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YOUR

AUGUST 1989 E1.30

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Cz Commodore

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FEATURES

• Foreground

All you ever vvanted to know about the Plus/4

6 • Star Trek

"We come in peace, shoot to kill..."

• Autoroute

18 • American Club Sports

An ambitious new pathﬁnding system for

motorists

Indoor games, american-style

• Battletech

33 • Speedball

Deﬁnitely not for ladies, this one

A massive new role-playing game

• MacPics on Amiga

How to port Macintosh graphics onto your Amiga

• Circus Attractions

Falling off horses, throwing knives at women,

and much, much morel

• Navy Moves

A tough new nautical challenge

41 • Geos128

The latest addition to this Desktop Environment

Series for the 128

• PC Games

42 • Project Firestart

Horror in deepest space

The latest games on the Commodore PC

REGULARS

• Data Statements

More news from the world of Commodore

8 • 128 Corner

Comments and queries from 128 users

• Extending Bask

How to add a trace routine to Commodore Basic

14 • Software for Sale

If you don't want to type it - buy it!

• PC Corner

• Mailbag

Your chance to air your views

The ﬁrst of a regular series for Commodore PC

owners

• Amiga Workbench

40 • Backp age

Corrections, info and 'The Nibbles'

Helpful hints and tips for Amiga users

PROGRAMS

• Reasoning on the 128

• Disk Scrambler

Turn your humble 128 into an expert system

• Thesaurus

Protect your disks from prying eyes

• Machine Code Disk Programming 56

The mysteries of Machine Code unravelled

• Inside the 1541 6 0

Fergal Moane pokes around inside the 1541 disk

drive

• Memory Management 62

Explore the intricasies of your 128's memory

Stuck for words? This program can help you

• Windows on a Maze

A maze game for beginners

• Address Book

A database for tape users

YOUR COMMODORE august 1989

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