TOSHIBA

Welcome to the high-tech world of MSX.

Now that you've got your computer, what
are you going to do with it? Well, there's a
great choice. Educational programs are
available to help children learn. Business
programs can make you more efficient.
There are languages and utilities for the

computer buffs. And, of course, there are

games -lots of games- ranging from
mind-bending adventures to micro
bending arcade games. Most are
available in inexpensive tape form, while
others come on handy cartridges where
the program runs straightaway. Have fun!

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ANTARTIC ADVENTURE by KO NAMI

Help the cute penguin leap over crevasses, avoid sea-lions and
skate fast on its way round the icy continent. Lovely 3-0 graphics
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INTRODUCING FRACTIONS 1 by M E NTOR

Aimed at seven to ten year olds, this program introduces simple

fractions and howthey are formed. lt teaches the basic
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This database is supplied on bath 35 inch disc and cassette, with

excellent documentation. lt's a professional product, and
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PSG MUSICWRITER by RITTOR M USIC

This prOQram pushes the sound chip in your micro to its limits. A
wide vanety of sounds can be created_, and tunes composeds
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CHUCKlE EGG

A classic platform-type game.You have to be nimble as you help

Hen House Harry hop from level to level collecting his eggs. But
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ACTIVISION

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See how far you can gel up the enemy river in your powerful jet
plane. There are plenty of ships and helicopters to destroy on your
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RIVER RAID

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H.E.R.O.

Brilliant graphics show part of a maze of tunnels, full of

dangerous creatures and red hot walls, which you must avoid in
your attempt to rescue trapped miners, armed
only with a few sticks of dynamite ......................... 1 1 99

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PITFALL 11

ALLIGATA

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DISC WARRIOR

Fabulous graphics show part of a maze of rooms in oblique 3-D.

You control the warrior as he moves around, looking for the way
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BLAGGER

CONTRACT BRIDGE

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A case of harmless robbery as you wander around strange IAJ

rooms, leaping from level to level to collect keys and avoid deadly
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The world's most popular card game in a form that should keep
seasoned players entertained and help teach beginners the
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AMPA.LSOFT
CHALLENGE MY BLUFF

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KRISS KROSS KQUIZ

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FUN WITH WORDS

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One for the intrepid explorer as you investigate a labyrinth of

caverns at arcade speed. As you move through the 128 colourful
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BEAMRIDER
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The energy beams zoom into the distance. As you ride them alien
craft hurtle towards you. If you don't destroy them you'll never
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GHOSTBUSTERS
All the fun of the movie as you operate your franchise, equipping
your car, vacuuming ghosts and trying to make money. You need a
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This game comes on two tapes, each containing 400 unusual

words. You're ven three possible definitions for each and you
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DECATHLON

These two cassettes startwhere your micro's introductory tape left

off. The pr rams provide an insight into BASIC programming

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Become an Olympic-class athletics champion without getting out

of breath. Excellent graphics depict all the decathlon events, with
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This is a quiz version of noughts and crosses. To get your circle or

cross in a square you must first answer a question correctly.And to
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This package of two tapes was designed by schoolteachers for
four to six year olds. 11 helps them put names and simple
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LET'S GO MSX

The energy beams zoom into the distance. As you ride them alien
craft hurtle towards you. If you don't destroy them you'll never
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FLIGHT PATH 737

All you have to do is take off, fly over some mountains and land
again. You've a full set of instruments and controls, and a
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MR WONG'S LOOPY LAUNDRY

There's no chance to rest in this frantic platform-type game. You

have to dash around floors and up ladders to collect the washing,
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ASK

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A superb game for 5 to 14 year olds which teaches mental

arithmetic skills. In a race against time you must dash around the
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NUMBER PAINTER

BUBBLEBUS

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HUSTLER

A faithful version of pool. Six different types of game are possible,

includin one and two player options. You con control the power,
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BOARDELLO
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This is a superb hexagonal version of the poplularOthello
boord
game. it's for one or two players, and you have the option of
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Set in a maze of no less than 256 rooms, Wtzartl's Lair combines

brain stretching adventure-type problems with fast moving
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WIZARD'S LAIR*

