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CONTENTS
What's Commo-
dore got planned
for the 128? When will The
Young Ones game appear?
Wh o w o n t h e E u r e k a
megaprize? w e keep you
in the know.
5
OCTOBER
NEWS
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to a game based on the new
muscular m o v ie , R a m b o ,
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sweeping the country.
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they intend t o convert the
game.
TALKING HEADS
Talking games for the 64 are all the rage right
now — Jump Jet — Kennedy Airport Approach,
Impossible Mission. Out Stateside correspondent visits the
West Coast to find out how it's all done.
64 EYES
are t h e fl av our
of the month, Chris Durham's
been lo o k in g i n t o w h a t ' s
available right now and what
they can do.
Video d ig it is e rs
WRITE YOUR OWN
ADVENTURE—Partl
Got a Vic, 64, 16 or Plus/4? Here's your chance to learn
how to write an adventure.
REPAIR
SPECIAL
There's a lot of poor old 64s
out t h e r e w i t h e x p i r e d
guarantees. So what do you
do when your 64 goes coma-
tose? Help and advice is on
the way.
AMAZING AMIGA
We've managed to get a sneak preview of one
of the rare Amigos hidden away in the UK
to get an impression of its amazing operating system.
1 ~ title from Infocom: we review Wishbringer
as well as The Rats and the DIY Adventure Con-
struction Set Plus news, competition and chart.
1 1 S C R E E N S C E N E Exclusive review
1
of Ul ti ma te 's Blockwyche, B a r r y
McGuigan slugs it out with Frank Bruno, Beyond's
Nexus — and much much more.
e l INTO THE VALLEYAtlast,an w
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H O T S H O T S The column that gives
you more dregs than Rosy Lee, scrapes
the gossip b a rre l ye t again. Plus o u r g re a t
Shadowfire Tuner offer.
TOP TEN WORD
P R O C E S S O R S Continuing o w
series th a t tells yo u wh a t's best in business
software. Next month — spreadsheets.
6 2
CO MMO DO RE USER 3
At last, the big performance
graphics printer
with the low price
T h e Seikosha GP-100VC with its unique
combination of high performance and low
cost is designed to put the quality graphics
printer within easy reach of the home user.
Built extensively for the VIC Personal Computer,
its elegant styling and wide range of features
make the Seikosha GP-100VC a graphics printer
you simply can't afford to miss.
The Seikosha GP-100VC features:
• Total VIC PC compatibility
• 80 column dot matrix impact format
• A print speed of 50 cps
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• Inverse character printing
• Printing of graphics image can be repeated
• Accepts paper 4
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News News News News News News Nem,
COMMODOREANNOUNCE 128 SOFTWARE
Commodore breathed sighs o f
relief when its C-128 was finally
launched t o the public a t last
month's Pe r s ona l C om put e r
World Show.
Having stuck their corporate necks out
by announcing e a rlie r th a n scheduled
delivery dates, a n unexpected problem
with the CP / M implementation seems to
have held things up. Reportedly, all is now
hunky dory and machines are not o n ly
rolling off the lines at Corby, but substan-
tial a mo u n ts o f software a r e b e in g
developed.
Packaged u p wit h every 128 (and 64)
will be the Very First disk, a tutorial and
demo program aimed at the first-time user.
Mandrolds is Commodore's first 128 game.
It's disk-only like all Commodore 128 soft-
ware. You construct a robot to undertake a
series o f missions (rather like Ariolasoft's
Mail-Order Monsters). Graphically i t s
like the 64, but the extra memory gives
you many more graphic screens.
For 'se rio u s' users, Commodore i s
marketing 'budget' versions of both Super-
script a n d Superbase. Scrip t-1 2 8 i s
Superscript wit h o u t t h e glossary a n d
spelling checker. The cutdown Superbase
will not have the original's programming
functions. Both should cost around £50.
An Assembler package is also on the way.
Small business users get a package called
Micro Clerk, a cashbook and VAT program
that conforms to Inland Revenue standards.
It has a basic database and word processor
for generating mailing lists. Features in -
clude a 40 or 80 column screen and pop-up
menus. No t cheap at around £90, it does
give you a hot-line service to an accountant
(free f o r the fi rst three months) wh o 'll
advise not o n ly on the software b u t fi -
nancial problems. Sounds like a good idea.
For the musically minded, Music Sales
has a n n o u n ce d a 1 2 8 v e rs io n o f
Commodore Mu sic Ma ke r f o r the 128.
Like the 6 4 version, there's an overlay
keyboard, booklet and software on tape or
disk. Enhancements t o the original w i l l
include b e tte r sequencer a n d rh y t h m
section, more sound presets and pop-up
menus — a ll that fo r £19.95. Two more
Playalong Albums will also be available
soon, one's a Christmas carol collection,
whilst th e other features Du ra n Du ra n
songs.
And back to Commodore, for a few words
on disk drives. Acknowledging that the
1571 d rive (f o r th e 1 2 8 ) ma y b e t o o
expensive at £250, a single-sided version is
being planned as an option. Likewise, the
Plus/4 will get a go-faster drive, the 1551,
that w i l l be packaged u p in a limit e d
edition' Plus/4 Business Pack (computer,
monitor, disk drive, printer),
EUREKA! PRIZE CLAIMED
The worldwide scramble to dis-
cover t h e cryptic telephone
number t h a t s t o o d b e i w e n
players o f Eureka!, Domark's
prize adventure, is over.
Fifteen year old Mathew Woodley
telephoned t h e Eu re ka p rize lin e t o
claim his E25,000 exactly a year after the
competition b e g a n . H e h e a t o v e r
100,000 people in B rita in and Europe
who had bought the game.
Domark co-founder Ma rk Strachan
presented Mathew with his cheque at the
PON show last month. Next issue's Into
the V a lle y c o lu mn w i l l in clu d e t h e
answers t o th e clues and th e wa y t o
crack that telephone number so yo u 'll
know how close you got.
• Shorts
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Cheap Assembler:
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Sneak Preview: Here's
for its books about
computing, has now
published a Machine-Code
Assembler/Disassembler for
the Commodore 64. The
good news is that it's on
tape and costs only E14.75,
so it should attract the
Mo re exciting is Sound
budding mic programmer.
Expander: at E99.95, it
According to the blurb, the
turns your 641 into an 8-note assembler and disossembler
polyphonic synth (poor old
are fully compatible and can
SID is substituted by another be in memory ot the same
chip). Features include a
time. Standard 6502
range of sound presets, split mnemonics ore used. There's
sound keyboard, MIDI and
also a comprehensive
external keyboard input. We 15-page booklet. McGraw-
Hill can be contacted on
can't wait to get our hands
on them.
0628 23432.
the lowdown on two
amazing new 64 sound
packages from Music Sales.
Sampler is a digital sound
sampling program (E69.95
with microphone) that's
sophisticated enough for
professional use. Effects
include echo and reverse.
McGra w Hill, more noted
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MICROVOX
d I w o n d ecbte.•
Probably the most sophisticated sound digitiser yet for the 64 is
Micro vox from Supersoft which, according to boss Peter Calver
produces sound "so good you really can't tell it from the real
thing". Mi cr ovox features eight sampling rates, full editing and
looping, MI DI and a load of hi-tech gizmos. And now for the price
—er. f 229 95 Supersoft is on 01. 861 1166
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