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Contents

Gallup Chart 4

Our up-to-date report on new software releases for your Atari.

News 5

All the latest from the ever-changing world of the Atari 8 bit.

The Cheat! 8

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Vol. 4 No. 4 August 1988

MANAGING EDITOR!

Derek Meakin

GROUP EDITOR:

Alan McLachlan

Sidereal Time

Calculate your correct astral birth time for use in your horoscope.

Autoload

How you can improve the performance of the Atari User Toolkit,

FEATURES EDITOR:

Ken Hughes

PRODUCTION EDITOR'

Peter Glover

Easy Programming 1 5

Further help with Basic: We scrutinise the LOCATE command.

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT:

Neil Fawcett

NEWS EDITOR:

Mike Cowley

REVIEWS COORDINATOR

Joysticks

Choose your weapon! But only after reading our multi-stick test.

Pam Turnbull

Planetarium 2 3

We evaluate a program to give you a complete home observatory.

TECHNICAL EDITOR:

Andre Willey

ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER:

John Snowdon

Games Reviews

On test: Broadsides, Mech Brigade, Tanium and Road Race.

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Map 2 8

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An in-depth look at the long awaited Atari XF-551 DS/DD disc drive.

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A galaxy full of help from your favourite resident Atari adventurer,

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Software Solutions

Your programming problems solved by our technical wizard.

Mailbag

An opportunity to get your news, views, moans and name in print.

All major listings in this issue

are accompanied by checksums

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Page 36 of the July issue.

August 1988 Atari User 3

TITLE

THIS LAST

WM 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1

PRICE

COMMENTS

2.99

GRAND PRIX SIMULATOR

Code Masters

Remov ed from its number one spot by Zybex, this

mont h sees its return to the pole position.

1,99

•

GREAT AMERICAN ROAD RACE

Silverbird

10 drivers await you in this race crossing the USA.

You can read our review in this issue.

2.99

ZYBEX

Zeppelin

An excellent shooVern-up, worth more that its

budget price. Good graphics.

1.99

MATTA BLATTA

Silverbird

The Telecom Birds are doing well this month with

two of their Silverbird budget range in the Top Ten.

1.99

SPEED ACE

Zeppelin

Zeppelin's ﬁrst release for the Atari. Good use of

the split screen in this motorbike simulation.

1.99

•

TANIUM

Players

Another split screen game, but this time a shoot-

'em-up. Nice music. Reviewed this issue.

1.99

•

DECATHLON

Firebird

Ret urns to the charts, this is good value and enjoy-

able, with multiple events to choose from.

1,99

COPS IN' ROBBERS

Atlantis

Dubious content both as a game and as a concept.

Playable but not for long. Poor graphics and sound.

1.99

SPOOKY CASTLE

Atlantis

This one starts difﬁcult to play and rapidly becomes

impossible as Gormless Gary avoids the bats.

1.99

1 0

REVENGE 2

Mastertronic

Geff Minter's long-awaited sequel to Revenge of

the Mutant Camels. As strange as ever.

1.99

PRO GOLF

Atlantis

Another new budget title from Atlantis. An enjoy

- able stroll around the links. Fancy a round.

1 1

1.99

RIVER RESCUE

Alternative

This re-release of an old title has proved very

popular. Coming down the charts, but still fun.

1.99

STEVE DAVIS SNOOKER

Blue Ribbon

Re-releas ed to coincide with the last snooker cham-

pionships; good for its genre and hasn't dated,

2,99

•

ROCKFORD

Mastertronic

Ret urns to the chart this month — your mining little

friend is well worth adding to your collection.

1,99

•

AIR WOLF

Encore

Trans lat ed from the TV programme. You ﬂy a heli-

copter with a mission to complete.

9,95

•

ATARI ACES

US Gold

This compilation ﬁnds its way back into the charts.

Good value and a chance to see some old friends.

1.99

•

SOCCER

Alternative

One of many types of football games around. At

the price there can be little said against it.

1.99

•

FEUD

Mastertronic

Addictive and interesting — battling wizards in

colourful surroundings. Action packed.

1.99

•

HENRY'S HOUSE

Mastertronic

If you haven't already got this platform game add it

to your collection; stunning graphics.

1.99

BMX SIMULATOR

I Code Masters

Code Masters is renowned for its simulations, with

nice graphics and good sound.

