{"id":6968,"date":"2014-09-30T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/megalextoria.wordpress.com\/?p=6968"},"modified":"2017-08-09T09:19:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:19:15","slug":"computer-play-november-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/09\/30\/computer-play-november-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Play, November 1988"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FComputer_Play%2F004_1988-11&amp;twg_show=Computer+Play+004-000fc.jpg\">Computer Play, November 1988<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FComputer_Play%2F004_1988-11&amp;twg_show=Computer+Play+004-000fc.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/computer2bplay2b004-000fc1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Computer Play was very briefly a competitor of Computer Gaming World. At the time, it was pretty much the only competitor. However, it was short-lived lasting less than a year between 1988 and 1989.<\/p>\n<p>The November 1988 issue includes:<\/p>\n<p>Departments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Editor&#8217;s Page<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Computer Play&#8217;s year-end balloting.<\/li>\n<li><b>Letters<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; More Feedback from Issue #1.<\/li>\n<li><b>Scorecard<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Ratings from past issues.<\/li>\n<li><b>Coming Attractions<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Next issue&#8217;s features.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Columns<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Industry News<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; The latest titles to look for.<\/li>\n<li><b>Channel Three<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Nintendo and Atari releases.<\/li>\n<li><b>Other Ports<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Mac and Atari ST news.<\/li>\n<li><b>Snapshots<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Brief looks at new releases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reviews<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Pick Up The Pieces<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Tetris: the Soviet import.<\/li>\n<li><b>A Risky Undertaking<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; An introduction to adventure games.<\/li>\n<li><b>Ice Play<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Superstar Ice Hockey skates away.<\/li>\n<li><b>Go Online!<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Play online games all over.<\/li>\n<li><b>Duel The Desert Fox<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Rommel returns to the desert.<\/li>\n<li><b>Strategy At War<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Empire proves to be excellent.<\/li>\n<li><b>Flight Section<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Take to the skies in this special section with Tomahawk, Jet, A.C.E., MicroSoft 3.0, Ace of Aces and Gunship.<\/li>\n<li><b>Arcade Crossover<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Double Dragon scores a hit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computer Play, November 1988 Computer Play was very briefly a competitor of Computer Gaming World. At the time, it was pretty much the only competitor. However, it was short-lived lasting less than a year between 1988 and 1989. The November 1988 issue includes: Departments Editor&#8217;s Page\u00a0&#8211; Computer Play&#8217;s year-end balloting. Letters\u00a0&#8211; More Feedback from Issue #1. Scorecard\u00a0&#8211; Ratings from past issues. Coming Attractions\u00a0&#8211; Next issue&#8217;s features. Columns Industry News\u00a0&#8211; The latest titles to look for. Channel Three\u00a0&#8211; Nintendo and Atari releases. Other Ports\u00a0&#8211; Mac and Atari ST news. Snapshots\u00a0&#8211; Brief looks at new releases. Reviews Pick Up The Pieces\u00a0&#8211; Tetris: the Soviet import. A Risky Undertaking\u00a0&#8211; An introduction to adventure games. Ice Play\u00a0&#8211; Superstar Ice Hockey skates away. Go Online!\u00a0&#8211; Play online games all over. Duel The Desert Fox\u00a0&#8211; Rommel returns to the desert. Strategy At War\u00a0&#8211; Empire proves to be excellent. Flight Section\u00a0&#8211; Take to the skies in this special section with Tomahawk, Jet, A.C.E., MicroSoft 3.0, Ace of Aces and Gunship. Arcade Crossover\u00a0&#8211; Double Dragon scores a hit. &#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[600],"class_list":["post-6968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-arcana","category-retro-games","tag-dos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}