{"id":29219,"date":"2022-06-21T11:18:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T15:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=29219"},"modified":"2022-07-01T09:14:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T13:14:46","slug":"commodore-user-december-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2022\/06\/21\/commodore-user-december-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"Commodore User (December 1987)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FCommodore_User%2Fcu51&amp;twg_show=cu5100001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29222\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100001-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100001-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100001-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100001-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100001-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100001.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FCommodore_User%2Fcu51&amp;twg_show=cu5100001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">Commodore User &#8211; Issue Number 51 &#8211; December 1987<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Commodore User was a pretty long running Commodore magazine that initially covered the VIC-20 and Commodore 64 and later the Amiga. There may have briefly also been a bit of Commodore 16\/Plus 4 coverage. While not strictly a gaming magazine initially, it was by the time 1987 rolled around. The December 1987 issue covered the Commodore 64 and Amiga and includes:<\/p>\n<h1>Specials<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Combat School<\/b> &#8211; A review of Combat School by Ocean for the Commodore 64. This was kind of like a multi-sport game such as Winter\/Summer Games only with a boot camp theme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Sub Compo<\/b> &#8211; A competition in which the reader had to answer three questions about submarines for the chance to win a chance to spend a day on a Royal Navy Submarine. This contest was associated with the impending release of The Hunt for Red October.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Games For &#8217;88<\/b> &#8211; New arcade games at the Tokyo JAMMA Show. Some of the games there include Final Lap, Heavyweight Champ, Thumnder Blade, Cyber Tank, and Full Throttle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Pull Out Poster<\/b> &#8211; A Skate or Die! poster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Buzz<\/b> &#8211; A sneak peak at upcoming games including Rastan Saga, Out Run, Rampage, Jack the Ripper, Masters of the Universe, Mars Cops, Test Drive, and Platoon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Adventure<\/b> &#8211; A look at adventure games, including: Not A Penny More Not A Penny Less, a text adventure with graphics based on the book of the same name; Nord and Bert, a text adventure from Infocom; Zodiac, a text adventure with graphics from Incentive; plus some help for Questprobe 2: Spiderman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Arcades<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of new arcade games including Heavyweight Champ, Rainbow Islands, Gray Out, Ajax, Full Throttle, and Free Kick plus an interview with Johnny Dumfries, race car driver.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Play to Win<\/b> &#8211; Game tricks and tips, including complete maps of Druid 2 and POKEs for various cheats in Hysteria, Bubble Bobble, Freddy Hardest, Amiga Karate, and Jack the Nipper II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Results<\/b> &#8211; The results of previous competitions, including the winner of an Amiga 500.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Tommy<\/b> &#8211; Technical questions answered about reset switches, the Commodore MPS 803 printer, the difference between the 1570 and 1571 disk drive, creating sound, and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"attachment wp-att-29221 keychainify-checked\" href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=29221\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29221\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100005-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100005-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100005-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100005-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100005-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100005.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Screen Scene<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Rygar<\/b> &#8211; A pretty lousy side-scrolling beat-em-up for the Commodore 64.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Skate or Die<\/b> &#8211; A decent skateboarding sim for the Commodore 64.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Combat School<\/b> &#8211; A review of Combat School by Ocean for the Commodore 64. This was kind of like a multi-sport game such as Winter\/Summer Games only with a boot camp theme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Cosmic Causeway<\/b> &#8211; You could think of this one as Trailblazer 2 even though it technically isn&#8217;t.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Star Wars<\/b> &#8211; The Star Wars arcade game ported to the Commodore 64. It gets a mediocre review here mostly because the vector graphics of the arcade don&#8217;t translate that well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Freddy Hardest<\/b> &#8211; A port of a budget title for the Spectrum. So not that great.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mean Streak<\/b> &#8211; A decent motorcycle racing game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Maniac Mansion<\/b> &#8211; Lucasfilm&#8217;s classic adventure game on the Commodore 64. This and Zak McCracken are must play games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>XOR<\/b> &#8211; A maze game that makes use of the XOR logic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Jack the Nipper 2: Coconut Capers<\/b> &#8211; The object of this game seems to be to cause mischief but it reminds be a bit of Spelunker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Buggy Boy<\/b> &#8211; A Pole Position style racing game that gets a good review here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Passengers on the Wind 2<\/b> &#8211; A rather obscure adventure game based on a French comic strip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Superstar Ice Hockey<\/b> &#8211; A mediocre hockey game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mad Balls<\/b> &#8211; Based on a license for Mad balls that were around in the 1980s. The game actually turns out ok.