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ISSUE 57 • 13.25 • JUNE 1995
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ONTENTS
June 1 9 9 5 Issue 5 7
12 Enter the
domaiIfVE p p
The Public Domain
is the place to be
whether It's demos,
games, or utilities
you are after. Go on
tour with Andy
Roberts who won't
even charge you for
the privilege. Well,
that's PD for you!
PLUS! The 50 PD
programs everyone
should have!
REGULARS
Tune in to the C F news without
Interference.
3 News/
C64 Scene Directory
U-R-Rag and D a r Trip from SoMOn Reece
4 The Mighty Brain
You tell us what you know, so we know, what you
know, and what you want to know. We do our best.
1 5 Buy-a-rama
Wares it at? The CF classifieds page.
...here's my handle, here's my spout.
Lemmings is the mental equivalent
of bungle jumping off Tower Bridge.
Be warned, this game could push
you o v e r the edge'. Take up the
Commodore Format challenge - buy
Lemmings for just L'9.99.
1 6 Contact points
You've got in writing - C M fanzines. Also the
Commodore clubs you should be a member of.
A
2 4 CF back issues
You've got a friend, Keep CP by your side and
you'll always have someone to turn to,
7u-Take t o t e
Does ' m i n k : r e a l / W. ;
appeal? Simon.
Forrester takeslyou
through your scales
and provides mblic
by arrangement with •
Sound Traeker E4 ,
ST 64 - nousic to your fears?
REVIEWS
1 0 For the record
There is a GEOS database program for the C54
and C128. What's a database? Why do you need
o n e / Andrew Fisher has the answers on geoFile.
GAMES
6 Gamehusters
Andy Roberts serves up large portions of pokes.
This month Spaghetti Western, al dente, of course,
and Steg and the Slug on a nice bed of lettuce.
1 9 Public Domain
Colou •
n
Do you drea , • u r ?
warned you might not be able
to escape this game - even
in your sleep!
Soun c k e r
Compose I f ! Create the
sounds that w i l l want to
listen to or v a r . Then turn
to page 17
o
•
,
n
Forrester's
upbeat gul
Tracker 64
i n g the Sound
oh, and
Andy Roberts ignores the no entry sign and heads
for Access Denied. It takes the biscuit, he says. Or
rather the Jaffa Cake. Also, a CF reader's Top 10
PD demos - could they be yours?
Super Nibbly
Hungry for action? Try
Super Nibbly
to 'lunch'
your career
as a peckish
pellet-eating
worm! N o
wriggling out
Of it, mind.
Above,
Colour-
anon.
Left,
Super
Nibbly.
SERIOUS
9 True ROM-antics
Four easy-to-use, not-to-be-missed ROM routines.
some decidedrydownbeat jokes.
Slayer of the
Damned
If it moves, kill it! If it doesn't, it's
not worth bothering with.
All together now:
'Gory, gory hallelujah!'
21 % c h i . tips
Get set for concrete advice from Jason Finch.
July's Commodore Format
is on sale from:
Saturday, 1 7 June 1 9 9 5
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Did you win.?
Popeye thrives on spinach... Mark Salter from
Southampton knows this. He is the overall
winner of the competition in CF54 and receives
15 games from Alternative Software. Ben
Evetts from Sutton Goldfield, Andrew Vernon
from Aberdeen, and Christopher Mower from
Lowestoft all got the answer right, too, and
each of them wins five games from
Attemative Software. COngratolatiOns!
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and more SEUCK games from Simon Reece, send a
disc on cassette and three first class stamps to Simer
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Computer Fairs
For bargains for all types of computer and peripherals, all over
the country try an All Format Computer Fair. The fairs are open
between 10am and 4pm. Admission costs £4 for adults. E2 for
children, and E2 for everyone after 2pm.
May
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July
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4 DIRECTORY/LETTERS
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Get if off
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Get it into
print. Write
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Street, Bath,
Avon BA1 2 B W or
cf@futurenet.co.uk putting
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formslpholt,coples in case of such emergencies.
