A Haymarket publication

Summer 1985
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MSX is a worldwide computer

standard, chosen by most of the worldS
largest electronics companies. With MSX
machines, all software and all hardware
is completely compatible ... games,
educational and business programs as
well as disks, joysticks and printers, which
means you can borrow your friends'
MSX sofware and play it on your machine,
and because itS an agreed standard,
it will be here for years to come. Obsolete?
Not with MSX.
Like other MSX manufacturers our

Hitbit /bhas the best 'basic' around, great

colour great sound, a 64k memory and
more ports than you'll probably ever need.
Hitbit also has a disk drive, printer
data cartridge and a remote control joy
stick. But who else offers free, a unique
personal data base that can store
addresses, schedules or even remind you
when to feed the cat?
Who else offers our superb Sony styling?
Who else enjoys such a reputation
for reliability? Only the Sony Hitbit, the
logical choice in computers.
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CREDITS
EDITORIAL
Editor: Kester Cranswick
Assistant Editor: Sally Wood
Ar Editor: Richard Grill
Secretar: Nikkie Smith
Photography: Crisp in Thomas,
Stan Papior, Paul Debois,
Matthew Barnes, Robert Brooks,
Luci |la Phel ps
Group Editor: Ga reth Renowden
Publisher: Paul Camp
ADVERTISING
Adverisement Manager: Neil
Alldritt
Adverising Production: Julia Cox
Technical queries: we regret
these cannot be answered over
the telephone. However should
you wish to write in we will
endeavour to answer any queries
through the magazine.
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Europe ............................. 10
Overseas .......................... 10
Airmail-Middle East ............. 15
Airmail-North America, Africa,
India ................................ 18
Airmaii-Aust., NZ, Japan ....... 20
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accurate, but the pub I ish er
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effect from errors or omissions.
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Haymarket Publishing 1985
Volume 1 Number 2
5 MSX micros are coming down in price. 1985 machines are being
shown in Japan. There are Arabic MSX computers and MSX
software is coming out in a torrent. We've the latest news on all
this, and more.
COMPETITION
19 Here's your chance to own a handsome Sony Hit Bit and disk drive.
Just solve ten simple clues to pinpoint the winning square on a ten
by ten grid.
ON TRIAL
Four brand new MSX micros get the test treatment and we've been
playing the best games too.
20 Yamaha CX-SM. Is it a computer or a synthesizer, or both?
26 Sofare. 21 new titles reviewed, with Manic Miner best of the
test.
34 Goldstar FC-200. The least expensive MSX to date-is it a bargain
or not?
56 Mitsubishi MLF-48. With just 32K, is the Mitsubishi RAMshackle?
64 Panasonic CF-2700. No one will kick sand in the Panasonic's
face. Find out why not.
GROUP TESTS
68 MSX v The Rest. How good is MSX? We put a Sony up against five
top non-MSX rivals.
77 Joystick Duel. Debbie Goldfinch flexes her wrists and puts twenty
joysticks through their paces.
MSXWORLD
15 Interiew. Kay Nishi, Mr MSX himself, talks to What MSX? about
MSX's past, present and future.
68 MSX Worldwide. What's happening to the MSX around the world.
lain Dawson finds out.
72 BASIC Beginnings. Tom Sato traces the development of MSX
BASIC from the very beginning.
STARTING OUT
11 Why Buy? Should you or shouldn't you buy a computer? Fill in the
chart and find out.
85 Computer Terms. Do you know the difference between a PEEK and
a POKE or a bubble and a bus? Learn to talk computerese with us.
94 Name That Game. We trace the evolution of computer games from
ping pong to sophisticated adventures.
BUYERSGUID
99 A comprehensive guide to all MSX computers, peripherals
software, joysticks and printers. If you want to know what's
available for your MSX, you'll find details in these data pages.
Yamaha sounded out-page 20
Sofare listed In Buyers Guide
Jargon explained-page 85
Manic Minor Is tops-page 26
MSX takes on the rest-page 40
Joysticks -we tr 20 -pag 11
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a group of college fiends. One
of them began discussing a
very simple small business that
a person can start at home - a
"home money project", he
called it. But when he told me
how much money it brought
in, I almost dropped my cofee
cup on my lap.
My wife and I discussed the
project we were driving
home. We decided to try it.
The project kept us busy
about H-9 hours each week.
We used our dining room as
an office and kept supplies in
one corner of our hall cupboard.
At frst our income was small - to
9per week. But, as the months passed,
our "kitchen table" income climbed to
over HUper week.
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very important. Our "money project" is
moral, honest and downright enjoyable.
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I explained the project to my mother.
She wa4 1 years old and lived by herself
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frst 9U days she made over ,UUU. All
by herselfl
Aour curiosity grew, we discovered a
variety of other people making money
but with somewhat diferent projects ...
I talked with a housewife who's been
earning thousands of pounds for over six
years. She uses one corer of her garage
a work area.
She makes up to 2UUper week in her
spare time.
She provides a needed service to her
community.
She works exclusively at home ... using
a card table. She doesn't need a special
ofce of any kind.

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selling involved. Most of her clients
call her at home. In fact, she installed a
phone in the garage.
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home-based business. Currently, their
part-time project is bringing in over
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Another couple using the same pro
ject we used made 1,HU in just fve
months.
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or fat. A telephone will help,
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Quite fankly, we're happy to share
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creative projects that can be duplicated
in thousands of neighbourhoods all over
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wide. We won't be competing with you
and you won't be competing with us.
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MSX software made the bi g
gest i mpact at an otherwise

unexci ti ng L.E.T show i n Febru-

ary. Very few new products or
software i deas were i n evi
dence apart from the wi de
vari ety of MSX products.
Many software houses have
converted one or two of thei r
best sel l i ng games for the
MSX, but they are l oath to
start produci ng more ti tl es
because of the di ffi culty i n
fi ndi ng deal ers wi l l i ng to take
them.
An Ocean Software spokes
man tol d us that al though they
were i ncl udi ng thei r game De
cathl on i n the software pack
age accompanyi ng Toshi ba' s
computer , they had no i nten
tion of tryi ng to se | Ii t separate
l y. 'ltjustwoul dn't sel l ' he sai d.
Artic Computi ng have con
verted thei r best sel l er, Mutant
Monty for MSX, but wi ' | onl y
make i t to order. Mel bourne
House are wai ti ng to see how
thei r new conversi on, The Hob
bi t, pri ced at 14.95 does
before converti ng Mugsy or
Cl assi c Adventure.
Cl ive Bai l ey of Beyond tol d
usthattheywoul d be wai ti ngto
see how the demand for MSX
games went before produci ng
anythi ng - a comment we
heard several ti mes before
l eavi ng the show!
Fortunatel y not everyone
shared thei r pessi mi sm. Some
of the compani es at the show
were so confi dent of MSX
products that they were sel l i ng
nothi ng el se - El ectri c Soft
ware, Konami and Aackosoft
Internati onal , a Dutch com
pany, for exampl e. El ectri c
were demonstrati ng a number
of games i ncl udi ng thei r
newest two, Le Mans, a raci ng
car si mul ator and The Wreck, a
graphi cs adventure, both at
9. 95. Zaxxon and Buck Rod
gers each costi ng 11. 95 wi | |
be avai l abl e thi s month. El ec
tri c al so have pl ans to i mport
two Japanese games cal l ed
Chack'n Pop and Ferq. A num
ber of professi onal MSX DOS
games are i n the pi pel i ne.
Aackosoft showed us the
Aackotext and the Aackobase,
a word processor and data
base whi ch can be l i nked
together, costi ng about 45
each for both a di sk and
cassette. Games i ncl ude
Al pha Blaster, Scrambl e, Jet
Fi ghter, Space Busters and Jet
Bomber retai l i ng at about 9.
Another vote of confi dence
for MSX products comes from
Europe where the MSX compu
ters have reall y taken off.
Wi thout excepti on, a | | the soft
ware houses tol d us that Euro
pean deal ers had expressed
great i nterest i n MSX games
because the MSX computers
are sel l i ng l i ke hot cakes. Mi ke
Hal l of El ectri c Software tol d us
that Phi l i ps had i mported
40, 000 of thei r eo m pute rs i nto
Ital y and had qui ckl y sol d every
one - surpri si ng because
there was very l i ttl e MSX soft
ware there!
Despite a hi nt of pessi mi sm
from some of the software
houses we di scovered that
many of them were pl anni ng
to produce cassette-based
games. Al l igata are br i ngi ng
out Superbowl , an Ameri can
footbal l si mul ati on i n May for
7 .95. A. S.K are sel l i ng Num
ber Chaser, an educati onal
game uti I isi ng menta I ari thme
ti c ski l is for 5 to 14 year ol ds,
retai l i ng at8.95.
Bubbl e Bus have used a
Bri dge Grand Master to write
Boardel l o, a type of Othell o for
7.95. COS Mi crosystems are
currentl y devel opi ng Steve
Davi s Snooker and wi l l be
doi ng a Pool versi on for the
European market. They're al so
br i ngi ng out Castl e Bl ackstar,
part of a tri l ogy for 6.95.
DK'Troni cs are pl anni ng to
rel ease two games costi ng
9. 95 each thi s month -Pop
Eye and Mi nder, descri bed by
Roger Barnard, a DK'Troni c
spokesman as 'a di fferent ex
peri ence al together' (we wai t
wi th bated breath!).
Icon Software are schedul ed
to rel ease thei r four MSX
games over the next coupl e of
months and Chyra I i s is the
fi rst. Fo | | owi ng on wi | | be
Frankenstei n, Cave Man Cap
ers and Phantom Zone. They'll
al l retai l at6. 95.
Level 9 Computi ng's l atest
adventure i s Emeral d Isl e
whi ch fol l ows your efforts to
get off an i sl and i n the Bermu
da Tri angl e, pri ced at 6.95.
Mastertroni c' s new 1.99
game i s Spl ash and shoul d be
avai l abl e thi s month. Mi rror
soft's conversi on of Games
Creator , out thi s month wi | |
cost 12. 95. Mr Mi cro were
demonstrati ng thei r two new
games, Mayhem and Zaki l
Wood, a graphi cs adventure,
for 7.95 each.
Qui cksi lva pl ans to l aunch
four program conversi ons; Ant
Attack, Fred and Spri te Edi tor
for 7. 95 each and Games
Desi gner at 9. 95.
Maths I nvaders, an educa
ti onal maths game for 4 to 12
year ol ds from Stel l Software
retai l s at 7. 95. Fi nal l y, Ter
mi nal Software previewed thei r
fi rst MSX game, Lazy Jones
costi ng 8.95.
Al l thi s software acti vi ty from
both new and establ i shed
compani es i s surel y a healthy
si gn for i ncreasi ng i nterest and
confi dence i n MSX.
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conti nue to be announced and
rel eased. Mel bourne House
have i ssued thei r thi rd MSX
book, 'MSX Exposed' by Joe
Pri tchard. Priced at7 .95, it i s
a begi nners i ntroducti on to
programmi ng, l eadi ng up to an
i ntroducti on to Machi ne Code.
Co | | i ns have two MSX titl es
i n the shops. 'Worki ng With
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l ai r, and i s a gui de to program
mi ng MSX mi cros. ' MSX Games
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Out i n May wi l l be 'Very Basi c
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Communi cati ons. Costi ng just
2.95, the bl urb cl ai ms it wi l l
gui de the fi rst ti me MSX user
through the fi rst few weeks of
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i ng off over 86 monsters, to
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ti me and the pl ayer i s able to
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alk to a computer buff and
you'll wonder how man
surived before the dawn
of computers. Histor is
divided into years P.C. (Pre
Computer) and years A.C.
(Afer Clive). Those who don't
agree with this apparently suf
fer from a Luddite mentality.
This view is hopelessly at odds
with the view of the person
who's yet to fall prey to the
attractions of the microchip
and who sees the whole phe
nomenon as a case of technol
ogy gone mad.
Between these two school s
l i e you, wonderi ng whether to
take the pl unge and buy a
computer. 300 or so i s a ti dy
sum to spend on a whi m. The
fami l y may not appreciate the
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fi ced for a gl ori fi ed cal cul ator.
What can a computer do?
What can you do wi th a compu
ter? Can you do without a
computer? l t i s worth spendi ng
a l i ttle ti me deci di ng i f and why
you need a computer.
At the end of thi s arti cl e
there i s a chart to fi l l i n. l t wi l l
focus your thoughts and hel p
you deci de i f you need a
computer or not. lt shoul d al so
hel p you to pl an your comput
i ng purchases i n order to get
exactl y what you need for a
parti cul ar purpose. Consi der i t
a profi l e of your computi ng
requi rements.
If you haven't real l y thought
seri ousl y about what you can
use a computer for, you have
one reason stari ng you i n the
face. Curi osi ty i s perhaps the
best name for i t. No matter how
rati onal l y you debate the pros
and cons of usi ng a computer
for di fferent appl i cati ons, i n
the fi nal anal ysi s, there i s no
better proof than hands on
experi ence. Al l the debate i n
the worl d can' t equal practi cal
experi mentati on. And, once
you have a computer, new
appl i cati ons wi l l al most cer
tai nl y spri ng to mind, with you
i n the i deal posi ti on to try them
out.
Unfortunatel y, buyi ng a
computer i s an expensi ve way
to answer the question what
if?" If the answer turns out to be
that you real l y don't need a
computer after a 'I, you've
wasted good money. Ideal l y, i t
wou Id be great to hi re a
computer for a short period to
fi nd out what they are l i ke.
That's not often possi bl e, so
you' l l need to eval uate di ffe-
rent appl i cati ons i n your head.
Games are the obvi ous ap
pl i cati on. If you have ever fel t
attracted to amusement
arcades, you' l l know the adre
na |i n-activati ng properti es of a
good arcade game. Unfortu
natel y, at 20p a go, master i ng
the games i n an arcade en
vi ronment i s costl y. Buyi ng a
computer gives you the chance
to try arcade favouri tes i n the
comfort of your own home, and
at a cost of j ust a few pounds
for as many attempts as you
want. You won't have the eyes
of the worl d on you , and wi | | be
abl e to pl ay as and when the
urge takes you.
Of course there i s an al terna
tive to the computer, i n the
shape of the once popul ar
vi deo games machi nes. These
are now i n atti cs across the
l and, repl aced by the compu
ter. Games are sti l l available
but the choi ce i s l i mited and
cartridges are expensi ve. MSX
computers take cartri dges, so
i f you want the best qual ity
games and i nstant l oadi ng,
you have that opti on avai l abl e.
Al ternati vel y, pocket ver
si ons of arcade games, usi ng
l i qui d crystal di spl ays, are
avai l abl e for 20 or so. Once
you've got the knack of a
particul ar game, these toys are
preci ous I i ttl e use.
The other opti on i s not to
pl ay arcade games at al l - a
di ffi cul t deci si on to sti ck to.
With al l the games avai l abl e,
you' re bound to fi nd somethi ng
that gives you an i tchy tri gger
fi nger.
Arcade games aren't the onl y
sort. If you feel your refl exes
are too sl ow to suri ve a
planetary i nvasi on, adventure
games offer a more cerebra I
form of entertai nment, and
certai nl y aren' t i mitated i n
amusement arcades.
You' l l be pl unged i nto an
i magi nary worl d, havi ng to
survive on your wi ts and i ntel l i
gence. There may be monsters
to do battle wi th, treasure to
col l ect and pl enty to keep you
amused over l ong wi nter even
i ngs. The non-computer
al ternative to thi s type of game
i s the pri nted adventure game
book. Wri tten i n secti ons, your
deci si ons l ead you to one
secti on after a nether, tryi ng to
solve the adventure. Such
books are i nexpensi ve, wi del y
avai l abl e, portabl e ( unl i ke
MSX computers) , but once
mastered, not much use. If
you've never been adventuri ng
before, they are worth tryi ng
out to see i f you l i ke the genre
of game.
Adventure and arcade
games are a worl d apart from
tradi ti onal parl our and pub
games. Fear not - these too
are avai |abl e for computers.
Whether your preference i s for
bri dge, chess, cri bbage or
backgammon, you' l l probably
fi nd a program that lets you
pl ay agai nst your computer .
Computers make mean oppo
nents and such games gi ve
ampl e opportun i ty to brush up
on your ski l l s, provi di ng you
can accept bei ng beaten by a
machi ne. The other advantage
i s that you can pl ay i f no-one
around wants to or i s abl e to.
The al ternative i s to buy the
cards, pi eces or board needed
for a game. Many peopl e fi nd i t
deci dedly odd playi ng a game
IH'e chess on a tel evi si on
screen. However, buyi ng the
bi ts doesn't guarantee oppo
nents, nor wi l l you l earn a good
game unl ess you fi nd a good
teacher. Chess machi nes do
exi st, combi ni ng a real board
wi th a computer program, but
the best of these cost as much
as a budget MSX computer.
That's nothi ng compared to
the cost of tryi ng out a fl i ght
si mulator or taki ng dri vi ng
l essons i n a Formul a One
raci ng car. Countl ess compu
ters have been sol d to enthu
si asts wanti ng to fl y or race
wi thout l eavi ng the I i vi ng
room. Wi th a computer and a
program you can pi l ot a Boei ng
737, fl y the space shuttl e, race
around Si lverstone, command
a submari ne and much, much
more. The onl y al ternative i s
perhaps a raci ng car si mul ator
i n an amusement arcade, but
thi s i s costl y and not as
conveni ent as a computer
si mul ati on.
Si mul ators al so provi de use
ful practi ce i f you want to l earn
to fl y or to dri ve. Most are pretty
real i sti c and i t won't matter
how many ti mes you crash.
Computers make excell ent
teachers of other subjects too.
They have i nfi ni te pati ence,
al ways teach at your own pace
and to l earn a new subject, al l
you need i s a new program. The
range of subj ects you can l earn
wi th a computer i s I i mi ted onl y
by the i maginati on of program
mers. Sci ene, hi story, li tera
ture and maths programs are
al l avai l abl e. A smal l l i brary of
programs can replace a l arge
l i brary of books.
If you are travel |i ng to a
forei gn l and, you coul d get a
l anguage program to teach you
the nati ve l i ngo. Compared to
the cost of a proper l anguage
course, a computer i s quite
reasonabl y pri ced.
You' l l fi nd programs that
teach you about computer l an
guages too. BASIC i s the ob
vi ous l anguage to learn,
though at a more advanced
stage, you may want to l earn
Machi ne Code. One program
coul d dothejob ofmanybooks,
and probably teach you more
too.

