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HEAD OVER HEELS
Great new Mastergame from the authors of
Batman.
CPCs - WHAT FUTURE?
ARKANOID -
THE
BLOCKBUSTER!
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THE MOST
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G A M E S EVER! IT'S
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ORIGINAL WITH
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A N D PLAY FEATURES
SUCH A S LAZERS,
CATCH A N D HOLD,
ELONGATOR A N D
MUCH, M U C H
MORE. THIS IS
A R K A N O I D - THE
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A R M Y M O V E S - YOU ARE O N E O F THE Elll'r
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THE LINE-UP
AMSTRAD ACTION MAY 1987
FRONT END
N E W S
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LETTERS
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34
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GRAPHICS SOFTWARE
Two new art packages.
Easiart
and
Cherr,y Paint,
are
nicely priced, but are they value for money?
07
11
REACTION
Disgusted Tunbriage Wells, Mega Fab Brill and all
the others are back to tell us where we go right and
wrong.
D M P 4000
Amstrad's latest in the series of printers. It's big and
expensive. Will it fit your needs?
MEGADRIVE
A 5.25-inch disk drive that can store 706K per disk
and is fully compatible.
HELPLINE
An expanding new section where even some pro
fessiona! programmers are prepared to offer advice.
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AMSCENE
How the Spectrum Plus 3 may affect the CPCs. All the
latest news on games, hardware and serious software.
Plus
Marble Madness
c o m p winners.
ACTION & ADVENTURE
GAMES
•
MAPS
•
PILGRIM
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ACTION
TEST STARTS
HERE
The start of the best Amstrad game reviews. A full list
of games covered - here are the Raves...
SERIOUS SIDE
SOFTWARE
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HARDWARE
•
PROGRAMMING
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P U L S A T O R
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H E A D
A n arcade puzzle that not only makes you race around
blasting aliens but ties your mind up :n knots as well.
PROBLEM ATTIC
Our expert helps a beginner to understand how
memory works and conducts a quick tour around the
firmware.
O V E R H E E L S -
Mastergame
From the authors of
Batman
comes another arcade
adventure which is twice the size and features two
delightful new characters.
CUSTOM MICRO
Gadgets, gimmicks and gizmos can be very useful
and provide your CPC with a new look. W e look at
everything from personalized desks to Thingis, anti-
radiation screens to micro vacuum-cleaners?!
SIGMA 7
A game that combines three very different stages:
shoot-em-up, dot collection and puzzle.
S H O C K W A Y RIDER
An original game set in a future nightmare where
ever/one's a mugger and you could literally lose your
head.
MERCENARY
Enter into the world of Targ. Your task is to escape.
But with fast, smooth vector graphics and a tough
adventure task you may not want to.
T H E PILGRIM
Our wandering adventurer continues his programming
course and as usual manages to find liis way out of
the depths of the latest adventures.
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Action
Strange new customs
As you see from the from cover w e h a d a bit of fun this m o n t h
customizing a 464. It w a s ali m aid of our three-page feature o n
gadgets touch to a little out of
personal that are your Amstrad. the ordinary a n d c a n bring that
W e
used Rplvfs k e y b o a r d
with
the novel
u p s i d e - d o w n
keys
(don't ask h o w or w h y h e d i d it) and m y colour monitor a s Trev's
technological canvas. W e h a d to remove the internal workings of
both to give them their paint j o b - not to b e r e c o m m e n d e d because
it invalidates your guarantee a n d the innards aren't easy to get b a c k
together again The cases w e r e lavishly treated with spray paint
a n d other artistic tools before reassembly a n d switching on - at
a r m s length a n d with our fingers crossed. If y o u want a few m o r e
details, Trev has s o m e hints o n d o i n g u p your o w n equipment in
the customizing feature itself.
O n the g a m e s front, the u n d o u b t e d star this month is
Head over
Heels.
It's b y Jon Pitman a n d Bernie D i u m m o n d , the authors of
Batman,
a n a follows a similar style but is twice as large a n d p a c k e d
with even m o r e superb gaineplay.
Mercenary
has arrived a n d
fulfilled its preview p r o m i s e with a real environment a n d testing
adventure task. There s also a great n e w arcade puzzle g a m e called
Pulsator,
another
old grey matter. g a m e w h i c h will test b o t h joystick skills a n d the
As well as the customizing feature there's a p a c k e d serious-
software section with t w o n e w a n p a c k a g e s hot off the easel, the
n e w D M P 4000 printer a n d a 5.25-inch d i s k drive. I n
Day in the Life
a teacher g ?
educate h i mo e s o n the hot spot - will the Amstrad have h e l p e d
Our special offers are bursting out all over the place: first the
Cheat M o d e booklet a n d n o w w e offer you
Tir Na Nog
exclusively
a n d at a very attractive price. Bye till next month, w h e n (we h o p e )
all our computers will b e b a c k to normal.
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great game.
INTERACTION
CREATED BY Y O U AND FOR Y O U
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Ck^PE-lNS
1960s psychedelia on your C P C , a neat picture
designer and another instalment of multicoloured
modes.
O C H O T
TIPS
Ca \J
You'll b e as surprised as w e a r e at s o m e of the weird
a n d wonderful tips you've c o m e u p with.
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D A Y I N T H E LIFE
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Martin Farrar is a teacher in Yorkshire. You'll love
what h e gets u p to with his 6128.
Pretext. Utopia,
R o m b o r o m b o a r d a n d D M P 2000.
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CHEAT
M O D E
Imposaball
gets a g o o d poking. S o d o
Elite
on
a n d
Aliens.
disk,
Starglider
Welcome
Amtix
readers
We'd like to welcome any former readers of the recently demised
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and best mag for the CPCs. You'll find unparalleled games coverage,
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special offers to save you money, m-depth coverage of serious software.
short and useful type-ins, help with technical problems and probing
news stories.
Think of this as your magazine. Many of the sections are produced
from readers' contributions, and we're always alive to your suggestions
So if your Amsirad is feeiing ioneiy and unwanted.
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can put the power
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TIR N A N O G -
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