The May 1996 issue highlights developments across the ZX Spectrum and SAM Coupé scenes. In the opening notes and overview, the editors reflect on traveling to Cologne and the Czech Republic for MB02 hardware, improving the magazine viewer, and gathering reader feedback while seeking help with Internet file downloads, alongside previews of Issue 6 and reviews of Russian software, games, and demos. A detailed report covers the May 11 gathering in Cologne, where local enthusiasts and visitors from the Netherlands explored new software and hardware, including the SAM IDE interface. The news section reports on the MB-02+ disk interface launch, fresh Russian games, and upcoming projects by Paul Howard. In the letters column, Miles Kinloch examines the BLOCKMAKER animation routine, while Cat's Eye discusses game creation and IFF graphics conversion.
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