YourCommodore03-Dec84.pdf

An Argus Specialist Publication

DECEMBER 1984

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YOUR BEST INDEPENDENT COMMODORE MAGAZINE

NEWS, SOFTWARE AND 1

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EXPERT GUIDANCE AND HELP WITH YOUR PROGRAMMING

THE COMMODORE 16 HAS LANDED

will it bury the opposition?

NDING NO JOY WITH JOYSTICKS?

Our review will hel

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IN VIDEOLAND

PURE MAGIC!

Join Alice in her journey through Videolond - an enchanted place populated by strange creatures such as bread-and-

butterﬂies and pipe smoking caterpillars; where little girls change size and ﬂamingos turn into croquet mallets!

Alice in Videoland is a revolutionary new concept in entertainment for the Commodore 64, incorporating some of the ﬁnest

graphics ever seen on any home computer, accompanied bya charming musical score. There are four different game scenes

involved, and your performance in earlier ones will affect your ability to get through later ones and determine your eventual

total score.

Scene One - Stunning title page graphics give way to the ﬁrst game scene as Alice falls into the rabbit's warren. Score

points for collecting the objects to be found there - including keys to open doors, bottles to make her smaller, cakes to make

her bigger!

Scene Two - Out in the garden the Cheshire cat looks on as Alice meets the pipe-smoking caterpillar. Help her to catch the

bread-and-butterﬂies and the rocking-horse ﬂies that change into the balls used in the croquet game in the last scene!

Scene Three - Alice is a pawn in the chess game where her opponents are the Jabberwocky and Tweedledum and

Tweedledee. Help her across the board by protecting her with your White Knights!

Scene Four -The most bizarre croquet game ever! Help Alice hit the balls through the playing-card-soldier hoops before

the Queen of Hearts stomps on them!

Alice in Videoland is available for the Commodore 64 on disk - E12.95, and now on cassette - E8•95.

Alice in Videoland features graphics created with the Koala Pad.

SEND FOR FREE COLOUR CATALOGUE!

P.O. BOX 88, READING, BERKS

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releases — all too evident with

the hoards of offerings from

software houses up and down

the country. Wares displayed

included riot only the new

Commodore machines but a

tide of software, books and

peripherals such as Currah's

Speech 64.

emitting from the conﬁnes of

your house might be Radio 1 or

you enjoying your early

morning bath. Your Com-

modore is competing in the

music stakes. We bring you the

second installment of our two-

part MIDI series and we also

hope to set your ﬁngers tap-

ping and your ears buzzing

with a guide to two soft-

ware packages — MusiCalc

and Music Master — which

transform your Commodore

into a music synthesiser.

Whoever suggested that

new technology was breeding

a nation of philistines?

Your editor spares a

few seconds of her

.precious time to 111

Introduce another

issue of Your

Lend me your ears

Commodore.

WELCOME it) THE i HIRD

issue of Your Commodore. If

you've already ﬁ ngered

through the pages then I

needn't tell you that,

once again, it's jam-packed

with the latest news, re-

views, games, utilities,

special features and much,

much more. If not, then bear

with me until curiosity tempts

you to turn the page.

Since you last feasted your

eyes upon a copy of Your

Commodore. they've been

working their ﬁngers to the

bone over at Commodore. Not

only have the long-awaited 16

and Plus 4 machines been

launched and exhibited to the

world at large, but a host of

new peripherals and software

has also been released. How

will the 16 fare in the face of

growing competition? Read

our article and judge for

yourself. Commodore have

also ﬁnally unleashed their

Commodore 64 Communic-

ations Modem and CompuNet,

the new on-line service for

Commodore users. But you'll

have to see next month's Your

Commodore for the low-down

on this.

diking of which, Your

Commodore is louder this

month. Gone are the days

when the only hint of music

Reader input

But, as much as we pester

software houses in pursuit of

the latest releases for exposure

by our reviewers, toil as we may

over our trusty typewriters to

bring you erudite and

entertaining articles, where

would we be without you. our

readers? We anxiously await

your praise and criticism, your

comments and ideas. Are we

catering for your needs? Are

there too many games —or riot

enough? Is the general tone

too serious — or too

lighthearted? We're quite

amiable here — so drop us a

line or give us a call. Praise or

abuse us — we don't mind so

long as you get your views

across. Thank you to everyone

who has already put pen to

paper: we shall endeavour to

answer all your letters.

