Issue 41 - Gremlin Main Contents News

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Issue 42
September 1985

EDITORIAL
Editor
Bill Scolding
Deputy editor
John Gilbert
Staff writers
Chris Bourne
Clare Edgeley
Designer
Craig Kennedy
Editorial secretary
Norisah Fenn
Publisher
Neil Wood

ADVERTISING
Advertising manager
Louise Fanthorpe
Deputy advertisement manager
Shahid Nizam
Advertisement sales executive
Kathy McLennan
Production assistant
Jim McClure
Advertisement secretary
Linda Everest

MAGAZINE SERVICES
Subscriptions Manager
Carl Dunne

Sinclair User is published monthly by EMAP Business and Computer Publications

Cover illustration Stuart Hughes, used by permission of Softek International.

SOFTWARE

TOP 30
Summer launches jockey for position

SPECTRUM SOFTWARE
An exclusive look at the 3D world of Fairlight, Frank Bruno floors all contenders, Action Biker comes a cropper and we review a classic Artist [two parts]

Spectrum SoftwareAdventure
Graphics magic from the EdgeAll aboard for the Costa Packet

QL SOFTWARE
English Software goes into Hyperdrive, while Hopper and QL Reversi simulate ZX-81 arcade oldies

HIT SQUAD
Gyron programmers Torus don't exactly suffer from an excess of modesty. Chris Bourne bends an ear

BUSINESS SOFTWARE
Mike Wright dips into some QL business programs, and becomes an Entrepreneur with Collins Soft

ADVENTURE
See Richard Price's holiday snaps of Terrormolinos, dabble with Magik in Red Moon, do battle in Warlord

FEATURES

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Essential reading for all Sinclair users. Wendie Pearson's guide tells you how to avoid buying a blown Spectrum or being ripped off by the crooks of the classified ad.

HARDWARE

HARDWARE WORLD
Typing text made easy with the Omni-Reader, interface your QL with Kempston, get to grips with the Stick. John Lambert is your guide

ENTRY POINT
In the concluding part of his beginners' series, John Gilbert takes a random look at the number generator

MACHINE CODE
Marcus Jeffrey develops picture routines which can be copied, merged or exchanged with the power of logic

HELPLINE
Print and beep with Andrew Hewson as he rummages about in the ROM

PROGRAMMING

PROGRAM PRINTOUT
Peddle your wares in Space Trader, or negotiate the levels of tricky Dead-eyed Dick. The die is cast in Top Notch, arcade action comes to the QL in Stuffed Mushrooms and the Spectrum gets a High Score utility

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Issue 41 - Gremlin Main Contents News