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This is a U trailer for an X ratedproduct. Satyr Software has lustreleased Posthorn for theSpectrum. Described as a game foradults it combines the tension ofStrip Poker and the fun ofPostman's Knock. The mindboggles 'cos there's no sound andno piccys — not even dirty onesThe whole thing takes place in themind, probably a good thing too, Posthorn is available fromPosthorn Despatch Dept. PO Box1, Spennymore, Co Durham pricedat £15.50.

Tasman software is to reletzseTasword Three a.fi e r t h e h u g esales success ofTasword Two. Tasveord Three will run onmicrodrive only and include many additional features.There's a sophisticated built-in mail merge, up to 128 char-acters per line, tab stops and many print options such as,headers, footers and page numbers. You'll be able to gethold of Tasword Three now — it ' ll set you back I 6.50.

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It's Beyond's new game,Bounces. Bounces is thesport of the future that caneither be computer orhuman controlled. You'vegot to grab hold of a steelball and ram it through agoal slot in the ceiling. Andif you're really bad andsuffering from a bout ofdepression 'cos of yourappalling score you canalways go and beat thehell Out of your opponentwith a special devicecalled a ball smasher.That'll send the ball boysscuttling! Even if it doesn'tgain you any more pointsit's certainly great fun!Bounces is due out inMarch and it'll set youback a sporting £9.95.

Yabbadabbadoo! Meet the Hintstones. And, stone me, ityour favourite cartoon cavemen aren't to appear in a gamecalled Yeb... well you know the rest, from Argus PressSoftware,

The fun starts in Bedrock — it's such a nice place that allthe Eintstones want to live there. Fred in particular 'cosWilma won't marry him unless he can keep her in the styleto which she is accustomed. So the battle is on. Fred mustget to Bedrock and build a house before everyone else.£7.95 secures you a mortgage on the property.

US Gold in its new Ultimate styleclothes is bringing out two newtitles for the Spectrum — andsoon!

Cyberun is set in the darkestreaches of Amoebus Nebula —and boy is that dark. its anisolated series of stars andplanets in the Beta system. Andas they say on Amoebus: Setteranywhere than Beta!' These starsare bound together with a latticeof plasmic energy and the planetsare composed of anti-elementCybetron.

Cybetron is pretty rare stuff andjust about everybody in thecosmos wants to get their mittson some. You've got to control anenormous carrier spaceshipcalled the Crystal Ship andattempt to fight off all the enemyships and secure a cargo ofCybetron. Sounds out of thisworld!

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Your Horoscope has beendesigned for people who takehoroscopes seriously, like RussellGrant (Nobody takes Russell Grantseriously') If you read them for agood laugh this one ain't for you. Theprogram is in two sections, the firstpart a birth chart. Here you have toenter your vital statistics such as,birthday, time of birth and year and itcalculates your planetary chart andthe effects each planetl have onyour life,

The second section is a newspaperstyle horoscope that you can try Outon your friends. They'll learn thatthey're going to fall madly in lovewith tall, dark handsome strangers(Woo me? Ed) and then get run overby a bus Your Horoscope should beout by the time you read this and willcost £8.95.

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One o clock. two o'clock. three o'clock rock I s this really 19869No. its 1955 and we're going Back To The Future with ElectricDreams new game based on the Steven Spielburg blockbuster.So. what's new?

The game's closely based on the film — you play Marty who'sbeen time-shifted to 1955. But if you think that s a blow wait till youhear the bad news. Your mum, who's only 15, fancies you like mad(wahay1) b u t t ha t me an s your father of the future doesn't get a look

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Knowing you like we do, te puh-retty well, we thought you'd like the idea ofsomething for nothing. So. we rang up US Gold to find if it had any freebies justwaiting to be snapped up by YS readers. "How about some Goonies maps? Thegame 's just about ready and it's gonna be big. Ger-real, we said. -R i g h t ,well put 'em in the post," they said And did. Brill compo, we thought — tenGoonies maps to give away. Maybe even a hundred but we didn't want to get ourhopes up. Then they arrived — two huge boxes of them. One. two, three, fourthousand six hundred and fifty-two. And that's just how far we got before somesmart alec pointed out the number 10.000 on one of the boxes_The idea of a compo 'S gone down the dumper 'cos no one wants to judgeten thOUSand entries, Just send us in a stamped addressed envelope and we'llsend you a Goonies map or two... Pleeeeasel

Sabreman's team ed up withUncle Sam. Computersoftware giant US Gold hastaken control of themanufactur ing, promotion,marketing and sales of allUl timate Play The Gameproducts. According to USGold I ts the 'ul timate newyear resolution'.

Talking of planets, whichwe weren't, Martech is offinto space with its newpackage called ThePlanets. And by Jupiter,the program's designed togive you a 'unique insight'Into the Solar System.

S'amazing! There's amap to show your craft'sposition, a computer toland and auto-pilot thecraft, a data system thatprovides information oneach planet, a samplerthat displays details of theatmosphere and surfaceand a general informationoption.

The Planets costs £14.95which is an awful lot ofMars Bars (Mars geddlt?)but for that you get twocassettes and aninstruction booklet.

Pay attention now if you don'twant to miss out on all thesoftware gossip for the new year.Word's Out that CRL's bringingout a game based on a new filmBut... CRL is taking a leaf out ofUltimate's book and keeping itslips sealed All 11 would say is it'san arcade game (no, you don'tsay?) and "definitely different"Can't wait!

I've also heard it on thegrapevine that good ol MaxwellsMirrorsoft is to publish allAlphababm's products, the firstof whichli be a new extendedversion of Robot Messiah for theSpectrum 128K — when itactually arrives.

Mirrorsoft is so wet it's decidedto bring out Knightlore under thesea. All I know is that if youpiddle about under the water fortoo long you get the bends. I lusthope he's got his frog suit on!

Talking of the case of themissing Spectrum 128, news isthat Sinclair has plans to bringout three new machines thisyear. And no, they're not C10,C15 and C20's. It looks like theSpectrum 12811be available verysoon. and the CIL Plus looks setto be out by the time you readthis. This machine is likely to beCP/M compatible and sport built-in disk drives_

The Sinclair portable wasscheduled for the end of April butalas it's been a be shy andprobably won't appear till we'resinging Auld Lang Syne nextNew Year. Rumours are thatSinclair is having problems withthe flat screen display but it'spretty likely the machine'll have a37,- disk drive, use CP/M and be

Spectrum compatible.Absolutely everybody's got

their finger in the 128 pie. Mikro-Gen is currently convertingThree Weeks in P1111111110 for the128, Audiogenic isproducing anextended version of its iconGraphix program and HewsonConsultants nearly has itshundred screen version of Ted IITechnic° ready — well, themachine's still in Spanishremember.

Wow! New Concepts had somuch success with Soil Champthat it's following it up with SkiChamp — the first fruit yoghurtsimulation game. Could be theflavour of the month!

Hello, hello, hello! What 'avewe 'ere then? The new gamefrom Mind Games called TheForce — it doesn't even featureluscious Luke Skywalker either.It's all about those delightful boysin blue. the Old Mill You play thepart of a Chief Constable who'sgotta deploy his PCs to keep thecrime rate down. But it's stressedthat you mustn't use too muchforce — keep ycur truncheonwhere it belongs, The Met's evenbeen involved in thedevelopment of the program —maybe it'll improve their image.Perhaps they should rename itBrute Force! Mind how you gonow!

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A -onea, A-twoa, A-threeaGorgeous Greg lakes it all byone fall, two submissions anda bang on his funny bone. Soyou fancy your chances asGorgeous Greg? Weil,Melbourne House has thegame for you —Rock'n Wrestle. Produced bythe Fist team it's a wrestlinggame that promises to pack apunch

Gorgeous Greg must battlehis way through nineopposing musclemen and,boy co they sound strange!There's Lord Toff, BadBarney Trouble. Fly ing Eagle,Vicious Vivien, MissionBreaker, LA Bruce, AngryAbdul, Molotov Nick andRedneck McCoy.

RockhWrestle's one of thefirst 3D sports simulationsthat allows you to make 25different moves. Eat yourheart out Giant Haystacks.R&W costs E8.95 and will beavailable later this month

Fire! Fire! Somebody quick ring 999 andask for the Fore Brigade.. Thank goodness

they've arrived Oh no Its like MrsPepoerpot all over again Could this be thecase of The incredible Shrinking Fireman?

No its a case of Mastertrortic's newarcade adventure game in which you playthe part of the unfortunate fireman who'sshrunk rather suddenly. They left him in

the water too long! Is your lob to try andget back to a more normal see again. Andthe games gonna be real torture too 'cos

you've got to find a rack to then stretchyourseff.

Mastertronic is also converting the 64(spit, spill version of Specehunter for theSpectrum that should be ready in March.

Both games cost E1.99.

'Seen one of them before! Yes, for all those of you payingattention back in issue 1, this is indeed another Mccy of aSound Boost from Saga Systems that diverts your Speccy'ssound output to the telly. Plus it has a Save/Load switchand cassette connectors. And all for C9.95 Well, that's whatit cost then Now, in an exclusive offer to VS readers, Sagais offering the Sound Boost (or just E6.95. All you have to doto save the three sovs is clip out this piece of prose (or usea photocopy) and send it with your cheque or Postal Orderto Saga Systems, 2 Eve Road, Woking, Surrey GLJ21 AJT

But as well as saving you £3, Saga is also sending afurther E3,04 for every Sound Boost sold. to the Off TheHook appeal. This new appeal, launched just beforeChristmas by Rod Cousens, the man behind the Sofraidtape, is being set up to help young drug addicts And verysoon you can expect to see another compilation tape alongthe Sottaid lines on behalf of the new appeal Let 's hope it'sas successful as Softaid

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Ah, come ze day of ze glorious revolution all zebugs vill be lined up against the wall. . . zen zey'llget it right between ze bolsheviks!Besides it's easier to deal with the bugs thanuncover the real culprits behind the cock-ups. Younever know, one day il may be me. The maindisaster area from VS2 was in Program Power.Both programs were s'posed to include a hexloader. Both looked as though they included hexloaders. Neither did! How it happened I dare nothazard, but my )oily reader, art persons being anpersons, I reckon they thought the hex loaderwasn't pretty enough for them, so they decided touse part of the end of the Basic loader instead —on both listings! Panic not though — the solutionto this problem is easy. Just tack what is labelledas the hex loader onto the end of the Basic loaderand then use the hex loader from issue 1.

And while we're on the subject of hex loaders,what the hell do you do with them? That's thequestion many of our new readers are asking.David Ainsworth from Atherton, frinstance,cant understand how to enter hex code. WellDavid, that's why we print (or. as in this case,forget to print) a hex loader. These loaders areonly tools to be used to gel the code in — afterthat they have no further use. Type in the hexloader, run it and then you can type in code. Whenyou're asked for 'Address?' type in the number inthe first column. When asked for the 'Hex 8bytes?' type in the alphanumerical characters inthe middle 8 columns. But leave out the spaces.Finally, type in the checksum — that's the numberafter the equals sign at the end of each line_

What's up with this Chopper Mission progin issue 1? Well, the problem's caused in code line33268. It looks like the line reads OF 07 5A 48 0101 OC 07 •• 207. Close but not close enough, I'mafraid. You forgot the blotch on the film — OC isn'tDC at all, it's OE! OK'

Now if you've been reading VS as man and boy(or woman and girl) then you can skip the next bit'cos you've probably already heard it before_ Inthe early days, we used to have a capitalist printerthat insisted on printing pound signs (C) instead ofhash symbols (#). Now the printer's got stroppyagain and has proceeded to print a sort of curlyclosed bracket that isn't, if you see what I mean.So, to get the better of the cursed printer oncemore here's what you do. Whenever you see acharacter you can't tell from Adam. replace it witha hash sign (0).

It was easy enough to type in Tony 'Slim'Samuel's brilliant Maclone program from issue 2— using :t was a teensy weensy bit more tricky.Okay, we gave you the RAND USR call addressthat implements the code but what we didn't let onwas that you have to press Symbol Shift/Space toget it going. When you hear the whining soundpress either 1,2 or 3 depending on which Macionefeature you want. To get back to Basic just press 4.Dasvidanya. comrades!Troubleshoodn' Petrovitch

Here's something to get your teethinto! Gremlin Graphics is releasing atext and graphics adventure called TheWay Of The Tiger, based on thefighting fantasy books called, youguessed it, The Way Of The Tiger.

game's set in the mystical worldof Orb where you play an orphan witha strange crown shaped birthmark onhis thigh. Apparently this is all prettysignificant according to the variousmonks scattered about the land that weasked!

So. you're trained to be a master ofthc martial arts by the all ancient andpowerful — or is that ancient and allpowerful? Naipshi, Grandmaster of theDawn. Your warm-up consists of threesections: unarmed combat: polefi ghting and samurai sword fighting.Everybody go kung fu fighting!

Ocean is certainly keeping busythis month. Apart from therelease of Superbowl, there's V(see the preview this issue),Hunchback The Adventure andKnight Rider_

Knight Rider's based on thepopular TV series about supersleuth and macho man MichaelKnight and his Computerised car.Kitt. Ifs the same old story —somebody's out to start WorldWar III and poor DI Mike's gottastop 'em.

There are three sections — thefirst is a map of the terroristcentres in the USA, the second aSimulated dhve in your Kin carand the third another map thatshows the terrorist hiding places.For a cool £7.95 you too can getyour hands on a copy of KnightRider.

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Hisoft has just launchedDevpac QL written by ourown Andy Pennell. Thepackage is an editor,assembler and debugger.And as the assembler is partof the editor you don't needto keep switching betweenthem — just press a key. Thedebugger is based on thestandard MonQL.

The package alsomultitasks so even whileyou've got somethingassembling you can still editIn another window at thesame time. The editor wasdesigned so that you can useit in the same way asMetacomco's but Hisoftclaims it's a whole lot fasterat assembling and editing, Infact, Hisoft claims that it's thefastest available on themarket and it can make useof disk drives and extra RAMif you have them. Devpac QLcosts E39.95.

Q L-P ai n t has just been

released by Sinclair though itwas originally written andreleased as G raphia by theScottish software house,Talent. The new improvedpackage includes icons anddrop-down menus that otteryou control over fiftycommands. To create yourpictures you can use brushesor pen strokes, colour ortexture fills and you also havecommands for rubberbanding and mirroring. Andremember, on the CIL youdon't have those awfulproblems with attributes like

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WD Software has justreleased JOSS, 'the humaninterface for the Sinclair QL.•And you thought you werethe only human to interlacewith your QL! JOSS is anacronym for JoystickOperated Software Systembut you don't need a joystickto operate it — the keyboardor a mouse will do. JOSS isdesigned to make file-handling commands lesstedious to use and toeradicate the human errorthat can creep in when you'recopying files. All you have todo is move the cursor overyour chosen file with thejoystick and fire. It's designednot only to save time but alsoto avoid mistakes if you're nottoo hot at typing. But if you'reexpecting a screen full oftrendy icons, forget it. Aspokesman for WD Softwaresaid, "There are no funnyicons to learn with JOSS —it's all done with simplenames. After all, words arethe tools of adult thought,and icons belong in thenursery." Perhaps someoneshould've told the people whoproduced Q L-P a i n t !

Your own human interfacewill cost you £15 onmicrodrive or 57; floppies or£17 on a't; disks.

Sinclair Research has sentus a list of amendments andupdates to the QL SoftwareGuide that we published inissue 1. But first it would likeus to point out that the QLprefix is a Sinclair trade markand can Only be used onproducts that are publishedby Sinclair or endorsed bythe company. So, Q . HomeFinance by Buzzz, QL CashTrader by Quest, QLIntegrated Accounts by SageSoft, QL Decision Maker, QLEntrepreneur and QL ProjectPlanner all by Triptych andQL Gardener by GordianComputing Services are allpublished by SinclairResearch.

It also seems that thepackage listed as SmallBusiness by Sage Soft isreally QL IntegratedAccounts. We'll bring you anyother news and amendmentsas they come in.

YS COMPO WINNERSWell, here's the moment you've allbeen waiting for, a round-up of all ourrecent competition winners.

Star Comp°Congrats to our top ten stargazers who've spotted (as near asdammit) all the stare In that compo in that star of yore, YourSpectrum 20. Star STX-80 printers worth E159 are on their wayto:John Boer° of Utrecht. The Netherlands: Graham F. Dunn of Dorchester,Dorset; Gary Lemon of Aldershot. Hants: P.J. Cowe of Arbroath. Scotland:Nigel Mortimer of Ilkley, West Yorkshire; Mathew Sleightholme of Pontefract,Yorkshire; B.J. Carter of Bethnal Green, London; Ian M Hillery of Durham;Er M Bloofield of Norwich, Norfolk: Jonathan Walters of Bangor, CountyDown, Northern Ireland.

Capital Book CompoWhat a bunch of capital answers you gave to issue 20's CapitalRadio comp°. The first 25 to tune to success with the winninganswers a, b, c and win a copy of Interface Publications' CapitalRadio Book of Computers and Simple Programming were:Sonia Griffi ths-Glover of Willerby, E Yorks. Richard @tom of StocktonBrook. Stoke-on•Trent, Staffs; C. Sumner of Wellingborough, Northam%Peter Holloway of Carshalton. Surrey; Adrian Ferro of Havant, Hants, BrianR. Gordon of Mauchlint. Ayrshire, Scotland. W Armstrong of Aberdeen,Scotland; NUM) Paulo Santos of Lisboa, Portugal, C.J Allen of Dartford,Kent; A. Weston of Pontefract, W. Yorks; Richard Hodgson of OrtonMalbome. Peterborough; Evan Mason of Harare, Zimbabwe; David Kerr ofStewarlon, Ayrshire, Scotland; J. Macnally of HMS Manchester; H.R.J.Henley of Norwich, Norfolk, J im Brown of Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scotland: LizBaker of Eccieston, St. Helens; Ian Slowey of Mill Hill, London: StevenRundle of Myatt.; Field South, London; Martin Wickes of Victoria Farm,Coventry: Caroline Giles of West Motesey, Surrey: Darren Blanchard of WestMolesey, Surrey: Owen Dunn of Wellingborough. Northants, Lee Fish ofCrarnlingion, Northumberland; Riccardo Tamisan of Aberdeen, Scotland.

London Game CompoFriday Soft's issue 20 London Game comp° was obviously nota soft option for these top twenty winners with the answers c, b,a. Copies of The London Game are on their way to:Simon Minter of Telford, Shropshire; M. Drummond of Appleby inWestmorland, Cumbria; Lennart Jecleblad of Goteborg, Sweden: Nikolel S.Christenson of Silkeborg, Denmark: A. Dyke of South Woodford, London;David Storey of Huron. Merseyside; S. Rowe of Worthing. West Sussex;Robin H. Powne of Blairgowrie, Perthshire; Brian Wayne Barker of KingsNorton, Birmingham; Liz Coleman of Hatlesion. Norfolk: J. Roberts ofWootton, Liverpool; J. Champion of Clapham, London: Danie. OMahony olFordingbridge, Hants: Jr Lister of Velges Farm, Exmouth; Sean Meads ofOakley, Nr Basingstoke. Hants; Neil Parker of Skelmersdale. Lancs. G.Bums of Armadale, W. Lothian; Karen West of Andover. Hants; Ian McVicarof Dalmuir, Clydebank. Jan Wikstrom of Mats, Sweden.

Fairlight Comp°All's fair in the compo war, or at least it Is for the ten winners ofour Fairlight comp°, who are:Graham Raistrick of Sprotborough. Doncaster. Matthew Worsdell ofSwindon, Wilts; K. Bradley of Blyth, Northumberland: A. Herron of BlythrNorthumberland; Jason Newman of Whittlesford, Cambridge; Mark Duncanof Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland; Callum Yorke of Dunoon. Argyllshire,Scotland: Antonis Tsounnakis of Piraeus, Greece; A. Hall of Hill Top,Nuneaton, Mr Andrew Harvey of Carnforth, Lancashire

Thunderbirds CampoThunderbirds are GO! — going the way of the following 30winners:Mr L.P. Powell of Leominster, Herefordshire, Mr A. Wheatley of Telford,Shropshire; P. Marshall of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire; Mr lan Jackfin ofBosley, Nr Macclesfield, Cheshire; Nick Lee of Sittingboume. Kent; JonRose of Bognor Regis, West Sussex; K. Woodhouse of Warley. WestMidlands; Gareth Barber of Rochdale, Lancs. Paul Serbert of Harrogate, N.Yorkshire; Christopher Thomas of Cannington, Nr Bridgewater, Somerset;ME. Homer of Watford, Hens; Christian Lull of Lancing, West Sussex: NeilOgilvie of Watford. Herts. I. Brough of Markel Drayton, Shropshire; Alan Bellof Basingstoke, Hampshire; Paul Wadsworth of Northfleet, Kent; Mrs AnitaHowick of Andover Estate, London; Lee Pearson of Bolton-on-Deame,Rotherham, S. Yorks: Steve Jones of Sutton Coldfi eld. West Midlands: Mr C.Huckstep of Rochester. Kent: Glen Kerr of Walsall, West Midlands; M.J Hallof Newcastle, Staffs; Graham Holliday of Chatham, Kent; M.P. Hyne ofStableford, Harts, Spike Williams of Northwich, Cheshire; Marc Gouda ofDuston, Northampton: Niall Simpson of Crumlon, Co. Antrim, N Ireland;Alistair May of Elgin, Moray, Scot/and. Gareth David Roberts of Ballast, N.Ireland: lain Sinclair of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. Scotland.

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The writer of the Star Letter will receive a fabulous bundle of software.

YS EXPOSED!Dear whoever gets to read thislittle winner,

Having seriously andscientifically studied the lettersthat get published in yourmonthly organ I'm now in aposition to announce thecompletion of a -G e t Y o u rLetter Published In VS"blueprint.

The first essential ingredientof a letter is a catchy first line.Boring or polite instructionssuch as "Dear YS" or "DearEd" or 'Dear know everythingand make everyone else look aright twit Pete' ore out of thequestion. Boner try the goodold trusty originals such as"OK!" or 'What's all thisabout..." or better still 'WhileI..." (this last one is highlyrecommended). Abusiveremarks about the Ed or Peteare of paramount importance.Although rudeness is nottolerated, phrases such"Dirty Rats" are quitewelcomed and may Indeedassist your chances.

Problem identification, or inother wards the reason whyyou've actually gone to thetrouble of writing, is a verydelicate point. First of all youdoily wont people.-to realisethat the only reason you'vewritten is to actually see you, rletter in print, So, Ocium u s jthink up a problem that's 4 thinteresting and unusual. Do notunder any circumstances letyourself indulge in problemssuch as "My joystick is simplynot working' or 'It's beentwelve months to the day sincesent a cheque to a mail order

software company and I'm stillwaiting for the game.' Theseproblems are real andobviously no one knows howto deal with them. It's best ifyou try some unreal ones towhich you're bound to get oneor more answers. For example,try "My disk drive started tosing The Sound Of Music..." or"My Speccy doesn't like baconfor breakfast any more", If youlike to appear technically-minded you must, and I stressthis point, find a chip with anunpronouncoble name or longcode number (e.g.BBCKGB13.9876CIAMI6) andattach to it a problem withwhich the YS staff are only toofamiliar. So, 'The inside liningof the cable that connects the

BBCKGB13.9876CIAMI6 chipto the RAM pock feels shakywhen I've used 47K ofmemory, while writing aprogram for my little sister'sBarbi-Doll accessories' is alegitimate question to whichthere must be an answer. Bewarned, questions such as:'What exactly is a ROM? maynot receive proper attention.

Like any decent YS readeryou must, of course, claim aTrainspotter Award. Whendoing so make absolutely surethat what you've spotted isoriginal. Here I would like tolet you into a little secret that Idiscovered a couple of daysago. While drinking coffee Iaccidentally spilled it all overmy copy of YS and to myamazement the pages got wet!Yes, you've guessed it. Thepaper used by VS is not waterresistant. As I'll not be claimingan oword for this shockingrevelation it's up to you toexpose this inexcusable fact tothe wider public. Needless tosay, if you've spotted 128spelling errors in one pageyou'll not only not get yourletter published but it'llprobably bring an angry Edaround to your house (and Iunderstand that Ed isn't apretty sight even when he'ssober!) (He's not a pretty sightat the best of times! TY.) Note:tearing pages from the magand then claiming an awardfor missing pages normallydoes not work. If in absolutedespair do, by oil means, try it.

Finally, make sure thot yourname and address ore veryclearly stated in your letter; inthe event you do win theAward it'd be a wise decisiono let them know where to

send it. In the event you'vesent an abusive letter makesure that your name is ananagram of Frank Bruno orsomeone equally fearsome,C StephanouColchesterPS I must emphasise that yourletter must have one or twopost-scripts (they don'tnecessarily have to berelevant).PPS More than two post-scriptsmay jeopardise your chances.Ho, you don't stand a chanceof getting this letter published.Ed.

AARD LUCKAlright you lot, Don't think youcon fool an adult aardvark andhis trainer with a boob like theone in your Rasputin review.Since when wos 'C' the thirdletter of Rasputin?

It is (as the aardvark tellsme) the third letter of Rachael(who? Well, she's the reviewer)Smith's name. Great new megbut don't think the aardvarkwon't be round if I don't get onaward pronto.Andy 'hi guys told y ouI'd fi nd one ' OrchardKings LynnPS Gollum was a JSW fanaticand deserves whatever he gets!An anteater replies: this is whatcomes from mixing too closelywith aardvarks — they're realboneheads. A moment'sthought and ten year's learningRussian would've told you thatC is indeed the third letter ofRasputin in the silly, sorryCyrillic, alphabet.DUMDUM'I've reached area 13 andscored 303300 after 3 hours

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Here's a strip from Ian Butterfield all about Si'n'Clair.

of continuous ploy and acountless number of ruthlesskillings on Elite's Commando.

If anyone's beaten my score,rush it to Your Sinclair but bequick as I've just reached area12 with 9 lives left....Robert DunningMiddlesbrough,ClevelandEven more impressive is theway you can calmly kill withyour right hand while runningoff this letter with your left. Thepen is indeed as mighty as thesword — and the machine gunand half a dozen grenades! ButI don't know what you're tellingme all this for — fefl thathorrible heap Hex Loader, sendhim a piccy and you could bechosen as one of his heroes,Now get back to your gunnin'•Ed.ARISE-Sir Editor,I'm sending you this little letterjust to soy that after anevening — and part of themorning — of solid addictiveand challenging playing on myfaithful Speccy, I finallycompleted that superbmegagame, Rasputin.

