Commodore 64 Books published by Usborne Publishing Ltd

The following is a list of Commodore 64 Books published by Usborne Publishing Ltd in the Centre for Computing History collection. It is not an exhaustive list of and other books may have been published. If you have a book that you would like to donate to our collection, please view our donations page.

There are 3 Commodore 64 Books published by Usborne Publishing Ltd in our collection :
Order By : Title - Release Date - Publisher
A Computer Adventure Game: Island of Secrets Date: 1984 A Computer Adventure Game: Island of Secrets

This book contains an exciting adventure program for you to type into your computer. As you play the game on the computer, the imaginary world of the game is vividly recreated in colourful pictures in the book and you can find clues hidden in the pictures to help you.
An adventure game takes you into a different world where you have to pit your wits against magical forces, evil creatures and powerful tyrants. The books give thorough instructions on how to play and hints on what to do if you get stuck.
The programs are written in a standard BASIC and there are conversions listed to make them suitable for the Commodore 64, expanded VIC 20, TRS-80 Colour Computer (32K), Apple II, BBC (32K), Electron and 48K Spectrum.

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Author: Jenny Tyler, Les Howarth

Computer Spy Games Date: 1984 Computer Spy Games

For Commodore 64, VIC 20, BBC and Electron, Spectrum, Apple and TRS-80. For Scholastic Book Club. Games use BASIC to function/teach. 17 Pages.
Contents:
Spy Eyes
Searchlight
Robospy
Spy Q Test
Secret Message Maker
Rendezvous
Morse Coder

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Author: Jenny Tyler Chris Oxlade

Weird Computer Games Date: Weird Computer Games

For Commodore 64, VIC 20, BBC and Electron, Spectrum, Apple and TRS-80. For Scholastic Book Club. Games use BASIC to function/teach. 5 Pages.
Contents:
Skulls of The Pyramid
Monster Wrestling
Jaws
Flying Witches

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Author: Jenny Tyler Chris Oxlade

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