RUN: The Commodore 64 & VIC-20 Magazine (September 1984)

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Cover of the September 1984 issue of RUN


RUN was primarily a Commodore 64 magazine though depending on the exact time period, it also covered the VIC-20, Plus/4, Commodore 16, and Commodore 128. The September 1984 issue includes:




Table of Contents from the September 1984 issue of RUN


Features

  • Back to Basics - An overview of educational software available for the Commodore 64. Titles looked at here include Hodge Podge, ABC Fun, Spellbound, Young Folk Series, Fay: The Word Hunter, Funbunch-Elementary, Funbunch-Intermediate, Word Attack!, M-ss-ng L-nks, Word Spinner, Learning With Leeper, Preschool IQ Builder, Facemaker, Early Games for Young Children, Kids on Keys, The Factory, Moptown Parade, Fraction Fever, Multi-Beci, Meteor Multiplication, Demolition Division, Minus Mission, Alien Addition, Alligator Mix, Dragon Mix, Success With Math, Comparing Whole Numbers, Numer-Beci, 10 Little Robots, 123 Fun, Fay: That Math Woman, Ships Ahoy, Race Car 'Rithmetic, Mathematics, MathWiz, Elementary Math Package, Challenge Math, Addition Magician, Add-Sub, Survival Math, Dungeons of the Algebra Dragons, and TEC4.

  • Speller - A type-in educational program that reinforces spelling, vocabulary, and keyboard skills.

  • Watch Your Sidestep - A type-in game in which you must make it through the maze without hitting a wall or retracing your steps.

  • Mysteries of the Wedge Revealed - A guide to the Commodore 64 DOS Wedge.

  • Terminal Programs - Reviews of seven terminal programs for the Commodore 64 and VIC-20 including Smart 64 Terminal, SuperTerm, Telstar, Vidtex, VIP Terminal, Graph-Term 64, '64 Terminal, and Terminal 40.




Table of Contents from the September 1984 issue of RUN (continued)


Departments

  • RUNning Ruminations - An editorial on educational software and computers in the classroom.

  • Magic - Tips and tricks for better typing, erasing a single line on the screen, finding the cursor, making the VIC-20 beep when you type, undocumented graphic characters, loading from cassette, and more.

  • Software Gallery - Reviews of Flight Simulator II (perhaps the most influential flight sim of all time), Super-Text (a word processor), Pit Stop (classic racing game from Epyx), Quintic Warrior (a not-so great arcade style game), and Eliza (from Artificial Intelligence Research Group).

  • Video Casino - A type-in game called Sky Pilot designed to teach you about animation on the Commodore 64 and VIC-20.

  • Mail RUN - Letters from readers about Comal, relative files, power surges, and more.




Back cover of the September 1984 issue of RUN


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I loved Pit Stop, used to play that for hours! Brings back fond memories!

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Awesome, I didn't know about RUN magazine. Doing a bit of search found out that Archive.org has a bunch of them. Looks amazing treasure of old tech.
https://archive.org/details/run-magazine
Found issue 9 here.

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I had a Commodore 64 in the late 80s/early 90s. I think I regularly bought this magazine from 1989 until 1992 or whenever the last issue was.

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