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Powerful package with huge Docs.*****2) DOS XE & DOS 2.5 - Two Atari DOS packa}ges on one disk.****3) SUPERDOS 5 & Q-DOS - Superb Australian DOS & the DOS 4 which Atari ditched.****4) MACH DOS & BLACK D}OS (2.6) - Mach DOS is a unique windowed DOS, Black DOS is a much enhanced DOS 2.5.****5) DESKTOP 1.5 & MEC*DOS - ST style d}esktop plus IBM MS-DOS clone.****PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES1) THE TURBO BASIC KIT - 3 disk set (#6) includes the latest versio}n of Turbo Basic, huge docs, tutorials & modules for TB programs.*****2) DRAPER PASCAL - High quality ex-commercial Pascal w}ith extensive docs. ****3) GRIP ASSEMBLER - 6502 assembler with docs & tutorials.****4) ACE 'C' - Fast 'C' language with li}nker, compiler & docs.****GRAPHICS UTILITIES1) R-DRAW (130XE) - Gr.8 design aid for with docs & demos.****2) PIXEL ARTIS}T & COLOUR ENHANCER - Professional multicolour art pack (160x192) plus enhancement program to add up to 128 colours to pics.*}****3) DRAWPAC & EXCEL ART - 256 colour art prog + Mode 10 program.*****4) COLORFONT COMPENDIUM & GLYPH - The ultimate font} editors for multicolour and hi-res modes. With fonts, utils and docs.*****5) GRAPHICS TRILOGY & MULTIMODE - Multimode allow}s you to view pix, switch between modes, alter colours, etc. Comes with excellent pix! 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German knowledge required for CI.**17) THRESHOLD & MARIO'}S DESERT WORLD - Frenetic blasting action and diamond collecting fun.****18) MASTERS OF THE MINDFIRE & THE ORB - Arcade adve}nture and Battlezone style blasting.***19) DRAGON QUEST & STAR LORDS - Simulations of Dungeons & Dragons and space conquest }with docs.***20) PINBALL PACK - Four simulations created on the Pinball Construction Set: Cosmos, Pegasus, Black Hole and Do}uble Decker, plus 6 other machine code games: Lunar Defender, Olympic Duel, Hats, Amazing, Key Chase and Rocks.***21) KE-SOF}T DEMODISK 1 (1050) - Screenshots and playable demos of Bros, Sogon, Zador, Zebuland and more!*****22) KE-SOFT DEMODISK 2 (1}050) - Try out Fred, Ashido, Mission Shark and others.****23) KE-SOFT DEMODISK 3 (1050) - Playable demos of Plot, Pungoland,} Chromatics and more.****24) INFANTRY SQUAD - War game with 15 scenarios, editor & docs.****25) COSMIC CRUSADERS - Space wa}r sim for 1-9 players with Docs.***26) SANDS OF MARS - Early RPG from authors of QUEST/PYRAMIDS.***27) ROULETTE & SUPER STU}D POKER - Gambling games with nice graphics. ****28) BASKETBALL PRO & PRO GOLF - Sports simulations.***29) AMERICA'S CUP - }Yachting simulation with six courses. ***30) COMPUTER CRICKET - Cricket simulation for one or two players.***31) LUNACY & S}URF'S UP - Colourful Tetris clone & arcade surfing.***32) ANTIC SEVENS - US card games with documentation included.***33) O}RBIT - Space Shuttle simulator with docs. ***34) SPACE TROUBLE II - Animated adventure uses joystick and keyboard.***35) TE}XAS POKER & YANKEE BLACKJACK - US card games with docs.***36) MEGABLAST & NELSON FOOTBALL (1050) - Arcade blasting fun with }digitised music for 128K machines, plus US Football sim.****37) THE ANALOG ADVENTURE BOOK (1050) - Beautifully presented col}lection of 12 text adventures (Basic & Machine Code) with Docs!*****38) TRIVIA TREK - Good quality trivia quiz for up to 4 p}layers.****39) VENGEANCE OF XIOP - Space War simulation from Neil Ottaway. ***40) DUNGEON MAKER & KRISS KROSS (1050) - Exce}llent Dungeons and Dragons utility, plus a superb program to help sove word puzzles. *****41) GWENDOLYN - Full disk adventur}e game done in a unique style! ***MUSIC & GRAPHICS DEMOS1) THE BIG DEMO (1050) - From Holland, this demo has music from t}op games, special effects, scrollers and two incredible digitised tunes. *****2) HOBBYTRONIC '89 - German demo with original} tunes and great graphics.*****3) HOBBYTRONIC '90/'91 (1050) - Incredible demos from Germany including digi-sound, pixel wav}es, and mega balls. Slight bug on side two! *****4) HOBBYTRONIC DEMO '92 (1050) - More German magic!*****5) COMPYSHOP DEMOS} - Original music and spectacular graphics displays.*****6) SHINY BUBBLES & COMPYSHOP (130XE) Two 128K demos! Shiny Bubbles }is a graphics demo converted from the ST, & Compyshop is compilation of demos from the previous disk which load instantly fro}m Ramdisk.