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CONTENTS

12 ULTIMATE

ADVENTURE

Simon takes his pack, sword

and magical ring on a quest

tor a perfect text adventure.

COMMODORE

CF39

December 1993

Editorial & Advertising Offices:

Commolore Format Future Publishing Lid.

X) Monmouth Street. Bath. Avon, BAl 2BW

Tel 0225 442244

Fax 0225 446019

EDITORIAL

Editor Andy 'Hutch Hutchinson

Art Editor 011ie Aiderion

Stall Writer Clare Hodgson

Staff Writer Simon Forrester

Art Assistant Lisa 'Secret Admirer Kellett

ADVERTISING

Senior Sales Executive Caroline Simpson

Ad Executive Rob Bennett

CONTRIBUTORS

Editorial

Jason Finch

Andy Roberts

Apex Productions

Captain Blue

Vanessa Paradis

Teaser &atilt

1 6 NEWS

The laleSt hot gossip - and

we don't mean a sad

seventies dance troupe

111 REMIX

Gel up off your sofa and go and do

something less boring instead, like writing your own C64

fanzine. with the expert guidance ol Clur.

21 TMB

The Mighty Brain once more condescends to answer-ng your

letters. Listen up earthling, this could be your last char

t h . A M

REVIEWS

60 WORLD CLASS RUGBY

Audiogenic

There's nothing Clur likes more than getting in

the middle of a large scrum. See if she came

out alive or dead bored on page 60.

2 5 BETTER BY DESIGN

A new series by ihe Apex boys J o h n and Steve take you

through building your own game from a design point of view.

Cover

P a u l Icidby

2 6 M E SECRET OF

SEUCKCESS

Jon Wells Starts a series of technical features about

the world famous ShocCem-up Construction Krt.

Artwork

Mike Roberts

PRODUCTION

Production Co•ordinator

Claire 'Still Preggers'Fullick

2 9 TECHIE TIPS

The Watson to our Holmes. Jason Finch tries to

solve your electronic problems. Don t wnle ri your

kettle's on the blink or your tumble dryer lust makes

things wetter, this is 100',. C64.

Production Technicians Simon Windsor, Chris

Stocker. John Moore. Heath Parsons, Mark GOWN

Paper Controller Fiona Deane

Production Controller Claire Thomas

Group Production Manager Judith NI•ddleton

SUBSCRIPTIONS (SEE P l i t t

air 7-4.e7a/b.,

LEMMINGS

I ems* mr

6 2

Nonst r +

itelitatitma

Psygnosie

We've been waiting for

Lemmings for so long and

now its finally here. An

anticlimax, or more than

we'd hoped for? Read on to

find out.

Subscription enquiries shook:I po to. Future

Publishing Ltd. Cary Court Somerton,

Somerset TM 1 6T8 e 0458 74011

ADVERTISING P808 E

you have a prottem query or con:saint aboA

an advedatOr t e S t55taa than contact M o o r

'13•7111--.11-Tif. 64 WWII 2

EUROPEAN RAMPAGE

Jason Mils Ns skrtl as me lec'te guru once more Stud up. at

3 2 DR FINCH

Owl and ksien to sew me 7,Fy has to sey

4 6 OFFICE IN MY

POCKET

Keep the records ot your records LC to date with the tutif)

Wirier., ening at Future Puttering. X

Monrocuth Street Beth BA 1 28W

MANAGEMENT

Publisher Colin Campbell

US Gokt

Simon takes a look at the second WWF game

to trademark its way onto the C64, and

consorters the prospect of releasing Hairy

Happening u T-shirts, bed spreads. toilel

paper, and CF limited editions.

ones globe to motoring up your databases

Promotions Insistent Tamara 'Relight my lire Ward

Circulation Director Sue Hartley

Managing Director Greg 'Chris Ingham

Commodore , o , a n a broughl to you from the corriSze on the

third floor rie,i o coffee machos at Future Pdblishing the

home Of GadvaMasaty. Super Play TotaV, Muria Power.

USA KEUETT

Sad bunch aren

excuse (Le

case) to dress up in a

and well go for it Still

were all feeling a be bestive

and looking like a loony is a

surefire way of dealing with

it My abiding memory of

IastChhstmasiswodurg

behind the bar in my

favourite pub (The Loft)

It was incredibly busy and

Antler Shopper. Mac FOIMSL Sega Power. AmIcla Format,

Amiga Format S O * " PC Format, .ST Formai. Amsfrad

Action_ &toe_ Gams Zone,

Sega Zane and kliegie oh and ,,,orne American nags too

Commodore Format is printed in the UK by

William Gibbons and Sons.

All material F u t u r e Publishing 1993

Our Lisa had a dreadful

Christmas last year due matey to

the fact that she had a Anis

(which turned her hair green).

She was really ill and her mien

dragged her would tanks and

Spencers flecking up al those

di 1 , 6 2 6 rf1.1'

M u r r y, ot ant M a e B u t e . oe CuiGuisI.,

H M O woutd IIM to Monk Gnul lot the Morro f o l i a t e kw dia sander.

I y o ler the how end Centeno. tot the lake aort WM other WWI

Oithe mauler M e l o a m * , IRA renonwe urr amme.t ntearng torn h u e .

hie holiday lani o w guile

C M wooed like to therik Seat kti playtng our r•PeetiMYe adventure

when the CF went laded In get 'tory tar.

