Antic was one of the most popular Atari 8-bit magazines. While primarily covering the Atari 8-bit, it also covered the 16-bit Atari ST once it came along. The January 1985 issue includes:

Features

• Introducing Type II - A new proofreading program for type-in programs.


• Widetext - A type-in program to create bold characters in graphics mode 0.


• Touch Tablet Cursor - Touch tablets like the KoalaPad and Atari Touch Tablet were devices primarily used in combination with art programs to draw. This type-in program lets you use it as a pointing device (much like a modern laptop touchpad. It is designed to incorporate into your own BASIC programs.


• Diskio - This type-in program is an enhancement for DOS 2.0S that provides access to most DOS functions directly from BASIC or Atari Assembler Editor as well as providing shortcuts for disk operations and an alphabetical disk directory.


• Parallel Bus Revealed - The first in a four part series on using the Atari 600XL and 800XL Parallel Bus Interface (PBI) which is capable of transfering data at 100,000 bytes per second.


• Escape From DOS 3 - A guide to converting your files from DOS 3.0 back to DOS 2.0S.


• Antic Bookshelf - Reviews of the latest Atari related books including Basic ATARI BASIC, ATARI BASIC - Faster and Better, Advanced Programming Techniques for your Atari including Graphics & Voce Programs, 101 Programming Surprises & Tricks for your ATARI Computer, How to Get the Most Out of CompuServe, The Coming Computer Industry Shakeout: Winners, Losers & Survivors, BASIC on the Atari Computer for Kids, Getting Started with Your Atari 600XL and The Atari 600XL Program Book, Kids And The Atari, The Musical Atari, and more.


• New Atari Flights - A look at some of the latest simulation games for the Atari including Space Shuttle, Flight Simulator II, and F-15 Strike Eagle.

Departments

• Communications - The scond part of guide to starting your own BBS. A couple of BBS software packages are discussed including FOREM and AMIS (and their variants) as well as hardware you might use such as the ATR 8000.


• Toolbox - A type-in program called BASIC Searcher for searching BASIC programs.


• Profile: Dan Bunten - An interview with Dan Bunten, designer of Seven Cities of Gold and M.U.L.E.


• Game of the Month - A type-in arcade game in which you must protect a small bird from various dangers.


• Bonux Game - A type-in word finder game.


• Assembly Language - Op Code Finder: a chart that shows all three symbol formats for representing machine code subroutines in BASIC programs.


• Editorial - All about the 'color the cover' contest in this issue.


• Microscreens - Reader submitted art created with the Atari.


• I/O Board - Letters from readers about Star Raiders, deleting a file from memory, cursor color, and more.


• Product Reviews - Reviews of Rome and the Barbarians: Napoleon at Waterloo (a strategy war game), Epidemic (a strategy game from SSI involving an alien virus), Star Wars (a port of the arcade game), Bruce Lee (an arcade adventure game featuring martial arts), Quest of the Space Beagle (a multi-part arcade game), Realm of Impossibility (an action game by Electronic Arts originally released as Zombies), Rails West (an economic simulation from SSI), and more.

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