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said to his smelly friend. But as
well as a really bad joke (What
joke? Ed), Eureka is also the
name of Domark's first product
after the horrors of Friday The
13th. Its a medium resolution
monitor with the option of using it in green screen mode It also boasts a sound booster for
your Speccy's beeps and then plays them through its own speaker. But the most interesting
feature is its expand screen option. Now you can make yourself (eel really sea sick by
zooming in'n'out while you're playing a game. At under £250 we can even forgive 'em for
importing it from France.

Cal l i ng al l Fa i r l i ght fa ns . D o n ' t ge t t oo e x c i t e d *cos

• not y e t . J us t t o gi v e y ou a t a s t e r of t he na t t y nev
Mirrorsoft is goi ng bananas
and releasing megatons
of games this month. Numer o
one is Dr Blitzen And The Islands
Of Arcanum, an arcade/
adventure follow-up to Dynamite
Dan — see put-reery brill°. lab
screenshot. Second is Reflex, a
labyrinth of caverns game ...um...
and there's the battle/flight
simulator. Strike Force Harrier
er a n d scary N e rv o u s Wreck
— an underwater diving drama.
Fai r fi ght II - A Trail Of Dar kness i sn't out yet. Soon bat
gr a phi c s , her e's a l ook at the ti tl e scr een s how i ng the
s pook y bi t w he r e y ou'r e out of the c a s tl e a nd out Qs
your ear . B ut If y ou r eal l y c a n ' t w a i t a nd y ou ow n
12B, t h e e x p a n d e d v e r s i on of Fa i r fi ght w i t h a nen
s ol uti on a nd extr a r oom s s houl d be In the shops ewes
sooner . S oone r but not y e t . -
MURDER,
MYSTERY,
SUSPENSE!
It's the strange case
of the corpse at
Castle Rathbone —
s the Ed subbed
is last? Better dead
han Ed! Clues on
page 25

He can't even give 'em 1.11

away! Sir Clive launches
the Spe c tr um 1 2 8 on a 111
suspecting wor ld. 111
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Fourteen software houses have donated computer games to

War On Want to raise money for development work in the
Third World The Speccy games include Hunchback 11 from
Ocean, PSS's Xaviour, Imagines classic Pcdro and one from
Jeff Minter called Headbanger's He m = (Don't call us. Jeff!)
l f you want SO have a lorra lorry fun and do someone a
favour at the same time buy a copy of Wow Games for only
1'9.95 - that's lust, calculator out, 71.071428p per game -
a bargain_ And by George (Galloway), just look at the fun
the General Secretary of War On Want is having.
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• Hair by Toni • Beards by Barry • Models P a u l Norris and I!ant t o I undo, '
Rupert Bowater S Opening a new software salon called Binary gasp d u e
Vision f ollowing t heir break away f ro m t h e Elec tronic Penc il le line But i..'
Company of Fourth Protocol arta Zoids fame. Games designers by
appointment t o t he Palac e (Software). Firs t c ollec tion t o be
launched at the PCW Snow in September..
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digitizing bouncy Sam Fox
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n followers of fashion will note tha t it's now ultra cool to have an old style • t ier
Speccy. Rubber is definitely making a comeback this season. Some hip- Interes ting link , t his D o m a r k
sters are even making a mov e to revive the 1 6 K ma c hine — here a t YS aving made a bit of a boob
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pointing out to the tre ndie s tha t microdrives a re a n unreliable form of roducing a game based on the
storage. You can talk till your spots drop off a bout Wafadrives and disks 'Imes Bond movie L i v e A n d
but Joe Cool's only interested in matching logos. Form not function is his L e t D i e B o y rac ers Dominic
motto. Stylish or wha t? irid Mark are also in the throes
signing a few more licensing
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Number one in a series of one. Collect the set.

Bet you didn't know that the Brazilian Spectrum, the TK 90X from Microdigital is
rather different from our own native machine. The NMI Rom error has been fixed
and there is no dot crawl just like the 128,
It's also got two added instructions - Trace and UDG - and all the messages
are in Portuguese. Technical note for TrainspOtters: "Interface incorporado para
joystick, de 4 poscoes de movimentacao."

f COrtc Ail you latin scholars (amo, amas, amat) will

5 6 0 Here you are in the Ice immedlately know that the word Opus means
Palace... a shiver runs up work. And that's just what the Opus Discovery
your spine.., is it the now does with the 128 - work. For 149 librae
cold?.„ or is it._ a... g-g- and 49 denaril you get a 250K disk drive that
gh00000st. Elite's Ghosts uses 3 i n c h disks and
And Goblins holds the includes a joystick
answer. More details on interface amongst
other things. Now
page 56 and in next parse off and
month's megagame construct a
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Knight aboard his starship.
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the 50 rooms a nd 4 9
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DONallif You can't go tar wrong with Frontlines. Lank what

we've got for you this month. An casy-peasy-do-
ii•yoursell-patent-microdrivc k ill Wave goodbye
to messing about with cartridge doctor programs
or carefully rethreading that cartridge you acciden-
tally opened. Build OUT revolutionary repair unit
based on ancient Egyptian computer technology
and it'll automatically recover duff files. cure bad
sectors and improve access time!
All you've got to do is cut out thc shape below
and stick it to a piece of stiff black card
frainspotters out there notice
the mistake in the Sam Cruise
ad in last issue? Thought not
you really are slipping you
k now
Crumbs' VS nearly came a
c ropper las t mont h wh e n
Young Ones
Planer's
s t aoilagents
-sound r about rang up to
issue 2's cover
Oh lawks what a card! Those chaps Simply plitcc your faulty Micmdnve under thc N i gthey
I ucluty e didn
l I have a leg to
at Cumana have just launched a special repair unit and leave it overnight. Neal
revolutionary new memory storage morning the tapell work like magic. stand on le a s t not after we
system — the Astron Integrated No peeking. mind you.. sent Vyvyan round to deal with
Circuit Card B ut what's really em There's no pleasing some
iteres ling about this credit card Cut Fold ---- people
type device are the rumours that Remember last month I told
Sinclair will be adopting the Astron
storage system rather than disks on you about Saga's new inhered
its Pandora portable promised for keyboard? Its now been
later this year. That'll do nicely. christened the 2001 and its
Sir! remote controlled so you can
wander off to the too while
typing in the VS program pull-
out Wipe that smirk oil your
lace — we don't want any smut
about using VS as too roll --
this is not yet average bog
standard magazine
Hmmmmm
Isn I it great to be s00000
very popular The programmers
converting Fa i r l i g h t to the
Commie 64 and Amstrad are
using the Fa irlig h t map in VS
issue 1 to find their way about
Impeccable taste E n o u g h 01
all this sickly sugary
sweetness Yeurrichf let s gel
on with some mote
skulduggery PSS is on the
Worrisgoin'on2 Not content with c alling its warpath again Tactics are to
latest arc adeis t rat egy g a m e b y t h e release Commie conversions
comptelelyunpronounceablename o f
Ziggurat. Hewson's now decided to change it Ba ttle Of Britain and
IDthe evenmorecompletelyunpronounceable The a tre Europe Its also on
name ol Quezetron-- sounds like an ever-so a manoeuvre to produce I wo
sickly f ray drink to us. Its all set in the future J ima Hrrummphi
on the subterranean city of Quazatron where Naughty naughty
you control a Meknotech robot who has to to ,know
grapple with battle droids. service robots and I I lawhy
y roAchvision
u s
B a llb se hasnt reared its
repair mobiles. And just kook at your range of w head
ugly a nyet tit s because
weapons — inc luding ram thrusters would
ewe believe Lucas Films told the
programmers it wasnt up to
scratch and sent them oft to
have anoMer bash Should be
good when it does art we'
At )5 Oh and hetes some really
the on good news It s now been
l decided which games11feature
y yLo u r on the Off The Hook tape
„ is that'll hopefully raise motley to
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what's happened c to all those ,,
unsold C5s? Well. o Sir Clive's iti t3 0 tl i i T I N I S W i t h t h o s e
shipped 'em over o to the Yanks Soltaid aiiit OH The Hook •
where they're used n to life in the Anili (woo mase t ie s o it i,•
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gel unused to it ‘a bit sharpish if a
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n profits i of 3 0 G a me s
American hype. 'Cruising at up ao i
big things going for it! Samantha Fox's Strip Poker (Sounds a bit to 15 miles per hour — an
t

over the topless. Ed) and International Seven Card Stud is a twin o sl
Pandora port able l o c k ol
exhilarating speed in an open-air !
cheapii smutty (Ticketing
program that has taken longer to develop than Sam herself. vehicle like the C5 -- you're not , la
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contains digitised pictures of the Foxy Lady herself. And

