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NO. J«Oct 25-11, 1983

&wmfeS

KS7% Drive Shaky

to hisOld House

I Won'l Slop. includesaSpectrum"c game called Tlie Shaky

Programs totype in for:Spectrum,

vic-20, Texas,Oric and

Commodore 64

reviews forBBC, Atari,SpectrumTexas, ZXJupiter f

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Christine ComputingFORTI99/4A

G FLORENCE CLOSE, WATFORD, HERTS WD2 6AS.Tel: 09273 72911

HARDWARETI99/4A computer (16 colours, 3 sounds + 1 noise, etc) E104.95

Tl compatible cassette recorder £24.98, interface leads single

recorder £4.35, Dual recorder £5.45.

Recorder and single lead £28.75, Recorder and dual lead £29.75.

Computer + Recorder + single lead £133.50.

Speech synthesizer £44.95. 32K ram expansion (requires either

Extended Basic or Mini memory), stand alone £125, Periferal BaseMounting £110.

Cartridge SoftwareA-Maze-ing £12.95, Alpiner £21.25, Chess £29.50, Extended Basic

£51.50, Home Budget Management £21.25, invaders £17.50, Mini

Memory £51.50, Munch Man £24.00, Music Maker £24.00, Parsec£23.50, Personal Record Keeping £33.95.

Cassette softwareBlast It: disarm bombs with wire guided robot 5 levels of play etc£3.50

CORE) disend to the core avoiding objects as you go, 3 stages etc£3.50

SPUDZ: collect potatoes before the sun sets, 4 levels of play etc£3.50

SIR Slurp-A-Lot sip as many drinks as you can before closing time£4.95

Croc-ward a hangman variant keeps kids amused for hours £4.95

All prices inclusive. Cheques PO's to above address or 5Qp for full illustrated

list (refunded on 1st order).

* 1 HOME COMPUTING WEEKLY 25 O

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October 25-31, 1983 NO. J»

I'aiiJiiiijuiii bf;ji k\iiiirt

liinjic of linn Spccli tun c;

iiiili .r,n\ honks mi \oiii!

I iitli pack, produced In i

catalogue lor ihe

64. Free to users, it

includes details of I HI products.

Also new for the 64: Radar Rat

Race, a £9.99 cartridge. andlas>Scripi. on disc for i75.

Commodore, 675 Ajus Ave,Stimuli. Berks Sl.l 4BC

anaElkan Electronics has broughtout three appendages to improveyour Dragon or Tandy Colorcomputer. Dragon's Eye is an on-

off indicator which, Elkan says,

can be installed in lOsecondsandcosts £3.95. Dragon's Tail ex-

tends your joystick's cable by

lo plug the joystick in. Price:

£2.95. Dragon's Fork-tail is ajoystick ¥ -adaptor which enables

you to use the joystick port for

£3.95

Elkan Electronics, Freepost, 11

Bury New Road, Prestwich,Uwichritcr M2S 6LZ

onBraimeasers for the BBC andElectron Computers, out this

month from Phoenix Publishing,

contains 40 listings of games that

demand logic, general knowledgeand deduction. Some of the pro-

grams will even tell you your 1Qnyou vfinist ; i lie a;

bVi.'Jiicaiiiinal

Ludinski, and use the machines'graphics and sound to the full.

The book costs £5.95 and will beon sak in W H Smith.Phoenix Publishing, 14 Vernon

Routt. Bushey. Hens WD2 2JL

ODDThe 96K Lynx is now on sale in

Disons, along with the software

and peripherals. Coming soon:

the 128K Lynx. Other Lynxstockists are Laskys and Spec-

\vZZH3Er

Hews 5

Letters B

VK-20program 11Climb into the cockpit

software reviews l«... for ZX8 1 , BBC and Spectrum

Spectrum pixel planner 16&SI

commodore64program itTackle the hazards, grab a fortune

Put on your running shoes

SOftlGames for BBC, Jupiter Ace, ZX81, Atari

Ti-99/OAprogram

lewsJobs for your Atari, Commodore 64, Spectrum, BBC

VIC-20programI lit in; mad in a three-part game

software reviewsLeam with your Spectrum, VIC-20, BBC

U.S.Scene

Dragon, VIC-20/Commodore 64, ZX81, Spectrum

reviewsfor Spectrum, BBC, Commodore 64

treviewsTraditional games for TI-99/4A, BBC. Spectrum

Ynurmicrn can leach you a thing

or Iwo. Find "in how with the

reviews on page 32

doominglBt mmmns

spectrumscreenplanner

planner for Spectrum users. Toremove it from the magazinecarefully open the slap!es in the

centre of Home ComputingWeekly and lift out the cenlresec-

Iton of pages.

HOME COMPUTING WEEKLY 25 October 1983 Page 3

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<d:CDSTHEBESCHANNELF0RG00D o

PROGRAMMESCDS has built its name on top quality machine code games

for Sped:rum&Oric.

We are interested in software which meets these criteria,

including games for the Commodore 64.

So ifyou've completed original programmes or have

something good in the pipeline, get in touch as soon as you can.

