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ISSUE 14 DECEMBER 1986
Publishers Roger Kean. Oliver Frey,
Franco Frey
Publishing Executive Graeme (Odd
Editor Malcolm Harding
Software Editor Richard Eddy
Technical Editor/Amtips
Anthony Clarke
Ait Director Dick Shiner
Assistant Art Director Gordon Druce
Production Controller
David Western
Illustrators Oliver Frey. Ian Craig
Adventure/Strategy
Sean Masterson
Software Reviewers
Massimo Valducci.
Anthony Clarke, Richard Eddy,
Michael Dunn, Glenn Carey
Staff Writer Saffron Trevaskis
Contributing Writers David Paul,
Jon Bales. Garth Sumpter.
Dominic Handy. Ben Stone
Photographer Cameron Pound
Production Matthew Uffindeii,
Tony Lorton. Jonathan Rignall.
TimCroton. Mark Kendnck.
Set) Ctare
Advertisement Manager
Roger Bennett
Administration Sales Manager
Nik Wild
Advertisement Assistant
Heather Timms
Subscriptions Denise Roberts
Mail Order Carol Kinsey
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THE MAIN HEADINGS
DECEMBER'S PICK OF THE SOFTWARE CROP
18 THE EIDOLON
Tackle the strange maze world and slay lots of dra-
gons in this Accolade from Activision.
7 EDITORIAL
The Cuddly Crumbly one speaks out for all that is
good and true — the latest changes at AMTIX!
Towers, and the weather.
9 ON THE SPOT
What is STs Sacred Travesty? Find out in OTS!
43 SAFFRON'S SCOREBOARD
Have you scored with Saffron? Find out in the first
national championship!
51 ADVENTURE
A tearful farewell from the Leprechaun (Sob, sob,
wail) and some good games as well.
61 AMTIPS
Tony Clarke takes over this prestigious section
and offers lots of help and advice to Amsters.
Maps of POPEYE PANZADROME and OAN DARE
for your delectation.
71 STRATEGY
More goodbyes, (sob, wail, tears, boo hoo)!
22 TRAJLBLAZER
Blaze a space trail that others may follow with
Bouncy Ball, hero of the latest hit from Gremlin
Graphics.
30 SCOOBY D00
Rooby, rooby, roooo! Help Scoob rescue his
friends from a haunted castle and a mad professor
in this game from Elite.
106XEN0
Show your skills in this futuristic sports game,
courtesy of A n F.
108 KAftl WARRIORS
Battle through monstrous undergrowth and
rescue the General.
110 THE AMTIX! ACCOLADES
Four of our prestigious Accolades are included on
one mega disk from Gremlin Graphics.
85 COMPETITION RESULTS
Two whole pages of winners this issue!
90 THE USER CLUB NEWS
Malcolm Harding steals two pages so he can print
a mega list of user clubs and penpal listings.
92 AMTECH
Techno Tony (Interesting) Clarke looks at a host of
new goodies including CP/M Utilities, an
Animator, Tasword 8000, and starts an Art Gallery!
AMTIX! COMPETITIONS
40 BLAZING AWAY
Bouncy Ball's word square, clocks and games for
the winners.
44 GUDER RIDER
Design a new mode of transport for the cuddly
Crumbly and win a BMX bike!
48 DAN DARE
Games, TShirts, LPs, Videos, posters (etc etc).
59 WRITE A SLOGAN
Write a slogan for Level 9 and win a year planner
flowing with Level 9 art work.
7B THE REALLY RATHER RUDE C0MP
Any 5 Infocom games plus 10 copies of Leather
Goddesses Of Phobos in the sexiest comp ever!
74 ACTIVATOR OFFER AND COMP
Cascade are offering £2 off their new hit, and ifyou
map it you could win a Maestro sound amplifier!
78 UP. UP AND AWAEEEEeeee
FTL have 50 copies of the shoot 'em up LIGHT-
FORCE up for grabs.
84 WAITING FOR THE BERK
Nothing to be done, welt, actually there's quite a
bit, find out...
87 THE BROOM, BROOM, BR0000M! COMP
Ocean are offering bags and copies of the legen-
dary Street Hawk in the crack the wordsquare
comp.
104 PLAYING AROUND WITH PLAYERS
Players are offering a day out at PLayers Towers
plus the complete collection of Players games!
THAT WAS THE MONTH THAI WAS
76 THE LATEST AMSTRAD SHOW IN LONDON
Our very own Crumbly Editor struts down to the
Novotel with Software Editor, Richard Eddy.
82 MY FAVOURITE TOP FIVE GAMES
Rod Cousens of ACTIVISION enjoys the limelight
as he reminisces on his favourite games.
68 THE AMTIXf CHALLENGE
One of our cocky readers travels north to AMTIX!
Towers for a headbanging encounter. Find out how
this challenger fares against the mighty Richard
Eddy.
88 THE LAUNCH OF A NEW MAGAZINE
Next month's bumper Christmas special edition of
AMTIX! will include issue 0 of a new mega
magazine. We report on its launch in London.
128 PREVIEWS
An early glance at more new games for your
Arnold: KETTLE from Alligata; IKARI WARRIORS
from Elite; THANATOS from Durell; BOMBJACK II
from Elite; SAS STRIKE FORCE from Mikro Gen.
it's mega, it's packed, it's fun, it's interesting, it's
revolutionary, it's spellbinding, it's informative, it's
honest, it's the tops, it's the AMTIX! CHRISTMAS
SPECIAL and it goes on sale on 4th December with
your free copy of LM stuck to the back. All for a one
off price of £1.25!! Ifyou miss it you'll have a terrible
Christmas!
A NEWSFIELD
PUBLICATION
COVER BY IAN CRAIG
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