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2 "What's the password? ";a$:
1 with the scythe-swinging grim reaper","
1 to hack Halifax Cardcash Machines."," ","
1 present an in-depth report on several","
1 of the most popular brands currently","
1 himself. Not to be missed!"," "," ","ALL THIS & MORE in SCEPTICAL II !","*"
1 girlfriend?"""," ","Click.....
1 entry on page 142.","*"
1 edition of
1 depressed recently.""","
1 available."," ","
1 What's yellow and dangerous?"," ","
1 We release an exclusive interview","
1 We apologize for the grossly misleading","
1 WINGED, MYTHICAL BEAST CREATED THROUGH","
1 WAS THEIR ONLY WEAKNESS.","*"
1 Uncalled for: Chris ""Gremlin"" Bourne"," ","
1 Told by a person high up in WHSMITH."," "," ","""WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MSX"," AND HERPES?"""," "," ","""HERPES IS RELATIVELY EASY TO GET"," RID OF!""","*"
1 The Great Space Race . . .
1 Teaser Time!"," ","%","@Does Simon Brattel wear a wig ?"," ","And is it called Matthew Smith ?","%","*"
1 TROLLS ARE NOT OVER-INTELLIGENT.","*"
1 THUMP!"," ","%
1 THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN BERMUDA `9943","Nobody has ever complained about","their one-way ticket to the famous","Bermuda Triangle. Not one single person","has returned so it must be good!"," ","
1 THE GUIDE
1 THE DELTA 4 GUIDE TO SUPERB PLACES TO EAT."," ","WENDY'S HAMBURGERS","
1 THE D4S TOP 10 GAMES!","%","01 THE HOBBIT","02 DARK STAR","03 SHERLOCK","04 ALIEN 8","05 RED MOON","06 SNOWBALL","07 SHADOWFIRE","08 SCHOOL DAZE","09 ATIC ATAC","10 THE GREAT SPACE RACE (HA, HA!)"," "," ","Compiled by Fergus McNeill","*"
1 Song 5.","
1 Sceptical....","%
1 Sceptical
1 STILL EXISTS IN THE WINCHESTER AREA.","
1 SPAGHETTI
1 SE=SE-0.14
1 SCEPTICAL MAIN INDEX","%PAGE 100 INDEX"," "," 110 MAGAZINES: WE REVIEW THEM"," "," 120 DELTA 4: THE FACTS AT LAST"," "," 130 NEWS HEADLINES"," "," 150 JUDITH: WHO IS SHE?"," "," 190 PROGRAMMING"," "," 200 THE END. OR IS IT?"," "," ","WITH OTHER JUNK SCATTERED THROUGHOUT . . .","*"
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1 Program: DELTA 4 Software"," ","
1 Please do not press BREAK while loading.
1 Pages 191 to 196 are empty.","*"
1 Outcome...","%","Drool, Shriek! Suck thumb....","""...CRL, CRL... Hello! What do you two"," persons in white want? Eh? Bwah! Ug!"," No! Stop it, I say! Put me down! This"," is outrageous! I have an eagle! Come"," and feast on my flesh! Buy CRL and"," Silversoft games! My real name is Burt"," Reynolds....."""," ","Silence.....","*"
1 Original motivation: Judith"," ","
1 Original game: Fergus McNeill"," ","
1 NOTHING OF CONSUMING ENTIRE SCHOOLS. THE","
1 NILRACS ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN FAT, BLOATED","
1 NILRAC"," ","%
1 Mandy Johns and Fergus McNeill","
1 Last song on side A.","
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1 In your next, fun-packed, low-calorie","
1 HA,HA,HA!","*"
1 First 2 lines.","
1 FACT THAT MANY WERE TOO FAT TO FLY","
1 Erratum","%","
1 EXTINCT HOWEVER RUMOUR HAS IT THAT ONE","
1 Don't Dream It . . . .","*"
1 Did you know?"," "," ","%That the MSX version of ""Dark Star"" is","not widely available!","*"
1 Did you know?"," "," ","%That not all programmers at DELTA 4 give","brand new 48K Spectrums as Birthday","presents?","*"