It anyone can help Mick. please write in putting
'ATO Mick Coles (TMB CF57)' on the envelope
Once again. sorry, Mick, my fingers are rather
blobby so I don't always hit the right key. I know,
must try harder A n d will. T M B
Chocolate and Orange
Dear Brain, you big squidgy blob, I wonder if you
can help me. Please. Since issue 45 I haven't
been able to find Commodore Format anywhere.
L P Fulleylove. Nuneaton
LP, how have you been gelling through life without
your copy of CP?
It would be like having Nutella without bread (but
Thai's howl always have my Note/la - Ed), or Take
That without Jason Orange. Perhaps if you explained
it like to your newsagent he or she would understand
your incomplete state and order CFfor you.
For back issues see, quirkily enough, the back
page of this issue, For all queries relating to obtaining
CFor back issues you need to contact Customer
Services, Freepost, BS4900, Somerton TA1 1 6BR
tr 01225822511. T M B
Down but not out
First oft, I'd like to congratulate you on a
consistently good magazine. One niggle though..,
is the number of pages. I know people hate
complaining about this but, from CFS1 onwards,
the magazine has only half the pagination of the
previous issues. That means that somewhere
along the line the quality has to slip.
1 Can you still subscribe to CP?
Sheervwcorta
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PO Box 3 0 1 , Wares W W I conw
2 What, if anything, are you doing about the
'Games Bible' (TMB, CF50)? It sounded like a very
good idea,
3 Please will you do a make-your-own-game
feature as suggested by D Gray in CF50. This
would be great for programming s c h m u c k s like
me a n d boost the number of pages.
James McLean, Aranda. Australia
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PS The Top 50 in C O was great!
You'll have enjoyed Jason Finch's piece on animating
sprites in CFS6. then, James. The Games Bible is still
just in the hypothetical stages. unfortunately, owing to
how much it would cost. As for a write-your-own-
game feature, it's a nice idea. but to make anything
worthwhile would probably take about two years to
explain. If you want to know how to do certain
routines, though. Jason Finch is your man.
James, turn to page 12, now, to find the Top 50
PO titles of all time and see how they compare. T M B
Cell out
I know you won't print this letter. I k n o w why?
Because you haven't the brain cells to do it.
Anyway, this is an important matter. I noticed
in M O in the To p 50 Games section that number
16 is the classic Manic Miner, I am trying to get
Keep us
informed
Help us help you by telling us of your club
or letting us know when club details
change. Write to C64 Scene directory,
Commodore Format, 30 Monmouth Street,
Beth, Avon BM 2BW or
e-mail us putting 'C64 Scene'.
Please enclose an SAE when writing to
the organisations listed.
hold of it. Can you help me out here?
I hope you print my letter because I have been
buying your magazine since C F.
Oliver Bowes, Fleetwood.
Tricky... Manic Miner is an ancient game that is no
longer available. Your best bet would be to try
advertising in the Buy-a-rama, see page 15.
And, thank you for staying with us an long T M B
Water-y rave
Aside from the masses of mail that arrives at
Future Publishing each day our post people
are used to delivering flowers (journalists are
as romantic as anyone else, you know) from
one building to
another, bikes (we
have three cycling
titles) and even the
odd cake. The bit
of double glazing
(aka a postcard)
right, is doubtless
Ordering PD
If you've never ordered PD software
before, write to a few libraries enclosing
an SAE and asking for a catalogue. Some
libraries only stock disc-based software,
so state whether or not you own a disc
drive. Look for the letters after the names
in the C64 Scene Directory: (T) means the
company stocks tapes and (D) discs.
Squeak up, where is it?
In Buy-a-rama you quoted a phone number for
buying a mouse. But the number is unobtainable.
Please help!
Mick Coles, Altreton
Well take your word for it, Mick. because you didn't
say which issue of CF you were referring to.
Apologies, to you and to anyone else who hasn't
oeen able to reach numbers in any issue of CF. We
do try hard and (from 0755) we have kept the original
a first, though.
