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THE FUZION OF MIND AND MACHINE

COMMODORE 64 * COMMODORE 64 * COMMODORE 64

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PICTURE IT. ANOTHER SLEEPY AFTER-

noon in the heart of suburbia. In a living

room resplendent with rich furnishings

and potted plants, a blade of sunlight cuts

through a gap in the drawn curtains,

directed at Adenoid Anthony as he sits

before the TV screen, Commodore 64 at

his knees, discarded software to his left

and joystick ﬁ rmly clasped in his right

hand.

It's teatime and Anthony's tastes are

changing. Green things from outer space

are as stale as old cake crumbs, platforms

and ladders have met the same fate as

used tea bags and most adventures offer

as many thrills and spills as watching the

milk curdle in Auntie Elsie's Royal

Wedding souvenir milk jug. No pretty

graphics scroll before Anthony's eyes, no

revamped pop songs rock his ear drums.

In their place, stretches a mass of

instruments, dials and switches a realistic

interpretation (depending on which

simulator Anthony has loaded into his 64)

of the instrument panel of a real, live

aeroplane. In fact, it is so realistic that

Anthony is quite oblivious to Rover as he -

ravages the last remaining pirated copy of

Raid Over Moscow (... the one for which,

in true Le Carre style, he'd hoped to extort

vast sums of money from little Igor

Bogolovich at the Embassy school).

The engine rumbles, the speed and

Anthony's adrenalin rise in unison and

the altimeter needle swings gradually to

the right as the plane leaves the runway,

shooting into the wild blue yonder over a

patchwork of rapidly shrinking terrain.

Anthony's concentration is

momentarily diverted as the shapely

stewardess steps tentatively into the

cockpit; stis mum with a lukewarm cup of

tea. But, our intrepid pilot keeps his cool

and the plane remains on course.

Not for long. As with all good air

disaster movies (are there any good air

disaster movies?), the hi-jacker enters the

scene. This one's a right smart alec. Not

only is he trying to show the pilot who's

boss, but he even wants to have a goat the

controls himself. "Looks like a good

wheeze, Anthony; reminds me of my days

in the RAF". "No old war stories now,

dad; I must concentrate". "lust a quick go

...". When I've ﬁnished ...". "Now look

inviting our readers on board for a

journey through an assortment of ﬂight

simulators available for the 64. These

cover a very broad spectrum of planes

from gliders and helicopters to 747

airliners and spitﬁres.

Having got off to a ﬂying start with our

reviews, we hope to take you one step

further with our air-raising competition -

a chance to win not only Anirog's Super

Sketch but also one of 50 copies of the

newest of the new ﬂight simulators, Jump

Jet, which promises to be an excellent

follow-up to Anirog's already ultra-

successful Flight Path 737. Jump Jet even

contains speech, something which any

self-respecting computer program should

own nowadays. What more could an

aspiring pilot ask for?

Over arid out.

here, son; who bought you that computer

anyway?". What can our hero do in the

face of such adversity? Nothing. Force

prevails and, with control in the hands of

His Bossiness, before you can say 'bombs

away', the screen ﬂashes and the plane

crashes. The dream is broken.

'Has the editor ﬂipped her lid?', I hear

you ask. We know that prolonged

exposure to typewriters has been known

to be ruinous to one's health, but we hope

the poor dear realises she is producing a

computer magazine and not a toss-up

between a ﬂ ight manual and a book at

bedtime.

Fear not, dear readers, Your

Commodore has merely caught a spot of

Biggles fever this month (must be the

effect of all those VE day celebrations).

And this is all a rather convoluted way of

FEATURES

HIGH FLYERS 14

Your Commodore gets off to a ﬂying start this

month as we nose dive into a heap of ﬂ ight

simulators for the 64. How do they compare

with the real thing? Our reviews reveal all.

VOLUME 1 NUMBER 10

JULY 1985

BUSINESS BONANZA 43

Take our advice and look before you buy! in this

month's bumper special, we bring you page

after page of all that's best in the 64 business

world.

Group Editor: Wendy 1. Palmer

Editorial Assistant: Alison Nu!

Software Assistant: John

Donovan

Advertisement Manager: Mike

Segrue

Advertisement Copy Control:

Laura Champion

Publishing Director: Peter

Welham

Chairman: Jim Connell

Origination: Ebony Typesetting

Design: MM Design

Editorial & Advertisement Ofﬁce

No 1 Golden Square,

London W1R 3AB

Telephone: 01-437 0626

Telex: 8811896

CHARACTER

DESIGNER 5 2

A special offer you can't refuse! We publish the

complete documentation of the character

designer used by Virgin to design the screens of

their best-selling games, such as Falcon Patrol.

We also offer the actual program to our readers

at a price that really is 'virgin on the ridiculous'.

Your Commodore is a monthly

magazine appearing on the ﬁrst

Friday of each month.

Distribution by: Argus Press

Sales & Distribution Ltd,. 12-18

Paul Street, London EC2A

Printed by: Alabaster Passmore

& Sons Ltd, Tovil, Maidstone,

Kent.

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Commodore Subscriptions

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including all articles, ,designs,

plans, drawings and programs

and all copyright and other

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Company. 01985 Argus

S. -cialist Publications Limited.

CHEETAH

SPEAKS OUT 58

Cheetah, sweet talk their way into the speech

synth market, and produce the world's ﬁrst tail-

less RAT.

REGULARS

COMPETITION

SOFTWARE CHART 6

A look at the games Galluping up and down this

month's best-sellers list.

DATA

STATEMENTS 9

Keeping you in touch with all that's new on the

Commodore front.

SENSE OF

ADVENTURE 1 7

Runecaster continues his quest for the best and

the worst in the world of adventure.

COMPETITION 30

Welcome aboard for another high-ﬂyer - this

month's competition. We've decided to break

with the current trend by not giving away any

copies of Airwolf. Instead we're offering one

ﬂying ace his or her 'art's desire - a copy of

Super Sketch. And, to the runners-up, we're

giving away copious copies of the latest in a long

line of ﬂ ight simulators - Anirog's Jump let.

Chocks away!

SERIES

IN ARCADIA 2 4

Any mega-Ghostbusters hit the $999,999 mark

yet?

INPUT/OUTPUT 33

Some of your mighty missives, fresh from our

mailbag.

SOFTWARE

SPOTLIGHT 3 4

We've certainly got a soft spot for good games -

and a few harsh words for the not-so-good

ones!

Our new series bring graphics galore to your 64.

THE BASIC FACTS 26

Let your Commodore take the pain out of

mathematical problems.

PROGRAMMING

PROJECTS 7 4

Our sprites are on the move can you stand the

pace?

MASTERING

MACHINE CODE

TOP DRAW

REFERENCE

LIBRARY 4 0

The C16 hasn't been neglected in this month's

book look.

Sorting out your string arrays.

THE WELL-

TEMPERED 64 86

Be a really big noise with another dose of chip

music.

4,4

RELIABLE

ROUTINES

Beware! The computer reveals all.

GAMES AND UTILITIES

64 CHARACTER SET 50

All the characters you've ever wanted for your

64.

DOG FIGHT 5 9

Bombs away as you terrorise the skies in this ace

game for the 64.

HI-RES VIC 6 6

This excellent routine helps you to achieve hi-

res printing on the VIC 20.

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