CDSMicroSystems

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.'f£\

Shaky's gameThe idea is

across the screen — avoiding

hazards like bats — lo This OldHouse. If play is slow Ihe phrase

"It'S Lale' appears and topscorers' names can be added to

"Shaky's TopIrMorri tfor

peoplt

He believes it is ihe first lime a

game has been specially written

for a major recording artist.

He said: "I think that as a pro-

motional idea ii has great things

ahead of il. We may well do il

The Bop Won'l Slop, priced at

£4.99 for eassclte or LP, is duefor release on November IScoin-

ciding with Shaky 's British tour

which is to reach HammersmithOdeon on November 20 and 2 1

.

The Shaky Game, which is at

the end of side two, was producedby a small London-based soft-

ware group called Olympic Soft-

One of them, Robert Wyati,said: "We thrashed out the idea

with the record company over a

couple of lunches.

"It was a hell of a rusbed job.

We had to finish it in seven

weeks. Getting it bug-free in that

time was a real headache."Epic Records, 17-19 SohoSquare, London W1V6HE

Oric takeoverMicro makers Oric Products In-

ternational has been taken over

by a large investment company,Edenspring, and three of Oric's

six directors join ihe Edenspringboard. The deal, worth £2.25m,is said to allow Oric to continue

its growth here and overseas.

Oric's loans of just over£lm are

to be satisfied by a share issue.

The combined company has net

tangible assets of £4.7m.

James wins

plus Super Expander.

He stressed, however, that rhe

VIC was used only as a tool. Thefirst 20 were chosen because hebelieved they would do well and

In tact, he could have ended up

in bis Money Bos choices.

Entrants were judged on howrheir choices performed if an im-

aginary £ 100 had been invested in

each of the five trusts.

James' selections — three hi-

ves! ing in America, one British

and one international technology— clocked up a 70 per cent gain

over the year, including costs.

quarters stage 1 was leading the

field outright, but then I slipped

back to No. 2. My father cameseventh, but he didn't mindbecause he went lo London for

U.S. and Japan. These two sec-

tors will go up a liltle bit and rise

sharply in later months."Appropriately enough, when

Ai'iikl like to workinvolving maths, peril ups

financial world.

some arcadegames for a so fiware

company.His father, Dr James Spenee

Ounie, a research scientist in the

silk industry, said: "I'm only oneof the also-rans. 1 was very very

pleased for James. We were do-ing weekly checks on out pro-

grams and sometimes 1 was

And James' mother Marie, a

social work student, said: "He'svery keen on finance— he seemsto know what's going to happen.It started when he was 10 and

fanatical about it.

"It was quite amusing because

during the year James wouldcome up to his father and say hewas ahead by so much."

As well as a pile of books andmagazines, James' Dive includeda trip from his home in Wit ley,

Tyne and Wear, to the pro-

gramme's London studios.

Editot Vincent Duggleby said:

"I've heard about teenage pro-gramming wizards, but teenage

investment wizards are few andfar between— they area very rare

"It's not something boys are

normally interested in until they

have a home and a family,"

Drive into theHigh street

There's a choice of single-sided

40 and 80 track, or double-sided

80 track formats, and an indepen-

dent power supply supplied with

the drive allows two drives to be

you could beon our pagesprograms should, If possible, be computerprinted to a width of 48 characters (use anew ribbon) and /or sent on cassette. Checkcareful Iv.that they are bug-free. Include

details Of what your program does, how it

works, variables you have used and hints onconversion.

ARTICLES on using home computers shouldbe no longer than 2,000 words. Don't worryabout your writing ability — just try to keepto the style in hcw. Articles most likely to bepublished will help our readers make betteruse of their micros by giving useful ideas,possibly with programming examples, wewill convert any sketched illustrations into

finished artwork.

TIPS are short articles, and briefprogramming routines which we can puttogether with others, your hints can aid

other computer users.

Competitive rates are paid.

Keep a copy of your submissions and Includean SAE if you want them returned. Labeleverything clearly and give a daytime and

home phone number If you can.

Charing Cross Road, London WC2H

HOMt tOMI'l flNCi V,

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Graphics upand running

BORDER command.,. Bmteriicld. Hum

Out of Itselement

Too Harshon Panic

LETTERS

Send your letter to Letters,Home computing weekly, 145Charing Cross Road, London

WC2H OEE. Don't forget to nameyour computer — the bestletter could win £5-worth ofsoftware. Queries cannot be

answered on this page

IC h,fl,« » C IK.

lnWrishi.lMtrl

Beyond theinvaders

lUk h\m. :.

M-i\i I'.-lk K

ihey already have an c

Earlywarning

Count yourpellets

;so C.M.I I H-\R Mil.

Mil (.-am COIOi; 1 2 .1

J

MO CALL_COLOR (11,

ended BASIC,

Ir,,.,. >]1.-IILI.J.

Piige 6 HOME COMPI.TINC: WLLKl.Y 25 October 1983

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Take a giant step closer to reality withNew Generation Software. The 3DGraphics ofNew Generation programsbring the screen alive and makes other

games look as flat as snakes and ladders.

