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such accolades as Game of the Month in
Computer arid Video Games, and was
awarded a Crash Smash.
In this delightful game you control BLOB,
the Biologically-Operated Being, navigating
him through 500 action-packed screens to
rebuild the unstable planet's core.
Bubble Bus' Starquake is one of the
biggest-selling games for home micros, due
to its incredibly-addictive gameplay and
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Contents
News 5
All the latest from the ever-changing world of the 8 bit Atari.
Basic Revealed 9
View a program's token tables with our easy-to-use program,
MicroL ink News 1 3
More information on Britain's online database for micros.
15
Biorhythm
At a low ebb? Check your ups and downs with this super routine.
Vol. 4 No. 1 May 1988
MANAGING EDITOR
Derek Meakin
GROUP EDITOR
Alan McLachlan
19
Jigsaw
Pick up the pieces with this colourful and entertaining routine.
FEATURES EDITOR
Ken Hughes
PRODUCTION EDITOR.
Peter Glover
21
Programmer's Challenge
We give you the program to solve the problem we set you.
22
Cassette Verify
Having tape saving problems? Here's a utility to solve them.
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Neil Fawcett
NEWS EDITOR.
Mike Cowley
REVIEWS COORDINATOR:
Pam Turnbull
Reviews
We look at Zybex, Thunderfox, Winter Olympiad... and more.
25
32
Map
Plan your route through the subterranean caverns of The Eidolon.
TECHNICAL EDITOR:
Andre Willey
ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER
John Snowdon
Hints and Tips 3 4
Help for gamesters continues with The Eidolon and Spy Hunter.
ADVERTISING SALES:
Nora Lawton
Rouloc
Our resident adventurer has some hints for The Dungeon.
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Mine Runner
It's a dodgy business with our tricky golden game of the month.
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Software Solutions 4 5
Your programming problems solved by our technical wizard.
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Five Liners
Another set of prize-winning mini programs from our readers.
48
Easy Programming 5 0
We look further into simple animation techniques using Atari Basic.
55
Mailbag
Your chance to get your news, views, moans and name in print.
59
Winter Olympiad
We look at the company behind this super sports simulation.
All major listings in this issue
are accompanied by checksums
to help overcome typing
mistakes. For full details of how
they work, see the article on
page 23 of the November 1983
issue of Atari User,
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Link your Atari to the outside world with...
microLiDh
When you join MicroLink you've got
the world of communications at
your fingertips — 24 hours a day.
You'll have immediate access to
ALL the facilities offered by
Telecom Gold and a great deal
more besides.
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Telex — Link up with 96,000 telex
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office hours or while travelling.
Telemessages — Type in your
message before 8pm and
delivery is guaranteed by first
post the next day (except Sunday),
anywhere in the UK and USA.
All you need — apart from your Atari
— is a modem, which plugs into your
telephone wall socket, plus suitable
communications software.
We have provided two possible
options on the left.
Whichever equipment you use,
you will be able to call MicroLink,
open your mailbox, save to disc any
messages waiting for you, and dis-
connect in as little as two minutes.
Tele-booking — Reserve train and
theatre tickets, check flight details
worldwide, or order from a vast
range of products — from flowers
to floppy discs.
Two recommended packages
Telesoftware — Download directly
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the ever-growing library now
available on MicroLink — both
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If you have an 850 interface:
Pace Nightingale manual modem
cable (E116.15) PLUS Mini
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commands to pinpoint vital
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Cashing in on
price rises
Silica
backing
for 8 bit
Ataris
THE Atari 8 bit could be
heading for a boom — cour-
tesy of price increases
which have hit the ST range.
While Atari has consis-
tently cut production costs
and pared its own margins,
it has now announced that it
can no longer absorb the
financial diffi culties caused
by the world shortage of
memory chips.
The shortage stems from
Japanese restrictions on
chip production — prompted
by trade disputes with the
States.
And particularly affected
are dynamic random access
memories (drams) which
are at the core of more pow-
erful computers — and for
users this translates as the
higher the power, the higher
the price.
In turn, this means that
the 520 and 1040 STs have
been hiked by a hefty 1:100
each. Trade sources are
positive this will boost 8 bit
sales.
"We expect the recent
price increase on the ST to
make the Atari games
machines a more attractive
proposition", one leading
dealer told Atari User.
"After all, you can now
buy a complete Atari games
system for little more than
the amount of the price
increase".
Atari has been trying for
some months to buy out a
chip manufacturing com-
pany "so that we are not
subject to the whims of third
party suppliers" according
to one company spokes-
man.
And should the venture
prove successful, prices
could again fall.
But in the interim, the 8 bit
market seems set for a
resurgence.
A MASSIVE commitment to
the 8 bit games market has
been made by Silica Shop
with the purchase of 50,000
roms.
"Our reputation was built
on the Atari 8 bit and we
have no plans of dropping it
in favour of the ST", said
John Hannbly, Silica's
buying controller.
"We have a warehouse
fulJ of software for the
machine with a tremendous
selection of both old and
new titles", he said.
The announcement from
Silica comes as Atari is
trying to set up a dealer net-
work of 20 shops to promote
greater support for the 8 bit
market.
Plans to introduce new
software display shelving in
selected dealers stores are
at an early stage, but some
retailers are treating the
new initiative with a little
scepticism
Harry Nadler of Red Rat
Software said: "It is a great
idea if it works. Had this
happened about two years
ago then the Atari 8 bit com-
puter may have had a higher
profile in the market place
than it has today".
Joystick
is going
a bombNie
WHEN is a joystick not a joy-
stick? When it's a hand gre-
nade of course. And that's
the problem with Robtek's
latest offering for the Atari 8
bit market.
The unusual design of its
Terminator joystick has
already caused security offi-
cers at Heathrow airport to
refuse to let the device on
board an aircraft_
"The trouble is that the
Terminator is too realistic",
said a spokesman for
Robtek (01-847 4457).
"Airport authorities at
Heathrow called us and
asked if we would warn our
customers not to try and
take the grenade-shaped
device on board planes as
hand luggage.
"Rightly they are con-
cerned about the poss-
ibilities of someone
removing the cables from
the joystick and threatening
the fl ight crew with what
looks for all the world like a
real hand grenade".
Robtek is now enclosing a
leafl et with all new
deliveries of the Terminator
joystick warning customers
not to try to take it on board
as hand luggage.
Price (19.95_
M.ORMENWMR„
l
4PIA
Gadgets
REGULAR contributor Len
Golding has landed a plum
job —thanks to his articles in
Atari User.
Len, who has been writing
for the magazine since its
early days, is perhaps best
known for his gadgets
series.
And it was this that caught
the eye of Earl Morse, who
is the science coordinator
for American forces in Ger-
many and provides materi-
als for USAF schools
throughout Europe.
The 147 schools, with
thousands of pupils of all
Goulding
'joins up'
Conversion
AFTER a successful debut
on the Commodore 64 and
Spectrum, Nebulus — from
Hewson (0235 832939) — is
being converted for the
Atari 8 bit.
"Originality pays hand-
some dividends", said man-
aging director Andrew
Hewson. "We've had a
number of approaches for
the various conversion
rights".
ages, all have computers
installed — 2,000 of them.
Earl was so impressed by
Len's articles that he's
signed him up for a contract
to assist school teachers
with science-related pro-
jects in the classroom.
Regular readers need not
worry however, Len will still
be contributing to Atari User
and has a host of gadgets in
the pipeline.
May 1988 Atari User 5
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