T.DISKOVERY
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... DISKOVERY.
BY. VAL J. GOLDING..LIFE
AND LIMB:.--------------. OUR EXPERIEN
CE IN THE SOFTWARE FIELD.OVER THE PAST F
EW YEARS HAS TAUGHT US.ONE IMPORTANT LES
SON: NEVER GO OUT ON.A LIMB AND PREDICT
THE INTRODUCTION.DATE OF A NEW PRODUCT..
. WHY? BECAUSE THINGS CAN GO WRONG,.NO
MATTER HOW SMOOTHLY SOMETHING SEEMS.TO
BE PROCEEDING. WHAT MANY PEOPLE,.OURSEL
VES INCLUDED, RARELY TAKE INTO.CONSIDERA
TION IS THE LAST-MINUTE BUG..SOMETIMES W
HAT ON THE SURFACE APPEARS.TO BE AN INSI
GNIFICANT BUG TURNS OUT.TO BE A GLITCH O
F MAJOR PROPORTIONS.ONCE THE ACTUAL REPA
IR JOB IS.UNDERTAKEN... THE ADAGE THAT
CORRECTING ONE BUG.ALWAYS CREATES TWO MO
RE IS VERY TRUE..THE TIME SPENT IN DEBUG
GING A PROGRAM.CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY GREA
TER THAN THE.TIME SPENT ORIGINALLY DEVEL
OPING IT..ASK ALAN GARDNER, WHO IS CURRE
NTLY.WORKING ON A NEW LOADSTAR OPERATING
.SYSTEM, IF IT AIN'T SO. WE SEE ALAN.EV
ERY DAY HUNCHED OVER HIS 64 AND 128,.ASS
EMBLING THE NEW LOADSTAR OPERATING.SYSTE
M "JUST ONE MORE TIME" BEFORE A.DEMO IS
READY... SO REMEMBER, YOU DIDN'T READ I
T HERE.(AND PROBABLY NOT ELSEWHERE, EITH
ER.).BUT WATCH FOR OUR NEW LOOK, AND SOO
N...MUSIC, MAESTRO, PLEASE:.------------
-----------. A NEW PRODUCT THAT WE CAN
COUNT ON.IS "SONGSMITH" BY THE LATE JOE.
GARRETT. JOE, WHO FOR A LONG PERIOD OF.T
IME WAS OUR MANAGING EDITOR, WAS.TRAGICA
LLY KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE.ACCIDENT LAS
T FEBRUARY, BUT HE LEAVES.US A WONDERFUL
LEGACY: SONGSMITH... IN NEXT MONTH'S LO
ADSTAR, IF YOU LOOK.INSIDE THE PLASTIC P
ACK IT COMES IN,.YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND AN
ADVERTISEMENT.FOR SONGSMITH AT A REAL S
AVINGS FOR.LOADSTAR SUBSCRIBERS... SONG
SMITH IS A COMPLETE MUSIC.WRITING AND ED
ITING PACKAGE FOR.MUSICIAN AND NON-MUSIC
IAN ALIKE THAT.PROVIDES A SIMPLE METHOD
TO TRANSCRIBE.SHEET MUSIC OR ORIGINAL CO
MPOSITIONS.TO THE 64 AND A WAY TO PLAY T
HEM..WATCH FOR IT SOON, "COMING TO A 64.
NEAR YOU."..WE HAVE DESIGNS ON YOU:.----
-------------------. WE'RE EXCITED AND
WE HOPE YOU ARE.TOO, ABOUT THE "NEW LOOK
" OF LOADSTAR..ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SE
TS LOADSTAR.ASIDE FROM ANY OTHER DISK MA
GAZINE IS.THE EFFORT WE TAKE TO MAKE YOU
R.MAGAZETTE MORE PLEASING TO THE EYE AND
.EASIER TO USE THAN ANY OTHER DISK.MAGAZ
INE... AS ALWAYS, WE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET
.YOUR FEEDBACK. OUR JOB IS TO PRODUCE.A
DISK MAGAZINE THAT MEETS YOUR NEEDS,.WH
ETHER IT IS EDUCATION, HACKER.UTILITIES,
GAMES OR YOU-NAME-IT, LET.US KNOW WHAT
YOU WANT LOADSTAR TO BE.FOR YOU...SO SHA
LL YE REAP:.-----------------. ONCE IN
A WHILE A TEXT ADVENTURE.COMES ALONG THA
T IS REALLY WORTHWHILE..STEVE SHELTON'S
CAVE OF THE REAPER,.OUR COVER FEATURE FO
R THIS ISSUE,.FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY.
MIND YOU,.THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BET
WEEN AN.ADVENTURE GAME EXECUTED IN HIGH.
RESOLUTION GRAPHICS AND ONE THAT IS.PRES
ENTED IN TEXT MODE. THE.DIFFERENCE? GR
APHICS HAVE THE.CAPABILITY OF VISUALLY S
TIRRING YOUR.IMAGINATION; IN TEXT MODE W
E MUST.RELY ON THE WRITER'S SKILL WITH.W
ORDS. IN ANY CASE, GIVE CAVE A WHIR.AND
SEE IF YOU AGREE... TWO GAMES IN THIS
ISSUE FALL INTO.THE CLASSIFICATION OF SI
MPLE BUT CUTE..MOVING WALLS BY AMOS MILL
ER IS A MAZE.GAME WITH A TWIST: JUST AS
YOUR NEXT.MOVE IS PLANNED, THE MAZE REC
ONSTRUCTS.ITSELF AND YOUR CAREFULLY PLAN
NED MOVE.IS NO LONGER VALID. WHAT'S WOR
SE, IF.YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH IT IN TEN M
OVES.OR LESS, WELL... FORGET IT... MIST
ER MAILMAN IS A GAME OUR.EVALUATOR TOLD
US "FORGET IT, YOU'LL.NEVER WIN THIS ONE
." BUT WE TOOK THE.CHALLENGE TO HEART A
ND BY GOLLY, IT.REALLY IS TOUGH TO BEAT.
THAT'S THE.REAL BEAUTY OF A SIMPLE BUT
DIFFICULT.TO WIN GAME: THERE IS A SINGL
E OBJECT.AND A SINGLE OBSTACLE. BUT WHE
N THAT.SINGLE OBSTACLE (THE CANTANKEROUS
.DAWGS) TIME AFTER TIME PREVENT YOU.FROM
REACHING THE OBJECT (A MAILBOX),.THAT'S
FRUSTRATION. AND FRUSTRATION.IS THE NA
ME OF THE GAME. THE MORE IT.FRUSTRATES
YOU, THE MORE FUN IT IS,.RIGHT?.. SOMET
IMES WE SOUND LIKE GAMES ARE.THE ONLY TH
INGS WE FEATURE IN.LOADSTAR, BUT YOU'RE
WRONG, WRONG,.WRONG. MAYBE IT'S JUST TH
AT WE HAVE A.PENCHANT FOR GAMES THAT WE
YAK A BIT.MORE ABOUT THEM. BUT DON'T MI
SS OUT.ON THE OTHER GOODIES IN THIS ISSU
E:.BLUEGRASS MUSIC, PRINT SHOP GRAPHICS,
.BOUNCING KAMUNGAS, OUR BLUE PLATE.SPECI
AL, ANAGRAM... WHAT? WHAT'S.THAT? OK
ALAN, WE'LL SHUT UP AND LET.THE READERS
GET ON WITH IT..... SO PULL THAT EASY
CHAIR UP TO YOUR.64, SIT BACK, RELAX, AN
D ENJOY... **** END OF TEXT ****.
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