Spectrum owners will find that seeingis believing when they open the door on"THE Corridors of Genon', the latest

creation from New Generation. You will

be saving the Universe from the evil that

now controls all things. But beware— the

sound of footsteps approaching could beBogul!

l>']'urnii-lf(.r ir,K mkYiclmm '

&

Hurtle into a void leaving a trail for

your unseen pursuers in 'Knot in 3D'.

Weave your way through up to five trails

but be careful, you could get knotted! Ortravel through the depths of a movingtunnel hill ofbats. rats, spiders and toads in

'3D Tunnel', with a special surprise in the48 K version.

Stamina is the vital ingredient of'Escape', as you'll be venturing into the

maze pursued by walking and dying

dinosaurs.

ZX8 1 owners must be prepared for the

shock ofcoming face to lace with the

T. Rex that leaps out from '3D MonsterMaze'. '3D Defender' takes you out of this

world and plunges you into space in a fast

moving game to defend your home planetagainst ;ilien spacecraft in a blitz ofexplosions, plasma blasts and photon

All these exciting 3D games have beendesigned hy Malcolm Evans, the 3Dexpert. They'll have you leaping out of

your seat because you don't just play NewGeneration games, you live them.

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OUTBACK £5.50

COUNTDOWN £5.50

To: PARAMOUNT SOFTWARE, 67 BISHOPTON LANE,

STOCKTON, CLEVELAND, T51S 1PU. IENGLAND]

Please supply 'Outback' at £5.50 each

'Countdown' at £5.50 each

/enclose cash/cheaue/P.O. lor £.

'""— orders add £1.50 for e

HAKKlCg HARHIER ATTACKATTACH} any ORIC-1 E6.95

any SPECTRUM E5.50

super-fast,

highly addictive a reads- style

game requiring great sk""'-

game is everything an

fanatic could ever dope for -

with lull colour graphics ano

Pagt 8 HOME COMPUTING WEEKLY 25 October 1983

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3HDH5HEEEISPECTRUM GAMES iommoik)ri;g4<;ames & utilities

V1C-20 (.AMI-S * ITII.ITIES A i-.irliL-nii [ ..UK. |'I,].lt-.

. eMphiL". in lliis lie and L'liallciiglng paiw from Ihe authoriiiivtiinc^LHlL. jny-ii*:l m kirybiMiiJcotllrol

WANTF.lt: HK.II OVA I 1 IV SOFTWARE, OF ALL TYPES,

EXPORT&U.K. DISTRIBUTION

DEALER ENQUIRIES WELCOME

CALIFORNIAGOLD RUSH

Injuns a hoot-in' and a hollerin' all

Can YOU help Jake oeg his claim, dodge the

arrows, avoid the tomahawks, n' plant his

Dynamite 7 , , You CANI1

YIPPEE . . . You need all yout skill Er

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH . , . NOWlor COM 64, Spectrum 48, & Dragon

Amazing Arcade Action for £7.95 inci,

SPECIAL OFFER: Order California Gold Rush NOWABSOLUTELY FREE .

YAHTCEE. . . .This traditional dice is for"

one or more players and features superb

graphics to enhance your enjoyment.

YAHTCEE is Fascinating, Absorbing & "

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SPECIAL OFFEROrder VAHTCEK Todaj fur i.nl)

HOME COMPUTING WEEKLY 25 Ociobtr

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ANIROGSOFTWARECOMMODORE^

KB / JS

A 31 K ALL M/C PROGRAM WITH BRILLIANT ANIMATED GRAPHICS

SKRAM8LE J.S. *7-95

PILOT YOUR SPACE CRAFT THROUGH THE SIXDEFENCE SECTORS AND DESTROYTHE COMMAND MODULE OF THE

COBRON EMPIRE. A 32 K ALL M/C BLOCKBUSTER

MOON BUGGY 3D TIME TREK DUNGEONS

*-s«

EXPERIENCE ALL THE THRILLS A 3D STAfl TREK GAME WIT

BAT7LE WITH THE ALIENSFANTASY WITH SUPERB U

BRILLIANT ANIHAATEO GRAPHICS

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SPECTRUM PROGRAM

You're the air ace— getout of this oneSo this is what they meant by acrash course. Stephen Pearltells you how to bomb yourway out of a sticky situation

already mm ed to the next line.

' Spircial can: had ui he lafccn tc

make sure bombs could still be

dropped and [he plane would still

' '""" skyscrapers duriiiL! llu1

halfof [he plane nasal

one line, and the other

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SPECTRUM PROGRAM

PAPER 5.

NK Si; RRPER 4-iRT SBt,FOR INSTRUCTIONS. .

.

105 PPU5E 5-. BEEPAT 6,0; INK Li P»106 GO SUB 14.0107 PAUSE 5: BEEP __FIT 6,0; INK 1; PAPER 5;10B GO SUB 14-0110 FOR d=0 TO 29120 PflUSE 5: BEEP . .

HT 6,d; INK 1; PAPER 5121 GO SUB 140125 NEXT d126 CO SUB 14.0130 PRU5E 5: Btcr .«.«.-.,«.— 6,30; INK 1; PRPEB 5;131 GO SUB 140

136 GO SUB 140137 (3D TO 305

005,0: PRINT

005,0: P.PTMT

005 , .

