[[Category:Magazines]]
Issue 4, 1985 The fifth issue of [[Amstrad Computer User]], published by [[Amsoft]].
== Contents ==
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|Page Number || Title || Description
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|Page 5 || News || A full report on the recent L.E.T. trade show
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|Page 10 || Letters || Your input to our output
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|Page 17 || Book Reviews || Best buys from the bookshop
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|Page 20 || Screen Squashing || More than 20 columns in [[Mode 0]]. Impossible? No, read on
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|Page 26 || Printer Reviews || Sort out which type suits you
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|Page 29 || The Joy of Sticks || Sally Tyler looks at joysticks
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|Page 34 || Software Reviews || Which should you buy, we offer our PROGnosis
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|Page 43 || Competition: The Ins and Outs of the Amstrad || Thirty Copies of the new [[Melbourne House]] book to be won
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|Page 46 || Intro to Music || Tune up your computer and get ready to play
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|Page 50 || [[Missile Attack]] || Type this in and save the world
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|Page 59 || [[Monster's Final Hour|The Monster's Final Hour]] || Tried and tested adventure program
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|Page 68 || Forth || Part II of our tutorial in this fun language
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|Page 76 || Machine Code Programming || P.K. McBride takes a beginners look at machine code
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|Page 84 || Writing Adventures || Build a world of your very own
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== Games reviewed ==
===[[SorceryBlagger]], ======[[Muntant MontyCodename MAT]], ======[[CubitCrazy Golf]], ======[[SplatCubit]], ======[[Laserwarp]], ======[[Star CommandoMutant Monty]], ======[[XanagramsSorcery]], === ===[[Codename MATSplat!]]======[[Star Commando]], ======[[Sultan's Maze]], ======[[Crazy Golf]], [[BlaggerXanagrams]]===
== Type ins ==
All of the following programmes can be found on this [[media:acu8504.zip|Disk Image]] (with thanks to Ervin)
===Disc Merge===
File(s) associated with this article:<br/>
- DSCMERGE.BAS<br/>
See page 82 (below) for more details.
===Machine Code Action===
Other file(s) associated with this article:<br/>
- MCDEMO.ASM<br/>
- SPRITE1.BAS<br/>
See page 73 (below)for more details.<br/><br/>
RUN"MCDEMO1"<br/>
[[image:acu8504mcdemo1.png|384px]]<br/><br/>
RUN"MCDEMO2"<br/>
[[image:acu8504mcdemo2.png|384px]]
===[[Missile Attack]]===
RUN"MISSILE"<br/>
[[image:acu8504missile1.png|384px]]
[[image:acu8504missile2.png|384px]]<br/><br/>
[[image:acu8504missile3.png|384px]]
[[image:acu8504missile4.png|384px]]
===[[Monster's Final Hour|The Monster's Final Hour]]===
RUN"MONSTERS"<br/>
[[image:acu8504monsters1.png|384px]]
[[image:acu8504monsters2.png|384px]]<br/><br/>
[[image:acu8504monsters3.png|384px]]
[[image:acu8504monsters4.png|384px]]
===The Musical Amstrad (Part 2)===
RUN"MUSIC1"<br/>
RUN"MUSIC2"<br/>
RUN"MUSIC3"
[[ACU April 1985 ===Screen Squashing===Other file(s) associated with this article:<br/>- TypeSCRLIST2.BAS<br/>-insSCRLIST3.BAS<br/>- SCRCODE1.BIN<br/>- SCRCODE2.BIN<br/>See page 20 (below) for more details.<br/><br/>RUN"SCRLIST4"<br/>[[image:acu8504screensquash1.png|384px]]
== Online Pages =Writing Adventures (Part 1)===RUN"ADVENT1"<br/>[[image:acu8504advent1.png|384px]][[image:acu8504advent2.png|384px]]
== Scans ==<gallery caption="Amstrad Computer User, Issue 405, April 1985">
Image:ACU0485-001.jpg|Frontpage
Image:ACU0485-002.jpg|Page 2