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CONTENTS
July 1 9 9 5 Issue 5 8
COMMODOR
FORMAT
6 News -
special:
C64 reborn!
ESCOM, the second largest
European PC manufacturers are to
relaunch the C64 in the developing
countries. Simon Forrester gets
out his atlas and looks at the
implications of this announcement
I.
REGULARS
Old you win a JitlyDOS upgrade. A Shoot•'em-up-
destruction Set? And, what's what C64-wise?
3 lews/
C 1 Scene Directory
You ask. We give as good as we get. No. better,
4 The ' i g h t y Brain
15 Back to BASICS
You are under mortarboard attack
from Simon Forrester who is
determined to teach you BASIC.
PIM
Honour
to win a
edge, a very sharp
copies of the
-up Sword of
page 8 to see how
13
1 9 3 and
at t h a t
No sooner said than
than spun. Your
favourite
Commodore story
teller, Simon
Forrester. sits
himself under a tree,
takes Out his big picture
book and begins...
'Once upon a time...'.
And all because one curious CF
reader asked Simon to tell him more
about the history of the C64.
16 Buv-a-rnma
Sold on the idea of CF classifieds? You should be!
2 0 Contact noints
The fanzines, the clubs, the lowdown.
2 3 N e x t month:
What you can look forward to in CF59.
2 4 CF back issues
Keep up with the issues that were.
REVIEWS
1 7 Sword of Honour
It's spectacular. It's a beat-'em-up. Its got ninlas.
GAMES
11 Gam, u s t e r s
Squarescape. Superstrike, Spacewar and S E I M .
5 eJN 'TOL 3 1 1 v
Capture
Simply board
Capture may be,
but it's never
dull. Capture is a
game of strategy
and skill. Move
12 •:- ublic a t
Succumb to Lethargy and Contratlow.
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M E M O
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Tra
'Irashman,
oo-oo it's the
trashman.'
Didn't the
Beatles sing
a simply fob
song about
him? No? It
SERIOUS
1 0 GEOS
Go faster gripes-) You can speed up your printing.
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your tiles around: preferably on to
which are already Occupied by your
opponent. Well, do you have any cause to be
nice to him or her?
9 True R . 4 - a n t i c s
TALK, LISTEN, UNTALK, UNLISTEN,
Stuck? Glue yourself to techle guru Jason Finch.
was the tax A b o v e , Tres hman,. A game
man? Oops, w h i c h "livers.
best leave that subject to the Internet
To p , t a r left,
a n d left:
then (see News. page 3). They do say
tune — a
that where there's muck there's class.
though it depends on the
ring
ellti a n d
neighbourhood whose bins you are
emptying,
21 h i e tips
Commodore Format
August, on sale from:
Tuesday, 11 July 1 9 9 5
,TURN TO PAGE 5 FOR THE FULL COVERTAPE M M H G . )1-
c alacznion
the chance to expand their collections with the
recently-launched Dynamite 64 disczine.
The fanzine will cover all things 64-related, am!
costs E1.25 or 75p+clisc.
Philip Davies. 15 Heal Ganoi, Oryncenyold. Caerphilly, klid
Glamorgan CFO I AS
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Taxing questions
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The world can never have too many independent
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om which country clookthe_JittyDOS originate? So now you know.
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COMMODORE FORMAT 5 8 July 1 9 9 5 •
4 DIRECTORY/LETTERS
N t O R E - 0 ( -4( 4 (
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Taking a
break from a
successful
lecture tour,
the Mighty
Brain
answers yet
more of your
missives.
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Not long enough, pal
I have been buying CF since issue 3, s o I think I
must be your longest reader.
I What happened to Art Editor, Lisa Kellett?
2 What ever happened to all the C64 games that
were never sold?
3 Why don't you put old Powerpack games on the
Powerpacks, like B e y o n d the Forbidden Forest?
4 My three fave Powerpack games are Mean
Streets, B e y o n d the Forbidden Forest and Crystal
Castles.
5 Who is the new Editor?
Mark Cartwright, Worcester
Firstly, I Patel from Leicester also wrote to us this
month, and he's been a reader since issue 1.
Besides, you're only 59".
1 Lisa currently makes the pages of Gamesmaster
magazine look beautiful.
2 Hmm... Good question. There are thousands of
copies of the old Atari VCS ET game buried in a
desert somewhere in America, as it worked out
cheaper than breaking them down for parts.
However, as far as this lump of neurotransmitters
knows, old C64 games end up in boxes at mail order
warehouses, waiting to be sold.
3 You've been reading the n a g since issue 3 so why
do you want us to repeat Powerpacks?
4 Oh.
5 We walked around the Future Publishing offices
here in beautiful, Georgian. Bath. hauling people out
from under desks to ask:
"Are you now, or have you ever been, the Editor
of Commodore Format?'
Eventually Karen Levell owned up to being the
current incumbent. M B
The real culprits
What's going on with C64 owners? You complain
of a lack of C64 software, when software
companies are closing because of poor sales!
If you want the games, support the
companies, if not then it's you who are to blame.
