{"id":26014,"date":"2021-01-22T14:08:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T19:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=26014"},"modified":"2021-01-29T14:36:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T19:36:07","slug":"micro-adventurer-april-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/01\/22\/micro-adventurer-april-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro Adventurer (April 1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FMicro_Adventurer%2FMicro+Adventurer+-+06&amp;twg_show=MicroAdventurer0600001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-26015\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MicroAdventurer0600001-750x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FMicro_Adventurer%2FMicro+Adventurer+-+06&amp;twg_show=MicroAdventurer0600001.jpg\">Micro Adventurer &#8211; Issue Number 6 &#8211; April 1984&nbsp;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Micro Adventurer is a computer gaming magazine with an emphasis on adventures, war games and simulations that was published in the U.K. in the 1980s. The April 1984 issue includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Letters<\/b> &#8211; Hints and clues, a place to turn to for help, your opinions on adventures<\/li>\n<li><b>News<\/b> &#8211; Melbourne House releases an adventure-strategy game called Mugsy, Britain will host the European Science Fiction Conference scheduled at Easter in Brighton, Marvel comics are converted to software, a computer-moderated play-by-modem game, Starnet is launched on Prestel and two software houses announce competitions.<\/li>\n<li><b>How a hobbit&#8217;s mind works<\/b> &#8211; Noel Williams looks at the use of artificial intelligence in adventure games<\/li>\n<li><b>Fun and games with Scott Adams<\/b> &#8211; The father of micro computer games, Scott Adams, tells how his multi-million dollar software business started int he spare room of his modest Florida home in 1978<\/li>\n<li><b>New role for micros<\/b> &#8211; Gren Hatton argues that there is a role for micros in role-playing games and gives examples of where they may be used<\/li>\n<li><b>Software Inventory<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of new releases including The Pen and the Dark for Spectrum 48K and the BBC B, Wings of War for the Dragon 32 and M.U.L.E. for the Atari<\/li>\n<li><b>A salute to wargames<\/b> &#8211; Laurence Miller looks at some of the more popular board wargames and their transition onto software<\/li>\n<li><b>Writing a convincing plot<\/b> &#8211; Is one of the first, most important steps for players new to the field of writing adventures, so John Fraser offers some research advice<\/li>\n<li><b>Adventure File<\/b> &#8211; A comprehensive list of wargames, simulations and adventures<\/li>\n<li><b>Your Adventures<\/b> &#8211; Programs from readers this month include a graphic adventure from Jeffrey Tullin which incorporates the scrolling window technique used in The Hobbit<\/li>\n<li><b>Adventure Help\/Contact<\/b> &#8211; Tony Bridge gives hints (for those who wish to read them) on Valhalla &#8211; how to find Ofnir, and The Hobbit, providing another clue on the goblin&#8217;s dungeon and advice on how to escape the pale, bulbous eyes<\/li>\n<li><b>Competition<\/b> &#8211; Tisch has discovered where the third Runic ring has been hidden. As well as a share in the treasure you could win a copy of either The Boxx or Champions, from Peaksoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Micro Adventurer &#8211; Issue Number 6 &#8211; April 1984&nbsp; Micro Adventurer is a computer gaming magazine with an emphasis on adventures, war games and simulations that was published in the U.K. in the 1980s. The April 1984 issue includes: Letters &#8211; Hints and clues, a place to turn to for help, your opinions on adventures News &#8211; Melbourne House releases an adventure-strategy game called Mugsy, Britain will host the European Science Fiction Conference scheduled at Easter in Brighton, Marvel comics are converted to software, a computer-moderated play-by-modem game, Starnet is launched on Prestel and two software houses announce competitions. How a hobbit&#8217;s mind works &#8211; Noel Williams looks at the use of artificial intelligence in adventure games Fun and games with Scott Adams &#8211; The father of micro computer games, Scott Adams, tells how his multi-million dollar software business started int he spare room of his modest Florida home in 1978 New role for micros &#8211; Gren Hatton argues that there is a role for micros in role-playing games and gives examples of where they may be used Software Inventory &#8211; Reviews of new releases including The Pen and the Dark for Spectrum 48K and the BBC B, Wings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[2362,2524],"class_list":["post-26014","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\/26014","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=26014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}