"I don't believe your I hearyou cry. But wait, before youreach for the shotgun, I'm nottalking about the £7.95original but the demo versionthat starred on the first issue ofYour Sinclair.

Rasputin is a first-classcomputer game and it took rnewell into the early hours of themorning to complete. Whenyou jump onto the letter N, thescreen lets off a few highbeeps and flashes a few times.You're then left to wonder bockond forth through the fourprevious screens until you pullthe plug.

Now concerning your marktwo VS. I never thought I'd soythis but here goes. What animprovement! (Phew, I didn'tknow what you were going tosay! Ed). When I picked up themag in my local newsagent andflicked through the jam-pockedand colourful pages, I thoughtto myself, "Robert, 'cos that'smy name, you'd be a mug not

Keep on doodling — it's a doddiel Send your cartoonsto Doodlebugs, YS, 14 Rothbone Noce, London W I PIDE. There's a prize of a new game for each cartoonprinted.

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LETTERS TRAINSPOMRAWARDto buy this!' So, I did, ond mymoney was certainly notwasted. Keep up the goodwork all you busy-bodies atVS.Robert GalbraithHastings, East SussexPresident of the 'I'm o crawler'club,PS Notice the 'Sir' at thebeginning. I shall put in a goodword for you(?)Well, I just wish you'd put in agood word for me with the next(ex) reader. Ed.

What a tragedy, what a waste.MI those extra pages and youwaste them on trash (sorry, youcall them games).

However, I do recogniseyour grand strategy. Within theyear you plan to poach oil thereaders from the Beano andthe Dandy. Rest assured, youwill succeed.

But as for me, I'm goingbock to the Beano and Dandy(as soon as my subscription toYour Don Dare, sorry again,Your Sinclair runs out). I findthe content of those comicsmore intellectually stimulatingthan the juvenile hysterics ofyour reviewers.

Why not be honest anddisassociate yourselves fromcomputers. Trust me, you wouldretain the some clientele.Writing computer gamesprograms is obviously clever,playing them and writing aboutthem is moronic.

So, as I bid you farewell,some advice. Change yourways or most certainly go theway of other magazines —under.

Oh, by the way, thanks forthe free cassette. I've used it tosave a dozen or so usefulmachine code routines. Therewas nothing of importance onit was there?Les PanselleCardigan, Dyfed

Did I say something wrong?Still, there's something I'm notquite sure about. I f writinggames is such a jolly wheezewhy is playing them somoronic? Does this mean thatwriting books is clever butreading them stupid, orbuilding cars is bright butdriving 'em a bit dim. I onlyask! Ed.

CHEAP SKATELet me tell you aboutSpellbound from Mastertronic.It's a fantastic arcadeadventure that's menu driven.The graphics are big, clear andwell drawn and it's truly anadventure not just a

I hereby claim a TrainspofterAward. I was reading throughFrontlines when I came acrossart article about someonewho had won E250 in one ofthe VS competitions. I read onand discovered that 150 wentinto his bank account and hespent the other E250 on a

, Commie 64. The otherE250? I thought. So, I wentand plugged my broin in and

! offer a few calculations Idiscovered that something

iump-and-collect like sayKnightbore. (Hong on, hassomeone slipped an ad into thisletter? Oh, there's more ofIL Ed)

All of this for a mere E2.99which represents terrific valuefor money when comparedwith, for instance,Underwuricie. Pocket moneysoftware has finally becomebetter than full price games.

Let me just point Out beforethe poison pen letters arrivefrom the Ultimate fans that Ihave great respect for allsoftware houses, but I thinkmore highly of firms that conproduce quality programs for alow price. Plus, not all budgetsoftware is great. I con nameseveral games that aren't worth10p let alone E1.99. It's justthat for every trashy cheapgame I con find two goodones. After all, a patheticgame like Great Space Racecan cost the earth but I preferto risk under E3 than over Cidiand I reckon most other peoplewould too.P BocilNormanton, Derby

Right, no cheap crocks at theend of this letter — well, exceptfor that one1 I agree with youabout Spellbound — it's agreat game for the money. Myonly reservation is this — woulda budget game like Cylu forinstance, hove ever beenproduced if it hadn't been forthat full price pacemaker,Knightlore? You can be that

was wrongl Realising I couldget a Trainspotter Award outof this I picked up a pen andstarted to write.

Anyhow, great mag andhow about a review of BackTo Skool? (Done master! T.P.)Adam FeatherstonSwinton, ManchesterPS Why is the picture of YourSinclair (in the ad in YourSpectrum 21) different to theissue I bought.PPS I don't suppose thatentitles me to anotherTroinspotter Award, does it?No it ruddy well does not. Butyou will get one and just 'cosI'm feeling jolly generous sowill our next spotter Ed.

First off, I think Your Spectrumwas good but Your Sinclair issuperb value for money(crawl).

However, (brawl) afterreading through for theumpth' time. (Coo, you give methe umpth'I Ed) I noticedsomething wrong inFrontlines. I refer to thearticle on Ian Flory collectinghis prize money. I immediately

within six months there'll beFairlight clones and Elite clonesall at under three quid. Butwould Fairlight or Elite haveever seen the light if allsoftware was priced at thatlevel? I don't know the answerso j u s t hove to wait for theletters from those of you whodo. Oh, and just one thing, ifyou do send any poison penletters can you address 'em toPete — we've been slippingstrychnine into his coffee forthe last couple of months but itdoesn't seem to hove anyeffect_ Ed. Mmmm, I thought ittasted rather better recently.T.P.

ELMS BACK!General congratulations on thetransition from one YS to the new

SMALL PRINTI've been flying about in Elite fora week now and haven't spottedFialley's Comet yeti( No comettEdScott HillCardiffPS love and kisses to TeresaMoughon and good luck for then e w-l o ok mag .

Anthony EmpsonPlymouth(Mmmmmm, and a big wetsloppy one to you too, rzer xxxx)(Touch! Ed and T.P. )PPPPS (As you can see this letterhad a nasty attack of theeditorial red pent Ed) When

'programmed' my Spectrumwith:10 LET PRIZEMONEY 2 5 020 LET BANK 5 030 LET CHANGE —PRIZEMONEY — BANK40 PRINT CHANGEand it kept coming up with 200.

.1 even put a For/Next looparound it but still 200.Now, either send me:1) The name of Ian's bank, or2) A free subscription to YSfor 35 years or3) A coveted TrainspotterAward.Otherwise I shall keep postingyou Des O'Connor LPs.Bob ShowJarrow, Tyne and Wear

Right, so that's one TrainspottAward for Adam and one forBob which makes, er.,.10 LET ADAM'S AWARD =120 LET BOB'S AWARD — I30 LET TOTAL NO. OFAWARDS — ADAM'S AWARD— BOB'S AWARD40 PRINT TOTALThat'll be the last time anyonequestions my maths or they'llget what's coming to 'em — orrather they won't! Ed.

one_ However, this brave movedoes present a couple ofproblems_1) What do we call it? It wasYour Speccy, now,.. Your Sincy?Yukl2) Don't give up on yourbrilliant machine code andutilities features — things likeSamsynthl

Otherwise, it's all great stuff— well done (no, that's not acreep in disguise.)Oh well, byeeee.Thomas lEraugs' SmithLewishamPS I couldn't give aCastlemaine XXXX who Gollumis.1) Call the mog anything aslong as it's not Your Stinky.2) Just take a look at Max'sSwitcha in this issue.Byeeeeeeeeeee. Ed.

using the ROM routine at address0, try instead RAND USR 9880.Now isn't that a lot prettier?Malcolm AtkinsonRochdale, LamsI claim this week's TrainspotterAward because Vyvyan in ish 2has four stars instead of three onhis forehead. Make anothermistake like that and I'll bash youscumbags over the head wivSpeccy.Michael SellarEdinburgh, Scotland(Troinspotter? Huh! Not only hasVyvyan got four stars on his headbut since when has VS beenweekly? British Roil might begetting there but you certaintyain't! Ed)

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rknow I really wish I hadn'tmentioned Marsport in this columnI'm up to my buss in mail about it atthe moment. Puh-lease, no more! Ihave all the solutions I really needand probably enough to give awayas firelighters. (Heh-heh) More onthis in a minute.

First in the queue this month isTrevor Breeds of Welling in Kent. "Iam writing to you as I must be oneof the first people to reach Elite onthe Spectrum..." Just a cotton-picking minute there I don't believethis There must be a Catch Sorry.do go on "I did this by loading thegame when the title page with NewCommander YIN' comes up, type'Y'. Then when the menu 1. NewCommander's Name.' 2. 'Save

Commander', or 3. 'Exit' pops up.select '2'. enter your name and the'press play on tape' prompt shouldflash up. Don't press play on tape.instead press the space bar, andthe security code for Elite ratingwill be shown. then all that remainsis to press '3' and start playing atElite standard." Simple really. Ishould've known it was too ealy inthe life of the Speccy version of atefor someone to blast their way into'Elite' rating. Well spotted, cleverTrevor, but what earthly (ix evenspacely) use is it?

I'd still like to see some more hintsfor arcade games rather than arcadeadventures. Okay. so I know thereare a lot of arcade adventures about,at the moment°, but really. that's noexcuse to play them all the time. Abalanced diet is everything, youknow, and troughing your waythrough just one type of game ispuh-retty bad for you. You could endup with scirrosis of the joystick, orsummink!

Ahhhhhhh! Here's one. A good oldshoot 'em up. Jon Langton ofPickering in North Yorkshire writes tosay how much he enjoys Starquakeand, although he doesn't go intodetails about why (although Ispecifically asked you to do that!Waaaaah!), he does say that heknows all 15 teleport codes. Over toyou, Jon "The codes are: VORA,RAMIX, ULTRA, SONIO. AMAHA,AMIGA, QUAKE (near the planet'score!), ASOIC, ALGOL, EXIAL,IRAGE, TULSA, DELTA, KYZIA, andOKTUP." Great Jon that's... "I havemapped all 512 screens, and foundthem to be in a 16 x 32 grid. Thetop 16 show the stars." Okay greatthanks. Jon " Th e screen with theRAMO( teleport in it is the secondline down from the top, at the tarright." Shuddup! Thank you Jon,that was great. (Phew!) I know this isyour column as well as mine, but Ilike to slide a word in edgeways lustonce in a whileKeith Bradley and Aynsley Herron(names to conjure with there) ofEilyth in Northumberland sent me athick wodge of paper about theamaaazing Fairlight, Look, I knowI've Covered this before, but this isSuch a well documented solution Ihad to print it, didn't we printer?(Bzzzll Prrrp-p-pp! Roger-dodger,Hex! — Peter the Printer) 'Justwriting to inform you that we havecompleted Fairtight without the useof any of the POKES in the last

WHAAT) B u r t. T in g!

Phzzzt AAGH! How dare youmention that word in my column,Urgh! (Click. Bizzuzzz) (Get on wit/.off — Ed.) "We completed the gameon 14th November and weregreeted by the message, 'You havesucceeded in your quest. Thewizard is free. The Quest continuesin A Trail Of Darkness." Any hints atall? "Oh yeah, plenty IL" Just afew, there's not a lot of room left,y'know

"The items required to completethe game are the Scroll, one Cross,two Potions, the Crown, the Bookand two Keys. The Wizard isentrapped in the Tower whichyou're looking Out of on the loadingscreen. To free him you need tocollect the scroll and the crownfrom the courtyard. When playingthe game," Ahem, I'd like to see youdo it when you're not playing thegame... do go on! "It's always bestto dispose of all guards. by killing

them then dropping them near awhirlwind until it takes them away.The trolls are best covered by abarrel after killing them by placinga barrel over the spot you killedthem. This prevents them fromreappearing.

"After collecting the hourglasscross the drawbridge. using thehourglass, and pass the troll.Follow the walls, and you will find adoor hidden in one of the walls. Putthe crown on view, and you'll beable to open the door. Inside thetomb, push the body to one sideand push one of the slabs oftDropping down into the next tomb,collect the book, go through thedoor to appear beside the cliff edgeoutside. Use the scroll to get backto the courtyard, and head for theroom with the cross. Collect thecross and potion, and lull the guardin the room of the deadly flowers.The key you will find is the key tothe Keep, You can Jump past thefirst monk, but you'll need to throwpotion at the next one and thecross at the last one. Kill one guardand climb the final stairs. Use thebarrel from the ground floor.Jumping on it to get you up into thelast room. Give the Book to thewizard, making sure you collect thekey first, and he'll change into amonk. When the monk pushes youout, you may now leave the castle,provided you've the crown, and thekey for the courtyard gate. That's it!Finished! Oh, except can I saythanks to my son Steven Bradleyfor his help?" No you can't. I'vebeen in a bad mood since youmentioned P•K•s... Humph.

Well, it seems that everyone whobought a copy of this mag a coupleof months ago has bought andfinishedMarsport. because I got apile of letters, that would choke ablue whale, telling me how to finishthe game. Paul McLean ot SouthShields and Stephen Roberts from

Fife were just two of the people thatwrote in. Well, for those of you whohaven't finished the game but wouldlike to, here is part one of thesolution by my mate Paul Harkin ofManchester'"The first thing to do is get aweapon. Go in the down tube onComa D2 to the Ells level. Then goto G2 on this level and get a gunpermit from the supply unit. Takethe adjacent tube to the Daly level.Now go to 02 on this level and putthe gun permit in the key unit. Youcan now take the power gun fromthe locker. If you go to the infomaton F3. you will get a clue as to whatmakes the cake. The actual itemsare: water (D1), baking tin (A3), andflour (C2)." Pretty duff cake! Cops."These can be joined by puttingthem in the factor unit on F3. Thecake you receive gives you accessto the bakery. The dough in thebakery can be used later. Now takethe charcoal from G1 and then getdown to Elis from G2. Go to C3 andenter the danger room. Take thebomb from the supply unit andshove it down the refuse shute todisarm it. You're now in sector H.Go to H3, NOT H4, and take thedown tube to the Joly level. Get thegauze from the supply unit andtake the up tube to laxa level. Go toC4 where the vidtex says 'Danger!Use filter to breathe'. Put the gauzeand charcoal in the factor unit tomake a gas mask. Enter the dangerroom, and the mask will protectyou. Leave it in the locker forfurther use." He he ne he he he.That's all your getting for now, mylittle hot dog sauces. You'll have towait on the back burner until nexttime to hear the rest! Quick! No timeleft! Er.. my fave games...Gyroscope, I of the Mask, and GlassSend me letters... or my opticals willget all cobwebby! You know theaddress... Oh no, the end...! (Clickbzuzzzuzz)

HEWS HEROESWheeeee.., Phut, Phut. Phut, Ahemm. That's better. Ifs great to get thosecircuits buzzing again. And without further ado, let me introduce thismonths fearsome threesome, starting off with our regular wacky photo —)"know, Mr Lovely Legs, Jonathan Miller in ish 1, Snowy White thesnowman from rsh 2 and now we ve gel Nick Srepastianos of Greecepulling off a very convincing Clark Kent look-a-like. Haw Haw! Hang on,what d'ya mean that's what he usuatiy looks like? Ooops! Anyway, Clark,er,.. sorry, Nick here has flown in with a rather impressive score of2,000,000 on Spy Hunter. No problem for a super-man, eh Nick?

Next in the hexophiliac line up comes weirdo Noel Wallace, yea, the onewho braved the problems of the joysensor in the joystick review last ish.Noel has achieved great greatness by finishing the Rocky Horror Show.Janet! Brad! Janet! Dr Scow Rocky! Uughh!

And last, and probably by all means least, comes little Brett Collier,Straining a smile after scoring a bounty of $999900 in Ghostbusters. Alltoo much for you. eh Brett?

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COSMIC WARIOADOceanit7.95G w y n Wanted: a hero. Musthave, nerves of steel: accuratemarksmanship; goggle eyes,green, slimy skin and webbedfeet! Yea — who wants to looklike Harrison Ford when youcan be a Cosmic Wartoad?And with your Queen trans-formed into a (Yukl) humanfemale by the 'orrible RygellianSlime Beasts (Boo!), andchained beneath a descendingbuzz saw (Gasp!) then youhave no time to lose.

Ninety, real-time minutes isthe limit as you cross the voidof Rygellian Time Nodes viayour Cosmic Willy. CosmicWilly? Who but Denton Designscould provide not a cursor buta tadpole? The Slime Beastsain't glad to see you thoughwhen you arrive at a nodeyou'll find a welcoming commit-tee. Defeat this and you canoccupy the node. but blow itand you lose a life and returnto the previous node. Losethree lives (Oh no!) and you'rereturned to the start, but thechainsaw is ever nearer yourprone Princess,

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, so rry, wildly exciting plot.The arcade action element asyou travel between nodestakes three distinct forms, ofgraded difficulty. You'll have toclear the screen before yourarrival is established, thoughwith Slime Pawns reproducingand Sludge Slugs falling onyou its no picnic (Aww, and Ibought the ants!).

Between bouts of franticblasting comes the strategyelement that sorts out thetoads from the tadpoles, Yourpath across the eight by eightTime Grid allows for differentcourses, and some nodes aremore useful than others asthey provide Time Tunnels,you can find the keys. You'llneed others to recharge yourgun. And all the while you'll beseeking to avoid the worst foesand collect the objects that youneed to free the Queen.

With its iris-ing windows andgreat graphics the game is asstylish and idiosyncratic asyou'd expect from the peoplewho gave you Franke, and it'spretty difficult. But who couldresist when the prize for suc-cess is a webbed hand in mar-riage — and the price of failureis that you get to carry herhome in two separate bags!r p o i .• • • • •• • • co

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7 o n the cricket field, and I'mafraid the same goes for thesimulation that bears his name.Gooch is known as Zapata tohis colleagues 'cos of his habitof taking siestas during a game— and I think the programmersmust've dozed off half waythough this one

The game purports to simu-late 40, 55, 60 overs and 2innings games. You also havea two player facility as well asthe trad computer opposition.You can punch in your ownteam or accept the program ofcurrent England/Australianplayers — more accurate here

than some football games Icould mention. You give theplayers their batting and bowl-ing averages and must pick awicket keeper. The computerrejects too low an average butnot very high ones, regardlessof batting order. so your num-ber 11 can average 100 withthe bat. The computer seemsto completely disregard thisanyhow during gameplay — sois it all just padding anyway?

The gameplay's really pecu-liar. We all know one daygames and Gooch in particular,zap along, but at 12-15 runs anover? The graphics give you abehind the bowler's arm close-up — good bowling simulationhere — showing batsman,'keeper and slip. When the ball

is struck you get the same viewof the off or leg side — andyou've no choice of field plac-ings. You can control line butnot length or speed when bowl-ing. When batting you haveminimal control over whetheryou defend or attack — but youonly have two shots within thatmode Technically, you havemore control in the two inningsgame — but it still rattles alongat the one day rate, and verylow scores regularly ensue.

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The concept of the game is very similar to Software Star,written by Kevin Whatsisname of Football Manager fame, thatcame out about a year ago. You have to hype your product likemad, for as little as possible, to shift those units.

Trouble iS, this game lacks the polish of Software Star, andcould've done with some roadtesting and tightening up beforerelease. That might have removed some of the irritating numberof keypresses required and some of the more obvious decisionsyou're asked to make What's more, the program has the cheekto suggest that softwarereviewers can be bribed!(Incidentally lads, my chequenever arrived this month).

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As in other Macmillan pack-ages the accompanying book-let is crucial. It gives a briefhistory of the moving imagefrom the Victorian 'flickers'through cartoons to cinema -41and TV.

The software has five basicmenus each with its own subs.Wordshot is the simplest —use it for dialogue but perhapsmost usefully for story boards.Sound track — is just that. TheSpeccy's musical abilities arelimited but this'll let you com-pose simple tunes in C (bassor treble), in various timesignatures. Don't expect toomuch and you won't be disap-pointed. Action — the nuts andbolts of your film. It allows youto build sprites on a 16 x 24grid. A two grid sprite will giveyou simple animation. Screen-shot l e t s you design thefixed backdrop and scenery. Ituses the same grid as Word-shot. It's a simple art packagewith several facilities, includingfree hand drawing plus variouspaint/pencil/colour/shapeoptions. Finally Take 1 lets youedit your final production,getting six frames to a shootincluding up to 12 sprites_

Your productions withScreenplay won't be on theSteven Spielberg scale and acasual user may soon be frus-trated and disappointed. Butit's an informative package andif just one person discovers themagic of the movies through it,then it's worth it.

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111=itImagine/V.95Aliso n YieaaarrriiiieeeeumphlThat's better — there's nothinglike a spot of Kung Fuclobberin' to unclog the tonsils.Yes, we're back on those well-trodden ways of the explodingfists with this conversion fromthe arcades.

You play Oolong as he hops,skips and punches his way to agrandmastership by defeatinga string of nine deadlyopponents, Each adversary isdifferent in style and approachand each has a weakness thatyou must discover and use toyour advantage. Take Buchu,the first fighter to face you — afat devil who nevertheless fliesthrough the air with thegreatest of ease. But a seriesof straight punches to thepaunch will lay his flabbinessflat out. Similarly, the rest of'em come tumbling down assoon as you've mastered thesixteen different possiblemoves, each of which scoresyou a variety of points,

Vie Ar has the edge over itsopponents if you're looking forvariety but still want a fairlyfaithful martial arts simulation.Like Kung Fu, it junks realismfor spectacular effects but itstill captures the spirit of thesport that lies somewherebetween circus acrobatics anda Glasgow brawl. Bycomparison, Fist looks aboutas dangerous as a Japanesetea ceremony but it's still theone for the karate purists.

The only problem I foundwith Vie Ar is that it's just tooeasy. It only took half an hourto reach the final opponent, theKung Fu master himself, and Iwas within one blow of topplinghim Unless you're intonotching up the points you maylust find that your interestStarts to wane once you'vefaced all the foes, Or perhapsI've just played too manysimilar games.

Control Solutions/E199Rick A double-sider of dubious quality from Central Solutions. Itmight have you in two minds — bin it or swop it!

Dungeon Dare's not a bad little mixture of platform and mazearcade. But a dose of sound effects don't cover up the dearth ofimagination involved in the program. Basically you're an explorertrapped in a dungeon, except the graphics prefer to show you asa green blobby thing. You wander in and out of rooms spreadover sixteen screens collecting the 38 (Or is it 46 — they can'tmake up their minds) keys necessary to escape. Along yourmerry way mind the monsters and munch the energy pills —energy loss is a big enemy. The little buggies have a constanthorizontal/vertical motion so it doesn't take long to learn how toevade them. Not for the experienced gamer — though I mustadmit games like this can have a mesmeric hold.

And the taped be better without Classroom Chaos — a graphicadventure of such monumental boringdomness that any schoollesson would seem thrilling in comparison. The school's GoldCup has been stolen (the bell was the only thing that went at ourschool) and the head thinks it was you.

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Hey, I think I recognise thisparticlar varmint. It's that fellahNightshade with a cowboy hat.Sure is the same techniqueused to draw the western town,the same animation of thecentral figure_ and durn me, ifthe plot ain't mighty similar too.

This time you take thesherriff round the town,shooting bandits and avoidingthe populace which consistsmostly of sassy women whoscuttle into you and kill you. I'drather face up to the Jamesgang, though don't get gunhappy with a local lovely oryou'll pay fur it out of yourbounty. That leaves lessmoney to buy bullets, the paceof which rockets faster than amule that's sat on a cactus.And talking of quad-ru-peds(Ker-spittl KLANG!!) there's ahoss to be found aroun' town,though as it's of the pantorather than the pinto varietyyou'll have to do the runnin'.

Now most of the rogues arejest Mexican marauders whosit there waiting to be shot, butevery so often you'se gonnameet a gen-ew-ine grade Aoutlaw, and that's when you'llneed all your quick drawmarksmanship. Only, durn it, ifI didn't wander fur so longwithout meeting one

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But that said there's a wholeheap here that compensatesfor the robotit Rover'spresence, not least being theplot line. This has the Londonof the future turned into acomputing complex. a mazewhich gives new meaning tothe phrase tangle ofbureaucracy. However, if youand Poddy can locate the ROMcard codes scattered aroundyou can then disable thetyrannical main computer that'sbusy controlling various robotsof its own to stop you. It fanciesanother 500 year term of office!

Probably the neatest featureof the game is its graphics,slightly reminiscent of Marsportthough with depth, so that asyou move into a screen itscrolls down and partitions dis-appear to let you see what liesbehind them. That could beanything from the invaluableand inevitable keys to the moredubiously useful, though don'tneglect anything, just in case

As you wander round thecorridors of power you'll comeacross certain problems thatare beyond mere picking up.Now it's all down to iconcontrol. While the options arevaried it takes a while to getused to them all and they're notprinted in the instructions, justvia an on-screen Help. Thereare also several layers of themwhich can take some flippingthrough, though eventuallythey work okay.

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The idea of the game is toput up such a good fightagainst the invading aliens thatthey take the hint and findsome other universe todestroy. But there's oh somuch more to it than that! Thisis not your average 'zap 'emup' game. The alien craft allhave different characteristics,and judging a spaceship's

Lord's final message from thesnippets scattered around theplanet, you're thwarted in yourmission by the planet's relent-less defence systems.

speed as you home in for thekill is something you'll get thehang of only after muchexperience. And somethingelse that'll take time is landingthe Phoenix on a planet'ssurface, plus negotiating thehyperspace gates b u t its allgood fun and if you've got aspare couple of hours topractise, very rewarding.

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But even the most seasonedadventurer is likely to come acropper doing his business in astrange land.

So a handy map is providedto show you not only where theelusive bits of code are hiddenor where you can top up yourenergy, but also to point outthe whereabouts of the hazar-dous heavy defences.

Forbidden Planets a pace'racing, addictive game —shame it crashed when I wasjust beginning to clock up areasonable score!

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Certainly Sweevo himselfhelps. He's the runt of an ET,litter, possessed of the wideeyed innocence that madeStan Laurel so hilarious, Thenthere's the nature of his world,littered as it is with cans, teddybears and ton weights onfragile supports. And itsinhabitants number goosestepping dictators, not to beconfused with geesethemselves or horrible littlegirls, But even if fools rush inwhere angels fear to tread.Sweevo has to hold backbecause the floors sproutstrange Noddy characters andfingers which are likely to killthe idiot android in a mostundignified fashion. And that'snot to mention the fruit!

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Gremlin Oraphicstr7.95Rick A kinda spaghetti com-puter game without the par-mesan or the doi-oing soundeach time you see Clint East-wood's boot. West Bank hasnothing io do with the middleeast and everything to do witha hot-shot winner. It brings abar room brawl into your frontroom without your getting ablack-eye, or spilling red-eyeon the carpet yet still lettingyou be the quickest dead-eyewest of Wapping.

