Issue 13 of 'Sam Revival' magazine is now out!
Kicking off issue 13 of Sam Revival is a 14 page news section to give a lowdown on what's happening in the Sam Coupe scene, and a welcomed addition to the magazine is the new letters section which in this issue features some questions about the Mayhem Accelerator, some development tools queries and a request for a machine code routine for palette changes using line interrupts which is answered with a few pages of source code!
Feature articles in this issue include a look at the Siemens Pocket Reader by Steve Parry-Thomas, along with the listing for the software he developed to use it from BASIC via the Comms Interface. In my own feature article I delve into the pile of unreleased and partially finished games that I bought the rights to from Hydrasoft earlier in the year.
On the coverdisk with this issue is the full Sam game "Marbles Deluxe' by Steve Pick. Featuring very colourful graphics in his own unique style Marbles Deluxe is quite a challenging arcade puzzle game and was originally released back in 1995. A quick cut and paste from the start of the instructions... "A genetically engineered biological organism has just been created for genetic correction experiments. The organism is lovingly referred to as Willy. Testing Willy is to be an extreme task, as a psychotic killer is being used for the experiment. Willy has to correct the killer's damaged brain cells ... all 50 of them!"
This issue of Sam Revival costs £3.00 for the UK, or £3.80 for EU (including Airmail postage).
Ordering Issue 13
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For your convience there are several ways you can order Sam Revival:
PayPal
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Click on the PayPal payment button by the news article on the Quazar website at www.samcoupe.com ,or send payment directly via Paypal to sales@samcoupe.com
NoChex
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I can take UK payments by Credit / Debit card securely through NoChex without you having to register or sign-up for their service. Click on the 'NoChex' button on the navigation bar at the Quazar website at www.samcoupe.com
Cheque / Postal Order
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Drop me an email if you require my postal address for sending a cheque or Postal Order
eBay Store
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I know some people find it convenient to purchase items through eBay and you will find Sam Revival listed in my new store there (
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Sam-Coupe-Store ) although to cover costs there is a small additional postage charge listed per issue so buying direct via the three methods above is cheaper.
About Quazar
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Quazar was founded back in 1995, when I released my first piece of hardware for the Sam Coupe - the Quazar Surround soundcard, giving the Sam multichannel digital sound up to a quality of 16 bits and in full surround sound - unheard of at the time, especially for an 8 bit home computer.
Now as the last, and longest running Sam company, I have single handedly produced a vast range of hardware and software titles - with most of the new hardware I’ve designed being released over the last two and a half years. Quazar has grown from strength to strength, expanding the range of services provided - such as the Sam Revival magazine which started in the summer of 2002 to fill the void after all other Sam publications had disappeared.
For further information and all the latest news please see the Quazar website at www.samcoupe.com
New Sam Coupé Releases planned for early 2006 from Quazar:
[Hardware] Mayhem Accelerator - speed the Sam Coupé up to 20MHz+!
[Games] Conquest
[Games] Money Bags 2 Remix
[Magazines] Sam Revival issue 14 [Feb'06]
