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Soapbox Smartreader thatMikeRickett whonoticed thedoublereview ofChopper Squad—Soapbox issue122,andIhe very different ratings.Mine wasthe higherof [hetwo,and1wellremember Ihereasonsformydecision.

Backthen,whenthegame wasreviewedtherewerevery fewgamesavailableforthe CPC464,thestandardwasquite ivincomparisontoSpectrum mes and they wereall£8.95, out£3higherthanthegoing ...teforthe Sinclair,as a result ofAmsofi'spricing policy.

IdeliberatelygaveChopper Squad ahigherratingsimply becauseilwas£5.95fora reasonablegame,feelingthat the saving inmoney made up forthe lackofsophistication.

IIwouldbeinterestingto knowhow importantvalue for moneyistoourreaders.Should reviewersreflectcostintheir ratings?Whynot lei usknow?

Now,[hescenehas changed.

Programsarebecoming sowell presentedandcomplexthaiI'm havingtobemuch tougher with

"Flipped"ratings.And.inter- estingly,Spectrumpriceshave creptuptoIhe£8.95level insteadofCPC464prices dropping.Ahwell...youcan'!

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SoftwareUpdate Autumn approache-.liihIthe sol[ware Sinuses art gearingupfor the massreturn to themicrosafter ir-.u.ummcrhoi- ivy-announcinga torrentofnewreleases.ActivisionandAriolasoftlastweek unveiled theirAntunnic.iiahieik-. a- did M.,iid> with, si*newtitles forBBCusers.

ActivisionhavehighhopesforBarryMeGuiganWorld Championship Uovim; andihcdiminn liveIrishmanhasbecomethe late-;-port-mantoolikialh«.-n tl i.j r-.u:jcomputergame.

TwoMiles in\c;hi- ion'snew range wereprogrammed by Lucas FilmGames,abranchofGeorge"StarWars"Lucas'sfilm prodno lioncompany.Noisurprisinglytheyarebothconcerned with alien worlds.Re-enconf luciulusheine amercy dashtosave strandedspacemanonaremoteplane:whileBallblazerisa '.uini-rie l-.ifli,|K\M '.-.:.mt: .tp;;H;d .:;.jliirv-.;.::'. t!-..

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Galilee BBC/Electron£6.95

FunAcademy BBC LIJ.4<(dise) Woodbury End BBC/Electron£7.95

TheLost City BBC/Electron£7.95 Shards

OperationSafras BBC/Electron£7.95

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As youpullbackIhecueyou suddenlywakeup.Or courseit wasalla dreambut thisweeks

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Here'sa run down ofallthenotable productsand happenings.

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thenews ofIhe Olivetti r<

couldhavebeenforgivenfor thinking Ihequeuesoutside the Barbicanwere waitingt<

theywerewailinglopay* Joe a wholehoslofadd-ons peripherals forAcom andI machines.

TimCollins,managingtil lorof Computer MarkelPlace whichorganised ihe•' HCWthatbusiness withwhattheythoughtv.

besufficientstocks for thefour daysandmany of them found Iheyhadtore-stock a:

Withsomanydealers insuch a confinedspaceitwas only naturalthatbusinessshould takeon a competitive edge and manyvisitorstook advantage of on-the-spot reducl 1rivesanddiscs.

Thei inchesbyAcornitselfal- thoughthewhisperistil"'"

memory add-onis waiting in the wingstobeunveiledatIhe PCWshowinSeptember.

Onevisitorwilhanextn special interest in theshowwa:

BrianLongwhohadbeei appointedmanagingdirectoro Acornjustthreedaysbefore.

"What1cansay at this early regrclthe decision,"saidBrian.

packagehasallowedus to step away fromthebrinkandIwant toassure theborneuser thathe doesn't havetoworry.A willnotbeturningaway from

describehimself asa "iron

"I'veneverbeeninvolve, thecomputerindustrybefore but I'vehadagooddealofex- perienceinhelpingoutcom- paniesintrouble.InAtom's caseI'mhappytobecomingin at thistimewhenthebutchering hasbeendone because what1 reallyenjoyisthefinetuning that isnecessarynow."

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Multl taskingBASIC Oneof iheproductswhichwe hopeloreviewverysol HCWisIheMulti-BASIC from CMCSofia-are.

The productallowsyouto have uplo eightBASIC back- groundtasksrunninginyour e.This

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>thestandardBASIC neverysomany afterparticular criteriaarefulfilled.One examplewouldbetohavea clockdisplayonscreenwhilst anotherpan oftheprogramis running.

In allthesystemlook? rather likeIhetypeofinterruptpro- gramingthat isavailableonIhe standardAmstradbui lhat isno thing.Welookforwardto a full re

Multi-BASICcosls£ CMSSoft.Unit18.

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Red Arrows inof flightsimulator?Tired of burying yourjumbointhe runway?Ifthesecomments applytoyouthenit'sabout timethaiyoutriedthisflight simulatorwithadifference.

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flyinformationu itionthe practiceoptioni Apartfromflyingsoloyouare giventheoptionofpractising any ofthefourdisplayman- oeuvres.Shouldthis stillprove difficultthecomputercan dis|)la>messagestelling

thrust, roll left/right,and climb or dive.Itwillevensteerthe planethusallowingyouto :ontrollingthe

Thesendisplay is spliti i.The U.

cockpit view,throughthisyou can observethe restoftheteam vanishingintothedistance.If youarequickoff themarkat thebeginningofthemanoeuvre

The bottom windowdisplay.

instrumentsandalso a squiggly linedrawninred,thisrepres- ents themanoeuvre10beflown.

Slowly movingaroundthisred lineisa whiteone, this isyour flightpath. Iusedittoshowme whichcornersIcouldcutin

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ofindwhat 1/ DangerMouseIn DoubleTrouble Somany ofthecomputergames released atpresentarc spin-offs fromothermediums. We have thegame oftheTV programme, thegame ofthefilman

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game ofthepop group,a on.DangerMouse,I

JvJSernoof HadInot perseveredwiththis I might havedismissed it as a not too great simulation.AsIsoon foundout it's a highly addiciiio game.Allmodes ofthegame areicondriven,that

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driiojoysticks,youhave

variablesizearticulatedlorry alongthe straight,round bends andislands,andintoparking bayswhichare allshowninplan view.Thelorryitself isshown asanot-too-successfulwire frame drawing.Itmaynotbe realistictolookat,butit certainlyseemstohandlelike a truck...boyisitdifficult!

Plentyofpractice isneeded!

Ahead-updisplayshows gears,fuel,speedandload.

Oncestart isselected,you have accesstoalargemapofthe town through which you musi gotopickup aspecifiedload- you're prettylow onfueltoo, s<

agarageh needed.Ifyoufind : 'phone box. however, youcar

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youi Whatitdoesn't ilustyou havetotew to gelanything,andagain the handling i> realistic. Very, very challenging.I'vebeenatitfor hoursandhaven'tsucceededin gettingthroughafullload.

Butthehughasbittenme!

lewconcept,w igofadults rdthe cc puterisationtreatment courtesy of CreativeSparks.

On readingthe inlaycardyou are treated toamini-episode of DangerMouse whichfunctions astheintroduction to thegame.

