Compute!’s Gazette (July 1983)

Compute!’s Gazette (July 1983)

Compute!'s Gazette was one of the longest running Commodore 8-bit specific magazines and Compute!'s most successful spinoff. While it mostly covered the Commodore 64, it also covered the VIC-20 in its early years and the Commodore 128 once it launched. The inaugural issue from July 1983 includes: Features

• Does Your Computer Need A Cassette Recorder?
• Commodore 64 Video Update

Games

• Inside View: Programmer Jimmy Huey
• Skydiver
• Snake Escape

Reviews

• Exatron Stringy Floppy For VIC-20 and 64
• Deadly Duck Cartridge Game For Unexpanded VIC-20

Education/Home Applications

• Computing For Kids: Computer Adventures
• Alfabug
• VIC Marquee
• Word Hunt: A Puzzle Game
• VIC Timepiece

Programming

• The Beginner's Corner: Learning To Program in BASIC
• Commodore Classics: Quickfind
• Power BASIC: 64 Paddle Reader Routing
• Machine Language For Beginner's: A Hidden World
• Hints & Tips: Accelerated IFs
• Enlivening Programs With Sound
• Using Joysticks On The 64: A BASIC Tutorial

Departments

• The Editor's Notes
• Gazette Feedback
• COMPUTE!'s Gazette Author Guide
• Simple Answers To Common Questions
• VICreations
• 64 Explorer
• News & Products

...and more!