1 Did you know?"," "," ","%That it is sometimes possible to post a","ZX Microdrive cartridge without the","GPO erasing it?","*"
1 Did you know?"," "," ","%That THE ""GREAT"" SPACE RACE has been know","to accept some user-input!","*"
1 Did you know?"," "," ","%That Mott doesn't always draw pictures of","cows on his exam papers!","*"
1 Did you know?"," "," ","%That Matthew Smith is not dead, but","alive and well and having a haircut in a","small barbershop in Ashby de la Zouch.","*"
1 Did you know?"," "," ","%That Darth Vader is not really dead, but","alive and well and working in a small","Chinese take-away in Cricklewood.","*"
1 DRAGON. THE NILRAC IS NOW THOUGHT TO BE","
1 DOUBLE-PLUS-UNGOOD","(PIRACY"," ","%THIS IS AN APPEAL TO ALL YOU COMMERCIAL","PIRATES AND HOME TAPE-TO TAPERS. PLEASE","STOP BEING SUCH A PAIN. YOU ARE KILLING","THE INDUSTRY! ALL RIGHT, SO SOME OF THE","MAJOR SOFTWARE HOUSES CHARGE AN AWFUL","LOT FOR THEIR GAMES. IT'S WRONG AND WE","AREN'T DEFENDING IT. BUT PIRACY IS WRONG","TOO AND YOU ARE ARE PUSHING UP THE COST","OF GAMES THROUGH IT."," ","HAVE SOME SENSE!","*"
1 Credits Time!","%","(
1 Character behaviour: ARTINSAN system","*"
1 Buy It !","*"
1 BEASTS THAT BREATHED FIRE AND THOUGHT","
1 BANG!"," "," ","
1 An interesting feature on how","
1 Alan Hewitt and his car.","%","*"
1 Advert Time 2 (honest)","%","Gasp, tremble, shiver....","""Yeeeaaahhh! We love everything they do!"," We want to give them all our money!""","Shriek! Gibber! Break down....","""We want to spread their games out on"," the floor, take off all our clothes, and"," roll on them! Aaaarrrggghhh!""","Bite lip, hurt small dog....","""Let's chant... JUGGERNAUT, JUGGERNAUT"," JUGGERNAUT, CRL, CRL....""","*"
1 Advert Time 1 (refined)","%","CRL and Silversoft have long been known","as purveyors of fine programs. Good","games should really be part of any serious","computer-owner's collection so we would","encourage you to go out and see for","yourself, the high quality of products","such as ""The Rocky Horror Show""","and ""Juggernaut"".","*"
1 AN ANCIENT UNION OF A PENGUIN AND A","
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1 ;" P";P$;" SCEPTICAL 000 Mon 22 Jul 15:";mi;"/";
1 3 WEEKS IN MAJORCA `262727","21 glorious days of subjecting your","skin to the horrors of ultra-violet","radiation on the red hot sands."," ","
1 3 NIGHTS IN BOGNOR `4.37","Our economy vacation is going to be","in great demand this year. Book NOW!","*"
1 23659,0 <ENTER>"," ","ATARI","FORX=39900TO56000:POKEX,0:NEXTX <RETURN>","*"
1 (and we all know that won't be long!)","*"
1 (Cambridge Circus, London)","What can we say? Eating at Wendy's is","an experience which is beyond mere words","of praise. Just go there!"," ","WIMPY","
1 (Bargate, Southampton)","Possibly the best fast food around (I","don't think of Wendy's as fast) this","is a very pleasant establishment.","Pity about the coffee, though.","*"
1 "NOT TELLING"
1 "JOSHUA 5"
1 "@","THE SHRINK (3)","%
1 "@","THE SHRINK (2)","%
1 "@","THE SHRINK (1)","%
1 "@","PROGRAMMING FOR YOU!","%Ever been in WHSmith and really wanted to","crash those computers? Yes? Well now","you can!"," ","BBC B & Electron","<BREAK>","*FX247,76 <RETURN>","*FX243,180 <RETURN>","Should make a noise and crash when the","assistant presses BREAK."," ","SPECTRUM","