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yet another reason to buy a
computer. Books teach just so
much - at some poi nt you' l l
have to get your hands on a
machi ne.
You maywonder why there i s
any need to learn about com
puters i n the fi rst pl ace. Com
puteracy i s not yet essenti al to
survival i n the modern worl d,
but al l the si gns are that
computers are goi ng to pl ay a
more and more i mportant rol e
i n our l i ves. Those who know
about computers wi | | be better
pl aced to take advantage of
the changes happeni ng
around them, when i t comes to
A video games machine gives games
enterainment, but that's all.
Computer can play more traditional
games to, with only one person. Your
computer could do the Job of a
tperiter, with a word processing
progrm, or replace a card box, or act
as a dirctor, with the rigt sofare.
All you have to do Is add programs and
pripherals

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computer and
synthesizer Is a
combl natio

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and Syn!hOSlzOrS havO S!ayOd
Syn!hOSlzOrS. Yamaha arO
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CX-bM MSX OOmpu!Or, prlOOd
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makOS !hO CX-bM a radlOal l y
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add a rangO O! muSl Oa|
pOrlphOral S. ThOSOl nOl udO!wO
kOyDOardS and !OurOar!rldgO-
DaSOd prOgramS. Wl!h !hOSO
yOu Oan OOmpOSO muSl O, Ox
pand!hO SOund OOmmandSO!
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YamahaCX-bM 449
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SOU O! muSl Oal l nS!rumOn!,
yOu' l | nOOd a kOyDOard. Tha!
mOanS a ml nl mum SpOnd O!
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'Those of us with a
musical bent will be
drawn to the Yamaha
l i ke bees to
a honeypot'
YOu Oan Duy !hO CX-bM
wl!hOu! a kOyDOard, !hOugh
mOS! dOal OrS wl DO kOOn !O
SOI yOu a !wO DOx paOkagO.
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manual , R| and rOmO!O OaS
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SOOmS | l kO a !al rl y nOrma|
paOkagO.
Sprte transforer Is bulky but dos not overeat at all
Contrl and curr keys ar bunched together on-the rght hand side
AS MSX OOmpu!OrS gO, !hO
CX-bM l S nO! qul!O aS wOl |
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mOmOry. Tha! mOanS l !wOn'!
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gamOS wl nOOd mOrO !han
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kOyDOard, SO!!| ngup and hOw
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prOgramS, and uSO !hO OOm-
pu!| ng aDl | |!y O! !hO CX-bM,
yOu' l l p|ODaDl yDOpay| ngavl Sl !
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mOn! | S Oa| l Od an |M SOund
Syn!hOS|zOr.ThO|MS!andS!Or
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rO!OrS !O a par!l Oul a| way O!
gOnOra!lngSOundS!ha!Yama
hahavOdOvOl OpOd.
TO aOOOSS !hO Syn!hOSlzOr,
Score printed out and writen with the FM Music Composer program
On!Or !hO OOmmand "CALL
MUSl C". ThO SOrOOn dl Spl ay
OhangOS !O an array O! !lvO
D| OOkS ShOwl ng wha! nO| SOS
!hO l nS!|umOn!wl | l makO, dO-
!a| | SO!!hO|hy!hmSOO!|Onand
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gOnOra!O up!O O| gh!dl !!O|On!
vO|OOS, O| SOundS. ThOrO l S a
rangO O! 4 p|O-SO! vO|OOS !O
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au!Oma!lO rhy!hm and DaSS
aOOOmpan| mOn!S, |OOOrd and
pl ayDaOkpaSSagOSO!muS| Oup
!O2UUUnO!OS| OngandOu!pu!
aS!O|OOS| gna| !h|Oughh| -!l ,an
ampl|!|OrOrMl DldOvlOOS.Ml Dl
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d| !!O|On! O| OO!rOnl O | nS!|u-
mOn!S!O DO OOn!rOl |Od!|Om a
OOn!raldOv|OO.
LOarn| nghOw!Op| ayl!prOp-
Or| ywl | l !akO!l mO, S!udyO!!hO
manua| andyOurOwn muS| Oal
!al On!. WhOnyOu!| rS!Swl!Oh!O
!hO Syn!hOSlzOr mOdO, yOu' l |
havOBRASSlaS!hOSOund,nO
|hy!hm aOOOmpanl mOn! and
!hOkOyDOardSp| l !a!Ml ddl OC.
Tha! mOanS !ha! nO!OS aDOvO
!h| Swl | l DO SOundOd OnO a! a
!| mO, nO!OS DO|Ow Oan DO
p| ayOdaSOhO|dSO!up!OSOvOn
nO!OS. Thl S lS knOwn aS !hO
pO| y/mOnOkOyDOardSp| l !.
Two standard joystick pors are provided, above
ThO 4 vOlOOS OOvOr a w|dO
|angO O! SOundS. YOu Oan
OhOOSO !|Om DraSS, !|umpO!,
S!rlngS, OrganS, !| u!O, ODOOOr
O| arl nO! l ! yOur !aS!OS arO
O| aSSl Oal . |Or mOdO|n muS| O,
!hO|O l S ' !unky Ol OO!||O DaSS`,
O| OO!|lO Organ and!h|OOOlOO-
!rlOp| anOS. DlYrhy!hmOanDO
Suppl lOd DySnarO drum, S!OO|
d|um, !| mpanl O|pl al npOrOuS-
Sl On.
Rear 50-pin Interace Is, unforunately, non-standard
Power socket Is on back, top right, above phono sockets
MOrO unuSual |nS!rumOn!S
arO p|Ov|dOd !OO - ha|p,
O| avl nO!, kO!O, zl !ar, vlD-
aphOnO nd DOl | . ThOrO a|O

OvOn SOmO nOn-l nS!rumOn!a|

SOundS, SuOh aS |a| ndrOpS,
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andOOwDO| l S.
YOu Oan al !O|!hO kOyDOard
Spl l !!O Ol!hOrr
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vO|SO!hO pOl y
and mOnO ha| vOS OI !hO
kOyDOard, Or !O g|vO Ol!hOr
On!l|O|y mOnO Or On!lrOly
pO|yphOnlO SOund. ThO On| y
!hlngyOu Oan'!dO l Sp| ayw|!h
mOrO !han !wO dl IIOrOn!
SOundS.
Wha! yOu Oan dO | S add
rhy!hm and DaSS aOOOmpan| -
mOn!, SOyOurmuS| OOanhavO
pOrOuSSl On, SOl O DaSS and
|hy!hm OhO|dS aOOOmpany| ng
l!. ThOrO arO S| x prOSO!
rhythmS.
SO| O DaSS aOOOmpanl mOn!
g|vOS yOu a OhO| OO OI S| x
l nS!rumOn!S - !wO DaSS,
gul!ar, hOrn, D|aSS and Il u!O.
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SOlO DaSS aOOOmpanl mOn!
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|hy!hm. ChOrd DaSS aI SO gOOS
wl!h!hO rhythm, Du!!hOOhOrd
playOddOpOndSOnwh| OhOI!hO
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nO!OSl Sp|OSSOd.Th|S|OS!r|O!S
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IOrnO|mal pl ay| ng.
AOOOmpan| mOn!OanhavO|IS
!OmpO ralSOd Or lOwO|Od,
vOl umO aduS!Od andyOu Oan
Op!IOrml nO|, SOvOn!hO|ml nO|
SOvOn!h OhOrd aOOOmpan| -
mOn!.
SO,wl!h!hO|MSOundSyn!h-
Main keyboard Is reasonable without being an outstanding feature. A musical keyboard Is worh buying
OSlSO| yOu Oan makO vOry ThO OOmpOSOr S!OrOS up !O muS| O. YOu OanO| Oa|anOn!| rO
SOphl S!|Oa!Od muSl O wl!h a B239l!OmSOIda!a[lOSSl IyOu par! Or vO|OO w|!h a IOw kOy-
m| nl mum OI OIIOrt. YOu Oan arO uS| ng SOundS yOu havO S!rOkOS, OvOrw||!O wrOng paS-
havOapl ayl ngSOquOnOOSavOd madO up yOurSOlI) . YOu Oan SagOS and OOpy DarS !O O!hOr
aS yOu pl ay |!, and |Op|ayOd wrl!O| nup!OOl gh!par!S,uS| ng SOO!| OnSOI!hOSOOrO.
w|!h yOu add| ng | l vO kOyDOard up!O O|gh!SOundS, andOaS| | y l n add|!|On !O OOnvOn!| Onal
aOOOmpan| mOn!.YOuOanSavO Od|! SOO|0S whOn !hOy havO nO!O On!Or| ng, !hO prOgram
pOrIO|manOOS !O !apO, and DOOn On!OrOd. COmpOSOr l S a a| |OwS!hO Iul | rangOOImuSl Oal
rO| Oad !hOm [!h|S |S a S| Ow Dl ! | l kO a wOrd prOOOSSOr IOr margl na| l a!ODOuSOd.YOuOan
DuSl nOSS, SO uSO l Ong!apOS) . muS| Ol anS. al !O| !hO dynam| OS I|Om vOry
And,whOnyOugO!mO|OOxpOrl NO!OSOanDOOn!OrOdOl!hOr SOIt [ppp) !O vOry | Oud [III) .
OnOO, yOu OanSuD!lya| !O|!hO DykOyDOa|d,DymOnuO|p| ayOd l nd| vl dual nO!OS Oan DO
na!u|OOI!hOSOund, !hO| Ong!h | n. TO makO !hO mOS! OI !hO aOOOn!Od, Or paSSagOS g|ad-
OI !hO nO!OS OvOrl ap, !Ona| p|Ogram!hOugh,yOu' l l havO!O ua| l y madO !O | nOrOaSO O|
D|l | l | anOO andSO On. l nShOrt, S!udy a | Ong!hy manua| . A dOOrOaSO l n vOl umO, !O glvO
yOu Oan dO an awIu| |O!, knOw|OdgO OI muS| Oal !OrmS O|OSOOndOS O| dOO|OSOOndOS.
muS|Oal | y, w|!h !hO |M SOund w| l | OO|!a| nl ymakOSOmOOI!hO MuSl Oa| !OmpO Oan DO ad-
Syn!hOS|SOr. mOrOarOanOpO| n!SO| Oa|Or. j uS!Od, nO!OSOx!OndOdO|SuS-
ThO YK-Ul kOyDOa|d |S I| nO
ThO Il rS! S!OpS a|O OaSy !al naddOd. YOu Oanal !Or !hO
IO| !hO hOmO muS| O| an. l!
OnOugh.SO| OO!apar!, amuSl O- way a nO!O SOundS !OO, Dy
SpanS nOarly IOur OO!avOS, | S
a| kOy and a !| mO S|gna!u|O. al !O|| ng l!S vO|OOd and un-
bbOm | Ongand OanDO pl ayOd
TwO S!avOS a|O ShOwn On !hO vO|OOd | Ong!h. Vl Dra!O and
qu|!O OOmIO|!aD| y On !hO
SO|OOn, OnO!rOD| O, OnO DaSS. !rOmOl O Oan DO aduS!Od, !hO
knOOS. ThO kOyS a|O Smal | O|
BO|Ow!hB!| SamOnu, w|!hnO!O vOl umO OI OaOh par! SO! !O a
!han!hOSO OIa nOrmal p| anO,
andO!hO| Op!|OnS, and DO|Ow d| IIOrOn! val uOand pa|!S IlnO
and yOu maywan!!O l nvOS! l n
!ha! !hO part numDOr, Da| !unOd Or !ranSpOSOd On !hO
!hO l argOr YK-lU kOyDOa|d | I
numDO| and mOmOry lOI!. A muSl Oal SOa| O Dy up !O 24
yOup| an!Opl ayagrOa!dOa| .
OOmmand l l nO ShOwS yOur SOm| !OnOS. Wha!'S mO|O, yOu
OnOOyOugO!uSOd!Opl ayl ng
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OanmakOvOrySuD!lOOhangOS
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l npu!!| ngSOOrOSl Sa!Od| OuS | n!hOSO IaO!OrS !OO, a| lOwlng
wr| !| ngyOur OwnOOmpOS|!|OnS.
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|O| !ha! yOu' l | nOOd !hO |M
!O |!. YOu havO !O SO| OO! !hO !hO mOS!aOOOmp| lShOd muS| -
MuS| O COmpOSOr Oa|!rldgO,
l Ong!h OI nO!O, dOwn !O a O| anOOu| daOhl OvO.
anda pr| n!O|SOyOu Oan p|| n!
hOm| dOm| SOm| quavOr [ J4!h TO makO !hO mOS! OI !h|S
Ou!muSl Oa|SOO|OS.ThO| a!OS!
nO!O) . YOu !hOn SOl OO! !hO prOgram, yOu' l l nOOd!OknOwa
vOrSl OnSOI!hOprOgramSwOrk
pOS| !l On On!hOS!avO DymOvl ng O|O!OhO! I|Om a quavOr, and
w| !h LpSOn-OOmpa!l Dl O prl n-
!hO OurSO| up O| dOwn, uSl ng !akO !hO !l mO !O | Oarn |!S
!OrSaSwOl | aSMSXp|| n!OrS.
a| phanumOr| O kOyS O| pl ayl ng IOa!urOS. MaS!Or |! and yOu' l |
!hO nO!O On !hO muSl Oa| OaSl l y DO aDl O !O wrl!O vO|y
kOyDOa|d. l IyOu a|O On!O|| ng OOmplOx SOO|OS. LvOn | I yOu
nO!OS OI d| IIOrOn! | Ong!hS, a|On' ! OxpOrlOnOOd, l! |S an
yOu' l | havO !O gO DaOk !O !hO OxOOl | On! way !O lOarn aDOu!
mOnu !O a| !O| !hO | Ong!h. muS| O | n !hO OOmIOU OI yOu|
Sl m| l a|l y, lIyOu wan!!O On!Or OwnhOmO.
I| a!S, SharpS, na!ural S, !| OS, ThO vO| O| ng prOg|am [YRM-
!rl pl O!S, dO!S, rOS!S Or OOm lU2) lS !O gOnOra!O yOu|Own
pOundnO!OS,|! l S agal n DaOk!O SOundS, anda muS!|IyOu | | kO
!hOmOnu. pl ay| ngarOundw|!hnO|SOS.TO
US| ng!hO muS| Oa| kOyDOard uSO l !, yOu' | | havO !O lOarn
|S !hO OaSl OS! way !O On!O| aDOu!hOwYamaha'S|MSOund
nO!OS, Du! l ! |S nO! qu|!O aS gOnOra!lOn SyS!Om wO|kS and
S| mpl OaS pl ayl nga mOl Odyand pOnd pl On!y OI !lmO Ox-
wa!Oh| ng l! appOa| On !hO O|l mOn!l ng.
SO|OOn. Up!O 4B nOwvOlOOSOan DO
WhOn l !OOmOS !O Od| !l ng a gOnOra!Od. ThO kOyDOard w| | |
SOO|O, !hO Yamaha p|Og|am g|vO!hOvOlOOyOua|OwOrkl ng
OOmOS l n!O l!S Own. USO !hO On and a OOmparlSOn vO|OO.
Tis Is what the FM Sound Synthesizer looks like from undereath
| nSOr!,dOlO!OandDaOkSpaOl ng
kOyS!O amOnd OrOO|rOO!yOur
Da!aOanDOprl n!OdOu!,SavOd
!O OaSSO!!O, SwappOd wl!h
O!hOrda!aandOOpl Od.YOuOan
al!Oral l !hO paramO!OrS l n!hO
vOl OO, OnOO yOu undOrS!and
hOwSOundSarOOOnS!ruO!Od.
OnSOrOOnyOuarOprOSOn!Od
wl!h al l rOlOvan! vOlOO da!a.
ThOmanua| glvOSa gOOd l dOa
O! hOw !O prOOOOd and a !Ow
Sampl O nOlSOS!O prOgram !Or
yOurSO|!. Bu!!hO rOal va| uOO!
!hl SprOgramOnl yOOmOSwhOn
yOu S!ar! pl ayl ng arOund !Or
yOurSOl!. l!l SnO!aprOgram!Or
!hOavOragOhOmOmuSl Ol an, l !
lS mOrO Sul!Od !O Syn!hOSlzOr
pl ayOrS whO wan! !O OxpOrl-
mOn!wl!hnOwSOundS.
ThODX-7VOl Ol ngPrOgraml S
vOrySl ml l arDu!uSOS!hO!aOl l l -
!lOS and SOundS O! !hO DX-7
Syn!hOSlzOr !Or !hO SOundS
gOnOra!Od. ThO mal n dl !!Or
OnOO l S!ha! !hO DX-7 haS Sl x
SOund gOnOra!OrS, OOmparOd
!O!hO!OurO!!hOCX-bM.
ThO !Our!h Oar!rldgO l S O!
grOa! l n!OrOS! !O BASl C prO
grammOrS.ThO|MMuSl OMaO-
rO addS nO lOSS !han 3 nOw
OOmmandS !O MSX BASl C,
a| lOwl ng!hO!aOl l l!lOSO!!hO|M
Syn!hOSlzOr!ODOuSOdl nBASl C
prOgramS.
Musical facilities
Carridge programs
MIDI interace
ThOprOgram!akOSnOarl y9K
O! RAM. l!al |OwS yOu !O wrl!O
prOgramSuSl ngany!OurO!!hO
vOlOOSl n!hOSyn!hOSlzOr,p| uS
a pOrOuSSlOn par!. SOund Oan
DO Ou!pu! !hrOugh !hO Ml Dl
l n!Or!aOO.
ThO OOmmandS arO al | prO
!lxOd Dy CALL Or and !hO
| Ong!hymanua| Oxp| al nS!hOm
qul!OOl Oar| y. ThOrOlSaOOr!al n
Sl ml l arl!y DO!wOOn !hO |M
MuSl O MaOrO and !hO nOrma|
SOund OOmmandS O! MSX
BASl C, Du! !hO MuSl O MaOrO
Oan dOSO muOh mOrO, and l S
OaSlOr !O wOrk wl!h. YOu Oan
pl Ok and OhOOSO l nS!rumOn!S
a!randOm, gOnOra!OyOurOwn
rhy!hm, !l nO !unO pl!Oh and
vO| umO, p| ay SOO!l OnS O! a
!raOk, l l S!!hOaval l aDl OvOlOOS
andevOnOu!pu!aSynOhrOnl S
l ng Sl gnal !O a OaSSO!!O rO
OOrdOr.
|Or nOn-muSl Oal purpOSOS,
!hOrOarO!hrOOOOmmandS!ha!

