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o ;:o o o o 00: -a ~ c: ! ~ :::I (j ~ I ~ .ilia o :ro 0) ... cc Canada & Mexico $7 u.s. $3.75 ..CD- -- Contents' RDEX Contributors •.•...••.•.•..• 23 Chemistry: Balancing Equations 10 PaJ)Cr Plane Pilot , 12 . , Chemistry: The Periodic Table 10 PattenlS 12 ·Most Wanted Softkeys ••••••••••• 23 Cleanwater Detectives 10· PiCtlJJ"e Chompers 12 linClassifieds .•.••.•...•..•••..•.•.••... 23 Clock ~ 20 Probability Lab ! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~ 12 ComInunikeys ~ 10 Problem-Solving With Nim 12' The Product Monitor Conquering Decimals (+,-) 10 Rings ofSaturn It;) ~ , , Re~iews Conquering Decimals (X,/) 10 Space Station Freedom 12 Quest for Clues III 5 Conquering Fractions (+t-) 10 Spell It 20 ~ ~.. ~.g I I ~.' '£ i · 10i f Wing C~mmanderII: Conquering Fractions (X,f) lO Spellevator '12 e ~ ~ Conquering Math Worksheet Generator .. 10 Spelling Puzzles and Tests.~ 12 losa 1 ~ O·~c::3 Special Operations 1 u u 4 10 ~ Ii: §VJ I Vengeance ofthe Kilrathi ~.~ 4 , Conquering Percents Spelling Series ToolKit 12 I~ Cog I Fast Frames, Updates, Etc. Conquering Ratios & Proportions 10 Star Maze .•........................: 15 Coordinate Math h ~ 10 Sun & SeasOIlS ' 12 ~~ Apple Materials ~ : 5 l:::t I Decimal Con.cepts ' lO Teaching Scientific Inquiry .: 12 llgs Disk Fixer ~.'1 ••••••••••• 5 en =.:S~ ~ I l -I Platter Plague? 6 Dungeon Master's Assistant vol2 12 Time Navigator e ••••••••••• 1,2 I w g ; I Tunn.els and Trolls 5 )Early Skills (2 diskettes) 20 Time Navigator Around The World 12 Eq,uation Math... ~ ....................................•. 10 Time Navigator Leaps Back 12 I ~ ~ ~ I Tunnels and'Troll~ Tavern Talk 6 Estimation Quicksolve I 10 To PreservetProtect & Defend 12 .1 !::l ~ ~ I ,Vendors ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 10 Estimation Quicksolve II 10 Type Attack .....•....................................... 19 \ ,. 1m' ~~ I Bugs: Estimation Strategies 10 W~eds, To Trees ~ 12 I 0 ~..,. I ~ Bug in Captain Goodnight Softkey 15 Exploring Gas Laws ~ lO What's First? WhaCs Next'! 20 / ~ 1:2 6' I Bug in Gorgon Softkey 15 Five-Star-Forecast ·..- 10 Wo<Xl Car Rally ' 12 I~~i- c:r .... I Features, Notes & such: Flip 9ut ..........•.................•..................... ~. 19 Wooly Bounce ..: ~ 12 I ~ ~ e.. I Fossil Hunter " 10 A fix for "Putting... Super Boulder Dash Advanced Playing Tech·niques': I n~ I Fraction Concepts, Inc 12 ona Hard. Disk ....•............ ~ 8 m ;- i I Fraction Practice Unlimited 12 Eidolon , 7 An ELITE Craft without NMI 6 ~ 1 !lo' a 0 Gram.mar Gazzette 12 ."Elite ; 6 e.~·;P I Boot code tracing·Star Maze 15 I:J I Granunar Toy Shop , 12 Super Boulderdash APT, Explanation 7 ~ ~ g. § I EZ APT's with Compare Disk program .. 14 I = ,A.::S mstant S'urvey ..........................•............... 12 Playing Tips: · CD ;".YJ I Notes on Hacker II ..·· 7 Instant Surv~ySampler 12 I < ::s toQ en Gemstone Healer ~ 7 < Q..~ Ii: I Run MECC On Hard Disk 10 n~ Invisible Bugs to ••• 12 .1 ....... fa Super Boulderdash APT Explanation 7 ~ ~~ I Keyboarding Klass 16 IBM Softkeys: I ~ ~, ,co The Basics of KrackingPart 10 ~ 10 Kinder Koncepts , 20 Battle Chess II 22 I ~ ~ s= I WindwalkerGS Editor 20 • LittleTown Zoo ..........•........................•.... 12 ~arrier Command ~ 22 lip gi I Hilkeys: . Living Cell (The) : 12 Colonel's Bequest 22 ~ ~ ~ I I MECC Copy System/Label Utility 12 Lunar Greenhouse ~ 12 Continuwn 22 ~ ~ ~ I g I Midwest S.oftware 22 Mastertype's Writer 20 Crime Wave 22 ~ ~ I Ma~ Facts Tracker 16 Crimewave vl.1· 22 I s ~ Softkeys: I t3 .. ~ I Measureworks ~ _ 12 Curse ofthe Azure Bonds 22 Alge - Blaster Plus 20 MECC 3.5" ProDOS disks ..' 10 Dragon's Lair 22 I g =. "O.~ I Arcade Machine (The) ( 10 MECC Outliner 12 Dragon's Lair n 22 I~ ~ I Axis Assassin 16 Miner's Cave 14 Earl Weaver's Baseball vl.5 22 Backyard Birds 10 Minotaur 20 Earthrise 22 I ~ ~ I. I I ~ !. I Bandits ~ .. 17 Money .....................................•................ 20 Escape From Hell' ' 22 Bill Budgets SpaceAlbum 18 ~ ~ Mystery Matter 12 F-15 22 I m I I Borg 18, 19 I ~ I I Mystery Objects o. 12 Wherein U.S.A. is CarmenSandiego? 22 ~..; ..........•..~ Software recommendations "Assembler". 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