SPACE Newsletter - January 1992

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SPACE Newsletter for January 1992 formed and is approaching warp speed, anyone is welcome to come aboardl The software that I referred to at the laet meeting has been ordered (you'll remember the vote last month) and hopefully will reach us 1n time tor the next meeting. Prioe will be $3 per disk . Prior to the last meeting I received news that there 1s new ooftware ooming out for ATARI oomputers. A new company named Aenon Software has released an adventure game for the ATARI compute~ prioed at $i 9.95. Also word is that American TechnaV1s1on, a long time die-hard supporter of ATARI a.err computers, hao new !loftware including a full featured CAD program. Details and ordering information will be available ert the next meeting. Thert ohould wr8P it up for this month. I hope everyone ie able to meke the next meeting to look ert the olub'o lerteet endeavor to eel! software and to see what's ahead in , 9921 See you :soon. Nathan Block

News From The Prez · January of 1992 C3reetinge Membersl Welcome to a new calendar year. There is so much that I wish to Set-J and discuss I don't know where to begin. First of all I wish to say, again, if you missed th• December meeting you missed th• best meeting of 1 991 . A big thank you to everyone who brought food. This thank you ia not nearly as personal as I want it to be, everyone was so generous with the food this year I wish I could thank you all personally Also a big round of applffl.J&e goes out to Sherm Erickson who singlehandedly helped me set up the hall and rounded up the food and drinks. I cannot thank Sherm enough for all the work he hu done. 1-1• has don• more so far in his first two months of office than I have seen any person do for the club ever. Thanks Sherm! Also thanks to Mike Weiat for purchasing the club drinks and thanks to Rachel Thompson and Mra. Fitzpatrick for helping serve the dinner. And another THANK YOU to the members, our raffle ticket sales totalled more than $1001 wen, , 992 Is here, but wnere does that leave the club? 1 have some ideas for the club in th• new year and intend to do quite a bit of talking about that this month. So far the club has aHn quite a few changes including a special taam many of you might not be aware of. It hu always been a dream of mine to get a group of SPACE membera together to program software for the ATARI computers. About six months ago, I put that dream into praetice and formed SPT, or the Space Programming Team. Larry Serflaten had bHn behind that from the .-tart and took th• lead. Now, thanks to hie brilliant planning and leadership, SPT is undertaking its first programming project. a database program for ATARI computers. So far, there are only seven members, if you would like to become a part of this, PLEASE TALK TO ME OR LARRY AT THE NEXT MEETING. SPT ie not "just forming", It has been

Minutes of the December S.P.A.C.E. Meeting Aespectivly Submitted by Mike Cable: The meeting was called to order at 7:30 by President Nathan Blook. The mHting started out with the announcement of the raffle. The prizes were twin SX2"12 , 200 baud modems and some software tit1es. There was christma& disk for a everyone, With the most up to date indexes on the current S.P.A.C.e. DOM library software. Nathan announced the voting of 2 topics. Th• first was at 7:40 the profit from buying software titles from Brion Hill. The second one at 7:!0 was the voting on a new bylaw presented by Larry ~ematten. !Som to ce votec:1 on that n1gtn. P"at Krenn steps clown from th• office of Secretary, volunteers were asked to fill position. The aub-aecretary was Larry Serflatten. Later that night Mike Cable steps In to fill the position. Nathan Block ajoumed the meeting at 7:50 for the banquet. A.-ier th• mHl, President Nathan Block called the meeting to order a aecond 1ime. At that time the group voted on the 2 topics earlier metioned. The group voted to buy $50 dollara worth of disks from Mr. Brion Hill. The second topic, the bylaw, was puHd that the members household will now be treated u one member. Then the raffle started. The two winners of the SX2'12 modems were Michael Weist(curtesy of Mike Schmidt) and Gary Barnes. Then the meeting was closed by the prez. MEETlNG A.JOURNEDI

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Happy New Year SPACE Newsletter for January 1992

Showdown Hockey Review by Roger Mier :

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Showdown Hockey Is a game for one or two players, or two players head to head. You play as either the goalle. the skater, or both. Options can be set up from the title screen. Options Include, Human or Computer controlled skater or goalie, or head to head, also how many shots per round, and the difficulty of the computer opponents. I stress the use of the dlf flculty selection as the first level was way too easy. The game Is very Impressive graphics wise, the skater looks like he's waddling down the Ice, but that's about the only thing that could be Improved on. The games has many flashy colors, and the goalle has a position for all the directions of the stick. The skater has many shots available to him to use, from Slapshot to Deke, to Wrlstshot. you can easlly control the course of the shot. When playing the Goalie the key Is, obviously, to keep the puck from getting In the goal. this Is accompllshed by moving the stick In any of the eight directions, each of them do a different block. One of the best parts of the game Is the cute commentary from the "announcer" that appears as a shot Is either blocked or goes In. Such as, "He popa It In the corner!" or "Me bulges the twine!" and my favorite one "He fakes him out of his Jock strapl" when It goes In. And when It's stopped he says "A glorlus save!" or "Weak save." Among others. The game plays music If you wait too tong without moving. And the crowd cheers and the score buzzer goes off after a goal. After a game It displays a rating screen telling you (rather humorously) how you did based on your hit/miss percentage. Overall. the game has good graphics. decent sound, and great realism. For those of you who think you could do a better Job than the North Stars did, this game Is ror you.

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ATARI Hardware and Software for Sale at the Next Meetlngl Nathan Block will be Selling the following : 2 - ATARI 130XE's (practically new. one with box) 1 - ATARI 800XL (in box) 1 - XF-551 Disk Drive (in box) 1 - 1050 Disk Drive (in box) 1 - 810 Disk Drive SOFlWARE: Printshop and Printshop Companion Synfile. Syncalc. Syntrend. Filewrlter, Xlent Megafiler and Printing programs Lode Runner's Rescue Other disk and cartridge software at less than $5 a piece

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