THE OFFICIAL AMSTRAD CPC MAGAZINE ‘ki KaKi Ki *5 Aw-? rji WEC LE MANS “Wee Le Mans has ‘^This is defirK^ tie-in to date^^* superb garntf^ dOil't|‘t' C+VC CAME^ COMPUTEn-f'l many things gorng for It.,. I reckon it wiH be the definitive racing conversion for 8-bit machines. Wee Le Mans Is not a game — it is the ultimate driving experience. m 'I* P -crM TM BAD DUDES VS DRAGON NINJA “A sure winner with the official conversion to the home computer." COMPUTER GAMESWEEK Avery enjoyable and addictive came... The best conversion I nave seen on the Amstrad," AMSTRAD ACTION “There is more than enough action in this one to keep you coming back for more/ ACE OKUnONWOlF 0cean Software Limtted 6 Cditraf St»eet Manchester M2 5NS •u I P 1 ’1 j pj BATMAN : Bresera«tton.;* JttSt the way t& c:apitur 4 ) 6 te cdmk brc^ ZZAPSiSLERZ2APlS4 ? r ''BatmartThie Caped Cruaadair will $utt ri^lcrs of all aees.” ^ AOJ STAR CAME AMiTRAa?- ■ COKlFUTEBitl^R Utterly right- itis' ft ** = 1 ^HE MONTH adfiOCi/^^ Batmah^nd being in get exceflant valuHor moruey. Britlta^!’' A CRASH SM ASH CRAS H rdgoespj . :.■ wiiip- . , ^iiied^lJeWser^yean'^The , sCroltfn^g arid Without ShfflpftMB up/’ ^^AWSHBM^HCRA5M,; ,: “ D^Wrtfeiy tfi e ^lom-pp jafth# ^0MPUTER;+ViDE&'eiAMES. 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H li Jrti able tb ee^tiplete Ihe rite before the time rurrs out. yo-u wiFI gel 1 faster r rov s1^n .1 Mcnr&qlEt SfC, andOnty Ihe wt^rld & btfSl drivers miy duve j fflrrflnCTO PREPARi TQ START. READY? goin y. tiLuKSonoirbLLfl. :r- : C-V-? ;■ ^Cr-^ CRYZO'R FeJ:i-or.p|[ rFI the^aisie^plny-dt JiKe AAfide diiiginjL Gryior tikes you into HhtlNingihenworld drf force fields. finaticalfiwnH^sar^s slrTinf,T enemy dereflee iystemi- biri you hive Ihe hre-po^-erind maybr. wilh 1 ktttp ski|t. grrt nnd split second iinring. yod cip infdl rate the aliens' heidquiJ'teis Cirv^pr pnoe n-nd-ybu'll bflibOkria! BARBARIAN THE STORY SO FAR.-TheeMil SOfCerer £>i 3 s hat jgreed thatif j !ctianiT?ion raobefound-v^ho kS-Jbk t^ delrnl hi^diiiifiOrtic gnlrdi in%^ Ihe PhiACeSif .’AirLiniwIII be Jeleised. ftdmthe wetsteli^ndi comet ^ri urkn^'n- liarblF'iirl, 4 mighty w^ir* iOf, wielding biS broadsword wdh deadly slil I- C^n Ik vgnq^iijfi ttii’ itirefrs n1 Darfcfleifi? 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Kijjvsit; AM5TRAD COMMODORE Avralite Publications Ltd Greencoat House Francis Street London SWIP IDG Teh Ot-83A 1717 Fax: Ot-826 0270 Editor Carlo Jolly MA Chief Sub Editor Harold Mayes MBE Staff Writers Adrian Pumphrey Reviewers Andrew Banner Mark Ulyatt Adrian Wal-Hayes Columnists John Cook David Foster Vic Oliver Phil Craven John Kennedy Art Director Chris Winch Designers Paul Ellis Adrian Half Cartoonist Julian Sharp Advertising Manager Clare Baxter Advertising Sales Sharon Green Production Manager Nick Fry Production Tanya Al-Rais Publisher Perry Trevers Publishing and Commercial Director Paul Coster BSc Financial Director Brendon McGrath Chief Executive Richard Hease [l i il Subs^criptions Mike McKesn^FO PO Box 74 Tunbridge Kent TI^t2 6DW Distribution SM Distribution Street ham London SW16 Tel: 01-677 Bill Ty pese-tter 5 Typ^ Te^am Sit ting bourne Kent t989 Arnatrari ^ ri ri,?cjisterecl ina* h df :d. with tl>t: titlt AniEtrjdd t:prt-iT>Jtiur ^S- Liic-kJ tfie per r-Yii?iSiDrL of Apn%tr.-icf pic. Nc pj.irt c+ th'rtk pubtcstior i ev be produceii witliout perrniEsinr-i. W’hilfi y eftcii I. is in itlde tO Ikie dcr.LJi'ac y cil- i-ill teotMries 0 fKS li'Gtfi^QS Vvt CdJiriL>t Accept ^sny lir:>bjlr^ y ficir any rmiSt.^h'eA cr friisprsn-ts TFio virw- 5 ctntj oPihkXhS 01'e nut t-*r.eaaa»-i|y t\toas c?t Airiitradar Ams^tl. h^it r^refkiyil tne Cif olji' fr'kdr'iv rt^dcltrs, uicrsi, iand contributory Mdtc-rul for piifbli^'Sljon pi ur-ily un an 0 l|-r'irjjhts bhasi:!. Wfj-roqrttt that Annitivjd CuriipijtHiy Usei' Cdnrfcjt tntet vito 4^Tr:ori;al f:c 5 rrti?f.ji:iricJen<;e. lEnon 6 More comments, questions and points of view from our readers. NEWS 10 Three pages of hard news from the world of Amstrad, COMPETIT ION 14 Win the original ar*twork for Time Scanner. COMBAT ZONE 16 John Cook leads another mission into arcade helL MlclfrSiMn 22 Trevor Cummings turns his curious eye towards more helpful tips. lO-UMEHS 2B Material galore this month, MMlPODl m HM W HIICKEB 52 The return of everybodies favorite biker. The Hacker is back with a column of his own. AUNTEJOHI 64 John Kennedy slips into something comfortable for the long hot summer's work ahead. APPUGATmiS MlWCE _ 70 Another mailbag of problems is solved by our resident ace David Dorn. Ten more games come under the scrutiny of the ACU reviewers. _ IhM. lawilh’a cjf j^iwnfa _ Ln.ijitjiil Etmi IIm: bttfT>qttiin crsm ai ■fllh Stot. s A- B l tfi friuT* irtriih L^Jrtjpfa. fbf Bte briMer -hantiv and fcf Ihfc may aenikd fcfciart ihn m ^ tbc-ieffci If a rFKHM iPdwiiif Hhi n vQ waw 4»lliaCL. mriiKB lUlk (OB- wm lhm«ti ki ■KW *TT Hif iwf*-Mm 4 -rtw M nin VC Ji 4 i|. 1 i 7 imt LlttDbt# LSUC U ta lid f irfji IhlMc: M Jk I iiMiilii 1 r«H l-ii IM I! 1 ill^ ■ . B TiiT>^n li. CwMhJrrl F 4 ■ ‘ CA.Hmki Ivi onrnm IMd- m m ■SdSM t .. t- m ri ^oa-ltaik iVi. t |ID Vetm * m y« km 1 PEI 1 Ifctr^ 1 1 1 WlfMn M hp^ 3 ‘ bFel VI* E^nk'LHln^ n bnkita COMPANY pRonu 30 This month Adrian Pumphrey turns his keen eye on Electronic Arts, FILM FEATUR E n Richard Henderson looks at the lucrative world of film spin-offs. RinoMrs 58 Andrew Banner reviews the rebirth of a craae in computer-to-computer com mu nication. Fage miners I have an Amstrad 664,2160 printeif and a Juki 6000 daisywheel printer; the latter T bought to get good letter quality print. Unfortunately I did not get a manual with the printer; as a result 1 am unable to utilise the printer capability fully without knowledge of the control codes used by the printer. If any readers have a copy of the printer manual they could lend^ell/copy for me - I would pay any expenses incurred - I would be grateful. I realise your magazine caters for the broad spectrum of Amstrad users, which I think it does rather well. As a dedicated hardware buff I have a few constructive comments. You do not publish many hardware projects; those you print seem to be of very simple design. Is this because you consider your readership incapable of complex circuit construction, both with available tools and experience: software-rientaled and therefore if they want to build print buffers, fax decoders and weather satellite receiveridecoders to add on to their CPCs they should look in electronics magazines. Is the answer even simpler? Nne offers you projects like this to publish, if this is the case it might be useful if you suggest the types of project you would like people to provide. The hardware you review tends to be printers, disc drives and so on. I am not complaining, as 1 tend to read them regularly but projects like the NCAA Satellite decoders offered by both Maplin Electronics and Circuit Electronics I would like to read about the various PBC designers for the CPC, Andy Simmons, Seiston, Notts. ACU: Does anyone have a printer manual? So far as complex projects are concerned, if readers want to submit suggestions or projects we will try to accommodate the best. Mvice 1 thought your readers would like to know of a problem I experienced with the game Blastewids. When a joystick splitter is used and the keys are defined with the joystick, you cannot enter the letter 'R’ or key 50 because the game uses R as a Restart in the program . You have to play with the keys and a joystick unless anybody knows a way round it The people at Mirrorsoft were not aware of this problem. Any ideas? N. Jopling Doncast(;r ciuzen 120-D A few words about my rapturous affair with my marvellous Citizen 120-D printer. 1 paid £200 for it three years ago when it first came out and I still think it was terrific value even at that, although prices are lower now at £130 plus VAT.' A few points to add to your replies to I^ui Easter and R. Jackson in the June issue. Surely boxes can be made with the letter 1 In caps in any W pro and then saved as a test file and written into when reloaded, or all the information printed then boxes drawn around by hand? We use orange crayons as we are not allowed sharp instruments. The 120-D makes the 7-bit CPC printer output into S-bit; it has an in-built thingy to do this so your end bits are not chopped off. 1 has quadruple-density print also a 216th line feed and it supports NLQ in proportional and joined-up writing and double and too many well-explained niceties in the manual for me to mention. In short, a good bit of stuff for the wordsmith and art package user. The enormously high-quality ribbon can be re-inked ad mhnitvm and as yet seems to go on and on. I am still re-inking my original - at least Alladdink is. The 120 also has a slide-out adjustable dip switch board, a paper aligner, a free tractor feed and the best manual 1 have seen for anything. I would not use an Amstrad printer in a fit as its ribbons do not last five minutes and 1 use Tbsword 6138 and Printmaster (Siren Soft) to produce this kind of stuff. Microdesign by Siren Soft is good for words and pictures a la my logo. Phi] Moisey, Whittlesey Peterborough. Pages Mmstrai user aagasi ms ^ ALL-AOION ^ CHART-BUSTERS JAMMED INTO ONE SPECIAL PACK DRILLtft \ SOLID 3 DimenEionil l-^nchcapH l^ke never before. TltaFilcs to Ffeeicape- itfceli like you 're actually there I'nitefjictwith weinJ alien mechanisms, avofding the Ketars Peftwos i ikI gain acCtSS toi the maflry sections o) liie aamh. Miilrai. Experiertce-prillei-and Freestape \ti action ... "A NEW ^ DlWIN^fONAL fiEAirrVF'' f:RA^H THE VINOICATDIl “If you're houKdevtlvip^Rf; jraui Irigger f iii|S^ fvcte^ a. pme \d put iito lh<- Cnt it's jII sttiDrt’ ;■ PC iiLvi^e - ■ P'' rOWP iTi«C ’ eath Itrtf ltdi a TheVi*i]iM<<>‘isaftpiK«iil 9 «t(iarwL MMWNTy^ DALEY THOMPSON'S OLYMPIC CHALLENGE ExcellentlydnfmatecJwith some great back-ct4ops.. [>aiey ( Thompson's OlyttipH: ChaHenge is first rate .. dnother gold medai winner from |i^ Ocean Vr A C^USH SP.-.ASH CflA-iH S.DpL “The graphics are great with fast tiowing backgrounds and sfTiQo^, speedy sprites, i now know what I would do if the five mimjte warning werrt off ... I WDutd play S.D.T." F.A 6 - COMPUTER GAMES WtEK CAPTAIN BLOOD “To sum up - Bloody excellent “The graphics and sound are excellent... an intelligent strategy game." YOUR SINCLAIR Oteiin SottwdfE Limited fj t.pnrfdl Street Mans Hester WZ 5NS Feiephonc. 061 8:?2 6633 Teie^f. 669^77 OCEANS G Fax 061 834 Oe'rC A VI 5 T R A D COM MOD O R E S P E C T R U M £ 1 7 • 9 9 D I s K r m Errors 1 was very pleased to see that my seven ID-Liners has won a place in the June issue under the heading The Pattern Collection but not so pleased for young readers and tyro-typists to find that each of the 10-liners was compounded by errors- J have every sympathy with letter-writer Bob Adams who writes: Why could you not print from the individual listings as you obviously did with Marion Clarke'sSo//tain? - the slashed 0 is a dead give-away. The snide statement 'Just between you and me, squire^ I can’t see why it’s called '‘T\vo into One’” - whoever wrote that fails to see that it is one program with ’f=f*-r (DRAGON CURVE) left in and another (C CURVE) with it REM’d out!! 1 have not TYPED it out but 1 do believe * * ’CURTAINS* * * is correct and will work. Bili Wamlej! Ca/nsfroroutgh. ACU: Sorry Not Funny Well done with your April food conspiracy which triggered endless anguish letters. There is no denying that you deliberately made the April issue into the worst magazine I have ever seen. When things became normal again in the May issue people would think how wonderful it is. Derek Wong, Thornton Heath, Surrey. ACU: All’s well that ends well and stays well. Happy reading. weird Science For about two-and-a-half years we have had a 6128 and we have hours of pleasure as we have explored different ways of using this wonderful machine. A few months ago we connected a cassette player so that we could take advantage of the exciting range' of reasonably-priced software. The only disadvantage was that my dad kept complaining about the din when programs are loading, which meant that I could not always use tapes when I wanted to. 1 have just found a simple solution to the problem which may be helpful to other readers. I have plugged some stereo headphones into the cassette player which means that 1 can locate programs at any time without having lo worry about the noise it creates. The headphones I have used are cheap - they were a give-away with a pack of cassette tapes we bought. They do not work very well as headphones but they do a fantastic job as a silencer for our equipment. Gareth Coot, Aylesbnry Bucks. Special effects 1 was messing about on my computer one evening as always, and I keyed-in the listing below. It was supposed to be the beginning of a machine code monitor. When I ran it 1 was amazed at the effect, I seem to have called £bbl9 instead of &bblS. Please do not look at it if you are epileptic or you do not want your eyes to go weird. 10 FOR t«&27]0 TO &2720 20 READ x$:POKE t,VAL(*'&”+x$) 30 NEXT 40 CALL &2710 50 DATA 21,0,0,7e,cd.5a,bb.cd,19, bb,fe,20,c8,33,c3,13,27 Willy Walfery, Hjjgft Wycombe, Bucks. ACU: A great discovery. Acnon Man I have just bought an Amstrad CPC6128 and am thoroughly fed up with it, mainly because, since purchasing it, 1 have heard that Amstrad is one of the worst companies with which to deal. 1 am physically disabled, so cannot go to computer clubs or classes. Nor can I afford to pay for postal classes and 1 had assumed Amstrad was a big enough company to help if 1 had any teething problems. Not so. I wrote a query enclosing three tapes about a month ago - no reply and no return of tapes. I decided to send a recorded delivery letter to the management. No reply So, the letter in the June magazine, Amstrad Shocker, was of interest and 1 felt t would write to ask of anyone has ever received a reply from Amstrad? While 1 still have the Amstrad could you ask if anyone could call to help me sort out games. The keyboard is faulty - but luckily 1 deal with Currys/Dixons and Currys has always given me good service, so it is sorting it out for me - getting me another one. In view of the Amstrad policy I am thinking of asking for it to be changed for another make. R. Conway South Ruislip, Middlesex. DIY Help 1 would like to build the DIY second disc drive. 1 have the second part but I cannot find the first. 1 know it is in the April, 1987 issue of Computing with the Amshad, Is any-body willing to part with it^ Co//fi Thytor, Enheld, Middlesex. lb the rescue T own a CPC 464. After typingnout the game Solitaire in the June issue. I cannot get it working. Is it possible to print a PROOF READER in your next magazine? S.G. Duffield Norwich ACU: Help is on the horizon. A proof reader will be provided with every type-in program in the next issue. Pascal intormalion Can any readers help me? 1 have the Oxford Pascal from Systems Software (Oxford) Ltd, 168 Worcester Place, Oxford, Unfortunately this program, for obvious reasons, uses a protection against unauthorised use which consists of a colour control chart, without which it is impossible to use the program. Not having used it for a long time I find that I have lost the charL I have tried to get in touch with the company but to no avail, so I wonder if anyone can help me? If anyone can please telephone 0924 377836 after 7pm reversing the charges. Sam Samuels, Wakeheld. Preol al Iasi What happened to the proof reader prefix on all the type-in programs? Since the amalgamation of the two magazines, I have not found a type-in with the proof reader listed. Surely 1 am not the only reader of the magazine who has trouble in getting the programs to run. Ian Dempster, Binningham. Adventures 1 used to read CPC Computing, and I like your magazine very much. Can we have Gandalfs adventure pages back? T am a great fan of adventures and even if you cannot do that, at least do a page of hints, tips and solutions. I do not think solutions would defeat the object of the game, because if you do not want to see the solution do not look. I was flicking llirough the really old pages of CPC Computing when I saw they used to have a feature called Give your fingers a rest, which meants that you could send for all the month's typedns and listings on tape or disc. Could we have these back again? Philip Calver, Coli^hester, Essex. ACIJ: Gandalf is on his wanderings at the moment but if sufficient interest is stiown we will send one of the dwarfs to drag him back. Accessories About two-and-a-half years ago I bought Arnold. As a very active photo-journalist 1 needed his help to make light of a heavy workload. I equipped him with Rombo, Pretext, Promerge Plus and Prospell. 