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The game is supplied by A RANDOM ADVENTURE London-based Sharpsoft for the Sharp MZ-80K and costs E8.25. THE Among the other new games OF DEATH from Sharpsoft is a logical, test Not only a random dungeon but ated, he is armed and armoured for people who like a financial random monsters await the and then sets off on the quest by challenge. It is called Stockmar- intrepid adventurer who dares loading the first level. ket "F" and involves amassing as the Dungeons of Death. A list of strangely named mon- many stocks and shares of the Ten tortuous levels have to be sters with a toughness rating in highest prices as possible. braved in a 45 minute time limit percentage terms is generated Stockmarket "F" costs £5.85. to win through this graphically and should be memorised if you VAT and postage are included in displayed adventure, are not going to end up fighting both games. The adventurer must first bar- something deadly after running THE NEW ter with the dungeon master for from a pretty harmless creature. his arrows -- magic and the more Treasures are there for the A FEW POINTS CHESS CHOICE usual wooden variety — his taking to reward the bold adven- characteristics are then gener- turer. TO MAKE Chess enthusiasts, who opt tor a computerised opponent are hav- ing an ever more difficult choice A BETTER BET FOR to make. A sorry fate awaits the computer, London based Westrak has a ised figure who walks innocently new medium priced chess game PUNTERS onto a field in Rhino. (it sells for £100) tempting He is faced by an animal of the buyers with a yen for a "full-sized HELIA SKELTA FLATS same name with a hasty temper chess board in an attractive and a rather intimidating horn. brown plastic casing". Followers of the Turf will find the form card. Once this is done The creature in question tends to The chess board has a sensory "Sport of Kings" lovingly rep- breeding can take place — for a take an instant dislike to anyone surface with lights in each roduced in the horse-breeding fee. It should be possible for invading his field and has a few square which show when the and racing game of Helta Skelta somebody who knows about points to make on the subject computer wants to move. The Rats. these things to produce a win- Luckily there is a wooded area player has to move its piece into The aim of the game is to ner. in the field and that is the poor the new position. It means you breed horses and then run these Once interbreeding has taken unfortunate's only chance of don't have to enter each move thoroughbreds in a race against place the race can begin. Odds escape. He must craftily entice via a keyboard just like playing rival horses, placing bets on are calculated by the computer the furious rhino into the trees a human, except you can set the them to win money. depending on the form of each and try to lose him there. skill level of your opponent. It is similar to that popular horse. Bets are also taken, with Even if he succeeds, the Altogether there are 12 differ- board game Totopoly and a fas- tote slips also provided in the reward is not a pleasant one — ent levels, ranging from the learn cinating concept for the Sinclair package. The race is run and the with only a few seconds respite mode, where the computer will ZX81, but in some ways it winner collects from the other he wanders into another field to help you along by suggesting a requires more work with pen and players. find himself with two beasts to suitable move to make, to good paper than with the keyboard. Our reviewer felt more work lure to a foresty fate! club player standard. The lX81 acts as a random needed to be done on the pre- Rhino comes on a tape with sentation and that some of the If you make illegal moves the selector for most of the time, another animal game called Wig- computer will also let you know with the information being kept paperwork necessary could be gle. This time there is a smaller, by flashing it's lights at you. on forms which come with the incorporated in the available 9K but equally dangerous creature Lights also flash when the games package. Two-six players of unused memory. Horse Racing to contend with The player has player's king is in check, and can take part. enthusiasts will socri forgive to guide a snake through the when checkmate is secured it Each contestant starts by nam- these niggles though. gaps in a set of parallel walls. But will make another noise. ing their horse, and the computer Helta Skelta Flats comes from once that is mastered the game The game sells under the allocates various characteristics. London-based Helta Skelta Soft- gets more difficult with the gaps name Westrak CC1 and is avail- for example ware and costs £4. getting more closely spaced. able directly from the firm which -weak legs. This allows the player It runs on a ZX81 with 16K RAM These two games are for is based in North London. goodto enter the information onto the pack. Acorn Atoms with 10K memory run and require the floating point ner ROM. The cassette is priced at o E5.00 from Liverpool-based Bug- r Byte, A second new cassette from the firm contains three games - Squares, in which you have to arrange letters in alphabetical order within a square; the musi- cal memory game Simon, and Parachute which involves landing three parachutists on a platform, This also costs [500 'But the calte • 15 toloe finished so someone is going to end up eating the piece which will give theta mote than heatibuttit 'The playets talte it in turns to Chomp on a piece ot calte Pasenkc and Old Laces eldetly and try to iticitioeuvle thell oppo- poisonets ptobably played C'notnp nents so cks to totce them to eat itotn while waiting tot *keitaxed victims to that poisoned section. , tnclt into theit last suppet. is Ibis wattle tnaltes gooa nse ot the 'the suppet ptep on the Sharp Shatp's ransiccil tacility and scteen in this game is going to be includes a kitting end to the game somebody's Ictst too. 