• Plus Problem
• Fancy Flyer
• Commodore Hit By Losses
• Compaq Goes Two Up On IBM PC AT
• Apple Lisa Loses Out To Mac
• Price Error
• Legal Aid
• Modem Link For Atari Fans
• Musical Micros - Virgin's Ghetto Blaster
• First To The Defence
• Slogger Bid
• When Is A Portable Not A Portable? - View From The UK

• Adventurous Moves
  In the second part of our article on writing your own adventure, Mike and Pete Gerrard explain how to put printed page to screen.
   
• ATMOS Anatomy
  After last issues's Oric class, here comes a duo of delicious utilities for the Atmos.
   
• QL ROMs On
  As the latest version of QL's ROM (JS, to those in the know) hits the shops, we show where the improvements can be found.
   

• 130XE Revs Up
  With a price tag of just under £170, 128K of memory and a wealth of games already released, the 130XE appears to be on a winning streak. We take a look.
   
• Atari Advances - The Atari 520ST
  It's arrived at last. John Lettice subjects the 520ST to his rigorous standards in an exclusive PCN preview of the Atari onslaught.
   

• QC On Trial
  At last, a C compiler for the QL. GST has leapt to the rescue and it's an eminently usable package indeed.
   
• Turbo-charged BBC
  Cheap, cheerful and excellent value - Altor Computer's fast Turbo Pascal package is a bargain that Beeb owners shouldn't miss.
   
• Software Preview
  Latest releases from the software houses.

Fight out the war of words on our pages.

• Adopting an Elite Vector for Success,
• Boffins Take Shine Out Of Computers,
• Getting Another Byte at the Cherry,
• PCN Should Become Multi-Lingual,
• Quick Guide to 464/664 Harmony, and
• Sord User Group Opens Its Letterbox.

• Amstrad Caps Lock Indicator Kicks Off,
• Another Quick Hint for the Amstrad, and
• QL Routine Hooks Up To Epson Printer.

Bob Chappell, forced to bail out in the Bermuda Triangle, finds himself lost in paradise - and the king hates tourists!

• Cauldron (Commodore 64),
• Death Pit (Amstrad),
• Deathstar Interceptor (Spectrum 48K),
• Jet Boot Jack (Amstrad),
• Kissin' Kousins (BBC Micro/Electron),
• Spy Hunter (Spectrum 48K), and
• Sword of Kadash (Apple II).

Compiled from both independent and multiple sources across the nation, the Charts reflect what's happening in high streets during the week up to April 25 1985.

Get a cheap micro from the bargain basement at the back.

After the good buys, a few humorous goodbyes. Plus Dates for your Diary.

Thanks to Pamela Jones, Phillip Harvey-Smith and Peter Weighill for sponsoring the creation of this issue