1 fed him a diet of articles, newsletters and press releases. He digested and regurgitated it via a DMP 2000 and did a fine Job, 1 should explain that I am a hard taskmaster and like to see a beautifully printed page with good type, striking headlines, neat sub-heads and - if required - tidy graphics. To achieve this 1 bought a variety of superb software which included Stop Press. QuaUtBS Plus, Signwritcr and Masterfiie lil. My choices were spot on and each program lived up to my expectations. Kewslettens took a little lime to produce hut 1 think they were a joy to view and read. Anyway, T was proud of them but the trouble with people like me is that we are never satisfied and are always trying to find a way of improving things. After much thought 1 decided that Arnold deser^'ed a treat. I sold the ugly but dependable DMP 2000 and bought a Star LC24-10 printer. I could scarcely wait to set it working. Well, I would be getting a much faster printout and, as for the quality, X320 seemed like a bargain. First impressions were very favourable. My letters looked terrific and I played with the fonts and decorative options until I was able to drive that lovely little Star until it twinkled. Then the problems started. The first disappointment was the Qualitas does not support 24-pin printers and therefore I could not use my favourite fonts, Clarion and Yorkbold. Exit Qualitas. The next problem was the wonderful Signwriter program and equally good Stop Press, produced distorted screen dumps. Everything was elongated vertically and the pirintouts were very faint. I can solve this problem partially on Stop Press by stretching the image by a factor of 1 to 1.25 but to get a reasonable density 1 must print using the NTQ option, which is about as fast as Eddie Edwards’ take-off speed Signwriter allows you to select an aspect ratio prior to printing but I cannot achieve acceptable print density. So C-xit Signwriter I tackled Star Micronics as well as the software producers and, as I understand from their explanations, an over¬ simplification is that 24'pin printers use only nine pins when in the graphics mode. Add to this the fact that a 24-pin printhead is taller than a 9-pin and you can see there is no solution as far as existing software is concerned. In time, of course, programs will be written to take into account the peculiarities of this new technology. Where does that leave me and does anyone really care? It leaves me holding the baby, f now own a superb i320, 24-pin printer which has made £100 of software virtually useless. Nobody warned me about this when I bought it. I did not think to ask - why should I? After all, the advertisements said “fully Epson-compatible." Was this misrepresentation and is it in the spirit of the Fair IVading Act? Was ACU and the other Amstrad magazine aware of this problem? If so, why did they not warn us? I would like your comments. Perhaps your experts can offer a simple solution. If not, it would be gratifying to think this letter might prompt other Arnold Users to think carefully before Thking a second mortgage on one of these technological marvels. In the meantime, I will manage. Vic Barnes London. Grallfled It was gratifying for me to see that my article Type It Yourself was found to be interesting - Letters ACU July. It is satisfy ing to have my question answered. It would please me to be able to thank the person who gave that answer. Users of the Type-lt-Yourself variables dump - ACU May - will no doubt be pleased also, to have all the six Basic tokens for variables, type-marked or default, at their disposal:- type-marked integer (%) ,,.2 0 0 default integer.11 0 0 type-marked string {$}... 3 0 0 default string.12 0 0 type-marked real (!) .,,400 default real... ... 13 0 0 The CPS Basic uses default tokens when there has been a previous DEFINT, DEFSTR or DEFREAL command. No DEFine command is the equivalent of a Amstraa t/sar Magust ma pagaa Audiogenic move Into game world AUDIOGENIC has announced its first computer game based on the immensely successful Lone Wb/f gamebooks. Entitled Lone Wo!f - The Mirror of Death, the game plunges you into the world created by Joe Dever in which you must use speed, skill and bravery to find the Lorestone, a gem of power which will restore the giory of your murdered peers. There will be many encounters during your quest, including the Death Pits, the fire-spitting Daemonaks, the murderous Force Dischargers and a plethora of deadly demons. You have only a sword and four chosen Kai disciplines to aid you and only your wits will defeat the last creature, for spurned by the Mirror is an evil carbon copy of yourself, identical in every way. All this makes for a highly action- packed combat game, or slash-'em- up, which ts only to be the beginning of a Lone VWolf software saga. Many more games are likely to follow and, before you know it, there will be as many games as books. Prices will be E14.95 far disc and £9.95 for the cassette version. Another product designed round the Lone V\fo]f theme is a new telephone game similar to the incredibly popular FfSt. The Portress Of Doom can be played by telephoning 0898 300 341, where you will be greeted by mood music before setting out on a quest played in neal-time The PhoneQuest telephone game system, which it uses, makes use of the latest voice-interactive technoiogy. You have only to speak into the telephone and decisions and battles come your way. One warning, though, for those who may be easily hooked ” the calls are charged at 38 pence per minute peak rate and 25 pence off-peak inclusive of VAT. Also worthy Of note are the two books to be released at the same time. Joe Dever's Legend Of Lone Wolf is a new series co-written by Joe Dever, of course, and John Grant who, within the pages, chronicle the history and adventures of the Lone Wolf. Eclipse Of The Kai is the first of the books and tells of the destruction of the Kai warriors, an event leading to Lone WoJf's creation. The Dark Door Opens, book 2, follows Lone Vtolf in his quest to warn King Ulner of the impending doom. Both books will cost £2.50 in paper-back format and are available from most good bookshcps. They are published by Beaver, an imprint of Arrow Books, Rick Dangerous RICK DANGEROUS is a new game to come from Micnoprose, under the newly-acquired Firebird label. It is a vertically-scrolling climber game with more than a touch of humour. You control R/ck Dongeroos in a cartoon-like strategic game and must trarvel through four levels of comic fun which span the globe and offer varying tasks. The Amazon jungle, the Aztec temples, Egyptian tombs and dark fortresses of the west must all be negfotiated for Rick to raise his popularity to Indiana Jones-like heights. Rick Dangerous should be available how at 69.99 for cassette and £14,99 disc. Also from Rrebird is Onentaf Games, with four beat-’em-ups featured in one package available in August. Kung Fu. Hollywood Rules, Sumo Wrestling and Kendo are all featured in a gargantuan contest of muscular mayhem. \bu can participate in a six-round mini-tournament to find an exclusive 'master' of that particular fighting style, or alternatively you can play against the computer or a friend in a practice bout. Once you are a master of ali four styles you can then, and only then, compete In the grand tournament to find a 'Grand Master' from 24 participants. Anotfier Firebird launch available in mid-August will be Act/on Fighter^ a conversion of the successful Sega coin-op. It is a topgh, vertically- scrolling shoot-'em-up set in the midst of heavy battle and is divided into four sections, each featuring a different kind of landscape. You will start on a motorcycle which you must steer through the first level but it is not such an easy task as it sounds. 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Not here in the Combait Zone, where aliens are fought back from world domination, if not on the beaches, then certainly at the end of the pier. To look at the latest batch of games you might think that aliens had become an endangered species. We have wrestling games, shooting games, mind games, cutsie games; what about the straightforward alien bash? Fear not: it is well-known that most non-terrestriai species travel back to visit their mothers in the summer months so they will be back in force soon and, besides, there are still one or two exceltent new releases to satisfy the true xenophobe. My favourite must be Heitfire. Just when you thought there was no way anyone could possibly produce another Wemesis clone - after Vulcan Vbnture, what else could they do? - someone does. Yes, Hellfire certainly has been,'shall we say, artistically inspired by Nemesis and others which followed but has that little twist of lateral thinking which can often take, an ordinary idea and change rt into something worthwhile. For Hellfire, that twist Is the direction of fire of your ^aceship. No simple firing forwards. At the press of a button the fine Is changed to backwards, upwards/downwards C 0 - firing on all four diagonals. It might not sound much but the gamepiay has been finely-tuned so that Life hots-up in the Summers can be hell in the depths of arcade land« John *Pinba]l Maniac* Cook breaks into a sweat over this months new games. _ Combat Zone imsinif jtair »mfl 19$9 CHGK DQWi: Drin in« la m nv«r, changing between directions of fire is not just desirable - it is essential . Fumbling for the correct combination under pressure in extremis piles on the adrenaline. The gameplay is familiar if you have ever played games of this type; there are speed and weapcmry power-ups and a constant right to left scroll but is very well-balanced in speed and variety of aliens. Definitely a PCB to look for tn the next few months. Regular readers wilt know I am keen about pinball. One thing about pins is that the makers of the things, the brand if you like, tend to have different feels to them. Stern tables of the early 19803 are my favourites but that is because 1 like plenty of targets at which to atm. Obviously not many other people did because Stem went out of business in the mid-1980s. Another famous name in the pinbali trade is Bally and one of its tables. Truck Stop, had me occupied for a few hours in the depths of a London arcade a few weeks ago. The theme of this is, as usual, heavily macho. Ntju are supposed to be driving your big rig round the freeways of the U.S.A. and have to make sets of rollovers by making various ramp shots to 'visit' each city - Chicago, Denver, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles. Get all of them and the city lights Jit and the machine almost explodes. With two sets of flippers on the ptayfield the upper set is placed to make a second set of ramps. Truck Stop is a fun table - not too difficult, rvot too complicabed and one you can get into reasonably quickiy. If you happen to pass one on your travels, I recommend you try it. Do you remember I mentioned the Sega System 24 last month and the latest reiease for it. Crack Down? This month we bring you System 24j the circuit board. I finally managed to obtain a reasonably full technical ^ecifica- tion of the system, and, as you can imagine, it has a little more than 64K and a single Z-80. It has two CPUs, both full 16-bit variants of the 68000 family, the 60010. On top of that there is 1360K of RAM available and a 256K ROM full Of hardware routines available to the programnrter. There is hardware pixel scrolling, of course, and hardware windowing, ^rite handling - how about 2,048 16 by 16 pixel sprites? How about 4325 colours dispiayaUe on-screen at once out of a palette of 32,768? The FM, eight-channel sound system scarcely needs mentioning, does it? Although Crack Down is the best game on the system to date, Ga/n Ground was not bad but this looks tike a system with a hardware specification which will stand up for two years at least and, as programmers get used to it. the games can only get better and better. Capcom launched a new generic board about nine months ago in a blaze of publicity. Estimates of development time and costs ranged from S5 million and two years through to $2 million and five years. Who cares? It is producing games imstraa usw tomt isss PSBBir I like Forgotten WorMs, now s conversion from the ULS, Gold stable, and Ghouls and Goblins, a strangely unsuccessful follow-up to the original Ghosts and Got)//ns. Now another game from it is Dynasty Wars. We are talkijng Chinese Dynasties here, the ones which do not just seem to last hundreds of years - they really do. At the beginning of his bash you choose one of four characteristics- They are presented with the usual hilarious Japanese/English transla¬ tions. Kuan Yu, for instance, is "Not only a great warrior who has defeated many famous, but also educated and weH-mannered." Once you get into the game you have an interesting right/teft, semi- perspective view of a battlefteld through which you have to cream your way on horseback. There are plenty of sprites, plenty of well-designed cannon fodder. >fbu have magical ability as well which can summon fire, landslides and stuff, it is all done very well and competentiy but, even though it is a technically-impressive piece of work, somehow it failed to inspire so much as I hoped. It is certainly not a dud but treat this one warily. Back to the vids. Tetris, the home computer game, made it to Tetris the arcade coin-op did it not? It is the number one coin-op in the home of coin-ops, Japan. I suspected that, if successful. Tetris might spawn a new craze in vids, the puzzle game. Well, the first of them appears to have arrived. TURifl ouihun: Ffliier man naf. **Never let it be saicl we do not tell you about the bad as well as the good. Here is one to really avoid- Buccaneers” I do not know what it is called - the title screen is in characters rather than English - but it appears to be a version of that mega-hrt from Activision. Shanghai. It is a kind of patience, I guess. The game is played on a single screen full of Ma Yong titles and like the old card game Pairs, you have to designate pairs of titles and they are then removed from the screen. It is not particularly simple, though - the titles are aligned in rows and you can nominate titles only at the end of a row and you are doing it against a time limit, it will be interesting to see if it catches on. Never let it be said we do not tell you about the bad as well as the good. Here is one really to avoid - Buccaneers from a rather obscure firm Duintronic, You control a pirate sprite and have to do the business in a extraordinarily lacklustre hack and slay job. Save your 10 pence pieces for better things and condemn this straight to Davey Jones locker. Be is ne+ a great warrior wivo defeated eany famous* but also educated and well-mannered. KBAM YU BLUE pBACOK Sli ^ LEVEL ^ ^ HALBEBD LEVEL 3-4 ^ JUSTICE SHOBD 0: LEVEL i HORD Here is something silly for summer and a fun way to get your parents into the arcades. It is well- known that anyone over the age of 30 is allergic to vids so get them in with any one of the silty games doing the rounds. Last year there was Sweet Licks. This was a unit with a padded DVMSTY WARS: Ham over tllBligBSL hammer and around 12 holes. Up Page 18 amstras Oser imst 198B SIKH TaiB that, iiinr. each other about the pJace - and it is big-time, prime-time TV to boot. This must explain the rash of wrestling games which has arrived on our shores. Wr&stUng Superstars from Tech nos. Champion VVhest/er from Taito, but ! like best Wrestle War from Sega, it is a complicated game, as you can see from the controls; it has huge sprites but, more important, manages to capture the pure theatre and silliness of it all, while being a fun, piayaNe game, it is rot my cup of tea but combart fans will go for it. Next time, an in-depth review of what is already being called the hottest PCB around, Gotofien Axe from Sega. Crazv stim. from the holes pop gormless-lOOkihg moles and you had to bob them on the head before they ducked. At the start of the game they appeared only in ones and twos but fives had you flailing around all over the place, it also is the first coin-operated amusement game 1 ever got my mother to pJay. Now there is another, very much in the same mould, except it is crocodiles which are creeping out of caves to bite you on the hand, These kinds of games really are fun and leave the particip>ant panting with effort and the audience - somehow there is always an audience - rolling on the floor with mirth. First there was the hit game Outrun. Now, perhaps, even three years after the event, there is the replay, Turbo Outrun, The graphics are better than berfbre, by miles. The sound is terrific. Additional features include a turbo button on the gear lever which gives you an extra hit, AJsp wh^ completing a level, you have the option to add extra to the car. The gameplaying public wants more than this. Take my advice on this one; if you have to play a Sega driving game this summer, make it Power Drift. You might think that Pnofessfona/ WrestiinQ is silly in the UK. and you would be correct but in the States. heavi|y*musc[ed nutters strut round rings in equally heavily-sequined posing pouches. They shout at each other and then proceed to add to the existing brain damage by flinging “First there was the hit game Outrun, Now perhaps, three years after the event, there is the replay. 