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Pick the Perfect Paint Program! June 1988 The Leading Magazine of Home, Educational, and Recreational Computing r I J~-1 r J'J -1 IJ ~ ~-1 j _f~ ~ _J - 11J~ J~~ ~y lJDllY ~y DTI r Where is Entertainment Software Heading? r. J_~ ~ J YJ ~~ r. 1Jr ~y ~ J~~ ~y ~Y-1-~Y£J Fun Software Goes Digital, Copies Comic Books, and More! g 021 93 USA S3.00 _;.jJ'J. r We Review The Train, Soko-Ban, Dae Easy Light, and more! Get ready for four of the most challeng- Permanently You wi ll when you endure There are boulders, rivers, potholes, in 0o' ru 00ooed ' rum p-bumpin 0o cross the lonQes~ t winter of voJ ur life in the ice, and mudbogs to contend with. What ...------. e~~~~~ sl eet and slosh of The Michigan are mudbogs?You'll find out. (Just after Course. TheGeorgia Red Clay you find out there's a Demon 4 x 4 chas Course has enough mud to keep ingyou all through the race. A Demon 0 P. J ~ ' - . you a hu man fossil for 2,000 years. hellbent on you r destruction.) - I 11 ·1! - . -· I r r I I And then there's DeathValley If you win enough races, collect Get it. D-E-A-T-H Valley enough points, only then will the l'h •JI/ \ 111 /}111/l'I I/,llCll(Jr/IC1'd r1111/1(' frJI/nu 111i: L1 •u1111d• 1.J,11 111/Ju mud ,,(/( ,,1 ·d \ fj/111 'k"J. ' cu'"· 11111 111i e \( 111hh1t'.'' lt'rt''"' ""l'h n1 "II'11111(/, ·1 Start wi th pre-race strategy. Victor's Cup be yours. It's count ry road racing courses thisearth Select and custom ize your personal the least we can do. After has to offer. veh icle. Your supplies. Your repa ir equip- all ,you did go th rough l.:i~~;:tf Fight the tortu rous terrain of Baja. ment. Believe us.Y ou'll needeverything. hell to get there. Rocks, boulders, skid-sand, even a few spikey cactu ses. And of course, heat that's hot enough to fillet any forehead. 4x4 OFF-ROAD RACING Ever had your hands stuck to the wheel? (U///11/u<I' "" ,, I /!,\ lfl\I ,\ 'um;>r//rf!le; .·im r~rr BYEPYX WHAT'S A TAIT02. That's a very goodquestion. Taito"(pronounced Tie-toe) is one ofthe oldest andbiggest names in the arcade industry. Taito is the world's largest manufacturerandoperator ofarcade games. We've been in the business since 1953. Andthat's just the beginning. Taito practically started the video game industry with our classic arcade hit, Space Invaders."' And over the years, Taito has created more than ARKANOIO: 33 screens ofspace-age excitement Awardwinningcoin-op hit. Over 1 million soldin Japan. ·o ne ofthe besteveC-Electronic Game 1,000 othergreat action games for arcade andhome play. Player MagaZJne. Now Taito has something equally exciting for you to slip into yourhome computer. Taito is bringing you the same pioneering spirit, technical qualityandexcitement that made us the arcade leader for play on your Commodore, Amiga, IBM, Apple andAtaricomputers. We are the arcade leader fora very goodreason. We con sistentlymake great video games that bring more action and RENEGADE· This is the oneandonly. Don't sertJe forimitations. Blistering, fast pacedandreal life street-style Karate action. One ofthe hottest games in Europe. value to the people whoplayourgames. Andliterallymillions ofpeople play ourgames in arcades allover the world. Our strength comes from the massive development effort we putinto creating the kindofgames that satisfy the ever-growing arcade appetite andthe research gathered from the more than 100,000 arcade machines Taito operates in Japan. (The moneyin the coin boxes atthe endofthe day tells very quickly if you've got a good game or not.) And Taito is ALCON: The ultimate in inter-planetary combat. Battle aliens with lasers. homing missiles. bombs and shields. Fantastic vertical scrolling future· always working hardto develop the mostexciting new video world landscapes. TaitoScftwarefnc..267 West Esplanade, North Vancouver,BC. Canada V7M1A5. Tel·604-984-3344. Sky Shark"' and Gladiator"' are trademarks of Taito America, fnc. Copyright © 1988. All Taito, Arkanoirfl" Renegade["' Alcon[" RastanT"' Bubble BobbfeT"' Operation Wo/f,TM rights reserved. Amiga, Commodore. Apple, IBM and Atari are trademarks respectively of games thatpush the technology to its limits.