The programitselfconsistsof three separategames.Let'sdeal witheachinturn.Game one placesyouin a sortof "dodge thecharacters scrollingtowards you". TheseCharactersIbelieve allhaveDangerMouse connec- tions,oneisBaron Greenback's crowfriend(somy -istciinformed me).

Once you havegotthrough thisyoucomeacrossagame basedinthe jungle w' mustcrosstheswampsand climbtothetop ofa targe tree.

Avery dullgame withtheonly compensationbeing the finely- animatedDangerMouse and Penfoldcharacters.Thefinal gameisthebestofthethree with you havingto exlinguist seriesof yellow liehis by hit!

sequence.

The gamesare all controlled byjoystickandtherea now mandatoryhigh-co

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well-fci programs. This appearstobea newgame andutilises ihe Finer- prises' 5goodgraphicsreason- ably well.

Thegamehasascholastic setting.Youarcapupilal QangeHill(sic)andare attemptingloavoidthe teachers forwhatreasonwe donot know.You must move through themazeofclassroomstrying tocollectallthekeystothe classrooms.Once you haveall thekeys youcanleaveschool throughthemainexit.Iwas a littlesurprisedtonotethatI started thegamewith thegrand loialof 26 lives plus 1couldadd anextralifeforeverykey collected.However,asyouplay thegame youappreciatethat youareboundtobecaughta number oftimes.

varietyoffactors;thenumber ofkeyscollected, thenumber of livesleft,thenumber of moves made andthenumber oflimes thatyoufireyourloneweapon, ateacher stunner.Thisweapon isexpensivecostingapenaltyof 250points foreachfiringmade.

enjoyableonethoughhardly original.Ithassimilaritiesto most"maze of rooms" games.

Onethingthatdidspoilthe game afractionwasoccasion- allywhen you nr~~~~~

youbecametrapped.There's nothingwrong withthis,but insteadoftheprogramrealising thisandkillingyouoff, it waits foryouto press theQuitkey.

C.G.

Prkt: £7.95 Publisher: EnterpriseLtd Address:31HomonSt,Lon-

SuckRogers Thisisatranslationof agame originallyreleasedbyUS Cold fortheC54 andassuchisa pretty faithfulcopy.In ityou, asCaptainBuck Rogers, must flyyourshipthrough aseriesof screensavoidingthe inevitable opponents andother obstacles.

Onthe first levelyou havelo flyyourcraftthrougha specif- ofelectrified Theii levelt gatesandlong-leggedbouncing spacemonsters.Yourobjective onthislevelcanbemade up of acombination offlyingthrough thegatesand shootingdownthe

dimensionintheform ofalien space-eraft.Againshooting thesedown addslothenumber required to gelyou throughlo thenexllevelofthegame.

Beware,thespace shipshavea nastywayof flyingbehindyou andcatchingyou unaware.

'syouflying

through. handedattempttilridding the skyofthoseubiquitousaliens.

Thefinalphasehasyoutrying toshoot down[hemothership and thenit'sbackto Ihcbegin- Graphicallythisisapretty gamebutithasnothing spectaculartorecommendil.

The gameisfuntoplaybut presentsno newchallengeand at£7.95isover-priced.For anyone whohas justboughia computer and wantstobuild a collectionofgamesthismaybe ofinterest,buttodedicated playersitmay beabitofa disappointment. M.W.

Price:£7.95

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Trior'sthe Spirit Whatdo1know aboutthis game? Well—1hadtrouble withtheturboloaderuntil1 cleanedmycassetteheads,the thingexceptthe objectofthe game,andtheyhavea printed overlay for thekeyboard which won'tfittheSpectrum+and isn'tcutoutfortheSpectrum.

Theinfodoestellyouabout chasingghostsaroundNew

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octopus wearing a shroud, bu thisan original idea?

Hailed(by the publishers) ;i graphicadven limitednumber ofsingleword commands bythepressingof onekey,hencetheoverlay.A verynicelyprogrammedNew York sky and landscapescrolls inthebackground* 1.whilstreasonablyyou

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1justcouldn't getanywhere, butthatdoesn'tmeanyou won't.[suspectthatyouwill eitherbereallychallenged,the blurbsaysthesolutionlakes months,ordisgustedby your ownineptitude in gellinggoing, whichiswhatIfeelatIhe moment.Reviewingdoesn't giveyouweekstoponder puzzles like this! D.M.

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Azimuth Adjustment Program andHead ChaningTape Theservicemanualfor[he CPC464 recommendsthe useof etcrandaLesttapefor settingthealignmentofthe cassetteheadazimuth.Whilst Amsoftantics,warnandoftheforfeitedfollyof using"home"tapes,ihey Obviouslywork—I'veproved thaimyself—andsalesseemto

theborder changescolour,then back abit,andtheposition is marked.The sameisdone going

"icotherway, (henthepointer

onio[he[ntcr- package.the h[hiskitisn'ta iso slipsoutof the tinyscrewheadmuch more easily,andthecassettebody itselfslopsaboutintiiedeck, whereasInterceptor's is a speci- leprecisionjob,reduc- ingthechanceofpoortape path alignment.Similarly,dry tapeheadcleaning just isn't as goodas

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fPole Postionhasappeared foriheSpectrum,and"was U worththewait?"Ihearyouall ask.Well, yes itprobablyw:

Dazed fromyetanother attemptUnderworldeandPviamarama at(heTime Warp.I'vetornYou should avoidthevarious myselfa«a> from my Amstradcharacters.skulkingaround inwrite!hisrelief.I'msunmoslicali-iica [lullmainnl"you have heardofharmyouinsomewayOr thefilm,"The Rocky Horroranother.The mansion's rooms Show", which achieved majorare detailed welland more soacross the Atlantic.

ComputerRentalsLimited (CRL) havecreatedagameout ofthemayhem ofthefilm,a

withthe styleofthe film,while themusictrackwhich can be switchedoff if so desired roars on. It is interesting tonotethat thesoundtrackisfar lessannov- nim mat noooaycoumexactlyingthanmany and1lendto culluriclKuiiic.Clil.'sprogramenjoyiiandleave it on.

comesoutwithhonoursfor siickiiicvtr>closelytothe film'splotandstyleas wellas beingamostplayablegame.

You mustcollectallthe pieces oftheDe-Medusa machineto enableyouto freeyourloved me {you can choosetobeeither

Ihavefoundthe gamefrustratinglydifficultto progress in.Itisiuterestinnto note that thesoundtrackisfar lessannoying thanmany and1 tend toItisenjoymostitanddefinitelyleave it on.a cutabovetheaveragegame of thefilm,welllu.riiiciinsalcr- oftheing,particularly ifyou saw and igenrewerenotoffended bythefilm/

Atac.stageshow. C.G.

thegame,but 1 still think tl it'saboutthe best racinggame yetproducedfortheSpeclrui Thecontrols are simple, ji left/right,brakeandchange gear.However,stayingon^' trackandnolcrashingi everythinginsightisaIi trickier.Thegraphicsare v. good—themovementof the trackandlandscapea clearand smooth, ben on anyof thegame's competi- tors,-andthere arevim"

noaItributeproblems.