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Good vaJua. £3391^5 Overseas Oft^rs Wglcome - Please write fofdetaits WE ARE NOW IN OUfl FIFTH YEAR OF SPECIALISING IN AMSTRAD MAIL ORDER, OUR POLICY tS TO PROVIDE THE WIDEST RANGE AT DISCOUNT PRICES WITH A FAST TURN AROUND TIME - THY OUR SERVICES WITH CONFIDENCE CALLERS WELCOME: Mon-FrI $ to 5 Sat 10 to 4 PLEASE SEND CHEQUES/POa TO: .J.C. SUPPLIES, (ACU) S 40a Queen Street, Hitchin, Herts. SG4 9TS. Tel: (0462) 32897/420847 or 421415 for enquirtes/Credit Card orders PROPRIETOR M J. COOPER tmttnn vttr imst 1888 f8882l MICRO-SCOPE Researcher about town Trevor Cummings, turns his attentions to printers and the CPC - from a technical point of view naturally. T his month we look technically at printers and the CPC. The printer port and interface are examined and the reason for the missing eighth bit are revealed. VWe examine the options available in terms of A ms trad, non-Amstrad, dot matrix and daisywheel printers, along with other useful hardware and see what to consider when looking at second‘hand machines, whether or not they will work on the CPC. We cannot examine individual printers, though, as there are so many different ones taut there is a general overview of the options. In addition, as promised last month, we have an 8-bit printer port project which all ni.Y. enthusiasts can build for less than £5. Bvjdding machine code programmers for the project should look at the software as it is an example of intercepting and re- routeing the CPC firmware routines. Inside the computer each character, such as the letter A, has an S-bit binary code - A = OlOOOOOt When it is moved, e-g,, from memory to memory, screen, tape, disc drive and the printer, the ^ght wires of the computer data bus, DO to D7, have this code on them. A t = high voltage and a O = low voltage, With DO on the right and D7 on the left, the character A virt^uld have DO as a high voltage. D1 as low, DE as low, and so on. There are two ways to send such data to a printer, one bit at a time - DO followed by D1. DE, and so on is serial transmission and printers empJoying the method cannot be used on the CPC without the addition of a serial interface. The other is the parallei method which sends all eight bits along eight wires simuitaneously. As well as the data lines other controi lines are either needed or are useful, The Centronics Interface is a full set of parallel data and control lines. Most machines with this interface apply at least some of the signals to the same connector pin numbers, giving a good degree of standardisation. Page 22 ioisim Urn tugsst 1$B3 Since the CPC uses this system, any printer with a Centronics interface should work whether it. is an Amstrad one or not. The varieties include 80- arid 135-column dot matrix machines, daisywheel printers and even colour plotters. So long as it has Centronics signals the printer should be satisf^tory. I must point out that a number of printers, daisywheels in particuJar; have a feA/ different characters for some of the codes. They can even have characters which are not on the keyboard. Good word processors provide the option to alter character codes to cure such problems. Modifying the CPC Translation Table is another way. The standard Centronics connector has 36 pins but the CPC has only 34, There is a good reason for the difference but it does not really concern us. Rn 1 to pin 1 aligns the signal correctly so that the BUSY. STROBE and data lines are matched with the printer This can be seen cleariy in chapter seven of your computer manual, Note that pins 16 and 36 are missing from the diagram, since the computer does not have them, but the pin numbers match those of the printer. Some Centronics printers and computers have fewer pins but still employ the same signals. A comparison of the printer and computer pinouts will show what to connect to where. Apart from the seven data bits the only two lines used by the CPC are the STROBE, pin 1, which the computer pulses tow to tell the printer that valid data is available on the data lines, and BUSY, pin 11. which the printer sends to say "I am not ready for any more yet.” All handshaking is done with these two. Unusually, the CPC outputs seven data bits instead of eight because the original PMP1 printer cannot make use of the eighth bit even if it were theme. Most printers, however, have a second character set or graphics characters above code 127 and a 1 on the eighth bit CD7) is needed to get at them. Unfortunately we cannot just open the machine and connect D7 of the data bus to D7 of the printer port because the data lines of the port are not connected to the interna! bus. They come straight from an *'The standard Centronics connector has 36 pins but the CPC has only 34/* 8-bit latch in the CPC and the eight bits consist of seven data bits and one STROBE line. We could change the software to turn the STROBE line into the eighth bit but where would we then find the rkecesssry STROBE pulse? Alas, seven data bits and 1 STROBE are all we are given. All ts not lost. KDS Electronics produces an 8-bit printer port which plugs on to the 34-way printer outlet and, after running a small piece of software, is invisible to the user If a high character is sent to the printer it gets there and. if the printer has a top set, it will be printed. To check if your printer has such a set. find the self-test routine in its manual. It is usually activated by turning it on at the same time as depressing a switch. My machine needs the line feed pressed. This wiil print-out all the printer characters, top set included. The KDS 8-bit port sells for 610,95 and is available from mail order advertisers in this magazine. We have already seen what this device can do so we will go straight into how it vy/orks. V\fe need to create the eighth data bit (D7), set it to 0 or 1 depending on the character code and leave it set until the printer has received all the characters. We do it by intercepting the firmware routine MC WAIT PRINTER and running automatically our pece of eighth bit setting software. Then we jump back to MC WAIT PRINTER, which will continue as normal and, among other things, change D7 into the STROBE signal. The method is simple and uses one-half of a dual D-type flipfiop chip which sends the output Q to the same logic level as input D when input C goes from low to high. It keeps Q at that level until the next time C goes high. If you look at the logic diagram you will see that data lines D5 and D6 are fed from the computer printer port to inputs C and O and the created D7 is output from Q and fed to the printer. A 'shifty' bit of thinking will reveal that, if we shift the original D7 of the character to D6 and make D5 go low latched at Q. Bar Q is always the logical opposite of Q and is not connected. Bar R and bar S are Reset and Set pins and are tied high to prevent them operating. The listed program needs to be typed-in and saved. Run It whenever the printer is to be used. Lines 10 and 20 replace the start address of MC WAIT PRINTER in the computer jump table, with the Start address of our machine code routine. The rest of the program pokes our machine code into a small unused area of memory starting at ScBFIO. Do not type this is. It is the data of the Basic program; When this program is reached the original character to be sent to the iatstraa usep Aamt fS8S fags 23 printer te in the accumulaftor with D7 intact. Edge connector 34-way MicroStyle E(34W 90 pence. Through connector 34'Way MicroStyle TC34W £2. Capacitor Maplin YR75S 8 pence. Wire Maplin BL92A 28 pence. If there ane prot>ems obtaining any parts, MicroStyle will supply the full kit for £4.50 including postage. Maplin Electronics, PO Sox 3, Rayleigh, Essex SS6 2BR. Tel; 0702 554161. MicroStyle, 212 Dudley Hill Road, Bradford, Vbrkshire BD2 3DF Tel: 0274 636652, Tansy - see local Yellow Pages under Electrical Supplies Retailers. The diagrams are straight¬ forward with just a few points to mention. One is that no 5V power is available from the printer port, so we are powering the fllpflop from inside the computer by connecting 5V to pin 15 of the computer printer connector. This means opening the machine by turning it over, taking out the six screws, turning it back, taking out the two disc drive screws and lifting the top, A wire can then be soldered between pin 27 of the 50-way expansion connector and pin 15 of the 34-way edge connector and the machine closed again. Both pins are On top of the board and are easy to peach. The data line D7. from Ci goes to the printer on pin 9 of the through connector - marked TC in the layout diagram - but pin 9 from the computer is grounded, so do not connect that pin to the through connector; cut it off after soldering it to the board. In the same way we do not want the 5V going to the printer, so solder it to the board and cut off the rest of tiie pin. The board will need to be cut down to allow room for large peripherals on the expansion socket. Leave the through connector until last or soldering wires can be difficult. In the layout diagram wires on top of the board are solid* those underneath are dotted. The chip and edge connector fit on the top. The half moon shape indicates the notch or dot on the chip. Both through and edge connectors are polarised, SO be sure to fit them the correct way round- The capacitor - two short parallel lines - may be placed any way round, 1: saves the character and flags on the stack, 2: rotates the accumulator right placing D7 (8th bit) in D6. 3: printer port address into register B 4; re-set D7 and D5 to O leaving D6 intact. When D7 goes out the printer reads it as STROBE, As it is inverted along the way we send a 0 to keep it high, 5: output the accumulator to the printer port. This makes sure that C on the fllpflop (DS) is low. If it is not in a low state it certainly cannot go high. High followed by high will not trigger It, 6: set D5 to 1 leaving D6 and D7 intact. 7: output to printer port sending C high and latching D6 in Q The eighth bit is now latched. S: bring back the original character and flags from the stack. 9; jump to MC WAIT PRIWTER, This is the usual address found In the jumpblock which we have replaced. When built, the 0-bit port slides on to the computer printer port and the printer cable attabches to its through ccnnector. Both the 34'way through connector and the 34-way long pin- edge connector are non-standard parts and cannot be found. We have a solution to the problem. MicroStyle will supply specially-made parts to all who want them. The machine code is located at &BF10 to &BF1F which is an area of memory not generally used and which will survive a re-set. If strange things occur with the S-bit port attached it may be that some software also wishes to use that area. If this problem occurs, lowering HiMEM by 16 bytes and locating the code above it would solve it. The Basic program would need to be changed to perform this task and the new start address would need to be poked into SiBDFIG, low byte first. It wiJl not be long before you wonder what happens if you connect your printer to the Is sent down the line I have specified connecting the 5V to pin 15 and, on all the printers I have checked, including a Citizen, a Sharp and a Samleco, this pin is unused and unconnected. I cannot guarantee it but it seems to be standard, so check your printer pinouts to make sure. All that is left now is for everybody to dust their soldering irons and to get Stuck into the printer's extra charact^s. would be interested to receive any clever programs which use the port for printing pictures or whatever. Problems with particular software and solutions would also be welcome. Page 24 tmsinulUteriagasi im This month*s seiection was chosen to relax, entertain and strain the old brain box. PUZZLE BY BJORNAR 6RANBALEN This little mind boggier will keep you occupied for weeks. A four by four grid is drawn on the screen with a shape drawn in it. After hitting a key the shape disappears, only to reappear a short time later jumbled. Vbu must restore the shape to its former dimensions by moving the rows and columns of the grid, achieved by pressing the keys from A to H. Eight shapes of varying complexity ensure that many hours of lateral thinking will be required before you can say you have conquered the pnDgram* 1 ok=l: Li:l :FOR zsl tO eiWEAU w ( z t ; KEXT i DIM PiH3);FOR TO HSiHEAD PIkI.PHIN T:NE>;T:M0DE 1 : CALL ABCS? i PEN 3: PAPER e:1NK 9.13: INK 3.9« : e 3 = CHRS I 1« )-l-CHii. * (e> ; INPUT"B(3ar"«‘AND THEN L^ASCf A*)-6H jD ATA 1 a.17.9.16 [F71 2 CLSiWJWUOKf*! , 12 .SB . * . SW : PAPEK*! . 1!L'L3* 1! WINDOW* 1,13,27,5,19 ; PAPER* 1.2 iCLS# 1 iFO H xt8 to 19 STEP :LOCATE 13,1 PAPER 1;PRINT SPACES<15):NEXTrFOR *=16 TO 2fi STEP A: FOB y = A TO SBLLOCATE *,y :Pft| ST’' ~ ; NEXT y,jc:ts»:FOR r=l TO A:FOR TO 4:b{y. x)=P{L»16tt) [74] 3 ENV 1.16 ,-1.6'NEXT x,ir:lNK a. w[L): BORDER wU): SYMBOL AFTER 32:SyillBOL AS. B:SYMBOL 49.255,256,255,2S5,2SS,2SS.2SS,255:fOP x=13 TO 28 STEP 4 I PEN 3;LOCATE x , 3 IPRINT"! 1" :NEXT: FOR s-5 TO 29 STEF 4 l LOC.ATE 1 1 . jl : PRINT"! jyS 1NEXT: PENAl , 3 : DATA 11,6.3,4 [D7] 4 FOR ysl TO 4; FOR k?! TO 4'*Ilsboilf*l,9’t(4»xF,llt(l*x),l+(4*yll,3t(4*y):PAPER*l,2: PRINTS! .BINS (bty,x I , 9) NEXT ii,y:FOR )c=l TO 4 : PEN 2;PAPEft 0; LOCATE 9+(i44 ) .2:PRI NT CHR5(68 + 11);LOCATE 1«, 1+(x*4)!PRINT CHRS(SS'X)■NEXT:DATA ..,..494,157,..235,?S . [DAl 5 CALL tBB!a:INK J,13:FOR 7=1 TO IB + L* S : csl+IrfTI BNO* B) ; PEN 3iG0SlJB 6 ■ NEXT:ok=0; I NK 3.25: SOUND 1,6,69,1 5 , 1, . 31 :SOCJND 2.9.76.12 . 1 . . 9 :PaPEII »:SPEED INK $.a:DATA .9 4 . 273. .54. .,273.273...54. , 273.54. .495.455,455,461,365 132] 6 a*iL'PPEftS[INKEV5};IF oS?""TH£N IF ASC(aJ)>64 AND ASC{aS)<73 THEN e=ASC(a*)-64: PEN 3: IF THEN LOCATE 11.21 -{r 14 ) : PRINT CHH$( 1 39^6* :0HRl{139 I :GOSUB RiOOSUB I« ELSE LOCATE 9+H t:-4 I^4).3:PRINT CHRtU49) iCHHIU4«I:GOSUB 9:GOSUB IBiDATA .,3 65,365,, [F3] 7 IF at=CHRSf1Z7ITHEN RL’N ELSE IF ok THEN e=1+INTfRND*8):IF c<5 THEN GOSUB 8:RET URN ELSE GOSUB 9:RETURN:ELSE IP ok=9 THEN BiDATA 365.369.455.456.335,94,419.149, 273,232,84,273.73,ZS2,273.84.73,273,7,7.84,273.404,457,84,484.256,64.467,236,4,1 .79 1461 a k = 5-c : l='b{k . 1 I : b(k . 4) =’bik , 3 ) : b(h , 3) =b4k, 2 ) : k,2) =b = ! : FOR 1 TO 4 : W1ND0W41,3+4 *li. 11 f 4 • h, 1 + 4 * k. 3+4 *k ; PRINT#! .BIN* (b( k,M , 3) : r NEXT: LOCATE II, l + 4#h: PRINT"1",aSI"I";o=HND:RETURN;D.ATA 84,235.75,273.434.457.26,50.235,79,152.176.3 [ 90) 9 k=c-4:t=bn.k> ib(4 ,k)-bt3,k|i ;b(3,k)=bU,k) :b(2.k)=btl,k) :bU.li} = t:F0R h=l TO 4 : WINDOW*! , 3+4»h. Il+4*k. l+4*h . 3+4*111 PRINT*! ,BlN*(b( ti.h) . 3) ; iNEXTi LOCATE 3+( lo-4 4 1.3:PR!NT''1 I-;otRND;RETURN:DATA 56,56,36,72,56.56,288,1.224.392,1,164,484.457,1 37,290 [51] ! :10 Vi0;u=-1;FOR z = l TO 4 ; FOR o-l TO 4;u=u*l;IF bl z, o ] =:P ( (16* L)+□ J THEN v-v+l;(IEXT ' o,?:IF V=ia THEN [NK 2,26,U;INK 3,13.26:CALL ABHl3:RUN:ELSE RETURN;ELSE EtETUHN :DATA 235, 79 .74,64.3S,14,255.465.407.215,461,377,176,152,380,125,50,25,317,359,4 70.467,335 [22] EYE BY B. WOOB Multi-coloured mania on your Amstrad as the program entertains with a series of colourful starbursts followed by an eye of many colours. 19 OH BREAK GOSUB 89 ]E6] 26 MODE 0!?s0;i = lir = e;INK «,0:[NH !.15;IWK 2,Hr INK 3,6:IKK 4.0;INK 5,18;INK 6 2 4;INK T.S:1NK 6,2$:INK 3,19:1NK 19,5:INK 11,17:INK t2,7;IffH 13,22:INK 14,«;PAPER 0:GRAPH ICS PEN 1:BORDER « :00T0 89 [CC] 39 FOR q=l TO 15;1=INT(14*RND!+1:isIHTt639*RHD>;y=INT(496»RND);ssINTf24«*RND(+29 ;i>=TNT:NEXT a [E2) 60 GRAPHICS PEN 8:b= 320:y=200 FOR a=l TO 360 STEP 3;DEO:PLOT x,r:DRAW x+8*C0S[a} .y+S*SIN(4> I :NEXr a 134] 70 FOR = l TO 4000 :NEXT ;GOTO 30 [86] 89 CL5;0HAPHIC3 PEN 5:PLOT 1.1;DRAW 639.1;DHAW 639,383:DRAt l.sgg'DRAf l,t:PEN 1 ;LOCATE T,5;PHINT-E ¥ E-sPEN 2:LOCATE 2,iZsPRINT-l..pun t7B] 89 a*=INHEV*:IF at:"!" THEM CLSiRUN 30 [BE] 190 IF aS="2' THEN MODE 1;L1ST ELSE 90 [B9] imstna oxer iamt 1$89 F»86 2S F BY DAVID HALL Having escaped from Hell, Percy is in the death room south of Heaven. By bouncing between the top and bottom walls F^ercy can accumulate points which, when reaching 2,000, will set him free. To complicate matters, touching either of the side walls or the two moving crosses results in Percy losing the game. Control is left and right with joystick and Space bar to start a new game. le MEMORY S993 : l = ieeoe':FOR «n=l TO SPREAD aS : FOR t = l TO LEMlaS) STEF £ : POKE 1 , VAL n-'+MIDSUS-t-.S) t i l=lti;NEXT;HEXT: TO a:READ fl$ : FOR t = l TO LFUio STEP fi;PCiKE 1. VAL( "t~ + MI0S(i.l. t, 2) )■ ; 1 = 1 fl :SEXT;HEXT rA2] E« SPEED INK I.12.£4:INK S.15:MODE d:INK 0.e:RORDER «:PAPER e:CLS:PEN 11;PAPER 3!FOR t=l TO Sfl;PRINT CHBSfH»)[iNEXTiPEN 3;PAPER lliLOCATE 1,23:FOR ts 1 m 2*:PRINT CHH*(140):iNEXT:PAPER 0;PEN 7:PRINT "A SCORE *" [35] 3fl PLOT 0,48,a:DHAWR 0,334;PLOT S36,I8;DRAWR 0,334;PAPER 0;PEN 12.PRINT ~t South Of Naaven. 