4 Atari User August 1968

REM

Meadow's vision

of the future

Atari market leader

in home computing

BOLD initiatives that will

take Atari UK into the 1990s

as undisputed leader in

home computing have been

revealed by general man-

ager Bob Gleadow.

He sees his company

breathing new life into the 8

bit market and leaving its

competitors trailing behind.

Gleadow unveiled his

vision for the future during a

visit to the Atari User ofﬁces

in Adlington, Cheshire.

"The XE console will carry

the Atari ﬂ ame in the 8 bit

marketplace. It will be

closely followed by the VCS

2600", he said.

"Already the US games

market has burst into life

ATARI IS RACING

Bob Gleadow faith in

games consoles

T shirt

boost for

sales

and the UK will not be far

behind in this long-awaited

revival.

"Nothing could be more

pleasing for those of us who

work for Atari — everyone

here still has their heart in

entertainment, which is

where it all started".

Gleadow feels a prime

reason for games con-

soles making a big

comeback is that "no

parents want to buy their

kids a tool they can't share

with them — and entertain-

ment is a fundamental

aspect of western civilis-

ation".

The Atari boss is currently

considering a major project

that would shake the world

of software retailing.

His plan is to set up a

dedicated Atari Games

Centre in 30 to 40 of Britain's

biggest cities and towns,

where games players could

go and try out the new

releases for themselves.

"The centres would

mainly be based on existing

Atari retail outlets but would

be unique in that the cus-

tomer would have a real

choice of what to buy", said

Gleadow.

To supply the increased

demand for entertainment

software that would stem

from such a project. Atari is

encouraging all software

houses to port ST games to

the XE system.

In the meantime more and

more major outlets are

being persuaded to carry XE

games. Among them are

Smiths, Comet and maybe

Dixons according to

Gleadow.

While he was in Ad-

lington, Gleadow quashed

rumours that Atari is plan-

ning to hold its own com-

puter show.

"We were extremely

pleased with the obvious

success of the spring Atari

User Show and are commit-

ted to making Database

Exhibitions' November event

an equally impressive state-

ment of Atari's presence in

the UK market", he said.

THE summer sales prom-

otion that leading Atari 8 bit

games distributor Micro-

dealer has just launched

was being hailed as a

success before it even

started.

One of its features is a

unique range of T shirts —

each bearing a colourful

graphic design depicting a

speciﬁc game or software

house.

They carry an rrp of £6.99

and are available from all

retailers supplied by

Microdealer (0908 74000).

"I can honestly say these

are really exciting T shirts —

the kids will love them",

said Microdealer sales man-

ager Les Sinclair. "Even

before the promotion began

we had to order massive

extra quantities to meet the

demand from enthusiastic

retailers".

The promotion also in-

volves free gifts and a draw

with computers as the main

prizes.

All games and peripherals

supplied by Microdealer will

carry a token for each £5 of

value and these can be

collected on a special card.

Depending on how many

stickers you collect — 10 is

the minimum needed to

claim a prize you can win a

mouse mat, T shirt, Cheetah

125 joystick and titles from

the Microdealer Top 30.

AHEAD IN USA

ALL the signs from America

are that Atari is on the verge

of a new and prosperous era

fuelled by a games systems

revival.

At the summer Consumer

Electronic Show in Chicago

the impressive Atari stand

was built around the 2600,

7800 and XE machines.

Lower priced consoles

and software, and an open-

arms policy towards third

party developers — who

have responded with grow-

ing enthusiasm — have

placed Atari ﬁrmly in the US

computing spotlight.

It has happened within

four years of the company

having been virtually writ-

ten off as computing history

following its disastrous

slump in fortunes when the

bottom dropped out of the

video games market.

But now everything has

changed. A report in Mar-

keting Week said: "Come-

backs are part of the

American way and games

software's return to glory is

right up there with Lazarus.

"A resurgence in video

game sales has pushed

Atari into the golden circle

of Fortune 500 companies".

The UK computer industry

newspaper CTVV is forecas-

ting: "It ought to be an Atari

Christmas — it has managed

to release 50 new products

recently and won more

show awards than any other

company".

Atari UK spokesman Peter

Walker told Atari User: "The

reports speak for them-

selves — we're very con-

ﬁdent about the future".

August 1985 Atari User 5

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