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Plus/4, and other companies -

Melbourne House, Tynesoft, Anirog,

Gremlin Graphics and CRI, to name a few

- are following suit. We review some C16

games in this month's Software Spotlight

section and, next month, we have a C16

software special. So, we don't yet want to

see an inﬂux of C16s and Plus/4s into our

Classiﬁed Ads section!

"IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE, PLAY

on", wrote Shakespeare. And, with

Spring in the air, who wants a lovesick

computer? Not us. To ensure that our

readers won't be reported to the A.C.L.C.

(Association for Cruelty to Lovesick

Commodores) - surely there is such an

institution we bring you this all-singing,

all-dancing, May-time music extrava-

ganza.

Those hedonistic heads at

Commodore seem to have taken Mr.

Shakespeare at his word. Having

equipped the 64 with a powerful sound

generator chip, SID - Sound Interface

Device - and such music making facilities

as 3 separate voices, an 8 octave range.

modulation and ﬁ ltering, they have

provided a basis for one of the most

powerful music synthesisers available on

any micro computer.

Music and computers are well-

matched bedfellows. Although artistry

obviously plays a larger role in creating

music, there are similarities between this

and writing a computer program. Both

have a set of rules and structures to

follow: with music, for example, the rules

of harmony, counterpoint and timing.

Sound can be reproduced on

computers with great precision. It is

transmitted as electrical pulses and then

stored as binary digits in memory.

You certainly don't have to be a

musician or even a whizz at programming

to exploit such potential. Our new music

series will help you teach even the most

discordant Commodore to croon. Also

included in Your Commodore this month

is your very own music program to type in.

Or you can really cheat by jazzing up your

sluggish 64 with Siel's CMK 49 keyboard.

See our review.

But, maybe you think Shakespeare got

it all wrong. Music is anathema to your

ears, food is nothing more than bacon

sarnies and calories, and your

Commodore receives all the love it needs,

thank you very much.

OK, so you're the practical type. Well,

what could be more practical than

realising that some computer add-ons are

vastly overpriced and deciding that you

could probably do just as good a job

yourself, if only you knew how? Drop

your excuses, read our D.I.Y. series and

make your Commodore the envy of all its

fellow computers by kitting it out with a

vast array of add-ons such as printer

interfaces, mother boards, video leads and

RAM/ROM cartridges.

C16 software

"64, 64 that's all they care about", I hear

you say. Not true. We realise that the C16

is fast becoming a popular machine

(175,000 sales at the time of writing) and

this ﬁgure should increase now that some

retailers, such as Dixons plc, are selling it

at half price following the dramatic cut in

the price of the Plus/4. Software

companies are, at long last, noticing this

machine although a lot of the early

releases are of a low standard, many being

re-hashed versions of popular 64 games.

But, do not despair, as there are one or

two goodies appearing on the scene. The

LET Show at the end of February certainly

wouldn't win any prizes for innovative

software for the more popular and

established machines, but it offered a

glimmer of hope to C16 owners,

Commodore, for example, have now

released over 50 titles, from arcade games

to sophisticated utilities, for the C16 and

Survey

Enough of my views. We're always asking

for your views in this column and many of

you are certainly proliﬁc letter writers. But

not enough of you write and tell us about

yourselves or what you would like to see

more (or less) of in this magazine. So, your

forte doesn't lie in letter writing; you'd

sooner accept the status quo than put pen

to paper? Fear not! We've made it oh so

simply for you in our readers' survey. All

you need to do is tick a box or string a few

words together in response to our

questions. What could be simpler? And

not only will the results enable us to

produce your type of magazine but one

lucky reader will win a 1541 disc drive.

Turn to the heart of Your Commodore -

it's crying for attention!

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favoured by so many modern pop stars. Siel's

newest keyboard, the CMK 49, enhances the

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VOLUME 1 NUMBER 8

MAY1985

Editor: Wendy I Palmer

Editorial Assistant: Alison hijul

Software Assistant: John

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Advertisement Manager: Mike

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PITSTOP II 33

CBS show that arcade action and motor racing

are a winning combination. Treat your 64 to our

game of the month.

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SOFT ROCK 46

Playing the computer games is no longer a silent

pursuit. We look at the crucial role played by

music in many of today's top-selling games,

such as Ghostbusters or Chiller.

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READERS' SURVEY 49

We know that Your Commodore is already the

best Commodore magazine to adorn a

newsagent's shelf. But. now's your chance to

make it even better by ﬁ lling in our

questionnaire. And, what's more, there's a prize

up for grabs. Don't delay!

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SERIES

MASTERING

MACHINE CODE 21

Discover the innermost thoughts of your 64 by

delving into the ROM chips where its resident

software is stored.

THE WELL-

TEMPERED 64 26

Tune into your 64 with the aid of our new music

series.

THE HARD FACTS 48

At last, a vast array of computer add-ons at a

price you can afford.

THE BASIC FACTS 64

Order your 64 around by turning it into a ﬁling

system.

RELIABLE

ROUTINES 84

Every month we shall bring you a subroutine

which may be used in a variety of programming

applications.

SETTING OUT ON

AN ADVENTURE 88

The last installment in our series on creating

your own adventures.

PROGRAMMING

PROJECTS 90

This month's project shows you how to produce

a menu-driven interactive graphics system.

DATA

STATEMENTS 9

The LET show, new releases and lots, lots more.

SOFTWARE CHART 14

Commodore 64 and VIC 20 bestsellers.

SENSE OF

ADVENTURE 17

Runecaster gets stuck into Spectrum

conversions and arcade adventures.

REFERENCE

LIBRARY 3 4

Have a 'book bop' this month with two

Commodore music books.

IN ARCADIA 36

Eyes down and pulse rates up for this months

burst of arcade action.

SOFTWARE

SPOTLIGHT 54

Games galore for your Commodore!

INPUT/OUTPUT 62

Perplexed or problems or in a quandary with

queries? Fear not - we have the answers (or, at

least, we think we have!).

BUSINESS FILE 70

Fieldmaster have entered the ﬁeld of business

software. Your Commodore assessed their

output.

GAMES AND UTILITIES

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DISC UNSCRATCH 30

Don't panic! If you've accidentally erased a ﬁle

off your disc just use this indispensable utility to

retrieve it.

BOMBER RUN 38

An excellent version of the classic Blitz game

where your aim is to bomb as many buildings as

possible before your plane crashes into one of

the tower blocks.

COMPOSER 64 72

With this month's mega program, you can make

a musical masterpiece in a few simple stages.

AUTOBOOT 94

This utility not only allows you to auto load and

run BASIC programs from machine code, but

also to make your program totally secure by

locking it up.

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