{"id":25734,"date":"2020-11-02T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T21:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=25734"},"modified":"2023-01-09T10:41:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T15:41:42","slug":"personal-computer-games-november-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/11\/02\/personal-computer-games-november-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Computer Games (November 1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FPersonalComputerGames%2FIssue12&amp;twg_show=PersonalComputerGames1200001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25735\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PersonalComputerGames1200001-741x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FPersonalComputerGames%2FIssue12&amp;twg_show=PersonalComputerGames1200001.jpg\">Personal Computer Games &#8211; Issue Number 12 &#8211; November 1984<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Personal Computer Games is a computer games magazine that was published in the U.K. in the early to mid 1980s. It covered the popular 8-bit computers of the time including the Commodore 64, VIC-20, BBC, Spectrum and others. The November 1984 issue includes:<\/p>\n<p>Spectrum<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get your pyjamas on for this dream-of-a-Game-of-the-Month<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re on to a good bet with this type-in racing.<\/li>\n<li>Playing tips on Match Point, Lords of Midnight, Sabre Wulf and Jet Set Willy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Commodore 64<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suicide Express, Storm Warrior, Trillie Wallie &#8211; three sizzling new hits.<\/li>\n<li>Win a copy of the September PCG hit Hercules.<\/li>\n<li>Playing tips on International Soccer, and how to cheat at Revenge and Blagger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s here &#8211; the unbelievably huge new game from Acornsoft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dragon<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At last! A frenetic two-player platform game &#8211; it&#8217;s a corker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>VIC 20<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lots of new games, and an entertaining hit from Hesware.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Games For A Year<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No less than 25 people are going to pick up a juicy stack of programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Joystick Competition<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your chance to win a space-age controller from Coleco.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maggie v Ronnie<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eavesdrop on a row over whose games are the best.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Games Shoot-Out<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Five software stars take each other on in a game-playing competition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regulars<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Notice Board<\/b> &#8211; Our letter to you and a selection of the silly snippets you send to us.<\/li>\n<li><b>Buzz<\/b> &#8211; The latest games news including prospects for the new Commodore machines. Whispering Horace&#8217;s gossip and the nation&#8217;s most informative charts.<\/li>\n<li><b>Byte-Back<\/b> &#8211; Your chance to get your teeth into us. This month&#8217;s collection includes plenty of feedback on our Great Micro Debate.<\/li>\n<li><b>Competition<\/b> &#8211; Up for grabs this month are Coleco joysticks, copies of Hercules, and to win games for a year.<\/li>\n<li><b>Screen Test<\/b> &#8211; Our panelists work their way through a large pile of superb new releases. Detailed ratings, screenshots, PCG hits and our prestigious Game-of-the-Month.<\/li>\n<li><b>Program Library<\/b> &#8211; This month we feature a Spectrum listing with fine graphics &#8211; bit your nails as the horses race.<\/li>\n<li><b>Tricks &#8216;N Tactics<\/b> &#8211; Playing tips on a score of games including Match Point, The Lords of Midnight, Jet Set Willy, Sabre Wulf and International Soccer.<\/li>\n<li><b>Arcade Angle<\/b> &#8211; Bob Wade&#8217;s run down of the latest games in the arcades.<\/li>\n<li><b>Adventure World<\/b> &#8211; An in depth review of Melbourne House&#8217;s Sherlock heads this month&#8217;s offering for adventure lovers from teh White Wizard.<\/li>\n<li><b>Challenge Chamber<\/b> &#8211; The place where we test out your claimed high scores. This month contenders fight for the title of champion gorilla-slayer.<\/li>\n<li><b>The Final Conflict<\/b> &#8211; The results of move five in PCG&#8217;s nationwide war game. And the names of the new warlords.<\/li>\n<li><b>Good Buy<\/b> &#8211; Our short-list of recommended games. Also a glossary of game terminology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Personal Computer Games &#8211; Issue Number 12 &#8211; November 1984 Personal Computer Games is a computer games magazine that was published in the U.K. in the early to mid 1980s. It covered the popular 8-bit computers of the time including the Commodore 64, VIC-20, BBC, Spectrum and others. The November 1984 issue includes: Spectrum Get your pyjamas on for this dream-of-a-Game-of-the-Month You&#8217;re on to a good bet with this type-in racing. Playing tips on Match Point, Lords of Midnight, Sabre Wulf and Jet Set Willy. Commodore 64 Suicide Express, Storm Warrior, Trillie Wallie &#8211; three sizzling new hits. Win a copy of the September PCG hit Hercules. Playing tips on International Soccer, and how to cheat at Revenge and Blagger. BBC It&#8217;s here &#8211; the unbelievably huge new game from Acornsoft. Dragon At last! A frenetic two-player platform game &#8211; it&#8217;s a corker. VIC 20 Lots of new games, and an entertaining hit from Hesware. Games For A Year No less than 25 people are going to pick up a juicy stack of programs. Joystick Competition Your chance to win a space-age controller from Coleco. Maggie v Ronnie Eavesdrop on a row over whose games are the best. Games [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[2362,2524],"class_list":["post-25734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computer-arcana","category-retro-games","tag-retrocomputing","tag-retrogaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30493,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25734\/revisions\/30493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}