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,ire
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apparently, Sam is no pushover so it'll take a lot of skill before she it. So you can smell the flowers t
gets 'er kit oft — you'll need, at least, a Royal Flush. (read
, eiA scard
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and not the gas. Hear the birds leave
and not the engine.
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EliCUP'1***
SNAT ICIOUSTHUGS
smashed their
way into the
F.A.'s Headquarters
yesterday evening and
made off with the F.A.
cup.
Elderly caretaker, Oliver
Shuffles, was there
throughout the drama.
He's now recovering from
his ordeal.
Oliver, 72, later told
police that he'd been
threatened by the youths.
Obscenities
"They shouted obscenities
at me", he said, "like,
keep yer gob shut
Grandad or you'll be into
injury time. Know wot we
mean?"
Morale in soccer circles is
running at an all-time low.
But now Virgin Games has
stepped in.
Reward
Virgin is offering a reward
of a Minerva football and 30
Say
It's time we showed these cup crooks the
red card. These thugs have scored an own-
goal with this little caper. We say send the
snatchers off and give 'em extra time.
14
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sayswipers
copies of its nev, game E A.
Cup Football to anybody who
can help get these soccer
swindlers booked —
permanently.
Tie-breaker
And you can help too.
Virgin is sending in the F A.
Team — football's answer to
the A Team, but it needs a
hand in choosing which
footballers would make up
the best team. Just choose
five players who you think
would have the best chance
of getting the F.A. Cup back
I'd choose these players t o make u p m y F.A. Team:
into play. Then all you've got
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breaker in less than 10 1
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STERNWARNING
At last the cover illustration of
Your Sinclair issue 3 has
pushed me into writing to you.
Do you really think that the
image of computing (to non
computees) is enhanced by the
childish and revolting cover of
your latest issue?
My wife asks, do I have to
read horror comics? My nurse
says, is this what you look like
after an hour at the keyboard?
I would not read this issue in
a crowded train! Perhaps you
should advertise your
subscription rates with 'sent
under plain cover' in case the
postman sees what the readers
are getting.
B Stern
Northwood, Middlesex
He came from Northwood. At
first he seemed normal enough,
friendly even. But the tell-tale
signs were there. Why did he
need a nurse? After all, he was
only suffering from a mild case
of fogeyitis. Finally, the full
horror dawned but by then it
was too late. 'Mr' Stern
removed his mask and revealed
himself to be... a dentist! Ed
I'm still reeling from the VS
cover illustration of issue 3.
Now every time I see my
Spectrum, I imagine a hand
ripping off the rubber
membrane to reveal.. oh, it's
too too horrible... a BBC
computer!
Iknow Tom Stimpson was the
culprit, although his name was
written so small at the bottom
of the contents page, you
would hardly let him lake the
blame.
Why wasn't the identity of
this man much bigger, so
everyone could see what a
devilish genius he is. The rascal
has a mighty talent for artwork
if he can stun me like that.
J Hayes
Bushey, Hens
Glad someone liked the cover
—even if. as many of you
pointed out, our visiting
reptilian had human eyes and
didn't speak with forked
tongue. But how could Tom
Stimpson tell — for once in her
life, T'zer refused to stick her
tongue out at someone. Ed
CLEESEDOFF
'951)195 flippin' p a month we
pay for YSI I mean, what has
VSever given us?"
Well, there's Frontlines,
T'zers, QL News._
'News!'
There's Letters, Doodlebugs,
Trainspotters, Hack Free Zone..
'Apart from Frontlines, T'zers,
QL News, Letters, Doodlebugs,
Trainspotters and Hack Free
Zone what has VS ever gi
use
Hex's Heroes, Revi
some pretty hot scre
Hit List, Previews,
Task Force, Maps, Rac
Away, Microdrivin', Heart
Hartnell, Cartoons, QL
Software, Hard Fads,
Adventure Pages...
'It's too smalll"
Input/Output, Backlash,
great compos, listings...
'There aren't any odvertsr
Zigzag, Spot and Nik?
MYBRANEHURTS
Recently my Speccy keyboard
gave up on me (well, it was
only four of the keys actually)
but that was bad enough. I
thought I'd have to pay £20 to
get it fixed but, in fact, all it
cost me was 95p. I dismantled
the Speccy and found the
problem — the membrane. So,
I wedged a piece of, yes you
guessed it, VS under it and
now it works perfectly.
D A Rogers
Ruislip, Middlesex
And this is because YS reaches
the ports other mogs cannot
reach. Ed
expect after an hour in there!) I
Oh yes there are!
ended up outside three quid
"Okay, apart from worse off. And for this paltry
Frontlines, T'zers, Qt. News,
sum I received o MAD game
Letters (Snip! Ed), listings and called Spellbound.
adverts what has VS ever given What mode me defy the
us?"
laws of tight-fistedness? You —
There ore' fl y decent yes it was the old smack
tiers. 4 1 this onel between the user ports with a
anks VS, it's well screen shot ploy. Anyway on
with the story. This game as it
'appens was so hard that I
•d d
ended up committing Sinclair
mephotos of sacrilege and in a fit of rage...
earn in the meg
Aoaaargh... the old Speccy got
lolly the gals!) an exploding fist in the rubber
keyboard.
d like that, how
Now at this point things
o here they are really start to hot up. Suddenly
to the Nolons,
the Noh before my eyes appears the
Basic loader — mysterious eh?
Someone once said that they Then after a poke around,
made the sound of a Spectrum instead of rejoining the on-
loading seem musical. Ouch!
screen frolics, it happened. The
No, course it wasn't me who top of the screen was spewing
said it_ Ed
pixels all over the shop and
before my very eyes appeared
this message; "Hello Hacked'
Well, Spellbound I certainly
was. And at E2.99 that was
the cheapest way that I've
heard of becoming a hacker.
So, in order to prevent undue
stress and excitement on those
with dickie hearts here is a
warning: Status Warning — VS
can seriously affect your
unhackerliness.
Think the mag is all the
usually creepy comments and a
few more. Oh yes, and was
that 'From Czar Hip' that I sore
in ish 3. I'm shave that Mr
Shore should be informed of
what a commie machine is...
Richard Tucker
Canterbury, Kent
CHEAPHACK PSDid you know that the PM's
Bonjour gringos (or do I mean a hacker? (Beeb 2, 9pm)
comrades?). I just hod to tell Yes, you have all the makings
Peter Pan, YS's mild mannered of a true hacker in the style of
shootin' man, as well as amaze our very own Chris Wood. He
and enthrall the paying public, too is prone to random acts of
with my true story (soon to be violence and to telling naff
mode into a major TV dramal). jokes. Which come to think of
'Twos a Friday evening as it it, is well on the way to
happened, and as we all know, qualifying the pair of you to
Friday evening everybody gets become politicians, Gulp. Ed
the urge to do summot really
freaky (like build on RS232 NOWYOUSEEIT...
lead out of an egg carton).
Well you've finally cracked it..,
Personally, I went completely the ultimate unfinishable game.
loopy and did a bit of the old Space Invaders without the
GBH on me piggy bank. After invaders' Are you trying to
an hour in Boots which I have start a new craze like
no recollection of (what d'ycw crosswords — a page full of
1 7
 LETTERS IRMNSPOTTER
1 AWARD
gaps that you have to fill in
with the right letters? Your
latest attempt at the do-it-
yourself game trade was Battle
Fleet Orion in issue 3. All
human life was there — except
for the graphics. It's great
shooting invisible lasers at
invisible invaders — you can't
.losel
A Troinspotter Award — ha/
—more like the York Railway
Museum!
P J C Sutcliffe
Worcester Park, Surrey
PSCould you possibly send me
an amendment sheet so I can
cheat and see what I'm doing.
Fiendish, isn't it. Of course, we
can't claim that the idea's
totally original — Elite did
have invisible aliens first. It's
just that we've taken the
concept one stage further and
given them invisible lasers. But
as usual, all modern art is
misunderstood at first, so for all
you traditionalists who can't
enjoy a good game unless you
can see something, an sae will
secure a version of Bottle Fleet
Orion with visible aliens. Just
how boring can you get! Ed
AHUNDREDLINES
What about the Back To Skool
review? The safe isn't where
Rocha& says. It's on the other
side of the room — yes, that
thing with the cross on it is no
First Aid box. Then there's a
real mess on 'how to conker
Albert.' You have to drop a
stink bomb near a window, not
near the tree. And when you
knock out Albert (from the top
window, incidentally) he
doesn't give you any lines. The
Ed must've been pressing
Rachael too hard (No such
luck! Ed), because she doesn't
seem to have played the game
for more than on hour or so.
Jim Routsis
Athens, Greece
PSSince you'll start making
some very clever remarks when
you see where I live, here's
some help: moussaka, ouzo,
sirtaki, Zorbo, opal How about
Troubleshootin' Petros for next
month?
Ah, Greece! Cradle of
civilisation, The wine-dark seas
lapping the sun-drenched
shores. You may have lost your
marbles (for the time being) but
think of all you've given to the
world besides moussaka, ouzo
and those squeichy squid
thin gies that taste like a Speccy
keyboard. Yeuchl Homer gave
usthe nod, Archimedes the
screw, Plato invented the cross-
your-heart bra and Demis
Roussosthe one-man tent. But
18
ore the Ed and I claim my
rainspotter Award, On page
17 of March's issue of (wait for
it) fabulous Your Sinclair Do you think that this letter
(pause) in the review of deserves a YS Trainspotter
Raiders Of The Lost Ring (I Award? (What d'you mean
know where to look) the highlyNO1) (What d'you mean by
significant overall figure putting comments in brackets?
calculated from graphics, I'm the only one allowed to do
playability etc etc has been that_ Ed) After reading through
PRINTed INK white OVER YS 3 for the umpteenth time
(nothing much else to do on a
PAPER white. This makes g i p
above all we must sing the
praises of Greece, the home
of... Nana Mouskourif Ed
RASPUTINRIP-OFF
I'm writing to you about tape
piracy which may not be
known in England but it's a
way of life to Portugeuse
salesmen.
This has its 'advantages'
since I never hove to pay more
for any game than you have to
shell out for Finders Keepers.
But don't jump to conclusions
too soon. Very rarely do we
get any playing instructions.
Can you image playing a game
like Elite without knowing
what's going on.
But if this wasn't enough, the
weirdest thing happened to me
this week.
Two weeks after your
exclusive review of Rosputin I
saw it in a shop so I rushed in
to buy it. It was a good buy,
excellent graphics, good
onimation and so on, just as it
was mentioned in your review
but.., something was wrong!
When I completed the fourth
screen, guess what? Where
was the fifth screen? Imagine
my face when I realised I'd
bought a copy of the demo
program that came along with
the first issue of Your Sinclair.
I'd just like you to print
something to show the dealers
who sold me this game that
their attitude is not on.
Oh, before I go, could you
let me know if the signature Ed
stands for a name? I'm a little
confused as I seem to
remember on English film on
difficult to spot at a glance
which review is worth reading
immediately and which to leave
till after your tea's raady.
Christopher J Sutcliffe
Halifax, West Yorkshire
PS Why on page 4 of the some
ish is there a picture of Esther
Rantzen in From The Hip
instead of You-know-who? I
think we should be told.
That's life, I suppose. As for the
Trains potter Award, I'm afraid
you've disqualified yourself. It
was indeed printed white on
white but you'll find that if you
look at the page in a dark
room the number appears
black_ Okay, so does the rest al
the page, but you can't have
everything. Ed
the telly all about Mr Ed, the
talking horse...
Jose Pedro
Portugal
You're confused! How d'you
think we all feel working on a
magazine that's got a talking
horse for an editor. Explains a
bit about the magazine though,
don't you think?
Troubleshootin' Pete. Nay! Ed
FRIDAY I3TH - PARTTWO
Bleeeuurghl That word just
about sums up my thoughts on
the Friday The 13th poster in
YS 2.
Being too young to see the
film, I also consider myself too
young to pin this gory poster to
my wall.
I don't mind the blood
splattered face too much — it's
the photo of the Ed in the top
left hand corner that revolts
me.
Chris Buxton
Keighiey, W Yorks
PSWhy the candles Ed? Had
the money in the electric meter
run out?
No, it was the Ed's birthday!
SMALLPRINT
I think that YS is very rude, cheeky
and full of 'sex' I love it
.51mon WooItott
Glasgow, Scotland
Sex? Are you sure its VS you're
reading?Perhapsthesubscription
department has started sending it
under a plain brown wrapper. Ed
By the way, it's still the best mag
on the market and I suggest, you
Sunday really, except clean the
car, mow the lawn, toke the r '
dog for a walk etc etc), I
suddenly realised what it was
that was giving me large brain
pains (and no it wasn't my
SpecDrum playing at full
blast!). Looking at Rachael
Smith's article on the drum
synthesizer I couldn't help
wondering if she has somehow
got her menu's in a muddle.
Shouldn't the so called Edit
menu be renamed as the
Pattern Menu, and the so A s
called Pattern menu be
renamed the Real time menu
(or perhaps my version of the
SpecDrum is different to
everyone else's?)
Tim Jarrett
South Norwood, London
MIN
Now l know it looks bad but
there's a simple explanation for
all this... just give me time to
make one up. In the meantime
perhaps a Trains potter Aword
will keep you happy. And do is
0 favour — next month mow
the dog and take the lawn for
a walk. Ed
Well, we've always said he's a
real 'Edcase. But now someone
wants to kick him up the bum.
He can borrow my boot!
Troubleshootin' Pete
Imost strongly protest about
the Friday The 13th feature in
YS 2. I don't know what 'idiot'
was responsible for its inclusion
but whoever it be, he needs a
jolly good kick up the backside!
I've been a devoted reader
of your mag for a long time
but if you're going to keep
putting disgusting and horrific
items like this in, I'm off! And
furthermore, I don't think I'll be
alone either! Think about it.
Anthony Mayers
Wrexham, Clwyd
CorlPuTER
—F A R
slap TVs legs for notnoticing your
little slip
Nic Waldo
Bracknell, Berks
I've told httn not to mention my slip
inthe mug. What I wear ismyown
affair. Ed
What ore the qualifications needed
to become editor of VS?
T DaWe l
Aberdeen, Scotland
Genius,pure genius. Oh, and
modesty.Ed
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else does. Ed)
Used to like old mogazine._.
not keen on this.., full of old
twaddle from nutty nippers...
E not to mention would-be jokey
juveniles... all seem have one
topic... keep robbiting about
spotty trains.
Glad to see you took on
T young Hortnell_ not too hot
on computers... much better at
wedding dresses etc.
Even good old royal
dressmaker mode cock-up...
T issue 3 page 59.
My moths say
90-1-260•0••90-1-0.., your
bloke says "=90-4-260"...
should've done calculations on
E Spectrum... not on sewing
machine.
Please forward reward for
putting you right to above_
make any cheque payable to
R
'Carter The Magnificent'.
Yoursthingummy etc
Charles Carter
Sidcup, Kent
Know what you mean... mag
S
not what was... gone to dogs...
White City mostly... just doesn't
odd up... specially the sums...
printing letters without verbs...
and no money for rewards! Ed
MINE'S ADOUBLE
I've found a strange bug in
Fairlight. Near the start of the
game, there's a room
containing barrels and a
descending staircase. While I
wasmoving barrels Isvar
became trapped. While trying
to escape another!swear
appeared. Both Isvars were
blocked. So, I used the scroll
and both Isvars were
transported to the courtyard.
And although it's on empty
screen neither of them could
move and I had to abandon the
game
John McCleave
Poole, Dors e t
Yesh, I've done exshactly as
youinshtructed and at firsht I
had no luck. h a v e a drink to
posh the time, I shed. Well,
three fingers of firewater later
and what did I thee — 'shyer
One and Ishvar Two. Arid boy
were they moving shwaying
oil over the shop. Can't
undershtand it mesheill Ed
KUNG RI BLUES
Towhoever can read properly
at VS. (Bring in the cat
someone... Ed). Hi there guys
and gals, it's me again.
Y'know, the kid who wrote in
groaning about the fact that
there was no Congratulations
message upon beating Tenth
Dan in Way Of The Exploding
Fist. Well this time the gripe is
Vie Ar Kung Fu and stand by
kiddies, this one's a dinged
I played the game for twenty
minutes before I reached stage
nine, the Grand Master himself,
Blues. Now it took quite a bit
of pounding before I finally
squished his grapes for good
and he fell on his back waving
his legs in the air (which seems
to be a custom amongst
defeated people), So, I sot
back and waited for maybe a
fonfore, a couple of beeps...
anything. 'So, what did
happen?" I hear the entire
readership of VS rise up as one
man and ask. ("So what did
happen?' The VS Readership
AsOne Man). Zilcho, that's
what. The game goes on to
stage ten which is really the fat
guy from stage one in disguise
with a few more kicks up his
sleeve. So I battled on, and
on, and on, and on, and
yawn until I reached stage
1011 At which point I saw no
reason for prolonging the
agony and pulled the plug.
I'm coming round to the
opinion that games just aren't
worth playing if you don't get
anything out of them. I'm not
asking for our Cliff singing
Congratulations at the end of
each game. But what's wrong
with a simple beep. I ask you!
Andrew 'when will he stop
beating games' Hunter
Battersea, London
Okay, let's hove a reader's poll
on the best ending to a game.
Is it Willy with his head down
the loo? Or the evil Elvin
Atombender at the end of
Impossible Mission? Or the
ghostly ghoulies going to
ground in Nightshade? Or
maybe you reckon that it's only
ghastly Commie owners who
need a pat on the head and a
constant accumulation of
brownie points to keep 'em
concentrating. Remember
there's a VS badge waiting for
the best letter on the topic. Ed
LIZARDLIMERICK
There was a young reptile
from Ocean,
Who made a great fuss and
commotion:
The reason — a silly one,
She'd been called an
amphibian,
And she'd told them tha t she
was reptilian.
Yes, I claim a Trainspotter
Award for this inexcusable
boob. (You'd better get some
red dust quick or Diana will
probably ensure that there ore
no more issues of VS!) I am, of
course, referring to the V
preview in which Diana is
described as 'the amphibian
who'd been the Visitors'
ambassador'. Now come
along, everyone knows that
you can't be both a reptile and
on amphibian and the Visitors
ore definitely reptiles.
Having got that off my chest
—ugh, don't know what it was
doing there in the first place —
oi'd bike tuh say 'ow much oi
enjoyed yur mag. 'Twere first
toime as what oi'd bought it,
'twill not be the larst, (Dun
wonders for yur Inglish too,
oi'm 'appy t'seet Ed).
G arry Lancaster
Downend, Bristol
You're right about the reptile
But stop and think for a while,
If you look at me,
think you'll agree,
Amphibians are much more my
style.' Ed.
SLEIGHTDRAT
I'm one in ten million 'cos I
have won a Trainspotter
Award. My friends all think I'm
a superhero. "Wow" they say,
"We've seen your name in VS.
Cor, bet you're dead chuffed
sitting there just looking at the
spot on the wall where you've
got it framed." I just um'n'arr.
And d'you know why I
um'n'arr. (A speech
impediment? Ed). 'Cos I haven't
got a certificate to look at!
Is all this shorn I have to
suffer port of the test to prove
that I'm truly fit to have the
award bestowed on me?
Please, please, please send
memy certificate. The postie is
getting sick of me grabbing him
by the scruff and accusing him
of popping it through the
wrong door, If I hove to wait
any longer the doctor's going
to take me off the tablets, I
can't go on like this — life's
getting on top of me. I'm
starting to take it out on my
Speccy and it's not its fault. My
DOODLEBUGS
Keep on doodling — it's a doddlel Send your cartoons
to Doodlebugs, YS, 14 Rathbone Place, London WI P
IDE. There's a prize of a new game for each cartoon
prinisd.
A new use for the CS? This month's Doodlebug is by
Sudaget Shah of Havant.
hands are all of a shake, my
typing is suffering, my family is
suffering, I'm suffering. HELP.
M Sleight
Bentley, South Yorkshire
PS Do you want me to send
the postage or summat?
Well, every little helps, of
course I ' d like to blame this
terrible delay on your
Troinspotter Award Evaluation
Department, but we haven't
got one. I wouldn't mind laying
the blame on the recent postal
strike b u t there hasn't been
one. Even British Rail would do
as a scapegoat but for the life
of me I can't think why it'd be
their fault. No, there's only one
thing for it — I'm gonna have
to bite the bullet and lay the
blame on the one person who
is responsible. That's right I'll
have to come clean, it was
Troubleshootin' Pete. Why
haven't you sent out the
Trains potter Awards. Pete? Ed.
Um, Art_ T.P.
BOUGHT IT SKIPPER
Has anyone else come across
the annoying bugs that
probably make Spitfire 40
impossible?
The flying hours that are
displayed never get post 59
minutes — the hours always
remain at zero, Also, in
'practice' mode, the flying
hours aren't added on as it
says in the instructions.
Since medals and ranks
probably depend on flying
hours, I can't see any way of
climbing the ranks. Is it just my
copy or a standard bug? I've
been aloft for hours without so
much as a rise in rank.
David Leitch
Methilhill, Fife
Cer-ikey. Sounds like Gerry's
sent in the gremlins, skipper.
Better get on the jolly old
23
 LETTERS
blower to Mirrorsoft, what?
Crackle, hiss, Roger, hiss, hiss,
crackle, over, hiss and out.
Seems that the first batch of
200 to wing its way out of
Mirrorsoft did contain a fault.
The hours displayed on your
instrument panel show only the
minutes, not the hours — until
you've docked up four hours
flying time. But although it
doesn't show them, the
program is aware of your
progress and should reward
you with a higher rank when
you've earned it. Medals, by
the way, are dependent on the
number of kills you make.
If the bug bothers you, send
your copy back to Mirrorsoft,
who've promised to replace it
for you. Okay, old chop?
Briefing over. Ed
12'ATE
I've just bought a Spectrum
1281
I'm quite satisfied with the
improvements except (here we
go) for one or two 'bugs'.
There's still no joystick port
and in 128K Basic mode, you
can't use the Basic command
keys.
Other than that I find that
the sound quality is on a par
with the (spit, spit) Commie 64
—really fantastic. And the on-
screen menu with its five
modes (tape loader, 128K
Basic, calculator, 48K Basic
and tape tester) is really
something.
If Sinclair keeps up this
standard, what will come next?
D G Ward
Sinfin Moor, Derby
PSThe loading time for a T's
128 Supertest took only
thirteen minutes.
PPS Are there any books on
the 128 yet?
It's good to hear from a
satisfied customer. Everyone at
Castle Roth bone is equally
keen on the 128 with one or
two qualifications. At E180 it's
too expensive, especially for
anyone considering upgrading
from a 48K Speccy.
Compatibility is a problem.
Besides Elite which we
mentioned last month, many
more incompatible games have
come to light. Poor old
Firebird's come in for an
especiol pasting — not only
will the 48K version of Rasputin
not work, but the 128K version,
which was written on a Spanish
machine, wouldn't run on the
British version. Or at least it
wouldn't at the launch of the
machine. And yes, there
should've been a joystick port
— after all, the computer's
24
being marketed here as a
games machine. Sinclair
Research argues that there's no
industry standard but that's just
not true. It's just that the
standard is not the one set by
Sinclair but by Kernoston_
Anyway, here are a few of the
things other readers would've
welcomed. Ed
I've just seen Uncle Clive on the
telly grinning with his 128K
Speccy. Hmmm, could hove
been improved, I thought to
myself when I read about it in
the paper the next day. How
about pixel attributes? That
was the major let-down of the
original Speccy. It would've
only taken 18K which is (quick
calculator out) 14.0625 per
cent of the new Speccy's
memory. And shock, horror the
keypad's sold as a peripheral
for E19.95. That's grossly
overpriced for something that's
almost useless.
D G arn er
Harrogate, Yorkshire
Has Clive got it right? By this I
mean the Speccy 128. What
every self-respecting owner
clamours for ore the following
—professional keyboard,
Centronics and R5232 ports,
dual 9 pin joystick ports, RGB
output, disk drive storage as
standard, mouse and touch
tablet connections, proper hi-
res screen with no colour
attribute problems, massive
one megabyte RAM, multi-
tasking capabilities, true hi-fi
sound, midi interface, full
extended version of Basic,
other languages available on
ROM, CPM compatibility, dual
processor, user definable keys,
direct modem communications,
text to speech conversion,
voice recognition, full control
of processors via assembler/
disassembler/monitor ROMs,
bubble memory, GEM type
management system, onologue
port, reset switch, light pen
connection, user port, various
packages such as business and
art programs (Uncle Tom
Cobbley? Ed); of course, not
necessarily in that order.
Dan-en Starkey
Worthing, West Sussex
And all for under fifty quid, eh?
Ed
When I read your review of the
Spanish 128K Spectrum
dreoded the thought of
something like that coming
onto the British market — and
now it hosl As the Spectrum is
a games computer how could it
benefit from a separate
numeric keypad, an RS232 or
a midi port, or a connection for
an RGB monitor? Okay, so Sir
Clive's got some things right,
like the sound coming out of
the television speaker, but
here's a picture of what I'd
have rather seen.
Alexander Liddell
Edinburgh, Scotland
The normal OK
Spectrum—
The upgrade kit is attached
to the Spectrumby three
existing screws.
Aye tape recorder keys:
record/play/last lanyard,
rewind/stop. eject/pause
BABBTALK
I'm writing because of on itty
bitty problem with Rambo,
Every time I get to the
despicably dirty commie cooler
shoot it and the game crashes
or NEWS itself. Please con you
help?
Stevey Babey V.C.
Hawick, Roxburghshire
Ihave a copy of Rambo and
when I try to shoot the Russian
helicopter the game crashes. I
returned the copy to the shop
and the new copy does the
same_ What con I do?
Chris Walker
Thurcroft, 5 Yorkshire
I dunno, some people are
never satisfied. First you want
an ending and then when you
get one you're still not happy_
This one does sound like a
Commie plot — perhaps the
next 'reader' hod a hand in it.
Ed
You may be surprised to know
that I'm not a Spectrum owner.
In fact, I'm the exact opposite,
a Commodore 64 owner and
damn proud of itl I don't make
a habit of writing to or even
reading Spectrum magazines
but as I was flicking through my
Speccy friend, Craig
Gallagher's copy while I was
waiting for one of his games to
load (yawn) I came across the
most slanderous, offensive and
deeply disturbing letter I have
ever seen. Or rather it was the
reply to the letter that shocked
me.
Briefly there was this boy
who didn't know whether to
buy a Spectrum, a C64 or a
Now I wonder where you got
that idea from? Perhaps it
should be called the Specstradl
Still, it's interesting that no-one's
asked for a built-in monitor. Ed
Two heat sinks, one
either side of the edge
connector.
Hinged 'door with window
—iike a normal tape
recorder.
The ear and Hic ocket so
that sound can be boosted
through a hi-li system
Beeb, so his friend wrote to
your magazine asking for
advice on how to persuade him
'to buy a Spectrum_ And that
moron who's in charge of the
letter section (Who he? Ed)
dared to say the choice was
easy os the Spectrum had the
best graphics, the best games,
in fact the best everything! This
iscompletely untrue — have
you gone completely bonkers?
I will now simply state some
facts that no-one con argue
with.
1) The Commodore has a SID
chip which can create the most
amazing sound effect...
2) Commodore graphics and
colours are among the most
outstanding, if not the most
outstanding in the home micro
market, while the Spectrum has
jerky, flickery sprites.
3) The Commodore may not
have as wide o selection of
games as the Spectrum but it
makes up for this in quality. I
draw your attention to
Hypersports, Way Of The
Exploding Fist ond Monty On
TheRun while the Spectrum
can only boast such games as
Horace Goes Ski -ing and
Chequered Flag_ (That's it.
Pass the red pen... there's
another three pages of these
'facts'. Ed)
Mark Devlin ag e 14
Troon, A y r s
h
I'mi staying
re out of this but you
can thank me for not printing
your full address. You never
know, you may just reach 15.
Unless, of course, your Commie
friends see your shiny new Your
Sinclair badge. They'll think
you're a defector, not just
defective. Ed
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II,
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antidote. This'll allow youaccess
through the Danger room onComa E2.
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H4, use the geranium from the
Hothouse. To enter the Boiler room on
Joly14use the kettle as a key. Get the
helmet from in here and the topee from
Byer level.
"Because these are alien items, the
2 6
heralds come after you too! Put them
both in a factor unit to get the artifact
which Is actually a Starlord's Power
Booster. Put this and the powergun
Into a factor unit to receive the hyper
gun. (This shoots blue bolts of energy
Instead of red ones.) The hypergun
kills Sept Warlords as well as warriors,
so kill both warlords (cne on laxa and
one on Ells) to get two more codices, D
and U. The sentry in the sanctum needs
five pairs for entry. Follow this
procedure:-
Factorise —
mute and m a n i f e s t o - -t o ke n
strainer and sun chart • a n•token
projector and charcoal = Moken
cake and lead suit = r
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the sanctum key. Then go to the
sanctum, put the key in the unit and
phase II is complete.
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finish
P the game, you have to make use
of the
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you'll find a tikilex screen which says '7
from a 10 makes BIGHEAD'. This is a
cryptic
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codices
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that? T You've only gotsmallhands?Never
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Frankre's upnextnext, that's losay
the golden boys of hype-rock Franke
GoesTo Hollywood, as played by Kik
Taylor. (You oughta be a rock star wile
aname like that!) Relax 'cos here we go.
(Ting' Hmmmmmmmmmmni'l
"The Murder—the body Is always at
the end of the street. Look for a house
witha moneybagon the table between
doors, then the body is in the room to
the right.
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pleT asure points draining in the warand
cybernetic breakoutrooms. The flak
h will protectyoufrom the bullets
jacket
inthe e ZTT room. The security pass and
thewfloppy disk will allow you to
compl e ete the terminal room, but you
may d need more than one floppy disk to
boot the information into the computer.
It you d boot the disk, use the pass to
gaini access to the other terminals.
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If you're hit by a fireball or you entera
room.
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thisTroom move to the far right. As soon
buildings or they won't let you dock.
Don't risk flying at night, just dock and
use the wait command a few times. If
you're going to use missiles against
asthe Fortresses or Hunter mark m a k e
h symbols appear, shoot at them.
The first time you hit a symbol you sure you're very close, so they can't
haven'e t hit before then the pleasure bar use their AMM's. Use the notepad to
releW vant to that symbol goes up. keepa check onwhatreactor sub-
"The
a ZTT Room - either wear the stations you've visited. Beware that
flak 'jacket or proceed as follows. City up in the tar Northill" Thanxx
Move r the far left of the room and start Andrew. Incidentally, the name of the
shootiR ng. Miraculously the wall will be gameis pronounced 'Tou'as in 'ouch'
shot o away even though you aren't and'Set-eye'. Amazing.Englishlessons
faciong it. If you complete the puzzle you too! Is there a limit to what this chummy
canmgo to the Shooting Gallery or can do in one column? (in a word, Yes! Ed.)
Talking Heads by pressing one of the Andrew Proctor? Of Glasgow? "Dear
three — buttons at the bottom of the Death..." Huh? "Ghostbusfers. I can't
screen.
w gel Into the temple of Zuul. Please
"Talking
h Heads—just shoot out the help." Youcallroe Deathandyouexpect
topeblocks and shoot through thern meto help?Weil you're right. I will. Edge
until you've to move to avoid being yourman up to the Marshmallow Man's
n Just a minute. Isn't this the
shot..."
feel, until he's as close as you can get
bigy gest video chestnut hint of all time? without touching. Then move with him
YouorememberSpace invaders? Ha ha when he hops back. Simple eh,
Deathbreath?
theubottom of the screen and quickly And finally a quick punch from Karl
back e up to the top and start shooting.
Winterbottorn (snowing hard in Clywd
Byn alternating between the top of the is it?) and Richard Price of Clywd,
screent and the bottom it's possible to who really knowYoeAt' Kung Fu. -
slowly
e chip away the Russian's points. Ibeatfi blnues
a lby
l yjumping to the right as
- Thanks Nick and nowWS back to my soon as the game staled; then I kept
littler Pleasure Dome.... phizzztl Okay,maj doing squat punches to the stomach.
petite vegetable samosas, my tiny little This does the job, so my hi-score Is
cheese on toasts.... that's all the
306.500," Nice going. Karl. but no cigar
megahints, now over to a few smaller because you didn't send your picture with
letters. Hell0000 cloowivn thereeeeel your hi-score! No pix, no Hex's Heroes!
Andrew Ostler of Somerset (pro. Puh-leCse, when you send in a hi-
Zummerzet) tells me that Tau Ceti is a score. send me a picture to print with it,
Look, I don't care what you look like, and
argument, shall we? Here's ze tips
neitherdo the other readers, but if you
"Dock with supply centers as oftenas
want to have your hi-score registered on
possible andsave the game to tape llex's Heroes, you must send me a pic.
after equipping. Travel at top speed if Okie dokie, it's time to go. But keep
youcan, but If something starts those arcade hints coming, let's keep the
shooting atyou, stop andshoot it information moving. You knowthe
before yourun into trouble. For address. Do it now'
hexample..." cnort Oh, by the way my lave games of the
start
, shooting atyouwhenyoucome moment are Transformers, Tau Ceti, and
oft a jump
" . pad,
. . i don't run to the city, Elite, and I won't heara word said against
e!:1 f run them.
'cos you'll probably Into a fortress
H somethi
or u n n t g.eDonl
r shoot at harmless Ohand another thing... (Click bizzt)
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HEWSHEROES
Bzzzt L o o k , so's not to waste the International Operator's time I'll make it
brief. Here are Hox's Heroes (totally toot-toot!).
First we have an outsider... sorry, "The Outsider', Gavin Sneddon On the
20Ih of January1986 at 4.55pm, not a hack orpoke (sharp intase of breath) in
sight. CommanderGavin has reached—Elite —status on the game of the same
illustrious monika, and by legal means, tool He says "the main requirements for
aspiriog Elite Commanders is perseverance, it takes a lot of *prig to reach this
status." Excellent. I'm sending a squad of Thargolds over to see you. Sort that lot
out'
Pedro Pinto (Que?) of Portugal hasa hyperscore on Hypersoorts. It's about
time we hao a scoreron that game. Bit of a tough nut to crack is ii. chummies?
And finally Andrew Carter has 34-0 on Match Day Y'know, that reminds me
of a funny story. Sir All Ramsey. one-time managerof Man Uld and England was
the man wrote down "Fruit-boiler" Ha ha ha ha ha... Ahem.
Welldone chaps, tune in next month for more hints and tips, comment and acid
tongue and pen, plus a tunny story involving the time when me. George Best and
this Swedish laserponter...
(Sorry sir, your time is up.)
brrorrrrrorrimm..)
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Gavin Snecidon P e d r o Pinto A n d r e w Carter
Elite 'Elite status' reached Nyoersports/450.536 M a t c h Day134-0 (amateur)
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Counter-intelligence by Phil Golders of Piddietrenthide

Run like blazes and you may not have to The POW camp is to the north That's
fire a shot. Serpentine running Illg-zag to where your buddies are being held
you. warless) lath. order of the day, Top
o' the world, kW

Watch for a big H. as this Is where the

Don't shoot everything that moves, as
chopper'll land. You've got to make your
you'll attract attention to yourself
way back here with your buddies and wail
(Somebody tell that to Stallone!) One shot
for a Ire outs here. Memorise this spot
and the whole Mope' army OM be on your
whenyou find It - that's not too lazing.
musciehead case! Gung-ho!

Hey, guess what? When you get a rocker

launcher you can nuke the trees as wee.
Utilise the grenades carefully, as their
Big deal No really. ii can be handy if
trajectory is a little hard to range
there's a slimy Commie (no, not a 64 silly!) accurately. Not for close combat! Who is
hiding behind one!
this Schwarzenegger anyway?

• Ratty-tat-tat. The machine gun is an The rocket launcher is good for posing
mential piece of kit for any aspiring alter you've oiled your muscles. But it also
Rambo_ Find it north and east from your comes in quite handy when you're in the
start position. Neutralise them Commies. chopper. Find it to the north. Go for it,
soldier! blockhead!

TRANSFORMERS
Tints '11
1
h i p s Beware low flying – you can easily bump
Flying up and over the planet's surface N
b and safer
faster y than trying to walk out. Fly into a piece of platform hiding just out of
screen Many's the tinm I bumped into one
whenever you can, especially up and right
y findoa puzzle piece on top that way!
– you'll
ot those floating ones by not
concentrating!
u r
e v
Deploy your troops with care. Spread 'em _
e thersurface so you stand more of a
around
chance of finding puzzle pieces. When faced with two adversaries trying to
l o sandwich you, transform into a vehicle and
barge through one of them to freedom
v i That way they'll shoot over your head

n regularly
Recharge ' – your shields will
soon wear down if you don't! a l s o nice
H a breather occasionally, or change —
to have
characters When you're recharging or reloading in a
e delensa-pod, the timer stops. Hah! A good
time to rearrange your forces or concoct a
x fresh strategy? You belch'

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Intelligence by James Slater from
1 1 York
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M E1M1I t
l Here's looking at you, kid. As SOW as you
Big brother's watching you. The video
1 . 1 come into the room, watch the guard –
f he'll come towards you and either kick you
cameras follow you mound and fire at you. 1 1 . or throw something. But if he holds up his
. arms, duck 'cos he's ready to lake a pot
1 4 shot at you,
1 1
Hares the weapon you're carrying
Although using a weapon to kill a guard 1 1 Watch the top or bottom of a ladder before
scores fewer points, it's safer than climbing onto it – there may be a door
punching or kicking him' 1 1 blocking II. You can eventually open these
doors by accessing the computer
1 6 .

