Atari User Issue 2

Vol. 1 No. 2 of Atari User was cover dated June 1985 and cost £1

News
ST's on the way to whack the Macs - (7)
 * 520ST's arriving in the UK.

Line up to become a millionaire... - (7)
 * Atari to create new breed of UK millionaire - authors of successful ST software.

Probe into cut price games - (8)
 * Leading software houses investigating mail order operation.

Features
Game Related

Adventuring: To venture forth with graphics or not, that is the question... - 2 pages (50-51)

Other

Beginners: Keep your CAPS on and you won't fall into error! - Mike Bibby - 4 pages (10-13)
 * Start to write your own programs in PART TWO of MIKE BIBBY'S guide through the micro jungle.

130XE: Part of the new Atari generation - Andre Willey - 5 pages (14-17,19)

Comms: Hooked on hacking - Peter Atkinson - 1 page (25)
 * Peter Atkinson confesses his communications addiction.

Comms: Get your message across on a bulletin board - Peter Tootill - 2 pages (26-27)
 * Peter Tootill explains the advantages of using your Atari computer for interactive communication.

Comms: Trainees call on Atari to link Basildon to the world! - Tony Dwyer - 2 pages (28-29)

Comms: Serialise, modulate, communicate! - Robin Hudson - 2 pages (36-37)

Bit Wise: There are two schools of thought on subtraction - do you borrow or just decompose? - Mike Bibby - 2 pages (42-43)
 * Mike Bibby continues his series of articles aimed at lifting the veil of mystery cloaking the fundamentals of the Atari workings.

Sounds: Have fun with these musical experiments... - Pete Bibby - 3 pages (44-46)

RaNDom thoughts - Kevin Edwards - 2 pages (54-55)
 * Kevin Edwards considers RND - the Basic command which can produce some unexpected results.

Graphics: Take a look at Modes 1 and 2 - Dave Russell - 2½ pages (56-58)
 * Second in Dave Russell's series on the Atari's graphics modes.

Mailbag - 2 pages (59-60)

Reviews
Colossus Chess 3.0 (English Software) - Dave Russell - 1 page (20)

Atari Smash Hits: Volume 1 (English Software) - Pat Cookson - ⅓ page (20-21)

The Pay-Off (Atari) - Eric Gibson - ⅔ page (21)

Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (Activision) - David McLachlan - ¾ page (22)

Mr. Do! (US Gold) - Paul Hewitt - ¼ page (22)

Type-Ins
Submarine - 2 pages (40-41)

Frog Jump - 2 pages (48-49)

Etcha-sketch - 1 page (52)

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