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CASTLE BLACKSTAR *

A text only adventure with over 200fascinating locations. Your task

is to recover the inevitable golden orb. The game features a very
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FRENCH IS FUN
Count, tell the time and increase your vocabulary with this useful
program. Choose from a range of scenes, including the beach and
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GERMAN IS FUN*
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If you can't tell a fraulein from a frankfurter, this is the program
for
you. lt gives you a good grounding in essential German
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ITALIAN IS FUN*
The
next time you want to order ice cream in Rome, you'll be
rateful you bought this program. It'll teach you enough words to
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SPANISH IS FUN*
Don't feel left out on the Costa del Sol. All the most important
words are here in this graphic program. Lea m to count, tell the
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WORD PROCESSOR
Simplicity
of operation is the main feature here. Entering and
edit1n ext is extremely easy, and so is formatting it for print out.
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CARDS
Easy to set-up and use, but extremely versatile, this database uses
the familiar index card approach, bath in format and graphics,
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BOARDELLO by BU B BLE BUS

This is a superb hexagonal versionofthepopularOthelloboard
game. lt's for one or two players, and you have the option of

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A useful combinatioin of the WOid Proas1ior and Cards programs,

this package enables you to create text and address it to a list of
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CASH ACCOUNTS
This is a no-nonsense professional package, designed totake the
pain out of keeping your accounts. Designed for small businesses
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SPREADSHEET
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Comparable to many professional systems costing much more,
this fmancial tool keeps track of your figures quickly and
efficiently. it's simple to use but sophisticated
enough for the average business person ... 39 95
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BUSINESS GRAPHICS*
Display your accounts in an understandable way. This program
takes the files created by the spredsheet and displays the figures
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COMMUNICATIONS
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All you'll need in communications software, including full Prestel
graphics, offl ine viewdata editing, a carousel feature for
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SECRETARY
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combination
of the Word Processor, Cards database and
Communications program, all in one cartridge, this is a
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RS232 + COMMUNICATIONS
The Communications program combined with a full-specif ication
RS232 interface, necessa if you want to link up with another
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MAILSHOT

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The RS232 interface lets you hook up with the telephoneline, while
the sophisticated Secretary program helps you moke the most of
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tDISC INTERFACE*

This package opens up the world of disc drives. No longer are

you restricted to MSX versions. Both 5.25 and 35 inch drives can be
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t RS232 CABLE
This is reguired for linking the RS232 interface cartridges to a
modem. The modem end is a standard RS232 D-type connector,
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DKTRONICS

MINDER
They're
all here-Terry Arthur, Dove and a host of dubious lA]
characters. As Arthur you must buy and sel l with skill. You've just
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ECLIPSE

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OH MUMMY!

There's plenty of treasure in the Egyptian tombs, but certain

banda9ed ghouls don'twant you to have it. Keep moving around
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HOT SHOE
Boldly going where no-one else wants to you hurtle through space
to de-activate nuclear reactors. If you survive the 3-D asteroids
you then have to leap around coloured discs.
Recommended for younger spacemen
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ELECTRIC
SHARK HUNTER

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it's a h.ard life for your Eskimo as battlewiththeshorkstosave

your f1sh
stocks. Your only defence 1s your spear as you hop
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BACKGAMMON
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Take a rest from zapping aliens and pit your wits against the
computer in this p<?pUiar board game. All the usual features are
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Roaring across an alien landscape you're confronted by waves of

alien spaceships of many different types: lt's simple stuff but the
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ZAXXON
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With tongue firmly in cheek, this ame features the best parts of
This arcade classic in stunning 3-D. Fly through heavily anned
corridors, destroying what you can and avoiding guns,walls and most of the others. This time you re rupid trying to keep the
numbers of Romeas and Juliets roughly equal.
laser shields. If you kill the robot at the end,
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BUCK ROGERS
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Fast and furious 3-D action, as you fly your ship between pylons, After falling down a manhole, when trying to kiss your girlfriend,
zap aliens and eventually zoom into space to face more trouble. you must wander through the sewers, fighting off bats, spiders
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1AJ CHORO'Q (WAS Bouncing Beetles)*
BUZZ OFF
Playing the partof a rute VolksWogen Beetfe, you must SOJttle
lt seems bees have an insatiable appetite for fruit, but this one
needs your help to get it. But you need very fast reflexes to avoid around the factory helping to buildcars. But the factory is a
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NORSEMAN
IAJ CHACK'n POP*
The task in this novel game is to kill monsters, humanely of
rourse!
A heart has been trapped in a cage. Your purpose, in this rute and
With 10 Ieve.Is there's a lot of them, and they move pretty fast.
romantic program, is to release it. When you do that a hale
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appears in the wall and you can escape. And its all
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SWEET ACORN*
For speed freaks everywhere, this fast racing simulation has
For some reason you've taken a dislike to butterflies. The
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everythin -even gauges and rear view mirrors. Watch out for
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THE WRECK

