MSX Computing - Feb-Mar 1986

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REGULARS4 NEWS. Start here for all thelatest on the next Konami cart,Spectravideo s robotic armpls information on hardwarenew companies and the firstcamera to inteace wth anMSX micro

1 2 POSBG. Yor chance tocritcise or praise or impart a

few words of wsdom MSXComuing is or magane sodrop s a ine and let s hearhat ove got to sa

27 REDER INFO. Check otthe featres and reviews oma have missed and makesre o dont miss or nextcop b taking ot a newsbscription now

62 HGH SORES. Catch pon the ver atest megascores

from or trigger-happ, jostick-jggling aien-appingreaders Can o better them?

FA TURS14 BSI OURSE. Or reglar comnist Tim Markesshows o how to dispa orotpt to its best advantagewth tips and words ofadvice onPIT laot.

21 OMPEIION. Win orsef a chance to get behind thewheel of oad Fighe or

February/March Editor: Hazel James Assistan Edtor Julia Aexander A Editor:Rchad Gril Photography Phlip Habib, Matthew Banes PublisherGareth Renowden Pubishing Drector: Eric Vedon-Roe AdveisIng Manager Nel Adtt Adveising Executive Jo Muray

Production Manager Julia Cox

O coe feate th s month s a eew of the CAT, a sophstcated npt dece jstaed fom Japan.

Lookng lke an psde down mose the CAT can be sed wth games gaphcs and wod

pocess ng packages a ke We ted t ot wth two specay desgnedcatdges pls seea games cats yng aondthe offce wth some nteestng eslts.

lt s easy to ope ate and f n to se and one of themost esatle comp te conto e s aa able fo MSX We fond ots of ses fothe CAT so why not ead fo yosef how yo can se t wth nyoownMSX system.

MSX Computng s pubshed and distributedby Haymarket Publishng Ltd 3842 Hampton Road Teddngton Mddesex TW11 OJE (01977 8787).Subscrptons: UK £16; Euope £20; verseas £20; Aima/Midde East£35; Arma/USA Can Afr nd £42 Amai/Aust NZ Japan £45 Back

numbers rom Book Sales 1214 Ansde Street London W8 5TR 019377288) Evey care s taken n compng the contents o ths magazne toensue that they are coect and accurate but the pubisher can assumenoresponsbty fo any eects om eors or omissons Manuscrpts copyand taped stngs ae submttedentey atthe owner's sk. Prces and dataae accepted by us n good ath as beng coect at the tme of gong topress Prces quoted in the edtoal are supped by manuactures andmay de from shop pces © 1986 Haymarket Publshng Ltd

game of the ear for1985. Pls theres for exclsive digitalwrst-watches p for grabs too!

32 DVENURE QUES. Orntrepd adventrer, Mke Gerrard, ntrodces the atest epicadventre from evel 9, The Wom in Paadise Hes alsomanaged to drag hi mself awafrom The forlongenogh

to answer ths months crop ofreaders probems

DPTS

34 GMES. ind or waarond Sorcer and resce athe sorcererswith orexclsivecomplete ma of Virgins poplar game

RE .VIWS

PRINOU. Six more booksthis month incding an MSXintrodctor text a cope ofgenera interest tites on wordprocessing and how to debgor own programs

37 SOWRE SENE.Weve 11 pages of softwarereviews this isse incldingYie A Kung Fu and The Sece Dia o Adan Moe

LISTINGS52 Look ot keboardsherewe come with 1 pages ofist ings to ke nto or microthe re all tried tested andread to go



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Philips marketing managerSteve Pal claims the offer isaimed at stimating and promoting interest in home and personal compter saes

Compter cabes normallycost beteen £4 and £2 sotaking advantage of the Phi lipspromotion cold save yo a bit

To claim yor free cable allyo have to do is compete thepre-paid reply card thats in thebox and spply detais of themake and mode nmber ofyor compter and monitorPhilips il arrange tohave yorcable despatched ithin 24hors.

t yoll have to hrry theoffer ony lasts nti the end ofMarch, 86

or frther details contactPhilips on 0-68 266

Th Robot am th latst addon fom Scta vido

Spectra video

up1n armsNo yo can amaze yorfriends and stn the neighborsith Spectravideos atestperipheral for yor MSXcompter

lt is a robotic arm calledsrprisingy enogh, Robotrm lts from the Qickshotstable, a company el knonby game fanatics for its range ofjoysticks

The arm s approximately

to feet high and costs £35t orks by simply being plgged into the joystick port of yorMSX via a special interface nitand is controlled by a programcalled Rogo

lthogh the arm is really anpmarket toy it is capable ofpicking p paper clips andscooping p rbbers or othersmal l objects

Spectravideos Keith Neman tells s that the arm iscontrolled by sing to joy

sticks and that it is designed togive yongsters an insight intorobotics and programming

He also adds that anyoneith basic programming skils

cold rite their on programfor the arm

YamahaupgradeYamaha is gearing p for a May

lanchof its mark to version ofthe CX-5M MSX micros yet price details have not

been finaised bt give to yo anidea Yamahas prodct salesspecialist im Corbett hi nts thatits nli kely to be nder £400

The ne machine ill have28K RM improved graphicsfaciities and a more poelsond generator This is theSG5 hich i l alo yo tocreate split keyboard sondsand layered sonds as if yoere sing a professionalsynthesiser

Theres also good nes forexisting CX5M oners hosebdgets cant rn to bying aload of ne kit Yamaha ill belanching the SG05 as aseparate plgin sond nit sothat athogh yo cant takeadvantage of the extra memo yo can pgrade yormicros synthesiser capabilities This ll cost £5

Corbett also tels s that deto high Christmas sales Yama

ha has completey sold ot ofexisting CX-5M micros andont be restocking becaseof the arrival of the nemachines

We ere hoping that stocksold last nti May hen elanch the ne machine btthe demand has been so greate ran ot of stock for monthsahead of schede he tells s

Ultimate

in -lien 8 the mch aaitedarcade adventre from Ultimate has finally been released.

The game is avaiable oncassette costs £5 and incorporates the very latest in 3Dcompter graphics

s the title sggests theaction takes place on board aspace craft Yor task is torestore all cryogenic life sp

po systems and knock ot thealiens that have penetrated theship

Ultimate has another tite inthe pipeline caled Nightshade bt as yet a lanch date hasntbeen decided pon



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Joysticks in a flash for Lightningightning has strck a deal topromote and distribte theSncom range of joystcks

nitially the company il beseing the aready poplar SlikStik Starfighter and TC2

joystcks hich can easily besed ith MSX micros

Lightning il also be sellingSncoms latest release thene TC3 joystick hich hasa pistol grip, top handle fire

btton and to base firngbttons

The TC-3 is aimed at serios gamesters and ill retalfor arond £12 More information on 1 -6 834

Three newtitles from

Aackosoackosoft has lined p toaction packed fighter planettles and a database for release in the next fe eeks

The first to be released i beits Aackopresto databasepackage hch ill be availableon floppy disk or cassette for£3995.

Hot on the heels of thisrelease, ackosoft is lanchngto more titles ai ed moreat the games end ofthe marketThese ill be Jet Bomber at£695 and Jet Fighterf£795.oth i ll be on cassette

Jet Fighter is a flight simlator hich has the nsa

distinction of beng designed tobe sed ith to MSX microslinked p via the joystick portsSo no yo can bast yor bestfriend ot of the skies all ingood fn, of corse! Watch thisspace for more details



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Rev up yor software by increasing speed up tothree imes with EXPRESS. Load commercal or yourown sofware then save in a choce o four speeds.

Veriy command, tape header reader and easynstructions make EXPRESS a simpe tility to use.Available on cassette for MSX machines wth morethan RAM only rom M.A.X.Price £695 includes p/p f (Overseas add p&p)Cheques payable to MA.X

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Ease the strainYong micro games addicts

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t £2 the jnior specs arentcheap bt olle claims, they'renot only shatter-proof bt theyalso ct ot bleviolet lighthich is beieved to be aprimary case of eye strain

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If yo are then Draplgmight have jst the soltionTe company has designed aforin-one 3-amp plg caledMltiine

The Mltine has been designed for hi-fi and comptingenthsiasts ho have lots ofire and adapters and oldn'tmind a neater and smalleralternatve

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or rther detals contactDraplg Electrcals on 843)6877

Stop that mains-borne inteerence · put a plug in it!f yor MSX is prone to interference rom yor electricity spply CR Components may beable to solve yor problem

The company has designeda special plg called simplyThePlg hch it claims ill filter otmains-borne interference

The Plg costs£ 6 and lookslike an ordina 3-amp lg

K that crrnt clan withTh lg from LCR Comonnts

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"The Austin haven't just produced, in THE WORM IN PAADISE, a new titletheyve created a whole new ball game inadventure technology . he latest titleoffers a 000word vocabula the mostsophisticated pser eer incorporated ina cassettebased adventure and the refnement of multitasking . Youd have tospend n evening with a Rogets hesaurusto come up with enough superlatives to do

justice to THE WORM I PAADISE; itnot only offers stunning (albeit at timesdisturbing) oginality in the oveorkedrealm of science fiction but also embodiesstateofthea programming techniqueswhich will allow you effolessly to givereign to your powers of creative deduction

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"I will describe this game in 3 words: Sheerunadulterated brilliance Rarely have played such a wondeful entallingadventure . he puzles e enteainingtough and logical. he storyline is immaculate in ts originality concept, andapplication his game incoorates evel9s new pser which has to be used to bebelieved Complex, and multiple nput

An AMTIX ACCOADE "The game ve good n tes of interacton . fascnatingly oiginal and clever. OVERALL 91 °

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Modemf y' re after a mdem fr yrMSX it cd be rth yrhile lking at Miracle Technlgys WS2000 hich hasjst been redced.

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5star serviceMSX sftare dealers seem tbe springing p all ver thepace and the atest is inNthamptnshire

Caled Fve Star the cmpany has been in bsiness frjst ver a year seli ng sftarefr ther micrs bt has jstentered the MSX arena inrespnse t the high demandfr sftare

Five Star can be lcated at55 Gld Street, NrthamptnNrhants. Tel: 0604) 25028.

