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OXFORD PASCAL is now available for the SPECTRUM as well as the C64 and the BBC

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BLAST! s the ﬁrst fUly compatible OPTIMISING BASIC COMP LER for the

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BLAST! will comp* ANY BASIC program. without alteration.

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Pic 'n' Mix Make a masterpiece by

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Interior Decorating It's the

complete DIY Guide to building

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Snap, Crackle & Pop We're

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the potential of the 48K Spectrum for commercial use.

Containing a professional standard manual, the Bumper Pack is in fact a COMPLETE

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Will you be Snowboundthis summer? Who's an April Fool then? Has Legend

got a superiority Komplel? Is your thigh bone connected to your knee

bone? Is Mdoomed? Find the answers to these and other curious

questions in Frontlines!

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SPECTRUM

UK OK!

Compo results time

again! 'Ibis is the bit we

all like — handing out

the lovely lolly. Do you

remember the Spectrum

UK Competition back in

issue 12? We asked you

to put in order of

importance the

attributes you'd like to

see on an imaginary

Spectrum-based

computer. The

likelihood of something

with even half the

goodies we laid before

you ever seeing the light

of day is pretty remote.

Still, it's always good fun

to dream!

No-one came up with

exactly the same list as

our tame Sinclair

spokesperson, so we

picked as our winners

the ﬁrst out of the hat

who came closest. The

lucky prize winner will

receive a voucher for

/500 to be spent in any

Spectrum UK store on

Spectrum peripherals

and software. And who

is it, you cry. Step

forward B1 Rumbelow

of Deal. You

SNOWBOUND?

COUNT

DOWN TO

DUSTY BIN!

Ted Roger's TV

programme„?-2-I made

a brief and not very

glorious appearance in

the adventure game

Hampstead There you

were in your dingy ﬂat

watching it on the telly —

how low can a person

sink? Now though it's

about to be immortalised

in its own game with the

added attraction of not

having to watch Ted

Rogers!

There are thousands

of promising prizes to

win, but the game itself

doesn't offer anything

spectacular. Still, if

you're after a holiday in

Spain, a colour TV or

lots of other luxury

goodies, the procedure is

pretty simple and could

be worth a go!

The aim of the game is

to gamble your point

score according to the

risks you want to take.

Nothing too tricky there,

so you may feel it's

worth lashing out 19.99

and running up the

points. At worst, you

could end up with a

Bendy Toy's Dusty Bin

(and! know where I'd

put that! Ed).

The game's only

available by mail order

so if you want more info

before forking out the

ﬁvers give Paul Duffy a

ring on 01-904 1735,

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In the wake of Boulder

Dash fever, Statesoft has

come up with a little

ditty called Icicle Works

which has nothing to

do with the rock group

of the same name.

The idea of the game

is to rush around the

Arctic, collecting and

assembling the pieces of

a toy.

Interested parties

should gather round for

a review in Joystick Jury

next month. But for

hose who can't wait,

give Statioft a bell on

(0438) 316561_

COO

1100, They are AD

Stephenson of

Worcester; M R Carre of

Guernsey; J Lock of

Llandaff North; Adrian

Amen of Chichester and

D P Minors of Pershore.

Congratulations to all of

you.

Oh, and what was the

most important attribute

of any new Spectrum

based micro. Software

compatibility was the

ﬁrst choice of the

spokesperson and of the

vast majority of our

competition entries. It's

pretty clear that none of

you wants to start from

scratch again, least of all

Hi Rumbleow — he or

she would have an awful

lot of software to

replace!

t o

acquire one of the largest

Spectrum systems in the

whole of the South-East!

But we're not ﬁnished

yet — this really was a

grand prize. There are

still ﬁve more winners to

be picked who'll receive

similar vouchers for

What's all this racquet? Jonah Barrington having

beaten Rod Evans of New Generation Software at

squash is about to beat him again. It's all in aid of

the Jonah Barrington Squash simulation game

that's soon to bounce onto the market.

So, now you can work up a sweat on the software

squash court before trying the real thing. Could be

a smash lit!

VIRGIN TERRITORY

just been released for the

Speecy_

Single-handed you

in defend a desert

town as it comes under

attack from wave after

wave of deadly enemy

helicopters. And they've

a fearsome arsenal to use

against you — missiles,

ﬂak batteries and radar

jammers.

Virgin Games is

convinced it'll be a

runway success, so if you

want more info on

departure times give

them a buzz on 01-727

8070.

Is it the Dutch entry for the Eurovision Song

contents in a nasty tussle over the microphone?

Nope, it's Joels Holland presenting the lovely

Louise Stamper of Ultimate with a Golden Joystick

Award. Perhaps it was in the category for the Most

Secretive House Ever! We were beginning to think

they were Just a ﬁgment of our imagination.

Prepare tor take-oft.

Virgin, already famed

for its cheap° Atlantic

ﬂights is moving into

you could be the pilot —

if you get hold of a copy

of Falcon Patrol II that's

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