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  • Compute!, Issue Number 89, October 1987

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    “The Leading Magazine Of Home, Educational And Recreational Computing”






  • Commodore: The MicroComputer Magazine (August/September 1982)

    Commodore: The Microcomputer Magazine was an early publication put out by Commodore for their various computers. In 1982 it was covering primarily the VIC-20 and the Commodore PET line. However, the Commodore 64 was also just being released about the same time this issue hit the stands. Here are some highlights of the August/September 1982 issue:

    Commodore News

    • ”Easy” Spreadsheet Programs
    • Telecommunications with VIC 20 / VICMODEM
    • SuperPET Update

    Education

    • School Offers Instruction in Computer Literacy
    • Running a Completely Automated Experiment by Microcomputer

    Business

    • Income Tax Practitioner Praises Commodore Tax Package
    • A Case History: Moving Company Implements CBM System

    VIC 20

    • The VIC Magician
    • Enhanced Business Forms on the VIC 20

    Programmer’s Tips

    • Line Finder
    • Introduction to the Machine Language Monitor
    • BASIC Programming on the Commodore 64
    • Conversion Tutor
    • Recovering BASIC on the PET / CBM
    • Sorting Tips
    • Commodore Disk Drive on an Old ROM PET

    Excerpts From a Technical Notebooks

    • Faster than a Speeding Cathode Ray
    • Deriving Mathematical Functions

    Product Review

    • Silicon Office

    Butterfield on Commodore

    Book Review

    • PET Graphics

    …and more!




  • Zzap! (August 1989)

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    The August 1989 issue of Zzap!



    How I wish we’d had a magazine like this in the U.S. I greatly enjoyed Run, Commodore Magazine and video game magazines like Electronic Gaming Monthly and VideoGames & Computer Entertainment but a Commodore 64 gaming magazine would have been amazing. Zzap! was such a beast and long running too but alas published in the U.K. The August 1989 issue includes:

    Two-Face Features

    • Randy’s Life Story – Part 2! – The uncut version – sensitive readers should close their eyes when reading this!
    • Batmania – A history of the Caped Crusader from his 1930s origin to the mega-hyped film and latest computer game.
    • A Free Bat-Poster! – We’ve seen the future and it will be…
    • Psygnosis Special – Discover all about Liverpool’s finest software house and see the first screenshots of the amazing BEAST.

    Catwoman Comps

    • Phone The Angel Of Death! – Hewson are giving away loadsa fab goodies in our Hotline comp.
    • Draw A Super Piccy… – …And win SCULPT 4D from Psygnosis.
    • Dig Those Prizes, Man – Some great Indiana Jones prizes on offer from US Gold.

    Gotham Games

    • Citadel – Martin Walker’s pudding is ready to consume.
    • Astaroth – Admire the beautiful scenery in Empire’s fab Amiga arcade adventure.
    • The New Zealand Story – A cute kiwi aims to rescue his friends in this superb Ocean coin-op conversion.

    Robin Regulars

    • The Word – All the hottest news in town including details of two amazing new handheld consoles.
    • Lloyd’s Rrap – Lloyd ignores the insults, claims all the praise and laughs so much at the jokes his bag almost falls off.
    • Here Comms Randy – More manic modem fun as Randy interviews the Editor of Compunet and reveals the best ZZAP! log comp entries.
    • Norman Nutz – The mad professor goes on a journey to Flatheadia and gets a sense of deja vu too.
    • Strategy – Field Commander Hogg reviews the latest tactical treats from PSS and CDS.
    • Scores – Old rustbucket adds some new games to his list.
    • Walker’s Final Way – Boo hoo, sob, it’s the mad axeman’s last diary installment.
    • Classifieds – For Sale: One Rottweiler, likes Pedigree Chum and absolutely loves children.
    • Zzuperstore – Joysticks, games, ZZAP! back issues…they’re all here at bargain prices.
    • Cor Blimey! – Reviews of all the latest cut-price software.
    • Tips Oot For The Ladz – By popular demand Randy reveals the complete Dragon’s Lair solution.
    • Previews – Be whipped into a frenzy by the two new Indiana Jones games and take a peek at the very latest Virgin shoot-em up, Gemini Wing.

    …and more!