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lxpert3 Debate; A Computer or Ju3t Kld3' Play? What Do You Think? CAPTAIN FIZZ BAAL Meets The Blaster-Trons Its a whole new ball game! The massage is simple: co-operate ordie! * An addictive mixture of strategy and arcade Sick of silly old soccer ? Tired of pathetic pinball? Then you action featuring: It's double fun and double trouble all the way in need a dose of Balfistix • the fastest . wackiest, toughest ball Captain Fizz, the most exciting simultaneous two· 8 way ultra-smooth scrolling through 3 game yet to appear on a computer. BaUistix just explodes with * player game you and afriend are ever likely toplay. distinctive domains containing multiple excrtemenl, puzzles and an amazing 130 diHerent screens of lt'sa w hole new world of split-screen, high-speed frenetic aC1 ion. levels. action, as both of you take on the nasty Blaster· Over 250 highly detailed screens. superb Trons infesting the planet Icarus. The aim of the game is simple; score more goals than your graphics and sound effects. opponent to win the match. Doing it Is a different matter as Yup. it's a tough m ission alright, but you might just splitters fi ll the screen with dozens of balls. tunnels hide them More than 100 monsters end 400 traps. w in out w ith the right blend of co-operation, * from view, bumpers bounce balls all over the show, fiendish courage, laser-hot reflexes. tact ical sense . . . and The future of the world lies in the hands of en elite red arrows speed them up 10 almost impo ssible velocity, brains. The action is fa st and furious in Captain squadron of men. YOU are the leader of the Time magnets pu ll the.m lrom cont rol. and much, much Fizz, but if you can't workout the right tactics you'll awa y your more Warriors. Can you save the eanh from the evil both be dead meat. BAAL? There are 22 levelsof savage end relentless action Ballistixis incrediblY, flexible. too. You can play againstthe com· His army of undeed have stolen en awesome to battle through before you reach your objective. puter or another player. set the speed if you can't stand the weapon of destruction, a War Machine. the central computer that 's causing the evil pace ,definewhere theballsare fired and their velocity. rack up bonuses that will get you extra goals and then. at the end of an As leader of the ultimate battle fighters, your infestation . You'll never get t here, though, unless you put your heads together and co-operate; your exhausting game. set your name 1n pnde of place on the high· quest is to invade BAAL's domain, fighting off his buddy can' t do it on his own, and neither can you. score table. And It's all played to the accompan iment of a monstrous demonic beasts to retrieve the War Th is is one program where even the easy games throbbing sound-Uack and a crowd that applauds your every Machine . .. but ... you must kill BAAL in the ere hard. So remember - united you stand. but goal. process. divided you fall . . . Balfistixis def1nltely not a game for wimps. !rs 1ough, fast, chal· Can you succeed? There is no opt ion . . . the Warning: this gam e is impossible tobeat o n your lenging and incredibly competitive - io lac!, it's just the kind of alternative is literally 'Hell on Eanh '. own. game you like. Two j oysticks required for two-player game. Screen Shots from the Atari ST version Two joysllcks requ ired for two-play er game Screen shots taken from the Atari ST version AVAILABLE NOW ON THE PSYCLA PSE LABEL AVAILABLE NOW ON THE PSYCLAPSE LABEL Screen Shots are from the Amiga version A VA/LABLE NOW ON THE PSYCLAPSE LABEL

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We bring good things to life. -· I I I I I FEATURES Nine for '89: Great Games of the Year Computer games are hot. Nine prospects for top-of-the-charts honors in enter­ tainment software take you from this world to the next./ Dan Gutman_ 19 You Call That a Computer? Dedicated game systems swallow car­ tridges, use palm-size control pads, and offer inexpensive interactive entertain­ ment. But is that all there is? Kei1h Ferrell 28 You 're Animated! Walt Disney would be jealous! Make 'toons dance out of your computer with one of these state-of-the-art animation packages.jSteven Anzovin 34 Buyer's Guide Desktop Publishing Roll up your sleeves and roll the presses with one of these 33 publishing packages./Mickey McLean 43

Timeout SpreadTools, MacroTools, and MacroTools II Vincent O'Connor 64 Guardians of Infinity: To Save Kennedy Ed Ferrell 65 Wildlife Adventures: Grizzly Bears Kristen Sternberg 66 -REVIEWS Viewlink JULY David Stanton 66 1989 Fast Looks Wizardry-V: Heart of the ThunderChopper Maelstrom Flash Joey Latimer 70 VOLUME 11 Th e Honeymooners QuickVerse Bible Concordance Mac Write II 59 NUMBER 7 Steve Hudson 70 IBM PS/2 Model 30 286 Zany Golf ISSUE 110 Gregg Keizer 60 David English 71 Double Dragon CheckFree The l eading Magazi ne Len Poggiali ol Home, Educati onal, and 61 Glenda McClure 72 R'ec rea tlonal Computing -COLUMNS

Editorial License So many games, so little time . Com­ puter entertainment has the pull and the power to foil the best-laid plans- even Nintendo's./Gregg Keizer 4 News & Notes Discoveries If summer vacation seems a bore, plug Perestroika print shop, buzzing a mu­ your kids into the family computer and seum, political intrigue, and a lot more watch the fireworks./ 12 stories for the home computer David Stanton_ enthusiast./Editors 13 Levitations Gameplay Put your equipment to the ultimate test-bring it around to Toby Arcades and adventures aren't the only Labs./Arlan Levitan 78 fun in computer town. Plan a house, map a planet, paint a portrait. And en- Letters joy yourself./Orson Scott Card 8 Lower prices-yes; Big Blue and Impact Apple-no./Editors 11 The designers who bring us databases New Products! and 386 hardware could learn a thing Top-line Tandy, a portable printer, a PC or two from game makers. putter, and more products coming David D. Thornburg 10 down the pike./ Mickey McLean 74

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COMPUTE! The Leading Magazine of Home, Educational, and Recreational Computing (USPS: 537250) is published monthly by COMPUTE! Publications. Inc .. ABC Consumer Magazines. Inc.. Chilton Company, one of 1he ABC Publishing Companies. a part of Capital Cities / ABC. Inc. Editorial Offices are localed at 324 West Wendover Avenue. Greensboro. NC 27408. Oomesuc Subscriptions: 12 issues. St 9.94 . POSTMASTER: Send Form 357910: COMPUTE!. P.O. Box 32•5. Harlan. IA 51537. Second-class postage paid at New YO(<. NY and additional mailing offices. Entire contents copyright © 1989 by COM PUTE! Publica1ions. Inc. All rights reserved. ISSN 0194·357X. editoriallicense GREGG KEIZER

ho put this monkey on my back? out-Nintendo Nintendo. What a waste. I've got bad Tetris withdrawal People shove a cart into the Nintendo W symptoms. I see odd-shaped box­ for a variety of reasons, but the best has got es falling in front of my eyes, rotating this to be the utter simplicity of the machine. No way and that before they settle out ofsight. matter what anyone tells you, Nintendo (or I've got an itch to play just one more any other dedicated game machine) is not a round ofArkanoid. I keep hitting my monj­ computer. Sure, it has a microprocessor, tor, as ifit were a pinball machine that you RAM, and video output. But it doesn't have could persuade to make the ball rebound the a keyboard, it doesn't have a disk drive, and String Garlic right way. it doesn't have more than one function. I've got a dream a dream to be presi­ What computer game developers and Around Your dente of Hidden Agenda's mythical Central publishers must do is create the kind of American country and actually make it games that will never be part ofthe Nin­ through my three-year term without ending tendo scene. Games that won't work with a Neck, Geta up on the floor ofthe Presidential Palace. hand controller the size ofa three-year­ On and on and on it goes. There are too old's hand. Games that adults want to play. Wood Stake many games and never enough free time. If Games that let you think, not just think all I did was try out the computer games that about shooting. Games like Hidden Agen­ Ready-Yep, drop onto my desk, you'd be looking at a da-a marvelous reason to spend an hour magazine filled with blank pages. in front of your computer. Or games like I've been playing games on the com­ 688 A/lack Sub, Ultima, Guardians ofInfin­ Nintendo's puter as long as I've had a computer. Most ity, Earl Weaver Baseball, or Flight Simula­ ofus are like that- game addicts, I mean. tor 3.0. In other words, entertainment Here We buy a computer, rationalizing that we'll software that takes hold ofthe personal use personal finance software, word proces­ computer's ability to metamorphose into an sors, even educational packages. Down deep almost limitless number of specialty game in our selfish souls, though, we know we buy machines. the macrune to play games. And as soon as The personal computer isn'tjust an ar­ it's in the house, the computer calls its silent cade machine like the Nintendo. It's also a siren song, and before you know it. you're text-adventure game machine, a sophisticat­ sitting in front ofa screen, bashing keys or ed simulation machine, an involved sports twisting a joystick. It's insidjous. machine, and more. And it's not getting any easier. This That's the power ofcomputer fun . year's game crop is a bountiful one, as Dan That's the monkey I want on my back. Gutman's "Nine for '89" attests. Games to­ day are more sophisticated, more colorful, more entertainjng than ever before. This is my last issue ofCOMPUTE!. Then why did most consumer enter­ I'm stepping down as editor to, as they tajnment software publishers have such a sometimes say, pursue other career opportu­ lousy Christmas? Why djd the bottom fall nities. I'll stay with the magazine, ofcourse, out ofcomputer fun? but only as a reader, just like you. In one word: Nintendo. Dedicated The last year and a half has been both game systems are back on the attack, and frantic and fantastic fun . I'm proud ofwhat the Nintendo is playing point man. There's COMPUTE! has become-the premier a Nintendo game system in one out ofevery home computer magazine. And I'm appre­ five American households, a statistic that ciative ofall who worked on the magazine, has computer game makers scared stiff. all who wrote for it (as long as they turned in Software publishers saw their fourth-quarter their pieces on time) and all who read it sales dive as Nintendo's sales soared. Some each month. But I'd like to single out a few computer entertainment publishers were hit here who helped make it possible-Bill so hard that they're actuaJly on the financial Tynan, Keith Ferrell, Janice Fary, Heidi ropes. Though Nintendo looked like a fad Aycock, Pete Scisco, Caroline Hanlon, only a year ago, many industry insiders are Robin Strelow, Robin Case. Thanks. now trunking it's here to stay. I know a bit of what COM PUTE! will You can see the result in computer soon bring to your home, and I can guaran­ games that push onscreen violence to the tee that you'll find future issues more infor­ limit, that promote repetitive play, that mative, more entertaining, more educa­ share a numbing sameness. Computer soft­ tional than ever before. I'm going to keep ware companies have reacted by trying to reading COMPUTE!-! hope you do, too. El 4 COMP U T E ! CHUCK YEAGER' Advanced ff," h S 1i'ainer 2.0™19 t

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ou don't have to play games to play ing back and forth through the pop-up menus with yo ur computer. A lot of the (why not some onscreen icons?), and I was Y programs that my family and I use really discouraged when I realized that it most are definitely frivolous-we play wi th wouldn't print out the whole floor plan on a them but they aren't marketed as games. single sheet of paper. It took/ow· different First and foremost are graphics pro­ cut-and-taped sheets to get one decent grams. Back when we first bought an Atari printout. 400, we'd play wi th Video Easel (Atari) for Besides, I wanted the program to make hours. It was a very primitive drawing pro­ it easy to design and edit a floor plan. Mark Fun Beyond gram-you'd draw lines with the joystick in a box for a room and then mark doors and one of four colors, but at the end you could windows and have the program automati­ Your Wildest make the picture come to life. The program cally draw them in. No such luck. I didn't would repeat everything yo u'd drawn, start­ expect to create elevati ons and 3-D wire­ ing at the endpoint, so if yo u had planned it frames, but even wi th its modest aims, Games right, you'd see progressive patterns shift F/oorplan didn't really use the power of the across the screen. computer. I'm still looking for the house When I bought a mouse to go with my plan program I can play with. 386 machi ne, it was packaged wi th Micro­ I've been a map-lover since childhood, soft Paintbrush. I started playing with it, and and I've long wished for a computeri zed so did my kids. After a while, I stopped­ hyperatlas. If you tried th e 01iginal PC­ they didn't. Globe and were disappointed, PC-Globe+ I didn't realize how far things had got­ (ComweU Systems) is worth the upgrade. ten out of hand until I discovered that 9 Considering that it uses less than two mega­ megabytes of my 40-megabyte hard disk bytes on a hard disk, it's an extraordinary were taken up by .PCX files. 1started brows­ program, though it's really more a well­ ing through them and found that the kids illustrated almanac than a true computer­ were doing wo nderful things. ized at.las. The EGA graphics are superb (it They would paint a background, for also has CGA, VGA, and Hercules mono­ instance, and then keep calling it up to add chrome yersions). and yo u can find and ex­ new foreground drawings. Or they would amine any nation in the world-cities, pick up different picture elements and re­ elevations, and major land and water fea­ combine them in sequence to tell stories. tures. You can even calculate currency ex­ Geoffrey has even started drawing per­ changes, check out time zones, or find the sonalized stationery for the other kids at di stance between any two points on the school. They'll request something, and he'll globe. come home, draw it, and then print out a But even as I enjoyed using PC­ dozen copies. Globe+ . I wished for more. Where were the h 's hard to think ofan actual game that higl1 ways? Climate maps? PC-Globe+ could has brought my kids so much fun. show me all the ASEAN and OPEC nations I found that Microsoft Paintbrush in different-colored overlays, but I wa nted wasn't as powerful or versatile as I wanted, to call up, say, all countries with a Caribbe­ so I tried DeluxePaint II (El ectronic Arts). It an coastline, or all that require a tourist visa. is more powerful, especially its brush fea­ or those once ruled by Spain. Maybe I'm ture, so I use it more often. But the user in­ greedy, but this program, as fine as it is, is terface is a bit less intuitive, so the kids have only scratching the surface. never been comfortable wi th it. Because its A true computer atlas will have to wait gray-scale dithering is rather weak, I convert for CD-ROM. But then I'll ex pect to be able Deluxe Paint files and use Paintbrush to to pull up street maps ofcities around the print them out. wo rld. track ocean currents, or show shifting Another drawing program we bought popul~tions in different regions and coun­ just for fun is Floorplan (Insigh t Industries). tries. And while I'm wishing, why not a Ever si nce I was a kid, I've played around time-lapse history feature, in which 1can with house plans on graph paper, and I see, in slow animation, the shifting borders hoped this wo uld be the same thing, only ofGermany, the decolonization of Africa, with computer power. the growth of Communism, or the European It's pretty good. I was able to draw a exploration of the Americas? good-looking floor plan and designed my That wo uld be something that only the own interior features too-cutest little toilets computer could do- and using it would be you ever saw. But I almost went crazy mov­ ili~~~ G

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've been worki ng with computers for 20 when measured on a dollars-per-byte scale. years and I'm still fascinated with the Given the low financial rewa rd and I variety ofgames that run on them. Even even lower status on the software applica­ early time-shari ng systems that used teletype tion spectrum, then, what is it about com­ terminals quite often had extensive libraries puter-based games that keeps this field of games. The personal computer has alive? What is it that keeps us coming back brought even more creativity to the desk­ to the screen, joystick in hand? top-highly interacti ve ga mes complete The answer lies in the computer's abili­ with sound and animation. ty to increase th e level of challenge even as Computer The world ofcomputer gaming pro­ the game is being played. About ten years vides special challenges for software and ago University ofChicago scientist Mihaly Games Are hardware. A good game computer is much Csikszentmihalyi's book Beyond Boredom harder to design than a computer used for and Anx iety ex plored why people spend business applications. The obvious req uire­ hours playing chess or painting pictures or Complex and ments of ga mes-color, sound, nicker-free climbing mountains when there is no ex ter- . animation-aren't needed fo r word proces­ nal reward for these activities. He and his Overlooked­ sors or spreadsheets. But as challenging as colleagues have expanded on this work in these requirements are, there's yet another his new book, Optimal Experience. But Between requirement that makes ga me machines spe­ Essentiall y. Csi ksze ntmihalyi says that cial-quick response time. any activity has a certain challenge associat­ ln business applications, the onJ y time- ed with it. At the same time, a certain level Boredom and se nsi tive areas are in the capture and display ofskill is brought to the activity. If skill oftyped characters and, for large spread­ greatly exceeds the challenge, boredom re- Anxiety Lies sheets or other number-intensi ve applica­ suits. On the other hand, if the challenge tions, the time needed for math calculations. greatly exceeds the skill brought to it, anxi­ the Flow But delays are psychologicall y tolerable- ety and frustration result. Ifa player's skill even appropriate-ifthe delay convinces and chalJenge are matched, however, he or the user that the computer is doing a lot of she may enter a state off /ow, where time work. On the other hand, imagine how seems to evaporate. This happens for many much fun a game would be if every time yo u people when they get engrossed in a good moved yo ur paddle the computer interrupt­ book-or when th ey play a good game. ed with a Please wait message! Take, for example, the simple game ti c- T he Atari 400 and 800 delegated sound tac-toe. The first few games may be fun be­ and graphics to separate processors to insure cause your skill and challenge are matched. the computer's responsiveness. This multi­ But then you discover how to always win or processor approach was much more sophis­ tie a game. Your skill so greatly exceeds the ticated than that taken later by the original challenge that yo u become bored. A good IBM PC. And yet, few people took these ear­ computer game increases the level of chal­ ly Atari computers seriously-they were lenge as yo ur skill increases. As yo u progress considered only ga me machines. Atari could from level to level, the increasing challenge never convince corporate buyers that a good · keeps you on the flow side of the boundary game computer is generally more sophisti­ between flow and anxiety. cated than a good business computer. I'm amazed by the intuitive sense that This is still true. The Atari ST and computer game designers bring to thei r Commodore Am iga have superior com put­ craft. In ten yea rs, I've met only one (Ber­ ing capabilities co mpared with those of the nard deKovcn) who was aware of Csikszent­ IBM PC and compatibles. Yet these high- mihalyi's work, and ye t every good powered computers are regarded as recrea­ computer game seems to have incorporated ti on machines. his theories ofactive engagement. The chall enge ofcreating good game Does the computer's ability to support hardware is matched on the software side. intrinsic motivation hold promise outside AJmost no one writes more efficient, hi gh- the domain ofgames? Yes. There's no rea­ quality programs than software developers son that designers of word processors, in the computer game arena. Errors that spreadsheets databases, and other programs business applications can tolerate will de­ can't learn from the qualities ofa well- stroy a ga me. But. ironically, because play is designed game. Their goal should be to de­ regarded as less val uable than work, game crease user anxiety and to ~n c re~se flow. . programs cost a fraction of what producti vi­ After all, engagement 1s as important m ty tools such as word processors cost, even work as it is in play. C!l

10 C 0 M P U T E COMPUTE! The l.odlng Magmlne Of Home, fducational And Recr.aHoncJ Computing

Editor Gregg Ke izer -----.k~tters Senior Art Director Janice R. Fary Features Edner Keith Ferrell Assistant Editors Denny Atkin Heidi E. H. Aycock Peter Scisco Editorial Marketing Manager Caroline D. Hanlon Editorial Assistant Mickey Mclean Copy Editors Karen Siepak Tammie Taylor Karen Uhlendorf Staff Contributors David English Clifton Karnes Lower Prices Please Contributmg Editors Arlan Levitan David Thornburg After reading your article entitled befalls many ofyour other competitors: ART DEPARTMENT ''Court Games" in the April "News and IBM and Apple tunnel vision. AssiS1ant Art Director Robin L. Strelow Notes" column, I felt the need to You can buy a brand new Commo­ Junior Designer Meg McArn Mechanical Art Supervisor Robin Case respond. dore 64 with a 1541 disk drive, a pair Mechanical Artist Scotty Billings I am especially concerned about ofjoysticks, ten $30 software programs, PRODUCTION the statement you made concerning and hook it up to your color television DEPARTMENT Product10n Director Mark E. Hillyer ·'uncontrolled" cartridge manufactur­ for the same price as an Apple lie Plus Assistant Produclion Manager De Potter ing and the statement "No one wants to without a monitor or any software. The Production Assistant Kim Potts Typeset11ng Terry Cash replay that game." Commodore 128 offers more power Carole Dunton Advertising Production As a consumer, it is always pleas­ than a 64-and an 80-column display. I Assistant Anita Armfield ant to see prices drop. It is when com­ work at a computer store, and our en­ COMPUTE! PUBLICATIONS panies like Nintendo control the supply tire inventory, payroll, and order con­ Group Vice President, ofgames and cartridges that the prices trol is done with a 128 and Precision Pubhsher/Ed1tonal Director William Tynan Assoc,ate Pu blisher Lance Elko remain inordinately high. A classic ex­ Software's Superbase 128. Managing Editor Kathleen Martinek ample ofthat is the agreement between Ed1tor1al Operations Director Tony Roberts And where was the Commodore Executive Assistant Sybil Agee the USA and Japan which prohibited Colt? It's JOO-percent IBM PC Senior Adm 1nistrat11Je Assrstant Julia Fleming Japan from dumping computer chips in XT-compatible, has CGA graphics, a the USA. The only thing that has ac­ detachable keyboard free WordStar ABC CONSUMER MAGAZINES, INC. complished is to keep prices up and the software, and dual nappies for under Senior Vice President Richard D. Bay supply so scarce that l had to really $700. It has access to the enormous li­ Vice President. Advertising Peter T. Johnsmeyer Vice President. Circulation Robert I. Gursha scratch and search to find memory for brary of MS-DOS productivity soft­ Vice President. Production Ilene Berson·Welner my computer. ware, just like the Tandy and the IBM Director, Financial Analysis Andrew D. Landis Senior Art Director John Ciofalo So, think twice about us consumers PS/2 Model 25. CIRCULATION when you want the prices to stay high; And to make things worse, you DEPARTMENT Subscnptions Ora Blackmon-DeBrown we just might hold off buying when it didn't even mention the Amiga 500. Harold Buckley gets to that point, and who wants that? With a street price ofaround $650, the Maureen Buckley Beth Healy William G. Byars Amiga 500 makes the 8-bit Apple Ile Thomas D. Slater Lubbock: TX Plus look like a Model T. Raymond Ward Newsstand Mitch Frank I believe, as do millions ofother Jane Friedman The No one we re.fer to is primari/J Commodore owners, that we own ex­ Customer Senvce S. Adekemi-Adaralegbe manufacturers and publishers ofNin­ cellent, capable machinery. A computer tendo software. Considering the video­ doesn't have to be made by IBM or Ap­ ABC Cons me1 Magazmes. Inc 0 game disaster ofthe early eighties. when ple and cost you a fortune to get the job CHILTON Company. One of t11 e ABC Publ•Sho ng Cornpan•es, Atari game-system cartridges dropped a pan ol Capolal Coloes/ABC Inc done. So don't blackball Commodore so dramatically in price that game pub­ Robert G Burton. Presodent just because it sells its products so 925 Seventh Avenue lishers, and then game players, were much less expensively than its competi­ New York. NY 10019 driven.from the market. Nintendo's tors. Ifanything, Commodore should ADVERTISING OFFICES strategy may well keep its game systems be praised for not gouging their custom­ New York: ABC Consumer Magazines. Inc., 825 Seventh in use.for years, not months. Nintendo is Ave.. New York. NY 10019. Tel. (212) 265·8360. Bernard J. ers like some other microcomputer Theobald. Jr .. Group Advertising Director . attempting to turn a.fad into a habit. companies have been known to do. Greensboro: COMPUTE' Publications. Suite 200. Only time will tell ofthat plan 's success. 324 West Wendover Ave .• Greensboro. NC 27408. Tel. l e.ffJames (9 19) 275·9809. Kathleen Ingram. Roy, Utah New England & Mid-Atlantic: Bernard J. Theobald. Jr. (2 12) 315-1665: Kathleen Ingram (919) 275-9809. Commodore's Better Midwest & Southwest: Jerry Thompson, Lucille Dennis. (3 12) 726·6047 [Chicago): (7t3) 731-2605 [Texas): (303) Although ! love the new look ofyour The three comp111ers we discussed in 595·9299 [Colorado[. [4 15) 348-8222 [Cahforrna). West, Northwest, & British Columbia: Jerry Thompson. magazine. a few things l read in yo ur April are al/fine star/er 111achines, as is Lucille Dennis. Jennifer Delfs (415 ) 348·8222. April 1989 issue just didn't sit well with the Co111nwdore Amiga 500-which we Southeast & International: Bernard J. Theobald. Jr. (212) me. I read " Buying Your First Com­ plan lo highlight in "Buying Your First 315· 1665; Ka\hleen Ingram (9 19) 275·9809. Address all advertising matenals to Anita Armheld, puter," expecting to find at least one Computer: Part !I," scheduled/or an COMPUTE! Publications. Inc .. 324 West Wendover /we .. Commodore machine listed. But as I upcoming issue. The two MS-DOS com­ Suite 200. Greensboro. NC 27408. Oipped through your choices, l was plllers and one Apple computer we se­ Editorial 1nqu1nes should be addressed to The Editor. COMPUTE'. 324 West Wendover Ave ., Suite 200. rudely shocked. The IBM PS/2 Model lected offer up-to-date graphics. good G1eensboro. NC 27408 25 as a good first computer? Or what expansion possibililies, and a strong PRINTED IN THE U.S A about the Tandy? My first thought was support base-a// good reasons .for con­ In< that this was an April Fool's joke. l was sidering any ofthem as your .firs/ Audit ..t) Bure11u afraid yo u'd become a victim ofwhat computer. G J U L Y 1 9 8 9 11 discoveries DAVID STANTON