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When you feel Benthi's forces •IVW elbto Remember that some Germans -leaderene with just 100 men and Vilb4 r are ready it is time to attack iz are particularly susceptible to e15 rifles to her name and a planet Redoubt and you must move your -41riz • bribes and for the price of some nto conquer, in Tawala's Last army to Tawala's stronghold. , r • Redoubt. "Attack Redoubt" flashes on the sought-after chocolate they may T turn a blind eye to your escape. h This strategy game is the lat- screen and you move your army The most notorious of World War est in the Galactic Saga series Guard dogs, locked doors and - in. Then all you can do is sit back II prisons Coldez was famed for set on the planet of Farside searchlights add to your prob- i and await the outcome, hoping the tough time POWs had in lems. which is ruled over by the selfish your forces are well equipped escaping and the few successful — The Sharp MZ-80K, which the Prince Tawala. and numerous enough to defeat attempts recorded. i The game takes its name from game runs on, understands only Tawala. In Escape from Colditz you're a few word commands. You can iTawala's fortress which Benthi It runs on an Apple in 48K, given just as hard a time as those instruct it to move you from one tstormed to win a famous victory. costs 115.95 and is available from allied soldiers went through to place to another or to take hYour task is to recreate her tac• Pete & Pam Computers of Lanca- get out of the notorious prison etics and planning which brought shire castle. actions when necessary. As in all the usual adventure games you rthis victory about. must give commands using u WHAT A LOAD words like get, take, search, and t directional instructions like h north, south, up and down. l It's fun to play but like most e Two games from Croydon based thought out warship game, with adventure games you end up s Premier Publications, who have varying wind direction to compli- cate the tactics, banging your head against a wall s the audacity in the light of this with frustration when you keep It runs on a Sinclair ZX81 with r cassette, to style themselves going round in fruitless circles a 16K RAM pack. e "Britain's biggest hobby software London based Sharpsoft supply specialists Also available for the Sinclair's b Escape from Colditz on cassette - If the rest of the software is as new memory pack are two games e from E8.95 on a 48K Sharp. .badly presented as this cassette from JRS Software of Worthing, l then they should think againl which use the graphics facilities Ship of the line proved imposs- near their best. ible to load, and this was not Slalom, 14,95, is a race against surprising when the program is time. You have to negotiate 14 1 interspersed with people talking! posts, making sure that none are At the start your1 forces are Alpha-square, which was a missed, or that none are hit. The hopelessly outnumbered1 and very unreliable loaded, is a sim- concept of the game, and its badly equipped. %But using your ple letter puzzle where the 24 implementations, are good. intelligence officer's reports letters A to X are arranged in a However, with a little thought it wisely and sending messengers 5 x5 grid, with one empty space. could have been much better. to Farside's other chiefs and The object — just like those The posts are all in a straight line spies to watch for Tawala's plastic puzzles — is to get the and equidistant. A simple key approach, you build up and stay letters into alphabetical order sequence of: cursor down, cur- out of Tawala's reach until you moving individual, a whole row of sor down, cursor right, cursor are ready to take on his Last letters, right and so on gets you to the Redoubt. The instructions come on a finish safely.' Benthi's only advantage is the scrappy piece of paper, but were Black Holes, 16.40, is quite a intelligence reports of Chief quite clear. The graphics are fiendish game. A pattern of Paoli's team. This right-hand man good with no flashing screen a reverse field zeros approaches knows Farside's layout like the letter move, and the cassette constantly. Within this pattern is back of his hand. He has dossiers sells for E3.95. a pathway to be navigated using on each of the other four chiefs, It was a pity about Ship of the the cursor left or right keys. 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DUNGEONS OF DEATH OTHELLO STOCKMARKET 'F' A harrowing adventure game The traditional tactical game A brain teasing game for the set in dark, dank dungeons for the MZ-80K. Sit down shrewd minded who like to and pit your wits against the take a gamble in amassing kept by a wicked master who stocks and shares on the guards the entrance. On your computer or a friend using the way collect the treasures hid- two programs on the cassette. money market. Knowing the den in the dungeons ten levels Included for the price of right time to buy and sell shares is a knack that some- ﬁghting off monsters with .0.90 is a booklet with full your magic arrows. Price is instructions for novices on times puts your head on the f8.25. how to play the game. line. The cheapest of these three additions it costs £5.85.

