Soft Special (DK)

Soft Special was a bi-monthly, multi-format magazine published in Denmark by Forlaget Audio A/S. A total of 24 issues were produced, from Jan/Feb 1985 until Nov/Dec 1988. Earlier issues focused mainly on type-in program listings while later issues included news, reviews, interviews, cheats and other gaming-related content. The magazine's title changed to Soft with the Sep/Oct 1986 issue.

Danish computers have a slightly different Character ROM (see here). Three characters are changed: [ = Æ, ] = Å, and £ = Ø. This means that program listings use inverted Å for Crsr-Right and inverted Ø for Ctrl+3 (red), instead of the normal characters. If a standard Character ROM is used then these special characters will not be shown correctly.

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SoftSpecial.d64

17 programs

Program	Author	Requirements	Files	Info
Garfield II Issue 1 (Jan 1985), Page 17.	Hans Henrik	Unexpanded	garfield.prg Screenshot	Displays a hi-res picture of cartoon cat Garfield. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts.
Skaerm-Koordinater Issue 1 (Jan 1985), Page 25.	Palle Nielsen	Unexpanded	koordinater.prg Screenshot	Subroutine to implement a PRINT AT function. Controls: Enter some text, followed by the desired X,Y coordinates.
House Defender Issue 1 (Jan 1985), Page 44.	Jesper Udby	Unexpanded	house defender.prg Screenshot	Shoot the UFO using the large gun located between the buildings. Controls: Shift (fire).
Happy Days Issue 1 (Jan 1985), Page 47.	Niels-Jorgen Bertelsen	Unexpanded	happy days.prg Screenshot	Calculate your age in days, and also find out what day of the week you were born. Controls: Enter today's date together with the weekday, then enter your birthday.
VIC-Diagram Issue 1 (Jan 1985), Page 49.	Bjarne Knudsen	Unexpanded	vic-diagram.prg Screenshot	Enter up to twelve values, one for each month, and they will be displayed on a bar chart. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts.
VIC-Interrupt Issue 2 (Mar 1985), Pages 4-5.	?	Unexpanded	vic-interrupt.t64 Screenshot	Programming demo, two fully documented machine code programs showing how to use interrupts. Controls: Prog 1: F1 (change screen colour). Prog 2: F1 (change screen colour), F2 (reset screen colour), F3 (keys auto-repeat), F4 (no repeat), F5 (disable Run/Stop + Restore), F6 (enable Run/Stop + Restore), F7 (disable LIST command), F8 (enable LIST command).
Priksamler (Star Race) Issue 2 (Mar 1985), Page 24.	Kim Rahbaek Ahler	Unexpanded	star race.prg Screenshot	Collect all the dots while avoiding the blocks. Controls: W (up), Z (down), A (left), D (right).
Race Issue 2 (Mar 1985), Pages 40-41.	Henning Petersen	Unexpanded	racer i.prg Screenshot	Vertically scrolling car race. Drive as far as you can without crashing. Note: To load/save the high score onto tape then remove the REM statement from the end of line 10. Controls: Joystick with F1-F7 (speed).
Luk Rummet (Close the Room) Issue 2 (Mar 1985), Page 49.	Bjarne Malmgren	Unexpanded	luk rummet.prg Screenshot	Dice game a.k.a. Close the Box. Two dice are rolled. Players can either close one box, or use each dice separately to close two boxes. If nothing can be closed then the sum of the dice is deducted as a penalty. The game ends at -45 points. Controls: 1/2 (select choice), F1 (continue), F3 (new roll), F7 (end).
CPR Issue 3 (May/Jun 1985), Pages 24-25.	Niels Jorgen Bertelsen	Unexpanded	cpr-nummer.prg Screenshot	Check CPR numbers, and calculate all valid replacement digits for a given date of birth. A CPR number is a Danish civil registration number with the format DDMMYY-CCCC. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts.
Talkode Issue 3 (May/Jun 1985), Page 31.	Niels Jorgen Bertelsen	Unexpanded	talkode.prg Screenshot	Convert binary & decimal numbers. It can also list all numbers from 0 to 255 in binary & decimal. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts.
Race Issue 6 (Nov/Dec 1985), Page 17.	Kim Berg Hansen	Unexpanded	race.prg Screenshot	Vertically scrolling car race. Try to drive 1000m down a twisty road without crashing. Note: It may be necessary to change gears before the steering will work. Controls: Joystick (up/down to change gear).
Hole In One (The VIC Open) Issue 6 (Nov/Dec 1985), Pages 28-30.	Lars Rosendal	Unexpanded	vic open.t64 Screenshot	Golf game. Try to complete a 9-hole course with the fewest strokes. Controls: Move the player to the ball using A,Z,N,M, press T, then select a club (1-9). Club 9 is a putter that moves the ball one square.
Morse-traener (Morse Alfabetet) Issue 6 (Nov/Dec 1985), Page 32.	Thomas Knudsen	Unexpanded	morse alfabetet.prg Screenshot	Morse code trainer. The computer plays a word using Morse code, and you must type it in. Controls: Type the word.
Karakter Tegner (Karakter Definering) Issue 6 (Nov/Dec 1985), Page 54.	Kim Berg Hansen	Unexpanded	karakter defin.prg Screenshot	Character designer. Draw your own user defined graphics, and display the DATA values. Controls: P (up), . (down), L (left), : (right), F1 (toggle draw or clear), F7 (show DATA values).
Space Mission Issue 7 (Jan/Feb 1986), Pages 40-41.	Finn Kjoer	Unexpanded	space mission.prg Screenshot	Maze game. You have 25 seconds to collect all the satellites before they explode. Controls: K (up), M (down), Z (left), X (right).
Phonebase Issue 8 (Mar/Apr 1986), Page 32.	Thomas Lind Hansen	Unexpanded	phone base.prg Screenshot	Database. Store addresses & telephone numbers on your computer. Add/edit records by modifying the DATA statements (lines 600+). Controls: Follow on-screen prompts.