Computer Gaming World Issue 24

Features:

• Future Games: Where is Gaming Going? (William H. Harrington considers where computer games are headed based on where they've already been)
  
• The Bard's Tale (Scorpia's busy this issue, reviewing this new RPG on top of her regular column)
  
• CGW Game of the Year (The votes are in: Kampfgruppe takes home Wargame of the Year and overall GotY, Ultima III claims Adventure GotY, Seven Cities of Gold uncovers the Strategy GotY, and F-15 Strike Eagle earns Action GotY)
  
• Microprose's Command Series (M. Evan Brooks reviews both Crusade in Europe and Decision in the Desert)
  
• The Electronic Gridiron (In the wake of the slew of new American football titles appearing on shelves, a bevy of CGW editors put their helmets together to decide who makes the roster and who gets benched)
  
• Ultima III (It'll set you back $59.95, but Patricia Fitzgibbons thinks the Mac version of Lord British's RPG is well worth the cost of entry)
  
• Golan Front (William Harrington offers this report on this computer/board game hybrid simulating the 1973 Arab/Israli war)
  

Departments:

• Taking a Peek:
  • Dream House (C64/Apple)
    
  • The Sea Voyagers (C64/Apple/IBM)
    
  • Quink (C64/Apple/IBM)
    
  • Under Fire (Apple)
    
  • Countdown to Shutdown (C64/Apple)
    
  • International Hockey (C64/C128)
    
  • QuestProbe (Featuring The Hulk) (C64)
    
  • Karate Champ (C64/C128/Apple II)
    
  • Winter Games (C64/C128)
    
  • Temple of Apshai Trilogy (C64/C128/Atari/Apple/IBM)
    
  • Super Huey (C64)
    
  • Spy vs. Spy: The Island Caper (C64/C128)
    
  • Star Rank Boxing (C64)
    
  • Icon (IBM)
    
  • Stunt Flyer (C64/C128)
    
  • The Newsroom (C64/Apple/IBM)
    
  • Wizard of Wall Street (IBM)
    
  • Lode Runner's Rescue (Atari/C64)
    
  • Panzer Grenadier (Atari)
    
  • JET (IBM)
    

  [*]Scorpion's Tale (It's back to Infocom land as Scorpia guides readers through Wishbringer)

  [*]Tele-Gaming (Patricia Fitzgibbons answers the question she should have answered two years ago: How do I tele-game?)

  [*]Commodore Key (It's the British (software) Invasion! Also, Beach-Head 2 is so violent. And racing games, some of which suck. Roy Wagner tells all.)

  [*]Atari Playfield (David Stone provides a sort of counter-argument to Jon Freeman's Amiga love-fest from last issue with regards to the Atari ST)

  [*]The Learning Game (Bob Proctor's column focuses on programs that teach you how to program)

  [*]Micro-Reviews:

  • Colonial Conquest (Atari/C64)
    
  • Star Fleet One (IBM)
    
  • Star Crystal (Apple II)
    
  • Speculator (IBM PC)
    
  • Incunabula (IBM PC)
    

  [*]Reader Input Device

  [*]Game Ratings

Notable Stuff:

• The corner banner on the cover for this issue reads, "Game of the Year Awards".
  
• The largest issue of CGW yet, with 62 pages of content packed between the covers. And the price is still only $2.95!
  
• Tim Finkas leaves the CGW staff as Vince Denardo takes over as Art Director, leaving this as the first issue of CGW with a cover by someone other than Tim (in this case, Roger MacGowan).
  
• The reference to Psalm 9:1-2 appears on the masthead.
  
• Again with the major typos, CGW? "Temple of Aphshai Trilogy"? Is it too much to ask that you spell the names of the products you are reviewing correctly?
  
• Starting January of 1986, CGW will be published nine times a year! Or so declares the box on page 9.
  
• Much like Bill Gates and his remarks on RAM, Richard Garriott found himself prognosticating incorrectly when he predicted that "16 bits should be enough" in regards to graphics.
  
• Despite winning CGW's Game of the Year award, Kampfgruppe has only sold a mere 8,000 units by this point. Contrast this with 100,000+ units moved by Seven Cities of Gold and F-15 Strike Eagle and it makes its victory all the more incredible.
  
• David Stone's final Atari column appears in this issue, though he continues to be a contributor in the future. Gregg Williams takes over the Atari-themed column starting in the following issue.