Er Interaces for the synt-keyboard plug, MIDI DIN plugs and to phone sckets for stereo output
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YAMAHA CXSM 449
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MuSl O MaOrO OOmmandS wl!h
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graphl OS, OrDul l dSupOrSOund

O!!OO!S l n!O gamOS. Un!Or!u-
na!O| y, yOuwOn'!DOaD| O!Orun
!hOSO OOmmandS On OOmpu-
!OrS wl!hOu! !hO |M MuSl O
MaOrO.
ThO Onl y prOD| Om l S !ha!
DOOauSO!hOprOgramuSOS!hO
l n!Orrup! rOu!lnOS !rOm bO!h
!hO OOmpu!Or and !hO Syn!h
unl !, kOyDOard SOannl ng l S
Sl OwOr!han nOrma| . YOu havO
!O DOvOrydOl l DOra!O l nOn!Or
l ngprOgramS. l !l Sal | !OOOaSy
!O prOSS a kOyand nO!havO l !
rOglS!Or-anannOyl ng!Oa!urO
O!!hOprOgram. Thl SaSl dO, l !l S
a wOndOr!uI u!lll!y !Or BASl C
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We take a look at the
cream ofthe latest
MSXsofare.
uite a crop of quality
sofare has been re
leased since the last
issu . What we have reviewed
here is the cream of the crop
and it shows that MSX owners
now have a wide variety of
excellent games, utilities and
educational software to
choose from.
We've chosen Manic Miner,
an exciting and addictive
arcade game to be our star
game. Our games represent
the best adventures, classic
and traditional games current
ly available. In addition we
have reviewed a BASIC tuto
rial.
All the programs are rated
out of ten and the screen shots
should give you an idea of what
the game looks like.
Man| c M| ne| | s a c| ass| c | n
eve|ysenseOIIhewO|d. B|a| n-
ch. | dOIMaIIhewSm| Ih , | II| |sI
sawIhe| i ghIOIday| n OcIObe|
1983. S| nceIhen | Ihas neve|
been OuI OI Ihe besI se| | e|
cha|Is.NOw,aIIe|acOnve|s| On
by Came|On L| se, l I can be
p| ayedOnMSXcOmpuIe|s.
YOucOnI|O| M. ne|W| | | yashe
exp| O|esase|| esOI20 cave|ns
deep be| Ow subu|ban Su|b| -
IOn. Lachcave|nhasase|iesOI
p| aIIO|ms and ObsIac| es, a
cO| | ecI| On OI va|| Ous and
humO|OusnasI| esp| usa num-
be|OIkeysO|OIhe|ObjecIsIhaI
musIbecO| | ecIed.
AIIe| | Oad| ng, Ihe p| cIu|es-
que I| I| e sc|een deIai | s Ihe
va|| OuscOnI|O| s. Ase| ecI| OnOI
keysO|ajOysI| ckcanbeused.
|O|sOme |easOn, cu|sO| cOn-
I|O| keysa|enOIused.
The mOvemenIs a|e s| mp| e
enOugh -| eII, || ghIand| eap.
The|e| sagamepauseIac| | iIy,
a qu IIeaIu|e andIhevO| ume
OI Ihe sOund eIIecIs ca n be
a| Ie|ed.
DOnOIh| ngaIIh| ssIageand
Ihegamew| | | gO| nIOademOn-
sI|aI| On mOde, shOw| ng OII
each OIIheIwenIy sc|eens | n
M80|0M| 00| b0Rw8|0|0]00l5
Iu|n . Ose Ihe wa| I Iac| | |Iy IO
exam| ne Ihem | n deIa| | , IO|
Iheya|emOsIamus| ng.
Lach sc|een has a name,
such as Lugene` s La| |, Wacky
AmOebaI|Ons O|ReIu|n OIIhe
A| | en KOng BeasI. The I| I| e
g| vessOme| deaOIIhenasI| es
i nsIO|e.
MaIIhewSm Ihce|ta| n| yhas
aperve|se| mag| naI| On.YOuve
hea|d Ihe ph|ase 'sweeI s| x-
Ieen` . Thes| xIeenIhsc|eenhas
ma|aud| ng suga| bOw| s and
suga|cubesIO cO| | ecI. | n Ihe
AIIack OI Ihe MuIanI Te| e-
phOnes, yOuhaveIOcO| | ecIIen
pence p| eces. The IwO KOng
sc|eens have bananas scaI-
Ie|ed a|Ound. AnOIhe| sc|een
has p|edaIO|y pacmen,
anOIhe|hassnapp| ng| avaIO|y
bOw| s. OIhe|IOes| nc| udekan-
ga|OOs, Ieddy bea|s, pen-
gu| ns, ducks and eyes. | nIhe
Sky| ab Land| ng Bay, yOu have
IO avO| d Ia| | | ngsky| abs. Such
Ih| ngs add m| ghI| | y IO Man| c
M| ne|.
Bes| des Ihe mOv| ngIh ngs,
yOua| sOhave IO wO|kOuI asaIe
paIhIOcO| | ecIa | IheObjecIs.

Hampe|| ngyOu a|ecO| | aps| ng

O| mOv| ng p| aIIO|ms. l nadd|
I| On, yOu Onl y have a ce|!a| n
I| me | | m| I, | nd| caIed by ana| |
supp| y | | ne be| Ow Ihe sc|een.
YOugeIpO| nIsIO|eve|yObjecI
cO| | ecIedandIheI| me| IIakes
IO c| ea| a sc|een. 10, 000
pO| nIs ga| nsyOu anexI|a | | Ie.
YOusIa|tw|IhIh|ee| | ves.
The Open| ng sc|een has a
ve|y Ia| | |end| I| On OI Ihe B| ue
DanubeaccOmpany| ng| I. Du|
| ng Ihe game, Ihe Iune
changesIOPee|GynI`s Ha| | OI
Ihe MOunIa| n K| ng, p| us Ihe
sOundOIyOu|mOvemenIs.
The g|aph| cs a|e exce| | enI.
Sp|| Ies a|e deIa| | ed and cO|
Ou|Iu| . MOvemenI | s smOOIh
andsp|| IecO| | | s| Onaccu|aIe.
An add| Ii Ona| aII|acIi On | s
IhaI| I| snOI| mpOss| b| eIOgeI
sOmesuccess| n Man| cM| ne|.
The|e| senOughOIacha| | enge
IO keep yOu absO|bed IO|
mOnIhs, I|y| ngIO geIIh|Ough
a| | Ihe sc|eens | n Ihe IasIesI
pOssi b| eI| me. BuIevenbeg| n
ne|sshOu| dbeab| eIOmasIe|a
Iewsc|eens.
Man. cM| ne|| sawO|IhyIOp
game. l I yOu haven`I a| |eady
gOI| I, buy| IIOmO||Ow.
1000|5 0}h008M|
W| mb| eOn was neve| as
exc| I| ngas KOnam| ` snewIen-
n. sgame. We a|e hOOkedand
gua|anIeeIhaIyOuw| | | beIOO.
Th|ee Ienn| s game va|| -
aI|OnsandIh|eespeed | eve| s
a|eava| | ab| e. as| ng| esmaIch
w|Ih yOu p| II| ng yOu| sk| | |
aga|nsIacOmpuIe|-cOnI|O| | ed
OppOnenI, a game aga| nsI
anOIhe| p|aye| and dOub| es
w|Ih yOu and a pa|!ne|p ay| ng
IhecOmpuIe|.
The Ienn| scOurI | sp| cIu|ed
Onsc|eenw| IhOneend|eced-
| ng | nIO Ihe d| sIance. The
0mp| |es|IsOnIhe!am| || a|h| gh
cha| | ca| | | ngOuIdec| s| Ons -
LLT, | N, OUT, FAULT and nO
a|gu| ng a| | Owed!
The p| aye|s a|ewOmenand
sOyOuOn| yp| ayIh|eeseIs.The
scO|e bOa|daIIhebackOIIhe
cOu|IauIOmaI| ca| | y|ecO|dsa| |
scO|es.
Us| ng e| Ihe| a j OysI| ck O|
keybOa|d IO cOnI|O| Ihe game
yOu |ea| | y dO geI Ihe Iee| | ng
IhaIyOua|ep| ay| ngIenn| s. YOu
| mp|Ove d|amaI| ca| | y w| Ih
p|acI| ce and sOOn yOu !| nd
yOu|se| I hi II| ng | Obs, vO| | eys
andc|aIIycO|ne|shOIs.
The p| aye|s On cOurI | OOk
amaz| ng| y |ea' | sI| c and even
j umpupand dOwnwh| | ewa| I-
| ng!O|asene. Ab| ackshadOw
accOmpan| es Ihe ba| | g| v| ng
yOu sOme i dea O! Ihe ba| | ` s
pOs| I| On, he| ghIandspeed.
KOnami ` sTenn| s| sexc| I| ng,
ve|y enIe|ta| n| ng and a |ea|
cha| l enge. |I`s. ndOO|Ienn| saI
| IsbesI.
|50W8|||0| 0}0|g8l8
Bl | | ed as an a|cade adven-
I0|e, D. sc Wa||| O| | s a |aIhe|
d| I!e|enI game I|Om whaI we
0sua| | ysee. | I| syOuaga| nsIa
mass|ve cOmpuIe| cOmp| ex,
andyOu|Iask | sIOdesI|OyIhe
masIe| cenI|a| p|Ocess| ng
un| I.
On Ihe sc|een yOu geI an
a| mOsIIh|eedl mens| Ona|v| ew
O!padO!Ihep| ay| nga|ea,w| Ih
a g|| dded !| OO| and pl enIy O!
cOlOurIu| deIa| | . YOu mOve a
wh|Ie man a|Ound w| Ih e| Ihe|
Ihe j OysI| ck O| cu|sO| cOnI|O|
keys.
YOu|aIIack| ngweapOnsa|e
dscsIhaIbOOme|angbackIO
yOu. An a|ea sensO| shOws
uea|by aIIacke|s - |ObOI
dOgs, and|O| ds and I| OaI| ng
sphe|es. Damage| sa| sOdOne
by !O|ce I| e| ds and e| ecI|| c
!| OO| pane| s. A ba| be| Ow Ihe
sc|eenshOwshOwmuchene|-
gyyOuhave | eII.
Bes| des sIay| ng a||ve, yOu
haveIOcO| | ecIva|| OusObjecIs
IO he| p yOu . n yOu| m. ss| On.
These | nc| ude keys, a bOmb,
ene|gyce| | sand|ubbe|bOOIs.
GeII| ng !|Om One a|ea O! Ihe
maze IO anOIhe| | s by el Ihe|
wa| k| ng, Ie| epO|I| ngO|us| nga
I|ave|d| sc.
W| Ih gOOd g|aph| cs and
sOundanda mass| vemazeIO
exp' O|e, D| scWa||| O|w| | | keep
yOu wande|| ngaway!O|ages.
Mapp| ng w| | | he| p yOu |each
yOu|gOa| , buIwe cangua|an-
Iee yOu` | | !| nd D| sc Wa||| O| a
maIchIO|yOu| sk| | | s.
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The SnOwman | sa p| aIIO|m
gamebased OnIhe ch| d|en s
bOOk w||IIen by RaymOnd
B|| ggs.The|ea|eIOu|sIagesIO
| I, eachgeII| ngmO|ed|!I|cu| I.
Thea| m| sIObu| | dasnOwman
bycO| | ecI| ngsnOwI| akes.Once
he | s bu| | Ih| seyes, sca|Iand
OIhe|b| IshaveIObecO| ecIed.
ThaI Iakes IwO mO|e sIages.
Whenhe| scOmp| eIe,yOumusI
sIOp h| m I|Om me' I| ng by
cO| | ecI| ngs| x| cecubes.
Th|OughOuI Ihe game IOOd
such asIu|key and Ch|| sImas
pudd| ngmusIbeeaIenIOsIay
a| lve.Aba|aIIhebOIIOmOIIhe
sc|een shOws hOw much en-
e|gy |ema. ns. RunOuIOIIOOd
andyOu | OseOneO!yOu|Ih|ee
||ves.
Ca|ehasIObeIaken| n case
Ihe | II|e man Ia| sOII. lI Ih| s
happensanange| appea|sw| Ih
a bed OnIO wh. ch he!a| s. A |
Ih|OughIhegameIhe|ea|eO!
cOu|se enem. es. |O|examp| e
|| II egas!|amesI|yIOme| IIhe
snOwwh| ch yOu need IO bu| | d
yOu| snOwman An | ce O| | y O|
a| a|m c| Ock g| ves yOu 2
secOnds | n wh| ch Ihe gas
I| amescannOIme| IyOu|snOw
O| Ihe bOy can hang unde|
neaIh Ihe p| aI!O|m unI. | Ihe
.
enem| espassOve|yOu .
The SnOwman hasa Iyp| ca|
Ch|| sImas Iheme IO | I, w|Ih
Ch|| sImas ca|O s p| ay. ng and
snOwIa| | |ngcOnI| nuOus| y.
| IyOu || ke a cha| | enge Ihen
yOuw| | | | OveIh| sgame
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One O! Ihe mOsI pOpu| a|
p| aI!O|m games has been
Chuck| eLgg.Th| sMSXve|s| On
. s eve|y b| I as gOOd as Ihe
O|| g| na| .
| I| sa
p| aIIO|mgame| nwh| ch
IheObjecI| sIOcO| | ecIadOzen
gO| deneggsscaIIe|ed a|Ound
Ihesc|een. P aIIO|msa|e| . nk-
ed by | adde|s and e| evaIO|s.
YOu| | | II| e mancanmOve |e!I,
|| ghIO|j ump.
Mak.ng || I e d|II|Lu| IIO| yOu
a|ewande|| ngb| ueb| |ds. COn-
IacIw| IhOne| s| eIha| . SOIOO| s
nOIcOmp' eI| ngasc|eenw| Ih. : |
ag| venI| me|| m| I. YOuhaveI|ve
| | vesIOp| ayw. Ih.
LOad| ng | s qu| ck and |e| | -
ab| e.Aj OysI| ckO|use|de!| ned
keyscanbeusedandI|OmOne
IOIOu|peOp| ecanp| ay.
PO| nIsa|ega| ned IO| cO| | ecI-
, | n eggs, p| | es OI cO|n and
cOmp| eI| ng each sc|een As
w| Ih mOsI p aI!O|m games,
eachsc|eenneedsapa|I| cu| a|
|OuIe. The|ea|ee. ghIsepa|aIe
sc|eens, w| Ih an add. I| Ona
ye| | Ow duck On Ihe secOnd
|Ound, mO|e b| ue b| |ds and
!asIe|acI| On.A| || na| | Ihe|ea|e
2bsc|eensIOcOmp| eIe.
The g|aph| cs a|e made OI
On| ya Iew d| IIe|enIe emenIs.
MOvemenI| ssmOOIhandOve|-
| ap p|Ob| ems nOI IOO nOIice
ab| e. CO| '| s| On deIecI. On . s
accu|aIeIOO. ThesOundscOn-
s| sI OI an . nI|OducIO|y Iune,
wal k| ng nO| ses and p| ckup
nO| ses.
Chuck| e Lgg | s a mosI ad-
d| cI.ve game and a c| +..s. c OI
|Is Iype. YOu` | | spend weeks
I|y| ng IO masIe| |Is many
sIages IO geI eve| h. ghe|
scO|es.
B
Laund|ydayswerenever1 i ke
!h| s. M| WOng, !he Ch| nese
| aund|yman, | s!|y| ng!Oga!her
h| s | aund|y. Bu! !here s a
man| aca| | |On, dead| y sOap
sudsandanev| |sackOI| aund|y
aI!e| h| m. l ! a| | sOunds | ud| -
c|OusDu!| !makesanexce| | en!
pl a!!Ormame.
Menus a! !he s!a|! | e! yOu
selec!OneOr!wOplaye|s,| Oud,
|OwOrnOsOundandj Oys!|ckO|
cursO|keycOn!rO| .
The Ch| naman cOn!| nues | n
h| s curren! d| |ec!i On un| ess
yOua| !er| !.
YOu aren` ! !O!a| | y deIence-
|ess. || |i ngg| vesO!Ia Durs!O!
s!arch !ha! !empOra|| l y i m-
mOD| l | ses!heIOe. S!archsup-
pl | esa|el | m| !ed, andi !yOu|un
Ou!, yOu' | | need!Orushandge!
a reI| | | . YOuhave!h|ee| | vesa!
!hes!ar!.
Laund|y | s p| cked up Dy
pass| ngOve| | !and ca|ri ed !O
!he| aund|ychu!e. Therea|es| x
| !ems OIc| O!h| ng pe| sc|een.
YOu ge! pO| n!s IO| each i!em
cO| | ec!edanda!| meDOnusIOr
!i ni sh| ng!hesc|eenqu| ck| y. A
hi ghscOre!ea!u|ekeeps!rack
OIyOu|Des!eI!O|!s.
Graph| cs a|e exce| l en!. A
sp| nn| ng wash| ng machi ne
adds!O !heeI!ec!. SOund | sa
cOn!i nuOus Rag!| me me| Ody
!ha!| sdec| ded| yca!chy.
Al | !hi s makes Mr WOng's
LOOpy Laundry One OI !he
De!!er, and wack| e|, p| a!IOrm
gameswehaveseen.
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cOnquer !he en!| re cOun!ry
usi ngh| sN| nj aassass| nsand
I| rs!On!heh|!l|s!| s!heKOgan
cas!| e.