' 'what is there to do?" How can combine text and graphics to show others many times have you heard about their trip to Texas or to the local that whining plea during shopping mall. Whatever the topic, desktop summer vacation? presentations are an exciting way to convey I 0 "Why don't you go for a walk, or go information. swimmimg, or mow the lawn?" you suggest, With Scholastic's Slide Shop (versions all the while knowing the futility ofsuggest­ for IBM PCs and compatibles and the Apple ing anything at all. II), users can mix sound, text, and graphics "OK then. Why don't you call a friend in their desktop presentations. Students can for a game of tennis? You could always help select art from the clip-art collection, draw Here's How to yo ur dad paint the garage. Or maybe you'd their own graphics, or import pictures from like to work in the garden?" Scholastic's supplemental graphics/sound With so many useful and exciting disks or even from other popular paint Beat Back the things to do and see, it's difficult to under­ programs. stand how anyone could be bored with sum­ Once all screens have been prepared, Midsummer mer vacation. Fresh air and free time seem they can be linked together into a slide di~- like the perfect recipe for lifelong happiness play. A number ofspecial effects assure Doldrums with and contentment. Truth is, though, most of graceful movement through the entire se­ us need more. quence, making the results even more Some Style Maybe the question asked but not an­ satisfying. swered is "What can I do that will be useful Why don't you get a few friends to­ but fun, challenging but manageable, enter­ gether and make your own movie? taining but enduring?" Ifso, here are a few This project, ofcourse, takes more than answers that just might work. just a home computer. You'll also need a Why don't you write and publish a videocassette recorder (VCR), a video cam­ book? era (or camcorder), and the right software. Monsters & Make-Believe (versions With Brnderbund's VCR Companion (ver­ available for IBM PCs and compatibles, sions for IBM PCs and compatibles and the IBM PCjr, Apple II , and Macintosh) encour- Apple II), aspiring directors can easily add ages kids to design their own monsters, title screens, credits, and other professional write short descriptions ofthem, and print touches to their amateur videos. out the results. Because the graphics can be Budding film editors must first connect printed in several different sizes, children their computer's composite video output can create personalized letterheads or pro­ (most computers support composite moni­ duce large posters. Friends can even get to­ tors through a video-out RCA jack) to any gether and combine their efforts into a book VCR's composite video input (another RCA (limited circulation, ofcourse). jack). Once this is done, all computer output Children don't need any special artistic will go directly to the VCR. From there, the talent because the friendly monsters are final picture can be directed to a television made from clip-art heads, torsos, arms, and or back to a monitor. Naturally, a knowl­ other body parts. The built-in word proces­ edgeable adult should supervise, but the sor is so easy to use that any child capable of ·process really is quite simple. writing simple words and senter;ices will be Connecting a computer to a VCR opens pumping out text in no time. And by print­ up other possibilities. Kids could create ing in outline mode, advanced monster computer game tutorials by taping appropri­ makers can print coloring books for their ate screens and adding a voice or music younger apprentices. track. Input devices like ComputerEyes Learning Lab's new Monsters & Make- (versions for most computers) let computer Believe Plus (Apple II) adds speech capabili­ buffs capture VCR screens and digitize them ties when used wi th an Echo or Cricket to use in desktop publishing applications or voice synthesizer from Street Electronics. graphics software. But we'll save all that for With this setup, kids can write stories for another time. their nonreading siblings. What a great way For now, why not try these few pre­ to play school! scriptions for summer doldrums? They may How about making a slide show about come with no guarantees, but they sure beat your trip to the museum? painting the garage. G Not on ly are computer-based slide shows fun to make, but they can be useful, David Stanton can be contacted via CompuServe too. Kids can write and arrange educational (72407.102) or by mail at P.O. Box 494, Bolivar, displays about their favorite hobbies. They New York 14715.

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Back in the U.S.S.R. The Glas11 os1. or openness. of Jean Miller. a spokes­ the Soviet U ni on under Mi k­ person for AlphaGraphics. hail Gorbachev has spread to said that the major copying re­ th e world of print and copy strictions conce rned porno­ shops. Moscow is getting its graphi c and copyrighted first AlphaGraphics print materials. ustomcrs also shop. which specializes in can't copy antigovernment Macintosh-based printing. documents, and they need a Sa111i::da1 will never be the special permit to copy religious same. materials. AlphaGraphics Printshop Those restrictions weren't of the Future negotiated for al ­ the bigge t tumbling block. most a year before gelling the however. " We did have some go-ahead to open its Moscow trouble ex porting our comput­ percent of its business in ru­ There has been some in­ franchise in March. The Rus­ ers to the Soviet Union," bles; the remainder must be in terest in opening up other fran ­ sian counterpart of the famil­ Miller said. But because the hard currency. Since rubles chises in Eastern Bl oc countries. ia r American company will shop wi ll only use basic Mac­ aren't exchanged on the open but such plans aren't yet under offer all of the services it offers intosh computers. the State marke t. it's extremely difficult way, Miller said. lf the Mos­ in the U.S .. including copying, Department agreed there was for the ordinary Russian citi­ cow AlphaGraphic is a suc­ desktop publishing, and print­ no danger ex porting old com­ zen to come up with dollars or cess, perestroika will go a long ing services. Russian citizens puter technology. other Western currency. The way toward bringing personal may walk in to make copies, a A more severe restriction store will mainly cater to busi­ computers into the main­ practice once tightly controlled is economic. The copy shop nesses and professionals. like stream oflife in the East. in the U.S ..R. can only conduct about 30 journa li sts. - Peter Scisco

flight-simulation technology. tcd the existence of the real Ironicall y, MicroProse Stealth fighter. The timing was had to simplify F- 19 somewhat coincidental. in order to make the program MicroProse president, Air quickly accessible to museum Force veteran (and well­ visitors. Project leader Law­ known aviation addict) " Wild rence Schick has overseen the Bill" Stealey, was delighted to streamlining of the ga me. have his products represented which has been accomplished in the nation's most popular wi thout reducing the quality of museum. "We are tremen­ either graphics or flight dously thrilled by this honor. simulation. We th ink that F-19Stealth Original plans had called Fighter fits in very nicely with Flight into History fo r the gallery to exhibit Gun­ the gallery's theme." Stealey Visitors to the National Air and Fighter flight simulator is ship, another MicroProse said. Space Muse um in Washington, scheduled to hold a featured product, but F-19 Stealth Visitors to the museum D.C., will soon sec a computer spot in a new gallery. set for a Fighter was substituted be­ will find the MicroProse dis­ ga me nestled among exhibits May I 989 opening. The ga l­ cause of its technological so­ play near the Space Shu!!le from NASA. McDonnell­ lery. called " Beyond the Lim­ phistication as we ll as its Simulator. Douglas, and other aerospace its: Flight En ters the Computer timeli ness. F-19 was released O./J11·e go. imo the wild industry giants. Age," will display state-of-the­ in November I 988, on the blue... . Micro Prose's F-19 Stealth art advances in both flight and same day the Pentagon admit­ - Keith Ferrell 1> J U L Y 1 9 8 9 13 I I I I

Fear and Boredom in Chicago Most COM DEX attendees fe lt onl y the hot air of hype this year when the twice-yearly computer exposition breezed through the Windy City. Long known as 1he show of the year fo r dealers. manufacturers. publishers. and other interest­ lishers still don't have a handle ent ry-level MS-DOS machine. jct Plus, a fas ter version of the ed parties, COMDEX is the on how to full y utilize the The Explorer. scheduled fo r re­ compa ny's versatil e ink-jct place where companies roll out 80386. In somewhat the same lease in la te summer. is a $599 printer. new products and talk up vein, PC-compatible computer MS-DOS machine sporting an Although software pub­ products to come. This year's manufacturers ha ejumped 8088 microprocessor: 512K of lishers do make it to COM­ Spring COMDEX was a yawn­ on the 386 bandwagon, putting RAM: a 31/i-inch, 720K disk DEX. not many of them fall er, th ough. es peciall y fo r any­ out boxes running at 20 MHz dri ve: and fo ur graphics into the home market catego­ o ne interested in home and faster. Figure on home modes, CGA, MCGA, MDA, ry. Of the few new programs computing. computer buyers sticking with and Hercules. demonstrated. those that stand Intel introduced. via an the older. and slower, 286 sys­ Other in teresting hard­ out arc the MS-DOS ve rsion of imprcssi ·e video, its new tems for at least the next year, ware developments included The Learning Company's 80486 mi croprocessor chip. though. several manufacturers' color M·riling & Publishing Cen1er wh ich wi ll be avail abl e in lim­ Vendex. recently acquired LCD screens: Sharp's Wizard, and Spinnaker's reworked ited numbers come 1990. Un­ by Philips. the giant Dutch a hand-held orga nize r: and Eight-in-One. fo rtunately. software pub­ electronics firm. is readying an Hewlett-Packard's new Desk- - Gregg Kei:oer

Viva la Revoluci6n! PC Gets Hyper Political intrigue. Pressure ta ti ve of the Internati onal Apple didn't in ve nt from the left. Threats fro m the Monetary Fu nd. According to hypermedia. The com­ righ 1. Conspiracies, death your aims, which you establish pany just took the squads. mounting debt. and a at the outset. you must manage market into its own pa tronizi ng neighbor to the politi cal personalities and eco­ hands by introducing north. If yo u ca n deal with a ll nomic realities as you chart a HyperCard. hyper­ of this. you might try yo ur course through murky waters. media for the Mac­ hand at Spri ngboard's Hidden For anyone interested in loving masses. In a sim­ Agenda. experiencing South American ilar move, IBM has released The most obvious goal to politics in the late 1980s. this Link Way, a mouse-based "Link Way was specifical­ this postrevolutionary game is game offers a taste of what it's authoring and presentat ion ly designed for the education to survive th ree tool for PCs and compatibles. market, but it 's not limited to yea rs as presi­ • fill l dlt Like other hypermedia that," sa id Tony Peacock. con­ de111e. But. as th e packages. Link Way integrates sul tan t product administra tor game's designer several ki nds ofdata-graph­ for Link Way. " I wo ul d say our Jim Gasperi ni ics. tex t, videodisc input, mu­ sales are slightl y more outside points out. it"s up sic.CD-ROM fil es. Informa­ th e K-1 2 market than inside." to each player to ti on is stored in clu sters and Peacock sees the program ( f_Jl f U OAhrton Mtf\lltl decide wh ether or Ct ft! DH ina then accessed through paths. filling th e sa me kind of ni che not he or she has ConllnutHlh[ncounter It will display graphics in that HyperCard fills fo r the 70' 01 Cn1 rnt ric et1 ~ ormtr s own ltn tl\sr. 5 1tudllogre ph9 won. At the end cures~ ano 9•0.. "01 o' tt1e '> t =111 1 rC01J crcos any color mode that your com­ Macintosh. l h.t ( l'l tm.t r1Cen Cll U fncol.lnl tf ' OtnHl'lt[l n of the game puter supports. including VGA "Response has been very, (which is deter­ A ~I Si • · 1cvl l11t T11 nUltr for high-resolution images. A very busy and very posi ti ve." mined by a set simple scripting language lets said Peacock. "We have six number of turns rather than by li ke. Gasparini hopes the game you create you r own appli ca­ different people associated a clock or score). you receive a and others like it-nonlinear. tion s. To create and manipu­ with th is project, and we verdict that describes your interactive adventures- will late graphics. the program haven't been able to do any­ turn in ofTice as viewed by fu­ attract computer users who offers LWPai nt . To import thi ng fo r about si x months be­ ture historians. don't as a rule play computer graphi cs from ot her programs, cause the phone keeps ringing." Play consists ofconfronta­ games. Hidden Age11da is a you can use th e memory­ Single copies of Link Way tions. consultations. and en­ step beyond the headlines, a rcsident LWCapture. The pro­ cost $ 11 0. For more infor­ counters with various charac­ mirror to the complexities re­ gram's no memory hog, either, mation, contact yo ur local ters, ranging from firebrand fl ected on the front page. req uiring only 384K with IBM dealer. revolutionaries to a represen­ - Pel er Scisco 512K recommended. - Heidi£. H. Aycock c­ 14 C 0 M P U T E I ONACOMPUTERNYRYOU IBM APPLE II MAC C64 AMIGA ATARI ST SCRABBLE $39.99 $39.99 $39.99 $29.99 $39.99 $39.99 MONOPOLY $39.99 DEC $29.99 $39.99 $39.99 RISK $39.99 $39.99 $39.99 $29.99 $39.99 $39.99 CLUE MASTER DETECTIVE $39.99 $39.99 $29.99 $39.99 $39.99

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Your Binary Order, Please Finall y, computers are havi ng ing goes more smoothly. Best a truly impona nt effect on so­ ofall. your server spends more ciety- speeding up service in time attendi ng to yo ur needs your favori te beanery. Al­ and less ti me hiki ng to and though th ey're still rare, hand­ fro m the ki tchen. held computer terminals may ES P-equipped restaurants re place order pads, and that get some behind-the-scenes pencil be hind your server's ear benefits. too. Restaurant man­ may simply become a prop. age rs have a complete account­ ing of everything sold. and quicker service means more busin ess. Remanco Systems of Danvers. Massachusetts, has installed nea rl y 100 of these systems around the country. Bobby's Seafood Restaurant, fo r example, has been using ESP fo r about seven months. Owner Bobby Keough's sta fT loves the system, and he's seen his busi ness improve. " What I ca n track is that we ca n do more busi ness in a gi ven period of time-probably 15 percent more at busy pe ri ods," he said.

Software Goes to School In college, even macaroni and th e Student Edition. cheese ca n be a luxury. Imag­ Software publishers win. ine, then. the fi nancial strain too. " We ge t value-added tha t software puts on a stu­ course material. and we get a dent's budget. much broader presence in the To case the burden, some educa tio nal market." said software companies have John Seamster, Educational tea med up with text-book pub­ Sales Manager for Borland. li shers to offer academic edi­ But unless yo u're a bona ti ons ofsuch producti vit y hits fide student or uni ve rsit y em­ as Lows 1-2-J. Microsoft ployee. don't bother heading Eq ui pped wi th a radio Still relatively new, ES P Hord. and dBase. for yo ur local campus. College tra nsmitter and receiver. the may take a while to catch on. Although academic ed i­ bookstores carefull y co ntro l Electronic Server Pad (ESP) Besides fac ing the normal chal­ ti ons are often abridged. they who buys student editions. gets your order to the kitchen lenges of se ll ing a new product, meet the needs of college st u­ " We ha vc real strict fas ter th an your server ever Remanco systems has to battle dents. Qua/Ira: The Student rul es." sa id Rose Pruette. soft­ could. To yo u, it will appear computerphobia in the restau­ Edition. for example. has been ware buye r for University of that yo ur server is simply ra nt community. After that trim med back, but th e mi ssing onh Carolina at Chapel Hill punching in orders on a calcu­ breakthrough, though, Rosie features are related to business Student Stores. "They have to lator. Your order shows up on may be using her fa vorite pa­ operations. The package is pro­ fill out a fo rm declaring they're a terminal at the bar or in the per towels to wipe off her duced by McGraw-Hill Pub­ student. fa cult y, or staff. If ki tchen, and a printer at the handy computer terminal. li shing and sell s for $34.95. th ey're student s. we have to wo rkstati on produces a hard­ Soon, you may be sipping Compared to the retail price of sec a student ID. If they're copy ofeach bill. you r drinks before you fi ni sh $247. 50 and the $45.00­ staff. we look them up on the Your food is prepared ordering dinner-and servers $50.00 educational discount pa yroll. and if they're facu lt y. sooner, yo ur bill is totaled up may be earning more tips. price of the standard Q11a11ro. we check their fac ulty card." more accurately. and your din­ - Heidi E. H. Aycock students come out ahead with - Heidi£. H. Aycock E> 16 C 0 M P U T E ! neIB~¬es

The Big City is Putty in Your Hands It's a game. It's a teaching tool. '·In the professional version, It's two programs in one. It's the user will be able to manip­ SimCit)'. a game that teaches ulate the model that evaluates people about city planning. how good the city is," said SimCity simulates town Bruce A. Joffe, a GIS (Geo­ growth from the first ground­ graphic Information Systems) breaking to the inevitable traf­ consultant to government fic snarls. For each action you agencies. Joffe was the inspira­ take, SimCity calculates the ef­ tion behind SimCity. fect on a ll other elements of Because it's a game, Sim­ the city. For example, the City is best used as an explor­ crime rate is affected by the atory tool. '' Ifnecessity is the number of police stations mother ofinvention, play is its which in turn affects the bud­ father," said Joffe. " I think it's get and the tax rate. really important to create an The program does such a environment where you can Godzilla, who plays a contact Maxis Software, 953 good job ofsimulating city de­ play with the ideas you work cameo role in the recreational Mountain View Drive, Suite velopment that Maxis Soft­ with. SimCity lets you play version. will be optional in the 113, Lafayette, California ware has designed a special with some ofthese more com­ professional package. 94549; (4 15) 376-6434. version due out this summer. plex concepts. " For more information, - Heidi E. H. Aycock

velopers who arc interested in DeskMate development tools. Among the latest releases to appear under the DeskMate banner is a version ofSoftware Publishing's First Publisher. "We have 10 to 12 appli­ cations available on DcskMate now, and we expect to have 25 to 30 available by the end of the year," said Ed J uge, Color Tandy's director of market Co1111 ttnicalions planning. Dale 8 Ti11e Software publishers aren't blind to the marketing clout Prinler Tandy wields through its 6000 retail outlets. Getting into Ra­ Uideo dio Shack stores can mean lots Task Swi lch ofsales. Intuit, for example, figures that it will sell an extra 0 I00,000 copies ofthe Desk­ Mate version of Quicken. its Dlil 0 Q!3H~ GD _G: home and small-business ac­ OEOIDI~~ counting package. Besides rounding up de­ oa oa Da m=11 velopers for its Desk Mate cor­ ral, Tandy has also begun selling the Desk.Mate integrat­ ed software package through retail software chains like Bab­ bages. Customers who might DeskMate Update not normally visit Radio It 's been over a year since mcnt. Back then, few more to see some of those products Shack outlets wi ll see the pack­ Tandy announced free licenses than a dozen software develop­ on Radio Shack shelves across age a nd, Tandy hopes, will to its DeskMate graphics inter­ ers took up Tandy's offer; con­ the country. give th e soft ware a try. face and operating environ- sumers arc only now starting The count is up to 100 de­ - Peter Scisco 1> J u l y 1 9 8 9 17 nm¬es

The End of Handwriting-recognition soft­ Wastepaper ware translates the writing and other hand-drawn marks­ Basketball? lines, graphics, mathematical With the typewriter having symbols, proofreaders' marks, been around all these years musical notes- into words, the keyboard seems a natural numbers, and commands for tool for giving your computer the computer. instructions. But because the The result is a more intu­ keyboard isn't suited for all ap­ itive system for the computer plications, researchers have user. For example, you could developed mice, trackballs, edit a text document by writ­ joysticks, and digitizing pads. ing on the display, directly Now an IBM research over the words you want to A new IBM product may soon let you edit your word processor team is developing an innova­ change. Or, you could add a documents with a pen. tive computer input device column of numbers in a that works just like a pen and spreadsheet by drawing a line Digital Diary is a calculator­ said sales of the Screenwriter paper. and a plus sign. And creating size device with a miniature Digital Diary have been slow In the Paperlike Interface graphic images becomes as touch-sensitive screen. It and that the product may be experimental system, a stylus easy as drawing on a sheet of doesn't translate handwriting, ahead ofits time. Without is used to write directly on a paper. but instead stores drawings as character-recognition ability, a liquid crystal display (LCD) TBM isn't shipping any graphic images. You can com­ paperlike interface is so close screen. A touch-sensitive coat­ products using the paperlike bine text you've entered from to using a real sheet ofpaper ing determines where you are interface yet, but a similar the keypad with hand-drawn that people may just elect to writing and reproduces your product is already available maps, messages, or diagrams. use a 99-cent notepad. movements on the screen. from Casio. The Screenwriter A Casio representative - Denny Atkin

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Adams' Adventure/and for the TRS-80. You were trouble picking nine great games for 1989. This list offers hard-pressed to squeeze a few beeps and bloops and a the newest, the biggest, the hottest games for your home smattering of primitive graphics out of the thing. computer. These are the games that will take you into the

But as we charge headfirst into the nineties, computer next decade. games are beginning to rival movies and television as an If you buy only nine games this year. buy these entertainment medium. Mind-blowing graphics. Speech games. You're holding the 1989 shopping list to great synthesis. CD-ROM. And big-name writers, artists, and computer games in yo ur hand-what are you waiting for? J U L Y 1 9 8 9 19 Times of Lore Most action/adventure computer games are either loaded with adventure but light on action or stuffed to the gills with action but propped up by a nimsy plot. Chris Rob­ ens' Times of Lore blends the two computer challenges perfectl y in an excellent introductory-level fantasy role­ playing game. There's simply more depth here than in other action/adventure games. The basic story is simple and straight out of the fan ­ tasy role-playing milieu: King Valwyn fought off an inva­ sion of barbarians in the land of Albare and then took off for 20 years of R and R. Now, the barbarians are back and yo u have to summon King Valwyn. You don't get bogged down with tri viality in this game. A map is included, so yo u don't have to make one. To talk, you simply hit the mouth icon (Stan Chitchat) and converse with 60 different characters, as well as living skeletons ghosts, and slimes. (It helps to be talkative.) You can also examine, grab, drop, or give objects to other characters by using a joystick, mouse, or keyboard. It's the little things and the clever touches that make Times of Lore a game stand out. In Times of Lore. shadows beneath trees add to the illusion of three dimensions. You' ll hear birds chirping (Origin suggests playing the IBM version with the AdLib Music Synthesizer Card or the Creative Music System). When you enter one of the game's 45 buildings, the roof disappears to gi ve you an aerial view. 3::l11J ~ ....::.!.. But don't hesitate to attack-the monsters won't !l!l!JJJJJJ.!J!l wai t!

