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OCTOBER 1984

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GAMES AND

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DOWN TO

BUSINESS:

CBM8296

HARDWARE

REVIEW

DON'T

JUST SIT THERE -

ty SOMETHING!

FORBIDDEN F

Forbidden Forest is more of o quest than

el The action fs

hove entered, but none has returned, Yes, /did ake

say FOCA dimensiono/

day lodes into night os the action cist The quest is to seek out ond

destroy

unf

p/oce in a four dimensional scrolling forest landscape which many

the Dernogorgon, mystic ruler of the Forbidden For. Before

you can even set eyes on him you will hove to contend with est is army of

fearsome creatures, including mutanf spiders, s

hower

bow and on-ows to depend ont

snakes, dragons, skeleton so/diers and morel You have on/y your 'rusty

AZTEC CHALLENG

A challenge on on epic scale! Aztec Challenge

takes you on a journey to Mexico and the ancient

pyramid of Tenochtitlan. The ancient Aztec gods

and their devotees have ensured that no ordinary

human can learn the secrets of the temple and live

to tell the tale. The pyramid is protected by all

manner of treacherous traps and hidden perils, an epic test of your couroge

and cunning. Aztec Challenge features no less than seven totally different

screens - here are just three of them - each of which presents a brand new

challenge. We hope your joystick can stand up to it!

INIMIOnow

—

SS019

SLINKY

Slinky, the spring, was having tun hopping about when suddenly be come upon a pile

of coloured blocks, so he thought he'd ploy oround on them for a w

hile, Much t o hi s

amazement he found that they chonged colour wheri he londed on them. Wowl But

unknown to him, the blocks belonged to the Wicked Wizard, who sent his friends

along to tease our poor hero. Slinky is a real lun package with ninety-nine levels,

amazing reward displays, a

nd action

charming characters as Dusty the dust cioud, Marge the magnet, Ralph the r

andom

raindrop, and orenzo the chameleon hopper?

ON CASSETTE E8.95

ON DISK E112.95

FOR THE commodore di

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SEND FOR FREE COLOUR CATALOGUE!

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OUT Editor has taken

time out from the

will be well above

'average'!), games occupy a

tremendous amount of the

time and energy spent on

the computer. Your Com-

modore will cater for the

games player, as evidenced

by our feature on games

programming on the VIC

and the fantastic games for

the VIC and Commodore 64

in this issue. However we

are trying not to go 'games-

mad' and we appreciate that

there are an awful lot (sorry,

not meant literally!) of users

out there in Commodore-

Land who have exhausted

their trigger ﬁ ngers and

crashed all their spaceships!

Seriously, though..

In Your Commodore we

have put together a variety

of articles for the more

serious-minded amongst

our readers: there are some

really useful routines that

are primarily intended for

the Commodore 64.

although they will run on

other Commodore micros

with a few alterations. The

business users of Com-

modore micros have not

been forgotten, either. Each

issue of Your Commodore

will have a number of pages

devoted to this growing and

generally under-served

application area, — under

the highly original title of

'Down to Business'! As you

can see in this copy, we have

a review of the CBM 8296-D

and we take a look at

how to set about writing

your own business-type

software.

Not only..

It would be true to say that

we could go on ad inﬁnitum

about the value, expertise

and entertainment that you

are going to get from Your

Commodore, but..

All you really need to

know is that if you have a

Commodore micro (regard-

less of which model) and

you want to keep informed

on the latest happenings in

the world of Commodore,

then just buy, read and

inwardly digest each

fantastic issue of Your

Commodore.

Now pay your money

and enter the fascinating

world of Your Commodore!

daily drudgery of

journalistic life (and

generally enjoying

himself) to introduce

his new magazine.

CONGRATULATIONS!

You have had the good

sense and judgment to pick

up a copy of the ﬁrst issue of

a GREAT new magazine

dedicated to the Com-

modore range of micro-

computers. If you have

actually purchased this copy

and are now sitting in your

armchair at home you can

rest assured in the

knowledge that this and

future issues of Your

Commodore will satisfy

your thirst for information,

games, serious software,

education, news and all

sorts of goodies that are part

and parcel of the Com-

modore scene. On the

other hand if you haven't

already parted with money

to buy this copy — Why not?

We can assure you here and

now that it will be money

well spent — you'll gain an

invaluable insight into your

Commodore micro and

what it can do for you!

What can we offer?

Passing thought

Grahame Davies, one of the

merry contributors to this

ﬁrst action-packed issue

thought that the following

idea was worth passing on

why not link up your SX-

64 to your normal video

recorder? You can then use

your TV screen instead of

that tiny 5" screen, It works,

you know!

