Commodore 64 User Manual page 74

Other games emphasize strategy. For instance,
adventure games use words, map directions,
and riddles to get through fantastic multilevel
mazes. Simulation games create real-life situa
tions in which the player participates. For cen
turies, people have played strategy games
such as chess, checkers, and backgammon;
these and other strategy games are now avail
able on the computer.
Here is our pick of the best games now avail
able for the VIC and the 64. We've grouped
these recommendations according to the type
of skill that is most required. Only a few of the
top games are described in detail. Remember
that if our game chart says BOTH, you must
still buy the version that specifically works on
your machine. The same cartridge, cassette, or
diskette will not work on both the VIC and
the 64.
Skill Games
Chase
Shoot-'em-up
Steering
BOTH
VIC
64
BOTH
BOTH
BOTH
VIC
64
64
Strategy Games
Adventure
Simulation
Chess
Monopoly
Othello
VIC
64
VIC
BOTH
vie
64
BOTH
Radar Rat Race, from
Commodore
Shamus, from HES
Jawbreaker, from
Sierra On-Line
Gorf or Omega Race,
from Commodore
Jupiter Lander or
Midnight Drive, from
Commodore
Frogger, from Sierra
On-Line
Meteor Run, from UMI
Motor Mania, from
UMI
TSi Cycles, from
Creative Equipment
Adventure/and, Pirate
Cove, and three other
Scott Adams adven
ture games, from
Commodore
Deadline, Starcross,
Suspended, or Zork /,
2, & 3, from Infocom
adventure games
Chopiifter, from
Creative Software
Jupiter Lander or
Midnight Drive, from
Commodore
Sargon II, from
Commodore; BOSS,
from UMI
Monopoly, in the
public domain
Renaissance, from UMI
The best games in either category that use
game paddles, rather than joysticks, are:
BOTH Clowns, Seawolf, or Omega Race, from
Commodore
VIC Pinball Spectacular or Super Smash,
from Commodore
Radar Rat Race is a challenging skill-type
arcade game available for both VIC and 64
computers. You listen to "Three Blind Mice" as
you wander through mazes—avoiding cats
and eating cheese for more energy. This game
has several levels of play, as well as excellent
color pictures. You never see the entire maze
at one time, but there is a radar to show your
rough position in relation to pursuing rats and
various cheese bits. The cats, on the other
hand, appear without warning.
In Adventureland you try to explore fields, for
ests, and caves as you search for buried trea
sure. You test your word skills and directions
[north, south, east, west, up, and down). If
you have a Votrax Type-'n-Talk voice synthe
sizer, this game will even speak to you.
Renaissance, a good strategy game, is a com
puterized version of Othello, from UMI. Play is
like an elaborate version of tic-tac-toe.
RECOMMENDED EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS
Educational software packages can help you
learn classic studies such as astronomy, geog
raphy, history, math, chemistry, physics,
English, and foreign languages. Two national
companies with a large choice of educational
programs are Micro-Ed and American Peripher
als. Each lists several hundred choices, by sub
ject and grade level. Write them for their
catalogs, and ask your local computer dealer
to order the programs you want.
Typing is an important skill that really helps
when you use a computer. A good typing
tutorial is Typing Tutor, from Taylormade Soft
ware. We highly recommend it.
Commodore offers two educational software
packages for the young: Home Babysitter (FOR
THE VIC only) teaches preschoolers the
alphabet and counting, and Speed/Bingo Math
(for ages 4 to 10) offers arithmetic drill. A third
program, Visible Solar System (for junior high
students through adults], teaches astronomy.
However, Commodore's real effort in educa
tional software is in the public domain. Com
modore has made available to their dealers
over 50 diskettes of educational programs.
Over 600 programs are listed in Commodore's
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