Personal Computer Games (November 1984)

Source: Personal Computer Games – Issue Number 12 – November 1984

Personal Computer Games is a computer games magazine that was published in the U.K. in the early to mid 1980s. It covered the popular 8-bit computers of the time including the Commodore 64, VIC-20, BBC, Spectrum and others. The November 1984 issue includes:

Spectrum

  • Get your pyjamas on for this dream-of-a-Game-of-the-Month
  • You’re on to a good bet with this type-in racing.
  • Playing tips on Match Point, Lords of Midnight, Sabre Wulf and Jet Set Willy.

Commodore 64

  • Suicide Express, Storm Warrior, Trillie Wallie – three sizzling new hits.
  • Win a copy of the September PCG hit Hercules.
  • Playing tips on International Soccer, and how to cheat at Revenge and Blagger.

BBC

  • It’s here – the unbelievably huge new game from Acornsoft.

Dragon

  • At last! A frenetic two-player platform game – it’s a corker.

VIC 20

  • Lots of new games, and an entertaining hit from Hesware.

Games For A Year

  • No less than 25 people are going to pick up a juicy stack of programs.

Joystick Competition

  • Your chance to win a space-age controller from Coleco.

Maggie v Ronnie

  • Eavesdrop on a row over whose games are the best.

Games Shoot-Out

  • Five software stars take each other on in a game-playing competition.

Regulars

  • Notice Board – Our letter to you and a selection of the silly snippets you send to us.
  • Buzz – The latest games news including prospects for the new Commodore machines. Whispering Horace’s gossip and the nation’s most informative charts.
  • Byte-Back – Your chance to get your teeth into us. This month’s collection includes plenty of feedback on our Great Micro Debate.
  • Competition – Up for grabs this month are Coleco joysticks, copies of Hercules, and to win games for a year.
  • Screen Test – Our panelists work their way through a large pile of superb new releases. Detailed ratings, screenshots, PCG hits and our prestigious Game-of-the-Month.
  • Program Library – This month we feature a Spectrum listing with fine graphics – bit your nails as the horses race.
  • Tricks ‘N Tactics – Playing tips on a score of games including Match Point, The Lords of Midnight, Jet Set Willy, Sabre Wulf and International Soccer.
  • Arcade Angle – Bob Wade’s run down of the latest games in the arcades.
  • Adventure World – An in depth review of Melbourne House’s Sherlock heads this month’s offering for adventure lovers from teh White Wizard.
  • Challenge Chamber – The place where we test out your claimed high scores. This month contenders fight for the title of champion gorilla-slayer.
  • The Final Conflict – The results of move five in PCG’s nationwide war game. And the names of the new warlords.
  • Good Buy – Our short-list of recommended games. Also a glossary of game terminology.

…and more!