The screen shows threesaloon doors, each assigned akey. Any could swing open atrandom. Press the appropriate

• key and you could blow awaywhatever's behind it. If it's alow down, no good sidewinderof a bad man than watch yourbounty money tot up as indi--cated by the dollar bags above

the doors. But if you're tooquick you might shoot the MaeWest proportioned bar maid.and that'll cost you, as well asher, a life. But before she can.ask whether that's a gun inyour pocket or are you justglad to see her another doorswings open. This could be theclown with five hats. Shoot 'emoff — but watch it — under thelast could be money or abomb. One's a winner — theother could cost a life.

The greater your first roundsuccess, the less baddiesyou'll meet in the secondround, which is marginallyfaster than the first. If you'retop drawer here, then shootthrough the final showdown atthe Pretty OK Computer GameCorral_ Now, instead of doors,three heavy dudes confrontyou. You can't draw beforethem — and you don't knowwho'll draw first, so your reac-tions have to be razor sharp.then banga-bang-bang andmash all three — the faster youdo it the higher your bountybonus.

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Our romantic hero, Mikie hasfallen under the spell ofage-old ague. lovefriend waits by s j i 6. r dgates, ch le a d in g a y whilehe rush r o u n d the 'schoolcolle g l O t t e r s to form a love-Iet 1 0 h e r .

are five sections to thegame each set in a differentroom in the school. We start inthe classroom where Mikie hasto push his classmates off theirchairs to collect the hearts onthe back. Then whizz off to thelocker room, the canteen, thegym, where they bring on thedancing girls, and finally to theschoolyard where Mikie's girl'swaiting. In between there's theshort dash between rooms butfortunately, you won't need todo any homework on that bit.

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ANITER001PRELIJOECentral So1utionsiE3.99G wy n Don't judge a book by its cover. Can the same saying beapplied to computer games? If so this inlay's verdict's pureamateurism, And when you turn the box over to reveal more ofthe same.., Double your displeasure?

Antteroo isn't actually that bad, but it's so-000 unimaginative.Does your collection really need another platforms and laddersvariant? If so here's a competent, moderately difficult addition tothat teetering pile that threatens to crush you.

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When you find yourself in atight spot blank your bumon this seat and teacherwill ignore you — just makesure his dentures don'tmake a dent.

Meet Mikie. Pt's his task tobump off his classmatesbut only otf their seats,you understand. so that hecan get to the heart of thematter underneath.

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Ocean/V.95A liso n If only life was like themovies — then no man, no law,no war would've stopped me!As It is, I had a terrible time juststaying alive let alone securingthe release of every Yank northof Saigon.

The game begins just afterour muscle-bound megastarhas been dropped into thejungle, at the start of hismission — reconnaissanceonly, you understand, withorders not to engage theenemy. You are armed with anendless supply of grenadesand knives but if you doencounter the enemy in thefirst section it's advisable torely only on the,, lattev Thenoise of the grenades is sure tobring the massed ranks of theRed Army into the battle.

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In CRCs Bladerunner, you're the one doling out the pensionscheme to twenty-four renegade replidroids on the run on earth.The first screen presents you with an aerial view of the city. Youmust guide your skimmer car around the streets in pursuit of therobotic runaways, then hover over the area before landing.

The screen now changes to a side on view of the city streetwith a scanner along the bottom that indicates how far you arefrom your quarry. As soon as your skimmer's come to rest, startlegging it after the replidroid so that you can explain the benefitsof retirement to him — you'll find your gun a convincingpersuader. But watch Out, the streets are mean and you musttake care not to blast away any passing pedestrians or get runover by skimmers, The more replidroids you take out, the moremoney you make for your own retirement.

Now I didn't expect the game to follow the film faithfully — itsays on the inlay that it's a 'video game interpretation of the filmscore by Vangelis' — but a bit more variety in the gameplaywouldn't have gone amiss. Overall the idea for the game's finebut it feels unfinished. A touch o nmore speed and a bit more o G rwh ic • m mu o mo lo o--1 .1

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Rambo is best described asa thinking man's Commando.That game starts fast and getsfaster until you end up like aone-man whirlwind. Rambodevelops into a solid shooremup but it just doesn't seem tobe such a drain on the oldadrenalin• Somehow it lacksthe excitement of Elite'snumber one hit — perhaps it'sthe larger playing area, maybeit's the slower start or could itjust be the amount of strategyinvolved? After all, who everheard of Rambo having tothink?

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Well no, to be fair, WilliamWobbler, a sort of scrottylooking ET. type with an irritat-ing habit of nodding his headup and down, ain't that bad. It'sjust that it looks like what it is— a conversion that hasn'ttranslated too well.

For a start there are awfulattribute problems and whatmay have been a rather nicelandscape is less enticing thanBurnley on a wet Saturday. It'salso the very devil to pickthings up. calling for ludicrouslyaccurate positioning consider-ing the size of your Willy. If youmiss you bounce aroundbecause fire is also used forJump. Reactions seemed slow.especially when ducking toavoid the low flying monkeys!

In its favour though it doeslook different to the averagearcade adventure. There are afew nice touches, such as thenecessity to find a disk andtake it to a terminal before youcan Save the game. And if youget bored, pressing Breaktransports you to a minimalshoot 'em up diversion. Butwhile arc-ad addicts maypersist in the quest, I just gotpossed off.

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Death Wake is a pretty goodwargame. It's based aroundthe adventures of TheUndaunted, a destroyer thatcan float just about longenough to avoid patrol boatsand dodge the enemy planes.Its mission, to destroy theresearch plant, busy in thedevelopment of the atomicbomb.

The screens don't look thatspectacular at first sight — and

nothing compared to thestunning portrait on thecassette cover — but they arecertainly up to giving you agood idea of what's going on.In most wargames I've played,the instruction bookletaccompanying the package isso daunting that play can beforstalled by half an hour whileyou keep looking up what youneed to do to win. Death Wakeis much more friendly as itmixes the traditional wargameformat with arcade action, sothat beginners can plough intothe battle and sort Out tactics,

As wargames go, it's not thebest in the world.., but, on theother hand, it does haveenough addictive qualities togrow on you. And that's comingfrom someone who rarelyrecommends wargames.Check it out!

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In Ocean's version, your task is to collect the four pieces of theEnergon Cube before the baddies nick them. You control all five'bots though only one at once — stop off at a Defense Pod torecuperate and you can then switch to any of the other four —hardly Shadow fire' All the Decepticons are there, too, in minutedetail but, unlike the toys, they reproduce at a fantastic rate inorder to make the game a shoot'em-up more than anything else.It would be a platform and ladders clone with shooting but theability of Autobots to fly/drive when necessary makes theplatforms a bit redundant.

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You control a robot through afuture city — which looks a lotlike a circuit board — in searchof the HQ. Once at the HQ, ofcourse, it's 'grievous bodilyharm' time — but don't worryabout that too much right nowas it'll be ages before you getthat far!

N.O.M.A.D. can be spunaround in either direction, andcan be thrust forwards andbackwards. The robot lurchesaround the screen, but can becontrolled carefully withexperience. And, of course,there's the trusty laser gun —you never run out ofammunition so it's a good planto spatter anything in sight.

There are all sorts of nestlesas you progress through thecorridors — from heavy guns tohoming missiles to robot thugs.But there's tactics too — in

knowing where the magneticwalls are, which rooms havezero inertia, and which -4switches control which doors. •These last few problems canonly be dealt with after you'velost one of your four livesfinding out about them, but thegame's addictive enough tokeep you coming back formore.

Points are awarded fordestroying anything that looksfaintly like an enemy, but if youcan pass a particular section ofthe game without violence thengood luck to you. The onlyadvantage to devastating thevarious screens is that if youlose a life you start from thebeginning again — only thenext time through, there's lessto watch out for. Once you getpast a specific section of thegame and lose a life, you startfrom the beginning of thatsection — which is a darnedgood idea and saves a lot offrustration.

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U.S. Goldill.95G wy n The most interestingbattle in the Winter Olympicshas been the race betweenElectric Dreams and US Goldto win the Spectrum owners'gold. Electric Dreams was firstto the finish but this is not amere race -- there's scoringfor style tool

Winter Games has onlyseven events while WinterSports had eight But of thosethree were almost identical andtwo of the new ones give me afeeling of deja vu as well. Bothneed to be loaded in parts, butWinter Games keeps this downto two and on the whole it's fairto say they manage bettergraphics.

The first side contains somegreat music but the fourprogram second section issilent — a pity because theinstructions refer to FreeSkating to music. There areoptions to practice andcompete in single events aswell as all together and multi-player options.

Both programs compete inthe Ski Jump and Biathlonevents. While Electric Dreams'versions are moresophisticated I preferred thelatest two screen jump. TheBiathlon is rather simplistic butat least it doesn't take an age.

There's also the obligatoryjoystick-wrecking SpeedSkating about which what can Isay except 'Ouch, I've sprainedmy wrist!' Bobsled appears inboth Games and Sports andthe American team providemuch less of a challenge thanthe English, who make yousteer a proper course insteadof just compensating forcentrifugal force.

The other three events areunique to Winter Games, HotDog Aerials isn't flyingfrankfurters but a ski lump withstunts — looks like a good wayto break your neck in reality!Its closest to the diving eventsin more summery athletics.

Figure and Free Skating arevery similar, with one and twominute time limits to performcertain specified moves withoutgoing over on the ice.Attempting a Double Lutz whenskating forward will only provethat you're a total Idutz! ThoughIn the John Curry stakes theseare more Mild Korma thanMadras. I rather liked them.

In the end those all importantstyle points go to WinterGames, mainly for the graphicsand music, and if you musthave yet another excuse fornot going out and getting somereal exercise, then this isprobably the one

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The tape is double sided (agame of two halves you mightsay) with a fact file and a gamesimulation — which shouldhave you over the moon. Thesimulation starts with a warmup of heading and penalty skillsthat'll test your arcade abilities.Good graphics here. You thenmove on to management. Pickwhich country you wish to be,then select a squad or acceptthe programmed one. I canunderstand the computer mightstruggle to give you the Cam.'eroons squad, but if youchoose to be England you'll begiven an all-time greats squadof multi-nationals. If only Pelereally was English!

The computer will now pityou against another nation inyour section. The first half isunseen — but injuries andscores with times are flashedup. In the second half you cancompensate for any programfailings by using the headingand penalty skills first seen alwarm up

But what's this? Kuwait andNew Zealand seem to douncommonly well for soccerminnows and the Great Shiltshas become goal scorer aswell as goal keeper. Still, thisought to keep you happy untilthe real thing in June.

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Century Commenicationsit9.95Max Nehvah. in the field ofSpectrum wargaming, has somuch been put into so little.Century surprised everyonewith the flash icons and ease ofplay of its Fourth Protocol andits used many of the sametechniques to make its Battle ofBritain simulation one of themost playable and realisticwargames ever. Unlike the bulkof the genre. Their Finest Hourplays smoothly and is allaction. There's little of thetedious taking turns to alterthis, allocate that, update theother and whatever.

You play in 'real time', theaction only stopping so thatyou can read reports and theconstant stream of mostlyabusive memos from theCommander-in-Chief orrespond to questions such asthe way you want to handleparticular dogfights. The speedof play is adjustable by settinga pulse rate — set it slow andyou get more time to consideryour options than they did in1940, set it fast and it allhappens so quickly, it's almostan arcade game. Even better,holding down the S key hurriesthe game along so you can

rush through the 'boring' bits,'and take more care over thecrucial battles. •

The game's high on realism— the lads even get tired andcareless if you leave 'err uptoo long. You've got to spreadthe load throughout your forcesand make sure those in thefront line are getting their fairshare of rest, repairs and •support from other squadroBut the simulation is scaled -,down from history — you'veonly got Spits and HurricaneAs it is, you're gonna have toplay loads of one-day gamesuntil you've got the map fixedin your head and don't have tothink about which dot is wherebefore you can attempt the realthing.

It may not have 3D graphics,the rattle of machine guns andthunder of ack-ack guns. But itdoes have the claustrophobiaand almost impossible odds of1940. I lost again and again: Istill can't beat off the might ofthe Luftwaffe. And I still don'tknow how they did it in 1940.

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Mastedronictil.99Rick Big Brother —presumably of 1984 fame —has been overthrown butcrucial nuclear plasma hasbeen stored away on fourother planets. Your mission inyour frail craft is to seek outthe plasma and return it tosave the world.

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Still, when you've got itsussed, this game's great fun,But it just goes to show thatsmart-alec strategy still can'tbeat a well-oiled joystick!

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THE HIT LISTWhat's in and what's out? Find out from the HitList. Plus all the latest chart chat'n'stats fromSteve Cotwill.Chart C hat 3For the Chris tmas chart i ts 'all c ha nge ' from last month's faves. OnlyDa le y Th o mp so n 's S u p e r Test and Mo n t y On The Ru n have su rv ive d theassault from Com m a ndo and Co. Ev e n Monty Mole dipped out for ashort time be tween last m onths chart and this.

We say farewell to three long-running, bone -c runching classics Wa yOf The Exp lo d in g Fist, F ig h t in g Wa rrio r and Fra n k B ru n o 's B o xin g on ly tosee them replaced in the Hit Lis t by Vie Ar Kung Fu and InternationalKarate. The s e software houses know a good market when it comes upand hits gem! Apart from these two martial arts entries, the chart has amilitary air about it this month. Elite 's Com m a ndo takes the battlehonours from the chopper flight simulator, Toma ha wk and the burnt corkand rubbe r soles game, Saboteur.

The software business seems to be getting more like the music bizevery day. The Chris tmas a lbum charts seem positively stuffed withsingles compilation albums. Y ou know the sort of thing — N o w That'sWhat I Ca l l A Fa st B u ck 3. Th e y So ld A Mi l l io n is a se lect ion o f ra ve sfrom the grave, repackaged for those Speccy owners who missed out onthe titles first time round.

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We've brought together all yourfavourite software houses andpersuaded them to cut their profits foranother year by giving away lots'n'Iotsof lovely goodies. There are five Zipids.enough T-shirts to keep you clothedfor a whole year and simply squillionsof games.

So what's the scam? Simple. Justwrite the answer to each compo on thecoupon against the appropriatenumber. You can enter as many or asfew of the compos as you please. Andeven if you win one prize that's not theend of it. Back goes your entry readyfor another go. Now that's what I callge-ne-rous! Now cut Out the coupon(Or use a photocopy). stick it to theback of a postcard or sealed envelopeand send it to the Ocean/Martech/CRL/Ouicksil e r , on secondthoughts, just send it to 'Thatginormously big compo in issue 3',Your Sinclair, 14 Rathbone Place,London W*1 P

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Games, games, posters, T-shirts, games, KonixLiberators, games, South American nose flutes,games, Zoids, games, games and, er, games. And youcan win them all. (Well, all except for the SouthAmerican nose flutes 'cos that was a fib.)

HowId you like to win a copy of2 1 I2 AD or Forbidden Planet? Wellread this way, m'boy (It you readthat way you'll go blind! Ed) 'cosDesign 'so good they named it twice'Design is offering a copy of each tothe first ten readers who come upwith the answer to the ultimatequestion. And no, 42 lust won't do.All we want to know is the passwordat the end of Dark Star. Is it:a) Everyone's a Wally?b) Everyone's a nervous wreck?c) Everley Brothers? (Who they? Ed)

Gargoyle Games great new game's gonnahave you going ga-ga. Sweevo's World is allabout a tin-pot robot who's more than a littleaccident prone. Rather like the comedianwho was the inspiration for his antics. WhatGargoyle wants to know is who you reckonthat funny man is, (If you need a clue, take Elook at the drawing in Gargoyle's ad for thegame.) So, is it:a) Oliver Hardyb) Stan Laurelc) Stan AndeliverOh, and the prize? Twenty copies of saidmadcap mayhem — that's the game to you'Sweeeeeeeevol

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F-low d'you like to adorn your manly, orwomanly, torso with a stylish T-shirt to welcomethe spring months? You would? Lucky then thotwe've got five Bubble Bus T-shirts up for grabsand all you've got to do is onswer one measlyquestion, And even if you don't cart off theclothing, there are still ten copies of Storquaketo be won. Just tell us which star is nearest tothe Earth? Is it:

I) Alpha Centauri?2) The Sun?3) The Mirror?

Zounds, itza Zoicil Yes, mMartech's offering five amazi o l dmodels to the five lucky winners ofthis simple competition. All you'vegotta do to be the envy (and enemy)of your friends is answer this simplequestion. Redhorn The Terrible isthe evil baddy but who is his goodlycounterpart? Is it:/ ) Troubleshootin' Pete?2) The Mighty Zoidzilia?3) The Mighty Wurtitzer?

Okay snweethearts• rt's Humph here -you know, the one Bogey that doesn'tget right up your nose. Oceans askedme to give away twenty copies of Nonew game Movie that's based on theexploits of a dick like me, Private dick.smarms!!! But It you wanna win oneyou're gonna have to do a bit ofdetective work yourself. Jusht tell mewhich of these black and whileSaturday afternoon BBC2 films Iappeared In and then jot It down nextto the number 5 on the coupon.Here's looking a t you kid i

1) The Maltese Penguin

2) The AtrOmn Mi e n3) Alenkelybtanta

Did tiou haw i'isuors over Chrimble? Well. Ocean did and it wasn't lust AuntieVera and Uncle frank turning up to polish off the he br andy and natter onthrough the big film. Oh no. Ocean was visited by aliens from the outercosmos, horrid slimy green things that ate Harry the Hamster for breakfast anddrank Domestos cocktails. In fact, so entertaining was the company thatOcean 's put the visitors trim its new game V based on she TV series of the samename. To win one of the twenty copies of the game that Ocean's putting up forgrabs lust sell us whether these aliens are really:

1) Distant relations of the Ed?2) Lizard type creatures?3) Armadillos wearing rain hats?

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Question 3 Question I Question 9 Question 12

Well, it was along time coming but for Dungeons andDragons freaks it was worth the wait — PSS's Swords AndSorcery has arrived. And to prove that it's not so much agame. more a way of strife, PSS is offering ten S&S T-shirts and twenty S&S posters to VS readers. So, now for

- .the question. A long time ago there was this geezer calledArthur who had a modest country dwelling called Camelot.•And he had a magical sword called . . . well, what was it'Called?

. I) Wilkinson?2) Excalibur?42) Damocles?

Hello sailors. Oh, a life on the ocean waves.Take an exotic cruise, travel to distantshores and blow the hell out of otherbattleships, Perhaps we forgot to mentionthat were talking about Ouicksilva's newgame Death Wake. It's a war game in whichyou play the commander of The Undauntedin his mission to blow up lots of things,preferably those belonging to the enemyunless you liberate them by answering thissimple question. Sailors who pop theirsocks at sea can't be said to push up thedaisies, so where do they end up? is it in:1) Davy Jones's Locker?2) Mother Hubbard's Cupboard?3) Doily Parton's Chest?

Brrrrr. Cold? You don'l low what cold is.It's like a zoo in here, there are so many brassmonkeys. Lucky I've giii len Bladentnner T-shirts from CRL to keep me warm. Course theEd wants me to giVe 'cm away to you lot butwhat the heck, my need ts greater than yours.(No, it ruddy well Isnot (land 'em over! Ed).Oh. alright but only on , ine condition, Youmust send me all your spare winter clothing.No? Oh well answer this question instead.Who was the star of the film Bladerunner?Was it:

I) Sting?2) Model T Ford?3) Harrison Ford?

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How's this sound for a spec? An interface thatodds a full ten functions to your Speccy —Centronics port, R5232 port, sound through thetelly, slow mode, video port, oil joystickprotocols, reset button, through port, Save/Load and a power indicator. Okay, now namethe price? E150? MO ? Nope, to you John,C34•95. Sounds incredible, doesn't it? (Souncislike you took the info straight from the adl Ed).Might've done, might've done. But although wehoven't seen Konix's miracle Liberator yet, westill reckon it's worth answering the followingdoddie of a question? Who's the leader of theLiberal party? (Liberator/Liberal, geddit?i Is it?I) Terry Wagon?2) David Steel?3) Stainless Steel?

Puff, puff, pant, pant. No, it's not adirty compo entry up to a spot ofheavy breathing but Silversoftarriving in the nick of time — mindyou, have you played its spoofadventure, Robin Of Sherlock?Hope, well it's giving away fifteencopies plus twenty-five posters. Allyou have to do w e l l y ou knowwhat you've got to do by now. Whatwas the name of the fat guy in thecassock who knocked around withRobin Hood? Was it:

it 1 ) Friar Tuck?2) Cyril Smith?3) Dolly Parton (again)?11

And finally, Fairlight. Imagine what the-inlay cardmight look like to an ant. Now think how big a full-size, lull colour poster of the same piccy would look.Meg-aah! To win one of ten copies of such a poster,tell us the name of the game's hero?I) Istvan?2) Igor?3) Another name beginning with 1?

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RULE UP, RULE UP!Usual set of boring old rules. The Ed won't talk to anyone about the compothough what's so bad about the Ed not talking to you is way beyond us. Youcan't enter if you work for any of the participating companies or if you work hercand if you work here knock three times on the pipes and we can form an escapecommittee. All entries must be in by March 31st — a day late and you'll feel aright fool.

NOW THAT'S WHAT II CALL A MEGACOMPO!Here are my answers to your easy-peasy questions. Next time youW have to makethem harder if you want to beat me.

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Now cut the coupon or use a photocopy and stick it to a postcard or the back of asealed envelope. Send it to That ginormously big compo in issue 3, Your Sinclair.14 Rathbone Place. London W1P IDE. Meg-aah!

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SO New CommandsNamed ProceduresOn-Screen Windows

64 Column TextFull Screen Editor

Smooth Moving SpritesProgrammable Function Kegs

Machine Code MonitorMulti-tasking Subroutines

Background SoundLine Number Tracing

AUTO Line NumberingREPEAT—UNTIL Loops

DELETE Line RangeFull Machine Code CALLs

Double-Length POKEBreak Key Control

Three FontsUser-Defi ned Character Sizes

Downwards PrintingCharacter Stipples

Attribute SWAP, FADE and CHANGEWindow PAN, SCROLL and INVERT

Improved Line Editor...And 22K User Memory

and of course everything that's in ZX Basic!PLUS FREE Sprite Designer

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First off is Paul Rober tsfrom Yeovil who sent in apiece of relocatable codethat'll do some amusingthings on-screen.

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And while were feeling flashy,Ad • Shaw from Plymouthsent in several tips — try thiswhen your Speccy's feelingbored:10 FOR n-1 TO 250: OUT14,0: NEXT nAde also sent in an improvedroutine to toggle printingbetween screen and printer.To turn on the printer:OPEN# 2,"p"and to turn it off and returnprinting to the screen:CLOSE# 2Cheers Mel By the way your'better' input routine isn't! Ifyou do a PAUSE 0 in asubroutine and leave yourfinger on a key a fraction toolong you'll find you've enteredthe wrong thing.

Clive Seaden fromBasingstoke sent in amegashort piece of machinecode that'll do a double peekat any address (except 0). Ituses the System variable

SEED so beware if you userandom numbers

Use this Basic routine to getthe double peek at address pinto the variable 's'. Themachine code is relocatableso I've called its address'any'. Just load it in whereverconvenient — it's only 7 byteslong.10 RANDOMIZE p: LET s=USR (any)

Here's a brill way of creatingfalse headers from Basicfrom Malcolm Goodmanof Leeds. I've altered itslightly 'cos I like meddling inother people's programs andso it'll work with the Interface1 connected. I've also usedthe routine above to get thestart address of the Basicprogram. so don't forget toput the code in. Use the codein Your Spectrum 21 to splitthe number into high and lowbytes. What you don't haveit? Shame on you. Well, justthis once then:

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The program will ask you howmany bytes you want tocreate your header to loadlater. To use this, start thetape recorder on Record assoon as the messageappears and stop whenyou've saved the header. Etvoila!

On the subject of headers,Gary Pr oc tor from the IsleOf Man sent in a method ofmaking program names moreinteresting. Gary was curioushow the title 'FLASH LOAD'could come up instead of theboring message 'program:rhubarb' or whatever. Try this:

'10 LE T • S . ",20 LE T 011•11111-1-CHRS 2 2 4,C H . 01•CHRS 04CHRS 219+CHRS 2 3

Mind you it could've beeneven better if he'd included acouple of extra CHR$s in thetitle — what about this then:

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As you can see, there areseveral interesting ideas.How to make a string containits own print position info andhow to compress two five andfour letter words into 2 bytesfor starters.

Joseph Otten fromManchester has the perfectway of confounding all thosetypes who like to break intoyour programs. Use thiswhen you next save aprogram but do save anunprotected copy first.POKE 23613,0: SAVE 'nameCODE 23613,PEEK 23627+256 *PEEK 23628-23613:GOTO 0

The system variable EARSP is at 23613/4 so altering itwill make all sorts of funthings happen if the programhits an error. This routine byAndrew Cope of Exeterprovides an ON ERROR GOTO function. This routine isn'trelocatable but can beassembled to any convenientaddress. Andrew uses 64400to allow room for someredefined characters,

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To use this you'll need to setup the line that you want theON ERROR routine to jumpto. This can be in asubroutine so you can alter itas required. To set up theroutine you'll only need to callthe code once. After that allerrors will be trappedautomatically. Andrewsuggests the following:

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Andrew also makes aninteresting suggestion. If youcan spare the space it savestime to READ all DATA intoan array before the programstarts. He reckons it'll halve'Access time'. And I thought it

took less time to read a DATAstatement than access aDIMensioned variable. Well Iwonder who's right? Whydon't you devise a program toact as a benchmark and sendit in with your results.

J ohn Why te of Dunfermlineand Nicholas White ofNewhaven both came up withways to make your messagesmore interesting. John'sroutine will spit out yourmessage one letter at a timewith or without sound. You'llneed to decide what to put inline 9020 or whether to leaveit out altogether if you don'twant sound.

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Nicholas's routine isdesigned to do a similar thingbut the message must be 32characters long. Why not trythem both?

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YOU CAN'T1What's got long greasy hair,makes nasty smalls in thecorner and creates one hell ofa din laying into his kit? Adrummer, that's what! NowRachael Smith reckons she'sfound a more refinedalternative — Cheetah'sSpec Drum.Drumme rs are a real pain for anew band. Whe n y ou're s tartingout you can never fi nd one — a ndif you ma k e it big the y 're a lwaysthe ones w ho drive the sportscars into the s wimming pool!Well. SpecDr um may prov e theanswer. For thirty quid you ge t acomple te drum kit in the shape ofa small box to clip to yourSpeccy's be hind, plus a tape.

