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AN ARGUS SPECIALIST PUBLICATION
JULY 1987 £1.10
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SOFTWARE OFFER • SUICIDE RUN: SUPERB C64 GAME TO TYPE IN
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Is superb arcade game is based on the popular multiple-choice adventure series
Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, published by Sphere Books. Set in 3033AD
you are a special agent codename FALCON, and your mission is to halt the
tracks of a renegade Time Lord who is threatening to disrupt future history by his
ruthless meddling in the past. Your time machine "Falcon's Wing" takes you in
your quest to ensure the timelines of the future remain uncorrupted!
Please send me FALCON: The Renegade Lord
Commodore 64/128 El Spectrum 48/128 El
enclose a cheque/postal order made payable to Virgin Games
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CONTENTS
VOLUME 3
FEATURES
Slimline 64
NUMBER 10
REGULARS
• Data Statements
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k smart new look for your C64.
Killed Until Dead
3ame of the month.
• IQ
Intellectual games playing.
• School Room
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GEOS Expanded
The latest GEOS software reviewed.
26
Our regular look at educational software.
• Letters
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Byting into the 6510
• Contributions
Flow to write for Your Commodore.
• Games Reviews
40
vlachine Code programming for beginners.
Plus/4 Software offer
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)ur latest software for Plus/4 and C16 owners
low on cassette.
• Listings
How to type in our programs.
• Competition
Win a camera with the
Manor.
80
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Coin-Op Conversions 82
Ne look at the latest conversions from the
Lreades.
86
Mystery of Arkham
• Software for Sale
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101
Programmers Packages
88
• Hex Data Entry II
• Back Page
114
Utility software from JCL under the microscope.
Tech Draw 64
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We launch a new software service with a superb
Ira wing package.
GAMES AND
UTILITIES
• Utility Commands
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Two from Adamsoft 103
A close look at COBOL and Chartpack for the
J64 and C128.
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Filemaster 1 0 7
cheap database for the C64 and C128.
Arcade Action 108
Tony Crowther takes a look at how to move and
inimate sprites.
El) on CP/ M 126
Mike Roberts unravels the mysteries of ED on a
Add new Basic commands to your C128.
• Plus/4 and C64 Cruncher
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Compact and speed up your Basic programs.
• Programmable Function Keys 94
Make use of the function keys on your C64. •
• Cale 64
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A powerful calculator for your C64 at the touch of
a button.
INSIDE YOUR AMIGA
• Amiga Agony
• Diskit 5
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A machine code to DATA statement convertor for
the C64.
• Fast Flowing
• Video Stars
• Sounds Fantastic
• Zing
• Amiga Games
• Executive Amiga
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• Cross Reference
112
Find out what variables are used where with this
handy utility.
• Suicide Run
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A superb C64 game to type in.
YOUR COMMODORE juIN 1987
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Mn Off ce I
and business
programs in just
ONE package — at
a price that simply
can't be matched!
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powerful home
This package is
Incredible value'
— Daily Mail Home
Computing Guide
Outstanding value
for money. If
you want to use
your 64 as a highly
efficient office
machine, Mini
Office certainly
gives you the
power you need.
—
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'Program of the Year
.• — 1985 AND 1986
Pop. Computing Weekly
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DA ABASE
Build up a versatile card index,
use the flexible print-out
routine, do powerful multi-field
sorting, perform all arithmetic
functions, link with the word
processor — and more!
WORD PROCESSOR
Compose a letter, set the print-
out options using embedded
commands or menus, use the
mail merge facility to produce
personalised circulars — and
more!
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ORDER FORM
Please send me Mini Office II tor the I
Commodore 64/128
0 t 16.95 cassette
0 £19.95 51/4" disc
I enclose cheque made payable to
Database Software, or debit my
Access/Visa card:
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Exp. date
COMMS MODULE
Using a modem you can access
services such as Microl,ink and
book rail or theatre tickets,
send electronic mail, telex and
telemessages in a flash — and
more!
SPREADSHEET
Prepare budgets or tables, total
columns or rows with ease,
copy formulae absolutely or
relatively, view in either 40 or
80 column modes, recalculate
automatically — and more!