4: CALL 10000:1.0CATE 7,12;PEN tS: PRINT 'THE END'M * = 1 NHEVt: W HILE ISc*' i iE^INKEYt-IfEND! WHILE i$0- " ; iJ = 1PJKEYE : WLND: GOTO £?■ [F5] DATA 2 lF4Ci:*&503BAf G4C&22 A&aC2 1 FeD&2 2.S;FCiR t = ]l TO LEN(at) STEP £: P0KE 1 ,VAL{'■l"tHlDJ ®:LOCATE 1.22 FOR t-® I'O 9:PEN 9;PBI NT b5i;PEN l2:PRINT bS; : MEST:RETURN [D0j P8081S Mmstrai B$$f taatist 1S83 HOT CITY BY DAVID HALL Crank up the stereo to full volume and run this program. Kaleidoscopic patterns pulsate before your eyes at one of 50 speeds. KILL 'EM ALL BY DAVID HALL Shoot-*em'Up time as you blast the marauding aliens out of the sky. Control moves your ship left, Copy moves your ^ip right, Space bar shoots, or use joystick. Reach 2,000 points and you have saved the Earth. ITALICS BY DAVID HALL An italic character set for your CPC. 1 ^y^TA 5A3F7A0«@^7FFF2FlFFFBf£ ei^4TFr“ SFFZ5 lAFFBA 1 E9D1 A3eflF0F30251 FCC CC«F0FiEeD0F4 E^SCCfl»eFl EflDflF^ L.. 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VaL{ 4MIDS (at t £> >-1 = 1+1‘NEXT: NEXT-1-1*000 :F0lt Hi=t TO 5 : READ aSiFOR t = L TO LEN(q 5) STEP 2 : PO KE L, VAL£‘'r'4MIDS(al. t .2f > :1 = 1 -HlNEXT:NEXT: 1NK S, IS: INK 15. 15. £: IKK I4,15.26i3PE ED INK 9.40 tDF] 100 MODE 0:FEfE $: LOCATE 1.20. PEN 8 : PRINT STBlNtSB < £0.244 > : PEN 2: PRINT " SOOREr-" :]KK 3.3,6: PEN 1 £ :■ PR I NT : PRINT " KILL 'EM ALT'" : CALL 10000: WHILE INKEYt OCMKt ( .1 3): LOCATE 6.1 0 f PEN RNDtJEiSOUND 1 , RND* £0.2,15 : PRI NT ^GAME OVER** : WEND : GOTO 100 [ faI 10 SYMBOL AFTER 33 [3El 20 FOE t=40964 TO 42740 STEP 6 [2S] 30 FOR k=t TO t+l;POKE k,PEEK(k)/2:NEXT [15] 40 FOR k=t+5 TO t+7 [65] 50 a = PEEK(k):IF a>127 THEN a5ta-128 (9F ] 60 POKE k,a*2:NEXT:NEXT [47] MmtraH User August 1399 PSBB 27 UPSDEDOWN CIURACIERS n Drive your friends crazy with this upside-down character set. le SYMBOL AFTER ^3:CLS [86] 20 at="I‘ll Turn you UpS(EE] ^ PRINT aSrPOR t=40964 TO 42740 STEP 8 [B6] 40 l = t + 7: F-0R kit TO t+3 (B2 J 50 a=PEERtH) :l3=PEEK[ I ) [10] 60 POKE k.biPOKE 1.a;1 = 1-1 [DA] 7 0 I4EXT; NEXT; PRINT aS [4A] SHAKE BY R. NHIRPHY 1 remember buying this game many years ago and it still manages to get me back to the keyboard. The aim is simple - just guide your snake round the arena eating the pills as you go but beware because colliding with either the walls or your tail is fatal. There is, of course, a catch to this game and that is your tail. The offending appendage grows with each pill consumed, thus making it more difficult to avoid. 10 DI:MODE 1:BORDER 0:INE 0.1:INK 1.26:INK 2,24:INK 3,2:WINDOW#!.1.40.1,3:PAPER# 1, 3 ; PEN#1.2 : CLStl : LOCATE 14, 14 : PR I NT"Key s : Z . X , + , ? " : LOCATE 10, 18 : PftI NT‘*SPACE or F IRE to start" :PEN#1,2:PRINT#1,TABU7) ; "SNAKX" : IF s%>hi% THEN hi%=s% [52] 20 LOCATE#! , 1,2 :PEN#1,1 :PRINT#1, "Score s%; TAB ( 30 ) ; "Hi : " ; hi*: WINDOWt0,1,40,4.26 :x$ = "0" " AND k$<>"Z" AND k$<>" X" :kS = INKEYS:WEND:CLS#0:PEN 1;FRAME:EVERY 50 GOSUB 90:DI[26] 30 a*=LEN(x$):x%=ASC(MIDS(x*.1)):y*=ASC[MID$(y$,1>):ox*=ASC(MID$(x3,a*)):oy%=ASC (MID${y$,Q%)):LOCATE ox%,oy%:PRINT" ";:x$ = LEFTS(xS.aX-1):yS::LEFTS{y$,a*'1):x*=x* + dx!C: y*=y%+dy* [0E] 40 PEN 1:IF x*=0 OR x*=41 OR y*=0 OR y*=23 THEN SOUND 1,999,25,15...31:GOTO 10 E LSE xS=CHR$(x*)+xS;y$=CHR3(y*)tyS:LOCATE x*,y%:IF COPYCHR$[#0)=CHR$(202) THEN SO UND 1.999.25,15..,31:GOTO 10 [A6j 50 PEN 1:PRINT CHR$(202);:IF x%=fx* AND y%=fy% THEN ENT 1,3,5,1.6,^5,1.30.1,1:50 UND 2,100,39,12,.1:F0R f*=l TO R0UND(ft%/2):xS^xStRICHTS(xS,1):yS=y$+RIGHT3(yS,1 ):NEXT:fx*=0:LOCATE#l.15,3:PRINT#1.SPACES(10);:s*=s*+10»ft* [6A] 60 El:IF JOY{0)=1 THEN dx%=0:dy*=-l ELSE IF JOY(0)=2 THEN dx*=0:dy*=L ELSE IF JO Y(0)=4 THEN dx%=-l:dyXs0 ELSE IF JOY(0)=8 THEN dx*=l:dy*=0 [CF] 70 IF 1NKEY(28)=0 THEN dx*=0:dy*=-l ELSE IF INKEY(30)=0 THEN dx*=0:dy%-l ELSE IF INKEY{71)=:0 THEN dK%='l:dy%=0 ELSE IF INKEY (63)=0 THEN dx*=l:dy*=0 [58] 80 DI;akX = 0:LOCATE#!,7.2:PRINT#1, s%, SPACES(10);:LOCATE#!.15 + ftX,3:PRINTtl," '* i;! F s%<0 THEN PEN 1:SOUND 1.999.25.15,,,31:GOTO 10 ELSE GOTO 30 t3E] 90 DI:IF &kX=l THEN RETURN ELSE hX=POS[#0):vX=VPOS(#0}:SOUND 4,9,1,9...9;IF fxX< 1 THEN fxX*2+INT(RND*3B):fyX=2+lNT(RND*20) ELSE ftX=ftX-l:IF ftX=0 THEN sX=sX-10 0:LOCATE fxX,fyX:PRlNT" LOCATE hX.vXifxX=0;GOTO 90 ELSE akX=l:RETURN [F91 100 LOCATE fxX.fyXtIF CQPYCHRS{#0}=CHH$(202) OR {fxX=oxX AND fyX=oy%) THEN fxX=0 :GOTO 90 ELSE ftX=10:LOCATE#!,15,3:PRINT#1.STRINGS(10.CHRS{143)):PEN 2:PRINT CHR $(231)::PEN 1;LOCATE hX.vX:akX=l;RETURN [5B] ijvsrmr ossr Mmsi isis Calllornlan dreaming In Langley Adrian Pumphrey talks to the guys and dolls at E.A. and writes nice things under threat of a drive in Lesley's car. P3g8 30 Minstrsa Oserimst 1383 M any a stranige concept has crossed the Atlantic from the sunny shores .of California. As a result of the many hours spent under a cruel sun whilst consuming many a variety of drink, who would not be slightly crazy faced with hour upon hour of glorious sunshine. Despite its outwardly normal appearance the Electronic Arts building holds a few unusual concepts and more than a few unusual people. It is most unsettling to walk into a.bustling office to see endless rows of smiling faces, not a stress line between them. That is until they step Into the car of public relations person Lesley Mansford, Everything you ever heard about women drivers seems quite probable when f^ed by the Bodacia style driving tactics of the ever helpful Lesley. it all began way back in 1982 when William M. 'Trip' Hawkins convinced financier Don \felentirve to part with his money. Hawkins left his job as director of marketing for Apple to set up E. A. because to quote a cliche, he believed in the industry. With a firm belief in the industry he set forth to produce his own brand of interactive fiction. Designed not only to entertain but suspend the belief of the user by trarvsporting them to worlds of fanrtasy and impossible dreams. Co-founder Tim Mott brought his University management and research skills and was instrumental in developing the E.A. workstation. The third head honcho worked his way up through the ranks and now resides as head of product development. Mark Lewis. To aid in the creation of these flights of fantasy the humble programmer, the life blood of the industry, is known as a software artist. With this title comes the freedom an artist needs to create works of wonder. Each software artist uses a modified AT which is supplied by E.A. along with various programming and all important debugging tools, E.A. even has a Greativity division which produces software tools for the software artistes, One such inhouse development tools was Deluxe Paint \A^ich turned out to be the first best seller for the company. In 19S7 the company decided it was time to move abroad and it set up bases in Australia, Japan and England, Continuing with the expansion plans the company is investing in the technology of tfMTiorrow. CD-I is of great interest to E.A. and the company is developing a working system which will give the user television quality pictures coupled with compact disk quality sound. Past technological breakthroughs include hardware which allowed video and computer grsphics to be mixed. Electronic Arts was created not only to make money and produce great interacti ve entertainment but to provide an environment the founders wished to work in. To help them create this rarefied atmosphere they have a rather elaborate interviewing system. Eight hours of interviews with not only the employer but the people the prospective worker will be working with. This ensures that everybody gets along with each other and accounts for all those smiling faces which populate the E.A, offices. Employees are actively encouraged to take part in the working of the company and each week they all get together over a few drinks and discuss where they are going and how to get there. E,A, drew many of its early management ideas from the record industry. It drew comparisons between the varied tastes and fads of the record sales and ^plied them successfully to the world of computer games. Another idiosyncrasy of the industry the company had to face was the mercurial nature of the programmers - or as E.A. likes to say software artists. They surmounted many of the problems by creating teams comprised of artists, programmers and musicians that not only got on well with each other but complemented each others skills. At ttie moment most of the software being published by the company comes from America but With the formation of the English and other bases new sources are starting to emerge. Due to the development times involved the first English E.A, products are only now hitting the streets. Initially the company found the emerging technology crude and incapable of fulfilling the dream of true interactive entertainment. With the advent of the 16-bit machine the dream took a bold step forward. The month the company was formed a report was published which named one hundred and thirty five software publishing companies. E.A. thinks of itself as the hundred and thirty sixth company. From this relatively late start the company now see itself as the world leader as far as sales and profitability is concerned. 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All the world is a pinball machine and you are the guy who will tilt those features. Battle your way through hostile seas to encounter the enemy bases where the bad guys are dying to meet you. E ^ Challenge Lester to a duel of a lifetime; as the boards clash you know it is do-or- die time. Blade Warrior, Total Eclipse II, Tank Attack, Bomb jack II. 0 B B PUISI m I! |] IS li l] It n n (NE) Fast Food Code Masters ( 1 ) Robocop Ocean Twin Turbo (13) Code Masters ( 2 ) (RE) (NE) (7) (NE) (5) (3) ( 10 ) (NE) m (NE) ( 12 ) (NE) (NE) (NE) ( 8 ) (4) Treasure Island Dizzy Code Masters Turbo Esprit Encore Spy Hunter Kixx Drigon Ninja Ocean Sban^ Warriors Players Fun Scbool 2 Database/Mandarin SAS Combat Code Masters k Blade 2 Players Run Tbe Gauntlet Ocean Aier Burnet AcUvision Arcade Muscle us Gold Operation Wolf Ocean ?20 Kixx BMXSimiilatorJ Code Masters Crazy Cars 2 Code Masters WECLeMans Imagine Big Foot Code Masters Last week's position in brackets Top 20 compiled by Gallup Amstraaustf imstisss PagaSS T he history books state that in the year 1479 a squire by the name of Helfyre dominated the small village of Loxton, His domination was evil and throu^ the years he had performed numerous dark deedSt disrupting the villagers and causing horrid deaths. The people had had enough of Hel^re and in the dead of ft r t rgrai night they invaded his castle. There was to be no nonsense. They dragged him out of bed, cut off his head swiftly and proceeded to bum the headle.ss body. The once-pcacefut Loxton people had turned savage and overthrev^’ their dictator. During their glee at being free they forgot one small thing, J telfyre's faithful man servant but, after all, what could he do? Plenty. This loyal subject anniversary of the death of Helfyre and the villagers know how to end the mindless havoc. You are the Blade Warrior, a ruthless fighter dedicated to freeing the people of Loxton. It is predicted that at the stroke of 12 the demon will unleash a to rrent of destruction on the land. The time is 23:50 and you have just 10 minutes to Not so mucK cut and thrust, more leap and bound. watched the crowd of jeering revolutionists. Finally they left the scene taking the head with them. He watched and waited until the charred remains of his master had cooled. He gathered them and stole back to a secret chamber where the body was laid to rest still decapitated, but the servant was unable to find the head of his master. There was much left to do. The body was lifeless but the spirit and soul lived on to cause havoc among the unsuspecting villagers. Loxton was still very much under the watchful eye of Helfyre who, in death, had become the Death Demon. Evil deeds were still being done 190 years later and the villagers were once more on the rampage, vowing to destroy the demon once and for all. It is the eve of 200th find the skull which has become lost and re-unite it with the skeleton of the evil squire. Blade Warrior is a typical budget release. It incotporates fair graphics, boring animation sequences, rough sound effects and bugs. A bug would seem to be an undocumented game feature these days. What with certain arcade conversions not working properly, some games slip through the rigorous testing of the Darling clan. The game is of the platform type and is particulaiiy boring to play. A simple plot - find a skull and stick it on the body when you find it. There is little more one can say about a game which is so much like any other. The graphics are reasonable, the sound is satisfactory: It plays like a budget game - badly - and, for the money it is not a worthwhile investment. It is best to save your coppers and buy a fulhprice game for fuller enjoyment, On a final note. Blade Warrior is so clever with a sword that he does not use it - he Just avoids those dangerous objects. Andrew Banner i HAME Blade Warrior SUPPLIER Code Masters PRICE £2.99 fiRAFFIX 1 SOKIX 1 PLAYABILITY 1 OVERALL B ^ A sifnple plot - find a skull and stick it on the bod)^ when ]fou find it. ^ F888 34 imstfBd User Mmsi iS8$ Go head-to-head with the curse of the ancients. planets of which the earth is one You land your clapped-out Sopwith Camel biplane beside the huge structure. Your task is to infiltrate the pyramid and destroy the top chamber before the sun is blocked. Not an easy task but^ nevertheless, one you may have done previously, Total Eclipse II asks you to return to Egypt and rebuild a mighty Sphinx which was destroyed in the revolution many hundreds of years ago. Like its predecessor, Thtal Eclipse 11 used the award* winning Freescape 3D graphics technique and good it is, too. The pieces of the Sphinx can be found littered in various subterranean caverns and rooms. You cannot just hang around as you must find and restore the sandstone statue to its former greatness bdiore the next solar eclipse - in just one hour. Playing Total Eclipse il is not exactly fun-packed. The graphics are jerky and somewhat slow but do not be deterred - The game may not be the fastest thing since Ben Johnson but it provides the adventurer with a hell of a challenge. Once inside the maze of tunnels you will find yourself lost and in need of liquid refresh¬ ment Water troughs can be found attached to some of the walls but they are few and far between. It is advisable to make a map of your route so far and to note where water can be found. Inside there are many raised catwalks. Some are barriered but most are open and falling off is simple. If you fall off you wilt black out for a short time. Some falls are fatal, so keep them to a mimmum. As you wander through the complex you will be informed if there is a piece of Sphinx in the room. Walk over to it and you will pick it up. Many of the doors in the complex are blocked, some by bars, others by debris situated in front. Debris is removed easily - just blast it. Bared doors are not so easy to open and you will need to think about them. Tbtal Eclipse IT is agreat game for those with plenty of time on their hands. It is certainly one for adventure fanatics but if you like a mental challenge you .should look seriously at this game. Andrew Banner L ong ago in the mystical ages of ancient Egypt the people were revolting. The High Priest had become angry with his flock who were refusing to continue the sacrifices to the God of the Sun, Re, So great was his anger that he cracked and cast an evil spell over the people. A shrine was erected In praise of the Sun God. The shrine was in the form of a huge pyramid, with a large chamber atop. The top chamber is cursed. If anything prevents the rays of the sun reaching the chamber during daylight hours the offending object will be turned to dust. Today is October 26, 1930 and in just two hours there will be a total solar eclipse. The moon will cover the sun completely and blacken the eartlr. "I’he moon will be but a memory, the explosion causing the destruction of not only the moon but the surrounding Total Eclipse II incentive £11.20 imsine User imst tSiS Page 35 A flight of fantasy as you soar through the skies twin cannons blazing. 1 ■ ■■ .':7' - ■ ■ ■■: : r- 1 ' JL ^ OOOSL&I&OP n - , , • f . j . M 1 1 , ,,, .' , , ;• • , j ^ 1 1 7 - ' ■ ' ( OOCPJCIIOOCIO 1 ■i' ; 1 » h ■ > " ' 'r. v'f 1 , ' ^ 1 1 ■ - ' ■ ' - - fighters, bombers and superbombers, Obviously 1 am mistaken because 1 did not know there was a Japanese equivalent of the Flying Fortress, What all this has to do with Midway is a matter of conjecture and inlay writers' hyperbole. What game is based on is the arcade game called 1942 from a few years ago. The first point to note is that the screen scrolls vertically but that it has been reduced in size and still is not particularly smooth, it is not so lumpy as you might get on a Spectrum, so there is at least that consolation and you have multi-colour graphics for a change. That is the good side; now for the bad news. The music on the title page is atrocious, It is supposed to be 767 Squadron but has been mangled virtually out of all recognition. The sound effects in the game are not much better either. Plinks and pings are the best description, though a needle falling on to a baking tray produces a similar result. 