Analog Issue 4 (Sep 1981)

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Analog Issue 4(Sep 1981)

Description from: https://www.retromags.com/magazines/usa/analog/analog-issue-4/

Columns:

Editorial (Mike Des Chenes explains ANALOG's payment structure for articles, and offers a few words of his own on software piracy)
Reader Comment (Letters from readers, both gruntled and disgruntled)
Atari News (Atari Light Pens, the good and the bad. Also, ANALOG's first annual programming contest!)
New Products (New books, games, and productivity software for your 400/800)
Game Room (Tom Repstad explains the basics behind adventure gaming)
Rumors (Stuff that may or may not come to pass--write your Congressmen)
VCS Update (For Atari 2600 users. What do you do with your carts when you're not playing them?)
Bugs & Bytes (The editors explain some new changes in DOS II)
In The Spotlight (Program Design, Inc., makers of quality software for both children and adults)

Features/Articles:

Basic Disk Utilities (Some short, easy-to-use type-ins for Basic programmers)
Assembler/Editor Non-Tutorial, Part III

Reviews/Profiles:

Spellbound
AstroQuotes
Text Wizard
ATARI Spanish
CCA Data Management
Versawriter

Program Listings:

Darts by Ricky Knopman (Throw a few without heading down to the pub)
Morse 800 by Robert E. Alleger
Program Condenser by Modesto Alvarez
Comp III by David Bohike
Lister by Bob Hartman

Outer Space Action (a round-up and review of space-themed games):

Sands of Mars (Atari 800 only)
Starbase Hyperion
Starship Duel
Lunar Lander
Conflict 2500
Rescue at Rigel
Galactic Conquest
Asteroids
Space Chase

Notable Stuff:

Paging Mr. Editor: The "Reader Comment" column is identified as "Reeder Comment" in your own table of contents. *facepalm*
The cover price jumps to $2.25 from $2.00 with this issue.
"Rumors", "Bugs & Bytes" and "In The Spotlight" are all so secretive they don't even appear in the table of contents.
The programmer of "Sands of Mars" made the game so difficult/obtuse, he's offered a $100 reward to the first person who beats it. ANALOG's reviewer doesn't think you should risk your $39.95 on the off-chance that you could be the one.
Wonder how many other people took a look at Starship Duel's $119.95 price tag in the review headers and skipped over it, thus missing the fact it should only cost $19.95 as mentioned at the end of the review. Were the proofreaders for this issue all completely soused?

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