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No.8 NOV
.1984 8 5 p
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Stuntware:
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Three morechallenges
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More great games
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Just threL o m a range
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Editor: TONY TYLER. Assistant Editor: RICHARD BURTON_ Art Editor: IAN STEAD. Features: NICKY XIKLUNA. Contributors: ANDY
GREEN; KIM ALOIS (Technical); STEVE KEATON; RICHARD COOK; RICHARD TAYLOR; BERNARD TURNER; DAVE RIMMER; JOHN
CONQUEST; NIGEL FARRIER; DUNCAN GAMBLE; TONY BENYON; FIN FAHEY. Publisher: BARRY LEVERETT. Publishing Director:
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BAM AND P O W - MEET ZAP
LOVE THEM or loathe them, comics have been part of British society for
well over 100 years. At worst they are mildly entertaining, at best a creative
an form that is acquiring an international reputation, bringing fame to the
writers and artists of the medium. Much like the computer game biz o n l y
things seem to be happening a lot faster there.
There is a more common link between the two worlds — imagination.
Without it comics couldn't exist and computer games would still be at the
level of Nolan Bushnell's 'Pong'. It was only a matter of time before the two
media formed a more physical bond. That time has come and this issue BIG
K take an exclusive look at the making of two games based on the 2000 AD
character, Strontium Dog. Continuing the theme, Steve Keaton examines
the latest manifestation of some American comics characters in the com-
puter game world.
Meanwhile, our popular and oft-quoted review section continues its
renovation and our ratings system completes its revamp. Now the impor-
tant overall K-rating can be clearly seen on the top line of each review with
the individual category ratings in their usual place below the review.
Our Charts page also undergoes a significant facelift reflecting the
domination computer games now hold over the whole recreational soft-
ware market.
As always we welcome your comments (and H. Polipp-Hughes of Gran-
m is welcome to collect his brick at any time) on BIG K or computer life
eral
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CONTENTS
TURNPIKE TOAD for GRIC
SIMON for SPECTRUM
CAVERN BOMBER for BBC
MAZE OF n Ol D forVIC-20
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DESIGNER for ELECTRON
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SID for COMMODORE 64
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THETRAILOFTHE BOUNTY-HUNTER
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includes:
It's A Dog's Life
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Strontium Dog: The Making Of A Game
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Great Video Diseases/Collapseware
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Robots On The Move
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Hacking
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Dorkslayer
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Packaged in a
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In a battle lost i n the mists
of time, the necromantic Skull
Lord attacked a nd defeated
a r ace o f nobl e Dwarves.
The Dwarves lost many treas-
ures, t he most valuable o f
these bei ng t he "Cr own o f
Dwarves Kings". F o r many
ages d i d t h e y a t t e m pt t o
regain thi s artifact, a nd for
many ages d i d t he y fai l .
Now i n desperation they call
upon y o u , nobl e warrior,
to attempt t ha t whi ch i s
beyond their power,
Your quest:— T o regain the
fabled crown and defeat the
all powerful skull lord,
The adventur e r s o f t h e
classic format_ Si mpl e verb-
noun com bi nati ons a r e e x -
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You control a fearsome Samurai
warrior whose arm is to prevent the
Alien invaders from gaining control
of the earth. T o help you in this
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Can you guide the intrepid Ms. Maley
around her garden maze and collect
the daisies? O r will you fall victim
to the evil skull riders? (I n a garden?)
Can you make it to the magical "flow.
et pills". Wi l l you get the "flower
power" t o zap the skulls? Wi l l Ms.
Mazey ever get t o see the flower of
her heart, Percy Chucka?
Rooster Run
Why D I D t h e chi cken cr oss t h e
LI
road? Y o u don't know? Nei ther
do we, but wi th the help of this
game y o u m a y j us t fi n d o u t '
Your a i m i s t o gui de t he hapless
rooster across the road, then, get in
the boa t a nd avoid the aquamarine
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IMMEDIATE DESPATCH,
:
COMPUTER ART
NICE WORK IF YOU
CAN GET IT . . .