Energy level. It's best to keep an eye on

this, especially with those guard dogs
roaming around. To restore your energy.
go to a room where there are no hazards
and your energy will build up.
It the cash that counts – your score is
measured in sponduliks You score points
for killing guards, but youll gel nothing for
knocking off the dogs. Still, if you want the
RSPCA after you, press Down and fire,

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Eliteit7.95
Rachael What sort of being is
Bomb Jack? He doesn't so
much fly as leap around. And
he's no more than knee high to
a grasshopper. Come to think
of it, a grasshopper's what he
most resembles. So what sort
of hero is this bounding, bomb
collecting midget? The answer
is an arcade hero — and now
he's let loose in your micro
courtesy of conversion kings,
Elite,
Let's just say that Bomb
Jack probably shouldn't be as
addictive as it is. After all,
arcade games are designed
not to last too long because
they're always greedy for the
next meal of ten pence& But
then again, they're also
designed to make you want to
play again._ and again and
again and again. And that's
where Bomb Jack scores.
because each time you lose
your final life you're convinced
that next time you can clear
that screen,
Here's how it works. Your
caped crusader bounces all
over a world provided with
convenient platforms. You
launch him into the air with a
quick press on the fire button,
trying to pass over bombs as
you fly. Clear a screen of
explosives and on to the next,
The guards me restricted
to strutting around as they
make thew way to the
ground, pacing up and
down the platforms,
making lending tricky And
they also appear up here in
this comer, which is a
distinct nuisance.
Hwe'm a bonus score coin,
floating in to let you boost
your points for the screen
but beware because
collecting too many of
these will stop the supply
ot further useful coins!
Whenyou reach the ground the guards reveal
themselves tor what they truly age worms And
unluckily they can fly. Even worse are the bouncing
balls. The only thing to do at a time like this ls to pray
for a power pill that'll freeze them so you can eat them
more difficult location. The
forces of evil are Out to stop
you though, from the first
flapping bird to the little
soldiers who eventually reach
the ground to metamorphose
into something much nastier.
All of which neglects to
mention the scoring. There's a
fine bit of strategy involved in
maximising your points — and
if ever there was a high score
freak's dream, this is it! The
first thing to know is that a
bomb that's fizzing is worth 200 mode for the keyboard play
rather than 100 points Collect
one of those and it sets off the
next one in the sequence, so a
row of four can be worth 400 or
800 points depending on
whether it's ignited or not. It's
up to you to plan a route. There graphics are great with an
are special bonuses for
collecting 20 or more sparking
bombs and there are also
Bonus coins that float in for you sometimes a little hard to s
to snatch, plus Extra lives coins against the coloured
and Power balls. These
paralyse the nasties for a while sound to get the most from
letting you eliminate them —
very useful when air space
becomes too full to fly with
comfort!
Bomb Jack, it must be said,
isn't the easiest little critter to
control. Getting him up is
simple, but then you'll need
your wits about you to steer
him as he speeds around. Left
AAR
and right swerve his flight w
an extra boost of height co
from pressing up and a
speedier descent is aided b y
down. If you need an
immediate halt while in the air
just hit the fire button again
and rapidly tapping it will m
him hover. You'll need lots
practice to get your pilot's
certificate though — and a
joystick won't do any harm
either! While Elite has
considerately included a tur
vi
— it simulates a constantly-
pressed fire button — a slid
makes life much easier.
There you have it, then —
AA
simple idea that's one hund
per cent addictive_ The
amusingly animated sprite for
your heroic mite, even though
the monochrome figures are
backgrounds. Amplify the
spot effects and you too will
soon be battling to gel your
name in the high score table
Bomb Jack is most certainly.
blast!
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Hem you are, Jumpin'
ftomb Jack, the all I
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Bora,
e e p rRemember.
n kids,
Bomb Jack can I Ity....
unless he's on solid
ground,. Once you're on'.
the way down there's
nothing you can do untl
the next rump What a
bounder!
The gamesplayers
This vultures alw they couldn't tame
first peril to appear on
screen and ifs clever Max Phillips,
enough to move towards Rachaet J Smith,
you so you can't slay
one place too long. 1..0 Rick Robson, Luke
ll's also slow
C and Gwyn
Hughes — return to
review all the
latest releases.
To help you get started here's a route round
the first screen to maxirnise your score. Row
Ameans bounding from between the bombs
below to leave them till later Don't go too
high lot row13or you'll get the bomb in the
top right hand corner too early. Getting
across to C can cause problems be s t be/ ts
to wait for a Power Pill and eilmlnate the
enemy. Sender problems will occur with D but
E shouldn't be too bat Welch out for ground
forces on row F though and then up. up and
away to G. wheeling the bombs from right to
left. Achieve all that end your score will be
doubled, plus bonuses, so you'll be
surrounded by people wanting to know you.
asked out to parties every night, itick sand in
people's faces.„
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Rachael Hey, boss, come
quick — I links I got news for
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you. You know dey said Mugsy .
was expected back in town.
Well, here he is. An' you said %
you toil he was never comin'
back. 1 1 OAT 0 1
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slammer. Oh sure — yes — he DO O 1Z, 4
still looks great as ever. A real 1SYE LL'
snappy dresser — but, boy, 4.040
does he take forever to look
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pretty as a picture. You'd link
nowadays that they could hide
all de time he takes to appear
in public. Reminds me of how
dat Hobbit gang used to just
sorta get filled in whenever dey
came on de scene — hey
boss? Hur — hur — hurl
Yeah, but lookin' good don't
make up for a lack of brains,
like you always tell me, and
Mugsy's commands remain
strictly monosyl.... monyslyb...
one word at a time, You see, 7=111•111
he links de smart ting to get - -
ME ME

into is booze, and he's got dis

henchmen who says tings like
'How many boys da ya wanna
hire. 0, 1 o r 2?'. Ha. da dummy
can't even speak good English!
So Mugsy sits dere. mumbling
dese answers wid all de
chutzpah of Marlon Brand° on
downers, an' dependin' on his
decisions he can watch his . , ••••

fortunes grow or go.
Of course it's never so
simple as dat and dere are rival
gangs to be considered and
booze parlours to buy and
molls to keep de customers....
satisfied. And even though he's
payin' off de Feds he'll still get
trouble if they're not satisfied.
Seems dis sidekick of his ain't
too hot wid a rod, so Mugsy
has to do all his own shootin',
and' hang me, if it ain't like
some penny arcade
amusement, and none too
difficult at that. Then it's back
to de day to day of deciding
whether to rub Out the
opposition an' de rest.
Well, in no time a year's
gone by and the financial
report comes in, then it's de
edited high spots on the
annum's quota of capital
offences. No, sorry, boss —
even dat ain't so good as it
sounds In fact it was the same
•
as last year an' the year
before. Hey — I tell ya, after da
first few times I got really bored
wid it.
Hey. boss, I can't help feelin'
old Mugsy ain't really come
that far. Maybe we should go
show him de error of his ways
— if you follow my meaning. He
may have had a novel type of
business strategy once but
now it's just as mechanical as
any board room decision
makin'. And like youse always
says — rubbin' Out people an'
booze an' everything is lacking
in couth. Now where's dat new
modem youse got so we can
hack into da Federal Reserve
and make some real money,
kid?
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electronic pings announce that
you have found a rare treasure
— oh yes, the excitement fair
plods along!
The basic plot revolves
around the search through a
maze for nine parts of a scroll
that provides the route to the
exit. The maze is split into five
sectors and certain objects are
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game is adequate — indeed,
with a 256-room maze to
explore, it should keep the
most avid map-maker happy
for hours. But, with so much
well-conceived software
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animation is excellent. You
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relatively less horizontal space
and I found that involvement
was greater.
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superb, with detailed shadows
below the figures and a nice
oriental tune, plus different
backgrounds for different belts
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suitably hard 'thwack!' sound
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pain — well hard. If you lose a
series of bouts you don't need
to go back to white belt —
pressing space starts you
again at your previous level.
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graded, starting easily enough
but getting tricky around grey
belt. Naturally there are one
and two player options — the
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against a static opponent
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other i f the very thought of
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rings from your Spectrum —
then_ silence! Not even the
drip, drip, drip of blood. Just a
message saying that owing to
memory restrictions sound and
music are missing from this
version.
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sanctuary that you initially
established with a cross — only
Jason may come and scare
them off so you'll need to round
them up again. Ever felt like a
sheep dog?
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never scared me was that I
cared less than zilch about the
victims. Well, if you thought the

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game.
Legend has it (the sort of
legend you get on Mastertronic
inlays) that pirates, having
secured the Devil's Crown, try
and remove the seven jewels
thereon and are suddenly
struck down by the devil
himself. Their ship and its
many treasures lies untouched
until you, as a diver-come-
submarine, attempt to recover
the goodies. And just in case
seven jewels is too easy.
you've got to grab all sorts of
stuff first to prove that you're
up to the job.
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your way round the brightly
silence as you play with only
the hum of the power supply,
the wind rustling the trees,
whistling through the empty
house._ the creak as you slide
from your chair, not stiff as a
board but bored stiff. Yes,
undoubtedly Domark has
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though not in the sense it
undoubtedly intended.
Anybody who has ever seen
a Friday the 13th film will know
the plot — mass slaughter with
a variety of novel weapons. So
do Domark allow you to play
Jason and massacre the all-
American brats in the summer
camp? They do not! They
expect you to save this bunch
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cardboard cut-out casts were
bad, wait till you see their sprite
equivalents. Am I really
supposed to sympathise with a
badly drawn silhouette in a
landscape that looks worthy of
Sinclair Basic's finest?
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for a decent strategy-
adventure here — Argus did it
with Alien. Instead Domark's
managed to create yet another
program to match the
ineptitude of A View To A Kill.
You get the chance to use a
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 graphics mode of n/72" from command, and you'll get a
ESC;"A"m, then you can alter 0680 R117 16 'Nonsense in Basic error
both the code, and the 0690 LD
message. Secondly it can
0700 PST IS
number of linefeeds, by 0710 ID A. 1 0 only be used one way — you
changing the DATA near the 0720 RST 16 can't use it to put data back
0730
beginning of the source code. 0740
ID
PST
A, I 3
16 into one of the arrays,
The fourth byte in the line 0750 PET because an FN statement
labelled ''DATA" counts the 0760 FI N I S END
can only appear on the right
number of line feeds sent. hand side of an equation."
I've found that some HR5 Ah, but what about DEF FN
printers send a 1/36'' while To use this routine with a(b)—b— 256* EN c(b)?
others send a 1/18" line feed, your Interface 1, just do the Jim has also sent in a
so you'll have to experiment if usual FORMAT "b"; solution to my puzzle about
you don't get the perfect baudrate: OPEN* " b " to the bug in Peter Craik's
image first time. Don't worry, set up the RS232. It's now scroll routine from issue 2. In
you won't do any harm so ready to send data to the fact, he pointed out two bugs,
long as you keep the same printer. Whenever you want though I must admit, one of
number of DATA bytes. Once to do a screen dump, them was a slip-up on my
you've got the routine RANDOMIZE USA address part — in line 30, the second
Are you finding working as you want it, you'll will work just fine. Oh and '—' should be a '—' sign! His
be able to use it at any don't forget to close the
programming a real channel afterwards.
solution to the problem is to
memory location, provided change just two lines, 110
task? Then may the it's called from Basic. And it's One last thing, one of my and 130 as follows:
force of Ian Hoare relocatable so long as the BC Micronet friends C olin 110 FOR b - 8 TO 1 ST EP- 1
be with you! register pair contains the Mac t or en has discovered 130 PRINT AT a+1, Qc$:AT
address of the start of the that this routine prints the top a,0;b$
routine — but that's usual pixel line at the bottom of But he also goes on, "At the
when it's called from Basic, each line, though it works fine risk of being a spoil-sport,
for me. If you do experience
and cartridges at P this, his solution is to put in
I've got a quicker way of
the ready 'cos we've 0000 O R O 4 A M
ARC E at line 565. doing it that uses string
absolutely zillions of
0010 ESC E 0 0 2 7 slicing. I use it in a word
0020 PI XEL LOU 2 2 AAH
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really useful 1,
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tIan Thompson from Ripon 0 0 6 0 D AT A D U B E S C , " A " . 8 issue 2, I asked if anyone had 6
0 7 3 T o 7 4 0 4 ) a .T b e f a s t e s t
sent in a helping hand for all , 1 , 1 0 , E S C , ' K ", 0 , 1 found a use for VAL$? Well, , A4S4I C
) 1scr o ll a ro u n d !'
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Gtone me if J im G r een- L E T
those people just aching for 0080 ADD HI. , SC 1 P R I NeT A T 0 , 0 s a l l ( a T O a + 7
oan absolute draw facility. 0090 PUSH H I wood hasn't come up with
m
'03)1 NEXT a
uWhassat I hear you cry? 0100
0110
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one. Let me quote from his 2 3 0 ST OP
1 2 1 0 FOR a l T O 7 0 5 ST EP
rWell, if you want to draw a 0120 ID letter. "I was writing a
bline on the Speccy you have program for recording details
0130 PUSH H I
0140
"Quicker? — 'that's not any
to specify how many pixels CALL OPENS of software that involved quicker", you cry! But the
lit's to go up and across the 0150 POP HL
holding several arrays. These
0160 LD B, 3 above routine is scrolling 704
ascreen. Absolute draw 0170 INIT ID A, ( H L ) contained such data as title, bytes not 32, so it's 22 times
oleo RST 16
nenables you to choose where 0190 INC Hi,
author, publisher and each of faster! Plus it has one
kthe line is to end in screen / 0200 DJN7 them was a different size with advantage that's essential in
tpixel co-ordinates. If you 0210 LD
0 2 2 0 NEWI N PUSH H t
( I K.0 ) , 1 7 5 elements of a different length. a word processor — it's not
enter 999 for the x co- 0230 ID
Now I found that when I was messing around with CHARS
aordinate in Ian's program 8 , (1 4 1 )
extracting an entry to modify
0240 INC HI (system variable) so the text
pyou'll exit it, you can alter this 0 2 5 0 LFEED I D A, ( H L 7 it I ended up with several remains readable all the time.
0260 RST t6
eif you wish though. 0270 DJNZ I F LED
commands like IF n—? THEN And the technique can be
s 0280 INC HL LET w$—"?$(?)", But the used for scrolling backwards
I 0210 LDC B, 4 subsequent coding for
10 I N P U T "m 1 " s e s " y l " i y 0 3 0 0 NEWI P I D A, ( I I I .)
or forwards, simply by
20 I F o g 9 9 F
9 T H EN ST O P 0310 RST 16 operating on the workspace changing the value of the
30 D R AW . - P E E K 2 3 6 7 7 , y - P 0320 INC HI w$ was the same. pointers."
ELK 2 3 6 7 0 0330 D JN I NEWLP
40 0 0 1 0 1 0 0340 XOR A
But if I set up an extra What can I say to that lot?
0350 ID 0,A array containing only the Except, thanks Jim. I'm
0360 ID BA identifying letters of the looking forward to hearing a
lan also provided an 0 3 7 0 NXTBT PUSH BC
actual data arrays, I could
0380 ID E .0 lot more from you in the
interesting snippet that'll 0390 ID 1 3
then use a VAL$ function to future. But that's all we've got
fascinate those who like 0400 ID C
1 , (D extract a line from any one of room for this time. See you
seeing pretty patterns on the 0410 CALL PI 1 X XEL
the arrays with a single next month.
0420
screen. 0430
LD C
+ .08
command. Have a look at this
ID B, A
PLOT 127,87: DRAW 10,10 n 0440 INC 8 listing. It's pretty trivial but it'll
0 4 5 0 BYTE PUSH BC
Where n should be a fairly 0460 LD give you an idea of how it
A,(141.1
large number_ Why not try 0 4 7 0 POI N T R I C A works.
these values for n: 1871, 0480 D i I 'll POI N T
6669, 3343, 991, 2512, 6974, 0490 AND
0500 OR 5 D EF F N • l l ( a l l , a ) a e ( a )
778, 8440, lan also suggests 0510 ID LA 10 L E T i l l e " a b c d e "
you set OVER to both 1 and 0520 RLC 2 0 L E T a e e ' ABC D E ' s L E T b e
0530 INC
0 to see what happens. 0540 POP BC
- "F O H I J ": 1 .E T c I W K I S I N 0 "1
LET d e e ' P O R S 7 "1 L E T e l l e "U
0550 DEC vwXY"
0560 JR NZ .BYT E 70 F OR a e l T O 5 1 F O R b e l
0570 ID A, E TO 5 1 P R I N T F N a ll( V AL O ( X
• Pete Craig from 0580 RST 16 X ( A ) . . . • ) , b ) S N EXT b t P R ! vvim s
Chesterfield has answered 0590 INC NT 1 N E X T a
0600 POP BC RO S T O P is v t 3
my call for a machine code 0610 DJN7 N XT BI
routine to do graphics dumps 0620 POP H I • It you ye got a program
that'll work with the Interface 0630 ID A.( I X + 0 ) "There are two restrictions that's a tottle more than just
0640 SUB 8 ! ()urine. send it to tan Hoare
1RS232 port. The way it's 0650 ID ( though. Firstly, you can only
written, it'll work with all Task Force, Your Sincra)r
0660 JR N
1 C , N EWI N use this technique as a
0670 ID Rathbone Place. London
compatible printers. If your A,
X ESC parameter in a function call
HR5 doesn't do line feeds in . WIP IDE
0
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space missions . .. even getting a job?
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Can you t ell m e h o w t o llog-on', a s I believe
tl h e ' h i p ty pes c a l l i t ?
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nbut-puny type forever. Well, you can't just go plugging
eyour Spectrum into the telephone lines, you know. First
you'll need a modem (another expression to casually
ldrop into conversations if you want to look tr endy )
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l the phone line. Luckily the price of these little black
boxes (Or Mingles . as we call them in the trade) has
i plummetted recently so they needn't cost an arm and a
t leg.
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to-the-minute
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l honestly, Dave (I can call you Dave, can't I, lovey) the
e old accoustically coupled types just didn't cut it. Then
you plug the computer into the modem, the phone into
the modem and the modem into the phone socket and
. . . simple, wasn't it?
But you're not there yet. You still need to open your
wallet and say (after me) 'Take your subscription'. Go
on — you can do it — and it won't hurt too much. In
fact i s only £16.50 per quarter, which is only
C1.26.9230
of
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cheap rate and avoid the Prestel charges of 6p a
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programmes.
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tha t m a tte r , or m a y be y ou'd pr e fe r to be natur al l y
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passw or d, w hi ch y ou'r e advi sed t o change on a r egul ar
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240 I NK 0 - P RI NT AT 2 1 0 ,3 ;: LOAD 0
409d30 1 6 0 C I F l e 0 7 1 3 0 1 3 5 = 1 6 1 ' 4 1 5 7 6 3 2 8 1 S C 2 1 5 D C O C D 2 4 = 9 7 6
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984 140 0 0 C l C 9 C 5 D S E S 1 1 F 2 0 3 = 1 2 9 5 54 1 6 1 6 S C 2 1 .
The Hex Loa de r 34 1 0) 0 8 CA FO E D 5 C2 1 1D 2 1 5 8 20 6 1 45 = 6 5 9 451A6 2 4 2O3 S E 2 3 5 6 2 7 E D 5 3 1 4 = 6
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already done so for a previous VS 4 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 9 E S 2 1 0 8 0 0 1 9 E 8 = 5 4 2 4, 1 6 4 0 0 8 3 2 8 1 S C 1 8 C 6 4 7 2 3 . 6 0 7
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program and save it to a diffe re nt 4 1 0 3 2 E l C I 1 0 E C E l D I C l C 9 = 1 4 9 8 4 1 6 4 8 5 E 2 1 E S 1 6 0 0 CO 7 B 2 8 = 7 4 6
024 1 0 4 0 C S E S D 5 Z E 0 2 C D 0 1 1 6 = 9 3 1 4 1 6 5 6 0 2 1 6 F F 2 4 1 4 9 0 7 4 8 1 = 6 7 2
tape. 0C41048 D I 0 1 2 4 0 0 CD 7 C 2 0 E l = 7 6 8 4 1 6 6 4 S C 7 7 1 9 1 0 FC 2 2 1 4 9 0 = 7 0 2
1D 41056 C l C 9 2 1 E e AC 0 1 D E 0 3 = 1 0 5 7 4 1 6 7 2 E l 1 8 4 9 AF 3 2 4 8 S C CD = 1 0 1 2
1 RE M G e ne r a l H e x L o a d e r D04 1 0 6 4 E 5 D I 1 7 7 6 1 8 E D 8 0 1 6 = 9 7 0 4 1 6 8 0 6 2 A O 2 1 5 D C O C D 5 6 4 6 = 1 0 3 3
2 P O KE 2 3 6 5 8 , 8 D14 1 0 7 7 5 0 1 E 0 1 0 6 1 4 3 6 1 8 2 3 = 2 5 0 4 1 6 8 8 1 1 2 4 9 1 C D 5 0 4 0 1 0 6 0 3 = 6 5 2
3 I N PU T "S t a r t Ad d re ss "I s t a r .14 1 0 8 0 1 0 F B 7 b F E 0 9 2 8 1 9 O E ,
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4 P O KE US R " a " , I N T ( s t a r t / 2 5 6 1D 4
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41744 FF FF 2 2 14 9 0 21 FA 00 =9 9 1 420/2 01 00 3E FB DB FE CB 4 7 =1061 42400 7E FE 10 20 01 34 23 23 .551
41752 2 2 OE 9 0 C l 21 16 90 11 =6 0 1 42080 20 03 11 64 00 3E 7F DB =560 42408 23 34 7E FE OA 20 01 35 =563
41760 OE 8 2 73 2 3 72 2 3 36 01 =546 42088 FE CB 5F 20 03 11 FF F F .1114 42416 28 28 34 7E FE 34 20 04 =612
41768 23 36 0 0 2 3 ES 21 84 03 =521 42096 CO 57 20 03 11 01 00 1 9 =368 42424 36 70 27 34 C3 C6 AS 70 =872
41776 19 ER E l 10 ED C l 71 43 .1209 42104 7E B7 28 04 FE 08 28 0 6 =667 42432 FE AO 20 01 23 C9 21 OA .726
41784 O I 01 00 CB 4 3 2 8 02 OE .328 42112 AF ED 52 C3 D9 45 36 7 8 =1245 42440 90 01 IF OE 7E CD 08 AO =689
41792 6 4 C5 DI CD 3E A t CB 47 =1208 42120 34 78 SC 47 34 78 5C 8 8 =795 42448 23 OD 7E CD 08 AO Cl CB =945
41800 20 09 E5 21 00 00 AF ED =715 42128 28 FA CD 24 AO 22 12 9 0 =893 42456 42 CD 24 AO II 90 91 CD i@
41 5 2 ES E l ES 19 7E Et 87 =1310 42136 ED 53 14 90 34 81 SC 8 7 .946 42464 50 AO 06 00 CD 3E Al 6F = 7S8 5
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8 108 1 6 C8 FE 0 8 0 8 ES 21 00 00 =924 42144 28 OD 3D 32 81 SC B7 2 0 =600 42472 26 01 11 01 00 CD 82 Al ., 5Ø5 3
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81824 AP ED 5 2 EB E l ES 19 7E =1334 42152 06 11 24 91 CD 50 AO E D =886 42480 21 48 5C 70 21 68 59 70 =6504
41832 El 87 CO FE 0 8 C8 1E 00 =1100 42160 58 10 90 34 09 90 67 2 E =611 42488 10 EA 18 70 05 ES 79 32 =919
41840 C9 3A OE: TO 4 7 2 4 OE 90 .686 42168 00 ES D5 21 14 00 II 03 .515 42496 48 SC 11 El FF CD 03 AS =1034
41848 2 2 10 9 0 21 16 9 0 CS ES =819 42176 00 CD 85 03 Di D5 CD 7 0 =1140 42504 II 21 00 CD 03 45 11 IF =4 7 1
- SE 2 3 5 6 21 4E 2 1 46 74 =555 42184 Al DI El AF ED 52 CB 7 C =1416 42512 00 CD 03 45 11 OF FF CD =1073
41864 8 7 CA OC 4 4 ER 0 5 D1 36 .1256 42192 28 E7 3E 07 12 48 50 2 4 =596 42520 03 45 60 06 05 CD 3E Al =703
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41872 5 0 CD 3E Al E6 7 F FE 01 .1120 42200 OE 90 28 70 87 CC BF 4 5 =1068 42528 6F 11 01 00 CD 82 Al 10 =6 4 1
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41880 2 0 OC 0 5 CD 3 8 4 3 79 B7 .987 42208 00 34 76 50 47 34 14 9 0 =561 42576 F4 El CI 09 04 28 OE 30 =972
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41888 20 03 DI 18 01 C l 19 7E .613 42216 BEI 28 12 CD 3E Al E6 I F =931 42544 CD FC AS OE 00 CD FC AS =1258
8 41896 8 7 CA 0 4 4 4 FE 0 8 CA 04 =1021 42224 C6 OA 5F 16 00 19 70 F E =728 42552 78 FE OA 20 EF 21 08 90 =840
5 41904 4 4 AF ED 5 2 CD 3 8 43 78 =1205 42212 02 20 02 26 01 22 OE 9 0 =267 42560 34 7E 01 IF PIC CD 08 AO =595'
6 41912 87 28 0 4 19 C l 0 4 44 11 .632 42240 Cl 71 43 05 71 19 10 F C =1074 42568 7E FE 35 CA 88 46 16 FA =1212
41920 4 8 91 CD 5 0 AO ZE OF 32 =789 42248 Cl 09 06 48 OE 00 21 0 0 =517 42576 CD 70 Al 03 CB 42 CD 24 =1297
41928 81 SC 3E 10 3 2 4 8 SC 36 =567 42256 04 C5 ES 21 44 59 06 0 2 =634 42584 AO 22 12 90 09 06 15 21 =617
41936 0 0 E5 CD AF AO E l CD AF =1174 42264 11 01 00 CD 03 45 11 2 0 =440 42592 21 58 11 00 08 05 CS 06 =562
41944 AO CD 0 8 Al 0 6 0 5 CD 55 =835 42272 00 CD 03 45 11 FF FF C D =1105 42600 15 11 01 00 CD 03 45 11 =429
41952 Al 10 FB 21 14 0 5 22 10 =536 42280 03 45 11 E0 FF CD 03 4 5 =1037 42608 OB 00 19 Cl DI E5 05 21 =913
41960 90 34 OD 9 0 ZD 01 ID 10 =466 42286 11 OF FF 19 79 C6 08 4 F =926 42616 02 00 E8 CD 82 Al 24 CD =9741
41968 CD I C 4 4 3 2 OD 9 0 FE 30 =906 42296 00 00 04 04 78 FE 16 2 0 =436 42624 82 Al DI El 78 C6 OA 5F =1151
41976 20 0 5 Cl C l C3 0 4 AS 16 =815 42304 07 El 01 96 00 11 07 0 0 =615 42632 10 DR C9 11 84 91 CD 50 .1063
41984 00 03 OC A4 3 6 3 8 00 00 =481 42312 AF ED 42 CD 82 Al AF E D =1386 42640 AO OE 50 CD 5D R6 OF 00 =732
41992 00'b5 Cl ER E l 7 7 23 72 =1130 42320 42 CD 82 Al AF ED 42 CD .1245 42648 CD 5D 46 06 32 ZE 50 32 =712
42000 2.3 71 2 3 7e 2 3 Cl 05 C2 .722 4232e 82 Al 09 09 70 FE 01 2 0 =720 42656 48 50 21 00 02 11 CI 00 =
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4700e 7E 4 3 18 0 6 F 5 CD 08 AO .937 42336 03 21 00 04 Cl 78 E6 0 7 =590 42664 CD 82 Al AF 32 48 SC 26 =921
42018 Fl 09 2 4 12 7 0 ED 58 14 =994 42344 17 17 17 4F 10 A3 AF 3 2 .552 42672 04 CD 82 Al 10 E7 09 00 =948
42024 9 0 78 3 2 7 6 5C 3 6 28 3E =681 42352 48 SC 11 60 91 CD 50 AO .879 42680 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 =0
42032 F7 DO FE CO 6 7 2 0 03 11 .1078 42360 06 04 21 64 00 C5 06 O A =162 42688 0 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 =0
42040 F F FF 08 4 7 20 03 11 9C =992 42368 CD 55 Al 10 FB 06 14 C S =9 4 1 42696 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 00 00 0 0 =0
42048 FF 3E EF D R FE CO 67 20 =1367 42376 06 IE 11 01 00 ES CD 8 F =631 42704 00 00 00 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 =0
42056 0 3 11 6 4 0 0 CB 5 F 20 03 =453 42384 Al El Cl 10 P2 II FE F F .1360 STOP