Your comments reveal a

world of frustrated VIC 20

owners. We want to fulﬁl your

needs — but our supplies are

low. So, how better to pass

those long winter nights than

by retiring to a warm corner

and conjuring up weird and

wonderful games and utilities

on your VIC 20. And, of course,

we don't expect you 64

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'programmers extraordinaires

to be sitting idle either. Get

tapping and share your genius

with us humbler mortals! Send

your output to the editor:

you'll ﬁnd the editorial address

on the next page.

Soloser

Ombot

Showtime

Everybody loves a show and the

7th PCW show was certainly no

exception as thousands of

computer moguls, journalists,

games freaks and would-be

programmers trudged through

the corridors of Olympia 2

from 191h-23rd September.

With winter already well

underway and Christmas on

the horizon, the time is ripe

and the market ready for new

Limai

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TURBO 64

DATA STATEMENTS 9

Speed up program loading time with this

invaluable utility for your 64.

We bring you up-to-date with the latest

news on the Commodore front.

PYRAMID

INPUT/OUTPUT 17

VOIR NTT M IE M P OIM E NT CON1110001/ M IM E

Bury yourself with this great game.

Your chance to air your views or ply us with

questions.

GRIPPING STUFF 42

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ME COMMODORE 16 RAS LAMED--

NM it Miry the %positi!,

MASTERING MACHINE

CODE

Get stuck into our joysticks review.

SOFTWARE

SPOTLIGHT

We take a further in-depth look at the

computer's native tongue.

ANACONDA

Once again, our reviewers have been

working all the hours God sends to give

you the low-down on more exciting Corn-

more games and utilities.

PRINT USING ON

THE 64

Wind your way around the screen with this

fast and furious game.

VOLUME 1

NUMBER 3

DECEMBER 1984

Editor: Wendy I Palmer

Editorial Assistant: Alison Hjul

Advertisement Manager: Mike

Segrue

Advertisement Copy Control:

Sue Couchman

Chairman: Jim Connell

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VIC GAMES

PROGRAMMING 25

Perfect formatting of numerical data with

this handy utility_

More games tips for VIC 20 enthusiasts,

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Company.01984 Argus Specialist

Publications Limited.

16: COMMODORE'S

LATEST NUMBER 28

GATOR

Just when you thought it was safe to go

down to the river again. Can you outwit

the Gators?

We explore the smaller of Commodore's

new machines.

TALES FROM THE

CRYPT

THE BASIC FACTS

PT. 3

No, it's not another offering from the

Hammer House of Horror but merely

Runecaster in pursuit of further adventure.

Conditional processes and loops feature in

this month's look at BASIC.

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REFERENCE

LIBRARY

DIGITAL DUET

We review two pieces of music software for

the Commodore 64.

With the cold, dark nights drawing in, why

not curl up beside a roaring ﬁre with a good

book?

DOING IT

YOURSELF

MIDI REVISITED 66

Strike a chord with the second part of our Turn your 64 into a business system with the

series on this novel musical interface, minimum of expense and effort.

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MULTIPLE FILE

COPY

COMPUTERS IN

BUSINESS

Discover the computing wholesale

business West Country-style in the

company of PCS South-West.

Protect your most valuable programs with

this utility.

SHOWDOWN AT

OLYMPIA

SPACE BATTLE 70

Fend off those aliens with this game for the We take a look at some of the new releases

on display at this year's PCW show.

unexpanded VIC 20.

BEHIND CLOSED

DOORS

DESIGN 64

Create your own characters with this We open the door to reveal John Wagstaff

and Craig Communications.

character generator for the 64.

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