Blabberman
Animation of a Timex/Sinclair lover. One of the Clever Contest winners.
Timex/Sinclair 1000
Lazy Monster: 3D Monster Maze
Review of the game from Melbourne House.
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Aliens earn top marks (3D-Orbiter)
This space invaders game has superb visual effects that possess almost a three-dimensional quality. To defend yourself (and Earth) you must guard an area two screen-widths across using sophisticated tracking devices including forward radar, a proximity meter and an altimeter. The alien ships grow and display increasingly fine detail as they approach, and explode with
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T/S Goes To Camp
Computing is fast becoming the latest thing in both day and overnight camps, and many camps across the country already include it among some of their activities. Ah, summer camp. The smell of wood smoke at dusk, the tender-tight feel of a sunburnt nose and tiFed paddling muscles, the sounds of shouts and splashes from
Eat the dots … (GULP)
In this maze game you move around any one of six mazes at any one of nine speeds while a hunter tries to capture you. Though the mazes take time to master and contain some difficult passageways, the game can be played at reasonably fast speeds. You may find the cursor keys difficult to use
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Deja-vu (ZX Scramble)
The object is to hit enemy installations before they hit you, while simultaneously maneuvering to avoid crashing into treacherous terrain. Unfortunately, the game moves very slowly, and the terrain repeats itself like a chase scene in a poorly animated cartoon. The enemy, seemingly unaware of your presence, fires haphazardly; though I made no effort to
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Sleeper (Demolisher)
A mass of blocks grows beneath you; points are gained by dropping bombs on particular blocks, and lost by missing. The game ends when the mass of blocks reaches the demolisher. As you have little to do but drop bombs, this game is definitely a sleeper.
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Fast Aliens (Galaxia)
Another alien invasion. You must protect the planet from hostile Thargon forces. The game features a high-score display, dive- bombing aliens, continuous play, smooth action, fast response, and good graphics. Each time you clear the screen the aliens are replaced, until you deplete your three lives. The game is not easy to beat — the
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Usborne books are delightful & fun
I have a friend who suffers from computer-phobia — fear of the chip. Whenever I try to interest him in a programming career, he replies, “I can’t learn that stuff. It’s too complicated.” Recently, I invited Dean to my home, gave him Understanding the Micro and a cold beer, and left him at the dining
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Computerized Filing Cabinet
ZX-DATA FINDER is a storage and retrieval program with some very advanced title and word search features. It is unique because you don’t have to set file sizes before you begin. Any length of file can be stored in the same program with no loss of precious memory. Computer magazines advertise quite a few different
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