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I've seen three packaes,Aakobase (£45), KmasDatabase (£1995) and MTsDatabase (£12.95)

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Card queriesI wold lke to say how mch Ienjoy yo maazne and hopeyo keep p he hh standad

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What I wod ke to know sdo I need an adapte fom boho these companes or thecards or are they all sandad?T A MorganTyne and Wear

We contacted Eectrc Sotware with your query andtaked to the companys

programming engineerGiles Nunn.Gies tells us that there s

no set standard or Beecardsand So Cards. He aso wenton to say that the two card$are totay dierent n designand that you w need separate adapters.

Electric Sotwares adapter costs £795 and HudsonSots adapter costs £ 4.95.

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During the past few weekswe've spent a ot of timepaying with a cat. You maybe surprsed to know that tsnt the four-egged varietybut the latest nput device to

arrive here from Japan.he 001 rack-baoherwise known smpy as theA is from AL Laboratoriesin okyo and is availabe fom Nemesis Distibion for£7995 with eihe he ddy graphics cartridge or he MUE Msic Editor

o look at he A is a verysimple and nsophisticated device l is sqae-shaped wih abrown and cream base and hasa togh plasic casing In he

centre is a arge plasic balwhich roaes and o the let of itare wo lage sqareshapedred and cream cono bttons

he designers obvioslyconcenrated on performanceand reliabi y rather han looksas the A isn nearly asappealing to the eye as Wigmore oses MS2000 mose

Yet despite its appearanceand blky design he Adoesthe ob is been designed forvey well and is simpe ose oo

o operate he A a yohave to do is make sre it ispgged into he second oysick port of yor micro androtae the ba with yor handike the ighpen mose andMarconis RB2 tracker ball heA id ih i

X-Y crsor control on yor Vormonior screen

B how does the Aactaly work? Bascay itsinterna mechanism s designed along he same lines as

the mose and RB2 he bal issspended on hree pons twoof which are se on freeyroatng aes se a right angesWhat al hi s means is hat whenyo se the A and rotate thebal o position the crsor hemovements are ransfered toan optica timing device senside the nit

hese signals are then translated via phototransisos andelecical plses ono yorscreen where they are sed to

either gide he crsor rondthe screen or fo seecing iemsfrom a men already listed

As weve mentioned a readysing he A is vey easy andceainly beats fidding aondwith he crsor conro keys!Jst a qick fick with he fngerand the crsor speeds acrossthe sceen or traqickmovements spinning he bal isal has reqired

owever we fond tha idoes take ime to ge sed o the

wobby feel of the ball and acople of times we fondorseves sing i pside downwhich epains why the csorkept moving o the top of hescreen insead of the bottomBt as wih mos things practice makes perfect

Of ih f

he A can reay do mch atal ornately Nemess sseling it with the choice ofwo carridgebased sowarepackages So for yor £7995yo can have eher msc or

graphics software o compement yor A Both of hecarridges can also be boghseparatey for £2495

Boh of the cartridges aeprobably familiar to yo as heyhave been reviewed separateyn previos isses of MSComputing, bt his is he firstime theyve been sed wh heA

ALs Msic Edio caledMUE fo sho is a programaimed at msic bfs who are

keen to wrie and composemsic wh ther MSX When the carridge s firs

plgged in yo ae providedwith a rendiion of BachsFugue which is designed ogive yo a rogh idea of hesoftwares f msica potential With eight mens a yordisposa yo can write a scorefor each of he hree msicchannes so its possibe tocompose anyhing from a simpe dity to a flblown sym

phonyWhats more if yore noentely saisfied wh yor maserpiece yo can change hetempo move a few crotchetsand qavers arond or completey erase the entre scoe



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and start afreshUsing the CAT with thispackage is a doddle Movingthe notes and inserting additional ones is so much easierthan using a joystick or thecursor control keys whichcan be awkward when you'rerapidly trying to compose amelody.

Editing your composition isaso an easy operaton orexample to move a crotchet ora sharp, position it over the

correct stave by rolling the ballwith your finger When it's inposition press the red controlbuon and the notes or notatonmarks will drop into place simple

Having tried the CAT withMU we then tried t out wththe graphics cartridge

Eddy contains all the

necessary equipment for turning your screen into an artist'scanvas lt provides you with arange of tools that includespencils, brushes, erasers, colours and compasses.

Using Eddy with the CAT schild's pay When the programis inserted into your micro amenu appears on the screenust rol the ball unti the cursorpoints to the function you wishto use press the red controlbutton and away you go

Wtha few smple move

ments you can draw manydifferent shapes in a variety ofcolours design paterns, drawdiagrams and save your creations to disk or cassette. Al l thiscan be done with the roll of a balland the press of a button

The CAT can also be usedwith HAL's games cartridges

that bear a CAT' symbol. teven seems to work with othercarts too we had successwth a variety of games fromdifferent suppliers If you'reli kely to be playing a fast-actionarcade game though, we recommend usng a standardjoystick designed for continualuse The CAT's contro buttonsaren't really designed to beused repeatedly or rapid fringover long , sweat -soakedperiods of time

Bearing in mind that we havetried many other perpherals,we were still ve impressedwith the CAT's quality flexbilityand precision control. And likethe mouse and tracker ball wefeel that th is type of device is farsuperior to the likes of lightpens, graphcs tablets andoysticks.

t doesn't cause the armfatgue that lghtpen users suffer nor does your arm blockpa of the screen when it is inuse The other advantage isthat, unlike the graph pad itdoesnt take up too much deskspace either

But perhaps the biggest pluss that the CAT s ve sensitiveand so easy to control somuch so that it is almost a

at ra t si t r ha d

At £7995 the CAT is by nomeans cheap, and software forit is limted at the moment But,as the user base grows, we'resure that more software wi appear as it has done in apanand the CAT's versatilty andusefulness will increase Whoknows, maybe one day t wlltotally replace the functons ofthe cursor keys n word processng lightpens in CAD/CAMdesgn and joysticks in positonal control ie controlling and

di recting robots.t can also be an ideal tool foryoung children to use as theydon't need to read or recognseshapes that a keyboard demands And t can be beneficialor disabled or handicappedpeople who can't quite managea keyboard.

The CAT's potential is onlylimited b the skill and imagination of its user and we're surethere's plenty more applicatons to whch t would be ideaysuited . And if you are a competent programmer you couldeven write your own sofwarefor t.

We couldn't put the CATdown and we think that in time itwll be recognsed as one ofthe most versatleMSX h l t



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passags? Mike Gerrard, archadventurer, is her_,

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onh before geng ono he ao een oadenure loes he eeaseof Leel 9s T Wom i

Paais, he final par of heilogy hich began ih Sowbal and oed onhough Ru o E. lsLeel 9s bes ee release iny book bu ore of halaer

Frs eer s from JoahaFoske of whe, also cocerg a evel 9 e Cooss Adenue Joaha ca gepas he hssg gree sake he al of s soo afeeeg he degod cave

ewok. ed hssg back ahm, Joaha? o hadoes work vey we does ?Wha yo have o do s , readgbackwards DIB IWEKAS E GIF hameas yo have o solve aeale pobem ad f yo camaage ha he yo have owe aga.

Sl wh eve 9 hs meReun o Eden ad SeveCheg I hk of Cleehopesasks how he ca ge dow he

clff ha game. Wel , Seve,yo have o bear md heae of he plafe o hesace of he pae ad:SOO S-AA EO SDEEUO, ad has o a msspell g js ypca of he ps may of he eve 9 les.

I re for hs help, Sevehas gve me some ces oass o o oher readers I

hk s a good dea o do asmch of hs as possble hecolm as does seem hamos SX owers are ew ocompes ad also hereforeew o adveres eedgpley of hep o ge hem gog.If yod aheo read he ceso so os he yo do haveo, of cose, ad has whyheye pred backwards. IRed Moon he Seve says fyo ca ge hogh he smaldoo OO SU AAE. Ifyo ca hold he swodOAC OVE D UOAKOO. Ad f yo ca ge hecos: EG AAD IF.

Oe eader I was abe ohelp was Kev Walsh of Cashgay, oaw Co Waeford,Ere, who s payg ohloresSec Oeons ad caoge pas he gad a hecompod gae. Ca ayoe

o hee help hm o ha oe?I ecko were al gog o be

eedg o hep each oher oevel 9s aes, The Wom nPdse, whch has s beeeleased a 99 ad has kep

me ehaed sce I fs gohold of a copy. Eve f yohave payed ay of hem(ad why have yo? mosreades w l pobaby be awaeha eve 9 has bee wokgs way hogh wha has beecalled he Sco Dream rlogy of advees feargKm Kmberey. B yo doeed o have payed eheSnowb o Reun o Eden osar o hs fal pa, whch

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coes he scece fcoheme a advere coag over 200 locaos al saed fac wee back he reams of hosads oflocaos haks o he re ofhe deaded colo codes. I washopg wed see he as ofhese Snowb o schck

Wom n Pdse akespace o he pae Ede some1 00 years o so afer he me ofhe frs wo adveres adhe plae has cealychaged. Al yo kow whehe game begs s ha yo area resde of he megaposcaled Eoch beyod hayo remember ohg. So yojs have o vesgae headvere o ry o fd owhas gog o ad wheheryo shod be dog ayhgabo . I hk s fary safe oassme ha yo shold bedog somehg ke maybesavg he wod sho d yogehe chace os arescored fo eahg reasres, s for eplog he cyad sog o he problemsyo mgh ecoe As ye Ims raed a layer, hogh hk shold a eas ry o



mae the next grade, that ofAdventrer.

To do that Ill have to figreot whats going on . The gameopenswith yo in the northwestcornerof a paradise garden . . .

so if this is paradise, wheresthe worm? Ah-ha in the centreof the garden stands a treecontaining an appe Can yoreach the apple? No not withot a little assistance bt whenyodo so the temptation to biteinto it is obvosly very greatindeed. First tme rond I resisted, and after wanderingrond the garden and findingnot mch else of interest apartfrom a oced door, I sddenywoe p Yes fos, it was all adream, and here I was in analcove wearing a dream-indcing visor to prove i t!

