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  • Computist (September 1988)

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    Source: Computist – Issue Number 59 – September 1988

    “For The Serious User of Personal Computers”

    This magazine was primarily for Apple II users and was controversial for its emphasis on circumventing copy protection. While there were other technical articles and contents, the bulk of this magazine was always the publication of “softkeys” and other copyright circumvention techniques.

    The September 1988 issue includes:

    • Editorial
    • Bugs
    • Most Wanted Softkeys
    • Features
      • Boot IIc Utilities on any compatible – Here’s how to make your IIc utility disk boot on a non IIc computer.
      • Help with Ultima V – An inside look at character data and items, with some helpful tips on the side.
      • From Printmaster to Print Shop – Convert your Printmaster graphics into Print Shop compatible graphics.
      • The Invincible Bard (III) – Give your Bard’s Tale III character’s a boost.
      • The Deprotection Game – A beginner’s eye view of copy-protection and how to go about removing it.
      • Patching ProDOS 1.1.1 – Fixing an infamous bug that destroys track $00 on your diskettes.
      • The Product Monitor
      • Appleworks and the ImageWriter II – Here’s a way to access all the features of the ImageWriter II (or other) printer from within AppleWorks.
    • Softkeys
      • APBA Major League Players Baseball
      • Better Working: Spreadsheet
      • Better Working: Word Processor
      • Beyond Pinball
      • BoulderDash Construction Kit
      • Calendar
      • Calendar Crafter
      • California Games
      • Championship Baseball
      • Clip Art Collection vol I
      • Cours Et Gagne v1.0
      • Dazzle Draw
      • Everybody’s Planner
      • GATO v1.3
      • GoldFinger
      • Jumpman
      • King’s Quest
      • Management Edge
      • Movie Monster Game
      • MultiScribe v3.0
      • Negotiation Edge
      • Nightmare Gallery
      • Patchworks
      • Picture Phonics
      • Printographer
      • Reader’s Treasure Chest
      • Real Math
      • Sea Strike
      • Shifty Sam
      • Simulation Construction Kit
      • Snoopy’s Reading Machine
      • Snoopy’s Skywriter Scrambler
      • Snoopy to the Rescue
      • SongWriter
      • Spell It!
      • Stickybear Reading Comprehension
      • Super BoulderDash
    • A.P.T.s
      • Bard’s Tale III
      • Super BoulderDash
      • Ultima V
    • Playing Tips
      • Alternate Reality
      • Auto Duel
      • Ultima V
      • Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
    • Notes
      • A copy-protected COMPUTIST?
    • IBM Softkeys
      • Chartmaster v6.04
      • Clout v1.0
      • Copywrit
      • Graphwriter
      • Signmaster v5.04

    …and more!






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  • Computist (September 1986)

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    Source: Computist – September 1986 – Issue Number 35 






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  • Atarisoft

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    Atarisoft

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    Atarisoft was a brand used by Atari, Inc. to sell games for competing systems. Atari themselves typically only developed games for their own systems (Atari 8-bit computers, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, etc.) so Atarisoft titles were mostly developed by third parties. Atarisoft was only around as a brand for about two years (1983-1984), until the Atari consumer division was sold to Jack Tramiel.

    It seems to me that Atari could have done better by focusing on selling their own systems and making these games exclusive, at least for a period of time. Despite the short amount of time the Atarisoft brand was used, a relatively large number of games were produced. Twenty titles were released on at least eight different systems (home computers and video game consoles other than Atari). A number of others were partially developed but cancelled before being completed after Atari was sold.

    The above ad includes the earliest releases from Atarisoft for the Commodore 64, VIC-20, IBM (DOS) and TI-99/4A.



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