• .?~6S~;i~ i.IJt.=!JJI~ 688 Attack Sub lM·1 • ~ ·11 jl•!•!li1iJl The problem with submarine simulations is that reality moves too damn slow. A long-range torpedo moving at 20 " ?Eli;!~~?.:! ;~~t;;J;!.,1~ , knots could take as long as half an hour to reach its tar­ .!Jh•i#M1I!il get. Borrrring! And if you speed up everything even lethargic heli­ copters move like frenetic Keystone Kops. To get around that problem and make 688 Allack Sub exciting Electronic Ans limited the combat range of the game to 15 miles. To keep the intensity le vel up there, EA cut out all nuclear weapons-most gamers agree that 07:24 63°16'06"N 006°0t'47"W conventional (nonnuclear) warfare is much more in­ 688 Attack Sub triguing. The result is a game that's as swift and exciting as any Mach 2 Oight simulator. You're captaining a nuclear-powered attack sub (either an American Los Angeles-class boat or a Soviet Alpha-class sub) playing underwater hide-and-seek on any one of ten missions, including one in which you have to sink four Libyan oil tankers in the Strait of Gibraltar. You've got sonar radio, periscope-40 controls altogether. The designers have done their homework, so yo u;11 learn a thing or two about attack submarines. The cavita­ tion gauge, for instance, measures the vacuum created when propeller blades move faster than the water around them. This creates noise-the kiss of death for subs. You can even send out noisemakers-devices fired out of tor­ pedo tubes to fool enemy sonar. An intriguing addition is the modem option, whi ch lets you play against a friend around the corner or around the world. Fascinating game. You almost feel like you've stolen government secrets.

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One is for Buffalo Bob's spectacular golf courses in the world (Pebble Beach, St. Famous Armadillo Burgers and shows a graphic of an Andrews, Riviera, Royal Lytham, Baltusrol, Merion armadillo with a cowboy hat sitting at a table with a knife Muirfield, Oakmont, and Augusta National to name a and fork in its hands. The company's slogan: "If it's flat, few). You can belt long drives, win big money, and even it's good!" play head-to-head against the man who has been called The commercials, Cinemaware president and chief Golfer of the Century. (Jack's shot distances in this programmer Bob Jacobs says, were written by "some de­ simulation have been patterned after his real game). ranged people in our design and development staff." It's not the same as bei ng there, but Accolade has TV Sports Football also features a pregame show (ex­ come pretty close. Overhead and behind-the-tee perspec­ jock Turk McGill talks about which teams are playing tives provide a 360-degree view of the hole. The courses and who is favored) and a halftime show starring a beefy are complete with roughs, sand traps, water hazards, and guy suspiciously named Don Badden. Badden comments golf-cart paths. The designers even thought to put in ran­ on what happened during the first half. Occasionally, a dom pin placement, so no hole plays the same way twice. marching band comes by or a leggy cheerleader hangs on I only wish I had the option of playing left-handed, my to him. On special occasions, Morganna "The Kissing natural side. Bandit" appears out of nowhere, and the police chase her The computer conveniently keeps score for all players across the field. (check out Natasha, the blonde in the golfing miniskirt) Put aside all these game-of-the-week flourishes, and lets you know the distance of the longest drives. A lit­ though, and you have a great football simulation. You tle finesse is useful here-the wind gauge at the lower left watch the action from two points of view: for field goals of the screen tells yo u the speed and direction of the and extra points, yo ur vantage point is right behind the wind, and the break indicator helps you read the green for kicker; for most of the rest of the game, you watch from dead-on putts. above, as if you were in a blimp. "We cheat the perspec­ Still the game is easy to get into, perhaps too easy. tive a little," Jacobs says, "so you don't just see helmets You'll be creaming 280-yard drives in no time. On my and shoes." first hole at Desert Mountain, I birdied while Jack only With many other football simulations, once you call made par-and I've never even played golf! a particular play, you're forced to run that play. TV Sports Football allows for some spontaneity. If you choose a pass to the wide receiver on the left, you can call an audible at the line of scrimmage and roll out, hand off, or attempt any number of other plays. You can also sit back and let Great Games I Have Known the computer play for yo u. When it comes to games, I'm a grunt. A brute. Okay, I admit it. Just as in the real world, TV Sports Football's league I don't willingly play adventure or role-playing games. I don't includes 28 teams and runs a 16-game schedule. Each get into war simulations or intricate flight simulators. I don't team's offensive and defensive characteristics differ. have the patience for them. I like to drive fast, kill stuff, and The teams on the disk are based on their NFL walk away, my tensions lessened momentarily. So if the counterparts but no real team names or player names following list of my favorite games is top-heavy in mindless have been licensed. You can edit the teams, though. to entertainment, well, that's the kind of guy I am. change the playe rs' names. · For the pure adrenaline rush, they have yet to improve on The computer keeps statistics in 60 categories. You Robotron (Atari) although I also get off on Lode Runner can view the weekly schedule, standings, league leaders in (Br0derbund), the intense maze game Oil's Well (Sierra), Bal/Blazer (Lucasfilm), and the classic Ms. Pac-Man (Atari). six categories, and stats by team. The graphics, as you I have a weakness for driving games. Atari's Pole Position would expect from Cinemaware, are spectacular. has had a special place in my heart for years, but Accolade is closing in from behind with Test Drive II and Grand Prix Cir­ cuit, both of which are spectacular. My favorite sports game is Accolade's Hardball because of the realistic battle between pitcher and batter. The Summer/ Winter / World Games group from Epyx is also the perfect panacea for computer-game zombies like myself. When I need a little intellectual stimulation (and that does happen on rare occasion), I turn to Balance of Power (Mind­ scape), which, like Guardians of Infinity, is a terrific example of how the computer-game medium can be used as an educa­ tional tool without being a drop-dead bore. The all-text games of lnfocom are also great exercise for the temporal lobes, and I especially like Hitchhiker·s Guide to the Galaxy, Plane/fa/I, Trinity, and The Witness. I must con­ fess, however, that, while I really admire the skill that has gone i~to making these games, I personally don't have the stick-to­ 1t1veness to get into them very deeply. As soon as the first few puzzles trip me up, I quit. . . For more mindless brain work, I'll take Shanghai (Acti­ v1s1on) any day. I should also give special mention here to Chessmaster 2000 (Electronic Arts) and Battle Chess (lnter­ Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major play)-wonderful variations on the classic contest. And if any­ Championship Golf body could make a game as hot as the old arcade game W_ith the wonder of computer simulation, you can do Tempest, my life would be complete. things that are difficult or impossible in the real world. 22 COMPUTE ! Pick and Choose You pay $4 for a paperback book, $6 for a movie, and $13 for hot. If you've got a friend who works at a computer store, a CD, but when you walk into Software City it's hard to find sees all the new stuff, and will give you an honest opinion. all anything to play on your computer for less than 30 bucks. the better. One little-known resource is the month ly newsletter Unlike computers and memory chips, software hasn't gotten "Computer Entertainer" (5916 Lemona Avenue, Van Nuys, any cheaper over the years. Unless you're fabulously wealthy, California 91411). It looks at all the new stuff, and since it's not you 've got to be so careful when selecting games. advertiser supported, it doesn't pull any punches. Here are a few suggestions to help you get the most "' Go for experience. Track records count for something. If bang for your gaming buck. you liked Chris Crawford's Balance of Power (Mindscape) or "' Don't be fooled by slick package illustrations or maga­ Dan Bunten's Modem Wars (Electronic Arts), chances are zine ads. Frequently, the money that should have gone into you 'll enjoy the next game by that game designer, too. Also, creating a great game goes into promoting a lousy one. If pos­ every publisher's games have a similar feel to them, so if sible, see the game yourself. Most computer stores won't you're happy with the Br0derbund games you've played, you allow this, but friends and user groups will. Several of the might want to look at its new releases more carefully than online networks have software previews to give you a teaser those of other publishers. of new titles. ... Word of mouth. As with everything else you buy, word of "' Ask for advice. If you can't see the new games them­ mouth is still the best salesman. If a friend has been locked in selves, read reviews in computer magazines. Ask people on his room with a game for the past three weeks and his mother electronic bulletin boards or online networks what's new and is about to call in the cops, check out the game.

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms Guardians of Infinity A smash hit from Japan, this game is based on a four­ One of the few games to include real-life characters, teenth-century historical novel of the same name by Lo Guardians of Infinity is an absolutely fascinating blend of Kuanchung. The story takes place in the year 190 A.D., fact and fiction that will have you riveted to your seat when the Second Han Dynasty was dying out. You are a and screen. warlord. out to unify China. It starts in the year 2087, with the time continuum There's not much hacking and slashing here. To win spinning out of control. The whole mess began, according the game, you've got to negotiate wi th other masters, wi n to physicist Adam Cooper, with the assassination of John the loyalty of your subordinates, cope with disasters, and F. Kennedy. As a time-travel scientist, your mission is to take advantage of th e terrain. It's also important that you travel back to Friday, November 15, 1963, and do noth­ manage money and keep the peasants happy. ing short of altering the entire course of history. It 's fun to spread rumors about other masters, set A stranger can't just walk up to the President of the your enemy's food supply on fire, or offer one of your United States. You've got to send your fi ve agents-the daughters to another master. If you catch an enemy mas­ Guardians of Infinity-to meet historical figures (LBJ, ter, you can behead him ("waste the malefactor." as Ro- Jackie, Bobby, J. Edgar Hoover, Peter Lawford Lee Har­ 24 C 0 M P U T E I vey Oswald, and many others) to get to JFK himself If act of god, whipping up a volcano, flood, swamp, earth­ these agents aren't arrested, kidnapped, or killed along the quake-even Armageddon, if you have enough power. way, you have just 15 minutes to convince the President Your goal is peculiarly godlike-destroy all the in a face-to-face meeting that you are from the future and followers of your rival. Once you ve conquered one world, that he should cancel his fateful trip to Dallas. you can go on to the next. There are nearly 500 worlds to The painstaking research that has gone into the explore, ranging from pastoral Grass worlds to unin vi ting project shows on every screen. Great idea, great game. Ice worlds. Each requires its own unique strategy for And while you fight to save the world, you hardly notice conquest. that you're also getting a pretty good history lesson. A 90­ Populous is primarily a one-player game-you against page novella is included. the machine. But with an opponent seated at another computer, you can play via modem or direct null-modem cable link. Utilizing great graphics, a simple-to-learn interface, and almost unlimited variety, Populous is a must buy for 1989. Where else but on a computer can yo u not only pla,11 a god, but also be one? El

Syndicated columnist Dan Gutman is a longtime writer in the com­ puter field. His most recent book is I Didn 't Know You Could Do That with a Computer! (COMPUTE! Books). He recently com­ pleted a book about cheating in major league baseball, scheduled for publication by Penguin in March 1990.

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So are dedicated game machines such Schneider, whose company not only has produced as the Nintendo Entertainment System or the Sega Super some of the most successful computer games, but also has System. translated hits such as Paperboy to the intendo, still sees But Nintendo, Sega, and other cartridge-based game some areas of congruence between computers and NES. systems are gaining ground. Fast. Many feel that every "Certainl y it [NES] has a microprocessor; certainly it's ca­ inch gained by cartridge machines is an inch-or more­ pable of being something other than just a dedicated game lost by personal computers. And the ground gained by the machine." game machines, particularly Nintendo, is not measured in inches. It's measured in millions of households and hun­ dreds of millions of dollars. intendo has captured plenty The Call of the Market of both. But at the moment, It's easy to understand Nintendo is a game ma­ why. The Nintendo chine-only a ga me ma­ Entertainment System chine. So why trade away (NES) offers quick and in­ the versatility a computer expensive interactive offers? "Marketing," says entertainment. You can get Schneider without started with a Nintendo hesitation. base system for about "The fact that ES is a $100-several hundred dol­ dedicated game machine is lars less than even the least wholly related to the way costly personal computer. the system is marketed, Nintendo and the in­ packaged, and promoted. dustry it's spawned are The fact that there's no key­ poised on the Jip of a suc­ board reflects a marketing cess that may dwarf that of decision. The system's home computers. An ex­ solid-state software, as op­ ample: In the five years posed to disks, was a since the introduction of the marketing decision." Commodore 64, between 7 She stresses the and 8 million of the Videogames are back in a thoughtfulness underlying computers have been sold. Nintendo's strategy. The But last yea r alone big way. Their impact on company didn't overlook Nintendo sold 7 million the possibility of producing game consoles-and could home computing hardware a more versatile platform. It have sold another million and software may be just wasn't interested. and a half had it been able " What was marketed was a concept-an inexpen­ to produce the machines. enormous. But do they give With Nintendo in the sive, plug-and-play game machine. Nintendo saw a forefront, videogame ma­ up versatility for desire for easy-to-use, chines are back in a big affordable, interactive, way. Even more important, performance? entertainment machines. their impact on home That was the niche they computing hardware and went after." software may be enormous. And having filled it? "Nintendo doesn't need to fill the computer niche-IBM, Commodore, and Apple are doing that. I think there's a sense that if they were to try Computer~? . . to become a computer company, they'd be overstepping Videogame machmes are built around microprocessors. the bounds they set for themselves." The games themselves are referred to as software (or to be precise, firmware, in reference to the. fact that the games are on printed circuits and on chips). The mdustry Computers! was strongly affected by last year's shortage of RAM But are they computers? Some software manufacturers chips. have no doubt. . So, are they computers? "Of course they are," declares Bill Swartz. of Ko.e1, a Depends on how you define computer. . Japanese publisher of sophist~cate? soft~are s1mulat1ons. For the sake of argument, if nothing e l~ e. let's defme There's no question in his mmd. Nmtendo is a com~, a computer as a microprocessor-driven device capable of puter. "But so is a loom; so is any progra~n:able device. manipulating data. Is Nintendo a coi:1puter?. Swartz also denies the common descnpuon of . Sandy Schneider, Mindscape_'s vice president for con­ Nintendo and other videogame consoles. " I do~ ' t 1,~mk sumer software, is cheerfully equivocal: If I. ha?,,to there is such a thing as a dedicated game machme, choose, I'd say, 'Yes. NES is very computerhke. J UL V 1 989 29 Swartz insists. " In Japan Nintendo is used to commu-. ingly fl exible. . nicate with information services. Already the machine is You'd be unwise to underrate the effect of that inter­ fl exible enough to play different types of games. For that face on the audience. The absence of the .keyboard speaks matter. if you're willing to work hard enough. yo u can put fo r itself. The absence of traditi onal joysticks has . . spreadsheets or anything else on a intendo." prompted the development of a. vari ety of a lt e r~ a t1 ve in­ There's a bottom line to Swartz's argument. put devices, from light gu ns to in teracti ve exercise pads, from nontouch input " intendo is certainl y best screens to a "smart" glove suited to games, ' he admits. scheduled for introduction " But all microprocessors later th is year. take digi tal Is and Os and The input devices offer conve rt them to images on at least the promise of a screen, move them in and spawning a wide range of out of memory stacks. game types, although most That's it. Period." of the software produced fo r intendo has been action­ Appearances oriented. Game machines have, in fact, created an ar­ Are Deceiving cade renaissance. Nintendo However similar the in­ and Sega characters jump, sides, ga me consoles don't A keyboard sends a run, shoot, drive. fly, hit, look like computers. For punch. Quick acti on is what one very noticeable thing, message: This is a Nintendo sells and the con­ there's no keyboard. Again , deliberate. productivity machine, soles excel at deli vering it. intendo knows that key­ Eve n fantasy role-play­ boards send messages: This it says. This is where ing games-perhaps the is a productivity machine, most popular entertainment they say, this is where you you work. software category in Ja­ work. Computer users know pan-are more action- than that keyboards can be used role-play-oriented on the for many purposes, playing Nintendo. Compare inten­ games among them. A fai r do's phenomenally success­ portion of the rest of the world sees a keyboard and ful Legend of Zelda with, say, Origin's Ultima series of thinks typing class. role-playing adventures, and it becomes clear that But there are no joysti cks either at least not con­ intendo offers a quicker but also a shall ower, ventional ones. Rather, the ES's controls-its interface, experi ence. in industry parl ance- are streamlined elegant, yet surpris- That may be changing. Softwa re companies are gear­

View from the Top: Nintendo Speaks We asked Bill White, Nintendo vice president for advertising " As the installed base of Nintendo systems grows past and marketing, the same question we asked others in the in­ 20-percent penetration, both [communications) networking and dustry: Is the Nintendo Entertainment System a computer? His PC-related peripherals become more attractive business answer was emphatic, and further conversation gave us a propositions," White explains. " So we're leaving those doors glimpse of where the game system is headed-and why. open while concentrating on the home-entertainment-based " Certainly it's a computer-NE$ has a very sophisticated videogame system." custom CPU," White says. "The CPU is custom-designed to Because the machine is Installed in so many households maximize play value and program speed for videogame with so many children, NES would seem a likely vehicle for entertainment." Those words are close to being Nintendo's educational software, yet there has been little released so far. credo. " Our custom design maximizes game enjoyment sec­ "Third-party software developers [such as Hi-Tech Ex­ ond to none," White says. pressions with its Sesame Street cartridge series) are already But it doesn't look like a computer. White agrees. " Is it a taking advantage of particular opportunities in educational and traditional computer? No, it's not. Are there traditional devices preschool software," White says. " It's a limited market. We like keyboards and disk drives? No, there aren't. " see education as an ongoing element of the Nintendo software In Japan, though, where Nintendo can be found in more library but not becoming the thrust of the system." than 30 percent of the households, there are. The entertain­ What about new technologies such as CD-ROM and 16­ ment system, known in Japan as Famicom, has sprouted a bit machines? " We maintain an extensive research and variety of very computerlike peripherals. There's a keyboard development program," White says, " and are looking at sev­ for those who wish to have one; so far, according to most re­ eral exciting new technologies." ports, few do. Is the 16-bit machine expected in Japan this year? " Six­ More successfully, Nintendo has marketed disk drives, teen-bits is a vehicle for further extending the quality of modems, and fax additions to the Famicom. In some house­ gameplay," White says. " But it's not even needed in the U.S. holds, Famicom is the nerve center for some aspects of household communications. marketplace today. It would be premature to release such a machine without a significant number of game titles to market Can we look for Nintendo modems and similar peripherals along with it. " here? " Potentially," White says. "The door is wide open for But when the time is right? White simply shared a conta­ that." gious chuckle. What will it take to get such peripherals to the U.S. mar­ It's clear that Nintendo intends to consolidate its hold ket? More customers, White explains. r.eleasing new and more sophisticated game machines·as the time and market become right and ripe. 30 C 0 M P U T E ! ing up to deliver Nintendo players the same depth of and complex recreation of sixteenth-century Japanese gameplay that has been available on personal computers politics. Hardly the typical Nintendo game. Yet for some time. Mindscape's Schneider sees "definite Nobunaga 's Ambition is scheduled for summer release in growth in the direction of software games. Nintendo the Nintendo format. entertainment is spreading In fact, the game will beyond kids, becoming very stretch that format more strategy-oriented." than a little. Nobunaga's Minsdcape is hoping cartridge will contain 2.5 new cartridges such as Infil­ megabytes of data, as op­ trator II reach beyond posed to the cramped RAM Nintendo's typical audience more typical of arcade-game of 8- to 14-year-old boys. cartridges. Nor is Nobunaga "The trend toward greater a quick play like Super memory capacity will help Mario Bros. Games can the development of more take hours; for advanced sophisticated games. In players Nobunaga can Japan, the games range stretch out over weeks. from fast action to fantasy. "The cartridge will in­ Even shoot-'em-ups are Mindscape sees Nintendo clude a battery backup," evolving." Swartz explains. " You'll be games spreading beyond able to save a game just as If It's a if you were playi ng on a kids, becoming very floppy disk. In essence, Computer, we've put a virtual floppy There Must Be strategy-oriented. inside the cartridge." Koei is convinced that Software a large market exists for Koei is another company more challenging Nintendo whose willingness to see entertainment. The compa­ Nintendo as a computer implies a willingness to convert ny's already found that market in Japan, where Nobunaga traditional computer software to Nintendo's format. has been a big Nintendo hit. Swartz looks for more of the Koei's products include Nobunaga's Ambition, a detailed same here. 1>

The Joy of Nintendo: A Player's Perspective

after Christmas, the huge market for these toys disappears. Coleco, which made the Cabbage Patch Kids so popular a few years ago, nearly went under when the market for the Kids disappeared. But Nintendo, with its entertainment system, may quell this trend. I think I know why. The Nintendo home system is easy to set up and can be hooked up to any television and be ready to play in a matter of minutes. I like this combination of a fast setup and easy disassembly. It makes the Nintendo convenient to move from television to television and place to place. I can play in more than one room In the house, which is helpful when my folks want me out of the living room. This mobility helps to explain why many video-rental stores are also renting Nintendo systems. I really like Nintendo's controllers. The hand-held push­ button controllers are light and easy to handle. They do not fa­ tigue the hands as conventional joysticks may do after a few hours of play. The controllers are also easy to learn to use­ much easier than controls on many personal computers. A while ago, I played a golf game on an Amiga; while the graph­ ics were great, I found it difficult to get used to the controls and gave up. . . Probably the best thing about the Nintendo system 1s the repeated challenges its games offer. Super Mario Bros., the game that comes with the standard system, offers challenge after challenge, with many hidden surprises. It also has great graphics which are as good as or better than the area~~ model. But the arcade model does not offer the versatility of Jason Sparrow, 17, plays Nintendo gam_es seve~a l hours a the home system. At under $100, the standard-system . week. He wrote this guest column on his family s PC. Nintendo is quite a bargain because even the game that 11 , When I first saw Nintendo, I thought it would be a flash in the comes with, Super Marlo Bros., is a challenge that one won t pan. It seems like every holiday season there is a new toy that quickly grow tired of. - Jason Sparrow retailers cannot keep on the shelves. Usually, a few months

J U L Y 1 9 8 9 31 Jn fact, he sees strong parallels between the current 16 Bits' Worth state of intendo software and that of disk-based software 'Tm not really sure if intendo is affecting the 16-bit a few years ago. "The cartridge entertainment market is market," Allegra says. going to fragment like the personal computer entertain­ ot now, maybe. But 16-bit technology is attracting ment market," Swartz predicts. "For computers, you've the console manufacturers. Sega already has a 16-bit ma­ got cheap budgetware at $7 and high-end products that chine on the Japanese market and is expected to in­ cost much more. These are very distinct markets." troduce it here this year. Nintendo will likewise enter the Koei's amibition? " We've tried to raise the stakes at 16-bit arena at some point in the next year or so. the very top. I think we're going to make even clearer that Put even more powerful microprocessors in game a wide range of markets is interested in Nintendo. It's not consoles; do they become more li ke personal computers? aimed only at kids." Not really. "You'll see different peripherals. The game experience will be Software more exciting. but gameplay will remain the focus," Slammed, Allegra says. " You're not Hardware going to see a game ma­ chine that's doing word Next? processing." Such moves may be self­ defense, as well as shrewd marketing. Whether or not the game platform fits a strict definition of a com­ puter, intendo has lately A Contender exerted some strict effects You mav, however. see on computer entertainment game platforms doing things software. that only a few personal "Nintendo's success has computers are doing as yet. destroyed the software CD-ROM, for one entertainment market," says thing. Bill Swartz. "The market CD-ROM (Compact has been significantly hurt. Disc-Read Only Memory) Retail returns are higher has long been touted as a than anyone expected. breakthrough medium. CD­ Everyone thought they had ROM discs look like CD accounted for intendo, but audio discs and can hold the company's still taken a hundreds of megabytes of huge chunk out of the tra­ data. For entertainment, the ditional software market. ' advantages of so much data Sandy Schneider agrees At a recent industry capacity are obvious: bigger that Nintendo has had a games, better-looking walloping impact on disk­ conference, Trip Hawkins games, better-sounding based entertainment soft­ ofElectronic Arts called games. While CD-ROM has ware. "Unfortunately, its begun to make an impact effect has been extremely Nintendo "the last hurrah on business computing its negative. Without question, presence in the home com­ Nintendo's success has of the 8-bit world." Are puter environment is all but eroded software sales. nonexistent. On game ma­ There's been a much greater 16-bit computers next chines, however, it's a dif­ falling ofT of disk sales than ferent story. anyone anticipated." in line? Late last yea r. NEC, Bill Swartz has no trou­ whose PC Engine is ble understanding why. " We're competing for the same Ni ntendo's number I competitor in Japan, raised the dollars," he says. "For sofnvare. It's a little harder to see game-console stakes there with the introduction of a CD­ Nintendo's effect on hardware." ROM drive for the Engine. Even NEC was stunned when Not for Manlio Allegra. One of the partners in Inter­ the drive sold 100,000 units in less than four months. The national Development Group, which publishes Out Run huge success is all the more surprising when you learn and other.Sega arcade games for disk-based computers, that only three entertainment products were available AUegra thinks dedicated game machines have already when th ~ drive was released in Japan. (PC Engine's CD­ ki ll ed one computer. " intendo stopped the growth of the ROM .dnve can also play standard audio CDs.) Commodore 64," he says. Richard O'Keefe, a software engineer at EC, sees Trip Hawkins i:iresident of Electronic Arts, goes even CD-R~M and other emerging technologies as natural further. At a recent industry conference, he said Nintendo extensions of entertainment consoles. was ''the last hurrah of the 8-bit world." Does a CD-ROM drive make a game console more With that world conquered. will Nintendo and other of a computer? Are PC Engines computers? " Do they do game-console manufacturers set their sights on the 16-bit what a C<:>mmodore 64 does? They could," O'Keefe says. market? You can bet on it. More penpherals would obviously make PC Engine more 32 COMPUT E ! of a computer. While remaining noncommittal even to­ braced VCRs, microwaves and dedicated game machines ward plans for distributing PC Engine in the United is still not su re what it would do wi th a home computer. States, NEC has kept its peripherals opti ons wide open. But precisely as a result of those increasingly intelli­ "It's called PC Engine," O'Keefe ex plains, "because gent game mach ines, VCRs, and other appliances, that it's designed to plug into things. It's designed to be the same market is becoming more and more familiar with brains of a whole bunch of different peripherals. There'll microprocessors and the benefits these si licon marvels can be a telephone, a color provide. printer/ digitizing tablet." As new and more dy­ The peripherals seem .de­ namic entenainment is signed to make home made available for entenainment systems ca­ intendo, Sega. PC Engine, pable of processing different and game systems as ye t types of information, more as computers do. unrevealed consumers not interested in word process­ O'Keefe also sees a ing, spreadsheets, or even reverse flow. "There's a computer games may well trend where videogames are find themselves bringing becoming more computer­ home dedicated CPUs that like, but computers are are far more powerful than becoming more gamelike. those which formed the The Amiga is the classic example." fou ndation of the home computer industry. Game systems are bringing Computing power may Beyond come home through the computers home through back door, and it may end Tomorrow lhe ':'back door;_with sighti up in the li vi ng room rather The long-term results of than in the home office. such trends? A blurring of set on the living room. And how will that in­ the lines that separate dustry respond? Many soft­ computers from dedicated ware publishers are already game systems. moving their products to "They [game machines Nintendo and other car­ and home com puters] are tridge-based platforms. Oth­ going to merge," O'Keefe ers undoubtedly will follow. feels. For the long term, That's probably a pretty safe bet. A decade or so after though, the only answer can be found in the word their introduction, traditional personal computers may be Nintendo itself. Loosely translated from the Japanese, it nearing the limits of household penetration. While prices means No matter how hard you work, the results are in have dropped dramatically for even sophisticated key­ the hands of God. G board-based systems, general consumer resistance has Keith Ferrell is features editor of COMPUTE!. He has three per­ dwindled onl y a bit. The computer's very versatility may sonal computers at home, plays lots of computer games , but well work against it: The broad mass market that em- does without a Nintendo Entertainment System.