Signed
Name
Address
LABEL PRINTER
Design the layout of a label with
the easy-to-use editor, select
label size and sheet format,
read in database flies, print out
in any quantity — and more!
GRAPHICS
Enter data directly or load data
from the spreadsheet, produce
pie charts, display bar charts
side by side or stacked, overlay
line graphs — and more!
ORDER HOTLINE:
TEL: 061-480 0171
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NEWS
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Adventureline
Phantasie III — The Wrath of
Nikodemus is about to be released in
the UK by US Gold. Here is the fi nal
confrontation between a band of
adventurers and the Dark Lord
Nikodemus and his army of horrible
creatures.
Phantasie !His a multiple character
role-playing game wherein players can
assemble up to six adventurers. They
can choose combinations of the eight
races and six classes of characters
which include humans, elves, swarves,
thieves, warriors and wizards. The
characters must use their skills to
invade diffi cult terrain, escape from
dungeons, destroy demons and fi nally
confront the Dark Lord himself. Over
80 types of monsters must be met in the
Myriad dungeons.
The game comes complete with
disk, rulebook and data card and will
cost E19.99 on the C64/128.
From Gremlin, there's MASK
featuring the adventures of Matt
Tracker.
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In The Arcade Style
Gremlin has bounced back into the
arcade games fi eld with two new
rubbery releases — Re-Bounder and
Thing bounces back.
Bounder, the star of the C64 game
Re-Bounder, is a tennis ball that
doesn't need a racquet. In a 3D world
of colourful hexagonal slabs,
collapsible fl oors and high speed
bouncing. Bounder must hurtle
:through 18 levels of enemy thronged
scrolling platforms in order to reach
the Master Alien. Fleets of ahem; bar
his path and a sentinel awaits at the
end of each level to provide further
problems. Bounder can defend himself
with fire power and armour plating, to
be picked up along the way.
Thing on a Spring returns in a
sequel entitled Thing Bounces Back.
Having dealt with the toy goblin in his
first escapade, he must now stop the
factory computer which is auto-
producing toys.
In his re-programming adventure
he can alter the layout of rooms and
can travel through the factory pipe
network, whilst picking up software to
aid his task. Weird goblins lurk in all
locations, anxious to deplete Thing's
oil stocks in order to make his spring
seize up
Available for the C64, Thing is in
the shops now.
Pirhana has announced a new
arcade game for the C64 which will be
available in September. The
Astonishing Adventures of Mr Weems
and The She Vampires features Weems,
a failed accountant and lion tamer.
hunting vampires with a rapid fi re
garlic gun.
Attacked by sharp ganged bats,
dumb Frankestein monsters and
thirsty She Vampires, Weems is
fighting his way through the Vampire's
mansion for a confrontation with the
Great She Vampire herself,
Ariolasoft has fi nally managed to
release They Stole a Million, a game
originally scheduled for December
1986.
Product Manager Mark Easton
said: "We were caught on the job
alright, the dalay meant an extra three
months hard labour for us and plenty
of ackers down the tube on pre-
Christmas promotion.
— The
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and the enemy VENOM agents has left
the planet battle scarred and almost
lifeless, Matt's fellow MASK agents
are scattered on earth throughout
space and time and Matt must save
them using his damaged Thunderhawk
transporter,
Once Matt has managed to reach
earth he faces terrible danger in the
shape of fl ying boulders, runaway
trains and live volcanoes. In his quest
he must collect items to save his pals
while avoiding VENOM patrol craft.
MASK is the first computer game
based on the adventure of Matt
Tracker and is due for release in July
for the C64.
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now available on the C64/128, on
cassette at £9.99 and disk at E14,99,
Touchline:
Gremlin: Alpha House, 10 Carver
S'ireet, Sheffield SI 41
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Touchline
US Gold: Units 2(13, Hollord Way,
Holford. Birmingham 86 7AX. Tel: 021
356 3388.
7534
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Pirhana: 4Little Essex Street, London
WC2R 3LF. Tel: 01 836 6633.
Ariolasoft: 68 Long Acre, London
WC2E 9,111. Tel: 01 836 3411.
Gremlin: Alpha House. 10 Carver
Street, Sheffield SI 41
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753423.
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