol lyNAKIilliI
III EtUDltl
using colour, you star! jtling a i
mass ol
CtirS's lor every line t lexl that you liliEMicnoHCflHiRDiRniuie »
display (lor paper, ink, flashing and double
heighl) which not only laKes a lot o1 n\ama- I»KIEI^IllC(tllIllliatt)i()ll,tHTIRItD
l!IKtreEICCIILDUII<p.pirt,lntl,<l»liI,b
iiiiti>i,i,<,:,!i,i,:i
ry, bulisverytiardlouni sraland, Nol only tth<t,lic,l»I.».dl,coluinI.tlniII
171 psun-stuTM.'
en all the paper lU lf,m<it IHtH «l-1W as£ »l*l
IMmitrPflKCDlOllBlf,l,F,«.I.E,C,(.l'
and ink colour gets lost s id you have to do
11 all over again 171 tlitlifl'CffiKpKtrKligttCHMlEOl

Colour caritrol is a v iry useful Utility I.MIIllnkM2ll>Cl»ltllJ7-nM«l^RItl

2IIMI!llI'P-P»rat(l-7)-
(t)btl<f<ll
kes displays ei-
(rem el y easy to produce lore elegant antl
when you clsar tJie sera n, the paper and m wiii-H . HiKrttnw ttki'
tn FH rial • biqinl Id
ll,r»Il|dliFlivl|:llCir
inminiHIiaB

Just type in the IM PBiltfB . KBtN li-Hl flW

!N mi2B|!,i«,n.i
Zbl PlllllfE . EM tt-M) m- 511 MimMltoluii.1.1 twill
given the command ayntai, instfucliona
in MiKT'L iiiE (i-Hi m-

Rom Transfer
) REN* #«*#*#*•*** *«*«*>«*«**#ill««*«*
onC64 1 REn#*«»** I1/C0DE R13I1 COPV «***!(«
3 REI1*«**»* EV~ C.U.LIGHT !(****«
by D Light
Whan run, this short mac hine code routine 26 F?EffDIl:lRK>-lTHEt^P0KEfl.D-Fl^fl+!C=C+D-G0TO29
copies both character se B located in Rom 36 IFCO921-lTHBIPRlNT".1RR0R IN JJHTR" STOP
at $0000 (S324B decimal) into Ram starting S PRiHT";KVS52ee0:REI1***PRE3S [RETURN]"
at S300Q (122B8 decimal). The routine also 56 PRIMT"BWP0KE532r2,^PEEi;(53272JRND2'ie>0R12:REM»*#PRESS
turns oH and then back t 1 again keyboard [RETURN]"
and I'O interupls. 66 PQKE631,I9:P0ICE198,l:EHD
re
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proceed as (ollows; To cate a character1
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word processing
Paperclip and Cut n Paste.

• 80-column dis-
plays on the 128
How 10 get business-stan-
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vesting in a E300 monitor.

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realities
A profile on US simulations
specialist Microprose with a
look at two of its new prod-
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Silent Sen/ice and aerial
Ihrills trom Aerojet.

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A look ahead to next
month's Commodore Show,
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