This adventure has one unusual feature-irs graphics only! You

must find your way amongst the layers of mazes on a sunken ship,
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BARNSTORMER
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You're the World War I fighter ace who now earns his living by
stunt flying. Excellent scrolling graphics show you flying your
Sopwith Camel through haystacks and barns
while fighting off barrage balloons........................... 8 95
PINKY*
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lrs enough to put you on the wagon. This game has a pink
elephant on a monocycle being chased by a train, and it all
happens on a rollercaaster. Amazing scrolling
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MSX ARTIST (GRAPHICS EDITOR)*

This
program pushes the video chip to its limit. Use it to create
pictures, and design and animate sprites. lrs ideal for designing
games graph!cs and seeing them in motion,
or for proclucmg gemes demos ................................ . 9.95

ELECTRIC STUDIO

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A useful utility to make designing those handy MSX sprites a little

easier. Patterns can be created pixel by pixel, and the final results
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
Something for budding computer artists, this program lets you
draw on screen, using a variety of lines, circles, triangles and
rectangles, fill shapes in solid colour,
and save your designs to tape .............................. 1 4 95
SPRITE EDITOR

Ifyou don't think of waistlines when someone mentions the Battle

ofthe Bulge, this could be for you. lt's a clever and fascinating
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No more leaning on pin tables in greasy cafes-this is a colourful
and addictive version of the game from the original amusement
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STEP UP
As the name suggests, it's a platform-type game. In fadyou havea
choice of ten platforms, each infested by bats, rats, spiders and
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SUPER BILLARDS
Enjoy your favourite game without all that nasty bending over
tables. You have full control over the direction and power of the
shot. Highly addictive, although it's actually
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SUPER SNAKE
You control a snake whizzing around an enclosure, eating fruit
and aining paints. But watch out for your own tail, as the snake
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ROLLERBALL

HI-SOFT

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Probably the best assembler available for /1/SX, it features an

excellent screen editor system and all the utilities you'll ever heed.
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HI-SOFT PASCAL
This is the language commonly used in business packages for
applications like databases and management systems. This
compiler isal")excellent version of it-very
compact and close to the original
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DEVPAC 80*
Similar to the orig inal Devpac program, this is a sophisticated
assembler for machine code programming and editing. This
versio is designed to run under the /1/SX disc
operat1ng system, MSX-DOS ............................... 39.95
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EO 80*
A sophisticated and versatile full screen editor, which runs under
MSX-DOS. A highly useful utility for the advanced computer
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PASCAL 80*
The disc version of HI-Soft's excellent pascal compiler, running
under MSX-DOS. lt's the ideal choice for people wanting to write
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HI-SOFT DEVPAC

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HOLE IN ONE
You
guessed it, it's a golf game! You get 18 holes, all beautifully
drawn, and control over the choice ofclub, and the curve and
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MR CHIN
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This is a computer version of the old juggler's trick of keepiQ
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severc:ll plates spinning on top of pales. But the pales are on three
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KONAMI

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ANTARTIC ADVENTURE

Help the cute penguin leap over crevasses, avoid sea-lions and
skate fast on its way round the icy continent. Lovely 3-D graphics
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ATHLETIC LAND
The hero here is an energetic child facing untold dangers, such as
deadly I ily ponds and rolling tomatoes, in a colourful and detailed
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CIRCUS CHARLIE
Same
cunning stunts are required as you leap through flaming
hoops riding bareback, walk the high wire and generally defy
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COMIC BAKERY
it's a hard life being a baker. Not only do you have to make sure
enough croissants make it to the end of the conveyor belt, but you
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HYPER SPORT Ill by KO NAMI

The latest in the l ine, thisone puts you to thetest in cycling, the triple
jump, curling and the pole vault. Not a game for
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The firstofthe very popular sports collections, this one includes the
high dive, vau I ting, the trampoline and the horizontal bar.All these
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HYPER SPORT 11
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More SJ)Orts, this time it's skeet shooting, archery and weight
liftin . If you get high scores there are some surprises in store for
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HYPER SPORT Ill *
The latest in the line, this one puts you to thetest in cycling, the triple
jump, curling and the pole vault. Not a game for
those who prefer more leisurely pursuits ............. 14 95
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MONKEY ACADEMY
A fun game with an educational content. Your task is ta help the
monkey find the right number to complete a sum, by leaping
around the various levels and avoiding nasty
crabs. Several difficulty levels are available 14 95
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SKY JAGUAR
Roaring across an alien landscape you're confronted by waves of
alien spaceships of many different types. lt's simple stuff but the
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SUPER COBRA
You're a helicopter pilot with a mission-to pick up a box. But it's on
the other side of a mountain range bristling with enemy firepower.
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TIME PlLOT
Battle with fighter aircraft from every era-from World War One
bi-planes to the spacesht s of the near future. Intense
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TRACK & FIELD I
The
original sports game, and still one of the best. Take a deep
breath and try your hand at the 100 metre dash, the long jump, the
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TRACK & FIELD 11
The most exhausting of the sports cartridges, this program has you
taking part in the 110 metre hurdles, the javelin, the high jump and
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by KONAMI

