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News

We discover what has been happening

last month in the world of Atari.

Vol. 2 No, 8 December 1986

Derek Meakin

Mike Bibby

Andrew Bennett

Andre Willey

Peter Glover

Heather Sheldrick

Christopher Payne

Mike Cowley

John Riding

John Snowden

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Telecom Gold:

Telex:

ScreamingSceamng Wings, Star Quake, Quest

For Eternity, The Slave, Star Raiders II

and Hard Ball come under the scrutiny

of our experienced evaluators.

Gadgets

Hardware wizard Len Golding shows

how to build a four channel low

voltage controller for your 8 bit Atari.

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Adventuring

Just in time for Christmas, Brillig

emerges from his cave to give you

clues for The Pawn, Enchanter, Zork I

and the Feasability Experiment.

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Whether you're a newcomer to the

Atari or an old hand you're bound to

ﬁnd something fascinating in Andre

Willey's survey of game classics,

4 ATAﬁl USER December 1986

Contents

Mailbag

As well as our popular assortment of

your moans and praises, we've a new

hints and tips section.

Game

Santa Claus has lost his presents and

needs your help to recover them in

time for Christmas morning.

Five Liners

Utility

This one-pass disc copier for the

130XE will take the disc swapping out

of making your back-ups.

Joystick Test, Keyboard Deﬁner, River

and a decimal to binary converter

make up our selection of short

programs for you to key in.

User

*art ST

19 Software guide

There's a wealth of software releases

for the ST. Here's what's available.

25 The way ahead

We examine the games market both

old and new and discover what is in

store for ST game players.

3 ST Roundup

Mike Cowley reports on all that's new

in the ST market.

5 Software

Psion Chess and Winter Games are set

to be classics, as you'll see from our

expert's evaluation.

31 Conversion programs

These two programs will convert a

picture drawn in a colour into one that

can be used in black and white.

35 Hints

8 Christmas presents

We take a look at the range of ST

goodies that you can buy this

Christmas.

To celebrate Christmas we're giving

you a bumper stocking full of hints to

help you get the most from your ST.

37 American Scene

11 Advice

Andrew Bennett answers more of your

ST related questions and takes time to

weigh up the ST's competition.

15 Corner man

Is it an Apple or an Atari? Ed Shark

reports on a Mac emulator for the ST.

39 Hardware

Clive Haynes reviews Nexus' Eprom

development system — how does it

perform?

We take an in-depth look at this

software based multi-desk accessory.

Dec ember 1986 ATARI USER 5

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