| Category | Name | Creator | Description |
| Brainware | Brass Ring | Maurice Jones | A special treat for this issue! A second Jones solitaire, this one a brand new, never-played-by-human-hands ROTATO game. Bravo! |
| Brainware | Double Bluff | Knees Calhoon | A bit of fluff, this very simple betting game has some new cards and a small challenge to it. |
| Brainware | Fortress | Maurice Jones | Maurice makes sure you don't get too lackadaisical by presenting an extra tough solitaire. |
| Brainware | Mated Again | Floyd Kirk, Knees Calhoon | Fifteen more chess problems to be solved with MATE IN TWO (from LS #171). Moderate to very tough. |
| Brainware | Puzzle Page #181 | Barbara Schulak, Knees Calhoon | Four crossword puzzles and a rant about Alan Greenspan and why Knees can't compose songs anymore. |
| Funware | Alfredo's Lost Cause | Matthew Heeschen, Rick Cramer | The first Alfredo program published on LOADSTAR, upgraded to work on any drive. A true collectible! |
| Funware | Alien Infiltration 2 | Cheryl de Boissiere | The saga of the saucers continues, with an Egyption detective leading the way to sex and danger. Mostly danger. |
| GEOSware | Jane's Birds | Jane M. Voskamp-Jones | A geoPaint document of birds from downunder, suitable for clipping -- the document, not the birds! |
| Grafixware | Loadstar Acid Test of 1999 | Walt Harned, Knees Calhoon | A hyperstory about a LOADSTAR bash that may have only taken place in Knees' addled brain. Pics by Walt the Magnificent. |
| Grafixware | Munchkin Movie | Dave Moorman | A demo of dancing babies and wild, crazy music. There's more to this demo than you'd think. |
| Loadstar Files | BASICS: Lode Runner Homage | Knees Calhoon | A tribute and quick look at one of the all-time classic gamer for the C-64. |
| Loadstar Files | BYTES: PI Calc | Bill McLeod, Fender Tucker | Two ways to use Liebniz's algorithm for calculating pi. |
| Loadstar Files | Centsible Software List | Centsible Software | A list of new and used software available from the world's largest 8-bit software company. |
| Loadstar Files | Credits/Warranty | Loadstar | Kudos for the deserving -- and our promise to y ou. |
| Loadstar Files | Diskovery: The end of an Era | Fender Tucker | A look back on Softdisk as Softdisk closes down and a look forward to Loadstar #182. |
| Loadstar Files | GEOS Finder v1.0 | Maurice Randall | Find any file quickly, even on the most complicated hardware system, thanks to Maurice! |
| Loadstar Files | Loadstar Briefs | TItle Screen Viewer, Text Printer, Contents/Directory Printer, LS Library Appender. | |
| Loadstar Files | Loadstar Forum | Fender Tucker | Epistles from the LOADSTARites. |
| Loadstar Files | Newsletter Naniskad | Fender Tucker | Fender culls the most informative and interesting tidbits from the many newsletters he gets. |
| Loadstar Files | Star Board | Check out the STAR BOARD for important annoucements. | |
| Loadstar Files | TOON - A Loadstar Contest | Walt Harned, Knees Calhoon | The winner of the TOON 178 contest is announced. |
| Musicware | Amadeus III | Dave Marquis | The third of a six-part series of all of Amadeus Wolfgang's Mozart's symphonies, by the maestro, Dave Marquis. |
| Utilityware | Toolbox 181 | Lee Novak | The names says it all. It's all of the best tools from MR. MOUSE without the mouse commands. Use this toolbox! |
| Utilityware | Toolbox 181 Summary | Lee Novak | Print this out for easy tooling. |