1 "@","More magazines reviews....","%","If you found the few magazine reviews in","this edition of Sceptical interesting,","watch out for more in Sceptical II.","*"
1 "@","""Holidays"" contd.","%See DELTA 4 Sunnyhols before you make","any rash decisions."," ","All our prices include postage and","travel in a luxury size Jiffy bag","to the holiday of your choice."," "," "," ","GUARANTEE","We'll send you a free copy of Galaxias","if you book with us so, even if we","go bust, you won't have lost out!","*"
1 "@"," ","%","If you're feeling sad....","*"
1 "@"," ","%","If you're feeling lonely....","*"
1 "@"," ","%"," TOUGH!","*"
1 "@"," "," ","(I think, therefore","it is very probable","that I might be.","%","*"
1 "@"," "," ","%Happiness is an illusion caused by the","temporary absence of reality.","*"
1 "@"," "," "," "," "," "," "," "," ","%
1 "@"," "," "," THE END","%"," See you soon, in Sceptical II, bye!","*"
1 "@","
1 "(","@"," ","
1 "("," ","@DELTA 4 SOFTWARE","(THE FACTS AT LAST."," ","%DELTA 4 IS A SMALL SOFTWARE HOUSE WHO","SPECIALIZE IN ADVENTURE GAMES.","THERE ARE AT THE TIME OF WRITING, 4","PEOPLE INVOLVED: FERGUS MCNEILL, IAN","WILLIS AND JASON SOMERVILLE (THE","PROGRAMMERS) AND JON WALKER (WHO COMES","UP WITH THE GREAT ARTWORK).","A PROFILE OF EACH FOLLOWS . . .","*"
1 "("," ","@DELETED","%This page has had to be deleted","on legal grounds.","*"
1 "("," ","@ LAUGH WITH DELTA 4"," ","%A Vic 20, a ZX Spectrum and an Amstrad","CPC464 went on holiday together."," ","They soon arrived at the Spanish resort."," ","The Spectrum went for a walk along the","beach, the Amstrad wandered into town to","buy a newspaper, and the hotel collapsed","destroying the Vic 20.","*"
1 "("," ","@ * COMPETITION *","%IT'S COMPETITION TIME, FOLKS AND JUST","LOOK AT THE PRIZES!"," ","1st PRIZE: A MEAL WITH THE D4S MOB"," ","2nd PRIZE: A USED COPY OF ""YOUR COMPUTER"""," *","3rd PRIZE: CHRISTIAN PENFOLD"," ","YES, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GUESS HOW MUCH","MONEY IS IN THE DELTA 4 ACCOUNT.","ANSWERS ON A POSTCARD TO:-","DELTA 4 COMPETITION, THE SHIELING, NEW","ROAD, SWANMORE HANTS SO3 2PE."," ","* subject to consent of Automata UK.","*"
1 "("," ","@
1 "("," "," ROBEEKO ","%","Robeeko Software want you to buy their","games. Yes, if you own a BBC B then","you can play 2 of our magnificent","games, ASSAUSSAGE and the popular","ISLAND OF BONG. Both these games push the","BBC miles beyond its limits. You'll","love these programs so much, you'll","want to marry the authors!","Yes indeedy, join the out crowd!","Buy a Robeeko adventure!"," ","NB. Robeeko reserve the right to whinge","over any non-rave review. So if you","want us to supply you, like it!","*"
1 "%","@APPENDIX
1 "%","@"," "," "," Not really!","%","*"
1 "%"," ","@PASSWORD CLUES","%FOUND THE PASSWORD TO PART 2 YET?","HERE IS THE CLUE:"," ","WHAT DID THE PERVERT CALL THE CRIPPLED","MAGICIAN IN THE FILM ABOUT THE LITTLE","GIRL WHO LIVED ON HER OWN?"," "," OR"," ","WHAT DID ZAPHOD THINK HE HEARD A LOT OF","PEOPLE SIMULTANEOUSLY SAY?","*"
1 "%"," ","@PASSWORD CLUES II"," ","
