CPU (DE)
CPU (Computer, Programmiert zur Unterhaltung) [Computer Programmed for Entertainment] was a German multi-format magazine published by Roeske (Sep 1983 to Dec 1984) and Tronic-Verlag (Feb 1985 onwards). It was published monthly until Aug 1985, then bi-monthly from Sep/Oct 1985 onwards. Many issues have not been scanned.
Download all programs from this magazine on two disks:
 CPU1.d64 83-09 to 84-06 |
CPU2.d64 84-07 onwards |
48 programs
| Program | Author | Requirements | Files | Info |
| Monsterjagd (Monster Hunt)  Sep 1983, Pages 37-40. |
M Pakendorf | 3K expansion | munsterjagd-3k.prg Screenshot |
Pac-Man game. Eat all the dots while avoiding the monster. The monster occasionally drops poisoned pills, which must be avoided. Controls: I (up), M (down), J (left), K (right). Type RUN to play again after the game ends. |
| Entenjagd (Duck Hunting)  Sep 1983, Pages 41-42. |
Marco Kneopp | Unexpanded | entenjagd.prg Screenshot |
Ten ducks will fly up from the undergrowth. How many can you shoot? Controls: Space (fire). |
| Ausbruch (Breakout)  Sep 1983, Pages 61-62. |
? [John Cullen] | Unexpanded | breakout.prg Screenshot |
Breakout game. Use your bat-and-ball game to destroy all the bricks. Controls: Z (left), C (right). |
Pac Man Oct 1983, Pages 27-29, 31. |
Klaus Lerch | 8K expansion | pacman-8k.t64 Screenshot |
Pac-Man game. Eat all the dots while avoiding the ghosts. There are two mazes. Controls: P (up), . (down), L (left), ; (right). Press F7 to start. |
Battlestar Galatica Oct 1983, Pages 36-39. |
A Reiger & A Fath | Super Expander+3K | battlestar-se3k.prg Screenshot |
Use your interceptor ship at the bottom of the screen to defend the Battlestar Galactica fleet against the deadly Cylon fighters. Controls: Joystick. |
| Säulen-Graphik (Bar Chart)  Oct 1983, Pages 41-44. Feb 1984, Page 14. |
Horst Andrick | 3K expansion | saeulen-gr-3k.prg Screenshot |
Display hi-res bar charts. Each chart can display a maximum of 9 values. Labels must be 3 letters or less. Values are entered as percentages (maximum 100). Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. Press F7 to return to the menu after the graph has been displayed. |
Frogger Nov 1983, Pages 25-26. |
A Hanz | Unexpanded | frogger.prg Screenshot |
Frogger game. Move your frogs home by dodging the cars and leaping across the logs & turtles. Controls: @ (up), / (down), : (left), = (right). |
Bomber Dec 1983, Pages 41-43. |
R Peffer | Unexpanded | bomber.prg Screenshot |
Destroy the enemy base by dropping bombs from your plane. Your bombs fall diagonally. Avoid the rockets and other hazards. Controls: F5 (up), F7 (down), Space (drop bomb). |
| Diamanten Mine (Diamond Mine)  Dec 1983, Pages 41, 43-44. |
R Peffer | Unexpanded | diamanten-mine.prg Screenshot |
Collect all the diamonds and return to your base in the top-left corner. You can use the rocks to trap monsters, but the rocks are deadly if they fall onto you. Controls: F5 (up), F7 (down), A (left), D (right). |
Quest Jan 1984, Pages 25-27. |
? [Steven Lawson] | Unexpanded | quest.t64 Screenshot |
Vertically scrolling space game with 5 stages. Fly through the tunnels avoiding bombs and other obstacles. Controls: Z (left), / (right). |
Golf Jan 1984, Pages 28-31. |
? [Ray & Stephen Nolan] | 8K expansion | golf-8k.prg Screenshot |
Golf game. Try to complete a 18-hole course with the fewest strokes. Controls: Select a club for each stroke. 1-4 (woods, 200-280 yards), 11-16 (irons, 100-200 yards), 17-19 (irons, 0-100 yards). |
| Panzerschlacht (Tank Battle)  Feb 1984, Pages 21-22. |
Claus Huber | Unexpanded | panzerschlacht.prg Screenshot |
Tank game for two players. Destroy your opponent's tank before they destroy you. Do not drive into any houses, trees or other background objects. Controls: Player 1: A (up), Z (down), B (left), N (right), M (fire). Player 2: Joystick. |
