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Softwareprice risecauses stir

Imagine has caused [win slirs ir.

[he software industry — firsi byslashing price; and now ri '

All its present games, includ-

ing hcsl sellers like Zzoom,SlOnkcrs and Wacky Wallers,come down in price by £1 .Si to

0.95 from Monday.

going lo be expensive

warn. They buy Vail

Tlie firsl [wo at

Nine tracksfor speed

director of makers Phi MagSysierm, said: 'There is suchhuge gap between the sl<

speed [ape recorders and [

£300 or £400 you would have

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survival.

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You.

The ticket to Zon is £5.99 (RRP inc. VAT), and the journey starts at

Boots, WH Smith, Rumbelovvs. 01 any inim-alac'tie computer games shop. .

Your (JomiiH >ik.iv ii-1 will low it lobits.

B*illi<udo*t £pect>mm,WC-20& GSM-64.'

Morcn 20-Morch 26, 198a He. 54

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the Electron *

interface cjplng-in interface cartudgc fromFBC

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S r«ccins:--*f7coits £24,95

- i the company says it ha;

n talking 10 software housesabout compatible software.

FBC Systems, 10 Main Centre,

Derby DEI 2PE• • •

Sir Clive Sinclair has signed a

deal allowing assembly anddistribution of Speclrums andZXSls in South Korea. Sinclair

Research will supply

Aquarius User is a new monthlymagazine for owners of the £50micro, edited by the ex-editor ofWhich Micro? Colin Barker.

Subscription is £12 a year and

urage newsagent sale as

arius User. ComputerMarketplace, 20 Orange St,

London WC2H 1ED

Four eductional games in five

European languages are on a

new program marketed by Soft-

Shop for the Commodore 64,

48K Spectrum and Oric/Almos.""

r -Barnes for Childrenrs

1

.addition, subtraction,

spelling numbers and the

alphabet and costs £9.95.

SoftShop International, Unit

301, 16 Brum St, London El7NJ

• • OYour Commodore 64 can hold a

programs for you. according to

published Artificial Intelligence

on the Commodore 64, Thebook costs £6.95 and was

en by father-and-son teamKeith and Steven Brain.

Sunshine, 12/13 Litlte NewportSt, London WC2R 3LD

Hews, OneMam view s,s

ei.ooo siiversoft competition 8

VIC-20 programs 10A game and a collection of useful sound routines

Software reviews 14Games for Spectrum, Atari, CBM 64 and TI-99/4A

Spectrum program 16Beat the bookies in A Day at the Races

Letters .

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Three fun games to type

software charts

Software reviewsSomething for everyone on Atari, Spectrum, Oric

Commodore 64 software reviews

software reviewsGames for Oric and VIC-20

Educational software reviews . .

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...for VIC-20, Oric and Spectrum

TI-99/4A software reviews

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Software reviews ....Games for BBC and Spectrum

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Price rise

doreAlthough still on cassette,

they will be boxed along with

other items, like maps anddetailed playing instructions.

Mr Everiss said Imagineieved software sold as

Kites alone bad reached its

\ by-product is that piracy

uld be less likely'

d theta wouldbe essential in n.e [he game..

Mr Everiss said Imagine hadalso developed a system makingits products nearly impossible

to copy.

He agreed that the price cuts

were to clear the decks and said

[hat, at £335, the software was

The: futu

rstand at all.' What's thekvAi: behind that?

"I'm totally amused andbemused by Imagine'* twisting

and turning. First they droptheir prices and the next minutehey are making them too high.

"While I applaud their movetway from lower prices. I think

hey have over-reacted in the

ippositc direction. They will

it thee! osellgi

b Simpson, head of PCSDistribution, believes the prices

about £15.50 and£19.50. He said: "Imagine are

claiming these programs are

completely innovative. If that's

the

d for the itidus

Nine tracksFrom froni pagi

pay for the cheapest floppy d

Phloopy costs £114 and the

interface, which runs up to

eight drives, is £29.90. Tapecartridges cost £3-£3.50depending on quantity.

Up to LOOK can bt

says Phi Mag, and accessed in

three to four seconds. Transferrate is 10K per second, around:i.K):ime. faster than

only on the BBC computer, but

Phi Mag plans to makeavailable for other popi

Phi Mac says the speed ;

reliability arc due to a ni

recording

quarter-inch width of Ihc tape— and an error-checking systemcontrolled by an on-board

Phloopy has its own LoopFiling System, using thestandard HUC filing system.

