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Telecommuting: Dawn Of The Electronic Cottage $2.50 December 1983 Issue 6 Vol.1, No. 6 63380

S3.25 in Canada

For Owners And Users Of Commodore VIC-20"And 64" Personal Computers

SPIKE

Sprites Made Easy For Commodore 64

Arcade-Action Game For Commodore 64

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Written entirely in machine language, Spike is an outstand ing arcade-style game with stunning high-resolution graph ics — one of the best games we've ever

published. Only the skillful can evade the random power spikes and escape the Grid. 1 2

A Kid's View

A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS

A teenager speaks out on what youngsters like to see in educational com puter games — and he includes his own game for theVIC-20and Commo dore 64 to show exactly what he means.

Also In This Issue

Lost in the woods with

VIC Music Writer The Programmer

out a compass? Here's a complete guide to finding help through

Behind Pipes

user groups, computer

Spate Duel:

classes, books and magazines, and your fellow computerists.

Home Budget Planner

Machine Language 71,1.70 63380

A simple program to add sprite commands to Commodore BASIC. Ex amples show how you can animate shapes on the screen in your own programs with a mini mum of tricky PEEKs and POKEs.

Game For VIC And 64


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