Variables

b posilion of nose of plane lor

h random lici K tii of each sky-

m licigtil on screen of plane s

rest of plane when ai edge of

q score

i posmon (hcighil for siari of

1 position oi nose of plane for

v hcighT^soeen of bomb ek-

„ njgh score

t user -definable graphic data

140 IF INKEY5="" THEN RETURN145 IF INKEY*="i" OR INKEYS="ITHEN GO TO 200150 GO TO 300200 BORDER 4 : INK : PfiPER 7

:

RIGHT 1: C1_S210 PRINT PAPER 5; RT 0,0;" Insructions For CITY BOMBER.- "

2S0 PRINT : PRINT " You arthe pilot of a u.3c -tims bombsr

. .I

t-Ui

230 PRINT mi I a

R 7J

S70 IF INK6

R (X+3 -9.* =10*

INT RT 2; BRIGHT 1; "£?_, INK 0; PRPER 7.

BRIGHT l; FLASH 1, "GRME -"Hi" 5,1T6 2: FOR

- 1 : BEEP . Bl ,

"

GO TO 600365 IF ATTR (>:,y-*3>=104 THEN PRINT AT X,y*-2; INK 2; BRIGHT l;"g" PRINT RT 5,11: INK 0; PRPER 7i BRIGHT l; FLASH 1, "GAME OVER"FDR e=0 TO 2,- FDR /=10 TO 5TE

P -1; BEEP .01, f: NEXT f - NEXT e

'390 IF INKEY*="" THEN GO SUB 6©AND e = l THEN

>29 THEN LET 1=38-11: GO

LET30410 LET

K 7: BRIL415 NEXT

•ar.BRIGHT

__ NEXT y: ™120 BEEP 1, 10600 IF q>M THL.. .

610 LET h=0: LETLET q=0: LET C =0=0: LET t=0: LET

THEN LET

LET V»=0:LET

630 IF INKEY*="" THEN GO TO 65©640 GO TO 3001000 FOR S=0 TO 51010 FOR n«0 TO 7. READ z: POKE(JSR (CHR* (97*S> > f-n,z. NEXT n1020 NEXT S1030 DATA 25

lB4i36RTA 0,96, 115., 127, 127,3,0.0

1060 DATA 0^224, 240, 254, 255, 240,

?060 DATA <a.36if0'?U6S=ifrSA.3t321070 OATA 137,247, 133,65,66, 132..

;e 12 HOME COMPUTING WKKK1 V ::

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SPECTRUM PROGRAM

CITY BOmBER

PRESS 'I* FOR INSTRUCTIONSPRESS RNY OTHER KEY TO STR

HOME LOMI'LTIM, v\ REKLY 25 October 1983 Pag.

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SOFTWARE REVIEWS

The oracle16K ZXBl E5.50Peacock Software, 32 Redfcra

ajoke.IOrcoutse.if

Take abreak fromthe action

Our reviewers tried out aselection of programs thatdon't need quick reactions

( ShirleyConran's

Magic Garden32K BBC

£9.95 (cass.)£11.50 (disc)

and i!ien-,mic your own records,

"'ih-^m'klti^'ihe real pro-

blem with ihis package. If ihe

could be a world hi...

iiiSisliThere is' no doubt thai ii can

aiall. D.C.

KtU^Xd&ttfta instructions 85 »»

^'inSrlncSlri/"display 50"i

j&gXSSSL'S* t Dr Pirate island48K Spectrum iraps.

£5.50 P'j.'ho'u'

unite iii ihe familial form. CilT

quired, and SUM was required to instructions

Page 14 HOME COMPUTING V.

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afl^' for ZX-SPECTRUM

Programming Information

Colours Graphics

Black

Blue

Red

Magenta

Cyan

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No Change

Contrast

Colour Control

Normal Inverse

1 Bei 2 aH 3 Ha 4 bi rB e HJ

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INK i

PAPER n ; n^Coloui (0 to 9)FLASH n I n :0 Steady, 1 Flashing. B No ChangeBRIGHT n -. n:0 Normal, 1 Bright

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POINTI.,,1

Commands

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el urns the value at

eturns the start

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LAll copyrights reserved by i © 1983

Computer Agencies Limited

23 Sun Street, Hitcnin, HERTS SG5 1AT

HOME COMPUTING WEEKLY 25 Ociober 1983

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= 64 PROGRAM

Treasure beyond yourwildest dreams ... if

defeat [hem and save your rami

;i [ravel miles ihrouj

fores! and over rivers to reai

The Castle. To enter you mufind and grab The Kev (the leu

K) and move to the entrance.

Inside, Dungeons will tr;

you, and you must grab treasu

found in The Rooms. By conve

ilrenglh you rr

but one chance 10 grab [he

treasure. Upon leaving ihe room

Now, slocked with treasure

and strength, you may return

home. Once you lie by the side of[he H character (in the doorway)and press g the game ends.

reserve, preventing people from:nding the game immediately.

