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2. 1985 by Strategic Simulations Inc All rights reserved Atari Playfield cont Cont from pg 38 day looking for Japanese craft then the combat Ben Games 1765 Maple St Suite 4 Northfield IL phase which is similar to a Convoy Action I m 60093 312 251 8668 Each contains five arcade still not doing too well on those it s frustrating to or adventure games which they claim are hit games find potential targets only to lose them because from England I bought set 1 and was pleased they can move faster than you can with two out of five of the games Firefleet is One of the most interesting problems this game vaguely similar to Caverns of Mars and Dan has solved is that of the time scale Submarines Strikes Back has problem solving elements that re could go for weeks without sighting the enemy mind me of Lode Runner Five arcade games for then stay up 36 hours fighting one or more pro under 20 including postage not a bad deal re tracted battles Mr Meier s elegant solution is the ally accelerated time of the patrol phase and during the combat phase the ability to speed up the time scale Next Month by up to four times faster than real time This solution allows you to experience the scope of a So many games so little space Next issue I ll campaign without sacrificing playability cover the Atari 800 version of Star Raiders II The graphics and sound are better than average from Atari go
3. NEW FROM SIMULATIONS CANADA HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT THOSE OTHER GAMES ARE MISSING THE SPARK JUST ISN T THERE PERHAPS WHILE DOING THE PRETTY PICTURES THEY FORGOT THE INNOVATION REALISM amp ACCURACY WE DIDN T OUR NEWEST COMPUTER GAME OPERATION OVERLORD The Invasion of Europe 6 June OUR NEWEST BOARD GAME LINE OF BATTLE Tactical Capital Ship Combat 1914 through 28 August 1944 World War Il was nearly 5 years old But since the summer of 1940 all had been fairly quiet on continental Europe The Axis had been kicked out of North Africa and the Italian campaign had ground to a stalemated halt Hitler s attention and most of the prime fighting forces of Germany were tied down in Russia The time for the Allies to open the second front had finally come OPERATION OVERLORD is an upper operational lower stra tegic level look at the first 11 weeks of the re entry into Fortress Europa The Allies may land historically or secretly pick from the other potential landing zones The Axis may freely deploy its defence forces or use the historical positions And then only deci sive decisions in the face of limited intelligence and raw combat power will decide the day Situation maps and marker sets for both players are included The computer will play either side Design by S St John art by J Kula Disk for Apple Il or IBMPC systems through 1924 Lord Fisher started it all when in December of 1905 he approved the layin
4. F Screen fro HEI pai A lot has happened in the world of computer gaming since our last issue The Consumer Elec tronics Show held in June and Origins The Na tional Strategy and Adventure Gaming Convention held in July were the settings for numerous game releases and announcements THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW The Consumer Electronics Show CES held in Chicago during the first week in June showcased a number of new computer game releases Avalon Hill Game Co announced a September release of the computer version of their extremely popular board game Dr Ruth s Game of Good Sex Good Sex will initially be available for the C 64 and IBM with the Apple and Atari versions to follow The board game is for 2 to 4 adult cou ples but there are special rules that allow one cou ple to play isn t a single couple the most traditional way to go with this sort of thing Overheard the following month at the Origins convention He could not be here he is working on the rules for the solitaire version of Good Sex Hehehe You can imagine the sort of puns that were flying around the CGW offices when we began to speculate on the computer version of the game Number of players 1 to 3 depending on sexual preference Joystick required etc etc etc Accolade announced a mid July release of Ace of Aces a hi res graphics game in which you pilot an RAF Mosquito over enemy territory to engage in air to ai
5. Firebird has also released a number of new games These are packaged under the name Sil verdisk 2 games in one pack The titles include Booty amp Cylu Willow Pattern amp Chimera Gerry the Germ Named after our circulation director no doubt amp Microcosm Runestone amp The Helm Sabre Wulf amp Underwurlde and Rasputin amp Chicken Chase There is even a Silverdisk package that in Firesird SILVER DISK 2 GAMES IN IN SN PACK A 28 cludes two wargames Battle of Britain and Battle for Midway There is a wide range of quality in these games but what makes these games unusual is the reasonable price two games in each 19 95 package Generally these games are good for sev eral days of fun Then pass them along to a friend I particularly liked Willow Pattern s visual appear ance Mindscape has also introduced a package of three British games These are Brian Bloodaxe Revelation and Quovadis They are joystick arcade games All three are in one package Another single 7 Great British Software B Commodore 64 128 E British release from Mindscape is Spell of Destruc tion a 3 D graphic adventure that is very chal lenging The manual provides you with a step by step walkthrough for the first of many puzzles that you must solve to explore over 70 areas I found the use of keys 1 and 2 to scroll through spells a bit awkward I would have preferred to see them use the cursor k
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7. Five kinds of forces to fight with horses wea pons boats territory positions and cities Five kinds of wealth to fight for gold timber iron coal and herds of horses For 1 4 players As fun for one as it is for four New Worlds to Conquer An infinite variety of game maps Create your own or play any of 20 built in maps like Ancient Rome European Wars and The World The computer can generate unlimited ran dom maps ELECTRONIC ARTS Strategy Game Construction Set Variable game settings you set the locations and abundance of resources forces and transport You decide the luck factor 4 levels of complexity 9 levels of handicapping How to order Visit your retailer If you are unable to find the product at your local retailer you can call 800 245 4525 for direct VISA or Mastercard orders in CA call 800 562 1112 The direct price is 32 95 for the Commodore version Apple and Atari versions coming soon To buy by mail send check or money order to Electronic Arts Direct Sales P O Box 7530 San Mateo CA 94403 Add 5 for shipping and handling 7 Canadian Allow 4 weeks for delivery There is a 14 day money back guarantee on direct orders For a complete product catalog send 50 and a stamped self addressed envelope to Electronic Arts Catalog 1820 Gateway Drive San Mateo CA 94404 RISK is a registered trademark of Parker Brothers Co Commodore is a registered trademark of Commodo
8. Screen Photos and Brief Comments SS DOTES SCOP PIOR ooo ok oreroraa annsa a aa 20 GBA Championship Basketball et al Rick Teverbaugh PANNE Preferenten saraaa a N A Information for the Amiga Gamer Roy Wagner O OE SI BY E EEE E A SIE IE ee Information for the Commodore Gamer Roy Wagner IMISCIREOGI VMO OW sises sks aai OO Orbiter and Flight Simulator Frank Boosman A aE a a O ER E O E OA E ENS lt Silent Service et al Gregg Williams Over M TE e a AA AE E E EEE AEE A ER A E T E T E 42 British Computer Games Leslie Bunder Reader Input Device ossen ena aa ho EETA MAIT T AREN R A EA EA NNE T T 100 Games Rated oY y 14 How CAN I LEARN ALL THERE IS Ss be a To KNow ABOUT AF7 COMPUTER GAMES COMPUTER GAMING WORLD The highest authority on computer games If you ve been searching for the ultimate source of knowledge on computer games you don t have to climb the highest mountains or gaze into the heavens Simply subscribe to Computer Gaming World For five years computer gamers have turned to CGW for all the information they need No magazine has reviewed more games given more strategy tips shown more screen photos and rated more games Whether you re into strategy adventure Or action software we ve got you covered Computer games are not cheap Ill advised purchases can be costly At only 19 95 for nine issues CGW lets you preview hundreds of games before you buy In additi
9. TRIAL ESTATE Blaydon On Tyne Tyne and Wear England MIRRORSOFT Purnell Book Centre Paulton Bristol BS18 5LQ England ELITE Anchor House Anchor Road Aldridge Walsall WS9 8PW England LLAMASOFT 49 Mount Pleasant Tadley Hants England US GOLD Unit 10 The Parkway In dustrial Centre Heneage Street Birming ham B7 4LY England Commodore Key cont Cont from pg 44 We must identify the country it s capital language currency and population And then it is off for an other spin I found both of these games to be excellent learning tools The graphics of Maps USA are very simple the graphics of World Geography are more elegant The C64 Lives On and On More Commodore C 64s have been sold than any other home computer Ed note 3 5 million C64 128s have been sold according to Commodore The C128 is very popular Most C64 owners up grade to it because it remains compatible with their existing software yet offers a more powerful BASIC and operating system for a small additional cost Be this the case Commodore has not been able to shut down the C64 assembly line In fact the C64 has just been repackaged in a grey tone case that is very similar to the C128 but alas without a number key pad STAR FLEET I The War Begins 2 The smash hit for the IBM PC is now available for the Commodore 64 128 Atari Apple Il and Atari ST STAR FLEET he War Begins is the first in the
10. portant thing to keep in mind ALWAYS finish one dungeon before proceeding to the next one The program can only save ONE dungeon at a time Therefore if you save the Kobold dungeon then go on to the Castle dungeon and save that one the Castle dungeon will over write the Kobold town Thus if you return later to the Kobold village you will find it blank again Combat has not changed at all except for the addition of characters being able to throw rocks Your party is ranged in one line across the bottom of the combat screen and the monsters appear at the top There can be up to three ranks of mon sters and some of them can hit from as far back as the third rank While your party generally gets the first chance to hit this is done on an individual basis and so several monsters may get in a blow or spell before some your characters do There are individual combat options for each party member they can attack with a weapon cast a spell throw rocks or parry Retreating however can only be done at the beginning of each combat round once fighting has begun you must wait for the resolution of the current attack before trying to run which is not always successful Fighting is not always necessary sometimes you can bribe monsters with gold to leave you alone and on occasion you can simply greet them and they will greet you in return meaning they are more or less friendly and will not attack This is randomly determined ho
11. the games are better than the film it can t be any worse Ever wanted to take part in some of 42 the games they played in medieval times in England Well if you do you can courtesy of English Software with Knight Games running on the Commodore 64 128 You can take part in 8 events including Sword fighting Archery and Crossbow Great graphics and atmospheric music make this an excellent and worth having game O K now is the time to spill the beans on the English software house who will be producing some sort of adventure or ar cade game based on the best selling book The Hunt For Red October I ve been trying to get an official confirmation on this information but I ve managed to narrow down the field to a few software houses who could market it They are Domark Electric Dreams Activision Ocean US Gold or Mosaic My guess is Domark as when I questioned MD Domonic Wheatley a relative of the au thor of the same name he said We ve ex pressed just an interest in the book noth ing more than that Watch this space for further information Remember you read it first in Over There Computer Gaming World Lots of games are being released for the Commodore C16 and plus 4 There are two major Software houses producing good software for it Anco and Tynesoft If you want further information about their soft ware write to them enclosing two interna tional reply coupons at the address given below Have you e
12. Watch out for these when they cross the Atlantic Another release for the Amstrad 8526 from Melbourne House is The Lord Of The Rings again based on Tolkien s book of the same name One reason why it has being released on the 8526 is because this is currently Britain s fastest selling computer and also it is doing very well in the States through the department store Sears Commodore VIC 20 owners might be interested to know that there is a new re lease form Llamasoft for it Entitled Viva Vic this is a collection of 8 new games for the VIC 20 with 8k or 16k COMPETITIONS I have a few competitions you can en ter this issue First off I have 50 very large and ex clusive posters from a Software House called Level 9 Level 9 specializes is pro ducing very good and high quality adven ture programs They could be said the En glish version of Infocom In order to get your Level 9 poster all you have to do is write to the following address enclosing two international reply coupons and you ll get the posters by return post Level 9 Posters 50 Riverside Close Cuckoo Ave Hanwell London W7 1BY England I have a couple copies of World Cup Soccer from MacMillan to give away World Cup Soccer is both a simulation of 43 the sport and also a database on every World Cup match that has taken place All you have to do is answer the following question When was the last year England won the World Cup Send your answer
13. to read a princess to rescue and of course monsters to fight You will travel beyond the material plane to the dreaded Netherworld before this adventure is over and your visits there will not be pleasant ones Every step of the way is fraught with perils for the unwary and death can come all too soon However those of you who have played the previous game Phantasie may have a slightly eas ier time of it Phantasie II is almost exactly the same in terms of game mechanics spells combat etc In fact the manual that comes with Phantasie II is the very same one that comes with Phantasie The few small differences are noted on a card in cluded with the game This has both good and bad points The good points are that anyone who has played Phantasie can jump right in and get started quickly with perhaps a brief scan through the manual to refresh the memory You already know what to ex pect pretty much and how to deal with many of the monsters most but not all of which you en countered in the previous adventure The same character classes are available and no new ones have been added The bad points are that as the game has not re ally been changed in its essential programming some of the more tedious routines from the original Phantasie have been brought over most notably the infamous Distribution and Selling rigamarole I had hoped that Phantasie IJ would have a more sophis ticated method for selling unwanted items
14. 2 95 COMPUTER GAMING WORLD AUG 86 O amp SO HG Q Q N THE JOURNAL OF COMPUTER GAMING 80 Phantasie II UNION ORG 1 ANIZATION ALC HAR oes telet dia t me blue tof lt be e E a F Tether oe Se es er I After the long months of hard work it took to create Battle of Antietam we knew we had a very special winner on our hands We re happy to see that the gaming public feels the same way Battle of Antietam marks a long awaited return by SSI to the Civil War Let s just say it was worth the wait Inside the package you ll find one of the most complete manuals to be found in computer gaming And we do mean complete SSI and the authors have created more thana first rate grand tactical simulation They have captured some of the look and feel of Civil War combat and it shows Computer Gaming World April 1986 Battle of Antietam is a must for any one with even a mild interest in the Civil War The simulation is easier to understand than many others of its kind it s more than just another game COMPUTE s Gazette June 1986 AA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED E MORE THAN FIRST RATE EXCELLENT GAME REVOLUTIONARY A TRUE CLASSIC A MUST These were some of the words magazine critics used to praise Battle of Antietam Now they re going to need even stronger
15. Another problem spot is Andorgha While you won t pick up any useful information there you do have to blast the enormous tractor beam that holds you in orbit Ordinarily this would not be trou blesome except that finding the true location of the beam is rather difficult There is a large island with a mountain and the tractor is located to the east of the mountain However whatever spot you beam down to east of the mountain you get a message that You notice in the area Installation This of course is not true The tractor beam is only in one spot But you will get those messages wherever you beam down including WEST of the mountain Finding that tractor beam has now be 30 come a lifetime quest The difficulties are com pounded by the fact that as you walk around the area you get no further messages about the instal lation Terrific You end up playing a guessing game as to where that tractor beam really is and waste a lot of time and effort doing so With that in mind I will save you a little frustration When in orbit around Andorgha don t even bother to visit the surface Lock ship s phasers on 7500 2500 and blast away a few times It will take several shots but the tractor will be destroyed and you can go on to better things By the way if you look in the hints section of the new manual they give several surface coordi nates for Andorgha Two of them are incorrect and beaming down to them will put
16. ENEE x Y a iS T aao i a 4 ee Write to Reality Simulations Inc P O Box 27576 Tempe AZ 85282 602 967 7979 Circle Reader Service 21 g Circle Reader Service 45 GULF STA Gulf Strike is an excellent ambi tio a feather in Microcomputer Games is a pleasure and the game s sound These features make the g scanning of the rules Tf notes with interestinGiimeear the armies and equipment sini and offers plausible insights Into lan G Game of the Month Jerry Pournelle Byte Never slow and always completely volv eas ing The result is a major leap forw rd for Py ss ae e genre and the best computer wargame to date Rating Excellent Family Computing 84 s Finest SP T mmeg z r Pi e Ti 7 ng simulation and is certainly 3 rs clusive joystick input device uide the player along as well SEMEL Th el E TE sn and complete with designer s mm explain in detail the natures of game explores a touchy subject in the region k Strategy amp Tactics Magazine Year s Best Software Gulf Strike com bines land sea and air combat in an in teresting what if game Games Magazine One of Avalon Hill s best computer war games to date Computer Gaming World oe O NEW for C64 128 amp Apple Il Gulf Strike Despite its war with Iraq lran has been criticizing the Soviet presence in Afghanistan and open
