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  • Computer & Video Games (September 1984)

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    Source: Computer & Video Games – Issue Number 35 – September 1984

    Computer & Video Games was one of the longest published video games magazines in the U.K. The September 1984 issue includes:

    Features

    • Mailbag – Are C&VG’s reviewers fair on teh games we look at? Your views in print.
    • Competitions – Are you brave enough to brave the Evil Dead?
    • Dangermouse Competition – You’ve just read about it on our cover. Now try to win the game!
    • Top 30 – Want to know which game is really number one? Find out by checking the C&VG/Daily Mirror Top 30 games software chart.
    • Hall of Fame – Our revamped top score contest with lots of new games to try and beat.
    • Professor Video – Ultimate’s Sabre Wulf mapped out in glorious technicolor
    • Software Form – Earn yourself a quick 25 pounds. Send us your listings now!
    • Adenture Extra – All the hot new Adventure games checked out by Keith Campbell and his team of top reviewers.
    • Bugs
    • Adventure
    • Bug Hunter’s Wallchart – Just got your first computer? Baffled by the manual? Never fear, Bug Hunter is here!
    • Puzzling
    • Next Month – The shape of things to come…

    Listings

    • Push/CBM 64 – Try your hand at this version of the famous board game of the same name. For two players.
    • Killer Kong/Unexpanded VIC – Mario needs your help again to rescue his girlfriend from the clutches of that crazy monkey.
    • Trailer/Unexpanded VIC – The summer holidays have arrived and truckie’s lot is not a happy one! Can you cope with the motorway madness?
    • Sub Kill/Dragon 32 – Can you prevent those enemy submarines slipping past your destroyer into the naval base? You must not fail!
    • Enchanted Castle/BBC – We bring you the first part of this graphically stunning Adventure set in an apparently deserted castle.
    • Zodiac/Spectrum – You must defend your planet from teh savage attacks of the bloodthirsty space pirates.
    • Star Warrior/Atari 400/800 – The Fire Demon is determined to destroy the Kalon civilization.
    • Sea Diver/TI-99/4A – There’s god in them thar waves!

    News and Reviews

    • Games News – After the Lords of Midnight comes The Lord of the Rings – the story behind the long awaited Melbourne House deal.
    • Reviews – Dangermouse leaps into action on the Commodore 64 and Spectrum. A super-review of the mega-mouse game can be found on these pages.
    • Joystick Fury – We take a look at a whole bunch of new releases for the Coleco – including arcade favorites Mr. Do!, Subroc and Time Pilot.
    • Arcade Action – The C&VG Arcade Spy took a trip down to sunny Brighton to check out the scene on the seafront and came back extremely impressed.

    …and more!


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  • Crash (March 1984)

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    Source: Crash – Issue Number 2 – March 1984

    It seems that in the U.K., every 8-bit computer had a gaming magazine dedicated to it. Crash was dedicated to the ZX Spectrum, one of the most popular 8-bit computers in the U.K. Crash was published from 1984 all the way until 1992. The second issue from March 1984 includes:

    Features

    • Below Us The Shadow, Above Us Stars – Profile on Starzone and on Steven Turner.
    • Flying High! – We look at computer retail outlets in this, the first of an occasional series, the CRASH team checks out W.H. Smith.

    Articles

    • Pardon Me, I’ll Say That Again – Franco Frey interfaces with the Currah Microspeach unit.
    • Learning At Play – We begin an occasional look at educational software and some reviews.

    Regulars

    • Editorial & Your Letters – Plus Advertisers Index and Reviews.
    • News Input – A brief roundup for the month.
    • Run It Again – In our second comparison we Roll Out The Barrel and take a look at Kong games.
    • The Terminal Man – Comic Strip excitement as shipwrecked Arcadians discover the true identity of Gross.

    D.I.Y.

    • Fantasy/Crash Super Quiz
    • Crash Hotline Charts – The phones have been buzzing! This month we publish Britain’s first ever top selling software chart compiled from votes.
    • Crash Quiz – Test your knowledge of Adventure games.

    Guide

    • Froggy – Pick of the month from among the established games that are available.
    • Spectrum Software Guide – Pages and pages reviewing both old and new games.

    Reviews

    • Reviews In This Issue – Include games from Ultimate, Imagine, Silversoft, Mikrogen, Rabbit, Microsphere, Software Projects, Micromega, C.D.S. and many, many others.

    …and more!


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  • Personal Computer Games (August 1984)

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    Source: Personal Computer Games – Issue Number 9



    Personal Computer Games is a computer gaming magazine published in the U.K. in the 1980s. It covered popular 8-bit platforms like the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum among others. The August 1984 issue includes:

    Spectrum

    • Help! 200,000 men are after you in our Game-of-the-Month
    • Check out Sabre Wulf and PCG’s exclusive map
    • Pages of reviews plus a PCG hit from the Age of the Train
    • Q-Burt – Here’s a listing that’ll really keep you on the hop

    Commodore 64

    • Encounter – state-of-the-art shoot-out that’ll leave you speechless
    • Games galore – seven pages of new releases
    • Last month’s Game-of-the-Month programmer lists his latest game

    VIC 20 / Dragon / Oric/Atmos

    • The good, the bad, and the ugly – scores of games played, reviewed and rated
    • War Games – We look at the best of the battle simulations
    • Valhalla Competition – make us laugh and win a free copy of the Game-of-the-Year
    • Speech Games – Games with a lot to shout about – but can you hear what they’re saying?
    • Star Raiders – Jeff Minter pays homage to this Screen Classic on the Atari

    Regulars

    • Noticeboard – August – is this Games Month of 1984?
    • Buzz – New Commodore machines get the thumbs down, plus the latest news, charts, and gossip.
    • Byte-Back – Sappy letters, and some hot tips on how to increase your scores.
    • Screen Test – Page after page of reviews that really put you in the picture.
    • Program Library – Exclusive Commodore 64 hit listing, plus a great Spectrum game.
    • Adventure-World – The White Wizard presents a great competition, and nearly gets deep-fried in a nuclear shelter.
    • Challenge Chamber – Two top gamesters battle it out, plus latest hi-scores and a loony letter.
    • PCG Hotline – Commander Chance picks up the phone. Are you on the other end?
    • The Final Conflict – See how your votes have changed the course of history.
    • Good Buy – Over 70 games get the PCG seal of approval, plus Jeff Minter goes Star Raiding.
    • Entry Forms – Dare the Challenge Chamber, enter the Final Conflict, and try your luck in our competition.

    …and more!


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