Stephen Renehan, Dublin
You've hit the nail on the head there, Stephen. There
are far too many people getting annoyed at the lack
of good software who, when something worthy is
released, don't buy it anyway. Computers are only
successful if you make them successful, and they
only die if you let them. The software companies
aren't to blame for pulling out of a market that isn't
financially viable, the C64 owners are to blame for not
Supporting the companies while they're here. T M B
Sharldwinrie
SHAREWARE PLUS (El)
PO B e i 3 0 1 , Wo r t s W R 8 9 Yi N
Rawhide
Apart from yourselves putting software on the
tapes. I buy most of my games from second•hand
stalls at Sunday markets for prices that are so
cheap it's a crime. People can complain that there
aren't many new games around, but there are a
lot of games from the 80s that most C64 owners
haven't heard of or seen, let alone played. Why
don't you take an in-depth look at some of the
years of the 80s and cover the games reviewed?
P Brooks, Liverpool
Could the world stand another games round-up?
Come to think of it, your idea's a good one — each
month we could take a chunk of the C64's history and
examine it closely, looking at the different games,
serious programs and hardware add-ons that were
Around I n tact t,Jrn to page 13 Now!
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Tell us!
Tell us about your club or when if details
change. Write to CM Scene directory,
Commodore Format, 30 Monmouth Street,
Bath, Avon BA1 2BW or e-mail us putting
'C54 Scene' in the subject line,
Please enclose an SAE when writing to
the organisations listed.
A short lesson
Dear Commodore Format.
I finally decided to open your letter today (Easter
Monday). Yo u don't speak English. do you? Let
me make myself clear:
"I DO NOT WANT ANY PRESS RELEASES
OR FREE PRESS FOR SIXTY FOUR MAGAZINE
IN COMMODORE FORMA1I*•
Understand? If I want press. I'll advertise and
pay.
LS Bebbington
Editor, Sixty Four Magazine
What a command of language!
What phraseology!
What dominance!
What a surprising lack of manners!
It my super-intelligence has taught me one
thing over the years, It's that people who think of
themselves as above common courtesy aren't
worth our time.
Sure — we promise we won't mention Sixty
Four Magazine again.
Gladly. T M '
Ordering PD
If you've never ordered PD software, write to
a few libraries enclosing an SAE and asking
for a catalogue. Some only stock disc-based
software, so state whether you own a disc
drive, Look for the letters alter the names in
the CM Scene Directory: (1) means the
company stocks tapes and (0) discs.
• COMMODORE FORMAT 5 8 July 1 9 9 3
This monties covertape is packed with more
goodness and vitamins than tw o dozen oranges
and a helping of marrowbone jelly. Oily a n d all the
basic game types are represented. Phew!
House case
Shaun Pearson, West Sussex's own SF' 0-• •
has provided us with the rn—
is a vertically-sc,
well-meaning,
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unusually for SEUCK games
lckage is perfectly capable), you
ontinually travel upwards - use
tor cover and strategic value
sour way to the next villainous
troy him.
able part about the game is that
to look incredibly like Cher. You
/thing, I suppose.
You can ust S C S I V i r
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Trashman
You mean you've never played a dustbin man
simulator before? It's all very simple, really. You
use either your joystick or keyboard to guide your
dustie around the map, collecting the bins on request
and emptying them into the back of your cart_
This odd little gem of a game comes courtesy of
Chaos Software, as part of their Chaos Collection, bye
discs lull of the best PC ever, yes.
For your copy of the Collection send a E6 cheque/
postal order for E6 to Alan Crosson, Chaos Software,
14 Cairngorm Crescent, Barrhead. G78 2AW.
Spend your days and nights on the tifes playing
Capture, an Othello-like game of strategy.
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Capture
Chess nuts will like this one. Capture is a simple
board game designed with strategy in mind. You can
think out as Othello. which, in tact, it is O h yes
The game starts with an oversized chess board.
lillIllIllIlIl
Monumental goings on. it's a gnome business. To
and out wot's up doc piny Moms t w o yourself.
On this sit red or green bies, or empty space. You
take turns to move a tile up, down, left or right over a
distance of two squares and score points by sliding
over an enemy square_ There are also occasional
bonus titles you can slide into to bump up your score.
The only rule is that you can't land on an occupied
square - at the start of the game, the tiles are laid out
to prevent all-out carnage straight away.
This months Powerpeck is also available on
disc To get the disc version simply cut out the
token on the tape inlay card, write your name
and full address on a piece of paper. Pop 'em
both in an envelope with a cheque or postal
onler, made out to Ablex Audio Video, for 11.50
(to cover duplication costs) and send it to: CF58
Tape To Disc, Ablex Audio Video Ltd, Harcourt
Halestield 14. Telford, Shrops TS7 40R.
Don't rubbish Trashavan tedil you have bin there,
emptied that and had to disinfect the T•ehirt.
d you are hawing trouble loading this months
Powerpack plonk the duff tape in a Jiffy Bag, slip in
a iaoe-sized SAE and send ii all to CF58 Tape
Replacement Service, Ablex Audio Video Ltd,
Harcourt Halesfield 14, Telford. Shrops TF7 40R.
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