The ha rdwa re conta ins theelectronic wizardry tha t gives youthree channe ls of percuss ion.And as nobody in his right mindwould wa nt all tha t ma y he mbeeping through the inbui l tspeaker, you'l l lust have toconnec t it to a hi-fi or othe r a mpvia the a ttached phone , poss iblyusing an adaptor.

Mind you, the really c lever s tuffis on the tape. He re you'l l fi ndyour kit of e ight digita lly s a mple dsounds. You can use any three ofthem s imultaneous ly — withincertain l imitations. SpecDr umcomes with a s ta nda rd rock kit,plus high tom or rim substi tutes .The versatility doe s n't s top at tha t— there 's even the promise offurther kits to come, such as alatin one.

But back to the present. Oncey ou'v e l is tened to the e levenexamples you'l l be dy ing tocreate your own tracks, bui ldingwith rhy thmic blocks, c rea tingyour pa tte rns then linking a ndlooping the m into c omple te dsongs. And as the ins truc tionsare probably the wors t part of thepackage you can take a look a thow this process works here.

There 's a lot of me mory forstoring y our tracks. You'l l s oonfind tha t us ing the sys tembecomes s e c ond na ture to you.But the impressive fea ture is tha tquality of the s ound — i t'd easilydo for de mo tapes. Tha t's whythere 's a s y nc hro facility — Ireckon a full MIDI inte rfacewould've proved fa r too costly.As it Is. SpecDr um is unbe l ievablycheap and grea t fun to use. Adefinite hit.

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BEATING THE DRUMAs so o n as t he p ro g ram •s lo ad ed yo u ' re p resen t ed wftht h e fo l l o w i n g s e r i e s o f m e n u s — p r o v i d e d S p e c D r u m ' scon nnected, o f course!

Main MenuFr om the main m enu you can access fur ther faci l i ties as wel l as all the other m enus

Here's the list at songsyou're working on, TheLoadISave menu hasoptions for individualtitles or dumps for up tolb tracks.You gel the chance tohear your track as itstands at any stage of theproceedings. Set around125 the tempo is a rockin'beat, but boot it up to 999and your snare will soundlike a pneumatic drill!

Here's your drum kit. Notethat It's divided into threegroups, so you can't playthe Mid and Low Tomssimultaneously, torexample.And this is where thedrums are played anddisplayed. by numberThe three channels areclearly illustrated, andyou can easily makealterations under theblack cursor. Above andbelow are the bars you'reriot currently working an.

There are the individualpatterns. To hear themagain just insert them inthe black window belowand press D tor Drum —you can heat them incontext and take them outIt you don't like the effect.This is the numbet of thepattern you've chosen,increased or decreased bypressing 1 and 2respectively

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To start you'll need toknow how to divide eachbeat. Though 32 parts areavailable. you're unlikelyto need more than 12unless you're getting intovery complex rhythms.

Clever this. II you havemulti-track recordingteddies you cam useSpecOrom to sync to Hullvia a pulse track outputfrom the mic socket.

01 course you may preferlapping Out the track totyping il in. This calls asub menu which allowsyou to specify the sound.Then beat out that Mythrnon a ISpec)Drum

Tempo.format choosesthe time signature andthis blue line showswhere the beats and barlines corn,. Closed Hi Haland. or bass can beautomatically added tohelp you keep time. A nicetouch.

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,...And this is the numberot limes it plays, irom 110255. which could berather repetitive/ 3 and 4control this, and onceyou're satisfied you justscroll it to the left withEnterUse Shift 9 to insert, Shift0 to delete, andeventually you'll get itright, Then it's back to themain menu for one lastlime where F tidies thedata and stores it aseconomically as possible.Simple. eh?

DRUMMIN' UP.Ra t S c a bi e s of T h e D a m n e d onc e s a i d t ha t he t ook u p d r u m m i n g' c os he l i ked hi t t i ng t hi ngs . For al l of y ou w h o ' v e ne v e r t hr a s he d aki t he r e ' s a qui c k r un d o w n of w ha t y ou ge t .

B a ss The one you pa in t the b a n d 's n a me on. It h its you in the p it o fthe s t o ma ch so u se it to accen tua te the beat.S n a re 'To p p y' so u n Din g , it can be u se d fo r sizzling ro lls. Fo u n d inmo st so rt s o f mu sic, a n op t iona l vo ice a l lo ws fo r st riking the 'Rim' .T o m s Mid and L o w a re sta n d a rd with an op t iona l High . O ve r-u sethese tuned d ru ms and you ' ll so u n d like a bad d isco mix bu t mo vin gb e twe e n p it ch e s can wo rk we ll.H I-Ha t Your cymbal can be in two states, Closed, or for a real crash,

Open. Use sp a rin g ly u n le ss yo u ' re in to HMO (He a vy Me ta l ove rkill).Co wb e l l Go e s g rea t with yode lling . No t one fo r the ro cke rs bu t it canbe n ice ly funky if it a lte rna tes with yo u r cymb a l.C la p s Ano the r d isco one in the cymb a l sect ion . Use it fo r steady,repe t it ive rh yth ms.

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BATTLE FLEETORIONby II K McDonaldThis one's really hot. It 's a forty screen shoot'em up that's writ tenin Basic but it's as tricky as any machine code equivalent.

Your mission is to destroy an enemy planet 's life forms beforethey reach Earth and destroy you. To have a crack at it, you'll haveto t ravel backwards through t ime by disappearing up a black hole.Naaaasty!

As soon as you've entered the game — and you can leave out theintructions once you've read them — save it with SAVE "Orion" LINE7000 and then start it with RUN 7000.

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s h i e l d i n g c a n n o t b e h i t ) c o u l dwel l o c c u r . "

7045 I NP UT " P r e s s " " E n t e r " " t o co n t i n u e " ; L I N E aSe C L S7050 CLS7060 P RI NT I N K 6 1 " Y our s h i e l d s

can s u r v i v e 3 h i t u b s f o r e y our shi p 0 m pl oda s . T h e c o m p u t e r r i scor d o f y o u r a t t a c k i s summar i sed

as a b a t t l e r a t i n g , w h i c h i s d i ,pl a y e d o n - s c r e e n . "7065 P RI NT I N K 6 1 " T h e r a t i n g val ums w i l l b e " , " d i s p l a y s d a t t h ebot t om o f t h e s c r e e n . "

7070 P RI NT I N K 4 1 " I n b l a c k h o l• s , s h o o t dow n t h e m a t e r i a l t r a pped i n t h e f o r c e w a l l , a n d i f the w a l l a ppr oa c he s y ou , dodge t h e

m a t e r i a l t r a p p e d i n s i d e t h e f or c e w a l l t o &t i t e r t h e b l a c k h o le. A v o i d a n y m a t t a r t h a t y o u ov e rt a k e when e n t e r i n g t h e b l a c k h o l• - d u e t o a n o p t i A m l i l l u s i o n i t wi l l a p p e a r t o b e l e a v i n g t h e hc l e . "7075 P RI NT I N K 4 1 " When a t t a c k ing s pa c e s t a t i o n s r e m e m be r t h a t

I h i t w i l l b e s u f fi c e n t t ode s t r oy t h e s t a t i o n i n a s ub- a t omi c c h a i n r e a c t i o n . "7080 I NP UT " P r o s . " " E n t a r " " t o co n t i n u e " ; L I N E afte C L S7093 P RI NT I N K 5 ; " When t h e On

1

on hom e p l a n e t i s r e a c h e d , t h e shi p w i l l e j e c t c a n i s t e r s o ft ox i c c r y s t a l s i n t o t h e p l a n e t s atmospher e. A s t h e m e t h o d o f T i me t r a v e l u s e d I s v e r y a ppr ox i ma t e , ha z a r ds d u e t o s t m p l e O r i o ns t a r fi g h t e r s o r t h e O r i on e t ar system s t i l l " , " f o r m i n g a r e pa s si b l e . "7100 P RI NT I N K 5 1 " I f f o r w a r d Time T r a v e l be c om e s ne c c sssss yoi ou w i l l b e p l a c e d i ns us pe nde d a n istat i on u n t i l t h e d e s i r e d t i m ei s r e a c h e d . "7110 P RI NT I N K 4 ; BRI G HT l o " E VEN NORMALLY P LACI D OBJECTS C O ULD EJECT RADI ATI ON OR COSMI C PARTI CLES, OR BE CAMOFLAUSED O R !ON FORCES. " 1 I N K 6 ' " E X TRE ME CAUTION ADV I S E D. "7120 I NP UT " P r e s s E n t e r " " t o cont i nue " ; L I N E a s7505 LE T x 4 =0 a L E T cr 4 . . 01 L E T y f

(:)3 L E T b l O s L E T I v I l i L E T31 L E T x m O t PAPER Os I N K 7 : BO RDER Os I NP UT " " . C L S7510 LE T s c 0 1 P R I N T A T 0 , 0 ; B R !GMT I ; " B a t t l e R a t i n g 0 S h i eI ds 37520 0 0 TO 3 0 1 076on PAPER 7 : I N K 9 : C L S B D R D FR 7m I NP U1 " " s C L 6 P R I N T A l L O110; INK 9;"Game Over", FOR al

TO 5 0 STEP S i BE E P . 0 1 , a 1 NE X T a7610 I F sc<=4 , ( 10 ) THE N S O TO 7 7

007620 FOR a m l TO 1 0 i I F • c > h ( a ) THEN G O TO 7 6 4 07630 NEXT a7640 FOR a • 1 0 TO a + 1 S TE P - 17650 LE T h ( a ) h ( a - 1 ) 1 L E T h * ( a ) =11S(a-1)7660 NEXT a7665 LE T h ( a ) - s c7670 P RI NT I N K 2 1 AT 1 5 , 0 ; " Y o u have made i t i n t o t h e h i g h s c o r e

t a b l e ! " i FO R b= 1 TO 3 2 STEP 2 1BEEP . 0 5 , b s BE E P . 0 5 , b - 2 s NE X T

7680 I NP UT "Name 7 " ; L I N E a S t 1F LE N • S > 2 0 THEN P R I N T ) 1 ; " S o r ry-max l e n g t h 2 0 l e t t e r s " : BE E P 1901 PAUSE 0: GO TO 7680

7690 LE T 114)(a)wal t7705 PAPER i t BORDER l s C L S P RI NT TAB 1 0 0 H a l l o f F a m e " "7710 FOR a l TO 1 0 e I N K 8 - a + ( a - 5

AND a>5)m P R I N T W A S 2 0 ) ) * ( a ) ; "" l h ( a ) o BE E P . 1 , 4

7720 P RI NT " D e c o r a t i o n s " 17730 I F h ( a ) < 3 0 0 0 THEN P R I N T " Non. "7732 I F h ( a ) < 6 0 0 0 AND h ( a ) > * 3 0 0 0

THEN P R I N T FM m $ ( 1 1 ( a ) . 3 0 0 0 ) 1 "Spar k"7734 I F h ( a ) < 9 0 0 0 AND h ( a ) > = 6 0 0 0

THEN P R I N T FM m S ( h ( a ) , 3 0 0 0 ) ; "He a r t "7736 I F h ( a ) < 1 2 0 0 0 AND h ( a ) > 9 0 00 THEN P R I N T FM m I l l ( h( a ) , 3 0 0 0 ) ; "

Comet"7738 I F h ( a ) < 1 8 0 0 0 AND h ( a ) > 1 2 000 THEN P R I N T F N m S ( h ( a ) , 6 0 0 0 ) ;" S t a r "7750 I F h ( a ) < 2 4 0 0 0 AND h ( a ) > = 1 8 000 THEN P R I N T FM m S ( h ( a ) , 6 0 0 0 ) ;" C l u s t e r "7760 I F h ( a ) < 3 6 0 0 0 AND h ( a ) › . . 2 4 000 THEN P R I N T F N m $ Ch( a ) , 1 2 0 0 0 )

S upe r c l us t e r "7770 I F h ( a ) › . . 3 6 0 0 0 THEN P R I N T"Honor a r y G e ne r a l s h i p"7800 NEXT a l BE E P . 8 , 0 s BE E P . 4 .Os BE E P . 4 , 0 s BE E P . 8 , 2 ' BE E P . 8, 47900 I NP UT " P r e s . " " e n t e r " " f o ra not he r ga m e ' ; L I N E a l * S O TO 7 5008005 FOR a 0 TO 7 s BORDER as BE EP . 1 , a * 2 1 NE X T a t L E T s h s h + 1 1 PRI NT AT 0 , 2 9 ; BRI G HT 1 ; s h l BORDER 0 2 RETURN9003 LE T a * C H R S 16+CHRS 2 + "

": L E Tsca . q00s L E T g* . . CHRS 16+CHRS 5 + "

RS 1 . "id

9 0 0 7 P R I N T ) 1 r T y p e 1 O r i o n V 1 p er s - 1 0 0 br pm1 L E T x l e l t L E T y =6 s RETURN9010 LE T aS=CHRS 16+CHRS 6 + "

"s LET s e a . q 0 ' L E T ; ;SCHRI P 16+CHRS 7+"

9015 P RI NT ) 1 g " O r i o n S p a c e s t a t i on- 1 7 0 b r p " : L E T x =1 1 L E T yw21 R ETURN9020 LE T•a S •CHRS 16+CHRS 6 + "

LET s c a l 0 1 1 L E T gS=CHRS 16+CHRI 6 + "9025 P RI NT ) 1 1 " A s t o r i o d s - 1 0 t o 30 6 r p " I L E T sca. . . 30: L E T x = 1 0 i L ET y. . 31 RETURN9 0 3 0 LE T aSm.CHRS 17+CHRS 1 + "

"I L E T gS=CHRS 1 6 +CH

9035 P RI NT ) 1 1 " 8 l a c k h o l e e v e n thor i z on" ' PAUSE 1 0 0 1 I N P U T " " s PRI NT ) 1 1 " T r a p p e d m a t t e r - 5 t o 1 0br p" t L E T s c a 5 s L E T x • 1 0 s L E T y

0: RETURN9040 LE T a l-C U R S 1 6 + CH R S 1 +"

": L E T g $ *CHRS 19+CHRS I * "

9045 P RI NT ) 1 ; " A s t e r o i d s - 1 0 t o 20 br p" 1 L E T s c i-5 : L E T x l s L E T

y..08 RETURN9050 P RI NT ) 1 ; " D r a g o n s t a r fi g h t s !r s - 2 0 0 br p" 1 L E T atP.CHRS 16+CHRS

4+""t L E T g * C H R S 16+CHRS 1 + "

9055 LE T s c a =2 0 0 s L E T x l t L E T y=51 RE TURN9060 P RI NT ) 1 1 " Ba c k up O r i on V i p er s - 1 0 0 br p" s L E T a4P<HRS 16* CHRS

2+""I L E T g * C H R * 164.CHRS 54. "

t•

9065 LE T s c a . . 1 0 0 : L E T x l e L E T yRETURN

9070 P RI NT ) 1 1 " Cos m i c D u s t - 2 0 t o60 b r p " : L E T aS=CHRS 16+CHRS 5 + "

"e L E T gS- . CI RS 164-CHR* 54. "

9075 LE T s c a =2 0 s L E T x =1 1 L E T y . •31 RETURN9080 P RI NT ) 1 ; " O r i o n p r o b e s - 4 0 or m or e br p" s L E T al o-CHRS 16+CHRS

4+" " ILET g S C H R S 16+CHRS 5 + "

9085 LE T s c a =4 0 1 L E T x = 1 : L E T l on7t RETURN9090 P RI NT ) 1 ; " O r i o n s p a c e s t a t i o

ns - 4 5 0 p l u s b r p" 8 L E T me=CHR$ 1 6 = 1 0 1 RETURN9145 LE T bpr =100m L E T x =1 0 8 L E Tv=5: RETURN9150 P RI NT ) 1 1 " B l a c k h o l e - m a t t e r

5 b r p " : L E T 80=CHRAP 17+CHR$

-0-CHRS 5 + "

"s L E T gS=CHR$ 15+CHRS 7 + "

9095 LE T s c a =5 0 8 L E T x =1 1 L E T y =Os RETURN9100 GO SUB 8 0 0 0 t P R I N T ) 1 ; " O r i on p r o b e s - 4 0 b r p " . L E T as8=CHRS 1 6+CHRS 4 + "

"s L E T g$=CHRS 15+CHRS 5 + "

SS

9105 LE T s c a =4 0 8 L E T s t l s L E T y =Os RETURN9110 P RI NT ) 1 1 " O r i o n " " B a t fi g h t er s " " - 6 0 0 br p" s L E T a$=CHR$ 1 5 +CHR$ 6 + "

"s L E T g$=CHRS 15+CHRS 5 + •

”9115 LE T • c a = 2 0 0 1 L E T x = 1 . L E T y=51 RE TURN9120 P RI NT ) 1 1 " B1 a c k h o l e - m a t t e r

5 b r p " i L E T aS=CHR$ 17+CHRS 1 + "

16+CHRS"I L E T gS=CHRIS

9125 LE T s c a =5 s L E T m=108 L E T y • .Os RETURN9130 P RI NT ) 1 1 " U n i d e n t i fi e d S t a rc r e a t u r e " : PAUSE 2 0 0 8 I N P U T " " :PRI NT ) 1 1 " S t a r c r e a t u r e - 1 0 0 0 b r p "8 L E T aS=CHR$ 16+CHRS 4 + "

LET g$- . CHR$ 17+CHRS 3 + "11

9135 LE T s c a =5 0 0 8 L E T x =5 1 L E T y=Os RETURN9140 P RI NT ) 1 ; " A s t e r o i d s - 1 0 0 b p r

or m or e " : L E T a s - CURS 151-CHRS 6

": L E T gIS=CHRS 21+CHR$ 0 + "

HRS 1 + "

9155 LE T s c a = 5 : L E T x =1 0 8 L E T y =Os RE TURN9160 P RI NT 1 1 ; " O r t o n d e t e c t o r p robe - 2 0 0 bpr " 8 L E T aS=CHR$ 15+CHR$ 2 + " " 8 L E T gS =CHMS 15+CHRS 5 + "9165 LE T s c a =2 5 1 L E T x =5 s L E T y -10 : R E T U R N9 1 7 0 P R I N T ) I ; " M k 2 O r i o n V i p e r s- 2 0 0 bpr " s L E T ae=CHRS 15+CHR$ 6

9175 LE T s c a =2 0 0 8 L E T x =1 8 L E T y=7I RETURN9180 P RI NT ) 1 ; " F o r c e F i e l d - 1 0 0 b pr p e r p a r t " ' L E T a l P . C H R S 1 7 4 -CHRS

34. ""t L E T gS=CHRS 15+CHRS 1 + "

9185 LE T c r f = 1 8 L E T x =1 5 s L E T y =0: L E T s c a = 1 0 0 : RETURN9190 P RI NT ) 1 ; " 0 r i o n p r o b e s - 2 0 0 bpr "8 L E T aS=CHRS 15+CHRS 6 + "

. 5+"

"8 L E T ge=CHR$ 1 5 + C

"s L E T gS=CHRS 15+CHR$ 5 + .

LET gS=CHRS 16+CHRS

.11

9 1 9 5 L E T s c a . 2 0 0 : L E T x = 1 3 m L E Ty=0: REJURN9 2 0 0 (5 0 S U B B O ( iO : P R I N T ) 1 : " O r i on r e s e a r c h l a b - 5 0 0 b p r " : L E T a S =CHR$ 16+CHRS 6 + "

LET gS=CHRS 15+CHRS 5 + "

9205 LE T s c a =5 0 1 L E T x =1 0 8 L E T y

9210 P RI NT ) 1 ; " W a r n i n g s n o c o r r a la t i o n be t w e e n" : PAUSE Os I N P U T"e P R I N T ) 1 1 " r a d a r a n d v i s u a l i np u t . " , PAUSE Os I N P U T9213 GO TO 9 2 9 09223 P RI NT ) 1 ; " D r a g o n s t a r fi g h t er e - 2 0 0 br p" s L E T aS=CHR$ 15+CHRS

4+""s L E T gS=CHRS 15+CHR$ 1 + "

l•

9225 LE T s c a =2 0 0 1 L E T x =1 0 8 L E Ty=51 RETURN9230 P RI NT ) 1 ; " O r i o n p r o b e s - 1 0 br p"s L E T aS=CHR$ 15+CHRS 5 + "

"I L E T g$=CHRS15+CHR$ 7 + "9235 LE T x =1 1 L E T y = 5 * L E T s c a = 2. 5 : RETURN9240 P RI NT ) 1 ; " O r i o n v i p e r s i n de f e ns i v e " s PAUSE Os I N P U T " " 8 P RI NT ) 1 ; " 4 o r m a t i o n - " 1 PAUSE Os I NPUT " " : P R I N T ) 1 1 " Mk 1 O r i o n V i pe r e - 1 0 0 bpr " 8 L E T c r fl t L E T x =1

L E T y . . 59245 LE T s c a =1 0 0 8 1 L E T ese=CHPS 15+CHR$ 5 + "

"s L E T gS=CHRS 15+CHR$ 5 + ""s RETURN

9250 P RI NT ) 1 s " C r u i s e r s w i t h c l oa k i ng d e v i c • s ! " t PAUSE 5 0 s I NP UT

""s P R I N T ) 1 ; " I n v i s i b l e c r u i s e rs - v a r i a b l e b r p " : L E T a$=CHIRS 1 5 +CURS 0 + " a a a a a a a a a aa "; L E T gS=CHRS 15+CHRS 5 + "

9255 LE T s c a =4 0 0 1 L E T x =1 8 L E T y-31 RETURN9260 P RI NT ) 1 1 " B l a c k h o l e - m a t t e r

5 bpr " 1 L E T asS-CURS 17+CHR$ 1 + "

6+CHRS 1 + "". L E T g$=CHRS 1

9265 LE T l i ca •51 L E T s1.11 L E T y = 08 RETURN9270 P RI NT ) 1 1 " 8 1 a c k h o l e - m a t t e r

11

5 b p r " s L E T a S * C H R S 1 7 + C H R S 1 4 . "

"1 L EI gS * C H R S 1 6 + C H R S 1 + "

9 2 7 5 L E T s c a * 5 1 L E T * * 1 1 L E T y * 0I R E T U R N9 2 8 0 I F R N D > . 7 T H E N L E T l v 1 * 1 0 1-11 G O T O 9 2 7 09 2 8 3 P R I N T fl p " O r i o n C r u i s e r s i n

A m bus h- 8 0 0 P r o " : L E T a S * C H R S 1 6+CHRS

"e L ET g S * C H R S 1 6 + C H R S 2 + '

" I L E T o r f * 19 2 8 5 L E T x * 1 7 1 L E T v o l m L E T s c a *1001 R E T U R N9 2 9 0 P R I N T ) I ; " O r i o n C r u i s e r s - 6 00 b r p " : L E T a l s * CHRS 1 6 + C H R S 5 + "

mt LET g**CHRS

16+CHRS 2 + "011I L E T c r i * 1

9 2 9 5 L E T o c l e L E T y * I s L E T s c a * 10 0 ; R E T U R N9 3 0 0 I F I v I * 3 1 T H E N G O S U B 8 0 0 09 3 4 0 I F R N D > . 2 T H E N G O T O 9 1 0 0 +1 0 * I N T ( R N D * 4 )9351 P R I N T ) 1 : " A s t e r o i d s - 2 0 b p r "m L E T 1 0 * C H R S 1 6 +CHRI S 6 + "

"i L E T N * 171 L E T y * I s L E T s c a * 2 09 3 5 3 L E T a S * C H R S 1 6 + C H R S 3 : F O Ra * 1 T O 2 9 1 L E T a l * a $ + " " (I NT ( R N D * 5 ) + 1 ) s N E X T a t R E T U R N9 3 6 0 P R I N T ) 1 1 " O r i o n h o m e S t a r s ys te m e n t e r e d " t P A U S E O s I N P U T " "t P R I N T ) I ; " O r i o n S a t t e 1 i t e s - 1 0 0

b r p " : L E T a S * C H R S 1 6 + C H R S 2 + "" i

LE T 9 S * C H R S 1 6 + C H R S 2 + "" : L E T •

c a * 1 0 0 t L E T x * 1 0 8 L E T y * 5 1 R E T U R

9 3 7 0 P R I N T ) 1 C a n i s t e r s l a u n c h ,d" I L E T a S * C H R S 1 7 + C H R S 2 + "

T g S * C H R S 1 6 + C H R S 2 + "

9 3 7 5 P AUS E O t I N P U T " " t P R I N T 1 1 1 3 8 P AP E R p l I N K 01 " A t o m i c M i s s i l e L a u n c h e r - 3 2 0 0 b 4 0 P R I N T A T 1 , 1 9 ; " r 1 "pr "s L E T o r f * l t L E T x * I 1 L E T y * 0 i , 5 0 P R I N T A T 3 , 1 0 ; " F 1

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9 3 8 0 P R I N T ) 1 1 " O r i o n M k 1 V i s m e r i l . 7 0 P R I N T A T 7 , 6 ; " ,- 1 0 0 b o r n s L E T a S * C H R S 1 6 + C H R S 2 l '

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1 2 6 , 6 6 , 1 9 5 , 6 6 , 1 9 5 , 6 6 , 1 2 69 9 2 5 D A T A 0 , 2 3 1 , 2 1 9 , 9 0 , 9 0 , 1 0 2 , 6 0, 2 49 9 3 0 D A T A 0 , 2 8 , 3 4 , 2 0 , 3 4 , 7 3 , 1 5 4 , 10 0 , 0 , 1 1 2 , 1 3 8 , 1 5 1 , 1 0 1 , 7 , 9 6 , 8 , 6 0 , 66 , 1 2 9 , 6 6 , 1 4 8 , 1 3 0 , 1 0 0 , 2 49 9 4 0 D A T A 0 , 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 5 , 1 , 1 , 29 9 5 0 D A TA 0 , 1 2 6 , 3 6 , 1 8 9 , 2 5 5 , 2 5 5 , 15 3 , 2 4 , 0 , 6 0 , 6 6 , 1 2 9 , 1 2 9 , 1 2 9 , 6 6 , 6 010 , 2 1 , 2 1 . 1 9 1 , 2 5 4 , 2 5 0 , 7 2 , 6 49 9 5 5 D A T A 0 , 1 6 8 , 1 6 8 , 2 5 3 , 1 2 7 , 9 5 , 20 , 2

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6 2 0 L E T b . 1 G O 5 o 5 1 0 0 0 R E M 'BALL RouT/NE8 3 0 G O S U E 1 5 0 0 R E M ) 5 N R K E R O U

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8 5 0 I F I N K E Y S ( ) " " T H E N L E T 411(. 1NKE Y . : P R I N T A T I N K a ; P APER 6 1; 1 F N RT y (-1 , x- 1 ." k 4•: LE

AND ( 8 1 1 =-P- O R 4 $ =" L " ))

- ( 2 A N D ( a s = " q- O R 4 1 1 1 =-4 " ) ): L ET

y = y 4 ( 2 A N D ( 4 e . .-L- O R • 6 .-4 " » -

12 A N D ( a 4 1 =-P- O R 4 a = " q" ) )

8 5 5 I F x . 2 7 A N D y = 1 1 A N D p z 1 T MEN G o S U B 2 0 0 0 : R E M ) » F L Y I N GSAUCER ( t (

5 5 0 I F x ) y + 1 2 O R y . ( 1 4 - x O R y ) 1 3THEN F O R ( = 0 0 T O 5 3 S T E P - . 2 ; l a

EEp . 0 0 5 , 1 N E X T f : G O S U B 2 5 1 0 :REM ) » D E A T H « (

6 8 0 I F x l i fi x A N D % logy A N D L e V ) 6 5THEN 0 0 S U B 2 5 0 86 9 0 I F x s b x A N D v • b y A N D b i l l T M

EN G O 5 U 8 2 5 0 8 : R E M ) 1 ) ) D E P T H ( 4 17 0 0 I F A T T R (y , x ) .6 7 + 8 4 p 1 O R A T

TR (y,x ) .6 54 54 p1 OR ATTR (w,x)•6

4451'1)1 T H E N L E T 1 c . . c 4 1 0 , L E T d ud+ 1 : B E E P . 0 1 , 0 . I F d . 2 8 T H E N 0 0TO 3 0 0 0

7 8 0 P R I N T A T 1 5 , 9 . 4 6 . 0 4 M 2 0 , 9 ; 1 . 4v : P R I N T A T 1 1 1 , 2 4 . " " ; . F O R f . 1TO L , P R I N T I N K 3 ; P A P E R O .-. " ;: N E X T ( 2 P R I N T P AP E R O .- "BOO GO TO 6 1 01000

REM > B A L L R O U T I N E '

1 0 1 0 L E T a z R N D1 0 2 0 L E T b y = b y + 21 0 2 5 P R I N T A T b y-2 , 1 3 x ; I N K 3 ; P A

PER 5 .- -; A M b y- 1, bx ."

