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February

1983

Issue 33

Vol. 5, No. 2

63379 £1.85 in UK

COMPUTE!

The Leading MagazineOf Home, Educational,And Recreational Computing

AllNewGamesIssue

HowThe Pros

Write Computer

Games

Slalom:

3-D Simulation

Game ForAtari

And PET

A DayAt The

Races:Game

With Excellent

GraphicsAnd

Sound Tutorial

ForVICAnd Atari

Super Shell Sort

For PET/CBM

Creating Graphics

On An

Expanded VIC

SuperFont Plus

For TheAtari

0 Z

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THEPRO'S.

TheProwriters: business printers—and more. The "more" is a dot-matrix process with moredots. It gives you denser,

.correspondencequalitycopy(asopposed tobusinessqualitycopy, which lookslike a bad job ofspray-painting).

Prowriter: 120cps. 80columns dot matrixcompressable to 136.10" carriage. Parallel or serial interface.

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IntroducingSnooperTroops

detectiveseries.

Educationalgamesthatturnordinary

homesintoSherlockhomes.

Where can you find educational

games thatyour kids will really enjoy

playing?

Elementary, my dear Watson. From

Spinnaker.

Our Snooper Troops detective games

are fun, exciting and challenging. And

bestofall, they have real educational

value. 5o while your kids are having

fun, they're learning.

As a Snooper Trooper, your child

will have a great time solving the

mysteries. But itwill take some

daring detective work. They'll

have to question suspects, talk to

mysterious agents, and even search

dark houses to uncover clues.

The Snooper Troops programs are

compatible with

Apple,® IBM®

Atari® computers and

provide your kids with everything they

need: a SnoopMobile, a wrist radio, a

5noophet computer, a camera for taking

5noopshots and even a notebook for

keeping track of information.

Snooper Troops detective games help

your children learn to take notes, draw

maps, organize and classify information

and they help develop vocabulary and

reasoning skills. All while your kids are

having a good time.

5o ifyou want to find educational

games thatare really fun, here's

a clue: 5nooper Troops games are

available at your local software

store, or by writing to: Spinnaker

Software, 215 First5treet Cam

bridge, MA 02142.

Spinnaker'searlylearning

gameswillhelpmakeyourchildren

assmartasyoutelleveryonetheyare.

Rhymes and Riddles™

(Ages 4-9) is a letter guess

ing game featuring kids'

favorite riddles, famous say

ings and nursery rhymes.

5tory Machine'" (Ages

5-9) lets children write their

own stories and see them

come to life on the screen.

And FACEMAKER™ lets your

children create their own funny

faces and make them wink, smile,

wiggle ears (notyour kids' ears,

the ears on the screen), etc.

And we're intro

ducing new games

all the time.

5o lookforSpinnaker

games atyour local

software retailer,orb'y

writing to: Spinnaker

Software, 215 First St.,

Cambridge, MA 02142.

And show your kids

how smart their par

ents really are.

Yourkids are pretty smart

Afterall, they're your kids.

Spinnaker can help make them even

smarter. With a line ofeducational software

that kids love to play.

5pinnakergames make the computer

screen come to life with full color graphics

and sound. And they're fun. Lots offun. But

they also have real educational value.

Some ofourgames help exercise your

child's creativity. Others improve memory

and concentration. While others help to

improve yourchild's writing, vocabulary,

and spelling skills.

And every Spinnakergame provides

familiarity with the computerand helps your

children feel friendly with the computer

Even ifthey've never used a comput

er before.

And Spinnaker games are compati

ble with the mostpopularcomputers:

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Our newestgame, KinderComp1"

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