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An excellent implementation of women's tennis, for one or two
players. lt's smart, too.lf you start winning, it starts playing better!
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Yl E AR KUNG FU
Martial arts without the bruises. Pit your skills against a host of
mean minded enemies. You have full control over your hero,
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KING'S VALLEY
Archaeology can be dangerous. While collecting gems 1n the
, depths of some pyramids you'rechased byfast and clever ghouls.
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MOPIRANGER
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As one of the cutest heroes around you must rescue trapped
moplits from a series of mazes, while trying to avoid getting
trapped ourself. Cunning is needed as you battle
with tidarflows and deadly objects...................... 14.95
KONAMI'S GOLF
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Enjoy the comfort of the nineteenth with the fun and skill of the
green. You're in full control of the power and angle of your shots,
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HYPER RALLY *
In stunning 3-D you must race against time, through night and day
and all kinds ofweather, to complete the rally, Fortunately you've
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ROAD FIGHTER
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This is the toughest race of all, and you've got the perfect aerial
view of it. Fight with other cars and avoid obstacles like oil slicks
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KONAMI'S SOCCER*
The world's most popular ball game is broughttoyour screenwith
Konami's usual style and quality. Control any player in your team,
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KONAMI'S TENNIS

Martial arts without the bruises. Pit your skills against a host of
mean minc:led enemies. You have full control over your hero,
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KONAMI'S PING PONG*
Another 3-D sport, similar to the popular tennis game. But this time
you see the playing area in close-up, with just the hand and bat of
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KNIGHTS
EXPLODING ATOMS & VICIOUS VIPER

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CODE *
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AMACHINE
complete new
language for your micro. This uti I ity lets you
write
programs directly in machine code, without the need for an
assembler, and so opens up the possibilities
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ASSEMBLER/DISASSEMBLER*
Essential tool for the machine code programmer. This allows yu to
write the code, in the form of 00 assembly
language, and examine
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KNIGHT COMMANDER*
MSX BASIC might be good, but this makes it even better. The
rog ram adds a whole new set of commands to standard
pBASIC,
and allows, amongst other things the compression of
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Two simple but enjoyable games for the price of one. Exploding
is a board game of cunning and strategy, while VICious Vip!l"
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SMASH OUT & OTHELLO
Two of the earliest computer games brought to MSX by Knights.
Smash out involves breaking through a wall with a bouncing ball,
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TYPING TUTOR
Get to know your keyboard, This handy program familiarises you . ERIC & THE FLOATERS
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Like a demented anarchist you whizz around a maze blowing up
with the layout of the ke s, and tests how fast you can find them. A

walls and evi I balloons, looking for the treasure chest and the way
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KNIGHTS BUDGET ACCOUNTS
If you take care of your money with your computer it could eam its SUPERCHESS
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keep. This program helps you do just that, keeping track of where An excellent program for beginners and enthusiasts alike. Not
only do you get an excellent game of chess but you can leam by
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STOCK CONTROL
With this hand program you get instant information on thepri[j]
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The action takes place in three beautifully-drawn locations in and
and stock Ieverof any product, plus a complete stock report with
around a castle. As the assassin in the red romper suit you must
current value. Up to 40 supplier's names
and addresses can be recorded ....
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VIDEO LIBRARY SYSTEM*
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This program will store the names and format of up to 900 tapes, AWDPRO*
fully featured word processor for those who need
with membership numbers recorded against those which are out. sophistication.
it includes page and paragraph numbering and
extensive print formatting commands. it's
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DATABASE 1000*
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HYPER VIPER
On the outside a straightforward card index-style program. But
You may not like the idea of being trapped in an eloaborate maze
what's special about this one is that you can have up to lCXXl cards
with a load of poisonous vipers and scorpions, but it sure makes
an interesting game. You get a choice of speed
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but you'll probably want the fastest!.......................... 7 95
Atoms