| Aladin (Aladdin)  Feb 1984, Pages 23-25. |
H J Anger-Dukamp | Unexpanded | aladin.t64 Screenshot |
You are trapped inside a dark room filled with hidden obstacles. Find Aladdin's lamp and take it to the exit. The lamp and ghosts can only be seen briefly so you must remember their locations. Collecting the candle will briefly illuminate the whole room. Controls: Joystick. |
| Höhlenforscher (Cavers)  Mar 1984, Pages 16-19. |
? | 8K expansion | hohlenforsch-8k.prg Screenshot |
Text adventure. Explore the cave looking for treasures. You must bring all the treasures to the cave entrance to score 100 points. Controls: Use two-word commands. |
River Rescue Mar 1984, Pages 20-21. |
Thomas Langens | Unexpanded | river-rescue.t64 Screenshot |
Vertically scrolling boat race. Rescue the people while avoiding the bombs. Controls: Left Shift (left), Right Shift (right). |
Supertronic Apr 1984, Page 39. |
C Endewardt & J Feldbinder | Unexpanded | supertronic.prg Screenshot |
You only have a few seconds to reach the right side of the screen, by moving through the random barriers. Beware of the monsters. Controls: Joystick or G (left), H (right), Y (up), B (down). |
Race Apr 1984, Pages 40-41. |
? | Unexpanded | race.t64 Screenshot |
Vertically scrolling car race for one or more players. Drive your rally car down the twisty road without crashing. Controls: Z (left), C (right). |
| Tron (Tronn)  Apr 1984, Pages 41-42. |
Oliver Musolf | Unexpanded | tronn.prg Screenshot |
Tron game played against the computer. Trap your opponent without hitting the trails that both ships leave behind them. You control the blue ship. Controls: Z (left), C (right), F1 (up), F7 (down). |
Mini-Soundprogramm Apr 1984, Page 60. |
? [Steven Jones] | Unexpanded | mini-soundprog.prg Screenshot |
Machine code routine to program the sound channels. Controls: Run the program, then type: SYS673,s1,s2,s3,s4,vol |
Cask Jumper May 1984, Pages 10-12. |
Stefan Wiechmann & Thomas Metz | Unexpanded | cask-jumper.t64 Screenshot |
Jump over the barrels. You must judge your speed carefully to land safely. Another barrel is added after each successful jump. Controls: Joystick. Note: Detach the tape after loading, otherwise the joystick controls may not work. If loaded from disk, press Run/Stop & Restore then RUN the program again. |
| Zauberwald (Magic Forest)  May 1984, Pages 13-15. |
Wolfgang Zopp | Unexpanded | zauberwald.d64 Screenshot |
Retrieve the treasure chest from inside the mountain, while avoiding the monsters. Your magic ball can be used to temporarily stop the monsters, and also clear boulders to help you reach the treasure. Hint: there is a second (unofficial) way to enter the cave. Controls: Joystick. |
Magic Protection May 1984, Pages 16-17. |
John Bettels & Rainer Pahmeyer | Unexpanded | magic-protect.t64 Screenshot |
Collect the tanks and then destroy the power generator. Controls: P (up), . (down), L (left), ; (right). Fire by holding Shift while pressing a direction key. |
| Expedition zum Mond (Expedition to the Moon)  Jun 1984, Pages 55-61. |
? | 16K expansion | exped-mond-16k.prg Screenshot |
You must fly to the moon, collect lunar samples, and return home safely. There are 14 stages including preparing to launch, leaving Earth orbit, landing on the moon, and searching for minerals. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. Most stages use the following keys: W (up), X (down), A (left), D (right), S (hold flight angle in stage 5), F1 (yes), F3 (no). |
| Frosch (Frog)  Jun 1984, Pages 62-65. |
Martin Bormann | 3K expansion | frosch-3k.prg Screenshot |