This graphic adventure game is

made different by the fact that

at (he end of the game,n after you have com-

pleted the adventure, you canplay it again to get a bcller score.

The game is played oul on a 1

5

by 15 Kingdom grid. Your homed the castle are both in fixed

and caslle rooms are randomlygenerated at the beginning of

you surviveit's a hard life in The Kingdom,with a hazardous journey tomake, monsters waiting tochomp you and dungeons

where you could waste awayfor years. But you have a

chance to grab a fortune inDavid Rees' graphics adventure

for the Commodore 64

7 REM* THE KINGDOM *S REM* BY DAVIE REES «

9 REM*"'__ '3324a:POKEV+3Z.0:PQKEV*33,aZ0 «#»""30 S-18Z4:C"5529640 FORN-BT04:RERDF<N:>-NEXTN3B DATA3.5.7.13.1460 Kt* ar X^- ,'B ,,

70 FORN"0TQ9S0 U*-WS+"fl II " -X*-X**"U H "

90 NEXTN100 frint"31 ,, ;trb<ibj;"the quest"105 PRINT"! kViCU ARE IN Ft DFIRK AND LONELY";110 PRINT" LANE OF MONSTERS. TO SAVE YOUR "J113 PRINT" FAMILY YOU MUST 00 TO THE CRSTLE";120 PRINT" TO COLLECT PS MUCH TRER"J1Z3 PRINT-SURE RS POSSIBLE."130 PRINT" riTC ENTER THE CRSTLE YOU MUST "j

135 PRINT'TINB THE KEY.kJUT BEWRREI"140 PRINT'-IEVIL CRERTURES WILL CHRSE VOU "J145 PRINT"THR0U0H0UTTHE KINGDOM. MRK I NG ";

150 PRIHT"YOU LOSE STRENGTH.

"

160 PRINT"»I0TE "

165 PRINT"TO PICK UP RNY OBJECT STOP BY ITS"

J

170 PRINT" LEFT SIDE RND PRESS '0'."178 PRIHT"YGU CAN PICK UP KEYS, TREASURE HND";188 PRINT" IF YOU PICK UP H(HGME) RND ";

188 FRINT"HRVE TREASURE. THE GRME ENDS."190 PRINF'fcKEYS Fl UPJF7 DOWN"195 PRINT" Z LEFTJX RIGHTKB"198 REM*0-Fil=H 2=R:3-E-4-C»199 REM*5-D:6-T:7-U:S-"*"*200 DIf1PU4.14):X-l+RND<l)*4

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TO CONTINUE"460 PRINT"!47B OETH*:IFA*=>""THEN470480 Pl-39:PZ-39508 XX-e:YY"0iXS«9:YS"10iL310 GOSUB7S30

The Key appears in a randomly

ed, will reappear later. This gshown al the beginning of the

game, and may also be seen bet

ween rooms wiiliin [he Caslle

for a small consideration!

Finally, beware of monstersThey light you when they louct

gain) a random amount ostrength.

If your strength level falls

below zero, youaredead.Thus.il

is a good idea to gain plenty ofstrength in the treasure room or

before entering it, as you will

have to spend much time fighting

X1,¥l;X3,Y2 monster on scr

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WS.XI wall draw graphics

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grid map

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COMMODORE 6a PROGRAM

«"T'PRINT"S", ,, HJ«KX="

E ENTRANCE"

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PRINT":]",,. ".IMITHE FOREST"1005 IFINTCRNDU)*1B.>«3THEN3000— 1 X-RNBU)*2B*1B

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3 PGKEC+R,39 NEXT3 RETURN3 REM*THE RIVER*1 PRINT":!" IlilTHE RIVER- GOSUB10033 X-RNP(n*10+13'W-RNDCl>*4+8) Hf="tn"'FORN=0TOU'Hf=R*+ NEXT3 F0RY»1TD24i X-X+1.5-RNDU>*3+<X>(39-W;i)-<X<0)3 FRINTTH8(X);fll;3 IFY<24THENPRINT9 NEXTY3 IFPEEKCS+XS*YS*40>=160THENXS«XS-1 -GOTO40903 RETURN» REM* WALL *3 2Z-1-GU3UBI5003 PRINT'S",,, "WBTHE WBLL"a FQRN-1TOR3 PRINT3 NEXTN3 PRINT, -W*S RETURN3 X-INKRND<1)*38>+1a Y-INTCRNIK1>*22)*3-PRINT"«THE KEV"

I POKES+X+V*40,ll ; POKEC+X+y*40.1a OGTO10105 REM#TRERSURE*3 PRINT":]". .."IHjnTTRERSURE ROOM"3 GOSUB23103 IFTT-1THEN32003 R-RNQC1J*20+13-TT-13 FORN-BTOR3 X"RNIK1>*B0B+BB3 POKES+X,90'POKEC+X,3B NEXTNB RETURN9 REM* MRP *

B PRINT"3kTHE KINGDOMS"FORN-0TO14 PRINT^F0Rf1"BTD14

B H-PCM.NJ'PRINTWW;3 NEXTP1,N:PP-S+XX+O+VV)*403 POKEPP,PEEK<PP>+12B

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!