Before giving yo some in dication of what happens in thatpat of the game, bac to thegarden and a differentcorse ofevents sho d yo choose tobite the apple dont thin it wilspoil the game for anyone if describe a little of this, too, asthe appe is the first thing yofind and yo're obviosy goingtoty biting it as well as not bitingit. Sin yor teeth into it, thogh

and thats where the wormmaes its debt, falling ot ofthe apple writhing on thegrond growing and growingand finaly smashing its way otof the garden throgh one ofthewas. Very biblical indeed.

Followthe worm into anotherbnch of sightly maze-lieocations . . and yo soon waep again. Not before discovering, thogh, that theres a

Wee back in theeams ofthousands of

ocations thanksto the deadedcoou codes'

snoozing behemoth with aloose scale on ts sin, a scaleyo cant reach Not yet, anyway. The worm has hot-footedit or whatever is the wormyeqivalent, and if yo wae thebehemoth t natraly follows

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yo intent on mischief Canyo dodge it before yo waep? Is tere a way ot acrossthe ravine? Il eave that p toyo to find ot, bt theres alovely probem in there, thesotion of which reqires yoto time things to perfection.

If and when yo wae p, yodscover not only the visor btthat yo are also wearing thefamiiar tradclads a not-sofamiliar plastc colar, and adecidedly nfamiliar tattoo

which is wel worh examining.Ot ofthe acove and yore in acentral area wth more acovesal arond yo, all of which yocan dream in with different andintriging reslts. ow manycles are there in the differentdreams?

Throgh a plastic tnnel to anorh-soth corridor and offhere are several interestnglocations inclding a plastccasino contanng a one-armedbandit. More pn and games

from evel 9 here bt can yowin at the games? I thin itsrigged, myself. In a pet shopclose by yo' l discover a loveable dagget, and esewhere aless loveable cp of good oldlentil cstard.

lt's best not to tae too manyitems as the Enoch bobbies arepretty hot stff when it comes tocitiens caryng nathorisedobjects, and on-the-spot finesare in force. I f yo can't pay thefines yo may be whised off tothe body ban, where poorhmble worers lie yo canraise a bit of cash by handingover some of yor organs forse by the privileged classes.

The Enoch heath system isone that provides the greatest

good for the greatest nmber atmnmm cost, bt if yore partof the minority who have expensive ilnesses then thats badnews for yo.

I cold cary on describngthe game for pages more, btthat wold eave yo nothing todiscover for yorseves, thoghwhat can tell yo is that Level9's Astin family has devisedan even-better adventre program than before. Not jst forthe content, althogh that in

deed s excelent, bt for thecomprehensive natre of theirnew programming techniqes

For a stat the program ism ti-tasing. Yo still have theWORDS or PCTURES option,toswitch the graphics of and on

'�again bt for the first time venever resorted to WORDS onlyas the program is designed sothat the text and graphics areactally rnning totally separatey.

When yo arrive in a locationthe pictre starts drawing at thetop of the screen, bt yo canstill enter commands nderneath, and if yo leave thatlocation the pctre stops drawing at whichever point it hadreached and the graphics forthe next location staappeang

This doesnt seem to slow theprocessing of the text down toonoticeably, and for me seemsthe perfect answer to the text v.graphics argment.

The program aso allows yoto type ahead, which s not arevoltionay step, bt thecommands are no longer thefamiliar Level 9 two-word inpts, instead they can be farlylengthy sch as GET APPLEGO NORT, BITE APPLETEN GO SOUT AND WAT.

f you can'tay

the fines you maybe whised oto the body ban

to aise a bitof cash

This has been familiar inother adventres for a whle,bt what evel 9 has done is

improve the games vocablayrecogniton so that it nderstands over 1 000 words whichis probaby more than I do fyo ty to se a word whichmay be in a location descriptionbt is not in the sable vocablay then yo'll be told that theword is there jst for bacgrond atmosphere whichsaves yo from trying to climbthingsthat cant be climbed andopening things that cant beopened.

A wonderfl game a rond,so wonderfl that I seem tohave devoted amost the entirecolmn to it, bt no apologiesfor that becase, as I said at thestat, t's the best adven- �t re to come from Level 9.



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Man and machine merge to form an excitingand powerful racing force in onamis Hyper Ray undoubtedly one of the best MSXgames produced for 1986.

Hyper Ray incorporates 1 3 stages eachone differing from the one before Theinclusion of a variety of scenarios and racingconditions including ice is quite a challenge.

amiliarising yoursef with the carscontrols before you start is most importantbecause otherwise you ll geet yourself intosome sticky situations on the race track.

Using either a joystick or keyboard youare in charge of a smart red raly car andhave the following controls at your d isposasteering either left or right two gears highand low an acceerator and a brake.

A green landscape complete with mountains in the far dstance makes up thescenaro on the first level. nformation suchas your score car speed gear fuel meterand the stage time runs across the screentop.

At each rally stage you are given a targetto complete for instance if you star off atpol position 380 you need to reach poeposition 350 by passing 30 cars before youcan qual ify for the second stage.

The road in each stage fatures bendsand straights where you can realy build upspeed You need to be pretty nippy whentrying to dodge the other cars because i f youbump into one your car loses a lot of fue

* * * Great realy liked it !N/A Not appicabl e

Running out of fuel causes your car to grndto a halt

On the second stage youpass through aninky back tunne lit up by rows of red ghts.Icy wastes feature in the thi rd stage makingdriving a nightmare.

The fourth stage i simila r except that it isdusk and a beautiful red gow lights up thesky Even the snow atop the mountains hasa pinkish glow Night time falls on the nextrally stage and the cats eyes are the onlyway of te ling where the road is

After the sixth stage in which the carspretend to cross over the lanes and thendont ve devious you move into atorm complete with forks of lightnng.

As usual onami has used superb soundand graphics in its game The noise of thecar accelerating and deceerating is totalyrealistic and the screen scrolls so smoothlythat you realy feel youre there

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t' s out with your hoppers oe agai as youattempt to operate a heiopter resu�see i amog the oil rigs of the NothSea

lts a pretty bleak pae ad t's a pity thewire-frame graphis of the view outsde theheliopter dot m ath up to the detai of theistrumetatio ad the exellee of thesoud, but they do't so thats that

We havet yet worked out how the meyoure resui g from out of the sea maageto get i there i the first plae, otiualyfallig i right i the midd le of owhere, butyours is ot to reaso why, yours is to get outthere ad resue them

or this you eed at east oe joystik orpreferably two though you a use theursor keys i plae of the seod joystik ifyou lke

Oe of the oystiks s used to otrol theirease/derease of the throttle, admovg the ose lef ad right, whie theother takes are of movig the ose up addow ad rolig left ad right

You begi by havig to take off from a rigad though the istrutios are prettyomprehesive about flyig heliopters igeera, they dot atually tel l you how bestto tae off Not that that takes too log towork out

Oe youre up i the air a itte ma

mi raulously pops his head up i frot of thestrumet pael ad tells you the bearig ofthe frst of the me you have to resue. Thss pred out for you at the top of the sree,though t aoygly disappears from time totime

Your ow urret positio is give at thefoot of the sree, ad aother miorrritatio is that the atitude ad ogitudhere reversed so you go ross-eyedomparig figures

or a overall view of where you are youpress M' for a map ad you aso get adifferet (side-o vew whe you're doigyour resue at

Resuig a ma is doe by hoverigsteadly ad lowerig a rope, whih requiresa retty sure had o the joystik Miorirritatios apart, this is a firstass programfor those who maybe fd the fu ll aeroplaeflight si mulators just a ittle too omplex toope wth

Graphis are simple though seagu ls adpassg boats do their best to add to thereality, but the soud is great espeialy themessages reayed by the friedy little awho pops up your hopper Nowadays,£5 is a fairly typial pre for MSXsoftware, whh is stl slghty expesive, butyou eaily get a good program for your

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Rather a otrast to Orpheuss aradeadveture, Eidon whih was oe of ourfave raves i a reet issue, ad thisompilatio of three od favourites at east

olour.here are fve ski l levels i this oe from

a istat respose to a ets go ad make aoffee while were waitig respose Atleast you should fid somethig to suit yourleve of play, though the large graphis arerather uattrative.

�nas the virtue of beig eoomi, eve if it ispretty average ad we would't havethought darts was altogether regarded as aboard game, either.

The tape begis with a versio ofdraughts about whih theres othig muhto say exept that you oly get oe leve ofplay ad the omputer seemed to us prettyeasy to beat o that

Ateratively you a have a two-playergame as the seod program, Trersioffers a variatio o Othello/Reversi allowg three people to play as wel as the usuatwo.

he thrd player gets to be gree whihmakes a hage from blak ad white fat its quite a iterestig hage to atraditioal game.

f youre ot famila r with Othel lo/Reversitype games, players take it i turs to plaeouters o a board usual ly larger tha the8 8 offered ere, whih must oet upto oe of the piees al ready o the board,ad whih must also reverse at least oe ofyour oppoets piees piees aretherefore reversed whe they'r aught

Das ist the most obvious of games to

ove for the omputer but that does'tstop programmers tyig.This attempt has ovelty vaue for a while,

but that soo wears off You a play o yourow or agaist a oppoet though otagast the omputer.

There are also two types of game, 301 -upor 501 -up . Eah dar is aimed, basially bytryg to ie up your x ad -ordiates Amarker moves left ad right aross thebottom of the sree first of al , ad youtry tostop this i the plae that you wat it, the amarker moves up ad dow ad whe youstop this the dar hits th� board at the poit

·where the two markers rossts really othig to do with the rea thig,

the, but amusig eough for a whie,although httig the r ght sores has more todo with luk tha judgemet.

hree games for u der a fiver is at leastvalue for moey but for twie the prie youould get somethg thats te times as



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t sms Konami can do no wrong with itssports simulations and Boxing is th latst

in a long l in of xclnt cartridgs from itssports stab lt works a littl lik th martial as gams

that hav bn so popular in th arcadsand on hom micros ovr th last fwmonths in that two opponnts squar up to_ach othr and ach has a rang of punchsthat can b usd according to th joystick orkyboard movmnt sctd.