17. Notes Island of Kesmai Borrowed Time Tips Golf Games Countdown to Shutdown Moebius Norway 1985 Clash Of Wills and more Cont from pg 25 Who will rule the vicious gangsters z Ka Pew Bo all a a s re AARTE Pa Screen from The King of Chicago re runs with the same solution Cinemaware in teractive movies feature the look and fell of real film complete with closeups zooms and changes in perspective In addition to adult themes excit ing arcade style sequences keep the stories moving Characters move and gesture in rapid action revo lutionary 3D graphics and express a full range of facial expressions Character movement is virtually unlimited each one can move along the props and other characters as in live action Cuts pans and closeups simulate a real movie experience Profes sionally composed original music scores enhance the player s enjoyment Yes like all press release copy the above overstates the facts but not by much The end result may well be breakthrough in com puter gaming The first five titles which will be available in fourth quarter 1986 are Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon The King of Chicago S D J and De fender of the Crown Available in the first quarter Then break your Momma s heart SES ise The King of Chicago of 1987 will be Star Rush being developed by our own Bruce Webster and famed science fiction writer Jerry Po
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20. about it in this issue When I needed information about FS though it was a different story I first called Sublogic who devel oped the game The lady in marketing whom I was put in touch with told me that since Sublogic had sold the game to Microsoft I should talk with them and besides she hadn t even seen the version herself Calling Microsoft was a mistake I talked to three separate people before having my number taken and being told my call would be returned Now my review is due and my phone still hasn t rang which means you don t get the information I was trying to get And here you thought reviewing games was fun KEEPING IN TOUCH I encourage your comments You the reader can help me to make this column as good as it can be You can write to me at 4568 Georgia St 2 San Diego CA 92116 Or you can reach me at the following electronic addresses MCI Mail fboosman BIX frankb Until next month keep playing those games 37 Atari Playfield Gregg Williams Summer is usually a lazy time but I ve certainly been busy with a lot of Atari 800 and ST software It s early June as I write this and all the major vendors are promising Really Neat Stuff at the impending Summer Consumer Electronics Show Of course they won t divulge any details but several big game companies are promising translations of their bestselling titles to the Atari ST Silent Service Sid Meier s designer s notes on Si
21. are no convenient stores near you VISA amp M C card holders can order Battle of Antietam 49 95 and Gettysburg The Turning Point 59 95 directly by calling toll free 800 443 0100 x335 To order by mail send your check to STRATEGIC SIMULATIONS INC 1046 N Rengstorff Ave Mountain View CA 94043 California residents add 7 sales tax Please specify computer format and add 2 00 for shipping and handling All our games carry a 14 day satisfaction or your money back guarantee WRITE FOR A FREE COLOR CATALOG OF ALL OUR GAMES TODAY On disk for the Apple II series with at least 48K RAM Commodore 64 or 128 Atari 400 800 XL XE with at least 48K RAM or IBM PC PCjr ERL 1986 by Strategic Simulations Inc All rights reserved C 7A Z 3 7 Ww August 1986 Editor Asst Editor Art Director Business Manager Subscriptions Products Manager Adventure Game Editor Contributing Editors Russell Sipe Bill Oxner Vince DeNardo Gerrie Adams Gerrie Adams Kirk Robinson Scorpia Gregg Williams ob Proctor Jay Selover Rick Teverbaugh Roy Wagner Patricia Fitzgibbons Leslie Bunder Jay Eisenberg Carole Andrews Christopher White COMPUTER GAMING WORLD ISSN 0744 6667 is published nine times per year by Golden mpre Publications Inc 515 S Harbor Blvd Suite A Anaheim CA 92805 Second Class Postage Paid at Ananin CA 92803 and a
22. are ready and how far you are above the ocean bottom You can zoom in or out on your map showing your sub and any sighted enemy ships or their last reported position at one of four levels ranging from a 5 by 8 mile closeup to the entire Western Pacific CCDVUICL THE SUBMARINE SIMULATION Your mission in this game is to find and destroy as many Japanese troop oil and cargo ships as possible while avoiding being destroyed by the Japanese destroyers that are usually escorting the Ships to their destination Submarines can be dev astating when they have the element of surprise But once surprise is gone they are vulnerable vessels that can suddenly change from hunter to hunted So your role as captain is to decide how and when best to attack so as to maximize your destructive capacity while minimizing the risk to your ship and crew This is a difficult task that in volves simultaneously monitoring your environment maneuvering and trying to outguess the enemy It s not easy One of Silent Service s best features is the three leveled structure of scenarios that allows you to ease into the simulation without too much an guish The first level is Torpedo Gun Practice which gives you four old cargo ships to shoot at this gives you a chance to learn your way around your ship without enemy ships coming after you The second level Convoy Actions gives you six short historical scenarios of limited scope and in creasin
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24. be a true test of how well you have commanded them OR DIRECT FROM STRATEGIC STUDIES GROUP IN THE US 1747 ORLEANS COURT WALNUT CREEK CA 94598 415 932 3019 IN OZ P O BOX 261 DRUMMOYNE 2047 02 819 7199 First there was PHANTASIE one of the most popular fantasy role playing __ ad games ever made Red Now a new adventure t J ee Pi E D T Sh ts soD Ma i 2 ay oe F i r i i Ps d Dia la a nAi 53 E RE Say eae N os ls ee Aa ae another e 3 oe leasu if WEA eae g ST TE a is a fa RAN T TN E ay GUILD MEMBERS LIST PURGE N a a y P a QxIT GUILD OSRSOM COMMANO 8 a A small section of the wilder A sample of recruits from the You must map out dungeons ie group has found Pluto s ness your band must explore Adventurers Guild and fend off hideous monsters Palace in the Netherworld APPLE C 64 and ATARI ST are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Commodore Electronics Ltd and Atari Inc respectively And The Winner Is In our April issue 27 we sponsored a tongue in cheek generic adventure game design contest For those of you that missed it we repeat the details design one Fol your chance to CS design Get own adventure amp is games are Well here ver noticed how eure pare peta framework for your very Have you we provi work gt attern We _Here is your frame find the lowing a well ooo ei most interesti
25. been released for the Amiga is the Temple of Apshai trilogy from EP YX There are three separate games areas to explore each with four levels with 40 to 50 rooms per level A character is created with the various adventuring attributes armed and armoured potioned and elxired Then off to explore for treasure hidden rooms monsters to battle with and to seek fortune and experience Movement is handied easily with the mouse All other actions are done using single letter keyboard commands The use of sound is minimal footsteps Graphics are excellent There still remains some of the early redisplaying of rooms as you move from one to another We all have now come to expect smooth graphic scrolling when moving from one point to another For simple exploring adventure and mapping this fills the need It is a good introduction for beginning or younger players There are no puzzles to solve Famous Comstar National Brand 0 Printer Sale Includes Commodore i n t Cs rfa C Near Letter Quality Best Value in the USA e 100 CPS draft 20CPS near letter quality Dot Addressable Graphics Adjustable Tractor and Friction Feed Automatic Paper Loading Right and Left Margin settings Pica Elite Condensed Italics Superscript Subscript Underline Bold print Double Strike Superb NEAR LETTER QUALITY Near Letter Quality limited Warranty
26. but this is not the case You still have to go through the dreary chore of assigning all items from the collec tive pool of objects selling those you no longer need Also as before the program is unable to divide properly when you deposit money into the bank Try it some time Take one character with 100 gold pieces to the bank and deposit the money Only 99 gold will be put into the account the 100th gold piece simply disappears somewhere never to be seen again If you had 600 gold and six characters each would similarly receive 99 and you would then be out 6 gold The most disappointing aspect of Phantasie II is that it is not really a true continuation of Phantasie 16 While you can indeed transfer over your characters from the original game they will be stripped of all their good weapons and armor most of their gold and almost all of their experience points Thus they start the game as level one characters However there is a small advantage to carrying them over to the new game they DO still have some gold and experience enough to bring them up at the start with training to about third level And their at tributes are not changed although hit points will be Therefore if you have played the original by all means transfer the characters it s simply a copy of course you won t lose the characters on the original disk it will give you a bit of a head start in the game Ferronrah is smaller than Ge
27. have home computers to equal those formidable giants of olden days Some of the very cult producing games that resided on these giants have made their way to our very computers The first to appear were several variations of Star Trek This was followed by the classic gare of Adventure which appeared under several other names Another classic graphic adventure is now available This game started off with the name Rogue It became so popular fa tx 2 eres DPEN ya so Scracegy Garmes for the Action Gare Player ROGUE i r4 that the name got locked up for commercial distribution for large computers many years ago The original version as it floated from one mainframe to another was often modified and essentially rewritten or hacked into a different game from the original Rogue This new game with it s evolutionary modifications came to be known as Hack the latter is in the public domain Both Rogue and Hack use very simple character graphics and display techniques so as to maintain compatiblity with a wide range of computers and typically dumb terminals Both of these popular games remained on the larger computers until recently The Amiga version of Hack appeared very soon after the Amiga was released The early version used character graphics to depict the many rooms tunnels characters and items that make up the game A new public domain version has now converted 26 the simple character graphics to more so
28. of the elusive frontier the self adventure in search of the biggest guns Exodus p Orb of Celestial Harmony OGRE and Autoduel are registered trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated Ultima is a registered trademark of Richard Garriott Moebius is a trademark of Greg Malone Authors wanted Call us today Circle Reader Service 42
29. re 905 298 3237 looking for APPLE is a TM of Apple Computer Inc If you re in the mood for some inexpensive IBM is a TM of International Business Machines Inc relatively good circa 1983 video fun you might Circle Reader Service 13 consider Smash Hits 1 2 or 3 16 95 from Big a Circle Reader Service 14 41 Over There By Leslie B Bunder Hello and welcome again to Over There the column that gives you all the latest news views and gossip coming out of England Thanks to all of you who have written Your comments and opinions are most welcome If you should happen to write an interesting letter I might even get a piece of the latest English software sent over to you Letters should be addressed to Leslie B Bunder 50 Riverside Close Cuckoo Ave Hanwell London W7 1BY England If you wish a personal reply enclose two international reply coupons and I ll drop you a line from England very quickly I am glad to hear that you readers out there are enjoying my column there is so much very good software now coming out of England that should be seen In fact I ll go as far as to say that at the moment English software leads the world Why not let me know what you think about that state ment Do you agree or do you disagree As you may have already gathered from reading past copies of Over There English software houses are obsessed with producing software that is licensed from films book
30. superlatives to describe our new game GETTYSBURG The Turning Point Like all SSI games Battle of Antietam has been meticulously researched and is a tactical game ona grand scale SSI has produced dozens of computer war games gathering praise from many sources Battle of Antietam how ever may transcend previous efforts and become a true classic COMPUTE June 1986 Battle of Antietam is highly recom mended highly absorbing and a superb presentation of one of the most historic battles of the Civil War Computing Today May 1986 Needless to say we re pleased by this flood of compliments But at SSI we re our own harshest critics which is one reason SSI continues to be the acknow ledged leader in computer wargaming We immediately set out to create another Civil War game that further raises the standard for strategy simulations The proud result is GETTYSBURG The Turning Point Apple Commodore Atari and IBM are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Commodore Electronics Ltd Atari Inc and International Business Machines Corporation respectively 4ONAL ANIZAT uw Dj TE ORG EDERA CONF THE TURNING POINT fE f r Advertisers have been accused of stretching their imagination to come up with incredible superlatives Get ready to stretch yours after you ve picked up a copy of these two games from your local computer software or game store If there
31. ta KELTIT oe cxtey w ER is DO coms World Karate Championship Gramarcy pe oa ae GAMESMANSHIP Largest Selection of Computer Game Software Anywhere sour e Arcade eAdventure e Strategy ee PLAZA seeps Ry Sones 3333 BRISTOL ST COSTA MESA CALIFORNIA 92626 714 557 2447 11 word game Take a word such as readers and find as many four letter or greater words that can be created from the root word Read dear reeds dare seer and so on There is a time limit for each round A good game for increasing vocabulary skills I used to play it during church on pen and paper obviously when I was about eight years old Mama didn t appreciate the theory of vocabulary skill acquisition but see where it can lead You too can learn to write for prestigious gam ing mags and have fame fortune and femininity adhere to your persona just for the price of a simple game IBM 50 00 Circle Reader Service 4l heapware GAMES for the IBM PC and compatibles GRAMARCY the Word Game Plays just like the newspaper word game Object is to find all words of four or more letters in a given word in the least time Utilities included can update data base of over 23 000 words and find all words in any given word 50 00 WORD SLEUTH for Crossword Puzzle Lovers Will find and display matches to any skeleton you enter such as ppy Data base of almost 40 000 words can be updated or displayed with utility prog
32. the Industry Breakthrough in the Ardennes Designer Notes Gulf eee Cosmic Balance Contest Results Clear for Action and more 5 2 Lode Runner Contest Results Carriers at War War in Russia Replay Pt 2 Kampfgruppe IBM Goes to War Suspect Hints Robot Odyssey I and Chipwits The New Atari Computers and more 5 3 Sports Games Survey The Battle of Chickamauga Imperium Galactum Games You ll Never See Crusade in Europe Design Notes Lucasfilm Enters Home Gaming Baseball Games for Your Computer Mindwheel Hints Silicon Cerebrum Reforger 88 Napoleon at Waterloo and more 5 4 Operation Market Garden Fog of War in Computer Games Ultima II for Mac The Amiga Computer Computer Gaming in Japan Phantasie tips The Railroad Works Six Gun Shootout and more 26 Conflict in Viet Nam Inside Ultima IV The Halley Project Silent Service Designer s Notes The Kobayashi Alternative Spellbreaker Tips Koronis Rift Eidolon Story Tree and more 27 Under Fire Replay Europe Ablaze and U S A A F Map Design for Computers 7th Fleet Game Manufacturer Survey Battle of Antietam Ballyhoo Tips and more 28 The Dark Ages of Computer Game Design Three article on computerized baseball Autoduel Alter Ego Nam The Current State of the Entertainment Industry Halley Project Update Amazon Tips and more 29 Battlegroup amp Mech Brigade Psi 5 Trading Co Battle of the Atlantic SimCan Universe II Playtester
33. who may not have the manual which comes with the new 1 1 version some help and hints on making it through the game First here are the nine phrases that aliens understand although they may not always respond to them tricky creatures aliens Hello Who are you I am Kirk We are friends We come in peace Have you seen Klingons Where is insert name of missing person Can you help us and Can you understand me Aliens will not respond to anything else Regarding planets there are 10 known planets at the start of the game There are also five unknown planets plus one special location whose coordinates you must ferret out and visit To save time I will only mention those that are important ie have useful information of one sort or another Remem ber tho that your score will be higher if you visit every planet except of course Orna Achir Wear your spacesuit and wander around Make careful note of what the Harapha tells you Malakiyy The ship is more important than the transmitter Use your tricorder Khut Find the city and look for the crowd Listen carefully to the Khuti Tshio Freeing Spock is the first item on the agenda He thinks like they do so keep in mind the Vulcan s special abilities Then look for an energy source Klusos Before beaming down ask the computer for data on crewmember Naraht The northern mines should be your destination Hastorang Talk to the wizards The unkno
34. with 12 pools all have dif ferent effects and entering one of them is crucial to winning the game However you don t know which one it is they all look alike so a little judicious experimenting is called for Just keep in mind the sign at the entrance On level 2 you will find Pluto s castle and Pluto s Menagerie I suggest reading scroll L before attempting the castle And if you should run into Pluto himself well too bad because he is as far as I can tell unkillable So be careful in there The Menagerie is the nastiest of the dungeons It sits in the middle of a large lava pool and is not easy to reach Read scroll I for some helpful infor mation on how to get to the Menagerie with the least amount of damage walking in lava is VERY painful When you are ready for this dungeon load up on magic potions Fill every available slot if you can because you will be needing a good many spells both along the way and inside Each time you walk through lava and take damage stop and do a health check Heal anyone who has 50 or less hit points Use any healing po tions you have first then switch to spells The maximum damage from lava is 50 points actual damage is random so anyone who has more than 50 can survive at least one more step Heal only enough to keep everyone alive on the trip and then outside the Menagerie get everyone up to a decent number of hit points Inside the Menagerie you will find one long corrid
