Your Spectrum
Issue 16, July 1985
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Frontlines Interface III (Evesham Micro Centre)
Jet Set Willy 2 (Software Projects)
Quackshot (Creative Sparks)
Superman / Rockford's Riot / Quake Minus One (Monolith / Beyond Software)
Dragontorc completed (Hewson Consultants)
Your Spectrum DigiTape
Advice Hacking Away
The column that POKEs more fun. Send your hacking hints to Andrew Pennell ... Pinball Wizard, Finders Keepers, Atic Atac, Lunar Jetman, Jet Set Willy, Wizard's Lair, Microdrive conversions.
Hack-Free Zone
No hacks please ... only gamesplayers can go for it. Plus our shock, horror, probe on the Rocky Horror Show! Given a hacker a good poke recently? - literally and right between the eyes. If you play games for the challenge and not 'cos you want the infinite cheat POKE, then this is the page for you! Alien 8, Knight Lore, Dragontorc.
Software Reviews Joystick Jury
They came, they saw and conked out - or rather the joysticks did. Dave Nicholls, Roger Willis and Ross Holman hung on just long enough to give the verdict on all the new games. Archon, Arnhem, The Biz, Chaos, Chuckie Egg 2, Confuzion, Flak, Give my regards to Broad Street, Gyron, Icicle Works, Jonah Barrington's Squash, Komplex, Snaffle.
Spectrum Adventures
D'you keep suffering death by misadventure? Help's here. Plus full reviews of Funhouse and Ashkeron. The aliens have landed and snatched Dave Nicholls's body - they obviously forgot their glasses! But it's OK, he's grabbed it back in time to go walkabout in Ashkeron. Lords of Time, Mountains of Ket, Snowball.
Software Features Firefighters
Light the blue touch paper and stand back for ... Shadowfire, the new firework from Beyond. It's a real-time adventure without words - you have just 100 minutes to board the enemy's space ship, rescue the hostaged ambassador, capture General Zoff, the enemy leader, and then destroy his ship. And all without typing so much as one piece of text. So, the YS fire brigade of Ross Holman and Steve Malone prepared to play with fire ...
Hacker's Guide
The hairy hacker, Dave Nicholls, is back. Join the prying man as he jumps into Shadowfire.
Hardware Features Disko-Tech
Get the low-down on hi-tech. YS disk jockey, Iolo Davidson takes two new disk drives out for a spin. Prepare for a close encounter of the 3" kind! Opus Discovery 1, Triton QD.
Programming 3D Daze
It's here - the ultimate in 3D graphics. Mr MegaBasic, Mike Leaman shows another side to his talents with a program that'll transport you into the third dimension.
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Flash Moves
Flash, bang, wallop, what a picture! 20th Century Chris Somerville takes a look at loading screens and shows you how to turn them into moving pictures.
Reader's Programs Program Power
Here's some Manic Mimicry of the YS kind plus a double-sized helping of troubleshootin' utilities.
Miner Mania - More levels than nine and more platforms than Elton John! It's the miner game that's major fun! (Freddie Lewis)
Copy Right and Edit Key - Two great utilities that are far from routine! (Peter Featherstone & Kevin Swift)
Books Paperdata: The Century Programming Course for the Spectrum (Century Communications)
Odds & Ends Go for Gold & All Time Top 10 Chart
Join the gold rush for medals in the great YS hi-score chart challenge!
Forum
It's the YS scribblers' spot. Send us your scrawl, scribes! Write to us - there's a bundle of free Spectrum software for this month's Star Letter!