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Vol. 2 No. 7 November 1986

Our short programs for the 8 bit range

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The latest software reviewed in depth,

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Computer Eyes

Andre Willey examines this extremely

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Gadgets

Hardware wizard Len Golding explains

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Contents

Adventuring

Keyboard in one hand and ﬁghting off

grues with the other, Brillig reports

from the dank, dark passages that are

his habitat.

Challenge your wits with this month's

full length listing — Illuminations.

Graphics

In the last part of his player missile

graphics series, Stephen Williamson

takes a more detailed look at

designing your own playﬁelds.

Mailbag

The most recent batch of your moans,

praise and general comments on the

Atari scene.

Order form

This month we have special offers for

subscribers on Eidersoft's ST Karate

and Mastertronic's Ninja.

Show report

A full account of Atari's dominance of

the 1986 PCW Show.

15 Listing

Keith Waterson's program Dump-it let's you save

any screen to disc in Degas format.

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18 Fast Basic

Computer Concepts' new Basic cartridge comes

in for detailed scrutiny.

21 American Scene

Our intrepid reporter, Ed Shark, reveals himself

as a games programmer and weighs up the

respective merits of Commodore and Atari

computers.

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3 ST Roundup

23 interview

Andrew Bennett meets Atari boss Leonard

Tramiel and talks to him about everything

from blitters to the future of the 8 bit range.

We report on the part that the ST has played in Atari's

continuing success.

5 Advice

Andrew Bennett solves more of your questions

regarding the quirks of the ST range.

27 ST in schools

Alan Goode examines the ST's role in primary schools

and compares it with the workhorse of educational

computing, the BBC Micro

9 Software

Deep Space and Arena, two new games from

Psygnosis, the creators of Brataccas, are put under

the microscope.

13 Back-Pack

35 ST Five-Liners

Nine desk accessories on one cartridge: But how Quick type-in programs for your ST including a

useful are they in practice?

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Nov ember 1985 ATARI USER 5

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