*****7) TOP 3 & MUSIC KALEIDOSCOPE (1050) Mega demo from Poland featuring brilliant graphics plus 52 tunes from US} games!*****8) DIGI-MUSIC (1050:130XE RECOMMENDED) Four well edited sampled tunes of astounding quality. Works in 64K but fa}r better on 128K machines.****9) MIRACLE & POKEY II (1050) - Excellent demos from Holland with impressive array of graphics }effects & music. ****10) COMPYSHOP MUSIC DEMO + MORE - Superb music from Germany with animated player plus more great tunes }in Basic and machine code.****11) PHANTASY DEMO (1050) - Dutch 'Tecno Music' demo of digi-tunes.***12) BEATLES & FRANKIE - }10 Beatles tunes including Norwegian Wood & Nowhere Man, plus sampled demo of Frankie's Relax.***13) CUBE DEMO & TURTLES DEM}O - The cube displays 4 graphics screens on a revolving cube (you can use your own pix) plus the graphics & music intro from }the Turtles game on other machines. ****14) DAS OMEN & DEMO FILES - Superb German demo with digi-speech and great grahics. A}lso includes Auto, Little HTT, Abbuc, Hiassoft, Vektor, Lamer, Destroyer & Chaos demos! *****15) XANTH DEMOS & MORE - The fa}mous Boink, Fuji & Swan demos from Xanth Park plus Falcon, Vortex, Reaction, Wildlife and Digital Nosebleed demos!*****16) }THE TOP & MORE - Excellent Polish demo with great speech, music and graphics & Mirror, Moscow Nights, Laser, Stop & Revenge o}f Magnus demos!*****17) MOVIE MAKER DEMOS - Animation created with Movie Maker utility.**18) AMIGA PIX - Slideshow of 10 be}autiful Amiga pix ported to the Atari.*****19) AMS DEMO - Over two dozen great tunes from Advanced Music System with animate}d player. Includes Heart of Glass and American Pie.****20) CYBERSCAPE & VIDEO BLITZ (130XE) - Animation demos using 128K!***}*21) SWIMSUIT GIRLS - Over 24 beautiful girls digitised in Graphics 9.****22) BACH & BEETHOVEN - Classical music from Compo}ser's Jukebox.***23) MUSIC SHOW & DEMO FILES - Brilliant music demo plus Equaliser, DDT Thanx, Hi Guys, The Demo II, Great L}akes and Account Buster.*****24) ROBOT & DEMO FILES - Awesome animated robot and spaceship demo, plus Rigolletto, Foto, Cosi}nus, Time to Enjoy, White House, Pokeysoft 2, TACF, Valdgira and Oh My Dot demos.*****25) STARFLEET & DEMO FILES - Excellent} graphics & sound demo with Star Fleet, Universe, Kitt, Welcome Zipp, Tanks, Earth, Optiker 3, Krazy Scope, Panther and Shutt}le demos.****26) COMMODORE 64 SLIDESHOW - 20 excellent pix from the C64.****27) WORLD OF WONDERS + COMPYSHOP MUSIC - Fantas}tic digitised music demos plus German music with animated player.*****28) CLASSICAL MUSIC - Great tunes from Composer's Juke}box and Music16.***29) ADVANCED MUSIC SYSTEM DEMO II - Includes Star Trek & Chariots of Fire.****30) THE TOP PART 2 & DEMO }FILES - Includes Top 2, Hell, Ace Ploter, Maud Dib, Robocop, Hilleman, Jingle and Coca Cola Logo. ****31) MUSIC NON STOP 1 &} 2 (1050) - Double sided disk full of great tunes. ****32) MUSIC NON STOP 3 & 4 - More great music from Germany! ****EXCEL} DISK MAGS1) MARCH/APRIL '91 - Colorfont, GAD slides, Fujiscroll Demo and Amnesia, Xagon & Spaceball games.*****2) MAY/JUN}E '91 - Commercial & PD text reviews, Watch Diz Demo and Smush, Galactic Chase & Triad games.****3) JULY '91 - Text reviews,} The Studio (sample sequencer), Eightball and Beyond Demos, and Cavelord, Roto & Myriapede games.****4) AUG '91 - Amiga slid}eshow, text reviews and Tile Trouble, Alien Ambush, Atartris, & Spare Tire games.*****5) SEPT '91 - Excel Art & pix, reviews} & Submission & Atomit games.*****6) OCT '91 - Text reviews, Magic Carpet Demo, Mandala (Kaleidoscope Construction Kit), Cal}culator utility and World Cup '86, Empire Strikes Back, Monster Match & Slot Machine games.****7) NOV '91 - Commodore 64 sli}deshow, text reviews and Naval Battle (computer battleships), Fruit Pickin' & Fruit Salad games.*****8) DEC '91 - All games }Christmas issue: Dash, Jack the Digger, Livewire, Floyd the Droid, Parker Chess, Xevious, Snowball Fight, Cosmic Defender, Bo}x In, Bacterion, Monty, Zand's Labyrinth and Blackjack.*****9) JAN '92 - Create A Font & fonts, Microdos XL creator, Analog }Database, Music Box II and Atari Fleet Demos, Colourspace, Fast Life plus Agent 815, Malpass, Chomper, Star Island, Starfire }Warrior & Nightshade games.