AtariUser34-Feb88.pdf

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Contents

News

All the latest from the ever-changing world of the 8 bit Atari.

Rouloc

More amazing exploits with our resident Atari adventurer.

Calendar Maker

Print your own calendar for any day — past or present.

Vol. 3 No. 10 February 1988

Reviews

Our evaluation team takes a look at the latest software releases.

MANAGING EDITOR

Derek Meakin

GROUP EDITOR

Alan McLachlan

FEAAILJ RES ED)TOH

Peter Davidson

Proﬁle

We investigate the history of two legends in the software world.

Light Gun Blaster

A game of fast reactions, written specially for the Atari light gun.

PRODUCTION EDITOR

Peter Glover

EDITORIAL ASS(STANT

Neil Fawcett

NEWS EDITOR

Mike Cowley

REVIEWS COORDINATOR

Pam Turnbull

Easy Programming

More help with Atari Basic: This month the SOUND command.

Control Characters

A complete guide to which keys produce the special Atari symbols.

TECHNICAL EDITOR

Andre Willey

ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER

John Snowdon

Competition

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Break In

Our fast-action version of a classic oldie can drive you batty.

Melody Maker

An entertaining and easy-to-use program to make beautiful music.

Printer Review

We put the new Citizen LSP-100 printer through its paces.

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Software Solutions

Our resident expert helps to solve your programming problems.

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Colour Puzzle

We challenge you to solve the mystery of our tricky brain teaser

Graphic Equaliser

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MicroL ink News

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February l9 8 8 At a ri U se r 3

The phenomenal growth in demand

for Atari computers means a much

bigger home for the BIG show

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You'll ﬁnd some of the best prices

around for blank discs, disc boxes and

other accessories, learn about the many

opportunities to expand your computer

system, get helpful advice from some of

Britain's leading experts, and so much

more!

The spectacular Alexandra Palace

represents a new showcase for the

fastest-growing range of computers

on the market.

From the exciting games console to

the ever-popular 8-bit Atari and the

sensational Mega ST, they'll all be

there at the Atari User Show!

Some of the very latest software

will be on show for the ﬁrst time.

140w to get there

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Console

campaign

continues

Atari budget titles

A COURT decision in the US

has resulted in Atari being

able to continue with its TV

campaign for the XE video

games console.

The case was brought by

Nintendo who complained

that the TV ad was false and

misleading by comparing its

games machine to Atari's.

Mike Katz, of Atari's elec-

tronic entertainments

division, said: "We are very

pleased about the ruling,

The commercial was hard-

hitting but truthful".

THERE is good news in

store for Atari budget soft-

ware buyers. Woolworths is

ending its exclusive arran-

gement with Mastertronic,

and stocking a selection of

Firebird titles as well.

And there is a strong pos-

sibility that the High Street

giant will also ﬁ nd shelf

space for the fast-moving

Code Masters games.

Boots is also expected to

rearrange its Mastertronic-

dominated shelves and give

more exposure to Firebird

and Code Masters titles.

A company source said

there are plans to deal with

man told Atari User: "We're

delighted to do this deal.

The Activision range rein-

forces our policy of only

releasing the very best qua-

lity product on the Ricochet

label".

Activision's Rod Cousins

said: "The agreement really

demonstrates the importance

of secondary marketing

opportunities and of build-

ing a catalogue that has a

worth over a period.

"In a business where shelf

life may be short lived, the

ability to recycle programs

through budget labels is

beneﬁcial to all concerned".

Case

settled

all its budget software

suppliers on an equal basis

in future.

Meanwhile, Activision has

agreed to let Mastertronic

handle its entire catalogue

of hit programs under the

newly-created budget label

Ricochet.

Atari 8 bit versions will

cost E1.99 on cassette and

E2.99 on disc.

The vast Activision range

includes the Lucasﬁlm titles

and classic hits like

Ghostbusters which will

be one of the ﬁrst Ricochet

releases,

A Mastertronic spokes-

New venue

for show

THE biggest Atari User

Show ever is lined up for the

West Hall, Alexandra Palace,

London, April 22 to 24.

Last November's show at

the Novotel in Hammer-

smith was so successful

it smashed all previous

attendance records.

The rapidly growing army

of Atari enthusiasts ensured

that a move to an even

larger venue was a must for

organisers Database Exhibi-

tions.

And even after the switch

to the spacious Alexandra

Palace, increased demand

from dealers has meant an

extra 30 per cent of exhibi-

tion area has had to be

provided.

Visitors will now have

even more to see and more

bargains to choose from

than ever before, with

exhibitors already pro-

mising price cuts on games,

discs, printers, business

packages, and hundreds of

other items.

A money-saving advance

ticket order form appears on

Page 4.

FOLLOWING an injunction

and court case involving

Telecomsoft and Hewson,

Firebird has won the right to

publish Morpheus and Meg-

netron this year.

The titles came under

contention when Steve

Turner, boss ot Graftgold

and author of Magnetron

signed a long-term pro-

gramming contract with

Telecomsoft for all future

products and separate con-

tracts for Morpheus and

Magnetron.

Prior to this deal, Graft-

gold had published all its hit

titles through Hewson

which objected to Turner's

new arrangement.

It could be several months

before the dispute is ﬁnally

settled, but in the meantime

the courts say Telecomsoft

can go ahead and publish

the two contentious titles.

Mark Smith leads the way

Virgin races ahead

VIRGIN Games moves into

the fast track this year with

motor racing sponsorship.

Driving its entry in the

Formula First championship

will be Mark Smith, author

of interactive adventure

books that have provided

the inspiration for several

computer games.

From those books Virgin

Games has produced

Falcon, the Renegade Lord

and will soon release

Duelmaster, Challenge of

the Magi. Gremlin Graphics

has published Way of the

Tiger and plans a second

Duelmaster adventure

called Blood Valley.

Mark will be sponsored

for the Top Gear Formula

First series at Brands Hatch

— and Atari users will have

plenty of chances to see the

distinctive Virgin Games

logo ﬂ ashing around the

track because the races will

be covered by BBC 2's Top

Gear programme.

February 1988 Ater( User 5

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