AND UNE MP LO Y E D gr a du-
ate, Hugh Riley, certainly intends
to do just that! He recently beat
off all-comers in the Commodor e
International Computer Art Chal-
lenge to carry away as first prize
a f1, 500 goodi e-bag of computer
equipment, plus the BIG ONE
entitled cryptically enough Louis
(Medi tati on Fa i l ur e 1 2 6 ) A n d
Obsessiveness — may have been
triggered by kid Louis, this art be-
longs t o daddy! (You'r e fired —
Ed.)
Wi th the academic wor l d now
his graphic oyster, Hugh is in no
great hurry to make a final choice
of tempor ar y residence, but hot
favourite for the honour is (con)
currently Ohio State (University),
USA
Hugh comments: T h e f5. 000
endowment wi l l enabl e m e t o
learn fr om some of the wor l d's
most r enowned exper ts a nd a t
the s a m e ti me devel op techni -
ques which will stand me in good
stead when I return to Britain."
He has now sent back his U840.
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lot. Cutgl ass reckons I can shitt
'em for an easy two hundr ed a
time. Jupiter Aces, they're called.
What do you think of that?
"Now what I want you to do for
me Terry is this.. "
MINDER, f r om O K Tronics, b y
agreement with Thames TV, is on
the C8M64, Spectr um, Amstr ad
and all MSX machines. It sells for
six sovs less five pee.
To wit, a E5,000 educational en-
dowment fr om Commodor e t o
study computer art anywher e in
the wor l d (anywher e' How ab-
out, oh, Bali?). Inspiration for the
screen s c e ne t h a t e a r ne d i t s
creator his jump-jet dream ticket
away from the dor dr ums' of life
in Cr umpsal l . Manchester w a s
provided by 31-year ol d Hugh's
baby son.
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Y'SEE, TERRY, it's like this.
"There I was, havi ng a qui et
vodka slimline in the Winchester,
with Dave giving me GBH of the
ear'ole about me slate, when i n
walks this geezer — lovely suit —
said did I want to come in on a nice
little earner?
"Well, you know me Terry, nev-
er miss a trick, so naturally I asked
'im what he was on about. It only
turned out he was into this com-
puter business. Now you k now
me. Terry, always one for hi gh
technology — r emember t he m
calculators? So the geezer says
he's from g o t the car d 'er e
somewhere O K T r o n i c s —
strange name a n d would I sign
on the dolled on account of he
and s om e other geez er s ' a v e
made this video game based on,
wait for it, you and me, Terry!
"So we di d a deal ther e a nd
then and the result is, you're in,
my son, to the tune of e r
half a monkey. Well, twenty quid.
.
No, don't thank me, Terry.
"Anyway, after ' e d gone I got
onto Cutg lass Tomkinson, the one
'ose brother is doin' four years in
Brixton for video piracy. 'E 'ad this
load of computers, so I bought the
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The number? 3.5 million.
This, w e hasten to add, is
not exactly the income o f
Jeff Minter, ace program-
mer, bearded supremo o f
Llamasoft L t d . N o , i t ' s
actually his personal beast
score o n h i s o w n n e w
Commodore game, An d i -
pital.
The g a me i s billed a s
being a ' P r o g r e s s i v e
Arcade Game'. This seems
to mean that it's a very de-
tailed a rca d e adventure.
Features are one hundred
separate screens, w i th a
single k e y - p r e s s H E L P
facility f o r e a ch scre e n .
Minter h i mse l f claims t o
have solved only 89%.
Next b i g q u e sti o n i s ,
does it mean a break with
the tradition of furry ungu-
lents — camels, sheep, lla-
mas etc. Surely i t can't all
end here, with the world's
wildlife still unexploited.
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