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  • Compute! (January 1982)

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    Source: Compute! – Issue Number 20 – January 1982

    Compute!, at least in its earlier days, exclusively covered computers based on the 6502 CPU. In early 1982 these included the Commodore PET, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, VIC-20, and others. The January 1982 issue includes:

    Columns

    • The Editor’s Notes – Atari goes after creators of Atari game clones.
    • Ask The Readers – Questions asked and answerd about chaining programs in BASIC on Commodore computers, the future of the 6502, software protection, accessing all 48K of RAM on the Atari, and more.
    • Computers And Society – An article on the Turing test and measuring artificial intelligence.
    • The Beginner’s: Loops – A look at FOR loops, nesting loops and more in BASIC.
    • New Products – A new dental computer newsletter, new Atari software from Artworx, Cimarron releases CMAR file handling system for Commodore computers, and more.

    Applications

    • INVEST – A BASIC type-in program for helping you to calculate various things with regards to realestate investing.
    • Developing A Business Algorithm – Creating a program to perform various business calculations including things like interest, lease calculations, taxes, and more.
    • Anti-Hesitation Programming: A Tutorial on Arrays – Getting around slowness when using arrays in Microsoft BASIC.
    • How Random Are Sequences Of Random Numbers? – A look at the randomness of numbers generating using RND in BASIC.
    • Telecommunications: Getting Outside The Computer – A look at the computer parts and peripherals that let you communicate with the outside world. These include things such as the UART and MODEM.

    Education

    • Friends Of The Turtle – A new society with the goal of promoting turtle graphics with languages such as Atari PILOT, TI LOGO, and Apple LOGO.
    • Learning With Computers – A look at how computers might change schools in the future.

    The Apple Gazette

    • Apple Addresses – Hexadecimal and decimal addressing on the Apple II.
    • More Apple Hi-Res Shape Writer – A type-in program for creating hi-res shapes on the Apple II.
    • Lower Case With Unmodified Apple – A program that allow you to use lower case letters without hardware modification on the Apple II.
    • COMPUTE! Overview: Individual Tax Plan – A look at a program that helps you prepare your taxes on the Apple II.

    The Atari Gazette

    • Cryptogram – A type-in game for Atari 8-bit computers in which you mus decipher the code.
    • SuperFont – A type-in program for the Atari that allows you to create your own fonts.
    • Word Search – A type-in program for the Atari that allows you to create word search games.
    • Review: Screen Printer Interface (Version 2.0) – A review of this device for Atari computers that lets you capture and print the contents of your screen.
    • INSIGHT: Atari – Part three of a series on the Atari operating system. This part covers Atari I/O device handlers.

    The OSI Gazette

    • Part I: A Small Operating System: OS65D The Disk Routines – Part one of a two part series on using a disk drive with the OSI.

    The PET Gazette

    • A Yuletide Tale – A Christmas Carol starring the PET.
    • Renumbering An Appended Routine Only – A guide to appending one program to another on the PET.
    • BRANCH NEVER And QUIF Assembling On SuperPET – Assembly language programming on the SuperPET (which uses a 6809 CPU).
    • PET Repairs For The Amateur – A guide to various PET problems that are mostly the result of loose connections.
    • Realtime Clock On Your PET Screen – A type-in real-time clock routine for the PET.
    • Tape Load Test And Head Alignment – How to prepare and use a test tape for the cassette recorder of the PET to help align the heads.
    • MICROMON: An Enhanced Machine Language Monitor – A type-in machine language monitor for the PET.
    • Self-Modifying Programs in BASIC – Creating self modifying programs on the PET.

    VIC-20 Update

    • TINYMON1: A Simple Monitor For The VIC – A type-in machine language monitor for the VIC-20.
    • VIC Color Tips – A tutorial for using color in your programs for the VIC-20.
    • VIC Memory Map Above Page Zero – A list of memory locations and their functions on the VIC-20.
    • ZAP! – A type-in arcade game for up to six players for the VIC-20. Try to consume various shapes while avoiding the asterix.

    …and more!


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  • Amiga Power (December 1991)

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    Source: Amiga Power – Issue Number 8 – December 1991

    Amiga Power was a magazine dedicated to gaming on the Amiga that was published in the U.K. between 1991 and 1996. Issue Number 8 from December 1991 issue includes:

    • True Stories – The new Amiga 500+; new multi-event sports sims including Hawk’s Championship Athletics; new movie licenses from Ocean including Terminator 2 and Hudson Hawk; Monkey Island 2 and Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis coming in early 1992; and more.
    • The Charts – A list of the top 100 Amiga games. At the top of the list are Jimmy White’s Snooker, Silent Service 2, Cruise For A Corpse, Bubble Bobble, Return to Europe, Terminator 2, Thunderhawk, Full Contact, Shadow of the Beast, and TV Sports Football.
    • Complete Control – Tips and tricks for F-29 Retaliator, Shadow Warriors, Armalyte, Switchblade II, MIG-29 Fulcrum, Lotus Turbo Challenge II, Utopia, Power Monger, Battle Chess II, Thunderjaws, Spindizzy Worlds, Hydra, Skull & Crossbones, RBI Baseball 2, Armourgeddon, and more.