1

3 PRINT,, "W-URLL."1 PRINT,, "R-RIVERSnSOI]"3 RETURNJ REM* INPUT*I Q£TR*:IFR*-""THENS0303 IFM-"rTHENXV-B:VV"-IB IFflM"l"THENXV"B^U-li IFr,I""Z"THENYV"B'XV"-l3 IFfW-"X"THENYW"B'XU"l5 IFfW-"G"THEN8280a PDKE5+XS+YS»4B, 32 i KX-XX ' MY-YV3 XS"X5+XV'Y5"Y3*YV:MM"P<XX.Y¥>S P-XS+VS*4B3 IFXS<:0THENS3003 IFXS>39THEN66803 IFVS<1THEN67003 IF¥8>24THEN6B0H3 IFPEEK(S+PX>32THENXS-XS-XV:V8-VS-VU3 P"XS+YS*403 POKEP*S.65:POKEP*C103 RETURNI XX-XX-1'IFXX<BTHENXX"0:XS-1 'RETURN3 X8-3B ' GGT073BBi XX"XX+1 '

IFXX>14THENXX-14:XS«3B'RETURN3 XS-1 ; GOTO730B3 VV-VV-1 ' IFYY<0THENYV-0 ' VS"2 '

RETURN3 VS-23GOTQ730B3 YY-YY*1'IFYY>14THENYY"=14 VS-23 RETURN3 VS«2 - GOTO7500S REM*VECTOR*3 POKEP1+S.3!'POKEP2+S,323 Xl"Xl-<<XS>Xl>-<XS<Xl>>/23 X2=X2-<CXS>X2>-<XS<:X2)>/2

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COMMODORE 64 PROGRAM

70407050

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:i P0KEP2tC,3PTHEN7110

RETURNL"INT<L/l.l+4-RND<l)»6)PRINT ,, »B»"L ,,B T«"T"II "

RETURNRETURNREH*SCREEN*Z1-PCXX,YV>:IFZ1«7THEN8000

>537

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7730776077 7-3.......

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"

-=-:PR I NT " STRENGTH= " L " TREASURE- "T " SHI"PRINT" VOU HAVE MET R WIZARD WHO CRN";PRINT" DIVE VOU STENGTK IN EXCHANGE FOR";PRINT" TREASURE."X=3+INTCRNIK1j*7)PRINT" HIS EXCHANGE RATE IS ONE ";

PR I NT "TREASURE TO"PRINT"ITX"STRENGTH."PRINT" 3)0 VOU WISH TO EXCHANGE

1!"

INPUTU* ! IFD*-"N"THEN7330IFD*="V"THEN7790PRINT"PLEASE ENTER 'V OR 'N'"GOTO7750INPUT"HOU MUCH TRERSURE";RA-flBS<H) iT-T-R- IFT>-0THEN7B20T"T+fi;pRINT"THAT-S TOO HUCHI " -GOTO7790t-*L*X*RPRINT"II FOR THE SUM OF TEN TRERSURES VOU"JPRINT" MRV SEE THE rlflP."

INPUT"kBO VOU WRNT TO?"iDIIFDf-"N"THEN7930IFD»» ,,V"THEN7B9BPRINT"rlNSWER 'V OR 'N'» QOTO7B50IFT>10THeNT»T-10-GOSUB3500-GOTO7930PRINT"VOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TREASURE"PRINT"HkFRESS AWV KEV TO CONTINUE"GETW < IFDf"""THEN794BRETURN1 FMM-Z0RMK-3THENBB30I FMM-60RI1M«4THENB030GOTO7320XX"rTX • VV»MY I XS-1

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1

RETURNPOKEP, 32 i RETURNPRINT "*S«"L "II T="T"n "

G0TO8238IFZ1=2ORZ1-3THEN8330IFZ1-60RZ1-4THEN833B

3320 GOTO7S208330 IFO*-"K"THEN7320

" XS-37 : XX=MX :VV=MV RE1 URN

R"nD n ,"»T",";*i","3i 11

"~'"aj4ELL DONE"NT"VOU HAVE FINISHED THE GAME WHTL-STRENGTH AND "T "TREASURE.

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You wantto program yourown Arcade Games?

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EIGHT pre-programmed games included

Mj®3J3IflThe chart-hitting

Mad Martha

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OWC PROGRAM

If you like Frogger you'll loveJogger, Johnathan Surrldge'sfast-moving game for the 48K

Oric

POKE 62I.47960:POKF. 623.28:"' "enables you lo prim normal-

n ihe very lop line of Ihc

'R'CKBf!27),D pp pp pp pp pp pp pp-

50 Pft[lirCWH:7l'R-CMM27)-B pp pp pp pp pp pp pp-

tl-UIHjWWTCHMIZD'TCHMI^l'C'lNEn

7» ffllNTCHH*aTI'R"CHfH«!7)-i'jfflt«TCHF;t(2T)-R-CBRI!Z71-f:PRINTCHR

TCHMffll'CBO PR[HICHR*(27|-p-:PH]*TCHS*l27}-f-CKRtlZ7)-C-:PRIHT:PRJHTCHR«t271

P-CHMIZTJ'D-sPRim

10 PR[NrCHatI27l-P, CHnt(37l-F' : PR[NIiPR!N™Rtl27)-P

, Cmil27) ,C*:PR

1KT

Put on yourrunningshoes

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ORIC PROGRAM

:*irwt,n,u

t»miimtanvtmtmu',mKtmim'rtmaiy111 PL071,4,At:PU)11,S,Bt:PLO11,e,

1l5Fl0Tl,14,HiPL0n,18,Et:PLOl!