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SIR F RED
if you're having trouble with
this Spanish Mikro-Gen
swashbuckler, then this
program from that hard-
working pair A Brow n and
his printer-lending friend
Chris Bo lan d will give you
limitless energy. And if
you're having problems
trying to do a Tanen on the
ropes try this tip. When
swinging, flip Sir Fred to the
outside of the rope at the
last moment of each
upswing to gain maximum
height. If possible, take a
running jump at it to get a
good start This program is
a little long so it includes a
checksum to pick up any
mistakes.
5 R EM S I R F R E D P O KE S B Y
ABA
:0 C L S : L E T A = 2 3 2 9 4 : F O R
F.45 T O 9
20 L E T T . 0 : F O R H . 0 T O 9 ;
READ S : P O K E A . S : L E T
T .T .S: L E T A..A.1 : N EXT N
30 R E AD B : I F T < > 1 1 T H E N
PR I N T ' E R R O R I N L I N E
1 1 8 0
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5 0F P R I N T A T 1 0 , 1 1 "P L AY
SI R4F1R0E D F R OM S T AR T "
6 0: R AN D OM I Z E U S R 2 3 2 9 4
100
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5 ,T2 2 1 . 3 3 . 0 . 0 . 8 3 2
110 D M A 1 7 , 0 0 1 , 2 0 5 , 8 6 , 5 ,
1O 9 3 0 6 .2 3 9 0 7 5 , 9 3 6
1 2P0 D AT A 2 1 4 . 1 . 0 . 2 4 3 . 2 2 1 .
3 3 .0 .9 2 .1 7 , 1 7 6 .1 0 0 5
130 D AT A 4 . 2 0 5 . 1 0 8 . 5 . 6 2 . 2
0 1 .5 0 .4 7 , 9 4 .2 0 5 , 9 8 1
140 D AT A 3 6 . 9 4 , 6 2 , 2 0 3 . 5 0 ,
5 3 .1 9 1 .6 2 .2 5 5 .5 0 0 0 4 6
1 5 8 D AT A 5 4 . 1 0 1 , 3 3 . 1 8 1 0 8
8 .1 7 , 8 7 .2 5 5 .1 0 4 2 .1 1 3 1
160 D AT A 0 . 2 3 7 , 1 7 6 , 3 3 . 9 0 „
9 1 .1 7 .2 2 5 .2 5 5 , 1 , 1 1 2 5
170 D AT A 8 . 0 , 2 3 7 , 1 7 6 , 4 9 , 2 1
5 5 , 2 5 5 .2 2 1 , 3 3 .0 , 1 2 3 4
180 D AT A 6 4 . 1 7 , 0 7 . 1 9 1 , 6 2 . 0
2 5 5 .5 5 , 1 9 5 .0 7 .2 5 5 , 1 2 6 0
190 D AT A 6 2 , 2 0 1 . 5 0 , 1 4 0 0 3
.1 9 5 , 6 0 0 8 1 , 0 .0 .9 5 4
GUNFRIGHT
Here's a small but thorough
program from E Ben n et t
of Southend on Sea for
Gunfright. It'll give you infi-
nite lives, surprise, surprise,
lots of money and the ability
to change the starting ban-
dit. I'm not quite sure how
you change the two POKEs
in line 70 if you should want
to but you can always
experiment.
I D P AP E R 0 : I N K 0 : BO R D ER
0: C L S
2 0 F O R F .1 9 T O 5 : P R I N T A T
1 8 ,0 p: I F F . 3 T H E N T H E N
PR I N T L I SP 2 4 5 7 6
3 0 L O AD " C O D E : N E X T F
4 0 P O KE 2 3 4 4 6 . 2 0 1 : P R I N T
USR 2 3 4 2 4 : P O K E 2 3 4 4 4 . 3 3 :
POKE 4 2 3 5 5 , 0
50 P O KE 4 6 3 4 4 , 0 : P O K E
4 8 4 6 4 .0 : P O K E 4 0 5 4 4 . 8 :
POKE 4 9 7 4 5 . 0 : R E M
60 P O K E 4 3 1 6 3 . 2 5 5 :R E M
MONEY
78 P O K E 4 3 1 5 4 , 0 : P O K E
4 2 0 0 2 .3 : R E M S T A R T I N O
BAN D I T
Eto P R I N T U S R 2 3 4 4 6
SPEL L BOUND
A Brown's back again
without his other half Chris
Boland. Have you bought
your own printer 'A'? This'll
give you infinite time and
energy in this Mastertronic
Macintosh lookalike.
5 R E M S P E L L BO U N D P O K E S
g y ABR
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' P L AY T A P E F R OM S T A R T .
20 L O A D " " 1 6 3 8 4 :
RANDOM IZE U S R 2 3 2 9 6
30 P O K E 5 5 8 6 6 . 0 ; P O K E
5 5 0 7 0 .0 P O K E 5 5 8 7 1 , 0 :
POKE 5 5 0 7 2 : R E M I N F I N I T E
TI M E
40 P O K E 2 7 8 7 1 . 0 : P O K E
36133,0
5 0 R AN D OM I Z E U s R 2 6 6 2 7
LOCOMOTION
Another Mastertmnic game
bytes the dust (sic). Not that
A Brow n has anything
against Mastedronic, he just
ran out of current games.
You'll get infinite stopclock
time with this. Tactic: freeze
train, build track, unfreeze
train. This program incorpo-
rates 'A's usual checksum
routine.
5 R EM L OC OM OT I ON P O K E S
SY ABR
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1F = 0 T O 4
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, R E AD A : P O K E A . 8 : L E T
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9 1 , 2 0 5 , 8 6 .5 , 6 2 , 9 5 7
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9 5 .2 3 2 .1 9 5 .0 , 6 , 0 , 1 2 1 9
SWEEVO 'S
WORL D
Hacker Bilk of Crosby has
sent in this natty bit of code
to give you infinite lives,
okay, so we had that last
month, but it'll also allow
you to save off the screens
from Sweevo's so you can
dump them to a printer and
make a map if you want. I'm
looking forward to getting
POKEs for Sweevo's
Whirled on the Spectrum
128, or rather ZZKJ is, so
get cracking!
10 R E M S u E E v o P O KE S AN D
PI x
2 0 L E T C S =9 7 8 8
30 F OR 1 .2 3 2 9 6 T O 2 3 3 0 7
4 0 R E AD A : P O K E I , A : L E T
C S.C S- A1 N E X T I
5 0 I F C S T H EN P R I N T D A T A
E R R O R .": S T O P
4 0 S AV E "S U E E V O P I X ' C O D E
2 3 2 9 6 .9 2
0 0 D AT A 1 7 5 , 5 0 , 1 9 5 , 1 2 9 . 3 3
, 3 2 , 9 1 .1 7 , 2 8 3 , 9 2 .1 , 6 0 .0
9 0 D AT A 2 3 7 , 1 7 6 , 3 3 , 3 3 . 1 4 5
.5 4 .2 0 5 .3 5 .5 4 .2 0 3 , 3 5 , 5 4 .9
2 READ A S P O K E 4 , 5 : L E T
1 0 8 D AT A 3 5 . 5 4 . 0 . 1 9 5 . 2 2 4 ,
9 6 .2 3 7 .1 2 8 .2 8 3 , 1 0 3 .2 0 0 .6 2
.2 5 3
1 1 0 D AT A 2 1 9 , 2 5 4 . 2 3 0 . 2 , 3 2
.2 4 3 .1 9 7 .2 2 1 , 3 3 , 2 4 6 .9 2 .1 7
.1 7
1 2 0 D AT A 0 , 1 7 5 . 2 0 5 . 1 9 8 , 4 .
2 2 1 , 3 3 .0 , 6 4 .1 7 , 0 .2 7 , 6 2
1 3 0 D AT A 2 5 5 . 2 0 5 . 1 9 8 , 4 . 1 9
3 .1 7 5 .2 1 1 , 2 5 4 , 2 4 , 2 1 3 , 3 , 8 3
.8 7
1 4 0 D AT A 6 9 , 6 9 . 8 6 . 7 9 . 9 5 , 8
0 .7 3 .8 0 .8 , 2 7 , 8 , 6 4 , 0 , 1 2 9
In order to use this program
you must first run it and
save off the code that it
produces. When you've
done this MERGE in the first
bit of Basic from the game
and add another LOAD""
CODE in front of the
RANDOMIZE statement.
Then change the start
address from 24800 to
23296 and away you go.
Well, almost... Run the
Sweevo tape now and when
there's nothing left on the
tape to load, swop the tape
for your one with the code
on and it'll load. Now it's
away you go!
You can freeze the game
with symbol shift and 5 and
'S' saves the screen. As an
included a little program to
copied as well. Very useful
but re-run it every time you
want to do the copy, as it
actually gets destroyed in
use.
10 F O R 1 . 2 3 2 9 6 T O 2 3 3 0 4
2 0 R E AD A : P O K E I . A : N E X T ' h
11
3 8 D AT A 2 4 3 . 6 . 1 9 2 . 3 3 . 0 . 4 4
.1 9 5 , 1 7 0 .1 4 1
4 0 L O AD " SC R EEN S
5 8 R AN D OM I Z E U S R 2 3 2 9 6 :
REM N EW C O P Y .
4 1 1 .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .
FRANK BRUNO'S
BOXING
'A' and Chris are still pull-
ing the punches with Ois
program for Frank Bruno's
Boxing. This'll give you infi-
nite energy and the ability
to use a knockout punch as
soon as you meet your
opponent. You can also
select your opponent's
energy though this program
won't protect you against
speciality punches so watch
out!
5 R EM B O X I A 8 P O K E S B Y
ABA
10 C L 8 : L E T 4 . 4 5 4 8 0 : F O R
F .8 T O I f
2 8 L E T T.1 1 1 : F O R 1.140 T O 9 :
T.T.4 -S: L E T A = A + 1 : N E X T N
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PR I N T ' E R R O R I N L I N E
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'EN R GY " ( 0 - 5 5 I " : I N P U T A :
; I F 6(121 O R A > 5 5 T H EN C L S :
GOTO 5 0
- 6 0 P O KE 6 5 4 8 3 , A
70 C L S: P R I N T A T 1 0 . 1 :
' P L AY T A P E F R OM S T A R T '
1110 R AN D OM I Z E L I SP 6 5 4 0 0
1 0 0 D AT A 4 . 2 0 9 7 . 6 2 , 2 5 5 . 5
5 , 2 2 1 , 3 3 .0 .0 , 0 3 1
1 1 0 D AT A 1 7 . 0 . 0 . 2 8 5 , 8 6 , 5 , 4 i
1 9 3 0 6 , 2 3 9 , 6 2 .0 2 3
1 2 0 D AT A 2 3 9 . 5 5 . 2 2 1 . 3 3 , 0 ,
4 4 , 1 7 , 0 .2 7 .2 8 5 , 8 6 1
1 3 0 D AT A 0 6 . 5 , 6 2 . 2 3 0 . 5 5 . 2
2 1 , 3 3 , 1 3 3 , 1 1 9 , 1 7 .9 6 9
1 4 0 D AT A 1 4 4 , 1 3 5 . 2 0 5 . 0 6 , 5
.6 2 , 2 3 7 , 5 5 .2 2 1 .3 3 .1 1 8 3
1 5 8 D AT A 5 6 , 1 9 4 . 1 7 . 2 0 . 5 , 2
, M 5 , 8 6 .5 , 6 2 , 2 3 6 , 8 8 6
I 1 6 0 D AT A 5 5 , 2 2 1 , 3 3 , 0 . 9 1 . 1
7 .1 3 2 , 2 8 , 2 8 5 .0 6 , 8 6 0
1 7 0 D AT A 5 . 1 7 5 . 3 3 . 4 3 , 2 1 7 ,
1 1 9 , 3 5 .1 1 9 .3 5 .6 2 .8 4 3
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64,214,175,60,50,875
1 9 0 D AT A 5 0 . 2 1 6 , 4 9 . 2 4 8 . 2 5
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2 0 0 D AT A 1 2 8 , 9 2 , 3 4 1 2 1 . 9 2
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Well, that's about it for this
month and this is the last
you'll hear from me. But
don't despair, ZZKJ'll be
back with your POKEs and
tips next month so give him
a good start and send all
your hacking hints to ZZKJ,
Hacking Away, YS,14
Rathbone Place, London,
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Elit e anything I n c l u d i n g the last Wimpy in Walsall. E a s

out to lunch with Karen and Nigel, the team that signed IN4

Nigel: I've written for the Spectrum u s d

so much. We need somebody to and Amstrad so far. k e e p
go to Walsall to interview a couple I L A : So you're Z80. R J S
of programmers, he said as he Nigel: Yes. y o u r
I tapped his barometer absent- RJS: How did you get into machine or - - 1
code? Nigi
mindedly.
n 'Rachaeir Which is why I
found
e myself on a train speeding Nigel: I bought a ZX81 first and s t a r t e
north into an increasingly snowy messing
dev about on it and bought a b o o l n r
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landscape with the growing realisation Then I just sort of messed about on t h e "
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that I wasn't just being sent to Spectrum
.€ and wrote a game, Chuckle a nic
r
Coventry (which is several stops Egg.
9 and that sold. Then I went to won
earlier
k — Geographical Note) but for Ocean — worked for them for a yee...
Siberia itself! 1
in-house. And then I went freelance ar l e l
n I've done Commando for this place. D e s !
I arrived at Elite's Aldridge HO
earound lunchtime, camera round my RJS: Right. So you're totally freelancetrain
wneck and tape recorder in my hand. now? t o rt.
tKaren Trueman, the graphics half of Nigel: Yeah — completely freelance. dive
hthe duo was out of the building. But RJS: So, talking in generalities, how abot
much could you expect to make as a FIJS
eNigel Alderton. the man responsible freelance? y o u ' t
for the coding was sitting drinking
Ecoffee in front of a row of arcade N igel
dmachines, all looking like the victims thousand
. and ten thousand a progranbasE
iof some crazed disembowelling. This Assuming
A n that program takes three or
tviolation allows difficulty levels to be four months to write, then in theory yagrap
set so that the games can be closely ycould t be on forty grand a year, but w r i t e
o h
nobody i is. It's almost impossible. d e c i i
analysed in the quest to create
raccurate, licensed copies. And there, RJS:
n g How does a program happen I ' l l ju
hyes, is a Ghosts And Goblins machine, then?
b How do you begin converting wand
athe title the two are currently arcade machine? g o o (
e
tconverting. Nigel: Err — basically, you look at thesom
I dragged Nigel off to a side room, tarcade game — decide whether it canIUS
esat him firmly in a chair and set up the ,
wbe done or not on the micro — then pLa tei
dcamera. If this was Siberia, I'd be eit to pieces, analyse it, If it's got a big N i l }
m conducting the interrogation. emap, map it out, work out how much knac
e memory you're going to need for I t ' s h
Nigel Alderton n
graphics, how much memory for sontedivid
RJS: What... hey, is this thing working? thow much memory for the program. Athe r
Nigel: I think it is now. hjust start writing it. t h e r
RJS: Right — I'm here in the snowy rRJS: That makes it sound very simple
home of Elite software. (Pause to think
e(Laughter) Is Ghosts And Goblins goink
of question.) Well — tell us something to be a particularly hard one to conver„
about yourself. Hobbies? ea
Nigel, Well — I'm only two weeks inte sc
Nigel: Hobbies? I play snooker, tit. No major problems so far,
tennis — mmm — I do a bit of In n
hRJS: What sort of mind does it take P
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weight-lifting. ebecome
e a machine code p r o g r a r n m e r
RJS: But nothing to do with a
Ir'm ' sure most of the readers won't h a i i
computers at all? any idea... J I _horn
e
Nigel: No. Nigel: Warped (Laughter) You've g c .
(Laughter) "have a logical mind.
bRJS:e i Yes. K a r
RJS: How old are you?
Nigel: Nineteen .Nigel: (Pause) It's difficult to describe—
RJS: And how long have you been nb e ctulf
m
ve
a
'th
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d
u
o
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programming? imagination. You've got to have.. yOu POO
Nigel: Two or three years. (Camera just got to be basically a logical per s ot r
clicks) Do you want a smile? IgL I & Are you based around here?' RaJ rc
RJS: No. just carry on talking. Do Nigel: No — I live in Manchester, but r o
you just program for the Spectrum? when
.„ we wrote Commando they brour'''
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to
W down here because they wanted to Kar en: (Long pause) I was at school. I
a keepan eye on us_ took art. (Silence. I get the idea Karen is
as NS: Right. (Pause) How do you do shy.) we
lw Dr...? your writing? Do you work on Spectrums RJS: Okay — a nice easy question_ order. Karen
What's your favourite colour. insists that I add that
se Nigel: No. I use a Tatung Einstein as a Kar en: Bright yellow. she's a veggie and had to be forced
led oevelopment machine. RJS: And what's your favourite game?
a
ok. e & i t Why the Einstein? Kar en: Chuckle Egg.
into this carniverous cavern.
lal Nigel: It's_ it's cheap, it's... er, it's got
he RJS: It all ties together, doesn't it. Tell RJS: Two quarter pounders with chips
Fe anice keyboard and it's got discs. me how you do the graphics. one coke, a milk and an orange.
p
)rk t Kar en: Well, I use this graphics tool Wim p y Girl: Right. That's four
a, Teamwork
ear called Arthur. Elite wrote this in-house pounds forty six, please.
and graphics tool about... RJS: Thanks. Let's sit here. ( We settle
cR Despite my hours of journalistic Nigel: Forty five years ago. in and I get the camera.)
t3e a training (both of them) I was beginning Kar en: (Laughter) And I use that. RJS: I'd imagine that as a team grows
torun short of questions, so hoping to RJS: Had you done any computer there's more potential for disagreement.
tc divert Nigel from the fact, I asked graphics before? The graphics people demanding more
oh about the still absent Karen. Kar en: No. But I did a few sprites on space for the graphics — or doesn't that
114; One thing I've got to ask is, if Commando. Rory started it and I happen?
pa !otfre based in Manchester, how does finished it. ( Very long silence) Nigel: No, because there's always, like
rm. thework as part of a team go? Is Karen RJS: And how do you intend to make a superior, isn't there?
e based near you? your fortune. Kar en: We're the underdogs.
o
irl Nigel: No, Karen works down here. The Kar en: Marry a millionaire. RJS: Aww!
ou graphics... what usually happens is I Nigel: Does anybody else get to listen
gS write out a Specification, and once I've
The business lunch. to this tape recording?
rm decided how big a sprite's going to be, Okay, I had a feeling that this wasn't RJS: No. rrn going to make it all up
ai Iiandjust
tn
send her the size of the sprite
she'll go ahead and do it. If it's any
going as it should. The Ed's last words when I get back anyhow, so you can say
what you want.
to me had been, 'Keep it wacky'. ('Keep
m t good, I'll take it, and if it's not
it cheap • as I remember, Ed). So I
Wim p y Girl: Two cheeseburgers and
somebody's got to do it again. chips.
G h KIS: How about other programmers in suggested that we go out to the pub to RJS: I'll just go get those. Say
get a bit informal.., only in Siberia the
hi ,a team? pubs shut at 2.30. Only one thing for it
something witty, someone.
Nigel: That's a knack. It's definitely a Nigel: Do you want a chip? She's going
os knack. Some people just can't take it, — into a taxi and hang the expense —
Ed's paying! (That's what you think! to get some lovely slurping noises in
this.
st !Ifs how to split the work up, how to Ed)
les, divide the game, sort of roughly down Karen: I don't envy her.
to the middle, so when you put together
And RJS: Walsall, please. Nigel: Chomp, chomp, chomp.
theparts it works. Maur een: (the taxi driver): Right. Kar en: Slurp, slurp
s
.le. t RJS: So how do you do the graphics, Nigel: Chomp, chomp
A Karen? RJS: (Returning) So here we are, and
in
irt?
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n
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of Karen and at last located
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lto her, hiding In the programmers' room. they'll just tell us the sizes they need. Nigel: She just did. We were slagging
RJS: Do you start with the backgrounds you off!
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r? then go on with the sprites...?
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o Kar en: I usually start with the sprites.
r &IS: Okay, we've got to go through this Get them over and done with first then barriers. We stepped outside and in a
b
ate get on with the screens. totally informal manner Karen and
e horrible interview bit again. Do you hate ed,K tvw RJS: Have you got a computer.
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ln Karen: I've never been interviewed hurled them at me. Finally, exhausted,
Kar en: My brother has and I'll get a
iT before.
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programming? COME HOME!
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v. fails to remind me of New York, and
te ILIS: And what did you do before trudge through the slush to the local Next month: Macdonalds with
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Holy Smoke! High above Gotham City a shaft
of light slices through the darkness. But
only one man in the metropolis knows its
true meaning — it's a call for help
that he has answered many times
before. Bruce Wayne races to the
phone and hears a familiar voice
Commissioner Gordon:
Batman? (For it is he!) Bad news.
Robin's been kidnapped.
Ba tme n: impossible! He's down in
the Balcave.
Commissoner Gordon: Then
this ransom notes a ruse. But-
Has Robin been kidnapped? Or
has the Boy Wonder wandered off?
Can the Gaped Crusader come to
his rescue? Will the Penguin end up
with egg on his face? Has the Joker
cracked it? Is Catwoman feline
felonious? All may (or may not) be
revealed by Tommy 'Boy Wonder'
Nash as he reviews Ocean's new
mega game, Batmen.
comes slip slidin'
away down the
Batpole and he's
W off on his Robin
rescue mission. Yes, that's how
h a definite Knightlorish look about
the straight-backed, square-
e them but the much larger number
chinned superhero of comic strip
ande silver screen makes his debut
into
e software, Okay, so he's a mite sohe can pick things up; his
chubbier
e fromthan you may remember
him the pages of DC Comics
e his cloak and mask make him
but
instantly
e recognisable. But now
he'
es on his own — sans sidekick.
The
! other half of the Dynamic
Duo has gone walkies, though the
B reason for this hadn't been
exact
concocted
a when I saw the game.
Att that time, the finishing touches
were just being added to the plot
m struggle. The seven parts of the
though the game itself was a
a Batcraft, which he was servicing at
hundred per cent complete. No
doubt
n some perfectly implausible
explanation involving one of
Batman's arch enemies will have
been thought up by the time the
game hits your Speccy.
Originally, Robin was meant to
have a starring role in the game
alongside his crepuscular
companion and the programmer's
even got round to designing a
spritely figure for him. But then
they hit a stumbling block. How
do you make it easy for the player
to control two superheroes
simultaneously? It was at this
point that Robin was conveniently
kidnapped!
Batman's first task is to collect
6 0
H O L Y
the four items t h a t aid
him in his m i g h t y
powers. But n o t being
the tidiest of s u p e r h e r o e s ,
he has to find out where he left
the things in the initial rooms of
the game that make up the
Batcave. He's after his Batboots
that allow him to jump; his Batbag
Batthruster, to shoot him sideways
and his Batbelt, which reduces the
pull of gravity on him so he can
'fly' further. The gaine's cleverly
designed so that you can't
progress beyond a certain stage
without these items. With them,
the Caped Crusader is ready to go
crime-fighting.
Robin didn't go without a
the time of the snatch, are
scattered all around the
Batacombs. And before Batman
can rush to his rescue, he must
find all the bits so that they can be
teleported to the launchpad,
situated at the top of the very
highest tower. The game ends
when Batman's sitting in the
reassembled craft ready to rescue
Robin and bring the Gotham
gangsters who got him to justice.
(Note for Batfans: the reason for
having a batcraft instead of the
Batmobile is that a vehicle with
wheels would've taken up too
much memory!)
The Batacombs are a complex
maze of at least 150 rooms spread
M E G A G A M E S
screens.
over nine floors. Well, it might be
It's this
ISO but it could just as easily be
151 or even 153. The attention to
programmers weren't sure and I detail that
wasn't counting! The screens have marks Batman out
as a true megagame.
Hardly surprising
of rooms means many more then that it's taken
puzzles. Batman will test your ten months to write.
arcade/timing skills to the limit
You're even given
but it'll also burn your brain out three options for the sound effects.
with its bewildering range of tricks Nasty lets you hear every sound
and traps. that resounds round the Batacombs;
The Ultimate influence is
Useful only makes a noise when
unmistakable, of course. The
the capeAl one crashes into things;
game has a similar technique of and Late At Night is silent.
forcing you through doors if The only thing that's missing is
you're not quite lined up. And the crazy cast of criminals from
you can pick up objects in a room
the original cartoons. If ever
and use them there but you can't
there's a follow-up, perhaps the
transport them to other screens a programmers will pick up a
la Fairlight. And the rooms reset Penguin or take the gag out of the
to their original state each time Joker's mouth...
you re-enter them. But the game's How does Batman's mum call
a definite development from the him in for a meal?
Knight/ore days. Take, for Dinner dinner dinner dinner,
example, the reincarnation pills dinner dinner dinner dinner —
that allow you to restart the game BATMAN!
from the point at which you
collected one last — great idea FAX BOX
that. And then there's the ability Game B a t m a n
to define a single key that lets you Publisher O c e a n
pick up and jump at the same Price E 7 , 9 5
time. Cuts out all the contortions Joystick _ . . . . . K a m p a t o n (auto-
detects). Interface II ate,
with keys that you had to go
through to achieve the Ultimate Keys _ _ D e fi n e your own
accolade, And Batman keeps up a
constant speed no matter how r.„„.. ••••••1 1 1 ••1 0
many objects there are in a room
—none of those short, slow steps
PI•lembOlty
%lit,* to 9
,
that held Sabreman back on full M o n
o . ,
. .
. .
. •
• •
EN SUITE BATROOMS LATER THAT SAME EVENING