Th graphics ar vrything w'v comto xpct with a sidon viw of a ringagainst a backdrop of chr ing fans

h fightrs ar rasonably dtaildcomplt with shadows and thy hav a

paicularly nifty lin in footwork althoughnothing lik as nifty as th rfr whoappars from nowhr whnvr thr'sany counting out to b don!

Thr ar two gam lvls for bginnrsand vtrans and in ach you can ithrplay against th computr or t bating upyour bst frind Any combination ofkyboard and joystick can b usd thoughw can imagin som futur battling forkyboard suprmacy if no joysticks aravailabl!

You hav nin typs of movmnt at yourdisposal and on th joystick ths corrs

pond to th four compass points with and

without th firbutton dprssd and thfirbutton aon usd for a b

You can hav upprcuts or a bit ofbobbing and waving and your cainlygoing to nd a grat da of that if you ardaring or silly nough to t to tak onan opponnt ik th hulking M B Ali at thvtran lv

: ' How wl your doing for stamina isrcordd on a row of boxing glovs at thfoot of th scrn which gradually disappar as your opponnt battrs away atyou and which look unpasanty lik a row .

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of grinning skulls. · ·_

Your computr opponnt is prtty toughvn on th bginnrs vl and its som

tim bfor you can actually gt th rightcombinat ion of movmnts to gt th rsultthat you want rathr than just thumpingaway and hoping for th bst . . . or hopingfor th bll

If you can suiv thr rounds thrfr will mak his points dcision and aswith all ths Konami gams its litttouchs l ik th shouts from th crowd thauthntic ding' of th bll and th whistlingsound of a narmiss that mak al thdiffrnc

Konami's Boxing dfinitly knocks thstuffing out of most of th rst of this month's

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aircraft from shps or rturnng tm trwhn ful gts low or simpy moving th unitto whrvr you ik . . . athough movingships ovr land somtims provs to b a bittricky

t's Jun 94 and six months aftr thJapans attackd Parl Harbour Thynow hav thir sights st on Midway Island

in th mid Pacific and it's th turning point inth war for contro of that ocan You takcommand of th S Pacific flts thoughquit how your MSX wil rgard its task ofblasting th Japans out of th skis 'm notsur

Rgardlss of th dubious tast ofturningany ral lifordath war situation into acomputr gam PSS dos at last do thmthoroughly for thos who noy that kind ofthing and this on offrs you thr gamvls and six gam spds within ach ofthos lvls

Control is kyboard or joystick and your

main scrn is obviousy a map of Midwaysand and surrounding aras From this youcan prss th 1 6 kys to summon up thstrngths of th variousforcs involvd andinstructions to your individual forcs argivn by moving a sight around th scrnand prssing th firbutton whn it ispositiondovrthunit you'r intrstd in .

From tim to tim thr wil b attacks byth findish Japs and again you mov thsight to fir back on th shps or plans to

prvnt thm dpting your own prciousforcs.Th sound and graphics on ths occa

sional battls ar prtty poor whn compard to an xplosiv arcad gam and thmap is nothing to writ hom about withsimp outlins and numbrs rprsntingth various forcs

Wargaming nthusiasts won't worry toomuch about th nictis of graphicshowvr and thr's plnty of stratgicthinking dmandd ofyou if your to nsura Yank victo

Th asy v stacks th odds in your

favour whil you larn th gam lv two sth normal gam and lvl thr chckswhthr you can stil l win vn with th oddsagainst you

hr's also a SAVE option if it taks youlongr than on sssion to conqur thJapans. Not for vryon thn particularly pacifists but a good xampl of its kind



positiond ovr th unit you r intrstd in . larly pacifists but a good xampl of its kind

or a fiveond rogram Anglosoft hasrodced a remarkably comrehensive and

easytose iece of sotware , a llowing yoto design srites n either a 1 6 1 6 or 8 8grid, or redefne yor character set on an88 grd

All the choices can be sed with eitheroystick or keyboard otions and thecomrehensive instrctions nclde a cole of rograms for loading n yor owncharacter sets on ether SCREEN 0 orSCREEN 1

he cons are easy to nterret with annitia bt of hel from the nstrctions One

allows yo to insect the varios srites inthe file yore working on ( to 254 of 8 8and 62 of 6 6) and another to coy onesrite into another srte nmber sefl ifyo want the same shae bt with fornstance different colors or with one or womino r alterations.

Mrror images and rotations are alsostraghtorward otions, as s a reversal of asrite's colors

ts the versatility of Sprte Desgner thatwll be of most nterest to rosective sershowever and Anglosoft ses the nowseemingly oblgato cons as art of ts

desgn screen

he rogram also has an overlay otionallowng yo to al ocate a ane to a srite todecide whch asses n front of which with 2 on screen at any one tme rovided there

are no more than for on any one li neo left sees the famliar gr id where yo

move the crsor arond to fill or erase thesqares to make yor srite, ths beingdislayed normasize at the foot of thescreen so yo can see how yor artisticendeavors are dong

o the right of the gr id is the color alettealowing yo to set yor foregrond andbackgrond color otions, thogh thesearedislayed only on the smal srite, notonthe enlarged grid Pressng C takes yo tothe color alette, S' to the srite designergrid, and ' to the ten icons at the right of thescreen

he best featre is the animation otion,which shold test whether yove really gotthe makings of another Wat Disney or not nany one seqence of srite movements yocan create ten frames in each of fivedrections (for directions ls stationary)and these can ncororate for anes ofriority movement for assng before andbehnd other srtes

Wth srtes and data saveable to tae orrntable as he decimal or binary nmbers,ths srite designer shod be a terrific boonto many MSX rogrammers srighty orothese

f Anglosoft's Spte Desgner also revewed on this age is an eamle of how todo it Panaceas Sprte Generator is aneamle of how not to

he frst major drawback yo notice is thelack of an instrction booklet with only acole of aragrahs of information rnted

on the cassette nsert

Yo're given a frther screen of information once the game has loaded btyo haveno way of getting back to refer to that againn less yo sto the rogram and rn it oncemore hs s jst not enogh docmentationfor a ti lity ackage of this tye

Yo can design and store only for sritesat a time these being 1 6 1 6, thogh if yowant to alter the srite nmbers or thershaes then the cassette tells yo how toalter varos lines n the rogram.

We wold have thoght t the rogrammers job to ncororate these otions as

a of the rogam nstead of leaving theser to do it for hi m or herselfhe sqare in which yo design yor

srite takes most of the man screenalthogh it isnt grid referenced wth asmallscale srte at the to righthandcorner

Beneath that is a list of the command

retrieve a srite, inverse the fill/emtyblocks start afresh, change the crsorcolor and several others

As well as savng and oading data ofcorse, theres an animation otion, thoghhere yo have to follow the commandromts and hoe for the best hats

becase the way that the animation works isnot elaned at al l not even in theoenng screen of informaton

Yo're asked to int a nmber of moves,from two to nine bt not tod what thismeans nor how the delay factor of 0-9works ts easy enogh to work ths ot fromeermentation bt this does show a lackof thoght on behalf of the rogrammer forthe ser

he rogram oton is a helfl inclsion as this lists the srite detals as AAstatements and allows yo to insect theseon the screen and then fi them into memory

as rogram lines wth a short basic rotine togenerate the sritesUnfotnately, thogh, this comletely

removesSprte Generatorf memo, soyo' ll have to load t again to create and saveanother for srites We woldn't describethisas a terrbly efficient way ofworking, andSprte Generator s even more eensive



Beneath that is a list of the command Sprte Generator s even more eensive

msic o he screeAs origaes i Holla perhapsshol' be oo mch of a srprse o

iscover ha his msc liy for 1 6K + MSXmachies works o he basis of hehrygry or sreeorga.

Yo ca have p o hree oes o oe

le a yo move he shee msc foaror back a oe a a me sg he p aow arrow keys

Thogh f yo spoe sch a srme he Dch srees, i probably wol' beaccompaie by a rmmer as charmg asCas he bal mosachio vroso whosis a he op rgh ha sie of he screea bashes o oe of his e preserhyhms or oe of yor ow maserflevisig

The marker ha ca be move o oCass rm ki o eable yo o selec a beafrom hs hree rms a cymbas or yocol iser oe of his reaymae rhyhms ,from reggae o walz, a weave yor msicaro ha The r m rack a msc cabe eie see or elee compleelyseparaely

The qaliy of he so proce byMusx s excele as yo ca wess if yoloa i he Boo sample ha comes as par

of he package e have o ell yo, hogh ha yo're gog o have o be bi of a Ravela yor MSX keyboar yorself if yore oproce ayhi g of sm lar saar as heprogram s' he simpes oe aro ose

Musx s a vey versaile package, b ifyo have o msical kowlege i's gog obe raher laboros for yo o ry o cosrc

a e oe oe a a me 's a piy hereare' ay ype samples i he maalwhich wol have helpe

A he op of he scree yo're preseewih par of a piao keyboar cover ig woocaves whch yo ca move p or ow byoe or wo ocaves a a ime o ge he fllrage

f yo ca rea a play msic a lile,however he yo ca r he comperkeyboar io a pao keyboar (which alsohas 20 rm sos available) a play apiece for yorself while sg he Sychroise feare

Yo se he lef a rgh crsor keys (or ajoysick) o move a small ha o he oeha yo wa a by selecig hs sig

NS 's marke o yor shee of hrygry

Ths paiclar facliy recors he oesoohe shee msc as yo go alowg yoo ei, save a play back yor maserpiecelaer.

Excelle, if yo've go he paiece a

kowlege reqre

Do yo cosier yorself o be ispesable? ell yo are ow, fac HMSispesable, a aircra carrier which scharge wh he ask of mappg o heisla sroghol of a erroris grop aesroyig her base

This is a hreescree game, he firsscree showg he carrer self he ohers

beg a map of he geeral area a a map ofhe isla isefYo swich bewee hese sig he f , f2

a f3 keys wh a voce aocigcarrier map' or isla as yo chageSo is limie b qie goo a hesame col be sa for he graphcs hoghhe loig scree is, as hey say efelyop och.

