The Games Machine Issue 1

This issue was cover-dated Oct/Nov 1987 and cost £1.25.

News
Technofun - 2 pages (7-8)
 * Toys & Board game news

Golden Newies - (9-10,13-14)
 * We take an early peek at US Gold's schedule of Christmas-time releases and get the low-down on their brand new label...
 * US Gold - Starring Charlie Chaplin, Impossible Mission II, Infiltrator II, Gauntlet II, 720°, OutRun
 * Gremlin - Galax, Venom Strikes Back, Jack the Nipper II
 * Go! - Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper, Bravestarr, Captain America

Other News
 * Wizball, IK+ (15)
 * Airborne Ranger, Project Stealth Fighter (16)
 * Backlash, Damocles (17)

Features
War Without Tears - Light Games - 7 pages (20-26)
 * Fantasy battle games in which n-one gets hurt are starting to catch on as non-contact sports.

Dust to Dust, Attics to Attics? - Consoles - 8 pages (29-32,34-37)
 * A look at the Sega Master System, NES, Atari 2600 & Atari 65XE

Books - 3 pages (41-43)
 * Role-playing veteran John Woods casts his eye over the world of single-handed role-playing...

Computers in Video - 3 pages (46-48)
 * Computers keep cropping up in the movies, as Martyn Lester and Martin Coxhead discover in their 'Videography' of the microchip.

The Smuttier Side of Software... - 3 pages (88-90)
 * Mel Croucher finds that where there's muck there's bras.

Entering the World of Make-Believe - 4 pages (94-97)
 * John Minson dallies awhile in Knightmare Castle

Welcome to the Roboshow - Graeme Kidd - 4 pages (100-103)

Bulletproof Elephants - 3 pages (104-106)
 * Mel Croucher ponders on the Compact Disc revolution

Music Micro, Please - 4 pages (110-113)
 * Jon Bates talks to Rob Hubbard and Ben Daglish

Atari ST / Amiga: The Duel - 4 pages (115-118)

Software for Free - Well, almost... - 3 pages (119-121)
 * Jeremy Spencer starts his travels through Public Domain and explains what Shareware is all about.

Into the World with a Rack-It - 2 pages (124-125)
 * John Minson visits the Hewson nursery as a new software label is born.

Previews
Morpheus - 2½ pages (83-85)

Athena - ½ page (108)

ACE goes over the Edge - John Minson - (127-129)
 * R.I.S.K., Fairlight II, Warlock, Xecutor, Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal, Inside Outing, Shockwave

Reviews
Updates

Other Credits
Co-Editor
 * Gary Penn

Contributors
 * John Minson, Jon Bates, Ciarán Brennan, Martin Coxhead, Mel Croucher, Sue Dando, Simon Goodwin, Martyn Lester, Barnaby Page, Jeremy Spencer, Nik Wild, John Woods

Art Director
 * Oliver Frey