This is a one-way These boots were made

walkway to destruction. lot jumping and that's
Step on it and you'll be just what they'll do!
whisked away lo your Course, trying them on
doom - it's a conveyor for size can prove a
belt. Just keep moving little tricky. And getting
in art equal and out of the room again is
opposite direction and no easy mailer. Use
you should be okay — your carbon-reinforced
cloak to hang on by the
It's the Caped Crusader — very last thread., and
himself - bit of a tat jump!
bat! Okay, so he's put
That's a re-incarnation pill up there on top of the on weight since we last - If ymire going to keep
pillar. Fortunately it doesn't have to be taken saw him but he still out of the hairy
Internally - gefting one of those down your gob keeps active. That's monster's way, you'll
why when you leave need to knd out which
could prove difficult. Use the spring f S for
him alone too long, he of the three bricks are
spring) to being yourself up. With a pill in your sate Wee the first is
possession, and there are six in all, you don't taps his tool to tell you Batman? Pat, Calman
have to restart the game from the beginning to put a move on. - he starts out with okay, the second
when you run out of lives y o u can choose to There've been a fair few disintegrates and the
nine lives. At least you
start at the point where you collected the pill. third is a conveyor beat
can t accuse the game mild green fairies
(Programmers note; adding re-incarnation pills that'll dump you
of being stingy But toiling to make a soap
to your programs is not harmful to the memory. then with 150 odd straight onto the deadly
bubble strong enough float So, lake care
Batman only uses four bytes to store the data rooms to explore. to take your weight
for lives, objects collected, room and so on.) you're gonna need Push it over towards
them Plus there are a the bricks on the other
further 22 batplas side of the room then
scattered around the get ready for a spot of
Here's the Batthruster rooms that'll each give cloak-hanging to reach
sneakily tucked away you an extra life the Other side When you're got your
behind these bockS • 1 grips on an object it
The one colour rooms won't remain
can make it a bit tricky permanently in your
to spot objects possession LIMNS you
sometimes so the drop a and pick it up
programmers have again ti's a little trick
seen to it that they you can by out on the
move slightly as you thruster. Forget and
enter a room. leave the room, and the
thruster will return to its
Just when you thought it was sale to call it an original position.
Ultimate clone... Double rooms like this are
dotted all over the Batacombs but this is the
first - and it's quite a shock if you're not
expecting it. These rooms also add to the
realism of the game - are all the rooms in your • Just when Batmen's in
house the same shape? - but it's still possible • All over the Batacombe
a real bal jam and it 1
to map the game. there are hidden rooms
looks like he's breathed Jumping Jack Rabbits,
Robin' There are and the only way you're
his last, something
always crops up. The batpitis in the game going to discover them
BAT MOBILES gaine's the same - that'll each give you ten is by wilting Into walls
Course, most crl the
sometimes. There's a double height junto,
random 'clog"s life' that You can see how many time you'll just and up
with a sore head
may just save your you have left here. But
bacon, use them carefully -
you only have to waste
one jump and it may
mean you won't be able Here' 11
to reach that illusive sunexpected
a Always objects that can cause
.
object. t i l an eye open for
keep problems. Sometimes
e 5
the up exits to the just getting from one
This is no stairway to o
floors above you n
side of a room to
heaven y o u II Soon l 1 o
another can get
find that the steps have t Batman'
t s knickers in
atendency to h twist e v e n though he
o
disintegrate as you e does wear them outside
tread on them Which n
his trews.
ones? You'll find out l
soon enough! y
Here bOy wallues t h is
p
canny canine
i
dog's
-c dinner of you but
you can put him to
II
k
— good use. Wait for
m
i a ks (Mum
you cart see here the Rover' e then
objects that are stored a
drop the spring on his
n
inyour batting. But head. flow It's your
g
even Batman can only turn. Jump on to the
carry things of a
reasonable size like this
spring. If you need to
1 u
spring and bounce up
p the next room
Into
where you'll find a bit of
Keeping taking the Faster than a speeding
use a larger object 10 tablets, For instance, bullet... Well, he is when the Batcraft•
stand on, you II just find a shield pill and he's found one of the
have to push it into you'll be invulnerable batpills that speeds him
position for 99 seconds - the up for 99 paces. The
Does he look the bat's whiskers, or what? He time ticks away on this countdown comes
clock. You can here.
walks, hie runs, he jumps, he stamps his foot -
now you can collect the complete set of Bat recognise all the
capers. This print-out shows you some of the batpills 'cos they look
programmers' finished ideas for the game's just like baby Batman
cione5
graphics. Besides Batman, you can see a
selection of the dastardly devils out to do him
in. Okay, all our old (ayes like the Joker and the
Riddler have failed to show but the game's still
chocks with cooky customers.
 a i a m o
ight, to begin let me say that nto alterm the number of days you have in which to
these are going to be some of acomplete
i m your a task. Increase it to 36000 to give
the best adventure pages lyou 50 days, for example, or down to below 3600
around, so keep reading 'ern. to start making the game tougher.
a i m p

And just so you know, I'll be
dealing only with straight-
forward t e x t a n d
texen'graphics adventures,
with maybe some variations like The FAMPro-
tocol allowed to creep in. But, arcade adventures
will be dealt with elsewhere in the mag. Okay the
odd one might sneak in when I'm not looking, but
if I come across that Wally Week in these pages
I'll throw him out at once.
If you're writing in arid want a personal
get into that till quite late on in the adventure.
answer to a problem, the l o s e a stamped
A
Most adventures are quite hard enough as it is,
and Andrew Smith of Fakenham, Norfolk, is
finding that he Karn't do Heroes O f Karn,
because he's having trouble finding Khadim and
also according to him, because he can't open the
pearl I think you mean the clam, Andrew, in
which maybe you hope to find a pearl. You can't
And as you might've expected you'll need a tool
of some kind to prise it open: RABIN ORCA
EKIL, As you see. 111 be printing the occasional
r
LOST SOULS creep
V i no
solution backwards, in case some people are try-

addressed envelope. If you I ' l l assume
you're happy for me to deal y o u r problem in
thesepages. Mind you, jus u s e you enclose
an sac it doesn't mean you ' t be seeing your
name here.
Address your letters to e at Your Sinclair.
S
anyone's ever helped you on an adventure
Skev
ing to figure out that particular problem for remember that and see if you can now help any oftb
Wigs:
following with a quick letter solving their problem
themselves. Though don't he like a reader (on J. Rose, 1 2 Ruaholm e Gr ove, Rusholme Y
another magazine, of course) who wrote to ask Moscheeter. In Sherlock, how to prove to I„estradi OU
Nom.,
me if that meant the answer had to be typed into that Mrs Brown killed herself, that Foulkes is inns
Pres'
the adventure backwards if it didn't work the cent and that the body is really Tricia Fender, It
willin
Valkyrie 17, how to pass rats, get meat and get cur

And remember, if you've got a query for a differ-
ent department, you'll have to go wild and splash
out 12p on another stamp otherwise it's likely to
get lost among the old axes and dead dwarves
that lie around my desk.
r
right way round. rency other than Grotniks. Sherl,
Did you know that there was a text-only ver- Allan Cr os hi e , 1 7 i nci scol m D r , N . Prow
adver
sion of The Hobbit? I didn't, till several readers Queensfarry, F i f e 1 L D . I n P r ot:
like
Gibraltar, how to get through dock customs and find
wrote in to point out that if you choose IN' as the civilisation after parachuting from plane. I n 71 inspe.
key to press to remove the loading screen and II 4
Hobbit how to find the key to open the trapdoor s
start the game proper, the graphics don't appear. Hobb
the Goblins' Dungeon (you're harking up the wrorg

i
well
Always try to ask a specific question, too. How It works — try it. I Uiink the star of that adven- key there, Allan.)
skiver
not to do it is shown by naisk , of 8 tore sho :be Rao Buggins, J. Ricknuus, 2 5 Beech W ood Av e , Na .
who
Milton, Hoots BH25 5NR. In Skip Of boons. hoe
Meadow Road, Mirehouse, IX , Cum- because o numbers-ef b sin the program. to get the key from under the glass cover in the ko to tivi
bria CA28 8EJ. "How do you finishl A •iidertriani'
r The totes to come my y is from I a n room st am!
As
Darren asks. Well „l tdepends bow fa ou've got, Orniesh Calootk that in the orig- Lee Cr um p, 6 Col ebr ook Av e , Shirley,
Southampton, Ha nts 5 0 1 5 NR. I n Sherioik adver
inol versio )i, 1 of the game it was impossible to futon

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how do you decode the notes so they're no longer
about half-way
Darren. Do youthr m t i,g hort just
fromthedilist
start,
few prob-
from kill the dra w T hhaot ' s because you couldn't go faulty in Basil's house?
Einem
lems? Anyway, for help on that, The Hulk, and cast from the town in gat middle of the Long D. T. Ash, 144 The Drive, !Seeley, Kent DM
just about any adventuouolife to name, con- .S 38X. In The Hobbit how to deal with the bulboa king,
Lake. That's becausOIC couldn't go east from West
eyes, and in Legend what to say to the dragon (well
tact James Elliott, 266 Corseview, Tullibody, the town in the middle of the Long Lake. This has what do you say to a dragon?), and what to offer the
Alloa FR 10 2STJ been corrected in version 1.2, mind. It sounds robbers that surround you in the woods. Petei
Leed
Another example of bow not to do it is from like it was a slight fault in the routine where you N M Br uce, 5 6 Aleadowbank, Ki r k w a t

M.N.Andrewit, o f 116 Rosebery Avenue,
Yeovil, Somerset 8A21 5LF, who sayshe orsheis
pulling out his or her hair trying to get past the
Guardians of the Gates. Fine, but it'd make
things just a touch easier if you told us the name
of the adventure. We don't want people pointing
\
Orkney. Scotl and KW 1 5 1 Q L has a simple .sp
must ask Elrond to read the map for you, and the 68 134
message on Sherlock: HE LP !' We all know the
route he tells you about is only actually filled in feeling, Paul, but maybe a specific question woek An
on the map at that point. If you don't have him help someone help you. Advel
D. M. M a r k i l l i e , 2 6 M a r s h a l l Roa d. G AB
read the map to you then the route won't exist. Belli
Cambridge CBI c r Y . flow to fly the plane art
The way to spot the difference between the what is its destination in Atlas Assignment I don) 6HQ
versions is that the names of the programmers

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know that adventure but it doesn't sound much furl returi
at baldies in the street and saying "They must have been ad on the loading screen for 1,2, searching for an atlas. Every school's got hundred' archi
of them. the
, it
read Your Sinclair," do we? Have any o aders found this problem? My even
Now on to this 'El SiSpremo' business. So many version is t nd one, so I can't check it out. Owen D u n n hasn't done Se-Kaa O f Asti;
mine
because he can't go in the castle and his staff
readers have completed so many adventures that I 'm son: soon be enosintenng more and useless. Sounds like Basil Fawity again, Help Owe'
I think instead I'll start a 'Big-Head of the morebugson Lord OfTlagifo out at 78 Roche Way, Wellingborough. AE
Month' award, so just watch it.IX' I would come.
l The most ob - - Nicholas Reclaim s, 2 H a w t h o r n Ass, IN
Mor ph!, Rooehill, Stockport, Cheshire S l i
like, though, is to hear f rm olayonc i n k s n
tion,
' g s ii ns At hR eC H D c c the
e ifacu 6EP• In Finders Keepers how to get out of the CU I f yo
they might be the first to rmilesnA t u n rthe . respomilyou
im no n tt ahh ts e! Any y o u litde above the puss-with •no-boota, arid in Ship Of Dom ad vet
Write in if you reckon you havelidaun to fame inters
b little hus-hunters out there? how to get the key when you've broken the glos
t Chi t
like that. You never know, we may e l l feature Otu n e o Pr9bliAltrin Melbourne House's case. (Not that one again!)
Deni
your ugly ot ngin these p a g q . , l o c a - 1 Not a maiden but definitely i n distress n
vi am
g •'5Pellboundis Asdrew Heath, 52 'Amer Dotelifli
a fromt Christchurch in Dorset Rd, Mothor ough, Nr Doncaiter, S.Torks SO herrii
'ElThere's nO doubt
Supremo' inily go
title haft° mtoi tJohn o f w.it h tht most perfect h adventurer's name of 9PA. How to get to the bottom two floors ol tht robbi
_Rochdale, who's first in with completed solu- .Richard Grandorge got himself lost at this game and how to enter the gas-filled rooms. genie
i ski. g
ations. And his right to the title is even supported e
t .point. I won't print the route through the mines KI ND SOULS Fri
l aother
by t e readers
s t who acknowledge
i s his help. John m
e ebackwards, as you might find yourself even more 1 know there won't ever be a shortage of Los Stev,
Glue
himself
g e hardly
t evert seems
i to need a clue of any lost than you were to start . with. So, if you don't Souls, stuck in adventures and writing for clues, his
a I hereby declare him the Rochdale Balrog.
kind. want to know, don't read that it's UP, EAST, I hope a l s o be hearing from all you Kind Souls maps
a too, offering to share your suooess with others Ins needi
(Let's
t o hope it's not catching. Ed). We'll find out EAST, EAST, DOWN, DOWN, WEST, WEST, Maks
how a giving a helping hand by way of m ap, a clue o r
t he does it in a future issue. WEST, DOWN — you should then find yourself any unwanted old lamps you have lying around. Schlr
Now, a few tips to show that adventures are in a corridor. e To start this hopefully never-ending-story (no' word
i there's a subtle link) is David Inglis, 35 Kirkban Ye
capable of POKEing a program as well as the Richard and others have j also had trouble with Mar
next: hperson.
e Jim Grimwood of London found Ave, Combas/sag, Glasgow 072 I NT. Mond)
the barrow-wight. It seems a that violence only finished and mapped The NereradingSlorss excep Elais
you canMbreak
' o inton Level a 9's. Dungeon Adventure meets with violence. At peaceful approach won't for a bit near the end where, he says, he can't goiou
throu
if you get stuck in the tower. It's at this point that get you anywhere, so: remember how he got from the stairs to the doer
b ELBIS IVNI EMOC We've all had nights like that, David, If you want's) you b
there's abug in the routine that keeps track of the EBDN AGNIR RAEW. Another common prob- help on NEC, then, send David an sac — and ifhe eat crew
objects you're carrying. If you have too many you e
lem is asked by Tim Chamberlain of 17 Col- remember how to get to the postbox hell solve vow wind
can press BREAK, POKE 26490 with the num- Fir
thurst Way, Leicester M LE5 2LF, and that's "Can problem.
and I
ber of objects you were carrying, GOTO 100 and CIT write to Al a n Fair clough, 2 3 Mendes
you kill the Black Riders?" i No, cowardice is the Gardena, Tr anener e, Bi r kenhead, Mersey- 9514
then get out of the exit door. answer, but you've gotnto know which way to go I ride L42 5NG , who completed 1 Neve
Adrian Shaw of Plymouth has been tinker- to avoid them. If theycarrive, the general rule is and
, then went on to polish off Lord Of The limp he po
ing around in the Oracle's Caw, and found that HTUO SROH TRON OGYL NO. And now if which
•1 E S people
' i seem
n to1be finding
2 much easier thas anyoi
Shutt
you can press the down arrow key to get into the you'll excuse me, I'msgoing west till the next The Hobbit, arid rather a disappointment. -
h o on
patch u r ' he's s
program, then change the value of T in line 3002 issue. o N o t . The Hobbit," Alan reckons.
Talking of which, there's help available from U114(
don't
f another reader on The Hobbit, Hampstead, Valkyiu
4 /7, Velnar's Lair and Pmasnarama (how did With any si
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1
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1
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./ . .M i k e Gerrard joins the YS team to champion the cause of Spectrum adventurers everywhere.
i
zrep Into my column — get out at once!) He's
. I Ramat O 'Br i e n, 2 3 M a n o r R o a d ,
Reviagton, Wigan, Lance WN6 8EE. Is he a
Our adventure section has increased
Von ads enturer with no peer considerably this month, and from now on
You'll have to send the postman further north if
!auwant help on Enk The Viking. No, not quite to it'll be in the very capable hands of
Sonsay, but to Sumo Terras, 9 Leslie Terrace, adventure addict, Mike Gerrard. Mike is
Prestwick, Ayr shi r e K A 9 1 LN. Euan's also
tolling to help on Hampstead, Urban Upstart. already well-known for his adventure
Alterlock, .Spidermari, The Hobbit, Valkyrie 17, Founts
Nicol Part I, all Artie and Channel 8 (R.I.P.) columns in other computer magazines, and
uhentures, and most ()villa adventures (sounds he has also written several adventure books
kite )ott've got an early Quill that allows you to
Etspeaan adventure's data — am I right?) and articles for the Guardian.

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If vou're wondering why I repeat titles like The
Raba which several people have written in about,
wel IFS because if someone's stuck in more than one
tOrmture. he might be able to find one other reader to be very much a case
%boon help on them all. rather than have to write
ratWOOTthree. If you do write, never forget to send a 0 ofthe
n "Wait
128and see."
front it seems
'tamed addressed envelope. Though Ocean has
Asfor those who've completed literally dozens ot extended The Never-Ending-
stentures. I'm saving their moment of glory for a Story (packaged with every 128
mareissue, but mean% hile a few quickies:
sold,: other adventure

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Pic Hobbit, Sub-Sunk, Urban Upstart, Red Moon,
Ewald hie, Forts' At 1,Vorld E r n i and Twm publishers are in the main
kingkor Vlilles. saying that they
Waiters Rd, Aberdeen ABI 6NJ.
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Haw of Death, Vallivne 1 7 and Fourth Protocol: .hote the 128 sells before . .
K e v i n couple of adventures
hi tt Bates, 21 Bedfor d Gardens, Tinshill,
incentive to buy the dknuckling
l i k e down and producing
M
Leedsc LS16
I n6DII. almost ready, written on anything for it. Oh well, it gives
t o rindes hand Urban 1. ' T Spectrum version of the Amstrad using tus chance
o to catch up on a few
, Bexley
11 ' Drive, Normianby, Cleveland.
h Incentive's Graphics Incentive's GAG, and smoree of ethose tiny 48K games.

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4 Aridfinally
P S I CaOplug
T for the Hints Archive for Lost Adventure Creator when it's
Adventurers (or HALA for short), run by Sonia ereleased on May 1st. According we're just waiting for the
1 J a m e o rs Sonia for short), from 38
Griffiths-Glover Spectrum version of that
9 W Drive,
Bellfteld i n Willerby,
n E. Yorkshire 111.10 rto Ian Andrew the software in order to convert them. and Sorcery fans out
G FIALAa r r offers
d , help on any adventure, and in ehouse is actively looking for One's called The Beer s there might like to
e
!earn onlya asks that you send in something for the
mime,
t to enable it to be built up. If you send Sonia 'adventures that 'tie been written Hunter, which is obviously o know that PSS has
themind sae she'll send you details, and she may susing the program (which has a boozy adventure in produced a second level to the
m
elm pat a kiss at the foot of your letter, as she did on already had rave reviews in its which you have to manage original game, along with var-
sine— but she'd have got the plug anyway! qAmstrad version.) The e
to get back into a party ious other goodies like cassette
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anew currently playing Sherlock, Sorderon's compilation is this f
with his regular partner. David agreed
t to be their President is a
Sksdowor Hampstead. though he doesn't say where month's main review, if it Banner.
a 'It's an adventure feather in their cap, so if you.
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Compilations are definitely the in-thing at the moment. Here's the first especially for adventurers, although it
contains four lesser-known adventures rather than a group of mega-hits. Still, anything that carries Tony
Bridge's seal of approval has to be worth looking at, and the varied selection here should provide at least two or
three for anyone to enjoy.

OUT OF THE SHADOWS 111F warily examined the smelly fur

coat and tin of dead maggots,
get out. As it seems to me
highly unlikely that most peo-
before going north and walking ple would get it. g i v e the
lin
1 into a lamp post where I was answer 'here, hut backwards, of
course: TIGN INRU TFOD

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given a message that I'd met
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m• the lion and the wardrobe, but
no witch yet! With that out of the way I
Back at the cave, another was soon wandering towards
A
exit leads to the obscene mural the main road, where a dead
M
a HE RO I N F O R M I R T I O N itself, so in the interests of hedgehog warned me to be
s
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D e x t e r i t y l e
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s in some extremely erotic Keeping to the fields seemed a
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postures while a gorilla in a better bet. and the first simple
a O l t t i e s 0 h maze came in the form of a
Tor ch t i S e 0 tutu dances in the background.
0 o haystack — no prizes for guess-
-Shame it's text-only. It sounds

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M O R N ZNO
My own un-favourite is this
attempt at producing a D&D
style game.
The opening screen invites
you to restore a saved game,
g i : V e S 0
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just like the IN Christmas
Saves 0
sparty! Interesting as the mural
is,
s the room's a bit plain
otherwise.
e so it's back to the
cave and out the other side and
voff to a small house, where you
few monsters and boost your efind a carved cuckoo, a copy of
experience. If you fancy mov- rthe New Ore Times (ouch!) and
ing a matchstick man round a aaC5 order form quietly mould-
matchstick landscape and lering away. Heading off in yet
getting attacked by matchstick another direction through a
ing what you can find hidden
there. later on a broken lolly-
stick proved its usefulness,
though you've no sooner dug
your way out of somewhere
than you're confronted by a
giant mole. Up onto a lawn
and you're outside a house,
though inside the garden shed
there's a swarm of killer wasps
that saw me off. Fortunately

t
create a new dungeon. create a
new hero, or create both. And
your hero can be either a
human, elf or dwarf. though
there are no characteristics to
set up other than those you're
issued with. You then have a
choice of' six quests; or of a ran-
dom quest; or of no quest at all
if you just want to have a
mooch about. The quests all
nfield of ripening corn, past the the RAMSAVE feature helps
rats then this could be just the
game for you. ubuzzing insects and the hover- battle recommence pretty eas-
bing vultures, I managed to ily.
Microntares a lot of fun, and
THE MURAL isqueeze myself into a pillar box
clever use of The Illustrator
lbut couldn't squeeze myself out means that decent graphics pop
again. The adventure makes as
k emuch sense from in there as it up fairly regularly.
edoes from anywhere else. so I
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have grand names like Silmaril,
The Island, or Crown and Ser-
pents — and as that sounded •
like an interesting pub to visit I
sct off in search of it. It has to
be said. though, that all the
quests look remarkably similar.
One feature of the display
screen is an attempt to simulate
real vision. So, your little
matchstick man can only see
what he'd see in real life; any
part of the landscape that's
able to get the buclset with a 1
10 . nhole in it out of the well.
1mr - Baffled yet? Me too — but I 1
The Mural is certainly a enjoyed it all tremendously just 1
t4 1 — unless there are
contrast the same.
now 1. dungeons and dragons in P
Neasden MICROMAI
1 m High Street. This is I
where you allegedly begin the - This final adventure on the
game,2, according to the X
scenario. Having been accosted 4 Fmtrenosttape is the one that'll
, Iprobably interest lots of people
by two men wearing suspender
1 you're given the task of
belts, . O R • l V t . a a
SF M O D O C -
a n t a n
4as it's an early effort from
someone who went on to do
painting
1 over an obscene e s i k , S 1 WO M O 1 0 . 6 4 4 4 0 .

