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AN ARGUS SPECIALIST PUBLICATION
April 1987
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PROGRAMMING PROJECTS
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PROJECT X:
The best solutions to the code breakers
puzzle.
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DISCOVERY COLUMN:
Routines trom Discover owners.
49
LINE RENUMBER:
Machine code programming utility.
68
REGULARS
Leaderboard (48)
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FEATURES
WHICH? COMPUTER SHOW:
Sir d i v e * new Z86
portable steals the show.
8
COMIC STRIP:
The Random Memory column begins a
three part excursion Into comic strip territory.
19
NEWS:
The latest In soft and hardware.
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CROSSWIRES:
Your technical queries answered.
12
SHORTCUTS:
Prlzewlnning readers' routines.
22
CROSSFIRE:
Readers letters.
29
DISCIPLE:
John Wase with more Into on this exciting
new add-on.
16
QL COLUMN:
Brian Becket with the latest on the QL
scene.
67
EXPERT SYSTEMS:
How to turn your computer into an
oracle.
24
RANDOM LANDSCAPE GRAPHICS:
Alan Davis with a
new approach to building adventure settings.
32
FIRST STEPS INTO MACHINE CODE:
Alan Davis
introduces you to machine code (Part 2).
41
IN-FLIGHT:
The latest airborne epics Including Top Gun
and Ace ot Aces.
53
MEMORY EXTENSION:
Tonl Baker pushing back the
programming frontiers.
57
Little Computer People (45)
THE ZX CONTACTS DIRECTORY:
Who to phone for
repairs, software, h a r d w a r e . . .
59
TECHNICAL GRAPHICS:
Ton! Baker with further
thoughts on 3-D.
70
SOFTWARE REVIEWS
SPECTRUM: Elevator Action (31), Ranarama (46), Leader
Board (48), Short reviews b e g i n . . . (38)
STREAMS AND CHANNELS:
How to use the 128/+2-S
RAM disc facility.
76
WARGAMES:
Gordon Hamlett goes to war.
82
MINDPLAY: Peter Sweasey casts his eye over
Inheritance and Imagination. 84
ZX Computing Monthly
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April
1987
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Gremlin '87
We're being swamped bv news of all the planned releases
from Gremlin; as well as the reappearance o( Monty Mole Jack
The Nipper, and Thing on a Spring. Gremlin have also plunged
Into the licensing game and are working on games based on
Death Wish III (which should be easy to program, since they
won't have to animate the Charles Bronson sprite), Basil The
Greal Mouse Detective, and the comic strip character, Mask.
Also about to appear is Krakout, a sorl ot cross between
Space Invaders and Breakout, then there's the Samurai Trilogy
(yet another martial arts game) and Star Games, a compilation
tape that puts together Way ot The Tiger, Beach Head 2, Barry
McGuigan's Boxing and Rescue on Fractalus. These last three
vill
"
titles will all
"
be available (or £9.95.
Melbourne Mystery
Undeterred by the tact that
they've just been gobbled up
by Mastertronlc, Melbourne
House are carrying on as usual
and are about to release The
Mystery ot Arkham Manor. The
game casts you as an Intrepid
newshound a t t e m p t i n g to
uncover the uneartly mystery
that s u r r o u n d s the sleepy
village of Arkham.
The
literary
trendies
amongst you will of course
remember that Arkham House
was the company that publish-
ed the stories of cosmic horror
weirdy, H.P. Lovecraft. so you
might well f i n d
yourself
bumping Into monster with lots
of tentacles, eyeballs a n d
n a m e s like S h e g b a g the
Greebly. In addition to the
eyeballs the g a m e also
features animated graphics,
text, Icons a n d putl-down
menus and the adventure Is so
complex that it's had to be split
Into two parts. After a few
d i s a p p o i n t i n g releases It
sounds as If Melbourne House
may be back on form, but youH
have to wait until May before
shelling out your £8.95 to find
out.
Colour of Magic Winners
Thirty ZX readers carry off
Piranha's spool adventure The
Colour of Magic
They are, J o a n n e Side-
bottom, Hyde; Paul Oliver.
Barton under Need wood; N.
