_{Cover of the October 1988 issue of ACE}

ACE, short for Advanced Computer Entertainment, is a computer gaming magazine that was published in the U.K. though it also had some non-gaming content. In its later days it covered only 16-bit systems but earlier on it covered a wider variety of computers. The October 1988 issue was the one year anniversary issue and includes:

Specials

• Games Milestones - A look at some of the games that changed gaming. Some of the titles covered include Renegade, Knight Orc, Out Run, Oids, Xenon, Captain Blood, Defender of the Crown, Dungeon Master, Carrier Command, Interceptor, Leatherneck, Universal Military Simulator, Beyond Zork, Shadowgate, Tetris, Rampage, and more.


• Pixel Profits - Part two of a series. This month the focus is on graphics and visual games design.


• Power to the Player - Are 16-bit computers already obsolete? A look at the 32-bit Acorn Archimedes.

_{Table of Contents from the October 1988 issue of ACE}

Interface

• News - Commodore's sales numbers skyrocket based on the success of the Amiga; Federation of Free Traders coming soon from Gremlin for the Atari ST, Amiga and PC (DOS); Predator and Megablaster joysticks coming from Konix; Suncom announces Analog Plus joystick; Total Eclipse announced for the Atari ST and Amiga; other upcoming titles include Battle Chess (Amiga, DOS), Extensor (Amiga, Atari ST), Jordan vs. Bird: One On One (Commodore 64, DOS), Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge (Amstrad, C64, Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST), and The Mars Saga (Commodore 64); and much more.


• Previews - A briea look at upcoming games, including B.A.T. (Ubi Soft), Neuromancer (Electronic Arts), Veteran (Software Horizons), Soldier of Fortune (Firebird), Luxor (Software Horizons), Final Command (Ubi Soft), The Black Orchid (Mundane Software), Fusion (Electronic Arts), and Powerdrome (Electronic Arts).

_{Table of Contents from the October 1988 issue of ACE}

Sight...

• Weather Report - Techniques for taking a landscape photo and altering it to reflect different weather conditions.


• Graphics Accounts - PAL versions of Electronic Arts productivity software to be unprotected; PAL version of Deluxe Video 1.2 now available; latest version of Express Paint adds HAM mode and more; DigiView 3 from NewTec now available; and more.

And Sound

• The Food of Love - A report on the British Music Fair and the hardware and software shown there.


• In Concert - Terry Riley guests with Electric Symphony orchestra. Plus, bands that use the Atari ST.

Gameplay

• Screen Test - Reviews of Starglider 2 (Amiga, Atari ST), Fernandez Must Die (Commodore 64), Overlander (Atari ST), Eliminator (Atari ST), Empire (Amiga, Atari ST), Summer Olympiad (Atari ST, Commodore 64), Netherworld (Commodore 64), The Empire Strikes Back (Atari ST), Star Goose (Atari ST), Star Ray (Amiga), The Games: Winter Edition (Commodore 64), Barbarian II (Commodore 64), Super Hang-On (Atari ST), Zynaps (Atari ST), and more.


• Arcade Revolution - East Midlands Leisure develops the INTEC Video System. It's basically an arcade machine that uses a standard Atari 1040ST internally. One interesting note is that they say they chose the Atari ST because it was believed that it was more reliable than the Amiga in harsh conditions.


• Tricks 'n' Tactics - A code snippet to give you infinite lives in Oids, a playing guide for Football, a complete list of codes for Better Dead Than Alien, tons of tips for Pandora, some tips for Virus, how to get invincibility in Leatherneck, a map for Dark Side, and more.

_{Back cover of the October 1988 issue of ACE}

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