Features p.36 The Coinless Arcade [author Gregg Williams] With microcomputer games, you can have your fun and your quarters too. p.42 Build a Touch Tone Decoder for Remote Control [author Steve Clarcia] Once you get your computer to answer the telephone and decode tone signals, you can use it for remote control. p.134 Color Computer from A to D, Make Your Color Computer "See and "Feel" Better [author William Barden Jr] Hardware and software projects to tie your Color Computer to the real world. p.166 The Atari Tutorial, Part 4: Display-List Interrupts [author Chris Crawford] How to get the most out of the Atari 400 and 800s color-graphics features. p.190 How to Build a Maze [author David Matuszek] Generate unique random mazes for puzzles and games. p.198 Toward a Structured 6809 Assembly Language, Part 2: implementing a Structured Assembler [author Gregory Walker] Implementing GOTO-less structure in an already existing language is easy with macroinstructions. p.229 MIKBUG and the TRS-80, Part I: A Cross-Assembler for the Motorola 6800 [author Robert Labenski] A TRS-80 cross-assembler package for those who are tired of hand-assembling code and loading it two bytes at a time into MIKBUG. p.258 What Makes Computer Games Fun? [author Thomas W Malone] Why the average outer-space game may be more educational than many classroom drill-and-practice programs. p.320 Computer Scrabble [author Joseph J Roehrig] Give your computer a vocabulary and challenge it to a fascinating game of micro-Scrabble. p.352 Generating Programs Automatically [author Jacob R Jacobs] Three utility programs help write the Applesoft BASIC program for you. p.366 BYTE's Cumulative Index [author Microcomputer Information Services] Our six-year cumulative index will put an end to your random searches through past issues of BYTE for that specific article. p.452 Online information Retrieval: Promise and Problems [author Steven K Roberts] The public must be convinced that online databases provide efficiency, economy and convenience. p.474 Handi-Writer, A Video Note Pad for the Physically Handicapped [author Howard Batie] How to turn the TRS-80 into a communications device for severely handicapped persons. Reviews p.24 Robotwar [author Curtis Feigel] p.74 BYTE's Arcade Olympic Decathlon [author David A Kater] Missile Defense vs ABM [author Robert Moskowitz] Gorgon [author Peter V Callamaras] Commbat: A Trio Game for Two [author George Stewart] p.108 alphaSyntauri Music Synthesizer [author Steve Levine and Bill Mauchly] p.163 Battle of the Asteroids [author Gregg Williams] p.304 Pascal-80 [author Rowland Archer] p.486 Starfighter [author Eric Grammer] Nucleus p.6 Editorial: New Games, New Directions p.14 Letters p.22, 132 BYTE's Bits p.132, 483 Book Reviews: AIM 65 Laboratory Manual and Study Guide; Apple Machine Language p.252 Ask BYTE p.278 System Notes: The Game of Left/Right p.302 BYTE Game Contest p.314 BYTELINES p.462 Event Queue p.465 Books Received p.466 Clubs and Newsletters p.467 Software Received p.469 Technical Forum: Apple X10 Control p.484 Languages Forum: APL Runs Circles p.489 what's New? p.542 uclassified Ads p.543 Reader Service p.544 BOMB, BOMB Results