1 "%"," ","@JONATHAN WALKER","%CREATING OUR ARTWORK, JONATHAN PLAYS","A VITAL ROLE IN D4S, ONCE SAVING US","FROM EMBARRASSMENT BY COMING UP WITH","A PICTURE IN JUST 24 HOURS!","RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE BOOKLET'S","ILLUSTRATIONS, HE IS A GOOD PERSON","TO HAVE ON BOARD.","*"
1 "%"," ","@JASON SOMERVILLE","%JASON IS ALSO LINKED WITH THE BBC SIDE","OF DELTA 4 BUT HAS WORKED ON ""QUEST","FOR THE HOLY JOYSTICK"" AND ""RETURN","OF THE JOYSTICK"".","HE HAS ALSO WRITTEN A FASTER VERSION","OF JET SET WILLY AND IS DEBUGGING","HIS 72 COLOUR VERSION OF KNIGHT LORE.","*"
1 "%"," ","@IAN WILLIS","%RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BBC SIDE OF DELTA 4,","IAN IS THE AUTHOR OF SUCH CLASSICS AS","""QUEST FOR THE BBC JOYSTICK"".","HE IS TALL, THIN AND VERY SARCASTIC.","REVIEWED IN PCW AS BEING,"," ","""a loony! But of the nicest kind....""","*"
1 "%"," ","@FERGUS McNEILL"," ","
1 "%"," ","@CONFESSIONS OF A PROGRAMMER!","%
1 ""Why Butch, what an impressive pause!"""," ","Nora walked over to him and smiled."," ","
1 ""What? You're supposed to tell me that!""","
1 ""Well, see how you like this!""","""AAAAHHH! Bast... Fascist!""","
1 ""Well, here I am, out on patrol in the","
1 ""Vunderfull! Vell, good day.""","
1 ""Votch vere you point zet sing! You","
1 ""Vell, vie don't you try doing zet for","
1 ""Velcome. Lie down on za couch please.""","
1 ""Trouble is, I still like her. All my","
1 ""Thank you doctor.""","
1 ""Tell me, did you ever....?""","
1 ""Sorry, I forgot it offends you.""","""Bas... Lying Git!"""," ","
1 ""See you tomorrow!""","*"
1 ""Pacafist!""","""Oh yeah?"""," ","(
1 ""Oh ja? Vell, tell me, how ees za","
1 ""OOOOHHHHHH!""","*"
1 ""Now zen, vot seemz to be za trouble?""","
1 ""Mmm. You are in sed shape, mine friend.","
1 ""Kvite so.""","
1 ""I suppose so. I've got one game in the","
1 ""I should be so lucky!""","
1 ""I love you.""","""God, don't drivel so much!""","
1 ""Hobbies? Well, only one. I write games,","
1 ""Hmmmm. Most interestink....""","
1 ""Ex-girl. She chucked me on January the","
1 ""But I have been feeling very sad and","
1 ""Ahhh. So you are heffing za problems","
1 ""AAAAHHH! Don't do that!""","""Hah! Got you now!""","
1 " ","(GEM"," ","%""Thank you"" and ""hello"" to Peter B. and","all the crowd at Gem.","We wish them luck, merry Christmas,","and a tax-free lifestyle!","*"
1 " ","(APOLOGY...","%...to Roland Rat (Poland Prat) for killing","him off so much in ""Quest For The Holy","Joystick"".","*"
1 " ","""What are we doing in this one?"""," ","""Nothing."""," ","""Oh.""","*"
1 " "," ","So, as we near the end of this edition","of Sceptical, we must ask ourselves, ""What","is going to be the outcome of the CRASH v","Sinclair User war? Will SU eventually do","a take-off on CRASH? Will CRASH then seek","a High-Court Injunction or whatever?"," ","For the answers, watch the press or","tune in to your next nutritious edition","of Sceptical!","*"
1 " "," ","Due to your not cleaning your cassette","recorder's heads often enough, pages","177 to 181 have been corrupted!","*"
1 " "," ","%Joystick III will herald the death of","this game's author Fergus McNeill."," ","Suicide is never completely understood","but it is hoped that people will remember","that a programmer's life can be so empty."," "," "," ","