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KONAMI'S PING PONG by

KONAMI

Another 3-D sport, similar to the popular tennis game. But this time
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COMMUNICATIONS
Used with an RS232 adapter and a modem this allows you
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KUMA FORTH
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The programming language invented to control a telescope
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LEVEL 9

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HUNTER KILLER
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SHNAX
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A text only adventure in which a band of evil time lords are
letting to alter world history. You must stop them by finding and

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EMERALD ISLE
[A]
Somewhere deep in the Caribbean, in the midst of the Bermuda
Triangle, is the beautiful Emerald Isle, scene of Level 9's second
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RED MOON
More magical adventuring. Over 200 locations are graphically
illustrated with scores of colourful pictures. And in this game you
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LLAMASOFT

MEGACYCAL

[!]
Ideal for '0 Level students, this takesyou through the main physics
subjects, setting questions and providing you with the answers
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G UMSHOE
[!]
Ever fancied yourself as a private eye? This game has a ClJedo.
like feel to it. Match up mobsters, molls, rackets and henchmen.
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GODS OF THE TOMB
[!]
A general knowledge quiz with a purpose-to save a poor,
worried man trapped in a tomb from getting crushed. If you get
the answers wrong, the walls close in.
Fun for kids, and educational too
9 20
TEACH YOURSELF ELECTRICITY
[!]
Confused by volts and amps? Baffled by resistors and
transformers? This program takes you through the basics of
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REVISE PHYSICS

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PSYCHEDELIA
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This
is the first light synthesizer. You can make the screen come
olive with showers of colour and movin shapes, and it's different
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This is an imaginative variation on the adventure theme. In the

latter days of World War 1 you must hand pick a dedicated team
for a mission behind enemy lines.
Graphics include useful maps . .. .. ..
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PANZER ATIACK
[A]
Ifyou don't think of waistlines when someone mentions the Battle
of the Bulge, this could be for you. it's a clever and fascinating
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MARTECH
BRIAN JACKS - SUPER CHALLENGE*
[A]
This is based on the Superstars events, with eight tests of your
stamina-arm dips, squat thrusts, canoeing, cycling,
football, swimming, archery, and a 100 metre dash 7 95
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E DDIE KIDD - JUMP CHALLENGE*
No prizes for guessing this is about motorbike jumps. Control the
and
riding
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you
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to
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gears, throttle, brake
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MELBOURNE HOUSE

THE HOBBIT
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This was the first adventure to use graphics, and still one or
best. it closely follows the book, which is supplied with the game,
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CLASSIC ADVENTURE
Just as it sounds, this is a text adventure in the traditional style, full
of riddles and problems to solve, strange
creatures and featuring a large number of locations. 6 95

MENTOR

[!]
Aimed at ten to fourteen year olds, this defines the circle and deals
with the concepts of radius, diameter, chord, circumference and
arc in highly v1sual form. As with all Mentor
programs, questions are set at the end...................... 7 95

INTRODUCING CIRCLES 1

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NTRODUCING CIRCLES 1

by M ENTOR

Aimed at ten to fourteen year aids, this defines the circle and deals
with the concepts of radius, diameter, chord, circumference and
arc in highly vrsual form. As with all Mentor
programs, questions are set at the end

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INTRODUCING CIRCLES 2
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This reviews the concepts in the previous program and also brings Similar to the rectangle this uses everyday objects, illustrated with
excellent ophics, to demonstrate to ten to 14 year olds how to
in the area of a circle, sectors, semi-circles and segments. The
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[}] INTRODUCING THE TRIANGLE *
INTRODUCING FRACTIONS 1 *
Intended for ten to 14 year olds, this program con be used up to 'a
Aimed at seven to ten year olds, this program introduces simple
Level stage. it deals with all the diff1cult geometric concepts,
fractions and how they ore formed. it teaches the basic
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Ten to 14 year olds ore shown how toodd fractions, how to convert This is for three to seven year olds, and demonstrostes addition by
showing a crone lifting coloured blocks on to a lorry. it's designed
to whole numbers plus fractions, and the concept of equivalent
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INTRODUCING PERCENTAGES 1
Following on from the previous program, and also for three to
This program shows seven to ten year olds a newway of
seven years olds, this deals with the addition of hundreds, tens
expressing decimals and fractions. A cute Figaro character
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INTRODUCING PERCENTAGES 2 *
Toki ng percentages a I ittle further, this time for ten to 14 year olds, A crone moving coloured blocks is one of several graphic devices
used to show tile idea of 'take-away' to four to seven year olds.
this program demonstrates the relationship between decimals,
fractions and percentages, using the classic
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INTRODUCING SEQUENCES*
This program develops on awareness of number sequences (such Taking away is token a step further by introducing tens and
os prime, square, odd and even numbers) in ten to 14yearolds. lt's hundreds os well os units, and the regrouping (borrowing)
concept is introduced. An abacus shows
highly graphical and uses exercises to
demonstrate the main principles ............................... 7 95 seven to ten year olds what's going on ...................... 7 95
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[}] TENS AND UNITS*
INTRODUCING SHAPES *
The first in a series, this is a fun prO!;Jromforseventotenyearolds, One of the most popular Mentor programs, for three to seven
introducing squares, rectangles, tnongles and circles in a variety year olds, this develops the concept of tens and units in the some
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BASIC CONCEPTS
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INTRODUCING THE RECTANGLE*
For ten to 14 year olds, this defines the right angled triangle and
Aimed at ten to 14 year olds, this program is ideal for learning,
the hypotenuse, and graphically demonstrates the relationship
teochin9 or revising. it uses buildings to illustrate how to calculate between
sine, cosine, tangent and ratios, with
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TRIGONOMETRY BASIC CONCEPTS

