{"id":33313,"date":"2024-03-20T10:19:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T14:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=33313"},"modified":"2024-04-01T10:17:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T14:17:38","slug":"your-64-october-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2024\/03\/20\/your-64-october-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"Your 64 (October 1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FYour_64%2FYour64_14_1985-10&amp;twg_show=Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-01-751x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-01-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-01-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-01-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-01-88x120.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-01.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FYour_64%2FYour64_14_1985-10&amp;twg_show=Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-01.jpg\">Your 64 &#8211; Issue Number 14 &#8211; October 1985<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Your 64 is a Commodore 64 magazine that also covered the VIC-20 that was published in the U.K. It was relatively short-lived as a stand-alone magazine as it was incorporated into Your Commodore after 14 issues. The October 1985 issue includes:<\/p>\n<h1>Megagames<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Rocky LXIV<\/b> &#8211; A review of McGuigan&#8217;s World Championship Boxing for the C64.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Desert Island Risks<\/b> &#8211; A review of Spy Vs Spy: The Island Caper for the C64.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Viva Espana!<\/b> &#8211; A look at Torremolinos, a text\/graphics adventure with a theme of surviving a vacation in Spain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Review<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Art Attack<\/b> &#8211; A comparison of various art packages for the Commodore 64 including Tony Hart&#8217;s Art Master, Paintbox, Doodle, and Mr. Pixel&#8217;s Programming Paint Set.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mind Your Language<\/b> &#8211; A look at programming languages available for the Commodore 64. Products in this overview include Ada, Comal 80, Fig-Forth, Forth+, Forth 64 (from three different companies), Tiny-Forth, White Lighting, Logo, Oxford Pascal, Pascal 64 (from two companies), Pilot, and Pilot-Plus\/64.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Games<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Arcade Ace<\/b> &#8211; Hints, tips and strategies for Spy Hunter, Dambusters, Rockford&#8217;s Riot, Elite, and Summer Games II plus a competition involving Summer Games II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Miss Adventure<\/b> &#8211; A brief look at Red Moon plus questions answered about The Hulk, Twin Kingdom Valley, and The Hobbit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Chart Challenge<\/b> &#8211; Top ten game charts including &#8220;Top Ten Classics&#8221; (Impossible Mission takes the top spot) and &#8220;Top Ten Hot Shots&#8221; (Pitstop II takes the top spot).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Self Defense<\/b> &#8211; A type-in Defender clone for the C64.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Action Replay<\/b> &#8211; A brief look at various games including Mad Doctor, Ghost Chaser, Ian Botham&#8217;s Test Cricket, Racing Destruction Set (a true classic and predecessor to Rock n&#8217; Roll Racing on the Super NES), Kayak, Hypersports, Merlin, Cylu, Tour de France, Beer Belly Bert in Brew Biz, Great American Cross Country Road Race, and Wizard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=33315\" class=\"attachment wp-att-33315\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-03-751x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-03-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-03-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-03-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-03-88x120.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-03.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Programming<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>64 Programmer of the Year<\/b> &#8211; A reader submitted sprite creator wins him a Commodore 128. This program is available to type in here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Open Access<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>News<\/b> &#8211; Beyond joins forces with Nexus to release Nexus; Ultimate releases Blackwyche; Dk&#8217;Tronics releases Popeye; Robocom releases a series of turbo catridges to speed up disk and tape loading; Global Software releases The Magician&#8217;s Ball, Activision releases Ballblazer, Rescue on Fractalus, and Gamemaker; and lots more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Hardlines<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of books including Artificial Intelligence Projects for the Commodore 64, Commodore 64 Expansion Guide, and Peeks and Pokes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Networds<\/b> &#8211; What&#8217;s new on Compunet and Micronet. Not the same as the Internet but one of the closest things to it at the time I suppose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Hack Attack<\/b> &#8211; Hacks for games (think Game Shark without the Game Shark) including Battle Zone, Bruce Lee, Hunchback, Jumping Jack, Miner 2049&#8217;er, Pitfall, Quest for Tires, Ghostbusters, Entombed, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Off the Hook<\/b> &#8211; Programming and technical help including how to use Mid$ in BASIC, info on the best assemblers, using the 1520 printer\/plotter with Easyscript, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Core Material<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Missives<\/b> &#8211; Letters from readers about joysticks, Commodore 64 coverage in Australia,<\/li>\n<li><b>Scratchpad<\/b> &#8211; Short programs submitted by readers to removing spaces from programs, displaying a directory without disturbing memory, changing fonts, quick saving any block in memory, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-68-751x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-68-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-68-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-68-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-68-88x120.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Your64_Issue_14_1985_Oct-68.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and much more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Your 64 &#8211; Issue Number 14 &#8211; October 1985 Your 64 is a Commodore 64 magazine that also covered the VIC-20 that was published in the U.K. It was relatively short-lived as a stand-alone magazine as it was incorporated into Your Commodore after 14 issues. The October 1985 issue includes: Megagames Rocky LXIV &#8211; A review of McGuigan&#8217;s World Championship Boxing for the C64. Desert Island Risks &#8211; A review of Spy Vs Spy: The Island Caper for the C64. Viva Espana! &#8211; A look at Torremolinos, a text\/graphics adventure with a theme of surviving a vacation in Spain. Review Art Attack &#8211; A comparison of various art packages for the Commodore 64 including Tony Hart&#8217;s Art Master, Paintbox, Doodle, and Mr. Pixel&#8217;s Programming Paint Set. Mind Your Language &#8211; A look at programming languages available for the Commodore 64. Products in this overview include Ada, Comal 80, Fig-Forth, Forth+, Forth 64 (from three different companies), Tiny-Forth, White Lighting, Logo, Oxford Pascal, Pascal 64 (from two companies), Pilot, and Pilot-Plus\/64. Games Arcade Ace &#8211; Hints, tips and strategies for Spy Hunter, Dambusters, Rockford&#8217;s Riot, Elite, and Summer Games II plus a competition involving Summer Games II. Miss Adventure &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,4],"tags":[471,473,2362],"class_list":["post-33313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commodore-64","category-computer-arcana","tag-commodore","tag-commodore-64","tag-retrocomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33313","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=33313"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33396,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33313\/revisions\/33396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}