I loved Dr. Dobb's Journal too, and I also really looked forward to each delicious issue of Creative Computing as a kid! Like so many others, I read the Adventure source code and typed in the Star Trek source code.

I also loved all the Beagle Bros software and programming tools, and especially their catalogs and ads. (And NO, they were definitely NOT "Brogrammers", they were freaks!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_Bros

http://beagle.applearchives.com/

http://beagle.applearchives.com/Catalogs/Tip_Book_1(Searchab...