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WE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WANT YOU To READ OUR COMPETIORS ADVERTS SO YOU ARE SURE WE GIVE THE BEST QUALITY AND VALUER The foa ming scithie re le lbc =I t I K RAM & SK :1 Bi ROM ZXSCI •For tit RAM ONLY: TaPebcokr 20. E3 , 9 5 / 3 0 • £ 5 %VinoWON first 2 0 6 3 0 or The ka l list or Ta pa lsook 5 0 . A GUIDE TO THE LOW-COST COMPUTERS N Goiumbia, I nva de rs Squa sh. I nve st. Loa n. Wow, Breakout, M a ta dd M a tsui). M a knus qua da oh, simp Soo. inritg• Yoslon • Pe rce nt* ,c. Torpeta ct. do. Runge kulta . Spie l I , Spie l 2 . Duckshool• Cursor Plot. Da la stoe s, Crossove r, Finite diffe re nce tabe,teetotal. Ga uss Se ide l, Succe ssive ove r re ita xtron. Bainve rse ma nks/ ins, Diftwe ntra te . Logs Prime , Wa ge s. Shoodeplay, Bubble Sift, Tria rgte Pa sca l Bina ry. "Ws- lo a d e r. Stock RCCI RCUiT, 2 nd ORDRESP Fruit ACORN ATOM Cambridge based Acorn NASCOM There are two Nascoms avail- Machine able at the moment, both can be used for ALL FOR ONLY COM e ii I nd (UK & EUI ROPEI Computers manufactures the Atom Furl use r instructions inciude d machine which has a memory capacity of business and games Tbe Nascom 2 is the 7All1 1 6 K RAM PACK — OTI S 2K, but it can be upgraded to 12K. more powerful of the two with 8K RAM and Nper availabte 15K plug-on RAM PACK tor your DWI — Wiry wa rt * se a s to pa y more ? It must be plugged into a television and with a Basic interpreter. Masse ve tte tor de ta ils on othe r e xpa nsions in COlOui board for ZXS1 is available in either lot form or ready built. It can be bought in kit form or off the As a kit it costs E120 for the 2K computer shelf complete The kit is E125 for 1K RAM ATOM STAR-TREK and E140 for the finished 1K product. £225 THE KLI NG ONS V. Tilt GALAXY and E150 for the finished product. For a will secure an 8K kit. Featufes, SHORT & LONG RANGE SCANNERS more powerful system, 12K, the price PHASERS TORPEDOES. DAM AGE CONTROL HELP FUNCTI ON I M PULSE A WARP ENGI NES stands at E220 (in kit) and E250 completed. THIS progra m ha s tua gra phics with a nima te d Ente r Acorn also makes the Systems 1, 2, and 3 NEWBRAIN This is a hand-held computer prise a nd torpe doe s with scund e ffe cts which cost between £69 and £750 These This program roe:sates 6A lower and 4K upper RAM unit which is at the low end of the price I Floating point not rile disch are available direct from Acorn or through bracket. For 2K RAM you pay E159 upwards CS-96 the firm's distributors. and it is expandable to 20K of memory. These progra ms * re loa de d (e re ctly from a me a tybt ta pe Hobbyists often opt for this machine on to TOK AD-C9 0 ca sse tte s, a microproce ssor a use d to monitor the input signal when copyrrig the prOgrams APPLE The Apple has a solid software because of its low cost and it is used for to che ck tor disturba nce s, if the re is the slighte st bie rn- base for both business and entertainment eh the n we sle d a ll ove r ige n The ta pe s a re fina lly general business and for playing games. An tested on se ve re diffe re nt ma chine s be fore de spa tch applications. The machine comes with a expansion unit is available which supports • Some of the se progra ms re quire 1 X8 1 . a ll run on Thal SK ROM I K RAM memory capacity, ranging from 8 to 48K floppy disc drives, a printer and a visual GAMAL-St. the re a on inte rpre te r we ha ve a ne w, You can buy joysticks and paddles to plug to produce "I netactive r Lite ra ture C1 2 .1 6 display unit. It is available from the Grundy PA in for use with computer games. Colour Group. SThen Else Else tittel I nte rpre te r POA graphics can be used with a colour tele- C CONTROL TECHNOLOGY vision, OHIO SCIENTIFIC Ohio Scientific (OHO AL 36 Glouce e ire Roa d, Ge e Cross, Hyde . The 48K machine costs £695 and is PA Sir M