e. If you lose the game, and your
score is a good score, you'll appear in the high score table. Good luck

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STUD POKER

(C)Public Domain Software

Programming: G. Anderson
Graphics: G. Anderson
Music: N/A

This is a classic public domain gambling game for the grownups. Stud
Poker, is a game which I found on an old PD games compilation disk (And
still have that disk today). The game was of course programmed in BASIC

You are sitting at the table amongst other poker players. The aim of this
game is to beat all of your opponents by having the correct full set of
cards.

At each turn, you must call / raise your bet. The bet will go into the dealer's money pot. The dealer will hand the cards over to each player,
unless the player has folded. If you fold, you will fore-fit the game.
Further instructions are in the game itself.

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HALLAX

(C)Public Domain Software

Programming: Mega Yat / Relax Designs
Graphics: Mega Yat / Relax Designs
Music: Charles Deen / MoN

To round up the games section on this issue's E-Tape comes a classic
breakout style game with nice graphics by Mega Yat. Also stunning music by Charles Deenen (A tune that was used quite a lot in the demo scene).

Not only is Hallax a breakout game, but it also comes with its own built in level editor. The disadvantage to the level editor is that there is no
load / save option. So you'll just have to try and save the whole game
with a M/C monitor and pack it, or freeze the game with a freezer cartridge
and save it.

The object of Hallax is to simply knock out all of the bricks on screen.
You control a bat which will can move left or right. Your score will
depend on the type of bricks which get knocked out. However, during play, there will be some distractions for your bat and ball. Those of which are spinning discs. Are they good, or are they bad? They are power up disks.
The following colours represent the type of power up, should the player
collect it during play. Should the ball exit the bottom of the screen, it
will cost a life.

Green disc - Sticky ball. This will allow the player catch the ball when
it hits the bat.

Grey disc - Expanded bat. Your bat will be bigger, to make hitting the
ball much easier.

Blue disc - Freezer - AVOID AT ALL COSTS. It will stop your bat from
moving for a period of time.

Brown disc - Shoot 'em up - Your bat is able to blast at the bricks.

Red disc - Moves you to the next level

There are 10 levels in which to complete. Which can be quite tricky and awkward, depending on the bricks that get hit.

There is a built in editor, in which allows you to design your levels over
the existing levels. Press F1, in the front end then press F3 to enter the editor.

The editor has a series of bricks in which you can choose from. Pressing +
/ - will advance forward or move back one level. Pressing F5-F7 will
select the brick which you wish to place on to the screen. Using a
joystick in port 2 will move the cursor, and pressing fire will place the selected brick in place.

As mentioned before, there is no option to save your edited levels, but you
can always use the capture / pack / freeze method if you want to share your level designs with other gamers. Hallax is of course Public Domain
Software.

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ZAX BOX #30

(C)1995 Mayhem

Programming: Motion
Graphics: Motion + Bren
Music: Various Musicians

To round up this issue's E-Cover Tape, comes this nice music demo from
Mayhem, written back in 1995. It is called "Zax Box #30" and consists of
some great tunes by various demo scene musicians in the past. This is a
bass special, which features 7 nice tunes which may have appeared on
different C64 demos.

Using a joystick in port 2, move the arrow next to a tune and then press
the fire button to start playing it and enjoy this old-school piece of C64 history.

SYS 64738 :)

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Do you have any programs which you'd like to submit to Commodore Free for
the next E-Cover tape? If you do then please don't hesitate to email your submissions to Nigel at commodorefree@commodorefree.com or to Richard at richardbayliss.c64@gmail.com Please provide instructions if you can if we
like your program, it could appear in the next E-Cover tape. We also
welcome SID tunes for the TS6 loader system, if you want to submit those.

SYS 64738

See you next issue with more tape goodies.



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GENERAL NEWS
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VINCE CLARKE VIDEO INTERVIEW IN
'ELECTRONIC SOUND' MAGAZINE
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COMMODORE FREE Ok I know it's not Commodore news and Vince in an interview
said he had never owned a Commodore 64 but it's interesting if you're a
retro synth type person especially as you can download this section of the magazine for Free

VINCE CLARKE VIDEO INTERVIEW IN 'ELECTRONIC SOUND' MAGAZINE

If you don't know the digital magazine 'Electronic Sound' www.facebook.com/electronicmagazine then it's worth checking out anyway
(I'm a subscriber!), but the current issue of the magazine is not only free
and gratis for you to download and own, but it also features a filmed
interview with Vince Clarke conducted by The Gadget Show's Jason Bradbury
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ARCADE EVOLUTION AMIGA/C64
JOYSTICK (2 VERSIONS)
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Arcade Evolution is a new joystick compatible with Amiga, Commodore 64 and Minimig.

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* 8-directional control

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* Cable with D-Sub 9-pin connector

Two versions are available :

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BORDERLINE BBS GUIDED TOUR
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From: Andrew Wiskow
To: Commodore Free
Subject: Borderline BBS guided tour

I just posted a video on YouTube of a guided tour of Borderline BBS. For anyone who doesn't already know, Borderline BBS is running from my home and
is the only dial-up BBS anywhere in the world right now running on a
Commodore 64. If you no longer have a modem and/or a home phone line, this
is for you. If you have no idea what a BBS is, this is for you, too. :)

Here's the link to the video: youtu.be/wCicz04EwwQ

The YouTube comments say

If you have a modem and a phone line, you can call it today at
951-652-1690. Running 24/7 at 300/1200 baud on a Commodore 64 using All American BBS software. For more information, check out the website at

cottonwoodbbs.dyndns.org



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REVIVAL STUDIOS
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FROM Revival Studios

Hi everyone,

First of all, let me thank you all for supporting my retro gaming efforts
and wish you all a happy new year!

Last year was very successful in

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