Make your Amiga faster for under a tenner SPECIAL CELEBRATION COVERDISK NO. 100!
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FUTURE WARS) 11®- 19.49 REACH FOR THE SKIES 1199 WORDWORTH V3.1 AGA WORD PUBLISHER. (1 MB. INSTALLABLE)...... IB- REALMS 1 MB ...... 10*9 10 OUT OF 10 • JUNIOR ESSENTIALS :5 11). Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMCLASSIC COLLECTION • LUCAS ARTS RISE CF THE ROBOTS I MB- . 27.49 PREMIER TOP QUALITY WORD PUBLISHER BUILDING FOUNDATIONS FOR MANY AREAS ■WONKEY ISLAND. NOV JONES 6 THE ROAD RASH ...... 10.49 PACKAGE 12 MB. EXTERNAL OSK OR OF THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM |l MB LASTCRJSAOE LOCW. MAMAC ROBINSONS REOUBM 1 MB 20*9 HARD DRIVE REOUIREDl " INSTALLABLE! 1t. MANSION ZAK MDKRACKENl I MB* 19.49 R3RKES DRIFT ...... 7.99 H 10 OUT OF 10 MATHS NUMBERS .5 16) NC (1 »* CLUB FOOTBALL 1 MB...... 19.49 RUFF AND TUMBLE I MB- 18*9 AMIGA APPLICATIONS B INSTALLABLE)...... IB. RUGBY LEAGUE COACH 1 MB . 1899 AMOS - PROFESSIONAL. COMBAT CLASSICS 2 1 MB SABRE TEAM 1599 AOI ENGLISH (11-12) ...... IB. (SILENT SERVICE 2. FI 9 STEALTH SCRABBLE (US GOLD) 19 49 POWERFUL GAMES CREATOR ADI FRENCH 112-131 ...... IB- FIGHTER. PACIFIC ISLAND) 20.99 SECOND SAMURAI 1 MB(N012i 9*9 (I MB. NSTALLABLE) ...... 2 1.99 ADI GCSE ENGLISH PACK (H 161(1 MB) ...... 23. COMBAT CLASSICS 3 SECRET OF V*>*£Y ISLANO 1 V8 12.99 AMOS - COMPILER PROFESSIONAL AOI GCSE FRENCH PACK (14-181(1 MB) ...... 23 (HISTORYUN€. CAMPAIGN. SECRET OF l*>KEY ISLANO 2 1 V612 99 COMPILES AND SPEEDS UP PROGRAMS ADI GCSE MATHS PACK U4-16I |i MBl...... 23 GUNSHIP 20MI1 MB- 21*9 SENS8LE GOLF 1 MB 20 *9 WRITTEN IN AMOS. EASYRWOS OR AMOS PRO AOI JUNIOR READING (4-5l...... IB. CRICKET MASTERS IESP) 1 MB • 18.99 SENSBLE SOCCER (I MB. NSTALLABLE! ...... 2 1.99 ALVMS PUZZLES (60) DAWN PATRCL 1 MB...... 22 99 - 92 93 SEASON ...... 4 99 AMOS • CRAFT. TWO GAMES TEACMNG LOGIC. SPELUN3 AND . OESERT STRIKE 1 MB 1099 - NTERNATIONAL EDITION 1 MB 14 99 ADOCN EXTENSION TO AMOS OR AMDS PRC READING FREE GAME VOUCHER IS. S S S S 'S tO U C T U UNTl JAM " OETRCT 1 MB ...... 21 *9 SENS6.E WORLD OF SCCCERiUB 1999 GIVING OVER 160 NEW COMMANDS AND FUN SCHOOL 4 12-51 ...... 17. OOGFIGHT 1 V1B ...... 12.99 SETTLERS ...... 1699 NSTRUCTIONS (1 MB. NSTALLABLEl 1. .99 FUN SCHOOL 4 15-71 ...... 17. (XSOFFER - DEOUCT C3 UNTA. JA™3U SHADOWORLDS INC 121 ...... 399 JAN 31) OREAMWEB 1 MB...... 22.99 SILENT SERVICE 2 1 MB ...... 11.99 DATASTORE DATABASE SYSTEM FUN SCHOOL 4 17.)...... 17. ON THE BALL HARD DRIVE ONLY DUNE 2 1 MB...... 20 99 SIM CLASSICS 3 IN 1 SIMPLE TO USE. FULLY FEATURED THOROUGH FUN SCHOOL SPECIAL - MERLIN S MATHS '11)1B- • LEAGUE EOTION ...... 20.49 EUTE 2 (FBONTIERl 1 MB...... 14 99 SIM CITY CLASSIC SIM LIFE. DATABASE SYSTEM FEATURING A WOFDWORTH FUN SCHOOL SPECIAL-SPELLING FAIR (7-13) IB. WORLD CUP EDITION...... 20.49 EMBRYO- 18*9 SIM ANT 1 MB 2399 UKE INTERFACE. 11 MB. INSTALLABLE! • ...... 3 1.99 MEGA MATHS A- LEVEL 116.) (1 MB) ...... IB. 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FPU 14*0 5<*Hz Mud, falter than an Amiga 4000KMO— B A R E B O A R D l l l t . t l J B M H a F P U 125 4MB VIPER BOARD 1249.*) JIMHz FPU «M # >MB VIPER BOARO 142*.*! 40MM. FPU (M 50MHa F P M B Hit SCSI-II ADAPTOR 17* 4ME SIMM ill9.fl •OtrorUMrD-O-CHrenUotfauO—OrlrcrUoeMrt) Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMEilGH SPEC, LOW COST £ 9 » * s a O'*5 {4»»s X L DRIVE 1.76MB SUPER XL DRIVE INTERNAL DRIVES POWER DRIVES The new X L O n e 1.76MB now comes m a The Super X L Drive is the only kind of floppy W e use the same drive mechanisms as The Poner Drive is most impressive drive of brand new metal casing which is half the drive of its kmd on the Amiga market1 The Commodore to ensure complete compatibilty its kind on the market and now includes Blitz height of a standard external floppy drive. innovative dnve can store a massive 35MB on Amiga and Floppy Expander. Floppy Expander The X L Drive allows you to store a massive one high density floppy disk, (without allows you to compress files only on floppy PC II2 A2000 INTERNAL 110.95 1.76MB on a high density disk. The A4000 compressing the file!). This <*rve is available disks by up to 50*. Cither features include: PCII1 A600I200 INT. (IS.tS internal drive fits perfectly underneath the from late November/earty December Anti-didc Anb-Virus, Isolabon Switch. 2 Year onginal drive, no case cutting required. Guarantee. Thru’port, Cyclone Compatible ECONOMY DRIVE Chip, Built-in Backup Hardware and Btrtz XL DRIVE I.74MR £59.95 XL DRIVE IN TERN AL £55.95 SUPER XL DRIVE 3.5MB £99.95 XL DRIVE A4099 IN T. £55.95 SUPER XL DRIVE INT. £9S.9S A W A R D w i n n i n g P R D U C T S 4 4 a/ b Stanley S t. Bedford M K4I 7 R W te le p h o n e 0 2 3 4 2 7 3 0 0 0 f a e e im i t e 0 2 3 4 3 5 2 2 0 7 P o w e r C o m p u t i n g INNOVATION POWERSCAN 4 CARDCAM VIDEOIN DISK EXPANDER MEGACHIP CardCam - Videoln is a a vdeo capture card Disk Expander indudes the following features: for PCMCIA equipped computers. Capture Can add 50% to your hard dnve capacity still or moving images in full 24-bit colour. Fast compression and decompression Compatible with both Composite or S-Video Reliable in tests- no data corruption input devices. Virtually any video input device Works with all drives. SCSI, IDE. Floppy, etc - CamCorder. VCR. Television. Laser Disc Works on any Amiga and any Kickstart player and Security Camera. Features include: Once installed the program is transparent to Increase your Amiga 500/2000 chip RAM to a Produce 256 greyscale images (on a AG A Video still capture in 24-bit 640 x 480 the user total of 2MB. MegaChip does this by using its machine), scan in 64 greyscales (non AGA Motion video capture at 15fps at 320 x 240 own I MB of RAM and drawing extra memory Amiga can only display 16), add colour to Software switchabe NTSC and PAL greyscale images, special effects, new support from any other RAM you have installed in CARDCAM VIDEOIN £329 FLOPPY EXPANDER for 18-bit scanner, add text to scans. your Amiga. No soldering is required. AI200/6CO version available. Floppy expander allows you to fit about OPTICAL DRIVE 1.5MB on a standard floppy drive and an Fbwer award winning 128MB optical cfck drive amazing 3MB when used in conjunction with MEMORY / E R S C A N 4 O C R £119 the X L Dnve 1.76MB. This is achieved by I INTERFACE £50 128MB OPTICAL INT. £639 W e manufacture a vast range of memory compressing data 30 - 70% of its original size. POWERSCAN 4 S/W £20 230MB OPTICAL INT. £799 cards for all the Amiga range of computers. AH this happens automatically. OCR SOFTWARE £49 128MB OPTICAL DISK £29 Please telephone us for prices and availability. SCSI CONTROLLER £129 EPSON SCANNER WARP ENGINE ACEEX MODEM S Y Q U E S T DRIVE The GT-6500 and GT-8000 24-bit colour The high speed 040 board which installs Hatted scanners from Epson scan up to A4 in Removable storage systems from Syquest. directly mto the CPU slot not a Zorro III slot! Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMsize, with output resolutions o f up to I200DPI on the GT-6500 and I600DPI on 3.5” IDE INTERNAL £399 the GT-8000 in 16.7 million colours, greyscale 3.5" IDE EXTERNAL £499 or ne a rt New Epson GT-9000 scanner 3.5” 105MB CART. £79 WORKBENCH 2.1/3.1 amiable now. price on application. 3.5” SCSI VERSIONS £POA Release 2.173.1. including 2.1/3.1 software and GT-6 5 00 POW ERSCAN £599 T a n d e m c d -de External Fax and Data modem user guide manuals. GT-6500 IMAGE FX £689 Receive and send faxes in the background 000 POW ERSCAN £849 Full Haynes AT command set supported IMAGE FX £929 Supports class 1.2. and 3 fax commands UMENT FEEDER £399 Fax send and receive 2.04 ROM CHIP £29 Auto dial and auto answer 3.1 A500/A2000 £84.95 COLOU RSCAN Supports error correction and detection 3.1 A3000/A4000 £94.95 Leased line support The new 18-bit colour handscanner produces Ail cables and manuals supplied PR E M IER VISION stunning colours with clarity and verve, For the Amiga 150M0C0/3OM4000 bn^rtening up those presentations. With ovef Supports Mitsuma CD-ROM dnve You've heard how the Amiga has made TV 250.000 colours and award winning Supports Syquest 3.5” drives ACCEX .12 TRAPFAX £199 programmes possible such as Star Trek-TNG. ftMerScan software, anything 6 possible! Supports IDE hard drives W e offer a wide range of servces, inducing: monthly events on multimedia, design and Cofcxr and mono software Play audio CD utility MISCELLANEOUS Requires Kickstart 2.04 and above install complete systems, training, CD-ROM R J colour manipulation Includes cable, software and manual MIDI INTERFACE £19.95 mastering and duplication. Upto400OP1 256 gryscaJe (AGA machine) w a rn VGA ADAPTOR £15 18^*t colour (AGA machine) - D E A I 2 0 0 C A R D £69CD OCR optional extra P S U FOR HARD DRIVES £39 CD-DE CARD, CD-ROM £229 COLOUR POW ERSCAN £239 MITSUMA CD-ROM £169 A W A R D w i n n i n g P R i D U C T S 44a/b Stanley St. Bedford M K4I 7RW ' c / r ; J » . r 0!! 4 2 7 3 0 0 0 a c * i m i l e 0234 3S2207 «v) pras it to change wtNxK robct sJ u t Prxn E. Dthvy rot (By £5 2-3(1^050 SmrtiyilOOfMnowsttwaax* EDITORIAL Productivity It's all gone graphic this month! For a start we've got a full review of Almathera's stunning Photogenics. See how it shapes up against Image FX 2 and Personal Paint 6.1. Not only that, but we also take a look at the brand new version of Directory Opus, and review Termite and Gamesmith. Pizaz!...... Personal Paint 6.1 Meed sa fe titles tor tbe cfectfdtr Saau hrwfbt yia? Up t* m siM S.1 *M d y? f c n w i M K . 1 Express PD Galore CD-ROM 82 Keefer FO-Med CD-IOM nMh s a f e f e * lei everyeee Image FX2 ....94 CntketsublnkeUcbnap h a s crept up Another new year GameSmith...... 85 b tlt ad Ibis aoatb'l cbal- on us. and the warning bells are sounding. Possibly tbe ansi pewerfel fane develapawat system an t leafets? We flip oat. 1994 w as a year ol great upheaval in the A m ig a w o rld . In th e sp rin g Com m odore Directory Opus 5 P re vie w ...... 86 Term ite 98 a n nounced a n oth er y e ar o f d isa stro u s lo sse s Thu latest versiou if ear coverdisk Stands a bit cmpy ciawly. b ut fe w w o u ld have g u e sse d th at it w o u ld go gets a radical re-desiga. bat in lad ifs a baaad am bn into liquidation. A fte r a ll, it h ad ju st launched at Ceaiais sotlw.fe three new products the previous year, prod Photogenics 88 u c ts that brought th e A m ig a a com p letely n e w Hiffe-sftc. law cast pretessiaeaJ 24 chipset and new graphics capabilities And bit graphics aa year Amiga Nhe their losses were much smaller fif hundreds of m illio n s o f p o u n d s c a n b e te rm ed sm all) than th o se o f th e previo u s y e ar B u t it proved to be the straw that broke the camel's back Not that we. the Amiga users and buyers of the UK, or th e re st o f E u ro p e w e re to b lam e - w e loyally Cover Feature: purchased the machines, and the software, and the expansions. Just before they went d o w n a n e w C D -R O M d rive w a s a n nounced , Make your Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMand even though it never reached our shores it d id herald th e lau nch o f tw o third p arty CD- R O M d rive s w h ich have so ld v e ry w e ll In fact Amiga faster! 1994 was the year when CD-ROM and Comms took o ff in a big w a y and th is co m in g y e ar is su re to re fle ct th is Y o u don't necessarily need S o w h a t o f 1995? W ill th e n e xt year s e e a a 60M Hz accelerator to phoenix-like n s e fro m th e a s h e s o f a m ake your Am iga faster - Maidenhead Amiga International, or will the w ith the right bits of soft rig h ts to th e m ach in e go to th e S ta t e s ' O r w ill w are in your system , you nothing happen, like it hasn't been happening can drastically im prove the for the last six months? Will software continue productivity of your Am iga. to be released at the rate it has been in the last W hether it's using a tool lik few months if this situation isn't resolved? Can this m onth's brilliant cover- th e A m ig a actu a lly b e re scu e d afte r all this tim e?l hope s o . A nd if th e m ood o f the e xh ib ito rs and v isito rs to th e W orld O f A m ig a utility, you II be am azed at is anything to go by. th e re 's still life in th e old c h ip s y e t T h e s h o w ain't o ve r till David contentsP le a sa n c e sin g s! C U AMIGA • FEBRUARY 1995 C o v e r d is k s Disk 100 Page 9 Wow! Directory Opus 4 is an our 100th coverdisk in aU its fully-lei- lured splendour. Turn to page 9 to lind out more... Disk 101 Page 10 Crystal Dragon is oar game disk this meetk. end it s i carter'H eck aad slash yonr way tbroogh this wonderful R Pt. Mara on page I I .. . G a m e s R e g u l a r s Previews ews...... 16 lead elf with news of the saper-fast 68161 Phase 5 Chaos Engine 2 ...... 39 : (te n te r Wa ve aisa gat a fall report aa the recaat World TIm Bitmap Brother* a n back a§aia. with aaether *fecc $1 rap acties Amiga show - hod oot who did what. Frontlines...... 39 I f I wartime oa year Anya once a§aia. with this aaw wartime simulatian PD S c e n e ...... 101 That never-ending source of fun and merriment that is the Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMpublic domain b is thrown op another batch of tree demos, Reviews games and weird s tiff The All-New World PGA European T o u r...... 66 The Amiga's best pel yaae pets the psaede-teitare-aap treatment with of Lemmings...... 42 a complete Ewepeaa make-aver PD U tilitie s ...... The H c iH bttle csbes art bach afaa - caa yea *ave the* this time’ . 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NM ira WNIBSTRIAL PARI lOWIM OSTW-RATUl 6LWCU SUBSCRIPTION HOTLINE (Between 9.00 and 5 30 Monday to Fnday) PRINTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ABC: 115,611 J m -J i m 1994 0858 468888 AMIGA SUPERSTAR 1 erdisks CU AMIGA MAGAZINE It's our lOOth coverdisk this month, AWARD WINNER so in a celebration we've got some thing extra special. Every other mag 9 3 % m m azine wanted it, but we've got it: "Probably the most useful Directory Opus 4 - the undisputed Amiga program in 10 the world" m " W *^n * n * iG * a TOP utility for your Amiga - makes John Kenncilv. CU AMIGA Maya/iue. Si-pt 1(J!I4 B j your Amiga easier to use and fasterl h e n it w a s la u n c h e d la s t y e a r D ire c to ry O p u s 4 stormed the Andy Leaning. Technical Editor, today Amiga world, won every award going, and quickly became m the accepted standard for utility programs. Copied many tim es since, no one has yet matched it simplicity, speed and elegance. ©Since then every Amiga magazine has been after it, but GP Software, READER OFFER The ve rs io n o f D ire c to ry O p u s o n our rightly concerned about the reputation of their best selling program, jWglE^EiXa|^^^H <1. c h o s e CU Amiga Magazine as their partner for cover-mounting. Now it’s I Iiik; Melp, anri ■■> fully conliijurai>l0. Tins i>, y o u r s w ith o u r 10 0 th coverdisk. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMFor those of you new to the Amiga, Directory Opus p ro v id e s a s im ||,<: 11,11 v'-',>,yn ,s "' a !i ,;u i :j •-—1 Hjlo-r,1;'! in K ill: J a n u a ry 'Ufa. You c a n find What it does: “ 1 — ...... in exclusive preview of it on page 86 of • Cuts out constant disk changes this issue. Its many features include: • M akes file maintenance (copying, deleting, renaming) m uch easier • Cuts out complex SHELL commands • M a k e s y o u r A m ig a fa s te r • Simple point and click buttons greatly ease otherwise difficult d is k o p e ra tio n s • W o rk s h o w y o u w a n t it to w o rk - fu lly c o n fig u ra b le • Plus much, much more! In a n e x c lu s iv e o ffe r, C U A m ig o M a g a z in e h a s jo in e d fo rc e s w ith G P And. building on the power of D ire c to ry O p u s our lead feature this Software and Wizard Developments to let you upgrade from our month shows you how to improve and make your Amiga faster. In a coverdisk to the new version, complete with manuals. huge, hint-packed tutorial our Amiga gurus reveal how using this pro T h e H y p e rC a c h e u p g ra d e o ffe r is a ls o s till a v a ila b le To u p g rad e g ra m . an d s e v e ra l o th e rs (m a n y o f w h ic h a re a ls o o n th e d is k ) y o u c a n sim p ly fill o u t th e o rd e r fo rm b e lo w a n d s e n d it to W iz a r d make your Amiga easier, more fun and faster. Developments, PO BOX 490, Dartlord, Kent DAI 2UH. For full details on how you can easily install D ire c to ry O p u s , tu rn to page 12. To make your Amiga faster, easier and more enjoyable flick your w ay to page 23 where our cover feature breaks down som e low I J I wait to apgrade Irani the CU A n q i Magazine Directory Opus caverdisk ta version 5. Mease send ■ c o s t w a y s to b o o s t y o u r A m ig a . [ this sew version, complete with manuals I enclose payment ol QM S . And there's more! • j I m at to upgrade from the CU Amiga Magazine HyperCache coverdisk to the new version. Please s T h is tim e w e 'v e g o n e e v e n fu rth e r th a n w e n o rm a lly d o (a n d th a t 's [ ■« this, complete with nuosal. I also enclose payment of C1I.M . going som e!). In addition to the stunning D ire c to ry O p u s y o u 'll a ls o find two sm aller utilities on the disk. These are fully covered in our lead fea ture this month, -these improve font loading speed and let you keep an eye on the time, you'll find them in the "UTILITIES" drawer on c o v e r d is k 10 0 . And it doesn't end there. You'll find lots of extra clipart for C o m ic S e tte r - last month's cartoon creation coverdisk. This clipart can be loaded directly from disk and can be combined with that supplied t 'trwmt M M (tick bu): J Ctw«M J Credit Card. J Postal IMu last month to boost your collection, and we'll be supplying further cli \ Please charge my credit card as detailed. part on our coverdisk over the next few months to expand your collec [ C m * Card Type: u Visa. J Access tion even further! ■ it Card la :______ [ r w M r. 21 Mr. 111 Wlr... r.W ill, cm* . I, FT i. w nu ui. b m m . M o u r n This month's coverdisk number 101 has the complete first level of Crystal Dragon - the latest RPG from Black Legend. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM f y o u like d Is h a r 3 an d D u n g e o n M a s te r th e n y o u 'll lo v e C rystal D ra g o n Its programmers Magnetic Fields, have rounded up P |y . all the ingredients ol a good RPG. and rolled them into one lor I C rystal D ra g o n T h e g a m e p lo t is s im p le A n e v il so rce re r. Anath. has entombed a magic crystal in a bid to gain control over its magical power and use it to rule the umvorse Your job is to got to the crystal belore he has a chanco to do so. But you're not alone in your quest. You can pick two other people to help you battle against the sor It's a giveaway! cerer's guards and lourney around the maze-like tower huge game. The whole compliment of characters, from warriors to magi Win a copy of cians. are there for you to choose from. Once you've picked your team Crystal Dragon and you're off into the maze-like world of Crystal Dragon , w h e re yo u h a ve to move around the labyrinth of corridors picking up useful item s such Football Glory. apples, spells, and fire wands along the way. Did I say spells7 Let me e xp la in . If y o u p ick a c h a ra c te r w ith m y s tic a l a b ility (y o u c a n fin d out N o t o n ly h a v e w e lin e d up th is fa n ta s tic c o v e rd is k . w e 'v e a ls o got te n c o p ie s o f C rystal D ra g o n and that fabulous Black Legend football a dark room, open a locked door, or simply help you in the fight against g a m e - F o o tb a ll G lo ry - to g iv e a w a y W rite th e c o rre c t a n s w e rs to th e m a n y g u a rd s th at b lo ck y o u r path. the following questions on the back of a postcard, send it to the Loading the disk is simple Full instructions are on page 13 Once a d d re s s b e lo w , an d a c o p y o f C rystal D ra g o n an d Football Glory loaded, you've got to solve a quick puzzle before you get into the game, could be yours! but o n c e y o u 're in it's all v e ry s tra ig h tfo rw a rd T h e re is a m ain vie w in g w in d o w in th e c e n tre T h e p la y e rs a re b e lo w th e w in d o w an d their in ve n to ry is 1. W h a t is th e n a m e o f th e e v il s o rc e re r in C rystal D ra g o n ? on the left The spell book is top-right and an expanding map icon is below 2. What rodent can form part of a staple diet in Crystal Dragon > it C lic k o n th e m a p ico n a n d yo u c a n find o u t e x a c tly w h e re y o u a re and 3 . W h a t E n g lis h S a in t is b e s t k n o w fo r sla y in g a d ra g o n ? w h e re th e m am d o o rs a re . T h e re a re b a rs b e s id e e a ch p laye r d eno ting how hungry, thirsty or experienced they are. Experience levels help in bat tie. the more experienced a player is the stronger he is Also helpful is the Answers on a postcard to Crystal Glory Competition, fa c t th at y o u c a n m o v e o n e p laye r in fro n t o f th e o ther, so k e e p th e m o st CU Amiga M agaiine, Priory Court, 30-32 Farringdon e x p e rie n c e d o n e in fro n t w h e n en te rin g into c o m b a t w ith a g u ard . K e e p an Lane. London EC1R 3AU. o y e o n th e h u n g e r an d th irst ic o n s th o u g h , b e c a u s e y o u do n 't w a n t th em to die of thirst keep them topped up with food such as apples, or rats No employees of EM AP Images or Black Legend may enter. The editor's decision is (yeuch) and keep thirst at bay by making them drink from the water foun final. All entries must be in by 19/2/94. tains dotted around the game. Only one entry per person. IIGA Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM HOT l\IEW FEATURES Ease of control and extra moves with 4 button joypad option. @ © © 10 types of key player giving each side a totally distinct style. © © © Save your action replay and relive your golden moments. NOW! REAL DEPTH - REAL GAMEPLAY AMCO REAL FOOTBALL A SC O \ 4 COVE RDISKS How to loadyo cover F DIRECTORY OPUS 4 cmnptatt pro#r«i of threour! 0»« * - ikv utomefc. -nanifvi I I Anc some handy utilities A M IP A to e nhance you r Am iga 1 t IF YOUR DISK WON T LOAD 1 If f t w coveidisk daesi’i seen to wocfi as it should, then follow this simple guide Firstly, remove all unnecessary peripherals, such as HOW TO LOAD Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMprinters, modems ate. Sometimes trapdoor Clipart memory eiponsiofls will intodoro too. Follow Firstly m ake a back-up o f y ou r co ve rd isk. If you are the instructions on those pages to the letter, COVERDISKS u n su re h o w to do th is c o n su lt y ou r o w n e rs m anual. Th e and it after that yoo Sod that the dish still clipart supplied on this disk can be used without having f e c a l wort, col the RishXpress helpline WRITE PROTECT YOUR COVERDISK! to do anything e ls e b efo re han d . To u s e it sim p ly load M SI 111 711 hctwtoo the been cf 11am and W ith it b eing out 100th cover d isk w e w anted to give you ComicSetter from la s t m on th , a n d th en w h e n you w ish Spa hoa Monday to Friday H thty fe m e yon that tho dish is baity, som ething a bit sp e cial, and you can't g et m uch better to load clipart, insert the coverdisk and go into the fill in you details in tho lora helow nod send than D irecto ry O p u s V4 Along w ith th is stunning pro drawer called Clipart. You'll now be able to load the this fen* along with the dish and o ?tp g ram you'll a lso find e xtra clipart for la s t m onth's supplied clips directly. stamped self addressed omlope te the lot- ComicSetter d isk, and several am azing little u tilities to lowing address e n h an ce your Am iga. CU AMIGA DISK Rf TURNS. DISKXPRCSS Loading the Utilities UNIT 7. WILLOW COURT. BOURTON INDUSTRIAL PARK. BOURTON ON THI WATER. GLOUCESTER Loading DIR OPUS 4 The other utilities referred to over these pages can be SHIRE GL54 2HQ. Follow these instructions to use D irecto ry O p u s, but found on the decompressed D ire cto ry O p u s disk - in a before you do. ensure that you have a blank disk handy. drawer called ‘Utilities’. NAME ______It doesn't need to be formatted (the installer we've sup F o llo w th e in stru ctio n s for loading d isk 100 a n d then plied w ill take care o f that for you) but it m ust not contain turn to the lead feature for what they're about and anything you n eed , o th e rw ise it w ill b e overw ritten. m ore d e ta ils o n h o w to u s e them . ADDRESS 1. Insert disk 100 in your Am iga and turn it on. Loading Crystal Dragon 2. Double click w ith the m ouse on the CU It cou ld h ard ly b e easie r. F^t th e d isk in th e internal # 1 0 0 i c o n . drive and re-boot the Amiga. When the Workbench TTPEI 3. Double click on the DOPUS icon in the screen loads up. double click the Crystal Dragon d isk DISK NUMBER...... disk window. ico n, th en d o u b le c lic k th e C rystal D ra g o n g a m e icon. 4. Shortly your Am iga w ill ask you to insert a T h e g a m e w ill n o w lo ad . 1 .3 A 5 00 u s e rs w ill have to put DESCRIBE EXACTLY WHAT HAWNS WHEN YOU disk in DFO: Replace the coverdisk w ith your the disk in the internal drive, re-boot, and enter the fol TRY TO LOAD THE DISK______first blank disk. Please note that this blank lowing line of text: disk m ust have the notch in the top right> crystal_dragon hand corner closed, ie w rite enabled. Then press the Return key. To got the 5. Press the Return key. symbol, hold down the shift key 6. W hen asked, replace the coverdisk. and press the minus symbol DISK V1RUSI key Th e gam e w ill n o w M ara a t C U A m ig a M m gaA N o w rep lace th e cover d isk w ith y ou r sp a re d isk and load automatically. 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P h a se 5 a lso an nounced a n e w ve rsio n ot Accelerators th e Blizzard A 1 23 0 acce le rato r - cur h e w o rld 's fa ste st ren tly th e fa s te s t A 1 2 0 0 a ccelerato r A m ig a a cc e le ra to r has se e n b y C U A m ig a M a g a zin e Th e been announced by n e w m o d e l - th e A 1 230-111 - o ffers P h a se 5 Digital sim ila r sp e cificatio n to th e existing Pro d u cts - d evelo p ers 50M H z 6 8 0 3 0 m odel, but is €70 Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMofO th e Blizzard rang e o f A m ig a a cc e l ch e ap e r a t ju st € 2 2 9.95 . th e sa m e erators. The new CyberStorm A4000 p rice a s th e cu rre n t 4 0M H z A 1 230- card fe ature s a M otorola 6 8 0 6 0 run II. A new 40MHz 68EC030 version ning a t 5 0M H z, w h ich w h e n fitted to o f th e A 1 230-11 w a s a lso a n nounced , an A 4 00 0 should d e live r an am azing th is to be p riced a t ju st €189.95. 8 9 .1 9 M IP S - th is co m p are s to a nor P h a se 5 D igital Pro d u cts a re also mal A4000/40 speed of just develo p ing a 64-bit g ra p h ics card . 1 5 .4 4 M IP S . T h e card c a n a lso take C alle d th e C yb erV isio n 6 4 , th is w ill 68060s w ith clo ck sp e e d s o f up to w o rk on Z o rro III A m ig a s (th e A 3000 80MHz, potentially delivering a stag an d A 4 0 0 0 ) and c o m e s c om p lete gering 130 MIPS. w ith 2 M b o f vid eo R A M and a 64-bit T h e C yb erSto rm board a lso has graphics engine. Like the 50MHz expansion capabilities allowing a C yb erSto rm c ard it sh o u ld b e on Fast SCSI-II controller to be added, sa le in e arly '9 5 . w ith a p ric e o f along with an Ethernet Controller €299.95. Gordon Harwood (for networking! and a high speed Computers, the UK distributors, are serial port. The CyberStorm card on 0 17 73 8 36 78 1. ■ Retailers Back The Amiga Good n e w s for all A m ig a fa n s. The retailers w an t th e A m iga b ack in the sh o p s an d o n the sh e lve s. A poll carried out b y C om puter Trade W eekly across the spectrum of independents and chain store managers revealed th at 8 2 % w ould like to se e th e Am iga b ack in fu ll sto ck . A nd it c ou ld be happening sooner than you think b e cau se C U Am ig a M agazin e sp o ke to Com m o d o re's D avid P le a sa n ce at Last D ecem b er W orid o f A m iga show , and he w a s c onfident that th e m anagem ent buyout w a s going ahead , a s their competitor CEI have dropped out of negotiations. Mr Pleasance said: "Th ere w e re w ill be A 1 20 0s back in sto re s b y the very latest April 1995". And at th e tim e of w ritin g th ere p lan s for a n e w m achine: a hybrid o f the A1200and 1heA4000. So good tidings indeed for 1995. ■ Pirate BBS Closed A bulletin board distributing pirated New Genlock Am iga so ftw are h a s had its equip ment confiscated and the operator eading Amiga dealer Silica has fined C500. T h e board operator. . released a n e w genlock. Robert Butler, pleaded guilty to two | M anufactured by A m itek, th e Fusion sp e cim e n ch arg es o f distributing genlock is a composite video genlock copyright softw are. © aim ed m ainly at hom e u se rs . W ith it U sin g a com puter and a m odem , the A m ig a can ad d title s, cap tions and anim ations users of the BBS could download to video from a V C R . co p ie s o f com m ercial so ftw are in T h e genlock sup p o rts th ree m od es o f opera return fo r uploading g a m e s to the tion: original video picture only, the video picture B B S . T h e trade b ody E L S P A , in con with overlaid Amiga graphics or purely Amiga junction with W est Midlands police, g raphics. Th e hardw are also includ es a fader to w a s respo n sib le for th e legal action allo w gradual fading b etw een p ictures. w h ich s a w th e operator fined and The popular home titling software package h is eq uip m ent confiscated Sca la HT-100 is also supplied w ith the th e genlock. John Loader, chief investigator The Fusion genlock has a price of C99 and is avail o f th e E L S P A c rim e unit sa id : "The ab le from Silica o n 0181-309 1111 ■ c o s t o f le isu re so ftw are piracy is € 77 8.5 m illion in th e U K alone. O b viou sly th is d eg ree o f lo ss c an not c ontinue u nch ecked w h ich is why ELSPA has been so active in pursuing so ftw are p irates and bring cean Backs P in b a ll ing th em to ju stice ." C U Am iga M agazine rem inds all §ome Winners our readers that copying com m ercial M a n ia so ftw are is illegal and it not only Who said the Amiga market is dying? Ocean have just harm s so ftw are h o uses but the announced th at th e ir n e w re le a s e s : J u n g le S trik e and PGA Following the massive success of the pinball future of th e Am iga. ■ European Tour both shipped 2 1 st C e n tu ry E n tertain m en t have over 2 0.00 0 u n its into th e UK in th e p ip elin e for ye t a n oth er pinball Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMon th e first d ay o f s a le . C h eck Their recently updated Pinball Illusions Oops! out p ag e 6 7 o f th is issu e for an o n ly o n A 1 20 0 m ach in e s and ab ove, so A m istake crept into our review of in-depth re vie w o f PGA 1s t c e n tu ry h ave d ecid ed to go b ack to the Easy Ledger last m onth. W h en w e European Tour. d raw in g board a n d c re a te a g a m e for th e A 5 00 said it w a s priced € 29.99 w h at w e Flu sh e d b y th e o ut an d A 6 0 0 w h ic h in co rp o rates all th e b e st fea actually meant w as €199.99. The standing success of tu re s o f th e p inball genre in crease in p rice do es not affect our this. Ocean have lined A t th e tim e o f w ritin g th ere a re no c o n cre te rating of th e program , and it is still up a w h o le n e w batch g a m e p lan s d raw n up b ut th e g a m e lo o ks like w orthy o f the 8 8 % w e aw arded it. of releases for the new it w ill b e c alle d Pinball M an ia and w e should Easy Ledger is available from W izard year. More news in the be hearing m ore v e ry so o n. D evelopm ents, 0 322 272908. ■ n e w year. O ce a n are C o n ta ct 2 1 s t c e n tu ry on 0 23 55 8 51 85 2 for on 061 8 3 2 6 63 3 ■ more information. ■ GVP Continue Contrary to n e w s spreading o n bul letin boards Great Valley Products. Aura Compatible OctaMED IG V Pj. have not gone bankrupt. Th e giant A m erican A m iga peripheral m anufacturer is still trading and wrd L a st issu e w e review ed H iS o fts 12 b it PC M C IA continue to support its products. N in iiw h r led sound sampler Aura, awarding it a mark of 78% . The In early D ecem ber several n e w s _£ jk ti» » m ain criticism o f th e hardw are a n d so ftw are c om b i stories appeared o n B B S syste m s V i l im it C k a w l Output nation was the lack of compatibility with existing saying that th ey had gone into liqui | rtxM Output OltP Amiga sequencer software. However, RBF Software dation. T h e se stories quickly spread, are about to release an update to O cta M E D V5 and b y the tim e o f the W orld of which allows A1200 users to play back 12-bit sam Com m odore S how , rum our had it H W W I i . > :iii- l WHW k 'hIB p les through the A u ra cartrid g e, in exch an g e for one that the manufacturer had gone o f th e standard A m ig a sound ch an n e ls. O cta M ED bankrupt and ow ed m illions of dol 5 .0 4 h a s p a sse d beta te stin g , and sh o u ld be avail lars. B u t a q uick call to them quickly a b le b y th e tim e you read th is. T h e beta version put th e sto ry to re st Their phone we've used allows 12 -bit s a m p le playback rates of lines answered as normal, their tech 21KH z and ab ove on a stand ard A120O. w h ils t keep nical support staff w e re on hand and ing another th ree tra ck s o f A m ig a sa m p le s all play their marketing manager dismissed ing in tim e . N ote that th e A u ra su p p o rt is th e only |* > » Display H w iU r Nick: [TlTlH the rumours. In fact, far from being d iffere nce in V 5 .0 4 o ver V 5 .0 . M any n e w features Savt*< l • it it i l* bankrupt they are working on new w ill be availab le in th e forthcom ing O cta M E D V6 0 . products and hope to announce d u e o u t b y Sp ring 1995. ■ ■ Pulit p Itert |<|>| Our word processing packages have repealed!) won the favours of magarinc reviewers, who have awarded o f development and change. SoflWood products Iheir highest accolades, all over the Prehistoric man set the hall rolling world. We are continually updating and improving when he used cave pictures as a those products and adding new ones, such as Final means o f describing his hunting Data™ , to our range in our endeavours to bring the conquests. Probably the most famous revolution into your home... and onto your Amiga o f all 'picture writing' techniques was that used by the Egyptians. W ord Processing/Publishing... Known as Hieroglyphics, which Whatever specification Amiga you own, SoftWood means 'sacred ca n ed inscription have the perfect solution for your requirements. this ancient form o f information Final Copy I F * Release 2 is at the peak o f achievement technology quickly spread to all when running a twin floppy based Amiga configuration, parts o f the Mediterranean region. whilst Fin a l Writer™ Release 3 Gradually pictures were rationalised is the only hard drive compulsory s? Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMand both numbers and letters were Amiga word processor - it leaps a * eventually formed. stage ahead and doesn't make any 1 The Greeks were the first to use these compromises to be floppy disk letters in a way that is fam iliar to us all. and they in that with con mis. it remained the industry compatible. ^ turn passed this know ledge on to the Romans. It was then standard until the 1950 s. Since then the process o f off Whichever you choose, you w ill be assured that an alphabet was form ed using only capital letters; set litho printing has replaced 'hot metal type ’. of the latest in W Y S IW YG technology and reap the the basis o f most o f today's languages. Inscriptions in The biggest leap in the presentation o f languages has benefits o f still unsurpassed, easy to use. SoftWood snm tfofien filled with lead or bronze, eventually gave probably been achieved in the last ten years. With the Amiga software. way to clay laMets, papyrus and ultimately parchment adoption o f computer generated text as a new standard, Itreated animal skins). By A D 100 parchment and complicated layouts can now be designed and printed O ur new Database... papyrus books were being created. Another 600 years at the touch o f a few keys. The latest addition to our family. passed before books began using capitals fo r headings And it doesn t stop there. Archiving and record keeping Final Data’", is designed in the true SoftWood and small letters, known as ‘half un ic a Jsfo r the main works hand in hand with these new methods o f processing tradition and brings you a program which is not only body o f text. Although still made by hand, pages were text and allows fa r faster methods o f data retrieval than extremely powerful, but also very easy easier to produce and became fa r more legible in the ever before. This latest technology has revolutionised the Fin a l pm_ to use. Indeed, you can learn to set up process. It was the mid 15th century before sets o f small world o f print. and has opened the door to an explosion your Final Dala™ database, enter your interchangeable metal letters were arranged, inked and o f communication possibilities. information and print the results in a pressed against paper to form an impression. The start of At SoftWood our constant aim is to provide you with the matter o f minutes... not hours. You'll g process that was a less labour intensive way of most pow erful and up to dale software possible fo r your soon be generating all kinds of reports and label g the written word was here. It was so successful. specification o f Amiga. SoftWi bringing the revolution into your home... and onto your Amiga. SoftWood Products Europe. New Street, Alfrcton. Derby shire. DE55 7BP. Telephone: 01 773 521606 Final Copy //™ Final Writer™ Final Data™ R elease 2 R elease 3 New Release Designed to pci the m an out o f J i F in a l Cop) j This newly upgraded release of Final Data™ has been designed m Amiga twin floppy drive to be by far Ihe E A S IE S T TO syslea. f in a l Copy I D * offers U S E Database for your Amiga. and innovations, along with all the Many users dislike Ihe involved more than just word processing features that made Final Writer™ a ' at which it naturally excels) and winner, mean that the best is now even “two stage" process conventional opens up a world where ’how the better still. Hard drive compulsory, the databases force you lo follow. To document looks' is as important as 'what the document program is aimed at the power user offering the ultimate in set up a Final Data™ database, you simply define a performance. Just like Final Copy IP * you can lake adsantage •js' F in a l Copy I T * is ideal for that quick letter but column for each lype o f informaiion you w arn lo keep of the excellent output associated with PerfeetPrint,v . but also has powerful features that produce end results that eg. first name. Iasi name, address, lown. county, postcode added to that is a host of other advanced features too... you'd normally associated with Desk Top Publishing and phone number etc. Incidentally, you can add or FastDraw Plus,M increases the versatility of the on screen packages - easy to achieve, without the fuss! drawing tools with options like rotation. remove columns at any time. Your new database will Unique features such as f a s tD raw ™ on screen drawing Te\tBlocksIM allow you to position text anywhere on the page, appear as a lable with rows and columns allowing you tools (to generate boxes, borders, lines and arrows etc.) at any size and at any angle. to view lots o f data at the same time. Column widths TouchToob'** & PowerlwrBars'* make life more simple and PerfcctPrint™ (a system that enables you to print can be adjusted by simply dragging Ihcir borders with with 'one touch' control. Just dick on a button to define, Postscript'1* outline fonts to absolutely any printer in Ihe mouse. Data is then entered imo "cells" and Final change and save such Data™ even detects both landscape & portrait attributes as font size, modes) ensure that Fin a l text position, bold, italic, cnincs o f invalid dales Copy 11™ is the leader in underline, justification, M l V - M m ] etc and displays an r r its class. You can easily bullets, line spacing, alert message. Screen indents etc. One maga create multiple newspaper ^ totals are available as zine stated “this is the style snaking columns, options on all amounts closest thing to Microsoft Word to appear on the Amiga". and calculations (numbers can also be formatted with import any graphics objects or pictures (and place them Final Writer™ can import, scale, crop, view on screen and anyw here on your page), scale or crop those graphics output structured PostScript EPS clip-an images to any printer, currency s ip s and commas). Fin a l D ata™ is ideal for and also auto flow text around them. You can even print and we even include 100 quality images for your use. And. if label printing and has buili-in routines Ihal remove all text over graphics and the output is always of the high you use a PostScript pnmer. Final Writer™ extends your Ihe complexities from this task. You can even utilise the options... thumbnails, scaling, crop marks and halftoning. Add Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMest quality F in a l Copy I I ™ offets the perfect balance "Print Merge" feature found in Final Copy II™ and floating palettes. ArRexx/Macros. undcVredo (for both text between word processing and more advanced page Final Writer™ - simply select the program you are formatting and graphics), table of contents, auto indexing, using and Final Data™ does ihe rest. Il can also read layout generation - in one great program. Ease and table of illustrations, bibliography generation and lots more for speed o f use combined with total control o f the final real power. 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Final Copy IP * requires an Amiga system uith ruin floppy older from SoftWood Direct at only £ 3 9 .9 5 inc. p ip . 4uk drives or a hard disk drive and a minimum of I Mb. free RAM (A600 hard drive - 1.5MbK Flexible and practical from Final Writer™ Rel 3 requires an Amiga running Workbench 2 Final [to la ™ requires an Amiga n o rm nil* a minimum of floppies; no installation or multiple disk swaps required or 3 with a hard disk drive and a minimum of 2Mb. free RAM 5I2K free RAM operating under Workbench I J or higher. Help cm mtmnry tmi pwduai art Ike mmr naaomunl in frWi/ mat of mnewm. lAr/Hkrei. nr quoit rie»unimiai ■moo mpdied to U ------ 0 Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms: Initial!!): Surname: _ _ ...... Q Address: 5 0 O r--. — County (Country if overseas): Postcode: 5 U_ Daytime telephone: Evening telephone: Pka.sc charge my credit/debit card « detailed bdow f Please Tick)... 1 “ ‘Final Copy It UK A Overseas £49.95 ‘Final Copy If Non UK EC £59.95 - = L . L U Final Writer UK A Overseas £74.95 Final Writer' Non UK EC OM.95 -Si Q 'Final Data' UK A Ovcneat £39.95 Final Data' Noa UK EC £49.95 1 a CmWDehtOidNo. Ctl 1 1 i iiurn rrn i i t t i Order by Phone: 01 773 521606 Card Expiry Date: Issue NoiSvnicti Cuds Oalyk Q n CUA Cheque/Bank Draft/Postal Order for £ j_ payable to SoftWood Products Europe... ___- (rtrwrJH) PHASE RETURN TO SoftWood Products Europe. Nr* Street. Atfrrkm. Derbyshire DESS TV. What a show! The World Of Amiga took place on the 9th - 11th of December as planned, despite no news from Commodore on what was actually happening to the Amiga ... e s p ite u n ce rta in ty ab o u t th e A m ig a 's fu tu re , th e s h o w w e w e re all waiting for finally materialised, a n d th e A m ig a co m m u n ity w e re there in force. W e m et a lot of peo ©p le o v e r th e th re e d a y s s o firs t o f all w e ’d like to w is h a h a p p y n e w y e a r to all o f y o u w h o c a m e a lo n g a n d v isite d o u r sta n d , b o u g h t C U A m ig a M a g a z in e a n d h ad a c h a t, it w a s g re a t to s e e y o u . T h e s h o w its e lf w a s a lo w k e y affa ir co m Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMp a re d w ith C o m m o d o re s h o w s o f o ld , b u t it w a s well supported by publishers, developers and m a g a z in e s a n d a fu n e le m e n t w a s a d d e d b y th e provision of a game arcade, amusement arcade a n d e n te rta in m e n t are a. B a rg a in s an d n e w p ro d u cts w e r e a va ila b le all o v e r th e p la c e a n d th e re w e r e e v e n A 1 2 0 0 s for s a le - w h ic h w e re b ein g b o u g h t a t a frig h ten in g pace. Also selling well were hard drives, modems. CD-ROM drives, CD32s (Silica s C ritic a l Z o n e C D 3 2 p a c k w e n t d o w n w e ll) an d RAM expansions. By day three, products and software were being sold at silly prices - we cam e across 710Mb hard drives for around the "O n e o f th e b ig g e st p ro b le m s w h e n going attracted much attention. Softwood’s arch rival £ 2 7 0 m ark! through regular distribution channels is persuad D ig ita h ad a big sta n d a re w e r e s h o w in g o ff G a m e s s o ftw a re p u b lis h e rs w e r e th e re in ing re ta ile rs th a t it’s w o rth s to c k in g A 1 2 0 0 s o ft W o rd w o rth 3 to e a g e r o n lo o kers. force, represented by Ocean. Gremlin w a r e , th u s s a le s o f S u p e r S ta rd u s t h a ven ’t b een M o re A m ig a e x p a n s io n e x c ite m e n t w a s pro Interactive, Team 17. Guildhall Leisure. Anco a s stro n g a s s a y th o s e o f T o w e r A s s a u lt. vid e d b y H iS o ft. w h o w e r e d e m o n stra tin g their Software, Kompart and Thalion. New games H o w e v e r S u p e r S ta rd u s t so ld v e ry w e ll a t th e Squirrel SCSI expansion and T erm ite C o m m s a v a ila b le w e r e PGA Euro Tour an d J u n g le S trik e s h o w w h ic h p ro ved to u s th a t th e d e m a n d is s o ftw a re (th e la tte r is re v ie w e d o n p a g e 9 8 ), T h e from Ocean, Super Stardust an d Tower Assault there, it's just that people can't get their hands Squirrel is a PCM CIA interface that provides a form Team 17, Roadkill 1200 a n d B u b b le A n d on the game in the shops." said Alan Bunker fu ll S C S I in te rfa c e w ith o u t o c c u p y in g th e tra p S q u e a k fro m G u ild h a ll, Kick O ff 3 European fro m T eam 17. door. and attracted considerable attention over C h a lle n g e fro m A n c o an d title s lik e F o o tb a ll Technical products and productivity software all th re e d a y s o f th e s h o w . O n e o f th e a p p e alin g G lo ry and this month s coverdisk demo. C rystal w e re o n d isp la y to o w ith b o th A lm a th e ra 's a s p e c ts o f th is in te rfa c e is th a t it w ill a llo w th e D ra g o n from Kompart. Unfortunately the most Photogenics and Cloanto’s P e rso n a l Pa in t 6 .1 on e a s y c o n n e c tio n o f C D -R O M d riv e s to th e a sk e d a b o u t g a m e at th e s h o w . Sensible World s a le fo r aro u n d th e £ 6 0 m ark. A ls o b ein g d e m o n A1200. and it will no doubt further push up O f So c c e r , w a s n o t a v a ila b le - if it w a s it w o u ld stra te d w a s D ire c to ry O p u s 5 .0 . previewed s a le s o f A m ig a C D -R O M d riv e s . W h ile w e ’ re on h a v e s o ld o ut. e x c lu s iv e ly th is m o n th o n p a g e 8 8 . O n th e R A M the subject of CD-ROMs, w e met several Games were selling for anything from recom fro n t th e m o s t e xcitin g th in g a t th e s h o w h ad to E u ro p e a n an d U S d e v e lo p e rs w h o a re re le a sin g mended retail price (£25-£35) to just £2.00 and b e P h a s e 5 ’s b ran d n e w 6 8 0 6 0 c a rd fo r th e new CD programs and PD compilations, this is there w ere som e very, dodgy looking ’Adult' CD- A4000, clocked to provide speed in the region of definitely going to be the future medium for R O M s a v a ila b le fo r th e £ 1 8 .0 0 m ark T h e 5 0 M H z w ith a n 8 0 M H z v e rs io n p lan n ed Th e re public domain software distribution! s tro n g e s t s e lle rs a t fu ll p ric e w e r e A 1 2 0 0 title s, w as also a new, upgraded Blizzard RAM expan On the Blittersoft stand. Jim Drew of Utilities which pleased Ocean and Team 17. both of sio n fo r th e A 1 2 0 0 .T h e s e along w ith th e la te st U n lim ite d fa m e w a s s h o w in g o ff t h e la te st whom have invested heavily in AGA specific S o ftw o o d w o rd p ro c e sso r an d F in a l Data w e re Emplant emulator, running PC and M ac soft titles like J u n g le S trik e , P G A an d Super Stardust being shown on the Gordon Harwood stand and w a re . T h e y a ls o had a 64-bit g ra p h ic s c a r d to IMAP promotions manager fligel laylnr tries to fig ure out what all those cuddly toys are doing on HiSoft's stand Many thanks to all the readers who came along, You can tell that this said hello and asked our advice over the three days. We would hurt any nor hope you enjoyed the magazine While on nut stand lisa mal person He's came lace to lace with a readei whose artwork she about to use his abused in catastrophe coiner it came close to heel to smash listicuHs but he eventually hacked down those blocks - „ Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM The presence of hundreds ol furry animals (don't worry they were toys) upgrades, drives at HiSoft's stand was meant to signify something We couldn't guile figure and scanners it oot at first, but then it suddenly struck us could this have something And so he does it. to to do with the new Squirrel' SCSI interface? fast thinking eh? massive applause But our very ow n martial arts ciport rival that of Phase 5 being shown on the Gordon JeHZieis not Harwood stand. Commodore them selves were out in force b u t c o u ld n 't s h e d a n y lig h t o n w h a t w a s h a p pening regarding the management buyout. Rumours were circulating that CEI, an American distribution company had gained the upper hand in the US negotiations but these were dism issed by National Marketing Manager Dawn Levak of Commodore UK and D a v id P le a s a n c e , w h o w a s s t ill v e r y b u llish a b o u t th e M B O . O n e o f t h e m o s t n o tic e ab le fe a tu re s o f t h e s h o w w a s th e fa c t th a t th e Maidenhead management had removed all mention of Commodore from the publicity. T h is w a s re p la c e d b y th e o ffic ia l W o rld O f Amiga logo and the word Amiga itself, which w a s o n a ll th e p o s te rs a n d b a n n e rs . The central area of the show consisted of a games arcade and a stage area, where the lat e s t g a m e s s o ft w a r e w a s o n s h o w a n d e n te r Ihe learn 17 stand where demonstrations ol two of their most tainment w as provided by, amongst others. important games planned for ne«t year were attracting a lot of atten Against a background which is conspicuous by the Neil Axe, martial arts star of Millennium's forth- tion: Worms, their lemmings-like strategy shoot 'em up and a 3D lack of any reference to Commodore another member Doom-style game engine of the Master Are team smashes ten ceramic tiles co m in g M a s t e r A x e beat 'em up. ■ and a couple of concrete blocks Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM A FASTER AMIGA FOR LESS THAN A TENNER! Is it possible? For most people the Amiga does everything they need, however it could be a lot better. Andy Leaning shows you how with as little as £10 you can make your Amiga bet ter, faster and easier to use. he Amiga w as designed around a very powerful operating system , which was way ahead of its tim e for a home computer. The basis of this oper ating system w as something called Tripos, a vari ant of the Unix operating system , i O Since then Unix has become recognised as the most pow- J . capable and versatile operating system available, used O' nuge mainframes and graphics workstations. The Amiga ■es gners took this Unix variant, made various changes to_ lid d e d th e ir o w n fro n t e n d (W o rk b e n ch ) a n d tailon Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM|On a system with no hard drive and smaller The result w as AmigaDOS, a tremendou f» '3 e n v iro n m e n t th a t k ic k s sa n d in th e fa c e o f MS-1 IO -e r microcomputer operating system s. The prol * * s based upon a system that was designed for M *' computers with bags of RAM and hard dnve> Am.gaDOS isn't exactly a speed-fiend when used on ttfrTve A 5 0 0 w ith 1 M b o f R A M . ' “ 3 ut you don’t actually need to add extra ha M :*r!ter. A peripheral advantage of having such ■Astern is that it’s tremendously flexibl f » -'■any d iffe re n t w a y s . W ith a little know li [ If * e m oney, yo u c a n m a k e y o u r A m ig ^ fa sti \ fcm to u se . A NEW COMPUTER M fc th th e a id o f a fe w u tilitie s a n d p ro g ra m s1 Bb ofc. fe e l an d a c t like a n e w c o m p u te r. A n d , in 100th c o v e rd is k w e 'v e in clu d e d o n e o f th e b e st M l ties on our coverdisk this month, along with several others IE - e ip you o n y o u r w a y. O n c o v e rd is k 100 y o u 'll fin d th e pro- ■ v i D ire c to ry O p u s - th is is a n a w a rd w in n in g utility th at * » e s a d va n ta g e o f th e tre m e n d o u s p o w e r o f A m ig a D O S ■ *vrst also overcoming many of the limitations imposed by Btertbench. All of those fiddly operations like copying files, ■tewrng pictures, checking files sizes and de-compressing f c i N v e s c a n n o w b e c arrie d o u t in a fra c tio n o f th e tim e , w ith- H m all the hassle. I O v e r th e p a g e y ou 'll fin d a g u id e to u sin g Directory Opust M d fo llo w in g th a t a round-up o f s o m e o f th e b e s t u tilitie s H a v e c o m e a c r o s s to im p ro v e y o u r A m ig a . A ll o f th e s e a re B t f a b l e fo r u n d e r £ 1 0 e a c h , a n d e ith e r in d ivid u a lly or a s a ^■Oup they'll dramatically enhance your Amiga. Some of these B M s a re s o s im p le th at y o u 'll w o n d e r h o w th e y c a n m ak e o f a d iffe re n c e , b u t o n c e y o u sta rt u sin g th e m , you'll ^ M d e r h o w y o u e v e r g o t b y w ith o u t th e m ! Turn th e p ag e for P R t r o d u c t io n to th e a m a zin g D ire c to ry O p u s 4. s R t d B S M M Y A M IG A M » A m ig a fo r in sta n c e , h a s DOPUS.1 D n c t o r y O p u s installed. It’s one o f th e m o s t c o m m o n ly u s e d pro grams I have W ith it I perform the m aio n ty o f th e file a n d d isk b a se d R e m a in in g functions: if I download an archive ■ p a c e • - fife fro m a B B S fo r in s ta n c e I u se The numtor here is D O p u s to d e c o m p re s s it If d e le t the amount of I ing file s I do it fro m D O p u s I a lso left on the drive c u s e it fo r c o lla tin g th e c o v e rd is k s . rently selected. B u t O p u s is o n ly a s m a ll, a lbe it very important part, of an overall Title Bar • - I ibs collection of utilities I've built up If this bar Is red. this Modules th a t m a k e m y A m ig a m o re friend ly. window is ths source, N aturally I ru n a w id e rang e of from where files are Other Utils different applications, and rather copied. The opposite s th an clickin g m y w a y through d ra w window w ill be the e r a fte r d ra w e r looking fo r th e m , I destination to where T u s e ToolsDaemon to a c c e s s D Painl, they are copied. DirectoryOpus 2685 UghtWave. ImageFX, Final Writer, Clicking on this bar D O p u s a n d o th e rs fro m a pull-dow n w ill maks ths window DirectoryOpus.info 17 menu. Having them available in a t h e i D isk .in fo 48 m e n u m e a n s th e y a re in stan tly 22 a v ailab le - sa v in g m e th e tim e and Other UtiIs.info effort of moving around floppies W in d o w s ■ Systen-Configuration 2 an d hard d riv e s. Clicking in one of B u t ToolsDaemon o n ly s p e e d s these w ill make it the up lo ca tin g a n d se le c tin g p ro grams to load To speed up load in g t im e I u s e HyperCache. I a lso m atically becomes the u s e C a c h e F o n t to s p e e d u p th e destination where loading tim es for fonts. There are files ars copiad to. also several other sm all utilities all Double clicking on a o f w h ic h h e lp m a k e m y A m ig a drawar w ill taka you faster and more responsive These into that drawer. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMand those already mentioned are Clicking on the left or in o u r C U Am ig a M a g a z in e b u ye rs right hand adge of g u id e o n p a g e 26. the screen w ill take A program that really shows you bach up to the o ff t h e A m ig a is M a g ic previoua drawer, for Workbench. This doesn't do any the drawer diaplayed th in g to m a k e th e A m ig a fa s t e r or in the window on the make it-easier to use. instead it left or right hand aids improves the look of W orkbench. - also see Parent. Installing this utility will replace the normal icons and backdrop with much snazzier versions. It a ls o in sta lls th re e n e w fo n ts that Status Bar • — lo ok m u ch b e tte r th an th e norm al chunky Workbench fonts. Even bet Directory Opus ere ter, th e re a re s im p ly m a s s e s of displayed here. extra M agic Workbench icons THE SC R E E N aro u n d in P D lib rarie s to le t yo u fur m e n u , th a n k s fo ToolsDaemon. th e r e n h a n ce th e lo ok o f you r It 's a m a zin g w h a t yo u c a n fin d in A m ig a . M a n y o f th e sc re e n sh o ts th e p u b lic d o m a in . T h e m ajo rity of yo u s e e o ve r th e n e xt fe w p a g e s th e a b o v e p ro g ra m s (w ith th e w e r e ta k e n fro m a n A m ig a w ith exception of H y p e rC a c h e a n d M a g ic W B in sta lle d - yo u can D ire c to ry O p u s) a re all P D a n d c a n a lre a d y s e e th e d iffe re n c e it m ak e s. b e o b ta in e d fo r ju s t a fe w p o u n d s. DPO. the internal disk drive. On the right hand side you'll see a window I'm also a bit of an organisation If I h ad to m a k e s o m e re c o m m e n listing the contents of the RAM disk. Below and around this are but freak and like to keep the various d a tio n s o n h o w to im p ro v e y ou r tons and gadgets to let you change the drives shown, and manipulate drives and programs separate - A m ig a , th e first th in g I'd s a y is g et th e file s a n d d ra w e rs o n th e d is k s . In m o st c a s e s y ou 'll s e le c t a file o r notice how the icons for RAM. in touch with PD libraries and find the two hard drive partitions and o u t w h a t th e y ’v e g o t to offer. b u tto n T h e file w ill th e n b e m o v e d o r c o p ie d to th e d riv e liste d in th e D FO a re p o sitio n e d in th e to p le ft The next tip I'd give is learn hand corner, whilst the SHELL AmigaDOS commands in the Shell - titlo bar highlighted in Red. An explanation for the various gadgets and an d FinalW riter (th e o n ly p ro follow John Kennedy's Q6A Master buttons on the screen is given above and to the right g ra m s I le a v e o u t o n th e Class in every issue. Although it's Workbench) a te in the right hand hard g o ing a t firs t, o n c e yo u ’v e corner. Other programs I need fre le a rn t it y o u 'll b e a b le to s a v e y o u r D ire c to ry O p u s ice n o w lo ad an d ru n W e ll c q u e n tly a re a v a ila b le to m e w ith s e lf a lot o f tim e b y u sin g s h o rtcu ts h a rd d riv e in sta lla ju s t tw o m o u s e c lic k s u n d e r a a n d q u ic k c o m m a n d s ra th e r th an Files/Drawers: these windows, drawers are coloured blue, filos t Mows the mouse over one of them and press the mouse button once to highlight it. Now refor to the buttons below for details on the operations you can perform on it. You can also select more than one file by dragging the mouse pointer over several files, or press shift and the mouse button to select other files and drawers. Clipboards ENV OTHER UTILITIES In clu d e d w ith Directory Opus o n o u r c o v e rd isk a re tw o other niffty utilities: C a c h e F o n t a n d Uttle-Clock. N ote D isk .in fo th at th e s e la st tw o p ro g ra m s o n ly w o rk o n W o rkb en ch 2 s y s te m s a n d ab ove. To u s e C a c h e F o n t lo ad D O p u s a s n o rm a l, an d o n c e it's loaded double click on the drawer UTILITIES. Now highlight the files 'M akeFontlist' HELP! and 'CacheFont' and click on the Directory Opus has a C O P Y b u tto n . T h is w ill co p y com prehensive built- in help facility. To th e s e to th e R A M d isk . N o w use this press 'MlIP' on the keyboard and in s e rt y o u r n o rm a l W o rk b e n ch then c lick on any d isk in to th e d riv e a n d c o p y th e part of the program, a help screen twill tw o file s y o u 'v e ju s t c o p ie d to then be displayed. th e R A M d rive to th e C d ire cto ry clicking on things to of your Workbench disk. Now get help until you p ress 'HELP* again. re s ta rt y o u r A m ig a w ith y o u r n o r mal Workbench disk in the drive and double click on SH ELL icon. Type in ‘MakeFontList’ a n d p r e s s re tu rn . N o w ty p e 'C a c h e F o n t' a n d p re s s Return. Your font requester should now appear much quicker. To try it out load a normal application and try changing fonts - notice how much faster it is bringing — i _ a i ------up the list of available fonts? Hard drive users can a ki also install this program by sim ply copying the above ■ m m Run Connent ( files to the C directory on their hard drive. If you want Iss Datestanpl the program to load automatically everytim e you turn Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMo n y o u r A m ig a , a d d th e lin e 'C a c h e F o n t' to y o u r ec Protect I Startup-sequence in the S drawer of your Workbench .d is k . jt! Icon Intrt ■ y j ! 3 | C a c h e F o n t w o rk s b y building a list o f th e fo n ts.T h e n £ w h e n y o u a s k an a p p licatio n to d isp la y th e fo n t loading j Arc Ext re q u e s te r it c a n ta k e th e fo n t n a m e s fro m th is list rather than reading every font name from the disk. You'll need ___ Encrypt I to run th e 'M ak e F o n tL is t' p ro g ram w h e n e v e r y o u add I p 1 1 1 f 11 I n e w fo n ts to th e s y s te m fo r th is to w o rk how ever. y M 20-Dec-9<\ 12:22:34P I? I E 1 1 1 v 1 1 1 u 1 The other utility supplied is Little-Clock, which adds a little c lo c k to th e to p c o rn e r o f y o u r W o rkb e n ch screen. To use it, boot with the D ire c to ry O p u s d isk in • Drive Buttons: th e d rive . O n c e it h a s lo ad ed d o u b le c lic k o n th e d ra w e r Here you'll find a list of 'UTILITIES' in the left hand window and click once on the main drives. Clicking th e file T 8 C 2 5 2 .lh a ' a n d th e n c lic k on these w ill change the o n th e 'A rc E xt" b u tto n . You'll n o w window to that device. s e e th e file s fo r th is p ro g ram being extracted and saved on the RAM d is k . D o u b le c lic k o n th e T B C d ra w er. O n c e th is h a s fin ish e d put a blank d is k in to DFO . an d c o p y th e file s 'T B C ' an d 'T B C .in fo ' to th is d isk . Q u it DOpus and from Workbench double c lic k o n th e ico n fo r y o u r s p a re d isk . C lic k o n th e 'T B C ' ico n . You sh o u ld s e e th e tim e n o w a p p e a r in th e to p rig ht c o rn e r o f y o u r s c re e n . The instructions loft covor nil the msin buttons in Director, Opus, the remsining buttons, menus end configuration options w ill be cov ered nest month. Turn the page over now for s comprehensive guide to other utilities to improve your Am igs. We've shown you how to use FASTER FONTS Directory Opus. Now we reveal sev eral low cost programs to make a especially if you ve got a lot of them. We real impact on Improving your Amiga. C a c h e F o n t and that'll change forever HYPERCACHE a b le tim e . W ritte n b y A d a m D a w e s it W e in clu d e d th is im p r e s s iv e probably saved us hours since we've program on our January C a c h e F o n t is p u b lic d o m a in a n d i I coverdisk. This simple-look in g u tility w ill m a k e a m a s sive impact on disk loading tim es, and is a must have u tility fo r a n y A m ig a o w n e r. It works by intelligently IT'S A STICK UP g u e s s in g w h a t y o u w ill load S o m e th in g I o fte n fin d m yse lf n e x t a n d s to r e s th is in R A M d o ing is w ritin g d o w n little before you load it. then when n o te s to re m in d m e o f s o m e you actually load it. it's thing later, and m y monitor is already in RAM waiting for o fte n o r not p la s te re d w ith you. In reality it’s a bit more Po st-it-notes. If y o u fin d y ou r com plex than this, but at the end of the day it improves loading time s e lf in a sim ila r p o sitio n y ou 'll and that’s what matters. lo v e th is n e x t u tility. S tick-it is To u s e it. c o p y th e H y p e rC a c h e program from our coverdisk to your a p ost-it-note c re a to r fo r y ou r W o rk b e n ch d is k s . N o w ed it y o u r startu p -se q u e n ce to in clu d e th e line A m ig a a n d le ts y o u s t ic k little po st-it-note w in d o w s o n to y ou r ’H yp e rca ch e -v dfO :’ . Fo r d e ta ils o n h o w to d o th is s e e la s t m on th 's issu e Workbench screen. It’s pretty sim ple, but also rather effective and has (Ja n u a ry ’9 5 ). If y o u d o n 't h a ve th is is s u e y o u c a n o rd er it fro m o u r b ack c e rta in ly fo u n d a h o m e o n o n e o f o u r A 4 0 0 0 s . T h e a d v a n ta g e o f hav issues department on 0858 468888. Alternatively you can get hold of the ing this program is that it can help in the organisation of your time - v e ry la te st v e rs io n o f H y p e rC a c h e fro m W izard D e v e lo p m e n ts, te l 0 32 22 72 re m in d in g y o u d o so m e th in g - a n d in th is s e n s e is w o rth having o n 908 Price: £29.99 Following on from last month’s tutorial on H y p e rC a c h e your Amiga. yo u c a n a ls o s e t th e s iz e o f th e a m o u n t o f m e m o ry th a t H y p e rC a c h e allo It’s a sim ple stand alone program and requires no installation, you cates for caches. Note: if you don’t understand the following don’t worry, s im p ly d o u b le c lic k o n it a n d you’ re a w a y . O n c e it’s u p a n d ru n n in g y o u c a n ig n o re th is bit a s H y p e rC a c h e w o rk s t h e s e o u t fo r y o u . th is w ill y o u c a n a d d n e w stick-it-n o tes, e d it th e m , an d te ll th e p ro g ra m w h ic h only really be interesting to technical users. Setting up the size of n o te s s h o u ld b e d is p la y e d It o n ly w o rk s o n W o rk b e n ch 2 .0 4 and H y p e rC a c h e b u ffe rs is d o n e u sin g th re e p a ra m e te rs, -s’ .’-l' a n d -p\ a b o v e s y s te m s , b u t is w o rth h avin g if y o u 'v e g o t th is sy ste m Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMT h e ’-s' is th e n u m b e r o f c a c h e s s e t up fo r a d e v ic e . A lth o u g h y o u prob It's w ritte n by A n d y D e a n an d y o u r P D lib ra ry sh o u ld b e a b le to g et a b ly th in k o f th e c a c h e a s o n e s in g le c a c h e , H y p e rC a c h e a ctu a lly c re a te s it fo r y o u . it’s a ls o o n th e A r r in e t 4 C D c o lle c tio n . se v e ra l - in t h e h o p e th a t if th e d a ta a b o u t to b e lo ad ed isn’t fo u n d in o n e. it w ill b e in a n o th e r E ig h t c a c h e s e t s a re d e fin e d b y d e fa u lt, a n y other n u m b e rs e n te re d m u s t b e a n e v e n p o w e r o f 2 . ie 2 .4 ,8 .1 6 . T h e -p’ is th e n u m b e r o f s e c to rs th is utility lo a d s in at o n c e (th e p re fe tc h ), th e d e fa u lt is A CUT ABOVE • four, and again numbers entered must be a power of 2. The last parameter is -T the number of lines, this being the number of sector groups in each THE REST c a c h e T h e stan d a rd is 8 s e t s e a ch w ith 3 2 lin e s o f 4 s e c to rs e a c h , giving a D o y o u e v e r n e e d to tra n s fe r te xt total o f 1024 s e c to rs in m e m o ry a t o n ce , e a c h s e c to r o c c u p ie s 5 1 2 b yte s fro m o n e a p p lic a tio n to a n oth er, s o in total 5 1 2 k is u se d a s a c a c h e . S o to s e t up a c a c h e o n D FO w ith a s iz e s a y fro m a w o rd p ro c e s s o r to a o f 5 1 2 k you’d u s e 'H yp e rC a ch e -v DFO -s 8 -116 -p 4 ’. D T P p ro g ra m , o r m ay b e a fro m the S H E L L to NCOMM ? If s o y ou 'll lo ve P o w e rS n a p from Nico F ra n c o is . T h is a llo w s y o u to c u t and paste text between programs. S im p ly h ig h lig h t th e te x t y o u w a n t, p re s s left-A m ig a-C to c o p y it an d then left-Amiga-V to paste it - absolutely brilliant. 