What Do You Think? As the experts debate, COMPUTE! is interested in what its readers have to say about computers, Nintendo, and dedicated game systems in general. Please take a few seconds to answer the follow­ ing questions and then mail your response to COMPUTE! Game Systems Survey, P.O. Box 5406, Greensboro, North Carolina 27403.

Do you own a Nintendo or other dedicated game system? D Yes D No Do you use your personal computer for entertainment? D Yes D No If you own a game system, would you buy another, more powerful system? D Yes D No

If you own a game system, have you bought fewer disk-based games than you normally would have since you've owned it? D Yes D No

Which of the two-a computer or a game system-provides the more satisfying game experience?

JULY 1989 33 34 COM PU TE ! cartoon cab with patched bal­ loon tires putters down a city ANIMATION BAS IC S street.A The driver, a rabbit with a sillv Whatever you can move in your grin, waves. Suddenly the cab crashes mind's eye can be expressed through into a fire hydrant, and the rabbit is animation, the process of stringing to­ thrown high above the street on a gey­ gether individual pictures to create the ser of water. "P-p-p-lease!" pleads the illusion of movement. The images hare, as he bounces to the ground, themselves don't really move· instead, unhurt. a sequence of related but incremen­ A scene from the sequel to Who tally changing images-called eels or Framed Roger Rabbit? No-a cartoon frames-are displayed in succession so created with one of the new computer rapidly that, to the human eye they animation programs, packages that appear as smooth motion. All anima­ give you the tools to create your own tion-and for that matter, all video computer 'toons. and film imagery-takes advantage of Only a couple of years ago, no this physiological effect, called persis­ one thought animation would ever be tence of vision. possible on small computers-and For animation to appear smooth who would want to make cartoons on and fluid, frames must be shown at a PCs, anyway? But the revolution in rate of at least 10 frames per second; easy-to-use graphics software, the the more frames per second, the migration of high-quality graphics dis­ smoother the animation. That means plays to all computer platforms, and a lot of pictures. Ten frames per sec­ the emergence of desktop video and ond amounts to 600 per minute­ desktop presentations as important 54,000 for a 90-minute program. new uses for personal computers have Luckily, your computer can do some provided fertile soil for the growth of low-cost computer of the work for you by automatically creating some of the animation. Today you can make dazzling, full-color anima­ frames. To do this, animation programs take two basic tions on every kind of computer. approaches. Traditionally, quality animation has been a craft that Page-flipping. With the page-flipping method, also requires a long apprenticeship to master and deep pockets called frame-by-frame or eel animation. a series of pictures to fund. A new breed of animation software, combined are created by the animator with a paint program. Each pic­ with highly capable personal computers, has changed all ture is incrementally different from the previous one. For that. Now, the technical details of animation creation are example, a square could move from the left of the screen to easier to learn, and animated efforts are cheaper to pro­ the right in equal increments spread across 30 frames. duce. Animation is accessible to anyone. A whole new When the sequence is finished, it's stored in memory or on generation is discovering what the great animators knew all disk as a series of bitmaps, referred to as .fram es. pages. or along-that animation is one of the most effective forms of eels. To run the animation, tpe program loads all the communication. frames into memory (or as many as will fit) and displays Managers use animation software to create animated them in sequence at a set frame rate. When you look at the charts and graphs that enliven otherwise dry presentations. animation, the square seems to sail across the screen. If Teachers use animation to present difficult-to-visualize con­ you've ever buzzed through the pages of an animation flip cepts-atomic structure or the formation of black holes, for book, you'll understand the concept behind page-flipping. example. But animation programs are also for anyone Key-frame animation. Some animation programs take a who's spent countless Saturday morning hours watching different approach. With a key-frame animation program. cartoons, for anyone who dreams of creating his or her own sometimes called a metamorphic animator. you draw an dazzling 'toons. object on the first frame (key frame 1). define a path for it

You too can be a Walt Disney with one of these state-of-the-art animation packages.

Steven Anzovin

JULY 1989 35 [OMPUIER 'fbtJ/16 to move around on the screen. and then change the shape effects incl ude animal noises, bug squeaks, laser blasts. and of the object for a seco nd frame (key frame 2). The pro­ several directional sounds. It's simple to attach sounds to gram then animates the entire seq uence. including moving any frame so that, for instance. a rocket's engi nes roar as the object around on the screen and figuring out the in ter­ the ship blasts off. mediate shapes the object shou ld take to tra nsform from its original shape to the new shape. The in-between images are called 1weens. which is wh y key-fra me animati on is also UELUXE PAINT Ill sometimes called 1wee11i11g. Obviously. such a technique Deluxe Pain! (Electronic Arts). long the premier paint saves you a lot of work. program for the Commodore Amiga, has added classic To get a sense of what personal computer animation page-n ipping animation in its newes t incarnation. programs can reall y do. let's take a look at three popular Deluxe Pai111 IIf's animation tools arc fu ll y integrated two-dimensional animation packagcs-Famarision for IBM wi th its pa int tools. You paint a frame, create a new frame, PC and compatible computers. Deluxe Pain! 111 for the paint another frame. and repea t the process un til the Amiga. and Video1rorks II for the Macintosh. animation is finished . Deluxe Pai111 I II then plays the paintings in sequence at up to 30 frames per seco nd to show the animation in its finished form . Because each !? ANTRvls l ON frame is an indi vidual painting, each frame can be subt ly or Fan1a1·isio11 (Brnderbund) is currently the premier anima­ radically different, and you ca n make alterations to a frame tio n program for MS-DOS machines: it's ava il able for most at any ti me. Options allow yo u to set the num ber of frames of the other popular computer platforms. too. Operating on and the playing speed of your animation. navigate back­ the key-frame principle. the program's main strength is that ward and forward from one frame to the next. add and de­ it can interpolate motions between two widely different le te indi vidual fram es. and copy the background of one frames. automatically drawing all of an object's intermedi­ frame to all frames. ate positions. Like all key-frame animators, Famarision One of the most useful feat ures of any animation pro­ treats shapes as objec1s, mathematically defi ned collections gram is its abili ty to accompli sh difficult moves for you au to­ of points and lines. It can handle bitmaps. pictures created matically. While Deluxe Pai111 III ca n't match a true key­ by pai nt programs. only as backgrounds. frame animator in this regard. it does use a combination of Faniarision is very easy and in tuiti ve to use. especiall y animation and perspective tools to take any pan of a paint­ if your PC has a mouse. (Drawing is possible. but awkward. ing and move it smoothly across the background in th e with the arrow keys.) After about ten minutes of study. my plane of the screen: zoom it in and out: and do complicated seven-year-old son was able to make a sim ple Fa111avisio11 turns. swoops. spins. and orbi ts. These effects are perfect animation of shapes flying around on the screen. Tools for creating animated text and logos for desktop Yid eo. around the edge of the screen let yo u crea te new frames. draw objects. and change colors and patterns. Some unique shape-changing tools- a grabbing hand, a point-creating v lUEOWOR KS II finger, and a point-cutting knife- let you change the An imatio n on the Macintosh was fairly la te in coming. but arrangement and number of points in any object from one I"ideo1rorks II (MacroM ind) makes up for the delay. It frame to the next. Thus you can draw a bear in one frame combines key-frame and page-nipping tech niques in one of and turn it into a bed in the next by simply rearranging the the most comprehensive animation interfaces a\·ailable. points that make up the bear. When you play the movie. I'ideo1 rorks II may not be an easy package to learn how to Fa111a1•isio11 transforms the bear smoothlv into the bed. use. bu t once you·ve mastered it. you ca n produce Ycry Special object transformations include rotating. sophisticated result . especially those suited for desktop squashing, and spinning in perspective around a center of prese ntations. rotation. Editing features allow you to cut. copy. and insen I'idemmrks ff "s rich array of tools incl udes a frames in any sequence. .\!acPai111- likc pai nt program for creating animation objects: Another thing that se ts Fa111a1 •isio11 apan from most text tools for animated ti tl es: windows that keep track of other animation programs is its sou nd-effects library. The the va rious animation objects (the cas 111 w111 bers. in I'ideo­ [ HO USING AN ANIMAIION PR OGRAM

Though Fantavision, Deluxe Paint Ill, and Videoworks II type animation or want a rich visual style and the utmost are among the most popular animation packages, there control over each individual frame, you 'll want to consider are others to choose from, especially for the Amiga, a a page-flipper like Deluxe Paint Ill. Page-flippers give re­ machine which just begs to be used for animation cre­ sults that are closest to Disney quality-you just have to ation. But how to choose from all these other programs? have the artistic talent to bring it all off. Before you buy an animation program, think about But you needn't restrict yourself to just one program. what you want to use it for and the level of your artistic If you're planning to record your animation on video­ and animation experience. Neophytes should start with a tape-most computer animators do-there's no reason simple key-frame animator, like Fantavision. These are why you can 't combine the output of both key-frame and perfect for quick and dirty animations, when visual rich­ page-flipping animation programs in one cartoon. A pro­ ness and control is less important than fast, easy results. gram like Videoworks II, which combines both tech­ A key-frame animation program is ideal for learning niques, may be the best-all-around choice. That way, you animation basics and is also appropriate for creating sim­ can use each type of animation for what it does best and ple, practical animations for business presentations. have complete freedom to devise the most incredible If you 're already experienced with traditional film- computer animations yet seen.

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Amiga Cartooners Electronic Arts Animation: Apprentice 3.2-$295.00 1820 Gateway Or. Animation: Editor-$59.95 San Mateo, CA 94404 Animation: Effects-$49.95 (415) 571-7171 Animation: Flipper-$15.95 Animation construction kit for kids. Animation: Libraries-$24.95 each Animation: Multlplane- $89.95 PaintWorka Gold-$99.95 Animation: Rotoscope-$79.95 Mediagenic Animation: Stand-$49.95 2350 Bayshore Pkwy. Hash Enterprises Mountain View, CA 94039 2800 E. Evergreen (415) 960-0410 Vancouver, WA 98661 \ersatile paint program for the llos with page-flipping animation (206) 693-7443 capabilities. A complete set of animation applications.

Animator/ lmages-$89.95 Atari ST Aegis Development Cyber Paint-$79.95 2210 Wilshire Blvd. Cyber Graphics/Antic Software Suite 2n 544 Second St Santa Monica, CA 90403 San Francisco, CA 94107 (213) 392-9972 (415) 957-0886 Easy-to-use first-generation key-frame animator, plus separate paint (800) 234-7001 program. Page-flipping end key-frame animator.

Deluxe Paint 111-$149.95 Electronic Arts IBM PC and Compatibles 1820 Gateway Dr. Fantavision-$69.95 San Mateo, 94404 CA Br0derbund (415) 571-7171 17 Paul Or. paint program and page-flipping animator. ~rsatlle San Rafael, CA 94903 MovieSetter-$99.95 (800) 527-6263 Key-frame animator with sound sync editor. Amiga, Atari ST, and Apple Gold Disk 2179 Dunwin Dr., #6 llGS versions also available. Mississauga, Ontario Canada LSL 1X2 Macintosh (416) 828-0913 HyperAnimator-$149.95 Complete animation system with onscreen storyboards. Bright Star Technologies Photon Video: Cel Anlmator-$149.95 14450 NE 29th Microllluslons Suite 220 17408 Chatsworth St Bellevue, WA 98007 Granada Hills, CA 91344 Create talking characters for your HyperCard stacks; requires HyperCard (800) 522-2041 and MacinTalk or digitized voices. In California: (818) 360-3715 HyperCard-$49.95; free with Macintosh purchase Page-flipping animation program with sound sync; includes useful "pencil­ Apple Computer test" mode. 20525 Mariani /we. Zoetrope-$139.95 Cupertino, CA 95014 Cyber Graphics/Antic Software (408) 996-1010 Apple's software toolkit; has basic animation capabilities. 544 Second St San Francisco, CA 94107 Studio 1-$99.95 [tentative] (415) 957-0886 Electronic Arts (800) 234-7001 1820 Gateway Dr. Animation program with compositing; some professional features. San Mateo, CA 94404 (415) 571-7171 Black-and-white paint program and page-flipping animator. Apple llGS Art & Film Director Vldeoworks 11-$195.00 Epyx MacroMind 600 Galveston Dr. 1028 W. Wolfram St. Redwood City, CA 94063 Chicago, IL 60657 (415) 366-0606 (312) 871-0987 Combination paint program and page-flipping animator. Animation, storyboarding. and slide-show program for an Macintoshes.

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Do visions offonts dance through your head? Does printer's ink flow through your veins? Does a sidebar send your heart soaring? Whether it's printing newsletters, designing brochures, or breaking the biggest story this side ofthe Iran/Contra scandal, there's a desktop publishing program that will assure you a byline every time.

Fleet Street Publisher Mirrorsoft Mickey McLean Distributed by Spectrum HoloByte Atari ST $1 49.95 In Fleet Street Publisher, you create text or Byline import text from any ASCII word processing Ashton-Tate IBM PC and compatibles file. Features include hyphenation, kerning, 51 2K: DOS 2.0 or later; hard drive; and CGA, EGA, search and replace, variable line leading, pre­ or Hercules required set and custom style sheets, and six different $295.00 typefaces in various styles and sizes ranging Byline 's layout system breaks down pages from 4 to 72 points (even larger on an Atari by elements, with each element's look and 1040ST). Graphics come from a Fleet Street content controlled by a spec sheet. Position, cl ip-art library or from other graphics pack­ size, and twist elements by indicating mea­ ages. Graphics features include a pixel editor surements or by moving the element on the and box and rule tools in multiple line weights page with a mouse or the keyboard. Features and shades. Page-makeup features include include five typefaces in sizes ranging from B ~ultiple columns, picture sizing and crop­ to 144 points, various type styles, search and ping , linked text blocks, graphics rotation, replace, and borders and rules. Byline imports and variable page sizes. ~ext from most major word processors, graph­ ics programs, databases, and spreadsheets. FrontPage Personal Publisher Arrays City Desk IBM PC and compatibles MicroSearch 640K; hard drive ; and CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA, or Amiga Hercules required · $199.95 $199.95 City Desk supports several printers-Post­ This icon-driven desktop publishing system script, Hewlett-Packard Series II , and various features a WYSIWYG display, nine type 24 ~ p i n printers. Providing advanced graphics style~ , automatic or manual hyphenation, an ed1t1ng and text-manipulation commands, this unlimited number of pages per document program offers many features: automatic and an unlimited number of columns per ' k~rning , font and type-size control, a clip-art ccc::::i= =cc= c c:iccc = =:iccc cc ccc cc ccccn page. An add-on package offers near-laser­ disk, text-wrap around irregular graphics, =i::iccccccc==c= c!.J quality output on dot-matrix printers. You can and automatic hyphenation. City Desk sup­ c:::JCJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ c:===i Cl Cl CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ import text or ASCII files from word process­ ports WordPerfect, Scribble!, and ASCII files. oaac:::::Ja oooCJ ing pr~rams such as XyWrite, WordPerfect, Registered users of versions 1.0 and 1.1 can and Microsoft Word. You can also i(Tlport im­ upgrade to 2.0 for $35.00. ages from a variety of graphics programs.

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Four automatic hyphenation (supports seven for­ WYSIWYG page views help users see the eign languages), a graphics toolbox, preset text, lines, boxes. and clip art on the screen, and custom style sheets. text-wrap around and each page can support from one to ten graphics, and room for an unlimited number columns. The program supports most dot­ of fonts. Use PFS:First Publisher's clip art, or matrix printers. import graphics from popular PC paint geoPublish programs. The Newsroom Berkeley Softworks Springboard Software Apple II . Commodore 64 Apple II, Atari. Commodore 64 , IBM PC and GEOS required =coco c =cc= =c::icc compatibles $49.95 ncccc cccoo cccoo= CGA required for IBM Using geoPublish, users can create docu­ ~ =c==cccccccc= $34.95 (Apple) CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ Clc::::::J $1 4.95 (Atari, Commodore) ments with as many as 16 pages and en­ CJ Cl CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ Cl CJ CJ C:::=::J S19.95 (IBM) hanced by headlines, column layout, and art. Cl aaa ac::ia ca The program imports graphics from geo­ Desktop publishers ca n use this program to Paint, but it also has a complete drawing pro­ create newsletters for family, clubs, school, gram. geoPublish supports more than 70 or business. The Newsroom contains a word dot-matrix printers and all Postscript laser lnteGraphics processor and over 600 pieces of clip art. printers. Other features include full-page and International Microcomputer So ftware Text wraps around graphics, and you can en­ zoom display modes. support for more than IBM PC and compatibles ter text in any of five fonts. 80 GEOS-compatible fonts in point sizes 51 2K: DOS 2.0 or later; hard drive ; and CGA, EGA, ranging from 4 to 192. and text-wrap around VGA. or Hercules required The Newsroom Pro $195.00 graphics. Springboard Software lnteGraphics is a drawing, charting, and IBM PC and compatibles page-layout program. Use it to create docu­ 512K; DOS 2.0 or later; and CGA required IMSI Publisher $39.95 International Microcomputer Software ments with as many as 999 pages, taking ad­ IBM AT and compatibles vantage of automatic text flow, hyphenation, The Newsroom Pro is an advanced version of 640K; DOS 3.0 or later; hard drive; and EGA. VGA. leading control, graphics tools, text-wrap The Newsroom, adding 2000 pieces of clip or Hercules required around page elements, preset and custom art from the Clip Art Collection, Volume 1 $495.00 layout templates, zoom views, unlimited win­ and Volume 2. You can create newspaper­ IMS/ Publisher (formerly Page Perfect) com­ dows, rules, and boxes. The program im­ style layouts on the screen by scrolling up bines full-featured word processing with ports files from many word processors and and down the columns, editing text, importing powerful page-layout features-nine zoom graphics programs. lnteGraphics includes 15 graphics, resizing art, adjusting line spacing. levels, leading control, kerning control, preset fonts and supports others from the Bitstream and choosing the styles and sizes of the type. style sheets, rules and boxes. page number­ font library. It also offers batch-mode printing, ing, hyphenation, find and replace, a spelling an integrated spreadsheet, and macros. Pacesetter checker. and a thesaurus. The program im­ Gold Disk ports text from most word processors and Legend Amiga 512K required NBI graphics in TIFF format. Macros and online $ 149.95 help round out the program. IBM AT and compatibles 640K: DOS 3.2 or later; Windows 2.0 or higher; hard A WYSIWYG page-composition and -layout drive; and EGA. VG A, or Hercules required program. Pacesetter contains a built-in word Instant Pages 5695.00 Electronic Arts processor and agraphics editor. It also ac­ IBM PC and compatibles Legend integrates word processing, graph­ cepts text and graphics from programs such $49.95 ics , and desktop publishing. Features include as TextCraft. Scribble!. Deluxe Paint, and Combine text and graphics to create forms, Windows 2.0 compatibility, mail merge, foot­ Aegis Images. Pacesetter offers point sizes newsletters, charts, and correspondence. notes, outlining, indexing, search and re­ as high as 800 points: borders. shading, and shadows: ru le. grid. column. and margin indi­ Features include a text editor, automatic re­ place, a spelling checker, and text-wrap cators: measurement in inches or picas: and formatting, lines, boxes, borders, full justifi ca­ around graphics. Style sheets control type centering or justifi cation of type. Multiple­ tion, and a variety of text styles. The characteristics and formats. Documents have page documen ts can be printed in a variety WYSIWYG desktop publishing system can as many as 750 pages, 32 columns per page. of page sizes and formats. be menu- or keyboard-driven. and tables as large as 45 45 inches. Por­ trait and landscape pages can be mi xed with­ in the document. Legend imports graphics from MacPaint, PC Paintbrush, Publisher's Paintbrush, Windows Draw, and Windows Graph, as well as images in TIFF and DIF for­ mats. Available in 31/2· or 5 1/• -inch formats .