* Because arcade games are the benchmark for home video games, Taito's leadership in the arcade translates into more home video thrills-more mesmerizing arcade quality graphics, soundandabove all, action! That's whynobodybut Taito can bring you more ofwhat you're looking for in home computer video games. RASTAN: One ofthe biggest coin--0p hits of1987. Stunning graphics. Non· stop. mythicalsuper hero action with multiple weapons, enemies and You don'tgettobe the biggest in the arcade business by levels ofplay. developing andmanufacturing run ofthe mill video games. When you buy Taito games, you're getting more than just fun. We bring you games that test your nerve and your strategy. Games thatmake you laugh andput you on the edge ofyourseat, games ofadventure andexcitement. Taito takes you on voyages to places you've neverbeenbefore-tobrave newworldsofimaginationandfantasy. Afterall, isn't thatwhat BUBBLEBOBBLE:Addierive action. Up to 100 levels of arcadequaliry play. One or two player action. The number one game in Europe for three months in a row. great video games are allabout? And every action game we put our name on is more than just competitive confrontation. Taito games are allaboutthe values ofgoodtriumphing overevil, ofbeing the best you can be-games like Arkanoid,™Renegade ;M Alcon:M Rastan:M andBubble Bobble"!.M Andwe have more arcade block busters like Operation Wolf,™Sky Shark,™and Gladiator,™coming soon to software formats forplay on your home computer. Taito's home-boundhitparade ofvideo fun has just begun. Who butthe arcade leader couldbring you so much? That's Taito! Aren't you glad you asked? Buy Taito products at leading computer stores everywhere. Ifno stores are near you, Visa/ MasterCard holders can order anywhere in the US. by calling 1-800-663-806Z Commodore·Am iga, Inc., Commodore Electronics, l td., Apple Computer Inc., International •If you think you'vegot the technical andcreativesbl'lity to develop mind-blowing video games, Business Machines and Atari Corporation. Advertisemen t by Dually &Company Inc., (Chicago). write to Taito, A rcen rion: Product Development at the above address. I I I I I FEATURES -· Quiet on the (Software) Set A Conversation with Trip Hawkins. The New Hollywood, and the future of computer entertainment, is just around the corner. Keith Ferrell 28 New Diversions Five new trends in game software will change the way you play. Tom Netse/ 12 Color Your World Picking a Paint Program. Paint in pixels with one of these six great computer art programs. Steven Anzovin 18 Buyer's Guide Flight Simulator Software. There are plenty of stratospheric thrills in these 55 flight simulator products./Ca roline D. Hanlon _ 47 - REVIEWS Fastlooks ________ 53 Mixed-Up Mother Goose Ed Ferrell ________ 57 Soko-Ban Brian Wierda _______ 57 Arkanoid JUNE Rhett Anderson ______ 62 Dae-Easy Light . 1988 . Lynne Weatherman _____ 63 Stickybear Math 2 & Stickybear VOLUME 10 Reading Comprehension Gregg Keizer 66 NUMBER 6 The Train ISSUE 97 Keith Ferrell 67 I I I I I COLUMNS Editorial License Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing! If fun is where you find it, then Fred D'Ignazio ________ 68 look to your computer. Gregg Keizer ____ ____ _ PFS: First Publisher 6 Lynne Weatherman _ _ ____ 70 News & Notes Wordstar 2000 Plus PC vaccinates vi rus, betaware Bob Gingher _ ______ _ 72 boasts buyers, CD-ROM meet makes news, and more./Editors _ 7 Tax Preparer Gameplay J. Blake Lambert ______ 73 Game worlds and great Publish It! graphics-how can you .have Duncan Teague ________ 74 both?/Orson Scott Card 9 Impact All work and no play make business computing boring. David D. Thornbwg 10 Discoveries Don 't buy a computer for the kids. Buy one for yourself instead. David Stanton 78 Levitations CD-ROM Conference attendee plants disc on Mt. Ranier. Arlan Levitan 86 Letters We want to hear from you. Editors 11 New Products! Adventure game clue book, PC - COMPUTE! SPECIFIC joystick card, sightseeing software, and more new releases./Editors _ 36 MS-DOS Clijion Karnes 39 64 & 128 Neil Randall 40 Apple II Gregg Keizer 41 Amiga Rhett Anderson 43 Macintosh Sharon Zardetto Aker 44 Atari ST David Plotkin 45 Hints & Tips Editors 46 Cover illustration: Lee Noel, Jr. with Steven Anzovin COMPUTE! The Leading Magazine of Home, Educational, and Recreational Computing (USPS: 537250) is published monthly by COMPUTE! Publications, Inc .. 825 7th Ave. , New York. NY 10019 USA. Phone: (2 12) 265-8360. Editorial Offices are located at 324 West Wendover Avenue. Greensboro. NC 27408. Domestic Subscriptions: 12 issues, $24. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: COMPUTE! Magazine. P.O. Box 10955, Des Moines. IA 50950. Seoond class postage paid at New York. NY and additional mailing offices. Entire contents copyright © 1988 by COMPUTE' Publications . Inc. All righls reserved. ISSN 0194 -357X. editoriallicense · GREGG KEIZER un is where you find it. works requires a system much like Holly And there's plenty to be found wood's studios, says Trip Hawkins, presi F on personal computers. Entertain dent of Electronic Arts, one ofthe software ment software may not be the largest sales publishers heading into compact discs. His category (that distinction belongs to wide thoughts on the future ofcomputer enter ranging productivity software), but it is the tainment appear in Keith Ferrell's cover sto fastest growing. There's good reason.