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BRITAIN'S ONLY M A G A Z I N E DEVOTED TO THE A M S T R A D CPC 4 6 4 , 6 6 4 A N D 6 1 2 8

No. 14

NOVEMBER 1 9 8 6

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ART STUDIO

Full review of this powerful painting package

MAPS GALORE

Dan Dare

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GAME REVIEWS

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PILGRIM

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BUMPER CHEAT MODE

ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS

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BOOTING UP CP/M

EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE

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NEWS

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AMSTRAD ACTION NOVEMBER 1986

FRONT END

EDITORIAL • NEWS • LETTERS

4 8 TEMPEST

The stuff that Electric Dreams are made of.

5 ED-LINES

Tales of the Old Barn - the series continues.

5 0 REVOLUTION

Abstract bounce-em-up from

Highway

specialist Vortex.

6 REACTION

Four pages of your letters, complaints, ideas, poems, news

and views.

14 AMSCENE

All the news from the PCW Show recently held in Olympia.

SERIOUS SIDE

REVIEWS

•

ARTICLES

•

PROFILES

2 1 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS - Part 7

Baffled by Basic? Then read our easy guide to programming.

2 4 BOOTING UP CP/M - Part 5

The gentle art of housekeeping.

6 7 PILGRIM'S PAGES

The Master of Adventure brings you the latest and greatest.

2 6 PROBLEM ATTIC & HOT TIPS

Your technical problems and ingenious solutions.

PRICE OF M A G IK MAP

Four-page map of this mega adventure game.

2 9 A DAY IN THE LIFE

We kick off this new series with the inside story of

Amstrad

Action

itself: how we do it with Amstrads.

9 0 DAN DARE MAP

Devilishly clever map of the Mekon's asteroid.

3 1 BACK TO SCHOOL

Arnold tries the mortarboard for size.

INTERACTION

THE SECTION CREATED BY AND FOR YOU

3 4 SERIOUS SOFTWARE SHORTS

Speech,

Music Box

and

Breakpoint

get the Wilton treatment.

1 9 WE NEED YOU!

How you can get your name in

AA -

and Serious Software

Charts.

3 6 THE ART STUDIO

Rainbird's powerful art package provides a full palette for

Arnold's artistic potential.

7 6 CHEAT MODE

FIVE! - YES FIVE PAGES!! Of pokes for your favourite games

this month.

8 5 TYPE-INS

These programs are free, so get those typing fingers

tapping.

8 9 W I N A GHETTO BLASTER!

Or a Sony Walkman, a digital watch or a host of other goodies

with our Mastertronic Super Competition.

4 1 BOOK REVIEWS

Two technical books that delve nght into Arnold's innards.

ACTION & ADVENTURE

OVER 1 5 G A M E S • M A P S 0

THE PILGRIM

43 ACTION TEST STARTS HERE!

Turn to this page for a FULL LIST of the games reviewed in

the next 17 pages - PLUS your Top Ten Chart. These are just

the Raves...

9 2 MAIL-ORDER

Order software from your armchair and save yourself

pounds.

4 6 DEACTIVATORS

Bomb disposal against the clock in this split-screen Rave.

9 4 SPECIAL OFFERS

Be tempted by huge discounts on top titles - it's available

only from us!

4 8 SPLIT PERSONALITIES

Your chance to rearrange some heads of state.

9 6 FORMS

All-in-one Action form for your interaction.

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Hasn't it been a wonderful summer? If you're talking about the

weather, then you must b e joking: the West Country is re-

nowned for rain, and it has certainly lived up to its reputation

this time. The clack of Arnold's keys has usually been accom-

panied by the tap of Somerset rain on the windows.

But at least there has b e e n plenty to write about - and

plenty to offer you if you haven't been able to make it to sunnier

climes this year. Cheat Mode, in particular, has taken off with a

vengeance: five pages of powerful pokes and two magnificent

maps. Not only have w e mapped

Dan Dare

in colour, but also

the whole of

The Price of Magick

in a four-page extravaganza.

That should k e e p you busy for a while!

On the Serious Side we have the cover story - a three-page

review of the powerful

Art Studio

drawing package - together

with a look at the state of educational software for Arnold.

Absolute Beginners and Booting up CP/M continue to help you

make sense of Basic and the operating system, while Problem

Attic m e r g e s with the new Hot Tips section and gets two p a g e s

all to itself.