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Plug-in accelerator cards are available is o n s fo r y o u to re ad W e 'v e tried which feature the faster 68030 chip operating to b e a s u n b ia s e d a s p o ssib le (h o n a t s p e e d s o f up to 5 0 M H z. e s t !) b u t if y o u e n jo y a g o o d a rg u T h e A 4 0 0 0 is a v ailab le in v e rs io n s w h ic h u s e m e n t. yo u c a n a lw a y s read it out th e 6 8 0 3 0 a n d th e 6 8 0 4 0 - an d plug-in c a r d s are Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMlo ud in th e c o m p u te r c lu b . av ailab le to p ro vid e th e A 4 0 0 0 w ith a 4 0M H z T h e p lan is sim p le - y o u have 6 8 0 4 0 - c u rre n tly th e fa s te s t y o u c a n buy. £800 burning a hole in your pocket, The Apple LCIII com es with a 25MHz 68030. a n d y o u w a n t a h o m e c o m p u te r. If an d o th e r M a c s c o m e w ith 6 8 0 4 0 s o p e ra tin g at you want a games console, then be v a rio u s s p e e d s . D u e to im p ro v e d d e s ig n , a h o n e st a n d g o re ad Computer and 2 5 M H z 6 8 0 4 0 is a b o u t tw o to fo u r tim e s fa ste r Video Games : w e are talking proper th a n a 2 5 M H z 6 8 0 3 0 , w h ic h is ab o u t tw ic e a s f c o m p u te rs h e re . fa s t a s a 6 8 0 20 . Fo r a ll th a t m o n e y , y o u c a n e x p e c t Motorola designed the first 68000 from to get the computer itself, a monitor scratch as a 16/32-bit processor They didn’t that can display a high-resolution colour want to be stuck with incompatibility problems screen without inducing epilepsy, a hard fu rth e r d o w n th e ro a d , a n d d itc h e d th e ir popu disk and something in the way of la r 8-bit 6800 c o m p le te ly sound effects. Conversely, all PC clones use processors (o T h e s y s te m m u s t b e a b le to b e u se d a s compatible processors) from Intel, the 80x86 a word processor, but it must also be able fam ily. In te l k e p t c o m p a tib ility w ith th e 8 0 8 8 - to play games. W e are looking for all-round th e ir 8 -bit p ro c e s s o r - a n d e v e ry p ro c e s s o r the v e rs a tility, a s w e ll a s v a lu e fo r m oney. h a v e m a d e s in c e h a s to in clu d e s p e c ia l option I We have picked out three different sys to work around this bottle neck, including emi te m s to e x a m in e in d e tail - a P C c lo n e , an lation modes and all manner of tricks. The ookm g fo r a fig h t? N ip in to y ou r A p p le M a c a n d (s u rp rise ) a n A m ig a 8 0 4 8 6 is an e x tre m e ly fa s t p ro c e s s o r - b u t it lo ca l c o m p u te r c lu b a n d s ta r t s a y A s there is only one manufacturer of the could have been so much better. In particular, in g "M y c o m p u te r is b e tte r th an Amiga and Mac, their model numbers and m e m o ry a d d re s s in g te c h n iq u e s o n th e Intel your computer". Computer owners prices are well known. The PC is different fa m ily a re b iza rre - an d n o th in g lik e th e s im p k w ill fig h t to th e d e a th to d efen d however, as there are hundreds to choose sequential one-address, one-memory location Oth e ir c h o s e n s y s te m (a lth o u g h no fa ta litie s h a v e from. W e have selected a hardware configura system used by Motorola. actually been reported), and often no amount tion which if you shop around and haggle, T h e fo llo w up to th e 4 8 6 is a lre a d y o u t - til of logical argument can persuade someone to you should be able to get for £8 0 0 : w e c e r P e n tiu m . It is fa s te r (e s p e c ia lly th e 9 0 M H z syi change platforms. The UK home computer tainly managed it by checking with advertis terns), but not by as much as everyone hoper market is an unpredictable place. One year ers in the PC m ags. W hat ever you do, don’t for, and often it is possible to get similar consoles are in. then computers are happen s e t tle fo r a 3 8 6 p ro c e s s o r - th e y a re n o w c o n speeds by using extremely fast 486s ing. then it’s consoles again. It's a place sidered obsolete. T h e n e w M o to ro la c h ip , th e 6 8 0 6 0 . is appi where the most technically advanced products ently very nearly with us (sam ples have been don’t always fair the best, and where nothing supplied) and so Amiga accelerator cards tea is certain other than gory games sell best at KtliTO ?ra5teSSJI°r: turing it may appear soon (see news). The C h ris tm a s . Both the Amiga and Apple Mac use processors 6 8 0 6 0 (th e 6 8 0 5 0 w a s s c ra p p e d ) ru n s m uch To h e lp y o u m a k e y o u r m in d u p a s to w h ich from the sam e Motorola family - the 680x0 fa s te r th a n th e 6 8 0 4 0 . a n d a ls o a lo t c o o le r - The Contenders The com parisons and tests on the follow ing pages are all based upon these three set-ups: an IBM PC clone, an Apple M ac LCIII and an Am iga A1200. IBM-PC Clone Apple M ac Commodore Amiga In the grey concorner wa have Making serious mroadt into the The computer we all love, the IBM compatible PC. In home market is Apple, with the and probably the only true the last year or so, the PC ’Low Cost' versions of their 'home' computer left. It has really taken oil as the popular M acintosh systems. killed off the 8-bit system s Nome Computer of choico - Designed to be stylish, powerful (the Spectrums, CPCs. C64s) more so with the novel and to be oasy to use, Apple has and fought off the ST as introduction of tho 'multi- carved itself a niche in many w ell. It has seen many m m media PC': basically a PC markets, supposedly appealing improvements from the early a CD-ROM drive. to creative sorts rather then toch-heads. days of the A500 and A2000. Price: About £800 Price: £760 Price: About £800 Processor: 80486DX Model: LCIII Model: A 1200 Speed: JJMHi Processor: 68030 Processor: 68020 M e m o ry : 4 M b Speed: 2SMNi Speed: 1 4MH i Nerd drive: 210Mb IDE Memory: 4Mb M e m o ry : 2 M b Operating system: Windows, Dos Hard drive: 80Mb SCSI Hard drive: BOMli IDE Interfaces: 2 s o r ia l, 1 parallel. Operating system: System 7 Operating system: AmigaDOS / Intuition mouse Interfaces: SCSI, AppleTalk. Parallel, Serial. M o n ito r: 14 inch colour Modem, Printer, Sound, com posite video, high-re solution keyboard mouse stereo sound. Graphics: Local bus SVGA card. Monitor: 14inch colour joystick, mouse. 256 colours. 8 0 0 *60 0 high-re solution PCMCIA Most cards capable Graphics: 256 colours, 640.480 Monitor: 14inch colour of much higher and 832*624 high-re solution (>1024) resolutions (flicker free) with more graphics expandable to 768K. Graphics: 256 colours 640*512 memory and better Can be expanded to give standard modes. m o n ito rs . 16 bit colour at 640*480. 2 6 2 , 0 0 0 c o lo u r s Sound: Depends on sound Sound: 8 bit 22KHz mono in. NAMU modes up card, but usually stereo out. to 1448*566 or b ig g e i multichannel 8bit or Sound: 4 channel. 1 6 bit with mono sampling input, For a little bit more yo u could get ... For a little bit more you could get ... For a little bit more y< A 486DX66 computer: same specs but twice An Apple LC475. Sim ilar specifications but More memory. In fact, consider some fast the raw processing power. For complete MP2 with a 2SM hi 68040 processor. You could also memory for the trapdoor an essential pur (multimedia 2 compliance) you w ill also need invest in a double-speed CD-ROM drive con chase. For the £800 you should be able to gel Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMa double speed CD-ROM drive, and a 16bit nected esternally to the SCSI interface. at least 1Mb of Fast Ram. which will double sound card. Tho above system is typical of Apples feel lonely without printers, so add a tho speed of the computer immediately. For a one you can pick up if you shop around - and StyleW riter inkjet to the Christm as list as little more, a card such as the Blizzard doubl. prices are only going to fall. Remember that w ell. You might also consider getting a larger speed 4Mb memory cspansion is a worth you w ill also need a sound card (which usual hard drive, although being SCSI based these while investment. You could also think about ly includes a joystick port and sometimes a can be a little expensive compared to a slightly larger hard drive, or possibly an MIDI and CD-ROM interface). Amiga. PC IDE drives. asternal PCM CIA CD-ROM drive. w h ich m e a n s it m a y e v e n b e p o ssib le to lit o n e system s, music, communications, games and th e m o u s e a n d s till w o rk s p ro p erly w ith a n y I/O to an A 1 2 0 0 . serious software Our ratings are as objective a n d v id e o c a r d s . G re a t fu n ! The PowerPC is a new type of processor, as possible, and have all been concluded from created by a collaboration of several big manu years of experience of all three systems. Amiga factures - Motorola, Apple and IBM . Already S c o r e s o u t o f a m a x im u m p o s s ib le fiv e h a ve T h e A m ig a o n th e o th e r h and u s e s a s y s te m A p p le a re u sin g it in th e ir n e w m a c h in e s (th e y b e e n g ive n to e a c h s y s te m a t th e e n d o f each c a lle d A u to c o n fig ' w h ic h th e P C c a n o n ly g o t b o re d w a itin g fo r th e 6 8 0 6 0 's ) a n d IB M are section, Let the battle commence ... d re a m a b o u t. A t s w itc h o n , a n y c a rd s p re se n t planning on creating PCs which use it to - introduce themselves to the operating system w h ich m e a n s a c o m m o n A p p le /P C p latfo rm . Expansion capabilities and are automatically allocated resources Commodore have stated that they would T h e re is n o thing q u ite like it o n a n y o th e r s y s p re fe r to g o th e w a y o f h ig h -sp eed R IS C PC tem, and although future PC operating system s processors rather than use the PowerPC which T h e P C h a s a lw a y s b e e n to u te d a s th e m o st m a y p ro m ise it. y o u c a n b e s u r e it 's n o t to go *s a shame: the Amiga Workbench would have expandable computer ever - and rightly so. h ap p en fo r a w h ile . flourished on other hardware. b e c a u s e its m o d u la r d e sig n o w e s m u ch to th e O f c o u rs e , to b e s trictly fa ir th is is n 't a good fa c t th a t y o u n e e d to a d d q u ite a lot o f hard co m p a riso n , a s th e A 1 2 0 0 m o d el d o e s n o t h ave Comparisons w are in order to get it to do anything useful. a n y true Z o rro e x p a n sio n b u s s o c k e ts - o n ly a ■ you c o u ld ju d g e th e w o rth o f a p articu lar T h e re a re th o u sa n d s o f d iffe re n t c o m b in a trapd o o r a n d a P C M C IA slo t. T h e trapd o o r is iter p u re ly o n so m e th in g like th e sp e e d tions possible when putting a PC together, as m o re a d v a n ce d th a n th a t o f e a rlie r A m ig a m od : processor, there would be no need for the th e re a re h u n d re d s o f so u n d c a rd s an d g ra p h ics e ls . an d n o t o n ly c a n m e m o ry b e a d d e d q u ickly in the first place However, each of the cards from hundreds of different manufactures. an d ch eap ly, but fa s te r p ro c e s s o rs to o - a here have their strong points and The competition keeps the price down, but 50MHz 68030 can be installed which will run fa u lts. T h e o ld 'h o r s e s fo r c o u rs e s ' ad ag e it a ls o k e e p s c o m p a tib ility d o w n . It c a n ta k e a e xtre m e ly q u ickly. C h e a p S C S I2 c o n tro lle rs c a n all v e ry w e ll, b u t w h ic h h o rse is rig ht fo r y ou r long tim e to a d ju s t a ll th e s e ttin g s a n d ju m p e rs b e a d d e d to m a n y o f th e s e a cc e le ra to rs w h ich u la r c o u rs e ? T h e fo llo w in g c o m p a riso n s o n th e c a r d s to g e t th e m to w o rk to g eth er m e a n s a d d in g e x tre m e ly larg e s to ra g e d e v ic e s :o give you the answer. W e've put the three p ro p e rly : an d s o m e tim e s it's ju s t n o t p o ssib le . is a real p o ssib ility. T h e trapd o o r p ro v id e s a :ers head-to-head in eight categories: A d d in g a m o d e m ca rd i s a g o o d e x a m p le - you h o m e c o m p u te r w ith a re la tiv e ly e a s y w a y of i. networking, graphics, operating w ill n e e d to e n s u re th e c a rd d o e sn 't c la s h w ith a d d in g m o re o p tio n s - w ith o u t having to o p e n r - * -»o and poke around inside. Ju st recently, W indows (Windows for Workgroups) handles an d W in d o w s fo r O S /2 ' a n d th e c u rre n t v e rs io n ~ o< e add-ons are appearing that make use of th e s o ftw a re s id e o f th in g s. (c a lle d W a rp ) s e e m s to b e b o th s ta b le a n d u s e t*e PCMCIA slot. These include a new 12-bit ful. It is also possible to run Unix compatible sampler and also a SCSI interface Apple Mac operating system s such as Linux, and even use It's even easier with a Mac thanks to AppleTalk a G U I-like X -W in d o w s o n it N e X T S te p - o n e of Apple Mac Plu g a f e w c a b le s to g e th e r an d th e jo b 's d o n e , th e m o s t a d v a n ce d o p e ra tin g s y s te m s - is a lso The Apple Mac w as not designed for people alth o u g h w h e n th e n u m b e rs sta rt to g ro w an d available, but this is starting to get well beyond who like to lift th e lid an d ru m m a g e aro und th e re is a lot o f d a ta h e a d in g to la s e r p n n te rs, our price range: and besides, you can't play mside. although it has to be said that the LCiii is th e s y s te m w ill s o o n s ta rt to s lo w d o w n . D o o m on NeXTStep. Yet. a beautifully designed piece of hardware. E v e ry th in g fro m th e p la s tic c a s e to th e k ey Amiga Apple Mac b o ard oozes q u a lity O p e n in g th e LC in is e a s y - A n d th e n th e re is th e A m ig a . W h a t h a v e w e The Apple's System 7 is also a simple task th e lid u n clip s a t th e b a ck an d s lid e s fo rw a rd got? Very little unfortunately. Remarkably, for an and o ff In sid e is a m in u te c irc u it bo ard (w ith a operating system which can handle multiple P L C C socket fo r a 2 5 M H z 6 8 8 8 2 m a th s co processes like no other, support for networking pressor) and a single blank SIMM slot. The flop is m arg in al. It w a s s ta rtin g to c re e p in to v ie w p y d riv e , th e hard d riv e an d a fa n ta k e up th e w ith th e v e ry la te st K ic k s ta rt re le a s e s , b u t at re st of th e sp a ce . the moment adding an Amiga to a network is There is also a single NuBus expansion slot, not easy. Ethernet cards have been built, but w h ic h is a v a ila b le fo r p ro c e s s o r e xp a n sio n but tra ck in g th e m d o w n an d o b tain in g th e re le va n t th a t's a b o u t a ll. T h e re a ren 't a lot o f ad d -o ns for software is not a task for the faint hearted. Apples, most are accelerators graphics cards. Linking two machines with ParNet is one thing, H o w e v e r th e 2 5 -w a y S C S I c o n n e cto r at th e b ack but true networking is not a viable option at the is a g o o d th in g an d m a k e s ad d ing e xtra hard dri p re s e n t tim e . ves and SCSI CD-ROM drives easy R e m e m b e r, u p to se v e n d e v ic e s c a n be Operating System s c h a in e d fro m a S C S I s y s te m w h ic h m a k e s fo r a A ■ittracff u n t i l ladnM. M A * If W S|H M i! lot of possibilities. PC Ifcr A A tr !• sftckf Ike ■ »* •( a Ha A t* fa m i iaa k - thins On bnlga eaaM la n lr la with W in d o w s is ru b b ish S o rry to b e s o b lu n t, but N e tw o r k in g yo u w o n 't b e a b le to c o n v in c e m e o th e r w is e It Connecting two or more computers together in is s lo w , it e a ts m e m o ry an d a b s o rb s hard d isk switching operating system , although it is a lot o rd e r to sh a re d a ta a n d re s o u rc e s is e x tre m e ly space Even on extremely fast hardware, it is more sophisticated than W indows. Even useful. For exam ple, in an office several users not fa st. absolute beginners can quickly get to grips m a y w a n t to u s e th e s a m e p rin te r w ith o u t hav A lot o f th is is d u e to th e b a ckw a rd natu re of w ith a M a c - fro m th e s m ile y little fa c e fro m ing to walk around with documents saved to P C s . a lw a y s having to run so ftw are th at w orked po w er-up - th e n e w u s e r is n o t frig h te n e d a w a y floppy disk in their hands. o n th e v e ry earliest s y s te m s . W in d o w s d o e s o ffer with technology for technology's sake. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMa fo rm o f m ultitasking - w h e n you p re s s A LT and T h e d o w n s id e to th e M a c 's s y s te m s is th a t it PC T A B , you c a n s w itch to d iffere nt a p p licatio n s and can be very claustrophobic. There is simply no To network PCs you need to buy a card for 'd is k o p e ra tin g s y s te m ' a s s u c h - each computer. You've probably heard of everything m ust be done with the Ethernet or Novel Netware, and this is what m o u s e an d s o m e m e n u s o r it s im it's all about. You can get a networking card p ly c an n o t b e d o n e (an d y o u h a ve for about £50 and the current release of to e je c t d is k s w ith th e m o u s e , which sometimes the software doesn't let you do - infuriating!), Portable Options Amiga O n c e a g ain w e c o m e to th e A m ig a , T h e re is but t h is tim e th in g s a te lo o kin g u p . I o n e area Workbench has matured from a w h e r e th e v e ry sa d (b y 1 9 9 0 s ta n d a rd s ) P C and orange and blue operating system I A p p le into an extremely sophisticated score heav environment with the release of ily o v e r th e W o rk b e n ch 3 .1 . Amiga, and The Amiga's Workbench doesn't I th a t is A Dm m m ffiafews scran n aay lystta Inks uniat la dM. Haoct the acces run o n to p o f a d isk o p e ra tin g sys-1 saries window Mdades a terminal lot modems aad the presence al networking software as p ortability. It is p o ssib le to c h o o s e a c o m te rn an d it c e rta in ly d o e sn 't ta k e up I standatd ia Windows 3.11 plete. pick-up-and-go notebook computer v a s t q u a n titie s o f m e m o ry a n d hard I fro m a ra n g e o f A p p le P o w e rb o o k s and leave o th e rs running in th e b ackground. disk space. Little things - like the moving the I c lo n e s y s te m s T h e re a re m a n y s c re e n and H ow ever, W in d o w s is not a p re-em p tive m ulti p o in ter a c r o s s th e s c re e n - u s e little a m o u n ts I processor options, including Apples with tasking system . In other words, the Operating of processor power, unlike the PC which uses al fa s t 6 8 0 4 0 s a n d s u p e rb c o lo u r s c re e n s , S y s te m d o e s not have o verall c on tro l o ve r the fe a rs o m e p e rc e n ta g e ju s t h an d lin g th e a n d P C s w ith 4 8 6 p ro c e s s o rs a n d co lo u r programs which are running Instead, each pro W indows and Icons. d is p la y s w h ic h a re s o m e tim e s b e tte r th an g ra m d o e s a little bit o f w o rk , an d th en w h e n it Q u ite a m azin g ly, K ic k s ta rt - th e h eart o f th e I dedicated monitors. c o n s id e rs it h a s d o n e e nough it p a s s e s control Amiga - lives in a pair of 512K ROMS, and not I Po rta b le s y s te m s h a ve a n ic h e m arke t o v e r to th e next. T h is m ay so u n d O K in theory, m u ch e ls e is re q u ire d fo r a fu lly u s e a b le sy s - I for people on the move, usually business but in p ra c tice it is s lo w a n d w h e n o n e program te rn . It c a n e v e n b e u s e d e n tire ly fro m flo p p y I ty p e s w h o c a n a ffo rd to p a y e x tra fo r th e g o e s w ro n g , th e entire s y s te m fa lls over. d is k if n e c e ssa ry , alth o u g h w ith a h a rd d is k it I fle xib ility th a t a p o rta b le c o m p u te r can T h e g o o d n e w s fo r P C o w n e rs i s th at th ere really ta k e s off. g iv e A p o rta b le A m ig a s e e m s e xtre m e ly a r e c h o ic e s . O S/2 is w h a t IB M w a n ts a ll P C s to A d d in g th e fin ish in g to u ch w ith a n ic e c o lo u a unlikely: ever. be running instead of W indows. In fact, you can scheme, a tasteful backdrop and some well- I now get combinations of 'OS/2 for Windows' d ra w n ico n re p la ce m e n ts (M a g ic W B ) w ill I Amiga O h d ear. W h a t a s o rr y b u n ch w e a re w h e n it c o m e s to s e rio u s s o ftw a re . N o n e o f th e big' n a m e s in so ftw a re w o u ld to u ch th e A m ig a w ith a pole, and instead we have our own gallant band of software producers. However, all is not lo st: w h e n A m ig a s o ftw a re is g o o d , it is very good indeed. F in a l W rite r is an e x c e lle n t pro gram, and the S u p e rB a s e d a ta b a se s y s te m is reasonably featured. There is even a new spreadsheet available - so things mightn't be as bad as they first appear. However, the amount of choice in terms of business soft w a re is poor. a ^ I i y i aspects of the Amigas eperating system isn't had T h e flip s id e o f th e c o in is m u ltim e d ia fanenhet eone ef the othei platforms cae run solely iff floppy, so at authoring system s. The excellent graphics and «■« it's a lot less hassle. OK. so 256 colour Wurkbeuch displays are • slew, hut give me a graphics card like a Picasso II or Retioa aod efficient operating system (and A R e x x ) m e a n s m l cafl it quits. that integrating animation, sound, MIDI music, high-resolution images and text is much easier ensure a n e n viro n m e n t th at a d e d ica te d graphi Spreadsheets, Desktop Publishing, on the Amiga than another other platform. The cs workstation would be proud of. and when Pro g ram m in g to o ls) th an a n y o th e r s y s te m o n Amiga even had CDXL before the PC had the kxj start to add the 'extras’: ARexx. Multiview. the planet. Of course, most of them are rather very sad Video for W indows, although not Datatytpes, Commodities and so on, it becomes e x p e n s iv e , b u t th e y e x is t - w h ic h is w h y n early m a n y title s m a d e u s e o f it. Dtain th at th e A m ig a 's O S still y e a rs a h e a d of every office in the world has a PC in it. eny o th e rs in te rm s o f s h e e r usability. Graphics software Apple Mac Perhaps surprising to some, but the PC ■ H H |^ |M a c also has a good range of soft- T h e n e a re st s o ftw a re to L ig h tw a ve or A d Pro on | ware. PC-giants M icrosoft certainly th e P C is go o d - it sh o u ld b e . it is ludicrously I I **«*»•• 'MXiXXl t?v ‘\ i Vi**'** ')* e x p e n siv e . A u to d e sk an d th e like c o s t thou m c i their top p a ck a g e s (W o rd fo r exam - sa n d s. G ra p h ic s so ftw a re o n th e P C hasn't I p ie ) for th e A p p le p latfo rm . In fact, c au g h t th e attentio n o f h o m e u s e rs in th e sa m e I I overall with an Apple you'll be able w a y a s it h a s w ith th e A m ig a - e ve n though I do just about everything you could th ere a re m a n y paint p ro g ram s availab le, none do w ith a P C m th is area a re a s w id e ly u se d a s D e lu x e P a in t on th e Am ig a. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMAmiga L ig h tw a v e is s o m e th in g th e A m ig a co m m u n ity has always been proud of. It’s used right ClarisWorks a c r o s s th e b o ard in p ro fe ss io n a l v id e o p ro d u c tio n . fro m th e H o llyw o o d s tu d io s , to th e sp in ning news logos, to the experimental images used in pop videos and sweaty raves. Fans k n o w th e A m ig a an d L ig h tw a re is something a Bu-bae help is present in nuuy programs thanks ta the very fleiihle really special. ‘-®f§aGuide system. Incideataily. Spat is a program that Amiga users can Post-processing software on the Amiga is ho proud off too. . good - p ro g ra m s like Art Department Professional an d Im a g e F X a re s im p ly n o t avail Communications a b le fo r a n yth ing like th e s a m e p ric e (if a t a ll) o n All hail the mighty RS232c! Yes, thanks to one th e P C . D P a in t an d B rillia n c e h a ve no e q u a ls. ▲ look familiar? It should - it's also running on the PC. Apple actual of few standards ever seen in the computing ly set-up a software house to create good business software. Now, world, any external modem you can buy today why couldn't someone we all know not have done that? Apple Mac w ill w o rk w ith a n y o f th e fh re e s y s te m s - but The Mac has a real grip on the professional th a t's n o t to s a y th a t s o m e a re n 't b e tte r a t h a n illustration market with Photoshop and d ling c o m m s th a n o th e rs . N e w e r operating s y s Illustrator: both are superb programs which te m s fo r th e M a c an d P C p ro m ise to in clu d e rig h tly d e s e rv e th e ir s u c c e s s - th e re is still T C P/IP in an in teg rated fo rm . For th o s e w h o h ave nothing to match it on the Amiga, although avoided anything starting in ’information', ending Photogenics is c o m in g c lo s e . m 'h ig h w a y ' an d con tain in g th e w o rk "su p e r’’ in For many, the M ac's biggest advantage is the middle, TCP/IP will m ake connecting these QuarkXPress - the Desktop publishing pack co m p u ters to th e Internet a lot e asie r. Sad ly, th e a g e y o u find re s p o n sib le fo r ju s t a b o u t e v e ry A m ig a h a s fa lle n b e h in d in th is are a, an d a n y magazine you can buy. There is nothing to extensions will continue to be third-party add to u ch Q u a rk o n th e A m ig a (in clu d in g o n s for th e fo re se e a b le fu tu re , rather th an inte P a g e S lre a m 3 ). an d a rty d e s ig n e r ty p e s grated additions to the operating system . wouldn't be seen dead using a boring old PC Serious software Games software 11 P C Amiga Dlour I Do we really need to go through with this? OK. A Final Writer nay lack the finesse ol Microsoft Word, bet it certaie- T h e w a y P C s an d A m ig a s g e n e ra te g ra p h ic s is I p th e P C h a s m o re an d b etter b u s in e s s pro- ly beats the pants etf Claris... Add V v e ry d iffe re n t. T h e A m ig a h a s a s o p h istic a te d Paint and you've got all you need. yam s (including Word Processors. Databases, c h ip s e t th a t w a s d e s ig n e d fo r vid e o g a m e s in ► ► ► the 1980s A s a result, it is terrific at scrolling, ig nore, an d g a m e s really n eed to run in a s y s o ffe rs lo ts o f s c o p e fo r g rad u ated c o lo u re d b a ck te m -frie n d ly w a y. T h e la ck o f a n y g ee-w tiiz video Conclusion g ro u n d s an d o ffe rs h a rd w a re sp rite s chips also means that fast action, multi-coloured It’s in e vita b le th a t th e P C w ill co n tin u e to d o m i T h e v id e o o u tp u t is e x c e lle n t q u ality, an d a s c ro lle rs really h a v e n o c h a n c e o n th e M a c n a te th e m arke t - th e re a re sim p ly s o m a n y of built-in modulator m eans that connecting the them out there. However, they are still based A m ig a to th e fa m ily te lly like a g a m e s c o n s o le Music on a d e s ig n th a t w a s fixe d in th e 1 9 7 0 ’s a n d is e a s y G a m e s a re c h e a p an d p le n tifu l - th e y A lth o u g h n o n e o f th e big th ree h a ve a n y stan b a ck w a rd ly c o m p a tib le w ith 8 -b it p ro c e s s o rs . m a k e m o re m o n e y fo r re ta ile rs th an e x p e n s iv e dard MIDI ports, all can have them added. Once If you are a conformist, someone who doesn't c a rtrid g e s fo r S e g a s a n d N in ten d os. a g ain th e A m ig a is th e c h e a p e s t an d e a sie st w a n t to b e d iffe re n t o r sta n d o u t. by all m e an s option (plug a b o x in to th e serial p ort - no need b u y a P C (in w h ich c a s e c h e c k o u t o u r siste r PC magazine. PC Review) You'll be getting a good T h e P C o n th e o n o th e r h a n d , h a s a g ra p h ics d e a l, but a s p ric e s fall a lm o st d aily, d o n 't e xp e ct c a rd an d a fa s t p ro c e s s o r - a n d th a t's a b o u t it. yo u r m a c h in e to c o s t th e s a m e in 6 m on th s It 's n o t s u b tle , b u t it is fa s t an d id e a lly su ite d to tim e : it w ill pro b ab ly b e o u t o f d a te . You'll get 3D type gam es, rather than scrolling platform- your Word Processing done alright, but the soft e r s T h is is w h y g a m e s like D o o m , X -W m g and w a re w o n t b e c h e a p If y o u w a n t to p la y g a m e s Formula I GP w o rk e x tre m e ly w e ll o n P C s like D o o m I I an d X -W m g . then yeah: they are T h e re is n o s e n s ib le w a y o f c o n n e c tin g a P C to o n ly a v ailab le fo r th e P C . If y o u w a n t to p ay out a T V s e t, b u t 14 in ch c o lo u r m o n ito rs a re a £ 5 0 a g o. an d fig h t w ith D O S o v e r th at 6 4 0 K lim it u b iq u ito u s p a rt o f a P C se t-u p , s o th is d o e sn 't , th e n g o ahead . s e e m to w o rry m o s t p eo p le. If y o u lik e th e lo ok o f A p p le , re m e m b e r th at H o w e v e r, a ctu a lly g ettin g g a m e s to run o n a a s h o m e c o m p u te rs th e y s till h a ve a lo ng w a y P C is n o t a lw a y s v e ry e a s y R e m e m b e r th at to g o S m a ll b u s in e s s u s e y e s - but a s th e n um 640K limit? Obviously the manufacturers got ber one system in the house, probably not. around it. but it is still lurking there. You need S o ftw a re is a v a ila b le , b u t it is e x tre m e ly e x p e n A Sehwere like tke m.t!M»l(ili« Bert M4 Pipes p iem tkeie eie to h a v e a s m u ch o f th at m e m o ry fre e a s p o s s i s iv e . P u b lic d o m a in s o ftw a re d o e sn 't e x is t - it's still seen thle|i "kick cee enly be Bene piopeiiy op ee Aimgo b le - w h ic h m e a n s sw itc h in g o ff m a n y o f th e a ll S h a re w a re in A p p le La n d . T h e re a lly good standard DOS facilities (like being able to recall to m e s s w ith d riv e rs o r IR Q /D M A n u m b e rs: thing about a Mac is that it isn’t a PC. and as a th e la s t lin e o f te x t y o u ty p e d a t th e C : > y e u c k l an d it's a sh a m e th e C D T V w a s th e o nly re s u lt it i s a lot e a s ie r to u se . prompt). As a result, many PC owners have m o d el to h a v e th e m a s stan d ard . O n th e o th er han d , p e rh a p s you e n jo y w o rk w ritte n th e ir o w n s p e c ia l bo ot t im e m e n u to S ta n d a rd so u n d c ap a b ilitie s a re p re tty poor ing w ith c o m p u te r g ra p h ics P e rh ap s y o u like re m o v e th e e x tra s o ftw a re w h e n e v e r th e y w a n t (alth o u g h th e 6 3 0 ra n g e o f A p p le M a c h a s a b ein g a b le to b u y a good g a m e fo r £ 2 0 (or le s s ) to play games. This sort of technical require respectable 16-bit sound output) so extra musi an d p la y it o n th e fa m ily T V P e rh a p s yo u like m e n t c a n re a lly c ra m p th e P C 's a tte m p ts to b e cal hardware is a m ust. Several manufacturers good q u ality p u b lic d o m ain s o ftw a re , a n d a thriv th e g a m e s c o n s o le o f th e 9 0 s ' - it s c e rta in ly a re build ing M a c a n d A p p le in te rfa ce o p tio n s ing community spirit. not a s e a s y a s s la m m in g a c a rtrid g e into a slo t into their M ID I g e ar a s stan d ard (Ko rg fo r e xa m Maybe you want to be able to use an oper Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMand pressing ON. p le ), but w ith a bit o f th o u g h t o n th e ir part an ating system without driving yourself insane A m ig a c o u ld a ls o h a v e b e e n su p p o rte d : m ore b y fin d in g o u t th e re is n o w a y in to th e le v e l of Apple machine-ism in action. a c c e s s y o u n eed . 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This year looks as though its getting off to a -• Lemmings III ...... 42 hot start on the games front, see our First • Shadow Fighter ...... 45 Impressions previews of The Chaos Engine 2 and • Dragonstone ...... 50 Frontlines - and of course there's Team 17's • Overlord ...... 54 Worms to look forward to as well. We'll have an • Kick Off 3 European Challenge 56 exclusive preview of it next month. Software • Base Jumpers ...... 57 houses seem to have been Roadkill ...... 57 taking your hints to heart Shaq Fu ...... 58 about games being Hard Mortal Kombat II ...... 60 Drive installable of late, Charlie J Cool ...... 64 Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMthough not everyone has PGA European Tour ...... 66 been listening - less than half of this month's games are. Finally, the prize Powerdrive ...... 69 for the Return of the Complicated Copy Protection System goes to Gremlin who have included one of those infamous 'wheels' with Shadow Fighter. 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This is much more of a It's th e B itm ap Brothers Battle Is le style o f g am e, and w h ile again, w ith gam e design campaign strategy is important it's being carried out by the actual tactical fighting on the Simon Knight and Eric ground and dispersal of troops and Matthews, coding by w e a p o n s th at are the salien t points Steve Cargill, Steve Kelly o f Fro n tlin es - h e n ce the n am e of the and Rob Trevelleyan, g a m e a s th e saying goes! graphics by Dan Malone and G a ry Carr and SFX and m u sic b y C hris M aule. It's b een in pro The Chaos Engine 2 duction for nearly tw o The Bitmap Brothers y ears n o w and is due for I release, through Renegade, around The Gam eplay: G u e ss w h at? It's two players running around multiple m id A p ril n e xt year. First Im pressions: Anything tne sa m e a s th e Chaos E n g in e . levels shooting everything in sight and from the Bitmaps with T h e Chaos nearly. 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Tel: 01 773 836781 Facsimile 01 ~ 3 © 10*0 ■ Price: £29.99 ■ Publisher: Psygnosis © 951 799 5755 Rik Skews feels anything but sui cidal after encountering the latest exploits of those lovable Lemmings. odHpUKbMen. rriving early in 1991, n o b o d y c o u ld have m u c h th e s a m e , w ith th e fa m ilia r predicted the success ’Let's Go!' and ‘splat’ death sounds of the original Amiga a ll a c c o m p a n ie d b y m o re o f th at version of L e m m in g s. title s e ve r, h ad an w o n d e rfu lly ta c k y su p e rm a rk e t It'sO o n a p ar w ith Tetris, o n e o f extremely simple con m usic. The graphics though, have Surprises Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMth o s e fe w title s th a t c a n m a n a g e s cept. Guide a hapless Unsurprisingly then I been radically overhauled. Gone is to a p p e al to th o s e w h o band of lemmings w a s e x p e c tin g m o re th e 8-bit lo ok o f th e b a ck g ro u n d s w o u ld n o rm a lly n e v e r p lay fro m o n e s id e o f o f th e s a m e from and platforms, instead everything a computer game. Instead , th e s c re e n to th e The A ll N ew World n o w h a s a m u c h m o re p o lish e d it a p p e a ls to ju s t ab o u t f t e x it, m ak in g s u re of Lemmings b u t I and modem look. However, the everyone from mums to stressed- th at in th e p ro c e s s w a s p le a sa n tly biggest change has been reserved out businessm en. Indeed, in a a s fe w a s p o ssib le s u rp ris e d a t w h a t I for the lemmings themselves. No m a n n e r re m in is c e n t o f th o s e c lu e d p e rish in th e tra p s th a t lit discovered. Gameplay is lo n g e r a re th e y th e s m a ll a n d up people who rejected The te r th e p la y a re a. d ivided up n e a tly b y th re e different weedy. Sensible Software style, B e a tle s , L e m m in g s w a s d is m is s e d T o h e lp th e m o n th e ir p e rilo u s tribes of lemmings, these being the n o w th e y 're b ig . d u m p y a n d bear by many major software houses journey a limited number of skills c la s s ic v a rie ty a s fe a tu re d in th e more of a resemblance to babies until Psygnosis wisely published it. needed to be used in the best way orig inal g a m e a s w e ll a s E g yp tian than suicidal rodents. This increase Developed by the then relatively possible. These skills included cre an d S h a d o w ty p e s , th e late r o f in s iz e h a s a llo w e d D M A D e sig n to u n k n o w n D M A D e sig n . L e m m in g s. ating a builder lemming to build a w h ic h a re N inja w a n n a b e s S o m e inject more humour and personali like m a n y o f th e b e s t s o ftw a re bridge over dangers, and a blocker levels now feature trapped lem ty in to th e le m m in g s b y w a y o f variety which stopped the flowing m in g s w ith in th e m a s w e ll. It's not better animation and greater detail. h o rd e s w a lk in g to th e ir d o o m . n e c e s s a ry to r e s c u e th e m b u t th is Simple, but highly successful, is o f a g o o d id e a a s th e y ’ ll b e added Radical overhaul th e L e m m in g s titles have now to your total lemmings supply. The user interface has been radi been converted with equal suc Baddies have been introduced too. cally overhauled too. Gone is the c e s s to m a n y o th e r fo rm a ts . O n th o u g h not in th e e n d o f level myriad of different icons. th e A m ig a th e o rig in al L e m m in g s g uard ian s e n s e . In ste ad th e y p re N o w th e re a re ju s t fiv e has since been sequeled by s e n t m o te o f a n u i Christmas Lemmings. Lem mings 2 sance Examples and most recently H o lid a y in clu d e th e se x y L e m m in g s , which was C h ristm a s L e m m e Fatale w h o L e m m in g s with 32 new levels bolt m a k e s le m m in g s s o e d o n t h e e n d . A ll th e s e t it le s fo l e x c ite d th e y c om m it lo w e d th e fo rm a t o f t h e o rig in al su icid e , an d th e P sych o with the only major differences Buzzard which hovers b e in g th e a b ility to c h o o s e fro m th e s k y in c e rta in levels more skills, and in the case of before swooping down L e m m in g s 2 , a p lo t w h e re an d p ickin g o u t a targ et the Lemmings were look o r tw o . .• • ■. ••• • o ing lo t 5 0 m is s in g p ie c e s A u ra lly T h e A H N e w o f a lo s t ta lism a n . 