35. you in the helium sea These incorrect coords are 10005 6480 and 10620 9640 Stay away from them And if you should decide you want to see what s down there remember to be VERY careful when walking to the east You will NOT get any warning messages as you approach the sea and may find yourself dead before you realize it It only happens when going east It also happens on Hastorang when you are in the vicinity of the moat This was a problem that showed up in the original version and is still with us So watch where you re going Another problem I encountered was with Bhrffy who comes of course from the planet Bhrf one of the unknown ones Bhrffy has a special ability he can sense Klingon ships Anywhere anytime Unfortunately in the one situation where he is supposed to be useful at Rird he was also frustratingly silent Sigh Aside from bugs there is also the matter of skimping It seems that the most care and attention was lavished on the IBM version For example you may have heard rumors of a Klingon space station Well there IS one but you won t find it in the Ap ple version it s on the space station that Sulu and his crew are being held captive although you can t do anything for them until the end of the game Further the new docs indicate that there is a Quit command in the utilities section which allows you to end the game and gives you your current score You won t find that on the Apple either
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41. Adventure Meets Godzilla etc MACINTOSH WINDOW Frank Boosman In this issue we look at two interesting simula tions In the case of Orbiter from Spectrum Holobyte the subject is a flight on a Space Shuttle from pre flight checks at Kennedy Space Center to roll out at Edwards Air Force Base Flight Simula tor written by Sublogic and distributed by Mi crosoft puts you behind the controls of a Cessna a Lear Jet or a World War I fighter TO SLIP THE SURLY BONDS OF EARTH Have you ever been playing a computer or ar cade game with a space motif and thought to yourself Wouldn t it be fun if there was a realistic space game Say a game about the Space Shuitle If you have or if your childhood dream was to become an astronaut then you ll definitely want to look at Orbiter Spectrum Holobyte s new Shuttle simulation In it you can climb into the crew com partment of your very own Shuttle launch yourself into space deploy retrieve and repair satellites take spacewalks in the Manned Maneuvering Unit MMU land safely or perhaps not depending on your skill and more Orbiter works somewhat differently from most Macintosh applications instead of overlapping win dows it has four tiled windows each taking up one quarter of the screen One of the windows is always an overview of the Shuttle s instrument panels you can zoom in on a particular section by clicking on it and then the quadrant of the screen you d li
42. FLEET series of strategic space battle simulations What do the experts think I call STAR FLEET the world s most elaborate star battles game It s not just a game it s darned near a career Admiral Jerry Pournelle Byte STAR FLEET is a truly captivating game providing fast paced action and blossoming with extraordinary color and sound effects The entire manual should be adopted as an industry standard Creative Computing indisputably the most complex and challenging star battles strategy game ever made STAR FLEET is a deluxe job all the way Computer Entertainment STAR FLEET is the best strategy role playing game in a long time Antic state of the art for space games Computer Gaming World Includes 100 page manual quick reference card Registered owners receive free 70 page thay Manual Requires 128k PC PCjr or compatible 256K TI PC DOS 2 Commodore 64 128 ATARI 48k Apple II lle Ilc 64k Atari ST Amiga and Macintosh versions available soon New from INTERSTEL for the IBM PC TI PC and 2100 SOLARSIM an excellent 3 D color graphics simulation of our solar system asteroids and nearby stars Includes 250 planets asteroids 800 stars Learn the constellations more Also from INTERSTEL for the Commodore 64 128 QUIZAM State of the art in computer trivia games 8 boards 1 8 players over 2000 questions Includes QUIZZER which allows you to create
43. NG PEOPLE AND THEIR FLYING MACS Many people have called Flight Simulator FS the most successful computer game ever produced This may or may not be true but certainly FS is at least one of the most successful In any case it seemed like it would only be a matter of time be fore a Macintosh version would be released The time is here How much use has Sublogic made of the Macintosh s high resolution screen and high speed 68000 processor The answer is Quite a bit actually After playing FS on an IBM an Apple e and now a Macintosh I can tell you that playing the Macintosh version makes me feel as if FS has finally been unleashed Instru ments that were once fuzzy and indistinct are now clear and readable the old reliable Cessna has been joined by a Lear Jet excellent digitized sound is sprinkled throughout and best of all instead of small amounts of wire frame scenery there s lots of scenery and it s all solid looking and shaded Another plus for FS is its excellent documenta tion you get a thick typeset manual similar to Microsoft s manuals for Excel and the like along with a quick reference card The manual teaches the basics of flight including some of the com plexities of modern flight and it also includes nicely done aviator style maps of all the flying areas defined on the disk Were all game manuals this good Of course FS has its faults as well While play ing it on my 512K Mac I encountered m
44. NTASY GAMER ONLY COULD CALL THIS Rg AY ete If exploring eerie dungeons filled with monsters is your idea of fun we ve got two fantasy games that ll have you floating on cloud nine Each breaks new ground in role playing games with special features WIZARD S CROWN lets you resolve combat two ways The computer can do it quickly or you can per sonally direct it with a multitude of tactical options RINGS OF ZILFIN adds unprece dented realism to fantasy gaming with its superb graphics The fully animated scrolling screen grants you step by step control of the action EE TRER ERT enS P Be EN ir TO N k ON DISK FOR 48K APPLE II SERIES APPLE and COMMODORE 64 are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc and Commodore Electronics Ltd respectively RINGS OF ZILFIN includes graphics routines from Penguin Software s Graphics Magician local computer store Enter if thefe are n venient stores near you VISA amp M C holders can order these 39 95 games by calling toll free 800 443 0100 x335 To order by mail send your check to STRATEGIC SIMULATIONS INC 883 Stierlin Road Building A 200 Mountain View CA 94043 California residents add 7 sales tax Please specify computer format and add 2 00 for shipping and handling All our games carry a 14 day satis faction or your money back guarantee WRITE FOR A FREE COLOR CATALOG OF ALL OUR GAMES TODAY
45. Order accepted JOH Enterprises 6911 S 66th E Ave Suite 206 Tulsa OK 74133 918 481 3475 Circle Reader Service 6 18 LAS ing and fixed Wandering monsters can happen along any time anywhere Fixed monsters will al ways be found in the same place once you ve de feated them they re gone and won t return pro vided you save the dungeon status when you leave Bribing fixed monsters will NOT make them go away you have to wipe them out When exploring dungeons go one step at a time and test all walls along the way Otherwise you could easily miss a secret door Always talk to someone when given the opportunity but keep in mind that not everyone will tell you the truth Vis iting the oracle in the Kobold village is costly in more ways than one so be sure all party members have a good number of hit points before you make the attempt In time you will reach the Netherworld Be aware that the transportation spell will NOT take you from Ferronrah to any of the towns in the Netherworld even though you may know their numbers You can only transport between the two towns on the same level Also note that getting back from the Netherworld is tricky leaving Black Moor level 1 will bring you back to Ferronrah but leaving Demoniac level 2 will put you outside of Black Moor The first level of the Netherworld has the Imp Caves and the Impling Hatchery In the Hatchery you will find a room
46. TONS INC Ferronrah An island shrouded in mist and mys tery Once proud and beautiful now cut off from the rest of the world by an evil black fog that hangs over it the curse of Nikademus No one has left or entered the island in forty years Do people still live there Has it been overrun by the foul minions of the Sorceror No one knows No one dares to know Except perhaps the bravest of ad venturers willing to risk all to put an end to the curse willing to cross the ocean and enter the dreaded mist to see what lies beyond So once more the call to battle is sounded and once more you gather to your side comrades to journey with you to Ferronrah and beyond Perhaps they will be the tried and true friends who were with you when you faced the wrath of Nikademus in Gelnor and broke his power there Or perhaps they will be new comrades drawn from Ferronrah itself inexperienced but courageous and eager to free their homeland from the dominion of the evil sorceror No matter time is short and you must be on your way to find the source of the curse an al most indestructible orb hidden in some secret Nisste fi aR RA neS T FAA srs lt ati 7 amp Cl ME pee Bae place far from prying eyes With hope in your heart and confidence in your abilities you leave the small town of Pippicott and begin your quest Naturally the quest is not an easy one There are dungeons to explore amulets to obtain scrolls
47. WIZARD Run jump and climb through a world of treasures sorcery and creatures in this arcade release 100 levels provided plus a construction set to cre ate your own challenges 10 different magic spells 20 different monster types and 4 treasure types C64 128 Cir cle Reader Service 24 Mindscape Inc 3444 Dundee Road Northbrook IL 60062 312 480 7667 THE AMERICAN CHAL LENGE A match race sailing simulation puts you on board the sailboat controlling sail rudder and centerboard as i g i n A i i a A alia y gmd o a PE Sa pa t G Ebeca ob i so fF TREGALI bonus Paes ee ES te ee _ Ultimate Wizard Bop n Wrestle 5 ii your instrument panel moni tors wind speed wind direc tion and boat heading Eight courses to race One or two players Includes a 45 rpm record with a sailing tutorial on one side and an original song about the America s Cup on the other Apple IBM 39 95 Circle Reader Service 25 BOP N WRESTLE Arcade wrestling simulation Use the joystick or keyboard to con trol Gorgeous Greg Angry Abdul or one of eight other wrestling stars Choice of moves such as the atomic drop and pile driver One or two players C64 128 Cir cle Reader Service 26 SHADOWFIRE GAME CHANGER If you own the game of Shadowfire then this PERSONELL QUARTERS stands in a gall cle rung an trey d le of i Great or
48. a bit more difficult As strange as it may seem a lot of flying the Shuttle is bor ing a lot of pushing buttons running computer programs and the like and it shows Much of your game time will be spent watching the Shuttle fly itself Of course you can learn to fly the Shut tle manually but if you do let NASA know I m sure they have a position available for you Orbiter is not a grip the sides of your seat sweat run ning down your forehead game But if you really want to know how the Space Shuttle works or re 6 live some of your childhood fantasies then Orbiter is just the ticket Before I move on to the next game I would like to say something about Spectrum Holobyte I com mend them for releasing Orbiter without copy pro tection It s a big step for them and an important experiment for the computer gaming industry Or biter is now one of only three major non copy protected games I know of the others are Maci nooga Choo Choo reviewed here last month and NFL Challenge which currently is only for the IBM PC If enough people support Spectrum Holobyte in their test we may see many more games without copy protection Meanwhile write or call the other major Macintosh game manufactur ers Electronic Arts Mindscape and the like and tell them you would like to see them remove copy protection from their games And no I m not going to preach to you You already know what kind of a person you are DARING YOU
49. able for 12 50 This game has a lot going for it Mark Bausman Computer Gaming World ALSO FOR COMMODORE 64 ROME and the Barbarians A military simulation of the Western Roman Empire s struggle for survival As supreme military commander you must exercise a combination of military prowess and clever financial management This game s excellence comes from its realistic understanding of histor ical issues Michael Ciraolo ANTIC magazine NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO 34 95 ATARI 40K Commodore 64 SNEAK PREVIEW INVASION of SICILY ROME and the Barbarians 34 95 ATARI 32K Commodore 64 Game save MORE __KRENTEK SOFTWAR Solitare or two player Three difficulty levels Variable set up TO ORDER To order by phone VISA and MC owners can call 913 362 9267 To order by mail send check or money order to KRENtek Software P O Box 3372 Kansas City KS 66103 FREE SHIPPING in USA GUARANTEE If you are not fully satisfied with any game bought directly from KRENtek return it within 30 days for a full refund 19 Circle Reader Service 7 SPORTS SCOREBOARD SPORTS SCOREBOARD LB Be Be Ba Ba Be Be Be Rick Teverbaugh There have been so many new sports releases since the last column that under normal circum stances it might be hard to know where to start No so this time Gamestar s GBA Championship Basketball Two On Two is that re
50. also easy if you re standing still when you pass the ball to get the ball passed right back That s not bad unless you choose that moment to begin a cut to the hoop Then the ball will go harmlessly and frustratingly out of bounds The game is currently available only for the Commodore 64 128 but will be out for other sys tems later in the year It sells for 34 95 and is quite a bargain for hardwood fans The cleverly titled Football from subLogic is a nice enough game The game system is much easier 20 to implement than many recent efforts but the graphics are only average detail of the field is missing It is very easy to tell which of the eleven players you re controlling but it s much more dif ficult to tell your players from the opposition and that is vital when trying to decide whether to zig or zag through a congested area on the field On field action is controlled by the joystick or by two joysticks if you are playing with a human foe The screens are set up so that you opponent has to choose his play at the same time you choose yours He doesn t really have the time to pay atten tion what you re doing and if he did the selections are cleverly not detectable The game comes with two teams of fictional players but you can adjust the player ratings to conform to some real or imaginary team Not only is it easy to make play selections but controlling the on field execution is also simple For ins
51. anter Infcm All E ge 7 43 Hardball Accld C Ap 3 ee 7 43 Phantasie SSI C Ap 4 75 7 41 Spel lbreaker Infecm All S 29 7 34 F 15 Strike Egl MicPr All 5 140 7 21 Knight of Diamonds SirTc Ap 1 5 33 teas Legacy of Llygamyn SirTc Ap t Se 7 18 Phantasie 1I SSI C Ap E 2 7 18 Archon I EA ALL 10 98 7 14 One on One EA All t i 7 14 Questron SSI C Ap At i ee Cane Auto Duel Orign Ap E Yer 7 12 Zork Series Infcm All 7 122 7 09 Lode Runner EA ALL 6 60 7 07 Sorcerer Infcm ALl S 38 7 07 Ultima II Orign Ap 8 61 7 00 Ultima I Orign Ap E ho 6 96 Deadline Infcm Ap At I gt E gt 6 94 Galactic Advntres SSI Ap At amp aa 6 90 Hitchhiker s Guide Infcm_ All 4 108 6 86 Planetfall Infcm All 3 SI 6 86 Racing Dest Set EA C 3 49 6 78 Moebius Orign Ap Qe el 6 71 Wishbringer Infcm ALl 2 42 6 68 Archon II EA C Ap At 4 76 6 64 Karateka Brodr C Ap At E 6 64 Suspended Infcm At Ap I G6 6i 6 63 Mig Alley Ace MicPr C At 3 40 6 55 Suspect Infcm Ap At I 2 48 6 39 Infidel Infcm All gt S2 6 38 Gemstone Warrior SSI C Ap At 3 G 6 36 Sky Fox EA Ap I Am 2 107 6 30 Six Gun Shootout SSI C Ap At 3 O9 6 29 Mask of the Sun Brodr Ap At 1 as 6 27 Hacker Actvs C Ap At 3 41 6 24 Seastalker Infcm All ae 6 17 Amazon Telrm C Ap 1 mee 6 13 Witness Infcm All e ae 6 10 Murder on Zinder EA All amp pl 6 08 Solo Flight MicPr C Ap At ne 3 6 04 Alternate Reality Dasft C Ap At lt 2 5 89 Dam Busters Accld C Ap I n E ey f Eidolon Epyx C Ap At A i Seg Kobayashi Alt Si
52. are 60 00 each and are only available boxed Please specify the game title s desired and the type of packaging on a separate sheet and send it along with your payment to our address below NOTE Purchasers outside Canada should send payment in U S funds meaning Americans can just write a cheque Canadians must add 25 for Federal Manufacturers Sales Tax amp shipping Nova Scotia residents must add an extra 10 of the total for Provincial Tax Orders from locations outside the United States and Canada must add 3 00 per game to cover extra shipping amp handling SIMULATIONS CANADA Dept C P O Box 452 Bridgewater Nova Scotia Canada B4V 2X6 Circle Reader Service 9 31 The only way to stop playing is to turn off the machine or boot something else You also can t change the settings of your phaser although the manual says you can Speaking of the new manual overall it is MUCH better than the little folder that came with the original version The docs now give you a com plete list of the crew on board the phrases that aliens will understand examples of the commands and how to use them a complete explanation of the special function keys and a sealed hints section in the back in case you get really stuck In other words everything that they should have told you the first time Still better late than never and the new manual is really quite helpful so long as you avoid those Andorgha coordinates For those of you
53. are sale prices With only 100 of savings PartyWare 19 95 14 95 11 95 VOICE SYNTHESIZER 39 95 ea eset your net color monitor cost is only 39 95 Dust Cover 8 95 6 95 4 60 For Commodore 64 computers Just plug It in and l one Saeed 59 95 38 95 35 95 you can program words and sentences adjust Premium Quality 150 170 CPS Hordkoll 29 95 18 95 16 95 volume and pitch make talking adventure games Comstar Aero 160 Printer 199 00 C64 Troubleshoot amp sound action games and customized talkies Repair Guide 24 95 15 95 12 95 PLUS 19 95 value TEXT TO SPEECH program included FREE just type a word and hear your computer talk ADD SOUND TO ZORK SCOTT ADAMS AND OTHER ADVENTURE GAMES Disk or tape List 89 00 SALE 39 95 The COMSTAR Aero 160 gives you a 10 carriage 150 170 CPS 9 x 9 dot matrix with double strike capability for 18 x 18 dot matrix near letter quality high resolution bit image 120 x 144 dot matrix underlining back spacing left and right margin setting true lower decenders with super and subscripts prints standard block graphics and special characters It gives you print quality and features found on printers costing twice as much Centronics Parallel Interface List 499 00 Sale 199 00 9 SAMSUNG GREEN SCREEN MONITOR Super High Resolution composite green screen monitor Perfect for 80 column use with The C128 computer Req 19 95 Cable List 129 95 Sale 59 95 S