*****10) FEB '92 - BBK Artist & pix, Biorhythms and Boing, Moonlord, Kason's Tower, Troll War II  }& Marble Magic games.****11) MARCH '92 - Atari Graphics Demo, US & Bad Sector disk copiers & Supereversion, Wimbledon, Calif } Gold, Galleons, Lost Tomb & Avalanche games.****12) APRIL '92 - Colorfont map & screen editors with docs & demos plus Gemin }i, Insects, Mad Marble Maze, Mr.M, Laser Duel and Tricky Tracks games.****13) MAY '92 - GAD slides, Label Master, Ballsong I }I demo, plus Hidden Fortress II, Skull Island, Roto-Wrench, Laser Gates and Targ games.****14) JUNE '92 - Spinning Atari Dem }o, plus games galore with Space Gauntlet, Feltron Project, Arax, Exterminator, Cloud Hopper, Jungle Boy, Pirates Cove, Crossf}ire, Dungeon and Scooter.****15) JULY '92 - Super Arc/Unarc and Discomm 3 file/disk crunchers, Top Shelf database, adventure} with Fusebox and Dragon Lord, plus Mazewar, Unicorn Horn, Zeta Affair, Jumping Jim, Polar Explorer and Android Nim.****16) }AUGUST '92 - Incredible Genesis Project Demo, Multi-File Copier, and games: Force of Four, Rollem, Robox Incident, Rail King,} Cavern of Death, Warrior, Dalton, Froggie, Amaze and Dark Star.*****17) SEPTEMBER '92 - Games galore with Smurf, Trapped an}d Rowly in Turbo Basic and Jump, Tron, Table Football and Atari Adventure in machine Code. Also two outstanding music utiliti}es: Drum Machine and Sound Monitor with three beautiful songs.*****18) OCTOBER '92 - Arcade games Gunpowder Charlie, Electro}ids and Two Maze plus Triple Crown horse racing, Dune text adventure and three great utilities; Disk Newsletter Reader, Speed}script word processor and The Fix, a 400/800 translator.*****19) NOVEMBER '92 - Three multi-column printer programs for Epso}n compatibles, a Print Shop icon creator called Icon Shop, and great games with Jumping Ghost, Basic Burgers, Rocketman, Arca}noid IV, Saucer and a playable demo of Boing II.****20) DECEMBER '92 - Loads of games: Robot Tanks, Survival, Questar IV, Co}lony 7, Invasion, Dodge Racer, Bonk, Earth 2500 AD, Lazer Type & Rambug II.****EXCEL SUBSCRIPTIONS - A six issue subscripti}on costs #15. Back issues are the same price as the PD disks.Excel back issues 1-20 are all available together at the speci}al price of #35.ORDER FROM: Robert Stuart, 21 STRONSAY WAY, BROOMLANDS, IRVINE, STRATHCLYDE, KA11 1HZ, SCOTLAND.All Chequ}es / PO's to R.STUART!#PM: Robert Stuart, 21 STRONSAY WAY, BROOMLANDS, IRVINE, STRATHCLYDE, KA11 1HZ, SCOTLAND.All ChequEXCEL No.21 - JANUARY 1993Editorial by Robert StuartHello and welcome to a new format for Excel and also the first issue }of the New Year. From this issue on, Excel will regularly include text files which, as you can see, are beautifully formatte}d by the Codesmith's Newsletter Reader, a truly superb utility which was developed for this very purpose. This issue's text }section comprises of reviews of several brand new Atari XL/XE games from Derek Fern, plus a review of (and details of how to  }get) the new Atari Classics (XL/XE only!!) magazine from the USA. Finally (and maybe for the first time in an Atari mag), a !}piece of Atari fiction from Ed Hall, which will hopefully add a bit more variety to the disk.Well, here we are in 1993, and"} the Atari XL/XE scene once again seems to be on the up, with a new eight-bit only magazine and a steady, if small, supply of#} high quality new software from Europe. There will hopefully be some more new games reviewed in the coming months, including$} Operation Blood (a conversion of Operation Wolf from the arcades), Brundles (an Atari clone of the smash-hit Lemmings) and A%}dax, which is rumoured to be the follow up to the excellent Mission Shark.It's amazing to think that way back in 1980-1985 &}Atari games sold for thirty or forty quid which were not half as good as the stuff which is coming out just now for a fractio'}n of the price. The quantity of new software titles is not large, but the quality is astonishing compared to those early day(}s. Of course, back in the early eighties there was no competition from sixteen bit computers or consoles, but it is good to )}the know that when the Atari is pushed to the limit games of astounding quality are possible. The Last Guardian is proof of *}this. Considering it is over four years old and uses only 64K of memory, it is far better than many cartridge games for such+} machines as the Sega Master System, which uses ROMs of enormous memory size!While on the subject of new games, Tetris 3D h,}as been removed from the Excel catalogue as I have recieved a letter from Abbuc advising me that it is NOT a PD game, althoug-}h it did say PD on the screen while loading! Well, there's a first (and only, I hope!) time for everything, I suppose! Oops!.