• Category Archives Computer Arcana

  • Retro computing and other things computer related

  • DOS | Macintosh | TRS-80 | Amiga | Apple ][ | Atari 8-bit | Atari ST | Commodore 64

  • Videogaming Illustrated, June 1983

    Posted on by Azrael Comment

    via pinterest.com

    The June 1983 issue of Videogaming Illustrated

    Videogaming Illustrated, later Videogaming and Computer Gaming Illustrated, was one of several relatively short-lived video games magazines from the early to mid 1980s that all died with the crash. The June 1983 issue includes:

    • The Keyboard
    • Eye On
    • VIP: Ray Bradbury
    • Fiction: Endgame
    • Supergaming
    • Close Up: Star Trek Games
    • Cinema: The Computers of Star Trek
    • Conquering: Spider Fighter
    • Print Out
    • Conquering: Phoenix
    • Preview
    • Focus On: Electronic Dungeons & Dragons
    • Arcadia: The Making of a Pinball Machine
    • Conquering: Moon Patrol
    • Conquering: Satan’s Hollow
    • Golden Pons
    • Input
    • Championship Videogaming
    • Computer eyes: What’s a ‘K’?
    • RAMblings
    • Video Victor
    • You Read It Here First

    …and more!


    Computer Arcana Retro Games 📎and tagged

  • A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing, Issue Number 69, February 1989

    Posted on by Azrael Comment

    February 1989 issue of Analog Computing

    ANALOG Computing was probably the most popular Atari 8-bit magazine, at least in the U.S. This is a very late issue as 1989 was the last year of publication for ANALOG. The February 1989 issue includes:

    Features

    • Trial by Fire – Save bouncing babies from a burning nursery in this clever and hilarious Action! game.
    • Color Set – Get your Atari’s color registers set just the way you want them with this “visual” aid.
    • Master Memory Map, Part VII – The official ANALOG Computing Atari memory map continues.
    • Bits & Pieces: UPS – The good doctor shows you how to build an uniteruptable power supply for your 8-bit computer.
    • ANALOG Reader Survey – Here’s your chance to tell us what you want to see in your favorite Atari magazine.
    • Variable Name Table Editor – Want to rename variables without having to go through the entire program, changing them one by one? This utility will do the trick.
    • Star Rider – This action arcade shoot-’em-up comes all the way from merry old England.

    Reviews

    • XF551 Disk Drive (Atari Corp.)
    • Print Power (Hi-Tech Expressions)

    Columns

    • Boot Camp
    • Games Design Workshop
    • Database Delphi
    • The End User

    Departments

    • Editorial
    • Reader Comment
    • 8-Bit News
    • BASIC Editor II
    • M/L Editor

    Atari 8-bit Computer Arcana 📎and tagged

  • Antic’s Amiga Plus, Volume 1, Issue 1, April/May 1989

    Posted on by Azrael Comment

    via pinterest.com

    The premiere issue of Antic’s Amiga Plus from April/May 1989

    Amiga Plus was a short-lived magazines dedicated to the Commodore Amiga by the publishers of Antic. The premiere issue from May 1989 includes:

    Features

    • Happy Guy – Classic ’30s “rubber hose” cartoon style recreated on Amiga. Step-by-step with Hollywood’s top Amiga animator.
    • A-Max Arrives – Amiga gets Macintosh compatibility for under $200. Exclusive interview with creator of the Amiga’s Mac emulator.
    • Super Bowl Amiga Show – Animating Miami Stadium’s 40-foot Jumbotron scoreboard. Half-time video extravaganza, Amiga style.

    Departments

    • Masthead, Editorial
    • Alert Box – Amiga news from Winter CES
    • Guru Busters – Answering Amiga users’ technical questions
    • View From a Brit – European Amiga news column
    • How To Use The Amiga Plus Disk
    • New Amiga Products
    • Advertisers Index
    • Reader Art Gallery – You’re invited to send your best pictures

    Arts

    • Fine Art of Color Cycling – Amiga’s easiest animation effects
    • New Amiga MIDI Software – Dr. T’s Copyist Professional, MIDI Magic
    • Amiga Desktop Video – Starter kit for the ultimate computer graphics

    Productivity

    • VIVA – Do-it-yourself interactive video breakthrough
    • 1988 Federal Income Tax Spreadsheet – Plan/IT (MaxiPlan) template for IRS 1040 taxpayers
    • Commodore’s 68020 Super Accelerator Board – Run your Amiga 2000 five times faster
    • Cracking The Amiga Shell – Powerful new features in CLI’s replacement
    • Amiga World Word Processors – Textcraft Plus, Scribble, ProWrite, Word Perfect, Kindwords, TextPro, BeckerText, Excellence!
    • Postscript – Affordable PostScript Capability

    Programming

    • HISoft DevPac Amiga – Fastest Amiga assembler yet!
    • Lattice C++ – Object-oriented programming power for Amiga
    • Amiga System Programmers Guide – Abacus reference book sets a standard
    • Intuition Plus – Gallery of high-powered C programming routines
    • Introducing Exec I/O – Assembly language tips you won’t find in the manual

    Entertainment

    • Kamikaze Chess – Lose your pieces to win the game
    • Tetris – Glasnost in a computer game – or diabolic commie plot?
    • Games Galaxy – Dragon’s Lair, Aussie Joker Poker, Starglider II, Hybris, Tetra Quest, Hole-in-One Miniature Golf
    • BASIC MasterMind – Slick, colorful version of classic game

    …and more!





    Amiga Computer Arcana 📎and tagged