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O h it's te rrib le ... e n fo r th in kin g th a t th is w a s an u p d a te o f B o d y A hi MM •( In easy la meat* spatial u rn * Yargaa Ik* 6«nua cap takas Mt In |M aad sfcaati M A m o n th o r s o a g o G re m lin In te ractiv e B lo w s , th e sc a lin g o f t h e s p rite s an d g ra p h ic announced that they had signed up the fighting b a ck g ro u n d s a re sim ilar, b u t th e g a m e its e lf is g a m e o f th e year, a n d fe w b e lie ve d th e m C o m e different, in as much as any beat 'em up could o n . h o w c a n y o u h a ve th e fig h tin g g a m e o f the be 'different' Not for S h a d o w F ig h te r th e b e au The Fighters y e a r a n d n o t te ll a n yo n e ab o u t it u n til it's a lm o st tifu l re n d e re d g ra p h ic s o f R is e or the realistic o n th e s h e lv e s ? If it’s th a t g o o d th e y 'd w a n t to s p rite s o f M ortal Kombat, th e s e a re p u re c a r hype it up a little. But the reason for this lack of to o n fig h te rs , b u t th e le v e l o f an im a tio n is good h yp e is s im p le : G re m lin d id n 't k n o w th e y w e re and the separately scrolling backgrounds are going to re le a s e it th e m s e lv e s u n til ro ug hly smooth, if a tad colourless. That said, you can November of last year And they weren't telling fig h t in 16 different countries, so you're never fib s e ith e r - it i s good s h o rt o f v a rie ty in th e b a ck g ro u n d s ta k e s . The game has been designed and T h e re a r e th re e o p tio n s a v a ila b le in th e m ain ► ► ► Name: Cody ■* NamcSlam Dunk Country: Country: Danmark • Name: Toni SpaotaHty Country: Itafy Speciality: Fko A rritfc > inriri ol th> jflyilick a rt a qaick fira banaa atab Salkrtoi la m iala a Daaaai llaa. Iba more ia aat aat» qietty. its eflectrvt menu as far as fighting is concerned: single and it is essential that they are learned. Each player vs computer in championship mode, fig h te r w ill h a ve o n e o r tw o w h ic h a re really train in g w h ic h in v o lv e s a sin g le p laye r V s th e e a s y to c a rry o ff an d s o m e o f th e s e e n a b le long practice dummy Pupazz. one player single battle ra n g e a tta c k s N o n e o f th e m o v e s w ill ta k e all of a g a in s t th e c o m p u te r o r h u m a n v s h u m a n . In your opponent's power away but a well timed th e c h a m p io n sh ip fig h t yo u c a n s e le c t o n e o f s ix combination will finish him or her off pronto. lo w e r le v e l c h a ra c te rs an d th e n b a ttle y o u r w a y A lth o u g h th e m an u al c la im s a re up to five past the other 15, while in any of the other three s p e c ia l m o v e s it d o e sn 't te ll y o u h o w to do all of m odes you can pick whichever character you th e m , an d in th e p ro c e s s o f fin d in g o u t yo u m ay lik e an d fig h t a g a in st a n y o th e r - e x c e p t fo r th e fin d s o m e o th e r m o v e s w h ic h lo ok p re tty sp e Shadow Fighter himself, who is reserved only cial. Suffice to say that trying all possible joystick fo r th o s e w h o d e s e rv e to fig h t h im ,. combinations will reap plentiful rewards. I lo ved Shadow Fighter fro m th e m o m e n t I first p laye d it. T h e p lay e rs' m o v e s a re fluid and T h e firs t th in g y ou 'll n o tic e o n Shadow Fighter's th e s p e c ia l m o v e s a ren 't to o d ifficu lt to d isc o v e r box is the 2000AD inspired artwork, the second and master The game doesn't have as much is th e fla s h in th e c o rn e r w h ic h c la im s th e re ’ s hype surrounding it as Mortal Kombat 2 an d it an amazing 17 different fighters'. Jolly good, no lo o k s m o re old fa sh io n e d in te rm s o f its g ra p h ics, f ib s h e re e ith e r: th e re a re 17 fig h te rs an d th e y b u t it s c o r e s w e ll o n playab ility an d o n th e n um a re all a m a zin g ly d iffe re n t. T h e ra n g e o f c h a ra c b er o f fig h te rs y o u g e t to play. If M K 2 h adn't b een te rs g o e s fa r b e y o n d th e stan d a rd Streetfighter- such a stunning conversion then Shadow Fighter inspired Ken and Ryu to include a fighting bas w o u ld h a v e w a lk e d all o ve r it. 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In c a s e you aren't Ofamiliar with this series o f g a m e s , th e y a re a b s o lu te ly s u p e rb a rc a d e a d ve n tu re s, A Sm fa M Kf, I mafcf irtit mrts I *«M v ie w e d fro m a b o v e , th at ■ttti to |e t i*y ski* a re s o fu ll o f c h aracte r and sty le th at th e y h a v e b e c o m e w o rld tio n s , aro u n d a h u g e sc ro llin g m ap. w id e h its. T h e A m ig a h a s n e v e r real occasionally changing to a differ ly had th is kind o f g a m e b e fo re , and e n t m a p w h e n y o u e n te r a b u ild it h a s to b e sa id th at th e m arket h a s in g . A ll o f th e p u z zle s in th e g a m e Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMbeen somewhat starved of it. So are scattered around the map, so w h e n C o re D e sig n sto o d up and you spend quite a long tim e run a n n o u n ce d th a t th e y w e r e to ning from one spot to another, and re le a se a g a m e c alle d D a rk sto n e . then back again, ferrying item s all originally tho ug ht to b e th e se q u e l th e w a y . T h a t is . o f c o u rs e , until to D a rk m e re . the Amiga world got you press the space bar. ready for it. Then came the exclu A A rather ■uttractiM treat perch if I say M ayseI. siv e c o v e rd isk o n C U Am ig a Interaction mode M a g a z in e , an d th e g a m e looked Then you enter into Interaction e v e ry bit a s g o o d a s w e had ho p ed . expected. But before I launch into b e fo re , w h o h a s to h e ad o ff to a M o d e , a n d th is is w h e r e th e h eart It h ad larg e, bright g ra p h ics, sm o o th a fu ll s c a le a s s a u lt, le t m e ta lk you d ista n t isla n d a s la y a b u n ch o f of the puzzle solving happens. A scro llin g , a sim p le b u t e ffe ctiv e th o u g h w h a t th e g a m e a ctu a lly is. d ra g o n s w h o a re takin g o ve r th e w in d o w o n s c re e n w ill s h o w yo u co m b a t s e g m e n t an d p uzzles You b e g in a s a c o m p le te land. It all sounds easy enough, o n e o f th re e th in g s : a c h aracte r, galore. Nothing could go wrong. nobody; the classic Man With No but there is always more than specific item or a general location O r c o u ld it? I'm a fra id to s a y th at Name. Stood in the forest with only meets the eye. shot. If it's a character, you have Dragonslone h a s not tu rn e d o u t to your sword and an itchy head, you T h e g a m e is v ie w e d fro m ab ove th e c h o ic e o f ta lk in g to th e m , or b e th e d ig ital p ro d ig y w e a ll hoped p u zzle at th e w o rld a ro u n d y o u . In and behind the main character, trying to use an object on them. If it would be. Sure, a high fifties no tim e a t all yo u d is c o v e r th at y o u a lm o s t e x a c tly th e s a m e vie w p o in t it's a specific item, you can use s c o r e d o e sn 't m a k e it a n a w fu l do h a v e a q u e s t - y o u a re th e o n e as is seen in Th e C h a o s E n g in e . In so m e th in g e ls e o n it. lik e a ro p e on game, but nowhere near what w as w ith o u t m e m o ry o f w h a t h a s b een th is v ie w y o u ru n in a ll eig h t direc- a h o le , an d a s it 's a g e n e ra l lo ca tion shot, there isn't really much yo u c a n d o . T h a t's a b o u t it. T h e o n ly o th e r p a rt o f th e g a m e to m en tio n is th e c o m b a t. A s you c a n s e e fro m th e s c re e n s h o ts , your sword is drawn at all times, a n d a ll y o u n e e d to do is ta p o n th e fire b u tto n to s w in g it in th e d ire c tion you are facing. Holding down the fire button results in a harder hit. Holding it down until the power b ar re a c h e s th e e n d le a v e s y o u fir ing a p s y c h ic b o lt o f e n e rg y in th e direction you are facing. You have p le n ty o f o p p o rtu n ity to up g rad e yo u r w e a p o n a s y o u g o throug h GAME REVIEW L o w es t P r ic ed T o p Q u ality R ibbo n s , I n k je t s , T o n ers & D isks Lofl It Anttrad DMP 2000/3000 280 2 0 Panasonic KXP1123/1124/1140 VS 3 46 3 31 311 Am.tiad DMP 400(1 366 351 331 311 Panasonic KXP1080/1180/00/1W 299 274 234 rad IX W8256/8512/LQ3500 2 0 2 70 230 230 Panasonic KXP2123/2I80 5 75 5 60 5 40 r.M i:» KHiiiift i :s 390 3.TS 335 335 Serkoaha SI9Q929S 5 70 5.5S 535 n i;*tM>'t.snos Ring us and W E W ILL BEA T all other Ribbon prices 3i'’ D is k s & D is k B oxca D Caitndge I734« DS/DD DS/HD 100 C ap. 4PS1Z70 CartrMfr 1213 a L-tmlr (tout*. 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Rik Skews swops lead with the Hun courtesy of Rowan's latest flight sim. ▲ A number at outside news ate available aad these can be rooaied ia aad tat at ta yaar heart's coateat. f th e re 's o n e area w h e re th e A m ig a h a s realism and plenty of attention to fa lle n b e h in d in c o m d etail, w ith m a n y o f th e p ro ceed - p a re d to th e evil P C it ings recreated as they actually h a s to b e th e flig h t s im h a p p e n e d . O v e rlo rd 's p ro b le m genre.O Developers Rowan are doing ▲ Ena ia M l data* aad 32 colour mode inning is beaatiMly smooth. though, is that it ends up trying to th e ir b e s t to c h a n g e th a t how ever, pander to the tastes of both w ith a strin g o f q u a lity title s. 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Thankfully the planes are not be better off with that. ■ D-Day landings ta k e p la c e a g a in st s o m e highly c o m p le te ly b are b u t a re m arked T aking p lace aro und O peration detailed backdrops which make a w ith c le a r in sig n ia , s o th e re 's no O ve rlo rd , th e c o m p le x s e rie s o f m is change from the boring presenta d a n g e r o f sh o o tin g d o w n y o u r sions leading up to and including tion screens common to many flight m ate s G in g e r an d T affy in th e heat the D Day landings in 1944, sim g a m e s . T h is h e lp s ad d to th e o f battle. O ve rlo rd o ffe rs th e p laye r a ch o ice atmosphere no end. The player’s N u m e ro u s e xte rn a l v ie w s a re o f th re e p la n e s to sw o o p ab o u t in bed ro o m w h ic h a c ts a s a p a u se s e le c ta b le , an d t h e s e c a n be a n d p u m p th e e n e m y fu ll o f lead screen is faithfully recreated in peri zo o m e d in an d o u t to yo u r h ea rt's with. The famous Spitfire is the od sty le fo r in sta n ce , an d is prefer c o n te n t until an id e al v ie w is found. p lan e fo r th e c o m b a t c o n n o isse u r a b le to starrin g at a d ull p au sed O v e rlo rd a ls o fe a tu re s a 'revolution A Check Mt the different capabilities el the planes th a n k s to its unrivalle d c lo s e c o m message. Some people might find a ry ' in s id e co m b a t lo ck v ie w . T h is •Her helore job select Me. b at fighting a b ilities. T h e o th er tw o these pictures irritating though, as it s c ro lls th e vie w in g w in d o w to con aircra ft o n o ffe r are th e M ustang, in vo lve s m oving th e m o u s e around tin u ally fo c u s o n a n e n e m y, m im ick w h ic h w ith its la rg e r fu e l c a p a c ity is the screen and discovering which ing real life w h e re th e pilot tu rn s h is u se fu l fo r long ra n g e m is s io n s , and filing cabinets represent which sec head to k e e p tra ck o f a targ e t. T h e the Typhoon. The Typhoon is used tio n s o f th e g a m e . d ire ctio n th at th e p laye r is flyin g in O v e rlo rd is defin itely m o re o f an is re p re se n te d b y a n arro w . So un d a rc a d e g a m e th an flig h t sim ulatio n , is disappointing however, with an d d e s p ite all th e d ia ls w hizzing c o rn y m u s ic a n d ra sp y F X , e sp e c ia l round in th e c o c k p it it's s a fe to ly th e en g in e n o is e . 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Released over four by K ic k O H 2 . an d is m o v e s a v a ila b le to th e m . It's a real yO e a rs a g o n o w . A n c o 's o rig in al K ic k still reckoned by some s h a m e th e n th at th e o n ly o n e that O f f ch a n g e d th a t, a n d p ro ved it to b e th e d efin itive c a n b e p u lle d o ff b y a n yth ing o th er w as possible to put together a footy title, both games th an c o m p le te flu k e is a 5 0 yard d e c e n t fo o ty g a m e w h ic h n o t o n ly created by Dino Oini punt on goal. Controlling the play b o re a re s e m b la n c e to th e real a n d S te v e S c re e c h . e r s is d e fin ite ly e a s ie r w ith a o n e T h e d re a m te am w a s b u tto n s t ic k th a n th e o rig in al joy- split up mid way pad option, but again pulling off through last year th e m o v e y o u w a n t is to o d ifficu lt. though, when Dini left A n d t h is is K ic k O ff 3 E u ro p e a n for Virgin where he has Challenge's m a in fa ilin g . 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M any of the greatest world World of Soccer aro u n d it h ard ly g am b le, A n c o abandoned th e revolu a n d le a g u e t e a m s a r e re p r e s e n t w a rra n ts p u rc h a s e . tionary top-dow n v ie w in favo u r o f a ed. but sadly the player's names It's a shame really, because side-on TV-style horizontally scrolling are mis-spelled to avoid legal th e r e 's th e m a k in g s o f a g o o d view. Sadly K ick O ff 3 w a s m e re ly an repercussions. As a football fan. football game here, and compared a verag e title, not living up to the that's something I found rather to t h e s im ila r lo o k in g FIFA Soccer ped ig ree its p re d e c e sso rs had c re a t irritating, though to be fair there is I felt more in control of the pro ed. A p a rt fro m anything e ls e , o n e of an option to edit the names. It's ceedings. Perhaps a K ic k O ff 4 w ill th e m ain c o m p lain ts w a s th at the d iffic u lt to fa u lt K ic k O ff 3 manage to blend more success g a m e w a s unplayable w ith o u t a European Challenge s o p tio n s a s fully the realistic perspective that tw o -b u tto n jo ystick, w h ic h m eant th e y a re a m o n g s t th e m o s t c o m this game offers and combine it th at u n le ss yo u o w n e d e ith e r a M ega prehensive around, in a soccer w ith t h e c la s s ic g a m e p la y o f its D rive or C D 32 controller, th e g a m e g a m e o r o th e rw is e . top-down predecessors. ■ w a s n o go. Is it a n y b e tte r ? Flaws are gone A s b e fo re th o u g h , o n c e in to th e KICK OFF 3 EUROPEAN CHALLENGE Kick Off 3 European Challenge actual game, disappointment aim s to iron out the original flaws b e g in s to s e e p o u t o f th e m onitor. and introduce new features. 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O p e n it to o la te an d y o u r m a n w ill sp la t into th e g ro u n d O p e n in g it to o e a rly w ill re s u lt in th e p la y e r slo w in g d o w n ■ Price: £29.99 ■ Publisher: Rasputin Software © 01689 850770 and landing last. It's worthwhile getting some friends together as the computer He's a few biscuits short of a family assortment, but even RBt Skews wouldn't p la y e rs a re u s u a lly h a p p y to d rift consider leaping off biddings Eke the characters in Rasputin's bizarre base down avoiding the obstacles and Mnpinggame. ignoring you There's no denying th a t B a s e J u m p e r s ' s ic k s e n s e of are representatives honoured manner of leaping on humour is appealing, but its lack of from a rock hard fight th e ir h e a d s a n d d o ing s o re s u lts in gameplay variety and basic audiovi ing organisation who a letter being released Collect sual presentation means that its lik e to b a s e ju m p in t h e s e in th e rig h t o rd e r an d a nu m £ 2 9 9 9 a sk in g p ric e is to o h ig h . A t a recreational time in ber of three letter words can be more reasonable price I would have order to keep their formed, such as MAC. Forming no hesitation in recommending it. a d re n a lin e le v e ls these words usually results in a but as it stands I'd advise you wait to p p e d up. bonus, though some can be nasty fo r a b u d g e t re - r e le a s e . ■ G a m e p la y is d ivid ed an d c a u s e a n a n ti-b o n u s , like th e u p in to tw o d istin ct reversal of the player's controls. Base Jumper a re a s . F irs tly th e b u ild O n re a ch in g t h e to p o f th e level, in g . o r w h a te v e r, m u s t th e g a m e s w it c h e s to th e p lay e rs' MDUU ■ workkeBdi n n m ...... ■ ■■■her if Asks...... - 1 b e c lim b e d a s q u ickly earthbound descent. All four » I* n > ) mcM a p a hr las n » • A500 * ■ RAM...... lif t ka takf can M tt >T im Mf imthM a s p o ssib le a s th e p lay ju m p e rs a r e s h o w n h e re an d in ■ hart Risk installable .. multiplayer mode can be controlled e r is ra c in g a g a in s t th e tim e s of A600 or the uninitiated, base three other competitors. Reach the via a parallel interface (available graphics...... 71% jumping is a sport for top first and a hefty points bonus is fro m s p e c ia lis t c o m p u te r s h o p s A1200 sound...... 68% would-be nutters. It awarded. It's not that simple how an d w h ic h y o u m ig h t e v e n h a v e if Instability...... 72% simply involves leaping ever. as numerous iemm/ngs-like you bought Dynablaster). T h is is A1500 nlavabilitv...... 70% off something tall, usu hazards attempt to slow the player d e fin ite ly th e m o s t fu n p a rt o f th e ©ally a building or bridge, and down. These include roving securi game, as opposition players can be pulling the parachute ripcord at ty guards, simple puzzles, explo rammed into body-splitting obsta the last possible moment to avoid s io n s an d w a lls w h ic h h a v e to be c le s d u rin g th e d e s c e n t. A s w e ll a s a hideously m essy death. The smashed through. 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T h e aim o f th e g a m e isn’t If y o u w a n t a b rilliant c ro ss out th e vio le nt ren ju s t to b e first aro und th e tra ck - b e tw e e n a ra cin g g a m e a n d a d e re d in tro, b u t w ith alth o u g h th at is still th e g eneral sh o o t ’e m u p th e n b u y Ro ad kill. ■ ju s t a s m u ch fu n and idea an d y o u n eed to g et into the great sound. top th re e p la c e s to q u alify fo r th e RoadKill Somewhere, n e xt ra c e - y o u g e t m axim u m c a s h somehow a race an d b o n u s e s b y killing a s m an y called the Roadkill o p p o n en ts a s p o ssib le . 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T h e Duel allows any of the characters A n d w h ile th e s p rite s a re detailed S h a q F u is n o t a p ro d u ct that c a n be to b e p itte d a g a in st a n d w e ll a n im a te d th e y a re w h o lly recommended. Although disk swop e a c h o th e r in e ith e r a u n su ite d to th e b e a t 'e m u p g enre ping is a problem, the insipid and o n e o r t w o p laye r b e c a u s e o f th e ir sm a ll siz e . Lettin g completely uninspired gameplay VV ivV SETT match, finally there's lo o se w ith an e xp lo siv e fireb all for th a t's b e e n to o a cc u ra te ly converted the tournament option, e xa m p le sh o u ld look e xcitin g , fro m th e e q u a lly u n im p re s siv e M ega s im ila r to th a t s e e n in in ste a d it lo o k s m o re like a s p ra y of D rive an d S N E S o rig in als is the * * o " „ " . u ., U ltim a te B o d y B lo w s . air fre sh e n e r. A n d so m e tim e s in m ajo r fla w . 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Mortal B ■ Price: £29.99 ■ Publisher: Acclaim © 071 344 5000 e t 's fa c e it. lo ve ly End of lecture though the Amiga may R ig h t th a t's th e le ctu re o u t o f the be. it's the consoles w a y , n o w fo r th e g a m e . F irs t o ff. if that steal all the lime you haven't got a second floppy light when it com es to d riv e fo r yo u r A m ig a b e p rep ared Og a m e s . W h e n w a s th e la s t tim e to g e t o n e . o r e ls e y o u 're in fo r a the tabloids printed a picture of a fa ir a m o u n t o f d is k sw o p p in g . tru s ty A 1 2 0 0 w ith th e c a p tio n "B a n S e co n d o ff. if y o u 'v e g o t a w e a k this instrument of Satan now"? h eart M o n a / K o m b a t 2 c o u ld v e ry Well now all the joys of media per p o s s ib ly b e th e d e a th o f y o u . T h e s e c u tio n a re s e t to h it th e graphics are stunning, better than C o m m o d o re m a rk e t th a n k s to th e those on the Super Nintendo ver arrival of Acclaim 's latest headline- sio n a n y d a y (a n d th is is c o m in g grabbing gorefest M o n a / K o m b a t fro m a p re d o m in a n tly c o n so le 2 . S u re , th is is n 't th e firs t c o n v e r journo). The sprites are the right Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMs io n o f t h e title , but it 's d e fin ite ly s iz e (v e ry larg e) a n d th e a n im a tio n th e c lo s e s t to th e p lasm a- is a s flu id a s y o u c o u ld p o ssib ly drenched coin-op so far. But h o p e for. before everyone starts getting all A ll th e c h a r a c te rs h a v e m a d e it excited, true believers, let's take a A iM h rt M nMi r m tuapadr n achti id iln a iiu CMdMMi ban Mrk aaa at tfca cbaractan in to th e fin al c u t to o . so th e re 's no ftc tm if i bit af a b d i to tho f l w . little tim e o u t to e x p lo re th e fa s c i w o rrie s a b o u t s e le c tin g y o u r nating history of this moral majori pop-culture Bruce Lee-fan humour h a rd e n e d MK v e t s , th e g a m e p la y favourite. Nor. indeed, are there ty-infuriating social phenomenon ... p re va le n t in to d a y 's y o u th (th at balance w as perfectly adjusted any worries about fighting your It a ll b e g a n a c o u p le o f y e a rs o n e s fo r so cio lo g y fa n s). a n d M K 2 w e n t o n to ju stifia b ly favourite opponents; all three ago when Ed Boon, that rarest of Fro m th is tin y a co rn th e M o n a ! sm ash the profits set by the origi secret hidden scrap merchants are b e a s ts (a n A m e ric a n w ith a s e n s e K o m b a t oak w as grown, and with nal, and ensure itself a revered present and correct and waiting to of ironyl surveyed the coin-op mar in a few m onths, after an abortive p la c e in n o t ju s t th e k o o k y w o rld be found. Before you ask. no you k e t in w h ic h h e w a s (a n d s till is ) attempt at signing Jean-Claude of games but also in the still kook- firm ly e n tre n ch e d . Streetfighter 2 Van Damme in the lead 'role', the ier outside world, winding up all had seemingly revolutionised firs t M o n a I K o m b a t g a m e w a s non-participants. arcades by introducing hordes of ready for shipping. It w as a bit Probe's conversions of both cheaply produced and mostly c ra p , to b e h o n e s t, b u t lo ts an d gam es to all platforms, coupled unplayable clones. Ed - we'll be lots of people liked its subtle with Acclaim's praiseworthy ad fa m ilia r h e re , h e 's p ro b a b ly a n ice blend of murder and mutilation, campaign(s) ensured a permanent g u y - s a w a g a p in th e m a rk e t fo r a and pretty soon Ed and his pal place in the pixel lexicon right up game with a sense of humour. But J o h n T o b ia s w e r e b a c k in th e la b s to this latest stage in interactive not y o u r a v e ra g e L e s D e n n is c o m fy working on a sequel. This time, evolution, the much anticipated s lip p e rs ty p e , m o re th e w a rp e d w ith th e h e lp o f fe e d b a c k fro m Amiga version. A tke >»o< latartan Ml m i I k aka* k m ' * 4 * » A. / ...... A Sbi| |nts i kwdli Mioflac n So, you like the look of all this Mortal Kombat 2 business but, not being much of a slacker, you've never really got any practice in down your local arcade. Well, don't worry, because CU Amiga Magazine has come to the rescue with all the low- down you need on those kooky Kombateers ... timing right it's a piece of cake to pin a foe against the opposite wall and fling high, low and mid-height - » " - e : plasma bolts over in an almost ■ • • •• S h a n g s only round charac- inescapable sequence. Liu Kang's H a tta ck s require special move of ter in the Bicycle Kick is also very useful and I ^ H j ^ H l care fu l tim ing to h is o w n is the Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMg a m e , J a x is a inflicts a massive amount of dam I - . I :-..t S k u ll B olt, firm favourite age if it isn't blocked. However, if I : which, depend w ith M o rta l it is blocked Liu Kang is left wide ing o n th e f -*! iH I ' ’ K o m b a t 2 open to an easy combo from his I -I'" V -' ■ 3 ’ power of the ■ e x p e rts . beleaguered opposite. C l " . i .011 attack, launches Although he’s If you've got to reach the other o n e to three not quite as side of the screen in a hurry, try Sq u a re W ave flaming cranial ■■■■■■■■ nimble on his his Flying Kick of death instead, Pu n ch is the p ro ie ctile s in th e l fe e t a s o th e r c h a r a c te rs , h e ’ s w e ll w h ic h isn 't s o d e v a s ta tin g in e a s ie s t to p ull o ff a n d a tactically direction of some poor unfortunate equipped in the special moves terms of either damage or defen u se fu l te ch n iq u e , w h ich p in s u npre D e fe n s iv e ly it's im p o ssib le to tell department, with both ranged and sive disadvantagement. pared o p p o n e n ts and o p e n s them h o w m an y b o lts a re o n th e w a y. so dose-to attacks for all occasions. up for an oth er atta ck - th e Fan Lift it's b e s t to keep b locking until Don't bother trying to use his o r a point-blank Fan T o ss a re the S h a n g m o v e s if y ou 're playing Earthquake Punch until you've m as M ile e n a b e st o p tio n s h e re . Caution is a g a in st h im . If yo u ’re playing a s te re d a c o u p le o f c o m b o s , w h e re ad vised w h e n attem pting along- S h a n g Tsung y o u rse lf, m ak e sure upon you can safely slip the attack Th ird o n ly to J a x rang e Fan T o ss, a s it's e a s y to s e e it yo u learn h o w to perform e v e ry sp e in without your opponent being a n d Liu K a n g for com ing (and th erefo re e a s y to cial move with every character so a b le to ju m p o u t o f its e ffe c ts in sheer brilliance. dodgel and leaves Kitana completely yo u 're n ever u n eq u ip pe d in battle tim e . If y o u p ic k J a x , d o n 't b o th e r M ile e n a is th e d e fe n c e le ss fo r a cou p le o f s e co n d s (e sp e c ia lly if y o u accid e n ta lly m orph h an g in g b a ck o n th e d e fe n s iv e a s m o s t m isle a d in g - a long tim e in Mortal Kombat 2. into th e w ro n g c h aracte r - d'ohl). h e 's to o c u m b e rs o m e , ju s t w a d e ■ c h a ra c te r in th e straight in and attack. g a m e . H e r sp e O O U IIH S c ia l m o v e s look s o m e w h a t fe e ble. it's true, but o n c e y o u learn S e co n d o n ly to th e rig ht w a y to p u t th e m all togeth J a x in th e ace - er they’re devastating. Mileena's n e s s s ta k e s . Liu Telep o rt K ick w o rk s n e a rly e v e ry Kang is fa s t and tim e an d h e r S a i T o ss is th e fastest- manoeuvrable. m o vin g ran g ed a tta ck in th e g a m e , H is fireball- w h ic h m e a n s s h e ’s still a b le to th ro w in g defend reasonably well when in prowess is projectile combat. True experts, p ro b a b ly h is h o w e v e r, s w e a r b y th e R o ll A tta ck , g re a te s t a s s e t. w h ic h c a n s c o r e th re e o r fo u r h its if If y o u g e t the y o u 're sk illfu l e n o u g h . handy technique, although the rest of Scorpion's arsenal leaves some O O UIIHS 17 0 1 UIIHS th in g to b e d e sire d . M a ke s u re you ~SE$EEH5=ZiB M EESD A face-eating p ra c tice y o u r in visib ility ro u tin e s or m u ta n t fro m an you'll get badly hammered. alien world. Baraka is prob a b ly th e c o o le s t character in the g a m e if n o t th e best. You may (* th in k th a t h a v A - ing two three- foot blades pro * truding from your forearm s might be something of an advantage in ▲ Oh yes aai it's a flying faot m th« faca if yaa re art single combat, but not for the loo carefnl. Hiiiiii-ya. Barakster. Each of the special A m o v e s w h ic h u tilis e th e s e w e a p o n s a re v e r y s lo w , fro m th e reasonably sedate Blade Swipe to Johnny Cage the stupidly lengthy Blade Fury, a s lic in g an d d icin g m o v e w h ic h , if The nearest uncountered, causes a massive Mortal Kombat Everyone likes a m o u n t o f d a m a g e . equivalent to Sub-Zero Despite Baraka’s Blue Spark the indomitable b e c a u s e o f h is projectile attack it’s best to keep K en o r R yu . in fa m o u s him out of long-range combat and Jo h n n y is a pro decapitation stay up close. ficient but unin death move, s p irin g c h a ra c b u t h is in -g am e ter. His Shadow s p e c ia ls are P u n c h (a a c tu a lly quite Dragon Punch feeble. The pro R ayd en ’s S u p e r S h o c k e r is an e x c e l b y a n y o th e r n a m e l is a u se fu l jectile-deflect lent close-quarters attack, but as move, but its wide angle and great ing Freeze blast ups the defensive w ith m o s t m o v e s o f th is k ind , if you h eig h t m e a n s it’s a p ie c e o f c a k e to a n te , a n d it’s a lw a y s u se fu l fo r a don’t get it exactly right Rayden is counter. The Shadow Kick is a bit free hit occasionally, but that’s le ft p o w e rle s s to sto p a n incom ing Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMmore like it. although it floors oppo a b o u t a ll h e h a s . T h e S lid e K ick fis t. B e s t te ch n iq u e to u s e is to rely n e n ts w h ic h m a k e s it u s e le s s for leaves Subso and his opponent in o n y o u r Telep o rtin g a b ilitie s to k eep combos. Johnny also has a couple to o c lo s e p ro xim ity — an d by th e y o u o u t o f tro ub le - a lth o u g h d o n 't of ranged attacks, but their curved tim e S u b -Z e ro g e ts u p , s o h a s th e te le p o rt w h e n y o u ’re a lre a d y o u t o f tra je c to ry m a k e s it trick y to aim o th e r c h arac te r. T h e G ro u n d F re e z e tro ub le o r y ou 'll e n d up rig h t in th e them in the heat of a scrap. Still, special could be useful, but it’s just th ic k o f it a g a in . h is b lo w s d o c a u s e s ig n ifica n t to o d iffic u lt to tim e o r a im c o rre c tly d a m a g e w h e n th e y c o n n e c t. to b e re lie d up o n . it a lw a y s c re e p s up o n y o u . floating K u n g L ao slo w ly aro und th e s c re e n until it oc e ve n tu ally w a llo p s y o u . If y ou 're Deadly ninja playing as Scorpion you'll find this a h a ts - d o n ’t ! V an you just love Damme Spear 'e m ? W e ll m a d e th is c h a p s o m e o n e o b v i o n e o f th e m o st t- f t o u s ly d o e s popular charac b e c a u s e th a t's te r s in M o rta l Kung Lao’s mythlore, but main form of now Scorpion's A tno.gh to chill otr beau's bean. Ouch n .a le s attack. Keep " y eyts water been revamped sp in n in g y o u r h e ’ s c o n s id e r bladed headgear as a projectile, A Oh I do like ta use a nice kick to the stomach to fla- a b ly m o re d an alternating the height of the attack ish people off - so refreshing. g e ro u s . T h e s p e a r i s s till a g re a t a s y o u d o s o to p re v e n t th e r e c ip i starting point for a combo, espe ent from blocking. Once they’ve cially when combined with the for g o t th o ro u g h ly fe d u p w ith a ll th is midable Scissors Kick. and try leaping in to attack you Scorpion’s Decoy and Air quickly switch to a Whirlwind T h ro w m o v e s a r e g re a t fo r Spin. Yon sm army rival is now defence. Counter late-attack com caught up in Kung Lao’s most b o s w ith th e th r o w a n d c o n fu s e powerful special. projectile-lobbing foes with the D on’t b e te m p te d to o v e ru s e flying Decoy punch, then use the the Teleport Move, however, as spear to reel the target back in Kung's variation on this theme ▲ Or even this little number, which can set yoar o n c e t h e y g e t o n th e ir fe e t a g a in . leaves him very much open to a opponent hack a lew light years. C ra fty e h ? suicidal Torpedo headbutt. sm ack in the mush. Charlie J C o o l A Rad the key to opea the doer at the ead of each level. ■ Price: £19.95 ■ Publisher: Rasputin Software © 01689 850 770 Charlie d isappearing o ff th e screen for a short tim e, and w h ile th e gam e designers might argue that it’s an ele Rik Skews tries desperately to be m ent o f skill to ju d g e w h e re he will reappear, I ju st found it irritating to cool, but ended up feeling more of a h ave to m ake su re he didn't end up in y e t another life eroding chasm . Charlie than usual after playing Sound co n sists o f tw e e d itties and w e a k FX . H ow ever, th e b ig g est flaw s Rasputin's lie in the gam eplay. T h is m ay look like Super Mario World but it sure don't ▲ The pood |uys lend ta be in colour like that red ladybird dawn at the bottom left while the baddies play like it. There are numerous are a miserable shade ef §rey. points in levels w h e re it's p o ssib le to get killed through n o fault o f your ou can burn m e at the o w n. For instance, it's e a s y to get hit stake for sayin g th is, but b y a baddie and then throw n d o w n a a s far a s I'm concerned chasm from the resulting recoil. th e Am iga is not w ell T h e levels th e m se lve s are all very en dow ed w ith decent sim ilar, from the layo u ts to the bad O platformers. Only Ocean's Ra in b o w d ie s contained w ith in them . To be fair Isla nd s and more recently their So n ic though, they're often non-linear, with ’tribute' K id C h ao s are likely to d is an option to bounce around high up tract me from playing the Mega p latform s or play it sa fe along the Drive's latest S o n ic instalm ent, or the ground. M y m ain problem w ith the beautiful D o n k e y Kong C ountry on gam e though, is th e la ck of tension it Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMth e S u p e r Nintendo. (W hat about c re a te s. A ll that h a s to b e found to B u b b le A n d S q u e a k ? - Ed). complete a level is a key and door, I w a s hoping the latest from both o f w h ich are a lw a y s blindingly C lo c k w ise r and J e t Strike creators obvious to d iscover. H aving to collect Rasputin would be different, consid a certain num ber o f gold c o in s before ering the pedigree o f their previous the e xit door sprung open would games. Sadly it proved otherwise. m ake all the d iffere nce, a s w ould Things don't get off to a good start more challenging baddies. Those pre for C harlie J C o o l, a s the gam e fea sent a re not only pedestrian but fol tures one of the most cheese-heavy lo w very p redictable patterns. storylines (and d esp erately unfunny W ith th e like s of Donkey Kong m anuals) I’v e had th e m isfortune to C ountry around, platform games read in a long w h ile . It g o es so m e h ave to be som ething rem ark thing like t h is ... A Another level bat it still looks and plays much the able th e se d ays to stand out. After being hit and supposedly and even though th e b e st plat ‘killed’ by a falling grand piano, people w ait w h ile h igher beings w o rld s w h ich include ice. fo rm e rs are appearing on the C harlie flo ats up into the a ir and even exam in e their lives before deciding forest and industrial. Score- co n so le s. Charlie J Cool is still a tually lands in T h e N etherw orld, seat whether to send them to Heaven boosting gold coins can be col poor effort, w h ateve r the sy ste m . An ed in a comfy black leather chair. At o r Hell. lected as well as numerous pick-ups. A 1 20 0 versio n is a lso available, and th e end of this room are th ree doors It turns out that Charlie has died which include a heart for an extra life th is red eem s itse lf so m e w h a t w ith marked Utopia, Midway and about 50 years too soon, and in and a pair o f sh o e s for turbo speed. more colourful graphics, but the Pandemonium, which translate into order to decide whether he should Secret rooms abound too. complete gameplay is still not improved. ■ good, neutral and evil. Th e be sent to Utopia or Pandemonium w ith their o w n su rp rise s. T h e aim of N etherw orld is a place w h e re dead he m ust journey through the seven each level is simply to find the key CHAF LIE J COOL £19.95 worlds of Midway. His goodness rat (which is randomly placed each time ing will alter depending on how you play) on each z o n e an d then get AbOO ■ workbench version...... 