Thegraphicsforthec carsonthetrackthough,a bitblobblyandmovefairly jerkily,and,when youcrash, there is a definitepausebefore theexplosion effectappearsoi screen. Itwouldalsobenicei tbereweremore thanjusttw.

gears(Lo/Hi),asthisWOtlJ makethedrivingalittlemor challenging.

Apartfromthoseflawsth gameisenjovablyaddictive The paceissufficientlytrain tokeepyouinterestedfor; while—this isnot agamethat willbe masteredin10minutes

—just getting past the qualify- ingroundtookmr""

Possibly,at£7.95itis expensive bearinginmi oldthearcadegameis,but if you're afanofthegame then tfullotcheaper than a slot.C.J.

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Jigsaw Computerisedversionsoftradi- tionalgames and pastimesarea mostpopular source ofgame ideasforprogrammers.How- ever,itisthe firsttimethat1 haveheardofaprogram mimickingajigsaw puzzle.

Vidipixhaveproduceda gamefor theDragon32and64 wherepictures displayedonthe highresolutionscreenare jumbled up and you,using the joystick-comrolledcursor,must re-arrangethemjust likedoing ajigsaw.Therearefourpre- drawndesignseachdividedup into192separatesquarepieces.

Pressing the firebuttononthe joystick"picksup"thepiece wherethecursorisandthis piececan then be moved around (bewholescreenanddropped simplybypressingthefire

Thedi resolutiongraphic

;,thepictureofthe Pontiacsportscarandtheboat cruisingthroughthewater being the bestofthe pictures. In addition.Vidipix givesanextra optiontodraw and save your Ownjigsawscreenswhich can beloadedinandput together at a later date.

Thisadditionaloption lengthensthelifeofthe programfromafewhours finishingtheprc-drawndesigns toweeksandweeksoffun creatingyourownjigsaws.

Therearea coupleof reserva- tionsonmypart.Thecontrolof themovingcursor isannoyingly clumsy and1wonder whether peoplewillhave[rouble staring atascreen displayso hardfor

Thesepointsapart.Jigsaw makes apleasantchangefrom theusual run-of-the-millgames andVidipixshould beheartily congratulatedattakingarisk with thisunusualgame,priced veryfair!yat£3.95. C.G.

Price:0.95 Publisher:Vidipix Address:125OccupationRd.

Corby. Northants NNI7 youssiblyvehavethedangerous, locatingthewreckof"HMS Bearheart".Thisisthe scenario forasecondralegraphic adventurefromtheKuma

It isnot thetype of whichwouldappeal puzzlesolversamu"i YouI'

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isperformedbypressingthe cursorkeys.A newpictureis drawnforeachlocation, drawingisn'texactlyslowbut it soon becomesabitofabore.

Toenteranyofthemore traditionalcommandse.g.Get lamp, you mustfirstpress"I"

toselectthecommand mode.

Having askedalloftheapprop- riatequestionsyouhaveto return to themovement/picture drawingmodeagain, thisadds tothetedium.

Youarcinformedinthe instructionsthaitheadventure doesn't actuallyhave anending.

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finish.Thiscouldbethepoint atwhich youlocaletheBear- heart'sstrongroom andrecover abar ofgold.The morestout heartedofyoumay wishto carryon removingbarsof gold andthenreturn to port. It all dependsuponyourstamina, personallyIwould havenever The programmayb but it is still notgoodvaiue tor

money. J.R.

Price:£3.93 Publisher:KumaComputers

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Shadowof the Bear Youare the pilotofaspyplane which has crashedwhilstona yto the jdetec- idright- ingoff the effects of the severe coldSuchathemecould pioi'dethe basis for a thrilling ai.venturegame.It issuchapily mattheShadow oftheBear doeinot Tit this category.

of two game sounds abitoffun:you,a heroofthespaceways, heara distresscallfromtheMars colonists.Plaguehas struckand suppliesmust belanded.

Well,lhat'swhatthey promise.What emergesisa mind -numbingIydireamalgam of Lander, Froggerand Space Invadersthatsoftwareauihor JamesHughes could probably

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keytoenterthecommand phaseofthegame. Thisi methodbywhichyouenter yournormaladvei command!, suchasOct gu

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poorday.Ohs oughttobe standard o bynowbutoftenare pause,soundandjoystick options)butthey' enough.

The game unfoldsasfollows:

choose yourmomenttolaunch fromihemothershipat thi ofthescreen,zippingt throughanasteroid beltan thebaseofthe screen.Then, presumablyhavingdivested yourselfofthe lift-savingami plaguesupplies,youmus launchskywardsandtryt<

avoidswarmsof aliensandthci bombsbeforefinallydockini, with ihemothershipagain.Ho

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phase.Accidental!?

keepyourhand ontheReturn keyand you could spendthe next fiveminuteswatchingthe programgoingroundand roundin circles.

Evenata priceof £3.95this gameis stilloverpriced!J.R.

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CombatAir Patrol Therearcalargenumber of flightsimulatorsavailablefor allpopularhome computers, theDragon 32included.Dragon

!2 i'lipJn .iniiilaiorshavetobeat DACC'sexcellent747simulator andthis iswhat1partlyjudged Vii!ipi\\CAPagainst

CAPisessentiallyaFighting ratherthanaflying simulat:on YouraircraftisaTornadoof theRAF and you mustattack RussianMig25 'sandavoid theirattackingfire.Your weaponryconsistsol25AM ground-to-air missilesanda last quickly learn to recognise \> hich aircraft,alldisplayedrather poorly,aretheenemyand whichareAmerican F1JEagles.

Itendedtohaveacrackat anythingthatcameintoview partly forthesheer hellofitand partly tohaveagoat theami- conciliatoryattitudethatis prevalent incomputer games(I wasn'tafanofRaidOver Moscow,either).NotthatI oftengot thechance.Isuppose thatthegame mirrorsareal combatmission in thatyou do nothaveaircraftwhizzing aboutconstantlyfiringand attacking butwithoutamoving elsetodo(admittedly there are refuellingand landingoplions) onetends tohankerforascrap.

The programisratherslow working; alargeproportionof itiswritten inBASIC. Thisfact Ifoundoutbyaccidentally pressing theBreakkeyonlyto findtheprogramslopand displayitself.Iamalittle scepticalofanyprogrammer who docsnotknoworuse the well-knownPOKE'Stodisable theBreakkey.

The programoverall is fair, but I did not find it particularly

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intentonridding theworldof menacingroboids.armed only withyourtrusty blasterbuggy?

until IdiscoveredAabatron.

Oncepastthe bizarrename andtheyawn-enducedscenario Iwas hooked onagreatzapper.

Maybethestirringmusic accompanyingtheinstructions pagehelped.Maybethesheer hedonisticpleasureofhaving optionsforajoystick/key- board,speed(uptofivefrom slowtoimpossible),screens (20, count'em20),soundand pause gotmyfirefingerflexingin 'i.Maybeitwasjust touchoforiginal imnKingnerefromthesame author,MClemoes,asOne LastGame.