1 wonder if it was sampled? Your fairly small fighter moves lairly sluggishly about the screen as the enemy fighters crawl towards you. 1 pity them because someone obviously forgot to put some ammunition in their guns. You are not fired on until the big boys arrive. The sprite detection here is no great shakes, either. If you shoot a particular enemy or collection of them a mysterious POW symbol appears. When you run into one of them an equally mysterious tran formation occurs to your aircraft. Sometimes you can just fire faster: at other times you find extra aircraft stuck on to your wingtips, providing extra firepower that way. It makes you a good target, though, and when the Flying Fortresses arrive they can scarcely miss you. What is wrong with 1942 is that the sprites are too small, the playing area is too small, the colours are poorly thought-out, the sound effects are probably the worst I have heard in any CPC game and, worst of all, it is boring to play. ^ Miirli Ulyalt T he war is drawing to a close and you are on the losing side. It looks as if it is suicide mission time again; as a one-man fighter just might be able to penetrate the enemy defences and strike a telling blow for freedom and righteousness. This is not Star Wars, although with a plot like that it could be. This is World War II. and based roughly on the Battle of Midway. Very roughly, 1 would say. The objective is simple, which is why the Spectrum version sold well. It consists of flying your fighter aircraft over land, sea and islands, in 32 stages of frantic action against enemy 1942 Elite Systems £2.95 Tt» a not Star Wars, although with a plot lilce that it could be. 9 fagtss Mmstraa Sssr iagast isgg CUfiREHT SRTTLE STREWCTH ARM □ li R E 0 „ £ B* HI! T i TnTRL TOnt; onnnce liwiT repair mi:' ra T he heavy trundle of big le^ue armour shook me to my boots; fear gnawed ceaselessly at my soul as the division drew closer still 1 could see the eyes of the leading driven see the smug look of satisfaction on the commander’s face as he raised his arm and the force spread out. Where were our tanks? They had left the depot completely unguarded. 1 shouted to the radio operator to try them again - one last, desperate try, Behind a hill 500 yards away the Armanian tank commander watched the Sarapan tanks spread out in front of the depot. Regret was plainly visible on his face as he watched the enemy open fire and the depot HQ disappeared in a shattering series of explosions. Fire, debris and smoke mingled as the tanks rolled forward and the people in the depot started to die. He ran back to his own force - a smaller force - vaulted up to the scarred turret and signalled for the last desperate act of the war to begin. With the Sarapan forces epjoying the destruction of the helpless depot, he hoped to catch them unaware and make them pay for the lives they were taking so casually. Anyone who has an appreciation of board games, wargaming, computer strategy games or ^at warfare films like the BatUe of the Bulge should enjoy this lightweight combined computerfboard wargame from CDS. CDS also produced a previous uneasy marriage of formats in Brian Clough’s Foothail Fortunes.. Having seen the enemy headquarters or destroy all their forces. Everyone in the game need not be your enemy; alliances are possible and with the sharing of rebuilding and repair depots is possible: Initially all pieces need to be depltq.'ed on the board in such a position that the other commanders cannot see the markings on their backs, as that is where their firepower strength is indicated. Then it is movement time, with the computer issuing the number of movement points which depend on weather, A computerised umpire who deals the deathly blows with sound and graphics. morale and a random factor for laughs. Spotted an enemy unit’ Good, then blast away. Each unit may fire only once and an enemy unit may not be subjected to fire from more than one unit. This seemed a little ardficia] and it is- Check the advanced rules section for elaboration on the basics and multiple firing. There is some measure of data entry into the computer at that point but it does not take very long once you are familiar with the process and then you can watch the animated computer display of the conflict. At the start of each day the newspaper. War News, is distributed free to all generals. It ^ves battle activities, strengths of the combatants, politick news which affects morale and the weather forecast. Pay close attentional to all this as it gives some clue to the day’s movement point allowance and other battlefield information. As with all newspapers, though, there can he propaganda and bias, so take some things with a pinch of salt. 'Ihnk Attack certainly works much better than the previous CDS offering and is an interesting marriage of two dissimilar formats. The computer presentation is first- class, with colourful graphics and animated sequences and combines well with the generally high-quality board game elements. The game is not particularly difficult to play, yet offers all afficianados of the Battle of the Bulge a chance to take control of a tank corps, without all that Mam Ulyall cheap production standards in that package 1 was pleasantly surprised to see that this time you get a heavy laminated folding card board, 48 plastic playing pieces and a comprehensive rule book. 75nk Attack is a board game with computer moderation of conflict situations, for two to four players. It is a pity there is not a one-player version. Thking the role of General of a tank corps, consisting of eight tanks and four armoured cars, the objective is to capture the lank Attack CDS £II99/£I4.99 ^ Regret was plainlf visible on hk free as he watched Che enem]^ o(pen fiie and the depot HQ disafpar, i tsistraS usBFims! 1 S 89 m»37 rhe greatest challenge in the galaxy, an Earth size pinball machine. zones went cras^' and the big F mm across the universe they came. Ancient Earth melodies shattered the calm as the fleet came even closer. The leader reached for tlie intergalactic communication device and screamed at the top of his lungs, m a Pinball Wizard and I've come to play Time Scanner." "The Who have a lot to answer for" mumbled a man on the street comer as the time silver ball started its epic journey across the biggest pinball table in the universe, the Earth, The journey begins near the site of an extinct volcano. This Hawaiian nightmare must be brought to life by lighting the letters which spell the word before you can move to the second of the four levels. Like the other levels, the playing area is split into two halves. You start on the top hatf, which is a table in its own right. Depending on the level, the top or bottom half of the table is used for collecting a few bonus points and the other for completing the task which will take you to the next level. On level one the top half is used for bonus points. There are two ways for the ball to work its way to the lower level. One is through the ever-present gap between the centre flippers and the other down one of the two side shoots which are initially protected by knock-down shields, \^’hen the ball passes from the domain of the top section to that of the lower there is a slight pause as the program page flips between the two halves and the ball which was at the bottom of the top screen now appears at the top of the bottom screen. It is possible, by accurate shooting, to get the ball back on to the lop level but when playing the volcano scene this is not necessary, as your task is in the lower section, lb light the letters of the word "volcano” you must fire your ball up a central tube whose entrance is protected by knock-down tabs. Your five balls with which to complete this task can be lost, either through the flippers or down the two narrow tracks at the side of the screen. If you are fast enough you can use the three tilt directions - left, right and up - to deflect the ball from those hazardous areas. Lighting the word results in a volcanic erupfon, a dramatic darkening of the screen and the nulti-ball option coming into play. Three balls blast round the screen for as long as you can keep them there, collecting those precious points. Three balls are slower than one but not so slow that you can relax your guard. The time waves ripple and you find yourself in the ruins of a once great city. On this level the task is simple; all you have to do is drop three balls into a hole at the top of the upper screen. If it is as simple as it sounds, why did it take me so long to complete the level? It certainly was not my total lack of aim with the flippers or the fact that the ball insisted on falling through to the lower screen. On the lower screen there is a circular ramp which can be traversed by the ball for Faos39 imstraa usw Am$t 1989 mega bonus points. Each ball deposited into the hole re¬ appear.'; in a box on the lower level. Once again, completing the level results in the manic three-ball session. Ancient Egypt is the next port of call as you pay a visit to the pyramids. This level is a little trickier than the last as you have to light the letter spelling the word ‘pyramid’ and deposit three balls in the side pocket As the balls are deposited a pyramid builds and at the final part of this level a mummified face breaks out from behind the wall. The last level is called Final. To complete it arid win the game you must indulge in a little brick blasting. At the top of the screen the letters spelling the word fined’ appear one at a time at the top of the screen. Using your trusty silver ball you must bla.st away at the blocks which make up the letters. Be warned - this is no easy task and may well bring you back down to Earth with a bump. It is surprising that the Amstrad plays better than the Amiga version. The feel of the table is there and as the sonics assault your ears and your eyeballs rattle in your head, remember that deaf, dumb and blind kid plays a mean pinball. Adrian f umphrey Time Scanner Activision £9.99/14.99 ^ It is surprising chit the Amstrad version piijfs better than the Amip version. ^ tiastml User Mmtl fsss P8Be99 M ost days 1 fed content. [ work in the food vat department, jou see. It is not that great; [ get by but recently 1 have had the feeling that someone or something was out to get me Friends are whispering behind my back, my work hours are changed all the time, my lunch lime was reduced from eight minutes to five and the security guards alt eye me suspiciously. I do not know why - 1 have done nothing wrong, I just like to look at trees. What is wrong with that? All this suspicion is getting to me; you could say I am becoming paranoid. The Paranoia Complex seems like a computerised and poorer version of the role-playing game Paranoia, produced by West Happy? Content? No grey clouds looming over the horizon? If so, this game is not for you* Or is it? End tJames. The game takes place in a sealed city underground, in the alpha sector ” Paranoia called the cily the Alpha Complex - in the not-too-distant future. Society is run by an all-powerful computer and social success is measured by security clearance, ran^ng from red to blue. Your aim is to serve the computer which, of course, is deranged by eliminating traitors ~ real, suspected or just the gullible who you can frame. As you eliminate the traitorous scum you can rise in security level and ultimately be big enough to determine how to escape from the complex completely. The display is Caonf/et-esque, top-down, reduced screen, lumpy scrolling. On entering individual buildings the top is removed so that you can see in. Equipment and food are two essentials in the game, so you will need to hunt traitors, serve the computer and earn plenty of credits. Scattered round the complex are computer terminab where you can buy foodcards and extra goodies like bots. Having a bot trog round after you with all your heavy kit is recommended. Programming the foodcards is fun because you have to hold down 10 keys simultaneously, otherwise the programming goes wrong and you eat the equivalent of a very hot curry. Working out what to do to who, how to do it and with what to do it is where the enjoyment comes from this game, so do not play it as a maze game with shooting. or you will be disappointed. The graphics are nothing special, neither are the sonics, but the gameplay is well- balanced and when you get into it Paranoia Complex has much more depth the most action- orientated games. Mark Ulyatt HD if ; lUK Paranoia CompEex :^UEB Gremlin | PRICE £9.99,'£14.99 mm SOHIX iPiimiBiLrrv ^ iefEHUi ^ OtherwiM the programmirig fQ« wrong and you eat die equivalent of a very hoc curry. ^ Fane 40 tmsipaa User Mogust isos T he guy who owns the skate shop is a bit of a grouch but that is no dilhcuJty. The real problem is his son Lester The obnoxious little brat is begging for a good thrashing, so you decide to play him at his own game “ the skateboard. It is a pity Lester is so much better than you. In the skate shop you can log in for the competition or view the current high scores. You can leave the shop either to practise the events individually or go for broke and challenge Lester to white. The most unusual feature of the game is its complete lack of sound - an unusual move but it gives the program that extra touch of speed and playability. There are two ramp events which take place In an elongated half-pipe. One requires brute force as you waggle your joystick to gain a few feet in the high jump event. On the freestyle ramp you have 10 passes to Pit your skills against spoilt brat Lester, the boy begging for a good thrashing. But beware. Do not let your anger get the better of you on these testing tracks. Otherwise Lester will have the last laugh. an all-out, four-wheeled war. Once outside the shop in practice mode you see a small street plan, each street branching to a different event The events range from the self expression of the freestyle ramp to the humbling experience of the pool joust. Most of Ihe events take place on a static background and are very well- drawn but two of the events scroll and, to speed things a little, the colour has been kept to a minimum - black and ai i ; Skate or Die Sii; Flilii Electronic Arts patcE £8.99/£l4.99 : MWUTY 9 The oimndous Hide bra: is begjinf for a good thrashing,»you decide to play him at his own same, the duteboinJ. * perfonn the most outlandish tricks before the unbelieving eyes of the judges. The tricks you perform depend on the angle of the joystick on take-off and the number of times you pumped the board while travelling the ramp. You can start with the simple tricks, staying on your hoard and travelling a few feet into the air and, when you gain a little confidence, you can go for the rotates and handstands. Although you gain more points for the trickier manoeuvres you have a greater chance of bouncing your skater on his head a few times as he travels back down the ramp the difficult way. The joust is an event in a class of ils own and brings to mind the legendary times when knights foi^t on the fields of honour. Ibking your boffrng stick you attempt to unboard your rival as you pass each other in the pool. It is possible to delay for a short time at the rim of the pool or even slide your board alor^ the top of the pool either to cJign yourself for the attack or avoid the oncoming attack. After five passes the boffing stick is passed to the other player and the first person with three knockdowns wins the joust. The final tvra events, downhill jam and race, both feature scrolling action. In the race you must traverse the building site, leaping over the barricades and hurtling down the pipe; avoid the obstacles at all costs as you cannot afford the time to pick yourself from the floor. In the jam you race against Lester through the back streets, creating a little mayhem as you go. Kicking over the trash cans can be fun but kicking Lester is even better. Skating into walls is not such a good idea but if you do nothing else, avoid the wire fence Passing through this obstacle has a similar effect to an egg sHcer. Each event is well put together and the desire to thrash Lester wUl have you returning for more, time and time again. Adrian fumphrey imstrail Ustr /bt 9 o$t 1383 faasMi I t is a man's world in today's Navy. So you can imagine my reaction when 1 saw the cover to Navy Moves. It portrays a macho nautical type i n rubber clutching a weapon in both hands. The scenario is straightforward. You play a muscular Navy commando whose mission is to locate and destroy a nuclear submarine which is harboured in an enemy base. The first part of the game consists of three zones which have to be negotiated