Atari User Issue 21

Vol. 2 No. 9 of Atari User was cover dated January 1987 and cost £1

INCOMPLETE

Regulars
Contents - 2 pages (4-5) Adventuring - 1 page (13)

News
Page 7 Page 9 Page 10 Microlink newsletter - 1 page (11)
 * Atari to launch 'Amstrad basher'
 * Macintosh emulator will go on sale soon
 * IBM dealer to sell STs
 * MIDI sequencer
 * Online Santa a hit
 * Shares sale raises $50m
 * Atari aiding British programmers
 * Warranty: Atari spells it out
 * Timber tips
 * Pacific action replay: Warship by SSI
 * Call for better Atari software
 * Soccer survival - by the expert: Brian Clough's Football Fortunes by CDS Software
 * ST K-Graph enhanced
 * Snippetts: Trivia Challenge (Microdeal), Warhawk, Caverns of Eriban (Firebird)

American $cene - Edward Shark - 1 page (12)

Features
Show Report - 2 pages (14-15)


 * Close to 10,000 people flocked to the Atari Computer Show during the three day event in London. Mingling with the crowds to cast a critical eye over what was happening was a team from Atari User. Here Andre Willey reports on what he discovered on the 8 bit front while Andrew Bennett reveals what he found in the world of the ST.


 * Games console has super graphics: UK launch of Atari 7800 and new games from Red Rat (Laser Hawk, Domain of the Undead, and Screaming Wings), Databyte (Montezuma's Revenge, Polar Pierre, and Adam Caveman), and Tynesoft (Jet Set Willy, Who Dares Wins II, and Winter Olympics) for Atari's 8-bit computers


 * Games prices take a tumble: New ST games from Tynesoft (Time Blast, and Five Star), Anco (Bridge 4.0, Trivia ST, Peggammon, Willy the Kid, Flip Flop, Space Pilot, ST Golf, and Thai Boxing), and Microdeal (Space Shuttle II, and The Karate Kid: Part II).

Profile: Back to Atari's Roots - 2 pages (17-18)


 * And, to Bob Gleadow, Atari UK's new boss, that spells... Entertainment!

Other Credits
Features Editors
 * Andrew Bennett, Andre Willey

Production Editor
 * Peter Glover

Art Editor
 * Heather Sheldrick

Reviews Editor
 * Christopher Payne

News Editor
 * Mike Cowley