BASK' commands and its ownefixed by an

s the

is driven at 15 inches per secondand. says Phi Mag, touches the

cartridge wall only occasionally.

Programs or text files from

Mr Lucas said his company

Once installed, the Phloopysystem plugs into the BBC'sdisc port and a second plug goes

into the power output •ocktt.

Phi Mag says the installaiion

should not take more than 20

The company says that, with

production under way at its

Falmouth plant, mail order

Phi Ma? Systems, Tregonlggle

Industrial Estate, Falmouth,Cort-waii TR11 4RY

may view of the Phloopym shuws Ihc 12ft (ape loop

You could beon our pagesPROGRAMS must always be sent on cassette.Listings are helpful, but not necessary. Check

carefully that they are bug-free, includedetails of what your program does, how it

works, variables you have used and hints onconversion.

ARTICLES on using home computers should beno longer than 2,000 words. Don't worry aboutyour writing ability — Just try to keep to the

style in hcw. Articles most likely to bepublished will help our readers made betteruse of their micros by giving useful ideas,

possibly with programming examples. We willconvert any sketched illustrations into

finished artwork.

tips are short articles, and briefprogramming routines which we can puttogether with others. Your hints can aid

other computer users.

Competitive rates are paid.

Keep a copy of your submissions and includean SAE if you want them returned. Labeleverything clearly and give a daytime and

home phone number if you can.

KOMI- I'OMPITISG VVl:l-.k! V 20 Man

Colour codedJet St! Willy

follow -up toMfcnic Miner, runs only wnen a

colour code, found on the inlay

card, is input by the player.

Software Projects says this is

a bid to lessen piracy. Jet Set

Willy, which has a competitiondetailed on the inlay, wasoriginally due out in December.h runs on the 48K Spectrum

along with the company's other

new games, Tribble Troubleand Orion. Dinky Doo, new for

the Commodore 64, plays a

Software Projects, Bear BrandComplex, Allenon Rd,Woolton, Liverpool L25 7SF

• • •The inaugural meeting of the

Society of Software Authors,affiliated to the ComputerTrade Association, will be held

at the Studio Theatre, KennethMore Theatre, Oakfteld Rd,llford, Essex, on May S,

starting at 1pm, Subscription:

£10 pi

Cox, acting treasurer.

Society of Software Authors, 7

Meadway Ct, Whalebone LaneSouth, Dagenhom, Essex

• • •Turbo, an extended BASIC for

the Commodore 64 at £14.95, is

said to offer 45

make Ihe computer

Logo, the educational program-ming language, has beenbrought out for the Spectrumby Kuma and for the Atari. TheSpectrum version is on tape for

£9.95 and Atari's is on cartridge

at £59.99, including two2! )' I- :.!! e manuals.Kuma, Unit 12, Horseshoe Pk,Horseshoe Rd, Pangbourne,Berks RG8 7JW.

Berks SL2 SBZ. Slow

Longmans is adding two books

computers: The BBC MicroGuide and, due out in three

weeks. The Electron MicroGuide. Both are by GrahameBlack well, director of the[vybridgc EducationalComputing Project, SouthDevon, and cost £2.95.

Longman, Burnt Mill, Harlow,

Essex CM20 2JE• • •

Kenilworth Software is

planning to bring out amagazine on tape for users ofthe T1-99/4A in May/June.Kenilworth Software, 9 DencerDr, Knights Meadow, Kenil-

worth, WarksCVS2QR• • •

Forthcoming shows; Microlair,

April 28, Alexandra Palace,

North London; 5th AnnualCommodore Computer Show,June 7-9, Novolel London(formerly Cunard International

Hotel), Hammersmith;Personal Computer GamesEaster Show, April 20-22,

Solihull Conference Centre,Homer Rd, Solihull; WhatMicro? Dr Barnard os Show,July 14-15, Battersea Pk,London.

• • •Virgin Games' Nick Alexanderlias just returned from Hungarywhere he had talks withAndromeda, the software housethat produced Chinese Juggler,

ahiHn importing new games.Virgin, 61-63 Portobello Rd.London WII 3DD

After the game ofthe book, the

book of the game of the book.Melbourne House has brought

our A Guide to Playing TheHobbit. Priced at £3.95, it

outlines strategies and tactics

solutions. Melbourne Housealso publishes the game tape for

the48K Spectrum, Commodore64, Oric and BBC.Melbourne House, Castle YardHouse, Castle Yard,Richmond, Surrey TWIQ 6TF

T1-994A SOFTWARETwo great games for the une*panded T1-99/4A

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Get it right.Sir Clive

Every two years or so that special time comes round again

when — in classic Sinclair slyle — Sir Clive and his aunleash their latest and greatest home computer.

