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JANUARY 1987 £1.10
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SENTINEL-GAME OF THE MONTH IMPLUS/4 SCREEN DUMPS
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Our original Repton game was immediately acclaimed as a refreshingly new concept:a game requiring dexterity to complete its arcade-style
elements, and clear logical thinking to solve Its strategic puzzles. Repton involves retrieving treasure from cleverly-constructed traps of falling
rocks whilst avoiding the fearsome monsters and haunting spirits. "This is an astounding game reaching new heights in BBC arcade adventures,"
enthused the Micro User magazine.
Last Christmas saw the release of Repton 2, larger and much more challenging than before_ Acorn User's Technical Editor Bruce Smith wrote:
"Repton 2 is better than anything I've played on the BBC Micro or Electron. Brillianti"
Now, completely rewritten and improved for the Commodore, Arrstrad, BBC Micro and Electron, we proudly present Repton 3. For the first time, a
screen-designer is included! try to devise screens that will perplex your friends. then see if you can solve their newly-designed screens. Another
innovation is the character-designer which enables you to design your own monsters. rock& eggs, spirits, diamonds any or all of the game's
characters can be redefined as you wish.
Rept on 3 is much larger than its predecessors — it has 24 fascinating screens, and players who are skilful enough to complete them all can
enter our prize competition described below. All the favourite Repton characters have been retained, together with several new features: a
creeping poisonous fungus which grows at an alarming rate; time bombs and time capsules (for puzzles in the 4th dimension); and golden
crowns as well-deserved rewards for your endeavours. Con YOU complete Repton 3?
COMMODORE 64/128 • AMSTRAD CPC 46416.64/6128
BBC MICROS: B, 8+, MASTER, MASTER COMPACT • ELECTRON
Commodore Cassette. O E9.95 BBC Micro Cassette £9.95
Commodore Disc £11.95 BBC Micro Disc £11.95
Amstrad Cassette £9.95 Master Compact Disc E14.95
Amstrad Disc B14•95 Electron Cassette 69.95
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PRIZE COMPETITION
If you complete Repton 3, you can enter our competition.
Prizes include over E200 in cash, with T-shirts, mugs, badges
and pens for runners-up.
OUR GU AR AN T EE
• All m a ll o rd e rs o re d e sp a t ch e d
within 2 4 h o u rs b y fi rst -cla ss p o st
• Po st a g e a n d p o ckin g is t re e
• T a u t ly ca sse t t e s a n d d iscs vo lt b e
replaced im m e d ia t e ly.
SUPERIOR
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The screen pictures
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Rept on 3.
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CONTENTS
VOLUME 3 NUMBER 4
REGULARS
FEATURES
Data Statements 5
Our monthly look at the home computer scene.
• Communications for Beginners 10
An easy introduction into the world of
communications.
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• Competition
VVin a copy of Cyborg from CRL.
• Club 128
• Micro Clerk
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A look at an excellent business package for
the C128.
On the Blink
We review Blinker 64.
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Our monthly look at Compunet.
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• Sense of Adventure
More reviews from our master adventurer.
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• Making Light Work
A light pen for the C16 and Plus/4.
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• C16 Special Offer
We announce the start of our C16 and Plus/4
Software Service.
'Carte Blanche 7 8
A look at the cartridges available for the C64.
• RS232 8 2
How to use your computers RS232 interface.
• Plus/4 Reference Guide
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A look at a new book from ANCO.
• Fresh Chips 1 0 2
Spruce up your MPS801 with this interesting
chip.
• Sentinel
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• Fault Finding 1 0 9
How to track down your program errors.
The best C64 game this month.
• Contributions
How to write for Your Commodore.
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PROGRAMS
AND UTILITIES
• Kids Stuff
Teaching the toddlers.
• Games Reviews
The latest games reviewed.
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• Select Menu 128
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Add menus to your floppy disks.
• Disk Archive
• Letters
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Back up your disks on cassette.
• Tape Header 9 4
Get. more information from your CI6 tapes.
• Animator 9 5
Generate your own cartoons with this C64
program.
• Dumper 1 0 3
Create copies of your Plus/4 screens on your
printer.
What you have to say.
• Listings 7 1
How to enter Your Commodore programs.
• Software for Sale 8 0
Avoid typists cramp - buy our programs on
tape or disk.
• Rack Page
Prizewinners, caption competition and errors.
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YOUR COMMODORE january 1987
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LIGHTFORCE is the Punishment Arm of
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When a Terran-settled system at the edge of
the galaxy is seized by an alien force,revenge
comes in the form of a lone
LIGHTFORCE fighter.
