Source: Commodore Format – Issue Number 56 – May 1995

Commodore Format was a popular but very late magazine dedicated to the Commodore 64 published in the U.K. The first issue was not published until late 1990. However, despite this, it had a relatively long life lasting well into the mid 1990s. The May 1995 issue includes:

Features

• Get animated! – Inside everyone there’s a budding Walt Disney. Untap your hidden potential
• Grin and repair it! Part II – Do you run to the casualty department with a cold? Do you ignore gaping, gushing wounds? Course not! Jason Finch talks you through diagnosing a sick C64, assessing the gravity of the situation and suggests remedial action – where appropriate.

Reviews

• Games arena – Andy Roberts straps on his ungainly yet protective reviewer’s helmet to visit the unpredictable world of the latest C64 games.
• Be calculating! – GEOS is a neat windows and menus-based system, but what’s it like to actually work with? Andrew Fisher brings you GeoCalc and shows you how powerful and easy it really is.

Games

• Games round-up II – Andy Roberts sorts the wheat from the chaff, and eventually sees the wood for the trees.
• Public Domain – The world of all-you-can-get-for-almost-nothing. Andy Roberts goes in and returns, triumphant.

Serious

• True ROM-antics – Baffled by the error messages. Read this.
• Techie tips – Problem plus Jason Finch equals solution.

Regulars

• C64 News – Info from the around the C64 world, presented in bite-sized chunks just for you.
• The Mighty Brain / C64 Directory – Your letters, TMB’s replies. Also your one-stop guide to whom to contact, C64-speaking.
• Well ‘ard III – RAMLink – store/load/access data quicker.
• Buy-a-rama – Buy, sell or just simply interact with your peers.
• Contact Points – Clubs and essential reading for C64 users.
• On The Powerpack…
• Frost – Learn to animate with this powerful, yet easy-to-use utility. It’s neat, fast and your imagination is the only limit, almost.
• Harrier – Flying a jump jet has never been such fun, especially during war.
• Space War – 3D blasting action is all yours in this fun game.
• Superstrike – Trigger finger not tired yet? Then try this manic shoot-’em-up for size. But wait a minute – no one’s saying it’s going to be easy.
• Darkest Road (Part II) – Darkest Road is a chilling fantasy text adventure which is sure to set your pulse a-rattlin’ and your brain a-thinkin’.

…and more!