by M E NTOR

For ten to 14 year olds, this defines the ri ght ang led tri ang le and
the hypotenuse, and graphical ly demonstrates the relationship
between sine, cosine, tangent and ratios, with

the usual _random questions at the end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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NUGGIT *

Possibly one of the fastest games around, Nuggit involves

dashing around underground tunnels looking for gold. As usual,
things aren't quite that simple, and there are
many ways you can come to a premature end ........... 5 95
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SWAMP*
Picking fruit might not seem a dangerous job. But when the bridge
you're standing on starts to collapse, poisonous snakes appear
and ravenous crocodiles snap at your ankles,
things begin to look a little different .......................... 3 95
WAFFLE*
[A]
There's more to life on a waffle than you'd imagine, and it's your
job to get rid of it. Unfortunately it moves pretty fast. An
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MIRRORSOn

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You'll need fine judgement and a good sense of direction in this,

one ofthe most accurate flight simulators around. You can see the
runway on take-off and landing but everything
else is done by instruments and radar....................... 9 95
[!]
FIRST STEPS WITH MR MEN
Aimed at four to eight year olds, this package contains no less
than four, brain-teas and absorbing gomes, using the popular
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SEEKER
ASTAR
program
for those who like gazing at the heavens. lt provides
star and constellation maps, as well as information on the moon
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737 FLIGHT SIMULATOR

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CRAZY GOLF

[!]

This is one of the most original MSX games. it's a kind of three
dimensional noughts and crosses, using fourcoloured grids of
sixteen squares each. it's a real mind bender as
you play against the computer and the clock ............. 7 95
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HUMPHREY
The
Humphrey in question is the one who's hopping around a
pyramid made of cubes trying to avoid some nastybouncing
bombs. In fad, there are four different types
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PUNCHIE
[A]
As ou might have guessed from the title, this is based on Punch
anJJudy. The aim is to help the policeman rescue the baby by
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ZAKIL WOOD
If you're tired of chasing aliens, try your hand atthe more leisurely
world of adventures. You'll need brainpower more than firepower
to solve the riddles and mazes in this
excellent example of the craft.................................... 7 95
MAYHEM*
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CUBIT

MIC ROCOM

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Getting from the tee to the hole isn't easy when there's a load of
strane shapes and objects in your way. With a total often holes to
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MST

Keep track of up to200 transadions atony one time,withfive times

this amount stored on tape. This program handles everything from
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DATABASE
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Unlike some business programs you don't have to be a camputer
expert to use this =age, nor is it so simple it's useless. MSThave
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HOME ACCb UNTS
Running your bank cxrount and general finance is a canmon
reasonforgettia miaointhefirstplace. Thisprogranwillhelp
you do it by keep1ng trock of income and
expenditure in an easy to understand way............ 14 95
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INVOICES AND STATEMENT
This program produces neat invoires and statements and can
store up to 50 customer nomes and addres.ses A separate creator
program sets up user details, and it can
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MAILER*
A program to handle the chore of producing a mailing list. The
information stored in the program can be searched and printed
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comparati
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home user, this program lets you get straight into using the
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STOCK CONTROL*
Use this program to keep track of product stock levels, suppliers
and so on. Set your own re-order levels. Up to 200 items can be
examined at any one time, so you always
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know exactly where you stand .
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MORWOOD