O he frs scree yo ee o check heposo of boh he carrier a he wiwhch ms be blowig i lie wh he eck ofhe ai rcra carrier

Ths is exremely mpoa, as weache or firs bach of plaes oly oiscover ha he shp was facig away fromhe isla a he plaes were fyig sraighoff he ege of he map No errbly clever

Plaes are brogh p from below eckslie p, a lachig is farly sraighfoar. s acheve by keepig wo barsshowig ieal heigh a acal hegh more

The paes he appear o he mapscree, a here yo corol a crossharsigh corolle by he oysick o se hercorse for he isla self Nohig ooexcig here

Plaes wl eveally appear o he mapscree, yo hope a hereyo ake corolaga i a smilar way a ms fly hem

aro he sla which s blak a firs bgraally fill s i wih eals as yor plaescross over i

Narally hogh i's o ha simple here are eemy plaes which parol hesa a will blas yo o of he sky givehalf a chace so yo have o avoi hosea fire back a hem whe yo've go a freemome.

The plaes ha yo corol oly have almie amo of fel whch is iicaeclearly o he scree a so have o berere o he carrer periocaly forrefellg. Coro s by a combiao ofkeyboar a joysick

hle here's qie eogh gog o iFgh Dck o keep yo occpe, seemso s o lack he absorpo of a sraegygame a he excieme of a sraigharcae game

Fgh dck is a package woh lookg ahogh as i col sill have appeal for may



showig ieal heigh a acal hegh more hogh as i col sill have appeal for may

he ultimate accolade for young Moey isthat he and his exploits have been turnedinto a computer game at ast. ts the indof game that will deight fans though ishard fo a reviewer to classify.

he game begins on anuary 1 st, with alist of Adrians resoutions no moe wil hesueeze those wretched spots y anuary 3rd hes aready eading Big and Bouncy and measuring his thing.

his is not an adventure despite the factthat adventure software house eve 9 didthe programming, and in fact is moe of afamily fun game as you try to play your waythrough a year in the traumatic life of oubeloved hero

he top half of the screen is given overto graphics, which are colourful thoughhardly stunning, and these help ilustratethe passages from Adrians diaries whichthemselves are displayed in the text areain the bottom half.

Until anuary 1th comes round, theplayer is meely reading through the pagesof Adrians diary but then you have to startmaking decisions who do you show yourlatest poem to, should you tell Pandora hereyes are the same colour as your dogs,and so on

Many of the sections will be familiar tothose whove ead the two Adian books,but there are penty of new bits too. Thesehave been added by pogrammer PeteAustin, and its to his credit that unlessyoure totally familiar with every wod ofAdrians jottings youl be hard pushed tosee the join

Every week youre tod you currentscore, and the game divides up into twoparts to cove the entire year n Adrianslife You can save your progress to tape atany time as with the majority of conven

tional adventure games.f youre a Mole addict then youlprobaby enjoy playing this game a fewtimes trying different responses to seewhat the results are

he aim of the game is to make Adrianas popular as possible, particualy withthe beloved Pandora, of course, thoughthose with a malicious streak might try theopposite appoach and see how low ascore they can make.

However its difficult ting to read thescrolling text just seven o eight lines at atime and once youre famiiar with thealternatives its unlikely youl want tocontinue to play i

wo cheers for Mosaic and evel 9 in producing something a bit different, but

unfounately its not uite a completesuccess

ootbal isnt the easiest game to computerise, but Konami has managed toreproduce much of the games excitementand style in its recently released cartridgegame Soccer

Al the action takes pace on a footballpitch too big to fit onto the sceen. hisnecessitates the use of a scolling pictureonsceen You view the match from one

side looking down onto the payers. Acrowdsurounds three sides of the pitch.efore starting the game you have to

choose the team name and its colours red, white, black bue or purple. hee is achoice of five skill levels with the fifth levelbeing extremely uick Here the ball movesmuch faster, as do the players and it isgenerally much more difficult to keepcontrolof the bal. f youre new to the game tryusing the slowest level first.

Half time separates the payers and aclock times each half At the start of thegame both teams run onto the pitch and

stand around the pitch centre Your teamkicks offAsthe ball moves up the field a blue arrow

indicates which team player you are controlling o move the control from one playeto another you simply have to press eitherthe space bar or joystick fire button.

Many of the football rules are brought into

play in this game or instance kicking thebal off the edge of the pitch is automaticallyathrow in ora corne. lfitsyouradvantage, aplayer will automaticaly take the ball fo thethrow in , but you can control which paye hechucks it at. Si mi laly you can contro whichplayer the goalkeeper throws the ball at

Offside rules apply to sing le payer gamesat leve three or higher and to doublepaye

games at all leves.wo types of kick are avaiable a shotand a pass kick Use the latter when you aeting to move the bal up the fied Tacklingopposition players is g eat fun as you can dosome spectacua sliding kicks.

he winner is, of course, the teamto scoemost goals in the game If its a draw, thegame is decided by penalty kicks. Onscreen, you see the goal mouth from thepayers angle and as in the real game, it is acompetition between your playe and thegoakeeper.

he graphics in Konamis Soccer are a bit

erratic Players occasionally disappear andthen unexpectedy eappear and it isntuncommon to seejust a head running aongthe pitch ve distacting!

At £149, Soccer is great vaue fo acaride and is the best football simulationweve seen for MSX micos it setsstandards that are going to be hard to beat.



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Boncing midgets masked men and deadywomen wieding fans is al happening in

Yie r Kung Fu Konamis seqe o s frsKung Fu game.s 20 years ago ee master of the

marial ats managed o wipe o the entieChop Sey gang o so he hoght. Onemembe of the gang en Pei managed osvive.

en Pei now cals himsef ie GahEmpeor and beieve s hes a nasty pieceof wok. With the hep of seven waods andheir evil ite retainers he has managed oextend his evil inflence hroghot China.ee ong son of he oiginal ee isdespached o so ot the empeor.

Against an attactive backdop of a lakecomplete with picresqe fshemensboas and montans yo meet he emperors henchmen he midges. They appearfom al angles and go for yo head midriffand ankes Toki themoff yo need to bngees incedible fighting skills ino pay

These incde a verica jmp a hgejmpwith a flying side kck straigh pnch asqat a high and a low kick. o can seeiher a joysick keyboard or even both

Occasionaly the midgets fy at yo nformations of three. If yo kil al thee yono only earn extra points bt yo aso getan Oo-ong leaf. o get

a new sppy of

enegy evey tme five eaves ae amassedOn the first evel on Pigtai is waiing. A

few screens have o be cossed befoe yoreach him giving yo enogh time to kil of afew midgets ighing Pigai is icky If hehits yo energy fom yo enegy qoient islost if yo hit him he oses energy. Obviosythe oser is the one to lose al his enegy fis

I ron Pigtails ong hai r packs a pch as heswings i rond bt if yo manage o grabthe bowl of chow me in noodles which dropsdown onto he scene yo are madeinvincibe fo a few seconds then is thetime o get a few kcks in .

On leve wo yo come p aganst he fanlady She chcks fans a yo bt hey ae no

ordinary fans and fly at yo body. Shewears a ong prple dess bt this doesntstop her aiming a weimed kick in yodirection.

Poison Gas Wario complee with tatoos is yor nex assaiant and to figh himyo move ino a cave. If one of his gas ballshits yo yo are immobiised for a fewseconds. On leve fo a Mask Man throws amask arond Grenades boomeangs andswords make p he remainde of weaponson the oher levels

Konami makes gea arcade games andhis program is faltless. What moe can wesay?

stroogy booke as wel.

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t might seem strange fo a sbject likeasology hats a few thosand yeas old tofind a pace on he home micro b mch ofhe work in dawing p a persons brth chatis mathematical and this can be done moeqicky and probaby moe ero-free by acompe.

The compicated ables and charts thathave to be consted mean tha he

calcations for a typica birh chart wil takeeven a qick astrologer at east 20 mntes.The compe can ct this down to abot20/30 seconds

The frst progam asks yo to inp hedae and ime of a persons bih (GMT andaso he place by aitde and ongitde lwil hen is fo yo the positions of thepanes at he time and place of bih Thiscan be prined ot if yo wish and thebooke advises yo on some simpleinerpretations of characte taits and so on

indicated by the cha. o ae emndedthat the information sho ld be as accate apossibe with regad o he ime and place ofthe sbjects birth

Astrocac provides a range of programstha cod set back he serios asologe byp to a hnded ponds and fo machinesfrom the Specm to the Apple b thisbeginners package is meant as an introdction to the sbjec for anyone whosseriosly ineesed in astroogy.

This is not he knd of program that askswhat star sign yo ae and then proceeds totell yo that Agst is agood month for travel

arrangements bt wil yo hep yo topepare a basic bih chart and also earnhow o recognise which qalities areassociated wih which planes

There are two pogams yo can seecfrom the main men both of hem flydocmented in a brief bt helpf booketand yo also eceive a longer Introuction to

The second pogam heps o nsta a biof basic knowedge into yo by eachng yothe qaes associaed with each of hesigns of the odiac.

Thee ae two sefesing pogamsasking yo to link a sign wih a paricaqaity or vice-versa and his sho ld dmino the ser he beginnngs of the mchwider knowedge needed to star he seriosinterpetaion of a pesons bith cha

We checked the pogam with an asrology stdent who confrmed ha the testingnatre of the program heped o dm ininfomation tha was dfficlt o sit down andmemorise by yorsef. We aso did a samplechart js o pove hat he compteprodced the same reslts as the hman ina fraction of the time.



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An nsal tiity program tis and onceyo've seen it yo wonder wy tee aent

moe aond. Tee ae penty of spritegeneratos and msc creation progamsso wy not one wic allows yo toexpeiment wit te sond effects tat yoMSX compter is capable of podcing?And not ony experiment bt be given a noteofte data for eac sond teefore aowngyo to incorpoate it nto yo own programs.

