Emulate! magazine is in no way associated with the University of Birmingham or the School of Computer Science. Address any queries about the content of Emulate! to the editor, Barry Plewa. Any queries about the content of other pages at this site should be addressed to the site maintainer, Damien Burke.
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EDITORIAL

Welcome to the third issue of Emulate! A slightly reduced issue this month in preperation for a bumper Christmas special coming your way in the middle of December. Nevertheless, there are still loads of articles for you to enjoy. We take a look at another popular Speccy character, Magic Knight, including tips for three games in the series. We have a selection of reviews, both up-to-date and classic! Also, there is a new quiz section, Part 1 of an excellent A-Z book database, plus all the regulars, including tips, adventures, review guide, charts and of course, loads of high-quality games to keep you occupied in the long winter months! This month sees another exclusive JSW game, in which you can re-enter the Manic Mine! Read on!.....


SPECTRUM NEWS


EMULATE! ON THE WEB

Great news this month is that this very magazine is now available as a site on the WWW. This excellent site (even if I do say so myself) has been kindly compiled by Damien Burke. It includes all the things not possible in the text only edition, including screenshots of games, direct links to Internet sites mentioned, as well as far superior presentation!

Of course, as you're seeing this you've already found this out...!


NEW FTP SITE

News of a new FTP site from which to download your favourite Speccy games, utilities and documents! There is now a special directory devoted to the Speccy on Demon's FTP site, which as users will know, is very reliable and fast.


MOVING HOME

Stephen Smith, author of the Spectrum Games Faq and maintainer of the Speccy Database has moved his base of operations over to NVG UNIT. All the sites he maintained can be accessed from the following address: http://www.nvg.unit.no/spectrum/stevo/stevowww/stevowww.htm Unfortunately, the links do not work as yet - see the Internet section of the magazine for more details on the actual addresses. This page includes links to the database, faq plus quite a few other pages of interest to Spectrum users, such as the Sinclair User Top 50 games of all time. Certainly worth checking out!

Note that the HTML version of issue 2 of Emulate! included the updated address for Steve's various pages; only the text version listed his older address.


SNAPSHOT REQUESTS

Another list of snapshots people are desperately looking for! If you have any of the games listed below, please get in touch with either the person directly, or let us know here at Emulate! If you are looking for any games in particular, let us know and we will include you in the list.

GAME                   FORMAT  REQUESTED BY    E-MAIL

Advanced Pinball Sim 48/128 David Crick D.A.CRICK@EX.AC.UK Cluedo 48/128 Philip Reynolds PHIL@HEDGFORD.DEMON.CO.UK Dark Empire 48/128 Josie Haynes JHAYNES@CENTRAL.MURDOCH.AU Denis/Drinking Glass 48/128 Fredrik Ekman EKMAN@LYSATOR.LIU.SE Dynamite Dux 48/128 David Crick D.A.CRICK@EX.AC.UK Fairlight 128k Richard Hallas RICHARD@HALLAS.DEMON.CO.UK Heroes Of The Lance 48/128 David Crick D.A.CRICK@EX.AC.UK Int 3D Tennis 128K David Crick D.A.CRICK@EX.AC.UK Knight Orc 48/128 Shaun Crouch SCROUCH@LARK.RU.AC.ZA Lemmings Demo 48/128 David Crick D.A.CRICK@EX.AC.UK Lotus Turbo Challenge 48/128 David Crick D.A.CRICK@EX.AC.UK Moria 48/128 Fredrik Ekman EKMAN@LYSATOR.LIU.SE Orc Attack 48/128 Andy Maccallum MINDBOMB_BBS@DELPHI.COM Pang 48/128 Ian Collier IMC@ECS.OX.AC.UK Renegade III Final Ch 48/128 David Crick D.A.CRICK@EX.AC.UK Rod Land 48/128 Anton Belenki ANTON@GYM11.PERM.SU Shadow Warriors 48/128 David Crick D.A.CRICK@EX.AC.UK Splitting Images 48/128 Richard Hallas RICHARD@HALLAS.DEMON.CO.UK Strangeloop 48/128 Philip Reynolds PHIL@HEDGFORD.DEMON.CO.UK Street Fighter 2 128k Barry Plewa DOCTOR@DOCBARRY.DEMON.CO.UK The Tebbit 48/128 Fredrik Ekman EKMAN@LYSATOR.LIU.SE Technician Ted MegaMix 128K Richard Hallas RICHARD@HALLAS.DEMON.CO.UK Time Machine (arcade) 128k Barry Plewa DOCTOR@DOCBARRY.DEMON.CO.UK Tobor 48/128 Jon Taylor JON@BIRKHALL.DEMON.CO.UK Wonderboy 48/128 David Crick D.A.CRICK@EX.AC.UK
Thanks to everyone who has replied to these requests!


