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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Commodore Format (May 1995)

Commodore Format (May 1995)

Commodore Format was a popular but very late magazine dedicated to the Commodore 64 published in the U.K. The first issue was not published until late 1990. However, despite this, it had a relatively long life lasting well into the mid 1990s. The May 1995 issue includes:

Features

  • Get animated! - Inside everyone there's a budding Walt Disney. Untap your hidden potential

  • Grin and repair it! Part II - Do you run to the casualty department with a cold? Do you ignore gaping, gushing wounds? Course not! Jason Finch talks you through diagnosing a sick C64, assessing the gravity of the situation and suggests remedial action - where appropriate.

Reviews

  • Games arena - Andy Roberts straps on his ungainly yet protective reviewer's helmet to visit the unpredictable world of the latest C64 games.

  • Be calculating! - GEOS is a neat windows and menus-based system, but what's it like to actually work with? Andrew Fisher brings you GeoCalc and shows you how powerful and easy it really is.

Games

  • Games round-up II - Andy Roberts sorts the wheat from the chaff, and eventually sees the wood for the trees.

  • Public Domain - The world of all-you-can-get-for-almost-nothing. Andy Roberts goes in and returns, triumphant.

Serious

  • True ROM-antics - Baffled by the error messages. Read this.

  • Techie tips - Problem plus Jason Finch equals solution.

Regulars

  • C64 News - Info from the around the C64 world, presented in bite-sized chunks just for you.

  • The Mighty Brain / C64 Directory - Your letters, TMB's replies. Also your one-stop guide to whom to contact, C64-speaking.

  • Well 'ard III - RAMLink - store/load/access data quicker.

  • Buy-a-rama - Buy, sell or just simply interact with your peers.

  • Contact Points - Clubs and essential reading for C64 users.

  • On The Powerpack...
    • Frost - Learn to animate with this powerful, yet easy-to-use utility. It's neat, fast and your imagination is the only limit, almost.
    • Harrier - Flying a jump jet has never been such fun, especially during war.
    • Space War - 3D blasting action is all yours in this fun game.
    • Superstrike - Trigger finger not tired yet? Then try this manic shoot-'em-up for size. But wait a minute - no one's saying it's going to be easy.
    • Darkest Road (Part II) - Darkest Road is a chilling fantasy text adventure which is sure to set your pulse a-rattlin' and your brain a-thinkin'.

...and more!

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