1 0 3 0 I F 4 ( . 5 T H E N L E T b x . b x - 21 0 4 0 I F 4 ) . 5 T H E N _LET b x = b x 4 21 0 5 0 I F b y ) 1 3 T H E N L E T b Y = 1 : L E T

bx = 1 3 : L E T b . O . R E T U R N1 0 8 0 P R I N T A T b y , b X ; I N K 0 ; P A R ER 5 , -, s " , A T b Y+ I, bx ,' "

1 0 5 5 BE E P . 0 0 3 , 3 8 + - 2 4 b y1 0 7 0 RE TURN1 5 0 0 RE M

'S NAKE R O U TI N E . '

1 5 0 1 I F L e v i s T H E N R E TU R N1 5 0 5 L E T s x 4 . s x : L E T s y 4 . 1 ( 41 5 1 0 L E T 4 = P N D1 5 2 0 P R I N T A T S y . S X . P A P E R 8 . I NK 3 ,- " ;AT S9+1,sx;"

1 5 2 5 L E T r n d = f t e v - 2 ) / 1 01 5 2 6 I F 1 e v ) 1 0 T H E N L E T r n ( 1 8 . 51 5 3 8 I F 4 ; . r n d T H E N L E T s y m s y - ( 2AND y . s y ) 4. (2 A N D y ) s y ) : L E T s x .sx-o42 A N D x ) s x ; - ( 2 A N D x ' . s x ) : G0 T O 1 5 6 8

1 5 4 0 L E T a =RND : L E T b . R N D : L E T sy a = 5 y 4 . ) ( 2 A N D 4) . 5 ) - ( 2 A N D 4 ( = .5

1 5 5 0 L E T S x a . t x a 4 . ( 2 A N D 6 ( . 5 ) - ( 2AND b ) n . 6 )

1 5 5 5 I F S y 4 ( . 1 3 A N D s y 4 ) . 1 A N D S)441<.S.Wa4-12 AND sy4>=14-sx4 THEN

LET S x . s X 4 : L E T s y . S y 41 5 6 0 P R I N T A T $ Y A I X:i I N K 2 ; p R P e

R 8 , " 1 1 - . A T s y + 1 , 1 . X . " 8 -1 5 7 0 RE TURN2 0 0 0 RE M

), » r Ly / No SAUCER « 4

2 8 0 1 I F p c ) 1 T H E N P R I N T A T 1 1 , 2 5; I N K 0 ; P A P E R 0 ;- " . R T 1 2 , 2 6 ;

GO S U B 2 5 0 0 . R E T U R N2 0 0 8 P R I N T A T 1 1 , 2 6 ; O V E R 1 . - / : 7 1 8". AT 1 2 ; 2 6 ; "MI LV -2 0 1 0 FO R 1 . 1 1 T O 1 S T E P - 1 : F O Rfl l T O 2 : P R I N T P AP E R 0 ; I N K 4 ; AT f , 1 6 . . f O V E R 1 , - . - ; A T 1 , 4 . 1 , 1 5 . te; " L P M-. A T f+ 1 ,1 54 f ; Ar.AT f,I5

•4 ; - ( : 1 1 1 C ; A T 1 + 1 , 1 5 .1 4 ; "11 7 -1 -: B E E P

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2 0 1 5 F O R 1 z 1 1 T O 1 S T E P - 1 : P R I NT P AP E R 0 ; I N K 0 , A T 1 , 1 6 + f ; A T. 1 5 + 1 , " • % AT f . 1 , 184. f " " : B EEP .005,6 0 -2 . f• NEXT f

2 0 2 0 L E T x = 1 3 : L E T y = 1

2 0 3 0 L E T P = 0 : R E T U R N2 5 0 0 RE M

» ) D E A T 1-( ( «2 5 0 5 P R I N T A T w , x ; I N K 3 , P A P E R

8 , - - " " ; R T y + 1 , x . " 0 " : F O R f z l . T O2 0 N E X T f

2 5 0 6 P R I N T P T y + 1 , x ; I N K 3 ; R A P ER 8,0 " FOR (.1 TO 20: NEXT f

2 5 0 7 P R I N T A T y + 1;x ; I N K 3 ; P A R E

6 ,-- ". FOR f.I TO ae, NEXT f

2 5 1 0 F O R f m l T O 1 0 , BO RDE R 2- B EEP . 0 1 , - 1 8 : BO RDE R 0 : B E E P . 0 1 , -15 . N E X T f

2 5 2 0 L E T t • t . - 1 : I F 1 = 0 TH E N G O T0 3 5 0 0. R EM ») F IN/TO c«

2 5 2 5 P R I N T A T y , x - 1 . I N K 8 ;e , - , 111-;AT A -

2 5 2 6 P R I N T A T s y , S x - 1 ; I N K 8 ;PER e ; . 7 N . ; p1 T s y 4 1 , s x - 1 . - &2 5 2 7 P R I N T R T b w , b x - 1 . I N K B . P APER 6;-1, N "; RT by+1 ,bx -1 ,- k 4-

2 5 3 0 L E T x . 1 3 ; L E T y = 1 32 5 4 0 L E T s x z l - L E T 1 y z 1 32 5 5 0 L E T b m l ! L E T 6 z z l 3:1

2 5 7 0 L E T 12=1: P R I N T P T 1 1 , 2 8 ; I NK 4 ,” P A P E R 0 ; - ( 1 1 h " . A T 1 2 , 2 6 ; " 1 1 L I

2 5 8 0 RE TURN3 0 0 0 RE M

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3 0 0 5 P R I N T A T W , X - 1 ; I N K 8 ; P A R ER p2 ; " I F 11 1 " ; A T y .1 . 1 , x- 1 ; 1 , A"

3 0 1 0 L E T s = s + 1 0 0 . L E T p 5 = p 1 : L E TP 1 =P 2 L E T p2 . 1 5 3 : L E T p 3 z p 4 : L E

T p 4 = p 5

3 0 2 0 F O R f . - 2 0 T O 2 0 : B E E P . 0 1 . ,BEEP . 0 1 . A 8 S f - N E X T I

3 0 2 5 I F p . 1 T H E N L E T s c . s c ( - 1 5 0 :P RI NT A T 1 1 , 7 ; I N K 7 ; P A P E R 0 ; FLASH 1 ; " S A U C E R B O N U S " : F O R ( = 1

TO 2 0 : B E E P . 0 1 , 1 B E E P . 0 1 , - " .NEXT I3 0 3 0 L E T x z 1 3 . L E T y = 1 33 0 4 0 L E T s x = 1 : L E T s y = 1 33 0 5 0 L E T b . l . L E T b x . 1 3 . L E T b y =13 0 5 0 L E T p = 13 0 6 5 L E T d = 13 0 6 6 L E T t t v z k e 1 + 13 0 6 7 I F k e v = 5 T H E N L E T s c = s C + 5 0 03 0 7 0 G O T O 8 0 03 5 0 0 RE M

3 5 1 03 5 1 1

3 5 1 2 P R I N T8 8

3 5 1 3 P R I N T8 8 8 8 -

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AT 45 , 4, ;-1 1 • n

3 5 1 5 P R I N T A T 9 , 4;-8 8 8 8 • M M

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3 5 2 1 P R I N T A T 1 1, 4 , " I I 8 I

M E I M O "

3 5 2 2 P R I N T A T 1 2;4 ; 8 m e I n

111-3 3 2 3 P R I N T P T 1 3 , 4 ; . . . M .

3 5 2 4 P R I N T A T 1 4 , 4 ;-5 M U • •

• 0 -3 5 2 $ P R I N T A T 1 5 , 4 ; - . . . .me • o"3 6 0 0 F O R 1 z 1 T O 1 0 0 B E E P . 0 1 , 6 9NEXT f3 5 0 1 G O T O 2 54 0 0 0 RE M

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4 0 0 1 BO RDE R O f P A P E R 0 , C L 54 0 0 5 F O R ( . 1 T O 1 0 0 •P A P E R 0 P LCT I N K I N T ( R N 0 4 3 4 . 5 ) , R N D 4 2 5 5 , A N D* 1 7 5 . I F I N K E Y S . C H R 4 1 3 TH E N R E TURN

4 0 0 6 N E X T f

4 0 2 0 I N K 0 : P A P E R 7 B R I G H T 14 0 3 0 F O R ( z 7 T O 1 9 S T E P 2 : B E E P. 0 0 5 , 4 0

4 0 3 1 I F I N K E Y S . C H R 4 1 3 T H E N R E TURN4 0 4 0 P R I N T A T

4 0 4 5 I N K 3

4 0 E 0 F O R n = 8 T O 2 0 S T E P 4 : F O R fmn T O 2 0 S T E P 2 : B E E P . 0 0 5 , 4 04 0 E 1 I F I NKE Y O =O HR6 1 3 TH E N R E TURN

4 0 6 0 P R I N T A T f , 3 0 + n - fi l k4 0 7 0 N E X T f - N E X T n4 0 8 0 F O R n . 1 1 T O 2 9 S TE P 4 . F O Rf=n T O 1 9 S T E P 2 - B E E P . 0 0 5 , 4 04 0 8 1 I F I NKE Y S z CHRO l a TH E N R E TURN

4 0 9 0 P R I N T A T ( , 3 0 + n - ( ; - ,4 1 0 0 N E X T f N E X T n

4 1 1 0 FO R n . 9 T O 1 9 S T E P 4 - F O R (=n T O 1 9 S TE P 2 . B E E P . 0 0 5 , 4 04 1 1 1 I F / NKE Y S = CHR$ 1 3 TH E N R E TURN

4 1 2 0 P R I N T A T f, 3 0+ n - f ; " 1 1-; A T f t .

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4 1 3 0 N E X T f : N E X T n4 1 4 0 P R I N T A T 2 1 , 1 6 ;F N F N F 1 "4 1 5 0 FO R n z g T O 2 1 S T E P 4 , F O R f. n T O 2 1 S T E P 2 : B E E P . 0 8 5 , 4 0 : PP I N T A T f , 3 1 4 n - f , P A P E R 1 ,- " IF I N K E Y 8 = C H R . 1 3 TH E N RE TURN4 1 5 1 N E X T f : N E X T n4 1 8 0 FO R n= 1 . 0 T O 2 0 S T E P F O Rr z n T O 2 0 S T E P 2 : B E E P . 0 0 5 , 4 0 :P RI NT A T f , 3 1 4 n - f ; P A P E R 1 .-I F I N K E Y 3 = C H R S 1 3 TH E N RE TURN4 1 6 1 N E X T I " : N E X T n

PARER 0 ;" N

f , 3 7 -f ;-P E "! NEXT

4 2 0 0 P AP E R 0 ; I N K 0 : P R I N T A T O .0, OVER 1;16 , A AMF AMk A f tAMF A f t AMFMLAMM • r • m m r• M F I M M 1 F M M E M N M I MakMM M MI • • I l k • • • •M I M M I M M E M O M M • •• O 1 M F 1 1 1 1 k111Mk F

I '4 2 1 0 FO R n . 0 T O 5 : F O R f = n T O 5 :

P RI NT A T 1 , 0 ; P A P E R 8 ; O V E R 1 ;INK (14.1. ;"

BEEP . 0 2 , f 4 4 14 2 1 5 I F I NKE Y S = CHRS 1 3 T H E N R E T URN4 2 2 0 N E X T f f N E X T n4 2 3 0 P R I N T A T 5 , 0 ; I N K 7 ; P A P E R0 , " C O N T R O L S . . . "4 2 4 0 P R I N T I N K 5 ; P A P E R 0 , i -

4 3 0 0 RE S TO RE 9 8 0 0 ; F O R 1 ' 4 1 T O 1 3. R E A D a , b : B E E P a / 4 , b 4 1 4 : I F I NKEYS.CMRS 1 3 T H E N RE TURN4 3 0 1 N E X T f4 5 0 0 F O R 1 . 1 T O 1 0 0 I F I N K E Y S . 0MR S 1 3 T H E N RE TURN4 5 0 1 N E X T f4 5 1 0 F O P f . 7 T O 1 9 S T E P 2 P R I N T

AT f , 3 8 - f ; I N K 2 ; P A P E R 8 ;-1 1 " , A

T f + 1 , 3 8 - f ;-4 1 1- - B E EP .0 1 ,3 0 : BEE

P . 0 1 , 3 4 : B E E P . 0 1 , 3 7 : B E E P . 0 1 ,414E 11 I F I N K E Y S . C H R S 1 3 T H E N R E T URN4 5 1 5 I F f . 1 9 T H E N G O T O 4 5 2 14 5 2 0 P R I N T A T 1 , 3 8 - 1 ; I N K 3 , P A PER 8 .- " ,A T 1 +1 ,3 0- 4. " ": NEXT f

4 5 2 1 L E T a l l = " S L Y S I M O N . . .-: F O Rf . 1 T O 1 2 : P R I N T I N K 7 ; P A P E R 0 ,AT 1 9 , 4 4 . 4 . a S i fl : B E E P • 0 1 , - 1 0 : FOP n . 1 T O 5 N E X T n : N E X T f4 5 2 2 RE S TO RE 9 7 0 0 F O R f m l T O 5

READ a , b B E E P a / 4 , b : N E X T (4 5 3 0 FO R f . 9 T O 1 7 S T E P 2 : P R I N T

AT f , 3 5 - 1 , I N K 3 ; P A P E R 1 9( " 4 4 . " ; AT f +

1 , 37 -1 , "1 0 91 " . BEEP .02,0: BE

EP . 0 2 , - . 5 B E E P . 0 2 , - 1 . F O R n = 1TO 2 0 . I F I N K E Y S . C H R S 1 3 T H E N R

ETURN4 5 3 1 N E X T n4 8 3 5 I F 1 . 1 7 T H E N G O T O 4 5 4 14 5 4 0 P R I N T A T 1 , 3 8 - f ; I N K 3 ; A A AEP B .- " .A T f+ 1,3 7-f ;-k 4-, NEXT

4 5 4 1 L E T a l 1 =-M E G A * B E R T. . . " F OR

(=1 T O 1 2 P R I N T I N K 7 ; P A R E R 0 ;RT 1 7 , 5 4,, , a S i f ) B EE P .0 1, - 10 : F

OR n . 2 T O 5 : N E X T n . N E X T f4 5 5 0 BE E P . 2 , 1 8 P A U S E 1 0 . B E E P. 1 2 5 , 1 4 : B E E P . 5 5 7 , 2 14 5 6 0 FO R f . g T O 1 7 S T E P 2 . P R I N T

AT 1 . 3 8 - f ; I N K 0 ; P A P E R 5 ; " , s " ; AT ( + 1 , 3 5 - f ; "1. " : B E E P .0 2 , 50 : FOR

n . 2 T O 2 0 . I F I N K E Y S . C H A S 1 3 T MEN RE TURN4 5 5 1 N E X T n4 5 6 5 I F f = 1 7 T H E N G O T O 4 5 7 14 5 7 0 P R I N T A T 1 , 3 8 - fi I N K 0 ; P A PER 5 , " " , R T f 4 1 , 3 5 - f ; " N E X T f4 5 7 1 F O R f . 1 T O 1 0 . BO RDE R 2 : B EEP . 0 1 , - 1 0 : B O R D E R 0 B E E P . 0 1 , -15 N E X T f4 5 7 8 L E T a l k . "MAS HE R M A R B L E . . . " .FOR f e l T O 1 6 . P R I N T I N K 7 ; P A P EP 0 ; A T 1 7 . 2 4 4 , a S ( f ). B E E P .0 1 , - 1O F O R n . 1 T O 5 N E X T n : N E X T f4 6 0 0 L E T a S e-» . » ) » M E G A B E R T- m E G A H E R O O F T H EF U T U R E < 4 « ( « ( c M E G A B E R TMUST CHANG E T H E CO LO UR O F T H E D EADLY P Y R A M I D . T O DO T H I S H E J U M P 5

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E O N LY , G I V I N G TH R E E L I V E S ALTDG ETHEP."4 6 1 0 L E T AS =A114"THE P E A R E , O F CO UR S E , H A ZA R D 5 . . . T H E H A A BLE ( H A S H E R B Y NAME . MAS HE R B Y N A TURE) U I L L TRAV E L DOWN T H E P Y R A M I

D. TURNI NG L E F T A N D R I G H T . . .THE 5 N A K E , 5 L Y 5 I M O N , M 0

YES I N ANY D I R E C T I O N , M A K I N G H I MMORE DANG E RO US . HE I S ALS O S E M I - INTE LLI G E NT. S AY N O M O R E . . .

4 6 2 0 L E T A S . A S . 1," T H E F L Y I N G S A U CE

R 'By T H E S I D E O F T H E P Y RAM I D W I LL TRANS P O RT Y O U T O T H E TO P O F T ME P Y R A M I D . A N E U S AUCE R W I L L RAP EAR I F Y O U A R E S Q UAS HE D O P E A TE NOR I F Y O U F I N I S H A P Y R A M I D . . .

BERT W I L L O NLY TR A U EL D I A G O N A L L Y . . . B O N U SFOR UNUS E D S AUCE RS ( t ( « 4 4 4 4 "4624 LET a t t a i l f-) m e 0 R e e A T (

P RO G RAMME R. . . C. G RE S TYR A P H / C 5 . . . C . G R E S T Y R E J E C T E D

BOUNCING BANANA I D E A . . . C . G R E S T YO RI G I NAL P Y R A M I D S . . . E G Y P T I

AN5 A D A P T E D P Y R A M I D . . . C . G R ESTY B R A I N B E H I N D T H E S T U P I D

I DE A FO R THE S E C R E D I T S . . . C . G R E STY 5 C . G R E S T Y MCMLX X X V

4 6 2 5 L E T a s . a s . . "

4628 LET as.a$4"›mEGAEIERT(P RO G RAMME R. . . C. G RE S TY

R A P H I C 5 . . . C . G R E S T Y R E J E C T E DBOUNCING BANANA I D E R . . . C . G R E S T Y

O RI G I NAL P Y R A M I D S . . . E G Y A T IANS A D A P T E D P Y R A M / D . . . C . G R ESTY B R A I N B E H I N D T H E S T U P I D

I DEA FO P TH E S E C R E D I T S . . . C . G R E tT Y ' S C . G R E 5 T Y MCMLX X X V

4 6 3 0 P R I N T S l ; I N K 7 ; P A P E R 0 ,- ,) )P RE S S E N TE R T O S T A R T G A H E « «-4 5 4 0 FO R F e l T O 1 5 0 I F I N K E Y S . 0MRS 1 3 T H E N RE TURN4 5 5 0 N E X T f4 5 5 0 FO R 1 = 1 T O 1 1 3 9 P R I N T A T 11 , 7 , I N K 5 , P A P E R 00a S ( f T O ' 4 1 6 )

4 5 6 5 BE E P . 0 0 5 , 04 5 7 0 FO P n . 1 T O 3 : I F I NKE Y S = CHRS 1 3 T H E N RE TURN4 5 7 1 N E X T n4 8 8 0 N E X T f4 8 5 3 P R I N T A T 1 1 , 8 ; P A R E R e l (-4 5 9 0 G O T O 4 5 4 09 0 0 0 D A T A 2 5 5 , 2 5 4 , 2 5 2 , 2 4 8 , 2 4 0 , 2 24 , 1 9 2 , 1 2 89 0 1 0 D A T A 2 5 5 , 1 2 7 , 6 3 , 3 1 , 1 5 , 7 , 3 , 19 0 2 0 D A T A 1 2 8 , 1 9 2 , 2 2 4 , 2 4 0 , 2 4 5 , 2 52 , 2 5 4 , 2 5 5

9 0 3 0 D A T A 1 , 3 , 7 , 1 5 , 3 1 , 5 3 , 1 2 7 , 2 5 59 0 4 0 D A T A 0 , 0 , 0 . 0 , 2 4 , 1 2 5 , 2 0 1 , 2 1 99 0 5 0 D A T A 1 2 9 , 1 9 3 , 2 2 4 , 2 4 0 , 2 4 0 , 2 62 , 2 5 4 , 2 5 59 0 6 0 D A TA 25 2,2 9 1 , 1 5 9 ,1 9 6 , 1 2 7 ,6 0

, 7 2 , 1 0 69 0 7 0 D A T A 9 7 ,147 , 1 5 1 , 1 1 1 ,3 1 , 5 3 , 1

2 7 , 2 5 59 0 8 0 D A T A 1 2 4 , 2 2 2 , 2 4 7 , 3 , 5 9 , 1 2 3 , 10 2 . 1 2 59 0 9 0 D A T A 6 1 , 3 , 5 9 , 1 2 3 , 2 2 7 , 2 3 1 , 1 26 , 6 19100 DATA e ,1 4 ,2 0 ,4 4 ,4 4 ,0 8 ,8 8 ,1 5 e9 1 1 0 D A TA 92,1 0 5 , 1 1 0 ,1 1 8 , 5 8 , 30 , 5

09 1 2 0 D A T A 0,0 , 0 , 0 , 5 0,1 2 6 - 3 2 .1 5 9 ,

1 9 1,2 5 5,2 5 5,1 2 5,6 0 ,0 , 0,0 , 0

9 1 4 0 D A TA 0 , 7 , 2 4 , 3 2 , 5 4 , 5 4 . 1 2 8 , 1 359 1 5 2 D A T A 1 2 6 , 1 5 9 , 3 1 0 1 5 , 1 5 , 1 5 , 1 501439 1 6 0 D A TA 0 , 2 2 4 , 2 4 8 0 2 8 2 , 2 5 4 , 2 8 4 ,2 8 3 , 2 4 99 1 7 0 D A TA 1 5 9 , 1 9 1 , 1 2 7 , 1 2 7 , 5 3 , 3 147 , 09 1 5 0 D A T A 2 41 4 2 4 0 0 2 40 4 2 4 0 , 2 4042 4

5 , 2 4 9 0 1 2 59 1 9 0 D A T A 2 2 8 0 1 • 2 , 2 4 4 • 2 4 , 2 2 4 , 09 2 0 0 D A T A 2 0 0 5 0 , 1 3 9 ; 2 5 8 0 1 4 3 , 5 2 , 35 , 1 0 89 5 0 0 D A T A 3 0 1 3 0 4 0 1 3 0 5 0 1 1 0 8 0 1 5 0 0 01 1 , 501 8,702,70 1 30 7 01 7 . 84 9 , 5,1 3 00

0179 5 1 0 D A TA 9 0 7 0 9 0 1 1 0 9 4 1 5 , 9 0 1 99520 DATA 1 0 , 7 , 1 0 , 1 1 , 1 0 , 1 5 , 1 0 , 1 99 5 3 0 D A TA 21 , 5 , 1 1 , 9,1 1 , 1 3 , 11 , 1 7 ,

1 102 19 8 4 0 D A T A 12 0 8 , 1 2 , 9,1 2 0 1 3 4 12 0 1 70

1 2 , 2 19 8 8 0 D A T A 1 3 0 3 0 1 3 4 7 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 5 .1 3 0 1 9 , 1 3 0 2 39 5 6 0 D A T A 1 4 0 3 0 1 4 4 7 4 1 4 4 1 1 , 1 4 , 1 5 01 4 / 1 9 0 1 4 , 2 39 5 7 0 D A TA 1 5 0 1 0 1 8 , 8 , 1 8 4 9 0 1 5 , 1 3 4 15 0 170 1 80 2 10 1 5• 2 8

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HACKING AWAYFancy a bit of a hack with Chris Wood? Weil, here's your chance. Get cracking!

Hi there all you hackers. I'mback with your P0KEs andmy jokes, so slop groaning.

start with an apology.Sorry. I assumed that all VSreaders were moreIntelligent than otherbeings. Why? 'Cos they readYS, of course. And inmaking that assumption igave you rather shortinstructions for the Fairlightprogram. So for all thosewho're still having problemshere goes again.

Type in and save theappropriate programdepending on whetheryou've got a Kempstonjoystick Option or not. Putyour fully rewound tape inthe cassette recorder, runthe program and start thetape. If you're using thesecond program (VS /) windthe tape past the piracymessage. You won't get theloading screen but neverfear Fairlight will eventuallyload with all the addedfeatures you left in the datastatements at the end of theprogram.

Hope that helps MWeston from Devon, ChrisBaker of Peterborough.Major J Beardwell fromSomerset, M n ick fromNottingham (any relation toF Tuck of Sherwood Forest?)and M Larkin fromCanterbury who all hadproblems. And while we'reon the subject of Fairlight, ifyou've got a Miragemicrodriver try this little bitof code:

POKE 65460, x (where x isthe room start you want.)