Te progams a ittle ticy to review as itcame wit imited nstrctions bt its to beoped Panacea wil prodce sligtly moedetailed infomation tan it as fo its Sprite Generator progam to wic tis is nfinitey

speor.

Te main drawbac to reviewing wit sofew ntctons s tat we wee nable todscover ow to switc off any continossonds tat we managed to ceate o sete F1 ey to pay te sond once yove sette varios parameters bt noting so ofstopping te pogram wod stop some ofte sonds from wining on for all etenity.

Te sonds ae designed on a simplescreen arond wic yo move a ittle manby sing te crso eys setting diffeenteves or te different options. _

Te f ey plays te sond created andte f2 ey displays te data fo eac of te 1 4sond registers wic yo'l ave to note

down if yo want to dplicate te sond inyo own pogram. A pity tee no option to

ave tese pinted ot or to ave te sondand data saved to ceate yo own li bay ofpossible sond effects. A pogram to do tatsodn't be too difficlt to create tog.

Soun Generator sod be sef topogamme and nonprogrammer alie. Ifyo find it ard to nderstand te effects ofsettng diffeent nmbers in te differentregisters yo can simpy expeiment andnote down wic nmbers prodce wicsonds. Tese can ange fom g -pitcedsien sonds to exposions to rmbings iea giant wit indigestion If yo are faiyfamiia wit te SOUND command ten

yo can still try inceasing and decreasngte fine and coarse pitc tning fo te treecannels as wel as te volme evels andte eigt different enveope types (wic aredsplayed as min idiagrams for yo on tesceen

One drawbac is tat yo can ony createone sond at a time. Jst as a Spritegenerator alows yo to wo on manydiffeent spites, so tis progam cod beimproved to alow yo to stoe data forsevera sonds and pay tem bac inseqence.

A limited pogram bt a sef tilty toave aond

t's nfortnate fo Aligata tat its boxingsmlation comes ot at te same time asKonamis catridge, as a diect comparisonsows tere's ealy no competition Konam taes it by a nocot.

sortsAlligata does offer yo a few extra

options, al owing yo not ony eigt leves ofopponent (from Mad Joe to Big n bt asote ance to npt yo own name andcoose weter to ave te Groggnessfacto' on o off Tis can slow yo downwen figting, if yo elect to ave yor

grogginess calclated, and so is a way ofhaving two difficulty evels for each oppo nent

A ligata's game as te same basic ideawit one o twoplayer options and contolof te boxe's pnces by eyboad o

joysticcontro , bt its attemptto ptte fgtinto a 3D perspective is probably weemost of te poblems lie .

Were Konami's taes a sideways viewand needs st two contros to move teplayer left-rigt Aligatas oos down fomone corne of te ing and yo figter canmove in any diection.

Teres obviosy a geat dea of terrificprogamming invoved in maing te twoboxers cicle arond eac oter i n frontandbeind and aso in alowing for te diffeentpespectives needed on te vaios pnces at yo disposa. Te troble is tat teend reslt al loos ater nconvincing. Tepnces are deivered in a faily l ewarmmanner and as te grapics ae smalertere's mc ess diffeence between tepnces a jab is mc lie an pperct intis version. Nor are tings eped by teway te colors in varios places spill oveteir borders any boxer noced ot

or s tamina is i ndicated at te top of tesceen, and can be replenised betweenronds Winning is eiter by nocot owo wins more of te eigt twominteronds qite a engty contest tat.

Te sond effects on Boxing aent apatc on te Konami effort maing yoMSX sond li e ittle moe tan a Spectmwat an inslt Wee not forgetting tat acartridge wil cost yo twice te price of acassette bt if yo're een to get a boxingsimation ten yo'd eay be betteadvised to dig deep into yor pocetsPtting tese two in te ring is lie matcingan Brno wit Ronnie Cobett andtog in on way its nfair to compare acassette wit a cartridge at twice te pice fyo do want a boxing sim ation yo mgtbe advised to dg deeper into yo pocet



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Some spos can be notoriously hard tosimulate on a mico. ow for instance doyou cope with 1 1 aside allaction Ame

ican footbal l? Well maybe the answer is thatyou shouldnt even try

you yourself make no moves for a while.Very strage '

�uperbow is confusingly organised with

poor graphics of flickering players whoappear and disappear constantly Even theoccasional messages are done i n text that'snighon impossible to read making you feelthat the games been produced by someonewhos never actually sat down and played it Not true know but it certainly looks thatway.

The rules of American football are better

explained than how to play the actual gameYou take control of whichever team ofplayers happens to be flashing at the timeso to speak and the joystick or cusor keyscan be used to select a defensive oroffensive movement from a menu of optionsyou're given when appropriate.

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We al l know how solid American footballers are built like brick . . . erm buildingsbut hese players look about as solid asghosts

Bad game design begins with thefact thatsom of the instructions which you need arenot given in the accompanying notes but

only on an introducto screen which givesway to a demostration mode.If you miss the opening screen or forget

the combination of two keys needed to exitthe demo you're well and tuly stuck andhave to reload fom scratch.

They really do disappear completely asyou move them round the pitch whichmakes the game very disconcerting to

watch Also disconceting i s the fact that youcontrol several players so they all startrunning in the same direction at the sametime not to mention the way the computertakes over if you dont happen to be doinganything at a particular moment.

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The game is further confusing in that thewhole play can be a kind of demonstrationmode.

lt isntyou againstthe micooyou againstanother opponent but you can control eitherteam at any point. The game plays in demomode ti l you touch the joystick or keyboardtotake over and will go back to demo mode if

Theres also a laborious wait if you do get a touchdown while all the players slowlymake their way to behind the line The soundeffects are petty dismal too

This is cetainly budget stuff from BudgieSoftware and fans of the excellent Te Rerigerator are likely to give it a ve coolreception.

This is an expensive chess program but acomprehensive one written specifically forthe MSX rather than conveted from someother machine

r i rasonably clealy set outith te ic peectly idetifiable andyou t at have the option of changingthe colour of both the black and whitepiecesad the black a white squares Youca eve have blue playing blue on bluesquares if you want an extemely trickygame

Sound has been ated as not applicablethough you do get a definite beep' toindicate when a keypress has registeredand a move been made which is really allyou realy want.

Instead of offering you various sk ill leveswhen you load up the program youre askedto state the computers allowed responsetime i seconds athough if you get fed up ofwaitig you can force it to make a move bypressing the space bar.

This is a far bette method than discovering that if you choose the hadest option youhave a 30minute wait while the computedecides its opening move and thatscertainly no exaggeration we ave seen itfo ourselves

Theres no twoplayer option which is asenible exclusion as it allows for a morecomprehesive program anyway if twoof

you want to play whats wrong with a realboard?

All the recogised moves are catered forad the computer will advise you on a moveif you ask it icely and provided its finishedits own thinking its obviously no fool). Youca take back the last move if you like andalso save the current game as well asrinting out the screen o listing the movesmade so far on either the sceen or on theprinter.

An Analysis' option allows you to set upte board in any way you like and as well asputting any piece on any square you will beasked whether ceain pieces kings androoks) have been moved or not

itia lly when setting up the boad you wllbe asked to set a time l imit on the fist moveto be made but if you li ke you can then retainthe board and go back to et a different timeimi t to see if it makes any di fference to theoutcome.

If you have a book of some of the famouschess games of the past you can use thisfaciity to see how the pogram compareswith some of the Grand Masters.

Being no Grand Masters ourselves itshard to say ust how tough an opponent UtraCess provides you with. owever tcertainly cant be faulted on the featues itcontains and that bodes well for the oveallgame

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comprehesive program anyway if twoof game

Bond on other chines offered threeges incorported into A Vew to a K butS users get only to, king h i not souch 007 s 00466 recurring ind youif the issing one's nything ike the toincluded e should be thnkful for sll

The bckground grphics re lso spoor s the in figure, nd quite ste ofspce hen you consider ht the S iscpble of or ge priced ell bove theverge for cssette£ 099 Dorkrely could hve done uch better in thtrespect

•erces

Even the rrngeent of the ges onthe cssette is poor irst progr is titlescreen nd enu nd this llosyou to lodeither the first ge The ine' or thesecond ge, City Hl'

As you up cross gps nd fl donchss you ill coe cross vriousobects nd your instructions to pick updrop use nd soon re given vi the joystickthrough n options enu tht pperst thefoot of the screen This is irritting tooperte, pticulry s response to thejoystick sees to be poor

If you lod up the first ge, though,there's no y you cn quit i f you get tiredInsted you hve to sitch off reind thetpe lod the enu progr hich is quiteengthy for ht it contins) then fstford to here the second ge strts onthe tpe Even doing this I found I hd toke severl ttepts to get the secondge to even lod

oloing on fro tht is City Hl', hichuses the se type of Duck Shoot' enu ofoptions, this tie to rescue Bond nd friendStcey fro burning building in Snrncisco

After the proising y the Bond theepys t the strt of the ges, it'sdisppointing to find The ine' is totllysilent in ply

You run your tchstick figure silentgin) through poorly drn roos pickingup nd using poorly drn obects like keysbu lets nd buckets of ter

Typicl of the sloppy pproch is tht theony dvice you're given on controls is thtAl ges y be joystick operted Youcn use the keybord, but it's up to you tofind out hich keys do ht On the otherhnd you cn sve your oney nd buy thebook or see the fil

Your tchstick Bond figure ould stndno chnce ginst n Oddjob or even Bob--Jobber s you use joystick to ovehi round netork of undergroundpssges in n effort to t to prevent nucler bob being detonted

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Another S usic-ker, this tie froKu nd stright y you're left to youron devices This is becuse prtfro thefirst nin e notes of Beautu Deame therere no sple tunes on the tpe or even totype in for yourself usicl knoledgeobligto, then if you're to be ble totrnscribe notes fro sheet usic to this

utilityAs ith Musx lso revieed this onth,you're provided ith rnge of inbui lt drurhyths ten of the or you cn constructyour on

This isn't hlf s friendly s Musxbecuse the dru notes re liited to lo,ediu nd high nd rnging fro hlf bet to four bets There's no crshingcybls nd no option to turn youricrocoputer into keybord to t out thesounds before going on to enter the into tune progr

The notes hich ke kind of

electronic pino sound re lso iited totht rnge for length so if you ntnythinglonger thn four bets you'll hve no choicebut to put up ith slight puse in theiddle

You so only hve rnge of threeoctves in hich to ork, nd entering tuneis quite lborious process, using vrious

til l you've got the note, chord, bet ndoctve set you require then pressingRETURN

The drus nd in tune cn be plyedindependently or together, but they hve tobe edited seprtely, hich coud led to lot of tril nd error ork in ttepting tocobine the

Wht Musc Maesto does hve re eightccopnying rpeggios ech hving three four, six or eight note stru but thisfeture i s soeht rred by the fct thtyou cn only control the by hving the onor of

There's no volue control nd therpeggios do tend to sp the in tuneso tht you're hrd pushed to tell ht'sbeing pyed Musc Maesto lso providesyou ith three tepo settings nd fiveenvelope settings to ply round ith

Plying bout ith ll of these produces rnge of sound effects hich soe of you

ight find useful , though they're obviouslyliited to vritions on tht electronic pinosound

As youd expect you cn sve yourcopositions to tpe nd considering theefort invoved in putting the togetheryou'llceinly need to or fe pounds extr,hoever Musx ill give you uch ore



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Brush up your brige with this program fromKuma. ts just as wel the usua temptatio tocal it a brg tutor has bee resiste as it'srather too limite to claim that it actuallytutors you.