Sbetter things. That someone is

blocked by walls or wrhatever mural. Now vou have to admit f
i

doesn't appear on the screen till that , as adventures go, this is r

you move to a more suitable
position — hence the shadows,
out of which various beasties
come to attack you. One of the
first essential things to do is
locate the home of the
Merchant, somewhere near
your starting point. Here you
can buy and sell items, includ-
VFergus McNeil, the better
just1that bit different!
a
g things are Bored Of The Rings.
You awake in a cave with a
n
IRobin Of Sherlockand various
2 more for company than
nothing Released previously as Pri.yeCi X
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M quests for various joysticks.
The-ch4iii's gothic character set, —Micro Man, this is the tale of
a
Not that 1;e/14i
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Professor Neil Richards (that bad
but with exits in all directions. v
- — it is certainly my favour-
. me to pick the one which ,
means you). who's been given a ite in this collection, with lots
Trust &
/as i s i n
is immediately
, blocked off by a dose of Gamma Radiation
o
of style and indicating just how
p
that's reduced him to the size
e
a
much n variety
y you can coax out
penguin which drops down and
sits: there eating a sandwich. Or w Gilsoles
of a y utilities.
r
of a box of matches. Quite why
a

ing the food that you'll need to
keep on trekking.
There are plenty of spills and
spells. as you attempt to slay a
was
—
the shrinking has to occur while For a futuristic adventure
: it a sandwich eating a Pen-
guin? Whatever it was, I had he's sitting inside his car I don't we're presented with a futuris-
t
nothing to try to get past it know, but it does lead to the tic character set, though I'd
with,
f so I entered the cupboard, first fiendish problem — how to have willingly sacrificed it for

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one that I could read. Alongside
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instead of 'OK', and 'Input not
understood.' Your job is to
cruise the galaxies and find the
lost crystal, but first it helps if
you look round the locations
near the Spaceport where you
begin. Just south of the
Metalon Bar you'll find the
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Alcohol Reclamation Centre.
(the loo!) while further on
Graphics are used sparingly but
effectively, and the ability to
adventure I can't see anyone
complaining. Okay nothing
there's the miniest of mazes —
one location! g 0 travel between the different
planets means there's a lot of
stunning, but a nicely thought-
out collection of good solid
There are special instructions variety in the adventure — just stuff that might otherwise have
for when you reach the bridge as there's plenty of variety in escaped your attention.
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you rummage through a pile of rubbish to unearth a letter. We
intrepid adventurers are always finding letters, and what's the
first thing we do? Right. READ LETTER. i t s not that sort
of letter!" What? Examining the object proves that in fact it's a
letter t h a t ' s dropped off a sign somewhere — though what
the 'L' you do with it I haven't yet worked out.
Your task in The 1:..xtricaulr as an earth agent for a top secur-
ity company is to rescue a Professor Roberts from the deten-
tion area of the *Star Fleet Command' headquarters on the
Planet Arg. You begin, though, on "an alien plain with purple
grass swaying in 'the breeze." You're wearing a tin hat and
staring at a rather tatty scarecrow. Sitting staring at things
doesn't normally get you very far in adventures, though this is
one where you'll have to look closely at the occasional illu-
Central Solutions seems to have released several tons of budget
strations, as well as paying attention to the text, if you're to
make any progress. software recently, including a few hundredweight of Spectrum
adventures. All the ones I've seen so far have been written
Uncovering a familiar old fissure, I made my way past some
using The Quill and The Illustrator, but my choice of what to
not very clean water and into one sector of the complex. review was dictated by finding one that would load, Never has
On a desk I found a computer, which on closer
my volume knob been twiddled so much to so little effect.
inspection turned out to be "a ZX Spectrum wearing a Saga
Still, the aptly named Survitiai finally went in there, though
keyboard." I had a tape of data with me, and got a code from after all that trouble I really wished it hadn't. Perhaps after
that which later provided me with a laser gun. and eventually I introducing The Patch. Gilsoft ought to provide a spelling
made it to the red sector_
checker for programmers who write !thaught' for 'thought'
I doubt if experienced adventurers would take too long to and 'screach' for 'screech'. The idea behind this one is that
work their way through this, but I think you'd still like some of you're MI5 agent Gary Gullible and you must recover some
the problems and smile at their solutions. Beginners though, top secret documents believed to be hidden on the island of
could find it taxes their ingenuity a good deal. The atmos- Master Mud. It's here that you're parachuted at the start of
phere's reasonably convincing, with an attempt to produce the game.
more than just the bare location descriptions. And the pricing's You begin beside a perimeter fence carrying nothing but a
about right to provide value for money. especially as the B-side
of the cassette contains an impressive tune called Frantic. cheese pasty, a crowbar, a stopped watch and a lamp without a
plug. Strange things to be cartying when you've just been par-
achuted into this top priority mission. Bond wouldn't have
stood for it! The first painful experience is your encounter with
a guard, and this meeting is followed by a Swords and Sorcery-
type sequence of messages like "He hit me" and "I missed
him" which are printed on the screen in a long drawn-out

;Zrees%4 manner. You have no control over this and as the messages
and outcome are the same every time your enthusiasm for the
adventure soon starts to disappear. My first thought after that
was SAVE, which I'd advise you to do, except for the slight
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now u s v a t " 7 wrong, but all to no avail. This is doubly annoying when the
adventure is jam-packed with sudden deaths that hit you with
no warning. Take, for instance, the corridor junction where,
upon going NORTH, you're immediately killed by guards who
smell your cheese pasty. As each of these sudden deaths means
having to go back to the start, you can imagine the fun I've
had reviewing this one. Survival really was an apt title after
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M a u g h a n b o l d l y g o e s w h e r e n o w o m a n h a s g o n e b e f o re . . .
actually the scen ario for system. T h e p ro g ram act ually
4.3.99. Disast er has hit Martech' s new arcad e/st rat eg y co m es on two casset t es as It
the planet Earth. game. T h e Planets. Writ t en b y just wasn't possible to cram all
Tornados. Eart h q u akes. Ian Me A rd l e . Malco lm Smith the info Onto o n e tape. O n the
C vo lcan o es and and John Wilso n . it's an icon- fi rst casset t e you'll fi nd T h e
ah u rrican es rag e violently. — driven g am e that looks a sh ad e Planets g am e and The Alien
pthreatening the survival of all similar to T h e Fourth Pro t o co l G ame and on the other is the
life forms. An alien f o rce has — w hich isn't too surprising data f or each planet in the solar
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'd o es it all m ean ? Mission: To
save the world f ro m total
puzzle that cont ains m an y from out er sp ace that h ave
sannihilation. different g am e elemen t s as well been en co d ed in yo u r
as being ext rem ely inf ormat ive spaceship's co m p u t er and it's
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contain a m ap of the So lar past t h ese you're then read y to
System that sh o w s the position land on t h e planet. B e careful
of eight similar cap su les on the though. you'll n eed to t ake all
other eight planets of the sorts of f act ors into acco u n t —
galaxy. That's all the info you such as the planet's gravity,
have. An d even that's m o re than at m o sp h ere and su rf ace
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'instructions' that co m e with the the up- t o- t he- minut e technical
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So h o w do you set about co m es in handy. If you thought
saving t h e Earth f ro m total docking p ro ced u re in Elite w as
destruction? First you've got to diffi cult, try having a g o at this!
play T h e Alien G a m e — h ere At least the gravity's t h e sam e a stagger 3 levels
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m ake things diffi cult. the Earth' s p ro b lems. Bu t you'll a
Now you' ve got so m e id ea of n eed to open all nine cap su les JOU s RN EY THROUGH
how to open the cap su les you'd bef ore you m ake sen se of the S P Ae C E
better track dow n w h ere t h ey' re solution. An d even then yo u r c
located. So p rep are for blast off t roubles aren't o ver — you'll 'just t
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visit fi rst, then select the Sp ace the telly. B eam m e up Scotty. n
Travel option. Yo u r spaceship' s Kirk out. •
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animated horses and the like. You're currently on Earth
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Alright, you asked for it n o w you're gonna
get it — regular coverage of everything CIL.
Max Phillips dusts down his machine
while haven't I? No matter, VS has got a lot of
catching up to do on the surprising world of the CC
We're starting with the reviews here but we'll be
O doing hints'n'Ups, letters and listings as soon as
poss. But first, as they say, here is the news...
p job which will open a real window, let you
e• Is there a language the Q L can't run? QL/APL is now
available
n for 0 9 , 9 5 from MicroAPL. on 01-622 0395. If you
know
w APL, you should know that this'll go on an unexpanded
QL and c omes in either keyword o r squiggle versions.
iMicroAPL is well chuffed with it, "It's better than some of our
d
E2000 Supermicro versions". Wow! And if you've never heard
e it, its a concise and powerful maths-based language. Past
of
experience
a says they will be delighted to tell you more but be
warned
n ..• if you've never seen a complete statistics package
written in one line of program, you won't believe a word of it!
d• Digital Precision's Supercharge SuperBasic compiler
scontinues its run away success and is now in use at several
awell-known OL software houses, turning out commercial
yproducts. There's been less success for a nasty Belgian
atype turning out fake copies. The blister-packed fakes don't
actually work. And the program detects that the Lenslok
acode has been removed so that any programs which you do
amanage to compile with it frequently stop with a "Pirated
hSupercharge" message!
.• Talking of Lenslok, Supercharge's producers point out
Uthat Firebird's Etitefor the Speccy has given the system an
unfair reputation — apparently t h e reason it ' s s o
mimpossible is that the wrong scrambling routine crept into
mthe original release! I always wondered why it was easier to
mguess than use the lens._
,• Beginners looking for a break could do well to contact
IBreakthrough Software at 17 Shaftsbury Way, Royston. Herts
SG8 9DE• Among usual things like a £6.50 print-spooler and a
'free screen dump with all purchases. Breakthrough has an
von-line SuperBasic manual for a mere £8.50 (this is the stuff).
eWhen you come across a problem, hit F 1 and the On-Line
hManual pops-up with complete help on SuperBasic, without
awrecking the current display. You can even create your own
help screens with Quill. Come to think of it, why should this be
dlimited to beginners?
t• On the games side, Leisure Genius's fiendish Scrabble for
hthe Spectrum has made it across to the OL. It costs E14.95 and
i brings with it new extras like a clock and a much enhanced
sdictionary. Give 'em a ring on 01-935 4662 if you reckon it
won't make mincemeat out of you. Genius also has the rights
O to Monopoly and Cluedo b u t is holding fi re to see how
LScrabble goes. Don't wait too long guys ... Digital Precision is
ftalking about a familiar-sounding game with the QL playing a
overy intelligent opponent! And still no word on Microdears
great new adventure with arcade bits.
r• And finally, the bit at the end that reminds you we can't do
ewithout your help. We need your ideas, hints, problems,
news and new products ... even if you just write and tell us
what you do with your QL, what add-ons you have and what
you'd like to see in the mag. You could even send in some
program listings ... the Ed's gonna have to get used to this!
• Writ e t o : CIL N e w s , Y S , 1 4 R at h b o n e Pl a c e ,
London W1P 1 DE.
72
'KEYDEFINE K e y
Secrets!
Pscientific produces KeyDefin e, a
general purpose key definer with some
helpful extras. You can either keep the
program in memory (if you've room) and
redefine keys as you go along or you can
create small stand-alone key programs
which you EXEC at the start of a session.
You can store up to 2048 characters on
up to 41 keys. Just press Alt and another
key and that key's characters are typed
out for you. So for example, you can
reprogram Quills keyboard to suit your
taste or have complete routines run at
the touch of a key in SuperBasic.
Pressing Alt and Enter will recall the last
line entered — a godsend for
SuperBasic! The only hassle comes if
the program you're running wants the Alt
key for itself (such as Hisoft's screen
editor). Perhaps a new release could let
you define a key of your choice as the
call-up key!
You also get Dir-Help, a multi-tasking
do directories of either microdrive, list all
the jobs in the machine, view your own
help file or spool-print to a printer or
microdrive. Using the print-spooler lets
you instantly get back to work while
DireHelp does the printing for you.
Finally, there's one of those useful fast
cartridge copy programs on the tape. At
its price it packs in a lot of stuff and
makes using the QL a lot quicker and
more enjoyable.
FAX BOX
Title K e y D e f I ne
Publisher Psientiftc Software
Pnce C9 95
1:11- MACRO ASSEMBLER B
The official Sinclair assembler is
produced by GST, the people who nearly
bought you ODOS. Its a big, capable,
unfriendly thing, crudely adapted to run
on the QL and consists of a full-spec
68000 macro-assembler, the you-know-
who grotty screen editor and a linker.
These are run separately, although you
can run the assembler and linker directly
from SuperBasic if you have Sinclair's
QL Toolkit. Still, its possible to balance
both the editor and assembler in memory
on a 128K system if your source code is
quite small.
But the lack of luxuries is no problem
when you consider how good the
assembler itself is. As well as a
comprehensive set of directives and
superb expression evaluation, it can
generate either absolute code to be run
directly with EXEC or relocatable code
that can be glued to previously
assembled modules (or even compiled
high-level programs) using the linker.
The macro facility is very complete and
the package includes a library of useful
macros, such as IF, FOR, CASE and so
on. Using these and your own macros
can make machine code almost as
painless as SuperBasic. The only
disappointment is that conditional
assembly is only provided inside macros
• w h a t happened to an IF E N D I F
directive?
 PARAGON... of virtue! WINDOWS/ICONS/
Eigen Software's first OL release is the release version has a fair number of
stunning Paragon. Once loaded, you bugs but the final version should be out FONTS t h e real thing!
can call up 10 different functions at any by now. And Eigen cuts corners with the
time which work in genuine windows_ skimpy manual — it comes on a Quill When you write a program like Paragon.
You can reposition them and they don't file not on paper! Even so, its an you're sure to end up with a lot of useful
mess up the screen when you finish with impressive program. Get one to impress little routines. Like genuine window code.
them. Any similarity to Borland Sidekick your friends p l u s you'll probably find it icon and font designers and driving
on the IBM PC is purely intentional! dead useful! software. Eigen has bundled them all up
Paragon needs 22K to get going so and interfaced them to SuperBasic to let
you can't use it with big programs like FAX BOX you use them in your own programs.
the Psion packages on an unexpanded Title • P a r a gon Window/Icons/Fonts gives you eleven
OL but it works fine for assemblers, Publisher EigenSoftware new Basic keywords plus two simple
Price
Superbasic and the like. Our pre- C19.95 editors to design your own fonts and
icons and yet another freebie screen
Choose this and dump. Hardly fab'n'gear but great fun,
Pita9on will switch
• Press Alt-F1 rand On-screen notepads the screen off if
sometimes Enter/ to FAX BOX
Do screen chimps on can be really usetut you've not touched Title • Windows/Icons/Fonts
call up Paragon s any Epson FX80 Sadly, this one lacks the 01 tor around This reports free
menu Publisher E igen Software
compatible printer proper editing and three minutes Saves memory between the Price £9.95
Choose inverse or Inserting and won't wearnicar on the top of the heap and
normal dump and use save the notes you monitor. ( S p e c c y Supereasic... it might
the trosshairs to vmle on it, There's up
This is an ordinary users — see Andy be misleading
tour-tunclion
calculator
select any part or all
of the screen.
to 8 pages to go
though
Pennell's program in
the last issue)
because the hear/ 'IR WINDOWS g r e a t
. 1 In ii, il you seetilitat I
minds
mean.
The Technical T
calculator has s
everything you'd o Much the same thinking has been going
expect plus trig on at Pscientific software whose 0-Calc
m
functions. logs, calculator looks a bit out-of-date
e
roots, powers.
t Leave this on screen compared to Paragon although it's half
reciprocals.
tech:vials up to 8 i
while you work and the price and can be used with the Psion
you can tell whether programs in 128K. But the code behind it
nested parentheses m the mos lock Is OnOf
arithmetic on not., nice One! now pops up in 13-Windows, a package
e
memory, X-Y swap
and so on And a s that gives you real windows with eight
statistics mode for h new SuperBasic keywords, Like all
mean, standard a Psientific programs, it's got a proper
deviation, variance
and so On. And a
s printed booklet and you can buy the
h source code for another E9.95 — can't
programmer's mode be bad!
with hex-dec•bin o
conversion and l
68000-51y1e Of course Its gol a Days and dales from e FAX BOX
Yeo. its an ASCII
arithmetic and logical clock! Its even got an 196110 2028 Will VS table. Well. there's s Title R - W i n d o w s
Operators. Worth the alarm facility to buzz still need me when one in Sideiuck. Publisher Psiontific Software
once alone! you at a preset lime I'm 64? Pncce E9 95

• B ru te force! DEVPAC QL B e t t e r than Ever

The assembler is also fast a b o u t
25% quicker than Hisoft's Devpac. The
manual is a ring-bound guide that's
comprehensive if a little blunt and lacking
in examples and explanations_ This may
not be suitable for beginners or indeed
many programmers but is ideal for
professional work or mammoth projects
— in which case a better editor. 512K
Ram and disk drives are recommended.
FAX BOX
Title C I L Macr oAssembler
Publisher S i n c l a i r Research
Price E 5 9 . 9 5
De vpac's got a reputation as the top up ()DOS function names and error
Speccy development system though, like
messages for you so that you can see
most of the people I know, I actually use instantly what your program is doing. Six
something else. The OL version is in a new SuperBasic commands are added,
different league — and that's got nothing
allowing you to list current jobs and break
to do with the fact it's programmed by into them.
YS's own Andy Pennell!
The editor and assembler are Hisoft has an excellent upgrade policy so
the few teeny bugs shouldn't worry you
combined so that you can assemble your and the package is even available on
code simply by hitting alt-A. It's a EPROM. An excellent choice if you're
pleasant screen editor controlled using just starting out or have an unexpanded
Alt keys and even has a help screen
machine., a n d one you won't outgrow
the only drawback being the odd bug and in a hurry!
the failure (like the GST editor) to
highlight a marked block of text — pull
your socks up Pennell! The assembler is
pretty comprehensive f u l l arithmetic,
conditional assembly, a proper macro
facility plus all the usual directives.
Output is an EXECable binary file
there's no linker so long programs have
to be done by complete assembly with
INCLUDE files. But the only thing that
actually upsets me is that it automatically
assumes PC-relative in relative
instructions and sometimes you have to
explicitly tell it not to. I'm sure it's trying to
be helpful but I'm a Humpty-Dumpty
programmer and instructions mean
exactly what I say they mean!
Devpac's debugger is Hisoffs superb FAX BOX
MONQL, with its single-step, Title Devpac 01_
Publisher H i Soft
breakpoints, front-panel display,
disassembler and so on. It even looks- .Pncce E39.95

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nodes, It's the Rt. Hon. Charlemagne Fotheringham-Grunes back
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Animal Liberation Front whose task rt is to rescue 192 pups from
the dastardly Dr. Dogmush. Fifty meanies, the robot guards, are
on his tail. Being an ideologically right-on Rover, he can only use
flower power. Dig above a plant and it'll grow, to cut off the
meanies access. Or burrow beneath rocks that'll marmalize them.
The baddies get re-incarnated, but the little doggie only has three
lives — far better to be a cat!
It won't take you a million years to poodle round this maze
game. The meanies move in most unmystenous ways across the
25 screens (though it's fun when they all go yellow and run away)
so it won't take long to work out the best way to tunnel out the
pups, A mongrel of a game derived from a mass of others, the
main obstacle is actually not to corner yourself between
the flourishing fauna. n o ce l • • m een 0 0 0 n c i _ 1
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Luke The more attentive of you
may be experiencing a touch of
deja vu as you read this...
that's because Vectron was
first launched by Insight and
was checked Out in the first
issue of YS.
For those who've forgotten
the tale, your ship is trapped in
the subspatial dimensions of a
computer and, using your UD
Cannon and shields, you have
to search out the exit to a
maze. Only then the trouble
really begins!
Up on-screen, you have it —
'Destroy all enemy craft'. Not
exactly the most comprehensive
instructions I've ever seen, but
the phrase does seem to cover
all the angles. Indeed, once
you're playing the game —
directing the cross-hairs of
your UD Cannon around the
3D maze at 90mph! — it's
difficult to remember even to
fire at the enemy as you try
desperately to manouevre
round a corner without ending
up as a nasty stain on the wall.
The screen has the usual
array of control panels but
things go so fast that it's best
to keep your eyes glued to the
action. More useful is the maze
map that can be superimposed
over the view Out of your craft
— at least then you've some
Idea of what's coming up
around the corner!
Overall, a pretty good game
and one guaranteed to keep
your attention. The graphics
are good and fast, and the 3D
effects are pretty realistic. My
only criticism is that the game
might be a little too difficult for
casual arcade players — but
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Sid, you'd been shrunk in a are not always the most
shrinking plant fire. Being only obvious — maybe the very fat
halt the man he used to be (bit mouse is of more use than the
like the Ed really) and only on axe! Most access to the
half pay (like me), it's your job different rooms is up and down
to find the stretching rack that'll fireman's poles (yup
return Sid to normal. multi-screened
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A silly scenario, true, but it's the right objects on you, short
one arcade adventure that's cuts can be bounced through
offensive to nobody unless ceilings.
you're a dwarf! Although a It's not as easy as it always
cheap°, it's got nowt taken out looks, this fulsome family fun,
when it comes to the basics of and if you pass this over 'cos
a satisfying game. Sure, it'd be you think it's a cheapie, then
better to know how much that'll be your loss. — this Sid's
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the problem, we're sending out and flashing food aboard the
space pilots to filch the food ship — but beware, she's
from alien transporters. heavily protected inside too. A Sinclair/U.95
Trouble is they've all been mini-maze ensues, and I think Max Panic stations l i t e ra l l y 'cos this is a version of the old Panic
squelched and it's up to you to you'll be mega-amazed at the arcade game that's not for the squeamish. You play the driller
fly the firmament and feed the features squeezed into this killer in this plats'n'ladders thriller d i g g i n g holes in the
world. The more grub you get package. platforms, luring the monsters into them and then b a r n , barn,
(and aliens you zap, of course) With eleven ranks to be barn, barn, barn — drillin'em right through the head. Sickot
the further up the astral plane achieved and fifteen star Yes, forget the fact that the keyboard controls are sticky and
of promotion you'll move, from systems to be explored this that getting on and off the ladders is really f ç d y — with until you
rookie to the ultimate accolade game's worth the money for slice up your first hapless Nebulon A ille e lime , you've got to
of hero! sheer longevity. But it's far keep knocking back the hamburgers and oxygen just to stay alive
Your first task is to set your more than a cosmic maze or — just like working for VS in !act Bu t don't toSe your nerve and
approach speed and seek Out alien shoot'em up. To call it a take mercy on a trapped meanie — leave'em in the holes long
a target from one of the three cut down version of Elite is a enough and they turn into tastier nastier beings altogether.
types of alien ship. Then plot complement to both. But Dealing with Gastroids. Btpodeand the dreaded Quboids is much
your course across the star Space Hunter isn't just a cheap harder because you need to drop them through several platforms
map, keeping a close check on imitation — it s a valid game in at one go to be rid of them.
your fore and aft viewers and its own right_ A wonder at The graphics are okay. the sound a little timid but the game is
astral compass. Readings are C1.99. all go and there's plenty of levels to bore your way through even if
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mishaps_ It all concerns the last remaining power station, in the
year 2086, which is running wild. It's up to you to create a robot to
venture
zones. into the complex and deactivate each of the filly-one
It should come as little surprise to find that behind this plot lies
another platforms game, but without the ladders. Your five droids
can either sink down a level or move faster with a twitch of the
joystick. There's the usual selection of rampaging robots shooting
at you and a maze of exits linking the sections — and as some
are part of one way systems it all takes a bit of mapping.
Nothing revolutionary then, but timing of the robots and the
sliding doors is perfect so that
each screen will take some Iltp h ic•