    • All I Want For Xmas… – A Christmas presents guide for Amiga gamers. Some items on the list include the Competition Pro 5000 and other joysticks, various mice, hard disks and RAM expansions, the Amiga 500 Cartoon Classics Pack, the Commodore 1084 monitor, game compilations, books, and more.
    • What A Lot You Get! – A guide to recent game compilations including Super Sega (E-Swat, Golden Axe, Super Monaco GP, Shinobi, Crackdown), Max (SWIV, ST Dragon, Night Shift, Turrican II), Super Sim Pack (International 3D Tennis, Italy 1990, Crazy Cars II, Airborne Ranger), The Top League (Speedball 2, Rick Dangerous 2, Falcon, Midwinter, TV Sports Football), 10 Great Games (Ferrari F1, Rick Dangerous, Pick ‘N’ Pile, Night Hunter, Carrier Command, and more), Dizzy Collection (Kwik Snax, Fast Food, Treasure Island Dizzy, Fantasy World Dizzy, Maigcland Dizzy), Quest For Adventure (Operation Stealth, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Mean Streets), James Bond Collection (License to Kill, The Spy Who Loved Me, Live and Let Die), Rainbow Collection (Rainbow Islands, Bubble Bobble, The New Zealand Story), Chart Attack (Lotus Espirit Turbo Challenge, James Pond, Venus The Flytrap, Ghouls ‘N’ Ghosts), 2 Hot 2 Handle (Golden Axe, Total Recall, Super Off-Road Racer, Shadow Warriors), Air Sea Supremacy (Gunship, Carrier Command, P-47, Wings, Silent Service), Capcom Collection (Strider, UN Squadron, Last Duel, Forgotten Worlds, Ghouls ‘N’ Ghosts, Dynasty Wars, Led Storm, Strider 2), Virtual Reality 1 (Stunt Car Racer, Carrier Command, Starglider 2, International Soccer Challenge, Midwinter), and Superheroes (The Spy Who Loved Me, Last Ninja 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Strider 2).
    • Definition of Sound – A buyers guide to puzzle games. Some of the games covered here include Stack Up, Puzznic, Welltris, Lemmings, Shanghai, Pipe Mania, Klax, and more.

    • Do The Write Thing – Letters from readers about Rodland, games for beginners, the importance of customer satisfaction to software houses, and more.
    • The Bottom Line – A running overview of games released over the last year. Some titles on the list include Altered Destiny, A-10 Tank Killer, Back to the Future Part III, The Blues Brothers, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Chuck Rock, Commando, Crime Wave, Dragons of Flame, Elvira, Final Fight, Eye of the Beholder, Gauntlet III, Golden Axe, Hydra, King’s Quest V, Last Ninja 2, Leisure Suit Larry III, Lemmings, NARC, Operation Thunderbolt, Pit-Fighter, Populous, Prince of Persia, Powermonger, Power Drift, Ski or Die, Robocop 2, R-Type II, The Simpsons, Skull and Crossbones, Stun Runner, Stellar 7, Ultima V, and many others.
    • Second Opinion – Industry professionals (in this case Dominique Cor who is the Marketing Manager of Infogrames in the UK) offer their opinions on recent games including Lotus Turbo Challenge II, Sim City, Lemmings, Tetris, Sim Earth, Teenage Mutant Hero (Ninja) Turtles, Dino Wars, and Supercars 2.

    …and more!


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  • Zzap! 64 (April 1992)

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    Source: Zzap! 64 – Issue Number 83 – April 1992

    I have no doubt this would have been my favorite magazine for a time if it had been available in the U.S. Most of my early game playing experience (after the Atari 2600 of course) was on a Commodore 64. The April 1992 issue includes:

    Features

    • Budokan – Review of this fighting game from Electronic Arts. Reminds me a bit of Yie ar Kung Fu.
    • The Shoe People – An educational game featuring shoes from First Class/Gremlin that, as far as I know, never made it to the U.S.
    • Alien World – A pretty solid sci-fi themed shooter from Hi-Tec.
    • Indy Heat – A top down racing game that is a follow up to and of the same style as Super Off-Road (except featuring indy cars).
    • Reviews – In addition to the above games, there are also reviews for 3D Pool, Castle Adventure, Demon Blue, Desert Island, Famous Five, Flippit, Game Over II, Ghouls ‘N’ Ghosts, Jimmy’s Soccer, Messenger, Mansion Quest, Midnight Resistance, Mission X, Moontorc, Q10 Tankbuster, and Zoomerang.

    Regularz

    • Zzap! Zone – Tips for April Fools Day.
    • Tapeworm – This month’s cover tap includes the games Uridium and Yabba Dabba Doo!, plus a demo of Space Gun, and pattern making software called Kaleidoscope.
    • Light Up Your Life! – A competition to win a 5.25″ disk drive.
    • Stuff – Thalamus to release soccer game; a look at the upcoming movie Hook, and more.
    • Previews – Previews of Brides of Dracula, Space Crusade, Striker in the Crypts of Chaos, and World Cricket.
    • PD File Returns! – A look at a public domain game for the Commodore 64 called Galax-I-Birds II (shoot-em-up).
    • Whiplash Whispers – Letters from readers about a cartridge version of Battle Command, adventure game coverage, game ratings, and more.
    • Walter’s No Wally! – An interview with Walter Pooley, maker of adventure games such as Castle Adventure.
    • Whiplash Scores – Reader high scores for games such as Boulderdash IV, Creatures, NARC, Midnight Resistance, Super Off-Road, Hudson Hawk, Navy S.E.A.L.S., Paradroid, Smash T.V., Robocop II, Super Space Invaders, and lots of others.
    • It’s Corky! – Tips and cheats for Rainbow Islands, The Jetsons, Logical, Paradroid, Batalyx, and others
    • Flashback – A look at older games now available at bargain prices including 3D Pool, Ghouls ‘N’ Ghosts, Midnight Resistance, and Game Over II.
    • Megamix – A look at recent game compilations including 2 Hot 2 Handle (Shadow Warriors, Golden Axe, Total Recall, Super Off-Road) and Multimixx 4 (Gauntlet, The Deeper Dungeons, Guantlet II).
    • Get Some Brides On Your Back! – A competition featuring Dracula and a leather jacket.

    …and more!


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