1.3 many good or bad creatures are to the exit. ■ number of disks...... 2 killed. W ip e out m ore good o n e s and It's uninspired stuff, but then AbUD + ■ RAM...... 1Mb pandemonium beckons, while m o st g en res have been done to ■ hard disk installable...... No squishing more bad guys will result death th e se d a ys. T h e thing is th ese A60I) in a sp e e d y trip to U topia. If at the other g am es tend to o ffe r n e w fe a graphics...... 48% end of the seven worlds he still has tu res and id eas in o rd er to get A121)0 sound...... 39% a neutral rating then his life will be around th is, but C harlie J C o o l offers lastability...... 38% restored, his memory of the messy none. For a start th e graphics are the A15U0 playability...... 42% grand piano incident zapped, and he usual cute platform nonsense, can carry on in the real world as if although Charlie himself is remark nothing had happened. a b ly unappealing. 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E&OE Advertised prices and specification may change without Po st C o d e ______Phone No .______Please allow 21 days for delivery - subject to stock availability. CHEQUES SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO WIZARD DEVELOPMENTS. Please allow 7 working days for cheque clearance Rallying is for lunatics, so we gave Alan Dykes a couple of cars to try out ... V 1 " I S t e A Power VEHICLE GROUP JL N VEHICLE TYPE t F IA T CINQUECENTO TURBO COST 12760© BUY I CURRENT VEHICLE TYPE : Drive FUNDS *28000 E X IT I ■ Price: £29.99 ■ Publisher: US Gold © 021 606 1800 olin McRae is a hero. ra n g e fro m w e t a n d w in d y M onte a lw a y s re m a in s m e ssy . T h e big (e sp e c ia lly th e C inq u e ce n to ) and T h e S co ttish rally c h am C arlo a n d s n o w y S w e d e n , v ia bak p ro b lem h e re is th e steerin g . M a yb e th e s k id m a rk s th e y le a v e behind is p io n 's ris e to th e top ing hot K en ya an d A rizo na to u n p re rally c a rs a re g e a re d to lo ck to eith er a nice touch. Night driving and bad whetted m y appetite for d icta b le B ritain . T h e le v e ls c o n s is t s id e o f th e ir steerin g sp e c tru m in weather are also reasonably well a bit o f rallying a ctio n so of direct competition rallying le s s tu rn s th an norm al road c a rs, implemented, though driving at ©when Powerdrive arrived in I was against another (computer) com but all y o u h a ve to d o is b re athe on night d e m an d s tu rn in g th e lig h ts off raring to g o. T h e F irst Im p re ssio n s petitor. tim e trials a n d a t th e en d o f th e jo ystick in P o w e rd riv e and in w h a te v e r ro o m y ou 're in - you'll p re vie w w e did o n it th re e m on th s som e levels skill tests which check y o u 're o ff in to th e d itc h . 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G ro u p o n e c o n Cosworth (though not M cRae s hot s is t s o f u n m o d ified p ro d u ction c a rs Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMSubaru Impreza). each with sepa w h ic h a re g e n e ra lly ava ila b le to you S 'e a tm e n t ra te w h e e l s p rite s to ad d to th e real a n d I fo r re la tiv e ly lo w c o s t; th e se T h e w a y d a m a g e is built ism , an d a to rtu ro u s international a re th e M ini an d C inq u e ce n to in to th e g a m e s e e m s like a rally circuit to complete. G ro u p tw o a re m odified c a rs , the good idea at firs t b u t so o n b e c o m e s T h e lo ca tio n s th e c a r s rally in C lio a n d A stra , w h ile G ro u p th ree frustrating too. It's sim ple; when contains the fully aspirated Celica you h it anything c h u n k s c o m e flying A Oalaokan C..MI ka iajaiaf. ..lilt Iha raal rWa a n d E s c o rt. A t th e b eg inning you o ff y o u r car. re p re se n tin g th e e ffe c t are limited by funds to Group I - o f th e im p a ct. D a m a g e c a n b e done th o u g h I h a ve to s a y th a t £ 2 5 ,0 0 0 to fiv e p a rts o f yo u r c a r ; th e e n g in e , anything reflecting off your monitor. fo r a m in i o r £ 2 7 ,0 0 0 fo r a th e ty re s , th e sh o c k a b so rb e rs, the I tried to like Powerdrive. but it Cinquecento seem s a bit steep, but geartrain a n d th e sp o tlig h ts, a n d the really fo u g h t hard a g a in st m y senti that’s life. After this initial outlay you level of damage is displayed as a m e n ts an d in th e e n d I h ad to put it a re c h arg e d for e a c h ra ce y o u enter, percentage. Between races these a sid e . A s a rally g a m e it is m arginal a n d a s y o u p ro g re ss throug h th e d if can be repaired as long as you've ly in terestin g but it ju s t d oesn't fe re n t sta g e s aro u n d th e w o rld th is earned enough money by qualify sta n d u p to sc ru tin y in th e big bad will increase. Once you have earned ing or winning, as well as picking w o rld o f A m ig a ra cin g g a m e s O ne it yo u g e t to u p g rad e c a r s to the up handy wads of cash that just m o re w o rd o f a d v ic e th o u g h : If A Dnviai at aiabt caa ka tax. Vaa aaed la auk* laia n e x t group, seem to be lying around the track. y o u d o b u y It. g o stra ig h t to the The actual simulation But during the race, as damage is o p tio n s m e n u a n d tu rn o ff th e o f rallyin g isn 't all that inflicted, your car will begin to m usic, it's dreadful. ■ bad . th e c a r s slip and slow down, and down, and down slid e aro u n d th e p lace ... u n til y o u c a n 't e v e n m a k e it to POWERDRIVE an d th e sc a lin g o f the the finishing line in time to qualify. a w U a tra ck an d s p e e d is ab o u t You have the option of hitting the B a aa ib a r of disks...... 1 right, but it's this escape button and ditching in the I ■ RAH I Mb a tte m p t a t recre a tin g th e race, at a cost, and once frustra e x p e rie n c e th a t's ulti tion has started setting in this is ■ barb Risk iastallable aa m ate ly P o w e rd riv e 's a ll to o e a s y to d o ...... ------7Tb ______MS downfall. The game is T h e re a r e o th er th in g s I do n 't like souad ...... testability ______US just not satisfying to ab o u t th e g a m e to o : w h y d oesn't playability...... ------w . p lay. A t th e b eginning the cars' bodywork fall apart? And it's to o fru stra tin g ly diffi h o w c o m e th e co m p u te r contro lled c u lt to k e e p y o u r c a r on c a r s a re s o bloo d y g o o d ? B u t I m ust th e s tra ig h t an d narro w a ls o ad m it th a t fo r a w h ile A Tba desen tracks ad Kaaya aad krinaa paviAa fi a n d a lth o u g h y o u d o g et P o w e rd riv e h ad m e h ooked. T h e aeetlwf lyva at laiface lai h a can la akh aa. u se d to it a fte r a w h ile control c a r s a ren 't p e rfe c t but th e y a re cu te The first B-Movie specifically filmed for has arrived, along with two stonkingly good games. Alan Dykes spills the popcorn ... Tower ■ Price: £29.99 ■ Publisher: Team 17 © 0924 291 867 h e C D 3 2 h a s b een a n d A G A c h ip s e t, u n til n o w th a t is, b e c a u s e th re e o f th em u n d er-u sed s in c e it first Team 17 a re m a n y th in g s ; top s ta r in th e first real w e n t o n s a le . Bring ing p artyin g g e e z e rs , p u rv e y o rs o f q u al film e d C D 3 2 intro o u t g a m e s fo r it h a s ity s o ftw a re to th e m a s s e s an d sequence. The A lie n la rg e ly b een a p ro c e s s b lack s h e e p o f th e ind ustry. T h e y 'v e B r e e d T o w e r Ass a u lt Oo f porting A m ig a o r P C pro d uct g o n e th e ir o w n s u c c e s s fu l w a y and intro h a s b e e n put a n » i anriae h « (Bit i l r r f d ia a m m m i h —m aikiag I * r a c r o s s an d tarting th e m up w ith remained faithful to their developer together using live mrtiiMtitki r U til.) il a remote caatral gaa. s o m e so u n d . 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Either w ay it's still a Y o rk s h ire a c c e n t to tw o S p a c e dead and mutilated bodies around ground breaking idea. Check out these stills ... Marines. It borrows from a wide the levels, hence a voluntary 1 5 rat ra n g e o f sc i-fi a n d a c tio n m o v ie s , ing. Other new features include most notably and predictably non-linear progression through the A lie n s 2 . W h a t a c o in c id e n c e . game, with Team 17 claiming that That said it’s actually a pretty COWSS th e re a re o v e r 2 7 0 d iffe re n t w a y s o f g o o d in tro , if a bit c o rn y a n d o v e r c o m p le tin g it. an d th e re 's a ls o a long The screen takes up about re tre a t' m o d e th a t a llo w s y o u to o n e fifth o f t h e m o n ito r and b a ck a w a y fro m a n o b je ct o r breed b e c a u s e o f t h is it h a s a n a c c e p t w h ile firin g a t it. It's a c la s s ic g a m e able frame update rate. 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But the primary reason for buy ing t h is C D s till h a s to b e T o w e r A ssa u lt, th e last o f th e B r e e d s e rie s a n d in m a n y w a y s th e b e st. It fa lls, in term s of difficulty, between the rs Marvellous moan is that the music is enough to drivo a I * woman insane. It's a I* £ ■ « I Price: £29.99 ■ Publisher: 21 st Century ® 01235 8518533 sort of supermarket- I come-Euro rave type arvin first appeared odd well into one of the numer m e d le y . I c o u ld o n ly on the A1200 not ous sub games can become a bit stand it a few moments and then ■ so long ago. Now tedious. The background had to turn it off. • * ™ he's followed that scenery remains cute through Maybe. I'm being unfair to well-trodden path out, so cute that you want to Marvin. I liked the A 1200 version better on the CD32 by adding across to the CD32. The plot puke sometimes. 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K> c .■'y'---"iS — — —1— next, and this. to m y m ind , t X A t d ^ w a s re a lly th e TMK z L . S h a p e Of th n g s n f ' V ' to c o m e Every schoolboy's childhood dream in Moukey Island. B r ^ I ■ -.. -- Improved graph- ’ ydfcj; . ICS. packed with J f t R l r a L 8 n w a c k y h u m o u r ^ S' 3 A n d th en w e c o m e to th e tw o big f t an d 60's sci-fi title s . M o n k e y Is la n d an d Indiana Jones y .J.i'A V schlock, the Ut„sht„,h)t . ..p .1 , m m m M l „ « « . And The ^ Crusade MonkeYlsland 13 *m e n | p u z zle s are generally regarded as their second best m o re in trica te , th e c a s t m o re title, after M o n k e y Is la n d 2 . and is funny, intelligent, beautifully designed entertaining and it’s generally a far better adventure - one that really and generally redefined graphic adventures for the Nineties. In dian a s e t th e c o m p a n y u p fo r th e fu tu re. J o n e s A n d The L a s t C ru sa d e is p ro o f th at a g o o d lic e n c e c a n m a k e a L o o m h a s o n e o f th e b e s t sto ry lin e s o f a n y g ra p h ic a d v e n tu re yet great game, as you control the famous adventurer and his father past a re le a se d , an d it’s th is th a t m a k e s it s u c h a c o m p e llin g g a m e to play. generous helping of traps and Nazis. You la k e th e p a rt o f a y o u n g a c o ly te , w h o h a s to le a rn th e m ag ic of LucasArts are the self-proclaimed kings of graphic adventures, and the Loom by collecting pieces of music that are woven into sonic this compilation backs up that claim nicely. If tapestries, which are then used to save the world. Once more, the you've never seen the appeal of these games. graphics have been improved, with excellent use of different sized th e n th s c o m p ila tio n c o u ld b e iu s t w h a t y o u n e e d I I M tyo s c r e e n s to c re a te a p a n o ram ic, c in e m a tic e ffe c t. to put y o u o n th e s tra ig h t a n d n a rro w . W REACH FOR THE DELPHINE CLASSIC COLLECTION SKIES KIXX OUT NOW £29.99 HIT SQUAD OUT NOW Delphine. like LucasArts, also brought a huge touch £ 1 2 .9 9 of originality to graphic adventures, although their Take a lo ok ta c k w a s c o n sid e ra b ly d iffe re n t R a th e r th a n u s e th e at the s id e o n . b itm a p b a se d im a g e ry o f s ta n d a rd a d v e n games that tures, their aim w as to create something much Rovyan more along the lines of an interactive movie, using S o ftw a re a re polygon graphics overlaid onto bitmap back re le a sin g at grounds, and some very unusual camera angles to the c re a te a film -like e ffe c t. m o m e n t. C ru ise F o r A C o rp s e is th e p e rfe c t e xa m p le o f and you could be forgiven for thinking that th is . You a re a d e te ctiv e o n a c ru is e ho lid ay, w h e n th e y a re th e g re a te s t p ro p rie to rs o f flig h t someone reports a murder on board, and you leap simulators there have ever been. Titles like in to a n A g a th a C h ris tie ro le a s y o u s e t ab o u t d isc o v O v e rlo rd an d D a w n P a tro l lo o k s o fa n ta stic, ering the identity of the murderer. It's a standard it seem s hard to believe that they could graphic adventure in play, with the m ouse pointer h a v e e v e r g o t it w ro n g . H o w e ve r, th e re a re a used to select control objects and icons, but the few skeletons in the closet, and unfortu graphics are nothing short of stunning. Admittedly, n a te ly th e H it S q u a d h a s c h o s e n to re- still images might not look particularly amazing, but re le a s e o n e o f th e m . R e a c h F o r T h e S k ie s when you see the characters walking around, you m ay be the most thrillingly realistic re-enact h a ve to a d m it th a t th e re haven 't b e e n m a n y g a m e s ment of the Battle Of Britain, but as a com th a t h a v e h ad s u c h re a listic m o v e m e n t. puter game it falls down in a few places Another World a n d F la s h b a c k to o k a c o m p le te ly F irst o f a ll. it's v e ry e a sy. T h e e n e m y different approach altogether. Although technically they w ere still graphic adventures, they p la n e s s e e m to h a ve o n e hell o f a hard tim e w e re fa r m o re a rc a d e o rie n ta te d th a n m o s t, c o m b in in g th e o b je c t c o lle c tin g an d p u zzle s o lv shooting you down, that's if you ever decide in g o f m o s t a d v e n tu re s w ith p latfo rm g a m e a ctio n . In th e s e y o u not o n ly h a v e to c o lle c t th e to g e t airb o rn e. Y e s , b e lie ve it o r not th e re is p a ss-k e y a n d c re d its fro m th e old g u y a t th e b o tto m o f th e w e ll, y o u a ls o h a v e to g e t y o u r a b ran d n e w flig h t sim u la to r ta c tic in R e a c h c h a ra c te r o ve r th e h o le s in th e p a th a n d p a s t th e a rm e d F o r Th e S k ie s , so m e th in g th at w o u ld have guards. For the first time, a graphic adventure could be c a u se d th e w a r to e n d n e a rly fiv e y e a rs earli described as exciting. e r h ad o u r b ra v e b o y s tried it. You c a n ta x i all O p era tio n S te a lth , o n th e o th e r h a n d , is o n e fo r th e th e w a y to G e rm an y, e ve n o ve r th e ch an n e l, p u ris ts . Telling t h e ta le o f a g o v e rn m e n t a g e n t o n th e a n d y o u can’t b e sh o t o n th e gro u n d ! W h en hunt for a stolen Stealth fighter, it used a standard side- y o u re ach an e n e m y b a s e , q u ick ly ta k e off, o n v ie w o f th e w o rld w ith a ty p ica l ico n b ar a t th e bot Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMb o m b it an d th e n lan d a n d y o u c a n m ean d er to m o f th e s c re e n , ju s t lik e a n y L u c a s A rts ad ve n tu re y o u c a r e to n a m e . T h a n kfu lly, th e sto ry lin e is g rip p in g en o u g h to m a k e th e g a m e o rig in al, an d it's a b reath o f fre s h a ir to p lay a n a d v e n tu re g a m e th a t isn 't c o m p le te ly fan tasy. Delphine m ay not have the reputation that LucasArts have, but this compilation proves that they are right at so rry, th e to p o f th e tre e w h e n it c o m e s to a d v e n tu re g a m e s but What can I say? If you don't have the games on this bug s disk, then you would be well advised to pick this upl like th a t a re ju s t annoying, and cause what could have been a g re a t g a m e to fold up its w in g s an d die. COMPILATION DESERT STRIKE Cannon Fodder HIT SQUAD OUT NOW £12.99 The Chaos Engine The Settlers It 's g re a t to see and play T2 The arcade game D e s e r t S trik e BEAU JOLLY OUT NOW £34.99 again just There seem to be two generally applied rules that publishing house after its suc marketing bods learn in game packaging school, for when they're c e s s o r. bringing out game compilations: 1. Always put a couple of very good, J u n g le S trik e . reasonably new games in the box and fill the rest with old or sub-stan has been in dard games that don't stand a chance of selling any more 2 Call it the office. In Classic' this or Super' that, or som e other clever title. Well Beau Jolly m y opinion, have obviously decided to hire a marketing person who has never like Kellogs been to this particular school because 1. Even the duff game of this Cornflakes, bunch is still worth looking at when seen in the context of this compi it 's s till th e lation and 2. Much to the consternation of C U Am ig a M a g a z in e 's original and designers, they have declined to name the pack anything m particular it 's s till th e {which m eans that w e have no big headline), choosing instead to sim best. The new game might have updated aircraft and more p ly list th e n a m e s o f th e g a m e s o n th e fro n t o f th e b o x a n d le t th em detailed graphics but it lacks the charm and impact of the original speak for themselves. which, after all. had a storyline that w as closer to reality than And this little lot are well capable of speaking for them selves I m o s t g a m e s . w o u ld so o n e r w re s tle a llig a to rs th a n c h o o s e w h ic h g a m e w a s th e Basically the moustached and definitely rather Iraqi looking best on this compilation. Cannon Fodder or T h e C h a o s E n g in e ? General Kilbaba has emerged as a Middle Eastern warlord and is S e n s ib le S o ft w a re or The Bitmap Brothers ? T in y s p rite s a n d m o u se hell bent on causing trouble for the region. You play the part of a control or big and beefy sprites and joystick control? Two classic US Airforce Apache pilot sent by the president to the battlezone to games of the 90s. carry out attacks on Kilbaba's forces, and rescue captured special For those living in Outer forces soldiers sent in to do likewise. Mongolia for the last 12 You can control the helicopter using either joystick or m ouse, and m o n th s. C a n n o n F o d d e r is the space bar toggles between cannon, hellfire or hydra m issiles. one of the most original There is a map screen accessed by pressing F10 which shows you beat 'em ups ever, where w h e re y o u r A p a c h e is in relatio n to ta rg e ts , y o u r frie n d ly a ircra ft c a r y o u ta k e c o n tro l o f sq u a d s rie r an d su p p lie s o f fu e l an d w e a p o n s . of sensible soccer players T h e a m o u n t o f d etail in th e g a m e is im p re s s iv e , w ith all o f th e dressed up in army kit and enemy weapons well researched and realistically drawn. Faints are named after m embers of gained in varying degrees for destroying AA batteries, enem y ships Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMthe programming team, and tanks, fuel dumps and bases. th e ir fa m ilie s , frie n d s and Desen Strike is s till o n e o f th e b e s t sh o o t Cimm FoMei drinking mates Using a 'e m u p s o n th e A m ig a - a n d a t £ 1 2 .9 9 it's mouse to get around, you move a target over the screen, pressing on a b arg ain .. the right button to get your soldiers to fire, or both buttons to throw a grenade or launch a bazooka missile. The game is just as much a tacti cal puzzler as a shoot 'em up, as the right route has to bo found through the fields of enem y fire. There are 24 levels, each sub-divided into as many as five m issions, spread out among green fields, the jun gle, the desert and the arctic. It combines hair tearing frustration with m a s s iv e e n jo ym en t, an d q u ite fra n k ly if y o u like g a m e s and y o u don't w h y * a " ’U"' 'evol. fruit* (flayer W m • s h o o ! 'e r r ip A ll (in iri/OI/fiS le n u s m e ai ■ ; -t" a very greedy computer • . ' - character living 10 s a v e t h e r.p -— |—| • TOscTyT] Fortesque's wish to destroy ’ - ' * ^ 6,1 it with a machine called, fun- dreds of Term n« ckan !•!'•• nily enough, the Chaos upgraded we* Engine. There are six characters to choose from, each with dillorent avoid hitting f characteristics; the Gentleman, who benefits from speed and brain fo rc e s w h o . ir power; the Navvie, who benefits from brawn, the Mercenary who has a big gun; the Preacher, who's sm art; the Thug who's strong but a bit dim and the Brigand who's a bit of an all rounder. When I said that the computer characters are rather greedy I meant it, they will steal points and bonuses at your expense and it really does matter which character you choose for yourself and to accompany you. It's breathtakingly addictive. it's good fun T h e th ird b e s t g a m e o n th e c o m p ila tio n , a n d th e o d d o n e o u t. w ill on this comp n o t a p p e al to e v e ry o n e b u t is s t ill a c la s s ic in its o w n rig h t. T h e from it. If yoi Settlers is a mediaeval world-building sim which unusually combines an d C h a o s E i both detail and cuteness. 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Push the A Ike Kaigbtmaie is Mty jn t k e yin '* !... lever twice and the sliding block at the northern end w ill move north revealing I'll start by calling thefou r switches I to what is my name?' - THOUGHT two alcoves to the west and east. Push the 4 from left to right (not going too fa st fo r 'Once white as snow, then green as west lever twice and you'll be able to you?). Flick switch 4 . turn around and go clover, then red as hlood - you know me move into the hidden rooms to the north. through left door, follow the path to find well.' - CHERRY the key. Flick. 44222 get a key and put 'It is the most beautiful bridge - no man has the other in the keyhole. Flick 234 4 2 4 crossed it. It is a wonderful sight because POLICE QUEST III and get key. F/ick4 2 2 4 4 3 3 I I 2 and the waters move over it.' - RAINBOW. put key in keyhole. Flick 133311 131 'You do it a ll the time. It is nothing, but Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMHelp Me! I recently bought P o lice and put key in keyhole to get another key. everything. It is the greatest riddle o f all Q u e st III and really e n jo yed playing it F lic k 24422 I 113334 and flick hid in the Universe.’ - U F E ■ - th en I got stu ck . I am a t th e begin den switch. Walk onto the pad. over the n ing of th e 5 th day a n d I heard so m e now covered hole and flick hidden switch guy in the office mumbling about on the wall to the left. Now Turn around plotting crimes on a computer, so I and face the way you came in. Throw an tried. I tried to join together all the lit item at the new w all and it w ill land on the tle d o ts, but th at d id n't w o rk either. I pad. Turn round and walk onto the pad. tried to put a pentagram on the map Flick the switch two squares right then and (su rp rise , su rp ris e ) th at didn't walk to the door. Two paces right o f the work either. door is a switch. Flick switch to find key. Open the door and flick the hidden switch. Steve Silver. Newcastle. Like most men you've got the right idea, AMBERSTAR you've just failed the practical. Looks like I'm going to have to take you in hand. I kn ow th at you h ang about in old Turn on the computer and go to file castles and towers, so I reckon you 199145. Use the tools/city map program. are just the person to help me with First plot the points o f the m urders, and th e To w er o f R id d le s in A m be rstar. I these are 200W Palm. 300W Rose. 300E think it is a g reat g am e, but th e rid Rose. 300S Sixth. Now connect the points d le s se e m to b e really hard. as follow s: 200W Palm to 300S Sixth. 300W Rose to 300E Rose. 200W Palm to Phil Blakeburn, Maidstone. 300E Rose. 300S Sixth to imaginary point on Palm between Eighth and Ninth street. I base got aU o f the answers fo r you. hut 300W Rose to imaginary point on Palm don't ask me to explain them. between Eighth and Ninth street. 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The CU Am iga M agazine stand w as near the entrance to the hall, and over the three days it seem ed that m ost of the world wide Am iga com m unity walked through the 1 Ga m e S m ith 8 5 doors and cam e over to say hello: devel Fancy writing your own arcade-speed gam es? John Kennedy opers from Germany. Am erica, Australia e x a m in e s G am eSm ith which aim s to let you do Just that. and France showed up. along with thou sands of loyal and devoted Am iga users. M any thanks to those of you who I Directory Opus 5 86 turned up and for the kind com m ents You've got the exclusive Directory Opus 4 on our fabulous about the m agazine, it w as great to coverdisk, now take a sneak peek at the new version with m eet so m any of you in the flesh. Andy Leaning in this exclusive preview of the most awaited Perhaps the m ost surprising elem ent utility upgrade of the year. w as that everyone I spoke to felt the sam e about the Am iga - w e all like the Am iga for Ms power, but also because I PhotoGenics 88 Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMit's not overly com plicated and does C U Am iga M agazine exclusively previewed PhotoGenics in w hat w e w ant without to m uch hassle. November. Now read Tony Horgan's in depth review of Developers from all over the world the finished product - is it as good as it looked? expressed their com m itm ent to its future, and w e're right behind the m l A s a result you can be sure the best Am iga I Personal Paint 91 products w ill still be available for a long The long running underdog of Amiga graphics packages is tim e to com e and m any will undergo back and we've got a full review of the latest version 6.1. major upgrades, and CU Am iga M agazine w ill review them at every stage. The first of these can be seen in I Co m p e titio n 9 2 this very issue w ith exclusive review s Fancy winning a copy of Photogenics? Well we've got five of and previews of Im ageFX (page 94) and them to give away in this massive compo - get your postcards Directory Opus (page 86). M any new products will also find ready now and turn to page 92. their w ay into the UK for the first time in 1995. PhotoGenics is perhaps the m ost exciting of these, check out Tony ImageFX 2 94 Horgan's detailed review of this on page Im ageFX is the undisputed champion of image processing on 88. Others include a powerful gam es the Amiga, and now it's been upgraded. Andy Leaning tests creator, Gam eSm ith, and a new com m s the program out in an exhaustive and exclusive review. program . Term ite — both of w hich get the CU Am iga M agazine treatm ent on pages 85 and 98. These last tw o are I Term ite 98 from Am erica, but w hat of Germ any and If you want to explore the fascinating world of Comms, Australia? During the show w e Internet and modems take a look at this review of Term inate. approached many developers from a brand new Comms package from HiSoft. these counties asking and advising them to launch their products over here, and w e're now closely Involved in i PD Scene 101 negotiations to ensure that m any of Mr Morgan goal public in yet another explosive review of these products find their w ay into the w hat's best end w hat's not in the world of public domain UK dealer channel. Although w e obvi games and demos. ously oan't give too m any details aw ay yet, these include literally m asses of CD-ROM products, and hopefully a new I PD Utilities 106 CD-ROM drive for the A l 200 (watch If the festive season has burnt a hole in your wallet, check out this space for exclusive details), and the latest batch of virtually free serious software, as perused som e amazingly powerful accelerators. by Andre Digard. Serious Express PD Galore CD-ROM the files on D-ROM discs containing PD col- th e d is c . lections are now very common, Naturally it in fact in the last few months has loads of V we've had more of them deliv- d iffe r e n t ered to our offices than any types of soft other type of software. The rea ware on it, son for this is that's easy to put the many booting on a PD titles available on to a CD-ROM disk CD32 takes and then sell it - m aking money for the PD you to a Workbench screen from where software house whilst giving excellent you can move to drawers called CD-tools, value for m oney to the user. The latest demos, games, AGA, m usic and and finally such collection to arrive is Express PD productivity. These all contains utilities Galore from Express PD. and programs that you'd expect to find in any collection of fonts. Overall, however, Like m ost others is com es packed with them . There's also a nice little menu sys this is a good collection for more serious utilities, programs, demos, games (200 of tem that allows files to be located and users, and there's bound to be something 'em) and 250 plus music modules. then copied to floppy disk. on there for you. Requirem ents: Any CD- However, it's one of the better ones we've The productivity drawer has further ROM Amiga. CDTV. or CD32. seen for several reasons. Firstly, that it drawers for business, fractals, graphics, works on the CD32, Archos A1200 CD- hard drives, printers and science and in Available from : Express PD, Magazine ROM drive, A570 and CDTV - so it be total contains a sim ply m assive selection House, Magazine Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMusable no m atter what Amiga CD-ROM sys of PD utilities. Business Centre, 11 tem you have - you'd think this would be Some of the best PD utilities and pro Newarke Street, 1 nsun obvious but it's surprising how many PD grams around can be found on this disk, Leicester. LE1 5SS. ■■ ■ CD-ROM collections don't! although I w as a little disappointed with Tel: 0116 2559711. ■ The next reason is the organisation of the selection of demos, and the lack of Price: £19.95. •» I f 1/ M il. PIZAZ th e b a ck sp a ce ke y d oesn't w o rk and you have to use delete instead) and it can be centred, or justi Video-titling software fied w ith a d egree o f kerning. The special effects (spinning, flipping and so o t a genlock? Borrow ed a cam- on) are actu ally linked to th e fo nts th em selves: corder? Then you'll probably need w hich m ean s that a particular font c an only per so m e w a y of creating and scrolling form a p articular e ffe ct. S o you cannot g et any text. Pizaz is a program especially font to sp in , flip and so b e cau se all the anim ation w ritten for the task, and enables you has already been pre-calculated and is supplied on to enter text and then define an o n e of th e eleven d isks. T h is is extrem ely limiting e ffe ct o r scroll direction. You can build up com pli w a y o f doing things, a s u n le ss you really enjoy cated scrip ts w hich you can sa ve and u se later. e m b o sse d m etallic fo nts (w h ich anyo ne o ver 30 Pizaz com es with three fonts as standard, but probably couldn't read a n yw ay) th en too bad: unfortunately all th ree are relatively huge type you'll have to se e if V id eo F X w ill se ll you so m e fa ce s w h ich look a s though th ey h ave e scap ed normal looking ones. The scrolling effects are very from an old d em o. T h e y sim ply could not be smooth, and text can be pushed and pulled from D e lu xe P aint anim ations to title y ou r videos. u sed in a n y vid eo production w h ich w asn 't about the s id e s o r from top/bottom. C h eck o ut Video Stage P ro (C U Am iga techno or cyberspace, so forget weddings U nfortunately several tim e s a fte r scrolling, the M agazine. Ja n u a ry 1995) or S C A LA if you need (u n le ss the main edit screen on my A4000 became corrupt, a dedicated scrolling program. w edding in and the system crashed. This is poor, and not Pizaz w ill w o rk w ith any Am iga w ith 3M b of questio n is in accep tab le in a professional and hobbyist environ ram (1 M b m ust be c hip ), w o rkb ench 1.2 or bet cyberspace m ent I'm afraid. ter. A lthough a W orkbench 2 and 5-8M b R A M is w ith a back T h e m anual is also very poor. N ot ju st b ecau se recom m ended to g et th e b e st u se .. track from it's bright green but b e cau se th e so ftw are M assive includ es an irritating 'typ e in a w ord from th e m an Available from : Video Attack). ual’ protection sch e m e w h ich pops up every so FX. 291 High Street Typing the often, forcing you to go b ack to it again and again. G ilfach G och. Mid te xt in is VideoFX have shown they have potential, but Glam organ. South W ales straightfor until they come up with something a great deal CF39 8SH. Tel:0443 w ard (except better that Pizaz you w o uld be better sticking to 674385. Price: £49.99. V THE LEVEL BEST PRICES AMIGA 1 SENSIBLE WORLD OF SOCCER - £19.99 THIS MONTHS FEATURED GAMES Sensible Soccer rem ains Ihe top favourite Amiga Owners football game. Sensible 1 SENSIBLE WORLD OF SOCCER ...... £19.99 software have replied to their rivals with the release of sensible World of Soccer. 2 ON TH E B A LL Leag u e E d it io n ...... C18 99 Integration of playing and m anagement w orks really well. The playing side rem ains great ON THE BALL World Cup Edition £18.99 with this version including more tackles and headers control, m atch statistics and ON THE BALL League Edilion A 1200 .£21.99 extended tactics. SW OS gives you great control, greater than other management sim s ON THE BALL World Cup Edition A 1200 £21.99 over match tactics. Devise your tactics then watch game in action. Play the game as a 3 PREMIER MANAGER 3 ...... £ 16.99 4 FIFA INTERNATIONAL SO CCER ...... £ 19.99 player, m anager or player manager. Extensive database range ot team s and players. 