Your 64 (October 1985)

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_{Cover of the October 1985 issue of Your 64}

Your 64 is a Commodore 64 magazine that also covered the VIC-20 that was published in the U.K. It was relatively short-lived as a stand-alone magazine as it was incorporated into Your Commodore after 14 issues. The October 1985 issue includes:

Megagames

Rocky LXIV - A review of McGuigan's World Championship Boxing for the C64.

Desert Island Risks - A review of Spy Vs Spy: The Island Caper for the C64.

Review

Art Attack - A comparison of various art packages for the Commodore 64 including Tony Hart's Art Master, Paintbox, Doodle, and Mr. Pixel's Programming Paint Set.

Mind Your Language - A look at programming languages available for the Commodore 64. Products in this overview include Ada, Comal 80, Fig-Forth, Forth+, Forth 64 (from three different companies), Tiny-Forth, White Lighting, Logo, Oxford Pascal, Pascal 64 (from two companies), Pilot, and Pilot-Plus/64.

Games

Arcade Ace - Hints, tips and strategies for Spy Hunter, Dambusters, Rockford's Riot, Elite, and Summer Games II plus a competition involving Summer Games II.

Miss Adventure - A brief look at Red Moon plus questions answered about The Hulk, Twin Kingdom Valley, and The Hobbit.

Chart Challenge - Top ten game charts including "Top Ten Classics" (Impossible Mission takes the top spot) and "Top Ten Hot Shots" (Pitstop II takes the top spot).

_{Table of Contents from the October 1985 issue of Your 64}

Programming

64 Programmer of the Year - A reader submitted sprite creator wins him a Commodore 128. This program is available to type in here.

Open Access

News - Beyond joins forces with Nexus to release Nexus; Ultimate releases Blackwyche; Dk'Tronics releases Popeye; Robocom releases a series of turbo catridges to speed up disk and tape loading; Global Software releases The Magician's Ball, Activision releases Ballblazer, Rescue on Fractalus, and Gamemaker; and lots more.

Hardlines - Reviews of books including Artificial Intelligence Projects for the Commodore 64, Commodore 64 Expansion Guide, and Peeks and Pokes.

Networds - What's new on Compunet and Micronet. Not the same as the Internet but one of the closest things to it at the time I suppose.

Core Material

Missives - Letters from readers about joysticks, Commodore 64 coverage in Australia,
Scratchpad - Short programs submitted by readers to removing spaces from programs, displaying a directory without disturbing memory, changing fonts, quick saving any block in memory, and more.

_{Back cover of the October 1985 issue of Your 64}