successfully before moving to part two. Zone one has your commando driving a motorboat through minc'infested waters. Timing is crucial as you jump over mines and shoot kamikaze commandos bearing down on you with their aqua-bikes - a very frustrating stage. Progressing to zone two and your commando has slipped into wetwear to find the undersea entrance to the enemy base. Watch for the sharks - 1 found a sharp blow with a handbag to the snout deterred them - and enemy scuba divers which guard the entrance. Once past them you have to capture a bathyscaphe, a miniature submarine with which you move into zone three. Things start to get very exciting now. Cruising in your bathyscaphe you are inspected closely by giant octopi and eventually come fk:e to face with a giant, long thick sea monster, which can be killed by shooting it repeatedly in the mouth. Part two of Navy Moves has your man emerging from the bathyscaphe inside your nuclear submarine. The objective is to make a deep penetration of the submarine and place a bomb at the base of its nuclear reactor, stop the submarine, make it emerge from the sea and then transmit a message from your base. Unfortunately, access to the main computer is needed for all the actions, plus the correct code words to activate each action in turn. Codes can be gathered by killing and searching; the First Official will give you the code needed to stop the submarine and make it emerge. The First and Second Machine Officials hold the codes to open the base of the reactor door and the First and Second Transmission Officials hold the code to allow you to transmit a message to your base. Kill the Captain and you can have access to all the codes. The submarine is swarming with enemy marines armed with guns and flamethrowers, while you have only limited ammunition - although more can be gained by searching marines you have killed - so do not shoot loo soon; rather avoid the enemy by lying prone on the deck, when they will ignore you. Navigating the submarine is tricky and the cutaway map provided will help enormously, as will the pause button. The game ends when your commando has completed all the tasks successfully and transmitted a message to his base; then you make your way to the top of the control tower to be rescued by your chums. Navy Moves is a good follow¬ up \DAnny Moves. The graphics are of a very high quality; especially during the submarine sequences - much better than 1 would have expected from an Amstrad machine - and there were enough levels to satisfy even me. An added bonus was the inclusion of numerous illustrations and annotated diagrams of the equipment and the submarine. Adrian wsii-Hayes RODND'yp ; Niail Navy Moves SUPPLIES ] Electronic Arts £ 9.99 OVBMLL ^ Kill the Captain and you can have actws »ill the codes, ^ imsina Utir kuml ^bb9 C ontrairy to what you might think. Bomb Jack // IS not a rare groove house mix but rather the sequel to one of the more memorable platform games of the early 1980s, Elite Systems has decided to unleash the sequel on the unsuspecting public once mo re^ thanks to its budget label, Encore, so you may even have this game in your collection already. If you cannot remember 1 would advise you not to buy it again just because it is cheaper - it has not improved. The premise of Bomb Jack H is simple. Leap from platform to platform, stabbing enemies, collecting all the treasures, Sbll, if BJ2 was a good action game. If you dilly-dally the monsters will mutate to a new form, sometimes a form more am enable to stabbing as well, so do not be afraid to wait if you cannot see a way out. One generation of uglies even leaps round the screen, which makes life more perilous in the short term, but easier in that all of them can be avoided. There are bonus points for Explosive action as snnall man Is eaten alive by Lizard. getting the treasures in the with plenty of excitement, snappy sonics and gripping graphics that would not matter; you could justifiably say that it was satisfactory. Alas, is it not a good action game; the sonics are squeaks, the graphics just coloured blobs and you could justifiably say only that it was as interesting as a puddle. The puddle simulator starts in the great outdoors; note that the backdrops are completely irrelevant and serve only to distract the eye from following what passes for action. You can leap sideways to a platform on your level, straight up to a platform directly above, or you can run round on the platform you are on. The tricky part is when you have to leap up to a platform occupied by a monster before you can reach the platform where the last treasure awaits. It is tricky because the monsters are dilicult to deal with in a random kind of way. Catch one from behind, stab, stab, and it is history. Alternatively, end up in front and you are pushed along, your energy level declining faster than the NHS, Once depleted, there is no hospital bed -- Just a life lost and wasted. What is really tricky is that some of the platforms which contain a monster and have to be traversed are very small, making it very dificult to get in a dean stab and finish the job early. 11 m Bomb Jack II Encore £2.99 . ^ Ifour ensrjy led dedining fasEer tlian ihe NHS. ^ correct order but 1 did not really care The graphics might be multi-coloured but they are multi-coloured blobs. There is little definition and they occasionally dash with the background, becoming difficult to see. Bomb Jack 11 may have been a good idea in its day but that day has long since gone and this is one history lesson not worth paying to sit through. Mark uintt MmstnS User imtt 1989 FtB843 of the screen. If caught they will change your bat into something They say the old games are the best, but what of a new game that plays like an old game? H ow many times have you picked up a new game, only to find that it is not new but incredibly old and a clone at that? My guess is that is has happened to you often, as many games released today, especially budget games, are either clones or re-released games of yesteryear. Breakout began in the mists of time - the late 1970s anyway. After some time the arcade operators noticed that there was less and less interest being shown in the machines and they were taken out of service. Breakout was forgotten about for many moons and then Thito resurrected it and re-launched it as Arkanoid. Since Arkanoid first appeared on a home computer we have been bombarded with similar clones of this ancient concept - bounce a ball round a court while knocking out coloured bricks, The concept is simple and the game challenging and enjoyable;, yet one can have just so much of a good thing. There must be 50 Breakout-type games available across the broad range of h ome computers, so will another one tip the balance? I doubt it but it is worth thinking about. 1 have had enough of Breakout and Arkanoid and any other relatives to last me a lifetime It should be noted that any Breakout game should be played using either a paddle, mou.se or any controller which is speed- sensitive, A joystick or keyboard will always give the same speed to the bat and so makes the game incredibly difficult Batty is the latest budget release from Encore, It is basically an Arkanoid clone with very few subtle differences. The main and most noticeable difference is a small space invader at the top of the screen firing lasers at you. They must be avoided, Other than that the game is virtually identjcal. The only differences are subtle to avoid infringement of copyright. As usual, many blocks are tourer than others and require to be hit a number of times before they disintegrate. Some blocks release special pods which drop towards the bottom special. As you might expect 1 am not exactly raving about this game It is a copy of a copy of a copy There is little which is new and it includes all the features from previous games. I am not saying that the game is bad. In fact it is reasonably good but it is becoming incredibly boring to keep seeing these kind of games. Does nobody have any new and ori^nal ideas? Graphically, Batty is very colourful. The sound effects are reasonable but the gameplay is somewhat lacking because of the uncontrolability of the bat speed. If it w^re possible to play it with a mouse or paddle it would enter a whole new area of youngister fun. Fags 44 imstne star iagaat 1$9S BrunLUord & Printer Pedals, mountains & sunshine but no CPC! Peter Brunning's idea of a Holiday can be too much like hard work. / laid in the sha<^ just inside the Austrian border, map spread out trying to decide if I was fit enough to cycle across the Alps by the highest pass which rises up to over BOOO feet I was carrying a small tent which did allow me to stop anywhere if I ran out of energy. As it turned out I was right to wonder as it was really just beyond my capabilities, i have never wodied so hard as the day I went over the Timmeljock pass and never felt so exhilarated as the experience of comirjg down the other side. It rained on the way up but I came over the fop info brilliant sun shinst looking across the tops of many fantastic snow covered mountains, I stayed one night in Italy in a German speaking Gasthoff and then over an insignificant pass (in comparison) back into Austria, I came home by trains from just inside (jermany, feeling the world was at my feet and with a promise that this was the start of many new iraveliing adventures. It had been my ambition for countless years to cycle the Romantic Route which goes from Wurzburg in Germany to Austria, and then to continue over the Alps info Italy. Last year, for the first time, i feii fit enough and had the right gears on my cycle. The Romantic Route certainty lived up to its name. The top section undulates gently and provides stimulation periodically with a series of fascinating ancient waited towns. The middle is best forgotten exc^t tor the campsite at Lech, where the owner insisted that I used a caravan as it was about to rain. Fifty miles on, the Alps were just discernab/e as a misty outline and gradoafty unfolded over a period of two days, into the majestic, snow covered scenery that dominates Austria, That memory ot only a year ago seems so distant now. I look into the office after a weekend off and wonder if I really want to wind up to that acute menial state needed to solve the next software problem. Then the phone rings or the post arrives and an excited letter or a praising telephone call provide the boost to mach 3 and the week takes Brunning Software 34 HelBton Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CMI 5JF. Tei 0245 2S2g54 off. Writing software can be hard but there is no doubt that CPC users are very responsive to just a little above the ordinary. The astute reader may have noticed a holiday spirit and an unusual light hearted patter to this advertisement. What is this aU about? Quite simple, it's holiday timet I was In the bath, taking a relaxed view of the heavy burden that programmers carry and reflecting on the problems of the world. Honesty is Important to me, possibly almost to excess and yet It is so difficult to be completely honest. But imagine a world where everyone was totally dishonest. Where no one could be trusted. The world as we know it could not exist. This is light hearted so I won’t labour where it relates. It struck me as i lay in the closeted warmth of the bath, that there Is a light hearted angle, which would suit the 'holiday period'. Ahhal I hear from the pages, as it dawns on the reader that this is a little more serious than the writer is letting on. I canrtot hold back any longer, so here it Is. July is to be the 'holiday period*, where, a response from Brunning Software may be slow. But hunger can still strike as it does not recognise such a distinction and you must still send in your ordersi So here's a little carrot just for the month of July, Send your order by post with a cheque or postal order and deduct £4.00 from our usual price, as listed below. You MUST also include a short letter which explains a reason why you deserve this discount and this MUST be an honest reason. Be kind and try not to be too serious. We will chose one letter that may be the most original or the funniest and Include an extract in our advertisement. The writer of that letter will receive a full refund and a complimentary copy of SrunWord Elite. The response to our Tasword upgrade, introduced last month, has been good. For the month of July we will extend this to include Pretext and Mini Office II, as part of the honesty theme. For the month of July if you already own Tasword (disc). Pretext (disc or ROM) or Mini Office II (disc), you can deduct £7.00 from any price listed below. Don't send the programme, just look into your conscience and remember that you rely on honesty just as we do. It you are a legitimate owner tell us and deduct your discount. You MUST also tell us why you deserve this discount, as explained above. That's enough soft talk, it's time for a few serious comments. Our new booklet should be reedy when this advertisement appears but won't be posted out until early August. Everyone on our list will eventually receive a copy and an attractive update offer. BrunWord Elite is also behind schedule and will not now be released until late summer. Let me leave you with a final thought. SrunWord Elite printed this entire page, heading, text, large box round the edge, all the lines and the invisible teddy. This was one printing operation, at the actual size that you see. (Standard CPC6126, 8 bit printer port and HGIP45 printer). For a serious overview of our programmes, please see our advertisement in last months ACU. 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On August 11 the bated breath will finaJly be expelled when Satman - The Movj'e arrives. Costing £25 million, it promises to be the most expensive super-hero venture yet undertaken. The set constructed at Pinewood studios, reported to be the largest outdoor set since Oeqpatra cost £3 million to build and Jack Nicholson, who stars as arch-villian The Joker, demanded £1 million for his services. Beyond the monetary stories, Batman has also been featured in many journals for its star-filied cast and the adamant behaviour of director Tim Burton, who even still refuses to allow Journalists to talk to actors or tour the set. The tabloids have certainly made the most of the press silence with one Sunday newspaper sending a photographer to capture 'exclusive' iz^ctur^ from skylights and windows tn spiderman fashion. In the ULS. children have been flocking to certain Warner Brothers films, most notably The Dead Root, for a 90-second preview of Michael Keaton and his rubber Batsuit, With all this marketing potential, there seems to be no other choice than to release a computer game based on the film. Ocean snapping up the rights as soon as the picture wss announced. Batman, of course, is not the only major motion picture to come our way in the next few months which is based on a comic, Watchmen, too, has been recognised for what an excellent story it contains. The director of Brazil, Jatiberwocky, Time Bandits and The Adventunes of Banon Munchausen has been handed the task to bring Alan Moore’s and Dave Gibbcjn's greatest strt> to the cinema screen. Naturally a computer game based on the exploits of the character is to be released at the same time. Another of the Ocean licence haul is Cl Eve Barker's Aftghtbreed. This latest film promises many emotions and exotic locations and the plot is not only horror-orientated, David Cronenberg, director of The Hy stars in the movie, and special effects abound. Even Gary Bracey of Ocean is to star as a monster in the film. F8gB48 imstrae osBFiusiist i "Ir the US children have been flocking to certait I Warner Brother s films, roost notably the Dead Pool, for a 90 second preview o f Michael Keaton and his rubber Batsuit!" Based on Barker's book Caba/, Nighitbreed tells a tale oif a rnurderer on the run who Is forced to take refuge in the subterranean setting of Midtan, a legendary city where all sins are supposedly forgotten: there he becomes one of the nightbreed, a band Of living-dead shape changers, James Bond makes another appearance this summer in Timothy Dalton's last film as 007, Licence to Kiii which, as chronicled in the July Issue, is to be released as a game by Domark, which is also responsible for the pixelisation Of A View to a Kiii, Live and Let Die and The Living DeyiightS. Though many rumours suggesting otherwise circulated freely, Dalton is to continue filming Bond movies way into the 1990s, Jaws, the Spielberg terror spectacular of the 1970s, is also due to be released on computa", more than 10 years after the release of the picture. The Hunning Man, the July cover game, has finally made an appearance and it is not the first, or last, Arnie film to suffer computerisation. The Predator had great success when released and soon to come is the Ocean Red Heat, featuring incredibly large Sprites and plenty of fighting action. Other