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Personal Newsletter Pagebuilder Soft sync CSI Publishing Apple II , Commodore 64 IBM PC and compatibles GEOS required for Commodore EGA, VGA. or Hercules required $59.95 (Apple) $300.00 $29.95 (Commodore) This graphics-based publishing/presentation Personal Newsletter's package includes the program features word processing functions, program and a library of clip art. Designed to business graphics, and a library of over 200 be used in conjunction with GEOS, the pro­ illustrations that can be scaled, rotated, or gram accepts input from a joystick, a mouse, combined with text. The program also in­ a graphics pad, or a light pen. Users can lay cludes image scanning for logos and photos. out and align windows for text and graphics. Sixteen Compugraphic fonts are included As many as 20 windows can be used on a along with Bitstream font compatibility. A single page. Features include automatic slide-show feature enables users to prepare word-wrap to fit windows, and an BO-column pages of color text and graphics with variable work screen. time delay for presentations. PFS:First Publisher PageMaker Software Publishing Aldus IBM PC and compatibles IBM AT and compatibles, Macintosh 512K; DOS 2.0 or later; and CGA, EGA, VGA, or 640K: DOS 3.0 or later; hard drive; Windows 2.03: Hercules required and EGA, VGA, or Hercules required for PC Tandy or compatible; 640K: DOS 3.2 or higher: and Hard disk. System 4.1 . and Finder 5.5 required for CGA, EGA, VGA. or Hercules card required for Macintosh DeskMate version $795 .00 (I BM) $129.00 5595.00 (Macintosh) Professional Page for the Amiga was one PFS:First Publisher produces documents of PageMaker uses a paste-up-board meta­ ol the first desktop publishin programs to feature lull-color and mechanical as many as 99 pages. A WYSIWYG display phor, with rulers and alignment guides to aids the layout process, and other features control the automatic flow of text on a page. include as many as four columns of variable As many as 20 columns can make up a page, '""'""·"'· widths on each page, editing tools, graphics and users can control leading, kerning, hy­ "' tools, formatting options, text-wrap around phenation, and text formatting. Other fea­ graphics, and many different typefaces. Us­ tures include onscreen color palettes, style ers create text in PFS:First Publisher or im­ sheets, 20 templates for easy page layout, port it from other word processors. The and file filters that allow you to import Lotus program imports graphics from PC Paint­ 7-2-3 files and dBase files. PageMaker ac­ PageStream brush, PC Paint Pius, and PC Windows Paint. cepts text from most popular word proces­ Softlogik Clip art comes with the package, and a spe­ sors and graphics packages. On the IBM AT, Amiga. 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vi deo modes. ri 63448: 800-637-2984; $9.95). supplied chi ps in the mother­ the manual tells vo u the kinds When yo u're satisfied a special ca ble yo u can plug board. lt"s harder for you to in­ of programs it won"t help. lt wi th your graph, you can print into this unused socket to pro­ stall. but it's also harder for won· t affect programs with it or save it to disk. The 3-D vide instant-on power to your your software to get around. built-in fas t loaders (GEOS aspect of Lucid 's graphing may monitor. printer, or anything Because some programs dis­ and so on) beca use these pro­ not be on a par wi th dedica ted else, for that maller. able the cartridge port. they gra ms bypass the standa rd disk graphing programs. but even Alt hough you can use th e may load more quickly run­ routi nes-and subseq uentl y. demanding users should be cord to supply power to any ning under a ca rtridge system. th ey bypass JiffyDos. too. pleased with th e results. peripheral. it's probably easiest but loads from inside th e pro­ Fragmented files (those sca t­ to use it for your monitor so gram, such as screen loads. are tered about the disk) naturally that your computer and dis­ st ill just as slow as before. hinder Ji ff~ Dos. so it's best to play power up sim ul taneously. With JiffyDos. the software is save them to a new disk for ..\nother fea ture of The Cable much more like lv to work fas t­ maxi mum speed-up. JilTy Dos Power Pak Pack the Cloners Forgot is that a er at al l stages. · also slows down when it di s­ computer se tup with a system To install JiffyDos, you ables sprites during loads and PC-Kwik Power Pak was men­ unit, a monitor. and a printer replace the Kernal ROM chip saves. tioned in the April l 989 ·'MS­ can be powered from a stand­ in your computer and the DOS Owners of l 54 l dri,·es (or DOS Specific " as being ard two-plug wall outlet. with­ ROM chip in the disk drive. l571sactingas 154l s)wi ll bundled with several comput­ out requiring either an Because there are two separate benefit most from Ji !TvDos. In ers. In fac t, it 's not bundled extension cord or a power stri p ROMs. yo u must order JifTy­ my unscientific tests. jiffy- with all the mach ines listed. fo r yo ur printe r. Dos to match yo ur specific sys­ Do 's program loads were five PC-Kivik Power Pak comes - ClifKames tem. If you ha ve a Commo­ ti mes faste r than those on an wi th Dell's Enhanced DOS 4.0 dore 64 with a l 54 1 and a unenhanced 154 l. Part icularl y software package (which is op­ l 58 l, fo r exam pl e, yo u should impressive was the way in tional when you buy a Dell order three chips (one for the whi ch JiffyDos hand led pro­ computer), and it 's packed computer and one for each grams most ca rtridges ca n't with th e complete line ofTo­ drive). If you ha ve an unen­ manage . PaperC/ip 11 and Del­ shiba laptops. hanccd l 28D. the chips co me phi's Oracle (from Batteries In­ Products that use Multi­ as a package. An y co mbination cluded) finally worked at a so ft 1ech110/ogy (but don't in­ is possible. and the chips are usa ble speed. clude the Power Pa k) are avail­ designed to work together. Do I recommend Jiffy­ able from ALR , AST, Evercx, I replaced my l 28D Dos? Let's put it thi s wa y: I GRiD. Hewlett-Packard, Intel, ROMs in about a half-hour. certainl y won't be gi ing it up. Iomega, Mitsubi shi . North­ This incl uded figuring out how I'll keep searching for th e bes t gate, and Plus Development. to open the ca e and how to possible 64/l 28 disk-enh ance­ Even though you may not get the internal 15 7 l drive out ment system , but for now Jiffy­ get Poirer Pak wi th a hardware of the wa y. lt also included th e Dos is clea rl y in fro nt of the purchase from one of these appropri ate prayers. si nce I pack. manufacturers, PC-Kwik of­ know virtuall y nothing about JiffvDos costs $59.95 fo r fers di scounts to owners ofany electron ics. The most disturb­ the 64 '~ ith any dri ve, $69.95 hard wa re with which Multisoft ing instruction fo r me was to for th e l 28 with any available products are bundled. drill a small hole in the back of drive. and $29.95 fo r add iti on­ th e l 28 D's casing. in whi ch al dri ve ROMs. Con tact Cre­ yo u mount a small switch to ative Micro Designs at 50 turn JiffyDos on or off(you Industrial Drive. P.O. Box might want lo disable it). l 646. East Longmeadow. Mas­ comprom i cd by hanging it sachu se tt s 0 102 :(4 13)525­ Missing Link Certainl y. th e Commodore out where the two parts of the 0023. market doesn't suffer from a case mee t. A warni ng is in or­ Have you ever wondered what lack ofdi sk speed-up products, der. though: Opening your the strange, three-pronged fe­ and just as certainly. the 157 l computer or you r drive will male outlet in the back of yo ur and l 58 l are pretty much fast vo id wa rranties on your equip­ PC is fo r? lt won't accept a enough on their own . So th e ment. You might wa nt to have normal electrical plug, but log­ expected response to a new yo ur Commodore dealer per­ Computerloo ic dictates th at it must have one is Jl"/rybo1 her.~ Ofpart i cu­ form the install ati on. bee n put there for a reason. lf lar in terest. though. is Jiffy­ JiffvDos offers manv use­ With all th e wa r games ava il­ you have a genuine IB M PC Dos. a disk- speed-up system fu l co m~iands. You can."fo r able in 64 game-land, it's hard and IBM monitor, your moni­ from Creative Mi cro Designs. example. di splay directories to beli eve th at publishers have tor may plug directly into thi s What could 64 and 128 owners wi thout disturbing the pro­ alm ost completel y ignored en­ outlet. possibly want wi th yet another gram in memory. Oth er fea ­ tire historical periods. But in If yo u have a co mpatible, speed-up system? tures initialize and rese t disk computer war games. as in the socket is alm ost certainly Well. a couple of th ings. drives. va lidate and for mat their paper counterparts. cer­ just si lting there waiting to be First. Ji ffy Dos is 1101 a car­ disks, copy and combine files. tain pcriods·of history just used. To help th e millions of tridge, li ke Epyx's FastLoad or and even di sable the l 541 don't sel l. An ything covering PC owners ta ke advantage of Cinemaware's Warp Speed. head bump. You ca n also World War II to the present the co nvenience of this ex tra Yo u can save your slot for chain DOS co mmands toge th­ has a built-in audience. and outl et, Mark Twain Computer yo ur favori te cartridge er and disable any or all Jiffy­ th e Ameri can Civil War has its has started shipping The Cable products. Dos function-key assignments. proponent s as well. But any­ th e Cloners Forgot (Mark Second, Jiffy Dos works JiffyDos is almost co m­ th ing before 186 l or between Twai n Computer, 900 North with more progr~m s beca use it pletely compatible with Com­ 1865 and 1939 lcaves most 3rd Street. La Grange. Missou­ replaces the Commodore- modore 64/ 128 software, and gamers cold. 1> JULY 1989 5 3 COM~

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You can tem. complex enough to war­ - Neil Randall ly nat for 1988. and Apple it­ literally run programs from rant a separate manual. You self is ending mixed signals your InnerDrive within ten can plug in army values, ter­ about the Apple II 's future. minutes of unpacki ng the box. rain values. and even the val­ The dcpanure of...! + File organization and ues fo r cen ai n combat tech­ lea ves three Apple II maga­ maintenance is easiest on the niques. Alternati vely. the zines on the newsstand racks: II Gs. since its Finder lets vou computer will fill in most of !11 Cide1/A +. Nibble. and Ap­ quickl y organize folders a·nd these values for vo u. So /Ja11/rs ple llGS B11yer '.r Guide. fil es. Program loads and file t?{Napoleo 11 is a .highly n cxiblc access are considerably faster and completely open system. wi th lnnerDrivc: large pro­ For more informati on. grams are especially grateful contact SS I at 1046 Nonh for a substantial storage de­ Rengstorff Avenue. Mountain vice. Apple Works GS and its View. California 94043: (415) Inside Ingenuity th ree-disk collection of pro­ 964-1 353. grams and utilities. for in­ Face it-hard disk drives stance. beg for a hard d isk haven't been a big priority for drive. Apple II computers. Perhaps InnerDrive is not a SCSI it 's because Apples have been drive, so it's not as fast as Ap­ most comfonable in th e home ple's own hard disk drive. On Other Diversions and the classroom. not in the the other hand. vou don't need office. Or maybe it's because to buy a SCSI card for it. Stand yo ur computer at atten­ Apple 11 software just hasn't A 20-megabyte lnnerDrive ti on and prepare fo r Comha1 been big enough to demand a costs $499: a 40-megabyte Course. As its name suggests. hard disk drive. drive runs $649. Apple Ile and yo u work yo ur way through There are plenty of hard II Gs computers take different va rious tests to evaluate your lfmagazines arc any indicator disk drive choices for the Ap­ dri ves. so be sure to specify sk ill as a soldi er. The physical ofa computer's health. then ple 11. ofcourse, ranging from which one yo u're after. For cour c challenges yo ur obsta­ th ere's reason to worry about First Class Peripherals' Sider more information. contact Ap­ cle-course abilities. The ri sk th e Apple II. series to CMS's line of inex­ plied Ingenuity at 14922 Ra­ course adds land mines and A+ magazi ne, the leading pensive drives. All Apple II mona Boulevard, Unit M. other treacherous items. In the Apple II-specific publication hard disk drives share one Baldwin P.:rk, California combat course. yo u display in both circulation and page trait. though-they're external 9 1706; (818) 960-1485. 54 COMPU E l COM~

the important K-1 2 educa­ Easily customized. Apple 2500 and arc aimed al " pre­ Works Free tional arena, a place where the SpeedScript is simple to learn cisely 3,617,960" professionals Apple II has for years found a and just as simple to use. who should be buying Ami­ There isn't a computer user welcome home. lfthe current Because ofits low cost, gas-animators, anists, musi­ born who can pass up free soft­ Macintosh machines are Apple SpeedScript is great for cians, videographers. designers. ware. That's especially true of pushed extensively into the the classroom and for school­ an directors. and (a bit ofa classroom computer users, classroom, and educational wide word processing labs. long shot here) chiefexecuti ve who are often tied to limited software developers follow (as The program works on all Ap­ officers. Other fictitious figures budgets. they're bei ng asked to by Ap­ ple II computers equipped refer to the number of profes­ K-12 MicroMedia Pub­ ple), then one of the Apple ll with a 51/•-inch disk drive. sionals in each category. The lishing is offering a free sam­ line's most important reasons Complete documentation numbers are ridiculously high. pler disk ofits Schoo/Works for being will be gone. is included on the disk, so you but Commodore can't be template files. Schoo/Works Although the announce­ can get staned right away. To blamed for hoping that there Sampler Disk includes seven ment ofan enhanced Apple order Apple SpeedSeri pl, send arc, for example. "683,52 1 art Apple Works-compatible tem­ llGS is still expected at the $9.95 plus $2.00 shipping and directors" out there who abso­ plates designed for school May AppleFest (it's early April handling (and appropriate lutely must have an A2500. applications. as this is being written), the an­ sales tax if you live in New It wouldn't be bad ifthere Each School Works disk ticipated Apple lIGS Plus may York, Pennsylvania, or onh were that many potential buy­ contains approximately 35 be the Apple !l's last gasp. In Carolina) to COMPUTE!'s ers because the Amiga still Apple Works templates aimed response, Apple ll software en­ Apple SpeedScript Disk, P.O. hovers under the 1-million­ at teachers. administrators, gineers at Apple are reportedly Box 5188, Greensboro. Nonh unit sales mark. worldwide. media specialists, and special fighting back by stressing that Carolina 27403. (No phone or Maybe Commodore's new educators. All that's needed is the Apple l IGS could become credit-card orders can be marketing team, executi ve a copy ofAppleWorks. Schoo/­ the low-cost Mac that the com­ accepted.) leadership, expanding dealer Works software is not copy­ pany needs. Ifcuts arc made to - Gregg Keizer base, and rejuvenated ad cam­ protected and comes with a the Finder's boot time and a paign will do the trick. The of­ free site license which allows jump is made in the speed of fer ofa free VCR wi th every unlimited copying within a the machine's microprocessor, Am iga 500 purchase has been school building. the llGs could evolve into a successful (although Commo­ For your copy ofSchoo/­ powerful. Macintosh-like com­ dore doesn't provide any wa y Works Sampler Disk. send $3 puter for the home and class­ to use them together). for shipping and handling to room, these engineers are Oddly, though, Commo­ K-12 Micromedia Publishing arguing. dore Business Machines has at 6 Arrow Road. Ramsey, That idea has some merit. ye t to put togeth er a decent TV New Jersey 07446. Specify considering the strength of re­ ad fo r the Amiga-truly puz­ which disk format you require cent IIGS software releases zling to all Amiga observers, (3 1h- or 51!.-inch). You can such as Apple Works GS and since this is the machine that contact the company at (800) the power of new IIGs and lie desktop video was born on. 922-040 I for a catalog listing hardware peripherals like the all Schoo/Works software. Apple Video Overlay card. With some prodding. albeit major prodding. the llGS could transform into the color, inex­ Goofball Golf pensive Macintosh Apple's al­ ways dreamed about. Apple II Forever? Every~hing old is new again. On the other hand, Apple When l was a kid, my fa mily More signs have surfaced that may already have made up its went to the shore each sum­ Apple is arguing the fate ofits mind to let the ll line languish. mer, and the highlight of the Apple!! line. According to re­ Unfonunately, Apple II own­ trip was the nightly round of pons. Apple is questioning ers may be the last ones let in It's always a special event miniature golfat a course right whether development in the on the secret. when Commodore decides to ofTthe beach. What could be 12-year-old computer line advenise the Amiga. It 's even more sa ti sfying than wa tchi ng should continue. more special when ommo­ your ball roll down Moby Much of the uncertainty dore devises an effective ad, Dick's throat and land with a around the II seems to be relat­ since those have been rare in­ plop right in the cup, or hear­ ed to Apple's constant talk Words for Only $10 deed in the Amiga's last three ing yo ur dad inve nt wonderful about a future low-end Macin­ years. Commodore Business new curses on his seventh try tosh forthe K-l 2 educational COMPUTE1 Publications is Machines, which recently through the whirling windmill market. The top brass at Apple offering its popular Apple switched ad venising agencies, blades? have repeatedly stressed that SpeedScript word processor for has finall y figured out that the Nowadays, miniature golf although such a machine is a only $9.95. Two versions of Amiga's natural market is is back in vogue as a sa fe place yea r or two away. it is on the this ultrafast program-a 40­ among creative types (a nd to take your first date. In case drawing board. !fa low-end column and an 80-column ver­ gamers, ofcourse but Com­ you don't want to face the long Macintosh is available, Apple sion-come on one disk, modore Business Machines is wait to tee off, Electronic Arts Il supporters worry, where is making the package perfect for reluctant to promote the ( 1820 Gateway Drive. San Ma­ the !l's place in Apple's plans? the home. Kids can use the 40­ Amiga as a game machine). teo. California 94404; 415-571­ Even more worrisome to column SpeedScripr for easy The company has devised a 7 171) has captured much of Apple ll fans is Apple's own legibility. while Mom and Dad new tag for th e machine-Ihe the fun in its new release. Zanv estimate that the Macintosh ca n put the 80-column Speed­ co111p111er for 1hecrea1fre 111i11d. Go(f($39.95). ­ will account for nearly a quar­ Scripl 80 to work on letters. rc­ The new, more attractive Zany Golfoffers as many ter of the company's sales to pons, and other documents. print ads feature the Amiga as four players a chance at nine J U L Y 1 9 8 9 55 COMPUTE!,;t;/' spec!JIL

holes that increase in difficult y any shoot-'em-up: Blast the previous ed it ion. Color codes confl ic ts, fo r exa mple. and, well, zaniness. The course we ird al iens across multiple give the state of relations be­ T he game is still prCll y includes the requisite wi ndmill difficult y levels to save your tween each country and the su­ slow. most!. because each hole. a hole with a bouncing wo rld fro m in vasi on. What perpowers. One or two players move requires that the ga me's hamburger. a pinba ll hole. a sets Space Harrier apan is its take the role of the U nited database be recalculated. and tricky magic carpet hole. a cas­ superlati ve 3-D gra phi cs and States or the Union of Soviet the graphics arc nothing to get tle hole. and more. The pl ay its unique point of view-you Socia li st Republics and engage excited about. But Balance of concept couldn' t be simpler: fl y the hero from the back. in all ki nds of politica l. diplo­ Poll'er remains the most ad­ You spot an .\' on your ball . more or less by the seat of hi s matic. mil itary. and economic va nced ga me simulati on of aim, and draw back a dotted pants. meddling to enhance their any kind, and anyo ne imerest­ line with the mouse as though This is one game that country's influence and pres­ ed in the state of the world yo u we re swi ngi ng back a put­ gives you a real se nse of fl ight tige. The ga me spans eigh t should give it a look. ter and then let go. T he ball over a fast-moving landscape. years. fro m 1989 to 1997: if snaps forward. hopefull y to­ Yo ur targe ts are some of the you manage to survive without ward the cup. The trick is to best-looking critters I' ve seen igniting nuclear war, the win­ complete each hole in the least in a game: Chinese dragons. ner is the side with the highest numbe r of strokes and pick up Olmec stone heads, drone troi­ prestige score. Nuclear wa r Send Itta Me any bonus strokes offered fo r kas. one-eved mastodons. and ends the game. Balance is the di ffi cult feats. such as hitting a other aliens. All of them come operati ve word here-the pro­ Write to me with in fo rmati on fa iry th at pops up or beating at you m ighty fas t in thei r own gram does not reward Wh ite of interest to the Amiga com­ the cl ock when it appears. If individual 3-D attack patterns. House-basemen !-style munity care of Amiga Specific. yo u complete the hole in fewer When they hit yo u. or when zealotry. COMPUTE!, 324 West Wen­ strokes than the maximum al ­ you smack into one of the What's always been im­ dover Avenue. Suite 200. lowed. the remaining strokes land-based obstacl es (and that pressive about Balance ofPo11 ·­ Greensboro. Nonh Carolina arc carried over to the nex t will happen oft en). you land er is the shee r mass of 27408. hole. Make or come in under on yo ur backside with a hard info rmati on packed into the -Sfel'cn.- ln:::ol'in par. and there's a special re­ grunt-a more personal pun­ ga me. If yo u want stati stics wa rd. Some of the pars arc ab­ ishment th an the standard ex­ about the number of televi­ surdly low. so that won't be plosion or crash experi enced in sions per capira in Mauri tania. easy. other ga mes. it's there. You reall y fee l as The graphics are good. es­ Mouse control is truly re­ though you can make in­ peciall y the int roductory sponsive. but you may prefer a fo rmed diplo matic decisions, sc reens. You can tell the hole joystick because yo u can fi re even though the ga me deliber­ graphics do double-duty for yo ur blaster fas ter with less ately ignores many significant the IBM version. but they're digit fa tigue. And finge r-eye international fac tors such as more than adequate anyway. coordination is a ll you'll need, trade con fl icts. A battery of ar­ The animation is only a little since there's no call on the tificially imelligent advisers less smooth than that of Elec­ higher brai n functi ons in this lets you know if you're going tronic Ans" Marble .\ fad11 ess. ga me. Nonetheless. I fo und to succeed or be reamed on which Zam• Go/( resembles. Space I farrier high ly addic­ any major decision. Pl ay is suf­ but play i ·mucl; more leisure­ tive-one of the best pure­ fic ientl y complex that yo u ly. The music is suitabl y corny. ac ti on ga mes ye t re leased fo r must read th e manual to ge t What's reall y good about the Amiga. going (it's the onl y soft wa re th is game is the multiplayer manual I've seen with a bibli­ opti on and th e fac t that the ography and suggested reading holes are not too difficult fo r list), and it wouldn't hurt to yo unger players (adults may browse through Foreign A.(lairs have some trouble. though). In · The Real World and Foreign Polic.r each fac t. Zany Go/fis one of the month. either. better famil y ga mes r ve seen On the other hand. you may be cw fo r this edition is an fo r th e Amiga. My kids lo ve tired of simpleminded fun and expanded database of fac ts and Olduvai. a company that's it-especially when Dad takes ga mes and want to relax by ex ­ an advanced multi polar lrvel. produced several fine software all seven strokes to get into the perienci ng a high level of inter­ In the mul ti polar level. th e package . recentl y introduced wi ndmi ll. national anxiety. T here's sma ller countries can take in­ .\111/riC/ip ($69). T he-program always the new Balance of dependent actions of their replaces the standard Macin­ Power: Tir e 1990 Edirion own-send troops and fight tosh Cl ipboard and Scrapbook ($49.95). the update of Chris wars-and yo u, as a superpow­ with it s own multiple clip­ Crawford's cl assic strategy er. must e.xert vour influence board s. Yo u cut or copy items Space Action game ofsuperpower brink­ to keep thi ngs -under control. to .\111/1iC/ip through a com­ manship. It's also d i tributcd T h is level is more li ke the rea l mand-key seq uence: Com­ If mini ature golf is just too se­ by Mindscape. world but is much harder to mand-Option-X. for example. date for your battle-hardened For th ose of yo u who manage. While the multipolar cuts selected items to Mulri­ refl exes. try Space Harrier. an­ haven't played it before. Bal­ option goes fa r in addressing C/ip. an alternati ve to the oth er successful translation ance ofPower is reall y a master the su perpower bi as in the pre­ Com mand-X command which fro m Sega's vi deo-arcade arse­ course in global realpolitik vious edi ti on. it wo ul d be nice cuts selected items to the nor­ nal (d istributed by Mindsca pe. (practical. not idea li stic, poli­ to see th e nex t version of /Ja/­ mal li pboarcl . It improves on 3444 Dundee Road. North­ tics) masquerading as a com­ ance ofPower deemphasize the Apple Scrapbook by trcam­ brook. Illinois 60062: 312-480­ puter game. The main sc reen military conflict in favo r of lin ing the cut-and-paste proce­ 7667). Space Harrier is a fas t is a map of the wo rld giving other fa ctors com ing to the dure and by a ll owing yo u to and furious game indeed. The fac ts and fig ures on 80 coun­ fore in the I 990s-global eco­ ed it the contents ofeach premise is as simple as that fo r tries. increased from 62 in the nomic and environmenta l cl ipboard. 56 COMPUTE! COMP~fic