1 " "," "," A brief plug for one of my favourite"," groups, there!","*"
1 yourself busy.""","
1 vis za girl?""","
1 friends say I must be mad but I just","
1 development stage. It's called ""Bored","
1 could hef shot yourself!""","*"
1 computer games.""","
1 can't help it!""","
1 back streets of the town."""," ","He paused..."," ","
1 any hobbies?","*"
1 a vile, ask out another girl, keep","
1 TV SLIMES ","%","All your fave TV programmes (and","programs!)."," ","Flip through the next few pages for","the complete guide!","*"
1 SPENDS THE COMPANY'S PROFITS. "," ","%(also writes games)","*"
1 PCW ","%WEEKLY","POPULAR COMPUTING WEEKLY IS A GOOD MAG","FOR UP TO DATE NEWS. BEING WEEKLY, IT IS","MORE ""IN WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING"".","COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF MACHINES, PCW","HAS EVERYTHING FROM LISTINGS TO LETTERS.","IT HAS SPECIALIST ADVENTURE, ARCADE,","MUSIC, BOOK, NETWORK AND MODEM COLUMNS.","GOOD FOR NEWS AND EVENTS."," ","BORING: ZZZ","VALUE: ```````","READABILITY: !!!!!!"," ","MORE . . .","*"
1 Of The Rings"".""","
1 MAGAZINES REVIEWED! ","%IN THE NEXT FEW PAGES WE'LL BE LOOKING AT","SOME OF THE POPULAR COMPUTER MAGS OF THE","MOMENT. EACH WILL RECEIVE RATINGS UNDER","THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:-","HOW BORING? INDICATED BY ""Z"" RATING.","VALUE FOR MONEY? SHOWN BY ""`"" RATING.","READABILITY? SHOWN BY ""!"" RATING."," ","EACH MAGAZINE IS REVIEWED ON A SEPARATE","PAGE."," "," ","MORE FOLLOWS . . .","*"
1 LATE NEWS ","( CHARGES DROPPED"," ","%ALL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DELTA 4","HAVE CEASED AFTER NILRAC ATE THE JUDGE!"," ","AN INCIDENT ROOM HAS BEEN SET UP. IF","YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, THEN CALL","THIS NUMBER: 041-556-2611.","*"
1 ITV ","%10.30 INCREDULOUS BULK (tm) : More quest"," probing for the big dillan who"," wipes his nose on his sleeve."," This week, Bulky bites his lip!","11.00 SUPERGRAN : Adventures of a poorly"," animated OAP."," 1.20 DUKES OF HAZZARD"," 1.30 FALL GUY"," 1.40 AIRWOLF"," 1.50 STREETHAWK"," 2.00 GHOSTBUSTERS : More American"," ""humour""."," 4.00 DAM BUSTERS : Film"," 6.00 BLOCKBUSTERS : Oh God!","11.00 MINDER : This week, Terry says"," something!","*"
1 I suggest you busy yourself. Hef you","
1 GOOD PLACES TO EAT. ","^","%
1 CRASH ","%MONTHLY","A GOOD MAGAZINE, THERE IS SIMPLY PAGE UPON","PAGE OF REVIEWS AND GOOD REVIEWS TOO!","EACH REVIEW IS WRITTEN BY SEVERAL PEOPLE","ACCOMPANIED BY A SCREEN-SHOT AND GIVEN A","SET OF RATINGS. ADD TO THIS AN ADVENTURE","SECTION, PLAYING TIPS PAGE, LETTER PAGE","AND READERS CHARTS AND YOU HAVE A SUPERB","PUBLICATION. OH YES, AND THE ARTWORK'S","SIMPLY BRILLIANT!"," ","BORING: ZZ","VALUE: ```````","READABILITY: !!!!!!!"," ","MORE . . .","*"
1 CHANNEL 4 ","%"," 2.00 PAGES FROM SCEPTICAL"," 5.00 4 COMPUTER BUFFS : Good presenters!"," 5.05 DATABASE : It's them again!"," 5.06 4 COMPUTER BUFFS : rpt"," 5.09 DATABASE : Highlights of today's"," edition with subtitles."," 5.11 4 COMPUTER BUFFS : Omnibus edition"," 6.00 ROCKY HORROR SHOW : Don't dream it,"," Buy it.","11.55 4 COMPUTER BUFFS/DATABASE : New"," series of edited repeats!","*"
