FEATURES
- MELBOURNE HOUSE
Our very own Sean Masterson takes a trip to London and meets the Melbourne
House crew. And gets treated to chicken salad without the chicken. Well,
he IS allergic to cheese...
- SURF'S UP
An Irish software house, very keen on Surfing, have come up with a
surfing simulation for the Spectrum which uses a mini-surfboard. They
invited the press to a launch in Ireland and John Minson went for the
weekend. A telling tale indeed
- THE DOINGS OF DESIGN DESIGN
The final instalment in the story of Simon's Game and Graham's Game. Next
month we should be able to review them both. (No, not Simon and Graham)
- PREVIEW: Friday 13th
A real scary scenario for Domark's latest offering. We were treated to
an early look at the game which stars Jason, a very nasty piece of work indeed.
- PREVIEW: Sweevo's World
A bit of a departure for Gargoyle games, this one. You control a blundering
robot who is pestered by all sorts of nasties in his world. Robin Candy did
some research into this whimsical little number
- PREVIEW: Swords and Sorcery
At last! It's here! One of the most long awaited games is almost ready for
release. PSS have been working on Swords and Sorcery for over eighteen months
and the project is about to bear fruit.
- COMPUTER GRAPHICS
A taster of what's possible to put on a computer screen nowadays. But is
it art?
- ON THE TV SCREEN
Dave Beeson, who works for Central ITV producing animations and graphics
for TV programs once used a Spectrum to illustrate a program on hacking. We
talked to him.
DO IT YOURSELF
- BC's QUEST FOR TIRES
Win a Midi Hi-Fi system in Software Projects' trundling competition, plus
copies of the game and a couple of "Complete Works" packages
- TAU CETI
A stunning game. A stunning competition with more musical hardware to win.
This time it's a Toshiba portable cassette deck. Plus games, of course.
- XCEL
No less than a hundred copies of this elegant arcade/strategy game are on
offer. Design an alien spacecraft and win, win, win.
- ROBOT MESSIAH
A joint competition, in which you could win a SAGA keyboard to encase
your Spectrum in. And there's fifty T-Shirt on offer, to encase you in.
- HACKER
Hack, hack, hacketty hack. Save on telephone bills by entering this
Activision competition in which copies of the hacking game, HACKER can be
hacked.
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REGULARS
- EDITORIAL
With the indexes, too.
- MERELY MANGRAM
A three-page pre-Christmas extravaganza. Lloyd gives the lowdown on some
software that could make a few people happy over the festive season
- NEWS INPUT
A whistle-stop tour of what's been happening over the past few weeks in
the industry we all love.
- FORUM
Lloyd's Live Letters: your news and views aided and abetted by the Bug
Box illustrators
- PLAYING TIPS
Robin's tensing up like a spring to release a megadose of tips next issue.
Meanwhile, he lets a few secrets slip...
- LUNAR JETMAN
More herocs from the dimmest spaceperson in the known (and unknown) universe
- CRASH COURSE
Back in front of the blackboard, Rosetta checks out some more mind-expanding
software. Perhaps we should ask her to review Back to Skool?
- CRASH HOTLINE AND ADVENTURE CHART
- TECH NICHE
Franco Frey embarks upon the penultimate (LMLWD) part of his round up
of fast storage media for the Spectrum, Jon Bates looks at two more MIDI
compatible devices and Simon Goodwin reveals the secrets of the Spectrum's
keyboard in TECH TIPS
- ADVENTURE TRAIL
Derek's really impressed by the game based on the life of Adrian Mole, the
schoolboy antihero. Packing his bucket and spade he heads for Terrormolinos
too - and visits a few other strange parts
- SIGNPOST
Tips and hints from the quill of the master adventurer himself. All in
Brewstercode
- RESULTS
"Draw some dragons", the competition minion said a little while ago. This is
the sort of thing you drew. Plus the names of more than a few lucky winners.
- FRONTLINE
Sean Masterson goes on a campaign in the Napoleonic War this month. He's
impressed with what he finds.
The Bumper Christmas Issue, with free giant OLIPOSTER goes on sale
on 12th December. Miss it and your Christmas won't be happy
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