Imaginethis:you'reaMule tankroamingthemaze-like screen.Allaboutyouare eight different sortsofalienslo clear with your zappingability.Sort oflikeDigDug;sortof different.Thenallhellbreaks loose—themutantsnolonger for theirinevitabledoom,now theyzaptotheedgesofthe

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droppingbombsintothe centre.You'reinthe centre, still tryingtomop upthesilting targets.Onlytrouble is—some voncan killIhere,some you can onlytackleonthe rim.

So, to battle.Outlo the edge.

Zap,zap, zap.Butdon't forget tolookbothwayselsethose peskylittlemites will justcreep up behindyou. It'salotoffun:

fast,furiousandnovel.Onlater screenswherethemutants zap theedgeandziproundand

expecting it, zip in again toram you,itgets really exciting.

Ofcourse,there arc patterns.

You canhidebehindwallsand soon,emergingonlylo obliteratetheeasytargets, meniallypreeningasyou consideryourself asaviourof open though and,despiteIhe game'slackofanyrealcom- plexityordynamicfrontier- smashingprogramming,it's addictive too.

Ifyou've beenfeelingalittle jaded byBeebgameslatelyand justcan'tfaceanotherdrive roundyetanotherGrandPrii circuitoryetanotherbrave

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theworthof ihe oldadagethat

besimplerlhantotake ih Invaders,Galaxiansand Defen- der—and mergethemir refreshingly originalmix.

Mind you,it'snotperfect.

We'renot talking flicker free, fastaction,a re-those -sprites?, machine codemegagamehere:

justawellthoughtouland competentlyprogrammedpiece offluff.

The game? Okay, yourspace shipmovesacrossascrolling landscape(lefttorightonly) andastrangeassortmentof alienslineupinformationto yourright.Insteadofthe traditionalleft/right mentsacrossthebaseofthe downtrying lo i themas they peelofffromtheir and weaknesses—anicetouch allowsyoutochooseanyset andthegameisjoystickc patible.

Thisdoesgiveaslight problem,though.There'salso anoption lospeedupthe garni keyboardcontrol(shiftfo:

extraspeedissufficient!:

distinctfromreturn Tor fire)bu lateraljoystickmovementalsc speedsthegameup.Thefirst fewlimes thishappenedto couldn'twork o

slickin .er.icalmode anddon'i

shouldn'tbetootricky.I'm reasonably impressedwiththis game—it'sgoodbasicfunbi alsoisjusttrickyenoughl impelyoulomutter"Onela:

game!"asyouTireupfor yet anotherwave ofIh

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seldomai^en the credit thaihe He was bornin1974and was one ofthevery first toown an AtariComputergame console ihissideof(heAtlantic,He purchasedthisunitthevery same weekthaielectricitywas firstdistributedtohousesinthe counirvofCornwall.

Unlike most members ofthe industryhe wasn'tbomina walledbuildingofone typeoranother,butemerged from a Tin Mine nearPolzeath.

aCornishPixie ama/in; powers.

Weare talkingofnon-otl thanCuthbert,thestar Microdeal'sbest selliruj series gamesandadventures.C characteristicofCuthbenl!

maynotbetooobvioustc casualobserveristhatheish

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entertainment. Justimagine_..

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wefirstasked Cuthberthow cametobeinthehome compu- tergamesindustry.He admitted thatitstartedwiththeA whenhewas aged^four.' favouritegamewasSpace Invadersand1wasreally hooked", hesaid.

Afterthat IboughtaTandy Model1,whichcostmc £439in 1979. Ithadjust16K ofRAM and4K ofROM—Level1 BASIC.Iusediton aB&W portableTVastheywerethe onlycolours available."Cuth- bert"playedaround" with Tandyfora number of we andmastereditwithinl

homecompiriNriWi-p.wvi,a

jnlhs.Hethenwrolc a Backgammonthat played with a light pen.

"1neededsomeone ton

inillicdiltlc: hadi Thisfounded ourrelationship

ecreatingideasandgames whilst thev sold Ihem."'

Cuthberlthenwentonto learnZ80programmingbut decidedthatratherthan developtheseskillsfurtherhe would goa venturingandcross ealinsofimpossibilityto enew gamesforMicro-

"Thisdecisionwasparti- allyprompted bytheAmerican BigFivegamesfortheTandy.

Thesewereverygoodindeed andmadeilhardtocompeteas

"NowIspendmost ofml timeinspacetravellingthe universedevelopingnewgame scenariosasItravel."Cuth- bctl's craftisbuiltaroundhis

"oldfaithful"Dragon64 machinethatactsasmaster nand computer.Itappears there isnowaythathewould changethisforanother.

IfCuthbertisthePeterPan of^thecomputerscenethenthe MoroniansaretheCaptain Hook'sof thisworld.Heupset themduringCuthbertGoes Walkabout,somethingtodo landingpadlightwe me.Sincethatlimethey havetakenagooddealof Cuthberl'stimeandthe planet Moronhasbeenaregular landing place.

Hehasbeenable loconcen- trateondevelopmentsofthe home computerindustryand foundourtimecapsulevery

>yindeed to fill.Asusual,wc nedbyfillingitwith dware and computers.

"Iwould wanttopreserve the Dragon32mainIvbecauseI .Killedmy

grammingtoolandnot thetoy thatmany seemtoassume.The '309stillhasagreatdealto ffcr."

"1 couldn't forgel IheTandy lodelIeither.Ilwasmyfirst

;alcomputerandhadsome fantasticmachine code arcade nes.Oneassogood andso urate a copy, (ial;..<\Im-.is- .thai ithadtohewithdrawn

tocopyrightproblems."

"The Tandy wasthefirstof theHighStreetcomputersthai anyone could walkintoastore andbuy.Providingthatthey couldaffordIhe£439lhatit A lookatsoftwarebroughi usbacktotheTandyagain.

"AllIhegamesby lin:Hie were excellent,GalaxyInvaders, Super Novaand RobotBattle

"Manic Miner was aturning availableforiheDragon!No longerwasthewhole software marketdominated bytheZap anotherconceptavailable loo.

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"Finally,Ishouldmention Dungeons which wasthefirst interactivecomputergame.It evenprecededthearcades althoughitwasn'tavailable toa greatmanyplayersneedingthe power ofamainframeto run. 1 usedlodoverywellonthis gameduelomy Troglodiie digitalbroughtctheVAX

"AmongIhebookslhat shouldbepreservedfor posterityareIhosefrom RodneyZaksonthevarious

forhumanbeingsand almost anyone with aninterestcould understandIhem.Another book(hatIwouldrecommend tothebeginnerisIllustrated BASIC whichhastobethe very easiestofbookstounder-

"Thcrev rivercol- liSinclaii Spectrummachine code book wassogreatlycovertcdthai therewereactual fightsoverthe smallnumber ofcopies in the Computeradd-onsarea fascinatingareaand Cuthberl remembersahuge number of bothhitsandmisses.In particularherecommendsthe originalKempsionjoystick interface,"You wouldn'tthink ilnowbuiwhenthisparcel arrivedfromKempstonthe addresslabelwasprinti

ZXp sthe

Ivcrandblack downwith Sellolape.Mind you Idomeanthe"original" inter-

face, therewasnocasearound this,simply a bare board.Itwas fantasticqualityevenif(he

Solhattheinterfacewould

;omeuseCuthberl oofferajoystickas iscapsule."1would ..„-avea QuickshotIIai Ihishaslobetheverybesi sellingofitstype.1would robablyadd a copy of Decath- inand,so that the joystickhad chance or alife,Iwould makesurelhatthecopywas faultyand wouldn't load!"

