Big K Magazine, December 1984. Contents. GAMES PROGRAMS: WHERE'S KONG for SPECTRUM, BOXER for CBM64, FRANKIE GOES TO PIECES for SPECTRUM, MINOTAUR for BBC, MIDNIGHT FEAST for ORIC, DATELINE EARTH for BBC, BAR SHOOTING for VIC 20. UTILITY FEATURES: Atari Player Missiles Pt. 2, BBC Multi-User Forth, Spectrum System Software. SOFTWARE REVIEWS: Pick Of The Month, Review Pages, Up Front. HARDWARE: Hardware: The Complete Buyers Guide. FEATURES: That Was the Year That Was, Arcade Alley Special: The Last Starfighter, Wimplash!, BIG K's 1984 Readers Poll. REGULARS: On-Line News, The Ferret, Dorkslayer!, Charts, Classic Games of Our Time, BIG K Inlay Cards, Letterbase. COMPETITION: Win a Trip to Hampstead!. PICTURE CAPTIONS: The wire-frame above is a Gun-Star in the making. On a Cray-XMP. Starfighters GOTO page 55., It took us all by surprise, but how new is it? Hardware Buyers' Guide (page 84) has lots more micros., Are you a secret lemonade drinker, small-hours snarfer or midnight muncher? Oric owners try pages 90-93 for a satisfyingly full feeling. STAFF: Tony Tyler - Editor, Richard Burton - Assistant Editor, Ian Stead - Art Editor, Nicky Xikluna - Features, Andy Green, Kim Aldis (Technical), Steve Keaton, Richard Cook, Richard Taylor, Fin Fahey, Dave Rimmer, John Conquest, Nigel Farrier, Duncan Gamble, Tony Benyon, Gary Liddon, Barry Leverett - Publisher, John Purdie - Publishing Director, Luis Bartlett - Group Advertising Controller, Robin Johnson - Advertisment Manager (01-261 5119). EDITORIAL ADDRESS: BIG K (2035) IPC Magazines Ltd., King's Reach Tower, Stamford Street, LONDON SE1 9LS. PHONE: 01-261 5818/6249, 01-261 5660 (Advertising). A LETTER TO SANTA: Dear Santa, First of all, thanks for the rubber duck last year. I like legendary philanthropists with a sense of fun, though I'm hoping this year you'll be able to come through with the Sage IV originally specified. We continue to make progress down here this side of the chimney. That is, we continue to re-vibe the product. Our editorial team swells weekly with gung-ho hackers, eyes agleam. I have to admit our new-look Charts failed to materialise last month (a mainframe went down), but we're on that this time around. Knowing your own penchant for hyper-atmospheric ligging, I recommend our four-colour blitz on THE LAST STARFIGHTER (p.55). We've also expanded (doubled) the size of our review sections, which your Gnomes seeking out good Xmas blags may well find useful. The Festive Season, in short, finds us in good heart. Merry Christmas. TONY TYLER. P.S. A Mac will do if the Sages are out this year. BIG K JANUARY ISSUE: BIG K JANUARY ISSUE will be on the stands a week or so earlier than usual. So watch out for us around DECEMBER 10 - ONE WEEK EARLY!.
