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APRIL 1990

E1.45

THE OFFICIAL AMSTRAD CPC MAGAZINE

MATED

UNDERWATER ALIEN ACTION

WITH NUT

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AFAB DIVER'S WATCH AND

OTHER GOODIES

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PACKAGES COMPARED,

FRACTALS REVISITED AND A

VISIT TO THE AUDIOGENIC

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THE FASTEST,

OSTTHRILLING

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Take the wheel of your turbo-

charged Porsche as you

and your partner go in

pursuit of danger-

ous criminals all

driving an evil

array of

souped-up

roadsters.

TAiTO

TURBO

WITH

BOOST!

Need to catch up in a hurry? Well,

jus t one press of your Turbo Button will

leav e your eyes in the back of your head'

BARRELLING THROUGH

THE

MATCHLESS

VIGILANTES

THE CITY STREETS, along the roughest c'

dirt tracks and through busy tunnels — if you can hold

the line! The lowﬁ fe can run, but they can't hoc

ALL AVAILABLE FOR ATARI ST. AMIGA

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SIX INSPIRED

action sequences put you in control

of Elliot Ness's elite squad of crime-busters.

ALLEYWAY SHOOTOUTS,

THE BORDER RAID,

The Railway Station confrontation and

Warehouse bust culminating in the

thrilling denouement of a

ROOFTOP DUEL

as you re-live the knife edge

---.......„

existence of Ness in his struggle

against the retribution of Capone!

THE UNTIlt CHABLEs- LIVE AN AMERICAN LEGEND

'an a b so lu t e co rke r o f i g a m e a s "A lene e xa m p le o f h o w t u d o t h e Oh

smooth and p o lish e d as yu il o n g e t p ro p e rly...a cra ckin g co n ve rsio n ...

animation is t o p m ild , a b rillia n t e a sily o n e o f t h e m o st su cce ssf u l

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Africa ...The plane lands in hostile territory and the terrorists begin

their demands

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Operation Thunderbolt the incredible Taito coin-op conversion

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Look out, Beverly Hills

Here comes Axel Foley !

The hero of "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Beverly Hills Cop ir is back in Beverly

Hills - and this time he's working on a case that's a real stumper! He's going

to stop the crime of the year, unless an army of trigger-happy gunmen stop

him ﬁrst !

You'll roar down crowded city streets, race against time to stop a daring rob-

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life again and again in this high-speed action adventure starring the fast-talk-

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Editor

Guy Matthews

Deputy Editor

Chns Knight

Group Technical Editor

John Taylor

Sub Editor

Sarah Sears

Reviewers

Andrew Banner

Marc Jones

Columnists

John Cook

Vyk ()Myer

Phil Craven

John Kennedy

David Dorn

Designers

Paul Ellis

Adrian H ulf

Illustrator

Julian Sharp

Advertising Manager

Ann Davidson

Advertising Executive

Georgia Kat

Production Manager

Jayne Pent()id

Production

Mic helle Evans

Group Editor

Carlo Jolly

Managing Director

Peter Welham

Financial Director

Brendan McGrath

Chief Executive

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Published on 1st Thursday

, month proceeding cover date

Areintrad in a r ay iwir ded tr ade m ir k anr f1r, the ttne

' A - ndued Cic enower

- US E W,

GAMEPLAN 33

We've reviewed 14 new games,

including underwater fun with X-Out

and another budget round up.

LETTERS

AUNTIE JOHN 46

More marvellous missives and

exemplary epistles from you lot Out

there in CPC land.

John Kennedy brings you Life, a classic

game of multiplying cells.

NEWS

10 LISTING 52

Further snippets of information relating

to your favourite computer.

Yetcha is the name of this month's

giant listing — a game of great skill based

on Yahtzee, the dice game.

WIN A WATCH 12

APPLICATIONS 56

Enter our X-Out competition and you

could win a diver's watch or some great

games.

Lots moo enquiries are given the

deadly David Dorn treatment — your

applications enquiries are safe in his

mighty hands.

COMBAT ZONE 14

Gordon Bates runs you through the

Focal Point Bulletin Board System,

rapidly becoming a popular forum for

CPC owning comms enthusiasts.

IRES

PROFILE 22

Pinball is the topic tackled this month by

the ever fearless Sergeant Amstrad.

Chris Knight tears himself away from

his CPC screen and drags himself down

to meet Audiogenic in the ﬂesh.

10 LINERS 18

FRACIALS 51

We present three pages of amazing

mini programs, as sent in by yourselves.

MICROSCOPE 26

We have had many ietters from people

who had problems with our recent

series of articles on fractal landscapes.

Dean Cracknell steps into the breach.

Trevor Cummings returns with a

selection of interesting information

about matters technical.

WORD UP 60

HAIRY HACKER 28

There are not all that many word

processing packages for the CPC, but

choosing the right one can still be

difﬁcult. David Dorn compares three

market leaders.

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