films being worked on which are certain to be converted to the home computer Include Robocop 2, What is special about this picture, apart from being the sequel to Robocop is that the plot is being written by Frank Miller, the comic book gsiius whose credits include the much-acclaimed The imstrti OtirAiigBtl 1S83 Fags 49 I Dark Knight Returns and Eiektra Assassin. His entire time is spent scribbiirtg the next tin can adventure and we are bound to see a much larger budget forming than that used on the prequel. Aiisns a has aiso recently begun shooting, but unfortunately Cyberpunk fans may be disappointed as William Gibson - Neuromancer Count Zero, et al - has had his two preliminary scripts rejected and it looks as if the task has finally fallen on Eric Red to deliver the goods. If anybody is to grab the licence for the picture my money would be on Activision, which did a great job on the game of Aliens, Those who have their ears constantly to the Hollywood grapevine will know thskHighlander 2 — Yellowknife is now filming, as is Ghostbusters 2. The Last Ghostbuster, Indiana Jones 3 - The Last Crusade is, of course, soon to be released, as is its home computer counterpart, and Michael J Fox has signed to do not one Back to the Future sequel but two in succession. **On the games front we have already seen many good film conversions including Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Others like the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Rambo II Gl 111 have all been great successes using the original ideas and gameplay/' which means we can harve more games based on the short actor's exploits, On the games front we have already seen many good film conversions. Including Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jed/, admittedly all from arcade machitTes. Otlners iiko The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Rambo II & III, Ghostbusters and Aliens have all been great successes using original ideas and gamepiaiy. Many poor films have also appeared as games. Take Howard the Duck as an example - or Howard the Turkey as the critics loved to call it. Evil Dead was another, as was Friday the Thirteenth, All said, many film licensed games have been better than those converted from arcade machines and, with many good, big budget fijms attracting more viewers than ever before - and surely more of a percentage of computer owners than an arcade game - it will be only a short time before most films in the cinema will be followed by home computer versions. Faite 59 Mmsintl Osar Huml 1999 ALL OUR PRICES INCLUDE CARRIAGE & VAT HSV COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED. 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Hairy Hacker F irst off the starting-biock is Richard Graham of Aitrirkcham, who has fOkjnd that typing the name "FREERIDE” into /kah W^mons makes you almost: invincible, In net urn, he would like to know how to get past the door near the transporter in the 'escape tunnel' in Monty on the Run. The next letter has a one-liner poke for Ghosts & Goblins: 10 MEMORY &2000;load“tp”:poke %509c,0:poKe G(5096,&c6:poke &S28,0:call &5000, Vife might as well include it as Jan Cardon from Belgium went to plenty of trouble to get it to me. There was a fourth communi¬ cation this month. A map of Activator Thanks to Reter Mardle and Neil Timpeiy for sending it. So you want to hack"? Vbu are trying to back-up a game, or crack it to find infinite lives, and It loads a file ail in one great block. Games do this to protect against copying without writing novel loaders like speedlock. Where a normal, sane, binary file has a name, size and other useful information on the front of rt, these "headerless fifes" do not. Not only that, they sometimes use strange synchronisation bytes, I think that is out of order and will reveal a secret of hackery to you. If you have some kind of debugger/monitor program yOu stick a breakpoint in CAS_READ and peek at the registers. A glance at the firmware nrnanuai will soon teii you what those registers mean and it is only a short trip from there to saving the code. If you do not have a debugger this sprinkling of machine code will help you: 10 ‘VM'i Headefless file loader 20 ' 30 flEnORV 49EFF|DPEN00T"!D*:KErtD1l¥ liSOOOi CLOSEOUT; li=200 40 FQR i=S9F00 TO iAOE? 50 READ 60 ck=ckta;lF (i AND 7307 THEN 100 70 t=t+tk:ft£fiD al:a-VflL(T+a$) 80 IF a=il[ THEH clt=0:li=li+lO|fiOTO 100 W PRlHT"eRror in line ^liiENO 100 NEXT no IF 1051260 THEN PRINT'Vou lissed a line*;EN0 120 m save 'yax:ode',b,&8f00,485 vi 11 130 REN save the code, 140 CALL 49F00 ISO PRINT'fteady to goHCHRKlSl; 200 DATA 3A,Al,8C,32,F4,9F,2A,fl2.0 210 DATA eC,22,F5,9F,3E,C3,32,Al,44G 220 DATA BC,21je,9F,22,fl2,BC,C9.3DD 230 DATA 22,22,AO,EB,22,24,AO,32,2E7 240 DATA 26,A0,CD.FF,ee,CD,4E,BB,523 250 DATA 21,27,A0,C(},f7,9F,2A,22,397 2t0 DATA AO,CD,00.AO,21,34,AO,CD,3CF 270 DATA F7,9F,2A,24,A0,CD,OO,A0,3Fl 280 DATA 21,43,AO,CO,F7,9F,3A,26,3C7 290 DATA AO,CD,OS,AO,21,62,AO,CD,3F2 300 DATA F7,3F,CD,13,BE,FE,20,CA,61E 310 DATA EA,9F,F6,20,FE,77,28,24,450 320 DATA FE,65,20,E£,CB,EA,9F,FS,SBC Fans 52 imstns mr Mmst ms 330 OflTfi 2I,C4,9F,2Z,31,00.3E,C3,208 340 DATA 32,30, 00, 2fl,22,flO,£0,46,286 350 OATS 24,AO,36,F7.23,06,78,61,348 360 DATA 20,F8,Ft,C9.CD,EA,5F,F5,6l0 370 DATA 06,B,O6,O9,2l,DB,flO,n,376 380 DATA 00,CO,CD,8C,eC,30,16,2A,345 390 DATA 24,A0,£B,2fl,22,A0,01,OO,29C 400 DATA 00,3£,02,CD,98,80,30,05,296 410 DATA CD,8F,eC,38,OC,21,9E,AO,3E2 420 DATA CD,F7,9f,C0,T8,8B,CD,FF,SCF 430 DATA B8,3A,0e,A0,3C,32,DB,A0,459 440 DATA EI,D1,F1,C9,ES,D5,CS,F5,6£0 450 DATA CD,FF,86,CD,4E,66,21,63,531 460 DATA AO,CO.r7,9F,06,04,£l,CD,4ee 470 DATA OO,A0,3E,20,CO,SA,68.1O,2FO 480 DATA FS,El,28,CD, 00, AO,CD,18,453 490 DATA BB,C7,2A,24,A0,E6,2A,22,3A7 500 DATA AO,3A,26,AO,C3,00,00,7£,2E1 510 DATA e7,C8,C0,5A,eB,23,19,F7.493 S20 DATA 7C.C0,06,A0,7D,F5,CB,3F,46A 530 DATA CB,3F,CB,3F,CB,3F,CD,12,3FD 540 DATA AO,F1,FS,E6,OF,FE,OA,38,4BB 550 DATA 02,C6,07,C6,30,CD,5A,EB,3A7 560 DATA Ft,C9,00,00,00,00,00,4C,206 570 DATA 6F, 61 ,64,73,20,61,74,20,28c 580 DATA 2E,2E,20,00,OD,OA,4C,6S,U4 590 DATA 6E,67,74,68,20,2E,2E,2£,25B 600 DATA 2£,20,OO,OD,0A,S3,79,6£,19F 610 DATA 63,20,62,79,74,65,20,2£,235 620 DATA 20,O0,0D,OA,OA,5O,72,65,l68 630 DATA 73,73,20,73,70,61,63,65,312 640 DATA 20,74,6F,20,63,6f,6E,74,2P7 650 DATA 69,6£,75,65,2C,20,57,20,274 660 DATA 74,6F,20,77,?2,63,74,65,32E 670 DATA 2C,OD,OA,45,20,74,GF,20,1AB 680 DATA 66,69,6£, 64, 20,65,66,74,306 690 DATA 72,79,20,70, 6F, 69,6E,74,335 700 DATA 2E,0D,0A,0A,O0,0O,OA,45,l3A6 710 DATA 72,72,GF,72,20,77,63,69,320 720 DATA 6C, 65,20,77,72,69,74,69,320 730 DATA tE,67,20,64,61,74,61,07,296 740 DATA 00,OA,00,43,4F,44,45,20,162 760 DATA 45,4E,64,45,52,45,44,OA,211 760 DATA 00,20,41,46,20,20,20,42,166 770 DATA 43,20,20,20,44,45,20,20,16C 780 DATA 20,48,4C,20,20,20,SO,43,1A7 790 DATA OD,OA,DO,41,43,47,44,45,173 800 DATA 2E, 42,49,4£, 00,00,00,00, 107 Type that in. save it and run it, Errors in the typing will be revealed to you as it loads. Vbu can then save the code, as in line 120, or use it tha^e and then. The progrette resides in the CAS_READ vector and tells you all the relevant information. Then ytxj can hit space to continue as usual, press "w" to write it out as a normal file, or 'e' to find the entry address, though the program will rtot run afterwards. All addresses, sync bytes and so on are displayed in hexadecimal, partly because this is the way most hackers think of such things but mostly because it is much easier to write hexadeciiTtal print routines. Here is the source code. Feel free to modify it and steal parts of it for nefarious purposes: ; TK* Hiiry HidctCs hrtMfkis file riiiftr I lb noli^t kt_fHLi_ktif iqu k^m tjct.lniliilisi nom t^t^uiitpul tsju IB&EA til lift liBfifF eis^uut.open tQU liCBC iqu IBCBF cis^duljirtet iqu IBC^S iqu IBCflE org b^fOD the qri}ifTAl imp. 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This is where my piece of code lives and that obligtngJy tells you what the victim program is using for an entry point. Remember that doing a RUN" of a binary program causes all memory to be erased . So any binary code has to be loaded and then CALLed, or it will not do much good. Loading addresses can be found by de- protecting the loader - usually in Basic if th^e is one - or from Matt Cawley’s "Excat" program, Utopia or similar “Them pokeys ought to keep most of you busy for a month or so, by which time 1 will probably have another bucket load of goodies" A welcome name just sprang into sighit St the foot of the last letter - John "Hackman Qirvin". He is in difficulty with his faithful tape deck going into reverse. This hack is for WEC Le Msins, and gives you three things you do not normally have - infinite timei no other competitors to force you off the road and invulnerability to hitting such things as lampi3osts, signs and tree-shaped objects. Also your speed does not go down when you drive offf the road. Here is the poke; you run it. put rt in the re-wound tape - or fost forwarded if your tape deck is doing John Girvin impressions- Thank you for that pokette. and good luck with the hacking of Afterburner, Them pokeys ought to keep most of you busy for a month or so, by which time I will probably have another bucket-load of goodies waiting for you. Now it is time to try for a snappy ending but only rubber bands have snappy endings, so have this one. 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Those in debt ane disconnected for not being able to pay the extortlonateiy high cost of owning and using a telephone. For those who face an expensive or have already had a high telephone bill, listen - there is an alternative at hand. Rather than lining the pockets of British Telecom shareholders, losers can turn to another method of computer communication. Radio hams might have already guessed the alternative. Packet Radio could change computer communication significantly. Packet Fladio is not a new concept. The Americans have been using radio to transmit and receive computer data for about tO years. In the U.K. Packet has only recently gained ground as a widely-used medium for data transmission but already there are thousands of radio hams talking to each other in binary form, Even though Packet Radio is a completely different medium from telephone transmissions, the way both are used is similar and many comms users will feel at home with it. Radio is normally used for one-to- one communication between two radio hams. Packet Radio is no exception to the rule, though there imstni User iagitst 1983 hundreds of bulletin boards and they operate in the same Kind of way as those available over the telephone lines. Using a bulletin board can be rewarding, as you can do many things with them. One of the main purposes for which they are used is to send electronic mail to pen friends and to up'load and down-ioad files. Many cjf the files available consist of utilities and demonstrations, most of which are of premium quality and are in the public domain. To use F^ket Radio, first, and most important, you need to be an amateur radio operator. This legally requires an operator’s licence which will cost £12. Before you can get your licence you need to pass an examination based on your knowledge of radio. The examination is set by the City & Guilds Board and there are two a year. You have already missed the May examination and the next one is due for December. The paper is in two parts, both of which must be completed. To team for the examination you can choose any method you like. The easiest but not necessarily the cheapest would be to attend a course on the subject, Scwrie adult institutes and education authorities run such courses and you should contact your local authority to find if there are any courses in your area. S have included some names and **Using a bulletin board can be rewarding as you can do many things with them." addresses of establishments which have held such courses. Courses usually begin in September and prepare the candidate for the following May examination. Further, most courses are held as evening classes. With certificatfi in hand you can buy your licence. With that you will be assigned a call sign, a number of digits and letters which are tagged on to the beginning of all transmissions which are addressed to you. Ybur radio will receive them and pass on only those which are for you. Likewise, the sender’s call sign will also be tagged to the message so that the recipient will know its origin. Like data telecommunication systems, you will require a modem to modulate the outgoing signal and to demodulate the incoming one. If you already own a modem for use over the telephone lines you are in for some bad news. Such a modem will be of no use to Packet Radio, Those modems produce data in long sequential streams, whereas Packet Radio requires data to be transmitted in packets, Vbur new modem should be in the form of a Terminal Node Controller, They package the data automaticai' Ey and are already set up for use with radio and incorporate the appropriate connectors at the rear Three typical TNC modems are sold by leading packet radio specialist Andrews Computer Services of Watford, They are the ABA PK88 modem, which allows use of both HF and VHP Packet Radio, and costs £129.95, If you are looking for something a little cheaper you might like to consider the Pac-Comm Tiny-2, It costs £109,95 and allows usage of VHF Packet only. If you have plenty of money and want the best you can turn to the all-singing, all-dancing AEA PK232which will cost £279.95. imstfaa ustp iamt 1889 FSffSSS All those modems are equipped with an RSi232 interface. Unfortun¬ ately. Amstrad CPC computers do not have one cxf them built-in and so you will need to buy one if you do not already own such a device. To use Packet Radio to its full potential you will require some specialised software. If you already have communications software you will be able to use it with Packet but you will be short of functions, file transfer especially. Dedicated Packet Radio software costs very little, as it is public domain. Once you have this you will have all the computing equipment you need to begin. All you need then is the radio equipment. Radios can cost a small fortune but if you are prepared to pay the cost of a new radio you might be saving yourself a good deal of trouble in the tong run, If you attend any radio rallies you should be able to pick up a suitable unit for about 50 pence but it will be a very basic unit and is likely to be just single-channel. Such a unit will need to be re-tuned and so, unless you are confident you could do it yourself, it will have to be done by a radio shop or obliging friend. A typical new radio might be the Yaesu FT211R which has some special features which aid Packet Radio users. This costs about £250 and is fully-functional FM radio as well as being designed for Packet- Packet Radio operates on a number of frequencies. The most popular is 144.650MH^ VHR This “There are hundreds of bulletin boards in the UK. and finding them ail will be an education.'* channel is incredibly busy and is the rendezvous for many bulletin board systems and network nodes. A network node is a radio substation. Calls are put through a network node if they are travelling a long way. The node receives the transmission and passes it on to the next node. Ttie signal is passed on and on until it is close enough to the described recipient. It then sends the signal to the destination. Another busy channel is 144.675MHz VHF Here many one-to- one conversations take place. The next busiest frequency Is 432,61MHz FM. Other channels include 70MHz VHF, 50MHz VHF and 1.296MHz VHF and 14.105MHz on HF. Finally, you will need an aerial. The better the aerial the better your signal will be and you will be less likely to get interference. If you have run out of money at thfe point you could make an antenna. Just throw off your best overcoat or wedding suit from that old wire coat hanger and adjust the hanger slightly with two pairs of strong pliers and you have a home-made aerial. Just attach some coaxial lead to it, place it In a prominent position close to a window and you can start. All that work has finally paid off and you are now a fuJly-flegged Packet Radio user you might like to join a local amateur radio club and begin to become more and more involved. Amateur radio is a very broad field. There are millions of users all over the world, many of whom are now tuning to Packet Radio. There are hundreds of bulletin boards in the U.K. and finding them all will be an education. The feet is that Packet Radio is going places - places where no computer comms user has gone before. Space, the final frontier? Well, possibly. At this moment there are hundreds pf radio waves bouncing off a satellite hundreds of miles above the earth - a special packet radio satellite. Sounds fun? Well, it is not too expensive to get into and there is no harm in trying. Contacts; City & Guilds Examination information. Section 12 City & Guilds of Lendon Institute, 46 Britannia Street. London WC1X 9RG. Tel: 01 278 246a Courses: International Correspondence Schools, 312-314 High Street. Sutton. Surrey. SMI 1PR. Tel; 01-643 956a Radio & Telecomms Correspon¬ dence School. 