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Computer Praxis (DE)

Computer Praxis [Computer Practice] was a monthly multi-format magazine published by Marshall Cavendish International in Germany. They published hardware & software reviews, tips & tricks, and program listings for Atari, Commodore, Sinclair and Texas Instruments computers. Six issues were published from Apr 1984 to Oct 1984, then in Nov 1984 it merged with Telematch to become Telematch: Computer Praxis.

Download all programs from this magazine on one disk:


CompPraxis.d64

9 programs

Program Author Requirements Files Info
Breakout

May 1984,
Pages 35-37.
Holger Shoene Unexpanded break-out.prg
Screenshot
Breakout game. Destroy the bricks with your bat & ball.

Controls:
Joystick.
Smørrebrød

May 1984,
Pages 38.
Jens Ey Unexpanded smorrebrod.prg
Screenshot
Redefine the character set to add four German accented characters. Possibly useful for word processing etc.

Controls:
None.
Brick Up

Jun 1984,
Pages 34-35.
Philip Smith Unexpanded brickup.t64
Screenshot
Capture the alien by pushing the bricks to build a wall that will enclose him.

Controls:
Joystick or L (left), ; (right), P (up), . (down).
Speedboat

Jul 1984,
Pages 32-33.
Steven Holliday Unexpanded speedboat.prg
Screenshot
Vertically scrolling boat race. Navigate along the twisty river, collecting fish while avoiding the logs and other hazards.

Controls:
Crsr-Down (left), Crsr-Right (right), Space (pause).
Bock auf Block
(Fancy a Block)

Jul 1984,
Pages 74-77.
Klaus Weidemann & Jens Ey Unexpanded bock-auf-block.prg
Screenshot
Programming demo. Draw a bar chart with 3D graphics. The values are generated randomly. An enhanced version was published as The Bock Goes On (Telematch, Nov 1984).

Controls:
Control (show next screen).
Vom Auskommen mit dem Einkommen
(Getting By on Your Income)

Aug/Sep 1984,
Pages 35-37.
Jens Ey 8K expansion kontodat-8k.prg
Screenshot
Home accounts program, keep track of your finances.

Controls:
Follow on-screen prompts. On the menu, hold the Shift key to access additional options.
Hires Master

Aug/Sep 1984,
Pages 45-46.
? [Hawksoft] 3K expansion hires-master-3k.t64
Screenshot
BASIC extension, adds commands for working with hires graphics. The demo program draws a sine curve.

Controls:
The new commands are: !CLEAR, !HIRES, !OFF, !PEN, !INV, !SET, !RESET, !GSAVE, !GLOAD.
Zeichengenerator
(Character Generator)

Oct 1984,
Pages 25-26.
? Unexpanded zeichengen.prg
Screenshot
Character generator, make your own user-defined graphics. It can save them as DATA statements.

Controls:
I (up), M (down), J (left), K (right), A (set pixel), S (clear pixel), L (delete character), F (finish character), E (end).
Disturber

Oct 1984,
Pages 31-32.
Frank Burmeister [Hawksoft] Unexpanded disturber.t64
Screenshot
Blitz game. Destroy the buildings by dropping bombs from your helicopter. The bombs fall diagonally.

Controls:
Arrow Left (drop bomb).

Notes

  1. There are alternative/modified versions of the following programs:
    1. Brick Up (Jun 1984) : a slightly different version was published as Brick-up (Computer & Video Games, Aug 1983).
    2. Speedboat (Jul 1984) : a slightly different version was published as Speedboat (Computer & Video Games, Jun 1982).

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