LIGHTFORCE confronts alien in a dazzling
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street gangs - ATHLETIC,AGGRESSIVE &
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triple-speed moving walkwaysihat circle
• the great MEGACITYS of the 214 Century.
THE ULTIMATE AIM OF EVRY RIDER
is to go "FULL CIRCLE" - to do that,lpie must
fight off the Block Boys,the Cops and the
Vigilantes - as well a ilegotiating the Speed
Traps and Rider Ramps erected by the angry
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NEWS
flTEI ETFITEIIENTS
People on Chips
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Judge Dredd is just one of the colourful
characters being launched on
computer at the moment. Melbourne
House has set him up in Mega City
I which is a metropolis heaving with
dangerous criminals. You must track
down unsolved crimes from giant
apartment blocks to the city streets, to
the deadly chaotic Undercity where the
ruins of the 20th century still stand.
As well as the violent criminals,
there are Robodogs: ancient guard
mahcines escaped from their storage
bunkers and running free. Sattelats are
tin)
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piercing heat-seeking bullets. It's for
the C64 and is 1:9.95 on cassette and
1:12.95 on disk.
Firelord is a new C64 arcade
adventure from Hewson. Set in the
medieval land of Torot, the intending
Firelord must save the land from the
evil queen using fire power, skill and
cunning. The queen has tricked the
dragon into parting with the firestone
and is terrorising the people with
deadly fireballs. It's priced at E8.95 on
cassette and :C14.95 on disk.
Touchline
Melbourne House: 60 High Street,
Hampton Wick, Kingston-upon-
Thames, Surrey KT1 41)B. Tel: 01 943
2688.
Hewson: 5611 Milton Trading Estate,
Mihon, Abingdon, Oxon OX 14 4RX
Tel: 0235 832939.
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apocalypse war. And there are the rats
and brutal subhuman Undercity
dwellers in the lower regions of the
city.
The only certain things are your
judge's training and your trusty
lawgiver pistol with its supply of
ricochet, high explosive, armour-
In On The Act
Lots of Ariolasoft
Activision is releasing a bundle of
Commodore titles to see you through
those long winter evenings.
Tass Times in Tone sown, has you in
pursuit of your missing grandfather
who disappeared leaving a cryptic
message and a receipt for an anchovy
and pepperoni pizza. Your quest takes
you on an intra-dimensiona I vacation
in Tonetown, an ultra-touch village
filled with the tonest assortment of
snousers, doods and tass cits. You
have two objectives to find gramps and
get Lass because if you can't you'll be
booted out of Tonetown. All sounds
very confusing. The only way to sec the
light is to play it. It's E19.99 on
C64/128 disk.
Lakyrinth is the computer game of
the Jim Henson film starring David
Bowie.
In a world of magic and mystery
you'll meet such characters as the
Fireies, Ludo, Hoggle and Sir
Didymus. You are a captive in a world
of twisting mazes and corridors. You
only have 13 hours to unlock the
secrets of the Labyrinth or you'll be
enslaved for ever. It's available on the
C64 at E9.99.
Shanghai is a strategy challenge
game based on the ancient chinese
board game of Mah Jong& It's
available for the C64 at E14.99 on disk.
The rules are deceptively simple. From
144 randomised picture tiles of seven
different suits, players snap off
matching pairs until they run out of
moves. The tiles are stacked in the
shape of a dragon ready for battle and
players can only match tiles from the
dragon's head or tail. It involves
thinking as many as 20 moves in
advance. There are four different
options from Solitaire to a game in
which any number of players can take
part.
Howard the Duck, brought to life
on the movie screen is now starring in
his own computer game. On a remote
volcanic island, Howard must try and
rescue his friends from the dark
overlord. Obstacle and enemies on his
quest include fighting the rapids,
battling the mutants and making his
way to the thrilling finale. Aids to his
journey are a jet-pack, his quack-fu
skills, an ultralite and a lazer. It's on
the C64 at E9.99 cassette and E14.99
disk.
Ever conscious of the Lapping public,
Ariolasoft is bringing out a whole
selection of kill and main games to
keep you happy during the season of
good cheer and beyond,
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Zar jazz is a space arcade game set in a
zone of the galaxy which doesn't obey
any natural laws. This zone leads into
an area of Crazy Space. As an under-
graduate at Marsport University you
have been detailed off to find out what
exists at the apex of the cone shaped
Crazy space.
Summed up by the words shoot
'em up with great music!
It's for the C64 and costs E9.95 on
cassette and £14.95 disk.
Another zany arcade game for the
C64 is Mountie Mick's Death Ride.
Touchline
Activision: 23 Pond Street, Hampstead,
London NW3 21N. Tel: 01 431 1101.
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