C l e a r l y, a s m a l l m a t t e r
of P e r s p e x - t i v e .
Sorry, W A TERS (from Watedord. allegedly)
no prizes for originality o r illegibility. T M B
• COMMODORE FORMAT 5 7 June 1 9 9 5
POWERPACK
5
Size, a s they (usual
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p say, I l k
matter, it's w h a t you o
i t that c o u n I r L d
here's where w e tell you w h a t to do with your tap
press Fire! when the marker block is in the wrong
place one of the squares on the block is blanked out
So. don't risk too many guesses.
The game is fun on your own, but it Is
xponeritially better against an opponent. Two play
' with two people just plug a second toystick into the
free port, then press Fire/ on both machines to start
the game. It's then a battle to see which of you finds
all your blocks lest
guide from a man a few of you
might remember,
Super Nibbly
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Finally, some of those German games we were telling
you about issues ago are making it over here to the
UK. BIB Developments
have got the UK rights
to Starforce and also to
this ingenious maze
game demo.
C O I O U r a t i o n
The man who brought you the mighty Square Scope
is at I again Colouraton is a full game It is the latest
puzzler from Paul Kubiszyn of XILC.US software, and
it's another deceptively simple game
All you have to do is match the block which
appears at the bottom left of the screen to an area in
the main grid above, move the white marker block
around using the joystick, then press Feel when you
think you're in the right place
In each round you have to locate len blocks within
a certain time limit If you
Super N i b * has
two levels and the
concept is simple
You have to guide
the W01111 around the
maze so that it eats all
the pellets. It might
sound like a cinch.
Unfortunately, the
pellets make the worm grow which
manoeuvring tricky. And you mustn't
e a t
its own tail because that means ce t h
So, try before you buy, and remember to support
your friendly, local (well, local to the UK),
neighbourhood C64 games importer.
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Travel back to a time when swords clash, the damned
run in fear, the men were men and the sheep were
nervous with Slayer of The Damned.
But let's start at the beginning, with Sid. Sid
Slayer was a fairly happy, contented warrior, going
about his daily business when the ruler of the land
requested an audience.
"I have a quest for you, said the firm, but fair, king
Zuyhiahohu, "that will test every fibre of your being. A
quest that will stretch your
intellect, cunning, instinct,
psyche, strength, speed, and
knowledge of the Warmington
rail timetable to the full.'
"Armed only with your sword,
you must climb to the highest
tower of the castle and... Oh, go
down to the newsagent's and get
me 20 Rothmans"
Realising he wasn't being
paid by the word, the king
decided to leave it at that, And
' m a k e ' up On
uout•r• all dead.
so we o u r noble knight on
his quest for the sacred tobacco of Zuyhohohu,
getting sidetracked slightly in a killing frenzy.
It's all self-explanatory really, as these kind of
games are - kill everything that moves, and maim
everything that doesn't
Slayer of the Damned
This months Powerpack is also available on
disc. To get the disc version simply cut out the
token on the tape inlay card, write your name
and full address on a piece Of paper, pop 'ern
both in an envelope with a cheque or Postal
Order. made out to Abiex Audio Video, for E1.50
(to cover duplication costs) and send It to: CF57
Tape To Disc, Abler( Audk) Video Ltd, Harcourt
Halestield14. Telford, Shrops TF7 40R.
Sound Tracker 6 4
Use this lull PO utility to make sounds like Erasure
and 2 Unlimited. We're not sure why you'd want to,
but if you should want to try your hand at a bit of
Commodore composing, this is the easy way to write
music on your C64.
Turn to page 17 for the complete step-by-step
NO
If you are having trouble loading this month's
Powerpack plonk the duff tape in a Jiffy Sag, slip in
a tape-sized SAE and send it all to: C F O ' Tape
Replacement Service, Ablex Audio Video Lid,
Harcourt Halestield 14. Telford, Shrops I F 7 401R,
June 1 9 9 5

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