54. ction passing offensive and defensive styles of play and more the College game includes 292 teams from the 85 86 season plus 70 all time greats the Pro game features the 23 NBA teams from 85 86 and more than 100 great teams of the past OTHER PAST SEASONS TEAMS DISKS AVAILABLE AND NEW SEASONS READY PRIOR TO PLAYOFFS FOR ALL THREE GAMES Available at your local dealer or send check or money order for 39 99 each Visa and MasterCard accepted on phone orders only Please add 2 00 for postage and handling COMMODORE APPLE AMIGA IBM and compatibles Apple Commodore Amiga and IBM are regrstered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Commodore Electronics Lid and International Business Machines Corporation respectively a e P O Box 100594 Nashville TN 37210 615 242 2617 A ae r y r v E y ae o m s a Circle Reader Service 3 13 152K Lowest Price In The USA 152K aan Computer System Sale e Students Word Processing Home Business 152K 379 System 130XE System a ig o FREE Software wl System Purchase Raiders Mgr Star Home Fig mposor Defender LOOK AT ALL YOU GET FOR ONLY 3 79 INDIVIDUAL SAVE LIMITED QUANTITIES SYSTEM PRICE LIST PRICE SALE PRICE OVER 100 Atari 130XE 152K Computer 249 00 134 5 Atari 1050 127K Disk Drive 299 00 159 5 AIS ONLY
55. d sticky lol lipops radioactive cannibalistic bag ladies wearing mis matched socks and pointy toed high heeled boots and overgrown mutant sonic eggplants from a distant invisible parallel galaxy vacationing for the summer Along the way you must figure out certain puzzles such as making a DNA molecular model to scale using colored plastic beads an swering the question Why do doughnuts have holes performing field sobriety tests for State Troopers in a snowstorm while wearing bikini briefs and reciting the preamble to the Constitution backward in morse code Although you start your quest with only the clothes on your back and a pocketful of Monopoly money you can buy such weapons as a model T45 super magneto atomic powered slingshot with night sights a 472 magic sword or a self propelled mithril laced flyswatter with multiple neutron bomb warheads and eventually learn such magic spells as Ye Olde Income Tax Evasionne Transmutation To A Perfect Likeness Of Elvis Presley and Magic Missiles Which Seek Out Editors Who Don t Publish Your Contest Entry In the end you are victorious and are ready to go into Generic Adventure XXIV etc a Circle Reader Service 11 35 Entry 2 The Holy Hoover Upright has been lost For whatever reason you are the only one who can find the lost vacuum cleaner Although your background as a tax advisor to Al Capone mechanical engineer for the Edsel and public opinion consultant to th
56. dditional mailing offices Ad Director Ad Manager Cover Artwork Contents are copyrighted by Computer Gaming World 1986 Postmaster Send address changes to Computer Gaming World P O Box 4566 Anaheim CA 92803 4666 The subscription rate for 9 issues one year is 19 95 Canadian subscriptions add 7 00 Outside of U S and Canada add 26 00 sire air All payments must be in U S dollars made by check drawn upon a U S bank Visa Card Master Card or money order Psalm 9 1 2 Compuserve raros gaa Telephone 714 535 4435 NATIONAL AD REPRESENTATIVE JEPUBLISHERS SE e REPRESENTATIVE COMPANY 6855 Santa Monica Blvd Suite 200 Los Angeles CA 90038 Los Angeles 213 467 2266 San Francisco 415 864 3252 New York 212 724 7767 Denver 303 595 4331 Dallas 214 660 2253 Boston 617 437 7628 Chicago 312 445 2489 Advertisers List on Page 5 a Circle Reader Service 1 FEATURES American Day 1 1 EEE E A ROSE ne eee ee eee ete 12 A Management Simulation Steve Estvanik ee a ee cere renee A Review Scorpia Haust UU iss cava ncceuccuactchecacncotvagcicencesuarnenccevcen to Many New Titles on the Way The Kobayashi Alternative Revisited 30 Scorpion s Tale Takes Another Look Scorpia PECL AIG a a 1S og cvcececuccusoccnnacecdzccccencnecsencecceccenst ed Generic Game Design Contest Winner DEPARTMENTS DORE A CER vacate vcriscasesxecasekuswrvcnesvaasevsosssavanesseenciseD
57. e Well We certainly can t say it any bet ter despite numerous attempts at singles bars C64 128 SOT Pera er 08857 34 95 Circle Reader Service PLAY WRITER SERIES A 33 collection of four programs to assist the would be author in each of us MYSTERY TALES OF ME ADVEN TURES IN SPACE CAS TLES amp CREATURES Each program allows you to write edit illustrate print and bind your own book The computer asks questions and offers sug gestions to aid your creative process Each package con tains a hard cover book and each is extremely realistic and detailed The entire package represents the equiv alent of a college level course in business administration IBM 256K 2 drives Circle Reader 34 Woodbury 127 White Oak Lane Micro Novels 2808 S 12th St Milwaukee WI 53215 THE RETURN OF STAR VOYAGER amp SHERLOCK HOLMES STRIKES AGAIN A dual sided set of text ad ventures Each game runs in RAM which speeds up play no disk access but does limit the available vocabulary The player must remain in char acter to succeed Atari 17 95 plus 2 shipping available only by mail Cir cle Reader Service 36 Reality Development Corp Univ City Science Center 3624 Market Street Philadelphia PA 19104 BUSINESS SIMULATOR This is a very complex busi ness simulation that is de scended from a mainframe program One or two players will make business decisions that allow their start up com panies t
58. e let s Make A Susan B Anthony Dollar Coin Committee indicates that you would be out of your mind to go on this perilous quest you go forth You are opposed by the evil Middle East arrogant madman fa natic choose one who has sent to attack you armies of evil creatures such as wimpy overstuffed plastic garbage bags which leak disgusting smelly liquid all over your feet when you try to carry them to the curb on Wednesday mornings mutant Berserker little old ladies with tiny ner vous yippy dogs that like to bite you in the calf and acne faced Neanderthal drug crazed teenage grocery bag packers who always put the carton of eggs under the watermelon Along the way you must figure out certain puzzles such as Why are baseball players paid more than the President Does it make a noise when fish burp underwater and Why are Superbowl game winners called world champi ons when they never play teams from another country Although you start your quest with only the clothes on your back and a checkbook from an overdrawn account you can buy such weapons as a slightly used Sgt York an tiaircraft defense system missile resistant plastic garbage can cover 1 shield and a bag of colored Bozo the clown water balloons and eventually learn such magic spells as Read Physician s Handwriting Understand Auctioneer s Speech and Believe Politician s Promises In the end you are victorious and are ready to go onto Generic
59. e formed an opin 21 Colossus Chess IV Firebird a 22 Frankie Hollywood Firebird 23 Business Simulator Reality l Battle of Antietam SSI 24 American Dream Blue Chip 2 Battlegroup SSI 3 Kamphgruppe SSI When ordering please indicate alternate selections 2 6 History of a Wargame Design Japanese Strategy in Guadalcanal Campaign Eastern Front Scenarios Star Maze Legionnaire Cytron Masters Upgrade Andromeda Conquest Torpedo Fire Scenarios Beyond Sargon II and more 3 1 Serpentine Cosmic Balance S E U I S Armor Assault The Arcade Machine INDEX and more 3 2 Computer Games in 1983 Cosmic Balance Tactics and Ship Design Zork Overview Ultima II Millionaire Robotwar Tournament Results Epidemic and more 3 3 Close Assault Computer Ambush Adventure Game Contest Pinball Construction Set Germany 1985 Galactic pee Two Computer Baseball Leagues Chess 7 0 and more 3 4 Suspended M U L E Battle for Normandy Strategy Serpent s Star Hints Cosmic Balance Contest Results Knights of the Desert Galactic Adventures Computer Golf Bomb Alley and more 3 5 Electronic Arts Combat Leader Archon Lode Runner TAC Paris in Danger Cosmic Balance II Delta Squadron Zork III Tips and more 3 6 Ultima III Operation Whirlwind Reach for the Stars Legacy of Lylgamyn Broadsides North Atlantic 86 Zork II Tips and more 4 2 Chris Crawford on Computer Game Design Gor
60. e game play is very bizzare as is most of the visual appearance of the game If you are into wandering around mazes this one will be like nothing you have ever seen Another Type of Game Also available for the Amiga is Mastertype from Scarborough Definitely an educational game it teaches you how to type or improves your current typing abilities This one challenges you to learn by requiring you to protect your home space ship from enemies attacking you from four directions It has several options giving you different ways to learn or test your skills The program is very well presented using excellent graphics It contains records for each person using it and has an excellent set of online tutorials and help screens This product is excellent and highly recommended for training those fingers to play those Infocom games faster and for all other typing activities From The Land of Giants A long time ago in computer time a game appeared for the mainframers You know those big room filling electrical giants of computers that once were far more powerful than anything around Then came the mini computers possing an idle single functional threat to the mighty giants A few years later came the homebrew computers that stepped in with 2K of memory These grew quickly with binary expansion from 2 to 4 to 8 to 16 to 32 to 64 to 128 to 256 to 512 to 640 to whatever Funny how 640 just does seem to fit that progression Well now we
61. ecial order all three modules for 60 Add 3 00 shipping to all orders Visa MC COD accepted Dragonfire can be used with most role playing systems 30 day money back guarantee Order now Broderbund 17 Paul Drive San Rafael CA 94903 415 479 1700 Epyx Inc 1043 Kiel Court Sunnyvale CA 94089 408 745 0700 BREAKERS A science fic tion text adventure A real time world where the action continues even when the user does nothing 1 500 word vo cabulary Game characters react to your own character s level of knowledge Apple IBM ST 44 95 C64 128 39 95 Circle Reader 38 SCIENCE TOOLKIT MAS TER MODULE Turns your computer into a sophisticated science lab Users perform real experiments using the WORLD KARATE CHAM PIONSHIP Arcade graphics game transports players to eight different international locations for competitions against the computer or an other player Players may use up to 17 karate moves against tougher and tougher oppo nents from White to Black Belt Tests of skill and en durance between levels One or two players C64 128 Atari Circle Reader Service 40 two included sensory probes and the four on screen in struments thermometer light meter timer and strip chart Suggested for grades 4 12 Apple 89 95 Circle Reader Service 39 Cheapware 4038 N Ninth St St Louis MO 63147 800 642 6524 GRAMARCY A computer program that plays a familiar rene TS bpp
62. ee over 100 coupon items in our catalog Write or call for Sample SPECIAL SOFTWARE COUPON 12 SAMSUNG AMBER SCREEN MONITOR 79 95 Super High Resolution amber screen monitor 80 columns x 24 lines easy to read a must for wordprocessing Fantastic value List 129 00 Sale 79 95 C128 cable 19 95 C64 Atari cable 9 95 PRINTER TYPEWRITER COMBINATION 199 95 Superb letter quality daisy wheel printer typewriter combination Two machines in one just a flick of the switch Extra large carriage typewriter keyboard automatic margin control compact lightweight drop in cassette ribbon 90 day warranty centronics parallel interface Built in List 349 00 SALE 199 95 ATTENTION Computer Clubs We Offer Big Volume Discounts CALL TODAY 80 COLUMNS IN COLOR COMSTAR WRITER 64 WORD PROCESSOR 19 95 This COMSTAR WRITER 64 WORD PROCESSOR is the finest available for the COMMODORE 64 computer The ULTIMATE FOR PROFESSIONAL Ltd Oty Word Processing DISPLAYS 40 or 80 COLUMNS IN PROTECTO WARRANTY e me COLOR or black and white Simple to operate All Protecto s products carry a minimum 90 day warranty 14 RGB amp COMPOSITE powerful text editing complete cursor and if anything fails within 90 days from the date of purchase COLOR MONITOR 239 95 insert delete key controls line and paragraph ff Simply send your product to us via United Parcel Service Must be used to get 80 columns in color with 80 insertion
63. emory one floppy disk drive and a 300 baud modem With IBM PC not recommended for use with mono chrome board When ordering please specify either IBM PC or TI PRO computer For Ordering Only Call toll free 1 800 643 9039 x 119 In Texas 1 800 392 6273 x 119 39 95 add 2 45 sales tax VISA MASTERCARD accepted For additional information write DowWhite 5227 Shady Oaks Ln Software Friendswood TX 77546 3019 Circle Reader Service 20 Differs from standard trivia in that no dice are rolled only player strategy and knowledge will determine the winner Does include bonus and danger squares Three diskettes Apple IBM Circle Reader Service 37 jacket colorful stickers and full page illustrations A unique set of programs that are designed to reinforce reading spelling grammar and vocabulary skills Apple IBM C64 39 95 each Circle Reader Service 35 A nares Tired of your old campaign The arena cities of Alastari are looking for a few good gladiators Now you and your friends can battle like the heroes of old in DUELMASTERS the ongoing campaign by mail where gladia torial combat is a way of life is the most realistic and intense combat you world Victory disgrace or death await you on the arena sand Write for our free no ea iti _ set up and nies f eae ue 2 sis r i ERY oe PYT TEON ial 2 INA me at LM i PE RENS Bd Turr eh PENA gt a PS
64. en s Computerized Bridge Carrier Force DIRECTORY OF GAME MANUFACTURERS Robotwar Tournament Results said ise Designer Notes Starcross Tips Parthian Kings and more 4 3 Seven Cities of Gold View from a Playtester Universe Two Reviews Mig Alley Ace Questron Tycoon and Baron A Broadsides Replay Chancellor of the Exchequer Enchanter Tips Children s Games A Shopping Guide Under Southern Skies Chivalry and more 4 4 Jupiter Mission Fifth Eskadra Excalibur review and Designer s Notes War in Russia President Elect and 1984 Lode Runner Contest Fighter Command Galactic Gladiator Scenarios Flight Simulator II and Solo Flight Crypt of Medea Sorcerer Tips and more 45 25 Breakers Broderbund 26 Wrld Karate Chmpshp Epyx 27 Borrowed Time Activision BACK ISSUES ARE AVAILABLE Send 3 50 per issue 4 5 Staying Alive in Wizardry Adventure Gaming Conference CGW Baseball League The Computer as Opponent Sundog CGW Computer Game Conference Road to Sicecow Strategy Game Tips Deadline Tips Seven Cities of Gold Designer Notes Rails West and more 4 6 Carrier Force Replay When Superpowers Collide Mail Order Games Panzer jagd Review More Galactic Gladiator Scenarios Cutthroat ints Should You Turn Pro Dreadnoughts F 15 Strike Eagle and more 5 1 War in Russia Replay Pt 1 Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy two Asc A Software Agent Looks at
65. ere however very impressed with what we did see The following information comes from the press release on these games and seems to be an accurate description of the products as we saw them Cinemaware interactive movies combine classic movie themes and characters with sophisticated computer graphics Although the themes vary from gangsters to medieval knights to space age warriors to Sinbad the Sailor all are de signed as role playing games with the player s on screen character growing changing and adapting each time the game is played Because the programs are nonlinear repeat plays aren t tired predictable Continued on pg 46 25 Amiga Preferences Roy Wagner After the initial sea of game clones for the Amiga the tide has shifted to a small puddle of new items The biggest wave rolling in so far was Arctic Fox and the next sighted big one is Marble Madness from EA It seems to be out there somewhere in the distance On the horizon are Jet from subLogic and others from Sierra and EPYX We all keep waiting to see how each new release tops the other in appearance and performance on the Amiga Only In Your Mynd Now available for your home computer is Mynd Walker from Commodore Synapse From the preliminary version I have seen this is a very interesting and complex game Probably the first three dimensional adventure game for the Amiga The graphics and sounds are sensational The music that accompanies th
66. est _ 4s n v e E What is khe subject of the science of Coniology ANSWER Mind Pursuit program will give you total control over that universe You can use the changer to change saved games or create completely new ones C64 Circle Reader Service 27 Datasoft 19808 Nordhoff Place Chatsworth CA 91311 818 886 5922 THE NEVER ENDING STORY Real time graphics text adventure Original film music split screen display The world of Fantasia is in peril and you Atreyu have been chosen to fulfill this generic adventure Apple 64K Circle Reader 28 MIND PURSUIT Yet another trivial pursuit variant Six categories three game options and three difficulty levels Up to four players Hi res graphics Additional questions disks available Apple 64K Circle Reader Service 29 Casino Craps i fa OERE sts A Pae Al i A Ae BEE B Colossus Chess Frankie Goes To Hollywood Manhattan Software PO Box 148 Peterborough NH 03458 603 924 9998 CASINO CRAPS Gambling Simulation Contains all the bets and all the odds of the game of craps IBM 64K monochrome board 35 Cir cle Reader Service 30 Activision Inc 2350 Bayshore Frontage Road Mountain View CA 94043 415 960 0410 MURDER ON THE MISSIS SIPPI Graphics and text mur der mystery set on a Missis sippi riverboat The player must guide two detectives throughout the boat searching for clues and examining sus pect
67. et me keep you standing at the door come in sit down make yourself comfortable Fred is off at the annual Grues Convention held as usual in the Dark Room of Colossal Cave but the dwarf behind the bar is adequate So relax drink up and we ll take a second look at a game that had a few flaws the first time around My original article on The Kobayashi Alterna tive appeared in the March 86 issue of CGW At that time I mentioned the many problems found during game play almost all of these due to inade quate programming The article ended with the possibility that a revised version of Kobayashi might be forthcoming one that would clean up the defects of the first version Well that new version IS out and the news is not good especially for Apple owners This is a real shame as it is quite evident that Simon and Schuster the game publishers are sin cere in their desire to put out a quality product When the complaints about the bugs and poor doc umentation came rolling in they did not ignore the Situation but went ahead to correct the defi ciencies Alas it was not enough at least not for the Apple version Bugs continue to plague the game and one in particular may cause great frus tration to players This major bug I call the Kornfeld Effect in honor of my friend Tracy Kornfeld who with great persistence managed to track it down to visiting the planet Orna We had suspected that Orna a planet of no real Sign
68. eys Also the graphics seemed small because they only used a small portion of the available screen An interesting game Here And There Two nicely done geography read that educa tional games are available that help us or our chil dren know more about states cities and countries Map USA from RadarSoft c o ACK Inc 655 John Muir Dr E411 San Francisco CA 94132 has us flying a simple helicopter to states capitals and cities Our score is based on how quickly we find the correct location A flashing area indicates that we are near our goal and aids us greatly when we have no idea where that goal is and must search for it The program is fun and certainly teaches us Ironically the program comes from Holland World Geography from BobCo 200 7th Ave Suite 111 Santa Cruz CA 95062 features a fasci nating display of the earth spinning at great speed We can select from major areas of the world or from all of the world The spinning globe stops with a blinking area identified That area is dis played on the other half of the screen as a relief display different colors identifying land types We are then asked a set of multiple choice questions Continued on pg 44 29 Kobayashi Revisited Here we are at the tail end of summer enjoying lazy days before the annual Great Autumn Pre Christmas Rush of New Games and if word from CES is correct there should be some neat new games out in the late fall But don t l