The frog sits on the upper half of the screen and the action takes place on the lower half. You control the jumper (pi), and you must eat all the dots without touching the obstacles. After clearing each screen, move to the podium to start the next level. If you complete all five screens without making any mistakes, then you control the frog and must catch the mosquitoes. Controls: Joystick. On the final screen, press F7 to catch the mosquitoes. |
| Schlecker (Treat)  Jul 1984, Pages 27-30. |
Michael Gentner | 8K expansion | schlecker-8k.t64 Screenshot |
Pac-Man game. Eat all the dots while avoiding the ghosts and other hazards. Only you can pass through the tunnels & revolving door. Only the ghosts can pass through the wobbly walls. On the bonus screen, you have 35 seconds to collect the letters in the correct order. Controls: Joystick. On the instructions screen, press Return to play the game. |
Miner Jul 1984, Pages 32-33. |
T Lauer | 3K expansion | miner-3k.t64 Screenshot |
Pengo game. Kill the Quatrons by sliding the blocks into them. Controls: Joystick or : (left), ; (right), F3 (up), F5 (down). Note: the instructions display the wrong keyboard controls! |
Tennis Aug 1984, Pages 22-23. |
H Schaden | Unexpanded | tennis-ii.prg Screenshot |
Pong game for two players. Use the bats to hit the ball back-and-forth across the court. The first player to reach 15 points wins. Controls: Paddles or CBM (player 1 up), Shift (player 1 down), UpArrow (player 2 up), = (player 2 down). |
Dangerous Planet Aug 1984, Pages 24-26. |
? | Unexpanded | danger-planet.t64 Screenshot |
Collect the crystals from the cavern floor and take them to your mothership. Avoid the deadly aliens. Controls: W (up), X (down), A (left), D (right). |
Mop! Aug 1984, Pages 27-28. |
Dietmar N | Unexpanded | mop.t64 Screenshot |
Grave Robber game. Collect the gold and jewels from each graveyard, while avoiding the crosses and energy walls. You must collect 10 items on each screen, then pass the ghosts on the final screen to win. Controls: F5 (up), F7 (down), Z (left), C (right). |
| Adress-datei (Address File)  Aug 1984, Pages 56-58. |
? | 16K expansion | adr-datei-16k.prg Screenshot |
Database, store names & addresses on your computer. This uses self-modifying code to incoproate records into the listing as DATA statements. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. The default password is "MAZOG". |
Shareholding Sep 1984, Pages 58-63. |
Frank Mueller | 16K expansion | sharehold-16k.t64 Screenshot |
Stockbroker game for two players. Earn money by buying & selling shares in six companies. Your starting capital sets the difficulty level: 100 DM (beginner), 50 DM (expert), 10 DM (professional). The game ends if you go bankrupt or earn 100,000 DM. Controls: Press Space to move the pointer, and Return to select the highlighted option. The five icons are: telephone (show current holdings), Hammer+V (sell), Hammer+A (buy), Help (take or repay loan, or play sharebreak card), Arrow (pass control to the next player). Follow on-screen prompts, and see the magazine for more info. |
Gallery Sep 1984, Pages 63-64. |
Peter Klauss | Super Expander+3K | gallery-se3k.prg Screenshot |
Vertically scrolling game. Fly through the cavern without hitting the walls. You must collect 15 diamonds in two minutes. Controls: Joystick. Press fire to shoot. |
| Gardener (The Gardner)  Sep 1984, Pages 66-67. |
Ronald Selzer | 8K expansion | the-gardner-8k.t64 Screenshot |
Water the flowers to help them grow, and try to get all the flower to the height shown on the screen. The game ends if the bonus runs out or any flowers dry up. Controls: < (left), > (right), X (water flower). |
| Begrifferaten (Guess Terms)  Oct 1984, Page 12. |
Oliver Smith | Unexpanded | begriffe-raten.prg Screenshot |
Word game. You must identify a hidden word from the definition shown on the screen. Controls: Type your guess one letter at a time. |
| Sammler 2 (Collector 2)  Oct 1984, Pages 13-15. |
P Robin | Unexpanded | sammler2.prg Screenshot |