Although the package is a words you wa nt-Thunder 11 ever. yo u may wa nt to consid­ yo u can get mform ati on from good idea. it has one un fo nu­ is n't going to bee p without its er one of the more powerful lnfo rmix Soft wa re. 160 11 Col­ nate weakness. Beca use some dicti onaries. programs. li ke Excel or Full lege Boulevard. Le nrxa, Kan­ of the most popular Macintosh Correct spell ing isn't all Impact. I nfo rmix's Wing: has sas 662 19: (913) 492-3800. word processors don't use the you get fro m Th1111der II. To just joined the close circle of Apple standard Cl ipboard. analyze yo ur wri ting. yo u can mathematical-function fac­ .\ f11l1iC/ip faces some compati­ ask for a Flesch index and a tories. It has a large capacity bil ity probl ems. For example, Gunning Fog index. which in­ fornu mbers. holdi ng 32. 768 the program doesn't work wi th dicate your prose's readability rows X 32. 768 colu m ns of Hail to El Jefe WriteNow 2.0. and grade levels. The program info rmation. If you need to Many of these problems also counts word s. sy llables. customize th e program. you In the wake of recent diplo­ may be solved with new ver­ and characters. can wri te scri pts with a Ian· matic snafus and international sio ~ s of the word processors. If yo u constantly type the guage th at loose!. resembles soap operas. Springboard ofi­ but pcopk at O ldu,·ai say they same word or phrase over and HypcrTalk. Attach scri pts to warc has offered a new poli ti­ can't account for incompatibil­ over again. Th1111der II will let buttons (sounding more hypcr­ cal simulation. Hidde11..tge 11 da iti es in fo nhcoming programs. you ass ign an abbreviation to oriented all the ti me, isn't it'') offers a spoon-size taste of life Most other programs- graph­ the phrase. You type the shon and menus, or use these pro­ in a troubled Central Ameri­ ics, spreadsheets. databases. version. and the program re­ grams as macros. If you choose c:i n coun trv. and desktop publi shing- work places it wi th the long version the Learn command, Wing: As the. new president of smoothl y wit h i\111 lr iC/ip (a lot like the glossa ries in will automati call y write a Chimerica. you must se ttle the (macros may not. th ough; in .\ficroso(t Mord. bu t Thunder scri pt based on yo ur actio ns . uprisings an"d outcries ofall ll"i11g:. the script didn't under­ II docs~'t store formatting in­ Wi th no other infor­ the people. Balance the inter­ stand Command-Option-X as structions with the glossary en­ mation. you may thi nk Wing: ests of the la ndless poor a cut to .\1ultiC/ip 's clip­ try). Another useful featu re looks an awful lot like Excel. against those of the wealthy boards). The company wi ll re­ automates search-and-replace So why veer olfthe proven cotton growers. Placate the lease a mai ntenance version of operations. You create a li st of path cut by Microsoft? Take a Mothers of th e Disappeared 1\1/ultiClip. bringing WrireNow words and their replace ments. new d irecti on if the prospect of wi thout inc urri ng th e wra th of 2.0 into the com patibil ity club. and Thu nder 11 performs a ll terri fic graphics tools appeals the army. And if you can make Microsofi Word 4.0 corrects the sea rch-and-change tasks on to you. H 'i11g: lets you create friends wi th the likes ofColo­ th e problems that its previous one command, much like a graph ic enhancements right on nel Horacio Ehrlich and version had wi th ,\,/11lriC/ip. batch command. your spreadsheet. a good fea­ "Blowtorch"' Padilla. you're a If you can beat the com­ The program is easy to in­ ture for people who plan to de­ diplomatic wizard. patibility problems and you stall. and si nce it's a cdev. you velop presentations in connec­ Ifother simulations have wa nt access to more than one can easily link it to appli ca­ tion with calcul ati ons. When tes ted your patie nce. try llid­ clipboard. try MultiC/ip. Con­ tio ns via the Control Panel. yo u create chart s. they show de11 ..ige11da-it's fas t-paced tact Olduva i at 7520 Red Once linked. Tlr 11 11der II runs up on the spreadsheet. too. and takes onl y a few hours to Road, Suite A. South Miami. automaticall y from those ap­ These feat ures give JJ"i11g: an play. Decisions take up two Fl orida 33 143: (305) 665-4665. pl ications. It doesn"t seem to aura ofdesktop publishing. weeks ofgame time. seasons slow down any normal activi­ And the charting features pass after ni nr move . and a ties. and o far there haven't are the mo t advanced around. yea r comprises three s~asons. been any clashes in compati­ You can choose the traditional You control how often you bil ity. T he program includes pie, bar, and lin e chans: or you make decisions by choo ing to Thunder II some Com patibilit y Modules can see those same chan s in meet with re presen tatives of that patch Thu nder II with three dimensions. There are competing interests. Some de­ Sometimes it 's hard to under­ H'rireNow and Microsofi even contour graphs and sur­ cisions arc critical: others. stand why people still buy Word. face chans. Each chan is ex­ merely decorative. At all turn­ spelling checkers now that Thunder II costs $79.95. plained in the Dictionary ing points. you may refer to most word processors have and you ca n get information G uide to Wing:. so yo u know your appointed cabinct-levd them. Thunder II may give about it from Electroni c Ans. which ones arc best fo r differ­ advisors. You"ll find trusted you a good reason. I 20 Gateway Drive. San Ma­ ent ki nds ofdata. Once yo u've aides among the cabinet minis­ Th under II is a good. soli d teo. Cali fo rnia 94404: (4 15) chosen a chan . you can mani p­ ters. as you'd exprct. but you'II package. It has all the features 57 1-7 171. ulate it s display- ex pl ode pie also find that some of th e citi­ you find in built-i n spelling chan s, pl ace legends, resize the zen are j ust as usefu l and checkers. plus many more ad­ chan . change the fi ll patterns. knowledgeable. va nced options. And the dic­ and so on. If you survi ve for th ree tionary is sman enough to ll"i11g: isn "t as easy to years. you win the game. To catch double words and some Take Off learn as one of the smaller evaluate vour success. the punctuati on errors. spreadsheet packages. but it game inciudcs a future ency­ Besides checking spelling Spreadsheets are the realm of isn't any harder to pick up clopedia ent ry about your first in word processors. Th1 111 der II number crunchers-people tha n Excel. Some of the gra ph­ years as president. Even if you also wo rks interacti vely in who wa nt to show how stock­ ics tools don't wo rk as we ll a survive. your report may not spreadsheets, gra phics pack­ market prices relate to the they do in dedicated graphics be as flattering as you wou ld ages. and databases. You may number of bananas that spoil packages. but they"re sti ll im­ hope. need more than one megabyte in supermarkets. For the pressive for a spreadsheet. The beauty of this game is of memory for Thunder II to home, a si mple spreadsheet. It's tempting to buy a that there are three ideologies. work wi th big packages. When such as .\ficroso(t Mark or package like II 'i11g:. but its countless influences. and nu­ I used it with Wing:, fo r ex­ i\lacCalc. is suITicicn1. Noth­ price and complexi ty wi ll scare merous other in terests that ample. a dia log box an­ ing fa ncy-just something th at off the casual spreadsheet u er. compli cate any action you nounced that there wasn' t shows the results ofa spending Consider this package ifyou·re take. T he in fl uences arc repre­ enough memory to load the binge on the household budget. looki ng for a real powerhouse. sented, in part. by newspapers dictionaries. I isspell all the For a home office. how­ Wing:: retails fo r $395, and that recount your actions in

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their own biased fashions. Second , yo u must deal with tail or resolution. In fact , the ST has the Without being able to account the sectors' defenses, including Migraph (720 South software to support 4096 col­ for the complex myriad of real­ laser towers and overhead sat­ 333rd Street, Suite 20 I, Feder­ ors because there is an extra. life innuences in a real-life ellites (tilting back helps). al Way. Washington 98003; unused bit for each color (red, country. Hidden Agenda's de­ Third. a drill must be placed in 206-838-4677) has introduced green, and blue). JR! (which signers have put together a each sector 10 release the Dra1rArt Professional ($59.95), produces the Mega Genlock simulation that rings true. trapped gas. and you decide a co llection of GEM-format board) has a working proto­ You can play this ga me which is the most effective clip art that can be imported type ofa board called the many times, choosing different place to put the drill. There arc into object-oriented graphics FT4096C. Plug it into your ST political alignments for differ­ hints as 10 the proper location, packages. The DrawArt collec­ and you ha ve access to 4096 ent outcomes. Hidden Agenda if you know what to look for. tion includes houses, scenery, colors, but still only 16 colors is avail able for $59.95 from To recharge your tank, you computer art, and aircraft. at a time (JR!, P.O. Box 5277. Springboard Software. 7808 must also find so me energy Migraph has released a Pimburg. California 94565 ; Creekridge Circle, Minneapo­ crvstals. There are other haz­ program for editing image 415-458-9577; no pri ce yet). li s. Minnesota 55435: (800) ards in the sectors, such as files, too. These pictures defy Atari 's other vapor ma­ 445-4780. deep trenches and mine fields, the limits of screen resolution, chine is a 68030-based ST - Heidi£. /-!.Aycock bu t for each hazard there is a bu t also defy editing. An image (some ca ll it the TT). It isn't solution. The simulated, con­ file can ha ve any resolution, clear whether it will be com­ vinci ng 3-D graphics move even 300 dpi for laser print­ patible wi th the ST. although smoothly. This game is fun to ing and higher. Touch-Up early word says that it will. play, but plan to spend quite a ($189.95), a paint package, ed­ The TT will also run U IX, a bit of time wi th it. Fortunately, its and prints image files no rather unfriendl y but ex treme­ you can save games to disk matier what the resolution is. ly powerful operating system and resume them later. The program is intuitive capable of multitasking and If yo u just can't handle in spite of some inconsisten­ networking. Users will be the complexities of Space Sta­ cies and some commands that shielded from UN IX by a tion Oblil'ion. there is help. don't work as expected. Touch- shell. Prototypes of the 68030 Epyx has published its first P supports several formats, machine are being shown to hint book in the Master Col­ including GEM !MG, TIF, developers while Atari fever­ lection ($7.95). It contains DEGAS. NEOchrome. and ishl y tries to finish the operat­ complete solutions to four MacPaim. ing system. Look for these two Epyx games: The Legend of From your toolbox , you machines to be announced Blacksih-er. Sub Baille Simula­ can draw variable-width lines, soon. tor. Space Station Oblivion. curves, freehand sketches. and and LA Crackdown. The sec­ airbrush art. even splines tion for Sub Baille Simulator (smooth curves that pass consists primarily of hints, but through specified points). the other sections contain Touch-Up includes such spe­ Rumors Revisited complete information on solv­ cial effects as stretch, rotate, Welcome to the moon Mitra!. ing the puzzles. Even maps are nip, and mirror. There ha ve been recent ru­ a moon that threatens to ex­ included. In the case ofSpace For fine detail. use one of mors about a speed-up board plode if you don't release the Station Oblivion, there's a cut­ the four zoom modes. Or use a for the ST-one which utilizes gas trapped beneath its surface. out which can be folded into fat-bits feature, which blows the 16-MHz version of the In Space Station Oblivion. you the polyhedral shape of Mitra!. up a small section of the screen 68000 chip (the ST uses the 8­ must guide a small tank The book tells you everything into a large grid. Touch-Up MHz version). JR! has com­ th rough 18 sectors of Mitra!. you need to know. For ex­ works in three resolutions and pleted work on and is now Through the cockpit window, ample, the drilling coordinates imports color pictures but only selling such a board , the JATO you sec the moon's landscape. arc supplied in each sector de­ outputs in black-and-white. board. To maintain full com­ You con trol the tank's move­ scri ption and in a chart. To If you want to edit .!MG patibility, the chip electroni­ ment with your joystick or some it may feel like cheating: files or convert files from one cally switches to 8 MHz when keyboard and the weapo ns to others. it's just a helping format to another. this pro­ communicating with other with vour mouse. hand. gram works very well. chips and with RAM , but it Epyx (P.O. Box 8020. runs at 16 MHz when per­ Redwood Ci ty, California forming internal functions. 94063: 415-368-3200) has re­ Spreadsheet calculations, some leased thi s remarkable 3-D ad­ graphics. and Antic's Cyber se­ venture. As you maneuver the Pounds of Pictures Rumors ries went considerably faster. tank. you can vary the speed. The board's name comes from raise the vehicle up in its One of the standard formats It is rumored that Atari is the Jct-Assisted Take-Off tracks. and tilt it back and for object-ori ented art is the working on two new machines. modules that were a11achcd to forth . For weapons. the tank is GEM file format. Those who The first (called ST Plus bv propeller-dri ven aircraf1 to equipped with high-powered use Migraph's Easy-Draiv arc those who know about the~e help them reach takeoff speed lasers and shields. familiar with object-oriented things) is compatible with the more quickly. If yo u want to This game has three ob­ graphics: You build pictures ST but features a 1280 X 960 use the JATO board. your ST jectives. First. you must figure from sim ple objects such as monochrome screen. as well as must be eq uipped with 120­ out how to enter each sector. squares. lines. and circles. two-channel. four-voice-per­ nanosecond (or faster) RAM omc arc connected by doors. There's a significa nt advantage channel stereo sou nd. It will ch ips. This leaves ou t so me of but some arc more deviously to this format: When you dis­ also access 4096 colors ( 16 at a the early Mega ST machines, linked-hidden doors. false tort. shrink, or stretch a picture time in low resolution) rather which came with 150- or 170­ walls. swi tches that must be ac­ in packages like Easy-Draw, than the 512 colors currently nanosccond chips. ti vated . and other trickery. the picture loses none of its de­ available. - Da11id Plotkin G 58 COMPUTE' IIREVIEWS

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The Honeymooners even. You won't find yourself tapping graphics. a 90-watt power supply, and your fingers, waiting for your words to three full-size slots that accept most XT ·• onon, I'm tellin' ya, it's a natural. be processed. And as long as yo u're not and AT boards. There's room to add Computers are hot, pal. We're gonna looking for a hybrid word processor/ one hard disk drive (though you can't make a fonune!" desktop publisher, yo u won't find many add an internal noppy disk dri ve); most "Anything yo u sa .. Ralphie Boy!" tools missing from either package. Model 30 286 machines are sold with a Kramden and onon have anoth­ However, J\llacWri1e II distin­ 20-megabyte hard disk drive already in­ er scheme. This time it's software, but guishes itself by its what-you-see-is­ stalled. The IBM Enhanced Keyboard the results are the same as with their what-yo u-get display, which is more is bundled with the computer. The hot dog stand or any other money­ precise than Wri1eN01v 2.0's display. Model 30's most significant option is making ve nture they've launched: Footnotes. headers, and footers not an 80287 math coprocessor. Close, but not quite in the clover. only appear on the page, but they're That's the way it is with First also accessible for editing in the same Row's Honeymooners. A lot oflove way that other text is accessible-just we nt into this game-a lot of affection click on the text and start typing. In and respect for the Great One's greatest other packages, yo u must double-click creations-but somewhere along the on a footn ote, header. or footer to ac­ way, the project took a wrong turn. cess separate editing windows. Instead ofreliving the Honey­ That kind of simplicity and ele­ mooners' ambience, we get some pretty gance is what's expected from top-of­ rudimentary arcade games and a trivia the-line Macintosh packages, and Mac­ contest. Kramden's section puts yo u in IVrire 11 fulfills expectations easily. charge ofa Manhattan bus as yo u pick -HA up and drop off passengers, racing the Macintosh- 5249 ($50 to upgrade from MacWrire clock all the while. Alice and Trixie pro­ 5.0: 575 to upgrade from earlier versions of The PS/2 Model 30 286 runs slowly but vide a jigsaw puzzle of Honeymooners Mac Write) displays beautiful graphics. scenes. With Ed, you get to repair leaks Claris in th e sewers-son ofa onon utilities. 440 Clyde Ave. Setup is simple: Just plug in the Gameplay is simple. the graphics Mountain View. CA 94043 power cord and the keyboard and mon­ (4 15) 960-1500 even more so. In MS-DOS format, the itor cables. The optional IBM monitor game suppons only CGA; it might have can sit on the system box, but I put the been better if First Row had gone with Contributing to ..Fast Looks.. this month box on its end. beside my desk. As with were Heidi E. H. Aycock, David English. black-and-white in honor of the TV Keith Ferrell. and Peter Scisco. most computers, the cables just barely series. reached. Manufacturers should include On the whole, then , a loving trib­ longer cables with their systems for ute to a great series, but a disappoint­ people who like to keep a clear desk. ment as software. This Model 30 is no speed demon. This one may be for Honeymoon­ Compared with most AT-class comput­ ers fans only, but I think they'll under­ IBM PS/2 Model ers, the Model 30 286's 10-MHz micro­ stand. Humina, humina, humina... . • 30286 processor is barely sufficient (especiall y -KF if you've spent any time in front ofa Commodore 64 /128-529.95 IBM won't admit it. but its PS/ 2 Model 12- or 16-MHz machine). Scrolling IBM PC and compatibles-529.95 30 286 is a throwback- a machine that through a word processing document, First Row Software harks back to the days when IBM per­ even in lightning-fast Xy Wri1e ! II Plus, 3624 Market St. sonal computers were king, when com­ takes too long. Faster 286 computers, Philadelphia. PA 19104 patibles were scrambling to climb out of like the Vendex HeadStan III or North­ (215) 662-1400 the sales cellar, when a PC AT with the gate's 286, make plain the Model 30 blue logo was it. 286's faults. With the introduction of this jour­ The computer's 20-megabyte hard MacWrite II neyman computer, IBM has conceded disk drive is comfonably quick. It's a that there's life left in the AT line. quiet drive, something to consider if For many people. 1\1/ac Write is the Mac­ Everyone else already knew this-buy­ yo u're using the computer in a home of­ in to h program. Its latest incarnation ers nocked to AT-class compatibles last fice with little of the typical business li ves up to the hype and becomes an year-but it took IBM a bit longer to background noises. No disk utilities are important milestone in Macintosh catch on. Perhaps it was the company's included with the computer, but soft­ evolution. stubborn promotion of its Micro Chan­ ware such as PC Tools Deluxe can fill MacWri1 e II is still one of the nel Architecture-equipped PS/ 2 mod­ the gap ni cely (for a price. of course). easiest-to-use word processors avail able els. Whatever the cause, th e company One of the highlights ofany IBM for the Macintosh but it runs fas ter and that once stopped making ATs is now personal computer is its keyboard. The offers more advanced options-mail back at it. Model 30 286 doesn't disappoint. Its merge. elementary column layouts. and The Model 30 286 is an entry-level keys have a firm feel. with an excellent a spelling checker-than the original MS-DOS computer running Intel's tact ile and auditory response. A nu­ version. 80286 microprocessor at 10 MHz. Its merical keypad, cur or keys. and 12 Compared to T / Maker's similar re­ small case-with the fami liar Model 30 fun ction keys (arranged along the top lease. Wri1e'\10111 2.0, lvlacWrite II fares footprint of 16 X 16 X 4 inches-is edge) complete the keyboard. It's an well. In speed. special features, and ease packed with 5 I 2K of RAM , one 1.44­ outstanding input d e~ ic e for words and ofuse. the two programs are nearly megabyte 31h-inch disk drive. VGA numbers. 60 COMPUTE! II REVIEWS

Built-in VGA suppon puts as you may want to throw it back and and fl ying crates, for example) found in many as 256 colors on the screen at the reach for something else. the stand-up arcade version are miss­ same time (or up to 64 shades ofgray). - Gregg Keizer ing, as is the ability to climb most lad­ Software that takes advantage of VGA ders. More importantly, the animated is increasingly popular, especia ll y in the figures are unclear, making it difficult entenainment and education areas: The IBM PS/2 Model 30 286 to ga uge your opponent's moves and to Model 30 286's graphics make the ma­ counter them effectively. It's even more chine a good choice for home users For .. . S1 .995 (with a 1.44-megabyte floppy drive) difficult to discern which weapon your eager to play and learn, and ensure top­ 52,595 (with a 20-megabyte hard drive) adversary is carrying. line video capabilities into the 90s. Prices do not include a monitor. You can acquire a weapon by de­ Although a mouse isn 't included in From ... feating an armed assailant, but you the basic package (too bad), there is a IBM might not be able to use it effectively. mouse port at the back of the system 900 King St. Close enough to deal a debilitating blow box. Before you buy a mouse, though, Rye Brook. NY 10573 (Contact your local authorized IBM dealer.) with a whip or bat is quite often too make sure it has the mini-DIN-type close for comfort. For the same reason PS/ 2 connector. Other pons include se­ most players will avoid many of the rial , parallel, and external floppy disk joystick-controlled offensive moves drive connections. such as punching, elbowing, and head All this makes the Model 30 286 a butting in favor of the frontal kick solid, though not slick, machine. Its Double Dragon which can be administered from a high marks come, first ofal l, from the greater-and safer-distance. name on the front. IBM is, for many Double Dragon is a simple sell in the ar­ people, the only choice. Dependable •cades. The cast of bloodthirsty villains, and easy-to-find service is available, dynamic animation, impressive graph­ and you can be comforted by the ics, and varied street-fighting moves knowledge that the company will be make it easy for kids to drop quarters around tomorrow. Such confidence is into its slot. But its the greatest appeal hard to come by in the volatile PC­ stems from its cooperative, two-player compatible market. Even without the mode. Visit any local arcade and you' ll IBM logo, though, the Model 30 286 is see pairs ofteenage boys staking their a steady performer. Keyboard excel­ immediate futures and scanty fortunes lence, top-of-the-line graphics, and ex­ on just one more try at the game. pansion-slot standards all contribute to The measure ofsuccess fo r any the computer's quality. personal computer translation ofan ar­ Down among the low marks, how­ cade game is how closely the program Two players can get a real kick out of ever, is the computer's lackadaisical comes to duplicating the look and feel battling the bad guys in Double Dragon. speed. A 12-MHz chip should really be ofthe original. Considering the restric­ the entry-level microprocessor today. tions placed on it by memory limita­ Another loss from the arcade ver­ More important is the Model 30 286's ti ons and machine architecture, sion is the option ofcontinuing play price. Configured with the 20-megabyte Arcadia has done a pretty nice job. from where a former game has ended. hard disk, the system runs $2,595, with­ Unlike the Nintendo version, the As a result, your chances of reaching out a VGA monitor. Compare that with personal computer ve rsion of Double Double Dragon's final screen on the any number of PC-compatible comput­ Dragon lets two players engage the ene­ fi.rst few hundred outings are very slim. ers, and you'll find more for your mon­ my simultaneously. You can split up Ifyou enjoy lengthy load times and re­ ey in a clone: more processing speed, the task of kicki ng, punching, and deal­ playing earlier levels, th at's fine: if not. more memory, more disk storage. ing other assorted death blows to yo ur then be forewarned-this game can Balance the price against the name numerous and varied adversaries. But consume some major time. and you have a dilemma. I found the since no fo e is a pushover-not the Arcadia acknowledges that Double Model 30 286 a good word processing whip-bearing Linda, the thug with the Dragon is unforgiving to the novice computer. primarily because of the key­ baseball bat, nor the machine-gun­ gamer. But the programmers of the board. But there are PC compatibles toting Big Boss-sometimes even two Commodore version built in a glitch to wi th keyboards just as good. with more good guys can be too few. help players survive as long as possible: to offer. Northgate's 286 computer Like most arcade games, Double If yo u move your man to the top ofthe (16 MHz, 2 megabytes of RAM, a 65­ Dragon is high on violence and short screen and jump, all attackers will megabyte hard disk, and two floppy on plot. A set of twins naJ11ed Billy and freeze. Unfortunately, they won't stop disk drives-all for $2, 799) comes im­ Jimmy seek to rescue Billy's girlfriend kicking, clubbing, and punching. And mediately to mind. Marian, who has been kidnapped by actually, they're more deadly frozen Unless yo u can bu y the Model 30 the Black Warriors, a gang ofsadistic than moving-at least when you hit 286 at a substantial discount-either street hoods. To save Marian, our he­ them on the run yo u can get out ofthe from a computer dealer or th rough roes must travel from street to factory way before they retaliate. So much for IBM's educator program-I'd suggest to forest to a final showdown at the helpful glitches. looking elsewhere for that power 286 gang's hideout. Along the way, they will Double Dragon's documentation is machine yo u'll want on yo ur home get their money's worth from all their barely adequate. and in some places it's desktop by the end of the yea r. karate lessons. inaccurate. For example, the characters IBM knows the Model 30 286 is a To accommodate both one- and as drawn in th e manual bear little resem­ th rowback. What it doesn't know is that two-player modes, Arcadia made some blance to their onscreen counterparts. sacrifices. Moving objects (the elevator Scoring methods aren't explained. And