You may have noticed, ifyou had your trainspotterglasses on, that last monththe final POKE forNightshade didn't have anumber after it. Oops sorry!The complete POKEshould've read:

POKE 52900,0:POKE52901,0: POKE 52902,0

I'm gonna have to getused to all this grovelling.Haken Strom fromSweden says we messed uphis Jumping Jack POKEs —sorry Haken! The POKEsshould be:

POKE 26034,0

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POKE 26035,91RANDOMISE USA 26030

Maybe our coal-driventypesetting machine shouldbe put out to pasture.(Maybe you should be putout to pasture! Ed)

GHOSTBUSTERSThis isn't so much of a hackbut more of an undis-covered feature. Whenyou're asked which car youwant select 0 and see whathappens. Philip Sym fromScotland didn't actually leton what happens then orwhich version of the gamehe has but whatever it is, ithas to be better thanplaying the game.

MANIC MINERHere's a well-useful tip fromOwen Dunn of Northants.He's found a connectionbetween POKES in the BugByte version of Manic Minerand Software Projects'version. Nearly all theaddresses for the POKEsare six bytes higher inSoftware P's version — ittherefore follows that if youadd or subtract six from thePOKEs for either version itshould work on the otherone. Neat eh? Owenassures me that this worksfor nearly all the POKEs onboth versions. I'd like toknow just what 'nearly'means — maybe you'dbetter write and tell me.

GYROSCOPEYup, as if last month'sPOKE's aren't enough, JGavin from St Helens hasprovided:

POKE 59149,0to jam a screwdriver in theclock mechanism and stickIt at 59 seconds.

8 Wynd wants to knowhow to get to look at thecode of certain protectionsystems. Well obviously Ican't tell you exactly whatto do. But you'll need touse Chris Pile's programfrom the last issue todemerge the Basic so youcan at least look at thecode, though with most of

the systems in usenowadays your troubles areonly just starting. Andbefore all you puritanicalhackers out there startscreaming it would onlytake about two minutes toconstruct a false headerand making the Basicmerge proof is not reallyany protection. Chris'sprogram does at least makethings easier.

PYJAMARAMAOkay here they are at last,the correct POKES forPyjamaramal I knew I couldrely on you finding out whatwas wrong. There are twoversions of this game — thelatter one has a demomode, and plays a differenttune so you need differentroutines.

For the first version youneed to use the programthat was in issue 14. Yep, Iknow it crashes, but DavidBurns from Midlothian saysthat you'll also need to addPOKE 48680,50 to the endof it. Then do RANDOMIZEUSR 63524. If you've got theversion with a demo TSaggo from Birminghamhas provided you with thislittle proggypoo (Ugh! Ed):

10 F OR 1 =2 3 2 9 7 T O 2 3 3 7 620 READ A:poEE 10734mExr 140 PR I N T ' P L A Y T A P E '5 0 PR I N T A T 1 0 .1 0 1 :R AN D OM1ZE L1SR 2 3 29' .

60 D AT A 1 7 5 . 5 5 , 2 2 1 0 3 , 9 6 ,7 3 4 . 1 7 . 1 7 , 0 . 2 0 5 . 0 6 . 5 . 4 8 . 24 2.1 T.9 7, 23 4.1.10 10 •2 05 .6

0'32,62,255,55.221.33.203

92.17.216.1.205,86,5.40,

4 4 1 . 2 4 3 . 4 9 . 0 , 0 , 3 3 1 6 6 , 9 3 ,V 7 , 7 2 .1 2 8 , 1 , 2 3 1 .0 :2 3 7 , 1 7 60 3 , 6 3 , 9 1 , 3 4 , 6 1 , 1 2 0 , 1 9 5 , 27 .1 2 8 .3 3 , 7 2 , 9 1 .3 4 .2 2 9 .1 9 0.1 9 5 .3 6 , 2 4 0

1 170 D AT A 67 t X 6 5 0 .976 1 7 1 o 1

495,0,130:REM REPLACE X

41IT4'I NUMBER O F L I V E S ..1 7 0 D AT A 1 7 5 , 5 0 , 1 8 . 1 9 8 . O

5 •0 8 , 1 3 0 .0 :R EN OR U SE T H I SFOR I N F I N I T E L I V E S

As you can see there aretwo line 170's — one is for xnumber of lives and theother is for plain ol' infinitelives. The program doesn'thave a chesksum so Isuggest you save it beforeyou run it — you wouldn'twant to type it all in againwould you? And talking ofchecksums I'd like to makea little request (The SoundOf Music? Ed). Please

provide checksum if pos-s —you don't need anythingflash, just a total of all thebytes to make it easier forpeople to spot their typingmistakes.

BOOTYApparently the Booty POKEin issue 19 doesn't workproperly — well, that's whatDavid Burns says anyway.Help is here in the form ofChris Bell from Australiawho sent in a workingversion:

10 C L EAR 2 6 0 0 0 :L O ADCODE: L O AD " C OD E 2 6 8 8 0RANDOMIZE U SR 2 6 0 8 020 P O KE 5 8 2 7 4 , 0 :PAN D OM I

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JASON'S GEMI've never heard of thisgame before but I'm told it'sby Mastertronic. IanBattock from Kent hassent in this little tip. Loadthe game as normal andthen press the keys W. Aand S at the same time andyou should hear a BEEPand find you have infinitelives.

MONKEY BUSINESSNow I've never heard of thiseither but Paul Whitbyfrom Hull has, so i f youhave too here's a smalltip for infinitelives:

Load the first part of theprogram and when you getthe message 'ProgramLoading' stop the tape andpress Break. List line 2000and change 'LET G=0' tothe number of lives youwant then type 'GOTO 800'and restart the tape.

BRUCE LEEHere's a megahack forBruce Lee sent in by LadyPenelope (no not of Thun-derbirds fame but Pene-lope D ' g a u l l e-B e n n e t tfrom Herne Bay, Kent actu-ally) that'll give you infinitelives. It operates in thesame way as my Alien 8program — well, they do sayimitation is the sincerestform of flattery.

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10 LE T t e t • O s FO R r 1 5 0 000 TO 50004s READ as LE Tt e t • t o t + a s POKE noss NE X T

20 I F t ot < > 1 0 3 7 6 THENPRINT AT 10,101"ERROR I NDATA". STOP

30 PRI NT AT 1 0 , 1 0 s "I N8 ERT TAP E ', STOP s RANDOMIZE UOR 5 0 0 0 0

100 DATA 6 2 , 2 5 5 , 5 5 , 1 7 , 1 41 , 5 . 2 2 1 , 3 3101 DATA 2 0 1 . 9 2 , 2 0 5 . 0 6 , 5

6 0 0 , 2 4 1 , 3 3102 DATA 8 6 , 1 7 6 , 3 4 , 2 3 3 , 9

6 , 5 0 , 2 0 2 , 9 6103 DATA 2 3 0 , 1 9 4 , 5 0 , 2 0 2 ,

9 6 , 3 3 , 1 4 7 , 1 9 5104 DATA 1 7 , 2 9 . 2 3 0 0 , 3 2 ,

0 , 2 3 7 . 1 7 6105 DATA 2 4 3 , 2 3 7 , 9 4 , 3 3 , 4

1 , 236 , 229 , 235106 DATA 3 3 , 1 3 7 . 9 7 , 2 2 9'5

1 , 5 1 , 1 , 2 4 2107 DATA 1 . 3 3 , 2 5 3 , 9 4 , 6 2 ,

200 , 237 , 79LOB DATA 1 515 , 1 3 7 . 9 7. 6 2 , 1

7 5 , 5 0 , 0 0 , 2 0 2109 DATA 6 2 , 9 6 , 5 0 . 8 1 , 2 0 2

. 6 2 . 2 0 1 , 5 0110 DATA 2 0 0 . 2 1 E 1 0 9 5 , 0 , 2

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After you type it in RUN it,and if you get an error message check your data. I f youget 'Insert tape a nd 'Stop',remove the Stop statementin line 30 and then Save theprogram (you wouldn't wanto type it in twice wouldyou?) When you've donethat put your Bruce Leetape in, play i t and enter'GOTO 30: Penelope warnsthat she thinks there are afew different versions of thegame and so it may notwork with all of them. Letme know l i l t doesn't andbetter still send in anyalternative POKE&

THREE WEEKS INPARADISEWow rm even getting hacksfor brand new games. sokeep it up' This tip's fromPaul Coa s t of London.Wait until Wally has beenkilled for the first time andthan press Symbol Shift, Dand P simultaneouslywhile Wally Is sitting on thefloor. You'll then get afanfare and Infinite lives areset up.

Well, that's it for now, Imust say the POKEs havebeen a bit light on theground this month but

hope you're all gonna getdown to some concertedhacking from now on.

Send your megahacksto Chris Wood, HackingAway, Your Sinclair, 14Rathbone Place,London W1P 1DE.Put pen to paper andwrite to AndrewPennell, Microdrivin',Your Sinclair, 14Rathbone Place,London W1P

I RODRIVINIMoping over your microdrive? Cheer up! Al l your problems aresolved with Andy PenneWs merry Microdrivin' column.Hello you microdrivin'maniacs, I'm back again. Tostart with I'd like to thank allof you who are still writing inclaiming you have a newInterface 1 ROM thanks tomy numerous cock-ups. Butplease no more letters aboutthe new ROMs. And nowwe've sorted that Out on withyour microdrive moans.

I would like to get a•••• whole catalogue of amicrodrive cartridge in astring. I know there is a verycomplicated method whereyou make a file, write it tomicrodrive then read itback. But is there an easierand faster way?PWPA van Dyke, Holland

As you point out, one• • way of doing it is to open

a write file of some form suchas, OPEN #4; "M"; 1; 'dir",then CAT #4,1: CLOSE #4,then open it and read thefiles. Although it works, it'svery slow. An easier way is toCAT directly into a string.And it just so happens there'sa routine to do this in acertain microdrive book,Mastering Your ZXMicrodrive, by yours truly andpublished by SunshineBooks.

•.:.. I bought an interface 1•••• i n Scotland but a powersurge caused it to crash.Can you tell me where I canget it repaired? I live inIreland by the way.Kieran Bell, Dublin

Two companies that•••• advertise Interlace 1repairs are TV Services ofCambridge on (0223) 31171and PEAK Electronics on(0429) 72739. I can'tpersonally recommend eitheras I've never had anythingrepaired, so I suggest yougive them a ring. Thereshouldn't be a problem 'cosyou live in Ireland.

In a bit of a quandary.•••• A m I supposed to cleanand demagnetise mymicrodrive heads in thesame way as our nowredundant tape recorders?I've got a Tandy four colourprinter and would like to getin touch with anyone else

out there who uses one inconjunction with theInterface 1.Tim Parsons, Harlington

•••••• Ummm, errr, oops. Sorry,•••• t o be totally frank I don'tknow. Sinclair doesn'tactually say you shoulddemagnetise and clean it butthen that doesn't actuallymean a lot. If you're havingproblems have a go atcleaning the heads but ifeverything is working leavewell along! If anyone outthere does have a Tandy fourcolour printer and would liketo get in touch with Tim drophim a line cto VS.

I've got a cartridge with•••• a CAT of 114K, is thisnormal? I'm afraid mySpeccy might be sick.Dave Lamb, Warley

Well, cartridge capacity. " depends on two things.First, the length of the tapeinside the case determinesthe maximum number ofsectors. The software canhandle 256 sectors or 128K.Secondly, the quality of thetape is very important. Themore faulty sections of thetape that fail the Format testthe more the capacity isreduced, I must admit 114 israther a lot and it's possiblethat the tape has stretched. Ifthat's the case it won't bereliable once in regular use,

Both my Interface 1 andmicrodrive were faulty

so I returned them toSinclair. I receivedreplacements within tendays and I'd just like to sayhow pleased I am with itsafter sales service.Malcolm Astie, Derby

I'm amazed. Well, I must•▪ • • say it's nice to hear from

a satisfied customer for achange. Sinclair's after salesservice has definitelyimproved over the last coupleof years.

• H e r e ' s a program to•••• simplify the use of ZXmicrodrive commands. Thecode'll produce a pre-formed line LOAD *"m";1;"(LCURSOR)" in the editingarea by entering the LET

command.10 REM Aut o LOAD •"110111

i na e r t b y D . A. H. 1 5 CLEAR 651991 LE T O l e/ckaumw0

20 FOR a •6 5 2 0 0 TO 6531730 READ b

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23736, 25490 PRI NT "Now t o t e s t e

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100 DATA 2 1 5 , 2 4 , 0 , 2 5 4 , 2 41 , 4 0 , 7 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 0 9 5 , 2 4 0 , 1 ,

2 1 5 , 3 2 , 0 , 2 0 5 , 1 0 1 . 5 , 2 1 5 . 2 00 , 2 5 4 , 2 0 1 , 1 , 1 0 2 , 9 2 , 6 2 , 0 . 20 0 , 1 7 , 1 0 , 0 , 3 3 , 2 0 0 , 7 , 5 0 ,1 1 , 9 2 , 1 1 1 , 2 0 5 , 1 0 1 , 3 , 4 2 , 1 70 , 9 2 . 5 4 , 6 2 , 4 3 , 2 4 9 0 3 , 4 3 , 3

t4,61,92.205,176,22,62,239

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1 0 9 , 2 0 5 , 1 2 9 . 1 5 , 6 2 , 3 4 , 2 0 1 , 1

2 9 . 1 5 , 6 2 , 5 9 , 2 0 5 , 1 2 9 , 1 5 , 6 20 9 . 2 0 5 , 1 2 9 . 1 5 . 6 2 . 1 9 , 2 0 5 ,

A2 9 , 1 5 , 6 2 , 1 4 , 2 0 1 , 1 2 9 , 1 5 , 6j 2 , 3 4 , 2 0 5 , 1 2 9 , 1 5 , 6 2 , 0 , 2 0 5 ,4 1 4 6 0 5 . 1 9 5 . 1 7 2 . 1 0

Before entering theprogram you must've pagedthe Interface 1 at least onceto create the systemvariables: Once the code issaved on microdrive thepaging will have alreadybeen done.

To modify thesecommands do the following:to SAVE, POKE 65261,248,to MERGE. POKE 65261,213and to ERASE POKE65261,210. For ERASEPOKE 65265 to 65269 with O.Once the code has beensaved to microdrive CLEAR65199, LOAD •"name" CODE and POKE23735,176: POKE 23736,254.

Now simply enter LET (Kmode — L and ENTER) andthe line appears ready forthe file name to be entered.David Hawkins, Plymouth

...., Thanks David. It's great%-- to get a few tips from thereaders. I mean I can't knoweverything.

And finally I'm going tomake this column even moreappealing, I know it's nearlyimpossible but I'm gonna try.I shall be includinginformation about the othermass-storage devices for theSpectrum. I'll start off with theWafadrive and OpusDiscovery disk drive but I'llneed your help too, so keepthose letters coming. See younext month.

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Imagine has come up with a few love-ly prizes for all you love birds and allbecause Your Sinclair thought aValentine's compo would be just upyour street. The lucky winner willreceive a slap up, romantic candlelitdinner for two at McDona..,er sorry...your nearest five star hotel (and if youlive in London that's the Ritz!). And theextra space at the table is obviously

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Tim Hartneirs the Barbara Cartiand of computer books. Hemust have written far more than anybody else! Now he'sjoined the YS team to pass on some of his experience to you.He kicks off this month by playing Boole!

I It s perhaps unwise to

probe too deeply into howturn of the century clergy-men amused themselveslate at night in the privacy

of their attics. But one suchgentleman. working almost acentury before the firstcomputer worthy of the namewas built, single-handedlydevised the entire theory andmethod that present-daycomputers use to makedecisions.

And this extraordinaryachievement isn't just ofhistorical interest You canuse what our clergyman, theReverend George Boole,developed to compress partsof your Spectrum programs insome pretty flash ways. Theycan also make your programslook nice and impenetrable sothose who wouldn't know aBoolean Variable if it kickedthem in their booleans willlook at your complexprograms with openadmiration and mouths!

Boolean Variables arevariables that can only hold avalue of one or zero and thatvalue tells you whether astatement is true or false.Sounds complex? Hangaround and all will becomeclear.

TRUE OR FALSE?Let's start by looking at howyour Speccy knows whethersomething's true or false.Believe it or not, it has its owninternal Boolean& Test it Outby typing in a true statement.Say you enter PRINT (8=8)you'll see a 1 appear at the topof the screen. PRINT("this"="this") will produce thesame result.

This suggests that if astatement is true, theSpectrum holds thisinformation as a "1". Try it witha few falsies such as, PRINT(7-9) or PRINT("this"="that"). This timeyou'll get a "0" printed on thescreen. Now you can see thatthe Spectrum holds thecondition "false" as a zero.

Try these true/false testswith various inputs, to see if itholds true in all conditions.

HEART TOHARTNELLYou don't have to just go fordirect comparisons like theones I've given above. Trythings like PRINT (9-3-3) orPRINT ("a"—CHR$ 97) to seewhat happens.

Now, all that's fair enough.But how do we make practicaluse of it? In their infinite.Metalabic wisdom, the ladswho invented Spectrum Basicdecided that an ON G OTO or an ON . G O SUBstatement was anunnecessary luxury. An ON• G O TO line is of the typeON X GO TO 200.330, 490which sends action to line 200if X equals 1; to line 330 if Xequals 2: and to 490 it Xequals 3.

It's obvious you can getround the lack of thiscommand on the Speccy witha clumsy set of IF X-1 THENGO TO 200, IF X=2 THEN GOTO 330 lines, but this won'twow anyone. Have a go at thissimple program:

10 I NP UI A20 GO 1 0 9 9 0 ( 4 . 1 ) + 2 6 0 f t

Cw2/99 P RI NT " 9 9 " 1 STOP

260 P RI NT " 2 6 0 " ; STO P

When you run this, entereither 1 or 2. If you enter 1, theSpectrum will come to line 20,evaluate the (A-1) as 'true'and the (A-2) as 'false' andGO TO line 99. If you enter 2,it'll do the opposite. But howdoes this 'true' or 'false'decision send the computer tothe right line? It's simplybecause, as I pointed outearlier, if you enter 1 whenyou run the program. 'true'equals 1 (so the first part ofline 20 becomes "GO TO99.1") and 'false' equals 0 (sothe second part of the linebecomes "+ 2600") with theresult that the Spectrum goesto 99+260. The oppositeoccurs, of course, if you entera 2 when you run the program.MICRO MIMICRYYou can even make use of theBoolean true/false conditionto imitate a command foundon few Basic-usingmicrocomputers — the OLhas it, and perhaps someothers as well but I've not

come across them. It's thecommand that in thelanguage C is SWITCH/CASEand in OL SuperBasic isSELect ON. With thesecommands, you don't simplyhave to live with values 1. 2, 3and so on to trigger a GO TOor GO SUB. Instead, you canchoose any values you like,and they don't even have tobe in order. You can see thisin action with this briefprogram:

IQ I NP UI A20 GO TO 5 0 4 * I A9 I 4 -1 5 0 * (

4 . - 6 . 5 ) + 5 030 GIOP50 PRINT " I R V AO AI N's a

0 TO 1 0100 PRINT ' 1 0 0 " o STO P200 PRI NT " 2 0 0 " t STO P

With this program, thecomputer goes to line 100 ifyou enter 9 in line 10, and toline 200 if you enter —6.5_ Anyother value causes theSpectrum to go to line 50where it prints out "TRY

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AGAIN" and then sends youback to 10 for another input.The C language SWITCH/CASE command has anaction called 'Default' that itprocesses on any input forwhich it does not have aspecific reply. In SuperBasicon the CIL 'Remainder' is theequivalent of 'Default'. In oursecond program, the +50 atthe end of the line acts as thedefault/remainder, being theaction the computer is told toundertake if the first twoconditions tested — (A-9)and (A-6,5) — are false andtherefore given a value of zero.

Now if you make anystartling discoveries whileyou're playing around withBoolean Variables, let meknow. You can get in touchwith me here at Your Sinclair,14 Rathbone Place, LondonW1P 10E. Next month I'll belooking at random numbers indepth but after that it's up toyou. If there's any subject youhaven't got the hang of yet, letme know and I'll do my best tothrow light on the innerworkings — and chuck in afew spanners as well!

Tim Hartnell first discoveredcomputers when he bought aZX80. He started the very firstZX Users' Club. and haswritten more books than hecares to remember on the

Thlit. Spectrum and 01_He now spends part at eachyear in his home country ofAustralia and the balance ofhis time in the UK.

PLAYING BOOLEOkay, so we can use Boolean Variables to clean up a whole messof IF/THEN/Go TO or IF/THEN GO SUB lines, But is that all'?Course not. As you'll discover when you start experimenting withthe Spectrum's internal true/false Boolean Variables, many partsof your program can be cleaned up. For example:

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Here, as with the above examples. you can cater for many morepossible Inputs.

As well as GO TO and GO SUB you can use Boolean Variables toensure, for example, that when one of your programs asks for theplayer's name, it can change your name into, say, 'Superstar' andanybody else's name into something Insulting — I'm sure youcan come up with something suitable!

To show you how flexible it can be, you could even useBoolean Variables to change the colours, and shapes, of playingpieces in a board game. And you can dolt with lust one line. as

I, fine 20 shows below:

1' When you run this, you'll see that the Spectrum's magicBooleans have produced a string of blue O's, red X's andmagenta solid blobs. How many lines would it have taken without

Lihe assistance of the good Reverend Boole?

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V-Day will soon be here.The day the reptiles arrive— but only in Ocean's new

megagame. RachaelSmith risks life and limb to

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wimpy sixt ies singer, butMichael Donovan, the onlyperson who can save theearth in th is free adaptation

of the TV series, V. The mission issimple — locate and destroy theenemy ship by b lowing up its centralcomputer and reactor. Wha t makes itless easy is the size of the ship. It 's amaze of corridors and b lockedpassages, sixteen screens across,eight screens down and five layersdeep — a grand total of 640 screensthat would take you severa l hours tocross. And that's without theunwelcome attentions of the lizardsand the ir robot guards.

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But the a liens aren't just going to sitthere and let you destroy them. You'llneed your trusty laser and that'sgoing to need recharg ing every sooften from the power points you'll findscattered around. Fine — you 'rehappily blasting lizards and maybeeven taking pot-shots at robots,(though they may be invulnerable inthe final version,) and it 's all gettingyou a nice high score. But unlessyour luck's really in it won't find thosetwo crucia l areas. And that's where abit o f strategy comes in.

The first thing that you'll realiseabout the lizards is that they don'tta lka da lingo. Th is means that beforeyou can use your commun ica to rdevice, wh ich appears at the bottomof the screen and is tapped d irectlyinto the sh ip 's Commun ipu te r(dontcha just lurve that jargon?),you'll need to use a bit of b ra inpowerOnce you get the hang of it thoughyou'll be able to use it for things likeopening security doors whichrequires a bit of pattern-match ingbrainteasing.

Your trave ls will a lso bring you in tocontact with severa l laboratorieswhere you can find parts of theformula for the dreaded Red Dust. Aswell as making a mess of whitecarpets, th is slows the aliens down —somewhat terminally! So you maychoose to complete the formula andthen find the a ir purification plant.Here you can tap into the sh ip 'sglorified ZX81 and get it tomanufacture the deadly powder andput It into the air conditioning. Prettydumb of it, huh? Well, yes and no,because as its fleshy masters die itwill step up robot activity. It alldepends who you like blasting best.

If you get tired of the endlesscorridors, the outer levels haveairlocks into space. Ou t there youblast yourself around with an oxygencylinder, remembering that a push tothe left will send you right! There aretwo ma jo r housings on the outside ofthe ship, the water inlet andcommunica t ions centre, and whiletheir destruction isn't crucia l It'llcerta in ly rack up the old score.

Right, you 've located your targetsand set the bombs. Even that's noeasy task because it looks like you'llhave to synchronise the twoexplosions exactly. Fa ilu re meansthat if the reactor goes first thecomputer will still be able to defenditself. And without the computer thereactor will run wild. Then it 's back tothe docking bay where your craft is

The Story So Far...

They came from the skies and at First the Visitotoseesied sociable enough. No-one minded havingthem as intergalactic neighbours. 'The VisitorsAre Our Friends was the motto as their hugeships docked in the shies above earth's majorcities. They began to integrate with the humans,working side by side on scientific projects.

Then came the revelation that beneath theirhuman appearance lay something much MOSsinister. The Visitors had spoken with forkedlongues — they were lizards!

Than earth's population turned against them.And it wasn't just because a dinner appointmentmeant eating live refs. The Visitors ewe cold-blooded killers. Well, they would be — they werereptiles. And when they said they wanted tosiphon off ow water supply they weren't justtaking the Foss!

Using the superior science that all alienenemies seem to possess, the scaly fiendsdeclared a state of martial law. But resistancegrew. Again and again the propaganda posterswere defaced with a chevron of red paint. V nolonger stood for Visitors — it meant Victory.

The earth had many heroes, but none greaterU m Michael Donovan, who pitted himselfagainst the amphibian who'd boon the Visitors'ambassador, Diane, Note was a man who woulddare enter the visitors' ships- And so earthMoloch bask

ready and waiting and all ashorethat's going ashore — though it 'shoped that the finale will hold a nastysurprise to wipe the grin off your face!

This is just the barest outline of thegameplay. When I saw the game itwas still far from finished. Otherdetails may include the computerswitching off the lights in a certa insection. Then you'll have to re ly on atorch that'll show the way ahead butOnly just enough behind you to let yousee wha t hits you! Donovan isextremely well animated and if h isjump and roll and some of the plotdetails remind you of Impossib leMission, well the same people wereresponsible for the Spectrum version.But V has added to that game'ssuccess with its combination ofblasting for high scores and strategyto complete the task — and it 's notonly vast but different for every game!

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Here's Andy Penneft's round-up of thelatest games for the CAL. The ideasbehind them may not be that new but theprogramming's well up to standard.

KNIGHT FLIGHTRea'time Software1E14.95Isn't this a version of thearcade game Joust? I'mafraid I never squandered my20p's on this one so I'm notaltogether sure how similarthe two play. You're a knighton a horse flying around ascreen populated withplatforms. But you are notalone. The skies are full ofunfriendly knights just dyingfor a joust — it's your job tomake sure they do die. Whenyou meet one of them for aspot of knuckle dusting, the !winner is the highest playerso it pays to hang around thetop of the screen. If you comeout on top, the rider of thedefeated horse falls toground and there are bonuspoints if the horse bites thedust as well. From time totime, the dragons getdragged on but they're bestavoided 'cos they alwaysCheat,

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The CIL has three bigadvantages over the Speccywhen ft comes to games — ithas a better screen display, alot more memory, andmicrodrives as standard.Except for that screendisplay, Fictionary makesgood use of the memory andmicrodrives to store thevocabulary.