69. ful GEOS uses icons and pop down menus Every file is saved with date and time and an optional file description The disk directory can be displayed with icons or sorted by name size or date created GEOS operates best with two disk drives but hav ing only one is not a significant problem GEOS comes free with the new C64C but may also be purchased separately for about 60 The second extra that is with the C64C comes on the flip side of the GEOS disk and can be se lected from a GEOS menu This is the software to access Q Link the nation s largest Commodore only C64 C128 network service It provides access for Commodore owners from all across the United States using a local phone number for most peo ple Q Link offers direct communication con ferencing email public domain software libraries message boards for all areas of computer interest including games It features online two and more player games with colorful graphics Q Link also offers many other non computer areas of online access news movie reviews special interest clubs trivia encyclopedia etc The software with the C64C makes it all possible for a very reasonable connect rate Look for a feature article on Q Link and the new Q Link game system Habitat which will appear in the August issue of CGW Since this new operating environment is loaded from disk and not in the ROM the new C64C is fully compatible with all existing software If you are w
70. g difficulty and danger think of them as day trips The first for example has you hunting down an unprotected but moving ship in daylight the next to last has you attacking a guarded convoy at night The final scenario level is the most detailed and most satisfying the Patrol Scenarios Like the Con voy Actions they simulate historical situations in the 1942 1944 period each year brought subtle but important changes like better torpedoes and ship hulls Here though your objective is more open ended patrol a given section of the Pacific theatre and find and sink as much tonnage of enemy ship ping as possible These scenarios usually last over a month and have two alternating phases a patrol phase where you move your sub across the Pacific at a rate of about four real seconds per game Continued on pg 41 38 Circle Reader Service 12 gt BATFLE 9 FOR FOBRUK 1941 Rommel s Afrika Korps was besieging the strategic port of Tobruk The British 8th Army attacked three times to raise the siege Operations Brevity Bat i tleaxe and Crusader On the third try Rommel retreated But the next spring he was back sweeping around the flank of 8th Army s Gazala Line and into Tobruk forcing the British all the way back to El Alamein Rommel gives you four different games all the battles for Tobruk Now you can experience the sweeping maneuver and hard fought tank battles of the desert war with the incredible historical deta
71. g of the keel of Dreadnought the first of a type of line of battle ship that would make everything built before it obsolete and whose concept would dominate the big gun ships of major navies for the next 40 years By the eve of the Great War full fleets of these vessels faced each other across the narrow Euro pean seas ready to fight for domination of the open ocean LINE OF BATTLE is the first part of a two part game system designed to cover the concept of all the big gun ship Its integrated combat system depicts shell strengths immune zones armour placement gun ranges and angle of shot without resort to compli cated calculations Detailed rules on movement command and other vital factors complete the game Unit Counters are included to cover every European American amp Japanese dreadnought of the period Design by S Newberg art by J Kula COMPUTER GAMES FOR THE APPLE II COMMODORE amp IBMPC x GOLAN FRONT the Arab Israeli War in the North 1973 te FIFTH ESKADRA Operational Modern Naval Combat t BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC Naval Combat Against the Axis tx FALL GELB The Conquest of France Spring 1940 te SIEG IN AFRIKA Rommel in the Desert 1940 1943 e GREY SEAS GREY SKIES Tactical Modern Naval Combat e RT SEVENTH FLEET Modern Naval Combat in the Pacific ____ _ ORDERING INFORMATION PLEASE READ CAREFULLY Board games are 15 00 each in ziplock packaging or 20 00 each boxed Computer games
72. game runs on Commodore 64 128 Amstrad and Sinclair Spectrum 48 128 Check it out World Cup Carnival is the official World Cup Soccer Game and is from US Gold running on Commodore 64 128 Commodore C16 Commodore Plus 4 Amstrad and Sinclair Spectrum 48 128 Just about every sport and pastime has been turned into a computer game well now volleyball has been turned into a computer game from Mastertronic and it s been called Volleyball The game is quite nice and the price is really excellent value for money at about 3 dollars Runs on Commodore 64 128 The arcade classic Ping Pong by Kon ami has been turned into a computer ver sion by Imagine Ping Pong runs on Com modore 64 128 Amstrad and Spectrum Electric Dreams they of Back To The Future have teamed up with their parent company Activision in order to get some licenses for some forthcoming movies Some of the movies include Aliens which is the follow up to the successful Alien film and the follow up film to the smash Ghostbusters I hear that Activision tried to get Michael Jackson to endorse a game based on him the only thing was was that Michael Jackson wasn t very impressed with the way the folks at Activision pianned to do the game If you ve got a Commodore 64 128 and are looking for a compilation tape of the finest games around in one package then Four Zap Sizzlers from Gremlin Graphics could be for you and give you an intro duction into English compute
73. h Ardennes Colonial Conquest Computer Ambush Computer Baseball Computer Quarterback Cosmic Balance 50 Mission Crush Fighter Command Gemstone Warrior Geopolitique 1990 Imperium Galactum Kampf Scen Disk ts in the Desert NEW Operation Market Garden Panzer Grenadier NEW Rings of Zilfin Tigers in the Snow Wizard s Crown NEW We Carry EVERY Other SSI Game SIMULATIONS Battle of the Atlantic NEW 60 40 Grey Seas Grey Skies 60 Seventh Fleet NEW MINDSCAPE Forbidden Castle Halley Project Jame Bond A View to Kill Luscher Profile Stephen King s The Mist ACTIVISION NEW Borrowed Time NEW 40 27 Little Computer People Space Shuttle Star League Baseball Blank Disks Box of 10 DSDD only 1 Georgia residents call 404 8 heck LIST OUR PRICE PRICE App Atr C64 IBM NEW 40 33 LIST OUR PRICE PRICE App Atr C64 IBM 60 60 40 LIST OUR PRICE PRICE App Atr C64 IBM LIST OUR PRICE PRICE App Atr C64 IBM 441 3045 ORDERING AND TERMS CO D sonal c or money order Include phone number SHIPPING Add Orders is 4 00 or 5 of order APO amp FPO orders add 3 00 or 5 of order Shippin CALL TOLL FREE 1 800 554 1162 LIST OUR MIC ROPROSE PRICE PRICE App Atr C64 IBM Acro Jet Conflict in Vietnam NEW 40 27 Crusade in Europe 40 27 Decision in the Desert 40 27 F 15 35 23 Kennedy Approach
74. h standards or see your market shrink The end of the world is coming so prepare for it The game ends after six years so drop any long term goals during the last year Now you can cut all budgets and bleed the company for short term profits You ll be long gone before these short sighted results are truly felt This is one of the more interesting aspects of the game examining the effects of policies which many American busi nesses have followed of rewarding short term pro ductivity and profit increases at the expense of long term goals There are some problems with the game For example opening and closing factories is too easy and cavalier In the real world you can t shut down amp reopen factories month by month Not to men tion labor problems there s no way you could close a factory one month then start 2 new factories a few months later A more bothersome problem is that if you shut down a factory by mistake then reopen it in the same turn you incur all those costs while it was really a typing error You also can not save the game then continue with it You have to exit and start over It takes awhile to load a game but even more painful is you can t use the old adventure game technique of saving before making a chancy decision The de signer may have considered this a coward s option but many of us lack the time to play all games as much as we d like so shortcuts are necessary Thus if you save a game
75. hip fee For further in formation set your modem to 300 baud 8 bits one stop bit no parity and dial 512 447 4449 Electronic Arts has endorsed The Adventure Construction Set Fanclub started by Ken St Andre The goal of the club is to accumulate a central li brary of ACS adventures that anyone can aquire at the low price of 5 per adventure Electronic Arts recently sponsored a Design the Best Adventure Contest for ACS owners When the winners have been determined all submissions will be turned over to Ken s ACS club What a library of adven tures he will have then Ken also produces an ACS Newsletter quarterly It reports on ACS news club holdings theory of good ACS game design The first two issues will deal with efficient utilization of the ACS editor If you would like to get copies send 1 per issue number to Ken To get more information about the ACS Fanclub write to ACS Fanclub c o Ken St Andre 3421 E Yale Phoenix AZ 85008 46 AMERICAN DREAM Cont from pg 13 results are kept in historical displays for refer ence Some basic hints to start you off Keep your customers satisfied You increase your market share by reinvesting profits in quality control and research With a product that stands apart in the market you can sell at or even slightly higher than competitors and still increase your profits But do not become complacent As competitors watch your success you will have to maintain those hig
76. ificance in the game might be the trouble spot and indeed Tracy s exhaustive experiments proved it to be so Simply put visiting Orna will later cause some of your items such as the phaser communicator and tricorder to disappear It also causes the Rird device without which you can t finish the game to vanish as well Obviously that is a big problem The simplest way to avoid it is to stay well away from Orna Unfortunately this is easier said than done The new documentation with the game contains a sort of walkthru which takes you to one of the plan ets showing you what commands are used as a training example Guess which planet they are us ing for this example Right Orna So right off anyone with the Apple 1 1 version is in trouble So if you have the 1 1 Kobayashi and have already visited Orna start over again and don t go there And if you know of someone who is playing it spread the word on this bug It will make life much easier all around oh yes you still can t get the shuttlecraft repaired whichever version you have Of course by avoiding Orna you won t be able to obtain the highest possible score One way to get around this is to visit Orna next to last before you go to the Protostar Then it won t really matter if your equipment disappears although you are taking a chance with the Rird device which might vanish on you Save the game before you go to Orna if you want to try this
77. il that only GDW can provide battalion level historical units counting individual tanks by type from L3s to Matildas men artillery and anti tank guns a game system that fully models combined arms combat detailed supply and air war systems We put history in so you get history out And it s remarkably easy to play NOV Z e 4691 Runners 30 7ar ean Onder Advance Time Left i2 Simultaneous hidden movement limited intelligence Real combined arms interactions Detailed model of unit morale Tactical and strategic maps Computer plays either side at three skill levels Save game and play by mail options Change options in mid game even change sides Keyboard or joystick control Minefields and fortifications Fatigue and regrouping Complete documentation Extensive historical notes One of the bloodiest and most evenly matched battles of the Civil War You command a Union or Confederate army of 50 000 men brigades of infantry or cavalry with attached artillery The computer keeps track of each man and gun plus changing unit morale fatigue and com munications status Rommel 40 Chickamauga 35 Disk for Atari computers with 48k Both coming soon for Apple and Commodore computers If there is no store in your area you can order direct from GDW Add 1 per game for handling History In History Out P O Box 1646 Bloomington IL 61702 1646 309 452 3632 A GDW Computer War Game A FA
78. ithin GEOS a menu option lets you easily return to the standard BASIC environment where you can enter the familiar LOAD 8 1 to load any standard program 44 HEA RID 30 Use Card at pg 5 Mech Brigade SSI 28 Conflict Viet Nam MicPro Europe Ablaze SSG 29 Balance of Power Mndscape On this page a number of games are listed for evaluation When evaluating a game consider 4 3 6 M U L E EA 7 8 War In Russia SSI 9 30 Strategic Conquest PBI Star Fleet I Cygnus 31 Lords of Conquest EA 32 Ogre Origin Decision in Desert MicPro such things as PRESENTATION 10 Silent Service MicPro 33 Do you own a modem graphics sound packaging 11 Colonial Conquest SSI 34 If the answer to 33 is no documentation GAME DESIGN 12 Star League BB Gmstr do you plan to buy a modem in design playability interesting 13 Chickamauga GDW the next 12 months LIFE does the game wear 14 Napoleon Waterloo Krntk 35 Average amount spent on well 15 Rogue Epyx computer games per month For each game you rate place 16 Elite Firebird 36 What is your overall rating a 1 terrible through 9 out 17 GBA Basketball Gmstr for this issue standing next to the appropriate 18 Chessmaster 2000 EA 37 For Apple II owners only Do number Leave blank any game 19 Alter Ego Activision you own an A II II B He which you have not played 20 Mind Mirror EA C IIc enough to hav
79. k Allow 14 days for delivery 2 to 7 days for phone orders day express mail VISA MASTER CARD C O D No C O D to Canada APO FPO Commodore Key Roy Wagner Gamemaker Gamemaker Make Me A Game There have been several programs released to help you write your own games The first was probably the Pinball Construction Set by Bill Budge and the Adventure Construction Set by Stuart Smith from Electronic Arts There have been several write your own text adventure games White Lightning came in from England to help create ar cade type games using a Forth like language This last program made it possible to write some excel lent arcade type games However learning to use the program was fairly complex But now from Activision one of the top pro ducers of arcade games for the Commodore 64 128 comes Garry Kitchen s Gamemaker The Computer Game Design Kit This package is an excellent set of menu driven tools that help you easily write your own high quality games It starts with a mas ter Main Menu of commands that handle program editing Nearly all program lines can be entered using a joystick as you lay back in a comfortable chair Other specialized programs are loaded when selected from the menu These include SceneMaker for drawing background game scenery SpriteMaker for creating those objects that will be animated or be used for collision detection SoundMaker to pro duce sound effects and MusicMaker
80. ke it to be displayed in The full comple ment of instruments is available you can control your engines operate the Manipulator Arm check your position over the Earth and even run pre loaded programs on the Shuttle s computer system Most of the controls are easy to operate and quite intuitive a notable exception was the control for the Manipulator Arm I found myself growing quite frustrated while trying to use it and I m sure that had I been operating the real thing I would have thoroughly destroyed it Luckily the designers of Orbiter provide a control to automatically grab nearby objects with the Arm sparing players from the necessity of operating it manually As I said Orbiter starts with pre flight checks at Kennedy Space Center although you can also begin the game in orbit or on landing approach Mission Control speaks to you both literally and figura tively talking you through pre and in flight se quences One of the Shuttle CRTs available for viewing can be configured to display messages from Mission Control optionally your Macintosh will speak these messages a nice touch A list of com puter programs which can be run on the Shuttle is provided in the manual before liftoff Mission Control will instruct you to execute some of them to prepare the Shuttle for launch You will also need to adjust certain controls both before and during flight Your Macintosh will rumble as you start your engines and clear the to
81. lent Service MicroProse s WWII submarine simulation in the March 1986 issue of CGW piqued my curiosity so I got a copy and started playing it Naturally I take such glowing reports with a grain of salt but after playing with this game for many hours I have to admit that this game really works In fact it s one of the best simulations I ve ever seen providing that magical and usually unobtainable mix of high playability and authenticity Though I m not overly interested in conventional wargames this one with its mix of wargame and real time graphics ele ments continues to hold my interest Add to that twelve scenarios of three different complexity lev els seven different reality level choices four different skill levels and a detailed but readable manual and you have a game that always has something to offer The game is a sophisticated simulation of U S submarine activity in the Pacific during World War II You control your submarine through keyboard and joystick activity and simplifying a bit here four different screens the map which summarizes all your knowledge of your and your enemy s posi tions the bridge where you can visually sight enemy ships if your ship is on the surface the periscope visual sighting plus additional data while your ship is no more than 44 feet underwater and the instrument panel which monitors 15 different variables including such important things as how many torpedo tubes
82. lnor being only 9 screens in all and the island has only four dun geons and six towns Fortunately this time most of the screens are filled in and you don t have to walk over every inch of ground to see what s there Dungeons and towns are immediately apparent Also there is a town near each dungeon which is helpful for long term expeditions The Netherworld is a separate area reachable only in one special way and has two levels Each level in turn has two towns and two dungeons As you might expect the dungeons in the Netherworld are the hardest ones to get through especially Pluto s Menagerie more on that later As in the original game it is in the dungeons that you will find the information you need to ful fill your quest There are 14 scrolls labelled A to N and each of them is important Make sure you write down what they say before selling them off Also make note of what the various inhabitants tell you and what you may find written on walls It is vital to go through each dungeon thoroughly or you may miss a valuable clue These dungeons have the same format as the Original game when you first enter the area is a white blank which fills in as you move around The dungeon status can be saved when you leave and it is usually best unless you made a bad mis take to save what you have done so far as most of the dungeons will require more than one expedition before you re finished with them One VERY im