YOu| |Ol e | n!he game | s !O

cOn!|Ol One O! !hese N| nj a
assassi ns, su| !aD| yOu!I|!!ed| n
a red |Omper su| ! and a|med
w| !h Syu|| kens (s!a| shaped
knives) .
The ac!| On | s d| v| ded De-
!ween !hree | Oca!| Ons, !he
Ou!si de, !he| nsi deand!he!Op
OI !he cas!| e. As wel | as h| s
kn|ves,!heNi nahasOneO!her
a| de -Mak| mOnOcsO|mag| c-
al scrO| l s!ha! | i e arOund !he
cas!le and appear and d| s-
appea|a!|andOm.
l IOpened,!hesc|O| l sendOw
yOu w| !h mag| cal pOwers. The
mag| cd| sappearsveryqu| ck| y,
Du! whi | e | ! | as!s | ! | s ve|y
eI!ec!| ve !Or I| gh!| ng O!! !he
cas!| edeIende|s.
The cas!le guards are a
p|e!!y e!!| c| en!DunchandyOu
wi| | have!ODeex!|eme| yqu| ck
!O dOdge !he spi ked cannOn
Da| l s, kn|vesandva|| Ous!ypes
OI ammuni !| On !hey !hrOw a!
yOuwhi | eyOu`|e!|y| ng!Ochuck
kn| vesDack.
NegO!| a!i ng !he !| |s! !wO
| eve| s was d| II| cu| ! Du! pOs-
s| Dl e. The !Op OI!he cas!le | s
anO!he|ma!!e|!
The sOund and graph| c
eI!ec!s| nN| nj aaregOOd,Du!a
Iew mO|e cas!| e | Oca!| Ons
wOul d have enhanced !he

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d| an!s IOr a rea| | ygOOd Ia| |y-
!a| e, !he Deau!| Iu| damse| | n
di s!ress and !he ug| y adm| re|
anx| Ous !O p|Ove h| s | Ove Dy
|escu| nghe|.
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s!arIs O!I !hegameDyDOund-
| ng a| Ong Des| des !he cas!| e
wa| l !O!he!uneO!TeddyBears'
P| cn| c. The !ask | n hand | s!O
negO!| a!e14 wal | sandrescue
!hehe| p| essIema| e.
Bu|n| ng cannOn Da| s rOl |
!Owa|dsQuasi mOdOi n!heI| rs!
screen and eve|y !| me he
cOmp| e!es a wal l and ri ngs a
De| | he ge!s an enO|mOus
amOun!OIpO| n!s. l !Quas| mO-
dO manages !O cOmp| e!e I| ve
wa| | s and cO| | ec! I| ve De| | s
w| !hOu!| Osi ngOneOIh| s!h|ee
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A!| me | | mi !On each wa| | s
prOvidedDyaguardd|essedup
i ncha| nma| | . Hec| | mDsup!he
wa| l a! !he Deg| nn| ng OIeach
sc|een and s!aDs !he hunch-
Dacki n!heDack.
|| end| sh ODs!ac| es On !he
wa | s| nc| udeDu|n| ngI| reDa| | s,
ar|Ows!l yi ng!h|Ough!heai |as
we| l asgua|dss!i ck| ngspea|s
up!hrOughgaps| n!hewa| | . | n
!he h| gher | eve| s eve|y!h| ng
happensa!Once.
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appea| !O a| | ages. l!'sa g|ea!
game.
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yOu'dDeexcusedIOr !h| nk| ng| !

cOs!s !a| mO|e !han l. 99.
Va| ue| sakeynO!e.
Spacewa| khasyOu cOn!rO| -
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!OcO| | ec!Ia| | | ngsa!e| | | !esand
re!u|n !hem !O a spacesh| p.
Va|| Ous ODs!ac| es mOv| ng
ac|Oss !he sc|een mus! De
e| !he| avO| ded O| des!|Oyed,
and !he sa!e| | | !e mus! De
reached DeIOre | !!Ouches!he
g|Ound. l!'s a si mp| e enOugh
| dea.
COn!rO| i sDy e| !herj Oys!| ck
O| cu|sOr cOn!|O' keys. The
space Dar/!| |e Du!!On serves
anO!he| Iunc!| On Des| des
D| as!| ng !h| ngs - . ! | e!s yOu
graD!hesp| nn| ngsa!e| | | !e.
Cu||en!andh| ghscO|esa|e
shOwna!!he!OpOI!hescreen.
YOu can chOOse e| !he| !O !|y
and ge! !hrOugh as many
sc|eens asyOu can (!he|e are
s| x!een| na| | ) , Or amassah| gh
scO|eDys| mp| yp| ck| ngup!he
sa!e| | |!eand!henhO| d| ng|!as
yOu D| as! away a! ODs!ac| es.
|Ou| | | ves a|e ava| | aD| e,
!hOugh| I!hesa!e| | |!ec|ashes,
!hegamecOmes!Oanun!| me| y
end.
SOundandg|aph| csa|eIa| |.
The sp|| !es a|e a D| ! samey,
sc|een aI!e| sc|een, and !he
ODs!ac| esnO!ve|yva|| ed. They
dO pOse a cha| | enge !hOugh.
Ac!iOn | s a! a | e| sure| y pace,
w| !h I| || ng s| Owe| !han yOu
m| gh! | ke.
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gameDu!| !wOn I g| veIhesame
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gOOd, nOrma| p|| cegame.
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CPU
MEMORY
RAM
ROM
VIDEO RAM
KEYBOARD
TPE
KEYS
NUMERIC
KEYPAD
Z-80A equivalent
(3. 6MHz cl ock)
64K
32K MSX BASIC
16K
Ful l travel
48 Al phanumeri c
21 control keys
Keypad cursor control
No
VIDEO DISPLY
TET
GRAPHICS
COLOURS
SPRITES
OUTPUT
SOUND
GENERATOR
OUTPUTS
INTERFACES
JOYSTICKS
EPANSION
BUS
40 characters x 24
l i nes
Maxi mum resol uti on
256 x 192 pi xel
16
32
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Monitor
3 channel with 8
octave range
Mono audi o output
(RCA phono)
150mV/10kOhm
Standard
2 Atari standard

CARTRIDGE
PORT
PRINTER
SERIAL PORT
CASSETE
2
1 x Centronics
No
8-pin DI N
RESE No
DIMENSIONS
400 ^ 260 ^ 63
(WxDxH)
WEIGHT 4. 7kg
POWER SUPPLY
FINISH
Internal , captive mai ns
lead
Two-tone grey
plastic case,
off-white keys
with bl ack letteri ng.
Col our cursor, stop,
code and graph keys
SOFARE I NCLUDED
1 Vacuumani a game
demonstration program
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES
1 RF cabl e
1 cassette cable
Operating manual
MSX Basic manual
DISTRIBUTOR .
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l sdlv|dOd| n!OunOrasaD| OROM
[ROad Onl y MOmOry) , hO| d| ng
!hO BAS|C and OpOra!l ng sys-
!Om,andRAM(RandOmAOOOss
MOmOry)!OrprOgrams. l naddl -
!| On, !hO MOmO!OOh and MSX
m| OrOs havO sOpara!O lK
v|dOOOh| ps.
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smal | Os!, a!j us! lK. |!hasa
nOn-Ml OrOsO!! BASl C, sO OOm-
parl ng !hO s!andard O! !hO
BASl COn!hODas|sO!ROMsl zO
| s a | | !!lO m| sl Oadl ng. ThO
COmmOdOrO has a 20K ROM,
and a muOh mOrO | | m|!Od
BASl C. MOmO!OOh has a 24K
BASl C wh| l O Ams!rad, AOOrn
andMSXhavO32KO!BASl Cl n
!hOl rROM.
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mOmOry | s nOOd !Or kOOpl ng
!rOkO!var| aD| O, hand| | ng!hO
graph| Os and sO On. Thl sOan
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!hOh| ghOs!rOsO| u!l OnmOdO, a
mOagrO9K.l nMSXOOmpu!Ors
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RAM, wl!h !hO rOsul!!ha!j us!
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prOgrams. |Or MaOhl nO COdO,
!hOava| l aD| OmOmOry l s0K.
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smal | OrBASl CmOans!hO3BK
l s aval | aDl O !Or BASl C. ThO
O!hOrOOmpu!OrshavOd| sOrO!O
ROMs, OnaDl | ng | argOr BASl C
prOgram arOas. ThOSpOO!rum
has 4lK ava| l aD| O, !hO Am-
s!rad 42K and!hO MOmO!OOh
an l mprOss|vO 4K. W|!h nOn-
BAS|CprOgrams, !hOl r prOgram
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20K. ThO amOun! O! mOmO|y
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w| | l usO maOh| nOOOdO, avOld-
| ng any l l m|!a!lOns | n !hO
BASl C. l! yOu wrl!O yOur Own
graphl OsrOu!lnOs| nBASl C, !hO
mOrO OOlOurs !hO DO!!Or.

Amstrad CPC464 has a data recorder built In. Sony has a

good cursor keypad, a reset buton and an accent key

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!OO.ThOAms!radhas!hOmOs!
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lOas! -jus!Ol gh!. ThOO!hOrs
havOlOO| Ours.
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spOOl!lOa!| Ons. MOrOOhannO|s
wl | | glvO DO!!Or sOund|ng
gamOs and mus| O. ThO SpOc
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vO| OO. A mOans O! Ou!pu!!lng
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spOakOr | san advan!agO !OO,
as!hO l nDu| l! spOakOrs O!!hc
AOOrn, Ams!rad and !hO Sl nc-
l al rml OrOsarOprO!!ypOOr.
WhOn OOmparl ng spOO|!|Oa
!| Ons, lOOk !OO !Or wha!
pOr|phOra| sOanDOOOnnOO!Od.
ThOL| OO!rOnandS| nOl al rwOn'!
!akO jOys!|Oks, !Or | ns!anOc,
wl!hOu! an adap!Or !ha! m0s!
DO DOugh! sOpara!Oly. l n!h|s
arOa !hO MOmO!OOh and MSX
OOmpu!Ors sOOrO partlOula|| y
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has!hO mOmO/da!aDasO !lrm
warO.
COmpar| ng spOOl!|Oa!|Ons
pu!s !hO Ams!rad and
MOmO!OOh OOmpu!Ors | njOln!
!| rs! p| aOO. ThO L| OO!rOn and
SpOO!rum + dOn'!dO sO wOl | ,
whl | O !hO COmmOdOrO and
SOnyarOpar!Or!hOOOursO.
Comparing the graphics abili
ties of the six rivals shows all
the machines to be well speci
fied, and each better in some
areas than others. Much de
pends on whether you want to
design your own graphics, or
whether you want to leave that
to professional programmers.
Vax.mumsc|OOn |OsO| u!| On
|sOnO | | m|!a!| On. ThO L| Oc!|On
can shOw !hO mOs! dO!a||
640 ? 2b6p|xO| s, !hOugh!ha!
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uga|n w|!h j us! !wO cO| Ours.
Sdch aD|||!|Os OnaD| O 80 cO| -
cmn!Ox!d| sp| ay, O!usOOn| y| I
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cO0mn pr|n!O|. ThO SpOc!rum
+ shOws!hO|Oas!dO!a | O!!hO
s|x||va| s.
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yOd havO a chO| cO O! sc|OOn
mOdOs. Th| s dO!Orm| nOs !hO
dc!a||!ha!can DOshOwn, hOw
many cO| Ours can DO usOd,
W0a!g|aph| cscanDOusOdand
sO On . On !hO L| Oc!|On !hO|O
u|c sOvOn mOdOs. MSX and
VcmO!Och O!!O| !Ou| mOdOs,
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of cO Ours,Ams!|adcOmOsOu!
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pOss|D OhuOs, !hOughOn| yl6
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g|aph. cs. On| y !hO SOny,
VcmOIOch and COmmOdO|O
mach|nOs havO !hOm. ThO
OOmmOdOrOa| | Owsup!O O|gh!
|ndOpOndOn!sp||!Os,MSXand
Acorn's resolution I s ver high,
top, but MSX allows fine detail too
MTX m| crOs a| |Ow up !O 32
sp||!Os. Spr|!Os a|O much
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mach|nOs !OO. ThO SOny OvOn
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dO!Oc!| On, !O makO BAS| C
sp||!Op|Ogramm| ngOas| O|.
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arO DOs!On!hO SOny. l !hasa
whO| O | anguagO IO| d|aw|ng
g|aph| cs. COmmOdO|O OwnOrs
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spOakO|. ThO O!hO| m| crOs
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sOpa|a!Oamp|| I| Or.
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mus| ca| nO!a!| On. ThO O!hO|
mach| nOs havO yOu | npu!!|ng
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par!i cu| ar| y | ! yOu wan! !O dO
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When the di al ects are com
pared, j ust 27 words are com
mon to al l si x l anguages. They
are some sci enti fi c functi ons
(SI N, EXP and ABS for i nst
ance) , the most basi c of BASI C
words (RUN, GOSUB, PRI NT,
LIST and so on) pl us a few
mi scel l aneous terms (CHR$.
LEN RESTORE) . I f you wanted
to write a program that ran on
al l si x computers, it woul d
need to be pretty si mpl e. I f you
want a structured program wi th
graphi cs and sounds, you wi. l l
need to fami l i ari ze yoursel f
wi th each machi ne's BASI C.
Judged sol el y by the number
of BASI C commands avai l abl e,
the Commodore i s the pauper
of the troop, wi th j ust 63
i nstructi ons. Memotech and
Si ncl ai r BASI Cs have j ust under
a hundred commands. Acorn
feature 126. MSX BASI C
accepts 155 words, whi l e top
of the pi l e i sAmstrad, with 159
separate commands.
Of course there's more to a ' l
thi s than j ust the number of
commands. The i deal BASI C
woul d have easy to use
graphi c and sound commands,
the abi I ity to i ncorporate
peri pheral s i nto BASI C prog
rams, si mpl e access to the
computer's operati ng system
and fast program executi on
ti mes.
The most common method
of measur i ng the speed of
di fferent BASI Cs i s through a
system of benchmarks. These
are ei ght short programs that
make the computer execute a
si mpl e functi on many ti mes.
Theti meto run each program i s
noted, and ti mes can be com
pared.
Sl owcoach i s the Si ncl ai r ,
wi th an average ti me of
54. 8sec. The Amstrad has the
fastest BASI C, averagi ng j ust
14. 6sec for the benchmarks.
The Sony i s on the sl ow si de, at
44. 4sec. Memotech and Acorn
have faster BASI Cs, the Com
modore i s mi ddl i ng.
What thi s means to you , the
user is that games or routi nes
wri tten i n BASI C wi l l be
speedi er on the Amstrad than
on the Si ncl ai r , gi ven the most
econom i ca I program struc
tures are used . Sti ck to
Machi ne Code though and
you' l l not fi nd a sl ow BASI C a
handi cap. Machi ne Code op
erati ons are much, much fas
ter than BASI C equival ents.
Effi ci ent programs are bui l t
on effi ci ent programmi ng. Cer
tai n BASI C command struc
tures make thi s far easi er. FOR
. . . NEXT and I F . . . THEN
commands are i n al l si x
BASI Cs. So are GOSUB and
GOTO commands. An ELSE
extensi ons to the I F . . . THEN
structure i s avai labl e on al l bar
Si ncl ai r and Memotech mi c
ros. Acorn provi de a REPEAT . . .
UNTI L l oop and a very useful
PROCedure functi on. Thi s
al l ows you to write a program i n
bl ocks, cal l i ng the bl ocks, or
procedures, as they are
needed. Amstrad provide a
WHI LE . . . WEND l oop, a cl ose
rel ati on to the REPEAT . . .
UNTI L.
Entry of programs i s faci |i
tated by a shorteni ng of com
mands. Wi th Spectrum BASI C,
Spectrum has single key entr of BASIC keyords. lt takes getti ng used to
W
a si ngl e key press i s used to
enter each command - once
you get used to the system i t i s
strai ghtforward. On the El ec
tron you can use ei ther a si ngl e
keypress to enter a command,
or type i t i n letter by l etter.
MSX computers have five
dual -functi on keys wi th ten
frequentl y used commands on
tap. Thei r functi on can be
easi l y changed so they coul d
i nput a frequentl y used com
mand or command sequence.
A good edi tor makes enter
i ng and debuggi ng BASIC prog
rams so much easi er. MSX
computers have far and away
the best edi tor. You can amend
any l i ne, anywhere on the
screen, j nserti ng or del eti ng at
the stroke of a key. Pressi ng
RETURN enters the l i ne or
l i nes. The Si ncl ai r system of
checki ng each l i ne before i t i s
accepted i s excel l ent too.
Memotech al l ow one l i ne to
be edi ted at a ti me, wi th
i nserti on and del eti on. I ncor
rect l i nes can' t be entered
ei ther, as on the Spectrum
Memotech's BASIC screen area
When wri ti ng BASI C prog
rams, error messages can be
vi tal . Most are pretty speci fi c . .
The Acorn and Amstrad compu
ters pri nt up not onl y the error
message but a so the
erroneous l i ne for you to cor
rect.
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Of course teachi ng you to
use BASI C and the computer i s
the rol e of the documentati on
suppl i ed wi th the machi ne.
Standards vary wi del y.
The Sony comes wi th two
ri ngbound books. The fi rst i s a
very si mpl e, al most patroni s
i ng i ntroducti on to the compu
ter and BASI C. By the end you
wi ' l have wri tten some short
programs and know the fun
damental s of the l anguage.
The second book exami nes
each command i n detai l , pl us
the i nterface devi ces. l t i s a
good combi nati on.
Si ncl ai r suppl y a col ourful
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Manuals for the six mlcros
bookl et that l ooks good and
gi ves a thorough overview of
Si ncl ai r BASI C. Commodore's
manual i s the l east i mpress
ive, bei ng dry and not easy
goi ng for the begi nner.
Memotech's manual i s stuf
fed fu ' l of techn i ca I i nforma
ti on about the MTX computer
and its components. The BASI C
i s deal t wi th rather sketchi l y,
but the Noddy and Assembl er
packages are covered too.
Amstrad have a good manual
too, and it i s more accessi bl e
to the newcomer. Acorn, with
both a book and a manual ,
provi de sol i d techni cal i n
formati on and a good i ntroduc
ti on to BASI C. Of course there
are many books wri tten for and
about these si x computers, so
any defi ci enci es i n the accom
payi ng documentati on can be
overcome, at a pri ce.
There are several BASI C fea
tures that wi l l be wel comed by
al l programmers. The fi rst of
these i s a faci I ity to automati
cal l y generate l i ne numbers. lt
i s found on MSX, Memotech,
Acorn and Amstrad mi cros,
absent on Si ncl ai r and Com
modore machi nes. A renumber
faci I ity, to renumber programs
when they have been written
and debugged, i s a feature of
tte Sony MSX and Amstrad
computers. To ease debug
gi ng, a trace faci l ity i s another
usefu I a i d. l t records the path
of a program, so errors can be
more easi l y l ocated. You' l l fi nd
thi s feature on MSX, Amstrad
and Acorn mi cros.
When you've fi ni shed a prog
ram, i t i s handy to know that the
recordi ng of i t i s uncorrupted.
For that you' l l need a verify
faci |i ty. Nei ther the Amstrad or
Acorn mi cros have one. A
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dent i s that MSX doesn't stand
for i nnovative technol ogy to
turn the worl d on its head -
yet. l t i s al so fai r to poi nt out
that MSX i s sti l l i n its chi l d
hood, and future devel op
ments may wel l be both amaz
ingandtechni cal l yfar ahead of
anythi ng el se. Remember too
that the MSX representative i n
this group i s the most expen
sive MSX mi cro (bar the Yama
ha CX-5M synthesiser) and
MSX mi cros wi th the same
basic speci fi cati ons are ava i | -
able for 200 or l ess.
The outstandi ng areas of the
Sonyand other MSX computers
are in thei r usabi l i ty, graphi cs
and sound potenti al . Thanks to
a BASI C tai l ored very much to
home programmers wanti ng to
use the features of MSX com
puters to the ful l , MSX
machi nes are the most user
friendly avai l abl e.
Both the Amstrad and Acorn
computers have BAS!Cs of a
comparabl e standard, and
MSX BASI C suffers from bei ng
rather sl ow. That i s not a major
shortcomi ng as Machi ne Code
programmi ng wi | | gi ve a | | the
speed you want.
Purely on speci fi cati ons, the
onl y MSX fai l i ng i s that the
BASIC overl aps RAM, l eavi ng
less user memory for BASI C
programs. Agai n, Machi ne
Code users wi | | not suffer from
this, and i n al l other respects,
the Sony is as wel l speci fi ed, i f
not better specified, than the
rivals.
Expansi on, on present form,
leaves MSX a l i ttl e behi nd.
However, i f thi ngs go accord
ing to pl an, you' l l be abl e to
expand MSX i n a way the other
computer manufacturers can
onl y dream of.
Si mi l arl y, i n the software
field MSX i s at present sti | | too
new to be i n a strong posi ti on.
The signs are good though, and
we confidentl y expect MSX
software to be every bi t as
varied and exci ti ng as that for
Commodore or Spectrum
machi nes.
Value for money consi dera
tions see the Amstrad as ki ng,
if you want a monitor and tape
pl ayer. I f you al ready have a
col our and a portabl e cas
sette pl ayer, al l you are real l y
getti ng i s l ess wi res. The
Commodore, El ectron and
Spectrum are good val ue
too. The Sony MSX i s a bi t
pri cey, but it i s a qual ity
product. Cheaper MSX
machi nes are avai l abl e.
SONY
SINCLIR
The pi cture that emerges i s
one that shou I d cheer MSX
supporters. True, an MSX com
puter on its own i s merel y a very
competent machi ne usi ng ex
i sti ng technol ogy. Agai nst
thi s, the MSX concept i s so
broad i n its sweep that i n ti me i t
wi l l have a profound i nfl uence
on the gadgets we use today.
An MSX computer wi | | become
an i ntegral part of the house
hol d - that's the promi se of
MSX. l t i s a promi se that the
other systems won't be abl e to
achi eve easi l y, as the com
pani es are not producers of
other consumer goods. That's
the strength of MSX.
COMMODORE
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COMPUtER ACORN
ELECTRON