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Beat It<\/b> &#8211; A maze\/puzzle game in which you must collect the correct notes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Kromazone<\/b> &#8211; A sort of arcade spaceship game played from a first person point of view though there doesn&#8217;t seem to be much to do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Starlifter<\/b> &#8211; A 2-way horizontal shooter budget game that gets a pretty good review.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Bobsleigh<\/b> &#8211; Similar to such events in Winter Games type games but with more realism, particularly when it comes to managing an olympic team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Gunboat<\/b> &#8211; Kind of like River Raid from a boat&#8217;s perspective. But the graphics are no better and the game play is not as good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Airborne Ranger<\/b> &#8211; An outstanding game from Microprose. Think of it as a game like Commando but with better graphics, more complexity, more realism and more varied missions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Athena<\/b> &#8211; A pretty terrible side scrolling action game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Power Struggle<\/b> &#8211; A Cold War era strategy game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Zig Zag<\/b> &#8211; Described as a hunt and kill maze game, the graphics and perspective will remind you a lot of Zaxxon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Tetris<\/b> &#8211; Tetris on the C64&#8230;available quite a while before the Game Boy came around.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Spore<\/b> &#8211; A game reminiscent of Gauntlet but with spores instead of magical creatures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Survivors<\/b> &#8211; You control three droids whose job it is to rescue people from their nuclear shelter. From the review, it&#8217;s not worth the 1.99 it cost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mask<\/b> &#8211; Based on the comic and TV show of the same name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PHM Pegasus<\/b> &#8211; A simulation\/strategy game in which you control a &#8220;Hydrofoil Missile craft&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ubik&#8217;s Music<\/b> &#8211; A music program that lets you created musical sequences. Quite complex for the low price.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Microrythm+<\/b> &#8211; Basically an electronic drum kit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Grand Prix Simulator<\/b> &#8211; It looks like a Super Sprint clone but it&#8217;s nowhere near as good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Dark Castle<\/b> &#8211; An excellent action game for the Amiga in which you explore the various rooms of a castle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>King of Chicago<\/b> &#8211; An adventure game for the Amiga featuring Chicago crime lords. Looks nice and is entertaining but it&#8217;s basically a glorified Choose Your Own Adventure book with pretty graphics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Western Games<\/b> &#8211; Another multi-sport style game, this one featuring &#8220;sports&#8221; such as milking cows and arm wrestling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Garrison<\/b> &#8211; Basically, Gauntlet for the Amiga.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Leviathan<\/b> &#8211; An isometric shooter reminiscent for the Amiga that is reminiscent of Zaxxon but with improved graphics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29220\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100164-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100164-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100164-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100164-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100164-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cu5100164.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Commodore User &#8211; Issue Number 51 &#8211; December 1987 Commodore User was a pretty long running Commodore magazine that initially covered the VIC-20 and Commodore 64 and later the Amiga. There may have briefly also been a bit of Commodore 16\/Plus 4 coverage. While not strictly a gaming magazine initially, it was by the time 1987 rolled around. The December 1987 issue covered the Commodore 64 and Amiga and includes: Specials Combat School &#8211; A review of Combat School by Ocean for the Commodore 64. This was kind of like a multi-sport game such as Winter\/Summer Games only with a boot camp theme. Sub Compo &#8211; A competition in which the reader had to answer three questions about submarines for the chance to win a chance to spend a day on a Royal Navy Submarine. This contest was associated with the impending release of The Hunt for Red October. Games For &#8217;88 &#8211; New arcade games at the Tokyo JAMMA Show. Some of the games there include Final Lap, Heavyweight Champ, Thumnder Blade, Cyber Tank, and Full Throttle. Pull Out Poster &#8211; A Skate or Die! poster. Buzz &#8211; A sneak peak at upcoming games including Rastan Saga, Out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,44,4,16],"tags":[169,471,473,2362,2524],"class_list":["post-29219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amiga","category-commodore-64","category-computer-arcana","category-retro-games","tag-amiga","tag-commodore","tag-commodore-64","tag-retrocomputing","tag-retrogaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29219","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=29219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}