83. ly supplying arms to the Moslem rebels Invoking the 1921 Treaty of Friendship with Iran the Soviet Union responds by rolling across the Iranian border The course of future history is now up to you Gulf Strike examines every aspect of this complex region With your joystick maneuver air units navies and armies from a dozen countries over a full color scrolling map of Iran Iraq and the Persian Gulf Its ease of play allows you to concentrate on commanding your forces not wrestling the computer See why reviewers are calling Gulf Strike the strategy game of the year for your home computer Available on disk for Commodore 64 128 Apple II lle Ilc IBM PC and compatibles and Atari 800 XL and XE series 30 00 Call Toll Free 1 800 638 9292 for ordering information microcomputer games DIVISION Ul The Avalon Hill Game Company 4517 Harford Road Baltimore MD 21214 INTRODUCING VERSION TWO DRAGONFI i l DRAGONFIRE lim THE DUNGEONMASTER S ASSISTANT Available at quality game and computer stores everywhere For information or brochure call 617 868 0720 DRAGONFIRE II IBM 39 95 Orders Call toll free 1 800 343 0664 ext 6400 Commodore amp Apple 34 95 in Mass call 1 800 322 1238 Modules Require Dragonfire Il Or Send Check or mn 1 Forest of Rith Barradu 24 95 Money Order to Magicware 2 City of Dukarton 24 95 P O Box 1181 Cambridge MA 02238 3 Dungeon Encounters 24 95 Sp
84. mSh C Ap I 2 34 5 03 Circle Reader Service 16 2 You used to play RISK as a kid Maybe you still do some times whenever you can get enough people together Did you ever wish you could play by yourself Or make changes in the map Wouldn t it be great if you could attack North Africa from North America Or Japan from Brazil Announcing Lords of Conquest from Elec tronic Arts It isn t RISK it s better Its a conquer the world board game that explodes with new life and new pos sibilities because it uses all the power of your computer Every battle is alive with Better Than RISK Power you know you love it LORDS OF ONQUEST by Eon Software Inc music color graphics and strategic challenges impos sible in a board game Imagine having an infinite number of unique maps to choose from so each game is different marching your armies onto warships for attacks across oceans great multi player games com plete with treaties trades and treachery playing chal lenging solo games against an intel ligent computer opponent a built in game editor powerful enough to be called a Strategy Game Construction Set Lords of Conquest No more mucking around with cards and dice and little pieces of plastic that roll under the couch Now you re free to concentrate on more important things Like exterminating the opposition A Great Strategy Game
85. markable a release as to dwarf nearly everything else we will cover this time Certainly the game owes much to Electronic Arts One On One but it builds upon that ground work so successfully that it can t be considered a clone by any stretch of the imagination First of all the game is a full court simulation even though only half the court is represented at any given time But since there are virtually no fast breaks it does boil down to the same half court premise with one important difference In GBA as the name implies you have a teammate He can be under computer or human control If you re playing solo the computer will control two players working against you and the one working with you When playing with a friend he can control a player on the opposing team or the teammate on your squad Whether you re playing with a human or com puter controlled teammate the talents of your team are variable You can choose between inside and outside shooting or a balance of the two You choose between jumping ability and quickness or an even distribution and the final choice is ball control vs the ability to steal the ball from the opposition A human teammate would then make those same choices If you have a computer controlled mate you can choose from several players with famous NBA sounding names and abilities Once those choices have been made you can ad vance to league play There are four divisions in league play from
86. nd Mirror EA describes this program as part tool part game and part philosopher on disk Mind Mirror is a provocative game perfect for parties or social gatherings and Scavenger Hunt the latest design from the fruitful mind of Dan Bunten M U L E 7 Cities of Gold etc In this half com puter game half board game up to four players use humorous animated robots to hunt for strange items like the digital donut or a transistor taco The C 64 titles include all of the above plus Arch Mage s Tale Bards IT the sequel to Bard s Tale Auto duel based on the best selling Car Wars board game this one is is published by the Ultima folk Origin Systems Moebius fantasy role playing with martial arts also from Origin Systems and Ulti mate Wizard an arcade game with 100 levels Also announced by EA were Business Simulator for the IBM see Taking a Peek Age of Adventure for the Apple and Atari 400 800 a repackaging and upgrading of two Stuart Smith games The Re turn of Heracles and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Marble Madness now scheduled for a July release on the Amiga Ultima III is now available for the Amiga and Atari ST Special Sneak Preview Chris Crawford s latest Macintosh game with the working title Patton amp Rommel Go One On One was shown at CES but was not included in EA s list of near Cater a vAr Overcast Score Sa Se eas et wn hin Me oe bt bes Electronic Art s Patt
87. nd breathtaking gameplay then you should check out Uridium Uridium runs on the Commodore 64 128 NEWS VIEWS AND GOSSIP Tubular Bells the album composed by Mike Oldfield has been turned into a Software program by CRL The program runs on the Commodore 64 128 and fea tures over 25 minutes of non stop music A commodore 128 version of The Rocky Horror Show is all set for release from CRL The game features high quality graphics and the plot of the game is very closely connected with the film and play Guess what was voted Game Of The Year by the judges of the British Micro Awards A game called Jet Set Willy 2 a mediocre copy of Manic Miner and fea ture graphics that were popular 4 years ago There are quite alot of Marble Mad ness style games now released in England First off was Gyroscope from Melbourne House running on Sinclair Spectrum 48 128 Amstrad and Commodore 64 128 Then came Spindizzy from Electric Dreams running on Amstrad Commodore 64 128 and Sinclair Spectrum 48 128 and finally is Quazatron from Hewson running on the Sinclair Spectrum 48 128 Quazatron is a real addictive game and a favorite of mine Once voted as one of the worst movies of all time Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes is now a computer game which is quite good It is produced by Global Software who promise to release some more games based on awful movies including the classic The Wild Women of Wongo Hopefully
88. ng ones n you are the only one pict ee sah be Creative We will p anapped For whatever reas in the blank indicates ve ink who has win your background whichy sed by the evil fill in te vay you must Hy S epke as you wish Along seiad many buy d fill in an amount of money you can an ks Il in some blan agic spells as fi 3 ick one ven S pee adventure Il Il IV ete p and are ready to amp The fill in blank has ben on or lost kidnapped fill in ir a out of your mind to g0 as fill in some b ons Hare such weap you are victorious In the end We were pleasantly surprised at the number of interesting submissions we received However the two most interesting adventures came from the same person Daniel Antolec of Monona WI Unfortunately for Daniel first prize in this contest was an all expense paid trip to Monona Wisconsin Tough break Daniel Here are his two entries Entry 1 The Mayor s sister s third cousin s ex father in law s half twin has been kidnapped For whatever reason you are the only one who can save the kidnapped jerk Although your background as a cereal box label proofreader and part time atomic scientist indicate that you would be out of your mind to go on this perilous quest you go forth You are opposed by the evil downtown parking meter maid who has sent to attack you armies of evil creatures such as terrible two year olds with runny noses an
89. o grow into multina Advanced American Computer PO Box 2099 Dearborn MI 48123 313 565 1400 TRIVIA 85 Graphic trivia quiz game 8 categories 3 levels of play 4 500 questions tional corporations Your computer competition is four real life companies such as Apple and Tandy which are said to reflect their actual business strategies There are five levels of decision making a WAR GAME TRODART REAL TIME over the PHONE TRODART is a two player WAR GAME that provides the challenge of a strategy game with the action that only REAL TIME can provide The object is to cap ture the enemy base while defending your base NO LIMIT to the amount of simultaneous action NO WAITING for the other side its REAL TIME REAL TIME over the telephone That s right TRODART s unique algorithm allows two independent computers to ex ecute the same program in synchronization with each other Therefore since the proc essing is local to each computer there is no slow down in action due to the modem s speed limitation Since TRODART is played on two com puters the competition can be anywhere you can call Also you are always the good guy and the other player is always the bad guy TRODART inverts coordinates from the other machine therefore no matter which machine you play on your home base is always in the lower left corner TRODART requires an IBM PC or compatible or TI PRO with MS DOS 2 1 128k of m
90. od but not great Orbit looks good and support the illusion of realism Our thanks go and Colourspace a great light show both Atari to Mr Meier and to Randall Masteller who did a 800 recreations from Antic Software and the 800 good job of the Atari translation Overall this is an and ST versions of Music Studio from Activision excellent game and a good buy also good but not great Until then remember one seventh of your life is spent in Mondays You ll need skill and cunning to outwit SABERHAGEN S deadly BERSERKERS in WINGS OUT OF SHADOW eSTRATEGYeTACTICSeARCADE ACTIONe A MULTI TIERED GAME ENVIRONMENT eSaberhagen s original short story Remember the old Star Trek games with 10 by WINGS OUT OF SHADOW 10 grids of space asterisks for stars and K s for Klingons where the game wasn t real time and you eMap of the Taynarus Nebula Short Reviews could ponder each move at your leisure Okay eSchematic of your ship the JUDITH imagine such a game but with sound limited APPLE II Ilc Ile 48k graphics more commands color displays and a 5 long range scenario that makes the development of IBM PC PCjre 1 28k your character as long a process as it is in Wiz BERSERKER WORKS LTD ardry now you have Star Fleet I newly translated PO BOX 14268 for the Atari 800 49 95 from Cygnus P O Box 57825 Webster TX 77598 713 486 4163 It looks ALBUQUERQUE NM 87191 well done and may be the kind of game you
91. on Vs Rommel future releases Intellicreations aka Datasoft announced a September release of the computer version Atari 8 bit C64 Apple II of the popular board game 221 B Baker Street a graphics text game in which players attempt to solve the most intriguing cases ever faced by Sherlock Holmes Microprose announced a September release date for Gunship AH 64A Apache attack helicopter game and a Fall release for Destroyer Escort described as the surface version of Silent Ser vice Both games will run on the C 64 Apple Atari and IBM Mindscape released The American Challenge A Sailing Simulation for the Apple and IBM You control the sail rudder and centerboard as you sail seven increasingly difficult courses which climaxes with the eighth and final course a simulation of the America s Cup race A contest for owners of the game has been set up Eight top finalists will each win a modem and then compete against each other to win a trip to Perth Australia to watch the next America s Cup race in 1987 Mindscape also announced a June release of the IBM version of Balance of Power The most exciting products we saw at CES were a new line of games under the title Cinemaware Distributed by Mindscape this series is being pub lished by Master Designer Software for the Amiga Macintosh and Atari ST Unfortunately fully playable versions of the games were not available this is typical for CES product demos We w
92. on to our in depth reviews each issue rates about 100 games based on reader surveys If we help you make one good selection or avoid a bad one you have already recovered more than the subscription price Subscribe today and save over 6 50 off the newsstand price Software Country 9713 Santa Monica Blvd Beverly Hills CA 90210 213 278 8450 CHESSMASTER 2000 A very nice new entry into the ranks of chess programs 12 differ ent levels of play the com puter will make move every 7 seconds at level 1 1 move every 3 minutes at level 10 Large library of openings The disk includes 100 classic games Excellent screen dis play can be viewed in two or three dimensions Gives hints for your next move Teaching mode displays all squares to which a selected piece may move Can be played as player vs player player vs computer Or computer vs computer Apple Atari C64 128 Amiga ST Circle Reader Service 23 vn No A ADVERTISERS Avalon Hill Game Co cccees 9 Batbos Game Cosivescccecckoeves 47 Beserker Works Cheapware Dowhile Software Electronic Arts Game Designer s Workshop Gamesmanship Intersel JOH Enterprises Krentek Software Magicware Origin Systems Protecto Reality Simulations Simulations Canada Strategic Simulations C2 34 40 Strategic Studies Group Hl Y Il I Tl MINUL Electronic Arts 1820 Gateway Drive San Mateo CA 94404 415 571 7171 ULTIMATE
93. or that leads to a wall with buttons This corridor is heavily trapped and you can expect at least one encounter about every two steps beyond each trap Monsters here are top level so don t waste time use your strongest spells to get rid of them quickly Most of the time your fighters won t be able to do much success will depend more on your spells than anything else By the way you will need to make at least two trips to this dungeon sad but true Those buttons by the way will randomly tele port you to another area of the dungeon The same button may take you to more than one place there is no method to them Be prepared for heavy fighting each time you arrive at a new location As a last resort whenever you find yourself in a really serious situation such as having most of your party wiped out you can simply reboot the game at that point Each time you leave town your charac ters are saved there If you reboot the game they will still be there Of course any treasure weapons armor experience etc acquired after leaving will be lost but your characters will be alive and well with whatever they had when they NOW FOR COMMODORE 64 were saved However if you re in a dungeon when things get tough try to get at least one character out alive so you can save the dungeon status and not have to go through the same battles twice When it s finally over and the orb has been de stroyed you can sit back and enjo
94. ore than one system crash although never in the middle of a flight Also unlike Orbiter FS is heavily copy protected although a provision is made for making one backup copy Perhaps its worst fault though is the non standard system routines Menus windows and dialog boxes look and work differently than on other Macintosh programs and not for the better Apparently Sublogic wrote their own system rou tines to facilitate easy transfer of FS code to dif ferent machines such as the Amiga and Atari ST and their routines really dim in comparison to the standard Macintosh routines There isn t much of an excuse for this Sublogic should have taken the time to customize FS for the Macintosh As a game FS is exciting Flying beneath the Golden Gate Bridge was a big thrill and really had me sweating FS wins as a simulation as well the flight characteristics of the Cessna and Lear Jet seem realistic and the instrumentation is complete Since I have little space left I d like to say something about the difference between reviewing a game from a relatively small company such as Spectrum Holobyte and reviewing a game from a large company such as Microsoft When I needed a copy of Orbiter for review purposes I called Spectrum Holobyte and was connected to an ex tremely pleasant lady by the name of Karen Sher man not only did she give me all the information I needed but she expedited a copy of Orbiter to me so you could read
95. ou start out in the one player game as Gor geous Greg and try to work your way up the ladder of contenders There are points awarded for doing damage to your opponent In the one player mode you will need to pin your foe before the time limit expires If time expires you lose A good way to practice is to select the two player mode then leave one stick unattended But against the com puter you ll find it all ends much too fast Once you re on your back against the computer say your prayers Last time you ll remember I covered Leader Board and Golf s Best golf games Well both games have new courses available Golf s Best offers St Andrews as a second choice to Pinehurst No 2 This Apple game is still one of the finest on the market St Andrews is a bit easier than the Pinehurst course but it does offer better graphics the choice of what clubs you d like to carry and wind to the Original package Leader Board s new disk is called Championship No 1 and it is indeed tougher than the original set of four included in this Commodore challenge Judging distances becomes a necessary talent in stead of merely a luxury The folks at Avalon Hill have also been busy releasing a Masters and Pebble Beach disk for their Tournament Golf The game and the courses are available for both Apple and Commodore owners and I heartily recommend either version Moving on to baseball there are two good pieces of news to pass along Firs
96. phisticated images Most user groups or public domain libraries have the game and source available for a nominal cost Rogue has just appeared on the commercial market from EPYX It s presentation is very nice graphically albeit the graphics are very tiny It retains the flavor of the original games where a single dungeon level can be displayed on the screen All images be they monsters or items of interest are the size of a single 80 column character Even with a good analog RGB monitor the image definition is hard to discern The game has no sound It can be played using mouse menu or keyboard The premise of the game is to transverse 26 levels with several rooms at each level to seek out an amulet at the deepest level and get out again In doing such you must contend with numerous monsters with greater strength at each lower level potions traps and keeping yourself healthy The game can be saved but if you die your saved character is lost Note it is possible to copy your saved character file for later use as needed This is done outside of the program using direct DOS commands I found the Amiga versions of Hack and Rogue to be remarkably similar in appearance Hack was more humorous in situations and comments Rogue was certainly much more refined in presentation These are both early entries of graphic adventures for the Amiga Three For One Another classic this time from the early days of the C64 that has just