a nche ste r 9 K1 4 makes the Superboard which is aimed at SC obtainable from Apple U.K., formerly Micro- the hobbyist market. Its memory capacity CONTROLAL TECHNOLOGY BIG alas ter smal Computers sense, which is based in Hemel Hemp- I starts at 4K RAM and is expandable to 32K stead, Hertfordshire, X if you buy the add-on board N SUPERB Other machines in this family include the oZX81 SOFTWARE ATARI 400/800 Most of the software for t the Atari microcomputers are games or Challenger 1, 2, 3, and 4. These are essen- a tially cased versions of Superboard. The t educational, with business applications i only recently being Introduced Challenger 4 is the cheapest of these at E450 and is similar to the Challenger 1 but n FOOTBALL POOLS The basic 400 with 16K RAM costs 1340 y has colour and sound options. , direct from Atari's UK distributors, Professor Frank Goorge*starnoitt A Football Pools Fore ca sting syste m London-based Ingersoll Electronics. The r is now a va ila ble f or microcompute rs. 32K version sells for E395. Peripherals for PET Made by Commodore Business r The progra m (a nd use ful bookle t I is a the machines. like disc drive units and Machines, the Pet ranges from 8K RAM to supplie d in the following ve rsions • - y cassette recorders can also be obtained 32K RAM. They are used mostly by small s Apple I I 3 2 K diske tte Pet 3 2 K ca me l* or diske tte from Ingersoll for £325 and E45 respec- businesses for general applications but , Sharp M ZEI OK ca sse tte tively. The 800 is expandable to 48K and the have a hefty hobbyist following. It is avail- C Obtainab4e from De a le rs. or %mite a to Profe ssor F, H, Ge orge , 16K machine sells for E645. able from Commodore of Slough or their s Bure a u of informa tion Scie nce many UK dealers at a starting price of E460. e Commerce House , High Stripe r Compatible peripherals are available for the , Chid font St. Gile s, Bucks. BBC COMPUTER The computer adopted W Horse race F r Pr, by the BBC to sell in conjunction with its Pet, including disc drives, cassettes for h - forthcoming series is based on the Acorn loading tapes and printers i igrarr • l Proton. The BBC has developed its own e Basic to be used on the machine. Minimum SHARP MZ-80K One of the more expensive , memory is 16K RAM, maximum being 32K. R personal computers on the market it is Present plans for the machine are dual e4111111k used for both business and home enter- p purpose, both business and games. tainment Memory capacity for the machine e SHARP MZ-80 (E347 + VAT for 48K Optional extras include ioysticks, paddles, starts AT 16K with a top limit of 48K and disc VIDEOa GENIE (E289 + VAT for 16K) t disc drives and a cassette for tape loading. drives or cassette as required. The price is ACORN ATOM ASSEMBLED (El 50 + VAT) Price is put at E235 for the I6K computer VIC. 20 (E165 - VAT) £460 for the 48K unit with add-on units TEXASI T1994 1E242 + VAT) and 1335 for the 32K version. F costing extra • I NTEL I VI SI ON • AcE -• HAND HELD ELECTRONI C GAM ES • SF, FANTASY DAI This is a personal computer made by & WAR GAM ES • ALL KI NDS OF GAM ES & PUZZLES rv GAM ES Data Applications for both business use SHARP PC-1211 The smallest computer in ATAR• I 4 0 0 1 2 8 5 plus VAT and home entertainment The U.K. system lit the Sharp range Sharp classifies it as a CHESATAR I $ OO (5 2 5 plus VAT VIC 2 0 0 6 5 plus VAT is made in Belgium) has 48K RAM as well pocket computer and it is programmable in S Basic. It also has a cassette interface for COMPTEXAS TI 9 5 4 1,242 plus VAT as lull colour and sound commands Data UTER loading and costs upwards of E85 from 18 SYDNEY STREET Applications is based in Cirencester, BRIGHTON 0273 698424 Gloucestershire. The 48K system now Sharp itself in Manchester or from its costs E595 appointed dealers.

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