AtthispointCulhhen's con- centrationseemedtofaltera

glazedlookinhiseyes.He obviouslywantedto gelbackt histravelsbutbefore hewent

gamesbeingonepossible avenue.Maranlz, Pioneerand Sonyallhavethistechnology developedand1believelhat theywillspelltheendof 1(

costcompuler games.There

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gating into crystalundergrt.

lake.1wouldjustsitplaying themforhours."

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adventures.Healsowelcomes lettersand does answerthem althoughitmighttakea

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iurequire.Soleave the Ihe shelf for[heday utyour word-process-

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The main men calledbyCapsShift2and

CapsShift9.Furexample LINE would bee LIandso on.

Alistofkeys n luhe recalled Cap*Shiftand9.The Caps Shifland1keys calledthe'"Command Menu"

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528 IFC-BAND1>1THENLET 1=1—1 iLET c-32 538 IF 1-1 AND c=0 THENBEEP B. 85,151BO TO 218

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610 PLOT 0,103:DRAW235,0:DRAW 0,-31:DRAW -255,01DRAW 0,31 620 INK 5

630 LETa*-"l":GO TO 660

640 LET a*=INKEY#:IFa*=""OR CODEa*>123THENGO TO 640 650IFCODEa*=13 THENGO TO700

660RESTDRE1110:FOR -f'lTO 13:READg*tIFg*fl>-a*THENGO TO 680 670NEXTf:GO TO 640

6B0 LET q=f:PRINT AT10,l;g*<2 TO31>(ATU,l;g$(32TD 61) 690RESTORE1110:GO TO640

700 POKE23606,0 710 IF q=7 THENGO TOB50 720 IF q=10 THENGO TO B70 730IFq=12THENGO TO 910

740CLS:INK 2:PRINTAT1,0;"...»...1 * 2...»...3* 4":INK4 750 IF q=llTHENGD TD 590

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850INPUT"CALLWHICHDOCUMENT?";dc:LET dc=dc+l:IFdc>5 DR dc<lTHENGD TO B58

860 CLS:INK 2:PRINT AT1,0;" * 1 * 2...» 3.-.»...4":INK4:LET pg -1:LET 1-ljLET c=0:GO TO 590

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Morecriesand whispers from the dungeon, wherewekeep Peter Sweasey andhisdwarfishassistani.

Life is fustone long adventureforthem

leasesseemsKeslow

However, inthecomingmonth we have four bignew games comingqui:

Mordon's Quest,the"sequel"

uiClassicAdventurefrom Mel- bourne House; Red Moon,the latcslfromLevel 9;Swords and Sorcery,thelongdelayed,but extremelypromisingtieivI'SS arcventure,and Robin OfSher- wood from AdventureInternat- ional,writtenbytheGremlins

goingtolookatInterceptor

tobehonest,1feeltheyare slightly overrated.Theyare all pretty similarinprogramming style,soWarlordisagood

Thescenario isquiteunusuaI MostInterceptorgamesare set inatimeless,middleearllitype

|past,but this is distinctly"

centuryAD, TheCelticgodsot Britainarelosingthebattle againsttheinvadingRomans, andtheirgods.Topreventa direct,inevitablydevest atinj conflict tienveenthetwosets ol celestialpowers,each choosese mortal"pawn".Theseart placed in the Celticotherworld.

with the firstoneto realitythe winner!You,naturally,play the Cell.Ifyouwin,youwill rewrite history...

On loadingthegame youar presented withaninstant,ver attractivegraphic.Thes excellentillustrationsarc strongpoin!ofInterceptor' games.Theyarenotatever, location, certainlyon Spectrum and Amstradversions.On some CBMgames,likeEmpireOf Karn,theyaremuchmore frequent,althoughslowerto draw,andlessdetailed.Many CBMversionshavebackground musk, which some people may like,butwhichIfoundgrating.

Tentisbrief,butadequate.

Thereisslightlymore thaninan averageScott'"~

Vocabular

fthe ollmclutiiictcrs.Sumc

ids listedonthemsin includingHELP -a recognised inWarlord, b isacommonfaultwithcom- panieswhoprint"standard"

information.Someofthe responsesarebetterthanthe usual"Yout"

don'tseethepoint",which showstheplayerth computer understands action is uselessanyway.There alwavs improvesadventures.

Themainproblemwit Warlord,andmostofth [in creep I orrange,isthaiil farlooeasy.Withinhalla hour, 1had scored30fa.Thus, afterafewdaysplay, averageplayerscould complete it,whichishardlyvaluefor money, evenat£5.50.Empire Of Karn was even worse—^' completed50%inone hout YetInterceptordescribeman of theirgamesas for"advance players",whichisridiculousi comparedwith thesameratin_

forAdventure Quest orSorcer- orofClaymourgeCastle.

Hencemysurpriseat enormouspopularityofti suchasForestAt The World's End.Ingeneral, thegamesare very average:averagescenarios, averagevocabulary,average text,aboveaveragegraphics balanced out by below average quantity,andbelowaverage difficult v atan averageprice.

Theyarenotthatbad,but fora poundortwo more you canbuythe likesofEs meraid Isle,whichwillkeep you going formonths.Withthe distribu-

games.Interceptor betterwatch out,Icouldof course be wrong:

maybethe public like veryeasy adventures. If

MOMECO\il'!.'ll\<,\\

Helpline Jonathan Biddlefrom Suffolk

problems wi t Houa;sophist Sherlock.He Basil'ssafe.The answeristo OPENSAFE,but while Basil is

!(around12.30pm),other- sehewillshootyou.My Sherlockcorrespondent,Sam Zubedi,informsmethaiyour herrings.

Adams andTexasofafew hsbackbroughtprotests a couple ofthedwindling groupofTexasusers.Mark McGurn wrote backaskingwhy

Ic I,The a

i,I /ell luntilAdyenturcInternal- atrelease itforthemajority ofmachineslater thisyear ((he Tl cartridge currentIvavailable isnothingtodowithAl UK).

But,sinceyou havebeenso

throwing aTexasdownintomy dungeon andIwillbereviewing '-

soon.Markalsowantsto nowwhyVenturesisnot

ilidi><

JDowric,fromAyrshire, accusedme ofgettingmyfacts wrong about havingtoproduce cartridgesforQuestprobeon theTexas.Well,I'm nogreat expertonthe subject,andIdid phrasemy explanation alittle misleadingly,butcertainlyas farasQuestprobeisconcerned, Alsay cartridge is the only way.

You should havenoticed 1am dealingwithlessarcventures thesedays,andundermy stricterdefinitionTechnician Ted doesnot really qualify,no matterwhat Hewsonsay.But seeingasweprinted themap.1 thought1hadbettercomplete the tasklist.Richard Burtonof Cornwalltakesupthestory from(he7th task, theCanteen.

