STARSHIP by N. Lock from Sinclair User #6 (September 1982) To mark the first issue of our special Spectrum User section, we decided to include a special program as the first to be published for the new machine. It is the first we have seen which has solved the problem of how to achieve the SCROLL instruction, needed for the more interesting games. It had its own key on the ZX-81 but on the Spectrum it has to be done by a small routine. It was developed by N Lock of Faversham, Kent to allow him to adapt the Galaxy Patrol program which appeared in our May edition. In the program printed here, called Starship, SCROLL is obtained by lines 80 and 85: POKE 23692,255 and PRINT AT 21,31;"(two spaces)". That allows you to play a good game with the Starship either avoiding or shooting down asteroids, shown as stars, and calling into the re- fuelling areas, an inverse X. The Starship is an inverse arrow on the H key. Sideways movements are controlled by the cursor keys 5 and 8, and 0 is pressed for firing. The aim is to shoot as many asteroids as possible without running out of fuel. -- Another Fine Product transcribed by: Jim Grimwood, Weardale, England (http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jimg/) --