This book is for all Sinclair SPECTRUM users, whether they are beginners or already competent programmers.

It complements the Sinclair manual in carefully explaining the main features of Spectrum BASIC, and then showing how these can be used to create games or serious application programs.

Over 50 full programs are included, together with detailed explanations, as well as numerous short routines and three informative appendices.

Whether your interests lie in learning Spectrum BASIC, or in games or applications programs, you are sure to find something of interest and value in these pages.

The author has been involved in personal computing since the early 1970's, and has written many articles about various aspects of micro-computing, as well as several books, including THE ATOM MAGIC BOO and THE EXPLORERS GUIDE TO THE ZX81.