}This month's Excel has only a few programs, but they are all large, good quality items. First up is a superb PD word proce/}ssor called Chick Scratch (version 5.9) which I'm sure will be a welcome addition to many software collections. This first c0}lass program comes with a large documentation file. The next program is a very old, but good game called Go, which is a rath1}er famous board game, particularly in Japan and China. This version is a little slow, but since it may well be the only versi2}on available for the Atari XL/XE, it's well worth having. The object of the game is a bit like Othello (Reversi), in that you3} have to gather as much territory as possible by placing your markers strategically. Surrounding your opponents markers remo4}ves them from the board. Also this issue is a fully playable demo of level one of the new game from Tiger Developments, 'Liz5}ard'. This game was written tremendously quickly, and is the first of many collaborations between myself and Neil Ottaway. 6}Hopefully you will enjoy it enough to order the complete game from Tiger Developments.Now for some tips on playing Lizard: 7}on the planet selection screen, there are five worlds, but on this demo-version, you will teleport to the first planet no mat8}ter which one you select. You must destroy all the solar cells (the yellow circle shaped thingies) to bring down the force f9}ields and use the 'P' key to pick up an object (blue boxes) which may be a bomb, a super-gun, extra power or extra points. T:}he space-bar releases a smart bomb. Object boxes may also contain letters, which have different colour codes. When you have;} five the same colour (only possible if you explore all five worlds), you can go to one of the large computers and press 'L' <}to log on. Input the password in the right order with the joystick, and if it is correct, you will be given a mega-gun, whic=}h is the only weapon which can destroy the guardian monsters behind the force fields. When your power runs out, you are dead>}, so avoid contact with the enemy vessels.Finally, the PD list has been updated with a number of new titles and will appear?} on every second issue of Excel instead of as a printed list as in the past. It's more environmentally friendly this way! The@}re are many more PD disks coming next time; I have been so busy with Excel, Lizard, the Page 6 Demo, etc, that I have not yetA} sorted them all out. New additions for the moment are the Music Non Stop demo disks, Artist Unleashed, and Gwendolyn, a uniB}que adventure game. The new text format should appeal to those of you who asked for a printer option. If you prefer a hard C}copy of the reviews, PD list, etc, then load the .TXT files into a word processor or print them with the DOS copy command.TD}hat's it for this month. Next issue will hopefully have another playable demo of a new game, and news of another new (BritisE}h!) eight-bit magazine, together with plenty of reviews and software. See you then!Yours Atarily,Bob!#Per new (Britiso MY LIFE AS AN ATARIAN By ED HALLI live in a small community in northern Canada. Lots of snow, and!G} moose, and happy lumberjacks going about in plaid jackets, that sort of thing. The perfect place for a hardware store.One!H} day I get in this strange gizmo that looks like a typewriter, only there's no place to put the paper. I look it up on my or!I}der sheets but all I find is a brand name (Atari) and a model number (130XE), nothing else. But the heading at the top of th!J}e page says "Hardware," so I make room for it next to the plumbing supplies.Then my wife toddles over with a box in one han!K}d. "What's this?" she asks.I reach into the box