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JULY 1990

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THE OFFICIAL AMSTRAD CPC MAGAZ

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WITH WORLDCUPSOCCER

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TRACKSUIT MANAGER

A management game the way it should be

played. Live the match thrills, as you

compete to qualify for the Nations and World

Cups ,

You decide the play and enjoy the victories

and suffer the defeats._

KICK OFF

The award winning. chart topping and

international best selling SOCCer simulation

of all time'

• Best Arcade game 16 bit*B9

• Europes best soccer simulation '90

• Elspa game of the year

• 16 bit game of the year!

Emap golden ioystick awards

Featuring:• Pixel Perfect passing

Blistering Pace

Superb tacticle play

"Has to be the best football simulation yet"

ST USER

GARY LINEKER'S HOT SHO

Play in a full scale eleven-a-side football

game complete with sliding tackles, throw-

ins. corners, goal kicks, fouls and even the

dreaded referee with his red card.

Will you have what it takes to match the

shooting skills of England's Gary Lineker's

Hot Shot,

Play defense, attacking or man to man

_Adierking

• Offside trap, sweeper system or

possession football

- Genuine goal-kicks, comers and throw-ins

- Crunching tackles, fouls, penalties.

bookings and sendingS oft

- 54 computer managed squads from

around the world all with individual tactics

''The best ever football managerial game

ever, in the history of the World'' C & VG 9.'10

The ultimate management game

- Ace Rated

International Soccer replaces Gary Lineker's

Hot Shot on Atari ST and Amiga,

•

Pack rcludes: 111

• 3 Superb Award Winning Games

Unique Full Colour Wall Chart

With the History of the World Cup

including Amazing Facts & Figures

* Comprehensive User Guide

' Strategy, Management and Red Hot

Action makes this the Ultimate Soccer

Experience

'Most playable soccer simulation in binary

history" C & VG 88%

"Boots the other football simulations over

the cross-bar" Zzap 96%

"Simply the best football aim' New

Computer Express

929

"Eas ily the best of its type' • Zzap 64 89%

User Classic 93%

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AVAILABLE FOR

ATARI ST AMIGA C64 (CASSETTE + DI -

71--

AMSTRAD CPC (CASSETTE + DISK)

SPECTRUM (CASSETTE i DISK)

4 The Slannehs, L•Indon North Trade Centre,

Basildon, Essex, S515 60.1 Tel. No. (0268) 541126

Avralite Publications Ltd

A division of MCPC Ltd.

Panini House 116-120

Goswell Road,

London EC1.

Tel: 071-490 7161

Front cover

courtesy of Fleetway

Publications

HULAS

LETTERS

Editor

Chris Knight

Group Technical Editor

John Taylor

Reviewers

Basil Bread

Columnists

John Cook

Vyk ()Myer

John Kennedy

David Dorn

A problem shared is a problem solved, so

they say. Read on as Ziggy puzzles over

yours.

NEWS 10

APPLICATIONS 42

Yogi and Boo-boo are coming to town,

Alice is coming out to play and there are

some super prizes being given out with

the results of our X-Out competition in

our hot news pages.

Designers

Paul Ellis

Adrian Hulf

Illustrator

Julian Sharp

Advertising Executive

Georgia Kat

Advertising Manager

Richard Vaughan

Production Manager

Jayne Penfold

Production Assistant

Michelle Evans

Has Dr. Dorn ﬁnally ﬂipped as he writes

his own pseudo 'code' and starts talking to

his CPC?

COMPETITION 12 HAIRY HACKER 45

Whether you follow England, Scotland,

Wales, Northern Ireland, or the Republic,

the soccer strips are here to be won.

Another nailbiting selection of cheats and

pokes from the wizard of hack, the Vax

himself.

COMBAT ZONE 16

COMMS 48

John Cook takes a peek at the latest

Arcade innovation at the Trocadero in

London,

Gallant Gordon Bates breaks away from

the Bulletin Board to give you an insight

Subscriptions

MCM Subscription Dept, Lazahold

Ltd., PO Box 10, Roper Street

PaIlion Industrial Estate,

Sunderland, SR4 6SN,

Yearly rates:

UK £17.40

Europe 04.20

Middle East

£24.50

Far East 0.7.10

Rest of the World £25.00

USA $41.65

Distribution

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Tel: 01-677 81 I I

LISTING 50

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Squash and Bounce are just a part of our

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The revenge of the Digitiser with a handy

disc formater to keep your ﬁngers busy.

HAIRE

SPRITES ALIVE

AUNTY JOHN 22

John Kennedy calls time on the Machine

Code madness and attempts to tie up the

pieces.

Duncan Evans gives his considered opinion

on the latest Sprite Compiler from

Glenco.

EDUCATION 38

Colour and Mono Origination

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Bourne Educational Software comes under

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with Arnold.

GAMEIPLAN 27 LIFIABILITY 56

Published on 1st Thursday of

month preceeding cover date

Am st ra d is a re g ist e re d t ra d e m a rk a n d , w it h t h e o d e

Amstrad C o m p u t e r U se r, ts u se d w it h t h e p e rm issio n o f

Amstrad 9 k. N o p a rt o f t h is 9tibhcatron may b c produced

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the a ccu ra cy o f a ll features a n d list in g s w e cannot accept

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Amstrad C o m p o t e , U se r ca n n o t enter in t o p e rso n a l

correspondence_

Leslie Bunder takes an exclusive look at

the portable printers available for the

CPC at an affordable price_

Warm up to our World Cup special with

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Boom to name but a few.

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ADDICTION BEY*

C and VG Feb 1990 94%

Pipe Mania is 'a classic puzzle arcade game that is so addictiv

Pipe Mania is a game of great ingenuity. simple in concept

You'll need to act instinctively, but think strategically!

One wrong move, one brief hesitation or mis-placed pipe

ST Action

"Pipe Mania is a conceptually simple and cheeky

game which is incredbly addictve"

Commodore User Screenstar

"Ternﬁcally addictive... outlasts any arcade convers

AVAILABLE FOR

Commodore Amiga

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Buy Inis 'Lame and:y rriay•never sleep agar'

The Games ne Star Player Award 83%

"A puzziega at 'ingenuity and addictivity

ﬁendishly

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ed to dove you round the

C+VG

iga Computing Excellence Award 95%

'A game with a game piay that sh;nes'

Game Players Award USA

Best PC strategy game of 1989"

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