5 FOOTBALL G LO RY ...... £ 1 6 .9 9 This game has gained great reviews in m agazines, holding it's own against dedicated m anagement games and playing gam es. It takes the rivals and could well have beaten CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER EOS DISK £11.99 them all. There is a great following lor Sensible Soccer range and this product will have CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER ITALIA £16 99 done it proud. SW OS has not only been claimed as the best football game, but challenges CLUB FOOTBALL M ANAGER ...... £19 99 EMPIRE SOCCER 94 ...... £ 1 7 .9 9 strongly as the best Amiga game. An excellent product. FANTASY MANAGER ...... £ 1 9 .9 9 K IC K O FF 3 ...... £ 16 99 KICK OFF 3 A1200 ...... £ 1 7 .9 9 2 ON THE BALL (World Cup) A1200 - £21.99 MAN UTD. PREM CHAMPIONS ...... £19 99 World cup and league editions available. World cup edition released before league edition TACTICAL MANAGER Italian ...... £ 19 99 and received excellent reviews in m agazines. Allows lull world cup programme or start WORLD CUP YEAR 1994 ...... £ 19 99 with qualifiers. Strategy sessions & pep talks. Involves strategy and skill but where this WEMBLEY INT SOCCER A1200 ...... £ 1 7 .9 9 product excels is with the presentation. Uses a system ot scanned watercolour images. Further Products Plays you the highlights ot your match as they happen. ALADDIN A1200 ...... £ 19.99 BANSHEE A1200 ...... £ 19.99 BENEATH A STEEL SKY ...... £ 2 0 .9 9 3 PREMIER MANAGER 3 - £16.99 Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMCANNON FODDER 2 ...... £ 1 9 .9 9 Most ot Prem ier Manager 2 system still there, but a great deal has been added. The game DREAMWEB ...... £ 2 2 .9 9 FIELDS OF GLORY ...... £22 99 looks great with a new method of displaying the m atch. Isom etrically viewed pitch with FIELDS OF GLORY A1200 ...... £ 2 2 .9 9 players positions updated according to m inutes as they tick by. The players' have JURASSIC PARK ...... £ 1 6 .9 9 extended statistics. You can also decide where the players will play on the pitch at any JUNGLE STRIKE ...... £18 99 given point in the game. Looking good and it could seem like a strong ettort to compete LION KING (THE) A1200 ...... £ 1 9 .9 9 against Prem .2 for the longest time in the top 10. MORTAL KOMBAT ...... £ 1 9 .9 9 MORTAL KOMBAT 2 ...... £19 99 PGA EUROPEAN G O LF ...... £ 1 8 .9 9 PUTTY SOUAD A1200 ...... £ 19.99 4 FIFA INTERNATIONAL SOCCER - £19.99 RISE OF THE ROBOTS ...... £ 25.99 Sold a vast amount ot copies on the SN ES and Mega Drive. Now available on the Amiga. RISE OF THE ROBOTS A1200 ...... £ 27.99 Large sprites, isom etric pitch view and plenty ot options. You can perform som e great RUFF STUMBLE ...... £ 1 7 .9 9 m oves including backheels. diving headers and overhead kicks. SENSIBLE G O LF ...... £ 19.99 SIMON THE SORCERER ...... £ 22.99 SIMON THE SORCERER A1200 ...... £ 25.99 SIM CITY 2000 ...... £ 22.99 5 FOOTBALL GLORY - £16.99 SK ID M A R K S ...... £17 99 Strong challenge for the Sensible Soccer hold on best Amiga football game. Sim ilar view 1H EM E P A R K ...... £ 22.99 and style, using the sam e good elem ents and adding plenty of new features. Loads ot THEME PARK A1200 ...... £ 22.99 player anim ation and extra tun touches including Roger Milla celebration type dances, UFO A 1200 ...... £ 22.99 streakers and police chasing fans otf the pitch. Full complement of crowd cheers. Very WINTER OLYMPICS ...... £ 21.99 playable, good fun. After a little practice increasing your skill you could find yourself Amiga Applications jumping sliding tackles and dummying the ball as you go around the player. Bicycle kicks AMOS Professional...... £ 35.99 and diving headers are also in there. AMOS Prol. Compiler ...... £ 25.99 FINAL COPY II Release 2 ...... £ 48.99 FINAL WRITER Release 3 ...... £ 7 2 .9 9 MAXIPUN Version 4 ...... £ 2 5 .9 9 MINI OFFICE ...... £3 9 99 MONEY M ATTERS ...... £ 3 5 .9 9 PROTEXT Version 6 ...... £ 1 1 0 .9 9 JM slm clw eJJSiF 01938 553881 PEN P A L ...... £ 2 9 .9 9 DISTINCTIVE LOGIC, CUA DEPT., 32 HIGH STREET. WELSHPOOL, POWYS. SY21 7JP Other lilies available - please call us with your request' Distinctive Logic - the latest end best U ^ r a - J products at great prices. We aim lo keep customers satisfied with last, etttctent, triendly service Move up to Ihe NEXT 0 pet flent for EEC Add f4 pet r LEVEL with Distinctive L o g ic." VISTAPRO I Create stunning land N e w v e rs io n o f th e scapes and flythroughs V i s t a P r o incredible 3D package with Vista Pro, from Impulse. Bones Makepath & D istant Suns I m a g i n e feature, new textures and Terraform,and explore more. 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VAT R a p id House, 54 H andle Bank Pr erg : All oricing includes VAT bul not cam Problems Faulty product wfll be replaced or London SH19 /D ll Gamesmith I Price: £99.95 ■ Developer: Oregon Research ■ Supplier: HiSoft © 01525 718181 John Kennedy n e e d to s ta r t p ro g ra m m in g , a ll a t a bargain price. doesn't want If you buy G a m e S m ith . y o u are wo. p rivileg ed to g e t a s e t o f p ro fe ssio n i| Unfen Iftim you to read ------1ST al games programming tools, com IIWlK lUIMd p lete w ith a n a sse m b le r r t*v*/l*»tor» ■•:k*ro»n« this review of J I'few lam and compiler thrown in for J lirnU Cm HiSoft's new game good measure. ■ IM. Mlm B u t m a k e n o m is ta k e - th is i s no development system ... J llifl* thatora*rd package for the beginner. You W ILL J Sia« I* that lixk.ard J Us* CPU ta Blit Ina** n eed to k n o w a b o u t C an d Assembler. The manual expects v e ry s o o fte n , a p ro d u ct interpreter. y o u to p ic k up m o s t o f w h a t you c o m e s m y w a y fo r It's not need to know by looking through re v ie w th a t I do n 't w a n t so m e c ru m th e e x a m p le C s o u rc e c o d e , s o to w rite a b o u t. It's not m y m enu- * With CITAS, animations cirattd in Delnae taint can fee load'd and canvartad directly into don't think you'll be writing M o rta l that it's especially b ase d sys- e* rM*T “ ,0 » •* ,WB *°* n m K o m b a t 3 b y th e e n d o f th e w e e k if ©a w fu l, ra th e r th at it is s o g o o d th at te rn w h ich y o u d o n 't k n o w th e d iffe re n c e I do n 't p a rticu larly w a n t to te ll a n y a llo w s y o u to cre a te a b o u t th ree images in most formats, and save between a 'byte' and a 'struct'. o n e e ls e a b o u t it. U n fo rtu n a te ly, I variations of the same game either. th e m o u t a s C o r A s s e m b le r If you already kn o w h o w to pro need the money particularly badly 'include' statements, complete with g ram . but reading through th e official this month, so I've had to force Got a brain? all th e stru ctu re d efin itio n s. T h is (and unofficial) Am ig a hardw are and m y s e lf to w rit e th is re v ie w - but In ste a d , G a m e S m ith makes the includes animations, which means programming documentation gives p le a s e d o m e a fa v o u r an d sk ip breathfakingly cheeky assumption that defining graphics in a program you a h ead ache, th en th is is an e sse n o v e r it. T h a n k s. th a t y o u a re a lre a d y a c o m p e te n t like Deluxe Paint a n d th en convert- tial purchase. The library functions Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMing th e m d ire c tly fo r u se cover almost everything you could c e l l 81 o f 88 in y o u r p ro g ra m s is need, an d in doing a w a y w ith mind- 1, ^ 1 ^ 1 ^ 1 d e a d e a sy . C IT A S , th e numbingly boring and fiddly playing editor, w ill e v e n handle w ith paint program s, th e graphics edi V •I'v ■ :T ' T ■: v '• c o llisio n d etectio n tor will add years to your life. ta b le s an d im a g e prior N o w I’m g o ing to ta k e a m onth itie s - e x a c tly th e long- o ff w o rk an d w rite s o m e g a m e s . A Eacfe aaiaiatiaa can be previewed in real-time, and aatomaticjllf centred and retated winded, tedious busi H o p e fu lly b y th e n w e 'll b e a b le to n e s s w h ic h p u ts m e ta k e a n o th e r m o re d e taile d lo ok at p ro g ra m m e r u sin g e ith e r C or off writing more programs. this development system , and I'm Assembler. GameSmith a s s u m e s O n e o f th e m ajo r p ro b le m s s u re it w o n 't b e lo ng until th e read you have a brain, and that you're associated with other development e rs ' s u b m is s io n s ta k e a le a p fo r not a fra id to u s e it. s y s te m s is s e c u rity : if y o u r pro ward in quality, and gam es created G a m e S m ith c o m e s in tw o gram loads images stored in stan w ith G a m e S m ith to o ls sta rt to parts: an Amiga program library of d ard IF F p ro to c o l, th e n a n yo n e e ls e appear on magazine coverdisks. ■ routines and an editing program. can load them too. Som e would-be T h e lib ra ry is like a n y o th e r library, programmers have been known to in th a t it c o n s is ts o f d o z e n s o f sp e lift g ra p h ic s fro m o th e r g a m e s and cially written functions which can demos, which is simply not on. A It's even possible to ase CITAS to create certain collision detection tables, which in tain simplities b e in clu d e d in y o u r c o d e a s e a s ily G a m e sS m ith includes encryption codiag im an.sel, a s a n y o th e r e x te rn a l fu n c tio n . T h e routines based on your license functions handle setting up n u m b e r w h ic h w ill e n s u re th a t yo u The Amiga has game develop screens (including AGA graphics), a r e th e o n ly p e rso n w h o c a n get m e n t s y s te m s c o m in g o u t o f its sound support, animation, joystick fre e a n d c o m p le te a c c e s s to y ou r (metaphorical) ears. First came re a d in g a n d c o llis io n d e te ctio n , g ra p h ic s o r s o u n d . E v e n o th er A M O S a n d its m a n y v a ria tio n s. an d a re a lm o s t e n tire ly w ritte n G a m e S m ith u s e rs w o n ’t b e a b le to T h e n c a m e Blitz Basic2. A n d n o w in Assem bler. crack the code. here's a system from an unknown You c a n u s e th e m fro m e ith e r American software house ... why A s s e m b le r o r C. an d y o u r lin ke r Ereejdice and should anyone bother? p ro g ra m w ill a u to m a tica lly in clu d e D e v P a c U n lik e e v e ry o th e r g a m e d e v e l th e o n e s it n e e d s . You a re th en If the libraries and editor weren't o p m e n t s y s te m o n th e m arke t, fre e to s e ll o r g iv e a w a y y o u r pro enough, HiSoft have also squeezed G a m e S m ith d o e s n o t p ro vid e you g ra m a s y o u s e e fit: alth o u g h a a s p e c ia l v e rs io n o f th e D e v P a c 3 with a new programming language m en tio n o f th e f a c t th a t y o u m ad e A s s e m b le r in to th e b o x , a n d th e to learn. There is no special use of the system is encouraged. D IC E C c o m p ile r a s w e ll. T h is 'G a m e S m ith C o m p ile r' or T h e ed ito r w ill lo ad in IF F m e a n s y o u h a ve all th e to o ls you Directory Opus 5 ■ Price: £TBA ■ Developer: GP Software ■ Supplier: Wizard Developments © 0322 272908 Directory Opus A viab le a ltern a tiv e won practically to workbench? Directory Opus 5 s e e m s s o every award flexible that it could easily be going in the used as a replacem ent or alternative to W orkbench, Amiga market. and this is w hat the author Jonathan Potter intended. Now Version 5 of The question to be asked, however, is does it do a better job? Directory Opus is This really is a question that only a full testing and an indepth review can address, here and it's and you can bet that this is exactly what probably the we'll be doing between now and when we publish the review. Our initial feelings are Amiga's most that whilst being considerably more power ful than W orkbench, it may have lost some useful utility, to of the sim plicity of the early version - but uried inside your Amiga is a thing called we'll have to see the final version to find date. CU Amiga i the Disk Operating System (DOS). This out if this is the case or not. Magazine have I is part of the operating system that con trols. looks after and takes care of the been using it for ...tty gritty detail needed to use disks, files programs and directly call the routines in the DOS. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMOand drawers. If you go no further than double click ignoring Workbench in the process. the last couple of ing on icons you'll be surprised to find out that It's a ls o w o rth n o tin g th a t b e c a u s e th e W o rk b e n ch opening files, closing them , moving in and out of interface is designed to be easy and safe (so novice weeks and Andy drawers and formatting disks is tremendously com u s e rs c a n ’t d e le te so m e th in g th e y n eed to keep ) it plicated and it's only because Commodore did such often takes longer to perform an operation under Leaning presents a good job. when they created Workbench that you Workbench than it would to simply type in a command this world exclu don’t have these problems. - s o fo r m a n y th e S H E L L is o fte n a q u ick e r w a y of For most common operations (copying files, for copying, renaming etc. sive preview. m attin g d is k s e tc ) W o rk b e n ch p ro v id e s a n ic e and The problem is that CLI instructions are by their simple menu or requester interface. However, there v e ry n a tu re o fte n c o m p le x an d long w in d e d , m o re s o a re a g re a t m a n y o th e r th in g s D O S c a n d o th a t c an 't than they need be. You've also got to remember long, b e d o n e v ia W o rk b e n ch , fo r w h ic h y o u n eed to ty p e often totally alien sounding words. Lines like ’Format in commands. There are also a number of utilities drive dhO: name Thatcher NOICONS QUICK' are com available that don't have Workbench front ends. This mon. W hat is needed is a program that cuts out the is what the CLI and SH ELL programs on the fid d ly c o m m a n d s , but k e e p s th e e a s e o f u s e o f a Reader Offer Workbench allow you to do - pass instructions to 'point-and-click' interface whilst allowing access to the You should now have Directory Opus V4 - t h e full version - from our exclusive coverdisk. No, w ell go back to the front cover of the magazine and have a good look. Done that? Welcome back. If you want to lahismrr: upgrade to Version 5 previewed here, turn to itWhMb. ill =ari Bin i our coverdisk pages or contact Wizzard Developments on tel: 0322 272 908 Price: £29.99. UPGRADE A One of the neat tricks version five will be able to do is copy files to several rfif- A Changes. DOpns 5 is completely configurable, aad with a little work can be made ferent directories at the same time. to look pretty similar to the old version. approach gives the program m assive power Multiple s o u r c e a n d d e s tin a tio n w in d o w s c a n b e o p e n e d , so W hat's DOS? you could copy a drawer from DFO to RAM, the hard T h e D is k d riv e , a n d th e s e c o n d flo p p y in o n e g o. O p e r a t in g Alternatively you can change the display so the System (DOS) windows don't have button bars, and instead a but takes care of ton panel is displayed along the bottom - much like the interfacing th e p re v io u s v e rs io n . between the A n o th e r p o s s ib ility w o u ld b e to h a v e w in d o w s Am iga operating system with buttons, and have several floating button pallets and the disk drives and (one for drives, one for file operations, one for disk hard drives. These hard functions etc). ware devices have no com T h e n a g a in y o u c a n c h a n g e t h e ic o n s a lo n g th e prehension of files and to p o f th e w in d o w s to y o u r o w n p e rso n a l p re fe r drawers, instead they only ence. This approach can be taken even further, so understand sectors, tracks, you can close the main window, and have the pro and bytes. It’s the role of gram act as a backdrop on w hich you have icons and DOS to convert your A Vm I bt iHa li cta |« pnctic^T m ry alMMl If A t an* Nniaa. h«n A* button banks left out'. desires (such as opening M om Mr n b M f tA u t. In e s s e n c e . V e rs io n 5 c o n tin u e s t h e tre n d o f th e files, making drawers etc) early versions of being configurable, but takes it to into instructions that the new levels. Not only can you configure the name of disk drives can understand. every button, and its operation, you can also edit Having done this, the DOS the m enus and define whether icons or text m ust also ensure that it buttons used. m aintains its internal It's this level of configurability that gives the pro tables correctly, and that gram its power - you can literally make it look like the data on the disk is kept anything you want. It can even become the default safe (not overwritten by Workbench screen - so you don't have a Workbench future instructions) and screen at all - D ire c to ry O p u s becom es the front end also try to patch things up o f th e A m ig a . when things go wrong. The In the test version w e had. som e of the configura DOS part of the operating tion processes were a little cumbersome, and it was system is a fundamental n o t a lw a y s c le a r h o w y o u sh o u ld d o s o m e th in g , but com ponent of an operating m o s t th in g s w e re fa irly in tu itiv e . A n d b e s t o f a ll. system , a fact evident in because the program will com e with lots of configu the names of PC and ration files, you should be able to edit these existing Amiga operating system s - f ile s to y o u r o w n t a s t e s p re tty q u ick ly. AmigaDOS and MS-DOS. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMA AltbMfh it will change a Itt, the new n n ita will mill bant tba powei ol nn iaa Luckily for us the Amiga 1 bam wa aaa tba ptwartal t in aetrtb abilities Multi tasking has a better DOS than PCs, Another major change is that the program will be w hich is one of the reasons raw power of DOS and Ihe utility programs that use internally multi-tasking. This m eans that you'll be why the Amiga is techni it. This, as it happens, is exactly what D ire c to ry O p u s able to set the program copying, formatting disks, cally superior to the PC. offered, and in no tim e at all it becam e the standard and unarchiving a load of files all at once - it certain b y w h ic h all s im ila r p ro g ra m s w e r e ju d g e d . C U Am ig a ly sounds and looked impressive! And this is in addi M a g a z in e gave it 93% . In a remarkable coincidence tion to the Amiga operating system 's multi-tasking largely depend upon what config you'll find the full version of D ire c to ry O p u s 4 o n th is fu n c tio n s . U s in g th e s a m e c o p y o f D ire c to ry O p u s to urations GP Software include with m o n th ’ s c o v e rd is k . do several things at once certainly beats the pants th e p ro g ra m w h e n th e y fin a lly sh ip Now however, its author Jonathan Potter has off running two versions of the program. W e'll just it. You can rest assured however upgraded it. and D ire c to ry O p u s 5 w ill b e re le a s e d have to see how fast and reliable it proves in the that w e'll be testing it and will pretty soon after you read this. And as it happens. final version. shortly bring you a full indepth I've spent the last few weeks playing with a preview T h e n e w v e rs io n lo o k s lik e it w ill h a v e th e p o w e r review. W ill it retain its position as copy of this new version. So what's in store? a n d fle x ib ility to b e w h a t D ire c to ry O p u s fa n s and the Amiga best utility and score, technical Amiga users want. Whether it will retain getting more than the ninety three Completely changed the sim plicity that made Version 4 so popular with p e rc e n t w e g a v e v e rs io n 4 ? W a tc h The new version has been rewritten completely and non-technical users is a different question. This will th is s p a c e ... ■ is now much m ore powerful. It still retains all the functions of the old program: being able to copy, rename, and delete files, play sound and animations, view graphics, unarchive files and so on, but its look and method of operation have changed forever. P e rh a p s t h e m o s t s ig n ific a n t c h a n g e in te rm s o f use is that the popular two sided display, with rows of buttons at the bottom has been replaced by a ded icated screen with multiple windows, with buttons alo n g th e to p o f t h e w in d o w s . To copy files you now open a window to the 's o u rc e ' d ire c to ry , ie t h e d ra w e r fro m w h e re y o u w is h to copy from, then open a window for the destina tion' and click on one of the small buttons along the top of the source windows. Other file-based opera tions work on a sim ilar basis. At first this seem s like a m assive step backwards, A D0h> «. » • r k r e v m . CM M ImM a in |k g M Sis M l UcMicA cnarAek b u t if y o u p la y w ith it fo r a w h ile y o u re a lis e th a t th is * Photogenics ■ Price: £54.95 ■ Supplier: Almathera © 0181 687 0040 Is Photogenics the killer 24-bit package that Amiga artists have been waiting years for? Tony Horgan investigates, with the help of some swirly colours. SUPERSTAR ust when it looked like C h o o s e fro m a n y o f t h e stan d a rd scratch. Along the tool A d P r o an d Im a g e F X Workbench 3.0 screen modes, b ar y o u fin d a ll th e had the image pro including Double Pal. Your images b a s ic d ra w in g fu n c cessing market all tied are viewed in either HAM-8, 256 tio n s th a t you'd up, along com es the c o lo u rs o r g re y s c a le . W h a t you expect: solid line, dot m ost innovative bit of graphics s e e in th e im a g e w in d o w s i s an ted line, circle, rectan software in years. Photogenics is a p p ro x im a tio n o f th e a c tu a l 24-bit gle. ellipse, cut and fill. one of those programs that imme image. All graphics are automati T ry d ra w in g w ith th e s e diately begs questions like 'Is it ca lly c o n v e rte d to 2 4-b it w h e n th ey on a fre s h b lan k p ag e, Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMth e n e x t D e lu x e P a in t? ', but really are loaded in. For a better idea of an d y o u 'll b e su rp ris e d it's not the next' anything, as it w h a t t h e a ctu a l im a g e lo o k s like , to see that instead of takes a different approach to all you can render it to a separate just a solid line, you other existing Amiga graphics sys HAM-8 screen. Support for direct get a slightly blurred tems. On one hand, it's an image tru e c o lo u r v ie w in g o n 24-bit including them with updates to one. This is because Photogenics processor. On the other hand, it's graphics cards (such as Picasso, registered users. takes a m ore 'realistic' approach to a 24-bit paint program. Piccolo, EGS Spectrum, Opal freehand drawing - realistic in that Vision and Rainbow 3) is currently Bag of tricks it a tte m p ts to e m u la te p e n s and W indpw being worked on. Almathera will In ste a d o f tryin g to e m u la te and brushes that you'd use when draw clea n in g be making the drivers for these ou t-d o e v e ryo n e e ls e in th e field . ing on paper, or painting on canvas. T h e firs t m a jo r d iffe re n c e b e tw e e n b o a rd s fre e ly a v a ila b le , a s w e ll a s Almathera have started from A t th e m o m e n t th e re a re 13 brush Photogenics an d o th e r g ra p h ics p ro g ra m s, is th a t it w o rk s in a s y s te m o f w in d o w s . T h e p ro g ram Pure plasma o p e n s u p its o w n s c re e n , onto Almost as a 'bonus' feature, which it overlays windows for each Photogenics will generate full 24- of its control panels. Multiple bit colour patterns Most have a images can be handled with ease, random element, and they can each one appearing in its own also be partly controlled by set resizable window. W ith programs ting a few parameter sliders The s u c h a s DPaint, Brilliance and plasma is right up m y street Personal Paint, th e c u rre n t sc re e n Then there's the streaks' option, m o d e is d e fin e d b y th e im a g e that which creates a spooky kind of y o u 're w o rk in g o n . W ith D P a in t for slimy stone effect Select example, when working on a super Ripples for a series of concentric hi-res interlaced HAM-8 image, the Circles, or Pattern for yet another working screen uses the same res plasma-type image olution and colours, which affects all o f th e to o l b a rs a n d th e pull down menus. W ith Photogenics. yo u c a n s e t th e s c re e n m o d e to s u it y o u r e y e s ig h t a n d y o u r m o n ito r, in d e p e n dently of the im ages you're work ing on. This m eans you can work w ith a ll y o u r m e n u s a n d to o l b a rs in a comfortably visible resolution. HH igh, igh, en d requirements To run Photogenics you'll need an mi A AfiA ■ A " 2 0 0 A 4000J. A lth o u g h th e b a s ic re q u ire m e n ts s ta te ju st 2 M b s o t R A M a r e n e e d e d , if y o u 're to g e t a n yth ing lik e th e the full potential from the pro gram, you'll need extra RAM and a hard drive. You won’t fit m a n y 2 4 bit p ictu re s o n to a flo p p y d is k , a n d w ith o n ly 2M b o f R A M , s o m e o f th e fe a tu re s will be inaccessible. with lots of different system s. It's by no means the complete image p ro c e s s in g p a ck a g e . N e ith e r is it the answer to all your image cre ation needs. However, added to an existing system of DPaint!Brilliance an d A d P ro /lm a g e F X . it w ill in c r e a s e y o u r c re a tiv e p o tential enormously. Anyone designing graphics for use in Amiga games types available, including pencil, and applications w ill still need the neon, airbrush, ball pen and basic functions and low resolution sponge. Pixel-perfect drawing is support of a traditional paint pro a ls o p o s s ib le b y a lte rin g th e brush gram. If your main use will be DTP p a ra m e te rs . T h e fill fu n c tio n is v e ry or high-end video work, then Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMnicely done. Instead of only filling Photogenics is ju s t th e jo b . O th e rs p ix e ls o f e x a c tly th e s a m e c o lo u r, it may have set a £100-£200 price a llo w s y o u to d e fin e a to le ra n ce tag on such a powerful program, level. This means for example, that but Almathera have decided to put you can fill in an area that ranges Photogenics o u t at fiv e p e n ce fro m p u re w h ite to lig h t g re y , le a v th e a re a yo u w a n t to c h a n g e . If you Supported load form ats include IFF, u n d e r £ 55! ing a n y o th e r c o lo u re d p a rts o f th e then decide you didn't want to G IF, J P E G , Q u a d A n im (fo r u s e w ith If th e p ictu re s a n d te x t o n th e se im a g e in ta c t. T h is is e sse n tia l e m b o s s it a fte r a ll. but yo u th in k a V id e o C re a to r). V L A B , Q R T and pages haven’t already convinced w h e n w o rk in g in 2 4-b its. line art effect might work better, B M P A n o ve l o ff-sh o o t o f th e lo ad y o u th at Photogenics is the biggest H o w e ve r, w h ile it’ s q u ite p o s s i then all you do is switch the paint ing section is the collection of thing in Amiga graphics since b le to c re a te im p r e s s iv e p ictu re s m o d e to lin e a rt. T h e p a rt y o u ju st im a g e g e n e ra to rs th at c re a te e x o t DPaint. then I don’t really know from a blank page, you don't get embossed is changed to line art ic p a tte rn s fro m a f e w a lg o rith m s. what else I can say, except that n e a rly a s m u c h h e lp in th is a re a a s b e fo re y o u r e y e s ! O n c e y ou 're S e e th e P u re P la s m a p an el fo r Photogenics is th e b ig g e st th in g in y o u d o fro m D P a in t o r B rillia n c e . If happy with it. you can click on 'fix', s o m e e x a m p le s . T h e re 's a ls o a Amiga graphics since D P aint. you're naturally talented with tradi and the change is written to the screen grabber available from this Convinced now? Good. ■ tional art techniques, then the actual image in the internal 24-bit section. As for saving, you're Photogenics s ty le w ill s u it y o u far buffer. This throws up plenty of offered IFF-Deep (a mutation of the b e lte r th a n th e c lin ica l pixel-orien opportunities for experimentation. standard 24 bit IFF standard). Photogenics tated m e th o d s o f th e c o m p e titio n . ILBM . JPEG, Ascii Art, BMP HAM- Loaders and 8. Opal Hi-res and Lo-res, PBM, Paint w ith sa v e r s P ic a s s o -ll. Q R T , R A W a n d S C U L P T . p r o c e s s e s T h e m o d u lar d e s ig n o f th e lo ad and O v e r 5 0 p ro c e s s e s a re a v a ila b le for s a v e s e c tio n a llo w s fo r e a s y ad d i y o u to u s e w ith y o u r im a g e s. tion of further loaders and savers P r o c e s s e s a re e ffe c ts lik e so la ris e , a s a n d w h e n th e y a re w ritte n . em boss, pixelise. greyscale and line art. In the past, Amiga image C o n clu sio n processors have only worked on Photogenics is a b rillia n t p ro g ra m , th e w h o le im a g e , o r m a y b e s p e c i in many ways far more powerful fied sections of it. Photogenics than anything else available. It's b re a k s a w a y fro m th e n o rm by particularly useful for anyone who A2000 a llo w in g yo u to p a in t w ith th e works across more than one com effects. 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These t 's all v e ry w e ll g oing allow you to take a still picture or o n a b o u t th e w o n d e rs an animation, and convert it o f Im a g e F X and into stereogram. Photogenics, w ith th e ir J P E G s c a n n o w b e lo ad e d , u n fo r 24-bit g ra p h ic s h a n tu n ately th e re isn 't a J P E G sa ve dlingO and flashy high-end features, o p tio n , a s J P E G is a 2 4 bit im age but not every Amiga artist needs to file fo rm at, an d Personal Paint A The ce.tr* c m is the original ioisqe. the flee on the left has bee. cessed through the «rstetcolo.i eHect. w o rk s in no m o re th an 2 5 6 co lo u rs. emulate a graphics workstation. while the see o. Ihe right has heee subjected to Ihe edge detect treatmeet. And besides, until the Amiga is H o w e ve r, it c a n sa v e in a P C X , G IF b a ck in p ro d u ctio n , th e re a re s till a software that's compatible with o ffe r n e a rly a s m an y. H o w e ve r, it and IFF formats. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMhell o f a lot o f n o n -A G A A m ig a lower-spec machines. Check out does have some definite advan u s e r s w ith a n e e d fo r p o w e rfu l these system requirements: tages. The best animation feature C o n clu sio n Kickstart 1.2. 512K is the storyboard. This lets you Although Personal Paint m ay not RAM and 1 floppy view anything from 1 to 50 frames h a ve a s m a n y fe a tu re a s its m ain drive! Surely it can't at once. To alter the 'zoom' level riva ls D P a in t an d Brilliance, it d o e s b e a n y g o o d w ith of the storyboard, just hold the have some significant advantages those basic require right m ouse button and drag it in o f its o w n S p e e d is o n e , an d c o m m e n ts ? W ro n g ! o r o u t. S im p le ! P e r s o n a l P a in t is patib ility is a n oth er. It 's g o o d to Personal Paint 6.1 also very good at converting entire see that there are still people c o v e r s ju s t a b o u t a ll th e animations into different resolu developing software with the mas b a s e s to s o m e d e g re e . tions and numbers of colours. Try s iv e K ic k s ta rt 1 .2 to 2 .0 u se r-b ase It 's p rim arily a paint g e ttin g D P a in t to do th a t! T h e re in m in d . I'll c e rta in ly b e u sin g it p ro g ra m a lo n g th e lin e s are also plenty of optimisation e x te n s iv e ly fo r its a n im a tio n con tro l o f D P a in t, b u t it a lso options for saving, depending on features, image processing, and n o w in clu d e s an im a tio n whether file size or playback m a y b e e v e n to re n d e r th e odd fa c ilitie s . T h e n th e re 's speed is most important. stereogram animation. ■ the image processing s id e o f th in g s , w h ich Virtual memory PERSONAL PAINT 6.1 A The embess eHect w.rhs best M line i l l hut CM he used oa ar h a s a lw a y s b e e n o n e o f T h e re a re T im e s w h e n y ou 'll w a n t A 5 0 0 system requirements: the program's attrac to p e rfo rm a n o p e ra tio n , b u t d o n 't Kickstart 1.2 ar higbet512K RAM. 1 have enough free memory. In this tive features. Although floppy drive. Recanneaded: 2Mb Chip you can use it on any case, you can use the virtual mem RAM. hard drire. A6A chipset. A m ig a fro m a n A 1 0 0 0 ory option. This stores "inactive" ease of u se ...... 85% o r A 5 0 0 u p to an parts of image data in a temporary A 6 0 0 A4000, it also supports sto ra g e a re a , s u c h a s F a s t R A M . a high end users, with hard d riv e , o r e v e n a flo p p y drive . A 1 2 0 0 optional automatic re- Im a g e p ro c e s s in g is a n o th e r of targetting of the dis the program's main attractions. A 1 5 0 0 play to 24-bit boards. T h e u su a l e ffe c ts a re o n o ffe r, s u c h value for m oney 82% a s blur, e m b o s s , e d g e d e te ct, A nirnation dither, negative, randomise, rub A 2 0 D 0 a c tio n through, sharpen, tint, texture and O V E R A L L When compared to the watercolour. Most of these come A 3 0 0 0 An attractive animation features of in a n u m b e r o f v a ria tio n s. T h e option particu ■% D P a in t o r Brilliance, w a te rco lo u r a n d e m b o s s o p tio n s larly for any non A Here we see the storyboard in actiM. The ..other ol Irenes in oiew A 4 0 0 0 84 ca. he altered Iron I to SO. with a single neose-drag. Personal Paint can 't are especially impressive. Anyone AGA a rtists. Win One Of Five Copies of Photogenics 50 runner up T-Shirt prizes You've read the review, now enter the competition and you could win one of five copies of this amazing program and there are 50 Photogenics T-shirts for Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMthe runners up. Photogenics is the feature-packed image processing and paint program from Almathera that can do just about anything you like. Am ongst its more im pressive features are: ffm FSHJH Ti Hi • Numerous special effects such as em boss, sharpen, antique. Pick them up as a brush and paint them on. • The ability to edit multiple images, each in its own resiz able window. • Full 24-bit editing. 9 Loads and saves IFF, GIF, JPEG and other form at files. • Num erous natural paint tools - chalk pastels, felt tip pens, crayon etc. 1. No employees of E MAP Images or Amathofa can enter 2. 