Games - COMPUTE!

	Games - COMPUTE!

COMPUTE! () was a classic computer magazine that was published from 1979 to 1994. In its 1980s heyday it covered all major platforms, and several single-platform spinoffs of the magazine were launched. One of these was COMPUTE!'s Gazette
, catering to Commodore computer users.

In addition, Compute! published a large number of computer books.

The magazine often featured machine code type-in programs, usually simple video games listed as hexadecimal numbers that could be POKEd into the memory of a home computer such as a VIC-20 or Atari 400. Listings could also be entered with a program provided in each issue called MLX (available for Apple II and Commodore hardware, and written in Basic). It was noted particularly for software such as the multiplatform word processor SpeedScript.

Noted columnists included educator Fred D'ignazio and famous science fiction author Orson Scott Card.

In May 1988, the magazine changed its focus to PCs and PC clones and dispensed with the type-in listings. During the early 1990s, with the decline of the home computer market in favor of the PC market, COMPUTE! went out of publication for a while until it was sold to General Media, publishers at the time of Omni and Penthouse magazines. Publication finally ceased in 1994 as other PC magazines gained prominence.

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