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PSSie7.95 b y allocating fifteen ships fi r s t you'll know of the B a s i c means annoyingly slow
Rachael This is the sort of b e t w e e n the task force's A r g e n t i n i a n s is when you bump re sp o n se s at times. The
game that gets a lot of flak p r o t e c t i v e screen and land i n t o them, though at turn i n s t r u c t i o n s claim that the
from people who see it as g u n n i n g . Then it's to a map of t w e n t y any remaining pockets B r i t i s h are white and the
nothing more than exploitative t h e island and a decision which o f resistance will be revealed. A rg e n t i n i a n s black when in fact
bad taste. In tact, Falklands 82 o f four landing spots you'll T h e shape of the island t h e Brits are blue and the
Is a serious wargame and its c h o o s e as your beach head — p r e s e n t s problems of A r g i e s red and yellow — and to
Intentions are undoubtedly i t ' s wise to bring in the SAS or b o t t le n e c k s forming, and you'll c o n f u s e things further British
honourable. which Only raises S B S to provide intelligence as n e e d to plan carefully for u n i t s under command flash red
the question of why a t h e y can reconnoitre a five t e r r a i n , particularly If you're to a n d yellow too. Though it's
simulation of contemporary s e c t o r radius without h a v e the long range gunning of d o n e away with grid references
history is considered tasteless co mmit t in g you to a major t h e artillery. Fog and rough i t still plays rather 'blockily'. In
when a simulation of the mud l a n d i n g . c o n d i t i o n s can rob you of air i t s favour, though, it has five
and blood of the Somme isn't. A f t e r that it's a question of a n d sea support, but if they're l e v e l s , the easiest of which is a
You play the British, against o ccu p yin g , or being the last to t i t for you they'll also be fit for g o o d learning mode and the
an Argentinian micro, in a o c c u p y , the ten tiny towns of t h e Argentinians. In that case s i m p l i c i t y and relatively small
strategy game that t h o s e windswept rocks. And y o u hope your Harriers can see s c a l e of the game could make
concentrates on land activity, t h o u g h you can have a crack at t h e m off. i t ideal for newcomers_
But the task force is still an l a n d i n g at Port Stanley, the A n d that's it in a nutshell
important factor as it supplies co n ce n t ra t io n of Argentinian W i t h its single key entries, m a a a m
both reinforcements and the t r o o p s is likely to make It your u s i n g initials for the options, if P i er mb r o p h . • I I M M E1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
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Rick When the Ed heard
Virgin's F.A. Cup Football was
the first Football Association
endorsed soccer game and
that Tony Williams, editor of
the F.A. League Club Directory
was writing it, he knew experts
were needed to review it,
Tough, you got me instead. Off
he sent me to find 'added
realism'. The Royal Box at
Wembley, I dreamed. Oh no,
he poured iced water down me
wellies. gave me half a can of
flat Skol and made me watch
this game over the shoulder of
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In many respects this text
based simulation with a touch
of strategy is the most accurate
of football games on the
market. II attempts to recreate
the splendours of a complete
F.A. Cup campaign. With an up
to eight player facility it's a full
family game. Each player can
choose ten teams to manage.
picked from the 92 league
teams plus 32 non-leaguers, or
you can program in a personal
favourite.
At each round a draw is
made but there are no rattling
balls in a black bag, just a
✓ O .P .R
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scrolling screen. If you want to
leap (as all but the most manic
Runcorn fans will) to the third
round where top division clubs
enter, then you can. Before
each game in the first three
rounds you can choose your
basic tactic — defensive,
balanced or attacking. In round
four you can modify this at half
time.
From round five you'll be
asked an increasing number of
managerial questions. Some
are silly and rude (do you let
your Nigerian winger see his
witch doctor!!) to the crucial
and practical (how do you re-
motivate your penalty taker?).
You also have the option to
look at news flashes that might
affect the morale of your team.
At this stage you also get extra
chances to change your
strategy depending on the
state of play.
The glory of the F.A. Cup
though is unpredictability. And
this simulation tries so hard to
be accurate it ends up with the
anonymous appeal of watching
the pools panel sit. The F.A.
Cup, thank God, is not
programmed to the dictats of
Don Howe. True there are little
ripples ofofshock — Runcorn
beat Wimbledon. Liverpool and
Arsenal get involved in an
unlikely eight goal shoot Out —
but nothing that's gonna make
Saint And Greavsie take up
tiddlywinks. This game's
statistical background — who's
done best in the last ten years
— is severely weighted toward
the big four — Everton. Spurs,
Liverpool and (spit)
Manchester Utd. I'd have
relished a little more
managerial control to make me
feel thoroughly involved as the
minutes ticked by — the only
action ever seen on the screen.
For sheer variety the
Rothman's World Cup is a
better bet, but this walks all
over Bryan Robson's Football
Manager (which is something
I'd like to do) I refuse to knock
this game. As someone who
flew half way round the world
to watch the Cup Final last
year I've taken great joy in
managing Everton to three
successive Cup victories. Eat
yer heart out Big Ron.
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up? Well, it seems nothing's changed •
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feisty so and sos and apprentices o•lazy lads likely to be laid off (or
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laid out) at a moment's notice. Of course, the world of Disney
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arcades. The wizard defends the castle M ramparts whilst his
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swamp the castle but you can zapNthem with a shouted spell
(rnmm. now I wonder what that could O be, — is there a clue in the
Wizard's name?). The spell turns the M dinos into dash, but at great
expense to your energy — which can Only be replenished by
shouting another spell at the star over the tower,
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ostrich will. So there is a (marginal if not magical) touch of
strategy — you'll have to make a decision as to when you whizz
out of the castle — or do you stay and protect your apprentices.
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 0 M y Spectrum loses Its
" co lo u r capacity on
warming up. How do I
change the faulty part on my
Spectrum as repairs are very
expensive here. Oh, and
while I'm here my
Spectrum+ has lost its extra
function keys, how do I fix
this?
M Neuman, Israel
Inside the Spectrum you
should find two white
discs — adjusting the bottom
one when the Spectrum is hot
should bring the colour back
to its cheeks. As for the
Spectrum+, there is a little bar
under the keyboard top
secured by screws where the
extra membrane overlay is
connected to the main one.
Tightening this or adjusting
the membrane underneath
should bring the extra
functions.
0 Although I've never had
d a n y problems with my
Seikosha GP-SOS printer
itself, it causes 'mucho
problem°
connect other hardware
. This
devices.
w h e This mainly
happens when I load and
n o
save a program. Do I hit it
with
I a rubber mallet or is
there
t r a more rational
solution?
y contents
Mark Denham, Hull
t Er Spectrum to a portable
o Ummm, I think it would be Spectrum
a good idea if you didn't
hit it. The printer more than
likely isn't well-seated on the
back of the Spectrum which is back
causing it to appear at the
same time as the ULA.
crashing the computer. You'll
only make it worse if you
attach more equipment at the
back. Try to stop it wobbling or from Tasword Two? I've got
get one with a tighter edge
connector.
n I'm having mega-
problems setting the 'bit Southway,
image mode' on my serial
Epson P40 printer. I've tried
various listings and
unfortunately failed
miserably.
Paul Stackhouse, Burnley,
Lancashire
Well, you've come to the
'lir right place, Try setting up printer back once but it still
and sending the ESC codes
via the B channel if you're
using the Interface 1.
0 Where can I get a
backplane, as seen in
Your Spectrum issue 18 In
the Bits and Pieces article?
The manufacturer, MICRO
says it no longer does them.
BJ Ha tt, Worcester Park,
Surrey
Well, EPROM Services
do a mother board for the
Spectrum but it's unbuffered.
If I were you I'd give them a
try.
80
0 I wonder if you could
Id h e l p me Steve. I bought
a Fidelity CTM1400 TV to use
with an Adapt Electronics
composite video Interface
so that I would get a better
picture. It is an Improvement
but I still get dot crawl,
especially when using BEEP.
Is there anything I can do to
get rid of it?
KE Nankin, Aldridge, West
Midlands
:k it Seems to me that you've
already done your best.
The only way to eliminate it is
to use a black and white
picture I'm afraid. Have a
bash at adjusting the top white
variable capacitor as yours is
an issue 2 — this may reduce
the problem slightly.
0 I need some advice on
16
microdrive
d — does it contain
a ROM?
h Dr t John Reynolds,
James Flolmwood
o r
w Yes it does have a ROM
-t
without
Vo disrupting a program.
is usually done by using a
(c
Non-Maskable-Interrupt
'which doesn't work on the
an
regular Sinclair ROM. It then
runs
n its own program and
s
transfers
dt all the memory
to tape so that it can
cr be reassembled in the
then
iu
to be loaded back
r c memory from microdrive.
into
ct Restarting can then be
carried
ua out by simply jumping
to the original ROM to
i
restart the program where you
left
t off.
r Norfolk
n y D o I need to buy Tasprint
t in order to print out text
o
a Timex 2040 printer and
b 2,000 microfarad capacitor
cannot afford to buy both.
r
Anthony Empson,
i Plymouth
n Breathe a sigh of relief
g Anthony — no you don't.
Tasword includes a Sinclair
i
printer copy option and you
cant use this with the Timex.
i software on ROM. It costs
n about E100. Astor costs,
• Yo u ' re my last hope! I've
taken my Timex 2040
doesn't work. I'm desperate.
I can't get screen dumps to
work properly t h e y come
out all elongated with gaps
in. I have only one more
thing to say — help!
Nigel Bareham, Winchester
Sorry old chap! I've
lit• investigated the problem
by looking inside the printer
but it seems that the spacing
is governed mechanically.
There's no solution to the
problem as you can't
reprogram it or reverse the
printer paper.
RA1
Are your
peripherals
proving a pest?
Send your
hardware hard
luck story to Steve
Adams.
n Please, please, please
lit help. I really want to get
onto Bulletin Boards but I'm
not sure what I need apart
from a VIX5000 modem.
David Scott, Thetford,
, e „ Well, you'll need some
software as well as the
VTX since most boards
operate on ASCII not Prestel
software which is all the VTX
contains. You can either get
something like Specnet for the
VTX or you can pay a little
more for a new modem called
the Voyager that has auto-
dial/answer and comes with
both ASCII and Prestel
most Bulletin Boards only cost
you the price of the phonecall
and that obviously varies
depending upon time and
distance. My Sinclair- only
board is on 01-249-3238, 24
hours a day at 1200/75 and
300 baud.
'0IJASINCLAIR
1
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n Does anyone know of a
W program to control a
digital LNO3 laser printer for
vertical printing etc.
Colin Nesbitt, Dumba rton,
Scotland
. 1 . Unfortunately you don't
.1
through
g an Interface 1 RS232
interface or some other. The
s
vertical printing is a function of
a control codes (codes
the
y
below
and
i
32) on the printer itself
varies from printer to
printer
f so my advice would be
to look in the manual. To send
t
control codes on Interface 1
h B channel must be used,
the
i
otherwise the Spectrum will
convert
s or ignore these
codes.
i
s0 Help! Since I bought a
c Wafadrive for my issue 2
Spectrum
o I've had nothing
but trouble from my
n
peripherals.
Sheffield
o %The Wafadrive uses
l addresses from 0 to 16 so
Ilsuggest you try putting in the
peripherals before the
e
Wafadrive and check that the
d
address lines A0-A4 are all at
binary 1 before you bring in
your own devices.
n I'm trying to convert my
machine but I'm having a big
problem. When I connect it
to 9.01200 Ni-cad batteries
It blows the power transistor
R4 (ZTX650). What can I do?
John Ellingford, Pulham St
Mary, Norfolk
-•• Oh dear! There are two
possible things you can
do. Either bring your voltage
down to 9.25 volts and fit a
across the Spectrum's power
input to slow down the surge
you're getting. Or, you could
put in a small value resistor in
series with the +9 supply but
before the capacitor. This
would bring the surge down
even more.
0 My Timex printer
d produces oval circles —
crazy! I've been back to the
shop but they say it's up to
specification. What do you
think?
Steve Summerscaies,
Batley
: T h i s happens to the best
of printers because the
distance between each line of
dots is greater than the
distance between each dot on
the line. This is known as
'aspect distortion' in the trade
and arises because the
characters are five dots by
seven high.not eight by eight
as on the Spectrum. Sorry,
but you're stuck with it.
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FASTFORWARD r
When the Spectrum starts
to load, it's time for most about to peg out from old age
waiting for your Speccy to
of us to nod off. Until now — load? Well, this ingenious piece
H turboloader. And, of course, the
this prime cut of code of machine code goes a long
from Danish programmer, a to solving the problem. With it, you
way
can
v double the speed of saving,
Esben Krag Hansen,
eloading, verifying and merging. And it
speeds up the whole does it by using improved versions of
ythe ROM cassette handling routines in
process. owhich the timing values can be
uchanged, so giving you full control of the
edata transfer speed. So. you can put
./ vaway those pension books for a few
years yet!
c e
rFRIENDLY... AND FAST
fThe program is very user-friendly —
there's no need for all that PEEKing and
ePOKE ing here. Type it in following the
linstructions, then save it to avoid any
tmishaps — no-one's going to relish
yretyping all those data statements' Now
start it with RUN and you'll be asked
o I've got round this by adopting four of
I immediately for a start address. And the
. ugood news here is that the turboloader
9•41.•••
6 wis relocatable. You can enter any start
1
• eaddress suitable for storing the 1845
rbytes of code and the loader program
will relocate the turboloader to run in
ethat area. So, you'll have no problems
using the turboloader in conjunction with
your other machine code utilities.
• When the loader programs finished,
••• you should save the machine code as
instructed on the screen. Now you're
•
ready to roll_
SPEED SAVING
Using the program is simplicity itself. All
you have to do is insert a RANDOMIZE
C
USR statement before the turboloader
. commands. It's this that activates the
All turboloader's command interpreter. The
turboloader will now remain activated
until it reaches the end of the line or a
command it doesn't recognise.
As an example, let's have a look at
how you'd save a Screen$ using the
turboloader:
FAST FOUR-WARD
The four 'new' keywords work in the following w ar
LIST
Thi s c om m a nd r e a ds a he a de r fr om
t a pe a nd lists it on the s c r e e n. For
e x a m pl e , LI S T will di spl ay the s ta r t
:11u51 a ddr e s s a nd the l e ngth of a m a c hi ne
, c ode bl oc k . And t ha t s houl d k e e p the
Jtion ha c k e r s ha ppy !
Russet If you w a n t to s e e how the fi r st tw o
c om m a nds w or k, tr y:
W C
R A N D O M I ZE US A x: RUN 3 1 0 0 : S AV E
''m e " CO DE x, 1 8 4 5 : LI S T
PRINT
Thi s c om m a nd l ets y ou c hoos e Just
how m uc h i nfo y ou w a nt on s c r e e n. I t
s houl d be fol l ow e d by e i the r a 0, 1 or
2.
0: Ne i the r the ba ud- r a t e nor the
na m e s of the da t a bl oc k s dur i ng
LO AD/ V E RI FY ar e pr i nte d ont o the
s c r e e n i.e. z ilch!
1; O nl y the na m e s of the da t a bl ocks
ar e pr i nte d.
2: E v e r y thi ng is pr i nte d.
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RANDOMIZE USR x: SAVE les t pic"
SCREENS
where x is the start address of the
program supports all the usual cassette
commands — SAVE, LOAD. VERIFY
and MERGE.
But stop, you're saying — at least,
you are if you've just tried executing the
statement above. It's no faster at all. A-
hal (Famous Scandinavian pop group?
Ed). That's because I've yet to tell you
how to change the transfer speed — the
baud rate. Initially, the speed is exactly
the same with or without the turboloader
— 1500 baud (bits per second). But you
can easily change this using one of the
four new commands that the program
adds to ZX Basic.
The problem is that while SAVE,
LOAD, VERIFY and MERGE already
exist in Basic, where do we find
keywords for the four new commands?
the Speccy's existing keywords, RUN,
LIST, INPUT and PRINT. They all still
work as normal except when you're
using them as commands to the
turboloader. Then their new roles come
into play.
NOTE FOR TRAINSPOTTERS
Ha , t hought y ou'd c a ught m e out
di dn't you? Doe s n't he k now , y ou'r e
sayi ng. t ha t the us e ol R A N D O M I ZE to
cal l m a c hi ne c ode m a k e s the RHO
f unc t i on unus a bl e ? Tha t ever y cal l
a c tua l l y r e s e ts the RHO val ue to the
s a m e num be r all the ti m e?
Well, yes I dot And to ge t r ound thi s
si de e ffe c t, I 've m a de it so t ha t the
tur bol oa de r on r e tur n toads the BC-
r egi ster w i th the val ue of the s y s te m
var i abl e SEED. T h e " the R A N D O M I ZE
USIA c om m a nd will only l oa d SEED
w i th the v a l ue it al r eadyc o n t a i n s . And
bi ngo, no e tte c t on the RHO tunc ti on
a t all! So, the w hol e pr obl e m is
e l i m i na te d usi ng a si ngl e m a c hi ne
c ode i ns tr uc ti on, LD, BC ( S E E M tha t's
onl y tour by te s l ong.
RUN
Thi s now c ha nge s the ba ud-r a te . I t
m us t be fol l ow e d by a num be r r angi ng
fr om 1 5 0 0 to 3 5 0 0 i ncl usi ve, in s te ps
of 2 0 0 ( 1 5 0 0 , 1 7 0 0 , 1 9 0 0 a nd so on).
T h e m a x i m um ba ud-r a te y ou c a n use
all de pe nds on your ta pe r ecor der . But
m os t of you s houl d be abl e to r un a t a
m i ni m um of 3 1 0 0 ba ud — m or e tha n
doubl e the nor m al s pe e d.
INPUT
Thi s is us e d In e x a c tl y the s a m e w a y
as P RI NT. i t deal s w i th the m e s s a ge
"S ta r t ta pe , the n. . . " a nd the n w a i ts for
a k e y In the SAVE c om m a nd. The
v a l ue s ar e us e d as fol l ow s:
0 T h e m e s s a ge i s n't pr i nte d a nd y ou
d o n ' t have to pr ess a key.
I T h e tur bol oa de r onl y w a i ts for the
key press.
2 A s usual .
T h e tur bol oa de r is i ni ti al l y s e t to
P R I N T 2 a nd I N P U T 2.
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Club Direc tory " has provided authentic up-to-date home and away form for a total
of 124 League and Non-League teams,
You must decide which tactics your teams use throughout the various matches and
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and subsequently the score! You may represent a local team, and if you are
lucky enough to w e i v e the benefit of a " giant -k iller" your team may even experience
a dream cup run!
Above all, The Offi cial F.A. Cup Football game comes up with realistic results
that's why the Football Association have given it their full approval!
Available for Spectrum 48K, Commodore 64/128 and Amstrad CPC 464/664/6128
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tjoysticks. Must be in excellent condition T e l
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r• 481< Spectrum with printer. joystick, slack,
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only El 5 Te l 01-593 2309 and ask tor Pete.
• Nine rolls of ZX Printer paper - C1.50 a roll
inc. p&p. Tel Doncaster 787694
• 48K Spectrum for sale. Kempston
interface, joystick and dust cover E200. Tel
Bath 331588 and ask for Aaron
• For side Z)03 1 computer in great COnalb011.
with real keyboard, lots at games, u tility
programs, magazines and books. Real
bargain at E30 ono T e l (04465) 4322 after 6
pm
• 48K Spectrum with professional keyboard,
joystick and programmable interface, books,
magazines arid lots Of assorted software -
Wadies, games, business etc. Includes
carrying brielcase. Price El 20 ono Ta t .
(0603)881012 after 6pm
• Sinclair BAN pocket TV, still boxed, vg c.
Will swop for good joystick and interlace or
saN for E35 ono. A. Hill. 83 Harlow Moor Drive,
Harrogate, N Yoeks HG2 OLE
• Swop Prism VTX 5000 Modem toe Castel
Electronics Digital Sound Sampler. Modem
boxed, complete and with lu ll instructions
Write to Helen, 29 Greenacres, Kirkby-in-
Ashfield, None NCI 7 7GE
F R E E Ala H E R E
Postcode
On the lookout for hip hardware, snazzy
software or perky penpals? Your search
is over - put your message in YS and
get your name in the mag for free!
• Spectrum+, 7 months Old. E250 ot
software, loystick, interlace, tape recorder
worth E400+, sett tot E165 for quick sate Te l
(085.81 34803 and ask tor Tim after Som
• Spectrum 48K. Saga keyboard, Interlace
1, two microdnves, Alphaoom Printer, plus
bits and pieces E l e a Tel. 10747 ) 84071 5
after 6 pm.
• Spectrum+, Interface 1, KempslOn
Interface. cassette player, 50 games E 140
ono. Tel 021-449 863-3 Can deliver
Controlled buggy. Please ask for Baker after 6
glrn
• Unwanted Christmas present - Prism VTX
5000 Modem, never used. RRP £60. asking
once E40 ono. Tel. 01-947 7911 and ask for
Ian atter.% pr o
• For sale: 48K Spectrum with OnTronics
working order E170 ono. Tel. (06267) 4099.
• RGB Interlace E15, Currah MicroSpeech
El 2. RAM Turbo joystick interlace E1 0,
Cheetah SpecOrum E20, all in very good
working order. Write to G Ho p e . 72 Picket
Close, Fordingbridge, Hants SP6 1 JV.
• 481< Spectrum, over E1000 worth of
games. 3 channel sound synthesiser.
Kenipstori interlace, Curran MoroSPaech,
magazines. cassette carrying case. Sea for
E220. Tel. (05432) 451 and a sk for William.
• Swop Curtail MoroSpersich. Dungeon
Builder and Gift From The Gods for any
interlace to back programs up on microdrive
Tat. (0475) 707S1 8 between 6 and 7 pm and
ask for Brian.
• Prism VTX 5000 Modern, every issue of
Telefink with binder. Melbourne House
Micronet book, plus Spectrum software First
reasonable otter secures Te l. John on (0742)
375418.
• N I roncs lightpan, original box and
instructions. Excellent condition. Will sell lot
C15.Tel, Hunstanton 34205 and ask toe Mark
altar 6 pm.
• RAT remote control Joystick plus interface.
Unwanted g ilt Retail price E20. se ll for C15
ono Writ e to Raymond Clifford.
Ourteenalariff, Milchelstown, Co. Cork, Eire .
• Spectrum+, as new Jo yst ick, interlace,
dataconder, software, bargain £100 ono. Tel.
(0782) 49944 after 4 pm
• Rambo. Commando, Station. Gyron. Erne
P e n Pals
S O F T W A R E
to all letters. Send your list for mine. G.T.
Jenkins, 1 Greenwood Road. Abersychan•
Pontypool. Gwent NP4 W A.
• Swop Tasword II, Felt:tors Keepers, Jet Set
Willy and others for Attc Aetc, Sherlock,
GhOstbusters, Terrormonnos etc Writ e lo
James Fitzpatrick, 70 Prebend Gardens,
Stamford Brook. London W6 O)0U
• Many new titles to swop R e ly on a laM
reply if y our lis t is inter es ting Wr i te to F r e i t
Bergstrom, Tranvagan 6, 433 62 Partite,
r ik
Sweden,
• Will swop Ellfar
,Yesoct
J a cfork Winter
s Games and CaSMJC
aWanDadOr
n d Nomad. Must be original games
Phone 091 -489 1931 a n d ask for Steven
TRobinson
h e
A r c
• Latest Spectrum titles Ove r 500 games to
Oswop Se n f d your list for mine. Reply every
time. Write to Doren Strevens, 8 Windmill
Road, Southwick, Brighton 0N4 4-HP
• Will swop any four 01 Swords And Sorcery,
Mtn, Proems Cauldron. Demoustere. Tower
Of Despair, Glass. Cylon Attack for Qu ill fret
Iffirstralor, Call David on (0602) 653563 after
5 pm.
• Swap Se0Ol Date, Trashmen. Jungle Fever
tor every Karate game or Tapper, MenciterOf
SOS, Tel. Chester 45408 and ask for Robert.
• Swop complete Machine Code Tutor for Art
Studio Te l. (0827)601 48 after 5pm and ask
tor S imon.
• Hundreds of games to swop Tit le s include
Baseball, Chiller. Monty, Basketball Daley,
Finders Keepers elc Writ e to Erik van Buul,
Fazantlaan 12,5731 XT. Miorto. Holland
• I have a lot of games to swop with anyone.
anywhere in me world. Send your lest for mine
- guaranteed reply. I speak English and
French. Francois Bernardi. Residence des
Grawiere Bailment 1Q, 94190 Villeneuve
Saint Georges, France
• Will swop any from Robot ROI Ab c Alec,
Lunar Airman. Night Simulation, Bugaboo,
Kong, h o o m , Spectrum Satan for almost
anything. Send your offer to R. Fowler, 8.5
Buchanan Creacent, Sheffield 55 BAH.
• Will swop Shadow Of The Unicorn and
Wriggler for Qu ill or Deus Ex Machine. Tel.
(02321 815470 and ask for ROrY •
• LOIS of software to swop. Send your list for
rnne So m e of the newer games I have are
and Beach Head It Dan Nielsen,
Tornskadevaenget 4, 5210 Odense NV,
Denmark
• Swop Skyfox, Ping Pang, ScoobyDoo for
other totes Write to Matthew Taylor, 131
Elmbridge Avenue, Surboon, Surrey KT5
gHE
• Will swop impossible Mission and Raid
Over Moscow for Tapper. Shadowlire or Dam
Busters, Mark Norris, 50 Cravgle Way, Ayr,
Scotland.
• Will m o p Frarrloe and A M o le for The
Artist Also la swo rd /land Walter Sports o r
M inder and Bru ce Lee for Hyper Spoils. Te l
(0270) 812037 and ask for tee
• Swop Everyone's A Wally for Champions,
Spy Hunter, Herbert's Dummy RUrt Of Sam
Stoat Safe Breaker. Write to Paul Phillips. 142
Bloornleld Road, Bristol B54 3RA
• Swop Booty. Steve Davis Snooker. Beach
Head, Decathlon. Sabre Wult, Jer Sat Willy,
Nicotine Nightmare, Nebula tot M e * rest
John Adams, 74 Clapham Road, Annelid,
Liverpool L4 2 T0
• Will swap Ste non. Exploding Fa t OafeY
Thompson Decathlon for Commando and
Ghostbustets Write to Liarh Casey. 20
Burlington Road, Ballsbridge
Send
T D youru b iasi
n for
. mine
•I Swop
r e lFighter
a n No d t . Dukes Of Hazzard,
TU., Wanted, Steve Davis Snooker, Daley
Thompson Supersest. Ba ck Gammon. Te l.
Terry on 01-575 8371