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lets you see the location ofeach cell ref­ it would be helpful ifdescriptions ofthe simultaneouslv; then, highlight the ap­ erenced by a formula in another cell, obstacles and pathways were included. plication you ~ant to run with the ar­ and Show Cell Values generates a list of While not as responsive as the row and Return keys. just as you would do in the ,.Jpp/eWorks menus. all nonblank cells along with the cell stand-up arcade controls, the comput­ type, layout specification, and current er's joystick stands up well to the rigors value. of street karate. Graphically. Double SpreadToo/s' second tool, Block is quite acceptable. The smooth Dragon Copy, lets you copy blocks of infor­ animation and the horizontally scroll­ mation within a spreadsheet as well as ing backgrounds are richly detailed and to and from the Clipboard. It's much marginally 3-D. They're as close to ~he more powerful than the Apple Works real thing as you could expect. consider­ copy command. Copying to the Clip­ ing the hardware limitations. That goes board presents Add Values and Sub­ for the music and sound effects as well. tract Values options, which means that Arcadia deserves high grades for any formulas in the cells, either on the preserving enough of the look and feel Clipboard or in the section of the of the arcade-hall original to please all spreadsheet about to be copied to are but the most demanding critic. The converted to val ues, and then the cells home version of Double Drago11 doesn't Three new packages in the nmeOut se­ on the Clipboard are either added to or upstage the stand-up version, but it's ries boost the power of AppleWorks. subtracted from the existing spread­ close enough to be worth its price. - Le11 Poggiali SpreadTools brings together seven sheet cells. tools that can boost the functionality of The third major tool in Spread­ your App/eH arks files-especially Too/s is CellLink, which lets you copy spreadsheet files. Four of the tools are up to 175 values from a spreadsheet Double Dragon small in scope. Data Converter quickly stored on disk or on the Desktop. Ifthe For . . . and easily converts data from the word spreadsheet is on the Desktop or stored Amiga-$39.99 on a ramdisk, this feature works light­ Apple 11-$34.99 processor to a spreadsheet, from a Atari ST-$39.99 spreadsheet to a database, and from a ning quick. You can even chain spread­ Commodore 64/ 128-$34.99 database to a spreadsheet. Formula to sheets so that the results of one spread­ IBM PC and compatibles-$39.99 Value converts a block of formulas to sheet are copied to a second, the results From . .• all values, which conserves memory ofthe second spreadsheet are copied to Arcadia (formulas take up more memory than a third and so on. 711 W. 17th St. All the tools are easy to install and UnitG9 values). With Quick Columns, yo u can Costa Mesa, CA 92627 change column widths without using to use. The SpreadToo/s manual, while (714) 631-1001 the Apple-Arrows method (you can thin, is complete and well-written. In change the width ofas many as 127 col­ addition, the spreadsheet example and umns at once). Finally, Rows-Cols lets practice sessions make learning the pro­ you copy any spreadsheet row into a gram a breeze. column or anv column into a row. Un­ SpreadTools is a broad-based ap­ Timeout fortunately, formulas in the row or col­ plication that helps you ride herd on umn are lost when copied. your Apple Works spreadsheets. Macro­ SpreadTools, SpreadToo/s' real power lies in its Too/s and Macro Tools II, however, are MacroTools, and three major tools. Analyzer scans for narrower in scope-yet there is no loss • MacroTools II errors in six different ways: Scan for Er­ ofquality. Both appli cations include rors searches for unreferenced values. sample macros and applications written Apple II users looking to boost the pow­ for references to blank or label (text­ in and requiring TimeOut U/traMacros, er of their computers with quality, low­ filled) cells, for references to cells con­ a macro programming language for cost software have often cast their eyes taining a formula that is ca lculated after Apple Works. on Beagle Bros. and its TimeOut series the formula that's referencing it, for cir­ Macro Tools includes four applica­ ofApple Works enhancement software. cular references, for @ A ce ll s. and for tions: Debug. which makes it easier to Joining that parade as the latest of the ce ll s with formulas that evaluate to an write U/1raMacros macros; File Status, Apple II tweakers are SpreadTools, @ERROR. If any of these errors occur which gives you the current desktop file 1\-lacroTools, and MacmTools II. ,.Jpp/e­in a spreadsheet, the program d isplays number. size. type, and file status, and Works users, get ready for liftoff. a list on the screen; yo u can print the which allows you to change the file sta­ All three programs require list with the standard Open Apple-P tus; Menu Maker, for creating App/e­ Apple Works version 2.0 or 2. 1 and at command. W'orks menus for your macros (devel­ least l 28K of RAM (more is recom­ Analyzer's Cell Cross Reference oper can license Menu Maker for a mended). In addition, Macro Tools and generates a list ofcells that are refer­ one-time $50 fee): and Task Launcher. MacroToo/s II require UltraMacros enced by any formula and the cells con­ which permits rapid changing ofactive version 2.3 or higher. taining the formula. Bird's-Eye View macros. The program also includes 36 Each TimeOut application comes displays 76 columns ofa spreadsheet; sample macros and two database files with a core routine, which lets you ac­ each cell appears as a single character of useful information for those who cess the program from within App/e­that indicates whether the ce ll is blank write their own macros. Works, and the appli cation itself, which or holds a formula, value. label, or re­ Macro Tools II applications include can reside on your ,.Jpp/eWorks disk or peated label. Adjust Column Widths File Lister, which provides a list of files on another disk. To get to the TimeOut automatically modifies the width ofall from which users can choose; Ultra menu, press the Apple and Escape keys spreadsheet columns. Track References Lock. which locks a macro set so that it 64 CO M PUTE ' II REVIEWS can't be listed using the macro compil­ in vented a time-travel machine called to those of the historical figures. You'll er; Ultra Publisher. for converting word the Time Sphere. He is the only man on have plenty ofobstacles. How do you processing fi les into two- or three­ earth in a position to save Kennedy. get enough 1963 currency to Oy your column documents· and Mail Merge, Bu t this is no solo job. As Cooper, age nts around the country? How do you which allows you to enter mail-merge yo u assemble a fi ve-agent team, the manage to talk to Robert Kennedy, fi elds without first moving the infor­ G uardians of Infinity. Each member an even if you are a time traveler? mation to the Clipboard. This program ex pert in a particular field, the team boasts 33 sample macros. consists of a professor ofAmerican Known more as an educational hi story (Kennedy's great-grandson), a computer than as a high-powered busi­ temporal researcher, a diplomat and ness machine, the Apple II gains language specialist, a freelance merce­ needed muscle from all three ofthese nary, and your own daughter. programs at a minimum price. For the More than 100 different historical serious Apple Works user, SpreadTools, figures key to the President's adminis­ Macro Tools. and Macro Tools II are a tration and the Kennedy fa mily also must. T hey work gracefull y with play a part in the game, from Lyndon AppleWorks, not aga inst it. Johnson and Jackie Kennedy to Dean - Vincent D. O'Connor Rusk and William 0 . Douglas. There are senators, staff members, Secret Ser­ vice agents and assorted others includ­ Save the life of a president and restore ing Peter Lawford and, ofcourse, Lee the fabric of time in Guardians of Infinity: Timeout Tools Harvey Oswald. To Save Kennedy. For . . . Apple II with AppleWorks 2.0 or 2.1­ The game's mission manual con­ 559.95 (SpreadTools); $25.00 (Macro· tains biographies of each of these fig­ When your agents do get to see Tools); 525.00 (Macro Tools II) ures to help jog your memory and to someone important, be prepared for From .. . help you decide which ofthem your some sensitive questions and tough de­ Beagle Bros. agents should approach. If you direct cisions: How do your agents know the 6215 Ferris Sq. yo ur agents successfull y and they can president's life is in danger? Should Suite 100 San Diego, CA 92121 convince the right people that Kenne­ your agents tell people they are from (619) 452-5500 dy's li fe is in danger then a personal the fu ture? If so, what can yo ur agent And .. . meeting will be arranged between you say to convince people that's true? MacroToo ls and MacroTools II require and the president. At that time it will be Ifyou're lucky, clever, persistent, Time0u1 UltraMacros 2.3 or later. up to yo u to convince Kennedy to can­ and convi ncing, you'll get a private cel the motorcade. meeting with Kennedy. Based on what The ga me begi ns as you and yo ur you say to him, President Kennedy crew enter the Time Sphere and are might cancel the motorcade, saving transported to Friday, November 15, time from continued decay. Guardians of 1963- one week before Kennedy's as­ For players who remember the sassination. On the screen appear six thousand days of Camelot, there's a lot Infinity: To Save conve rsation wi ndows, one fo r each of to relearn. For those to whom the six­ Kennedy yo ur agents and one for you. ties and the Kennedy mystique are little • There is also a wi ndow for com­ more than an asterisk in a history book, It's January 2087, and a pterodactyl j ust puter information; across the top ofthe the interplay among the historical fig­ flew into Times Square. For months screen is a date, time, and ship-status ures offers a unique glimpse into a dy­ now, out-of-time anomalies have oc­ window to help you keep tabs on the namic chapter of American history. curred. What began as a harmless fl ash energy level of the time machine and on To save Kenned y: As a game, the or two from the past has become more how much time you have left before the idea is chall enging and nostalgi c. frequent and more dangerous. The assassination. A News & Headlines Guardians ofh~(i niry combines sophis­ chronological crisis is getting desperate, window informs you ofcurrent news ticated text programming with an off­ as bigger and more frightening objects stories, and along the bottom of the beat idea about a fa scinating and from the random past are ripping into screen is the important Kennedy win­ emotional time. the current time continuum. Time's dow, wh ich constantly moni tors and - Ed Ferrell very fabric is unraveling by the hour. displays J.F.K.'s current locati on. The cause of the time rupture ca n As you comb the extensive li stings be traced to November 22, 1963, when of historical figures, you must decide Guardians of Infinity: To something happened that never should which of your agents to send to see Save Kennedy ha ve: the assassination of President whom. If you instruct an agent to go see For ... John F. Kennedy. The integrity of the Robert Kennedy, for instance, you wi ll IBM PC and compatibles-$44.95 time continuum can be restored onl y by need to say where and when, and what From .•. going back to 1963 and making sure that agent must say to convince him Paragon Software Kennedv never rides in his fatal Dallas that his brother is in danger. After Distributed by MicroProse motorcide. And the only way back is agents have left the Time Sphere, their 180 Lakefront Dr. through Paragon's Guardians of Infin­ dialogue windows indicate their current Hunt Valley, MD 21031 ity: To Sa1•e Ken nedy. locati ons. (301)771-1151 In this interacti ve tex t game, yo u You can improve your chances of And . • . Macintosh version planned for a 1989 play the role of temporal physici st Adam successful interviews by matching the release. I> Cooper. An ex pert on time, Cooper has ta lents and personaliti es of your agents

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Wildlife Gri:::zly's mouse support is excel­ can't wa it to see what's next in th e lent (none for IBM. unfortunately) al­ menageri e. Adventures: lowing easy movement among its - KrisFen Sternberg Grizzly Bears menus and its graphics screens. Even if yo u haven't used a computer before, • yo u should have no trouble moving From the moment I loaded Wildlife Ad­ Wildlife Adventures: Grizzly 11entures: Grizzly Bears, it reall y got its through the stories. In fact, one ofthe Bears program's attractions is the way it en­ claws into me. A wildlife adventure that For . .. focuses attention on an important envi­ courages people to use computers as Apple 11-$49.95 ronmental problem, this impressive de­ tools. Concepts such as databases and IBM PC- $49.95 but from the National Audubon Society telecommunications are explained and Apple llGS-$59.95 integrates the power and attraction of used at many points in the stories. From . . . Advanced Ideas personal computers with a fascinating 2902 San Pablo /we. study of nature. Berkeley, CA 94702 Grizzlr Bears follows a choose­ (415)526-9100 yo ur-own-adventure motif, wi th an en­ And ... vironmental and educational twist. By A classroom edition (including backup linking aspects ofenvironmentalism disks. binder, background information, re­ and detective work, it presents a com­ usable worksheets. and activity sugges­ tions) is available for $79.95 (Apple II or prehensive and attractive package. IBM) and $89.95 (Apple llGs): the Apple II Yo u' ll find four sets ofgrizzly-bear and IBM versions are available on 3\12 - and adventures within the program. Each 5V•-•nch disks. adventure contains a number ofsi mu­ lations in which you, a trainee in the field, team up with a computer-provided expert to solve grizzly-bear cases. These cases might include handling a bear that Vent ure into the forest in search of bears has become aggressive toward campers, with Wildlife Adventures: Grizzly Bears. • Viewlink determining where developers can build with the least disturbance to the grizz­ A few weaknesses do detract from In the innocent days ofmicrocomput­ lies' habitat, and even solving the mys­ this otherwise excellent program. For ing. a simple word processor and some tery ofa bear that has been shot. example, it wasn't clear what was ex­ files fit on one 5 1/~-i n ch nappy disk. The Informative tex t is integrated wit h pected of me in several instances when perfect file-management system con­ captivating graphics, and excell ent I was trying to move around a map of sisted ofa dependable felt-tip pen. some maps add a feeling ofreality to the sim­ the area. Also, connicting evidence on color-coded labels. and a disk case. But ulation. The program's reading level is one of the mysteries proved frustrating. things have changed. We often work challenging, and onscreen prompts Spelling errors hurt the program's with several programs. and we generate make it readily accessible. educational credibility. In one major hundreds of fil es. In addition to the ad ventures. snafu. the program became confu sed Gri::::::lv Bears includes a database of about wh ich screen I was in-graphics inforniation about the grizzly's foods, or text. I had to reload the story. losing eating patterns, and habitat. There's the progress I had made up to that also information on particular grizzlies, point. I hope subsequent versions cor­ whose characteri stics yo u'll learn as yo u rect this and also the problem where progress through the stories. As in real several of the mysteries contain th e life, yo u won't get to know these bears same scenario (although the victims personally. They aren't even friendly. and culprits vary). You're involved with them simply as Particularly troublesome was the part of your job. Yet, because yo u are fact that there was no escape from some responsible fo r thei r we lfare, you' ll end of the graphics screens except to quit the up caring about them-yo ur decisions story. Repea ted returns to headquarters count. can make for a long session. especiall y ViewLink o rganizes fi les and applications The program keeps excellent re­ wi th stories th at demand so much con­ in logical. easy-access groups. cords of your progress. Each case you centration from young children. solve is saved to the program disk; yo u Despite these annoyances. th e pro­ Keeping track ofthe trappings of can check your records at any time. gram meets its objecti ves. You can't modern computing ha s become a time­ And. as long as you enter yo ur name help but learn about the subject and consum ing. frustrating chore. but Trav­ the same way each time yo u boot the about some of the problems confront ­ eling Software's I "i1'1rli11/..: is one program, you won't repeat a story. The ing environmentalists. And. perhaps solution worth considering. It's called excellent manual and a compelling most importantly. yo u can't help but the.firsf associmirc access 111a11agerfor guide offer follow-up activities designed have fun . With its delightful premi se. ,\JS-DOS-clear enough once you sec for you and yo ur family, schoolmates, M ildl({(, Advenf//res: Gri::: zly Bears de­ th e program in acti on. or friends. The program is appropriate li vers an interesting and educati onal It 's a combination DO shell. tcx t­ for a large age range, for families who look at a n animal th at most of us wi ll scarch utility. and hard disk orga ni zer. want to work together on the stories. never sec. The Audubon Society's com­ As a multitalcntcd program. I 'icwli11/..: and for teachers who might include the puterized grizzlies ha ve put th e envi ­ breaks the barriers imposed by MS­ topic in th eir curriculum. ronmenta l bite on me, enough so that I DOS's ri gid directory/ subdirectory

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Programs not listed and those you may purchase ~~~ $758 $1448 _~ later can be added manuallv. 1 1 :: :~::~.;cTaEo~ ."~~. ~~~~~ . ~~~~ : • ••• •11ote :~ ~i::~:TAEO~ .•.v~. ~~~ -L·E·~~~~ '. .. .. S1668 In the Viell'Link metaphor, a view is a coll ection of re­ 30MIOABYTE ...... , . . . , . , .... . 11011 30MEQAIYTE ...... $1718 40 MIOA•vn:...... CAL.L 40 NEQAIYTl ...... s1768 lated items. Views are displayed on the left of yo ur main 10 MIOA•YTE ...... , ...... , ...... , CALL 10 MIQAIYTl ...... CAU screen; items, on the right. Clicki ng on the default view Ap­ plicati ons, for example. activates an items li st of your pro­ grams. li ke WordPe1fect and Lotus 1-2-3. Click on another EQUITY II+ view. WP.Files perhaps, and ViewLink lists all your Word­ IBM AT CO MPATIB LE 26 PC. PACKAGE Pe1fect documents as items. 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The files were created by several different appli cati ons. and they're stored in who-knows-how-many subdirectories. To further com­ pound the problem, you didn't have the foresight to name each fi le wi th a J8 prefix. You haven't heard from old J. 8. in over a year. In fac t. you thought he had moved to Tahiti until a dark-suited legal-type with a pasted smile and a subpoena informs you otherwise. It seems your friend has actually been spending time in a cold cell awaiting trial on charges of feeding wood­ en nickels into area Donkey Kong machines. You're or­ dered to deliver all information on the Brown account. o problem. Viewlink builds a view by textual con­ tent. In this mode. you can enter Jef]i"ey Brown. and the P OWERMATE II HEAD START IBM XT COMPATIBLE program will search your entire disk for all files that include IBM AT COMPATIBLE 26 PC. PACKAGE $678 th ose words. The resulting J8 view will include an item ref­ 26 PC. PACKAGE ?a•errnale II CPU • l(eyDoard erence for all relevant fil es. Funhermore. when yo u click on · 1 <:;::, ~ • Drives. Controllers. Modums. and views manually, too, by linking or unlinking any number of TODHIBA ...... · · • · · • · · · · · · · CALL RICOH ...... ·. · ·· · ······· · ··· CALL Software peripherals please call items with any individual view or set of views. MURATA ...... · ········ ·· · · · CALL for sys tem prices an d package deals . Confused? Don't worry. A single keystroke triggers AT ~~i. ·;:Ax "Moi:iE.is ·.AvA .1i.A"aL~ L L Systems consist of all Name Brands pro· ducts. All systems checked and formatted context-sensi ti ve help screens anywhere in the program. ALL FAX "S ARE GUARANTEED NEXT by trained technicians. What docs all this mean? 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"ad "~rlin casts a SOCORDl users have no need for it. Jfvou've never played Wizardry and 1 Greater OeMon appears! On the oth er hand. people who are before."you can expect to spend a few I serious about computing at home or at hours just ex ploring the menus and as­ work would do we ll to consider it. sembling a party at the castl e-all prior When yo ur hard disk cries out for orga­ 10 entering the maze. If yo u're an expe­ nization, Viewlink can help. ri enced Wizardry player, you can im­ - David Stanton port characters from previous scenarios (except I V). Imported characters are stripped of all their items and gold, ViewLink however. Part of the fun of Wizardr.i -1 is in For . . . IBM PC and compatibles with 364K. DOS creating new characters. A character's 2.0 or higher, and a hard disk drive­ race can be human, elf, dwarf, gnome, Prepare to meet a variety of odd charac­ $149.95 or hobbit. Characters can be good, neu­ ters in Wizardry-V: Heart of the Maelstrom. From .•. tral, or evil. Their statistics in fi ve key Traveling Software areas measure thei r abilities: Strength strom is classic adventure gaming in the 18702 N. Creek Pkwy. tradition of the paper game Dungeons Bothell. WA 98011 affects skill in combat, 1.Q. and Piety (800) 343-8080 innuence spell-casting ability, Vitality & Dragons, with ti es to the past and to (206) 483-8088 affects durability, and Luck works in the future. It's a game in which adven­ And .. . mysterious ways. Depending on these turers travel together, as in real life, and The package includes a 3'h- and a SV•­ statisti cs. characters fa ll into different share common struggles and teamwork. inch version. classes. including fighters. mages. If you·re new to the Wizardry series, priests, thieves. bishops, samurai , lords, you'll find that this game stands up well and nangas. by itself. If you're an old hand at Wiz­ Once you've entered the 3-D video ardry, yo u' ll welcome the chance to Wizardry-V: maze (rendered in line drawings), plan contin ue yo ur adventures. on meeting various fascinating folks. - Joey Latimer Heart of the You might run into the Toga Ll ama. Maelstrom the Ruby Warlock, the Laughing Kettle. or some s]jme monsters. You co uld Wizardry-V: Heart of the • spend an evening with the ladies at " Duck!" I yelled at Mondo-9 the Maelstrom Manfretti's fun center. Mondo-9 the Dwarf. He didn't hear me. The bat For . .. caught him right between the eyes and Dwarfs party wasn't so lucky: it was Apple 11 - $49.95 finished him off Another member of ambushed by three men in robes during IBM PC and compatibles-$49.95 my team gone. But the adventure must a search for the body of Mondo-8 the From ... go on. Dwa rf. Perhaps Mondo-IO will boast a Sir-Tech Software Welcome to Wizardrv-1: Heart of higher I.Q. and a little more luck. P.O. Box 245 To progress in the game, yo u' ll Ogdensburg. NY 13669 th e Maelstrom, a new stand-alone ad­ (3 15) 393-6633 venture scenario from Sir-Tech. Here have 10 inspect each location thorough­ ly and draw a good map ofthe maze. And . . . you can create and control a party of up The IBM version is available on 3'12-inch to six characters, seeking a balanced Mistakes sometimes led me to new ex­ disks: a Macintosh version is planned . team that can traverse mazes, grow rich plorations and di scoveries. like the fac t and strong. and finally wi n the game. that Curly the Stooge can swim and But it's not easy- especiall y when Madge the Mage can find hidden doors you're as hard on adventure-game char­ by casting spells. I' ve had so many par­ acters as I am. ti es lost in the maze that I'm starting 10 Quick Verse Your characters spend their time ge t a feel for the pl ace . .. I think. in ei ther a castle or a maze. The castle is The IBM PC and compatibles ver­ Bible important for preparing a party or heal­ sion of Wizad1y-I is designed for CGA Concordance ing wounds, and the maze is where the and can be displayed on an RGB or • actual adventuring is done. My first monochrome monitor or on a tclevi­ Ironically. one of the greatest obstacles party entered the maze before I had fin­ ion monitor. The four-color graphics 10 Bible study is the Bible itself: It 's so ished reading the manual-an unfo rtu­ are adequate, but an EGA or VGA ver­ big. So many pages; so many words­ nate mistake. because they all ended up sion would be welcome. Except for slow where to begin? One place 10 stan is in a dark room full of ugly stuff they disk access when I was inspecting loca­ wi th Quick Verse Bible Concordance. a couldn't see. I hope someday to create a ti ons for objects. the ga me's speed pre­ computeri zed Bible index and reference party with the sole purpose of finding sented no problems on an 8-M Hz XT program from aptl y named Parsons the remain s of Mondo-I and friends. clone. Technology. If you 're a computer user Wi::ardry- V comes with an 86­ Wi::ardry- V has no disk copy pro­ who's serious about Bible study, this page manual (i t has a glossary and a tecti o n. but it does make use ofa key program will ·save you va luable hours. table ofcontents, but no index). a pam­ wo rd found in the package's Magic Quick Verse is straigh tforwa rd and phlet called Th e Myths and Muses of Word Li st. .-\fter yo u've entered a easy to use. The onscreen displays are the .\1aels1ro111. its own Spells Quick maze. you'll be ca ll ed upon 10 complete uncluttered and easv to read. The docu­ Reference Chart and Magic Wo rd List. a partial spell with the help of the wo rd mentation. while not elaborate, is com­ and three 51/•-inch floppy disks. Unfor­ list. All in all, it's hassle-free-unless plete. And the program works we ll even tunately. th ere's no provisi on for in­ yo u lose the Magic Word List. without a hard drive. although yo u' ll stalling the ga me on a hard drive. Wi::ardry- V: Heart of the Mae/­ probabl y tire ofswapping disks.