Three cassettes with a program on each make up this colourful[!]

and cheerful educational package. A four to eight year old's
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CALCULATION 2
Five to eight year olds will benefit from the exercises on the three
colourful prrams in this package. Basic addition and
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INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS
Designed for four to seven year old children, these three
wog rams help to develop basic numeracy skills using countinge
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MEMORY
[!]
Three games on three cassettes which are designed to help five to
eight year old children develop their memory. The program uses
both simple memory tests and also associative
techniques involving shapes and objects................... 9 95
REASONING
[!]
Values are given to particular ob"ects, shapes or colours and the
five to eight year old child must ealculate the result of an equation
using these symbols. Graph co-ordinates are
also taught on the last of the three tapes ................... 9 95
CALCULATION 1

[!]

REFLEXES
The
three programs in this set aim to develop a five to eight year
old's perc tion and sbfltial ability-that is, the co-ordination of
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ANTY
lt's unusual for an ant to become a hero, but that's what happens
here. In your never-ending quest for fruit you wind up climbing
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PANIC JUNCTION
it's a tough job being a signalman, especial y when your signal
box is like a maze, and you've five trains to control at once, all of
them hell bent on derailment or collision.
Not for the nervous or lazy........................................ 6 95
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CANNON FIGHTER
Wave upon wave of enemy tank are moving towards you. As the
only gunner left you must aim carefully with your cannon. Bath
distance and direction must be properly
controlled if you're to fight another day..................... 6 95
S UPERMIND
[!]
An interesting variation on the Mastermind theme. You have
to
guess which object a ship has in its hold, by selecting the same
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SUP ERMAZE
[!]
Mazes are hard enough to solve as it is, but even tougher
when
ou can see only part of it, and it's a race against the clock.
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SUPER PUZZLE
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A computer version of the popular sliding block puzzles, you can
choose from a range of cute characters. This one is especial y
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PATI ENCE
[!]
This is, of course, the time-honoured card game-except that this
time you can't cheat! lrs a very accurate version-unlike some
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BATTLE FOR MIDWAY by PSS

true reconstudion of the famous Pacific sea battle, this strategy

game features three levels of play, six different speeds and a
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FAIRY*
This
amusing game consists of four screens eoch infested
with
wildlife which must be cleared away, 1nclud1ng caterpillars, rats,
and spiders. The graphics are detailed and
bright, and there's even a pleasant tune ................... . 795
PICASSO*
[AI
A paintbox program which allows, you to create pictures and save
them to tape. Because the image is stored as a screen dump, and
not in BASIC, it's possible to work
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PINEAPPLIN*
[AI
Cheerful graphics show a jaunty sailor desperately_ collecting
ineappl
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s,
so
that
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enough
energy
to
make
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a
pbridge to the next screen. There are ten screens
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OCEAN
HUNCHBACK

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In the guise of Quasi modoyou must hop across the battlements to

rescue the fair Esmerelda. That's
fair enough, but the guards have
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BOARDGAMES
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Three favourites in one package. You can play an accurate game
of darts, chall e the com uter to a game of darts, or play a two:f i
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BOULDERDASH
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fhe MSX version of this game was eagerly awaited and with
good reason. it's superb arcade action, furiously fast, but
requiring some planning and a lot of quick
thinking.The graphics are excellent .......................... . 6.95
ELIDON
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An arcade adventure with :D) locations, the story revolves around
a fairy who must brave the forest to find seven magical flowers,
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L ES F LICS
Based on the infamous Pink Panther, this is a game of cunning
theft, with nine buildings to rob, each containing a variety of
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MAXIMA
This is Space Invader.; revisited -one of the few versions of the
infamous game available on MSX machines. it's actually better
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TIME BANDITS

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Your aircraft is under attackfrom airships, bi-planes, jets and

spaceships. But you must defend the convoy of trucks, and yourself,
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A complete package for achine co?e prog rammers. Champ

combines an assembler w1th a mach1ne code
mon1tor and
debugger. Unusually, it's all supplied in
one completely integrated system ....................... . 1 2.95
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BATILE FOR MIDWAY
A true reconstudion of the famous Pacific sea battle, this strategy
game features three levels of play, six different speeds and a
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CHAMP

QUICKSILVA
THE SNOWMAN

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Based on the book by Raymond Briggs, the aim is to collect

enough snowflakes to build the snowman. Then you have to
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lt may seem strange, but fleas can be quite appealing. Cer:fa inly
the one in this game is pretty cute, although the dragonflyth1nks he
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ANT ATIACK*
Having
struggled across the desert to the city of Antscher[AI
yr
job is to rescue pea!le. You move them around the oty wh1.ch IS
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Fred is a latterday Indiana Jones - an arcaeological hero who

ventures deep into tombs in seorch of treasure. But he needs your

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AACKOTEXT lDS*

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An excellent, sophisticated yet easy to use word processor.

