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Commodore Magazine (FR)

Commodore Magazine was a French magazine dedicated to Commodore computers, published by Artilec. The editor was Serge Fenez. At least nine issues were produced.

Download all programs from this magazine on one disk:


ComMagFR.d64

9 programs

Program Author Requirements Files Info
Dessins Animés pour votre VIC 20
(Cartoons for your VIC 20)

Issue 1 (Jun 1984),
Pages 47-49.
Issue 2 (Sep 1984),
Page 65.
? [John Stilwell] Unexpanded dessins-animes.t64
Screenshot
Two hi-res animations. Sheriff shows the sheriff drawing his gun. Enterprise shows Star Trek's Enterprise flying over a planet.

Controls:
Press any key to start the animation.
Encore des Dessins Animés pour votre VIC 20
(More Cartoons for your VIC 20)

Issue 1 (Jun 1984),
Pages 55-56, 66-67, 77.
Issue 2 (Sep 1984),
Page 65.
? [John Stilwell] Unexpanded encore-animes.t64
Screenshot
Two more hi-res animations. Super Fight shows a battle between Crabman and a generic super hero. Dragon Power shows a sleeping dragon.

Controls:
For Super Fight, press any key to start the animation.
VIC 20 et Radio Teletype
(VIC 20 and Radio Teletype)

Issue 2 (Sep 1984),
Pages 8-12.
J Reboul 3K expansion rtty-prog-3k.prg
Screenshot
RTTY teletype program with pre-programmed messages.

Controls:
See magazine for details.
Musique sur votre VIC 20
(Music on your VIC 20)

Issue 2 (Sep 1984),
Pages 64-65.
Anne Phillips Unexpanded mosaique-music.prg
Screenshot
Kaleidoscope program, draws a constantly changing colourful pattern with accompanying sounds.

Controls:
F1 (change background colour), F3 (toggle sounds on & off), F5 (start new mosaic), F7 (pause & resume).
L'Ordinateur Juke Box
(Computer Jukebox)

Issue 3 (Nov 1984),
Pages 14-15, 22-23.
D J Eddington Unexpanded jukebox.prg
Screenshot
Music program, plays the following 13 tunes using multiple voices: "Just Scales", "Oh When The Saints", "Michael, Row The Boat", "Joy The World", "Three Blind Mice", "Go Tell Aunt Rhodie", "Hymne de la Marine", "Camptown Races", "Merrily We Roll", "Twinkle Little Star", "Jolly Good Fellow", "London Bridge", and a mystery tune.

Controls:
Type the number of the tune you want to hear. Enter 12 to play the mystery tune.
Utilitaire Pour L'Unite de Disquette
(Disk Utility)

Issue 3 (Nov 1984),
Pages 67-69.
C W DeLaughter Unexpanded util-disque.prg
Screenshot
Disk utility. Initialise, format and validate disks, and rename or delete files.

Controls:
Follow on-screen prompts.
Librairie D'effects Sonores
(Sound Effects Library)

Issue 4 (Feb/Mar 1985),
Pages 34-35.
? [Gil Hurlbut] Unexpanded lib-sonore.prg
Screenshot
Collection of 7 sound effects. It lists the code for each sound effect while playing it.

Controls:
Choose a sound effect (1-7).
S.O.S.

Issue 5 (Apr/May 1985),
Pages 48-50.
Issue 6 (Jun/Jul 1985),
Page 10.
Christophe Schneider 3K expansion sos-3k.t64
Screenshot
Nintendo Fire game. People are jumping from the building, and you must catch them with your stretcher.

Controls:
Z (left), / (right).
Egout
(Sewer)

Issue 7 (Sep/Oct 1985),
Pages 35-41.
Laurent Pivaut 16K expansion egout-16k.prg
Screenshot
Text adventure. Mystery awaits you in the catacombs at Denfert-Rochereau.

Controls:
Use two-word commands e.g. "prendre pelle" (take shovel).

Notes

  1. Dessins Animés pour votre VIC 20 (Jun 1984) was originally published as Two Cartoons for the VIC 20 (Commodore Power/Play, Fall 1983).
  2. Encore des Dessins Animés pour votre VIC 20 (Jun 1984) was originally published as More Cartoons for the VIC 20 (Commodore Power/Play, Winter 1983).
  3. Musique sur votre VIC 20 (Sep 1984) was originally published as Musical Mosaic (Commodore Power/Play, Winter 1983).
  4. L'Ordinateur Juke Box (Nov 1984) was originally published as The Computer Jukebox (Commodore Power/Play, Oct/Nov 1984).
  5. Utilitaire Pour L'Unite de Disquette (Nov 1984) was originally published as Disk Utility (Commodore Power/Play, Oct/Nov 1984).
  6. Librairie D'effects Sonores (Feb/Mar 1985) was originally published as Sound Effects Library (Commodore Power/Play, Dec 1984/Jan 1985).
  7. A slightly different version of Egout (Sep/Oct 1985) was published in Hebdogiciel issues 128 & 129 (28 Mar 1986 & 4 Apr 1986).

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