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The Quick Verse main screen con­ find it. sturdy, fast worker at a reasonable sists of two sections. The verse window, If you want to find related but dif­ price. which occupies most ofthe screen, dis­ ferent words- for example, baptise and - Steve Hudson plays scripture text. To make reading baptiseth and baptist-you can use the easier, verses are single-spaced on the program's wildcard feature. In this case, screen with a double space inserted be­ you could type bapti* and the program QuickVerse Bible Concor· tween them. will find all occurrences ofthe three ex­ dance amples. The wildcard does not function For .•• at the beginning or in the middle of IBM PC and compatibles-$54 "'-' ~l • words, however. Macintosh-$54 QuickVerse ignores capitalization --- I ~f'4. l :U From ... lt,h:II . u.trV 1a ~r t h t during searches, and it also disregards Parsons Technology nc.~ e t~ •I ~, 1 1i 1 · ~ Dept.COM ~ Qr.~ . I ~;!~ punctuation-a mixed blessing. Apos­ 375 Collins Rd. NE . 1tkM 1 u. \ \.l/tl?t'll trophes, for example, are treated as ,,,.._"' w,.: J u;\l:rt) Cedar Rapids. IA 52402 pu .._ \r u.1 , :t.tftl tlwt spaces. Thus, Quick Verse considers a (800) 223-6925 ..~·N\.M.f w ...... word like Aaron's as two words: Aaron \.tr1d•l•I And ... kul ands. Use the wildcard feature to WTMt lU Besides the King James version, you can ..... lJd.u..n search for the possessive form. also order the New International version h t W-: Mr~ r (add $10) or the Revised Standard version 1 By using the Limits feature on the i:ri.. ~· rah~i \ Search menu, you can narrow the scope (add $4). ofyour search to specific books and Flexible search functions make Qulck­ even to specified groups of verses with­ 'krse Bible Concordance a valuable aid in in a particular book. Bible study. QuickVersealso lets you call up particular references. Select Reference • ZanyGolf Below the verse window are listed from the Search menu; then type in the the various browsing keys. along with reference, identifying the book chapter. Forget about Jack Nicholas' Greatest 18 briefdescriptions ofwhat they do. You and verse that you want to find. Holes ofMajor Championship Golf use these keys to move through the Old Whether searching or recalling. Jack doesn't have to contend with holes and New Testaments. Pressing the Quick Verse li ves up to its name with a that move out of his way when he walks Home key, for example, takes you to fast response time. Running on an IBM up to the green. He's never had to nego­ the start ofthe current book or, ifyou're PS/2 Model 30, for example, it located tiate a fairway that's a giant pinball ma­ already there to the first verse of the And I saw a new heaven and a new chine. And even the meanest 18-hole previous book. Pressing the End key earth (from Revelation, the last book of course doesn't vaporize your ball with takes you to the start of the next book. the New Testament) in under ten sec­ laser beams. PgUp and PgDn keys serve similar onds-much faster than I could have But Zany Go(( has all this and functions at the chapter level. found it by paging through a traditional more. This isn't your by-the-book PGA Oddly, QuickVerse abandons the concordance. golfgame or your standard kick-off­ up/down pattern at the verse level, If Quick Verse did nothing but your-shoes Putt-Putt course. This golf which takes some getting used to. To search and recall, it would be an invalu­ game leaves reality behind for a walk move to the previous verse, you press able aid to Bible study. But it goes even on the wild side. It's a game you might the left-arrow key; the right arrow takes further. The program also provides tre­ dream about after eating one pepperoni you to the next verse. mendous versatility in printing verses. pizza too many. Onscreen Bible browsing is fun You can print the most recently dis­ Zanv Gol(is modeled after minia­ but QuickVerse's real power lies in its played verse. print all verses matching ture golr.' From one to four players versatile search mode. As its name sug­ yo ur search criteria, or print lengthy compete on a nine-hole course of in­ gests, the program is verse-oriented and passages. You can even specify that creasing difficulty. Like real golf, play­ searches text verse by verse. During the words appearing in th e Bible in italics ers take turns hitting. U nlike real golf, search process, the screen displays be printed in italics on your printer. you're eliminated when you run out of either the number ofoccurrences to be You can also save verses in file form strokes. while the other players contin­ displayed (in the case of unlimited for use in your own word processor ue. You're given a certain number of word searches) or the percent ofpossi­ program. strokes for each hole. and any leftover ble matches that have alreadv been Overall, the only things missing strokes carry over to the next hole. If scanned (in the case oflimited word or from Quick Verse are luxuries. A note­ you're playing by yourself, yo u can play phrase searches). taking feature would let users add and as all four players to give yo urselfa The Search feature lets you locate save comments on various passages. better chance of making it to the ninth words or phrases in two different ways: Serious students would appreciate hole. Choose from a pop-up word list (the list havi ng access to the Apocrypha. And The first hole. the Windmill, fea ­ includes virtually every word in the users at all levels might benefit from tures a ramp that leads to a turning Bible, excluding only common words the inclusion of screen drawings in the windmill and a tunnel that carries the such as the and and); or, ifyou already documentation-nothing brings a story ball to a lower level. If that hole whets know the word or phrase you're looking to life quite like pictures. your appetite. and if yo u like junk food , for, simply type it in and Quick Verse But the absence of those features is yo u'll love the second hole. Hamburge r. will display every occurrence. All a small price to pay for a Bible study It features a giant bottle ofcatsup and a searches stop at verse boundaries. If aid with this kind ofgrass-roots nexibil­ giant jumping hamburger that bounces you try to search for a phrase that cross­ ity. The realm of Bible concordances over the hole. You can make the ham­ es verse boundaries, the program won't has gained a valuable ally: a complete. burger jump faster and higher-giving J U L V 1 9 8 9 71 II REVIEWS

check, yo u must compile a merchants you a clearer shot at the hole-by click­ on the lowest level, and you must list. This list includes the payee's name ing the mouse button (or the joystick somehow reach the hole on the third and address, your account number (if button or keyboard equivalent). level. Along the way, you encounter la­ Timing is also important on Walls, ser beams, transporter devices and applicable) and a description ofthe bill (fixed amount/recurring or variable the third hole, with its three walls that false holes. rise and fall. Try to roll over the first Overall, Zany Golfs graphics and amount/recurring). Submenus let you initjate, change, or cancel payments, two walls and bounce off the third. sound are excellent (especially on the Amiga and Apple IIGS versions) but and add, change, or delete merchants. the game may be too easy for hard-core game fans. Once you work your way to the ninth hole-which isn't that diffi­ cult- you lose much of the incentive to play again. (The documentation does promise a special reward if you finish all nine holes in par or better.) If you're looking fo r a moderately challenging game with topnotch graph­ ics and sound Zany Golfmay have just the hook (or slice) you're looking for. - Da vid English

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CA 94404 That way. you're forced to enter the hole Fans, you can usually breeze your (415) 571-7171 amount each month. way to a hole in one. And breeze is ex­ Once you've compiled your mer­ actly what you do, using a series of fans chants list, you're ready to pay some to push yo ur ball along. By wiggling the bills. Scroll down the list of merchants, mouse, yo u can increase the air flow highlight the one you want to pay, and from the fans. • CheckFree press Return; a check form appears on On the sixth hole, Magic Carpet, the screen. Type in the date and the you try to keep your ball on the check­ Few of us enjoy writing checks. licking amount. and yo ur check is ready to ered carpet. As long as the ball is on the stamps, tracking a budget, and balanc­ transmit to the CheckFree processing carpet and still in motion, you can steer ing our checkbook. So Check Free. a center. It. in turn, debits yo ur account it. You also have to cope with railings program designed to support Check­ and credi ts the merchant's account. If that rise and fall-so time your moves Free Technologies' electronic bill-pay­ your merchant doesn't accept electronic carefully. ing service. sounds like the best thing payments. the Check Free center prints Castle, the seventh hole, has a since the automatic teller machine. Fi­ and mails a paper check. steep hill with a castle at the top. You nall y, the end to drudgery. Check Free has several controls. If receive a free stroke for entering the Automatic teller machines aside, you date the payment less than three castle gate. (Here's a tip: Pull all the way personal electronic banking is large ly days from the payment due date. for ex­ back and shoot directly along the line of unexplored. You have to know exactly ample. the program warns you th at it the red arrow and red spot.) what you're doing before you start zip­ needs three business days to pay a bi ll. 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Compati­ a bidirectional paraUel port to support er to move on to the next level ofplay. ble Macintosh programs include Hyper­ scanning devices in a desktop publish­ Players can use the keyboard or joystick Ca rd, Excel, Word. MacPaint. and ing environment. to control the action. MacTermina/. One megabyte of RAM is stand­ In Sky Shark, players pilot a World The suggested retai l price for A­ ard. Two memory slots can support up War II- era Tiger Shark wh ile trying to Max is $199.95. to 16 megabytes of system memory. In rescue prisoners of war held behind en­ ReadySoft, 30 Wertheim Ct. , Unit addition to the smaller disk size, users emy lines. Flying over a vertically 2. Richmond Hi//, Ont., Canada L4B 1 can install a 5/4-inch, 1.2-megabyte scrolling landscape playe rs encounter 189 Circle Reader Service Number 202. floppy disk drive. Tandy also offers tanks, fortified artillery bunkers, flyi ng SCSI devices in capacities from 40 bandits, and battleships. This game is megabytes to 344 megabytes and a 150­ also based on a coin-op arcade hit and megabyte tape drive system. can be controll ed by keyboard, joystick, Fly with Chuck The suggested retail price ofthe or mouse. Take to the skies with Electronic Arts' base system without a hard drive is Both games require 5I 2K (640K updated Chuck Yeager's Ad vanced $2,599. A 40-megabyte hard drive on the Tandy I 000 TX and TL for Flight Trainer 2.0 for the IBM PC and boosts the price to $3,248, while the 80­ Tandy 16-color display). Renegade and compatibles. The latest version in­ megabyte system retai ls for $3,498. Sky Shark also support Hercules mono­ cludes more than 20 new features. Tandv, 1800 One Tandv Center, chrome, CGA, EGA, and VGA graph­ You' ll also get an audiotape by Chuck Fort Worth. TX 76102 · ics. Available on 31/2- and 51/4-inch Yeager on which he shares several of Circle Reader Service Number 200. disks, each game is priced at $34. 95 for his heroic flying experiences and offers a single-disk format and $37.95 for a personal instructions on how you dual pack. should attempt your first flight. Taito for the PC Taito Software. 267 W Esplanade. Enhancements include new terrain, Two popular Taito arcade games that Suite 206, North Vancouver. B.C.. Can­EGA graphics and a fu ll VGA analog have been released for the IBM PC. ada V7M 1A5 palette, four new planes (including the Renegade and Sky Shark. support Ad­ Circle Reader Service Number 201 . Space Shuttle and the YF-l l 7A Stealth Lib's I I- voice and Tandy's 3-voice syn­ Fighter) and six new race courses. thesized sound. 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McCarty St. , Jefferson City, MO 65102 Toshiba America, Information Sys­ Circle Reader Service Number 204. tems Division, 9740 Irvine Blvd., Irvine, C4 92718 Circle Reader Service Number 206. Don't Get Burned Miles Computing has released The Magic Candle ($39.95), a medieval fan­ tasy role-playing game designed and published by Mindcraft and distributed by Electronic Arts. Fly 18 different aircraft in Chuck Yeager's Your goal is to save the land of Advanced Flight Trainer 2.0. Deruvia from the wrath ofthe archde­ mon Dreax, who has been imprisoned within the flame ofthe magic candle for Advanced Flight Trainer 2.0 has a many years. You must stop the candle suggested retail price of$49.95. A com­ from melting before Dreax escapes and bination pack with both 51/4- and 31/2­ wreaks havoc on the peaceful land of inch disks is $54.95. Upgrades from Deruvia. During your adventure in previous versions cost $24.00. Deruvia, you'll encounter elves, Electronic Arts, 1820 Gateway Dr., dwarves, goblins, wizards, and any one San Mateo, C4 94404 of 26 types of monsters. To defend Circle Reader Service Number 203. yourself, you have special skills such as sword swinging, fireball throwing, and spell casting. There are 54 levels ofdun­ The Toshiba ExpressWriter301 portable printer weighs only four pounds. Super Young Authors geons, six towns, six villages, and two Students in grades 6-12 can use Scho­ castles to explore. To assist you on your lastic's Super Story Tree to author their quest, you can assemble a team of25 own interactive stories. The program characters. Bank Street Data helps students write stories that start at Th e Magic Candle is available for Sunburst Communications recently re­ one point and branch out to different the Apple II series and the IBM PC and leased Our Town Databases for Bank plot lines while incorporating graphics, compatibles at a suggested retail price Street School Filer and has announced sound, and special effects. of$49.95. The Commodore 64 version plans for a new database disk-exchange The program comes with a library sells for $39.95. program for students. ofsounds, a collection ofclip art and Electronic Arts, 1820 Gateway Dr .. Our Town contains starter data­ graphics, a selection of fonts, drawing San Mateo, C4 94404 bases that focus on the theme ofcom­ tools for creating original art, and Circle Reader Service Number 205. munity. Students can research and special-effects transitions such as dis­ explore their town's history buildings. solves and wipes. plant and animal life, and important Features include a word processor Print to Go people, places, and events; then they and the ability to run story disks on a Toshiba America's portable Express­ can fill in database records with their compatible computer without the pro­ Writer30 I provides 24-dot, letter­ findings. gram disk. A scan feature enables quality printing and weighs only four Designed for students in grades handicapped students to operate the pounds. The printer uses a thermal­ 4-12, the databases allow students to program by pressing the space bar or transfer process on plain paper. analyze such issues as the impact of the clicking the mouse when the desired op­ The ExpressWriter301 has fi ve res­ environment on plants and animals in tion is highlighted. ident fonts and prints at 60 characters their town and the steps that make up Available in 51/4- or 31/z-inch disks, per second (cps) in high-speed mode the local food chain-from point of ori­ Super Story Tree runs on all Apple II and 42 cps in normal mode. Included gin to the grocery store. A complete six­ computers, including the Apple IIGS. A with the unit are built-in rechargeable unit curriculum is included in the school edition package includes a pro­ ni-cad batteries and a separate 12-volt Teacher's Guide. gram disk with backup, a second disk AC adapter for recharging. The batter­ After students have finished enter­ with graphics, backgrounds, and clip ies are good for up to one hour ofcon­ ing data about their own town, they can art, and a Teaching Guide. Educators tinuous printing. A low-battery indi­ take part in the Our Town Database can purchase the package for $79.95. cator light is positioned on the control Exchange, which allows students to Lab Packs and an AppleTalk version panel. The printer accepts paper sizes compare and contrast their own com- J U L Y 1 9 8 9 75 munities with other towns and cities in in a radius of 1- 999 miles from a The program also reports net the United States and Canada. specified point. The third program, worth and net income; reminds users of Our Town Databases is available QZIP, is a memory-resident program recurring transactions such as car pay­ for the Apple II and the Commodore that allows users to find the area code, ments· creates amortization tables for 64/ 128 and has a suggested retail price time zone and county name for a ZIP loans, savings accounts, and annuities; of$59. or find the ZIP code ofany city or town and can print checks. Sunburst Communications, 39 nationwide. On Balance for the IBM PC is Washington Ave., Pleasantville, NY T he main database contains over compatible with Lotus 1-2-3, providing 105 70 90,000 ZIP code records. It is in dBase spreadsheet capabilities. The suggested Circle Reader Service Number 207. III format and can be used with custom retail price is $59.95. applications. The database is updated Broderbund Software, 17 Paul Dr.. twice a year. The suggested retail price San Rafael, C4 94903-2101 for PC-ZIP is $99. 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Visit more than 50 islands and The ga me supports mouse, joy­ nations· try your hand at nine different stick, and keyboard controls. The pack­ sailing vessels. If you like, you can lead age comes with either five 51/4- or two historically documented expeditions 31/2-inch disks. Hole-in-One Miniature like those ofSir Francis Drake and Golfsupports EGA, CGA, VGA/MCGA, Henry Morgan. Choose from five wacky courses in the bi­ zarre Hole-in-One Miniature Golf. Tandy 16-color, and Hercules graphic The Atari ST version of Pirates! modes. The suggested retail price is makes use of the machine's two-button $34.95. mouse and supports the MIDI board. It DigiTek Software, 8910 N. Dale requires 5 l 2K of RAM and a color Financial Manager Mabry Executive Center, Suite #37. monitor. At press time, MicroProse had Tampa, FL 33614 set the suggested retail price tentatively Brnderbund Software's personal fi ­ Circle Reader Service Number 211 . at $44.95. nance program On Balance has been re­ MicroProse. 180 Lakefront Dr.. leased for IBM PC and compatible Hunt Valley. MD 2 1030 computers. The program had been Circle Reader Service Number 208. available previously for the Apple II se­ ries only. Indoor/Outdoor Soccer The program's information screen Commodore 64 owners can bring the is designed to look and work like a World Cup Tournament home or turn ZIP It, ZIP It Good checkbook register. Up to 200 different the rec room into an indoor soccer are­ A new computer ZIP code database accounts can be created including na with Medalist lnternational's Keith wi th related programs has been re leased checking, savings, credit cards, auto Van Eron 's Pro Soccer. The ga me was by Melissa Data for IBM PCs and com­ loans, and mortgages. Tax-related ex­ produced in cooperation with Keith patibles.PC-ZIP lets users access up-to­ penditures can be flagged for recall and Van Eron, famous indoor and outdoor date Post Office-approved ZI P codes reporting at tax time. Each month, users goalkeeper. and city. state. and county names for all can enter up to 800 different transac­ Players follow the action from an ZIP code zones currently in use in the tions. The program can reconcile any overhead point of view with vertical United States. In addition, it provides type ofaccount allowing users to track and horizontal scrolling that ensures the time zone, telephone area code, and their overall financial position. In addi­ that the ball and players never leave the latitude and longitude for each ZIP tion to recordkeeping and bill paying, screen. A slow-motion instant replay code. On Balance acts as a financial-planning appears after a goal is scored. PC-ZIP comes with three associat­ tool, all owi ng users to set goals and T he indoor soccer mode lets play­ ed programs that perform several data­ budgets. With each entry, the program ers play an entire Major Indoor Soccer retrieval tasks. EZI P, a name-and­ shows how close users are to meeting League (MISL) schedule. The outdoor address entry program, allows users to their goals and displays year-to-date to­ mode lets players set up their own verify ZIP codes. For localized mail­ tals and averages for each budget World Cup Tournament. Up to 16 peo­ ings, RZIP can find all ZIP codes with­ created. ple can participate in the World Cup 76 C 0 M P U T E I scenario, each controlling a different connict, Blackthorne befriends one of Computer musicians can adjust team from a different country in games the regents, Toranaga, and falls in love the vibrato depth, speed, and attack that are subject to all kinds ofweather. with Mariko, the court translator. To rate or graphically edit the attack, sus­ Pro Soccer retails for $34.95 and is succeed, the player must think and tain, and release envelope ofany instru­ being marketed under Medalist Inter­ make decisions as Blackthorne would ment. Instant Synthesizer includes national's MicroPlay Software label. have done. preprogrammed sounds that can be Medalist International is distributed by The Macintosh and Amiga ver­ used right away. MicroProse. sions each have a suggested retail price Sound sampling cards such as Medalist /111 ernational/Micro­ of $59.95 . Versions for the Apple II and Future Sound and MDideas are sup­ Prose. 180 Lakefront Dr., Hunt Va lley, the IBM PC and compatibles will be re­ ported by the program . Live sounds can MD2 1030 leased later this year. be captured and users can graphically Circle Reader Service Number 212. Infocom, 125 CambridgePark Dr. , edit the waveform. Users can also ad­ Cambridge, MA 02140 just the attenuation, cut parts of the Circle Reader Service Number 213. wave, loop segments and find loop Novel Approach points automaticall y. lnfocom has released James Clave/l 's The computer's keyboard can be Sh ogun for the Macintosh and Amiga. Sound Advice used to play sounds or users can add a The player assumes the role ofJohn Electronic Arts has released Instant MIDI connector to work with any Blackthorne, the lead character in Cla­ Sy111h esi::er, a combination four-voice MIDI device. Sounds can also be creat­ vell 's novel, who as a sea pilot from six­ polysynthesizer, sound digitizer, and ed with the program and be played on teenth century England embarks upon sound editor for the Apple IIGS. Musi­ an external keyboard. an uncharted route to Japan. cians can use the program to create mu­ Instant Synthesizer has a suggested Upon reach ing his destination, he sic and experiment wi th new instru­ retail price of$79.95 . finds himself in the midst ofa power ments as well as ex pand the number of Electronic Arts, 1820 Gateway Dr., struggle between two Japanese regents instruments in programs such as l n­Sa11 Mateo, C l 94404 who aspire to be Shogun. During the sta -t Music. Circle Reader Service Number 214.

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- Q u estbtL~ters YOU'RE IN DEEP PWMA THIS TIME, ROGER WILCO!; , ~ , ' .. , /)) ; NOT SO FAST, SPACEWIPE! .... But the Two Guys don't write games for TRASH HEAPS OF PRAISE sissies. If you can't stomach being picked up like so much trash by a wandering garbage FOR OUR TWO GUYS freighter. stalked by giant rubbish rats. ground Game reviewers throughout the into hamburger in the belly of the Mog. zapped galaxy love Space Quest games: by a scorpazoid in the descn s of Phlecbhut , or ·'. .. humorous and challenging .. .'", deep-fried like a chimichanga on the planet "laugh-<>ut-loud funny .. .' , , Onega. you'd belier play one of those ··genuinely entenaining .. .'", " ...A three 'nice · games. In Space Quest Ill. TI1e dimensional graphic wonder ... " Pirates of Pest11/011 , you're not likely to be shown any mercy. LIFE'S NOT EASY FOR HEROES THERE MUST BE Real heroes thri ve on danger, and space­ AN EASIER WAY TO fari ng broomjockey and freelance good-guy MAKE A LIVING Roger Wilco is no exception. ls he afraid of here's never a moment"s re t for be ing fried by li ghming in a megathundcr­ galactic heroes, and when you're Roger storm? ls he afraid of land ing in the trash Wilco. space-age swashbuckler a11d all­ shredder in the depths of the intergalactic around nice guy . the thrill ju t keep on garbage truck'' ls he afraid of fin ishing the Bel cher Combo plate at Mono! ith Burge r? You Bait le f or )'O ur lift ;,, thl' auna ...•ith lht Nu kt 'tm- Du kt 'tm Tcoming. It seems there's always some kind of robots. fit 's do tt•n! !It's up.' Th is crowd is out/or blood. and dangerous mess to clean up. bet your sweet asteroid ! it might as ....ti/ br youn. This time it 's those Two Guys from Andromeda. bestselling designers of Space HAVE YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES? Quest and Space Quest ll, who have gone and NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO FIND OUT gotten thcmselve fo ull y abducted by the pesky pirates of Pestulon , those poaching parasites. But don ' 1 take their word for it -­ blast off those perverse perpetrators of petty mi chief for adventure , challenge . and laughs with and putrid software . Roger Wilco and the Two Guys from If Roger can't rescue the two guys from the Andromeda in Space Quest Ill , TI1 e Pirates of bowels of the Scumsoft Sof1ware stronghold, Pes111/o11. hi days as a popular adventure game cha racter are definitely numbered . So it"s simple. right? Ju t set cour c for Chuk out all th t crazy and absurd

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