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VOLUME 5

NUMBER 10

PARA ASSAULT COURSE

YOUR COMMODORE july 1989

FEATURES

10 • Demon's Winter

• Gribbly's Day Out

Surreal gaming fun

A new experience in role-playing

• Incredible Shrinking Sphere

Escape from the 3-D maze

10 • Las Vegas Casino

Gambling has never been this dull

• Le Mans

Speed is of the essence!

11 • Para Assault Course

A game that sorts out the men from the boys

• The PC 10

12 • Real Ghost busters

Commodore's PC10 is given the once over

Save the world from ghouls and goblins

15 • Time Thief

A chase across time

• Graphics on the 64

Improve your graphic capabilities

• The Star LC10

• Jiffy DOS

Speed up your 64 drive

A closer look at the dot-matrix, six-colour

printer

• PC Games

34 • Amiga Workbench

Hot tips for Amiga owners

Ten top games for the Commodore PC

REGULARS

• Data Statements

More news from the world of Commodore

6 • Extending Basic 5 2

How to add your own commands to Commodore

Basic

• 128 Corner

• Software for Sale

If you don't want to type it - buy it!

The ﬁrst of a regular series for 128 users

•

Sprite Library

More sprites for use in your own programs

37 • Back Page

Corrections, info and The Nibbles'

PROGRAMS

• Mouse 80

20 • Windows on the 64

Use a mouse on your 128 in 80-column text

mode

Windows on your C64 mode easy

• Quick Search

A handy Basic search routine

30 *

Sprites for the Plus 4 - can it be possible?

• Head For Home

Corrections on last month's Plus 4 game

YOUR COMMODORE july 1989

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