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1040 TERMINATOR
BY STEPHEN STOUT
(synopsis)
Rush frantically through the maze of new "simplified" income tax laws,
grabbing deductions and dodging through loopholes to escape the dreaded auditing
android. This BASIC program works on 8-bit Atari computers with at least 48K
memory, disk or cassette.
Hmm... seems like only a year ago that you last came in contact with those
jolly folks at the Internal Revenue Service. How time flies when you're in the
middle-income tax bracket!
Once again you hippity-hopped down to that well-known accounting firm, Ed
and Martha's Discount Tax Service, only to find that Ed is on the lam -- charged
with tax evasion. And Martha now runs a folk-dancing school for wayward rodents.
You can't afford to take your taxes anywhere else, so you'll just have to do
them yourself. Blecch!
You must be meticulous in filling out your IRS forms to avoid going into
debt from tax payments or, like poor old Ed, requiring an operation carried out
by a competent cosmetic surgeon. You must carefully navigate the maze of new
simplified (ha,ha) tax laws, collecting as much money as you can. You must also
use the few remaining tax loopholes to avoid the IRS auditor who has been
assigned to your case.
Perhaps you could take some comfort in knowing that you're going through
the same trauma as every other American -- except Ed. But my conscience forces
me to warn you that, unlike most people, you aren't being hounded by just any
old IRS auditor. Because you have come under suspicion, as a longtime client of
Ed and Martha's Discount Tax Service, the IRS sent their toughest field agent
after you -- the 1040 Terminator.
Is the Terminator human? Nobody knows. All I can say is that you'd better
keep your hands and feet away from his mouth and don't stop running. The
Terminator never gives up. He can't be stopped and he'll keep chasing you until
he catches you. That's his job and the rumor is that he never loses an audit.
THE GAME
Take on the Terminator by downloading TERMINAT.BAS and RUNning it!
Plug a joystick into port 1 and, at the title screen, press the button to
start the action. 1040 Terminator is not too complicated, just intense. You're
in a maze and your goal is to pick up all the dollar signs without being caught
by the Terminator. If you get all the dollar signs, then you advance to the
next screen. If you finish all five screens, you win the game, the Terminator
is retired and Uncle Sam gives you a big fat simulated refund!
The Terminator is fast and tireless. But he just runs around the maze
randomly, changing direction each time he bumps into something. He's like a
chicken with his legs cut off. No, that's not quite right. Anyway, you only
have two lives so if he catches you twice, you're history.
LOOPHOLES
As if all this great action and exciting storyline wasn't enough, the game
has another feature. Naturally, you know that the only way to avoid the IRS
auditor is via tax loopholes. As it happens, each maze has several
strategically placed loopholes.
These loopholes are turnstiles which you can go through -- but fortunately,
they block the Terminator! This gives you quite a tactical advantage over him.
Use the loopholes wisely though, or you may outsmart yourself and wind up right
back in the clutches of the Terminator!
(bio)
Stephen Stout of Everett, Washington wrote last month's Adventure Creation
Kit as well as Diamond Dave (ANTIC, August 1987).