Atari User Vol.1 No.1

Vol. 1 No. 1 of Atari User was cover dated May 1985 and cost £1

News
The headlines from pages 17-19

New deal on prices promised

All aboard the Atari bandwagon

Big sales ahead

Software on the way

Atari logo nominated for top award

Now link up with Prestel

Atari - good moos for cows

Does you micro go bump in the night?

ST range on schedule

Chat show goes live on Prestel

Minding the store

Pack hits jackpot

Rotterdam HQ for European Competition

Game Related
Dare you go adventuring? - 4 pages (26-29)
 * An introduction to adventure games.

Other
The Man... aiming for another billion - Mike Cowley - 2½ pages (7-9)
 * The story of Jack Tramiel

Future looks very, very rosy - Philip Morris (Director, English Software) - ½ page (9)

The Anatomy of the ST - Bryan Williams - 2 pages (10-11)
 * Bryan Williams finds out why the new Atari ST machines are about to set the micro marketplace on fire.

It's a GEM of an Operating System - 1⅓ pages (12-13)

New XE looks good - and it IS good! - ⅔ page (12)

Don't let Basic bug you! - Mike Bibby - 3½ pages (22-25)
 * Programming is easier than you think - and doubly so if you follow Mike Bibby's crystal clear guide through the micro jungle.

Get in the right Mode for screen displays - Dave Russell - 2 pages (36-37)
 * First in Dave Russell's series on graphics modes.

Hexer - Kevin Edwards - 3 pages (38-40)
 * It sounds like the Black Arts... and you'll find something magical about Kevin Edwards' helpful utility for displaying and executing machine code routines.

It all adds up to binary code - Mike Bibby - 3 pages (42-44)
 * Part 1 of Mike Bibby's easy-to-follow series looks at the number system at the heart of your Atari.

It sounds easier than it looks - Pete Bibby - 2½ pages (46-48)
 * Pete Bibby examines the Atari sound chip and reports, regretfully...

6502 - Mike Cook - 2½ pages (55-57)
 * Mike Cook takes you on a conducted tour of the Atari micro's power house.

Microscope - No.1 Reaction Test - 1 page (58)

Reviews
Atari Smash Hits: Volume 2 & Volume 3 - English Software - Dave Russell - Pages 150-151

Snowball - Level 9 Computing - Elizabeth Dennis - Page 151

Dropzone - US Gold - Cliff McKnight - Page 152

Attack of the Mutant Camels - Llamasoft - Tony Larkin - Page 152

Hover Bovver - Llamasoft - Pat Cookson - Page 152

Type-Ins
Attack Squash - (Pages 20-21)

Alphabet Train - (Pages 32-34)

Sounds Interesting - (Pages 48-49)

Other Credits
Features Editors
 * Cliff McKnight, Mike Bibby

Editorial Team
 * Alan McLachlan, Kevin Edwards, Peter Bibby

Production Editor
 * Peter Glover

Layout Design
 * Heather Sheldrick

News Editor
 * Mike Cowley