The main game's similar tothat old telly favourite, CanMy Bluff. You're given abizarre word with fourpossible meanings. You haveto guess which one's correct.Now with one player this isdullsville pretty quickly but ifthere's a group of you (up tofour can play at the same

time), it can be a lot of fun.Now this game's not foryoung children. Apart fromthe advanced vocabulary,there are certain words thatyoungsters might start askingall sorts of strange questionsabout — I leave them to yourimagination.

Altogether there are 1200different words so repetitionsare few and far between.Even if you do get the sameword twice, the possiblesolutions are changed each •time, so it's still tricky toremember the correct one.

As a bonus, there'sanother game calledWordhoard thrown in, It putsa word on the screen andthen gives you three minutesin which to think of as many idsmaller words that you can ! f fmake Out of it. About asinteresting as waiting forsnow in the Sahara.

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You look through the frontof the cockpit at the 3D wiregraphics that give a verygood representation of theoutside world. Even better,they're flicker free thoughthat's not too surprising asthey Only get drawn once asecond. Still, the playingarea's large with loads ofobjects to look at and fly into— or should that be past! It'sa shame that the othergraphics such as the cockpitdials are not that imagina-tively represented —t h e y ' r ejust shown as simple digits.

There is tar more to thegame than the first Speccyflight simulators — it'scertainly a lot harder whichmore than likely means thatit's more realistic, It doesn'thave the speed and thecolour of the later simulatorsthough.

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So, what's the plot? Well,you're a very neatly animatedman who, surprise surprise,has to collect a large number

of bags of money from fifty-nine different locations eachof which is stocked withbaddies and obstaclesinjurious to the player'shealth. Not very original, Igrant you, but it's beenimplemented extremely welland just goes to show thatOL games can be better thantheir Speccy equivalents.

The sound effects are a bitthin — just a lot of beeps thatsound little better thanSpeccy originals though

they're somewhat moreaudible and they don'tinterrupt the game at all.Plus, a great deal ofimagination has gone into thegraphics — just take abutchers at those viciouslooking lawnmowers andmousetraps, though there aresome less original ideas likebouncing boots. Certain MSmith-type features aremissing altogether — nostairs — but altogether thegame is excellent. Without a

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Mega Basic mailbagis almost as mightyas his program. So,

this month he'shere to help with

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MegaBasic has beenso huge that it'sabout time I had achance to answer

many of your queries on theinner workings of theprogram. So, if you have anyproblems or there's anythingyou don't understand andyou'd like me to clear it up foryou, drop me a line here atVS and I'll do my best. Butdon't only see me as anagony aunt (Could bedifficult, Mike! Ed), but sendin any of your ownMegahints'n'tips so that wecan all share them_

There's one problem that'scropped up over and overagain in my postbag. I'll justmention the ComputerDepartment of FriendsSchool, Saffron Walden andA Raven of Basildon who'vewritten to me, asking whenI'm going to get around toconverting MegaBasic ontothe Rotronic's Wafadrive.They've all had a go, butwithout much success. Well,the waiting is over — I'vecome up with the code, soyou'll no longer have to waitan age for the tape to load.

Here are the simple stepsyou should follow. Turn yourSpeccy on with the Wafadriveconnected — pretty sensiblereally! Enter NEW- and thenrewind your MegaBasic tape

to the beginning and enterCLEAR 39999: LOAD"CODE. Now start your taperecorder and you'll loadMegaBasic into memory.Right, it's time for the measlybit of hard work you've got todo — type in the followingprogram.

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C'mon that didn't take toolong, did it? Now RUN it andsave the new MegaBasiccode to Wafa by enteringSAVE# "MB", 45000. 20368.All we need now is a newloader program for theWatadrive, so enter NEWand that'll clear out theconversion program. Finally,enter and save this loaderprogram:

10 POKE 23737,15220 POKE 23738,18330 CLEAR 4499940 LOAD-"Pil8"50 RUN USR 56100

So, if any of you have beenputting off getting hold of acopy of MegaBasic 'cos youcouldn't convert it toWafadrive, well that excusedoesn't wash any longer. AndI don't know why all you Opusdisk drive owners are lookingso smug — as soon as I canget my hands on one of thosenatty devices, I'll be doing aconversion routine for thattoo!

Stev en Por t has writtenin from Greenwhich to askme where he can find theother two fonts in MegaBasic

— he wants to use them inhis own programs. Forstarters, what I'd like to knowis why on earth you're writingprograms that aren't inMegaBasic?Herumph! Justthis once though I'll tell you.The Amstrad type font startsat 45000 and the BBC onestarts at 48000. They're both768 bytes long, so say youwanted to save the BBCcharacter set to tape, you'duse SAVE "Beeb" CODE48000,768. Now d'you seewhy they call me the font ofall knowledge!

Now for the complaintsdepartment. Lots of you havebeen moaning about the factthat every time you power upyour MegaSpectrum, youhave to use the KEYcommand to define the user-defined keys. So, is there away of saving the keydefinitions so that they canbe loaded in. all in one go?Ha, there is a way! Thedefinitions for the userdefined keys are storedstarting at 59956 and thereare 256 bytes for each key.That means that if you wantto save all ten keys, you justhave to use SAVE "KEYS"CODE 59956,2560,

And now a hint for all youwho indulge in the strangehabit of hacking — I mean,why should Chris Wood havea monopoly on the subject!Here's how you canpersonalise your copy of VSMegaBasic by redefining theerror messages. They start at52987 and finish at 53164and the end of the messageis signaled by adding 128 tothe ASCII code of the lastcharacter. So, here's a littleprogram that'll print out eacherror message and itsstarting address:

10 LET P-5298720 PRINT P30 LET Z-PEEK P: LET P-P fl40 IF Z.127 THE 1/011_(Z128):

PRINT'P:GO TO 30

50 1/DU_Z:GO TO 30Now all you have to do isPOKE the ASCII values of themessage you want into thecorrect locations. It's evenmore fun if you can get yourmitts on a friend's copy ofMegaBasic.Now G Gapper of Glos isn'ttoo sure about the DEFGcommand and would like meto do a quick run through onit for him. Well, the DEFGcommand is a quicker way ofdefining user definedgraphics. In normal SinclairBasic you'd define the UDG'a' using the following lines:10 FOR A—USR "A" TO USA

20 READ B:POKE A,B30 NEXT A40 DATA 255, 129. 129, 129,129, 129, 129, 255Now this sub-routine readsthe data for the graphics andPOKEs it into the correctarea of memory. It also takesfour lines of Basic! With VSMegaBasic you can doexactly the same in one line,so here goes:DEFG_"a", 255, 129, 129,129, 129, 129, 129, 255The DEFG command takesnine parameters. The firstparameter is a string andshows which graphic is to bedefined and then this isfollowed by the numeric datafor the graphic.

Now for a moan. S G Wylieof Ramsgate doesn't like thethree overlapping windows.What you have to do is tellthe system that you want touse the same window for alloutput. And to do this, youhave to use the FX command— the command used tocontrol the MegaBasicsystem. The command isfollowed by two parameters— the first indicates thefunction you require and thesecond is the data requiredby that function. Have a lookat this:FX_O,n defi nes whichwindow is used for input.FX_1,n defi nes whichwindow is used for automaticlistings.FX_2,n defi nes whichwindow is used for programoutput.FX_3,n defi nes whichwindow is used by theMONitorSay you wanted to use onewindow for all tour functions,then you'd use somethingalong these lines:FX_0.2:FX_1,2:FX_2,2:FX_3,2Now only the output window(window two) is used andbang goes the problem ofoverlapping windows.

And if you want to set thecopy cursor to use yellow inkthen try this:CURRENT_1:INK 6When you've got version ofVS MegaBasic that you'rehappy with, all you have to dois save it together with aloader. Bingo, your owncustomised MegaBasicl

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co My Timex 2040 printerand Spectrum are

having a slight personalityclash. They just don't geton, even though I've triedchanging the printer foranother one. is itcompatible with theSpectrum?J Allen, Needham Market

: 0% Well, I can confirm that it

is compatible 'cos I'vegot one, and it works with allmodels. Maybe the edgeconnector's dirty or itspossible that the connector isloose. If cleaning it doesn'tsolve the problem I suggestyou get your Spectrumrepaired.

V D o you know of acircuit That allows you

to POKE the SpectrumROM? I know VS 2 featuredan article that told you howto do this but unfortunatelyI can't get hold of a copy asit's sold out.Bruce Phipps, Hatfield

The SoftROM appears to.11 b e the answer and, yesyou're right, it did appear inVS 2. And, just for you Bruce.we'll send you a photocopy.

V I've got a trTX, wafa-drive and Cambridge

joystick interface. Fine, youmay think. Well, that's justit, it isn't! When I've got the1/1X and wale-driveconnected the picture rolls,though it's okay if only oneis connected. Why?John Thurborn,Chleelhurst

It sounds like your powersupply may be at fault

'cos both peripherals usequite a bit of power. Tryswopping it with anotherpower supply to check if thisis the case. If not send it to arepair shop to get it looked at.

V Hey Steve! I've gottanew colour television.But the colours are allwrong. Red gives green andgreen gives red. It's alrighton my friend's version 3Spectrum but not on myversion 2. Why?Trevor Harris

Are you sure you're notcolour blind? No,

seriously there are two brownvariable resistors inside theSpectrum issue 2 that can beadjusted to give the correctred/green balance. Trytwiddling with the lower oneand that should sort you Out_

c? I've got Termel softwarefrom Modem House andI'm connected up toEasylink so I can send

telexes far and wide. ButI've got two problems. First,is it possible to do screendumps of the information tomy Alphacom printer? Andsecondly, I would like toprint outgoing messagesbut I'm having problemssending them out with the'T' function.James Dunbar, Inverness: % You can do the screen

dumps, no trouble, byexiting to Basic and usingthe COPY command. The 1'function will only work ifEasylink supports XMODEMprotocol. If you want to sendmessages from a buffer you'llneed Specnet Ill 'cos that'llallow you to create text filesusing Tas word and sendthem as if they were typedfrom the keyboard. There'seven a version that'll do 64characters per line. Good eh?

V Oh, I've got a little bug,or rather my Spectrum

version 2 has. First it startedto fail on the arrow keysand then the delete andgraphics keys. I solderedthe 2K resistor in acrossR68, as suggested, but stillnothing. I finally solved theproblem by tightening theclamp inside the keyboardthat joins all the bitstogether. Try it if you'veproblems.Toraten Dahlkvist, Sweden

Thanks Torsten. Its niceto see readers providing

all the answers. At least it letsme put my feet up for a littlewhile. If more of you write inmaybe I can retire early.

V We would like to add areset switch to the

Spectrum, not an on/offswitch, can you tell us whatconnections to make?OS Phelan and PeteTaylor, Cheshire

Easy! If you can solder.El that is. The big 40 pin IC

near the edge connector isPin 26 of the CPU, This is thereset pin on the Z80A CPU.Connect a switch betweenthis and Pin 29 of the CPU,press the switch and releaseit. Hey presto! It resets.

cl My Spectrum has theXK system fitted to it

and I'm now having troubleloading games likeKnightiore and Atic Atac.Where can I get a loadingdevice that'll solve thisproblem?Reg Crawley, Hitchin

:•a•-i%The loader I think you're

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Have you got ahard luck story totell us? For hard

headed hardwareadvice Steve

Adam's your man.TV Services of Cambridge.It's free but it would be agood idea to include somepostage for the tape.

V I'm having trouble withmy ZX printer. It runs

okay for about 100 lines andthen it gets slower andslower and makes terriblesqueaking noises. I took mylife in my hands and pulledit all to bits but I stillcouldn't find what waswrong. Any ideas?Phil Purle, Gloucester. . W e l l , it could be 'cos the

balance of the weight inthe paper reel is wrong. It'spossible that the paper isscraping one side of theprinter as it turns, Try a bit ofviolence — bang the end ofthe reel on a table top to getit back in line.

— I've got a Speccy with Tasword II, Epson 0180printer and LPR1NT 111Interlace. How do I send theESC codes to operate theprinter?Jack Colbourne, Cornwall

2i7i.L.PRINT III uses interface'El codes that must be sentbefore you can send controlcodes like ESC (CODE 27),These can be entered intoTasword, when changing thegraphics codes, byanswering 'yes' to thequestion, 'Change interfacecodes?' Once you've donethis you can set up thegraphics characters to printthe ESC sequence of codesyou want. Save a new copyof Tasword to keep thechanges in_

i t 1 would like someadvice on what joystick

and joystick interface tobuy. There isn't a greatselection over here inAustralia and I'm not sureof the best Can you help?Graham Ung, Australia:6% We certainly can. If you

1.61' can get hold of a copy of

Your Sinclair (issue 2) you'llsee a review of the top tenjoysticks — that should giveyou some guidance. TheQuickshot is a pretty goodone with two buttons for aquick response. As for theinterface I reckon theKempston Compatible isprobably the best for the sortof software you mention.There are plenty about, justlook for the cheapest andmost rugged.

c? Help! My rubberkeyboard is so rubbery I

can't get all the keys toregister. I've been driven topressing them very hardwith a pencil to get it towork. Will a replacementSpeccy Plus keyboard fit,and if not can it berepaired?David Savage, Canterbury

r iii.And now for the answer!Get a new keyboard

underlay (membrane) from aSinclair repair centre. It'll costyou about C9.00.

I'm writing to give awarning to all Speccy

owners as I've had to learnthe hard way. Don't pull theplug to reset your machine'cos, as I found to my cost,it causes a voltagedischarge that can causeexpensive damage. Eitherallow a lapse of severalseconds or, even better,incorporate a switchbetween the transformerand set.HP Macdonald, Devon

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The voice on thephone said, ''Jake, rve

got a problem. I'm the Ed." "That'ssome problem." I agreed. Ignoringme, he continued, "I want you to finda cassette tape. It contains enoughevidence to send Mr Big down theriver for a very long time." Pausingonly to wonder why the Ed shouldwant to send a gangster on a boattour, I asked, "Tell me where I mightfind it." "That's the problem," he toldme, It 's hidden in a computer game!"

And so it was. I sat in my East Sideoffice, in front of a computer monitor,the whole of New York to search andI'd never have to leave the building.Luckily the city was no stranger to me— the same 3D view that seems toturn up everywhere nowadays.However, I was pleased to find thatcould choose between upiclown,right movement or rotation andforward techniques. And what wasthis — 10 On'? A neat touch meansthat if I walk into an object thecomputer can take control and guideme past it.

10.32 pm: I'd found a gun andi wasgoing to need it. In the very next roomsome hood began taking pot shots atme but I was quick on the draw. Itransferred to the icon menu andfired, filling him full of holes and hefaded away. No room to be triggerhappy though — the city may be ajungle but not everyone's an animal.Soon alter I'd plugged the punkanother slouched figure approached.stopped but his speech bubbleappeared. But what did he mean by,"I'll see you later"?

1.03 am: I'd lost count of how manyrooms and alleys my nicely animatedfigure had trudged down, but therewere lots, filled with hazards of themost unexpected types, like animatedsuits of armour. Something strangewas afoot I'd had to use my wits topush the furniture around and shiftobjects and I wasn't sure I was gettinganywhere. Then I met her the dame.

The Ed had warned me that therewere two sisters tied up in the case —identical twins but while one wasgood, real good, the other was evilincarnate! I hoped I'd made the rightchoice as I followed her. Perhaps shecould lead me to the gang boss....

1.07 am: You win some, lose some.Like a kid, I'd followed her straightinto a trap. I'd dodged the bouncingbombs, the suits of armour and thelow down rats who'd hoped to fill mefull of lead. But I'd always been asucker for a frail and now I'd paid theprice. This game is as cool as atrench coat and as atmospheric as amisty street. Here's looking at a VDU,sweetheart!

LIGHTS. • CAMERA • • • ACTION R O L L • •10.48 pm: And in the naked city I don't feel clothed without some sort Ofequalizer. Luckily there's a gun to be found near the office, and a few otherscarelessly lying around for when I run out of slugs

You • re the magnum I wantJust need to line myself upand lei the icons do therest, then the rod will lumpinto my hand.

guess these trench coatscome equipped with fourpockets because that'show many Hems theInventory indicator allowsyou to hold

00.043 am: I felt like I was getting nowhere fast and it was giving me the bird.Then I stumbled on a room with a heavily guarded door and knew that I mustbe onto something. The question was, what? Perhaps if I'd got a map. Hey, anycartographers out there like to help a private eye who can't afford an A to Z7

Ae a hard drinking privatedick there's always thedanger youll walk into adoor frame but use the ICoption and your auto-pilotwill save you fromembarrassing black eyes

Throwing things cansometimes shift thearmour, though not In thiscase. Perhaps you'd feelbetter if you threw atantrum or plugged theparrot!

Well, here lam, trench coatand hat brim pulled downNo time to survey thescenery though - I've gotto get that gal.

Anybody who thinks aparrot Is just a leatheredecho, think again. Nallyhere may well give you aclue how to pass throughthe door.

Here's a handy symbol.Choosing this functionpicks things up - and itdoesn't take PhilipMarlowe to guess that itsneighbour means. drop.

HI wasn't so busy mth thecase I might try to solvethe puzzle of the date -television sets and wind upgramophones together?The game still ha$ afantastic atmospherethough.

Strange to find so manysuits of armour scatteredaround, but avoid thembecause collisions wedeadly. This one's verynastily placed, makingyour passage impossible.

Suddenly everything wentred I t was the endThat's what happens whenyou select the Abedoption, which is protectedwith a double check

11.59 pm; Down these machine code streets a sprite must go. a sprite who isnor himself mean. You can never be too careful in the Big Apple but if thedon't shoot first chances are they're friendly.

With a city this size you'llspend most of your time inthis default movementmode. Now you know whythey call us 'flai-foot. Thewalking sound makes mesuspect that the gumshoewears gumboots.

00.54 am: By fowl was in need of a stiff drink but this guy didn't want to sitdown and pour me one. It was easy enough to sidestep this line of fire asentered the room, but then I'd have to waste him before he targettet1 me.

No time to listen to themusic Just yet f a c t , nomusic, but at least the lukebox here iiggies aroundlike it was playing a BillHaley platter.

All ready for business.Somewhere I'd picked up abrief case. As somebodyhad asked me for themoney, I wondered if thisis shore it was stashed_

Just an innocent citizengoing about his business- i s he? Maybe heknows something that mayprove useful as hewanders along the mainalley.

Talking is done in thefinest comic book style.speech bubbles, sochoose this option to makepolite conversation.

Luckily most of theunderworld lackeys aren'texactly hot shots. thoughthere are occasions whenyou walk through a door tobe greeted by a truly warmwelcome of accuratelyaimed lead

Providing you'veselected the gun this is thefire icon, but ammunitionwhich appears above islimited. You need to bepretty nifty to change backto movement, at times.

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• Th is program comes withfive of the faberoony Wham?mega-smashes stored in theMusk Box's tune memory.Don't ask me what theirsquillions of fans would makeof a Speccy cover version ofYoung Guns, though!

If you ever tire of theDynamic Duo's ditties you canerase them and compose yourown, or key in tunes fromsheet music. This is what theprogram's really about soserious musicians orDuranees need not be put offby the Wham! label.

Besides the music editor,with its easy method ofon-screen composition, thisprogram gives your Spectruman extra sound channel. Thatmeans you can play twodifferent notes simultaneously,for two part harmony orsimple chords. You'll wantsome method of amplificationto get the most from thisprogram, as no software cancure the innately feebleSpeccy beeper.

Once you've composed yourhit (or pinched someoneelse's), you can save it to tapeor microdrive, complete withthe machine code routine thatplays it, as a block of code forinclusion in your ownprograms. No mention ismade of the copyrightsituation on the inlay, though,so I've no idea what'd happenif you wanted to use thismusic in a program forcommercial resale.

Terry Bulfib's had a quickhack and informs us that thereis 4K of Basic inside, andmore importantly, that theloading and saving of tunes isdone in Basic. This meansthat the microdrive Save andLoad options will also work onother drives that usemicrodrive syntax, like theOpus disk or Wafadrives.

What makes it all a doddleto use, and cancels all myprevious quibbles is the easyediting. You can play in notesby ear, seeing each keyyou've pressed marked onboth the screen's pianokeyboard and the stave, You'llhear it as well and bybackspacing you can removemistakes. You can go throughthe score note by note, or fastforward through it. Otherwise,lust play the tune, all the timewith a continual display on thepiano keyboard and staves.Plus you can listen to thesound of the notes.

Besides the organ like twinvoices, you get a 'bass drum'and three somewhatprogrammable sound effectsbased on white noise. Youcan also alter the playingspeed. What you can't do isobtain a printout of themusical score — but since thenotation is so weird, you won'twant to.

First they gaveprogrammers the pop startreatment, now the customersget to be pop stars. I hope allthis music doesn't lead you tothrow your TV Out the hotelwindow.

Wham! makes Waves!Everyone knows that the Spectrum has only a single. rather pathetic,sound channel, so how is it possible to play two channel music?Consider, for comparison, a piano. Pressing two keys causes twonotes to sound, and unless you're tone deaf, you hear them as twoseparate notes.

Your eardrum is vibrated by a waveform made up of a combinationof the two original notes. The peaks and troughs of all three individualvibrations mix together in the air, cancelling Out or augmenting eachother, until a complex series of high and low pressure waves isformed. You only hear this waveform as two separate notes becausethe human brain is equipped to unravel complex waveforms into theircomponent parts.

What the Music Box software does is to compare ti:s waveforms ofthe two separate notes in software, before sending then, •hrough thesingle output channel. By vibrating the Beeper in a complexwaveform, the program imitates what would happen to separate itotesmixing in the air. The effect upon the ear is similar to that of playingthe two notes.

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Rests are shown as an'R'. However there's noindication of sound effectsor even that the tune hasended

Sharps are indicated,but hats are notated assharps of the note below.Sharps or flats are playedon the second keyboardrow. You can Only write inC moor.

Notes for the twochannels are shown indifferent colours. They'rereminiscent of the MadPiano in Manic Miner - butat least this keyboard'stuned

To enter notes into thescore, you simply playthem in, using the bottomrows of keys on theSpectrum as a piano

You'll find Bomaknowledge ot music

it you want longer notes n o t a t i o n may be helpfulthan a quaver then use w h e n keying in a tune onmore quavers. Two t h e editor. I say 'may'quavers give you a b e c a u s e the MUSE BO)crotchet, four makes a u s e s an abbreviatedminim, and so on. Try to s y s t e m at notation that'llforget about semi-quavers, a n n o y real composers.

There ace tour Octaves,ivhich is more than can beaccommodated on thekeyboard. so you have toswitch tram one toanother, losing your wayon the keyboard in theprocess

You have to key in thetwo channels separately,which means switchingbetween channels.

There are always aughtquavers to the bar. You canwrite in other timesignatures - but the barlines will be in the wrongplace.

During replay, the effecton the longer notes is asoil of Little Richardkeyboard hammering - orwhat we flautists callvibrato!

The music scrollssmoothly to the left Curingediting or play. Backspacing causes an emptyscreen to scroll in from theleft.

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First through Death's Door thismonth is Alan Green of Prestonwho's stuck fast in his Pyjama-ramas. "Please help me!" he cries,"How do you get to climb therope in the conveyor belt room?"And you really think I'm gonnahelp you? Let me tell you thatmany a proud adventurer hasended up facing the deathsentence in trying to solve thisgame. Okay, I take pity on you —just this once — and refer you toCastle King, Colin Read.

writing in blood!" saysCohn, t o offer help to your loyalsubjects. I've got heaps of cluesfor Pyjamarama. .

I Playing through all thescreens in the video gamesroomwill gain you an extra life.

2. When attempting to get thebox key make sure that 'Help' isswitched 'On' — then you'll beable to get onto the tea box.

3. The raygun can only beloaded in the billiard room andyou'll need the power pack to doit. You must then leave it on themoon.

4. To get the crash helmet, firstuse the driving licence to get theignition keys. Once in the con-veyor belt room, jump via therope Onto the bannister to collectyour prize.

5. To gain access to the billiardroom, take the hammer out of thetoilet — you'll need the penny toget in — and put it in the lift.You'll then get the fire extin-

THE SNOW QUEENA top of the morning to yersall. Well, I've been hearing theoddest things concerning thoseyoung ladies who attend thatillu trious school, St Brides.Fir t they brought us TheSecret Of Si Brides, a quilledtext adventure, and now(Gasp Gasp) the girls havecome up with The SnowQueen, a quilled graphicsversion of the Hans ChristianAnderson fairy tale.

What d'you mean you don'tlike fairy tales? This one's atraditional blend of witchesand innocent young ladies.Just like the ladies in StBrides.

Young Gerda has lost hertrue love Kay, who is heldunder evil enchantment by the

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S ADVENTURESDo pou keep suffering ?Doti) bp misanenture? Elle Orin( toper Nsthe skeleton kep to all pour games. j us t bop itm a tine at Death'sDoor, 22§5, 14 Zathbone Vine, lonbonW I P 1DC.guisher, take this down thechimney and put the fire out. Ifyou don't want to be flattened bya large ball take the square keythat opens the billiard room.

6. To stop the man-eatingplants, fill the bucket at the bath-room tap and place it near the BPcan.

7. Once you've opened the boxin the kitchen with the box key,take the magnet and return to themoon where you left the raygun.Go next door and jump at thelock, swop the magnet for theclock key and return home toWally's bedroom where you'll findthe alarm clock. l'hen comesNovember 5th...."

Well, how's that for a list oftimely tips! I f you want to escapemy evil clutches. Alan, write toCohn at the address in the KingsOf The Castle. I'm sure he'll helpyou but do remember to enclosean sae.

Colin's got even more clues forthat brill game Doorndark'sRevenge. Maybe he's after the titleof 'El Supremo'!

1. Remember if Morkin usesthe Crown of Carudrium, Luxorand all his armies are summonedto Morkin's present spot.

2. If Tarithel uses the spell ofMangorn, she'll be taken toMorkin too.

3. If any other character uses itsown weapon its energy anddespondency levels are fully res-tored, though this doesn't work

Snow Queen, a cross betweenMarilyn Monroe and a deepfreeze. Gerda must sally forth,what ho! and find her beloved.who seems to have forgottenshe exists.

The Snow Queen comes intwo parts but you'll need apassword to play the secondgame on the reverse side ofthe cassette. St Brides hasthoughtfully included a'dummy password' that'llenable you to have a stab atthe second game even whenyou haven't finished the first.

