Commodore_Magazine_Vol-09-N09_1988_Sep.pdf

Joystick/MouseTroubleshooting

September1988

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TheMagazineforCommodoreand CommodoreAmiga

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Each disk is double sided and crammed with games, demos, graphic

utilities, business and education"programs. .

Features of ISSUE ONE!

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ENTERTAINMENT

• Forest Raiders — High Speed Danger*

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• Bert The Bug — Family Fun

We want to take you there to welcome in / _,,

the summer of 88/89. By sending in

UTILITIES & TOOLS

• Track & Sector Spreadsheet - DOS Utility*

• Screens to Basic — Captures Screen to Print Statements'

• Nice Lister — Format Printouts Control Codes*

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Australia. Entries

EDUCATION

• Typing Tutor — Learn to Touch Type

(includes game)

• 3D Plot — Create 3D Shapes Using Formula

BUSINESS/HOME

• Appointment Manager — Diary/Calenderf

• Little Invoicer — Business Invoicingt

GRAPHICS/MUSIC

• Waltzing Matilda plus many programs

from Europe!*

close October

31.

EDITORIAL

• Care & Maintenance ofyour C64

• Out and About Sydney plus many

more programs!

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All tights reserved

WorldhaveenteredMiddleWorldthroughamagicportal.Todefeat

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search for magical weapons, build up your abilities and solve

innumerablepuzzles. LocatetheDemon Portal and findtheone

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Commodore

N E

SEPTEMBER 1988, Volume9. Numbers

FEATURES

THE METAVISIONARYAMIGA 54

ACalifornia-based company called Metavision has been putting

their Amiga to work for a score of impressive firms like Universal

Studios, The National Geographic Society, Rockwell International

and Yamaha. The company's founders tell us how they make

Amiga video presentations that are simple but effective and

economical.

by Ben andJean Means

COVERSTORY

INFOCOMICS: A NEW MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER

CREATIVITY 50

Infocom has teamed up with Tom Snyder Productions to produce

a new line of "comic books" for your Commodore 64. The first

three releases in the series combine interesting characters and

twisting plots to provide a source of entertainment well worth the

$12 price.

byRuss Ceccola

JOYOF INPUT 58

Isyourjoystick ready for the junk heap? Has your mouse made its

last maneuver? Maybe not. We'll take you through step-by-step

troubleshootingtechniquesand give you some guidelines for the

care and feeding of your input devices.

byGary V. Fields

COVER PHOTO: Charles Bartholomew

Graphics: Gwenn Knapp

Software: Gamma Force in Pitofa Thousand Screams

by Infocomics

REVIEWS

64 AND 128 SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Project: Stealth Fighter byJohnJermaine

Demon Stalkers byScottA. May

Darkhorn byJeffSeiken

Airborne Ranger byJefferyScottHall

4th & Inches byRuss Ceccola

Coil Cop byRussCeccola

AMIGA SOFTWARE REVIEWS

20 The Three Stooges bySteve King

21 j FtopsltebyGaryV. Fields

22 DeluxeProductions byErvinBobo

26 Breach bySteve King

28 MbyErvinBobo

30 CrazyCars byJefferyScottHall

64 AND 128 HARDWARE REVIEWS

Quick Brown BoxbyJohn Pustai

Warp SpeedbyJohn Pustai

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS

NEWS

TIPS & TRICKS

Hints for Fun and Utility CompiledbyLouis F. Sander

Gold Mine Compiled by Louis F. Sander

64 AND 128 PROGRAMMING

Mandelbrot Graphics byJohn lovine

A Beginner's Guide to Debugging by Mike Rivers

Bikegear byJohn K. Lunde

Color Setup byNicholas G.D. Old

Function Keys 128 byRobertGaumond

Easy DOS It byBuckChildress

128 MODE

Socrates by MarkJordan

PUMPING GEOS

geoWrite2.1 byMarkJordan

ADVENTURE ROAD

New Graphic Adventures byShayAddams

106

108

112

HOW TO ENTER PROGRAMS

MAGAZINE ENTRY PROGRAMS

ADVERTISERS'INDEX

INSIDE Q-LINK

Datacom Woes by Robert W. Baker

AMIGA UPDATE

Amiga Public Domain byGraham Kinsey

The Amiga in Video byMatthewLeeds

COMMODORE MAGAZINE 3

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