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News

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Software

In this month's bumper' bundle we

look at Temple of Apshai trilogy,

011ie's Follies, Price of Magik, Cloak of

Death, Music Compendium, Lapis

Philosophorum, Shamus and Mercen-

ary — The Second City.

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September 1986

Vol. 2 No. 5

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Game

Fence Builder, this month's exciting

type-in game, sets you the task of

constructing a fence under rather less

than straightforward circumstances!

4 ATARI USER September 1986

Contents

Adventuring

Brillig previews Infocom's new

Interactive Fiction Plus game Trinity

and provides clues for those of you

battling bravely with the Enchanter

trilogy.

Five Liners

Mailbag

This month's varied batch of letters

includes such subjects as game

playing in Iceland, using an British

800XL in the States, and more on the

great 1027 pound sign debate.

More prize-winning ﬁve line

including programs

three special clock programs

box.

to help operate your mains controller

Gadgets

Order form

Len Golding continues his hardware

series with the conclusion of last

month's mains control box article.

For subscribers this month, we have a

special offer on Novagen's Mercenary

— The Second City data disc.

5 Advice

Andrew Bennett solves more of your ST-related

problems.

7 Starglider

We preview Rainbird's latest offering — the amazing

3D Starglider.

10 Megamax C

Peter Knowles and Roger Wier take an in-depth look

at Megamax C to ﬁnd out if it lives up to its promise.

14 LaserBase

Andre Willey makes a detailed examination of Laser

Software's LaserBase database program.

17 ST Software

More for the ST. including a look at Sundog and

Phantasie, plus Habaspell, Printmaster and Red Alert.

22 ST Five Liners

We present the ﬁrst of our ﬁve line programs for the

ST — and invite you to contribute yours.

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3 ST Roundup

Mike Cowley previews Atari's plans for the big

autumn showcase, the upcoming PCW Show in London.

September 1986 ATARI USER 5

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