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This impression doesn't last long however. Throughout the more death program, subtle changes have been made to improve the design m oves than and functionality. M ost requesters n o w h a v e th u m b n a il p re v ie w Mortal Kombat! screens in them , so you can select files and brushes visually. These preview versions and thumbnails take tim e to be displayed however, ARexx and other b u t y o u c a n tu rn th e m o ff to Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMprograms speed up performance. The preview ability needs some In addition explaining. Imagine you wanted to to the vast add a lightning bolt to a picture. n u m b e r Y o u 'd c a ll u p t h e lig h tn in g bolt ■■»$? ■ extra fea- screen requester, set the parame tures provid ters and then to see what it looked e d in t h e like click on a preview button. p r o g r a m , Im a g e F X a ls o Doing so will fill a small box on the h a s a A R e x x port and a right hand side of the screen with companion program - a miniature representation of the C in e M o rp h for creating lightning bolt. Change a parameter much popularised morph and click on preview again. Once you're happy with the preview you effects. The A R e x x f a c ilit y can click on the OK button and the is also used to provide a full resolution version will be ren collection of extra d e re d o n to th e m a in s c r e e n . In capabilities, including a short the preview options allow batch processor (allowing yo u to try o u t a n y e ffe c t q u ic k ly the sam e effects to be A ImajffX 1 in all hr glory, this giclwo hemoirtrttts some ol the power that Ihe program provides, stowing without harming the main image. composition and paint elects. performed on multiple Also worth noting is the online files autom atically rather h e lp . W ith a p ro g ra m o f t h is m ag n i than loading each file, h e fig h t fo r th e title of d o e s Im a g e F X 2 a n d its huge tu d e I e x p e c te d to b e q u ick ly lo st manipulating and saving image processor king is se le c tio n o f d e a th m o v e s , s o rry amongst a wealth of menus and it). These program s build getting nasty! Earlier fe a tu re s , h a v e w h a t it ta k e s to rip re q u e s te rs , b u t b y s im p ly p re ss in g on the basic power of th is y e a r A S D G (n o w th e s o u l o u t o f A d P r o , or is it a ’H ELP’ on the keyboard you've got Im a g e F X and make it called Elastic Reality) w a s t e o f d isk s p a ce ? access to a comprehensive on-line Ounleashed their upgraded champi Lo o kin g a t th e sp e c ific a tio n help system describing practically relatively easy to carry on -AdPro 2.5. Now Nova Design sh e e t o f Im a g e F X 2 a lo n e is out what would otherwise e v e ry e le m e n t o f th e p ro g ra m . h a v e re le a s e d Im a g e F X v e rs io n 2 . en o u g h to s e t th e p u ls e o f g rap h A n o th e r n ic e to u c h is th at be very complex opera a n d ju s t to s e t th e c a t a m o n g th e ic s fa n s ra cin g . It s u p p o rts m o re brush/region controls have been tions quickly, and after p ig e o n s , Photogenics (p a g e 8 8 ) h a s n e w fe a tu re s th a n a n aging improved. You can now select an the initial learning curve hit th e s tre e ts t o o .T h e re sultin g H o lly w o o d s ta r a fte r a v is it to a a re a o f th e p ictu re u sin g th e u su a l will save time and effort. b a ttle lo o k s s e t to b e a fig h t b ig g er p la s tic s u rg e o n , an d m a n y o f th e s e selection tools of box, oval, poly than any seen in beat 'em ups like a re lite ra lly state-o f-the-art in th e g o n a n d fre e h a n d , an d s e le c t b y M ortal Kombat II. T h e q u e stio n is visual effects and image process c o lo u r (m a g ic w a n d ty p e e ffe c t) b ut yo u c a n n o w a ls o a d d o r re m o v e processing program, a re a s to a n d fro m th is s e le c te d an d th e m o re w a y s area - smart! y o u c a n c o m b in e tw o These features all make the pro im a g e s th e better. g ra m m o re u s e r frie n d ly and Im a g e F X has always fu n ctio n al b y m akin g it q u ick e r a n d d o n e fa irly w e ll in th is e a s ie r to a p p ly e ffe c ts a n d m an ip u respect, but the new late your images. What really v e rs io n a d d s fiv e n e w makes this version stand out how techniques. In general, ever are the new image processing composition tech and distortion tools. lm a g e F X 2 h a s n iq u e s all w o rk by bucket loads of these, and many of examining the colours th e m a re a t th e c u ttin g e d g e o f o f e a c h p ix e l (sp e c ifie d image processing on all platforms, b y n u m e rica l v a lu e s) and far in advance of anything from the two originals s e e n o n th e A m ig a . and then applying a You can create lightning bolts mathematical opera (see A Bolt From The Blue'), radial tion to these values, stars, and lens flares, and add c o m b in in g th e m in them to an existing picture. The s o m e w a y o r sim p ly le n s fla re c re a to r is p articu larly replacing one with the powerful allowing you to set not other. Version 2 now just the brightness and colour of has an HSV matte th e fla re but a ls o th e n u m b e r and o p e ra tio n w h ic h ty p e o f a rtifa c ts lie th e ty p e s of allows you to specify reflection caused by the supposed which colours will be camera lens). Also included is the replaced using hue. ability to create swiris, pond ripples saturation and value and waves, map images onto parameters. There's spheres (including adding a reflec also a minimum/maximum i s n a tu ra lly a big p o in t in its favour. like a s p ra y c o m in g fro m a fire tiv e h ig h lig h t to th e g lo b e ) along approach where the pixels with However, as a result of having so extinguisher, if you can imagine with numerous other distortion t h e h ig h e s t a n d lo w e s t v a lu e s a re m a n y fe a tu re s it c a n a t t im e s be that. Luckily the actual lightning to o ls. You c a n a ls o a lte r th e im ag e used in the final version, and a d iffic u lt to lo ca te th e bu tto n fo r th e b o lts a re fa r m o re im p re s s iv e to lo ok a s if it h ad b e e n c re a te d in multiply/divide system where the fe a tu re yo u w a n t - is th e Lig htning The single biggest negative of e ith e r a c la s s ic p a in t sty le o r w ith a pixels are multiplied and divided bolt under the Distort, Effects. th e w h o le p ro g ra m is th e u nd o particular painting/drawing tool. w ith e a c h o th e r to g iv e th e H o ok, o r A r e x x b u tto n ? A s y o u g ain o p e ra tio n . It s e e m s th a t o n ly b a s ic A m o n g st th e p o s s ib ilitie s are final picture. more experience with the program e d itin g a n d o th e r sim p le o p e ra Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMPicasso. Impressionist, and th is p ro b le m w ill b e c o m e le s s tio n s c a n b e u n d o n e , th e larg er C h a rco a l sk e tc h . Hmmm ... ap p are n t b u t it d o e s in c re a s e th e a n d m o re tim e c o n su m in g fu n c O n th e w h o le Im a g e F X 2 p ro v e d a le a rn in g c u rve . tio n s a re u n -u n d oab le (if y ou 'll for Compose yourself solid, well thought out and. during A n o th e r p ro b le m is th e d iffe r g iv e th e E n g lish ). T h e la ck o f an Image compositing (combining the test period, trouble-free pro e n c e b e tw e e n th e p re v ie w s a n d undo function for much of the pro two or more images in a variety of gram. However I have a few linger the actually rendered results. This gram forced m e to mark Im a g e F X different ways) has also under ing doubts. Firstly and m ost obvi is particularly relevant w ith the fro m w h a t w o u ld o th e rw is e have gone a upgrade Composition is a o u s ly I m a g e F X is a h u g e p ro g ram lig h tn in g b o lts - m a n y o f th e p re b e e n a v e ry h ig h s c o re . To b e taken fu n d a m e n ta l to o l o f a n y im a g e w ith m a s s e s o f fe a tu re s - a n d th is v ie w s m a k e th e lig h tn in g b o lts lo ok seriously a program-wide undo ______, ______. , an-imaMt b v t-U i afltcl. N't ju t c r n u f c r t H | | U » I pKU rei r*c p . * m . tte t * tore m u s t b e im p le m e n te d . fiv e m in u te s o n o u r acc e le ra te d se ttin g a n u m b e r o f v a ria b le s fa d e a w a y at th e e n d , in ste a d th ey P e rh a p s th e la s t p ro b le m is th at A 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 - life is to o sh o rt to try w h ic h a c t a s lim its o n v a rio u s ju s t s to p . T h is is o k a y fo r gro und o f sp e e d . Im a g e F X 2 is a v e ry p o w this on a stock A1200. However attributes of the lightning bolt, the strikes but when creating bolts Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMerful program and as such really th is isn ’t a fau lt o f th e p ro g ram p ro g ra m th e n c re a te s a rand o m th at do n 't h it th e e a rth b u t e n d in needs serious hardware, but even m e rs b u t in ste a d a sig n th a t you bolt working within the entered m id air, th e re s u lts lo ok odd. on powerful Amigas it's quite slow a re tryin g to d o to m u ch w ith th e p a ra m e te rs. T h is e n s u re s th a t you S o m e o f th e d isto rtio n e ffe c ts c a n hardware Its unlikely other soft c a n d e te rm in e p re tty m u c h th e So ... take a seriously long time. Taking a w a re w ill im p ro v e o n th e s p e e d of ty p e o f b o lt c re a te d , b u t e a c h can Im a g e F X 2 is a corker, I c a n h e a r 768 by 576 image and applying an th is p ro g ra m . If y o u w a n t fa s te r b e d iffe re n t fro m th e la st. A m o n g st A d P r o 's spme being removed nowl impressionist P a in t-FX e ffe c t took responses you'll need a faster sys th e v a ria b le s a v a ila b le a re th e p er T h e v a s t n u m b e r o f d isto rtio n te m - a n d it’s w o rth g e ttin g o n e if c e n ta g e c h a n c e th a t a fo rk w ill capabilities and special effects yo u in te n d to u s e Im a g e F X 2. appear, the minimum and maxi e n s u re th is is a p ro g ram th a t a n y mum angles of any forks, and the o n e w h o ’s s e r io u s a b o u t g ra p h ics A bolt from the blue b a s e c o lo u rs. on the Amiga m ust have. If Elastic The new version has a built-in Potential uses of lightning bolts R e a lity a re to s ta y in th e ra c e for lighting bolt generator, and it in clu d e c re a tin g a fa ls e im p re ssio n Amiga image manipulation they'll doesn't involve making changes to of size and power for electrical need to get a new version of your Am igas circuit boardl The e q u ip m e n t (u s e d to g re a t e ffe c t A d P ro out soon. ■ number of times I've needed to where the landing craft lands have a picture of a lightning bolt amongst the exploding terra-form can be counted on one hand, but ing station to pickup Ripley in IMAGEFX 2 it's still a very useful capability. It’s A lie n s), to recreate a feeling life- slow at tim es, but the results giving energy in sinister science system requirements: ftMfcbMck 2 m i ab trr m i 4Mb «f are impressive. labs (a la Frankenstein) or adding IML Lightning bolt creation involves an element of untamed electrical fo rc e s lo a s c ie n c e fic tio n se ttin g .81*. ( a s in th e s c e n e w h e re th e hum an A 6 0 0 arrives in the 20 th c e n tu ry in th e Terminator). This effect really A1200 c o m e s in to its o w n w h e n u se d performance...... 80". alongside a 3D rendering program (s u c h a s U g h tW a v e ) a n d a land value for money...... 92% s c a p e c re a to r (l/rsfa) to c re a te futuristic settings. Several lightning b o lts an d a ty p ica l c o m p o s itio n are shown below. 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Friendly Service Please Make Cheque/Postal Orders A d d r e s s :...... : Prices are per disk not per set Payable to: ‘Deltrax PD' Overseas Orders Welcome...... Postcode: Tel: . Payable In Sterling Please n inures PD Utilr!!: j Never one to be short of words, V A R K V I CU's PD motor- cli utilities mouth Andre This is a far ciy from the normal run-of-the-mill utilities disk. W hy? Digard steps Well it's all designed to be run from th e C LI. There are certainly once more into enough programs here to keep most utility hunters happy. The disk the breach that is very well laid out with a key is two empty board-driven menu system. This is the Northern Amiga Users Group pages in the mag strutting its stuff. There's a total of 48 utilities on and fills them this disk, some of which are really neat, and nearly all of which are with top low* genuinely useful. Here's a little machines with 2Mb of chip RAM you're one of the latter, you should taster: Amiga Real-Time Monitor, a pretend to have 1 Mb of fast and find this disk an interesting start cost software. program which shows every kind 1 Mb of chip RAM; Text2Guide, the ing point in getting further into of internal event. Banner, to create opposite of G uide2Doc, it turns your Amiga. ^ VARIETIES large text in the C LI; G uide2D oc, text files into AmigaGuide files. Available from: Roberta Smith which converts AmigaGuide files The list goes on and on. DTP 190 Falloden Way, Hampstead A O F PD into normal text files; HaltNHall, a The disk is a worthy addition to Garden Suburb, London NW11 brilliant program which makes any collection, whether you're 6 J E . Tel: Public Domain technical 081 455 Softw are that can b e shared ly literate 1626. Price and copied free of charge. LION KING or a rela 90p plus Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMtive begin 50p P + P F r e e w a r e clip art ner If per order. Can be copied and shared as This has to be a first. According to the blurb in the text long as no profit is made. file on this disk, this clipart is not only shareware but Disney shareware. That may not seem strange until I S h a r e w a r e prompt you with the following question; just how many RELOKICK Like freew are but you m ust big multinational companies have you heard of releasing buy' the software for £10 or shareware? This is simply an outrageously good idea. If 1.4A something similar. more film companies were to put character clips, scenic backdrops or even just promotional pictures onto disk downgrader Licenseware as shareware, the whole world would be at serious risk Some old programs can be a real pain, You cannot copy the software of becoming a more fun place to be Imagine being able especially if they only work on an old and all profits go to author. to put a clip of. say, Indiana Jones on your personal let machine, one with Kickstart 1.3. While, terhead (at the moment you would be inviting litigation), needless to say, that’s not a problem if p. The clips provided here appear to been taken from you have one, if you have Kickstart 2 or the actual animation cels rather than cut from the above it can be a real headache. The sce , film They haven't been modified in any way, which nario runs something like this: whilst at a I makes some of them pretty untidy, but they're fun car boot sale you discover some absolute f 'There are pictures of Simba. the lead character, ly cla ssic stu ff fo r sale only to find that it both as a cub and fully grown; Scar, the bounding won't work on your A1200 when you get . cad of an uncle; Mafusa and Saribi, Simba's par- hom e. R eloK ick goes a fair way to provid l ents etc. Most of the characters are here , ing a solution. What is does is make your I spread across 35 clips. All the clips have a plain machine pretend it has Kickstart v1.3. OK, I w hite background w h ich m akes life easy when so it's not going to set the world on fire, J importing them into various programs. I hope but this disk can certainly prove useful. If this is the start of a trend. It m ay not be the great you are intending to upgrade from a 1.3 est clip art disk ever, but if you can be convinced machine, this disk is almost essential to a to pay the sharew are fee, w ho knows, m aybe it'll keep any old disk collection working. 1 ^-snowball. Available from: KEW=II There’s not much difference between it Software. PO Box 672, South Croydon. and ReloKick 1.3 though. Surrey. CR2 9VS Tel 081 657 1617 Available from: Onlineie PD,PD. 1 the Cloisters. Price £1 50 Halsall Lane, Formby. ^ W including Liverpool L37 3PX. Tel: (Minimum order 01704 834335. 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When you've finished reading the text, there are a couple of nice surprises too: ▲ Just some of the absolute plethora ol options available ia DeliTracker. the program teaches you what A H anly there were n»re Asks tike this! Iitlioductian to H o iU n d l aid AmIjiDOS it ao al! the W orkbench m enus do. afesatata am i tar t>a >a«iaacL You sim p ly se lect a menu item and it tells you all about it. Then DELITRACKER 2.07 Wow! Someone should have the main disk is set up to look done something like this ages just like a normal Workbench music player ago! Well, in fact they did. it was disk full of programs, but when Normally the only kind of music program to make its way into called T h e Very First' and cam e you double click on them, up these fabled columns is one which can edit and create music. with the original Amiga 500s. pops some text telling you Delitracker only plays it. W hat's the point? Well, when you're However, this couple of disks what that program does. working your way through some tedious chore on your Amiga, are what every beginner needs. If you are an Amiga beginner have your favourite tune playing in the background. Essentially it's a manual, but then get this, if you know Delitracker takes playing music a fair bit more seriously than thanks to the wonders of mod som eone w ho is a beginner, get any other player program I have come across. It has options like ern science, it's all been done it for them. Fort Knox has gold. For instance, it has its own macro language with AmigaGuide. This package There should be more disks for controlling the player, the ability to create a playlist, and it's is for everyone who got an like this out there. It's all very modular in design, allow you to add different music players as Amiga at Christmas, or indeed well creating educational pro tim e go e s on. last Christmas, and wants to g ram s for kids, but w h en it At th e m om ent the program supports Noisetracker, Protracker. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMlearn how to u se it properly. comes to computers it's the Soundtracker 15, Soundtracker 31 and Startrekker 4 . Not the most Switch on your Amiga, slot adults who need teaching. This comprehensive of players (where’s the O cta M ED player?), but it’s in disk one and what do you is a fine program which will do quite surprising just how many PD tunes are written using the get? A real feast of information. ju st that. first two. It's like having a manual on the Available from: F1 License This player is for people who take their Amiga music very seri screen, but it goes so much fur ware. 31 Wellington Road, Exeter. ously. It should certainly keep them happy too. It's not small, ther. Everything is presented in Devon EX2 9DU. Tel: 0392 weighing in at just under 90K, but it has enough features to run an easy-to-use manner, there 493580. an Amiga dance festival. are very few big, complicated Available from Scribble PD. 2 Hi'lside words and if the grammar is off Cottages, Burstall. Suffolk IP8 3DY. Tel: 0473 1 J I in a few places, well it's still 652588. Price: C1 plus 75p P -P per order understandable. This is what all I - i i H B but nice little ringing; H D O ff, w h ich sh u ts down FUNKY program called your hard disk when it's inactive Lottery! which (this I must warn you against! It may U TILITIES has a pre reduce the life of your drive!); ZVB ' dictable pur Flash, which puts rainbow colours # 1 pose in life. Yes, into your Workbench; and lastly, a it se le cts num couple of Intel Outside icons, a utilities bers at random m ust fo r every Am iga lover. AFC opy Ah, another month, another utili fo r you. The is a great program and justifies get ties disk. Hang oni Didn't I write nice bit is that ting this disk alone. LotteryI is the that last month? Oh w e ll, at least the program is ideal thing for people who can't this one is good. The quality o f util very w ell written think up random numbers on their ity disks seems to have made a and presented. own. If you need either type of pro- j marked upturn recently. Perhaps The nasty bit is gram, get this disk. the message is getting through A the weederfil AfCepy. easy te set ip and great to ese. Rnd it on Funky Utilities. t h a t y o u |o s e Available from: Online PD, 1 thJ that PD libraries need to check the you might be Cloisters, Halsall Lane. quality of the programs before Opus. AFCopy is really neat. As a tempted to blame your computer Formby, Liverpool L37 3PX. they put them on disk. This one freeware utility it's simply out- (just remember it was you who Tel: 01704 has a couple o f real beauties on it standing. It's fully configurable, chose to use the numbers), 834335. and a few interesting bits on top of works in an easy to use fashion The padding on this disk comes Price: £75p that. First up is A F C o p y 4, a pro and, best of all. has excellent doc- from Ring Detect, a program to plus 75p gram much like SID or Directory umentation. Then there's a nasty check whether a modem line is P + P PRICE 0 HOIll TO ORDER 10 ORDER ..JUST UIRITE THf OISK 1001 0 TITIIS • ENCLOSE THE CORRECT PRVMlNT. DOS T T0R6ET VOUR NAME 0 ROORISS. 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It has been the stan After physically connecting the drive to the In theory, both architectures should allow dard Apple Mac expansion interface for some interface, it's tim e to let the Am iga know som e the connection of more than one drive. With tim e, and card s are also available fo r the PC to thing about the drive. Here, Commodore gain IDE you can have two devices and with SCSI up drive SCSI hardware. Unix workstations normal brownie points for an excellent idea: the RDB to seven can be connected to each interface ly rely on SCSI, too. The advantage of this is system. RDB (short for Rigid Disk Block) means card. However, IDE drives are quirky - they will that there are plenty of SCSI peripherals around that you can. in theory, take a hard disk from a sometimes refuse to allow connection of a sec that can be used on Amigas, Macs and PCs. GVP controller, plug it into a Commodore con ond disk drive, if it’s a different make from the troller and still be able to read and write to the first. If you've got a Connor drive, you'll need W here do I start? disk. In my experience, this works well. another Connor drive even if there’s a Quantum First of all. you'll need a controller to let you The process of setting up your RDB is available at half the price. SCSI has no such connect SCSI add-ons to your machine. known as prepping. as you are preparing the Commodore only put SCSI as stan drive to have data put on to it. A ll you need is dard on two machines: the A3000 something that w ill let you play with R D B s and and the near mythical 4000T. you're away. All interfaces I have seen come Big box Amiga owners have it w ith so ftw are to do th is for you. If you don't like easy. Choose a card, take the case your interface's softw are, you’re not stuck with off your machine and plug the thing it. Commodore's HDToolBox works with any in - the G VP card still does the job device (providing you tell it what the device nicely even though it's a bit long in nam e is) but a s it is not given aw ay with all the tooth now. A500 owners have a machines, the PD program RD P rep from choice again but the most common Microbotics should do the job. is the GVP HD8. This plugs into the The RDB of a disk contains (amongst other side expansion port and allows con information) the device names of your parti nection of one hard disk and addi tions and their sizes. A quick explanation of par tional external devices. A1200 users titions may be necessary here: despite the fact can look at the G V P RAM/SCSI that you've only got one hard disk, you can split expansion card or the recently this into as many different chunks (or partitions) released Power SCSI-2 add-on for as you like. This is why lots of people have only their Viper accelerator boards. The one drive but many icons on their workbench Blizzard card also has such a feature w ith exciting nam es such a s 'System ', 'Work* A GVP'i G-fotce Accderataf it a Zana cart h i tfca U N I a it H i l l As a lai HiSoft have just announced an l » a bnilt-ia SCSI caaaaclat a llo .ia | attnuaal SCSI fcn cei It ke .t e l «itk and 'Play'. = £ though. Flicking through copying the file CD0 into the Devs/dosdrrvers adverts will show vast drawer of the system disk, and editing the CD0 \ m ! i ;h ~ e s r . differences in price file to make sure that the correct device name between makes and and unit address were being fed into the han models, even if they're dler. For the A3000. the device is scsi.device. WOMT —« ?l«Hfc II.I J mi. I —rU» —_*r±~J the sa m e size. Data GVP controllers need the device ± ~ - * r ~ ' EgatLIttttj .i5..»T.Uf .1 transfer rates can vary gvpscsi.device. w ildly, the current zenith A quick reboot later sees the disk up and being a sustained 5Mb running. Syslnfo reported the drive a s having a « i* i »P„..« _ " ‘(j* r ^ r r * r t . " ' L ^sa^ per second from the data read rate of 448,232 bytes/second which shows that the triple speed really does make a H h S b SI Seagate Barracuda range (contact W hite difference: this drive is fasti f Knight Technologies CD-ROMS also allow audio CDs to be 01920 822321). For this played. Ju k e b o x is an excellent shareware pro sort of speed, you need gram allowing you to do this, and it's incredibly a serious interface like easy to set up. Again, you just feed in your a Zorro III Fastlane card device name (scsi.device). and the CD-ROM's which in turn requires SCSI unit number and you have full control of an A 4000 or 3000. any audio CD. There's also two stan Blittersoft (01908 220196) have recently a dards of SCSI interface: announced a new driver for use with AGA SCSI and SCSI-2. SCSI-2 A m igas. This w ill allo w you to play CD32 gam es A Sattiaf ■( I I I km a n a ) hard A M i n a aack >iaf kr aHiai U c a !ka latiaaacuaa al Ika SCSI u m im i allo w s faster transfer on your A1200 or 4000 with a SCSI interface. rates from hard drives It's priced at £39.99 for everything you need. I normally advocate using two partitions: one due to a wider data bus, but SCSI-2 drives can W e'll be reviewing it shortly. for your workbench software, libraries and fonts, still be used successfully on SCSI interfaces. Tape streamers are invaluable if you have and another for everything else. You can of Of course. SCSI is not just for hard drives data that you just could not afford to lose on course use as many partitions as you want, and The world of CD-ROM , tape stream ers and all your system. Dumping the whole lot to tape this does in som e circum stances speed up is opened up to you. On the CD-ROM side of and storing this tape in a different place to your acce ss to data, but bear in mind that each parti things, there is a superb PD driver available computer protects you against most conceiv tion takes memory. A lso, it can be incredibly called A m iC D R O M wh ich w ill allo w you to read able disasters happening BTNtape. again PD. is annoying when you run out of space on your the majority of CD-ROM s available, be they for a handler for tape drives which allows dumping Knitting and needle work' partition and are Amiga. PC or MAC. o f files to tape. In the com m ercial world, forced to start storing unrelated data on your However, being able to read data from a A m iBack and Quarterback both allow you to 'Zen and the art of Home Brewing' partition. In disc and actually running programs are two write to SCSI tape drives when making the other words, once you have assigned part of entirely different things. You can rush out and backup. An interesting product for tape drive your hard drive as a partition, you cannot expand buy a CD-ROM collection of images in PC GIF users is a package called TapeW orm F S allow Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMthe si2e of this partition at a later date, even if format, but the viewing software on the disk is ing random access to data on a tape as if it there is space elsewhere on the hard drive. very likely to be for the PC only, so you will were a hard disk. This is no mean feat: by Once your partitions have been set up need something like ViewTek or FastGif to nature, with a tape you have to advance (maybe 8Mb for Workbench and the rest for view them from your Amiga. There are plenty through data until you find the bits you want. your other stuff), you need to format them, as of image viewers in the public domain. For This software attempts to fix this and does so at the moment they're like unused floppies. The details, contact any of the PD libraries adver pretty successfully. Format com m and on the workbench disk will tised in this magazine. All in all. a SCSI interface will open up anoth do this job. but make sure you use the FFS and For test purposes an NEC 3xe triple speed er cheap expansion route to your Amiga allow Quick flags. F F S stands for Fast file System - it external CD-ROM, available from first ing you to branch out and be more adventurous speeds up disk access. Quick tells the format Computer Centre (0113 231 9444) was connect w ith your buying. ■ ter not to format each individual track (a tedious ed to an A3000 Here, task) but to just write the information that is different interface necessary to get the disk up and running. cards terminate differ ently w hen using a Installing W orkbench combination of internal Now. installing Workbench is necessary. For and external devices. versions 2.0 or previous versions, this is simply Luckily the A3000 (as a case of copying the Extras. Workbench and with most others) is Fonts disk to the drive. The CLI command Copy pretty sensible and will do this for you. Boot from your Workbench allo w s the last drive disk, run a shell and type Copy dfO: to dhO: all'. internally and the last Repeat with the Extras disk and Fonts disk. drive externally to have Workbench 2.1.3.0 and 3.1 are slightly more termination, so in this complex: if you want all the features to work, ca se , the drive w as you're best off leaving the task to a program connected without any that knows what it's doing Most interfaces will internal fiddling. come with software to do this, but if yours Next. A m iC D RO M doesn't. First Computer Centre (0113 231 9444) was obtained from can supply HD-prepping, formatting and instal AmiNET (the Internet lation software at a reasonable cost. collective of Amiga-car- E t VoilA. you’re therel You're in the world of rying FTP sites). cheap, mass-storage devices. With the going Installation was a case rate this side £600 for m ore than a gigabyte of of copying the device han storage, you've got it made. dler into the L directory ▲ M u k u H a tkartwait p re fra a to t let* f w cMtral m i play m4w CO* baa a SCSI C S-IM irtw . A word of warning about SCSI drives. of the system disk. — IJ In the final part of our VideoTracker 2 AGA series, Tony Horgan takes you through the creation of his own Some Justice 94 demo. h is isn't ju st another sham eless plug trigger lots of effects in time with for m y dem o, it's also a handy way the music, you need lots of sam of explaining how many of the ples to cue them from, rather than VideoTracker effects w o rk in a real a fe w long ones. A lso. situation. Th is tutorial w ill m ake a lot VideoTracker doesn't respond to Omore sense If you have the demo There's one O cta M ED synth sounds - it plays version for standard A l 200s, and another for them OK, but you can t trigger A4000s and A1200s with accelerators. Each ver effects from them. To get around this, sion is available for 75p plus 50p per order for quite a few ‘cue points' were inserted post and packing from Roberta Smith DTR 108 into the module. These cue points were Falloden Way, Hampstead Garden Suburb, blank instruments that made no sound, but London Remember to state whether you want could still be used to trigger effects. To over the standard or accelerated version co m e a bug in the O ctaM ED module player What follows is a step-by-step guide through part o f VideoTracker, all the samples were set the Some Justice 94 demo, with explanations of up w ith silent loops at the end. Th is w a s to all the effects and graphics, and how they inter avoid the problem of high-pitched whining that act with each other. otherwise occurred whenever one of the Amiga's sound channels was vacant. This way, The soundtrack there was always a sample playing on each Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMchannel, even if you couldn't hear it. A loop . was set up within the O cta M ED module, from the second-last block to the end of the song. When the end of the module is reached, it jumps back to the second-last block. This was to make the final credits section possible, without the demo quitting or looping back to the start. The visuals The graphics came from all over the place. Here's a guide to each visual step of the demo. Title Screen It starts off with a simple two-colour IFF picture with the name of the demo. This was created The backbone of any VideoTracker demo is the with DPaim . No text routines were used in the soundtrack. In th is ca se it w a s created with demo. All the text is made up from IFF pictures O ctaM ED Urban Shakedown provided a 648K or brushes. Making use of the dual-playfield fea O ctaM ED module. The original mix w as a com tures, the plasma routine was used as a back bination of two O ctaM ED modules running drop to the title screen. simultaneously on two Amigas. Obviously this had to be slimmed down to just one module for use in the demo, a feat which Urban Shakedown achieved without compromising G a n g s t e r the music. It was also remixed at this stage A Next you get a quick flash of the gangster pic TV-speaker friendly' version was considered, ture. He's a bit nasty looking, and not particular as the deep bassline is inaudible through small ly fitting with the happy huggy theme of the speakers, but instead it was decided that the song, but it's a nice bit o f artwork to counter trademark sliding sub-bass should stay, as the friendliness of the rest of the demo. The most people into this kind of thing would be lis reason he appears here is partly to give the tening through a decent stereo anyway. Much forthcoming coppermagnify routine time to of this new mix was made up of breakbeat read it into its buffer, to avoid the delay that loops and other long samples (such as the would otherwise occur before the first vocals), and synth sounds (used for the sub zoom/rotation part. The image was supplied by bass) This presented a slight problem in that to Urban Shakedown as an A4 size colour photo- copy. This was grabbed using an Epson scan Here the gangster HAM-6 brush is put through sequence with a delay between each, but this ner on an Apple Mac. However, please note the coppermagnify 4 AGA routine, while anoth wouldn't have lead to such tight timing of the that it could just as easily have been grabbed er sam ple cu ts in w ith the cred its for the sound graphics to the sound. The wave routine was with an Amiga scanner, such as those available and vision. used once again on the last word to give it a bit from Power Computing. It could even have of a twist to go with the time-stretched sound. been grabbed from the same Epson scanner Bess Tunnel directly into the Amiga, using A d P ro . It w as Running Man then put onto an MS-DOS format disk, and loaded into A n Department Professional. It w as scaled down and saved out from A d P ro a s a HAM-6 image. Jelly Cityscape Your fave and mine, the little running man is up Using the same gangster image, the copper next. I’ll com e clean with this one He originally m agnify 4 A G A routine is used to generate a came from a full screen animation that in turn tunnel that switches direction with the sliding came from Stu and Pod of SP Visuals (the vision sub-bass, using routine modes of'160 and 18. boys behind London's top chill-out event The Ambient Club). Cheers boys. This was scaled Cyclic Picture Strobes down to a fraction of the size, of the interiaced The next couple of bars are accompanied by original (along with the palette saved as a some freaky colour patterns and strobes. Two colourset), with a combination of A dP ro and The wobbly circular logo featuring cartoon of the pictures were created with D P ain fs DPaint. Each frame of the animation was men and towerblocks was originally a four-part colour cycling and symmetry features, and then scaled, and then the small frames were loaded grey scale photocopy of an Urban Shakedown into DPaint. They were then picked up a s an ani- record label design This was scanned into the mbrush and saved out again. VideoTracker's computer in four colours. D Paint w a s then copperpicture routine is used to display it. with used to change the shades of grey into black, anim loop switched on. white, and two shades of red, and also to clean up the rough edges. It was then com Spinning Bass Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMbined with VideoTracker's wave routine to give it so m e movement. Sound And Vision Strobe combined with VideoTracker's w ave routine (using a routine mode of 121). The DANCEI screen w a s also created w ith DPaint in two colours. The black and white strobing effect is automatic, as the colour ranges were set from The word ’BASS!’ appears over the little man, within DPaint w hen the pictures w e re saved and spins around in 3D. VideoTracker's vector out. If you don! want your pictures to colour routines could have been used here, but in this cycle when displayed with VideoTracker, you case it was more efficient to generate the loop need to cancel all the ranges from within your as an animation from within D Paint. Besides. I paint package before you save the picture. Dual didn't know how to use the vector features of playfield effects are used again to combine the VideoTracker at th is stage! From w ithin DPaint, images on the same screen. Further strobes the ’move' requester was used to rotate the and wave routines follow (using routine modes word BASS. The running man is handled by the of 120 and 220). Copper, the demo-creator's favourite Amiga chip, allowing the animation to be laid over We'll Live A * One... the top. On-screen captions for the vocal 'W e’ll live as one family ” we created as IFF brushes. Cue- Jungle Remix points were added to the O ctaM ED module to A stream o f sim ple effects take u s through the allow them to appear in time as the words are next section of drum and bass, including IFF sung. This was necessary as the vocal was just pictures and brushes, and the coppermagnify 4 two samples, but there are actually five words. AGA routine. The Jungle Remix text was created It would have been possible to achieve a simi by using a 'fill from brush' option in D Paint The lar effect by putting the IFF brush captions in a letters of the words were joined together with Worid Tunnel More tunnels? Yes. and this time it's the worid map that gets wrapped onto the inside of that never-ending tube. Various routine modes are used during the second vocal section to switch between zooms and different types of tunnel. Shot its Bolt By this time the demo has really shot its bolt, and attempts to keep the frantic pace up for just a while longer by throwing everything it’s got onto the screen for one final push. T h e E n d ! All that remains now are the two credits screens, both of which are two-colour IFFs cre ated with DPaint. If you haven't been sick yet, one-pixel lines, and then it was all filled as one now put through the coppermagnify 4 AGA then the plasma backdrops and blinking strobes object, using the jungle brush (used later) as a routine to create a tunnel to go with the main should finish you off. ■ source for the fill pattern. vocal. Yummy isn't it? The words "We'll ... live ... as ... one ... family" are flashed Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMBass In Your Face up in time to the piano chords. The cop permagnify 4 AGA routine is then called a few more times with different routine m o d es, to m ake it pum p in and out. and change direction Again, the palettefade routine is used to give the text captions a little more subtlety. Pink Runner He’s back again by popular demand, and this time he's pink! This is achieved by using a different colourset (palette) in the previous slot. A HAM-6 map of the world is A U m y Nfca OTdri k m tfcMffct rM cmM i t a l Hut tree tfcii plea used with the coppermagnify routine to give a "falling to earth" kind of effect. Following this is an attempt to get as many animations, pic S o th e re y o u h a v e it The B a ss in your face' strobes are two-colour tures and effects on screen at once. Try count Indeed as it says, there you have it ing them . No. on second thoughts m aybe pictures created in DPatnt. The fade-out effect This demo w as not written as an exer m akes use of VideoTracker’s palette fade rou you shouldn't. cise to demonstrate VklaoTrackar'a tine. It does actually say the whole phrase on many features, and as such H leavas the 68020 version, but the word face is doesn't many of Wr/eoTracker's stones se em to appear on the 68030AMO conversion. unturned. However, it should give you a better understanding of how this Vocal Tunnel extremely powerful program can be That jungle picture used a few seconds ago is used. And there w e have to leave our VldaoTrackar tutorials I'm afraid. For more inform ation on tha finer points of the program, consult the instruc tion docum ent on the VldaoTrackar disk. If you're equipped w ith a modem, why not call the O cla M E D F A M i L Y User BBS on 01703 703440, from where you can obtain plenty of useful VldaoTrackar data, and even the demo featured here. 