PRICE 129
CPU 6502
CLOCK 2 MHz
RAM 32K
ROM 32K
FREE RAM 9-21K
KEYS 56
CURSOR PAD Yes
FUNCKEYS 10
USERDEF 10
NUM. PAD No
MAXTEXT 80X32
MAX PIXEL 640X256
COLOURS 8
SPRITES 0
RGB Yes
VOICES 1
HI FI OUT No
SPEAKER Yes
MAX BAUD

1200
JOYSTICKS 0
CENTRONICS No
RS232 No
EXP PORT Yes
A'STRAD COMMODORE
CPC464 64
349 190
Z80A 6510
4MHz 1MHz
64K 64K
32K 20K
42K 38K
74 66
Yes Yes
12 4
32 4
Yes No
80x24 40x25
640x200 320x200
27 16
0 8
No Yes
4 4
Yes Yes
Yes No
2000 1200
2 2
Yes No
No No
Yes 2
MEMOTECH
ACORN
MEMOTECH SINCLIR SONY
MTX512 SPECTRUM+ HITBIT
275 130 300
Z80A Z80A ZSOA
4MHz 4MHz 4MHz
64K 48K 64K
24K 16K 32K
64K 41K 28K
79 57

74

Yes No Yes
8 0 5
8 0 5
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40x24 32X24 40X24
256x 192 256x176
|
256x192
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32 0 32
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4 1 4
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Anyone conversant with home
computers will know precisely why MSX
was worth waiting for.
The sheer proliferation of computer
and sofware systems flooding the
market loudly underlined the need for a
unified standard.
So the major companies jointly
developed a single computer and
software system. The result - MSX
the format that will be standard for all
time.
And those in the know will not be
surprised that Mitsubishi are in the
vanguard of the MSX movement. For,
with the . series, Mitsubishi ofers
everything that MSX is and more.
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Maximum resolution of 256 x 192
pixels with all 16 colours available on the
screen at the same time. 3 2 sprites in two
sizes and two magnifications allowing
easy creation of ' 30' graphics. 255
pre . defined characters all of which can
be used as straight text or easily mixed
with graphics.
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Three independent channels which
can be output through the +
loudspeakers at any volume, individually
or simultaneously, at any of the available
8 octaves. All three channels can use the
'noise' generator for stunning sound
efects.
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13 moving keys, ergonomically
designed for many hours of fatigue fee
use. Large cursor control keys which are
excellent for both programme editing
and game playing. 5 function keys giving
10 pre . defined functions which can
easily be redefined fom 'BASIC' using
the 'KEY' command.
B5lC
MSX BASIC is possibly the most
comprehensive version of the original
language. There is a complete set of
commands for creating graphics and
sounds, manipulating text and moving
sprites. In addition to this there are
'built . in' interrupt routines for detecting
sprite collisions, function key selections
and joy . stick fire buttons.
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The Mitsubishi 64k MLF80 and 32k
ML-F48 are both equipped with 2
cartridge ports, 2 joy . stick ports and a
centronics compatible parallel interface.
It is through these devices that the MSX
system can be expanded for use with
disc . drives, printers, serial interfaces,
modems and other peripherals.
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The MSX system can load and save
data onto cassette at 1200 or 2400 baud
and unlike certain other home
computers, the Mitsubishi . series can
be used with a normal domestic tape
recorder for this purpose.
When you put all of these features
together, with the knowledge that
Mitsubishi is the largest manufacturer u|
Mainfame computers in Japan, those in
the know will immediately recognise the
true potential of the Mitsubishi series.
Te Mitsubishi MSX family
computer is everything you wanted to
muwabout computers, but didn't know
who to ask.
tfriendly, it's fun and so simple, a

0wDman can use it. Yet so versatile

t\cDhis computer ..versed children
0udbe hard ..stretched to over ..tax it.
It operates with any colour +set.
just plug it in, and the full power of the
computer is instantly at your fingertips.
ICIL
Te Mitsubishi MSX can do many
things, fom keeping a simple check on
the bank ba1nce to running a complete
business with customer account fies,
stock control programmes and word
processing. It is just as much at home
keeping control of your record or stamp
collection or playing 'strategy' games
such as chess, othello or.contract bridge.
ICMCL
There is the opportunity to store
recipes and other household information
or keeping record of the children's
progress at school. Household accounts
can also be/recorded so that savings can
be planned for holidays and other
seasonal expenses.
ICLClLLL
There is education, particularly
computer education. In a world where
computer literacy is now of foremost
importance, MSX ofers a broad base of
educational sofware. With simple
programmes for the very young through
to complex programmes for older
students like language learning.
Also, the graphics system of the
Mitsubishi computer ensures that the
MSX versions of your favourite games
are reproduced with incredible
speed and accuracy.
Undoubtedly, MSX
is the format for the
future, and will
become the byword
for computer

education and entertainment.

And you can be secure in the
knowledge that regardless of fture
developments, any investments made m
MSX hardware, sofware and
peripherals today will always be
comparable with the Mitsubishi -series.
So if you've waited until now to buy a
computer, you couldn't have timed it
more perfectly. Get to know one today.
TUBbH
CDM
Mitsubishi LK(UK) Ltd., Heror Pace. Denham Way,
Rickmansworh, Hers WD3 28J. Te:0923 77U .
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SPECIFICATIONS
CPU:
ZBOA ( 3.6 MHz)
Memory:
ROM: 32 Hd
RAM: 64 Hd|F80)
RAM: 32 Hd( F48)
Video Ram: 16 Hd
Screen Displays:
*Text Mode:
40 col umns x24
l i nes
*Graphics:
256 x 192 p1xels
Colours: 16
( 15+transparent)
Sprites: 32
Output: RF,
Composite Video
Keyboard:
73 moving-key
keyboard
5 function keys
Cursor control keys
Spec1al keys for
screen editing
Sound:
8 octaves
3 channels for
sound or 'noise'
Output by TV sound
or External Audio
Ampl i fi er
Cassette
Interace:
1200-2400 baud
Motor controlled
by CPU
Parallel
Interace:
Centronics
Joy Stick:
2 x 9 pi n
connectors
RomCartridge:
Zx 50 pi n
connector
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Fie fnction keys double up to give ten user definable operations

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Limitations of 32K
No reset switch
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Kys are scalloped, solid and conventionally laid out. A fe more colours and less arrows might help but you soon get used to lt
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SPECI FICATION
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l ng Ov|dOn! !ha! 4K OOmpu
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qua| | !y Oa!OgOr| OS. ThO mOrO
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DO!!OrmadO, OOmOIrOm OOm-
panl OSw|!h hOuSOhOld namOS
and OOn | nO| udO wOr!hwhl | O
Ox!raS.
ThO C|27UU l S up agal nS!
SuOhmaOhl nOSaS!hOpOpul ar
SOny Hl!Bl!, !hO S!y|lSh JVC
HC-7, !hO CanOn V-2U, !hO
SanyOMCP-lUUand!hOMl !Su-
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gamOS. On papOr |! OI!OrS
nO!hl ng!ha!Oan`!DOma!OhOd
No reset key
Too many arrows
klitle pricey
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DO aval l aDl O !hrOugh many O!
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Authorities on MSX all agree it is a
world-wide standards, but is this really the
case? lain Dawson finds out
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Bu! | S!h| S !hO OaSO - | S a
JapanOSO MSX OOmpu!Or !hO
SamO aS l!S UK mOdO| , and
OOu| d a JapanOSO MSX
maOhl nODODrOugh!| n!O!hOUK
anduSOdw|!hOu!hav|ng!ODO
al !OrOd? NOw !ha! MSX
maOhl nOSarO!| nd| ng!hO| | way
| n!O O!hOrLurOpOan OOun!|lOS
SuOhaS|ranOO, l!a|yandWOS!
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par!SandOanpOrl phOral S!|Om
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ThO anSwOr, | n gOnO|a| , | S
nO.
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dl !!OrOn!OOun!|lOS. ThOSO arO
ma| nl y ml nO| dl !!OrOnOOS,
S| nOO d| !!OrOn! OOun!rlOS uSO
d| !!O|On!SyS!OmS !O gOnOra!O
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d| !!OrOn!l anguagOS.Bu!On| ya
!Owmanu!aO!urOrShavOrOOOg-
n| SOd !ha!SOmOOnO | n!hO UK
m| gh! wan! !O uSO an l!a| l an
MSX maOhl nO w|!hOu! a| !O|a-
!l On, !Or Oxamp| O, and havO
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l gnMSXmaOh| nO!OrunhOrO| n
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l! |S a| mOS!!|uO!O Say!ha!
SO!!wa|O wrl!!On !O run On
JapanOSO MSX maOh|nOS w| | l
|un On !hO MSX maOhlnOS
wh|Oh a|O ava| | aDl O| n!hO UK.
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SO!!warOarOdl S!Or!Od and!hO
OO| Ou|S a|O nO! !hO SamO aS
!hOSO prOduOOd Dy JapanOSO
maOhl nOS, Du! !hO SO!!wa|O
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!hO !OlOv| S| On. Un!Or!una!Ol y,
!h| S| SnO!!hOOaSO.
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rOS! O! LurOpO | n !aO!, uSO
d| !!OrOn! SyS!OmS !O p|OduOO
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DO!l nODu!!Or!hO!aO!!ha!!hO
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!a| LurOpO lS nO!!hOSamOaS
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TO makOma!!OrSwO|SO, !hO
|rOnOh and mOS! O! LaS!Orn

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Phlllps launched the 32K VG8000, Its
first MSX, In Italy last November, but lt
won't be available here until later this
year. Note the slim shape and
membrane-tpe keyboard
LurOpOuSOaOOmp| O!O|yd| !!O-
rOn! !OlOv|SlOn SyS!Om Oal | Od
SLCAM, wh| | O !hO JapanOSO
uSO !hO NTSC SyS!Om !O prO-
duOO!hOl r!OlOv|S|On plO!urOS.
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OOun!ryarODu| l !!OaOOOp!!hO
dOOOdOS|gnal SSOn!uSl ngOnO
SyS!Om, andnOO!hOr.
BOOauSO OOmpu!OrS uSO
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l n!Orma!lOn !O !hO Ou!SldO
wOrld!hOy muS! uSOwha!OvOr
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whOrO !hOy arO SOl d. SO
JapanOSOMSXmaOhl nOShavO
avldOO l n!OrIaOOwhl OhSOndS
NTSC Slgna| S, UK maOhl nOS
SOnd PAL S| gna| S and any
|rOnOh maOhl nO gOnOra!OS
SLCAMS| gna| S. LaOhOOun!ry'S
maOh|nOS havO d| !!OrOn! O| r-
Oul !ry!Ohand| O!hOSOnd| ngO!
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TO a plOOO O! SO!!warO,
OOnnOO!|ng a maOhl nO wh| Oh
uSOS !hO PAL SyS!Om

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!OlOvlSlOnSO!whlOh haSDOOn
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NTSC!Orma!| S!| nO. l!Oan S| !
!hOrO happl | ySOnd| ng l!S Slg-
na| SOu!a| l day,and, aS!araS| !
l SOOnOOrnOd,ap| O!urO| SDO| ng
prOduOOd.
TO !hO uSOr!hO Sl !ua!l On | S
nO!!| nO. A|!hOugh!hOOOmpu-
!Or | S SuOOOSS!ul | y SOnd| ng
l n!Orma!|On !O h| S !O| Ov| S| On
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wha! | ! |S rOOOl vl ng, and SO
OannO! prOduOO a !O| Ovl S| On
plO!urO.
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l !a| l anOraWOS!GOrman MSX
maOh| nO !O a Brl!lSh OOl Our
!O| Ov|S|On SO! and OxpOO! !O
SOO a pl O!urO - yOu` | l DO
dl SappO|n!Od. M| xl ng and
ma!Oh| ng !OlOv|SlOn SO!S and
OOmpu!OrS !rOm d| !!OrOn!
OOun!r|OS| SnO!On, unl OSSyOu
Duyamu| !l-S!andardT.