12 Moor View Drive. Teignmouth, Devon. 7TQ14 9UN. 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Experienced programmers will laugh at this point, since everybody knows about bits and bytes. They might, htowever, pause for a seccwnd when they realise that the CPC6128 manages to break a few of the rules they hold so dear. The Z-00 was de -signed to be able To use 64K T his month we look at the extra memory CPC6126 owners have. Most of the time the memory is unused by the Basic and machine code programmer and it nests on the sidelines doing nothing. That is a pity because computer memory is expensive and potentially very useful. Although it is many times cheaper than it was 10 or so years agOi world shortages recently have pushed up its price again. The moral is if you have it, use it. Deep Inside your beloved grey plastic box is a tiny chip of silicon encased it a little pbastk; packet and called a Zllog Z-60 microprocessor. The Z’SO is now getting rather old, though they have been saying that for years, and is what ts referred to as an &bit micro¬ processor. The eight bits does not mean that inside it are eight pieces but that the infonma- tioo is moved round inside the computer imtntl 0s9r Mmsi 188S Summer is here at last, school is almost out and John Kennedy has slipped into something casual to examine the extra memory on CPC6128S. of memory and in a CPC6126 there is more than 170K of memory. Tlie CF^ range was designed to make use of a technigue called bank switching, by which the necessary portion of memory is switched on only when it is needed and so the 64K maximum rule is never violated. The tTDK memory exists but the Z'0O b atiowed to look only at certain parts of it at a time. The design of the CF’C allows yet more memory to be provided by ROMs and EPROMs. They overlap the bottom and top of the possible memory map and contain the operating system, Basic and, if disc drives are present, the code needed to Lise them. Other programs such as word processors, assemblers and even other languages can-also be stored in ROM and switched in when needed. This sounds complicated but all this is completely transparent to the user, to whom it appears that the programs in ROM are like any other program, except that they take up no RAM and they load instantly, The switching of ROMs, EPROMs and RAMs is done from another of the chips in the CPC, called the gate array. The firmware routine situated at address 6iSD05 will allow us to choose which 16K RAM bank goes where - figure 1. This machine code does not exist on a 464 or 664, so even tf extra memory packs are pluged into those machines the CALL &BD05 routine will not work. Unless, of course, someone supplies you with the necessary code. Some memory piacks code with suitable code. The extra 64K of memory on the 6128 is split into four banks, each 1,6K in site. There are several configurations all the memory banks can take but the ones on which we concentrate on are those which switch the memory in and out of the addresses from Si4000 to &7FFR This block is in a good place to shift in and out and will form the basis for the subroutines which follow. Moving round the banks of RAM can be a nasty business, especially if you are trying to execute a program in one at the time. The computer would be running a program when the program vanishes and the computer becomes paranoid. The hardware also expects the screen display to occupy one of two places and will ref use to agree to any other locations, so take care when experimenting. You will not break anything but you can easily get into a stuatbon where rally a total power¬ down will save the day. It is interesting that the contents of the extra memory are not re-set whenever the ESC —* SHIFT — CONTROL keys are pressed, so any picture cm^ other data will hOt be affected by a minor crash - but do not take it for granted. So what will we do with all this extra memory? The following machine code will allow you to store and retrieve screen images to and from the banked RAM. Ybu will also be able to look ait a miniature verson of each stored screen so that you irntrsn User Amst 1999 nise95 can see what is happening. The machine code makes use of the RSX system, so you will not have to remember hex addresses. As an act Program 1 is the assembly Language listing. The material at the start is ail the machine code needed to set up the RSX table. Wotice how choose the bank of RAM in question. Each RSX must check that ore, and only one, parameter is supplied and that the parameter is in of unheard generosity, I will even each routine extracts some the desired range. If this Is not the give you the hexcode in a Basic parameters - the numbers which case the routines return to Basic program. follow the RSX - and uses them to without doing anything; you might Lis-drig 1 - Ths es&embliy language Isting. h Am Lftcreen fDP’aw 3 Ainitur* vit-tloo of the iAaga ti#|p LAfiquA [)0 Program Id Star'* *rnl Fcich scr^eens 1 1 tP barnkfed Aenory. ;frDa th* BKtra memory on a CPCj6i28« cp 1 equ Ifficdl ret nz tChack for a pap-awter. next^lirw equ ItbcJA rambank equ libdSb Id a,CIXl cp 5 {ar-q hSOW r*t nc ^P«tuFTi' If out of rdogPf Id bc,EDM4ndl4ib It cp 0 tThe paramater vaJu# pf ttfiU Id hLfbuff#r jr T^IOttlaJ 1 la a vptClal Ca^e. C«U iDQ rmx ret Aim add 3 ^buf-fttr 4% < . romnvand tab 1D pu«ifi af dp nteetAl^le call ranbank 1 Switch or the RAn bank. Jp vtarescrcen pop 4f ip Jp aiiniecrecn Id hl,«c0OO |S*t a different »Cp &&ri oo^itiQn cp 4 1 for each banked RAH lAaoe to be , nawst-able < IP z«Shrink idp^aHn at* db -SIOREBCREE", "N"+t80 Id hU^cr:328 db 'TETCHSEREE'^ cp 5 db "M1HIBCPEE-, " Jp EfEhrink db 0 - Id hl,li«3c0 . itDreStrwn cp & IP r^fthrink 1 Store screen di^pl^y in entri meeorv. Id hl,lMOuO |lt>e BtaK’t □* the R?m ^ Id ihll.d ¥ ima^a to the actual screen.. Jd bc.^IWO ^Ihe lenpth of thif itrtfSru Id Lr jfbe "lAglt codf intti'iician LDIP^ Inc hi Inc deiiriE da (Update the flcrepn addreft^es. Id j,.o caI I I ;Ful back the orjqmjl ROH bartt + dec c ret ;and back to mp Id a,c Jr nit lodpl (End pi Hidtb 3nop . fetEhvEreeri pop hi iCunniniqly p-aad DE into Nl call r#xt_l in* land AQva it dawn a line fCtspy SErMP iP-a^e frnA BKtrd RW1 to tbo icrepn^ call iioMt_lirie ;or two and m* de^hl 1 thpn ftwap it back. Ep 1 iChKh for Dfit parniwttr. r#t ni pop hi call next^line ihteve HL to the next lin#. Id a,Cll) cp 5 djha loapi I*End nf ‘height* Ideip ret f\c cp 0 Id 1,0 ;Fuh di'iqinal ret i iChttCk tor rjnp* $ to 4. i call raabank tOlPCk of RAM back m place. r*t add 3 iftdjust it and use the caJJ rqpblPk ltd baok lb thf rifict me Apr y. apBcial I Id de.tEOOO ;t1ove data FROfl thl* ftddr*lt iDraw all the RAM baok-s., 1 tu 4, Id 1 lU th 1 ft addt'eftft td bE,&4000 iTHIS apount^ Id a,Ixcall mini Idlr |N||h bbi« ma-truct larip Id m^2i Ea 1 1 nini 1d a,3ical1 mini Id «i0 Id a,4itaU Aim call raabank (Put oriqloaJ ABAcrv backi r*t r*t faoess nostras osar iagasf JS69 like to add a noutnne to print an error message. Program 2 in the Basic program will create the RSXs and then nuke itself so save rt before running. When ail is working you will have three RSXs logged on to your system - 5TORESCREEN. FETCHSCREEN and MINISCREEN. They all need the number of a RAM bank to use a number from 1 to 4. miniscreen is special because it also can take the number from 1 to 4. MINISCREEN is Special because it also can take the number O arfter it. Try it and see what it does. Program 3 is a short demonstration you can run after getting the RSXs to work. You must save a screen to disc or tape with which the program can load or. attemaitively, you could write a short routine using DRAW and PLCTT to put squiggles on the screen. So the extra memory is put to good use. If you want a good exercise in programming, try using the RSXs to supply you with some puil'down menus. Pull-down menus are menus which appear on the screen, covering anything which was there previously. Whenever a choice is made from the menu they dsappear and anything underneath is re*drawn, Vou can use STORESCREEN and FETCHSCREEN to prcrtfict the contents of the screen under the menus, Listing 3 - A short Basic derrionstration program, 10 ' Example Basic Program 20 'RSX's HUST already be defined! 30 MODE 1 40 LOAD "‘screen'*, ?:(C000: ' A screen display of your own design- 41 REM Preceed name with ! if using a taoe (SDitJ system 50 FOR a=l TO 5 60 FOR b=l TO 4 70 I ST0RE5EREEf\i, □ SO NEXT d 90 IMINISCREEN,0 100 try changing 0 to 1 acove 110 NEXT a Listing 2 - The Basic H&xCade loader program. 10 ' Machine Code hex Loaded 20 ' SAVE proQrajn before running 30 ' 40 MEMORY 6(7FFf 50 s=0 60 FOR a=«tB000 TO StBOE? 70 READ b»SE)^VAH"&"+D*l GO POKE a,b 90 s=s+b 100 NEXT a 110 IF s<>*'68a9 THEN PRINT "Error in data. 120 CALL SiSOOO 130 PRINT “RSXs installed.” 140 NEiit 150 DATA 01,0E,a0,2l,0A,8O,CD,0l,BC,C9,8C,9F,0£,aO,19,80 160 DATA C3,3A,BO,C3,5C,B0,C3,7£,80,53,54,4F,52,45,53,43 170 DATA 52,45,45,CE,46,45,54,43,46,S3,43,52,45,45,CE,4D 180 DATA 49,4E,49,53,43,52.45,45,CE,00,FE,0l,C0,DD,7E,0O 190 DATA Fe,05,DO,FE,00,Ca,C6,03,CD,5B,BD,2l,00,C0,U,00 200 DATA 40,0l,00,40,ED,B0,3E,00,CD,oB,BD,C9»FE,01,C0,DD 210 DATA 7E,00,F£,05,DO,FE,00,C8,C6,03.CD,5B,BD. 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Any numbsr of datu Hloi: Paraonal, Buslnasa, Account* ate. 12 montho par KJe, up to 100 ontrla* (transaction*) pur month Mov« ■ file forward by a month at a time when required Alt option* selected from the mein menu Up to 9 user-defined accounts: Bank, Cash, Visa, Access etc. Up to 50 user-defined classee of Income and expenditure A reference of up to 6 characters for each entry Your own descriptive text of 18 characters for each entry All the codes are displayed on screen whilst entering data Add, modify and delete existing entries at any dine Ouick insertion of standard entries and standing order* Entries can be sorted into date order automatically Single character ’mark* for even more selective reporting Reports showing each entry In a month or for whole year Spreadsheet type table showing class totsis in each month Report showing class totals for each account Bar charts for up to 4 selected categories Rie chart* of up to id selected ’slices’ Report of mon^ly Income, expenditure and cash-flow etc. Account statistics • monthly max, min, average, balance etc. Detailed Input and Output VAT reportt Automatic calculation of VAt Simply ignore VAT features if they are not required Budget and cash-flow forcasts - may be updated Bata search facility to find ’losf Hems User-defined screen colours Comprehensive manual Two set* of tampie data for practice and familiarisation Free telephone support for as tong aa you need It Connect re uiQc To receive your copy of Money Manager by return post phon* ut now with your credit card number, or write to us at the address below enclosing your cheque for £24.95 01 743 9792 8am-10pni, 7 days a week Connect Software Ltd., 3 Flanchford Rd., London W12 9ND WSiS}^ imstraa user imsi isss FaaasB David Dorn tackles this month’s problems and offers words of wisdom. APPLICATION ADVICE A quick One to Start. A, James, who lives at the Beggar’s Roost has written to tell me that he has a routine to do a fast fill in any mode, any colour, and all tn machine code. It is a pattern fill rather than a solid fill and he has developed it under BBC Basic running under CP/M Plus. It strikes me as being the long way round, I reckon that thb is really one for Liz Ting so get your machine to data statements utility out of the closet, and send it in. Problems with MOll Laszio Cser, of Ashford, Middlesex bought a 6128 tn February, along with all kinds of programs, Among them was Mini Office 11, the Database Software integrated package Cser says: "You will think this is funny but would you tell me how to delete a file in Mini Office without re-formatting the entire disc? This problem has reached a critical stage, as now I have 39 unwanted pieces of text taking up space on the discs," I do not think it is funny but it is one of the common problems beginners have. I can find no facility in the word processor module in MO !l to delete files from disc. What you need to do is, first, never save anything on to the original disc but always use a 'text' disc; this should hold all ybur text files and nothing else. Second, keep a second formatted disc handy, in case there is no room for the file you want to save on the 'tsext' disc. To delete any file, you will have to do the job from Basic, using the ":ERA' command. The syntax is ; ER A*filename.ext''. It is probably a good idea to have separate discs for database files, spreadsheets, and so on, always remembering to keep a blank formatted disc handy for those awkward moments. Phil and Protext/Rodos Pete Ravenscroft of Knowle, Bristol tells me he has been playing with Rodos and Pro text/spell/ merge + on his 664 with memory upgrade and 3,5in. SOOK second drive. This is as a result of Phil Craven's comparative review of Rodos arxJ Ram/Romdos in the June issue. Craven had had problems saving to big discs under Rodos, which Ravenscroft says he does not have. Funnily enough, neither do I. It is nothing to do with the version of Protext on ROM, or Rodos a then What interests me most about .Ravenscroft’s letter is a little throwaway line "Rodos is a big improvement over Amsdos and opens tfie world of different disc drives. I shall soon be attempting to attach a lOMB hard disc." Did you notice it? I will be very interested to ntti7a imstfvi ttsBF iugasi 188 S hear If he manages to get a hard disc up and running, as E am sure hordes of other CPC users will be. There are a few of us who have been pestering various companies to produce a CPC hand drive, so I am sure there is plenty of interest. HELP! I received a letter from Jm Sedgwick in which he apologises for not enclosing some interesting material with his earlier letter, all to do with a printer dump problem. My problem is that we do not seem to have the first Letter Will he send it again? Special Impediments Nicholas De La Haye, aged M, from Guernsey writes to say he has a problem with his speech synthesiser which will talk to him only in a ‘Robot* voice. He has tried u^ng :FEED but cannot get a human-iike sound and Judging by his letter, both he and his 6128 are fed up with it. He asks if there is any way to make the voice tone more human in quality. In my part of the country - Washington, in the north-east - we all sound like SSIs, Seriously though, for the CPC yoo are Stuck with Dalek'like voice sounds. I prefer the infinite variety of words you can produce with phoneme synthesis modules- ROMing all over the world Ben Clewett sent a word- processed but not speli-checked missive from Oxford seeking advice about ROM blowers. More specifically, he asks what programs you can transfer to ROM without breaking copyright laws. Is it just those you have written yourself, or can you transfer any title to which you have iegal access? 1 reckon that there are as many answers to this question as there are people of whom to ask it. My stance is that if you have a program you use a good deai and want it On ROM. 1 can see no harm in doing the job but with certain provisos. You must keep the original disc and not dispose of it in any way. either by sale or a swap. In other words, possession of the original, unaltered packages entitles you to use that package, so long as you required it iegal iy. Since I will not, on principle!, buy any software which cannot be backed-up, I take the view that 1 am entitled to keep a working copy of a program, as well as the original. If I decide to keep that working copy on ROM, rather than on a 3in disc or tape, 1 cannot see it makes any difference. If I sell the original package and keep the ROM for my use. I am in breach of copyright, since 1 no longer hold the licence to use the softwane. So, if the original is sold, the ROM must either be erased or go as part of the package. Graduate Software, whose CP/M Plus ROMs I reviewed in CPC Computing before it and ACU were merged, had the same dilemma. It approached Digital Research and Amstrad with its idea and according to its managing director, got little in the way of reply. It has gone ahead and done the deed, successfully toov so the precedent is there, i hope that is of some assistance to you. You can contact me by Telecom Gold on 74;mik205O, cm' on Pnestel on MBX 914177811 If you prefer to use your modem, Lightpen answers Katy Pow^l of Wisbech. Cambs asks what lightpien she needs to print pictures with her 464 and DMP 2160. The short answer is none but I sense that there is more to the question. Before I go any further with it I have to tell you that, on the whole, a lightpen is my least fevourite input device. 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