Your Commodore will

entertain, inform and

educate you on all matters 'a

la Commodore'. Each issue

will have regular news pages

to keep you informed of all

the latest products and

stories related to your

computer; our intrepid

software reviewers will be

let loose each month on the

latest packages around and

let you in on their opinions

before you actually hand

over some cash; Runecaster

will be summoned from the

Crypt to advocate the spirit

of Adventure; and at least

one major piece of

hardware will be reviewed

each issue.

Commodore are not

exactly renowned for the

quality and clarity of their

manuals — we have series

and articles on program-

ming in both BASIC and

machine code to help you

write programs yourself and

to help you understand the

way other programs are

written whether you are a

beginner or expert there's

sure to be something here

for you to learn!

For the average home

computer user (although

we of course accept that

Your Commodore readers

But wait.

Should you consider that

there is something you

would like to see i,n a future

issue of Your Commodore,

why not drop a line to the

Editor? We obviously put a

lot of blood, sweat and tears

into putting together a

balanced magazine, but

why don't you let us have

your opinions? Write to the

Editor at the Editorial

address in London.

Assuming that you have

spent a couple of minutes

ﬂicking through this

magazine and you are still

not convinced that Your

Commodore is the best

thing since sliced silicon,

spend a little more time in

my company and let me try

to change your mind.

MASTERING MACHINE

CODE 6

FAST TAPE SEARCH 28

A great way of speeding up the

Commodore tape system.

The mysteries of machine code are

explained in this tremendous series.

SOFTWARE

SPOTLIGHT

BATTLE ATAK

Our fearless reviewers have been let loose

on some of the latest software around for

the Commodore 64 and VIC 20. So read on

before you spend out some money..

The sirens are sounding and you are at war!

Can you defeat the enemy before he gets

you?

MACHINE CODE TO

BASIC

moi

in a

intd

YOUR OWN ARCADE

GAME

A great little utility that does exactly what

you would think —converts machine code

to BASIC!

So you think you can do better than the

games you buy? We give you some general

guidelines on writing your own!

BASIC FACTS

PART 1

CONCORDE II

VOLUME 1

NUMBER 1

OCTOBER 1984

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Fasten your seatbelts and prepare to land

the fastest aircraft in the world —

Concorde

BASIC is supposed to be such a simple

language but few of us know and

understand everything. We start at the

beginning.

So in

ansm

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for

Your Commodore is a monthly

magazine appearing on the ﬁrst

Friday of each month.

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Sales & Distribution Ltd, 12•18

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The contents of this publication

including all articles, designs,

plans, drawings and programs

and all copyright and other

intellectual property rights

therein belong to Argus

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Intellectual property rights and

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and any reproduction requires

the prior written consent of the

Company. g. 1984 Argus Specialist

Publications Limited.

Fancy your chances as an artist? Our

reviewer takes a look at a package that's

almost as useful as a new paint brush.

Don't worry — it's not as frightening as it

may sound! Runecaster has been conjured

up and has expounded on the spirit of

Adventure.

We'

boa

whf

CODE BREAKER 18

Do you consider yourself endowed with a

logical mind? See if you can beat the

computer at a great game of deduction and

guesswork!

RENUMBERING 22

If your programs end up looking like a

piece of numerical spaghetti, this useful

routine could be just what you need.

SPRITE DESIGNER 24

Be spritely and do fantastic things with

your Commodore 64,

VIC GAMES

PROGRAMMING

INTRODUCING

MODEMS

We know there are thousands of VIC

garners out there and here we help you to

write your own games.

Modems have become rather fashionable

in computing circles just lately.. .we let you

into the secrets of their appeal.

COMMODORE 64

EXPOSED

MAKING MUSIC 50

You are chord-ially (t?) invited to make

learning music that much easier with the

use of your Commodore 64.

We've taken more than a leaf out of this

great book from Melbourne House and

give you a taster of things to come from

within the covers.

INPUT/OUTPUT 52

Some commonly asked technical enquiries

answered in easy-to-understand language.

RELATIVE FILES 70

Relative ﬁ les can be somewhat of a

problem for some of you — but be

confused no longerl

TRACK KING

Drive yourselt crazy with this racey game

for the VIC 20.

DATA STATEMENTS 73

All the news and information for

Commodore owners.

LADDER MAZE

Can you climb to great heights and get lost

in the intricacies of this VIC 20 game?

DOWN TO BUSINESS •

REFERENCE

LIBRARY

We've taken some of the Commodore

books off our shelves and let you know

whether they're worth reading.

DOING IT YOURSELF 80

You shouldn't be put off writing your own

business software — it's certainly isn't

impossible and we try to show you how.

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IS BIGGER BETTER? 82

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The CBM 8296-D is an attractive looking

machine. Does its performance match its

appearance?

Weeks of the

COMMODORE 64

SUPERBASE

OVERVIEW

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Precision's Superbase has received a lot ot

—what does our 'expert think of

it?

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