ThOrOl SanO!hOrwayarOund
!hO prOD| Om, hOwOvOr. Thl S | S
!O uSO an RGB mOn| !Orra!hOr
!hana!O|Ov|S|OnSO!!Od| Spl ay
any!h| ng prOduOOd Dy a OOm-
pu!Or.An RGBSl gnal !rOm any
maOh| nOw| l | prOduOOanl magO
On anyRGBmOnl !Or, wha!OvOr
OOun!ry!hO OOmpu!Orand !hO
mOn| !OrarO!rOm.Un!Or!una!O-
l y, On| y !wO O! !hO MSX
maOhl nOS aval | aD| O l n!hO UK
DOaS! an Ou!pu! !Or an RGB
mOn|!Or - !hO JVC HC-7 and
!hOSOnyHB-7b.
A SOOOnd, mOrO OaSlly
SOlvOd, prOD| Om lS !O dO w|!h
!hO dl !!OrOn! mal nS vOl!agOS
uSOd Dy dl !!OrOn! OOun!r|OS.
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l2U vO|!S, LurOpO uSOs 23U
vO|!S,!hOUSAandCanadauSO
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ThlS mOanS!ha!yOu OannO!
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pOr|phOra|SuOhaSadl Skdr|vO
d| rOO!|y!OaBrl!|ShmaOhl nO-
!hO !wO p| OOOS O! Oqul pmOn!
nOOd d| !!OrOn! vO|!agOS !O
wOrk.
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lS!Opu!a!ranS!OrmOrDO!wOOn
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pOrlphOral , Ohangl ng !hO vO| -
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pOr|phOra| . ThO Phl | |pS MSX
maOh| nO, | aunOhOd | n l!a|y a!
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UUvO|!S.
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dl !!OrOnOODO!wOOnOOun!r|OS.
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manu!aO!urOrSSuOhaSSOnyOr
Ml !SuDl Shl had DrOugh! MSX
maOh|nOS l n!O !hO UK !rOm
Japan and !rlOd !O SO| l !hOm
wl!hkOyDOardSOmDOSSOdwl!h
!hO JapanOSO a| phaDO!, Or
whl OhgavO OrrOrmOSSagOS l n
JapanOSO, !hOywOu| dnO!havO
rOaOhOd!hOl rSa|OS!argO!S.
|Or !hO AraD|O markO!, a
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collaboration between the
Arabi c firm of AI Al ami ah and
Microsoft i n Japan has led to an
Arabic version of MSX, com
plete with Arabi c characters
and right to left text entry. lt is
perhaps the most radical
transformation of an MSX com
puter yet.
Although the di fferences be
tween French and English are
not as huge as those between
Japanese and English, they do
exist. The French use accents
i n some of their words, so any
machine sold in France must
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have these accents on its
keyboard.
Software, and this i ncl udes
programmi ng languages and
games software, has to give
i nstructi ons and messages i n
the l anguage which the people
i n the country using it can
understand. The French espe
ci al l y have a reputation for
di sl i ki ng programmi ng i n
BASIC because it uses English
words, and are unwi l l i ng to buy
software which does not give
operating i nstructions i n
French.
Even British machi nes sold
in the US have to be al tered if
they are to succeed with the
Americans - and vice versa.

The changes are mi ni mal , but

noticeabl e - an American
would have no use for a British
machine which had a pound
sign but no dollar sign, for
example.
A number of MSX manufact
urers have plans to sel l their
machi nes in the US, although
no-one is offering anythi ng
there yet.
If they are going to sel l MSX
machines i n di fferent cou n
tries, the manufacturers wi l l
hav to alter their products to
take a paricular countr's lan
guage, its mains voltage and
its television system i nto
account.
Apar from these unalter
ables, the vagaries of a coun
try's market can also lead to
di fferences between MSX
machines. An example is the
di ffrent memor sizes of
British and Japanese MSX
machines.
Most of the machines on
sal e i n)apan have 32Kof RAM,
or i n some cases a mi serly 16K
of memory. 8K is the mi ni mum
amountofmemorspecified i n
theMSXstandard. l ntheUKthe
situation is di fferent -al l but
two df the machi nes sold here
have 64K of memor. The onl y
machines to spor a smal ler

l
f

RMarebui l tbyMitsubishi and

Yamaha. They have 32K of
memory. But Mitsubishi has a
b4K machine as wel l and the
Yamaha is more a synthesiser
than a computer.
According to the manufac
turersthe reason forth is is that
the UKis an advanced market.
"he UK market . is more adv
anced than the rest of Europe,
and i ndeed the rest of the
0|| 0, sa id a spokesman for
Spectravideo, the company
which makes the SVI -728.
`YoK had to be upgraded
above the Japanese level to be
acceptable i n the UK", con
tinued the spokesman, "and
anyhing with l ess than 64K
0U|0 have been seen as
inferior and not accepted".
This sentiment is echoed by
the other MSX companies i n
the UK Toshi ba, Sanyo, JVC
et al .
A counter argument as to
0Japanese machines have
less memor than their UK
versions is that when they were
introduced i n Japan over a year
ago, 16K or 32K was suffi
cient, and few manufacturers
have upgraded their machines
-yet.
Such upgrades are i mmi
nent though, according to
manufacturers, such as Sony
0 Canon. But you woul d
expect these two companies i n
paricular to voice such an
opi ni on: the only two com
panies which have given the
Japaneseversionsofthei rMSX
machines 64K of RAM so far
are -yes, you guessed it
Sony and Canon.
Of the companies making
MSX machines and peripher
al s, Phi l i ps is the odd one out
on a number of counts. lt is the
onl y European company mak
ing an MSX computer. lt i s the
onl y company not to have sold
its machine in Japan. And it i s
the onl y company which has
not made the UK the fi rst
European country to receive its
MSX offerings.
Phi l ips, which has its head
quarters i n Eindhoven, Hol
land, l aunched its VG8000
i ni ti al l y i n Ital y at the end of
September.
I n December the company
announced its machine and
peripherals i n Austria and Bel
gi um. But Phi l i ps' MSX pro
ducts wi l l not be finding their
way i nto the UK unti l later this
year. Why has Phi l ips decided
to do this? What is so di fferent
- or bad -about the UK?
"We have some production
output", says Gerard Smelt of
Phi l ips, Eindhoven, stressing
the word 'some'. "We cannot
supply the whole European
market, so we're starti ng off
smal l and have chosen to star
sel l i ng outside the UK i n coun
tries l i ke Italy and Germany

RB pr, top lef, oeromes

compatibili problems. Far lef:
.Japanese machines. Cnr
Yamaha's Arable micro. Lef: Mul
stndard monitor. M.aur
monitor pr
where demand i s comparative
ly low. TheUKi sa bi g market for
MSX machines-onl y the US is
bi gger."
We British wi soak up a lot
of the MSX manufacturers'
combined output. By compari
son West Germany is a smal l
market. Sanyo i n Germany
reckons that between 25, 000
and 50,000MSXmachineswi l l
be bought by the Germans i n
the whole of 1985.
Apart from Phi l i ps, there are
ten other companies sel l ing
MSX computers i n the UK, and
one or two have l aunched -or
at least shown -products i n
other European countries. JVC,
Tosh i ba, Spectravideo and
Yamaha are i nterested i n the
German market al ong with
Phi l i ps; Sony, Canon, Hitachi ,
JVC, Toshiba and Sanyo . have
shown products i n France.
Sony i s the most advanced i n
its pl ans to conquer Europe.
The company announced its
HB-75 fi rst i n the UK, followed
this by l aunching it i n France,
Germany, Italy, Spai n, Hol
l and, Austria and Denmark i n
October, 1984. I n the follow
ing month Sony l aunched its
machine i n Scandinavia. .
Sony has to shi p its
machines i nto Europe from
Japan, where they are made. lt
does not make any computers
i n the U Kat present, but a Sony
spokesman says that it may be
doing so by this time next year.
Canon has a different posi
tion. The company i s preparing
Europe for its machi nes usi ng
advertising campaigns, but so
far the UK is the onl y European
country where its V-20 i s sold.
Canon al so admits that
al tering its machine for Europe
is posing more problems than
it thought it would do. "lt's
inevitable that MSX wi arrive
i n Europe", says Canon, "but
changing the display ci rcuitr
etc means it's going to take a
bit longer to get there."
Sanyo has l aunched its
machine, the MPC-100, i n the
UK and has shown it i n France.
lt i s possi bl e, says Sanyo,
that the French version of its
machine wi l l have a bui lt-in
data recorder - something
which the UK model does not
boast.
Germanywi be Sanyo's next
target after France. The com
pany pl anned to l aunch its
machine there i n March or April
this year.
A market not to be forgotten
is the good ol d US of A. The UK
i s a l arge market, but the US i s
even bi gger. So far no-one i s
sel l i ng MSX machines there,
al though a number of com
panies have pl ans to do so.
Sony expects to start sel l i ng
MSX products i n the US some
time during this year, with the
launch penci l led i n for the
Comdex computer show i n Las
Vegas. Phi l i ps, too, hopes to
l aunch a machine i n the US.
US machines may b! .nore
advanced than those seen
al (eady i n Japan and Europe.
The signs are that some may
have bui lt-in disk drives or
bui lt-in software. These
machines wi l l eventual ly be
avai lable i n other countries
too.
By the end of the year MSX
machi nes wi l l be avai l abl e
around the worl d. The
machines and peripherals sold
i n any one country wi l l be
i nterchangeable - as was
i ntended when the MSX mak
ers got together i n the first
place. But MSX machines and
peripherals from different
countries wi l l not be i nter
changeabl e. To get MSX i nto
Europe MSX manufacturers
have had to alter their
machines to take account of
the' different television sys
tems, mains voltages and mar
ket forces I n its member coun
tries.
So do a | these di ferences
mean that MSX i s not really a
standard after al l ? The anser
is that despite the differences,
MSX is a standard. After al l ,
how many users will want to mix
and match equipment bought
from diferent countries? We
suspect very few users i ndeed
wi l l be i n that type of
situation .

Computer languages have been evolving for

many years, with MSX BASIC the latest in a
long line of BASICs. Tom Sato traces its
development
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grOundS S!ar!Od !O uSO OOmpu-
!OrS aS a !OO| and !hOrO waS
l nOrOaS|ng nOOd !O dOvO| Op a
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!OrOd !Orvar|OuSSuDOO!S. Thl S
lOd!OdOvOl OpmOn!O!OOmpu!Or
l anguagOSSuOhaSCOBOL, Ll SP
andBASl C.
BASl C S!andS !Or BOg|nnOr'S
Al |purpOSOSymDO| | Ol nS!ruO!| On
COdO and waS dOvO|OpOd Dy
PrO!OSSOrS KOmOnOy and KuUz
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a| m waS !O OrOa!O a l anguagO
wh| OhwaSSOOaSy!O | Oarn!ha!
Oh| | drOnOOul duSOOOmpu!OrS.l !
waS Or| g| na| l y wr|!!On aS an
OduOa!lOna| !OO| !Or OOmpu!Or
SO|OnOO S!udOn!S whO d| dn'!
havO a S!rOng ma!hOma!lOal
DaOkgrOund. Unl | kO |ORTRAN,
wh|Oh waS vOry OOmp| Ox and
dl !!| Ou| !, BASl COOul dDO|OarnOd
l nma!!OrO!a!OwdayS.
Dar!mOu!h BAS| C, aS l ! waS
Oa| lOd!hOn, DOOamOvOrypOpu-
l r and many vOrS|OnS wOrO
wr|!!On. l !OvOngO!!hOSuppOUO!
!hOAmOrl Oan Na!l Ona| SOlOnOO
|Ounda!l On. ThO pOpul ar|!y O!
Dar!mOu!h BASl C Oan DO a!!r|-
Du!Od !O !hO S| mp| l Ol!y O! !hO
l anguagO. ThOrO |S |OSSOOmpu-
!OrargOnwl !hl n!hO| anguagO!O
OOn!uSO!hOnOv|OO.
ThO!| rS!Dar!mOu!hBAS|CwaS
DOrn On May lS!, l94. TO !hO
MSXcomputers have an excellent BSIC,
OrOa!OrS'dO| lgh!|!ran!| rS!!| mO.
designed by Microsof. Kay Nlshl, below,
ThOSOwOrO!hOdaySwhOn|!waS was the main Instigator of MSX
!hOugh! l mpOSSl D| O !O makO a
pOrSOnal m| OrOOOmpu!Or and
Dar!mOu!h BASl CwaSOOn!|nOd
!O m| n| and mal n!ramO OOmpu-
!OrS arOund unl vOrSl!lOS and
rOSOarOh | nS!|!u!OS.ThOn, yOarS
la!Or, !hO !l rS! ml OrOprOOOSSOr
waS| nvOn!Od.
l !!hOrO| SOnOpOrSOnwhOOan
DOSal d!O havOOOn!rl Du!Od !hO
mOS! !O !hO m| OrO OOmpu!Or
rOvO| u!| On,l!|SB|| | Ga!OS,!Ound-
Or and prOSldOn! O! M| OrOSO!!.
B| l | Ga!OS l S undOuD!Odly !hO
p| OnOOr O! !hO ml OrOOOmpu!Or.
l n l97U, whOn hO waS uS!
!hl r!OOn, hO and hl S!rlOnd Paul
A| | On wOrO rOgu| ar| y uS| ng a
m| nl OOmpu!Or a! a OOmpany
Oal | Od COmpu!Or COn!rO COr-
pOra!l On.
ThOy wOrO a| l OwOd !O 'haOk'
arOund w|!h OOmpu!OrS !O !| nd
OrrOrS | n any prOgramS !hO
OOmpany waS Suppl|Od w|!h Dy
!hO m| n| OOmpu!Or manu!aO!ur-
Or, D| gl!a| Lqu| pmOn! COrpOra-
!l On. AS| OngaSB| l | Ga!OSandh| S
!r|Ond OOu| d !| nd DugS | n DLC'S
prOgramSCOmpu!OrCOn!rOCOr-

GW BIC, for the IBM P
compuer, Incororated 14
digit accuracy, and this bcame
a feature of MSX BAIC. MSX
DOS was desiged by the man
. who wrote MS DOS for IBM

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OS and l|gh!S and!O prOgram |!
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!hOA| !al rhada l argO numDOrO!
Sl O!S !Or pl ug l nmOdul OS, SO l!
OOu| dDOOxpandOd.
A!!Or Oal l l ng Ld RODOr!S,
Ga!OS and Al | On l mmOd| a!Oly
wOn!!OanOl OO!rOnl OSShOpand
gO!
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hOmSOlvO a manual !Or
BUBU,wr|!!OnDyAdamOSDOrnO,
andA| l OngO!hO| dO!OnOO!!hO whO OvOn!ua| | yp| OnOOrOd pO|!-
)0raIl0ndl dnO!havO!OpayDLC vOry !l rS! l n!Ol BUUB ml OrOp- aDl O OOmpu!OrS, and S!ar!Od
1i0 0l | l S!Or!hO OOmpu!Or !l mO rOOOSSOrS and !hOy OvOn!ua| ly wOrklng On !hOl r BASl C. ThOy
the c0mpanywaSuSl ng. OndOdupwr|!lnga!ra!!|OOOn!rO| knOwhOw!O prOgram!hOBUUB
AI C0mpu!Or COn!rO COrpOra-

prOgram!Or|!.ThOBUUBl SavOry Du!!hOyhadnO!l al d!hOl rhandS

tion, H| | | Ga!OS lOarnOda | O!. l n l l ml!Od prOOOSSOrand Ga!OSwaS OnanBUBUml OrOprOOOSSOrand
lcI h0 waS SOOn aDl O !O | n!l | - nO! SurO | ! !hOy OOu| d wrl!O a !O add !O!hOl r prOD|OmS!hOy had
l|I0a|argO nO!wOrkO!OOmpu- BASl C!Orl!. !Old Ld RODOr!S !ha!!hOy OOul d
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|0ak| n!OOOmpu!OrSwh| Oh!hOy annOunOOd!hOwOrld`S!| rS!m| O- wrl!O !hO BASl C On, Ga!OS and
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s0d arOund wha! Ga!OS uSOd ThOrOSpOnSO!rOm!hOOOmpu!O Ga!OSwaSl nhl S!l rS!yOar.l !!OOk
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at IhaI !|mO. Ga!OS, l | kO Llgh!- | OarnOdO!!hO nOwSv|aPOpul ar Paul Al l On wOn! !O SOO Ld
m0 | 0!hO!| l m, waSOnOOOaugh! Ll OO!rOnlOS magaz| nO, !hOy l m- RODOr!S.
t|sh|ng an On!l rO nO!wOrk O! mOdl a!O| y rang MlTS DOSS Ld LdRODOr!SwaSl mprOSSOd. HO
t0TpuIOrS,Oa| lOdCyDOrnO!. RODOr!S and !O| d hl m!ha!!hOy had had a lO! O! prOgrammOrS
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DOardS,apapOr!apOrOadOrand
a !O| O!ypO !Orml nal OOnnOO!Od.
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madO!hOA| !al r lOad!hOBASl CDy
hand uSl ng !hO Swl!OhOS, !hOn
!Odl n!hOpapOr!apOOOn!al nl ng
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panl OSwOrOSprl ngl ngupDy!hO
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rOyal!lOS !Or !hO| r BAS| C. ThOy
a| SO l mprOvOd !hOl r BASl C and
OOnvOr!Od l!!OrnumDOrO!O!hOr

mOrOprOOOSSOrS.
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waS S!| a!WaSOda UnlvOrSl!y,
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vO|OpOdandOvOnlDl !ml OrOp-
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a DLC ma| n!ramO OOmpu!Or.
Th|S waS !O DO uSOd aS a
dOvOlOpmOn! !OOl !O| wr| !l ng
varlOuS vO|SlOnS O! !hO OvOr
pOpul arM| O|OSO!!BASl C. Ga!OS
and Al l On rOw|O!O !hO| r BASl C

ln!OanOu!|al| anguagO!hOyhad

dOvlSOdandw|O!Oa OOnvOrSl On
prOgramwh|OhwOul dau!Oma!l-
Oal | y !ranS| a!O !hO nOu!ral | an-
guagO|n!OmaOh| nOOOdO!O|any
par!|Ou| a|prOOOSSOr.
Thl SmOan!!hOywOul dn`!havO
!O waS!O SO muOh !l mO On
OOnvOrS| On. Th| S

lSOmOan!!ha!
a pa|!l Ou| a| !Oa!urO O! OnO dl -
a| OO!O!MSBASl COOul dDOqu|!O
OaS| | y addOd !O anO!hO| OvOn
!hOugh!hO prOOOSSOruSOdwaS
qul!Od| !!OrOn!.
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S!a!OS many vOrSl OnS O! MS
BASl C wOrO SOl d. A M| OrOSO!!
BASl COOmp| | OrwaS| aunOhOdSO
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un| |kO Ordlna|y | n!OrprO!Od MS
BASl C. l nBr|!al nmaOh| nOS!rOm
Or|O and DragOn had Ml OrOSO!!
BASl C and !hO AmOr| Oan COm-
mOdOrOVl CandC4OOmpu!OrS
a| SOuSOdad| al OO!O!Ml OrOSO!!
BASl C.

l nJunO l9BU, Paul Al | OnwaS BASl C, and l ! yOur !urnOvOr

wO|k|ng On a l Dl ! vOrS| On O! OxOOOdS!Onm| l | l On, !hOOOmpu-
Ml OrOSO!!

