This magazine was cover dated June 1985 and priced at 95p.
Regulars[]
Contents - 1 page (3)
Readers Offer - 1 page (8)
Charts - 1 page (10)
Competition - 1 page (12)
Puzzles - 2 pages (22-23)
Reader's Club - 1 page (40)
Hi-Score - 1 page (44)
Subscriptions - 1 page (46)
News[]
Page 4
- Ultimate Conversions: Alien 8, Knight Lore (Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro), Entombed (C64)
- Credit Card ROMs
Page 5
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Beyond's Monolith: Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Revenge, Quake Minus One, Bounces, Eye of the Moon, Sorderon's Shadow: The Legend of Elindor,
- Atari 130XE
Page 6
- League Champion: Football Manager for the Amstrad
- Spectrum Archon
- Roland's Joysticks: Cheetah RAT now available for the C64
Features[]
Entrepo QD Drive - Mike Roberts - 1 page (7)
- Cassettes are unreliable but disks are expensive. Mike Roberts finds an answer to this dilemma for C64 and VIC owners.
The Fourth Protocol - Gordon Hamlett - 3 pages (14-16)
- With only days to foil a Russian plot to explode a nuclear bomb in Britain, Gordon Hamlett is seconded to MI5 to investigate.
Coin-op Connection - Mike Roberts - 2 pages (18-19)
- Splendor Blast, Bank Panic, Crowns Golf, Marble Madness, Field Combat, Midstream, Sprint Start
64 Adventures - Gordon Hamlett - 2 pages (31-32)
- Infocom are the undisputed leaders in text adventures. Gordon Hamlett examines their range in his first looks at adventures for the Commodore 64.
Play-by-Mail Games - Martin Croft - 3 pages (41-43)
Into Games - Rory Newman - 3 pages (66-68)
- In the third part of his action-game writing series, Rory Newman peeks and pokes the computers screen.
Adventure[]
Adventure Helpline - Marion Champion - 3 pages (34-36)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - David Bishop - 1 page (37)
Dungeon Dressing - Gordon Hamlett - 1 page (38)
Reviews[]
Games[]
Games rated by Originality, Graphics, Use of Machine and Value for Money
| Game Title | Publisher | Format | Reviewer | Pages | Pg No(s) | O | G | UoM | VfM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Warrior | New Generation | C64 | Tony Hetherington | 0.5 | 48-49 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Revs | Acornsoft | BBC | Mike Roberts | 0.5 | 49 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Revenge | Monolith | C64 | Tony Hetherington | 1 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Stringer | Addictive | C64 | J.G. | 0.25 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Parky and the Yellow Submarine | CheetahSoft | C64 | J.G. | 0.25 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Combat Lynx | Durell | Amstrad CPC | Uncredited | 0.5 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Gates of Dawn | Virgin Games | C64 | J.G. | 0.6 | 52 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Operation Swordfish | British Software | C64 | J.G. | 0.4 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| On-Court Tennis | Activision | C64 | J.G. | 0.4 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Arnhem | CCS | Spectrum | Tony Hetherington | 0.6 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Super Pipeline II | Taskset | C64 | J.G. | 0.6 | 54-55 | - | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Spelunker | Ariolasoft | C64 | Mike Roberts | 0.6 | 54-55 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bounty Bob Strikes Back | US Gold | C64 | Uncredited | 0.8 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| BC II: Grog's Revenge | US Gold | C64 | J.G. | 0.5 | 56 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Jonah Barrington's Squash | New Generation | C64, Spectrum | Tony Hetherington | 0.6 | 56-57 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge | Martech | C64, Spectrum, BBC | Tony Hetherington | 0.4 | 56-57 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Runestone | Games Workshop | Spectrum | Tony Hetherington | 0.4 | 57 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Spy Hunter | US Gold | Spectrum | Uncredited | 0.5 | 58 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Spitfire 40 | Mirrorsoft | C64 | Mike Roberts | 0.9 | 58-59 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Wizardore | Imagine | BBC | Clive Grace | 0.35 | 58-59 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Theatre Europe | PSS | C64 | Uncredited | 0.75 | 60-61 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Elite | Firebird | C64 | Mike Roberts | 0.5 | 60 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Master of the Lamps | Activision | C64 | J.G. | 0.25 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Falcon Patrol 2 | Virgin Games | Spectrum | Uncredited | 0.5 | 61 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Ghostbusters | Activision | Amstrad CPC | Uncredited | 1 | 62 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Key of Hope, The | Games Workshop | Spectrum | C.J. | 0.25 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Chuckie Egg 2 | A&F | Spectrum | Uncredited | 0.75 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Ashkeron | Mirrorsoft | Spectrum | C.J. | 0.8 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Wreck, The | Electric Software | MSX | J.G. | 0.45 | 65 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Minder | Dk'tronics | Spectrum | C.J. | 0.75 | 65 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Software[]
Leonardo - Spectrum - Tony Hetherington - 2 pages (20-21)
Tips[]
Pole Position - Atari, BBC, Spectrum, C64 - Mike Roberts - 2 pages (24-25)
M.U.L.E. - Atari, C64 - Dave Bishop - 3 pages (28-30)
Type-Ins[]
Crazy Sailing (Atari) - Andrew Shaw - 2 pages (70-71)
Wordsearch - Robin Davies - 2 pages (72-73)
Red Alert (C16/Plus 4) - Steve Lucas - 3 pages (74-76)
The Miner (BBC) - James McPherson - 4 pages (77-80)
Space Station Alpha (Spectrum) - Adam Manning - 6 pages (81-86)
Escape from Death (C64) - Gary Biasillo - 6 pages (87-92)
Snake Maze (BBC) - Carlos Augusto, Duarte Dondao - 5 pages (93-97)
Adverts[]
The Fourth Protocol - C64, Spectrum - Hutchinson Computer Publishing - 1 page (2)
Archon - C64, Spectrum - Ariolasoft - 1 page (11)
Give My Regards to Broad Street - C64, Spectrum - 1 page (26)
A View to a Kill - Spectrum, C64, Enterprise, Amstrad CPC, MSX - 1 page (27)
Lone Wolf and the Ice Halls of Terror - Spectrum, C64 - Hutchinson Computer Publishing - 1 page (33)
The Bulge - Spectrum, C64 - 1 page (99)
Chuckie Egg 2 - 1 page (100)
Other Credits[]
Editorial Assistant
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