and pull out a black plastic rectangle with a hole in the middle. Then I !L}look at the box and see the word "software.""Ah," I say, "put it between the work gloves and the bib overalls."We both fo!M}rget about these things until one day our son is home for Christmas holidays, and he is walking through the store, when all o!N}f a sudden he stops before this Atari thing and exclaims, "Hey, neat, a computer! Want me to hook it up for you?"Before I c!O}an answer, Herman is off. In moments he has plundered the storage room for a brand-new TV set, which he places beside the At!P}ari thing. Soon there are wires and cables all over the place."Hey," says Herman suddenly. "Where's the disk drive?""Th!Q}e what?""The drive. Gotta have one of those.""Oh, well, maybe in the automotive section..."He's off again, rummaging a!R}mong the shelves. Before he returns, a customer comes by. It's Johnny Crow, who lives in a log cabin outside town. He's got!S} a long list of stuff he needs--a new axe-handle, some sideline for his gillnet, a pair of snowshoes, and lots more.Anyway,!T} while I'm attending to Johnny, Herman rushes by and says, "The computer's all set up, Pop. It's running some demos. Catch y!U}ou later."Before I can answer, he's gone, so I just carry on with Johnny's order, but when I'm finished, it takes me a whil!V}e to find Johnny. He's over by the plumbing supplies, gaping at the TV Herman has set up. First, there's a big yellow dot b!W}eing chased by a gang of ghosts, then hordes of aliens marching across the screen in a very menacing fashion, then..."I'll !X}take one of these," says Johnny, pointing at the computer.I steer him back to the cash register. "Let's settle your accoun!Y}t first, Johnny."After I do this, Johnny goes back to the TV, and soon a crowd has formed. They stand there for the rest o!Z}f the day, speechles. The next morning, when I arrive at the store, they are all waiting for me. As soon as I open the door![}, they rush over to the plumbing supplies and demand to see more demos. I have to call home and rouse my lazy son to come ov!\}er and make the Atari thing work.For a while, the crowd is satisfied. Then I begin to hear murmers of discontent. How come!]} they have to watch the same thing over and over? Don't I have anything different?Herman of course has disappeared, so I m!^}ust phone around town for him. Finally I locate him at his girlfriend's house. He says he is too busy to come to the store.!_}"Look, Pop," he says, " all you have to do is change the disk. You don't need me for that."So, surrounded by a mob of pe!`}ople, I very gingerly remove the disk from the drive, pick another at random from the box, insert it,and press the Reset butt!a}on. We all hold our breath as the new demo begins. Unfortunately, it's not as interesting as the other one. We watch the s!b}ymbols marching down the screen for half-an-hour until someone finally speaks up."What does BOOT ERROR mean?""I'd better !c}ask Herman," I say hastily.After another phone call, I return with a new piece of information. "He says I have to INITIALI!d}ZE the disk first.""What's that mean?" someone asks doubtfully."Surely, it's obvious," I reply. "Does anyone have a pen?!e}"At least half a dozen are thrust at me. I take one and use it to put my initials on the disk.Well, as you can imagine, !f}it takes a few more calls to Herman before I get the thing working. But I don't give up easily. I also know a bandwagon whe!g}n I see one, and I figure I'd better jump on this one fast.And today, well, I'm proud to be a registered Atari dealer. My !q}BJDOS SYSBNAUTORUN SYSB;RXLTEXT COMBMAIN BMENU CNRB DM FNTBPDLIST TXTB*EDIT TXTB5FMYLIFE TXTBWREVIEWS TXTBALIZARD COMBDATA DATBDATAT DAT DATAM DATcomputer section is still beside the plumbing supplies, but it's a whole lot bigger. Not only that, I've also become pretty !r}handy with a soldering iron, and have made something of a name for myself providing bundled systems.Just the other day, for!s} instance, Hank Boodle came in and asked me to do a job for him. Hank is a dog-musher who travels to all the big races--the !t}Yukon Quest, the Iditarod in Alaska, and of course the Championship Dog Derby here in Yellowknife. Mushers have to pack arou!u}nd a lot of gear, so