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FEATURES
GRAPHICS 86:
ZX reports from the trontlors of
Computer graphics and animation.
10
REGULARS
NEWS:
Ralnbird's Stargllder set to tako Elite's crown?
6
HARDWARE:
Spectre's new modem plus Red Boxes
under scrutiny.
14
CROSSWIRES:
More remedies for hardware problems
from Ray Elder.
33
DISCOVERY COLUMN:
John Wase with more useful
routines for Opus owners.
28
QL COLUMN:
Update on the course of QL survival.
71
PAGE 81:
Info for 81 owners and a complete game: The
Jungle.
79
SHORTCUTS:
The pick of readers' routines.
84
CROSSFIRE:
A fond farewell to dot crawl?
88
PROGRAMMING PROJECTS
The face of state of the art graphics
(10)
created using
Pluto Designer software.
SPECTRUM 128 ANIMATION:
Advanced graphics from
Ton) Baker showing the full capabilities of the 128.
20
SCROLL YOUR OWN:
Text scrolling utility.
52
THE PROFESSIONAL TOUCH:
Marketing your own game
plus a sound routine from Steve Turner.
24
STREAMS AND CHANNELS:
Tonl Baker explores more
aspects of the Spectrum's Interior In a new series.
34
WAR OF THE SHIRES:
General Alan Davis marshalls his
epic fantasy forces.
61
QL ERROR TRAPPING:
Eliminating programming errors.
SANTA'S DILEMMA:
David Nowotnlk's dual festive
program for Spectrum and QL.
68
SOFTWARE REVIEWS
SPECTRUM:
Trallblazer
(31)
Urldlum
(32).
Antlriad
(32),
Hardball
(48)
Light Force
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short reviews begin
MINDPLAY
Aftershock and the detective mystery Vera
Cruz get the dungeon treatment.
66
SPECTRUM SECRET CODES:
Printers' hidden talents
revealed.
72
VENTURESPEAK:
Alan Davis completes the
Venturespeak editor.
75
ART STUDIO ARTIST:
Loading problems
. . .
90
WELCOME TO THE ACADEMY:
Pete Cooke tells the story
behind Tau Ceti II.
82
COMPETITIONS
COLOUR OF MAGIC:
Spoof fantasy adventure games
waiting for 30 lucky winners.
19
NOSFERATU:
Copies of Piranha's Adventure among the
Vampires to be won.
37
HARDBALL:
win bat, glove and ball and get on the
diamond.
81
This month's cover was created with a Quantel
Paintbox. A special thanks to BPCC Video Graphics
for their assistance.
Starglider: The new Elite? See news
(6).
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ZX Computing Monthly • December 1986
19
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