Simple but aequate is the best way toescribe the graphics, a the oly sou isthe usua key-press clck to let you kow thatsomethig has registere

However, what it oes o is eable you tobi for a play a straightforwar ha aalso replay the same ha if you wish Wheyou first loa up the program you ca selectfrom a rage of respose times, from istatto lethargc!

The structios are etaile eough , aiform the kowlegeable that the ha isb accorig to the Aco system withBlackwoo Stayma a strog two-clubcovetios icue Take-out oubles arealso supporte accorig to the blurbecose with the cassette

You always play South, a o theopeig bg scree your cars areisp laye alog with a ote of who has ealta the istr ibutio of your cars across thesuits i case you're icapable of coutig

that up for yourself.

Though Bridg is aequate as it stas tcoul really o a lot more Wh ile you ca playthe same ha over agai if you wish, youca't set up a ha to see how it woul play eaig the cars is aways totally at

raomYour bs are simpy etere as 2S orwhatever or by pressig the spae bar foro b Oce the biig is complete thecomputer scree switches to a isplayshowig the relevat ha(s, a pay thecommeces

If you wat to et the computer make a bior play a car for you pressig the space barwill get it to o that. But it's oticeable that ifyou alow the computer to bi all four hasa the play every car the cotracts itmakes sometimes prove to be isastros

The computer will play cars automaticallywhe it ca, eg. ifthere'sa sigeto orforthe fial ha a wil also automaticallyeter the suit you have to pay from, if youhave· cars i tat suit. So al you have toeter yourself is the um ber of the car topay A very sesble approach to the esig

of the program

Somehow oe oest epect this of aal-kowg computer!

Bdg is a little o the pricey sie for whatit oes, but if you ee a ever-willigpater who ever argues with you, or arekee to try to improve your play i the privacyof your ow home, the at least its a

well-esge program

f you ejoye playig Virg's Sorcthe we ca guaratee that Ultimate'snight Lor will also appeal.

The game is very similiar i esig toSorc but the graph ics are better as thesoftware geerates a matais a realistc treeimesioal backgrou

You are cast as a humble motal who

turs ito a werewolf whe the su goesow The oy way to solve your plight isby seekg out the wizar Melkhior whoshe away i the epths of the castleight ore

Your quest has to be complete withi40 ays a 40 ights otheise like thecreible Hulk you are oome to live aouble life

t sous easy oes't it but likeSorc it requres a lot of iitative acareful plag.

Isie the castle you are cofrote byimly lt torches that light up the stoe

walls May of the tuels a rooms areflle ot oly with varous treasures butalso hieous goblis a crystallie Merkyls ecapsulate by the wizar to befree upo his eath

But their emse is't your problem, asyou have to maoeuvre your way throughthe labyrith of traps a tests that Mel

persistet of uwate guests who seeka auiece with h

Scattre throughout the caste arevarious obects such as shoes, potiobottles, crystal balls a iamos whichee to be col lecte to go to the wizar'scauro retur he wll give you themagic potio that wi ll stop you turig ito

the reae werewolf.May of the objects are easy to pck up,whereas others are tucke away i placesSome eve merge ito the murky backgrou, so youll ee to keep your eyespeele

Youll also ee to watch out for ghoststhat look like blobs of wobbly jelly bumpito oe of these a you lose oe of yourfour lives.

Throughout the game a couter at thebottom of the scree keeps you formeof how may ays have passe a howmay you have left To the rght of the

couter s a wow through which you casee the su set a rise The graphics areecellet so much so that as rea ifeyou ca hie behi walls or tuck yourselfto ark corers. The sou although otbrilliat, as to the atmosphere

At £5 the game s fairly highly-pricebut it's the sort of ttle that rapily becomes



the labyrith of traps a tests that Mel but it s the sort of ttle that rapily becomes





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1 7 00 FORT= 1T2000 : NEXTT : PUT SPRITE1 5 ,

( X , 2 0 8 )

1 7 1 0 IF TN>3 THEN SCREEN0 : COLOR15 , 1 , 1

: C LS : RN

1 7 2 0 IFP>1 79 AND SC=6 THEN PUT SPRITE

1 4 , ( 2 4 1 , P ) , SC : FORT=1T10 0 : NEXTT: COLOR

1 , 1 , 1 : CLS : RN

1 730 X=10 : Y= 1 0 : P=P+FL/4

1 740 IF P> 179 THEN RUN

1 7 5 0 GOTO 6 5 0

1 7 6 0 REM *** Landing Rout ine ***

177 0 REM *** Check Fuel *** 17 80 I F p > 18� THEN COLOR1 5 ,

1 , 1 : RUN

17 90 REM *** Check Speed ***

1800 IF SP <8 1 OR SP> 1 0 5 THEN 1 5 2 0

1 81 0 REM *** Check Pad ' s pos it ion ***

1820 IF POINT ( X , Y + 1 6 ) = 1 0 AND POINT ( X

6 Y 1 6 ) = 0 THEN FF=30 : GOTO 1870

18 ;0 IF POINT ( X , Y + 1 6 ) =1 2 AND POINT ( X

16 , Y + 1 6 ) = 1 2 THEN FF= 1 5 : GOTO 1870

1840 I F POINT ( X , Y + 1 6 ) = 13 AND POINT ( X+

1 + 16 ) = 1 3 THEN FF= 5 : GOTO 18 7 0 ' p ***

1850 REM *** Score Fue o J n . .

1 860 GOTO 1 5 2 0

1 8 70 NF ( 1 0 4 -SP ) *FF

1 880 GOSUB 2 5 2 0 : PS=PS+NF/2

1890 PRESET ( 1 20 , 1 8 5 ) : PRINT#1 , I NT ( PS )

1 900 I F NF<5 0 THEN NF= 2 5

1 9 1 0 FORF= 1 TO INT ( NF/1 0 )

1920 IFP < 18 0 THEN SC=6

1 9 30 IFP < 12� THEN SC= 1 2

1940 IFP < 6 0 THEN SC=7

1 950 PUT SPRITE1 , ( 2 4 1 , P- 1 ) , SC : P=P 1

1 9 6 0 IF <= 12 THEN P=10 : SP =10 : X= 1 0 :

Y= 1 0 : GOTO 6 50

1 9 7 0 BEEP : NEXTF

1 980 X=10 : Y= 1 0 : SP= 1 0

1990 REM *** Check Fuel ***

2000 PUT SPRITE14 , ( 2 31 , SP ) , 6

2 0 1 0 GOTO 60

2020 REM *** Instruct ions ***

2030 COLOR1 0 , 1 2 , 1 2 : CLS

200 KEY OFF2050 LOCATE9 , 6 : N =7

2060 PRINT"********************"

2070 FORI=1T10

2080 LOCATE9 , N : N =N+ 1

2 0 9 0 PRINT"* 2100 NEXT

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2 1 20 LOCATE14 , 9 : PRINT"Moon Lan er

2 1 30 LOCATE1 2 , 1 1 : PRINT"Copy-Right 1 98

"2 1 4 0 LOCATE12 , 1 3 : PRINT"By M . A . She

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"2 1 5 0 LOCATE8 , 2 1 : PRINT"P·ess Any Ke

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2160 A$=INKEY$21 7 0 I F A$ ="" THEN 2 1 6 0

2 18 0 CLS

21 9 0 LOCATE 1 0 ,9 : PR INT" 1 . = Cursor Key

pad"22002 2 10ns"

t . k" LOCATE 1 0 , 1 1 : PRINT"2 = J oys l.C LOCAE10 , 13 : PRINT" 3 . = Instruc t io

LOCATE 1 0 , 1 5 : PRINT"Space Bar = T

hrust'2230 B$=INKEY$2 2 0 IF B $ - "1" THEN 2 28022 0 IF B$ = "2" THEN 22902260 I F B$ = "3" THEN 230 <> "3" THEN 22302 280 S =VAL ( B $ ) - : GOTO 23002290 SI=VAL ( B$ ) - 1 : GOTO 23002300 SCREEN2 , 2 : COLOR1 , 1 , 1 : C LS : RESTORE : RETRN2310 PT SPRITE1 , ( X , 2 )2320 RETRN2330 REM *** Instructions ***2 3 0 COLOR 1 , 3 , 3 : C LS230 PRINT" You are the Commander ofa Lunar Module attempting a landing on the surface of an unknown Plane t . " : PRINT

2360 PRINT" sing the cursr keys orJoystick , land the lunar module on the coloured landing pads " : PRINT2370 PRINT" Fuel is indicated by thefar rig ht guage , and land ing speed b

y the left indi cator. Running out offuel wi l l resul t in the destruc t ion

of your lunar Module . " : PRINT2380 PRINT" SL , indicates a slow , safe landi ng scor ing maximum fuel bonuspoint s FL , indicates a fast andingscoringLanding

es also

of the2390 PRINT2U00 PRINT"i nue "

minimum fuel bonus points anywhere outside these zonresults in the destruction

lunar module . "