116 1FHO-1THEHIK

IZ0F1St7,0,0,0:F0R<=070IB;NLISIE1,I,1,0:*I5I[2,II 0-HUSJC3 I 1

134 FS'O

HO PLATO, 0,0,0

150 #*IIIt!PUH,(l,0,0!C-I8lL«24

140 P0"SCRII[D,ll!PLOTC,L, -h'

170 IFL<13PWWU=J2TM£K1000

180 JFDI4PJIDPDO32WEKI000

190 IFU4THEH2M0

200 KE=PEEKC20)

210 PL0TC. L ,mi IF4CE- J7ZTHEHC=C-1ELSE1FKE>1B0THEHC=»I

220 IF«.|flOIHE«L=Lt2ELSEIF«,::,:

225 IFKEOSATHENSDUNDi, 200,13

230 iFCm*K>IEL5E]FC)37THENC=.37ELSElFL)24THE*.=24

240 PMcM(e,LiiFum:,L,"ki

250 »=SIBHr(fM,LEK(«) -1 ) .LEFT* IAI , 1

1

240 Bf-R16NTf<B*,l) HEFTI (Bl ,LEK(BI I

-I

1

270CI=RI6HTHCt,IHLEFTt(Cl,LEHIC()-l)275 ] FKE < >S6THEHS0UHD 1,500,11""

!l-RIGH!((Dt,ll'LEFHIM,LE((|[()-||

290 El=R16K7l(EI,[EH(EII-|HLEFr((EI,ll

300FI=R16H7tiFI,!l.i£Frt!F.,LEN'FI:-|:

IOGt:RIGflTII6t,LENI6tl-|)*tEF7*IB(,i)

115 PL0TC,L,P0

,4,AI:PL0Ti,4,Bt:PLD7l,B,Al:

18, EfCi:PLOTI,l4,D(:Pi.QTl,

330P(.BTI,2i),Ft[Pltni,22,GI

HOIFL=tORL=81HENOC-IELSElFL-4BRL=!OTHE«.E:t|

345 50UNDI,I,0

350 IFC<I08C>37IHEN1000

3W PD-SCRH{E,LI : PLDTC.L .

"h's IFPO«32fll«lL< J 1THEH1000ELSEIFPD< >32MIDL>i4thekiooo

'0 prihtchr*(301-5c0re *s

3B0 iFL<4AHDPD<>32THEN?O00£L5EIFL<4nmP0»3ZTHEItl000

800 GO 10200

1000 IFLM47HEN1100"

"10 PRtHTMRf (3U :F0RI=1 TOI Ji PRINT; NE1T: PRINT* THBIUMtfOTll

SPLASH!!!1

!! PR1NTCHRK4I

'0 PLAVO, 7,4,3000: SDUHD4,0,0: HAIT1S0: PLAY7.0iO S8T01500

1040 IFD14THENI100ELSEI010

1100 PRINTCNJRt 130) >FBR[-J TDL-U PRINT: REIT: PRrHTCHRf (27) 'A-CHR* 427

J

1110 FORI'JilOlSTEP-liPUn.L/rs: PLOTI ,L-1

,

-q' '20 1FI/2=IKT:[/2I1HE«SDU«D1,200,15ELSESM01,3M,I3

SO HrTMiRBTiBOMt,!,!

» LI=LI-1ilFL]<=lTHERlM0

1505 IFOHNOCUTIHEWLOTCL.PO1510 PR [NTCKRt (301:607030

1405 fi MM)

IIO:WSICl,IJItl],l),IJKI],2(,i3,M |Tl)N|i,3„;. m

1410 PLAY1.0

1420 FMItTI

OiNEIT

1430 !FB>HSlHEIIHS*5iPl.(Y7, 0,0,0:60101700

10 P10TI,24,-PDESS ANY KEY TO PLAY OOHER AGAIN" 1

» R'RNDU>:IFPEEK(520l-541HEN145O

1440 601010

1700 CLS: INK7: FDR>1TB24: PRINTCHR* I27)CHR» ( INT(RNIHI) *7) tSUI-

* HIGH!

3,H4,1]:NE1T

2000 I FPO < > 1 1 2 THEN 1 OOOEL SE rt= K* 1

2010 IFC/I=BTIC«)TK£RC=C-1

2020 PLOlC.l.-ln-iPLOTC^.-M1

;03(iPUll,O,0,0iNllSICl,3,5,lIII4Airi5iW51i;i,3,l,13:Mlll5:miSICI,J

,3,13:«111!