Pac-Man maze game. Eat the dots dropped by the purple creature, while avoiding the red monsters. On the second screen, drop blocks around the monsters so they cannot move. Controls: Joystick. |
| Froschfänger (Frog Catcher)  Nov 1984, Pages 56-57. |
G Rahn | Unexpanded | froschfanger.prg Screenshot |
Catch the frogs with your net. The frogs hide in the grass and only appear when you stop moving. Points are deducted for every frog that escapes to safety. Controls: Joystick. |
| Rallye (Rally)  Nov 1984, Pages 58-61. |
Johannes Struller | 16K expansion | rallye-16k.t64 Screenshot |
Vertically scrolling car race for one or more players. Drive to the end of the twisty road as quickly as possible. Controls: Crsr-Down (left), Crsr-Right (right), Shift (hold to accelerate), Commodore (hold to brake), Control (hold to maintain current speed). |
| Synthisound (Synth Sound)  Dec 1984, Pages 24-26. |
Oliver Heggelbacher & Thorsten Scholz | 3K expansion | synthysound-3k.prg Screenshot |
Music program, play tunes on the computer. Note: the REM statements in the listing make interesting use of ASCII graphics. Controls: Enter the volume (1-15) and tone, then play tunes using the top two rows of the keyboard. Press Space to return to the menu. |
Underground Dec 1984, Pages 52-55. |
Michael Voigt | 16K expansion | underground-16k.t64 Screenshot |
Text adventure. Explore the underground caves to find the hidden treasure. Controls: Use two-word commands: O [up], U [down], L [left], R [right], NIMM [get], LEGE [drop], OEFFNE [open], WIRF [throw], VERTREIB (expel), HILF [help], INVE [inventory], SCHAU [look], ENDE [end], BEWEGE [move], MAGIE [magic]. |
| Sprites für VC-20 (Space Battle)  Feb 1985, Pages 41-45. |
? | 3K expansion | sprites-3k.t64 Screenshot |
Machine code program to create pseudo sprites. It includes a game Space Battle, where you must shoot the enemy ship without being hit. The template program sets up some useful variables for writing your own programs. Controls: See magazine for details. Use joystick to play Space Battle. |
Grafic Painter May 1985, Pages 36-38. |
H Spiegel | Unexpanded | grafic-painter.t64 Screenshot |
Hi-res drawing program. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
VIC-Clock Jun 1985, Pages 40-42. |
H Spiegel | 8K expansion | vic-clock-8k.prg Screenshot |
Displays a clock at the bottom of the screen. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Decelerator Jul 1985, Pages 66-68. |
Eberhard Aust | 8K expansion | decelerator-8k.prg Screenshot |
Utility that uses interrupts to slow down or pause other programs. It can be used with unexpanded software by entering 'J' when prompted. Controls: + (speed up), - (slow down), £ (pause), Restore (unpause). If they keyboard is unresponsive after unpausing then press Restore a second time. |
Joypaint Aug 1985, Pages 31-32. |
Siggi Hewer | 8K expansion | joypaint-8k.t64 Screenshot |
Hi-res drawing program. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Disassembler Sep/Oct 1985, Pages 45-47. |
Carsten Bieker | Unexpanded | disassembler.prg Screenshot |
Machine code disassembler, make printouts of disaddembly listings. Controls: Enter the program name, start address & end address. |
Old Sep/Oct 1985, Pages 58-60. |
Carsten Bieker | Unexpanded | old.prg Screenshot |
Recover BASIC programs that have been accidentally lost via the NEW command. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Dir Nov/Dec 1985, Pages 39-41. |
Uwe Puetz | Unexpanded | dir.prg Screenshot |
Make printouts of your disk directories. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
| Farb-IRQ (Colour IRQ)  Jan/Feb 1986, Pages 66-67. |
Andreas Fuhrig | Unexpanded | farb-irq.prg Screenshot |
Machine code utility, perform garbage collection etc. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
