{"id":30081,"date":"2022-11-07T10:54:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T15:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=30081"},"modified":"2022-11-18T20:27:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T01:27:01","slug":"run-june-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2022\/11\/07\/run-june-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"RUN (June 1988)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FRun%2Frun_1988-06&amp;twg_show=Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-001-757x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"757\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30085\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FRun%2Frun_1988-06&amp;twg_show=Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">RUN &#8211; Issue Number 54 &#8211; June 1988<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>RUN was one of the most popular Commodore 64 magazines in the U.S. and the one that I bought the most, mainly because it was what I found on the shelves near me most often. It also covered the Commodore 128 and in earlier days the VIC-20 with perhaps a tiny bit of Commodore 16\/Plus 4 coverage. The June 1988 issue includes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=30084\" class=\"attachment wp-att-30084 keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-006-751x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-006-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-006-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-006-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-006-1127x1536.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-006-88x120.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-006.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Latest Word<\/b> &#8211; An overview of the newest word processing software for the Commodore 64\/128 including PaperClip III, FontMaster 128, WordPro, GeoWrite Workshop 128, and The Write Stuff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Form Writer<\/b> &#8211; A type-in program for the Commodore 64 or 128 that enables you to design and print custom forms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Special Delivery<\/b> &#8211; A type-in text\/graphics adventure game in which you play the role of a postman who must deliver a letter to a crazy hermit who lives in the woods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Now You See It&#8230;<\/b> &#8211; A type in adventure\/arcade game in which you must collect items in a cave. The challenge is to beat your own time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=30083\" class=\"attachment wp-att-30083 keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-007-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-007-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-007-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-007-768x1035.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-007-1140x1536.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-007-89x120.jpg 89w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-007.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Departments<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>RUNning Ruminations<\/b> &#8211; Info about this year&#8217;s RUN software awards. A ballot is included in this issue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Magic<\/b> &#8211; Short programs to automatically indent For-Next loops, creating scrolling characters, hiding your program listings, an updated calendar maker with Julian date added, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>News and New Products<\/b> &#8211; A sign language tutorial for the C64, a Commodore 128 accounting tutorial, Ticket to Washington, The Golf Package, Alien Destruction Set, Mandroid, Masterpiece, Stealth Mission, Logo Probability, Coloring Book Page Maker, Kid Niki, Dark Castle, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>RUN&#8217;s Reader Choice Awards Ballot<\/b> &#8211; An opportunity for readers to vote on the best software of the year. There are multiple games categories including Arcade Adventures, Arcade, Graphics Adventures, Role-Playing Adventures, Simulations, Sports, Strategy, and more along with a variety of productivity and utility categories from Telecommunications to Databases to Desktop Publishing and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mail Run<\/b> &#8211; Letters from readers about upgrading to the Amiga, the geoWatch column, Silent Service vs. Up Periscope!, Strike Fleet, genealogy programs, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Software Gallery<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Infiltrator II<\/b> &#8211; An excellent multi-genre sequel which includes elements of role-playing, flight simulator, arcade, strategy and more.<\/li>\n<li><b>The Train: Escape to Normandy<\/b> &#8211; A unique action\/train simulator game set during World War II.<\/li>\n<li><b>High Seas<\/b> &#8211; An action\/strategy game in which you command 18th century ships in combat.<\/li>\n<li><b>Knight Orc<\/b> &#8211; A rather unique adventure game in which you take the role of an orc just trying to make his way home.<\/li>\n<li><b>Magnetron<\/b> &#8211; A sci-fi shoot-em-up with a unique 3D display.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Easy Applications<\/b> &#8211; A type-in program that allows you to recover your BASIC program even if the machine locks up&#8230;usually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>geoWatch<\/b> &#8211; An overview of geoProgrammer, a new assembly language development system for GEOS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Telecomputing Workshop<\/b> &#8211; A new shopping mall style BBS called Fantasy Plaza plus a look at some unique BBSes specializing in shopping, rocks, and the stock market. Plus some questions about BBS problems, terminal program suggestions, starting a BBS, the 1650 modem, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Commodore Clinic<\/b> &#8211; Technical questions answered about getting the name of a disk, REM statements, printing out program listings, color bleed, the 1750 RAM expansion, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Coming Attractions<\/b> &#8211; Coming next month, a graphics themed issue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-100-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-100-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-100-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-100-768x1035.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-100-1140x1536.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-100-89x120.jpg 89w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Run_Issue_54_1988_Jun-100.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: RUN &#8211; Issue Number 54 &#8211; June 1988 RUN was one of the most popular Commodore 64 magazines in the U.S. and the one that I bought the most, mainly because it was what I found on the shelves near me most often. It also covered the Commodore 128 and in earlier days the VIC-20 with perhaps a tiny bit of Commodore 16\/Plus 4 coverage. The June 1988 issue includes: Features The Latest Word &#8211; An overview of the newest word processing software for the Commodore 64\/128 including PaperClip III, FontMaster 128, WordPro, GeoWrite Workshop 128, and The Write Stuff. Form Writer &#8211; A type-in program for the Commodore 64 or 128 that enables you to design and print custom forms. Special Delivery &#8211; A type-in text\/graphics adventure game in which you play the role of a postman who must deliver a letter to a crazy hermit who lives in the woods. Now You See It&#8230; &#8211; A type in adventure\/arcade game in which you must collect items in a cave. The challenge is to beat your own time. Departments RUNning Ruminations &#8211; Info about this year&#8217;s RUN software awards. A ballot is included in this issue. Magic &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,4],"tags":[471,472,473,2362],"class_list":["post-30081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commodore-64","category-computer-arcana","tag-commodore","tag-commodore-128","tag-commodore-64","tag-retrocomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30081","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=30081"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30156,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30081\/revisions\/30156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}