1 BBC2 ","%"," 7.00 OPEN UNIVERSITY : Burt Reynolds and"," Olivia-Newton-John star in this"," exciting production. Directed"," by Steven Spielberg.","10.03 PAGES FROM BEESWAX"," 3.25 MORE PAGES FROM BEESWAX","11.40 CLOTHESDOWN","*"
1 BBC1 ","%","10.00 TERRAHAWKS : Mercy me, more puppets"," saving the world! Good graphics"," though!","10.63 SPIDERMAN : More text-less quest"," probing with ol' creepy-crawly.","11.02 MAGIC ROUNDABOUT : Tension mounts as"," Ermetrude awaits her letter of"," acceptance from the National"," Front. Dougal gets a mo-hikan."," 8.10 DALLAS : Guns that say ""BANG"""," dominate tonight's episode as"," Basque terrorists take over"," Southfork.","*"
1 9th. Don't know why.""","
1 16/48 ","%MONTHLY","ONE OF THE CASSETTE MAGAZINES AND IN","OUR OPINION, THE BEST.","IT FEATURES ADVENTURE HELP, GAMES, SOME","REALLY GOOD MCODE ROUTINES AND THE BEST","KIND OF REVIEWS: ON-SCREEN EXTRACTS FROM","THE ACTUAL GAME.","OF COURSE, THE BIGGEST PLUS POINT IS","BEING ABLE TO SAVE THOSE ROUTINES RATHER","THAN HAVE TO TYPE 'EM IN."," ","BORING: ZZZ","VALUE: `````","READABILITY: !!!!!!!!!"," ","MORE . . .","*"
1 THE CONVERSATION ","(PROLOGUE"," ","%IT IS A SUNNY THURSDAY AND OUR HEROES","HAVE COME TO LONDON. FERGUS, JASON AND","IAN ARE VISITING SUNSHINE WITH A COPY","OF THEIR LATEST GAME, 'RETURN OF THE","JOYSTICK', TO HAVE IT APPROVED.","THEY WANDER UP LITTLE NEWPORT STREET, FIND","THE RIGHT DOOR, GO IN AND ASCEND THE","ENDLESS STAIRS . . .","*"
1 THE CONVERSATION ","(EPISODE 5"," ","%Is that the only thing you don't like?"""," ","""Don't get me wrong. It's not your game."," I just hate adventure games. Never play"," the things."," "," ","LATER, AT THE TUBE STATION . . ."," ","""Jerk!""","""Doesn't deserve his job!""","""I'd have it!""","*"
1 THE CONVERSATION ","(EPISODE 4"," ","%""What's wrong with it? You don't look"," very thrilled."""," ","""For one thing, I don't like this"," terrible 'Ampdaughter' bit."""," ","""Oh that was Judith's idea."""," ","""Judith?"""," ","""You'll meet her later in the game. She's"," my girlfriend.""","*"
1 THE CONVERSATION ","(EPISODE 3"," ","%""Oh, is that it loaded?"""," ","""Yes, press a key to begin."""," ","""Shouldn't you tell people that? Some"," might not know."""," ","""If they can't work that out, then they"," shouldn't be playing adventure games!"""," ","""I suppose so.""","*"
1 THE CONVERSATION ","(EPISODE 2"," ","%""Nice title screen."""," ","""Yes, took me a while, that one."""," ","""Tell me, what is the actual point of this"," adventure?"""," ","""Well, you've got to search all over the"," place for this Holy Joystick. The game"," is set mostly in London but does stretch"," to places like the USSR and Liverpool."""," ","""I see.""","*"
1 THE CONVERSATION ","(EPISODE 1"," ","%""Hello. We're here to see Martin Croft."""," ","""Hi, I'm Martin. Come in."""," ","""We've brought a preview copy of 'Return"," Of The Joystick' for your approval."""," ","""Okay, right, fine. We'll have to go on"," through to Graham's office: he's got"," the Spectrum.""","*"
1 Nora's First Love ","^","%
1 BORED OF THE RINGS","%
1 STILL RESIDENT! ","%"," HACK THE PROGRAM FOR PAGE 128.","*","USEFUL PHONE NO.S","01-821-7672 (7pm-10pm)","01-837-7324 (24hrs)","04893-2256 (9am-5pm)","04893-5800 (3pm-7pm)","*"
