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ADVENTURE
CREATOR
SPINNAKER SOFTWARE C3RP^RATI3X
J15 FIRST STREE
CAHBRID6E, MA 82142
Adventure Creator is a marvelous graphics adventure
creation program. It creates a dungeon for children
to explore, and populates it with strange creatures
and wonderful treasures, or lets them create their
own adventures to try out on each other. The quests
are challenging and non-violent (no raging battles,
and many of the creatures are downright friendly).
Fun for younger kids who just want to roam around
using the joystick to see what happens, and for older
kids who want to create complex mazes and use the
full complement of tricks, traps, creatures, and
spells available. Another solid winner from
Spinnaker.
MR. TESTER
POWER 64
PRC-LINE SOFTWARE
755 THE QUEENSHAY EAST, UHL _
MISSISSAUGA. Of CANADA L4V 4C
t4!61 273-6358
1342B ROU
BUTLER, MJ 67465
1281] 638-9B27
This is a program to test out certain basic aspects
of your computer and common peripherals: cassette
drive, printer, disk drive, joystick, or monitor. It
will tell you if a joystick's contacts all work, or
if a keyboard key is sticking, or if your printer
interface really is emulating a Commodore printer
100$, or if your disk speed is close to what it
should be, among other things. It will not tell you
if some weird serial bus problem is hanging up your
system, or if your modem works, or if your power
supply is producing some strange intermittent spikes,
or if your sprites are colliding with 'sparkle1. The
manual is so thin it's almost nonexistant, but the
program is menu-driven and pretty well
self-explanatory. If a problem is discovered, it
will give you no clues on how to go about correcting
it. Mr. Tester is no replacement for a good
technician, and is not the complete and comprehensive
computer diagnostic test program it claims to be, but
it may provide some peace of mind in certain
situations.
A BASIC programmer's dream utility package. In 4k to
8k of memory, depending on how much Power you want,
Power 64 adds auto line number and renumber, search
and replace, bidirectinally scrolling listings, undo
(unnew), keyboard redefinition, disk commands,
listing of disk files, memory partitioning, trace,
dump, delete, exec disk file, fix memory pointers,
and advanced error reporting, among others. (Whew!)
The only complaint I've ever heard on it is that the
renumber utility doesn't properly tag invalid GOTOs
and GQSUBs. (It renumbers valid ones fine, though.)
The manual is thorough, if a bit hard to get around
in. It includes important info on how Power works,
how to call Power routines from machine code, and how
to extend the power command set. A classic and
essential programming tool for the serious BASIC (or
Pal assembler) programmer.
MR TESTER MAIN MENU OPTIONS:
COLOR MONITOR TEST.