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May 1987 ANTIC TOC Theme: Fifth Anniversary page article 6 I/O BOARD Letters from Readers. 13 ANTIC AWARDS ANTIC discusses major changes, advances, new programs, etc. They award such titles as Programmer of the Year (Tom Hudson), Outstanding User Group (WAACE), etc. 22 ATARI'S NEW COMPUTERS A review of the new computers announced at the Winter CES. 30 GAME OF THE MONTH: A-ROGUE This is the 8-bit version of the mainframe and ST classic Rogue. BASIC. 35 POKER MACHINE Turn your Atri into a flashy Las Vegas slot-type draw poker machine. BASIC. 37 NEW OWNERS COLUMN This is Lesson 14 on Sound. It is the last lesson in the series. 42 WORDS ARE FUN A description of a Wheel of Fortune type game that is included as a bonus when you get the magazine of disk. 43 DOT-HOPPER This program uses inputed formulas to create fast, easy fractal displays. 44 COMMUNICATIONS: TREASURE MAPPING THE NEW ANTIC ONLINE A discussion of the changes in CompuServe's ANTIC ONLINE including a new offering, RLE video graphics. Now you can display hi-res 2 color graphics while logged on to CompuServe. 47 PRODUCT REVIEWS Software Lords of Conquest (Electronic Arts) Triple Pack (Access Software) [Beach-Head, Beach-Head II and Raid over Moscow] Cardiac Arrest! (Mad Scientist Software) Golden Oldies (Electronic Arts) [Eliza,Pong,Adventure,Life] Wargame Construction Set (SSI) 52 NEW PRODUCTS A description but not a review of several new products available for the Atari computers. ***********BEGIN THE ST RESOURCE SECTION********** 57 ANTIC TOWERS An ST version of an 8_bit classic. 63 ST PRODUCT NEWS AND REVIEWS Software Ultima III:Exodus (Origin Systems Inc) Rogue (Epyx) Temple of Apshai Trilogy (Epyx) Personal Money Manager (MichTron Inc) Megafont ST (XLent Software) Mind Mine ST Clock (Mind Mine Computer Center) New Products (description only) AnsiTerm (Beckemeyer Development Tools) Hard Disk Accelerator (Beckemeyer Development Tools) MT C-Shell (Beckemeyer Development Tools) Star NB-15 Printer (Star Micronics America) Diablo (Classic Image Inc) Disk Library (Classic Image Inc) Word Perfect (Word Perfect Corp) Word Writer ST (Timeworks Inc) SwiftCalc ST (Timeworks Inc) Data Manager ST (Timeworks Inc) Midiplay (Electronic Music Publishing House) 70 FAST ST BASIC A review of the first cartridge based ST BASIC from Computer Concepts. ***********END THE ST RESOURCE SECTION************ 73 SOFTWARE LIBRARY This section contains all the program listings for the articles in this issue. 98 TECH TIPS This section is a collection of tips and short programs from readers or collected from various Users Groups newsletters. Coming next month: ANTIC will start a new series that teaches antimated graphics and game design. It will replace the New Owners Column that ran for over a year. Also: 8_bit BASIC's Test comparison, Spreadsheeting your net worth, Verbot Sound commands, Page 6 Window into your Atari and Beginner's GEM Programming in C. Comments: I have finished typing in Rogue. I will be testing and debugging if necessary for the next few days and then I'll put a review on the net. Kit Kimes AT&T-ISL 1100 E. Warrenville Rd. Naperville, IL 60566 ...!ihnp4!iwvae!kimes