Theyare:Photocopier,Board- room,SliceSurfaceAbrasion, LaserSliceSeparationPlant, Bay7.MicrochipMounting Furnace,Tea Machine,Power

Extraction,Matthew'sLair,We CallHimSirandTheWage

wheretogonext—well, accordingtoMichaelAdler fromDurham, you needtogo leftfromtheUnionPicket Line.Ihavenotcheckedthese

.-.hm,;>thelp with.New ZeaTander Dwayne CarnachanwroteinApril, askinghowtomovetheboulder in"TheCatacombs".The problemis,hedoesnotsay whichcompanymakesthe game,orwhichcomputerhe owns, so1am unabletohelp, since 1haveneverheard ofit.If anyHCWreaders can, please write in.Anotherplea 1cannot answerisfromJimCrierin Ayrshire.He cannotfindthe mousetoscarethe

elephant Acornsoft'sSphinx e.Sadly1have never

—socanyouhelp?

John Rundle from Aldershot, vhos. >.ei>

helpline these days, has se ausefulcompletesolutionti Level9-sexcellentLordsOf Time,manythanks.Heis ofthemanystuckwithMikro Gen'ssuperbadventure.The Wiich'sCauldron,whit'- JohnWilsonfromRochdale has sentmoresolutions,forTi NaNog andKnight'sQuesi whicharesuperbly writtenan

youwanthelp,cangive help, c

Writelo:Ventures,F Computing Weekly, No.l den Square,LondonW1R3AB

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fairdeal?The onlywayto find oulisloplay afewhands of L pontoon.Atleastyou can be sureit'sgolnothingupits Twenty-oneisagraphical computerversionofthecard game Pontoon, Theobjectof Twenty-oneistogelcloneto twenty-onewithoutexceeding it.You dothisby addingthe facevaluesofthecards,you cantwistextra cards, but ifyou exceedtwenty-oneyoubustand thecomputerautomatically wins.When youthinkyou have enoughyou"stick".T' thenplays ii.hand

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kof card FOR/NEXTloops

I330 NEXT I 540DOTAL ~" DOTAL * T

D0TflL'"=21THEN 590 -ACE5-1THENDOTAL -DOTAL

3CATE 37,9:PEN 0:PRINT DOTAL -dotal>2iThen 720

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"-5THEM GOTO 750 TAL=TOTAL THEN 7B0 SE**«.»

E1.25jPEN2:PRINT'

:IFT>400 THEN GOTO

6BO T-T+ 120ELSE 630

ITH AFl 710 T-T+

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1030 LOCATEX 1030 PRINT b*

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Howtoget INtoandOUTofyour micro isthebasisofthisweek's instalment ofourSpectrum machine codeseries from Diana& Terry Smith

lookaiilit-l\andOlT very s

I.They rwaytc HASHcounterpart:

explainedintheSpectrum manual.Theyare themeansby whichtheCPUcaninterface TheuseofIN and'OUTis determinedtoalarge extentby thecomputerhardware.As explained inthemanual,there are65536possibleI/Oor InpuL/Outpuiportsthaithe ZSOmicroprocessorcanuse, but thewiringoftheSpectrum issuchthatonlya veryfeware

Thereisafairlycomprehen- sive setofIN andOUTinstruc- tionsbutyouareunlikelyto needthemall.unlessyouarcan

whyareyou readingthis?

Let'sbeginby lookingat[he instructionIN,whichcanbe thoughtofasthecounterpartof PIIK.Roththese-

portaddressforINanda memoryaddressTorPEEK.

Theybothreturnan8bit IN A,(C)toread thekeyboard.

Thislooksat[heinputport addressedbvthecurrent value of(heBCregisterpairand copies [henumberalthisport into[heAregister .Fig. 1shows 1hekeyboardlayout.

i,[he lawbyteof

the p. s.thei

254.Thevalue of the high byte (B)determines whichhalf row ofthekeysisread.For

IandCi wimple,i:

254,INA,iU)willscankeys QWERTandreturn wiih oils to4 of[heArctisierSETor RESET, depending011which of the fivekeysarc depressed. Ifa keyispressed,itresetsits corresponding iliaihiiis.ci?!.Sou wcles oftheAregister,aselbit1 ihel.)keywasnot pressed,

ling1provide 1simulates [he a-Skctdilov.(Our3year oves-tinsoriel)Ioiulllic 11address30000

>r[heloader estminjta

programgiven Thisexample1 1hefirst

1III-ROM 01apoint whichcanbemoved by keys 5,6,7and8.Thex value isheld intheEreyisierandthe y value intheDregislerwhilelite keyboardisbeingchecked.The coordinatesarethentransfer- red to theBCregistersforthe ROMrouline.Afterthai,[he HALTinslructionisused[0

'BitBitIBit3Bit3Bit*IBit4Bit3Bit2BitI8..F

QIIIlIIHBIlIIITJITJlTJlTJ [U

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000001000 08

aQHBQ'HH age

slowtheroutinedown!llcausescode withRANDUSR 30000 adelay orl/50lhsecond eachand youwillgogreenatthe timeitiscalledwithintheedges!The borderwillrevertto DJNZloop.

Run[heroutine withRANDnextuseaBASICcommandas USR 30000 andsketchaway. theappropriatesystems ThefirstINinstructionvariablehas notbeen changed.

checksihcYorRETURNkey.ThesamerangeofOUT instructionsisavailable asfor finishedsketching to return toIN.

BASIC. IsaidearlierthattheOUT

Alternativeinstructionsinstructiondrivesthespeaker.

which couldbeusedarc: hisquite passible to writeyour

INA.(n) ownroutinesusingOUT

IN H,(C) instructions.Listing 3shows a IN L,<C) routineequivalenttoBEEP IN B.(C)

IN C.(C) theHLregisterpairanda IN D,(C) durationvaluegoesintoDE.To IN E,(C) getthe note,wesimply call the IN A.fn)requires thatthehighROMroutineataddress949 byteoftheportaddressisandthisdocsalltheworkfor already in theAregisterandthe low byte(254) isthe valueofn. IusedBasic Listing4to find ThebitsoftheAregistercanthevaluesofHLandDE thenbe checked. The remainingneededfortheROMroutine.

RUNthisprogramand keyin A,(C)butwiththeport valuethevaluesofthepitchand returnedtooneoftheother registers.H,L,Betc. aI1ASK 1SLEPcommand. The

TheINinstructionisalsoprogramwillcalculatethe usedtoread information fromacorrespondingvaluesforHL

andDE.

microdrive, etc.Ifyou wantto Finally,runthecode ofList- dothisfrommachinecode,youing 5 withRANDUSR 30000to would bewelladvisedtouse theplayashortmelodyusing ROMroutines ratherthanwritemachinecode.Notethat in this your owncode. routine,thebytesfollowing Thisisalso true fortheOUTlabelL2arearrangedtoberead intotheE.D.L and Hregisters, SAVE information,drivethereadyfor theROMcall.As you (loud?)speakerandproduceconsee,machine code can be the screen, llcanbe thought ofitksomeenoughwithoutre- asthecounterpartof POKE inventingthewheel!Vouwill Thesimplestexample ofar.usujll>dobelter to use existing OUTinstructionis(ochangeROMroutines.

theBORDERcolour.Key ITietuneleadsus nicely into BORDER7ENTERtoproduce awhiteBORDERand pokethewheiewewill lookatthepower- code ofListing2intoaddressfulblockmoveinstructionsand 30000 onwards.Remember:ojspoiling starscope.