97. r battles and bombing runs against V 1 rocket bases U Boats and enemy trains The graphics are impressive Accolade s Ace of Aces should not be confused with Nova s Ace of Aces picture book game which is a wholly different product Electronic Arts has been busy They announced seven new titles for the Apple II eleven new titles for the C 64 as well as titles for the Amiga Atari ST Atari 400 800 and IBM The Apple titles in clude Thomas M Disch s Amnesia an interactive text adventure written by award winning science fiction author Thomas M Disch Battlefront the n Defender of the Crown latest release from EA s affiliate Strategic Studies Group Simply put this Apple II 64K WWII game looks great A must buy for Apple wargamers Major review coming Chessmaster 2000 a very powerful chess program with the world s largest li brary of opening moves A stunning 3 D perspec tive is an available option in this program Murder Party This program allows you to host a murder mystery party of up to seven people Your com puter generates all the materials you need invita tions instructions clues etc Ogre announced at CES and released at Origins this is the computer version of Steve Jackson Game s very popular board game of the same name Ogre is an incredi ble powerful cybernetic tank that attempts to crush a small band of armored defenders Ogre is pub lished by Origin Systems Timothy Leary s Mi
98. r gaming The four games are Who Dares Wins 2 an excellent Commando style game Wizards Lair a arcade adventure style game which though nothing special is O K Drop Zone a fun to play defender style game and fi nally Thing On The Spring a jolly jumping game featuring some excellent music I thought you might be interested to know how much SSI games such as Com bat Leader Tigers In The Snow etc have an retail price of about 15 dollars on tape and about 25 dollars for disc quite a bit cheaper don t you think Winter Games Dam Busters Pole Po sition Spy Hunter etc have been con verted to run on such computer machines as Sinclair Spectrum 48 128 BBC Am strad These conversions are done by a large Software house called US Gold The Hobbit the blockbusting and best selling adventure program based on Tolkien s famous book will be re released by Melbourne House Originally released nearly three years ago The Hobbit quickly established itself as a high quality pro gram New versions of The Hobbit are to be released for machines including the IBM PC Apple and Amstrad 8526 As an introduction to adventure playing The Hobbit is the adventure you should buy Another new release from Melbourne House is Bop n Wrestle I mentioned this game a few months ago under its original English title of Rock n Wrestle Well Melbourne House is now releasing this game for more computers including Apple Atari and IBM PC
99. raffic Controller game will soon appear on CompuServe o Miwon o ow ee gag FO AEN O05 5 WH es oN aver a are ar ort out ye ced ee gds 3 SU oF xn gt ne oF wane Ti a cou oN hog yer goo a a a en 2 oe Gs Ty LR BRS Ree Circle Reader Service 15 47 moat Checking in at 7 62 tied for 4th Battlegroup is the only new addition to the strategy top 10 NAM continues its slide 6 88 32 Game Designer s Workshop gets on the list at 42 with Chickamauga As predicted last issue Phantasie II dropped out of the first spot in favor of Ultima IV Not predicted was Phantasie II s drop all the way to Strategy Name Mfg Machine Tms Avg Rating Rtd Rsp 14th place These wild jumps can occur with games that have not accumulated high numbers of responses Wizard s Crown made a leap from 7th to 4th with a upgraded 7 73 rating again the number of responses is on the low end Kampfgruppe SSI C Ap At 4 120 amp 93 Silent Service MicPr C At 3 103 Sekt Mech Brigade SSI C Ap ve 7 70 Europe Ablaze SSG C Ap gt RE 7 62 Battlegroup SSI C Ap 2 ea 7 62 M U L E EA C At 13 81 ta Battle of Antietam SSI C Ap At 2 39 7 49 Star Fleet I Cygnus C At I 3 29 7 44 War in Russia SSI Ap At 6 Fi 7 40 Decision in Desert MicPr C At 2 33 Ancient Art of War Brodr I M a use Tuae Crusade in Europe MicPr C Ap At 4 84 7 24 Fighter Command SSI C Ap 8 43 7 24 Guadalcanal Camp SSI Ap 9 48 7 24 Seven Cities Gold E
100. rams included 45 00 CASINO POKER Play Draw Poker against up to six computer Created opponents under casino betting rules You enter game options betore play begins 30 00 ARCADE POKER This is the same game played in video arcades Program deals five cards allows entry of discards then scores your resultant hand using point values you preassigned to each poker hand 30 00 DRAW POKER Four compiled programs include Arcade Poker play against the Dealer and play against others for either tun or money 55 00 POKER PLUS This is DRAW POKER plus CASINO POKER 75 00 POKER ODDS CALCULATOR Compute exact odds of holding any Poker hand at the end of the second draw and then learn how to use those results to hone your game strategy between the deal and the draw 35 00 For more information write or call Robert L Nicolai 800 NICOLA 642 6524 4038 N Ninth St or St Louis MO 63147 314 621 7618 in Missouri Circle Reader Service 22 Price by Steve Estvanik No starting in the mailroom in this game You start right at the top and the challenge is to stay there In this management simulation play you be gin as the Chief Executive Officer CEO of a robot manufacturing company All the functional departments report to you and you have varying degrees of control over their operations For exam ple in production you can decide whether to open or close factories or schedule overtime You can also control the amount of in
101. re Britannica Learning Corp PO Box 77186 San Francisco CA 94107 neering department to suggestions from Production on how to improve plant production Fear not if you re not at home in these areas you soon will be From the main screen you can switch to the indi vidual departments There is plenty of help for your decisions Be sides individual screens for each department you have immediate access to dozens of graphs showing LABOR USE REPORT Labor Use Report DEC 86 Idle Labor t Nor mal Overtime 4 Final Assy Mechanics Electronics LEGEND Labor used idle Labor Costs Overtime Costs Unused capacit Final Assy Mechanics Electronics historical trends and indices Most decisions are multiple choice thus encouraging trial amp error if you re unsure Unsure of the effect of research on your market share Raise or lower their budget then graph them on succeeding months to follow the effects Moving from one screen to another takes mini mal keystrokes For the most part this is appreci ated However one keystroke can also quit the game without saving One keystroke can also send you on to the next month sometimes before you ve completed your turn These choices should have been isolated to prevent large thumbed players from hitting them so often 12 Many of the decisions you need to make are in tuitive such as marketing budgets and sales price Others such as safety level
102. re Business Machines Apple is a registered trademark of Apple computers Atari is a registered trademark of Atari Borderlands and Cosmic Encounter are registered trademarks of EON Software Lords of Conquest and Electronic Arts are registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Lords of Conquest is based on the board game Borderlands by EON the creators of Cosmic Encounter Total war against a juggernaut fighting machine by Steve Meuse Available on Apple A strategy game for one or two players OGRE pits an array of infantry and armored forces against a single cybernetic supertank bristling with weapons the OGRE Adapted from the classic Steve Jackson board game Computer OGRE epitomizes simplicity and play balance Players can E use standard S Aa ee eed game maps OO TS eee or design their own Using the RANGE option a heavy tank considers its move and fire range OGRE 9 the challenge of a lifetime is waiting NAR gi JOST the Pratala j ULTIMA III sends you on ULTIMA IV is the long MOEBIUS takes you AUTODUEL is a futuristic an incredible fantasy role awaited sequel to Ultima through the elemental fast paced strategy role playing journey through IHI The Quest of the Avatar planes of a colorful Orien playing game where the monster plagqued Sosaria in is a quest to the final tal world of fantasy and right of way goes to the search
103. re simply too much Simon and Schuster s attempts to fix the original are laudable but lacking competent testing have not made much difference and in this case have even made things worse Insofar as the Apple 1 1 version is con cerned I cannot recommend it Other versions most notably the IBM I have heard do not con tain quite so many flaws and are more playable Try before you buy Well that s about it for now Remember if you need help with an adventure game you can reach me in the following ways Delphi Stop by the GameSIG under the Groups and Clubs menu GEnie Visit the Games RoundTable type SCORPIA to get there Source Send SMAIL to ST1030 Via U S mail PLEASE enclose a self addressed Stamped envelope if you want a reply send your questions to Scorpia P O Box 338 Gracie Station New York NY 10028 Until next time happy adventuring Copyright 1986 by Scorpia all rights reserved 32 Circle Reader Service 10 2 STRATEGIC STUDIES GROUP BRING YOU ANOTHER CHALLENGING AND ENTERTAINING SIMULATION STEP INTO THE PAST AND EXPLORE SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING FROM WORLD WAR Il Tham iN 4 Aa r m P l Peng eu T ATT KO OWO ak X3 o t Penas b i Ad AF i gt 46 P ID 2nd MAR 3 Regina NARINE Ful j arents REG Fresp Strength UN ER ETS PPORT is a recreation of land battles from the Second World War Four separate scenarios are incl
104. rsue short term or long term goals of profitability and productivity There are no clear victory terms The best goals would be relative ones in which you match your performance in several key areas against other players or your own previous games THE LAST SPORTS GAMES YOU LL EVER NEED If you re looking for the most realistic simulation around 3 IN 1 FOOTBALL should be your first draft choice The Chicago Tribune BASKETBALL is another real winner from Lance Haffner a must addition to your library The Guide To Computer Living Didn t like the way last season went for your favorite team Here s your chance to do better as the coach Or imagine the possibilities of dream matchups like the 72 Miami Dolphins vs the 85 Chicago Bears or UCLA with Alcindor going against Patrick Ewing and Georgetown How about the 86 Celtics against anybody Now YOU can know the outcome of some of the greatest sports matchups that never were 3 IN 1 FOOTBALL e with Stats Compiler for each player and team you choose from 14 offensive plays and 6 defensive formations includes 176 college teams the 28 NFL teams and 14 USFL teams from the 85 season PLUS 174 great college and 189 great pro teams of the past FINAL FOUR COLLEGE BASKETBALL amp BASKETBALL THE PRO GAME each player contributes as they did in real life Stats Compiler you determine starting lineup substitutions shot sele
105. s Completely joystick driven CLUE ona boat Ap ple C64 128 39 95 and 34 95 Circle Reader Service 31 Geeterc s BINEI imate Aa Lerort ios Troising Tos Play Writer Series VOYAGE 3 MISSION OF PEACE STO ne a a tas 4 Voyager ate G231 and 172 FS oti by Captain Kari Turk All is well on Hew Glpha The alien as been eliminated d o the plans of the aliens recommending Lt Ihiru for the CPress any key to continue Return of Star Voyager 6 Firebird Licensees Inc PO Box 49 Ramsey NJ 07446 201 934 7373 COLOSSUS CHESS IV So phisticated chess program Supports all rules of chess in cluding under promotions and draws by repetition Two and three dimensional video dis plays Classic game library on program disk Maximum of 12 ply lookahead otherwise you can set the difficulty level by determining time computer is permitted for each move Ap ple C64 128 34 95 Circle Reader Service 32 FRANKIE GOES TO HOL LYWOOD Hi res graphics adventure arcade game As the documentation states The ultimate goal of Frankie is to become a complete person and to achieve this you must reach the top of the Bar Charts when the word BANG will is i HO TIRER WOTE A ly rd pon ot here but Music KoT peggy E P sizepaies if MONE garceoRy Aner i cana option i 6 Military Aart Sc i ence lp 4Catesor ptions 7 ay S 2 finer Gsselect tatesory Shen Di tSound 6sReport Ca Sports Trivia
106. s pop groups etc I am not so sure if this is good or bad what do you think You may remember a while back the game Back To The Future produced by Electric Dreams part of Activi sion UK was given Game Of The Month well I hear it is not to be released in America I do not know the full reason but it seems very silly considering the film was a box office smash and would sell very well as a computer game in the States Anyone from Activision USA want to answer this I am most interested to hear from you GAME OF THE MONTH Two different games get the nod as Game Of The Month this time The first is Way Of The Tiger pro duced by Gremlin Graphics You play the role of Avenger a Ninja warrior and must battle against the evil forces that exist There are three types of fighting Pole Fighting Unarmed Combat and Samurai Sword Fighting Each type of fighting features different backdrops and scrolling effects and is a real enjoyment to watch The animation is possibly the best I have yet seen on any home computer and this game has set the standard for others to follow The Way Of The Tiger was developed on the role playing books of the same name My advice is simple check out this game as quick as you can The Way Of The Tiger runs on the Sinclair Spectrum 48 128 Amstrad MSX and Commodor 64 128 My other Game Of The Month is Uridium from Hewson if you like fast shoot em up games containing excellent graphics a
107. s for inventory or pro duction scheduling are less so but these are well documented in the user manual This game will be an excellent introduction to business practices and procedures It s especially useful to those who need an overview of the various departments modeled The game is being advertised as a corporate train ing tool In this area I m not as confident of its value While it s fun to play the decisions lack something of the real world Inflation changes and competitors prices vary but no new products are introduced The financial section in particular is limited You can discount receivables postpone payables and repay loans There is an Environment section that can be changed to customize the game However most of the 45 variables don t really affect the game For example 17 of the variables are managers names and components names Another 10 control which reports are displayed Changing the product from robots to toasters won t change the fact that you are still dealing with a manufacturing process that takes raw materials a b c and d combines them to make subassemblies E and F and then finished product G The main differences will be seen by changing such things as interest rates and labor rates The Environment Editor while a good idea doesn t re ally open the game up to true customization Strategy Tips It will take awhile to exhaust the possible strate gies in this game You can pu
108. s to MacMillan Competition 50 Riverside Close Cuckoo Ave Hanwell W7 1BY England The first two correct answers win the game which is for the Commodore 64 and is on tape So get your answers in fast Letter of the Month is from Barry Bil icki so he wins a game for his Commodore 128 So why don t you do what Barry did and write me a letter you never know you may win a prize SOFTWARE HOUSES Please don t forget that when you write to these Software houses for infor mation concerning their products enclose two international reply coupons Other wise it is very unlikely that they will reply to you Also when you write don t forget to mention that you saw their name and product in Over There in CGW Remember if you are having any dif ficulty with any English software houses you can write to me and I will then look into the matter for you Here is the list GREMLIN GRAPHICS Alpha House 10 Carver Street Sheffield S1 4FS Eng land HEWSON Hewson House 56b Milton Trading Estate Milton Abingdon OXON OX14 4RX England CRL CRL House 9 Kings Yard Car penters Road London E15 2UD England MELBOURNE HOUSE 60 High Street Hampton Wick Kingston Upon Thames Surrey KT1 4DB England GLOBAL SOFTWARE PO Box 67 London SW11 1BS England ENGLISH SOFTWARE 1 North Pa rade Parsonage Gardens Manchester M60 England ANCO 85 Tile Kiln Lane Bexley Kent England TYNESOFT ADDISON INDUS
109. t 199 00 Sale 39 95 intelligent Commodore Interface Allows you to intelligent Atari interface Allows you to connect connect the Big Blue printer to the printer port of the the Big Blue printer to Atari computers except 1200 Commodore 64 and 128 computer Print Commodore Print Atari graphics Printshop word processors and graphics use Printshop Word processors and more more List 49 95 Sale 24 95 List 49 95 Sale 24 95 IBM Apple RS 232 Adapter Adapts the Big Blue printer to be used with any RS 232 port List 19 95 Sale 9 95 Add 10 00 for shipping handling and insurance Illinois residents please add 6 sales tax Add 20 00 for CANADA PUERTO RICO HAWAII ALASKA APO FPO orders All orders must be in U S Dollars WE DO NOT EXPORT TO OTHER COUNTRIES EXCEPT CANADA Enclose Cashier Check Money Order or Personal Check Allow 14 days for delivery 2 to 7 days for phone orders 1 day express mail Prices amp Availability subject to change without notice VISA MASTER CARD C O D C O D on phone orders only Paper 2 Rolls List 19 95 Sale 9 95 IBM Apple Canon Commodore Atari are trademarks of International Business Machines Apple Computer Canon Inc Commodore Business Machines Atori inc Respectively COMPUTER DIRECT We Love Our Customers 22292 N Pepper Rd Barrington IIl 60010 312 382 5050 to order Circle Reader Service 19 ae an ee w STRATEGIC SIMEDA
110. t of all Micro League Baseball has released an additional disk that will allow you to print a box score and compile stats for either or both teams Now for the bad news When the box score in printed there is no score by innings Then when the stats are printed you get a complete list of names and about a third of each player s stats in stead of each player s line containing all the stats You ll need about three takes to get complete player Stats so it s a mixed blessing The other piece of good baseball news centers around the upcoming game from Lance Haffner A rough draft of what he is going to do reveals a good knowledge of stats and how they apply to the game as well as an understanding of the drawbacks of some of the most popular computer games on the market When the game is finished look for a complete review here Also look here in the coming months for a peek at what the Consumer Electronics Show had to of fer sports fans and a review of Spin Out a com puter slot car racing kit from Cygnus See you then and be a good sport 21 THE MOST CHALLENGING GAMES AT THE MOST REASONABLE PRICES INFOCOM A Mind Forever Voyaging Ballyhoo EW Cutthroats Enchanter Fooblitzky NEW Hitchhiker s Guide Galaxy Infide Planetfall Seastalker Sorcerer Spellbreaker Suspect Suspended Wishbringer Witness Zork Zork Il Ill 4 in one Sampler Invisiclues BRODERBUND SYNAPSE Ancient Art of War ee Lode