BAS|C !Or l n!O| `S nOw !O|wl | l nO!glvOyOuanaOOura!O

BUBB and BUB prOOOSSOrS. !| gurO. TO DO a vl aDl O DuS| nOSS
BO!hhad!hOOapaDl I l!yO!hand- OOmpu!Or !hO l BM PC nOOdOd
| l ng !w|OO aS muOh l n!O|ma!lOn mOrO !han nl nO d| g| ! aOOuraOy.
aS Oa|| y B D| ! Ohl pS OOul d, M| OrOSO!! |OwrO!O a| l arl!hmO!|O
a| !hOugh !hO BUBB waS |OSS rOu!lnOS | n !hO| r GW BASl C SO
pOwOr!ul . Th| SBASl CwaS !O DO !ha! l! OOu| d hand| O up !O l4
Oal | OdGWBASl C. d| gl!S w|!h !O!a| aOOuraOy.
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D| ggOS! OOmpu!Or OOmpany l n haSn` ! !hO !urnOvOr !O OxOOOd
!hOwOr| d. ThOOOmpanywaS| BM !hl S.
and !hOy wOrO l n!OrOS!Od | n ThO dl Sk OpOra!ing SyS!Om,
M| OrOSO!!'SSO!!wa|O. MS-DOS, mOrO OOmmOn| y
ThO!Ol | Ow| ngyOarwaS SpOn! knOwn aS PC DOS, waS dO-
dOvOl Opl ng !hO l BM PC. M| OrO- vOlOpOd Dy T| m Pa!O|SOn O!
SO!! waS |OSpOnSl D| O!Oral l !hO SOa!!|OCOmpu!OrP|OduO!S.
SO!!warOl nOl udl ng!hOOpOra!l ng ThOl BMPCwaSannOunOOdl n
SyS!Om-!ha!'Swha!yOu nOOd AuguS! l9Bl and DOOamO !hO
!OOOn!rOl!hOOOmpu!OrDO!OrOl ! mOS! SuOOOSS!ul and mOS! | m-
Oan hand| O BASl C. Ml O|OSO!! |!a!OdDuSl nOSSOOmpu!O|l n!hO
waSal SO aDl O!O pOrSuadO l BM!O wOr| d. NOw, !hOugh | BM may
OrOa!O an OpOn SyS!Om !ha! SOOm a l Ongway rOmOvOd !|Om
a| lOwOdpOrlphO|a| dOv|OOS!OD8 MSX, !hOrO l Sa gOOd rOaSOn!Or
p| uggOd |n!OS|O!S. Dr| ngl ng!hOm l n!O !hO p|O!urO.
ThOl anguagOwhl OhM| OrOSO!! ThO ph| l OSOphy Dehl nd MSX
gavO!O l BM PC,GWBASl C, waS OamO!|Om!hOl BMPCwOrk.
SOmO!hl ng SpOO| a| , !OO. PrO- TwO DuSl nOSSmOn wOrO !hO
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War Games' hero Davld Llghtman was
around Bill Gates' exploits.
Spectravldeo SV-31 was the micro
that spured MSX. Rlk and Sting,
right, wrote most of the BIC, while
Bill Gates and Paul Alien, above,
founded the Microsof empire
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the BASIC should be far
beter than their earlier
efor for eight bit
micros'
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aO!ual maOhl nO OamO Ou!. Rl Ok
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maOhl nOS may havO gOnO Ou!
w|!h an LPROM | nS!Oad O! !hO
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So, you've got a MSX. You've also got enemies. With the Gunshot, you' l l have all the opposition
cowering in corners. 8-di rectional action and an al l -i n-one moulded stem allows accu
annihi lation and strength to survive those all-night sessions. Dual fire oct|c:.
for fading fingers (and a rapid fire version when they're really coming thick
and fast). And, if you break it (and we know you' l l try) our 1 2-month guarantee
will prove inval uable. Only 8. 95.
The Gunshot plugs di rectly into any MSX home computer .

See the range ofVulcan joysticks and interfaces at

your local stockist . . .
we' ll see you on the high
score tables.
We'e assembled
tenty top joysticks
for this giant group
test. Debbie
Goldfinch has been
tring them out
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J0Rl0fPf0 .
This joystick is smal l enough
to fit comforabl y i nto one hand
and has four rubber feet that
hel p stop it from sl i di ng on a
'
table top. lt is very good for
8-way, positive and quick with
l i ttl e movement needed to get
good response from it.
The joystick does give good
control and fast response for 2,
4 and 8-way games and it has a
good sized 'rounded crescent'
shaped fire button. lt is good
looking, si mpl e, l i ghteight,
easy to hold and a good
performer. Juni or Pro i s onl y
marred by the poor design of
the knob on the stick's end.
JQBf0 T.4b
The Joy Card i s a games
control lerofsmal l , 'creditcard'
design. If you have l arge
hands, it can be a tricky model
to operate. The two fire buttons
are placed rather cl ose
together, but it feel s strong
and has no moving parts to
wear out.
For 8-way Super Cobra, it
was not too good on rapid
change of di rection and
seemed rather jerky. For 2-
way, it was practi cal ly i mpos
si bl e to even qual if with the
Joy Card, and for 4-way Spar
ki e, it was di fficult to change
di rection. With a lot of prac-

tise, it coul d be a reasonabl e

performer - but I don't hear
any cries of 'Don't leave home
without one'!
U@htRlR@D0l0X0 T.b
The Lightning is a l i ght
weight, black and red joystick.
lt has four sucker feet that grip
quitefirml yandtwo reasonabl y
sized fire buttons, one on the
top of the stick, the other on the
base. For 8-waySuperCobra, it
responded we | but felt I i ke i t
was going to fall apar at any
mi nute. lt seemed to have a
mi nd of its own and was not
good for fine movements .
N
lt worked quite wel l for
2-way, requi ring onl y smal l
movement of the stick for
response. For 4-way, the fire
button was fast and movement
was precise. One compl ai nt
with this one was that the
handl e, al though comfortabl e,
wou I d be better i f it was
sl i mmer. Otherwise, it's a good
value joystick.
WRA-4 T.
Very si mpl e i n design, this
joystick is slow and uncomfort
abl e and needs a lot of effort to
get movement from it for 4-way
games. The singl e fire button
is poor i n response and for
2-way, it is again slow. lt
performs I ittle. betterfor 8-way,
it's sti l l ver stiff, a bit jerky on
diagonals and not at al l com
forabl e. lt has four effective
non-si i p feet, but not much
else to recommend it.
bllKbtlK .b
This is a nice looking, smal
l i sh joystick, neat and si mpl e
i n design and robustly bui lt. lt
fits comfortabl y i nto the hand
and the short stick has a
marbl e-sized round knob at the
end of it. The fire button is qui te
wel l placed to the top l eft of the
stick. For 4-way games, the
stick di dn't give positive move
ment and was slow to respond
al though the fire button work
ed wel l .
lt was better for 2-way, with
I ittle efort needed to get a fast
speed, and l ittle di scomfort. lt
di dn't operate wel l with the
8-way; the fire button seemed
sl ow and the stick too
s
mal l to
easily handl e the ei ght di rect
i ons of movement. lt was not
easy to control and gave a
rather erratic performance.
U0lWdbm .b
This hand held joystick
wasn't a good overal l perfor
mer. For 8-way games, it was
slow to react and degree of
movement needed to pi lot the
hel i copter i n the game was too
great. In Hyper Olympics, you
have to put i n a lot of work
because the stick is so smal l .
lt was a l ittle better for 4-way
games, giving reasonabl e con
trol and fast fire, with a choice
of three buttons, but once
again these coul d have been
bi gger. lt is not bad looking,
l i ght-weight, and the casing
seems robust but the stick
feels very fl i msy. lt is not real l y
star qual ity.
t0fl A-Z4 .
This Atari i s an unusual
l ooking joystick with two l arge
orange fire buttons sited on the
side of the casing, and a stick
centred just below these. Both
casing and stick are wel l made
and look l i ke they are bui lt to
last. The stick moves wel l , and
you don't need to move it too far
to get good response for 8 and
4-way, and a fast speed for
2-way.
lt i s comfortabl e to hold and
the stick tas a good-sized knob
with raised moul di ng for extra
grip. The fire buttons are a bit
confusing unti l you get used to
them, but are a good size and
wel l positioned. This l i ght
wei ght model is a pl easure to
use and turns i n a good per
formance every time.
bt0fl@ht0f 10.95
Bi l i ed by Suncom as 'the
. ul ti mate joystick', this acco
lade seems a l i ttle too enthusi
astic. lt wasn't a great joystick
for 8-way, it was passable for
up, down, right, lef but was
sl uggish i n response and un
comfortabl e to use. lt was
hopeless for HyperOiympics
it seems unl ikely that it could
even manage an 'egg and
spoon' race at a local school
sportsday!
The stick is too short to be
gripped easi l y and the base
has no grip on a table top. The
fire button was si uggish for the
4-way game and the joystick
general l y sl ow to respond. The
onl y thing i n its favour i s that |l
does seem strongly made and
the price is reasonable.
ul0KSh0tbVZ-ZZ 11.95
The Qui ckshot J has four
stabl e sucker feet and a raised
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average i n response. lt di dn't
break any world records i n
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seemed wel l made but it's
performance fel l short of the
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uncomfortabl e handle which
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in fact, excel l ent i n response
for 8-way games. The two fire
buttons were both easi l y
accessi bl e and positive. For
the 2-way game, the fat hand le
feels rather loose and i t took a
lot of effort to getanyspeed out
of the joysti ck.
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a good performer, respondi ng
wel l and with a snappy fire
button. l t has four sucker feet
which hold the table top fi rml y.
The Gunshot is not the most
attractive looking joystick
around; it's rather bul ky and
finished i n cream and a drab
pale khaki col our, and the
handle i s too fat - but i t
cerai nly redeems itself i n
operation.
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insubstanti al feel to i t. lt's
quite nice i n design and has
three fire buttons, two on the
handle and one l arge pad on
the base. For 8-way, the fire
button was good and wel l
positioned, but the stick was
dificult to move and poor on
diagonal movement.
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ofer good control and was
slow. l t was less than good for
4-way, being sl uggish and
unresponsive with a slow fire
button. Not a very good joystick
if you're ai mi ng for record
breaking scores.
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looks I i ke a flying saucer with a
handl e. The flex can be wound
i n to the base. The four sucker
feet real ly do grip the table top
fi rml y and i t stays put duri ng
even the most enthusiastic
use. For Hyper Olympics it i s
possi bl e to get a very fast
speed with this model , but you
expend a lot of energy doi ng i t.
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to get a response. The whole
centre section moves which
gives the unfortunate feel i ng
that the joystick i s about to fal l
apart at any mi nute!
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and front of the handle are
good because you onl y need to
concentrate on movi ng. Not a
bad performer, but i t i s rather
bulky to handl e.
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have suckers, just rubber feet
and i t i s not easy to get a proper
grip on i t without putting your
hand over one of the fire
buttons. lt does have a l arge
round bal l at the end of the
stick which i s parti cul arl y com
fortable to use and the two bi g
fire buttons are easy to hi t. lt's
good for 8-way Super Cobra,
al though the response could
be a bi t crisper. For the 2-way
game, the stick movement was
a bi t sloppy.
Apart from thi s, itwaseasyto
use and gave a fast speed, but
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design.
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buttons.
A l arge orange fire button
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suppl ementary fire button on
the base. Both are wel l pl aced
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were good i n response.
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base by a sort of bal l and
socket joi nt and feels very
sloppy.
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espite thi s, it was
effective and responded wel l i n
the 8-way Super Cobra game
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Sparkie. l t feel s rather fl i msy,
but it i s comfortable to use and
gives a good account of itsel f i n
games.
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and once agai n looks good and
seems very strongly made. l t
has two l arge fire buttons
either si de of the stick, and the
stick itsel f has a l arge round
bl ack bal l on the end that fits
comfortabl y into the pal m of
the hand. For 2-way, i t onl y
requi red a l i ttle movement to
get a respectabl e speed out of
i t, and i t was good to use. For
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and seemed to make move
ment rather jerky.
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to use, if somewhat sl uggish,
whi chwasdisappointing. l fyou
have l arge hands, another
problem which arises is that
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i t di fficult to get a good grip. l t
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use.
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. not designed for 4 or 8-way
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communi cate with the SS
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si lver games control l er, and is
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useunl essyou havehada lot of
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pl ay Hyper Olympics, but di d
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Galnsboroug College. A weekend's
coure Introduced the BIC language
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VIdeo tuition Is an alternative ofered
by Computer Television. Chrs Sere Is
the presenter of a general Introuction
to te word of computing
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All igata Software & . . o & & & & . & . + & + . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & + & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & 6
Am pal soft & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 81
Axis & # & & & & # & & & & & & & & # & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & # & & & & & & a . & a & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & a & & # & & & & 89-93
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Chartsearch & & & & - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Combined Independent Holdings & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 50
Carlsbro' Sound & & & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & + & & & # & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & + & & & & & & 61
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Eric Lee (Electrical) Ltd & & & & & & & & & a & & & & & & & & & & & # & & & + & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & 1 05
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Freed mans & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & # & & & & & & & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & 81
F rasers & & & & & & & & & & & # & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & + & . & . & & & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & + & + + & & & & 1 04