CLEAR29999first.Runthe listing'

30000 LD t\,Z 62

2

5633 205

30002 CALL

22

30005 LD DE,0 17

30008Ll LD BC.57342 1 254 223

30011 IN A,(C> 237

120

30013 BIT4,

A

203 103

30015 RETZ 200

30016 LD BC,6143B 1

254 239 30019 IN A, <C> 237 120

30021 BIT4,

A

203 103

30023 JR NZ.L2 32

30025 DECD 21

30026 L2 BIT3, A

203 95

3002B JR NZ,L3 32

30030 INCD 20

30031L3 BIT2, A

203 87

30033 JR NZ,L4 32

30035 INCE 28

30036 L4 LD EC,63486 1 254 247

30039 IN A,(C) 237

120

30041 BIT4,

A

203 103

30043 JR NZ,L5 32

30045 DECE 29

30046 L5 LD A,176 62

176

30048 CP D 186

30049 JR NZ,L6 32

2

30051 LD D,0 22

30053 L6 LD A,255 62

255

30055 CP D 186

30056 JR NZ.L7 32

2

30058 LD D.175 22

175

30060 L7 PUSH DE 213

30061 PUSH DE 213

30062 POPBC 193

30063 CALL 8933 205

229 34

30066 POPDE 209

30067 LD B,5 6

5

30069 L8 HALT 118

30070 DJNZLB 16

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253 30010 INCHL 35

30072 JR LI 24 30011 LD C, <HL) 78

190 30012

30013 30014

INC LD INC HL B, (HL>

HL 35 70 35 Listing2

30000 LD A,4 62 30015 PUSH HL 229

4 30016 PUSH BC 197

30002 OUT (254) ,A 211 30017 POPHL 225

254 30018 CALL 949 205

30004 RET 201

30021

30022 POP

POPHL BC

181 3 225 193 Listing

30000 LD DE,130 17

130 30023 DJNZ LI 16

237

30003 LD HL.1646 ZZ 30025 RET 201

110 30026 L2 DEFB 65 65

6 30027 DEFB

30006 CALL 949 205 3002B DEFB110 110

181 30029 DEFB6 6

3 30030 DEFB 65 65

30009 RET 201 30031 DEFB O

30032 30033 30034

DEFB DEFB 110 6

110 6 Listing4

1REMroutine to calculate 30035 DEFB

thevalueso-fDE&HLpriorto 30036 DEFB61 61

calling the BEEP routineat949. 30037 DEFB4 4

Pitch&duration are the numbers 30038 DEFB 98 9B enteredinBASIC BEEP statements 30039 DEFB

100INPUT"Duration?"jd 30040 DEFB61 61

110PRINT "Duration= "(d, 30041 DEFB4 4

120INPUT"Pitch?"jp 30042^' DEFB110 110

130PRINT"Pitch=";p 30043 DEFB 140LET *requency=261.63*2~<p/l 30044 DEFB196 196

2) 30045 DEFB3 3

150LETde=INT(-frequency#d):L 30046 DEFB 110 110 EThI=INT(437500/INTfrequency- 30047 DEFB 30. 125)160LETd=INT(de/256)sLET e=d 3004830049 DEFBDEFB3196 1963 e-d*256:l=hl~h*256LETh=INT(hl/256):LET 3005030051 DEFBDEFB196 196 170 PRINT"DE=^"Sde,"HL="[hi," 30052 DEFB 61 61 E=";e;TAB8;"D=";djTAB17;"L- 30053 DEFB4 4

";1;TAB26;"H=";h:PRINT

180GO TO100 -

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30000 LD BC,7 1

7

30003 LD HL.L2 33

74 117

30006 LI PUSH BC 197

30007 LD E,(HL) 94

30008 INCHL 35

30009 LD D,(HL) 86

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ofmo howdi

theteaserI* ?Your

and5onscreen,colourIhemall yellowandmake [hemallaccess spriteblock199.Programone givesananswer,alihoughsome or[hevaluesintheposition registersmaynotbe thesameas yours.Aslongasyoucansee threespritesandtheyareall yellowandlookthesame you havedonewell.

Program one

imaginethe spritewas moving much moreslowly. First it starts at50,moves onelo 51.Thenit goesonto52and throughall thenumbers upuntil255where itfinallystops.Changethe50

pressRETURNagain.

Thistimethespritecomes fromoff the screen.Vou can makeitstartfrom anynumber betweenand254.By changing thevalue 255you canmakeit stopanywhi"

'K's.tcr Itmat onthe left.

;intheopposite eSTEP-1afterthe

Nov.thespriteiss

ThisweekIwantto deal with moving yourspriteonscreen.In fact"sprite" isanexcellentword forconjuringuptheideaof torn el hiit)imovingswiftly,

achievemovementisbyusing a simpleFOR/NEXTloop.Firstly iwith

V = 53248 andpressRETURN.

ThentypePOKEV + 21,l:POKE VI19,7;l>OKI:V,?(m>krVi1 ,I35:POKE2040.199andpress RETURNagain.

Itwouldhelp ifyou havethe spritedefinitionprogramfrom lastweekas this will at least give

Inasimilarwayyoucan increasethespeed ofthe sprite travellingtheotherwayby iipiriy iliefollowing:

tsingRETURN.

itgoslo<

Youct youwish,byusing steps-Changethe valuebehind theSTEP commandlo .5or .1 and watchthe difference.

OfcoursethereisnoX locationnumbered50. 1 or 50.9.

Thelocation registersroundup the figures so that 50.land50.9 are,tothecomputer,location 51.

ilstthisishappeningthe iccountsas 51. so the sprite

I(52whenroundedup).

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254.9andthenendsat255 sprite lefttorightandrightto left.What about up and down?

Toachievethisreplacethe POKEV,Tinstructions inthe NEXT/FORlooptoPOKE V+l.T.Whatdoyou! Verticalmovement.

Diagonalmovementisi possible.Butitcannot achievedusingtwoFOR/NEXT loops—onefortheXvalue andonefortheY.

computer simply cannot handle twoloopsrunningtogether.

Insteadweuse justoneFOR/

NEXTloopfortheXv whilstwe incrementtheY\ by, in thisexample,one.

Programtwodemonstrates

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ovingyoursprites is playerinputfromth<

"irkeys.Thetroublew

imaynothaveincluded Ttheprogramforthe thatisrestrictingthem

rspritesyoumayfindit keepsreportinganILLEGAL QUANTITY ERRORIN(line number).

Thenextprogram (Program three)usesthescreenlimits Dwhichtocontainthe s.It'smajorpurpose, though,istoshowhowsprite movementisachieved byusing thekeys—itcan be adaptedfor ajoystickvery easily.