Lim would like l e Manic/tit t h e w • I n . l i n n a M o e n Met tame twe_

but CtOn t 'loon the hotter In ma her out Yo u M u m who you aril

M o o n markt like to thank Michelle Menne i n b o w i n g op atter imam

kmwkwrickpanbeecat

last melee pn3sents) ant she

was curled over on tie loot

Her non u r y m g ,

*One more presere Lisa.

pay

attractive young lades came up arid gave me a Chnotie

kiss By the end of the night I had lipstick all over my lace

and my gloaters:I al the time gave me a good slap.

However the best bit was when (mayor* left and al tie

bar stall sat down for a pity well earned dnnlue (purely

medicinal of course) and a gossip. By companson,

Christmas day was ply dull, just the usual over-eating. TV

speaais and a complete lack of WOW.

one mote present" while Lisa

cooled he h o e on Ole tiles

Things enceoved slightly when

the family bought a new tree

and 11 was SIX loot tall and

when Lisa &covered she'd

lost hall a stone and got

adminng glances and wolf whistles fitte every

blokie in the neighbourhood.

• COMMODORE FORMAT 3 9

CONTENTS

4 7 OVER

THE EDGE

Come with us once more

to the land of the future,

where dogs moo, cows

squeak and reality is totally

Out of reach

''3N41117

r et again w e

bring you a host

of brilliant

games all

packed on to

one d i s c r e e t

tape. N o one

CO' VI/LoiN

I . 1 1 1 1

O A K /

4 8 PD

FORMAT

With a slight change ot pace

this month (we ran out ot

libraries), Simon takes a look at the

varouS types of software available on the

positively throbbing PO scene to cheapskates like you

ver need

knowyou're

!sing it.

leowthp

mgd

PO GAVE R o u l k

5 0 UNCLE DAVE'S

If you're looking for a bargain then Uncle Dave's the chap to

see. If you're looking to be ripped off then by a car boot sale.

FREDDY

HARDEST

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51 COMPO

3 3 0 A I I I I I I I I 1 T E R S More lips than an asparagus

addict could handle, The gamebuster ride el a lifetime starts

here All aboard!

Win every single C64 product in the CodeMasters stores. that's

too much Oizzy to( one human being to handle.

Pan two of this great arcade

adventure, explained in lull on

page six Follow Freddy deep

into the enemy base in search

ot a space shop to lake him

home (or at least to crash yet

another deep space party).

5 2 MAIL ORDER

Nave a root around in Commodore Formats bargain

basement at your leisure

3 4 THE SIMPSONS

The fifth and final pan of our solution

pie

to this corker of a game

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as ii U M = sch.

I ME I I M M I M I L

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M I N I U M

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3 6 NIBULUS

The tovienng heights of level Et

3 7 LISTOMANIA

Loads and loads at 1*-lings to

while away the winter evenings.

MEM E M i l • . . g o k

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5 4 UNDER THE

XMAS TREE

We spit the beans on what were hoping to find at

the bottom of our beds on Christmas morn and tel

what you should be asking Santa for this year

311 SUBURBAN

COMMANDO Bad'

earth for our extra-km.5MM

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M I M I 1 . 1 . A 1 1 . 1 1

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DEEP STRIKE

Bi-plane hi-jinx in this World

War 1 fighter airplane. Guide

your crew to the target and

back again through ranks of

enemy fire power.

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1M IV

5 7 CHARTS

4 0 CASTLE MASTER

Part two of the guide to this tab adninium

4 1 STREET F I G H T E R 2 Two more characters

stripped down to the basics

4 2 N O S E Y Arti eating fun wtth our tavouris swass.

4 4 N I G H T S H I F T Plenty of tips for night ling

4 5 P O W E R PA C K E D Last montliS powerpaok

games given the Andy Roberts treatment

We tell you what you're buying. Errn Excuse me?

5 9 COMPO

Loads of Lernm,rigs goodies to be won in Our lab competrtion

COPS AND

ROBBERS

The prisons are so lull these

days that you can gel away

with almost anything, Play

Cops and Robbers and have

a shoot out with the old bill.

Do remember to leg it if the

pressure gets too much.

1•44,

6 6 NEXT MONTH

warm look nio Ihe future' Get a crystal ball

The worst thing that could

happen at Chnstmas happens

every year to me. People come

to visit my family. give everyone

else presents, then say to me,

'Youl have to wait a week for

, t yours because we've got you a

tont Xmas and birthckry pretzre

When I grew up and have kids I'm going to make dam sure

they don't get born around Christmas lime I should have

two birthdays like the queen.

011ie had a bit of a disastrous

Chnsimas day because his mum

and dad went to his cyan's

without toting him. It got better

thou gn when he had a

vegetanan lunch with his

brother

it was

rounded

day and

came 231st

Everyone

a tribute to

SIMON

Unfortunately

Christmas was ruined by a

slightly 'niggly' gattnend who

aimed the ambience a bit

times Mien he escaped

The best bits were the

trom his girlfriend by 4 o f

running oftdown the

sheet. (Tee me &mon, are

this girt? - Hutch) (Mletorfuey

found someone far better -

CURSE OF

VOLCAN

Another fab game from the

pen of one of your fellow

readers. See what you could

do it you set your mind to it.

COMMO

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