2040 KISIE1.3, 1, 1 J:«»ni5iHISICl, 1,1,0:5=5.100

2050 PR]NTCHR»'30rSC0«-S

2055 IFH>>7THEN2SO0

2040 6010150

2500 FDfil -IT0100:SOUND1 ,490, III S=S» 10: PFtlHTCHRt 130) "SCORE 'SiSOUNtl

,l,0:NAlT5:NEtT

2510 G0T025

8991 END

MM 141(0,7,11,27,24,12,7, 0,0,43,0,43,3,0,43,0,0,54, 12,4,54, 12,54,

1,1,17,31

4050 0(7(31,1,1,4,4,24,24,42,42,38,38,42,42,32,34,41,42,32,32,24,24

4055 141443,43,43,43,43,43,43,43

9054 0(1(0,0,0,

9040 DAI (999

43,43,20,8,0,43,9,29,9,

30,3,1,20,3,1,10,3,1,30,3,4,20,3,3,10,3,3,9070 DATA3,

1,20,2,12,10

1080 MT43, 1,30

9090 0(1(3,2,4,3,8,2,10,3,11,1,10,2,8,4,5,2,1,3,3,1,5,2

9100 DA7A4, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1,3,2,5,4,2,2,2,1

9500 I=tB40fr»l97iB)

9510 REAOA: IFA-99978EN9520ELSE POKE t,A:i=M:B0I1)9S10

9520 01M»1(IO,3l:FOfll=OT010:REAlMII, 11,1*11,2), 01(1,31 ll

9530 DIN65II5, 2l:F0Sl=0101B:RE(D6Sil,ll,6SII, 2) :KEI1

9540 Al=-Jbbbbbbbbbr. rtibihlbitt

9550 B«='ridddddddd dddddd dddddd

9540 Ct=' ddd ddd ddd ddd ddd '

9570 Dt=- :f9:fgtl9 cfgefgefg efgs'g

9590 Et"1

i jkijkijk ijkijiijk i jRi jki jk '

7591 Ft=-Efg ef) et? efq tfg *lq *

9592 61-" ijit ii* ilk lit ii* il' '

9400 K5=0

1,10,3,

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SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Games formicros

great andsmall

we take a look at a range ofgames spanning the low-costZX81 and the upmarket BBC

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TI-99/4A PROGRAM

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VIC-20 PROGRAM

Keep yourmind on theroad, yourhand onyour VIC

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VIC-20 PROGRAM

The flrsl conlains ihc DM7for user -del ined graphics anil tin

machine code which 1'OKlis I In

After displaying ihc instruc-

tions, the program waits for youto press a key. Il then clears the

screen, draws ihe mountains andnails for another key-press.

The 3D road is Ihen shownwiih.lhc car and ihc game begins.

As the road moves you can

steer thecar using I lie greater than

and less lhan keys or a joystick.

Lath time you crash your ..core

and Ihc number of drivers re-

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Sun, sea,sand . . . andcomputers

Imagine yourselt on a warm desert island. ) oti are on vita/lion.

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troduction to Micros, software nim'.r. BASIC programming.

Logoprogramming. ( omputcisin Graphics, won! processing, anil

(of course) I isii ak. The workshops are offered in two- or three-

day sessions lor it tiol-so-strenuotis two to three hoi

Rather than import computer nerd- iron: Silicon I alley. Club

Med has its eery own IK); f'gentie organisers "i do die teaching.

Thin teach in lieiich. Spanish, Italian, even Tnglish, and, lamtold, do so in a very non-threatening wry. Inr those who do not

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tennis court or the dock. T.nch computer has its own selection ofbusiness, personal, and, of course, entertainment software.

Computers are used tin more than education. Club Med also

uses them to set up electronic message cent res (bulletin hoards) 01

which nuesis can learn ahum date, activities:, special evenls. iours

Atari also wrote sonic soliware specifically fur Chili Med. Aproatani called Microsaihne. leaches new sailors about tide!

wind conditions: tennis <)i\aiusei peifurnts the services ofchini: up players ,,t comparahlcahihTies. registers players for tour-

naments, ami keeps track of the competitive ladders: Snorkeiine is

a guide to ihe seasheils ami underwater life a ::ut:si might see whennut tiiuess what:') marketing.

When I learned ahout litis. I was quite amused. A friend ofmine has been In a couple o! t 'iuh Metis and one ol the things she

liked wis that it was an escape triitn ci vibration to! a son). 'There

were no televisions or radios, and no newspapers. I wonder hi

your average Chili Med vacationer teels ..dim,: goal:: to vet awayfrom it all. onlvto/ieimmeisetiin i:i::i: technology ' One ihiifj is fot

sure, this aspect certaintv does much to utter Ctuii Med's image as a

swinging eveiy-nii'h! type til place. Al leasl ihe emphasis is oneducation: then: tne no /nice lists and no sales pitches.

Club Med hm- heat dilute this sort o! thinu since 1981. Last

cear ahout ItXI.tttm people -.vein thritueh computer workshops al

dull Med Itesoiis of which loughtv W pet cent were completenovices. .\o guest is required m participate il am toll!some actually

resent the presence of the computers/. 'There are now 12 Chili Medresorts otfeiiie,: computer classes.

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SOFTWARE REVIEWS

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