generally they drive from race to race, rather than flying. They typically use a 3/4-ton truck with dog!v} kennels in the back and their racing sleds on top. Hank wanted a mobile system that he could use to chart his dogs' perform!w}ance.So what kind of system did I set up for him? First of all I replaced the radio in his truck with a disk drive--it was!x} a perfect fit. Then I epoxied an XE to the inside of the glove compartment, so that when the panel opened, the computer dro!y}pped down into a horizontal position ready for use. Then I used a carpet knife to carve a big chunk out of the dashboard, li!z}ned the hole with styrofoam, and fitted a monitor into it. A bit of caulking around the monitor, a power connection to the t!{}ruck's battery, and Hank was ready to go. The system worked perfectly--at least until one of his dogs ate the keyboard.Yes!|}, the future looked bright...Until the day Bob Muggins strolled into my store, looking smug as anything. He claims to be a!}}n ex-sailor and always wears a captain's hat. He has a big bushy beard and owns the only other hardware store in town."Aho!~}y there, mate," he says to me. "You still peddling them Atari's? Mebbe I'll take one--I need a new anchor for my scow."He!} guffaws at his own joke, then leans closer and says in a loud whisper, "Now if you'd like to see a REAL computer, why dontch!}a come over and see what I'm selling. Nifty little machine, and it's cheaper than your crummy Atari's."Well, there's no use!} wasting words on a buffoon of that magnitude, so I pick up a pipewrench and chase the scoundrel out of my store. In fact, I!} put such a scare into him that he begins hollering for one of his naval buddies."Commodore! Commodore!" he bellows as I ch!}ase him down the street.NEXT ISSUE: Computer wars in Canada...!#Pal buddies."Commodore! Commodore!" he bellows as I ch FTHE LAST GUARDIAN from MICRO DISCOUNTAlthough this game has only recently seen the light of day, it was programmed several %}years ago by Chris Murray as a sequel to Mirax Force, but Tynesoft ditched their plans to support the Atari XL/XE and the gam%}e was never released. Enter Derek Fern of Micro Discount, who has just released both this and Tagalon, another Tynesoft reje%}ct of similarly high quality.The Last Guardian is a shoot em up of outstanding quality. Everything about the game just ooz%}es class. The huge warship backdrops are even more detailed than those in Mirax Force, with some nicely animated parts as we%}ll. The sprites are beautifully drawn, animated and coloured and are almost too good looking to destroy. Scrolling is effor%}tlessly smooth, as is the movement of all the spaceships. Graphically, this game is a masterpiece; even the explosions are b%}rilliant! The sound effects are pretty standard Atari noises, and there is no music, but instead there are a couple of quick%} bursts of digitised speech, and I do mean quick bursts!To begin with, this game seems impossibly difficult, but with a lit%}tle practice, it does get much easier! Once you collect the double cannons, almost nothing can get past you, but that is som%}etimes a problem, as shooting certain items, i.e. anti-matter or the craft-crippler (a claw hammer) means certain death. Som%}e of the other helpful items you can collect are speed-ups, smart bombs, and extra ships. Watch out for the electro-magnets %}which, when picked up, draw the enemy vessels toward you! Between attacking the warships, you have to negotiate an asteroid f%}ield, which is, graphically, the weakest part of the game. If you survive five raids over the warship (plus the asteroids) y%}ou are permitted to dock with your mothership, which whisks you away to attack another warship. I am not sure how many there%} are altogether, but hopefully the game doesn't repeat warships ad infinitum, as in Mirax Force, which means you can never co%}mplete the game.I haven't played many games on my Atari recently, but The Last Guardian had me glued to the joystick for ho%}urs on end. I've played it a fair bit, and so far have achieved a score of 326830 and reached quadrant 3. In case you're wo%}ndering, Chris Murray's usual cheat mode (typing CPM (his initials) on the title screen) doesn't work this time. If you are %}wondering