ItworkswithoutFOR/- NEXTloopsbutinstead icreascs or decreases theY and valueswhenthekeysshown lowarepressed:—

Cursorright Cursordown—lc Key"Z"—Down Right

The keys"H",

•"L"willn ally.Whenthese keys arcused boththeX and Yvaluesarc altered.To makeiteasierto understand youaregivenaread outoftheX and Yvalues at the lop leftofthe screen.

One ofthe limitsusedhere is the highestXlocation, 255.Of course,as1showedlasttime, POKEingV+16withthe priatevalue lull plate the

;intothefarrightX ion.Unfortunatelyi!has eachievedsmoothlyina

game andthiscan betricky.

Evenincommercial programs aspritewillflickerwhenit

theprogrammerhastakengreat

riiiht.

Itry

Whenthe spritereaches thelimit(255)theV+16 registerhastobePOKEdto allow it togo anyfurther.When thisoccursthe sprite switches to therightsideofthescreen.

Unfortunately,theXvalueis still255—whichontheRight Xpositionisnotonscreen.

Untilthisvalueischangedto the starting point—you

«able [<

Machine codewillmakethe switchsoquicklythatitcan deceivetheeye.Butin,slow BASIC you needaoneline speedilyaspossible.Program four is similar to the lastone exceptnowitallows the sprite

areaanditequalsonewher crosses the"X Line".

Altthe extra linesdoisswi thespriteoverthelinee recalculatethenewXvalue

and reducesthe severityofthe nicker.

dauntingfor(hebeginnerbut youcangetarounditby limitingyourspritecharacters tothe left sideofthe line.Use

Severalcommercialgames unashamedlyusethismethod programming,especiallywhere go backandfrooverthe line. It isn'timpossible—youonly needtoexpand ontheinforma- tiongivenhereandwith practiceyouwillhavealleight spritesflyingeverywhere!

Forhomeworkthisweek write a shortprogram makinf horizontally Wllikls r ally.IIis

stappears!Morenext multi-colour,expansion

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10REM ****»*.

20REM **»**#«

30REM #*»HMHHHHt BV 40REM*********JUI 50REM»*»*»**»***.

60HS=100:HS*="Clb 70 TRAP1110 80 VOL B 90G=74:H=85

!COLDR 0,1: COLOR

)REM 1REM»»»».

1W1N=FALSE

!BL=0:B-0

!SCNCLR )CDLORl.li.

IFDRN=4B32 1COLOR 1,8 IFOR2=4031 )X=INT(RND IIFPEEK(Z->

INEXT Z IPRINT"SCREEN

!RETURN

4071:POK£N,102:NEXTN TD 3711-flC STEI 1>*<3+SC) )+l 40><>32 AND X>:THEN PDKEZ,21C

IREMI

POKEZ,G:PDKEZ+l,H:POKEZ-l,:

IFG=74THEN G=B5: H=73: GOTO' IFG=S5 THENG=74:H»75

THENGOTO450 410 GET K*

)< 100ANDi

450 POKEC-40,32:PDKE C.83:IFPEEK a

4A0 M=Di IFDJ900IHENLETM=D/10 470C=C+40:IFO4031THEN B=0 480 PRINT"SCREEN:" ;SC+1;TAB(12):"SCORE 490IFB=0 THEN POKEC-40,32 500 Z-Z+1:IFPEEK<Z+2>=219THEN GOTO 530 510IFZO4033THEN GOTO 370

-219THENSOUND:

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!REM *******************i

)REM END

1REM *****+*************h )SC=B

!SCNCLR IFD>HS THEN GOSUB104B ISCNCLR

IINT"YDU SCORED:";D

IGETKEV A*: IF A

ISCNCLR IPRlNT"pressspace tof IPRINT"FIREONJOYSTICK

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IDATAS10,169,810,345,B34,453.B54,169,B54,3flS,B64,453

!DATA881,169,854,169,810,169,SB1, 345, 854, 345, 810, 345

!DATA SB1, 169, 854,169, 810, 169, BS1, 345, B54, 345, B10, 345

!DATA B34, 453, 854, 453, 864, 453, 834, 383,834,345, 834. 262 )DATA810,169,810,345,834,453,654,169,054,345,864,453 1DATA 881,169,854, 169, 810, 169, aai,345,854,345,810,345 IDATA 8B1,169,881,345,654,453,881,169,B64,169,854,345 IDATA B34, 453, 864,453, 834,453, 810, 169, BIB, 169, BIB, 169 tFDRN=1TO96STEP 2

10READ T:READ R SOUND1,T,10:SDUND2,R,10

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1050REM 107BPRINV'ypuhave qat

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200PRINT'THISISYEAR NUMBER";YEAR; "OFYDUR CONTROL.

210 PRINT "YOU HAVE"jMINES; "MINES."

220PRINT"THE SELLING PRICEOFEACHMINETHISYEARIS#"(SELL 230PRINT"YOU HADftYIELD OF" ;OIL; "TONNES OF OILTHISYEAR."

240PRINT"WHENWESOLD THIS ON THEMARKETIT BROUGHT YOU#";M

250 PRINT" ; »

260PRINT"HDWMANYMINESDOYOUWANT TO SELL" ;: INPUT A 270 IFA>MINESTHEN PRINT" ";: SOUND1,B00, 10:Z=Z+1:GOTO260 2B0M=M+(A#SELL>

290MINES=MIN£S-A 300 PRINT "YOU NOW HAVE#";M 310PRINT"YCUNOWHAVE";MINES: "MINES"

320IFA=0 THENGOTD340 330GOTO 400

340PRINT "HOW MANYMINESDOYOUWANTTOBUY";:INPUTA 350 IFA»SELL>MTHEN PRINT" ";: SOUND1,B00, 10:Z=Z+1:GOTO 340 360M=M-(A«5ELL)

370 PRINT" YOU NOW HAVE #";M 3S0MINES=WINES+A 390PRINT"YOUNOW HAVE"sMINES; "MINES"

HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TOSPENDON THE MINEBORDERSTDSTOPTHIEVES 410INPUIA

420IFA>M THEN PRINT" ":PRINT"";

430IFA>M THENSOUND1,800, 10:Z=Z+1 :GDTO 400 440M=M-A

450 B=INTIRNDI1»*7>

460D=INT(RND<1I#4J :IF D=l ANDA<M72 DRA<500THEND=1;EL5ED-0 470 IFYEAR=10THEN 560

480IFZ>4THEN GOTO 9B0 490IFM<10 THENGOTO510 500 SOTO 130 510PRINT"VDUHAVEGONE BUST!»

520 FOR N=900 TO 100 STEP -10 530 SOUND1,N,1:SBUND2,N+100, I

540 NEXT N 550 END

560 PR INI "WELL DONE YOU HAVELASTEDTENYEARS"

570 DATA 739, BIB, 739, 739, 704, 6B5, 704, 739, 685, 770, 685, 685, 643, 596, 571.

580 DATA596,643,685,770,739,685,739,739 590DATA643,739,643 ,739,770,79B, 8 10,798,798 600RESTDRE570

610 FOR N=l TO 33 620READ X 630 SOUND!, X, IS

670SCNCLR

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710 PRINT B*i 720SOUND1,670,3:SDUND1.

730 NEXT

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