Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Reference library/SoftSide

This page contains primarily video-game specific content from SoftSide computing magazine.

Archive collection: https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine?sort=titleSorter


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 * April 1980): Word Challenge (80-US)
 * May 1980): Tycoon
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 * December 1980): Olympic Decathlon, Galaxy Invasion


 * January 1981): FS1 Flight Simulator, Dogfight
 * February 1981): Lunar Lander, Interactive Fiction (Adventure International)
 * March 1981): (reviews not in scan) ABM, Galaxy Wars, Monty Plays Monopoly
 * April 1981): Temple of Apshai, Dragonquest (Programmer's Guild)
 * May 1981): Hellfire Warrior, Basketball (Acorn Software)
 * June 1981): Lords of Karma, Poker Tournament (Adventure International), Thrilogy of Games (On-Line Systems)
 * July 1981): Computer Napoleonics (Strategic Simulations), Atlantian Odyssey (Interpro)
 * August 1981):
 * September 1981): RobotWar
 * October 1981): Pool 1.5
 * November 1981):
 * December 1981): Voyage of the Valkyrie, Race for Midnight (Avant-Garde Creations), Missile Command


 * January 1982):
 * February 1982): Protector Parsector V
 * March 1982): Apple Panic K-Razy Shoot-Out  Starfighter (Adventure International)
 * April 1982):
 * May 1982): (several games reviews in table of contents, but scan cuts off prematurely) Ghost Hunter, Crush Crumble and Chomp, Space Chase, Outdoor Games, Robot Attack, Missile Attack, Microworld
 * June 1982): Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
 * July 1982): Firebird (Gebelli Software)
 * August 1982): Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds Deadline  Alien Defense (Soft Sector Marketing Inc)
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 * November 1982): Las Vegas Blackjack (Quala), The Millionaire (Micro-Z Applications) Asylum  Galaxy Invasion Plus (Big Five Software), Sea Dragon  Clowns and Balloons, Shooting Arcade, Preppie, Raster Blaster, Nautilus, Shamus  Choplifter, Track Attack, Star Blazer
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 * January 1983):
 * February 1983): The Arcade Machine
 * March 1983): Aqua-Run (Soft Spot Micro Systems Inc) The Battle of Shiloh  Panik (Fantastic Software),  Miner 2049er
 * April 1983): Bolo Microsoft Flight Simulator  Astro Chase  Protector II, Submarine Commander  Time Runner, Armored Patrol (Automated Simulations)
 * May 1983): Dunzhin The Eliminator  Pinball Construction Set  Slime
 * June 1983):
 * July 1983): Weerd (Big Five Software), Jabbertalky Facts in Five
 * August 1983): WarGames Zork I  Suspended  Night Mission Pinball  Prisoner 2  (some of the pages in the scan are backwards) Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress, Jumbo Jet Pilot (Thorn EMI Video Programming), Shamus: Case II, Matchboxes (Broderbund), Fredericksburg (Avalon Hill Game Co)
 * September 1983): (several issues in a row had no cover date, so I am not sure when certain months got skipped)
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 * January 1984): Neutral Zone (Access Software Inc), Space Sentinel (T&F Software), Clash (Computer Shack), Desert Peril (Fantastic Software), Devil's Tower (Fantastic Software), Pentapus (Turning Point Software), Thunderbombs (Penguin Software), Crime Wave (Penguin Software), Laser Bounce (Hayden Software Company), Shuttle Intercept (Hayden Software Company), Kamikaze (Hayden Software Company), Axis Assassin, Hard Hat Mack, Spectre, Space Strike, Big Top, Galaxy Master (Info-Pros), Master Miner, Home Computer Major League Baseball (North Shore Software), Zaxxon, Preppie! II, Donkey Kong, M.U.L.E., Archon, A.E., David's Midnight Magic, Spider Quake (Gentry Software), Star Base Fighter (Gentry Software), Spy's Demise, Flying Ace (Avalon Hill Microcomputer Games), Moon Patrol (Avalon Hill), Zeppelin, Rainbow Walker, Alley Cat
 * February 1984): Necromancer, Pokersam (Don't Ask Computer Software) Blue Max, Space Guardian (OMRIC Corporation)