if the game is worth the money then forget it because this is the best vertically scrolling blast 'em game ever wri%}tten for the Atari, and it has the best graphics ever seen in an Atari shoot 'em up. The Last Guardian is the best all out m%}ega-blaster since Zybex. Miss it at your peril!Prices: TAPE: #4.95 DISK: #5.95Graphics: 9.5/10 Sound: 7/10Playabi%}lity: 9/10 Value: 9/10JOHNY'S TROUBLESThis game was programmed by Mirage Studios in Poland (who wrote the brilliant '%}Five to Five' demo on Excel 6!) and with a little luck will shortly be available in the UK from Micro Discount. The story go%}es like this: little Johny has bought twelve pictures of Hollywood stars as a present for his girlfriend little Margaret, but%} his young brother cuts them up with a pair of scissors for a laugh. So, after cutting up his little brother, he enlists you%}r help to get the pictures back together. Easy, eh?The game is played on a 5x5 grid. At the outside of the top left of the%} grid is a button, which releases one of the twenty five pieces onto the grid. You move the pieces around with a joystick co%}ntrolled cursor, but you cannot pick up the pieces! You have to press the fire button to select a piece and then move in wha%}tever direction you want to move the piece and the piece will fly off in that direction until it hits the side of the grid or%} another piece. To make life even more difficult, there is a strict time limit for each puzzle!When you press the release %}button, sometimes a time-bomb will be ejected onto the grid. When this happens, you must fire it back out within five second%}s, or boom, game over! This can be a real nuisance, but to redress the balance, sometimes a more helpful object is fired ont%}o the grid; certain icons increase the time available, and some automatically complete the puzzle for you, which means you ca%}n hop instantly to the next level!Johny's Troubles is a very polished and professional version of the old sliding tile puzz%}le games, with some very good digitised pictures and another really excellent piece of music. The title page displays the ga%}me logo plus a strip of movie film which moves back and forth across the screen with mini-pictures of the Hollywood stars scr%}olling through it. This is a brilliant demo in itself, with the stars including Sylvester Stallone, Charles Bronson, and var%}ious gorgeous girls from the silver screen. This is a first rate puzzle game which deserves a lot of attention. If it is pr%}iced similarly to Tagalon and Last Guardian then you can't go wrong. If it costs a little more, well, it'll still be worth i%}t. Brilliant!Price: ???Graphics: 8/10 Sound: 8/10Playability: 9/10 Value: 9/10HANS KLOSSThis is another P%}olish release from Avalon, the authors of Fred and Mission Shark, with which this game has many similarities. Hopefully, Mic%}ro Discount will have it in stock by the time you read this. You play the part of Hans Kloss, enemy agent of Nazi Germany an%}d your mission involves stealing the plans for a new aeroplane from a heavily guarded fortress.There are two parts to the p%}lans, textual information and a diagram of the plane, with nearly two dozen pieces in all. Each time you pick up a piece of %}the plans, the screen switches to a full screen hi-res picture of the documents, showing which pieces you have and which piec%}es you still need. The pieces are hidden all over the complex but many are protected by automatic machine gun nests although%} these can all be temporarily deactivated using convenient wall switches. Careful planning has to be used to work out which %}routes are safe and which leave you stranded! There are also many locked doors to open, and there are just the right number %}of keys lying around for this purpose, but again you have to be very careful not to waste any!Hans has to eat and drink to %}keep his strength up, and yes, you guessed it, you have to strategically work out when and when not to take the nourishment! %} If it all sounds too complicated, don't worry, it is not that difficult after a few goes. I finally managed to complete it %}after a few weeks play with the help of a huge map which I drew while playing.The graphics for the Hans Kloss sprite are ex%}cellent, superbly coloured and animated. Diagonally moving up allows Hans to jump, and the fire button is used to pick up ob%}jects. Moving vertically between screens is achieved by using the elevators, of which there are dozens throughout the game. %} The background graphics are nicely drawn but not brilliantly detailed, complete with little mini-portraits of Hitler and swa%}stikas which litter the rooms. The installation is guarded by little robots which must be avoided; they drain your energy if%} touched. There is a good piece of music played during the game, but sound effects are available instead if you prefer them.