| Issue Contents: |
| FRONT RUNNER |
| 23 |
Solitaire
by Larry Williams; Translations by Alan J. Zett and Rich Bouchard
Klondike, the addictive one-player card game that just about everyone knows simply as “solitaire,” is beautifully implemented here for all three computers. The constant problems of shuffling the deck and rearranging the sloppy piles of cards are finally solved! |
| FEATURES |
| 11 |
Entertainment Tomorrow
by Allen W. Wold and Fred D’Ignazio
The authors discuss the dungeons and the adventures of the past and present, and present some thoughts and speculations about a future breed of Computer-Assisted Role Playing Games. |
| 14 |
Computer Graphics
by Joan Truckenbrod
This article focuses on how to transform one object gradually into another through a series of computerized calculations. |
| 18 |
Save By Computerizing Your Business
by Edward Ting
You’ll be amazed by what the figures will show you about the possibilities of adding datamation to your business. |
| 19 |
The BASIC Handbook
Review by Jon Voskuil |
| 20 |
Data Impact Printer 84G
Review by Dean F. H. Macy |
| 96 |
Machine Head
by Spyder Webb |
| DEPARTMENTS |
| 5 |
Editorial |
| 6 |
Input |
| 8 |
Hints and Enhancements |
| 10 |
Outgoing Mail |
| 16 |
Calendar |
| APPLE/SIDE |
| 38 |
Enhanced Disk Version: LIST FORMATTER
by Kerry Shetline
This Machine Language utility will allow you to list your Applesoft programs in a logicl!l arid highly readable form, to greatly simplify development and debugging. |
| 40 |
K-Byter: REMARK WRlTER/FORMATTER
by Jon Voskuil
Internal documentation of your program with REM lines has never been this easy and looked this good. |
| 42 |
APPLE F.O.O.L.S.
by Jon Voskuil
Media subscribers got this one last month for an April Fool special. Here’s the listing and the explanation of how it works and what it does. |
| 47 |
MICRO-MAN
by William Pu
This excellent Apple version of George Delp’s TRS-Man will keep you busy for many hours eating all the monsters your diet will permit. |
| 53 |
Review: ELECTRIC DUET
by Jon Voskuil |
| 55 |
A FIX FOR THE APPLE MICROTEXT TAPE PROBLEM
by Tom Pollard
If you’ve been waiting with bated breath to use the Microtext word processor with your Apple cassette system, the solution is here. |
| ATARI/SIDE |
| 58 |
Enhanced Disk Version: ROBOT BATTLE
by Randy W. Massey
This is an exceptionally well done arcade game which will keep you going for a long time as you attempt to penetrate alien defenses and retrieve the vital cloaking device which is Earth’s only hope. |
| 60 |
K-Byter: SUPER SNAKE
by Trevor Porter
Guiding your snake around the screen to gobble up points becomes more and more challenging as you go along. |
| 61 |
CROSS-REFERENCE
by Luis Wuhl
A utility which finds and lists the lines in which variables are used can be an invaluable programming tool. Here is a simple one in BASIC that can make your work a lot easier. |
| 64 |
WORD SEARCH
by Skeet Nevil
Why wait for the daily paper when your ATARI can give you a new word-search game whenever you want one? Discover the joy of using a joystick instead of a pencil to find those hidden words. |
| 68 |
Review: GHOST HUNTER; CRUSH, CRUMBLE, AND CHOMP; SPACE CHASE; and OUTDOOR GAMES
Review by Bruce Chapman |
| 70 |
EXPLORING THE ATARI FRONTIER
by Alan J. Zett
This first installment of a new series on hidden features of the ATARI discusses the importance of the ANTIC chip and the display list for the BASIC programmer. |
| TRS-80/SIDE |
| 76 |
Enhanced Disk Version: BREAKTHRU
by Larry Meister
This is a fast and challenging Machine Language game which offers a variety of options and will test your reflexes and perceptioris to the limit. |
| 78 |
K-Byter: MINI-INVADERS
by V. A. DeGiorgio
Here is an exceptional K-Byter which POKEs a Machine Language invaders game into memory for some smooth and fast action. |
| 79 |
JOYSTICK MODIFICATION FOR THE TRS-80
by Tigre Wenrich
Add an ATARI joystick to your TRS-80 for a new dimension, in playing action games. This article shows you how to do it. |
| 82 |
LADDERS
by Rik Pierce
The goal of this competitive game is to work your way up the ladders before your opponents do. It requires generous portions of luck, logic, and clear thinking to win. |
| 88 |
NEWDOS-80 ENHANCEMENTS TO SEQUENTIAL DATABASE
by Robert Jacobs
Special NEWDOS-80 features are exploited to make the sequential-access version of So/tSide’s Database program even better. |
| 90 |
ROBOT ATTACK Review
by Michael McKenna |
| 91 |
MISSILE ATTACK
Review by Michael McKenna |
| 92 |
MICROWORLD
Review by Allen L. Wold |
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