Top 100
To celebrate the turning of the century (as far as AA is concerned) we're taking a look back over the eight years of the mag's reign, to sort out for you the 100 essential items that every self-respecting CPC owner should have in their collection. Clur Hodgson is your host.
C Exolon ¡21st Century) Gorgeous 93 per cent scoring stonker which, coincidental^. i$ appearing on next month's cover tape.
i Nodes of Yesod (Odin). Spacemen v silver suits roam the planet's surface.
* Prehistoric 2 (Titus). Elmsoft's Champ of a game - did you believe you'd ever see paraSax scrolling so smooth on the CPC?
• Rod land (Kixx). The ultimate in cute and fluffy creature-basbng fun.
Platformers
Rick Dangerous
The piatformer to smash all platformers has to be Rick Dangerous 2 (Kax). It epitomises that's great about platform games - it's fun, it's fast, fs colourfui. it's cute and utomately rfs rip-rcaringly good. ftck rs ott to save the world and ifs your job to help him on his way through the five enormous levels that take him to the far ccrners of the unrverse (beats the usual platform plot of saving your girlfriend from the evil clutches of Or Really Mean Guy).
Programming
Nlaxam
H you're at aU serious about your computing you will have 3*eady tried your hand at BASIC programming But if you want to start writnj programs that mcwe faster than an arthritic snail yoi/re gang to have to learn to program m Machine Code. And when you start dohg that you're gong to have to get your mucfry kttie paws on an Assembler (a program that converts your tot-based programs into a form that your CPC can understand). The most advanced to date i$ /team (Aroo- s- 0733 68909) with its M text ettor. memory editor and disassembler (to name but a few features). If you can, the best format on which to get Maxam is ROM chp but A is avaiabte on tape (perfect if you're r>* really sure if Machine Code is your thing).
• Graphic Adventure Creator (Incentive C 0734-8] 7288) Write your own games with ease.
• Hacktt (Seen Software tr 061 724 7572) No program's codc is safe with HackJL
• QForth (Software Promotions. 6 LangJey Close. Hightown. PAerseyside L38 9GG) And...
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SP - Oohpak» iout print
Succinct and to the point, Maxam doesn't need any of that fancy stuff to be great.
# Hi Soft C (Hi Soft © 0525 718181) Forth and C are two afcemdtr.es to BASIC. Gve 'em a go.
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