ALCHEMIST RESEARCH

Some of you may have read a news article in Issue 2 about Alchemist News, a periodical magazine which is now available on Nvg Unit. For those who were interested, Matthew Deeprose has sent some details supplied to him by the company in question, Alchemist Research. If you would like to write to the them about any of the items mentioned in the article, the address is:

Alchemist Research
62 Tithe Barn Lane, Woodhouse, SHEFFIELD. S13 7LN
Telephone: 0114 269 7644. Mobile: 0378 835 449

WHO ARE WE?
Alchemist Research is the UK's leading Spectrum and emulator user group. It was established in 1986 and is the people's choice for anything Spectrum, winner of the Crashed magazine award for Best Spectrum Service for 1995-96. We work closely with only the best Spectrum services, who will confirm our unrivaled service.

OUR MAGAZINE
AlchNews is now the world's largest Spectrum tape and disk magazine. Latest issues have been the equivalent of 384 pages of solid A4 text! The magazine covers all aspects of the Spectrum, including regular sections on: Basic programming, news, software reviews, PD reviews and tutorials, adventure writing, machine code, languages, +3 computing, +D, Opus, Microdrive, communications, fiction, humour, the unexplained, hardware projects, CP/M, music, adverts and much more. AlchNews has dozens of writers, many of which are leading figures in the Spectrum scene. The magazine also incorporates folded magazines of the past, including SARUG, Sinclair News, 1982 and Marshall Cavendish's INPUT series.

AlchNews is available on any Spectrum format (except 3" disk) for just £1. Subscription fee is £4 per year. For a free sample of the latest or any back issues, just send media and SAE, stating which issues you'd like. As a guide, the first 10 issues will fit on one 800k disk or C90 cassette and subsequent issues on a disk or tape each.

SOFTWARE SUPPORT
Alchemist Software is the world's biggest Spectrum software service, including Spectrum CP/M and, shortly, Amiga and PC titles. The library has an archive of over ten thousand titles and has just about any kind of program you'd require. The service has just been transferred to the address below where the new staff can offer an even greater service.

Trevor Mossman & Lloyd Garland
Alchemist Software
126 Redfield Road
Bristol
BS5 9QA

Alchemist Research also supports the only other reputable and respected software services: Fountain PD, Minds Demo Library, MGPD, and Impact PD. For more details and their addresses, write to Alchemist Research. Neither Alchemist Research, the groups above, or any other Spectrum service recommends any other - you have been warned!

We have also been granted permission to re-release the GREMLIN GRAPHICS back catalogue of Spectrum games.

COMPLETE SPECTRUM SUPPORT
Alchemist Research is the only service which operates a Spectrum helpline, totally devoid of any subscription or other charges. We aim to solve any problem you may be experiencing, be it hardware or software. Other than INDUG, Alchemist Research is the only group who receives official and regular support on +D bugs and fixer programs. We are also in close contact with some of the world's best software programmers. We have masterminded several hardware projects, including 128k keypad devices, +3 external drives, RS232 communications and a multi-group project of 'essential manuals', beginning with a Spectrum 128k definitive technical manual. We can master disk conversions of your programs should you not have the facilities and aid in any aspect of your programming. We can help in tracking down hardware, software and books, thanks to our register of users with equipment for sale. We are the only group to cover Spectrum CP/M in depth and offer assistance, tips and programs for users with Star printers.


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