Source: Micro Adventurer – Issue Number 8 – June 1984
Micro Adventurer was an early computer games magazine published in the U.K. that specifically covered adventure games, war/strategy games and simulations. The June 1984 issue includes the following:
- Letters – Letters from readers about adventure games on the VIC 20, The Hobbit on the Spectrum, the conversion of The Hobbit for the BBC, and more.
- News – Level 9 provides clue sheets for its adventure games; Lords of Midnight from Beyond; Shards Software releases various games for the Spectrum and Dragon; Commodore offers Zork trilogy on disk for the Commodore 64; Valhalla released for the Commodore 64; and much more.
- Maze programming – A guide to creating mazes with several programming examples.
- War gaming – A detailed look at a couple of recent war games including Shiloh from SSI for the Apple, Atari, Commodore 64, TRS-80, and IBM PC and Tigers in the Snow also from SSI.
- Blake’s 7 – A look back at this U.K. sci-fi TV series which had recently ended.
- Software Inventory – A look at new games including Wheel of Fortune (BBC B), Castle Blackstar (Spectrum), North Sea Oil (Dragon 32), The Lost Gnomes (Spectrum), Encounter (Sharp MZ-700), Knight Driver (Spectrum), Marooned! (VIC-20), Armageddon (Commodore 64), Micro Command (Spectrum), The Greedy Dwarf (BBC B), and more.
- Basicoding – A BASIC program to help you create your own adventure games.
- Bookware – A look at games based on books including The Hobbit, Escape from Arkaron and The Pen and the Dark, Besieged!, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, and Into the Empire among others.
- Creating adventures – A detailed look at The Quill, software that you can use to create your own adventure games.
- Your Adventures – A BASIC type-in adventure games submitted by a reader called Skeleton for Dracula.
- Adventure Help – Questions from readers about Colossal Adventure as well as some recommendations for adventure games including Urban Upstart, Valhalla, Knight’s Quest and Quest. Plus other adventure game help.
- Competition Corner – Win a copy of Valhalla for the Spectrum by solving the puzzle.
…and more!
