Difference between revisions of "Home Computing Weekly"

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Home Computing Weekly was another UK Weekly magazine that covered the booming home computing scene during the 1980's.

It ran from March 1983 to October 1985 (133 Issues). Amstrad type-ins began in issue 81. By issue 95, Amstrad type-ins, utlities etc appeared every week.

Amstrad CPC content below:

• Issue 58 April '84 - Amstrad CPC 464 Review
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• Issue 81 Sept '84 - Type-in game: Castle of desolation
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Download:Disk Image of The Castle of Desolation on CPC-Power

Please Note: While I have tried to debug this early Text Adventure program I'm unsure if it's completely error free, please test and report if this game has bugs or is impossible to complete..

• Issue 84 Oct '84 - Type-in: Character designer
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Download:Disk Image of Design your own characters on CPC-Power

• Issue 87 '84 - Type-in: ASCII Generator
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Download:Disk Image of Amstrad Keyboard Organ on CPC-Power

• Issue 88 '84 - Type-in game: Simon says
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Download:Disk Image of Amstrad Simon on CPC-Power

• Issue 90 '84 - Type-in game: Danger in the sky
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Download:Disk Image of Tharok Attack on CPC-Power

• Issue 93 '85 - Type-in game: Find missing rat
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• Issue 95 '85 - Type-in: RSX's
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• Issue 96 '85 - Type-in game: Mission to Zarkon
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• Issue 97 '85 - Type-in: RSX's
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• Issue 98 '85 - Type-in: Char definer, RSX's
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• Issue 99 '85 - Type-in: RSX's & game: Your surrounded!
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• Issue 101 '85 - Type-in: ROM/Peek routines
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• Issue 102 '85 - Type-in game: Grid Warrior
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• Issue 103 '85 - Type-in: RSX's
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• Issue 104 '85 - Type-in: Drawing/Graphics
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• Issue 105 '85 - Type-in: RSX's
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• Issue 106 '85 - Type-in: Sounds, Game: Chocky Chick
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• Issue 107 '85 - Type-ins: Sound Moves, Game: Return to Zarkon
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Download:Disk Image of Sound Moves on CPC-Power

• Issue 108 '85 - Type-in: Graphics & Sound techniques
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• Issue 109 April '85 - Amstrad CPC664 Review & Type-in game: Bat and Ball
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• Issue 110 April '85 - Amstrad CPC664 Review, MC Tutorial, Loader util
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• Issue 111 May '85 - Type-in game: Bullseye (darts)
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• Issue 112 May '85 - Type-in game: Robot Maths
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• Issue 113 May '85 - Type-in game: Dracula on Zombi island
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• Issue 114 June '85 - Type-in game: Simple Simon
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• Issue 115 June '85 - Type-in game: Gunboat & MC Tutorial
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• Issue 116 June '85 - MC Tutorial
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• Issue 117 June '85 - MC Tutorial
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• Issue 118 June '85 - MC Tutorial & Character grid utility
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• Issue 119 July '85 - Type-in game: Fruit Machine
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• Issue 120 July '85 - MC Tutorial
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• Issue 121 July '85 - Type-ins: Game: Firefox, MC Programming
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• Issue 122 July '85 - Type-ins: MC/Printing Tips
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• Issue 123 August '85 - Type-in game: Sum-Vaders
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• Issue 124 August '85 - Type-in game: Pontoon
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• Issue 125 August '85 - Type-ins: RSX's, Game writing tips
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• Issue 126 August '85 - Type-ins: Game: Speed Kings, Game writing tips
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• Issue 127 August '85 - Amstrad CPC6128 Review & Type-ins: Geometry / Music
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• Issue 128 Sept '85 - Type-in game: Herbert's World
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• Issue 129 Sept '85 - Type-in game: Game writing techniques - graphics
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• Issue 130 Sept '85 - Type-in game: Game writing techniques - inks
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• Issue 131 Sept '85 - Type-in game: Darts 180
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• Issue 132 Oct '85 - Type-ins: 3D graphing, interrupts
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