{"id":27421,"date":"2021-08-25T15:01:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T19:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=27421"},"modified":"2021-09-01T16:07:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T20:07:06","slug":"commodore-format-july-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/08\/25\/commodore-format-july-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"Commodore Format (July 1995)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FCommodore_Format%2Fissue58&amp;twg_show=cf58-001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cf58-001-741x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cf58-001-741x1024.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cf58-001-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cf58-001-768x1062.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cf58-001-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cf58-001.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FCommodore_Format%2Fissue58&amp;twg_show=cf58-001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">Computer &amp; Video Game Magazines &#8211; Commodore Format &#8211; July 1995<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/ebay\/Commodore64.html\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Those in the U.S. might find it hard to believe, but Commodore Format was a Commodore 64 magazine that was still being published in the U.K. in 1995. This issue from July 1995 includes:<\/p>\n<h1>Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>News special: C64 reborn!<\/b> &#8211; ESCOM, the second largest European PC manufacturers are to relaunch the C64 in the developing countries. Simon Forrester gets out his atlas and looks at the implications of this announcement.<\/li>\n<li><b>Win!Win!Win!<\/b> &#8211; Take yourself to the edge, a very sharp edge. We have five copies of the spectacular beat&#8217;-em-up Sword of Honour to give away. Turn to page 8 to see how to win a copy NOW!<\/li>\n<li><b>1993 and all that<\/b> &#8211; No sooner said than spun. Your favorite Commodore story teller, Simon Forrester, sits himself under a tree, takes out his big picture book and begins&#8230; Once upon a time&#8230; And all because one curious CF reader asked Simon to tell him more about the history of the C64.<\/li>\n<li><b>On The Powerpack<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Capture<\/b> &#8211; Simply board Capture may be, but it&#8217;s never dull. Capture is a game of strategy and skill. Move your tiles around: preferably on to squares which are already occupied by your opponent. Well, do you have any cause to be nice to him or her?<\/li>\n<li><b>Trashman<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Regulars<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>News\/C64 Scene Directory<\/b> &#8211; Did you win a JiffyDOS upgrade? A Shoot-&#8217;em-up-destruction Set? And, what&#8217;s the C64-wise?<\/li>\n<li><b>The Mighty Brain<\/b> &#8211; You ask. We give as good as we get. No, better.<\/li>\n<li><b>Back to BASICs<\/b> &#8211; You are under mortarboard attack from Simon Forrester who is determined to teach you BASIC.<\/li>\n<li><b>Buy-a-rama<\/b> &#8211; Sold on the idea of CF classifieds? You should be!<\/li>\n<li><b>Contact points<\/b> &#8211; The fanzines, the clubs, the lowdown.<\/li>\n<li><b>Next month:<\/b> &#8211; What you can look forward to in CF59.<\/li>\n<li><b>CF back issues<\/b> &#8211; Keep up with the issues that were.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Reviews<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Sword of Honour<\/b> &#8211; It&#8217;s spectacular. It&#8217;s a beat-&#8217;em-up. It&#8217;s got ninjas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Games<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Gamebusters<\/b> &#8211; Squarescape, Superstrike, Spacewar and SEUDS.<\/li>\n<li><b>Public Domain<\/b> &#8211; Succumb to Lethargy and Contraflow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Serious<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>GEOS<\/b> &#8211; Go faster gripes? You can speed up your printing.<\/li>\n<li><b>True ROM-antics<\/b> &#8211; TALK, LISTEN, UNTALK, UNLISTEN.<\/li>\n<li><b>Techie Tips<\/b> &#8211; Stuck? Glue yourself to techie guru Jason Finch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Computer &amp; Video Game Magazines &#8211; Commodore Format &#8211; July 1995 Those in the U.S. might find it hard to believe, but Commodore Format was a Commodore 64 magazine that was still being published in the U.K. in 1995. This issue from July 1995 includes: Features News special: C64 reborn! &#8211; ESCOM, the second largest European PC manufacturers are to relaunch the C64 in the developing countries. Simon Forrester gets out his atlas and looks at the implications of this announcement. Win!Win!Win! &#8211; Take yourself to the edge, a very sharp edge. We have five copies of the spectacular beat&#8217;-em-up Sword of Honour to give away. Turn to page 8 to see how to win a copy NOW! 1993 and all that &#8211; No sooner said than spun. Your favorite Commodore story teller, Simon Forrester, sits himself under a tree, takes out his big picture book and begins&#8230; Once upon a time&#8230; And all because one curious CF reader asked Simon to tell him more about the history of the C64. On The Powerpack Capture &#8211; Simply board Capture may be, but it&#8217;s never dull. Capture is a game of strategy and skill. Move your tiles around: preferably on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,4],"tags":[370,471,473,3785,2362],"class_list":["post-27421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commodore-64","category-computer-arcana","tag-c64","tag-commodore","tag-commodore-64","tag-commodore-format","tag-retrocomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27421","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=27421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}