1 Watson is gay ","%IT HAS NOW BEEN REVEALED THAT SHERLOCK'S","COMPANION WATSON, IS IN FACT HIS LOVER."," ","CUNNINGLY DISGUISED AS THE GREAT","DETECTIVE, IAN WILLIS WENT TO BAKER","STREET AFTER DARK WHERE WATSON TRIED TO","CLIMB ON HIM IN HIS ARMCHAIR."," ","INSPECTOR LESTRADE WAS NOT AVAILABLE","FOR COMMENT.","*"
1 Top 10 Albums ","%01 AGE OF CONSENT : Bronski Beat","02 SCRIPT FOR A JESTER'S TEAR : Marillion","03 AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY : Prince","04 BE YOURSELF TONIGHT : Eurythmics","05 YOUTHQUAKE : Dead Or Alive","06 CUPID & PSYCHE 85 : Scritti Politti","07 REAL TO REEL : Marillion","08 MISPLACED CHILDHOOD : Marillion","09 ""1984"" : Eurythmics","10 DREAM INTO ACTION : Howard Jones"," ","Compiled, and regularly listened to,","by Fergus McNeill.","*"
1 The story of a woman's first love. "," ","(Episode 83"," ","%Our hero, young PC Cassidy, is out on","patrol in the back streets of the town..."," ","
1 RECIPIE PAGE! ","%","@""PROGRAMMERS DELIGHT (?)""","%INGREDIENTS:","BACON (RASHERS, 3)","EGGS (WITHOUT SHELLS, 2)","SAUSAGES (PORK, 2)","BREAD (SLICES, 1)","COFFEE (CUPS, 8)"," ","METHOD:","FRY GENTLY (NOT THE COFFEE) UNTIL FRIED.","GARNISH WITH MARMALADED TOAST.","CONSUME.","DRINK COFFEE.","BE VERY ILL.","*"
1 NEWS HEADLINES ","%","@131 WATSON PROVED GAY","132 PRINCE SMUGGLED OUT OF BRITAIN IN"," BODYGUARD'S ARMPIT","133 FERGUS McNEILL DEAD","134 DELTA 4 SUED","135 LATE NEWS","%","*"
1 DELTA 4 SUED ","%DELTA 4 SOFTWARE, PUBLISHERS OF THE","SUCCESSFUL GAME, ""RETURN OF THE","JOYSTICK"" HAVE BEEN THREATENED WITH","LEGAL ACTION OVER THEIR CONTROVERSIAL","REFERENCES TO ""NILRAC"", THE MYTHICAL","BEAST WHICH TERRORISES THE WINCHESTER","AREA. SOME SAY THAT IF YOU REVERSE THE","LETTERS . . ."," ","MR CARLIN IS NOT AMUSED!","*"
1 The Joke ","%
1 Judith ","%The mysterious dark horse of DELTA 4,","Judith was responsible for our starting","the ""Bored Of The Rings"" project in the","first place. Always dressed in black, she","will make her last video game appearance","in JOYSTICK III available from DELTA 4","autumn '85.","Death, for me, will be pleasant as she","has promised to come to my funeral."," ","
1 ANSWERS ","%"," 1. Yes"," 2. 34"," 3. Vic 20 and Oric"," 4. No"," 5. ""**** off and don't call me again!"""," 6. Huddersfield"," 7. about 8 inches long"," 8. Planet of Death"," 9. Kool and the Gang","10. Eastenders","*"
1 (a Silversoft presentation)"," ","
1 ""COFFEE A LA FERGUS"" ","%INGREDIENTS:","NESCAFE INSTANT COFFEE","COFFEE MATE POWDER","SUGAR LUMPS","MARSHMALLOWS (NOT THE PINK ONES)"," ","METHOD:","PLACE 2 TEASPOONFULLS OF COFFEE IN CUP.","ADD 5 HEAPED TEASPOONFULLS OF COFFEE MATE.","ADD 5 LUMPS OF SUGAR AND STIR WELL.","ADD BOILING WATER.","WHISK UNTIL MIXTURE FORMS SOFT PEAKS.","GARNISH WITH MARSHMALLOW.","ALLOW MARSHMALLOW TO MELT.","SIT BACK, SIP, AND ENJOY!","*"
1 ""Holidays Abroad?"" ","%
1 More Mentions ","%""Hello"", as promised, to all the","following people:"," ","Emma Whetham, Kay Willis, Stephanie","Stranger, Judith Child, Fiona Lake,","Jackie Burgess, Helen Larcombe, Helen","Arnold, Catherine ""Erotikiss"" Hilton,","Charlotte Whitmore, Alison Feast,","Morag Pearson, Gwyneth Apsimon, Jill","Fletcher, Emma Collins, Norma Harfield,","Simon Brattel, Mandy Johns, Gregg","McGovern and Colin Bucket.","*"