new products

New Products notices are compiled by the Antic staff from information provided by the products' manufacturers. Antic welcomes such submissions, but assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of these notices or the performance of the products listed.
 

ASPEN DATA-CALS
(keyboard guides)
Aspen Graphics
1032 W 23rd Street
Tempe, AZ 85282
(602) 829-8443

Data-Cals are decals for your keyboard. Available in either opaque or transparent forms, they enable you to add helpful information to your keyboard without permanent alteration. Customsized and available in various colors.
 

VIDEO TITLE EDITOR
(software)
Videoware
19777 W 12 Mile Road
Suite 180
Southfield, MI 48076
(313) 626-7208
$29.95
48K, disk or cassette

With only an Atari, your videorecorder and Video Title Editor it is now possible to record your own titles on videotape. Colored screens, leaders with snow or noise and custom messages can all be created.
 

MAXWELL MANOR
(software)
Microcomputer Games, Inc.
4517 Harford Rd
Baltimore, MD 21214
(301) 254-9200
$25
48K disk

A solitaire graphics horror/fantasy game, Maxwell Manor features 100 variations and ten skill levels. The player attempts to find the Skull of Doom, which controls the manor, and to destroy the skull.
 

SPACE TABLET
(input device)
Soniture, Inc.
2146 Paragon Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
(408) 435-0217
$150

The Space Tablet is a three dimensional input device. A receiver frame around your TV/video screen ultrasonically detects the position of a light pen type of transmitter up to six feet away. It then reports this information via a joystick port to the software. A sampler disk is included.
 

BASIC PROGRAMS FOR ATARI 600XL & 800XL
(book)
TAB BOOKS, Inc.
Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17214
(717) 794-2191
l26pp., 22 illus
$8.65 paperbound
$14.95 hardbound

A hands-on handbook, this publication guides you through 20 programs with the ultimate goal of showing you how to write your own applications in Atari BASIC.
 

PAPER CATCHER
(printing aid)
Buddy Products
1350 South Leavitt Street
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 733-6400
$49.95
Fits most printers.

As the name suggests, Paper Catcher catches and stacks continuous feed paper. Placed on top of the printer, it can handle labels and checks as well as regular formfeed paper. It is conveniently produced in putty-colored plastic, for the fashion-conscious computerist.
 

WISHBRINGER
(software)
Infocom, Inc.
55 Wheeler Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 492-1031
$34.95
48K disk

Scheduled for June release by the kings of all-text adventure, Wishbringer is a humorous and somewhat baroque entry-level interactive fantasy. The object is to find a missing cat using either "magic" (for beginners), or logic to solve the puzzle. Various evil characters complicate matters.

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