Press any Key to Cont

2 U 1 0 AB$=INKEY$2 20 I F AB$="" THEN 210230 CLS2 U U0 PRNT" The Lunar Module mut� t lan

d with bothfeet on t he pad , and ech

unsuccesful landing is punished by a further loss of fuel " : PRI

NT2 U 50 PRINT" The spacebar provides ext

ra thrus t , but burns fuel very quicky . You havethree Lunar Modules per ga

me , score as many points as poss ible

" : PR INT : PRINT: PRINT260 PRINT" Good Luck ! ! "2 U 7 0 PRINT : PRINT : PRINT : PRINT"Press Any key To Play"

2U80 AC$=INKEY$290 IF AC$="" THEN 2802 00 COLOR10 , 1 2 , 1 2 : GOTO 2 1 8 0210 REM ** Erase Score ***220 FORI=0T7230 D =PEEK (&H1BBF ( 3 2*8 ) I )2U0 VPOKE6008+I , 2 0 VPOKE 6016 I , 260 VPOKE 602I , D

270 VPOKE 6032+I , D280 VPOKE 600+I , D290 VPOKE 608 , 2600 VPOKE _ 6 0 6+ I D60 VOKE 6 06 + I D



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2 6 6 0 REM *** Move Ship No fuel ***

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·'1, j 2720 AA= INT ( RND ( 1 ) * 1 0

:s*. t2 7 � AA>5 THEN AA -AA

EGBERT

by Reg MaudsleyAsyou've probably already reaised, this is aversion of the famousQber,and rather ag�od o

ne at that. The task is toguide Egbe

round the sc:een us1ng e1therthe cursor keys or a joystick EgbertIS found �ag1ngaround a pyramid-type maze There are in fact atota ofSIXdfferent m�zes Al you have to do is make Egbe hoparound the maze, putt1ng a doton each square until al the squaresaredotted. When that happens you can moveon to the next harde maze.

Butt�ings don'ta goyour way There is something else in themaze w1th youa g1ant and particularly vicious marble. If this somuch as touches Egbert he loses one of his three lives

Main program variablesHl/ High scoreSC/ ScoreLE LeveA X coordinate of step°/ Vco-ordinate of step°/ StickNU/ NumberofstepsLA/ LevelLl LivesFL Flag (level)C° Numberofstepsjumpedon°/ Direction of Egbert

Tl Time intervaFA MovementflagX X axis of Egbertyo;o Vaxis of EgbertO X axis of bal lpo;o Vaxis of ba l

Program structure ·

10130 Initialisation140320 DrawingofEgbertsign330-380 Printing tites 390-680 Drawing levels on introduction690-790 Joystick/keyboard seection8001110 Screen definition1120-1140 Printing spare men1150-1220 Level definition12301290 Interva and sprite trapping13001350 Main oop13601400 Egbert movement1410-1430 Stepfiling14401 500 Ball movement1510-1620 Compltion of level

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P A TIENCE

by Clff W aiters This is an ex

.temey addictive vesion of th�t old chestnut of cad

games, Pat1ence h seen dispays th taditiona seven columns, each conta1n1ng f1ve cads, with the bottom cad in each column turned right side up.

The top cad in the pack is tuned upwads, and you select which coumn you want to match it with The cad has to be eithe one moe o one less �an the upturned cad on the bottom of youchosen c�umn f 1t 1s, the cad disappeas off the column and the next cad 1s tu

ned up The cad on the pack is emoved to evea

you next play1ng cad In this way you tytocleaall the columnsof cards off the screen.

If you'e no successful, the compute tells you how many cads you have eft 1n you hand and you'e invited to ty again.

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: LUMN AND LACE IT N THE UTUNED I 3 7 0



This actio-packed secto wil apear i eve issue ofMSX Compuing craed full of gaes ad utlitylistgs for MSX icros. Each progra is listed straghto to a priter fro a workig verso.

As you grow ore failiar with your icro adbecoe cofidet that you ca produce a gae orprogra of terest to al ou readers why ot sed it i?ut we have to sist o tape or 3.5 ich dsk copies, aswe hat the tie to type i progras ourselves.

Your coverig letter should clude i structos o

how to use or play the progra, as well as a brefdescriptio of ay iterestig prograig techiquesad a ist of the ai variables

We wil, of course, pay for ay listigs we prit, exactlyhow uch depedg o the quaty of the progra NOT the legth As a rough guide, you ca expectbetwee £1 0 ad £50, wth aythig u p to £1 00 for arealy exceptoal progra. Progras hch for ayreaso, we are ot terested i usig ae returededately.

Entering your listings

Most of the (fouately few) coplaits we get aboutlistgs ca be traced to correct typig of the prograSo it's worth akig a few poits about how to eterlistgs ad probles to watch out for.

Soeties you wil l see a row of letters or othercharacters i a P RNT stateet. Ths happes whethe progra, as supplied, cotais graphcs characters

which our prter doest recogse. If the paicularcharacter is portat the well tell you what t shouldbe the itroductio to the progra

Whe a progra crashes you wll ofte get a erroressage whch reers to a partcular le uber utthis ist aways as useful as it souds because it ayot be that le whch cotas the fault. or exaple,the le ay cota a READ coad, but the prograwl crash because of a lack of ATA for this li e toREAD The fault actually lies i the DATA stateet.

or ths reaso you ust take partcular care overATA etres Soe progras ca cota a couple ofhu dred ubers ad strgs i ATA es. Miss outjust oe ite, or oe coa ad the progra wil falthrough DATA staatio.

Make sure you are eterig exactly what is show the listig. Dot type a zero whe t should be the letter, or a sall I whe t should be the uber oe.

RE M stateets ca usua lly be otted, whch saveste ad effo ut they do help to explai what is gogo Thats hady whe you coe back to a prograafter a break ad wat to ake soe chages. Adwatch out for GOTOs f oe of these coads drectsthe progra to a RE M l e whch you've oitted the

progra will crashf, i the ed you stil ca't get the progra to work,the let us kow. ut PEASE WRIT E do't telephoe.ts viualy possibe to de-bug a progra over thephoe ad the itricacies of a progra are usuallykow oly to the origial prograer who is everaroud to aswer your questios



Game

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Battleshp Clapto

BeameBaggeBoueashBa Jacks

Supesta Chaege

Buck RogesCheChoo Chucke ggCcus Chae

Comc Bakey

DecathoDsk Wao

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FoatesFes Keepes

Fe RescueGhostbustesGtap

. Hot ShoeHuchback

Hype RayHype Spots I

Hype Spots Hype VpeJet Set Wly

Kgs Vaey

Lazy JoesLe Mas

Mac Me

Maxma

Mokey AcaemyMopage

PbaPta

Poa StaPyam WapRe Ra

Roa Fghte

Roe BaSasaShak Hute

Sky Jagua

Socce

Socey

Spacewak

Supe CobaSupe Sake

Tes The Sowma

Tme Pot

Tme PotYe A Kug Fu

Zaxxo

Name

Da Mcwa (Laakshe)

B Toace (Lacashe)

Joseph Coo (e)Da Mcwa (Laakshe)

Jaso Hut (eceste)Chstophe Rutheo(Hexham)

Nel MacalSmo Dobso (Deo)

Nel MacFaStephe Byatt (ssex)

Matthew Sas

(Woceste Pak)

Da Styles (Ket)Ne MacFal

M J Wght (e)

Nge Smthes

(ast Sussex)Pau Gths (Lco)

B Toace (Lacashe)Lauece Buke (Iea)Des Catte

(Bge)Smo Dobso (Deo)Da Mcwa (Laakshe)Paul Gaes (Cathess)

Mak Bose (Keto)

Hugh McCoga (Gasgow)Lauece Buke (ea)

Lauece Buke (ea)

A Bakeoo

Mak Sutto (Rayegh)Jacob Poah(West Yokshe)

Ce Mash (Wato)Sea Maso (Iea)Jaso Wopg (ssex)Aa Sca (Loo)

A Bake (Loo)Da Spee (Duee)

Nel MacFaCe Mash (Wato)Pau Sa

(Rotheham)Keo Tweey(Isle o Sheppey)

A Bake (Stoke Newgto)Mchael Thames (Loo)B Toace Lacashe)

Co Geehough(Chestee)

Chstophe Rutheo(Hexham)Pau Sua

(Rotheham)Paul Laoe (Cawey)Da Styes (th)Mak Sutto (Rayegh)

Mak Dabwe (ssex)Mak Dabwe (ssex)

Chstophe Rutheo(Hexham)Rob mmos

Da Mcwa (Laakshe)

Sea Maso (Iea)

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BBul locks Hi-F i & Vieo 1 7

Computermates 40D L Chitee . 63

EEMS 45

FFive Star 26

G Galaxy 20Global Sotware 45

Hi Fi Voltage 1 7

Jotho Sotware 45

KKights ; 20Koami 24Kuma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC

LLevel 9 8

Max 6Mcro Techology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OBC

N Nemess . 48

1 pP&H Electroics . 28/2

Pick a Choose 1 7Plegers 8

Sotware Gue 64-66Sous Great 6Style Sotware 6Subu Micro 6

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Genea advice to readeconcerning advertiement

When replying to adveisements n this issue, yo should note the foowing points: Always claify the exact nature of any guaantee being offered. Never send cash - alwys a cheque Posta o Money Order3 Insist on a written receipt4 Clearly state the eqipment you seek and detal any aeptabe aternatives5 Request an mmediate statement of how and wen te goods ae to be deveed

and whethe the delivey wil be spit6 Chec by teephone the atest pices and availabiity o goods you ae ordering7 Cases of nonsupply o wrong supply o gds shoud initaly be taen p drectly

and as soon as ssble with the supplie8 Because of fluctuatons n prices and dscounts it s advisable to eue tat you

eply only to advesements pubished in curent ssues

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