Supplied on bath disc and cassette, it's capoble of reading
Aatkobase name and addresses files for
producing mail shots easily and quickly................

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SOFTWARE PROJECTS

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PSG MUSICWRITER

This pr<>Qram pushes the sound chip in your micro to its limits. A
wide vanety of sounds can be created_, and tunes composed -

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Deep below Surbiton are 20 caverns containing platforms filled

with asssorted nasties and objects ou must called. Original and

MAN I C MINER

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JET SET WILLY

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Turn your computer into a simple musical instrument. You play a

tune and the m1cro plays it back to you. And to help you, the screen

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SHIELD

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0 LEVEL CHEMISTRY EXAMINER

This program randomly sets '0 Level exam popers, although you
have control over the general content. As with other programs,

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The three main areas covered in this program are algebra,

tri onometry and geometry. Like the other programs it can be
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0 LEVEL PHYSICS EXAMINER

Coverin9 mechanics, energy and heat, and electricity and

radioactivity, this program will randomly set 3) to 40 questions j
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SILVERSOFT

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This database is supplied on bath 35 inch disc and cassette, with

excellent documentation. it's a professional product, and

AACKOBASE lDS*

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After a particularly wild party you must dash around the house
picking up the empties. But the house has turned nasty, and
ordinary objects are dangerous. lt all makes

for an original and exciting game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SPECTRAVIDEO

SUPER CROSS FORCE*

A real shoot-'em-up alien zap game. You, or you and a friend,

control two spacecraft, one at the top of the screen and one at the

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A square on the screen is divided into nine smaller squares. Eight

are numbered in random order, the remaining one is a hole. As
with a sliding block puzzle you must get all

eight numbers in the correct order .............................

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ROGER RUBBISH*

Armed only with an interstellar vacuum cleaner (!) the intrepid

R er attem ts to keep the world free from the nuclear waste
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This game wi 11 be familiar to veteran computer games players. lt's

the old favourite where you manipulate a batto stop the bouncing

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Turn your computer into a simple musical instrument. You play a

tune and the m1cro plays it back to you. And to help you, the screen
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wh n you'v got company. Once again you must
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CASTLE COMBAT*
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Started outside the castle in your space shuHie you must shoot
do"':'n a whole wave of enemy craft. This allows you to enter, and
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I hi is another familiar game, this time a version of Breakout,
wh re you must bounce a ball against several rows of bricks to
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A HUNTER*
In th first screen, .felix goes hunting killer ducks which swoop
c lown on top of him. He must kill them all to progress to the next
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TENNIS*

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1ths doesn't have to be baring. This program combines fun and
I. "' ning in a game which teaches the basics of numeracy while
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MATHS INVADERS

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TASWORD

sophisticated word rocessor which cleverly redefines the

h racters to give a 64pcolumn screen. With a number of
ofessional features, such as instant help
nus, and imbedded control characters ............. 1 3 90

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LAZY JONES

A whole houseful of games rolled into one. Help LazyJones as he

apples with a varit ety of colourful computer games, hidden in
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SORCERY

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3D GOLF

Two different views are presented-the 3-D view from your !A]
current position and al} aerial view of the hole. There are nine
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BATILESHIP CLAPTON
This is not a game for the faint-hearted. lt owes its conceptto Space
Invaders but moves at terrifying speed. You won't have time to rest
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PINBALL
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Forget about the arcades, this game brings the classic into your
own home, in an accurate and colourful simulation. There are two
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POLAR STAR
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As you roar into the 3-D landscape, alien ships zoom up from
the
honzon. Zap them before they zap you, and ifyou make it through
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PYRAMID WARP
A fairly straightforward game, but one that's hard to stop playing,
Pyramid Warp features yet more tenacious aliens flying to
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One of the best games around, Sorc:ery combines a f{]st action
arcade game with the cunning and strategy of an adventure.
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SORCERY

XYNON

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Ideal for the small or medium size business, this will cope with up
to 2(XX) products, giving you a constant update on stock levels,
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STOCK CONTROL

by V I R G I N

One of the best games around, Sorcery combi nes a fast action
arcade game wi th the cunning and strategy of an adventure.
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