Owen, Prestwood; R Luckham,
Manchester; K. Rose, Oldbury; A
Brown. Northampton; A. Cho-
dorowski, Krakow, Poland; J.
Talbott, Bromsgrove; R Underhlll,
Aldershot; M. Hattersley, Bushey;
G. Peikner, Leitha, Austria; S.
Ogleby, B F P 0 4 5 ; D. Riley,
Spalding; K, Sagner, Bellflower,
California, USA; D Emmerson,
Bridgenorth; AG. Punchard,
F a r n b o r o u g h ; C. Renders,
Farnham; K. Stephens, Hayes; H.
Williamson.
Moray;
E.
Mcllwaine, Coole; T. Hoodless,
Bedfore; H. Neilson, Edinburgh:
M. Watson, Darwen; K. Solomon,
Newcastle; C Clennell, Black-
pool; G. Deacon. Amersham; R.
Verzlik, Amersfoort. Holland; K.
Robertson, Harare, Zimbabwe;
R. Douglaas. Mossfellssvelt.
Iceland; R lauf. Bad Vllbel. West
Germany.
The return of Monty Mole in Auf Wiedersehn Monty.
Disciple
In our review of the Disciple
last month we g a v e
an
incorrect price The Disciple
costs £89.95 Inc VAT.
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Bryan Ralph
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Cliff Joseph
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Ray Elder
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ZX Computing Monthly • April 1987
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Power House
CRL's Alpha-Omega budget label hasnt exactly established
itself at the front of the budget market, which probably explains
why It's being relaunched as The Power House'. Starting off with
Slingshot, by Steve Cargill (author of Melbourne House's Fighting
Warrior), the new label alms to produce l o p quality games,
with superb artwork at pocket money prices'. Now where have
I heard that before?
CRL themselves, having brought Dracula back from the
grave to the computer screen, are now busy assembling
Frankenstein, a three part adventure with digitised graphics
price £9.95.
In Ihe arcade department CRL have Sunstar due out soon,
price £7.95.
Print and be damned
Yes, It's hardware time! Following on the success of the DMP
2000 (reviewed next monfh), Amsfrad have gone and released
the DMP 4000. Positively busting with fealures. like a speed of
200 cps, NLQ printing and over a hundred typeface
combinations, fhe DMP 4000 will set you back about £400.
The Cruel Sea
Nemesis
Activlsion are hoping the afterglow of Americas Cup
fever will draw people to their sailing game Due out about
now, and priced at £7.99. Sailing is 'a game of strategy
and simulation designed to capture the thrill of competing
in fop-level sailing competition'.
Pulsator is the next release
planned by Marfech, In which
you have to rescue a number of
pulsies' from mazes infested
with deadly alien creatures.
Due for a spring release. Pul-
sator should also be accom-
panied by Nemesis the
War-
lock. based on ihe character of
Throb!
the same name from 2000 AD
Nemesis has to take on his arch-
enemy, Torquemada, and at-
tempt to foil his plan lo destroy
all life in the galaxy. Apart from
their tetters page there can't be
much of 2000 AD fhat hasn't
been turned Info a computer
game
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New Multiface
Romantic Robot have just re-
leased the follow up to the
Multiface O n e This new multi-
purpose interface has been
dubbed fhe Mulfiface 128 but
despite the name if Is compat-
ible with all existing Spectrum
versions. Improvements on fhe
original Include the ability to
save to fape at two speeds and
a function to format microdrive
cartridges to over 100K,
Multiface 128 works wifh
tape microdrive and Discovery.
Versions are being prepared for
the Disciple and tentatively tor
Beta. The Muif'face 1 will retail
at £44.95. Further Information
from Romantic Robot on
01-200-8870.
Hardball Winners
Five readers will doubtless
be found in their local parks
putllng their new baseball kits
to work. The winners of our
Advance Software Hardball
C o m p e t i t i o n are F. Bond,
Carrtckfergus, Co Antrim; A.
Galrdner, Leamington Spa;
Anthony Smith, Little Neston,
South Wirral; French, New
Milton, Hants; D. Haffner,
Redd Itch, Worcs.
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ZX Computing Monthly
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April 1987

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