It's amazing how time flies and it's amazing how much I've forgotten about putting together the EUG discs. But one thing is for sure - after a break of over a year, EUG is back. And in no half measure - we're picking up precisely where we left off!

Contents/News

Oh yes! EUG is back. Catch up quickly with a year's worth of news plus this quick textual glance through the contents of the latest disc. And the ideal opportunity to refresh your memories regarding how to use the Configuration Menu. Again.

Articles

Whenever the Elk gets mentioned on a mainstream website or in a mainstream mag, the word spreads like wildfire on the internet. EUG archives two intriguing articles from the website www.silicon.com plus the first in a new series of articles dedicated to emulation utilities on the PC and a treatise on Software Invasion's Gunsmoke. Also, details on how that nice machine code opener was produced.

Demos

"My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why, got out of bed at all..." Dido and Eminem on top form in this BBC STAN Music Demo by Chris Dewhurst. Only suitable, of course, for the BBC machines. Full documentation.

Games

County Quiz (BBC B, B+, Master 128 and Electron)
Know your counties and their flags? Well, you'll never be given a better chance to learn them than this quiz game, complete with graphics that many professionally released titles could be proud of. And isn't that header promoting EUG as well? Blimey, what more could we ask? Complete with full documentation.

Plig (BBC B, B+, Master 128 and Electron)
A simple yet nicely presented puzzle game which requires logical thought before actual movement. The sprites are cute, the screens are colourful and there's even a password facility in this, Chris Dewhurst's latest BBC/Electron conversion of the Archimedes title Plig. Full documentation.

Utilities

EXTRA COLOURS (All series)
How many colours in Mode 2? You'll think twice after you've seen this one - dithering goes to new levels in Chris Dewhurst's screen rainbow screen display.

JIGSAW SUPPLEMENT (All series)
Have you gotten tired of playing around with the screens supplied with EUG #46 and #48? Well, how about copying these two screens to a Jigsaw disc and putting them back together instead? Yes, that is a Spectrum screen in there too, converted to your machine through the medium of PC emulation... More news about it soon!

PROPORTIONALLY SPACED TEXT (All series)
A little utility that can be incorporated into your own programs and allow you to print in text proportionally spaced to the number of dots across each character actually needs. Runs in demonstration mode when called from the menu.

Reviews

Dave E casts his eye over Database's little-known disc game The Magic Sword and is pleasantly surprised. However, then he looks at Screwball, Maniac Mower and The Four Wands and loses the will to live.

Mailbag

Oops. We missed the last EUG. Oh well, we'll just write to you then. Oh, there's another EUG? Oh good...

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Dave E