Oberon #02: Electronic Magazine for Pentagon 128
| Name of the program: | Oberon #02 |
| Categories: | |
| Legal status: | No information |
| Authors: | Unbeliever (Text), BioMax (Graphics), Market Soft (Music), MmcM (Music), Dagma (Music), M.M.A (Text, Support), Paul Atrides (Text, Coding), Александр Королёв (Coding, Text), Alex Noman (Support, Text), PEACE USER |
| Publication year: | 1996 |
| Links: |  Page on Virtual TR-DOS |
| Rating: | 3.91 |
| Added: | 31.10.2023 00:32 |
The 'Oberon #02' is an electronic magazine released in 1996, primarily in Russian. It features a diverse range of articles, from game manuals to critical reviews of software and hardware for the ZX Spectrum. This edition begins with an introduction explaining delays and team expansions, while acknowledging past misunderstandings.
One notable article is a manual for the game 'Peking', which details gameplay strategies involving pairing boxes within a time limit. Another significant piece is about 'Empire 128', a strategic space game where players trade and complete missions amidst an alien invasion. The game requires 128K memory and offers disk and RAM saving capabilities.
The magazine also includes reviews of games like 'Double Xinox 128', which modernizes the classic Xonix with 80 levels and new challenges, and 'UFO 2: Terror in the Deep', highlighting its improvements and drawbacks. Additionally, there's a critique of the ENLIGHT 1996 demo contest, evaluating participants and results across platforms.
Technical discussions cover synchronization issues in various Spectrum models, proposing schematic solutions to improve graphical performance. There is also a humorous section featuring fictional spy stories about Stierlitz, adding a light-hearted touch to the publication.
Publication articles
- Introduction Introduction to the second issue of Oberon magazine, with insights into its delays and team expansion. The editorial team acknowledges past misunderstandings and introduces the new issue's contributors. Details on distribution, contributions, and user interaction features are provided.
- Scroll - Alex Noman Game manual for 'Peking', detailing controls, menu options, and gameplay strategy, involving matching pairs of crates under time constraints.
- Scroll Empire 128 is a strategic space game where players act as merchants dealing with an alien invasion. Gameplay involves trading, mission completion, and space exploration. The game requires 128K memory and offers both disk and RAM save options.
- Scroll Description of various space ships, including their specifications, weapon systems, and purposes. Each model differs in speed, armament, and functionality. Includes notes on origins and uses.
- Review Review of ZX Spectrum games and tools: Double Xinox 128 offers a modern twist on Xonix with 80 levels and new challenges. UFO 2: Terror in the Deep has multiple versions with improvements and issues noted. Shadow Dancer for ZX Spectrum shows graphical evolution but maintains classic gameplay elements.
- Review - Unbeliever Analysis of the 1996 ENLIGHT demo competition in St. Petersburg, evaluating participants and results across platforms. Highlights the achievements and critiques of notable entries. Provides insights into the dynamics of the competition and perspectives on the ZX Spectrum demos.
- Our Response Reader feedback and editor's response regarding magazine content, the need for more graphics, and the state of local Samara software distribution.
- About Everything Critique of Sinclair software quality, concerns about poor programming affecting computer lifespan, and commentary on CODE BUSTERS group's practices.
- Educational Program - Paul Atrides An in-depth examination of the eight essential stages of software development, from defining technical requirements to testing and distribution. The article provides insights into the necessity of each stage and critiques poorly executed examples. It emphasizes the importance of systematic programming for both commercial and personal software projects.
- Hardware The article discusses synchronization issues in various Spectrum models and provides a circuit solution to correct INT signal delays for improved graphics performance.
- Announcement - M.M.A Introduction of new column highlighting Samara programmers' works, detailing projects like ZX-WINWORD, UNRECOGNIZED FORMATTING OBJECT, and DESIGNER ANALYSIS FUNCTIONS. ZX-WINWORD aims to be a publishing system for Spectrum, while U.F.O. offers advanced disk copying. DESIGNER ANALYSIS FUNCTIONS aids in mathematical graphing and function analysis.
- Programming - Unbeliever A humorous narrative featuring Stirlitz, a fictional intelligence officer, in absurd and surreal situations involving Gestapo, programming, and secret plans.
- Pogurammim - Unbeliever A humorous and fictional narrative involving Shtrilitz's spy adventures during a covert operation with many unexpected turns and satire.
- Advertisement Advertisement for electronics and components store offering used equipment, software, and literature.
Releases
| Title | Year | Supported languages | Release type | Release by | Hardware | Times downloaded | Times played | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberon #02 | 1996 | Russian | Original | | TRD disk |  | 9 | 2 | |
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