French . & & . # & . & . . . & + . & & . . & & . + & . & + . + & & . & . . o & & & . & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & + & & & & & & & & & & & & & 1 04
Frank Sissons & & & & & & & & & . . & & & . . . & & & # & & & & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & # & & . & & & & & & & & 1 05
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H Reynolds & & & & & & & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 81
Hi Soft & & & & & & & & # & & & & & & & & # & & & & & & & & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & # & & & & 6
Howes of South borough . & & & & . & & . o & & & & . & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & . . . . . & . & & 1 06
Harris & Nash . & & & & & & # & . & & & & & . . & . & . . & . & . & & . . . . & & & & & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & 1 06
Hi Fi Studios & & & & & & & & . & & . & & & & . & & . & & . & & & & . . & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 1 06
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Hydes of Chertsey & & . . & & . & & & . & & . . . . & & & & . & . & & . & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 81
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James Duckworth & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 1 05
John Rees Hi Fi & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & & . & & & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & # & & & 32
Jatala Electronics & & & & a & & & & & . . & . & & & & . & & & & . . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 32
Jacksons & & & & & & o & & & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & . +32
J&H Russell & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & . & & & + &33
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Medlicott Brothers & & & & & . & & & & . . & . . & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 1 8
Music Village & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 63
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Software City & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 4
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Skelton Ltd & & & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & & & & & . o & . & & & & & & & & & # & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 1 06
Somerton Video Services & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 1 06
D. Saunders & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & . & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 1 06
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Though there are
hundreds of computer
games available,
many of them fll
Into definite groups.
Here's a guide to
gae types.
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hadCa| | Od!OSay!ha!!hOrOwaS
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p| da!l On, !hOy wOn! DaOk !O
l nvOS!|ga!O !hO prOD| Om and
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OOmpl O!O| y ammOd up wl!h
OOl nS! ThOgamOhadprOvOdan
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l magl nO anyOnO aO!ua| | y On
Oy| nghl!!l ngl l !!lOwhl!ODa| | S
DaOkand!Or!hwl!hrOO!angul ar
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OOmpu!Or|SOd arOadO gamO
l dOaOaugh!Onqul Ok| y.
SOOn gamOS I l kO BrOakOu!
appOarOd - anO!hOr Dal |
gamO, !ha! waS Sl |gh!|y mOrO
SOphl S!|Oa!Od!hanpl ng pOng.
Sl ml | arl nprl nOl pl O!OSquaSh,
OnO Or!wO p| ayOrS had !O hl !
Dal l Sagal nS!awal l O!OOl OurOd
Dr|OkS.ThODal l DOunOOd DaOk
a! unprOd|Oa!aD| O ang| OS, l n-
!rOduOl ng an Ol OmOn! O! Sur-
prlSOandSkl l l | n!O!hOgamOS.
|Ol | Owl ngOl OSOl yOn BrOak-
Ou!'S !ral l OamO !hO SpaOO
l nvadOr-!ypO gamOS. ArOadO
gamO pOpul arl!y rOal l ygO! O!!
!hOgrOundw|!h!hOSOgamS.
Addl O!S SquandOrOd pOOkO!
mOnOy, pay paOkO!S, l|!O Sav
| ngS, marrl agOS . . . any!hl ng
andOvOry!h| nguS!!OkOOpup
!hO Ox!Orml na!lOn O! l nvadl ng
al l On hOrdOS. ThOn !hO rOS!
arrlvOd, Gal axl nS, POl O POSl
!| On, SOramD| Or, |rOggOr,
DOnkOyKOng-!OnamODu!a
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Ow. ThOy pOurOd l n!O !hO

amuSOmOn! arOadOS, puDS,
rOS!auran!S . . . OvOrywhOrO!
GOnO wOrO !hO pOnny arOadO
gamOS.AmuSOmOn!hal l SwOrO
nOvOr gOl ng !O DO !hO SamO
a!!Or!hOml OrOOhl p.
AS ar0adO gamOS wOrO DO-
OOm| ng mOrO d|vOrSO and
SOphlS!|Oa!Od, SO !hO hOmO
OOmpu!Or l nduS!ry waS al SO
!l Our| Sh| ng. OnO O! !hO ma| n
rOaSOnS!Or lnvOS!lngl nahOmO
OOmpu!Or waS SO !ha! pOnl
|OSSarOadO!ana!lOSOOul dSl !
| n!rOn!O!!hOl r!OlOvlS|OnSand
pl ay gamOS !O !hO| r hOar!S
OOn!On!, wl!hOu! nOOdl ng !O
OOnS!an!ly pOur Sl lvOr OO| nS
dOwnaOOl nSlO!!
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rOa| l SOd !hO pO!On!| a| O! !hO
hOmO OOmpu!Or, qu| Okl y
!OrmOd SO!!warO OOmpan| OS
andprOduOOdvaS!numDOrSO!
OOmpu!Or gamOS. MOS! arO
vOrSlOnS Or OOplOS O! Orl gl nal
arOadO gamOS, Du! aS prOg
ramml ng!OOhnlquOS| mprOvOd
and nOw ldOaSwOrO addOd !O
!hO Ol d, !hO numDOr O! gamO
Oa!OgOr| OS aS wOl | aS gamO
qual l!yl nOrOaSOd.
NOlOngOrdOwO uS!havO!hO
arOadO-!ypO gamOS. GamOS
Oan DOOa!OgOrlSOd aSadvOn
!urOS, S!ra!gl OS, !rad| !| OnaI ,
OduOa!| Onal , SpOr!SOrSl mul a
!l OnS.ThO | dOaSuSOdl n!hOSO
gamOS O!!On OvOrl ap, prOduO
l ng hyDrldS SuOh aS arOadO/
S!ra!Ogl OS, arOadO/advOn!0r0s
and OvOn SOm| -OduOa!lO0a|/
!radl !l Ona| gamOS!
ChOOSlng a gamO dOp00ds
vOrymuOhOn pOrSOnal pr0!0r
OnOO. l n!hO What MSX? O!!|c0
SOmOO!uSprO!Or!OSpOndOur
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!l OShl p Cl ap!On | | whOr0as
' O!hOrS prO!Or !hO gOn!|0r
a!!raO!lOn O! gul d| nga happ
l l !!lO DOy OvOr l l ly pOndS a0d
wa!Or !Oun!al nS aS l n Adv00
!urOP| aygrOund.
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OOmpu!OrnOvlOOOagOr!Op|a
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whl Oh !urnS Ou! !O DO pr0!!
aw!ul .
ByknOwlng!hOgamOgrO0ps
yOu Oan mOrO OaSl ly dOOld0
wh| OhgamOSarOwOr!hDuylng.
ThO vaS! maOr|!y O! gam0s
Oan DO pu! l n!O !hO arOad0
Oa!OgOry. POpul aramuSOm00!
arOadOgamOSarO!hO |nSplra
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OOn!rOl !hO mOvOmOn! O! a0
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gul n, paOman, mu!a!Od zOm
Dl O Or !lOa, uSl ng Ol!hOr !h0
r0yDOardOraOyS!l Ok.
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cvaSlvO !aO!lOS arO O!!On l n-
v0lvOd l n!hOSO gamOS- nO!
a|wayS-uS! mOS!O!!hO!l mO|
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hand!O OyO OOn!rOl , nOnOSO!
sI0Ol , l Ong hOurS O! praO!lOO
a0d a grOa! dOal O! pa!lOnOO
a|0 !hO qual l!lOS nOOdOd !O
1aS!Or!hOSOgamOS.
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a|0manySuDgrOupl ngS.SOmO
a|0 rOOOgnlSOd Dy OxpOr!S aS
a|cadO OlaSSlOS and OOnSO-
u0n!lyl ml !a!OdDymany.
ArOadO/advOn!urOS gamOS
ar0ahyDrl d. ThOyarOarOadO| n
Ih0SOnSO!ha!aOharaO!OrhaS
I0mOvOarOunddl !!OrOn!lOOa-
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IaSkOrquOS!!O OOmplO!O.PurO
arcadO gamOS nOvOr Ond
h0rOaSarOadO/advOn!urOSdO
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a0dPl!!al l | | arO!ypl Oal O!!hl S

g|0up, al!hOugh w|!h mOrO
a|cadOaO!lOn!haDadvOn!urO.
ASIOrOl dS waS OnO O! !hO
0a|llOrSpaOOgamOS.ThOpl ay
c|haSOOn!rOl O!a manOOuvr-

aDl OSpaO8Shl pwh| OhdaShOS
al l OvOr!hOSOr0Onzappl ngOr
avOl dl ngaS!OrO| dS.
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Tl mO Pl l O! !hO al rOra annl h| -
la!OSOvOry!hl ngl n!hOSky,and
| n Ba!!|OShl p Cl ap!On | | !hO
p| ayOr manl pula!OS a
SpaOOOra!! !hrOugh SpaOO
ShOO!|ng mul!|OO| OurOd a| l On
DOl ngS.
l n COn!lpOdO gamOS !hO
playOr haS !O whlzz rOund a
mazO SOOnarlO OhaS| ng OOn-
!lpOdO SnakOS. Hl!!lng !hO

SnakOS l n !hO ml ddl O OauSOS

!hOm!OSpl l !l n!wO - dOuDl y
dangOrOuS. Ll!O l SmadOmOrO
dl !!| Ou| !DymOnS!OrSl npurSul!.
HypOrV| pOr lS a gamO O! !hlS
!ypO.
DOnkOy KOng l S a vOrywOl l
knOwn arOadO gamO and haS
DOOn!hO l nSpl ra!lOn !Or many
p| a!!OrmgamOS.ThOSOrOOnl S
dl v|dOd Dy pl a!!Orm, l | DOral ly
Spr|nkl Od wl!h ODS!aOl OS and
OOnnOO!OdDyladdOrS.DOSOOn-
dOn!SO!!hOgamO!Oa!urOl l !!S,
rOpOS,hOl OSl n!hO!|OOr.A!al r
damSO| OanOnlyDOrOSOuOdDy
Ol l mD| ng!O!hO!OpanddO!Oa!-
| nganaggrOSSlvOgOrl | l a.
HundrOdSO!p| a!!OrmgamOS
OxlS! - Nug-|!, ChuOkl O Lgg
and| ngamOSl l kOJO!SO!Wl l l y
!hOgamOOx!OndSl n!OSOvOral
SOrOOnS and DOOOmOS mOrO
OOmpl lOa!Od.
|! gul dl ng !rOgS Sa!O| yOvOr
DuSy rOadS and OrOOOdl l O-l n-
!OS!OdtlvOrSl SyOurl dOaO!!un,
!hOna!rOggOrgamOl S!hOOnO
!OryOu. GOOd!| ml ngandSnap-
P
!hl nk| ng arO nOOdOd. ThO
rOadandrlvOrDO!h run aOrOSS
!hOSOrOOnandyOur!rOghaS!O
OrOSS!hOm Dy gOl ng !rOm !hO
DO!!OmO!!hOSOrOOn!O!hO!Op.
BOamr| dOr and Wa!!lO arO
!yp| Oal grl d gamOS. l n BOam-
rldOr!hOpl ayOrlSOaugh!upOn
a nOOn Dl uO grld l n!hO !| rl ng
l l nO O! OnOmy prOOO!llOS and
Oan Ol!hOr dOdgO Or ShOO!
DaOk.AnO| OmOn!O!S!ra!Ogy|S
l nvO|vOd.
S!arTrOk, pOrhapS!hOmOS!
!amOuS Oxampl O O! a grld
gamO, haS !hO playOr mOvl ng
arOund !rOm SpaOO SOO!Or !O
SpaOOSOO!OrdOS!rOyl ngKl|ng-
OnSandO!hOrSpaOOOrOa!urOS.
ThOgal axyl SagrOa!dOal l argOr
!han OnO SOrOOn, SO !O mOvO
arOund !hO playOr haS!O glvO
grl drO!OrOnOOSaSwOl l aSwarp
!aO!OrSanddl rOO!lOnS.
AnyOnO !am| l | ar w|!h !hO
arOadOS wl| | rOmOmDOr Hun-
OhDaOk. ThO ugl y hunOhDaOk
OrOSSOSSO vOralSOrOOnSump-
l ng OvOr SpOarS, gapS l n !hO
!lOOr and O!hOr aSSOr!Od naS-
!l OS. A!!Or aDOu! 2U dl !!OrOn!
SOrOOnS, !hO HunOhDaOk rOS-
OuOS !hO prl nOOSS. PunOhy l S
Sl ml | ar OxOOp! !ha! a pOl lOO-
manl S!rylng!OrO8OuOJudy.
'Pure arcade games
never end whereas
arcadeadventures do
have a definite goal to
achieve'
ThOHunOhDaOkldOa|S!Ound
l n many arOadO gamOS. ThO
OharaO!OrS Or ODOO!S mOvO
Ol!hOrupOraOrOSS!hOSOrOOn,
Du! havO nO O!!OnS|vO pO!On-
!l al . AvOl danOOO!!hl ngSlS!hO
kOy!OSuOOOSS.
O!hOrgamOSuSl ng!hOHun-
OhDaOk ldOa arO An!arO!l O
AdvOn!urO whOrO !hO pOngul n
haS !O mOvO up !hO SOrOOn
umpl ng lOO OrOvaSSOS Or
avOl d| ngwalruSOS, and COm|O
BakOry,whOrO!hODakOrhaS!O
runDaOkand!Or!hkl Okl ng!urry
raOOOnS and Sw|!Ohl ng !hO
DrOadOOnvOyOrDOl!On.
Any gam wl!h a varlO!y O!
SOrOOnS, OaOhwl!ha SO!!aSk,
| Sa mul!l-SOrOOn gamO. Blag-
gOr, Manl O Ml nOr and JO!SO!
Wl l l y arO gOOd mul!l-SOrOOn
gamOS.
PaOman, !hO mazO gamO lS
lhO prOOurSOr O! al l mazO
gamOS. ThO pl ayOr S!OOrS
rOund a mazO gODDl l ng dO!S
and pOwOrpl l l S whl l OOvadl ng
mOnS!OrS.
LxamplOSO!!hOmazOgamO
l nOl udO Pyraml d Warp, Oh
Mummy, PaOkl O, SparklO and
Bl naryLand. D| !IO|On!OharaO-

!O|S and !hOmOS a|O uSOd l n

OaOhgamO, Du!!hOSamOSOr!
O!mazOSOOnarlO|Sl nvO|vOd.
SOramD| OlSa I|rm!avOur|!O
wl!harOadO!anSwhO!hrlvOOn
OxO|!OmOn!, !aS! mOvOmOn!S
and h| ! Or d| O !l || ng Sk| l | S. A
SpaOO Sh| p l S p| l O!Od OvO|
mOun!al nS, va| l OyS and
!hrOughOavO|nSavO| d| ngml S-
S| l OS, mO!OOrS and O!hO|
uSSOr!Od kl l l OrS. SupOr CODra
andS!arAvOngOra|OOxOOl lOn!
OxamplOSO!!h|S!ypOOIa|OadO
gamO.
RlvOrRa| dlSaSOr!OIvOr!| Oa|
SOramD| O w|!h !hO O! I|gh!Or
!ravO| | l ngup!hOSOrOOn.
SpaOOl nvadO|Sl SSO!amOuS
|!ha|d| ynOOdSanOxp| ana!| Onl
ThO pl ayOr mOvOS a |OOkO!
l aunOhO| IrOm | O!! !O r|gh!
Dl aS!lngrOwSOIa| | OnSaS!hOy
mOvOdOwnIrOm!hO!OpO!!hO
SOrOOn. Max| ma lS a !yp| Oa|
SpaOOl nvadOrgamO.
Adap!Od vOrS| OnS l nO| udO
Gal axl anS whOrO !hO a| l OnS
SwOrvO and whOOl aS !hOy
dOSOOndandPOl a| S!arwhOrO
!hOSpaOOSh| pOanmOvOup!hO
SO|OOn !O a!!aOk OnOOm| ng
Sh| pS.
A Spa!|al gamO | S OnO | n
whl Oh !hO p| ayOr haS a !al |l y
w| dOOpOnSpaOO!Omanl pul a!O
!hOOha|aO!OrOrODjOO!arOund

In.
Spa!lalgamOSl nOl udOShark
Hun!Orwhl Oh|nvO|vOSanOSk|-
mOumpl ngaDOu!OnlOO!lOOS
prO!OO!l ng hl S I|Sh nO!S !|Om
!hOSharkSandBuzzO!!whl Oh
haSaD| uO| nSOO!I| y| nga| l OvOr
!hO SOrOOn SOO!I| ng OO| Our!u|
!rul !wh| Oh l nS!an!ly!urnSl n!O
!a!alOODwODS.
| naQ-BOr!gamO, !hOpl ayO|
l S p|OSOn!Od wl!h a 3-D py|a-
m| d OI Dl OOkS whl Oh OhangO
OO| Our whOn !OuOhOd. CO| l S
andvl nd| O!|vOmOnS!O|SarOl n
'The pace of an
adventure game is
much slower, but good
ones can and do occupy
addicts for hours'
hO!purSu|!.
HO!ShOO |S a Q-BO|! gamO
OxOOp! !ha! !hO Dl OOkS a|O
a!Oml Opl |OSradl a!| ngnuO| Oa|
OnOrgy. Jump| ng On !hO p| |OS
|OduOOS!hl SOnOrgy, a|!hOugh
ROn RODO! and mu!an!a!OmS
dO!hO| rDOS!!O SaDO!agO !hO
pl ayOrSOI!Or!S.
LvOr OOnS| dOrOd yOu|SO|!!O
DO an l nvOn!lvO, l magl na!|vO,
l n!Ol | lgOn! DO| d OxplOrOr, Du!
COul dn'!DODO!hO|Od!OgOOu!
!hO !|On! dOOr and prOvO l!?
ThOn advOn!urO gamOS OOu| d
DO!hOanSwOr!O!hOSODurnl ng
Oxpl Ora!Ory amD| !| OnS - yOu
dOn'!OvOn havO!O mOvO !rOm
!hOa|mOha| rl
AdvOn!urO gamOS l nvarl aDl y
l nvO|vO a quOS! - !l nd| ng!hO
gOl dOnrl ng, rOSOu| ng!hO!rOa-
SurO IrOm !hO DragOn'S l al | Or
l | DOra!|ng !hO mag| O SwOrd.
ThOpl ayOr | SprOSOn!Odw|!ha
dOSOr|p!|On O!!hO |OOa!lOn hO
lS| n -whO|O| !l S, wha!'S| nl !,
Ol!hOrl n!Ox!O|g|aphl O!Orma!.
TOx!/graphl O advOn!u|OS havO
DO!h.
l n any S| !ua!| On !hO pl ayOr
haS!O!ypO l n!O !hO OOmpu!Or
kOyDOa|dwha!hOwan!S!OdO.
|Or | nS!anOO 'gO WOS!' , 1akO
SwOrd' O| pOrhapS ' k| | | dwar!' .
Wha!OvO| aO!|On !hO p| ayOr
!akOS uSual ly OhangOS !hO
| OOa!|OnO|Sl !ua!| On.
l mag| na!l On, la!Oral !h| nk-
l ngand l uOkarO!hOOSSOn!| a|
quaI l!lOS nOOdOd DOOauSO!hO
Sl!ua!lOnS!hOp| ayO|!l ndSh| m-
SOl !| narOO!!OnODSOu|O.
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home coputers in Japan to have a
specification list as big as its memory.
But the Toshiba HX10 doesn't just
limit itself to that.
lt was developed along with other
Japanese home computers to operate
on one language: MSX.You can swap prog
rams, games, cassettes, even peripherals
like disk drives, printers, and joysticks:
they're all compatible with every other
MSX computer
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of the future.
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be obsolete in a few years, buy an MSX.
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