%} Everything about Hans Kloss is excellent, right down to the brilliant title screen. If you get the chance, buy this game! %} It's a top quality cracker! Price: ???Graphics: 8/10 Sound: 8/10Playability: 9/10 Value: 9/10ADDRESS: Micro D%}iscount, 265 Chester Road, Streetly, West Midlands, B74 3EA, EnglandATARI CLASSICSThe first issue of this all XL/XE magaz%}ine is now available from the USA, and is the result of many months hard work by a band of devoted, hard core Atari fanatics %}headed by Ben Poehland and Jeff McWilliams. A mail campaign was conducted a year ago, with 1100 information packs sent out a%}round the USA and 400 more worldwide. Of these, only a miserable 37% pledged their support by sending in their cards and pro%}mising to subscribe for a year's supply of six issues. The first edition was mailed free (the sub fee would of course pay ba%}ck the money for the first issue) to all who returned their cards, but sadly only half of those have actually sent in their s%}ubscription fee so far. If the target of 500 paid subscriptions is not reached, then the possibility exists of there being l%}ess than six issues published in the mag's first year.The first edition of Atari Classics has now arrived in the form of a %}thirty two page, almost-A4 sized, black and white magazine filled with articles by dedicated Atari users and a surfeit of ven%}dors advertising a veritable cornucopia of Atari hardware and software. It really is a breath of fresh air to sit back with %}a nice hot cup of tea and leaf a through a magazine which is totally devoted to the Atari XL/XE! But wait, there's more! Eve%}ry second issue of the bi-monthly magazine will be accompanied by an optional diskette which will contain two issues worth of%} programs from the mag, plus the very best in PD and Shareware programs. In the UK, it costs $32 for a surface mail subscrip%}tion, or $38 for air mail. The three disks will add an extra $9 to the cost. Not a bad deal, eh?The articles in issue one %}include a look at Daisy Dot III, the problems encountered with printing graphics through the XEP-80 interface, a piece on use%}r groups, and regular columns dealing with educational software, writing on the Atari, tips 'n' tricks (not game tips!) and s%}wap 'n' shop, among others. There is plenty of interest for any Atari user worth his salt.The advertisments are just as in%}teresting as the articles, with some real software bargains available from American Techna-vision. Where else can you buy bot%}h Alternate Reality 1 & 2 for only $25, or Spiderman or Summer Games for under $5 each? Also, many cartridge games are on sa%}le for as little as $10-15 (some are even cheaper!) and that includes relatively recent releases such as Gato, Dark Chambers %}and Karateka. There is also a lot of educational software available on disk plus nine education programs on ROM cartridges! %} Other ads sell vast ranges of APX and PD software, while hardware buffs will marvel at the gear available from Computer Soft%}ware Services, who have a monster sized ad which consumes two full pages of the magazine.Atari Classics is a very good maga%}zine, and I have no doubt that it will shortly become a superb one. If you are committed to your XL/XE, subscribe to Atari C%}lassics. These guys have bust their guts to get it published, paying for the mail campaign and the first issue out of their %}own pockets, and they did it for you! So, as Ben Poehland says, get plugged into AC! Atari Classics, that is.ADDRESS: Ata%}ri Classics, 179 Sproul Road/Rt.352, Frazer, PA 19355-1958, USA!#Plugged into AC! 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