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In the year 2525 A.D., time travel is

ﬁnally perfected. Scientists of the

project send you into the time void

equipped with an armed, all terrain

vehicle. Your objective is to assist

mankind in his various battles - from

the prehistoric age to the aftermath of

the ﬁnal conﬂict. Only a successful

mission can assure your return.

Features include 'Hi-Score table, two

player option, two skill levels and

continuous play facility.

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COMMENT

unfortunately, there's just not enough

software to go round. But we read all the

reviews and enjoyed them all; the

standard was so high that it made the task

of choosing almost impossible. If you

haven't heard yet, please bear with us as

we're still trying to let everyone know

whether they have been accepted.

Similarly, if you've written to us about

the magazine, or with a problem or just

about Commodore computing in

general, we haven't forgotten you. It may

be some time before we get round to

replying but you can be sure that we have

taken note of what you have to say. For

example, Derren Nugent of Swindon

writes: "By the way, could you print one

or two C16 programs in your stunning

mag...P.S. Your magazine is probably the

best, most economical and informative

mag for Commodore users...." I don't

know about the 'probably', but how

could we refuse a request like that.

Derren, turn to page 34....

wish that those who pass through them

will have a nice day, now'. When I'm in

the habit of talking to doors, I shall be

grateful for the greeting.

Of course, my tongue is in my cheek.

Better that than to be tongue tied by a

talking computer. It might just not be the

ghost in the machine which has the last

laugh (see Ghost busters) but the machine

itself!

And what of my dream? Like all such

visions it passes at the ﬁrst sound of the

alarm clock. I shout at the clock. After all,

it is one of those new voice recognition

ones.

Hee** editor's warning

about computers that talk too

much.

have a dream. Well, it's more of a

nightmare really. I am awoken in the

morning by my alarm clock but instead of

an insistant and irritating buzz it is

programmed to rouse me from sleep in

sweet and pleasant tones. I abuse it

soundly. No longer do I drive to work in a

grumpy and half-awake silence. Instead. I

have to listen to the prattle of my car as it

asks how I slept, what sort of evening I

spent (I was talked at by the cathode ray

tube) and what I ate for breakfast. My

word-processor is so called because it

talks all day. Its vocabulary is larger than

mine (no cheap jokes please), My entire

day is spent listening to an artiﬁcially

intelligent babble.

It's started already, of course, and with

the Commodore 64. We all know that the

64 has one of the best sound generating

chips of any computer on the home

market. Soon it may never tire of telling us

so. However for the moment it is still

ﬁnding its voice.

So, what are the tell-tale signs, the ﬁrst

faltering syllablet? Not Mummy or Daddy,

oh no, but "He slimed me" and "Destroy

him my robots!". These immortal words

appear on two of the best games on the

market at the moment, Ghostbusters and

Impossible Mission. Soon all computer

games won't just be doing the nasty stutt

to you but recounting all the gory details

as well.

Fortunately, we do still have some

control over the micro mouth. Speech

synthesizers may be the computer's voice

box but for the time being we tell them

what to say. Our review of those speech

synthesizers in this issue will show you

how your 64 is already loosening up its

larynx. Be warned.

Now, you're probably saying that I'm

slightly paranoid. It's fun to hear your

computer talk, to create different

characters in your games and far more

friendly to be told by your computer to do

something rather than to read it on the

screen. But already from America we hear

stories of automatic doors expressing the

Your comment

We're overwhelmed. By what? By you, of

course. We called for reviewers and you

answered, in your hundreds. We asked

for your comments and you sent them to

us. Not everyone could be a reviewer,

FEATURES

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Gone are the days when the only noise emitting

from your Commodore was the occasional MAI

bleep. Computers are now capable of sound,

music and even speech. Your Commodore

assesses two speech synthesisers from Jamar

and Currah.

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BASIC

NUMBER 5

FEBRUARY 19135.

Editor: Wendy

Deputy Editor: Kevin Cox

Editorial Assistant: Alison Hjul

Advertisement Manager: Mike

Segrue

Advertisement Copy Control:

Laura Champion

Chairman: Sim Connell

Origination: Ebony Typesetling

Design: MM Design

CONNECT FOUR

Fed up with the standard Commodore printers?

We help you choose a printer interface and

open up a whole new world of printers to use

with your CBM 64.

Using

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Editorial & Advertisement Ofﬁce

No 1 Golden Square,

London W1R 3AB

Telephone: 01-437 0626

Telex: 13811896

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Your Commodore is a monthly

magazine appearing on the ﬁrst

Friday of each month.

Distribution by: Argus Press

Sales & Distribution Ltd, 12-18

Paul Street, London EC2A 4.15.

Printed by: Alabaster Passmore

& Sons Ltd., Tovil, Maidstone,

Kent.

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With the right software and peripherals, such as

keyboards, the capabilities of the Commodore

SID chip can be stretched to the full. Two

devices which claim to do this are Microsound

and Commodore's Music Maker.

Subscription rates upon

application to Your

Commodore Subscriptions

Department, !Monet Ltd, Times

House. 179 The Marlowes,

Hemel Hempstead, Hens. HP1

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The contents of this publication

including all articles, designs,

plans. drawings and programs

and all coWight and other

intellectual property rights

therein belong to Argus

Specialist Publications Limited.

All rights conferred by the Law

of Copyright and other

intellectual property rights and

by virtue of international

speciﬁcally reserved to Argus

Specialist Publications Limited

and any reproduction requires

the prior written consent of the

Company. 01985 Argus Specialist

Publications Limited.

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PLUS/4 SOFTWARE

QUARTET 8 6

The Plus/4 is Commodore's new machine for

the more serious home user. After reviewing

the hardware last month, we now look at its four

integral programs word processing.

database, spreadsheet, and business graphics.

NOI

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VIC DISASSEMBLER 52

We're out to prove that the Vic 20 is more than

just a games machine,

SERIES

NO ENTRY

Some useful advice on software protection.

ON THE AIR

VIC GAMES

PROGRAMMING

The ﬁnal instalment of our series for VIC games

enthusiasts.

A 64 game to turn on all ham radio enthusiasts.

MASTERING MACHINE

1CODE

Make the most of your Commodore's

programming capabilities with this informative

• series.

GAMESMANSHIP 58

More inventive advice on creating your own

games.

THE BASIC FACTS

A further chapter of our layman's guide to

BASIC.

PROGRAMMING

PROJECTS

Using projects to tackle speciﬁc computer

problems.

REGULARS

GAMES AND UTILITIES

DATA STATEMENTS

A round-up of this month's Commodore news.

INPUT/OUTPUT 19

The Readers' Letters page, where it's your views

that count.

SENSE OF

ADVENTURE 46

With sound advice from Runecaster, life can be

one big adventure.

PROGRAM LISTER 17

A utility which provides an alternative to the

usual LIST command.

OLD FOR NEW

A novel Commodore 64 utility.

FOREST OF EVIL 26

A Your Commodore adventure shrouded in

magic and mystery.

REFERENCE

33 LIBRARY

Our monthly book-look.

DIRECTORY SORT

Make order out of chaos with this handy utility.

, GREEN THINGS FROM

' OUTER SPACE 34

Your Commodore's ﬁrst game for the new C16•

It has to be seen to be believed!

SOFTWARE

SPOTLIGHT

A New Year's software selection,

BUSINESS FILE 73

The more serious side of software_

SCRAMBLE

A bumper space game for the CBM 64.

COMPUTERS IN

BUSINESS

NOUGHTS AND

CROSSES

A computerised version of an old favourite.

This month we look at a London-based micro

store.

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