And you can read all about us too: we have kicked off the

Day in the Life series, in which we look at unusual uses for

Amstrads, b y looking at the way we produce

Amstrad

Action.

Action Test is packed full as usual, though this month has

b e e n a little s c a r c e for games meriting AA-Rave status. Master-

game, however, is

Revolution

— turn to the middle to find out

more.

And we have a superb competition for you. Those awfully

nice people at Mastertronic a r e giving away piles of electronic

goodies if you can put your artistic ability and imagination into

gear. Ghetto Blasters, Walkmen and awfully neat digital

watches are up for grabs for the best picture s e e p a g e 89 for

more details.

So stop staring at the rain: open up

AA,

turn on Arnold, and

have fun.

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE,

I What! - I hear you shout - not ,

I favourite joystick-waster, 'orj

I only do you have the cheek to

I Andy was unfair about your

remove Hi-Score, but now I favourite utility, then let us|

I you've got rid of Voice of the |I know - preferably in less than

I People as well! How could you!

. 200 words. And this doesn't'

OK, OK, I know Voice of the

apply just to the Amstrad i

People is conspicuous by its ab- I | owner: software publishers and

I sence this month; but we are | authors are welcome to con-1

| not, I repeat not, axing it all I tribute too.

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• together. It's just that we want to

But we don't just want you

change it.

I telling us what a load of wallies |

Instead of you simply re- i | we are. You are going to have

I viewing games, as Voice of the

to justify your criticisms if you I

People stands now, we want you ' I want us to publish your letters! ,

to actively criticise what we say |

I The address, as usual, is Voice

I in our reviews - or indeed any- . of the People, Amstrad Action, |

I where in the magazine. If you | Somerton,

Somerset,

TA11

think Bob got it wrong_on_your

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The observant reader will have

noticed a bit of a booboo on our

part in issue 13 of (hit esteemed

journal. On pages 38 and 38

Dmj\

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would appear ' $gpfcave

achieved AA-Rave status with

A*-Rating of only 70 per

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Omega

toils

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place, but unfortunately

the

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ings box got

transposed

by mis-

take:

Dan Dare

is, in our view,

the

better game of the two. As

you may have also noticed, Toot

is notably absent from these

pages too, so perhaps ... ?

WHOOPS!

PLUS T W O vs 4 6 4

Editor: Matt Nicholson Deputy Editor: Bob W a d e T e c h n i c a l Editor: Andrew

V. _:or Production Editor: Jim Nagel Art Editor: Trevor Gilhftm A s s i s t a n t Art

Editor*: G e o r g e Murphy and Jane Toft Toot's h e a d g e a r : supplied by Hovis

Production Assistant: Diane Taverner Subscriptions Assistant: Jane Farmer

P u b l i s h e r : Chris Anderson.

A d v e r t i s e m e n t M a n a g e r : Mike. Carroll Phone: 01 221 3S92

F u t u r e Publishing L i m i t e d 1986

| Although the recent Personal before the Amstrad versions ap-l

I Computer World Show at pear. However, in most other|

Olympia was dominated byl ways the CPC 464 is a better,

' Alan Sugar's new PC, he also| machine: in particular it offers a

I chose this venue to launch the, faster version of the programm-'

I Spectrum Plus 2.

ing language Basic (the Spec-1

This machine - basically a I trum is particularly slow here)|

ZX Spectrum with a decent key-1 and

I-

far better graphic and

I board and built-in cassette, colour resolution.

I deck, selling at £149 - would

Amstrad .assures us that I

production of 464s is still at full |

appear to offer strong compe-

tition to Amstrad's own CPCI strength, and the company does .

I 464. It is true that the 464 comes|, not mtend to drop the machine.

I complete with a monochrome But it is still a potential worry to I

monitor for £199, or £299 with a

464 owners and buyers. W e (of |

colour monitor; but the compe- II course) will still support the 464, ,

I tition is still there.

II and there is every indication

The main threat comes from that the rest of the industry will

, the huge library of games soft-

too. However we will b e moni- I

ware out there for the Spectrum II toring the situation carefully and |

I range - even now many games I| would like to hear from anyone

| appear in Spectrum incarnation who has trouble buying a 464.

.V .

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