Wailing/or it is a mob of anticipating and impatient

computer freaks like me who will buy anything with the

wonderfuly angular Sinclair logo on the side.

Will the QL meet our expectations? Perhaps.

II certainly sounds good, but so do a lot of other

things when we first read about them in the hastily-

written and hazy first impression reports. The revi

rave about a computer that nobody, including the wr,

knows a lot about.

There are mysterious ami conflicting reports of chip

names, memory capacity and cost unlit, finally, the

official literature arrives. Happy would-be customers tear

open the envelopes and scratch their heads in confusion

when they find, for example, that it costs £100 more than

they had heard.Thankfully, that initial period is over for the QL

and the solid facts hart-settled down to a basic list. And

a

very good list it is too: I28K RAM (96 usable after 32Kfor screen display is subtracted), eight colours, several

text and graphics modes, twin built-in Microdrives, lois

of interfaces, a wittingly excellent BASIC controlled by

a Rolls-Royce of processors, an interesting shape and a

big expansion programme.And it's cheap. Or rather, for argument's sake, it's

inexpensive. It really is a lot less than it should be.

The catch? there doesn't appear to be one. Butperhaps everyone is looking in the wrong directionfor the

fatal error. If anything does eventually, or initially, so

wrong il won 'I be the computer. Odds on it will be the

company.For too long we have lei it all go by with computer

companies: the production problems, recalls, apologies,

re-delivery, the months of wailing. If ourfriend Sir Clive

is reading I hope he bows his head in shame.

I'm ashamed to say that I have had two ZXSIs andthree of the I6KRAM packs tor it, finally vlving up after

the third packed up. This time round I've really donemyself proud, not slopping at three Specirums. Oh n

I've had eight. No, this is not a typing error — I so

eight. I wonder how many QLs I'll get.

Now, patience is one ofmy better virtues and I knowthai things like this must happen a/1 the lime. But if

'

better not happen again. I want to have faith in yourcompany. Sir Clive, but you have let me down in thepast.

Your last chance will arrive soon when I order my QL. Bewarned: there are others like me and it 's a dangerous athroat market.

Please get it right.

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SPECTRUM PROGRAM

Treasure awaitsthose whorisk evil inthelabyrinth

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SPECTRUM PROGRAM U.S. SCENE

Critics coolon CBM 264

/ suppose you might hurt' heart/ In rimr ihal Jack Trumlcl,

company foiinilct anil president ot Commodore, has resigned/null lilt' company. Commodore is still reeling under the ne\

Within four weeks of framlel's departure, four other high le

Coninitlore c.wcutives ulso resigned.

Although the two newest Commodore machines, the 264and 364, were sluted for an April delivery date, it sapparent that trie high iere! shake up may cause this date ,

postponed. Stum' industry observers feel thin witlitiut high-level

management in':" icrsetl in the computer industry. ( 'oimnodoremay be left without ti cteur cut marketing plan for the rest of this

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imier-i'iio price tag here, has all bt

the low-end home computer markeI, they can readily afford to hoi

of the two new machines.>/ Commodore to delay the newcool reception given the ma*, hint's

. some industry analyst.', and cerium key members of thecomputing press when It was learned that neither machine wsoftware compatible with the 64.

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tspond with the producers ot Ihe show.The host, Nicholas Johnson, author ol How To Talk Back

To Your TV Set. is now on the receiving end of his idea. UsingI he Source, an American computet bulletin board urtniable bysubscription, viewers can contact the show via The bfew Tech

The service pruritics previews of coming shows, addressesand phone numbers lor t ompames yitose products were shown,Johnson's own syndicated columns, books artil/abie atdiscount, information an obtaining transcriptions of the show,other special offers, and. uliovi' till, the chance for viewe

II ideas for future shows. \ow that's talkin' hack...

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tlf c.f till personal computers sold will be replacei

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'ntegmlion seems odd tome. If 'ill things hare goneore years? I though! one of the reasons th

personal units were purchased hy business people was that ti.

eliminated the need to depend on one central computer tin

sharing facility.

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