PC Format Issue 5

Editor

Bob Wade

Publisher

Future Publishing

Pages

116

Cover Date

February 1992

Release Date

23rd January 1992

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This issue is dated February 1992 and was £2.95

On the Disk[]

Deathbringer (Demo) - 2 pages (9-12)

Disktree (Utility) - (10)

Life Cycles (Bio-Rhythms) - (11-12)

Egaint (Shareware Game) - (11)

Quik (Loan Calculator) - (12)

News[]

PC games are set to sweep the board - 1 page (17)

The software industry has been predicting, and hoping for, an explosion in the PC leisure market and, with the arrival of PC game bundles and high-quality software, it's finally come true.

Wing Commander and Ultima series on CD-Rom - (18)

Mirrorsoft joins the ranks of Maxwell closures - (22)

Other headlines:-

Silence is not golden - Adlib is; New GST DesignWorks for Windows; Cheaper CD-Roms; Microsoft aims for CD standard; Four for games - (18)

PC prices plummet; Death of the keyboard?; Siemens launches PCs for multimedia; A window on the heavens; New PC menu - (21)

Fax from your PC; Disk jockey on hold; Low-price 286 PC; Get yourself a power PC; Letts you learn - (22)

Game announcements:-

Super Tetris, Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed - (21)

Darklands, Crime City, Samurai: The Way of the Warrior - (22)

Features[]

Letters - 2 pages (24-25)

101 ways to explore the world of your PC

The PC - Tim Smith & Bob Wade - 2 pages (30-31)

DOS 5 - Tim Smith - 2 pages (38-39)

Communications - Richard Longhurst - 2 pages (44-45)

Music - Martin Walker - 2 pages (50-51)

Windows 3 - Jason Saunders - 2 pages (56-57)

DTP - Andrew Wright - 2 pages (62-63)

Programming - Cliff Ramshaw - 2 pages (68-69)

Graphics - Phil South - 2 pages (72-73)

Games - Bob Wade - 2 pages (80-81)

Alternatives - Richard Longhurst - 2 pages (86-87)

Classic Game: Indianapolis 500 - Bob Wade - 3 pages (82-84)

Q&A - 2 pages (102-103)

Reviews[]

Games[]

Game Title	Publisher	Reviewer	Pages	Pg No(s)	Score
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge	US Gold / Lucasfilm	Mark Ramshaw	5	32-36	91
Chessmaster 3000, The	Mindscape	Tim Smith	3	40-42	89
PGA Tour Golf: Plus Edition	Electronic Arts	Richard Longhurst	0.4	48	85
Oh No! More Lemmings	Psygnosis	Richard Longhurst	0.2	48	55
Their Finest Mission: Volume One	US Gold / Lucasfilm	Richard Longhurst	0.2	48-49	75
Bard's Tale Construction Kit, The	Electronic Arts	Richard Longhurst	0.2	49	58
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe: P-38 Lightning	US Gold / Lucasfilm	Richard Longhurst	0.33	49	70
Wing Commander II: Special Operations 1	Mindscape / Origin	Richard Longhurst	0.33	49	65
Legend of Robin Hood, The	Sierra On-Line	Tim Smith	3	52-54	70
Mike Ditka Ultimate Football	Accolade	Andy Smith	3	58-60	69
Godfather, The	US Gold	Jason Saunders	2	64-65	43
Cisco Heat	Mirrorsoft	Cliff Ramshaw	2	70-71	34
Falcon 3.0	Mirrorsoft	Richard Longhurst	4	75-78	87
Air Land Sea	Electronic Arts	Richard Longhurst	0.5	104	75
Advantage Tennis	Infogrames	Richard Longhurst	0.25	104-105	60
Wild Wheels	Ocean	Richard Longhurst	0.2	105	30
Bard's Tale Trilogy, The	Electronic Arts	Richard Longhurst	0.25	105	60
Pit-Fighter	Domark	Richard Longhurst	0.2	105	40
Cadaver	Mirrorsoft	Richard Longhurst	0.2	105	30
Elvira: The Arcade Game	Flair Software	Richard Longhurst	0.25	105-106	58
Space Ace II: Borf's Revenge	Readysoft / Empire	Richard Longhurst	0.2	106	23
Dragon's Lair: Escape from Singe's Castle	Readysoft / Empire	Richard Longhurst	0.2	106	23
Bart vs. the Space Mutants	Ocean / Acclaim	Richard Longhurst	0.2	106	55
Supaplex	Digital Integration	Richard Longhurst	0.2	106	35

Public Domain[]

Game Title	Publisher	Reviewer	Pages	Pg No(s)	Score
Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy	Apogee / ID Software	Jason Saunders	1.5	97-98	9/10
EGATrek	Nels Anderson	Jason Saunders	0.75	99	9/10

Tips[]

King's Quest V, Lemmings - 1 page (93)

Other Credits[]

Consultant Editor

John Minson

Features Editor

Tim Smith

Production Editor

Karl Foster

Staff Writers

Richard Longhurst, Jason Saunders

Art Editor

Martin Parfitt

Graphic Designer

Kevin Hibbert

Contributors

Mark Ramshaw, Andy Smith, Phil South, Cliff Ramshaw, Martin Walker, Andrew Wright