111. tance when you run the option press the button twice before the quarterback and fullback cross paths and the fullback will get it Hit it twice before the QB gets to the halfback and the HB will accept the pitch Do neither and the quarterback will keep it After you pick the receiver on a pass play merely hit the button twice when you you want to pass the ball If you hit the button only once and add movement of the joystick you ll se lect a secondary receiver When on defense you start out controlling the free safety who is often completely out of a run ning play This is a problem since I like to get my uniform dirty on every play You do have a chance to alter the player of control at the start of each play but think quick because there s only two sec onds once the field appears to make that choice The game sells for 39 95 and is available only for Commodore 64 128 owners Bop N Wrestle is a game with some stunning graphics It is also a well timed release now that championship wrestling is now a network staple But unfortunately it is a game that tries to do too much The joystick is used to control the grapplers Against the computer the game moves to quickly for a mere human to compete successfully In the two player mode the game is woefully slow and has little of the spontaneity and almost free form feel of its real life counterpart There are at least 30 different offensive moves which can seem over whelming Y
112. the easiest to the hardest Each game takes about 30 minutes and a league season is six games If you re at the top of your division at that time you ll go into the playoffs In actual game conditions you ll pick what you want your teammate to do on offense and defense You ll have five different choices on offense and four on defense all selected by joystick Once into your offensive end of the floor you control the player by moving the stick A quick tap of the joystick button when you have the ball will send a pass to your teammate That same tap will get you the ball when your teammate has it and not even Magic Johnson gives the ball up that easy A longer press of the button will cause the player to jump for a shot Timing the release of the button at the top of his leap will increase the percentage chances of success Many of the sport s true talents are necessary to succeed in league play You need to work with your teammate rather than playing too much one on one You need to make defensive switches and block out on those boards GBA CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL Two on Iwo To work on the many phases of the game there are several practice modes including shooting H O R S E one on one and around the world I have only two complaints with the game Both related to the joystick It is very easy to tap the button intending to pass but end up shooting if you re finger lingered too long on the button It is
113. then continue it later you must save under the same name There is a way around this Before starting make a second copy of the game files on data disk by typing for example copy one save steve sav copy player dat steve dat Then play the game as before Now when you want to start over from a saved position copy these back copy steve sav one sav copy steve dat player dat This would be especially useful if it s being used for management training where you would want to try many alternate strategies Throughout this review I have referred to American Dream as a game The publishers more accurately call it a business simulator This distinc tion between game and business simulator becomes concrete when you look at the cost of the program At 50 60 this product would have a definite rec ommendation as a business game But at its list price of 125 the product may have been priced out of the game market As a Simulator however it is an outstanding training tool especially for data processors and line managers for whom the program can give insight into the broader aspects of businesses in which they work If you can afford the ticket price you are in for an enjoyable and educational time when you play American Dream Steve Estvanik is an independent microcomputer consultant and freelance games designer His games include Incunabula By Fire amp Sword Gulf Strike IBM version and The Civil War for Avalon Hill His Air T
114. to provide a musical theme score to your game These tools pro vide you with all you need to produce a game like Pitfall or Chopper The documentation for this product is outstand ing It comes complete with several tutorials on all phases of game writing The programming language used is structured It is very easy to understand if you have a working knowledge of of BASIC The games you write can be passed along to friends who do not have the kit a blank disk is even included with the package If you come up with something really special you might even send it to Activision The British Are Coming Again The British software is finally making a big showing in the US marketplace It started nearly a year ago with Mastertronic software for 9 95 but that never seemed to really make it Then a few months ago we had a lot of cassette based software that did not make it I don t think that they real ized that 97 of the Commodore systems in the USA have disk drives Not many even remember that Apple and IBM once had a cassette option Well the British are coming again This time they may make it Several new games have come in from Firebird Elite a very good 3 D space game and Colossus a good chess program are both being received quite well by the reviewers and customers Their new Music System series is said to be the best yet for the C64 128 Probably the most popu lar music program currently is the Sidplayer from Compute
115. u can sell it Selling treasures and unneeded equipment is a good way to increase your bankroll As your characters experi ence goes up so do the training costs which is the primary use for gold The four dungeons on Ferronrah are all of dif ferent levels Start with the Kobold village just outside Pippicott which is the easiest one It s a good idea to have one of your fighters learn the Monster Evaluation spell as soon as possible Then each time you enter a new dungeon cast the spell This will give you a rough idea of what level mon sters you d be up against You don t want to be sending your level 5 characters up against level 10 nasties Monsters in dungeons are of two types wander FOOTBALL BASEBALL e Play by yourself with a friend form a league e Exciting game simulations with play by play commentary e Play head to head against the computer or have the computer play both teams e No two games will play exactly the same e Easy to play e Non protected includes source and data directory e Background sound You re the quarterback in CLASSIC FOOTBALL as you guide your team to victory In PLAY BALL you re the coach of any major league team you wish PLAY BALL also has stats management for up to 45 teams including 1986 AL NL lineups IBM PC XT PCjr running DOS 2 1 BASIC A Each game only 22 50 or both for only 39 50 All orders add 2 50 for shipping and handling VISA MC Check Money
116. uded with the game system as well as a comprehensive and easy to use design kit The scenarios are Crete 1941 Stalingrad 1942 Saipan 1944 and Bastogne 1944 5 Each commander can control a force as large as an army corps up to 60 battalions distributed in 3 divisions The computer can direct either or both commands allowing for an exciting face to face contest with a friend challenging solitaire play and or extensive historical analysis A complete range of unit types is provided including among others infantry foot motorized and mechanized armour anti tank artillery engineer parachute and marine battalions The game mechanics will simulate meeting engagements mobile defense operations set piece assaults amphibious and airborne invasions in any combination Unit strengths and types types and difficulty of terrain effects of roads cities and forts are all software controllable A complete and accurate battle environment can be built up to recreate each scenario Off board air and naval support air superiority weather supply fatigue and combat experience are all included Your role as the corps commander is to direct the divisional and regimental HQs of your force by assigning an order from the appropriate action menu The actual movement of battalions and the resolution of any conflict is handled by the computer The strategic and tactical decision making is up to you How well your men execute your orders will
117. urnelle Speaking of the 16 bit computers keep your eye on Firebird the English software company that gave us Elite Their new Rainbird line of titles in cludes Pawn an exciting adventure game presently available for the Atari ST coming soon for the Amiga and under development for C 64 Mac Apple IBM The graphics are among the best in the marketplace the British have always been very good with their graphics Other titles in develop ment and worth checking out are Tracker C 64 Atari ST Mac IBM and Starglider Atari ST C 64 Apple II ORIGINS GAMING CONVENTION Traditionally a board game and adventure game convention Origins is embracing more fully each year the computer game hobby Over two dozen computers were available for tournament play at this year s show which was held at the Airport Hilton in Los Angeles In addition the list of computer game related companies at this basically non computer show was impressive Avalon Hill Game Co Compuserve Computer Gaming World Game Designer s Workshop they released their new Rommel game finally Microprose Overt Strategic Simulations Operation Keystone Steve Jackson Games Origin Systems Strategic Simulations and Strategic Studies Group Steve Jackson Games announced the opening of the Steve Jackson Games Computer Bulletin Board The board will contain news of the world of gam ing in general and Steve Jackson games in particu lar There is no members
118. ventory stocked for the various components This is done as it should be at a high level You deal with long range plan ning not day to day operations Similarly you de cide the budgets for Research and Quality control but cannot affect their daily workings You also have decisions to make in Engineering Finance and Sales amp Marketing Only then can you relax and read the memos generated by your managers in re sponse to your actions Jim Zuber has engineered one of the best user interfaces I ve encountered in any game A combi nation of windows and graphs and menus guide you through your decisions A spreadsheet function is included to help with calculations The game loads easily and you can start playing without reading the manual The latter is recommended though if you hope to do well The documentation comes in the form of a large format bound paperback which not only describes the rules of the game but also con tains several useful chapters on business funda mentals and strategies Each game turn represents one month First you receive memos from your staff These range from quarterly reports on general financial indicators to pleas for more research money from your Engi System Players Designer Publisher AMERICAN DREAM THE MANAGEMENT SIMULATION American Dream The Management Simulation IBM amp compatibles One or several taking subordinates roles 124 95 Jim Zuber Blue Chip Softwa
119. ver had an urge to fly a Harrier aircraft well now it is possible if you ve got an Atari ST or Commodore 64 128 as Mirrorsoft have produced Strike Force Harrier Spitfire 40 is a flight simulator with a difference You control and fly the plane the RAF used to save England against the AXIS powers Spitfire 40 from Mirrorsoft runs on the Commodore 64 128 Atari XL XE and Atari ST Rebel Planet the fighting fantasy book is now an adventure produced by US Gold Running on Commodore 64 128 and Sin clair Spectrum 48 128 As mentioned a while ago Scobby Doo should be out shortly from Elite watch out for this game which features the adven tures of the lovable dog Here is some exclusive and hot news surrounding pop star Simon Le Bon lead singer of Duran Duran and part time sailor I hear that a large well known En glish software house have the rights to turn the Whitebread Around The World Yacht Race into some sort of simulation game for all home computer e g Com modore 64 Atari etc and that Simon Le Bon may take an active role in the devel opment of this project as some sort of consultant Remember you read it here first A computer game based on the classic James Bond film Live and Let Die should be out very shortly from Domark Watch out for Dungeons and Dragons style game called Heavy On The Magick from Gargoyle Games The game features large colourful and animated graphics with over 100 locations The
120. wer Within a few minutes you ll be in orbit and ready to accomplish your mission Like the astronauts you too can work in shirt sleeves as you move to the rear instrument panel where you can observe your cargo bay use the Manipulator Arm and check and deploy your pay loads If you like you can suit up in the MMU and fly outside of the ship Your mission will vary from flight to flight you may find yourself deploying a secret military payload the Space Telescope or even rendezvousing with a space station Future missions may be more military oriented your Shuttle is equipped with laser weapons file Game Vrews Special Communication Mission Contre p otter ratte i f k ga a Tuv S iaun soati Cort tL Cat 2 EED L Cone cunt Peres How is Orbiter as a simulation and as a game As a simulation it s excellent The people at Digital Illusions the designers of Orbiter put a lot of thought and detail into their game It has been said they wore out more than one copy of The Space Shuttle Operator s Handbook during the design of Orbiter and that rings true The Shuttle is repli cated on the Macintosh with incredible accuracy If you re a budding astronaut you could do a lot worse then play this game until you know it inside and out About the only thing missing from Orbiter that s on the real Shuttle is the zero gravity toilet When it comes to looking at Orbiter as a game though things get
121. wever and the same mon sters who greeted you before may be unresponsive the next time you come across them Recovering after a fight can be done in several ways healing potions will restore lost hit points as will healing spells Staying at the inn in town will restore all hit points and also renew spell points In addition there are inns scattered across the coun tryside but staying at one of them costs money Getting through the game will take time and patience and also a bit of thought as some of those dungeons are tricky At the beginning try to avoid outdoor encounters whenever possible The real goodies are always to be found in dungeons so don t waste time fighting outside them unless nec essary About eight times out of ten you can bribe monsters to leave you alone This works at least in the Apple version even when you have no gold at all So if you are on your way to a dungeon just beg for mercy whenever you have to It costs nothing because you have no money on you and 17 Asa you will arrive at the dungeon in good shape Of course it may be a little different on your way back when you have gold on you Then it s up to you to decide whether or not fighting is worth while Just keep in mind that monsters always take gold never weapons armor potions or treasures Speaking of goodies always take whatever is offered to you after you win a fight Even if you can t use it or don t need it yo
122. wn planets again only the important ones Bhrf Visit the Recreation area before beaming down and don t go empty handed Ascella The planet itself has nothing but something special may show up after you return to the Enterprise However don t linger in the area Rird Very important place Don t get trigger happy not everything is what it seems here Bhrffy may or may not be helpful Once the Klingon is destroyed check your phaser strength you can rescue the Rirder pilot on the surface Space buoy Have the message analyzed Re member the buoy is a communications device Protostar Listen carefully to Spock and remem ber Tshio Check the Engineering area for an im portant item and then head for the Transporter Room Time is short here so save the game before you set course for the protostar The planets I haven t mentioned either have no information at all or else what they do have is background stuff which helps you to understand what is going on while not actually getting you any further towards your goal When you have been to all the planets except Orna you will have the complete picture Overall I can t say I m happy with the revised version Again there seems to have been an inade quate amount of play testing which let two severe problems as well as several minor ones remain in the program While I have yet to play any game that was 100 bug free the problems in both Ap ple versions a
123. y the ending It s really cute and is far more than the usual Hurray you won the game is over message that is all too typical of many games However there is a serious side to the ending too which seems to promise a third and final episode in the Phantasie series Phantasie II comes on one double sided disk Although the game is not copy protected you may encounter difficulties in making playable copies I was not able to make a working copy or even read the disk with either Apple s COPYA program or Nibbles Away II Of course there is nothing wrong with dlaving on the original disk however there were occasions when I wished I could make back ups Of the dungeon disk since only one dungeon can be saved at a time Other than this everything worked perfectly including the transfer of my old characters from Phantasie Bottom line Although flawed in certain as pects Phantasie II is an interesting and overall good game of the RPG type if you liked the Original Phantasie you won t want to miss this one Copyright 1986 by Scorpia all rights reserved NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO Now with 4 scenarios Relive this clas sic battle as you lead the French against the combined strength of the British and Prussian armies The crisp graphics and simple to use com mand system make this real time game a joy to play A must for anyone interested in Napoleonic warfare If you already own NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO the new version is avail
124. your own question diskettes Written in machine language Stinger Action packed space game with 10 levels of difficulty dazzling graphics and sound effects Written in machine language STAR FLEET 49 95 QUIZAM 29 95 Interstel Sim ies SOLARSIM 29 95 corporation formerly CYGNUS Add 2 each postage handling P 0 Box 57825 Texas residents add sales tax For Credit Card orders Webster TX 77598 800 622 4070 nationwide 713 486 4163 800 942 7317 Ilinois only Circle Reader 80 The C64C as it is called will be priced slightly more than the old style C64 but will come bundled with two extras One is the GEOS program GEOS is loaded from disk and replaces the standard C64 operating system with one that is ICON and MOUSE a joystick will work oriented The use of the C64C is now very similar to using an Amiga Mac GEM system You have access to some very sophisticated file handling a calculator and notepad WRITE amp DRAW programs that function separately can be used to merge the output from each to a single printed output sheet They both operate on the current popular feature of what you see is what you get This means that you work on a full output page actually only a portion of it is displayed What you see it on your screen is as it will appear when printed No special char acters for options appear on the display There are several very nice fonts available The draw program is very power

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