Thankfully, there is help at hand. A scroll will appear on screen. If you pick the scroll up, you will gain a power up. However, it won't be
everlasting because if you get hit by a Ninja. A life will be lost - and
so will your power up. The power ups are as follows:

* Banana peel - Slide this across the floor left / right to trip the
grounded Ninjas. While you are using your fists or low kicks on the
enemies.

* Fireball - Create a fireball at body height, but it can only travel a
certain distance.

* Shuriken - Throw shurikens at the evil ninjas. They will travel a long distance

* Golden shuriken - The same as a standard shuriken, but it can travel much faster.

* Bamboo stick - Chuck a bamboo stick at the enemies and knock them out

* And the Master of Exposition's special prize - The Dwarf toss. - Oh
dear, that's not very nice is it? You carry a spell which makes a dwarf
ninja appear. Throw them any direction you like and watch those ninjas
lose their fight :)

After you reach the end of the playable demo, it will loop again. However here's what is in store for the full game:

* Updated front end
* High Score table
* More levels with plenty of humour - The game will be split into 2
parts, and also a separate ending.
* Pass-code system (For part 2)
* Loading picture with plenty of
music
* Music / SFX option

The full game will be available sometime in the summer / autumn of 2014 as
part of the Kung Fu Maniacs trilogy. On disk, tape or digital download
from www.psytronik.net.

This issue was yet again dedicated to SEUCK games. This was done in a
major rush, due to time. However, it is time to look forward to what will
be on July's E-Tape.

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NEXT ISSUE

The tape shall be going back to normal. There is already a new exclusive
SEUCK game in the works, which sadly hasn't made it to this issue in time.
So it'll be on the next tape. There will also be a mixture of PD games and utilities.

Do you have anything you would like to submit on to the next cover tape?
If you do, then please email it to richard-bayliss@blueyonder.co.uk or Commodore free, we will be grateful for your support.

See you next month.



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GENERAL NEWS
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HANDYPNP GAMES SYSTEM
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Lovablechevy has created the HandyPNP. The Handy Plug "n" Play is a system which features a 3.5" screen with controls, batteries, and a universal connector. You plug in a cartridge that contains a complete game system.
The system supports the C64 DTV and other game systems.

bacman.co.uk/bacforum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4457


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RAY CARLSEN'S COMPUTER SAVER
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Ray Carlsen now offers three versions of the Computer Saver. There is the
$25 Computer Saver module that a user can install in their own computer,
there is the $35 Computer Saver cable (without LED indicators) version, and there is the $50 original, case-mounted Computer Saver (with LED
indicators). To read more about Computer Saver and to see pictures, go to:

personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm/c64/SAVER/

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
videocam.net.au/fcug


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1081/1084 SWITCH REPLACEMENT
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Carsten Jensen has written an article on how to replace the power switch in
a Commodore 1084 or 1081 monitor. With a few minor adjustments, he successfully repaired the monitor with a replacement switch.

www.retro-commodore.eu/2014/04/12/c1084-power-switch-replacement/


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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BASIC
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Love it or hate it - the BASIC programming language is going to stay around
for some time to come. It's now celebrating its 50th anniversary
(according the register article)

If you want to read more, then head over to

www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/01/basic_50th_anniversary/



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C64 NEWS
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HOXS64 V1.0.8.7 RELEASED
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David Horrocks has release another update to the HOXS c64 emulator. The emulator tries to mimic the Real Commodore 64 as closely as possible.

FEATURES

* Cycle-based CPU, CIA, VIC and SID.
* 1541 Disk drive.
* Tape deck.
* Full screen mode.
* Configurable keyboard and joystick.
* TAP PRG P00 D64 G64 FDI T64 file
support.

www.hoxs64.net/


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BMP2MC 1.263 RELEASED
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Seanser has released BMP2MC a bitmap-to-C64 multicolor converter (5
colours). The program runs in Windows.

csdb.dk/release/?id=130683


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RELAUNCH64 UPDATED
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Relaunch64 is an IDE (text-editor) for C64 assembler-coding on Windows,
Linux and Mac OS X. Relaunch64 has a clean and intuitive user interface,
yet it offers many features that make coding faster and easier.

Relaunch64 is a program (text-editor) for C64-asm-coding.

* Clean and intuitive user interface

* Easy navigation through source with jump and goto functions



--- MBSE BBS v1.0.01 (GNU/Linux-i386)
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