The fourth issue of the magazine features reviews of current software, text adventure games, and electronic demoscene press. It includes detailed walkthroughs for Advanced Tactical Fighter and Wizard's Lair, alongside a preview of the strategy game Demoniada. Technical sections offer Z-80 assembly programming tutorials and a guide on converting NES music to the AY sound chip. The edition also covers reports from the Crazy Siberian Party 2002, results of the Antique Toy 2002 virtual contest, and a series of interviews with prominent scene musicians, hackers, and developers. Rounding out the issue is a collection of humorous satirical sketches about operating systems and computers, alongside literary entries.
Issue contents:
- Introduction - reviews of Promised Land.
- Speccy News - the main news at this moment is the release into the world of our new site SpecNet, Glider/NRG is developing a project in the Real Time Strategy genre, Millennium`1903 will be!
- Software review - Horror Word, Best View 2.16, Quick Commander 2.71, ACE 0.68, Proview 1.0, Video Studio 0.6.
- Game review - Virtue da dirty soul, Lord of Darkness.
- Press review - Genz 4, IzhNews #0D, Don News 19, ZX-Time 11,12.
- Walkthrough - a detailed description of the game Advanced Tactical Fighter.
- Walkthrough - detailed description of the game WIZARD`S LAIR!
- Demo version - description of the demo version of the strategy game Demoniada.
- Etudes - new project "Etudes in programming in Z-80 assembler".
- Spectrum Network - another site dedicated to Spectrum has appeared on the World Wide Web.
- Party - report from Crazy Siberian Party 2002.
- ANTIQUE TOY COMPO - virtual compos are becoming quite a popular substitute for all kinds of parties.
- VIRTUAL TR-DOS - about how American copycats decided to close the Spectrum website.
- ParaDiGMus-2003 - announcement of a new computer festival.
- Troubles with sound - how to play music from NES on an AY chip.
- Blitz survey - interview with musician C-jeff.
- Blitz survey - interview with the author of the ZX Time newspaper.
- Blitz survey - an interview with musician and programmer Shiru Otaku.
- Blitz survey - interview with musician Avatar.
- Blitz survey - interview with hacker lzb/j77.
- Blitz survey - interview with Wild_Сlaus.
- Blitz survey - interview with DJ I-Kick.
- NEED YOUR HELP - sale: books, software, disks, hardware.
- Closette DOS - a rustic toilet, a cramped stall, a hole in the floor, extremely easy to build.
- Tech.Support - If people drove cars the same way they work on computers...
- Jokes - for every taste.
- Erotica - Women of primary school age.
- Erotica - Yanka's ass.
- Erotica - diary of the Newlywed.
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