Although The Snow Queensuffers from slowish responseand rather limited vocabularyit's nicely written with somelong location descriptions andenough atmosphere to send achill up your spine.FAX BOXGame T h e Snow QueenPublisher ....St Brides SchoolPrice E 7 . 9 5

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with Luxor, Morkin or Tarithel.Rothron can do it if he uses theRunes of Finorn. Thanks Cohn,I'm sure there's enough cluesthere to last a lifetime.

My heart bleeds for Mr .1Weston from Wiltshire who's hav-ing loads of problems with Never-ending Story. "How do you getpast Morro in the Swamps of Sad-ness?" he cries! I don't think youshould even bother to do so — theonly thing Morla's good for, as faras I can see, is giving advice. Youcertainly don't need to get pasthim to get into the second game.And make sure you don't gowalking in the swamp with Artax,unless of course you want to payme a visit!

Richard Weaver from Ply-mouth writes in with some tips forThe Hobbit — yes, people are stillhaving problems. 'To get out ofthe dungeon try attacking Morin"That's a move that'll have you outof the dungeon, out of the gameand into my deathly den beforeyou can say 'meat cleaver'. Richardis also having a few problems withthe bulbous eyes. The answer is to'Wait' twice before moving.

Well, that's it for this month.I've really enjoyed reading allyour letters, especially the pleasfor help, I just can't get enough,though. Keep those hints'n'tipsflowing in — after all somebody'sgotta help those poor lost soulsand it sure as hell ain't gonna beme. Oh, I must dash some idiot's

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From the far-off futureyou've made your way, via aprovoking Fantasy Dome,back to the Swinging Sixtiesand into an amazing advnturebased on the lyrics of theBeatles.

I know The Grim Reaper'sas old as the hills but I haddifficulty remembering halfthe lyrics of some of the songs.Unless you're an ageing hippyyou may well have difficultygetting into this game.

Beatle Quest was written byGary Marsh again using TheQuill. But there're all sorts offunny little quirks — when theprogram doesn't understandyou it comes up with theresponse Goo Goo K'Joob(!)from that well-known Lennonditty. And trying to go in thewrong direction gets you a'Hey! No way man!'

gone and kissed the snake inColossal Cave and I've got tosnatch them away from the landof the living. Oh goody!IONGS OF THE CASTLE.Pypimarama, Doomdark's Revenge.Lords of MidnightCohn Read, 80 Beech Gardens. Rain.ford, Si Helens, Merseyside WA I I8DN

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Neverending Story — Help!J Weston, Westwinds, The Ley, Boa,WiltshireAural Quest — I'm stuck in AustralialStewart Kinnen, 34 Broadlie Drive,Glasgow G I 3 3AP

Gremlins — I've had quite a hit ofsuccess, but how do you finish thegame?Jason Morrison, 151 Princess Way,Portadown, Co Arrnagh, N IrelandBT63 5EL

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Ever felt you need 1 a spare Speccy to save you fromall that SAVEing and LOADing? Save your money — MaxPhillips lets you run three programs at once withSwitcha...Roll up. roll up, see amazing feats neverbefore attempted on a Spectrum. Yes, ladiesand gentleman, I'm not just going to saw yourSpectrum in half but into thirds and then loadand run a program in each of the pieces! Yessir, yes you, would you mind lending me yourmachine a moment? Of course you'll get itback in one piece!

Well not quite. What I am going to do isgive you a machine code utility that dividesyour 481< memory into three 16K chunks andlets you switch at any time between them.Each 'partition' is a fully working Spectrum soyou can have three programs loaded at onceand can edit and run them as normal. At anytime, pressing Symbol-Shift and Space willput the current program away and switch tothe next one.

This trick is nicked from businessmachines where people might want to flitbetween a database, a word processor and.don't tell the boss, a Space Invaders. Ofcourse, they do have a bit more memory toplay with — half a megabyte or so — andthey do have more formal operating systemsso that it's possible to switch between almostany group of programs.

Switcha for the Spectrum is more limitedbut it's not just a pretty lace. It's great formessing about with — you can have severalversions of the program you're writing onhand and you can doodle new routines andmake calculations without disturbing your

main program and so on. It's brilliant for BluePeter demonstrations — here's one I wroteearlier and so on. Switcha isn't really multi-tasking — the three partitions don't actuallyrun at once (the Speccy ain't quick as it is).But what it does give you, if you want thetechnospeak, is interruptability or context-switching.

So nip off for a moment and type in andsave the Basic Loader. Next, get the Switchacode into memory using either the hex loaderor by assembling the source code with yourown assembler. This should be saved justafter the Basic Loader on your tape or ontothe same microdrive cartridge.

To start. LOAD—. Y o u ' l l s e e a b r ie f

message with instructions while the codeloads and then Switches flashy green orblue border while it installs itself. Theprogram finishes with 0 OK, 70:1 and returnsyou to Basic as normal_ Just to convinceyourself it's working, enter CLS:PRINT"Partition 1". Now press Symbol-Shift andSpace -- the border flashes and you'll getanother copy of the 'OK' message. EnterCLS:PRINTI-lere's number 2", pressSymbol-Shift/Space and you'll get the thirdpartition. Enter CLS:PRINT"And here's theother one''. Now by repeatedly pressingSymbol-Shift/Space, you'll flick through thepartitions. Convinced?

You can LOAD a program into the currentpartition as normal and edit it or RUN it or

whatever. Switcha works while the program isrunning — when you come back to it, it willrestart exactly where it left off. You can evenNEW the program in the current partition.you do this, you'll have to re-connect Switchaby entering:

RANDOMIZE USR 64842The other two programs you had loaded

will have survived the NEW and you canswitch back to them! If you happen to run anyother routine that disables interrupts, thisRANDOMIZE should always restore Switcha,Probably the only way to gel rid of Switcha isthe trusty old RANDOMIZE USR 0 — butremember to save everything (don't forgetyour inactive programs) before you do it!

You can't switch during I/O operationssuch as cassette loading or microdriveaccess but Switcha will be back the momentthey've finished. Switcha works with allknown peripherals (including those damnKempstons) but it might not be a good ideato switch when, for example, a program isdriving a music box. In any event, Switchawon't let you switch if an add-on has got itsown ROM where the Speccy's should be —you'll just have to wait a few microsecondsand try again...

NOW THE BAD NEWS...Of course. you rarely get something fornothing in this world even if the Ed seems tothink so. So, what happens when you dividea 481< machine into three pieces? You getthree 16K machines. Take away the memoryfor the display and system variables and a bitfor Switcha and you're left with just under 8Kfor each Switcha program. So Switcha onlylets you run small programs. This will be ashock to many but not so much a problem forthose of us who had 161< Spectrums orZX81s in the past.

You can't use Switcha with any programthat uses interrupts without modifying ii firstand you can't use it with commercialprograms — well, I can't think of any thatwould work. However, you can run amachine code program in a partitionprovided it loads below address 32053. Goon, reassemble that 4K Space Invaders youwrote years ago! A Basic program that usesa machine code subroutine will work if itinstalls it by looking at the value of RAMTOP,lowering it and loading its code at the newRAMTOR Those that waltz in and plonk theircode at 65000 or thereabouts should beeasily adapted.GET SWITCHED ONSwitcha has all sorts of possibilities. Whatabout a program that looked at the savedprograms in either partition? You could stopa program at any point and then get the nextprogram to look at its variables, alter theircontents, change the display or whatever. Todo this, just calculate a couple of addresses:LET nextoff—PEEK 65014+PEEK65015.256-16384LET lastoff.-49152-nextoffPOKE X-i-nextoff is equivalent to POKE X ona standard Soeccy but the POKE will affectthe partition that will be switched in next.Similarly, POKE X-Hastoff is the same asPOKE X only it affects the partition justswitched out_ So, for example, POKE23609-1-lastolf,100 would set the key beep onthe program just switched out to 100. Byusing a lower Ramtop with Switcha, youcould even create a data buffer where threedifferent programs could exchangeinformation with each other. Suppose yourdatabase program could read the results justproduced by your calculator program!

And if you're feeling ambitious, there's ahundred different things you could do toSwitcha. The actual switching is a bit bonng— the nicest way to do it would be to scrollthe current screen off as the next one scrollson o r you could clo a configurable Swifchethat lets you have two or three partitionseach with different sizes. Over to youl PP.

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Next, it checks to see if the SpectrumROM is present and exits if it isn't Thismight cause a slight pause beforeswitching if the Interface 1 is fitted but itmeans that ROM-based add-ons will nevercause a crash. Next Switcha checks for theSymbol-Shift/Space combination; if so, it

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Switcha exits by jumping to location 38Hso that the Spectrums normal interruptprocessing, updating the clock and readingthe keyboard. happens as normal. Youcould alter the exit jump to tack on aninterrupt routine of your own.

Basic LoaderSave this at the star t of your Swi tchatape w i th SAVE "S w i tcha" LI NE 10. Allyou really need to star t S w f tc ha are theCLEAR, LOAD and RANDOMIZE com m andsbut this is much more civilised...

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S O F T W A R E• Swop Daley's Supenest or Starstrike foror 007 Spy or Tie Na Nog. o r if you like.direct two for tne swop Te l Ga ry on SullenElms 283342 after 6 thanks.• Wanted Akan 8 and Pa lly Driver for eitherSuper Gran. Hustler. Underwro te or ReeseThat - must be boxed and complete.• Have ten games to swop inc Strangeloop,JSW, Kn ight Lore, Chequered Flag. Willswap three tor Wh it t Lightning and wouldlike World Baseball, Nodes 01 Yesod andEkte Te l Richard on Colchester 392043.• Got 100-150 programs to swop. Eve ryletter answered Writ e to C. TtoperluCadelesr, Dr KE12IM Lakey sok., Zsrynep apt• C if t e h a vu zla r. Istanbul. Turkey. 131030The name is Tughan Demirbilett. PenpaIsale0 wanted!!• M ! swop an original Tasword Two for anoriginal Ro o t Daze or So rsa * * . Te l Akin02136 2177, Bryn Gwyn, St Davide Road,C ae rn arvo n G w y n e d d• Hello UK! Swop new super games withtee. I have 500 titles, Write to Dario Zeno,Abylundsgatan I B. 58236, iinkopin,Sweden.• Got all Ultimate Mansion, Nodes.Exploding Fist plus 180 more - swag forTappet, Dun Detach e tc. Write to MikeRenshaw, 74 Lairs Street, Warrington,Cheshire WAZ 714. Te l. (0925) 58187.II Swop S t a r-T r a d e r G a l a ct i c P a t ro l , BMX

Racers , s u r v i v e Hunter K,nee tot K n i gh tLora, Alien 8 or Underwuride Te l. Polar on1061) 442 51208• Swop Adventure Quest Tor Na Nog,Backpacker's Guide for Vatliatla, TheHobbit. ()toast for Holy, foyslick Will swapseparalety Te l Nicholas Cr, Malden 0621828433 Af te r school hours please.• Swop Voyage into Unknown, M e n Kit tRifle Range. BM X Pacers, Apoao 2 for RaidOver Moscow, Matchpoint, and eitherKrirghtlore. Alien 8. At ic Mac, Sabre M a le .(Indervitorlde w i l l swop separately Te lGary on Northwich 47140.• Swop Dun Derach for Erik The Viking.Paul Rorarow. 11 Morkleben Brae.lennomown. Glasgow G65 76V• 1 e l l swop Cookie, Papedes, Warlock 01Frelop Mountain. Wee tabix and the rasheslot Monty Mote and Monty On The Run. Tel.Robert on (0430213515.• I'm a software swapper with over 300games to exchange. Wnte to Matthew Hook,5 Rocky Lane. Bournhealh, Bromsgrove,Wogcs. B61 9HP• Vell swop Space Shuttle, Flight&mutation. Cooker. Pssst, for good conditionoriginal Hobbot Write to Conn lattane.Lissecreasig P O.. Macroorn, Co Cerk, Eee• I have over 500 progrems to swop Pleasewrite to Edmund Behrendorf. thielheimerWag 14, 5401 St Sebastian, West Germany• Swop Marehrsay or Shadowfire forArnhem OTD, ADC Mac. Slonkers, OracleCave Te l Antony on (0802) 384291 after 5.• Swop MCocter. Tribal Trouble. Jelpaceand Ca m e (' far working DK Tronies lightpen Te l Darren on (09931882439• I have Planetoid and Reversi, both brandnew and unused, will swop tor Boo tyHungry Horace. Cyiu or Action Biker Te l.(03021 21504 - as* for Marc• Many new titles to swop. Wets to EGerritsen Multres. Baankamp, 18, 7462 ID,Reesen. Holland• Swap Huh] and Runes Of Zendos andM e t Also Grew) for Ouicksilva GamesDesigner. Tel. Marlin 01-735 2043 Mon toFri a ltar S.• Swop Franke. Delay Thompson's

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Decathlon and Owe for Knight Lore, alsoover 50 recent teem to swag Writ e to AlexLockwood 76 Woodside Green. SouthNorwood SE25 SEU. Te l. 01-656 3138.• Swop Alien 6 for Nodes OT Yesod andCyclone for Monty On The Run and TLL forFighting Warrior. WIN swop separately Te l• incitey 55633 alter 4 pim and ask forJames.• Swop White Lightning and Trig-a-Command joyslick for Currah Micro Speechor any good Speccy software ii interestedplease ring Scunthorpe 720479 and ask forPaul.• Will swop Ghostbusters, Knight Onver,& K W M r Wimpy, Scramble. Jaws, RobotRoot, W Of Firefop Mountain, Trashman,Scuba Dive, Alien Attack lot VTX 5000Modem Writ e to Jonathan Cooke 28 PercyRd, Hampton, Middx.• Swop Bruce Lee, Matchoomr,Hunchback, and Ant Attack for any Iwo 01Knight Lore. Sabeewutf. linderwuide Tel.(0280) 812529 asking for MaL• Glass, Dun Detach and many more toswop. M . Hooper, 30 Lieleheate Charlton.London SE7.• Swop Red Moon tor Emerald Isle. PaulRenfrew, I I Meiklebin, Brae, Lennoxtowe,Glasgow G65 76U• I have over 500 games to swop.Guaranteed answer. EOM Ryan 3 2Ardpatrick Road, Dublin 7. Eire• Swop software - Nightshade etc., writeto Laurent Dire ick 26 Rue Du Vieux Haire's!.6-4000, Lego, Belgique• twill swap all my &sickle User magazinesplus Sincla ir Programs for issues 1-13 and14-17 a l Your Spectrum w i l l a lso swopT. G. 's Race lot two originals. Ring Damianon Bradford 679153• Will swop Way Of The Exploding Fist andHypersports far suitable games. Tel, PatriceOn 10761) 52289 after 6• Wilt swop many programs for Spectrum,OL. IBM-PC - I want Elite end MacadamBumper for Spectrum. Have Pascal, C, L isp .Devpac T e l Jose ! on Paris 43322390• Lots of games to swop Send your list AMMilers answered L e o Gargan 1OF BelmarCourt, Linwood. Rentrewshire, ScotlandPA3 381.• Will swop Finders Keepers, WizardsWarriors, Volcanic Dungeon Humpty in M sGarden f o r Drool Daze. Sp y v Spy orHighway Encounter Write to Conan, Min iy•don. Bush Drive. Liesingham. Norwich,Norfolk Nelle12 03F• Hello you folks down there in Britain Wan tto swop games with me? rve lots of the verylatest software Send your list to MiettleiHeinen Aca cia 2P. U631 OA, Hoogerheele.Holland• Software to steep Many recent tit lesincluding Maisporr Stat ion. WOTEF.Frankre, Hypersports. Spy Hunter. C.Bowler. 5 Beaumont Close, Barrow on TrentDerby D E7 1H0. Will answer a ll letters.• Software to swop? I need Moon CroatsWrite to D Wild , 22 Lenstery Road.Edvonstowe, Notts N321 9 0 J.• Will swop Mr Wimpy, Chiller end Zip Zapfor Match Day Write to T M at 20Hyncieweed, Bernell:in Road, LondonSE23 2BH• About 200 programs to swop Write to LucBolikerink, Tenorstraat 7, 6524 KA,Nijmegen, The Netherlands.• Got Frienk Bruno's, Dynamite Dan.Tripods, Sir Lancelot. Cet i, Archon,Fairaght, Spectrum Sprees for Nodes OfYesoct, Highway Encounter, OragonforC,One On One w r i t e 10 Ivan 1 3 8 SullivanRoad, Coventry CU6 7J5

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• I have over 500 titles to swap - t it les inc.Fainight. Torrormolinos, Pope ye and lotsmore. Write to Juan Espineira, Travesia deVigo I n 5 0 „ Vigo - 7 (Pentevedire)Espana.• Offering Knoghbore, Lindenvunde. AlienJasper, Bouiderdash, Pyiamarama, At icAlec, Decathlon. Pool. Strangeloop, BrianElloodave. Looking tor Shadowfore, Wa r d ' sLair, Franicia, Dynamite Dan, Dun DetachTel Karl, 01-311 6693.• Many lop originals to swag inc. Nodes OfYosod, Knoghtlore. Beach Head, TechnicianTed. Fu ll Throttle and more Te l Cra igbetween 6-9(055) 92371• Swop 16 games - JSW e t c . for CurrahSpeech o r ZX printer of OK light pen plus 14(Rocco. Sp y H. etc.) tor RD Digital Trace orVTX 5000 Modem or micrectrive plusInterface 1 . Everything complete M r Lopes.Urban° de Mouta. 201-31, 4400 GalaPortugal• I have Buggy West, Go t h a and AorwollWill swop lo t Paws, Protect Future orTrashrnan. All three for the Jet Set Wrayeditor Te l Jam ie on 0 1-7 4 8 9 0 7 6H A R D W A R E• Trojan light pen worth t 19.95 - will sellfor £10. Ta t 302 0100 and ask tot Paul alter4 Weekdays.• Will swag 100 tog games lot VTX 5000 ormicrodnve end Interface I 5 0 -7 0 games forprinters. Many top games including allUltimate and US Gold plus Exploding Fistend The Quilt I have most of Me current top30 and many pest no. I 's. Write to LiamConnelly. Cleghertown Clorialtry. CoDublin. Eire.• For sate Spectrum P r o l e k interlace,Alan pyst ick, maps, and top games like WayOf The Exploding Fist, Decathlon and MatchDay worth over El ID. All this for only E200Simon Pay. 86 New Street, Andover,Hampshire, SPIO i OR• For sale - Spectrum 48K. Atphacom 32printer and paper. Kempsion interlace andjoystick, over E275 of original software andover 50 magazines, worth over £350.at £225 Te l a l -4-64 6372 Ask for Andy

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• For sale - two 1 MByte Tendon discdrives Can be used with Beta disc InterfaceAbsolute bargain at £70 each ono. Tel. Rickon (0782) 311471 after 5• Following hardware to swap se ll Taperecorder, Prole* joyslIck. CurrahMerospeach. Also tales! software to swopeg F ist and all Ultimate games Phone(0484) 3540. AM for Nic• Spectrum ZX 48K computer with taperecorder, games, instrucbons. manualbooks VGC bargain £130 Te l Adrian,Bronent 294• ZX printer, three roes Paper, manual Cl I .Unused Spectrum keyboard £2.50 UnusedWidadrive plus two wafers, manuals £46.Z,X81 Memotech 64K RAM plus manual £8Tel d ive , (0256)21822 alter 7.30• Spectrum 48K, OK Iron ies sound synth,Currah speech eynth tape recorder. over200 games worth E500. Sell for E200 orswop for CBOA 64. Tel. Langhougleon 977644 and as* for Neit• Expandable mother board plus OKTromes light pen interface, tape and manual.Will swop for good games progs. or sell forE20. Write to Mr K. Manna, 1 Scott Drive,Ormsterk. Lance. 139 1PP• For sale - light pen and interfaceprogrammable poystick interface. Joyst icksand a game Of your choice Eg . Booty. M rAttack, etc. E45 ono. Tel, (0902) 892098.• VTX Modem for sale Good condition, onlyE35. Te l. (021) 449 0648 and ask for JoshMier 4 pm please• 48K Spectrum as hew Cassette recorder.Kempslon Interface. Joystick speechsynthesizer, books. mags, extra leads.• ower pack. Over £300 software Pleasemake often Te l, Crayford 527849 abler 5• Spectrum. to profile keyboard, joyst ick.interface, light pen. Currah speech, cassetterecorder re -se t button. software pH mags,worth E500 Bargain at E2S0 Te lNorthalleflon 7413308 and ask for Paul• Broken doom 48K Spectrum lot lateCould be repaired for E20. Offers welcomeFor details, write to Julian Acitard, 300Mortimer Road, Soule Shields. Tyne andWear NNE34 OOL• Spectrum to profile keyboard. cas, OKTrones dual port joystick interface t ID,

• Cu rra h speech synth E20, Curran slot e l 0,• De t a il Electronics joyseck interlace Eli) Al l• n e a r ly new. Te l 701622• • 48K and Interface II, joyst ick and lots of• so f tware . Mac's. OK Tronics keyboard•• slig h t ly damaged N o tape recorder. E180• o n o Buye r collects Te l. Mark on (021) 440• 1 6 9 6• • VTX 5000 Modem for sale or sweet On ly• E8 0 - perhaps swop lof Alphecom 32 o r•• m icrod rive without interface T e l . (0502)• 60964 and ask tor James• • 48K Spectrum, Saga keyboard, Interface•

I, interlace II, microdrive. rune cartridges.•• t w o ROM cartridges. over £100 worth of• sof tware, books, magazines, a ll boxed, good• cond it ion . El a5. Tel. Dave, Blackpool 51544•

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I do hope the prospect of anew and 'bigger Spectrum,on the lines of the Iberianvariant, coming in the newyear did not put anyone offbuying a proper BritishStandard version atChristmas. Unfortunately, itsinevitable that some potentialpurchasers were mesmerisedby the numbers 128 andbecame hysterically unableto get their hands into theirwallet pockets. After all,everyone knows that a 125ccmotorbike is much morepowerful than a 49cc moped,so obviously a 128Kcomputer is nearly threetimes as good as a 48K one.

Hee, heelIt's a long time now since I

saw a transistor radio thathad the number of transistorsit used emblazoned acrossthe front of its escutcheon,but radio manufacturers usedto do that. It was a way ofimpressing people who wereignorant of any aspect ofradio circuitry that one trannywas better than another. Thismade a little bit of sensebecause more sophisticatedreceiver circuits generallyrequired more bits to makethem up, though no one everadvertised a radio as having22 resistors and 9 electrolyticcapacitors.

Part of the reason thisemphasis on semi-conductorcontent faded away was thatthe price of transistorsdropped to the point where itwas cheaper to design acircuit to use lots oftransistors rather than lots of,say, coils. Some radios wereeven produced that had extratransistors soldered into anyspare corner without evenbeing connected to thecircuit! But the real reasonthe practice died was not that

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BACKLASHlobo Davidson on the new Spectrum — is its number up?

the numbers had becomeinflated and confusing, butbecause other buzzwordshad arisen, like FM, AFC,and IC. No ones impressedby transistors anymore.

The Spectrum 128 (theSpanish one — I haven't seena British one yet) has a fewnew features that aregenuinely useful, but thebigger memory is just amarketing ploy. The idea is tokid new buyers who don'tknow any better, that the newSpectrum is comparable tothe Commodore 128, or theBeeb 128, or the Amstrad128, and that it's not beingleft behind. They can,therefore, make theirmomentous decision on thebasis that "both computerson my shortlist are 128K, butthe Spectrum has moresoftware'. It's only after they've got ithome that they'll find Out thatmost of that memory isswitched off whenever they'reactually running any of theprograms in the enormousSpectrum software base. Butdon't worry, the same thing istrue of the expandedCommodore and bumped upBeeb. The extra memory isnot there to be used, it's justbeen chucked into the box sothat '128K' can be stampedon the front. It costspractically nothing to includeit and it does allow theanxious punter to buy thecomputer he wants withoutfeeling that he has madesome kind of techoologicalfaux pas. And thdse extra Kare even connected into thecircuit — no cheating here!

Those of us with olderSpectrums needn't worry,either. No sane softwarewriter (yes, I know they're notall sane) is going to produce

software for the newcomputer that won't run onthe several million 48KSpectrums that have alreadybeen sold. You might as wellwrite programs for theEnterprise.

Certainly Tasman will patchtheir word-processor to beable to use the new built inRS232 port, and someoneelse will produce a programusing the Midi output. Theseare specialist applicationsthat have a limited marketanyway, so the softwarehouses don't expect to sell toeveryone. Besides, suchprograms are alreadyaccustomed to providing avariety of add-on interfaces.However, I predict that bothRS232 and Midi will befrustratingly non-standardand tricky to use, a laInterface 1.

Putting the sound throughthe TV is a big improvement,and one that'll work with allthe old software. The threechannel sound chip issomething else. If it's reallyonly available in 128K mode,then no one will use it forgames. If it can be accessedin 48K mode then somegames may have two sets ofsound routines and testwhich computer is being usedbefore selecting the form ofsound output.

We won't be able to tell ifit's worth buying the 128K forthe improved sound, colourmonitor output (how manycan afford a monitor?) and anRS232 that, I predict, won'twork with a full duplexmodern, until we know theprice. It can't be worth muchextra, as you can already getthese things in add-on formquite cheaply if you wantthem. In fact, you can haveextra paging memory in add-

on form if that's your thing.You won't get the

improvements withoutproblems, either. The newcomputer will suffer fromhardware incompatibility withsome of the add-ons madefor the old machines. Is itworth junking your Centronicsinterface or maybe even adisk set-up just to get someextra memory that you aren'tgoing to use? How much willit cost you to replace yourVTX500 modem withsomething that doesn't gettangled up in the 128'spaging hardware? The more Ithink about it, the more Ireckon that the best thingabout the 128, when itcomes, is going to be theconsequent big drop in pricefor the old models.

Maybe it is impossible toupgrade the Spectrumusefully and still haveSpectrum compatibility. Still,there are improvements I'dhave rather had than extramemory, like a built in disk, orif you must, a microdrive. Andwhy still no joystick port?Why, above all, treat us to acalculator keypad on the endof a bit of curly cable? Noone, even in Barcelona, couldpossibly believe that twonasty, tacky keyboards is animprovement on one nasty,tacky keyboard. Surely theextra resources would havebeen better spent on a realkeyboard at long last?No doubt the 'new improved'Spectrum will sell, but ifyou're serious aboutupgrading to an advancedcomputer, the time willprobably come when you justhave to abandon yourSpeccy and its plentifulsoftware. Not yet awhile, butsomeday. Maybe when theyget the 01_ sorted out.

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