• Will swop Penetrator. Ave:mama, Wheelie,
Psytron, Blade Alley, Fa ll Guy, Starstnke.
Bia g g i
Box
, or Megabasic. Tatram Dyer, 43 Nigel
Road.
. Peckharn, London SE1 5 4NP.
•B ml itu swop M ini Office, Cyton M a c k
Regards To Broad Street for Ellockbueters.
e ME S S A G E S
Bodge Player, FG TH, Elite . Dun Detach or
T h Tel. Dave on (0438) 69447
WHY.
•r Swop
m
Doonsdarks
f fi
kfcGregans Boxing, Shadowlire.
Revenge, Ra id Over Moscow for
Spy
s eVs. Spy, Dim Darech, Tit Na Nog.
Fanlight or any other offers Te l Gle n n on 01 -
a others to swop eleasiprogs C . Young,
428 2588 after 5 pm
l Northotme, North Street, T'heale, Reading.
• Latest Spectrum trees to swop. Ove r 600
l Swop for £120 worth of software, Including
titles— yo u r list lot mine. Re ly on a reply.
f
Write to Gary Ogden. 2 Alder Grove
Hrghtields,
o Stafford ST17 95W.
• r Swop White Lightning, used twice, tor
Currah
W Speech that Is lees than a year old.
Must
h be in good condition Jonathan Cole. 2
Aldeburgh Way. Spnnitheid, Chelmstotd.
a
Essex CM I 5 PD
m stamp to Speccy Stull, 1 Gracious Street.
▪ 350 games to swo p Fairlight, Exploding
!
Fist, Commando and many more. Send your
kiltM e r m ine Eyal Misrahi. Mani 4, Jerusalem
94325, Israel.
u
• sMany le e s to swop inducting Swipe vo
World
l Roder Coasteretc. Send your list lot
minee M ichael Simms, 28 Jenned Road.
Arnold, Nottingham NGS
• Wanted. GhostbeSters for ZX Spectrum
48K Will swop lot Chess. Dimension
Destructors and Ctiequered Hat. Tel. 01-570
3876 between 4 and 8 pm.
• Over 50 tapes to swop mckiding Eureka,
Frank's., Minder, I v Na Nog, Dun Danner,
Mini OffiCe. Owe. Stipa
Doomdark
, D a z e Especially
, want adventures Tel,
(0623) 550800 a f t & 5 Pol,
M i o n e g h
• Swop Rally Dover, Broad Steest, Raid Over
t
Moscow, Du n Darach, Cylon Attack for
a n Rive rdPaid. ShertOCk, Vegas, Glass.
Zaxxon,
Write to Colin Harman. 333 Rex:1W Walk,
Chalkhill, Wembley, Middlesex.
• Lots Of software to swop including Hoboa.
JSW, Sko o l Daze, Bu g sy Te l. Paul on
Reading 5979034
• Swop Zaxxon, Bru ce Leo, Pole Posffion.
Send your list for mine. Write to William
Lumley. 22 Trossachs Street, Maryhill,
Glasgow G20 7DR.
• Swop Kenbea and Doomsday Castle lee
W a i f & Lafro Sta rstlike , Write to Ian
Gardner, I Speeding Drive, Haraepool,
County Cleveland T524 9 0 E.
• Swop White Lightning, Belabasic.
Supeet ode11 plus various games and utilities
lot nVc, graphics, utility ptograms. b o o ke d
games Yo u r list tor m in a Send sae to J.
Taylor. 91 Wentworth AKITILJO.Bosconsbe,
Dorsal 9H5 2EH
• Swop many top games including
Knogettove, Underworlds, Dambusters,
Shadowlire. Send me your lists. Graham
Munro, 24 Glenda(' Road, Renfrew. Scotland
PM DAD.
• Will swap Match Day. Daley's Decathlon
and Formula 1 &m onitor for Elite only. Tel.
(0342)24005 atter School hours and ask toe
Stuart.
• Swap Pytamarema, Sonars!, Atic A tac,
Great Space Race, Ork IS/and, Slonkers and
The Exterminator for Lindenwold*. Sp y VS,
Spy, Herbert's Dummy Pun and Fare/get. Tel
Dronfield 413898 and ask let Andy.
• Wanted, Sp y V5. So y for Beau Jo/0y Six
Pack worth El
Lady for Tapper. Sp y Hunter or Sem& Daze
, Nor th Wales .
Tel (0274)672134 and ask ter Simon
* 9 5 ,
• Software to swop. lo is of new IttlesSend
A l hats for
o mine Po ly on a reply. Write to
your
w iMillet,
l l 6 Countess Gardens, Crieff,
Scott
Perthshire
s w PH7 30P
•a Wanted
p — The Oren and iffitstrator. Will
swop
L Wotel, PG TH. Alien e, Sp y Vs. Sp y linTI
Sloe!
a Daze. Tel L e e on 107031435551
111Will swop Scuba Dive, Forth, J.B. 3
s Hunchback II.Chimera, Beach Head and
Squash. Pogo, Maziacs, Vo ice Chess,
V
Starion. eTel, (0203) 384046 and ask for
Andrew
g a
•s Softwme !Dewey. Commando, Felffight,
Saboteur. Monty. J.SW11,Rotifer Coaster,
Robin and lots of others Se n d details of
swaps. Brian Holland, I A Hulme Hall Road,
Cheadle Huelva, Stockport Cheshire 51(8
8JT
• Over 340 Spectrum games to swo p Send
your list tor mine Writ e to Ricky Strachan, 18
Marlborough Ro a d Southall, Middlesex UB2
5LW.
• I have 40 lilie s to offer including Fitffight
and Dark Star. Also have Ouickshot It
joystick, Kempston Interlace and ZX Pnnter I
want a &le a r n but ring anyway Te l, 01-485
5302
'would like to swop Daley Thompson 's
Super Test, Cyclone, SterviVat Make -A-Chip
lot Wham! Music Box. Write lo Ben Kirkham,
9 Saxon Road, INestgale, Kent C I S 8RS.
• Will swap 40 games for ZX Printer I t
interested write to 23 Kilian Place. Pe e n
Sheffield
- 53 91.W for details
•I vo
Swop
r , Brian Jack's Superstar Challenge or
Saboteur for Wa y Of The Exploding Fist or r e
A, Kong Fu Ch ris Wood, 4 Winceelsea
Street, Dover, Kent CT17 9ST
• Swop Nightshade and Swords And
Sorceryfor Elite. Must Pe in good conOition
Tel (0 4 4 6 ) 7321 51 after13 pm and ask for
Paul
C L U B S &
E V E N TS
• TB Beta disc user would like to COntact
Barks RG7 5EX
• Do you live around Thanel? Thanet Co-op
Computer Club meets twice a month at the
Co-op ltyperroarket. Tel. 108431 221M5 any
weekday except Monday lo t details. Ask for
Mike Tee
• Issue 1 o f Speccy Stuff. Loads of ups,
reviews and hardware news. Send 30p and a
Whiltlesey, Peterborough
• Arcade and adventure fa n s Wo o d you like
a program that keeps a record of your scores
and games. Then write t o rn . with your
requirements plus sae, Brya n Whitby, 16
Manselield Road Kingsley, Warrinot
Cheshire,
▪ Want P0 KEs and tips absolutely free?
Then write In me and send sae. Guaranteed
reply and instant return J . Rid d e ll 8 Manor
Road. Salisbury. Willshrra
• Straight swop Watedrive (with programs).
Centronics and RS232 cables Wanted,
Interface I with microdrives and cartridges
Tel. (0592)890176 any evening between
Elprn and I 1pm.
• Could someone please tell me where I can
buy System 15000 in the Manchester area
I've tried Smiths but they don't stock it! Please
help, Adam Linnik, 15 Reid Close, Haughton
Green Co n lo n . Manchester
• B loc k B us ter s Ills linr ened ( Hur r ah) . H o w
do you like your Atari. Nick? Mr Brooke. get a
Speccy. Hi to Just, Marcus, M a lt y and all at
Holt Park Middle School. Ph ilip Eden, 98
Moseley Wood Gardens, LS16 7HU
• Hello to Mace, Ornar, Cully, Graham, SAD
Wary, &P., Bunti. Buie, David, a G Ka t y,
Hippy, Member, Ricky G.. Jonny W., Ben, Mt
E. Mr Damage. Greg from Jon. J. Melte:,
Crowlen House, Cranbraok School,
Cron brook, Kent
• Any Speccy users with TA Beta-Plus
interlace want to exchange hints, tips arid
other general into, on the DOS with me?
Please contact David Millen, 48 F a it
Avenue, London E4 SPA.
- Simulator Te l. (0244) 42238 and M k tot
•ligUrgent
ht — Help! Valkwea 17— can't get into
village An y ideas? Tel. (0634)683327
• Sigmund — lost your address. Code for
access 761 1009 is 7A43B H u rry up, please a nd Picturesque Assembler for Picturesque
Sergio Ingo
• Complete set of YS magazines. Ne AA
poster Cash offers please lo g Gardner. 32
Mooestreld, Moors Farm Est , Tyne and Wear
OH4 5PF 9 ive £220 worth of software Te l. (07491
• Minim% small cassette and monitor or d isk
drive wanted. Swop C300 mobile h ii fi until
with tape radio, stereo and built-in amplifier. F t S
swops wanted Te l. (0205160252.
• If you own a 48K Spectrum and enjoy
dabbling in hardware and interfacing, got in
touch to swop ideas and circuit diagrams.
Simon Butt. 21 Tram Road. Buckley, Clwyd,
• V ( Printer or Betabasic wanted tot
• is there a Speccy User Club in Bracknell? If p k'Tronics light pen Te l. Carlon (0792)
not, anyone interested in starting one?
Answers please on the back ol an old river
Tel. Nic on Bracknell 52094 A teenager
1111Wanted — Mirage Microdtiver. Must be as t ) cean Will swop for recent software. Tel.
new Will swop for over C150 worth of
software including Rambo, Strool Daze,
Impossible Mission. DeatfiSTSF, Interceptor,
more Te l. Bolton 53955. m a
• Belgian Computer Club is looking for
contacts with ototherclu b s and users. Write to
RAM MicrorComputer Club. d o Colin
O'Brien, 8 Rue De La °a ro m a . 8521
Arquennes. Belgium B everiey Smith, 20 Pinewood Ave, Flanshaw
El Wanted: Female companion to share
Cobra Mir III spacecraft (must be humanoidl. I
I'm dangerous!? On my way lo Elea L o is 01 i n t efface
CR's, docking computers, military laser,
extended cargo bay, know how to get into
witchspece, lost my ECM system due to
Thargold invasion ship (encountered in
witchspaca). Maybe we can get together
sometime. I know this great tittle planet.
Commander Bytor. P e
• A big "Howdy" to Jacqui, Alan, Steve, Ed, P o maga'
Tex Ritter, Yogi and Hank 8 West. All the best • Qu ill Will swop for software such a s
tram Vic. Galivy Hayes Lives! F G
• I llya AndrelBetcha never thought you'd 7 7 13189 arid a sk lot Keith
get your name in VS again. I think I've got it!
Na, nothing senous. See you soon Yo u rs b o oks, anything. Please write to M .C.
Hercurn, Prat of the North W
W A N T E D El Wanted Th e Qu ill and manual Will swop
tor any two from Daley's Decathlon,
• Saga 1 Emperor keyboard — will swop Atte Southern Belie, Games Maker and Match
M a c. Hunchback II Day, Te l Ga rra rd s Cross 884434 after 5 pm
,Cookie,
F o o Flight
t b a Sim,
l l All five for keyboard in and ask for Dominic
w
Me da condition.
n a g Calm McGrath, I I Dromlee
Crescent, Beaumont, Dublin 9, Ireland
e r .
Digital Sound Sampler (Dahill Electronics)
wanted Will give good price for one in
Manchester area, Tel. 061 4132 3441 a lte r 6
pm and ask to St e ve .
PEN PALS
• Microdrive and Interlace I Will pay up to • 14-year old male looking for male ot
C60,Must be able to see hardware belore ago to swop games, hints and bps in England
purchase. Write to Shane Mitchell. 26
Westroyd Crescent, win d h ill. Shipley,
and USA Se n d see Pa t rick McLoughlin, 190
Mangitara Road, BeachhaverL Auckland 10,
Yorkshire 8018 11-1W,
• Wanted: Seikosha GP50 winter in good
New Zealand
▪ Needed
condition. Choose 50 games from my list 01 ,
penpal. 1 7+ for wacky, isolated, PaciliSt,
500. Many new programs. Write to Omer fan
P r for
e fgeneral
e Discussion of world topics
Telican. Eendanettard 25, Ve rb . The Inc
Netherlands. r a luding
b l y S pec c y s oftwar e and Talk ie' )
fantasy. Write at own risk! Enclose photo!
• Wanted: interlace 1 and microdrive. C a
Orlando Grumblyedz, 8 Douglas Crescent,
n a
Viewpark, Udeingston, Glasgow, Scotland
Nightshade, Aiphacom 32, will swop for £370 671
d i5,JW a
worth of software including Stanon and n
• Pent:els wanted from anywhere, any sex,
Cauldron All must be in good condition Nee 18+.
f Especially
e it you know any P011Es or
Cht tette.72 West Road, Fraserburgh, hints.
m I'm also Interested in photography and
Aberdeenshire, Scotland. music Pa u l Barton, 38 kit/nerd Road,
a l
• AM X Mouse and interface wanted Ha ve Glasgow 041 211W.
e
Issues 1-21 of VOW' Spectrum plus loads of • Penpal 15- I 7 wanted, erther male or
software Po ssib le cash adjustment. Also any female. I'm 16 and like sports, computers and
business software wanted. G Hackney, 25 music. Swap hints and games. Write 10
Salisbury Road, Seaford, East Sussex BN26 Chtistian di Blasi, Conti l e Playa, Via
206,
Giovanni XXIII, Patti (Messina) Sicily
• Wanted — issues 3. 6, 7 . 8. 9. 10 of VS. Will • Lottery male, blue eyes, brown hair, 5 9 ',
pay reasonable price. Also sell Currah seeks tamale penpal (1 5+). Hobbies Include
MicroSpeech and Cheetah RAT £12 each swimming and walking. Write to Robert
Both under 2 weeks a id Tel (0757) 70,387 Towner. 5 Wherratts Weil Lane. Solihull.
and ask for Charlie
West Midlands Bg i 2 S0 . If possible, please
• Wanted — Sinctair OL, will pay C100 or I include photo
will exchange my 48K Spectrum with
Kernpsten j o y s • I am a 1 6 -
games etc. Tel. 01-518 0885 and ask for hints
- y e a etc
r Writ e to Reemoncl O'Leary, 14
Stuart Beech
I ca , o l d Park Drive, Forelock. Dublin 1 8,
• Wanted — ZX81 computer with or without Ireland. All letters replied to.
b o o k s , S P O
15K RAM pack in working condition Ja so n • Male or female peripal wanted, 14-16 living
m a 384
Wong, a aRipple Road, Barking, Esse x. • C c yUK Interested in arcade advenlues
°Weide
•z Wanted
i n e—sM icrodriver. Brother NR5 or o wgames and lips. l
Swop
,
MI009 or Epson LX80 or FX range with paper. an i n e 1 garner
favourite r4 is Faidight. Mark Feeley, 84
Art Studio, Sp y Vs. Sp y, Sherlock, Macadam Hencly
aa n Read. d Mold, C h ild , N. walell,
Bumper. Have lots of Sp e ccy software, n n o ve l wanted. t m 18 and love m u sic
m
sport, gyirls
C250+ including White Lightning, d w dea and computers. Gin s under 19
liko
u
Hampstead Winter Games. Endurance, please reply, I will answer all letters. Robert
m a le
Winter Sports, £35 of books, ile x NacKernall, Hogoh, Janwagsgalan 22. 595 00 M in t y,
o r
22 Millar Street, Now Elgin, Elgin, Moray,
Scotland
•l e m a
• Wanted — light pen and interface with
Sl eto swop computer games, hmts and lip s
age
software. Will swop tor games such as Fist, "Ifppossible,
e n please enclose photo, David
Sue/boo:id, Juggernaut March Day etc. Tel, James, 22 Percival Gardens, Chachvell
Hp a l
0252) 20394 and ask for David alter 4 pm Heath,
t Romford, Esse x RMS 5R,1
•i oFemale Denote wanted, I S+ I love w a d e
I t Original al Frank Bruno's Boxing, WC swapB p games,
h
S
o
ckT
a 6 hacking. map drawing, loud music
Write
Gyroscopee
n
rio
ta
,S tc, to Patrick Wellington, 2 Beech Road. Si Bs bodybuilding. Send photo and letter to
arid
Austell, Cornwall w
Craig
, Elliott, 2 Sefton Avenue. Heaton,
• Wanted — Currah MicroSpeach. WM swop Ia
Newcastle upon Tyne. NES 50R.
or Dk*Trorecs tight pen, Monty Is innocent p
•2 Female penpal wanted (16+1 to swell
Trastrrnan Bugaboo and Formula T pregrams. POKEs and anything else with 19-
n
year old male into Howard Jones. Write to
Broil l
Steve, 50 Criterion Street, Reddish,
• Swop any one of Chequered Flag, Cookie, y
Stockport SK5 SHY. Photo if possible.
Pssst, Je t Pec, Hungry Horace tor Zip on tape •e Penpal wanted to swop software etc. I have
a 500 tees. Send your list for Mine Ke n n y
over
Monitor Write to Co ln Devitt, Jerussaem, McCubbm,
r 59 Oalry Road, Sidlcoats
Carlow, Co. Carlow, Eire Ayrshire, Scotland 1(421 61E.
o
• Ineed a microdrive and Interface 1, must • Very sad, lonely Spectrumer seeks female
l
work and ptelerably under guarantee. Wel penpal aged 13-14 with some experience of
d
computing. Please hurry, my Spectrum is
72423 alter 6 pm and ask lot Matthew b
driving ma crazy. tel Fo sse ll, Nelson Hasse,
• Wanted — Geed' t's iliustrator. Swop for o
Royal Hospital School, Holbrcok, Ipswich 1P9
2RX.y
aswoiaill Write to Steve I, odey, 5 Felix
road, Felixstowe, Suffolk. Also wanted,
fa
lig
e
h
tn
u
b
p
o
w • s I'm 18 and would like a young lacy penpal
01
Wo n To Eden, will swop for System 15000
0r Hampstead, esimilar age to swop games, Weems. hints.
music etc Ple a se write to Adrian Ward, The
• e
Wanted — eget pen or Art Studio, Will swop Shiralee, Harneem Lane, Withingion, Glees.
y Currah MicroSpeech for either. Tel. k
• Penpal wanted M u st loathe adventures
m
(0272)597353. but s wish to swop other software. Age 17 or
f
near. Write to Jon Metter, Crowden Hcuse
Cranbrook
e Schoot, Crantitook, Kent IN1 7
1578 after 5 p m m
8 9
• • a16-year old introverted, lonely. intelligent
Wanted utgeney! The Patch by Ge se ll
seeks female (same age) a s a
ise Laser Sa vo and Laser Compiler by l
penpal to write to on a variety o l topics Seth
e
Thomas. Blaengwaith, Noah House, Princes
I 02031 313604 after 4.30 pin
Gate,o Narberth, Dyfed S487 8T0
• Wa n te d — ZX P r inter or m ic r odr iv e. Wi l l
• fFemale penpal wanted aged 1 7+.
swap tot games. I have most now titles (Elite,
Commando, Saboteur, Roller COaster and interested
s in swopping games and hints and
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lobo Davidson hits out at the same old software.

best person to
judge, not being
a convicted
M arcade addict,
but
a isn't it all getting a bit
sameish? It seems that
y
whenever any slight innovation
b gamesware appears (and I
in
e
can't actually remember the
I time it happened), it's
last
instantly
' submerged in a flood
of
m me-too's and sequels, and
even sequels of me-too's.
n Floods of rubbish are one
o
thing. We don't expect all that
t violence in the media. What I
Some of today's rubbish is actually very
t abhor is the lack of realism.
h purge it from the TV screen or
well programmed.
e about the world through
much from the producers of
entertainment products like
television and pop music, so
why lean on the computer
games people? What I object
to are floods of high priced
identical rubbish.
Some of today's rubbish is
actually very well programmed.
People have done marvellous
tricks with Spectrum software.
Consider that the machine is
now nearly four years old, with
what are pretty restrictive
limitations on graphics and
sound. and then look at what
the competition has to offer in
the way of software. Most of
their best stuff was available
first on the Spectrum. Often it
hasn't improved in translation.
But that isn't the point, terrific
graphics against all odds don't
make up for an appalling lack
of new ideas. Of course, we've
always had the Pac-Man
clones and the like, imitations
of the cut-down coin-op arcade
games, but we used to get
plenty of weird and wonderful
one-offs as well.
Back in the days when the
standard price of a Spectrum
game was a fiver, lots of firms
would risk bringing out
something a bit zany and hope
it'd sell.
Now that top flight games
cost at least a ten ner, no one
seems willing to try out a
theme unless some other
company has already had a
success with it,
Maybe there just aren't any
new ideas. The people I talk to
always claim to be searching
for people with ideas and not
finding them. I don't think that's
the trouble though. I think that
really new ideas look wrong to
established publishers. They
think to themselves (without
really noticing what they're
thinking), Th a t can't be a very
good idea. It isn't anything like
any of the successful games
already on the market."
The trouble with this imitative
cycle is that truly new ideas are
chucked out as unlikely to
succeed, while old ideas with a
minor twist are accepted as
marvellous innovations. This
didn't bother me too much
when the trend was for Jet Set
Willy clones. I quite liked that
particular genre. It was still
good fun even after adding 3D
graphics and moveable objects
and changing the background
to jungles or castles. But the
time always comes when the
cloning shifts to a new
scenario, and if the new lot are
not to your taste, then too bad.
Recently we've been going
through a particularly bad
patch. The charts have been
dominated by a series of
games based upon the ancient
oriental arts of punching and
kicking. Also the more
domestic art of just punching.
The fact that so many of these
games have found a willing
market is particularly
disappointing to me. Not
merely because they're all the
same, but because the basic
idea is nasty and uncivilised.
There's already been a
certain amount of outcry about
the zap-the-invader type of
computer game. but I find
these less disturbing than
games in which you try to kick
another human being.
Blowing slimey aliens out of the
air is not Only very obviously a
fantasy pastime, but ii seems
to be to be a reasonably moral
act, especially when (as is
usual) it's performed in
defence of one's home planet.
Kicking human beings,
however, is immoral, illegal.
and not a little dangerous_
Now, I don't want you to think
that I am one of those people
who's against the portrayal of
People learn a great deal
television and the movies, and I
expect that might apply to
computer games too. Specially
as the graphics and
presentation improve. Or at
least, games can reinforce
impressions taken from other
media. We ought to be
presented, therefore, with
truthful pictures especially
when we're given so little
choice in the subject matter as
we are with software.
Have you ever noticed how
the A-Team spray thousands of
bullets around the set without
ever hitting anybody? Or how
Mr. T seems able to knock
people through walls without so
'I've been both punched and shot (in
the head, if you must know)'
much as bloodying their
noses? Dangerous and deadly
assaults are portrayed as
knockabout fun. This is an
extremely misleading distortion
of reality, and if we accept it,
even subconsciously, it could
damage the way we look at the
real world. In the same way, a
game that allows us to beat the
daylights Out of a computerised
opponent with no more penalty
than an aching joystick wrist is
bound to warp our ids.
Naturally, it's not my own
subconscious that I'm worried
about, but that of the young.
I've been both punched and
shot (in the head, if you must
know), and the way I look at
reality is not likely to be
confused on these points by a
mere computer game. But
young people with lithe
experience of genuine violence
might end up with the idea that
it's exciting, rather than painful
and debilitating. Ridiculous, I
know, but that's how the
subject is constantly presented
to them. Since it's probably
impossible to eliminate
violence in the real world, I
think it would be wrong to
other media. But I have an idea
that could encourage an
intelligent attitude towards
violent acts. It's a revolutionary
new idea and just the kind of
innovation that the arcade
software business has been
crying out for
I propose that the next Kung-
RI game clone is issued with a
special pack of add-on
hardware. When the little man
on the screen kicks the 34th
Dan, or whoever, in the groin,
the player gets to see the
victim's lungs spray Out of his
ears while simulated blood
seeps from the back of the
television set all over Mum's
carpet. Then, if he misses
blocking the opponent's return
blow, the joystick shoots out on
its telescopic shaft and breaks
his nose.
I call this technique '3D
Violence' and I reckon it's the
newest idea to hit the software
scene this month (without
being so different as to lose its
way in the marketplace of
course m u s n ' t try to buck the
established trends). The only
problem is. it's bound to put up
the cost of the game. But I
think it'd be worth it, for the
kids' sake, don't you?

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