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it to excite you.To dazzle yoursenseswith

4096 colors and stereo sound.To unleash

yourcreativity. To allow things you never

dreamed possible in a home computer.

Because until now. they really weren't.

Like built-in speech synthesis, soyou1

alwayshave someone to talk to. Pro-quali

3-Danimation that letseven beginnersput

their ideas in motion. Colorful educational

programs that make lessons fun and mem

orable. A complete home office with

powerful spreadsheet and database

programs—evenword processingwith

WordPerfect''Andunlikeanyotherhome

computer, the Commodore Amiga 500 can

multi-task, so youcan run several progra

atthesametime.

Hook it to yourVCR withan optional

RFmodulator, andthe CommodoreAmiga

500 becomesa homevideo production

center. Paint graphicsover video images.

Create moving 3-D titles. Produce your ow

animated feature.

And for pure fun, enter the incredible

worldofstereo Amigavideogames.With

graphics so good, majorvideogame makers

use them in their coin arcade machines.

AND NOWYOU CAN SEE ITALL. FREE.

Wecaptured the excitement, beauty.

and power ofthe Commodore Amiga 500

on a special VHSvideo cassette calledThe

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for the rideofyourlife, call I-S00-87-AMIGA

or contact your Commodore Amiga dealer

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Commodore

A/I A G A Z N E

APRIL 1988, Volume 9. Number4

FEATURES

TWO FOR THE ROAD: COMDEX ANDAMIEXPO

Each year, Commodore attends a numberof conventions, anc

COVER STORY

many other conventions are Commodore specific. Here are two

shows, bothverydifferent in purposeand attendance, which had a

strong showing for Commodore-related products.

by TimJonesandGraham Kinsey

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educational softwareand boringsoftware. Takea lookatfourtitles

that are solid educational programs, yet look and play like g

byHowardMillman

ames.

THE HARD FACTS 74

Hard drives are becoming more and more common at all levels of

computer use. The Commodore 64 owner is no exception. What

are hard drives, how are they different from floppies and why

might you need one? These questions and others are answered in

this solid introduction to hard drives.

by Gary V. Fields

COVER PHOTO: DennisDegnan

Software: Talking Teacher by Firebird/Rainbird

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS

ADVENTURE ROAD

1 Have The Strangest Feeling I've Played This Game Before

byShayAddams

NEWS

TIPS & TRICKS

Hints for Fun and Utility

CompiledbyLouis F. Sander

Amiga Tips & Tricks

Compiledby TimJones

TECHNICALTIPS

How to Program With Your Joystick&y Neil Ludban

COMPUTER TUTOR

Dynamic EquationsbyJohn lovine

64 AND 128 SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Age of Adventureby Mark Cotone

Plundered HeartsbyRuss Ceccola

Battles In NormandybyRuss Ceccola

Fontmaster \2SbyScottA. May

Earth Orbit StationsfcyScorfA May

WordPro 128 With FilePro \23byGary V. Fields

GAME PROGRAMS

Mathers of the OrimrsebyMaryJo Eggena

Memory ChallengebySharon Siegel

128 USERS ONLY

Sequence 128byJ. E. Renter

128 Mode: MouskaiaarbyMarkJordan

AMIGA SOFTWARE REVIEWS

AudioMasterfciyJohnJ. Kottler

Face/Face11byGraham Kinsey

Guild Of Th'mesbyRuss Ceccola

Arazok's JombbyRuss Ceccola

Dark Cast\ebyJefferyHall

The DirectorbySteve King

Microfiche FilerbyJefferyHall

JIFFIES

Weekly BudgetbyRolfL. Miller

AMIGA UPDATE

Amiga Public DomainbyGraham Kinsey

AmigaBASIC Tutorial; Styieby TimJones

Disk Organization^ TimJones

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102

HOW TO ENTER PROGRAMS

124

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Inside Q-tinkbyRobert W. Baker

MAGAZINE ENTRY PROGRAMS

126

ADVERTISERS' INDEX

128

COMMODORE MAGAZINE 3

THE WORTHWHILE IMPOSTERS: ENTERTAINING

COURSEWARE

In most children's minds there is little difference between

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