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There are three lent ProCalc Click on 'Chart Options/legend' from the formats in the Project menu: IFF which from our November Chart Control’ allows you to save charts as IFF files (saved menu This brings a s a bitmaps for u se in any other Amiga issue, Andy Leaning E^' lup a rebues,er graphics or paint program - DPamt/Brilliance < 'FsTi^ Bellowing you to set etc). C AD file format for use with programs looks at graphs. PSr- 3 3 ,3 ‘ t ] Ithe legends for the like Aegis Draw Plus and Draw format, which a Bgraph. Legends saves the file in a m ode compatible with captions which GoldDisk ProDraw and Professional Page. ne of the strengths of ProCalc is identify what the that in addition to being a very pow data on the erful spreadsheet it can also pro graph means. d uce im pressive 2D and 3D graphs Clicking in the little boxes marked vertical or that can be used for presentation horizontal on the left of this requester, and then ©purposes These graphs can also be saved in a on 'Continue', will display the text entered in variety of formats, so you can incorporate them cells (B 1 to D 1) next to a key indicating which into other programs and convey information graph line represents the data in that column. that would otherwise be difficult to explain. But Clicking on the other boxes in this requester how do you create such graphs? will change how the legend box is displayed - To create graphs we first need some data. adding a shadow to the box etc. The names So. if you haven't already done it. load up for the legends come from the cells surround- ProCalc. and in cells A 2 to A 11 enter ten month Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMnames (January to October). Across the top in cells B1 to D1 type the names of three elements - types of transport for instance (cars, bikes and the available options, and the best w ay to fully trains). Now in cells B2 to D11 enter some num understand the workings of these options is to bers. it doesn't matter what, just enter numbers. try them out I created the graph shown in the This spreadsheet represents the number of peo screen shot above within a fe w m inutes just by ple using different types of transport each clicking bn different options. ■ month for ten months. It should look something like that in figure 1. If you're into road building, this kind of data would be quite useful, but dis played like this it’s a bit confusing. What we n o t e need is a nice, easy to understand version of • n M fta b d m It e i t t * M l t a in ■« t o M d to lat- iv iis s this data - a graph perhaps. There will probably be times ing the actual graph data, you don’t need to when you need to add enter them. m in e notes Now click on ‘Chart Control/Chart sheets, possibly a reminder Options/Label' menu. From here you can enter to change the cell in future a chart title and tw o further lines of optional or to explain why something has been titles, and set the fonts for these Enter done. ProCalc has a built in ability to add Transport Usage' and click on 'Continue'. Your text notes to cells for just this purpose - graph should now, all being well, look like that almost like little Post-it notes. Click on 'Cell sho w n in figure 3. Note/Edit' from the 'Commands' menu. A Along w ith the options covered here you'll text cursor appears in the cell contents box also find other settings available under the the words 'Enter the Cell note’ will be shown in the prompt line. Type in a note to yourself and press return. Lo and behold, here comes P ro C a lc's am az If you wish to edit the cell note in future ing graphing facility! Firstly highlight cells B2 select the cell and press AII-F10 or click on to D11 and then click on the menu option Cell Note/Edit' from the Commands' menu 'Commands/Create Chart/New Chart’. On again. If you want to delete a cell note click screen you'll now see a requester asking you on the Cell Note/Delete' option under the to select the type of graph required - figure 2 . Commands' menu. You can't attach cell These are from left to right, top to bottom: line, notes to empty cells, although you can get bar. scatter, high/low. area, colum n, volume, around this by entering the apostrophe step. 3D colum n, 3D area, 3D line. pie. dual pie, 'Chart Control' menu. Some very impressive character into a cell. and pie/volume. Click on the first one - a line graphs can be created using combinations of I M AY IMOT HAVE A GOB BU T I’LL BITE YO U R *@!#? H E A D O F F ! Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM T H E GREATEST BALL BREAKING BEAT EIVI UP EVER AVAILABLE DM LIIVIITEI ITIOIM PC CD-ROM - PC CD-ROIVI - PC SVGA PC VGA AI.L AMIGA FORMATS - AMIGA CD32 h m - SEGA GAME GEAR m W ' a i r a g e F M E M a m Mtaana- arm mo**» CAD Designe The Four Stroke Petrol Engine After dabbling with isometric 3D last month, our next tutorial sees a return to the more traditional uses of CAD. Here Andre Digard shows you how to draw a cut away section of a four-stroke motor. lthough it's far from the most accurate diagram, the petrol engine I have drawn here does at least make some concessions towards scale. The engine is roughly 700cc. and although these plans are not intended to produce anything like a Oreal engine, they are intended to give a proper scale repre sentation ol how the motor works. If you read through the the manual and followed last month's tutorial, you should now have a fairly reasonable repertoire of X-CAD skills. However, reading a book or two on the subject of technical drawing will also help you immensely (unless of course you're already familiar with all of the concepts involved). So bearing these points in mind, it's on w ith the tutorial. Before we begin please not that the drawing starts on a Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMstandard A3 sheet with a grid of 10mm. 1 . The first thing to do is to decide on the bore (diameter of the piston and cylinder) and stroke (distance the piston moves). To make life easy, these are both the same at 60mm. In Figure one, you will see two T shaped objects. These are the distance that the centre of the piston moves and the distance that the crankshaft must move. Notice that there is a 60mm clearance between them. The lines above and below the upper 'I' are the m axim um and minimum heights which the piston can achieve. A quick bit of mental calculation should tell you that the piston will also be 60mm in height. 2 . Figure two takes things a little further, the central hub of the crankshaft has been drawn in with a diameter of 30mm and the bottom of the crankcase has been sealed off with two arcs. The outer arc was drawn with a radius of 50mm and the inner arc was drawn by using the arc's parallel option at 5mm. This parallel option produces an arc propor tionally bigger or smaller at the distance specified The easi est way to find out how it works is to use it. Once selected you need to click on the first arc and then somewhere above it (to sp ecify which side you want the new arc). 3 . The next thing to do is to draw in some more of the crankcase. To save time whilst drawing. X-CAD's MI-COPY command was used at a later stage, which means that you only have to draw one side of the crankcase. Figure three shows the start of this process, where a line has been drawn down the centre of the engine so that the various lines can be trimmed. Arghl Why don't those arcs trim properly? And that cir cle? Well, this is one of the less fortunate things about using CAD. Circles and arcs have to be calculated in a cer tain way. This means that they don't always behave in quite the way you might hope There is only one simple way around this: delete them and draw them in the way you Tutorial would like them. Not an ideal solution, but at 6. Rgure six shows a close-up of MI-COPY process with a distance of 12.5mm. least it's easy to do in XCAD. (from the toolbar) in action. This was necessary for drawing the correct tangential lines, as 9 . Next up was to draw the other side of the « . Next up was the piston, as shown in Figure shown in Figure seven. The tangential lines casing, which was done using MI-COPY, as stat four. You could draw it in any position you like, were drawn easily enough, just by selecting the ed earlier. Note that the window option from the but I would suggest that you stick to what I’ve tangential option and then clicking on the rele entity menu w as used, as in Figure 11. The done here as it will make more sense later on. vant sides of both circles. Rgure seven also whole thing was mirrored down the centre-line. The piston is 1 Omm above its lowest possible reveals that the MI-COPY was a waste of time position. For this drawing, the piston is in the unless you want the connecting rod to appear 1 0 . Figure 12 shows where the water-cooling p rocess of moving dow n, drawing in fuel a s it behind the crank. In th is case, it w a s decided to gap w a s m ade sm aller. Th is w a s done by mov goes. It w as drawn using the RECT option from put the connecting rod in front, so it was all ing the arc down and then trimming the lines to the toolbar and its centre pin is 15mm in diame trimmed away. it. The reason for doing this w as to facilitate the ter. Notice that the centre line has been cleaned addition of a spark plug. So a gap of 20mm was away, along with most of the other 'workings' 7 . Ju s t to be a bit flashy. I decided that the pis created, which is also essential for cross hatch apart from the m easurem ents fo r the crank. ton should have some piston rings. These were ing. as shown in Figure 13. drawn in with a 2.5mm grid, as shown in Figure 5 . Figure five is the sneaky part. The problem eight. While working up close, it was also decid 1 1 . Then comes the cross hatching itself. If we faced w a s that o f drawing the correct position of ed that the inner edge of the crankcase should were to use the same method as last month, the crank and the connecting rod (the rod which be filleted. This was done using a 5mm fillet, as clicking on every corner of the object, this might joins the piston to the crank). To do this, a circle shown in Figure nine. have taken forever. XCAD caters fo r such com w a s drawn with a diam eter of 8 0 mm. centred plex drawings though, so a 5mm HATCH was around the crank. Then a line was drawn 10mm 8 . Rgure ten sho w s details of an arc drawn to join used with the CHAINLOC option from the loca above the bottom of the circle, remembering that the two sides of a gap for water cooling. The lines tion menu. Once chainloc had been selected, a the piston is 10mm from the bottom of its cycle. were drawn using the parallel option, which is simple click on the casing produced the effect Then the sneaky bit. a circle w ith a diameter of easy enough to work out how to use. Essentially shown in Figure 14. The whole casing has been Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM20mm was drawn using the tangent option. This the first line was drawn 7.5mm away from the. marked for cross hatching. Two things should makes the circle just touch whatever entities you outer edge of the casing, with a click on the inside be noted at this point: firstly that chainloc can click on, in this case the circle and line. This is of the line to tell XCAD which side to draw the line, be more than a bit fussy about just where you the kind of thing you will learn how to do if you and finally two points which are the length of the can click and what it will mark; secondly that read a book or two on technical drawing. line. The other line w a s drawn by repeating this this is not the end of the command (if return a FIGURE 1 The workings ol the engine movements FIGURE ? The bottom ol the crankcase and the A FIGURE 3 A centre line to trim to Oh. my' What is A FIGURE 4 That s more like it Anri a piston too It drawn in Only two ol these lines will survive hub ol the crank drawn in. that trim doing to those cones7 may be in an odd position but it will make sense later FIGURE 5 The ultra-sneaky method al placing t A FIGURE 6 A close up ol mirror copying that arc. to FIGURE 7 All those tangents drawn in Looks like FIGURE 8 Our piston needed some rings so these circle I Omm up into its rotation around the crank make sure you get the correct tangential lines we ll have to do some trimming though i drawn in with a 2 bmn grid. IIGA FIGURf 9 The mnei edge ol ihe ciankcase needed a FIGURE 10 An me is drawn to |om those two FIGURF 11 lime to Ml COPY the casing Oh what a f IGURf 12 Hut gup Ini coolant really needs tu be rt ol hlletinn A quick bit ol filleting and you'ie away freshly minted lines the sides ol the watei cooler time saver' The whole thing is then mirrored m.ide smaller OK lets move the me down FIGURF I I And a gap ol 20mm is added loi a spaik FIGURE 14. Oh. Ihe iriiusynciatic wundeis ol chain- FIGURF lb Chamloc used again this time to slop FIGURE IK Ehe completed casing unhiding spaik plug. This gap is essential loi cioss hatching loc Imagine trying to put in all those points by hand! X-CAD Irom cross hatching plug Can you spot the likely problem’ Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM FIGURE 17 Ihe beginnings of the cylmdei head FIGURE 18. Ihe fuel an inlet being drawn in with f IGURF 19 Ihe lust valve A little rough and ready FIGURE 20 lliat's better Although this picture is Make sure that the heads aie carefully placed a bore diameter of 20mm. at Ihe moment deceptively simple, there have been Ints nl lines added ______ 1— ’ //A u I j - - i w e re pressed now the gaps for w ater cooling would also be cross Four Stroke hatched). So. a click on NEXT (or a press o f: on the keyboard) and then chainloc w a s selected again, this tim e with a click on one of th e gaps. Engine During Then NEXT again, chainloc and the other gap, as shown in Figure 15. Then, finally, RETURN. The results speak for themselves. Tidy huh? Intake Phase 1 2 . A simple cross hatch was then done on the little piece left hanging above the right hand side of the casing. 1 3 . The spark plug w as the next thing to be drawn in, as shown in Figure 16. If you are particularly observant you may have noticed a prob lem with the positioning of the spark plug, namely that it would be hit by the piston. This I put down to artistic license, a liquid lunch and a demanding cat. You could modify the drawing to be more accurate should you so w ish . to fit. though there follows an important Figures 22 and 23 sho w this in action. 1 4 . The cylinder head w a s Ih e next thing to be announcement: the lines at the bottom and to 1 t . Almost there The cylinder head was then drawn, the start of which is shown in figure 17. either side of the valve only go as far as the arcs, moved back into place and the engine looks There is an important factor at work here. Each similarly the line which extended from the side of complete at last (figure 24). line of the cylinder heads should be carefully the cylinder head to beyond the first arc has been placed, with all of its pieces separated so that trimmed to that first arc. This is necessary for 2 0 . To spice things up a little, some text w a s chainloc will work when using HATCH. This is not chainloc to work. added and some arrows showing the move easy to explain and unfortunately is best left to ment of the crank and the fuel, see Figure 25 trial and error, which in turn will make you cau 1 7 . Then the other side m ust be drawn, a s in The text was created using the rectangle tious about how you draw things in the future, so Figure 21. I'll leave it to you to decide how you option, and the text w as literally entered as fol there are some Benefits. would like to do this, though the obvious method lows: "Four Stroke"Engine During'lntake is to use M I-COPY once again and then modify it Phase"'(note the double quotes) The arrows 1 5 . Figure 18 shows the fuel inlet being a little. Note that the valves have been filleted. were drawn using filled heads with extensions drawn. It has a bore (diameter) of 20mm, so excepting the curving one by the crank. The the lines are 20mm apart all the way. which IS . To make life easier for cross-hatching, the latter was done by drawing an arc first and means that the small arc has a radius of 5mm whole cylinder head w as lifted aw ay from the then adding an arrowhead. and the large arc 25mm. casing. This was done using the MOVE com That’s it! The completed engine. I hope you mand with the window option selected from the enjoyed drawing it. If you haven't actually drawn I S . The inlet valve w a s added, a s shown in location menu. The reasoning behind this was it but just read this tutorial, please do try it. The figure 19. in its untrimmed and unfilleted form, chainloc again, this time a 5mm HATCH was actual experience you gain by doing the drawing figure 20 shows the lines having been trimmed used with an angle of MINUS forty five degrees. on XCAD is enormous. 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This makes life much easier as you can then place the components first and draw in the actual circuit afterwards Note that you can also save text in with the symbols, though I don't particularly recom m end it a s the text can get in the way of the circuit. Figure 2 . Shows the circuit rendered as the board layout proper. This is the kind of diagram which is ideal if you need to or produce final artwork of a project of some sort. The tracks were filled using DRAW POLYGON, which works the same way as cross-hatching. Note that, as with cross-hatching. XCAD limits you to 31 chainlocs. ■ Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM C I I A M I G A CLASSIFIEDS Featuring overFeaturing 700 games playable l) and theall from C The nfTkUl ASSASSINS raUecltMl oo ASSASSINS now oneh nfTkUl The CD o h eti . n evc With the the For best inP.D widest and choice! 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Tel: 01604 790466 Fax: 01604 647403 Quote CU Amiga. LOGOS, MEANINGS AND MYSTERIES: Readers' problem s solved by our dynam ic duo CD32 queries, Parnet and vari ous other CD ROM-related TONY HORGAN ANDY LEANING p ro blem s. "Yes, it's me "And I'm the all m usic expert of round expert, go A ll ab o u t up g rad ing RAM, operating system s and processors. our back issue hotline (0858 CD QUESTIONS MORE MEMORY 468888) and order our I have a few ques # I own an A600 with N o v e m b e r iss u e - o n o n e o f th e Plug-in hard tions: 1. Is the a 1 Mb upgrade, an coverdisks you'll find a program ware of any CD1200 actually internal 85 Mb hard c a lle d VideoTracker, w h ic h kind: scanners, coming out? If so, is drive, a Power a llo w s y o u , am o n g m a n y o th e r disk drives etc. it worth getting? 2. Is Computing external things, to synchronise IFF ani there any multimedia drive and a Citizen m a tio n s w it h a n O ctaM ED or software out (ie Hutchinson's 120D+ printer. I would like some ProTracker music/sound module. Encyclopedia etc)? help on the following questions: A n s w e r s to 3 .1 have an A600, is it worth getting an 1. How can I install more memory? Is q u e rie s on A1200 with CD, or are Amigas. as my the PCMCIA slot the only way? NORWEGIAN p a rtic u la r friend says. slow, with naff graphics? 2. If it is. where can I get one? I've pieces of soft 4. My dad wants a PC. He says that phoned many companies and they BUZZARD? w a re . Commodore have gone bust and no- don't seem to stock them any more. I've got two ques one is developing for them. What do 3. Will it make my software run any tions for you. The you think, an A1200 or a 386? faster, such as Final Copy 21 first one is about an Music, sam Derek Gibbons, Crossford, Fife. 4. I’ve seen a Lem m ings hard drive A1200 accelerator pling, MIDI and install disk in PD adverts but it says called the Blizzard anything that 1. The official CD1200 is unlikely that you need 1 Mb Ram and a half 1230 II Turbo. I'm makes a really to s e e d a y lig h t fo r s o m e tim e Mb of chip memory. On the menu probably going to buy an accelerator loud noise. due to the problems facing bar at the top of the A600 it says that soon and I'm interested in some test Commodore at present. However, all memory is graphics memory. results for this one and other com you could do a lot worse than Would I be able to run this disk? petitors. My other question is about Miscellaneous call Indi (0543 419 999) who sell AG Sm ith, Margate, Kent. subscriptions. Is it possible to sub the pretty good Overdrive CD scribe to Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMtools to keep CU Amiga Magazine in y o u r A m ig a p la ye r fo r th e A 1200. Hmmm, a difficult one this. Norway? How much would it cost? ru n n in g 2. Concerning the encyclopedia Although the A600 operating Stian Kongsvik, Norway. sm o o th ly. C D , t h e re w e re q u ite a f e w su c h system can handle, in theory up t it le s d ev e lo p e d fo r th e C D T V , to 9 M b o f R A M , th e e x p a n sio n In the September issue of CU including the title you mention. slot is 'fixed' so you can, in reali Amiga Magazine we reviewed M a n y o f t h e se sh o u ld w o rk o n an ty, only add Mb of memory. and tested six A1200 accelera Form-feeds, 1 A1200 with a CD drive. There are however several com tor/RAM boards. You'll be page-breaks, 3. With regard to your friend, he panies looking at correcting this pleased to know that the preferences h a sn 't g o t a c lu e w h a t h e 's ta lk situation and you can be sure Blizzard 1230-11 cam e out top in and lots lots ing about! The Amiga is far from we'll will bring you further these tests, and is still the slow, and has outstanding graph d e ta ils a s s o o n a s w e h ave fa s t e s t A 1200 accelerator ic s - ju s t a s k him w h a t kind o f them. Having said this, PCM CIA around. We haven't got space g ra p h ic s yo u 'd g e t o n a P C fo r cards will work but they will be to reprint the results here, but Monitors, TVs, the same price! The AGA chipset slow and are quite expensive. If you can get the issue (with the modulators, o f th e A 1 2 0 0 s u p p o rt s S V G A you could add extra RAM it results of our in-depth tests) by screen-modes resolutions, the best most PCs would improve the performance calling our back issues depart & and all that can offer. Show him something o f y o u r s y s t e m a n d sp e e d it u p a ment on 0858 468888. stu ff. / / | # lik e Guardian o r Road Kill, M ortal little. As to Lem m ings, I h aven 't Kom bat o r s o m e im a g e s c re ate d seen this disk, so I can't com in Photogenics, LightWave. and m e n t o n it - if a n y P D lib ra rie s Pixels, sprites, MODEM Im ageFX - naff graphics indeed! would like to send it in ... animation, pic 4. Your dad is not right but not tures. In one PROBLEMS wrong either. Commodore have I have a problem small word: not gone bust - although they getting my modem g ra p h ic s. MUSICAL are going through a difficult t0 work Pr°P er|v time. The argument as to which DPAINT? The unit in question is better, PCs or the Am iga, is - l ( | Do you know of any is a BT modem, the Spreadsheets, an old one, both have advan software that will 4962TCX. It is quite d a ta b a se s , tages and disadvantages. The allow me to play an old modem which used to be organisers, Amiga is very easy to use, plays long sound samples used on a private circuit rented from accounts ... outstanding games, and is good with animations BT. The software is NComm 3 and for graphics.A PC on the other from DPaintl At the the instructions don't seem to hand is good for business pro moment I use multi-tasking to com include an idiot sheet - they're just grams and networking but diffi bine the sound and pictures record reams of difficult to follow jargon. Not everything cult to use. A s it happens we ing to video, but I find it difficult to The modem appears to be fits into a have a feature comparing Macs, sync the two correctly. responding but all I get across the pigeonhole, but PCs and Am igas in this very David Abraham Stockport screen is a few lines of rapidly anything you issue - it's probably worth you appearing and disappearing gob- like fits in here. both reading it. Y o u r w is h is o u r co m m a n d ! C a ll bledigook. The appropriate lights AMIGA seem to be showing on the modem W in d o w m e n u o n y o u r and stop loading. After this happens according to the instructions, but but despite trying many different con W o rk b e n ch w h e n a w in d o w is the drive continues to spin. there still seem s to be no power get figuration, nothing changes. open. To copy all the files it's W hy is this happening? ting through to the drive (it is an r-.er Is the modem suitable for this pur b e st if y o u u s e a directory/file David Campbell, Edinburgh. nal 2.5 inch IDE model). I know there pose, or is there some particular con program like Directory Opus - is no power because I can't hear figuration or standard I should be th is w ill d isp la y all th e file s o n a There could be numerous things anything happening in the drive The using? Can you advise me on how to d is k a n d a llo w y o u t o c o p y th em at fault here. If other software drive is working because I’ve tested set up the modem and the software? easily. A s it h a p p e n s y o u 'll find works fine then it could be a it in my friend's A1200. What do Jo Kirk. Wore* D O pus o n th is m o n th s c o v e rd isk . drive alignment fault - this is you think? where the drive heads are Lee Arnell, Dorset. This is one off the more common CD-ROM slightly out of place and as q u e s tio n s w e g e t a s k e d , an d result don't load the data from The most likely reason is that a ls o o n e off th e m o re d iffic u lt to CONFUSION the disk correctly. If you have your A600 isn't providing answer. Modems are used to Help! I'm very con this problem with all of the enough power for the hard connect two or more computers fused, several of my software it may be a hardware drive, although this shouldn't (in this case the Amiga) over PC owning friends fault in the A1200 - either way be the case. telephone lines - they convert (deluded as they are) h a v e t h e A 1200 c h e c k e d o u t b y Assuming you've wired it up the data from the Amiga into have recently pur a local dealer. correctly, take it to your local squirts of electrical signals that chased CD-ROM dri dealer or whoever sold you the can then be sent down a normal ves and have since been raving about drive, and ask them to test it phone line. The problem is that how good CD-ROM software is. I 600 QUESTIONS with your A600. If it doesn't you can transm it or receive this thought CD discs just give more stor l own an Amiga 600 work, it's not suitable for the information at different speeds, age space and slightly better sound, with 2Mb RAM. and use you purchased it for, and so and with different standards have I missed something? Is it worth I have some ques you're entitled to a refund. telling the other computer how getting a CD-ROM drive for my tions for you: If It does work you won't the information is being sent - A1200.1 mainly use my Amiga for have a problem anymore! If it for more details read our regu graphics and enjoying exploring ® doesn't work give Indi a ring on lar Wired World tutorial in the AmigaDOS. 1. Is there a CD- 0543 419999 and ask them Workshop section, starting Jack Fowler, Kingston ROM drive for the about the Sm artStore drive - from next issue. Amiga 600? i t 's f a s t e r t h a n a n in te rn a l You've probably got NComm Your friends are deluded indeed 2 .1 have heard of PCMCIA RAM ID E d riv e . set up incorrectly to work with Jack! CD-ROM drives don't add cards that do not lose their contents your modem and who ever any extra capabilities to a com when the computer is switched off. A 570 BARGAIN you're trying to connect with. puter. They don't improve the Where can I get such cards from?3. l own an A500+ In NComm go to the Comm graphics, add 3D texturing Is Curse of Enchantia hard with a 40Mb GVP menu and set the speed under capabilities or make system s disk installable? HD8+ hard drive. the baud rate setting to 9600, faster. What they do deliver 4. Can I use old A500 peripherals This obviously goes stop bits to 1, data length to 8- however is the ability to play (such as the A530 or Action Replay) in the side expan bit, priority none, duplex to full CD quality music and allow with my A600? ® sion slot. I recently and handshaking to RTS/CTS. software authors to include 5 .1 have a PD program called Action managed to find an A570 CD-ROM Then try dialling 0181 390 more pictures, sound and big Replay 1.5. It is supposed to emulate drive at a computer show for £80, Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM1 2 5 5 . T h is is t h e n u m b e r fo r ger programs with their games the hardware version, but it won’t and so I snapped it up quickly CIX - a commercial conference and applications. What has also work with any of my games. I wrote because I know it has been discon area, although you won't be h a p p e n e d is t h a t ju s t r e c e n tly to the PD company but they didn’t tinued and I have been searching for a b le t o d o m u c h h e r e , it w ill 3D rendering programs have reply. How do you make it work? for quite a w hile now without any hopefully bring up some become more affordable, which Kevin Thorn berry, Lancaster. luck. This fits into the side expan instructions that you'll be able means more games developers sion slot too and now I can only use to read and prove all is well. If can include long sequences of Hi Kevin, I'm afraid the first one of these peripherals at a time. Is this still doesn't work your 3D rendered graphics into answer is going to be no. At there any way that I can connect modem is probably not a nor games, something which CD- present there are no CD-ROM them together and use them at the m a l o ne. ROM discs with their huge drives for the A600. Part of the sam e time? If so. where do I get the capacity are particularly suited reason for this is that one of necessary equipment from? for. CD-ROM programs tend to the main reasons you'd want a Philip Redhead.Surrey. ICONS MIX UP look and sound better than pre CD-ROM drive is for CD32 0ver many months vious floppy-based games, compatibility, and as the A600 You picked up a bargain there, I’ve collected a large although in reality they aren't doesn't have the AGA chipset th e A 5 7 0 fo r £ 8 0 ie a ste a l. number of magazine usually any better to play. this would be impossible - so Unfortunately, however neither coverdisks for my Should you buy a CD-ROM drive no one has developed a drive unit has a through port and as Amiga 1200, with for your A 1200? Absolutely, get for your Amiga. euch you can't connect both at the usual mix of utili o n e n o w . There are PCM CIA RAM the same time. This is a real ® cards that remember their con ties and games, but now I want to There are loads of CD-ROM shame because, as you've no tidy up the collection and sort my games appearing and there are tents when unplugged, but doubt realised, it will save you a favourite utilities on to specific disks even more commercial and PD they are very, very expensive. lo t o f t im e if y o u c o u ld c o p y then discard the rest. Merely copying CD discs coming out, packed To our knowledge no one sells directly from the CD-ROM drive drawers from one window to another with utilities, clipart, sound them in the Amiga market. to the hard drive. Instead you'll on a newly formatted disk doesn't files and images, you'll love it! A500 peripherals that plug into have to copy the A570 files to a work, so how do I do it? Please help, the Parallel, Serial or mouse floppy, then reconnect the I need the space! ports will work, others that use HD8+ hard drive and copy the J Stephen Solar. Manchester. DUFF 1 2 0 0 ? the A500 expansion slots won't f ile s fro m t h e flo p p y to th e l have recently pur unfortunately w ork on the H D 8 + . For many programs the icons you chased a second A600. We'll be looking at this hand A1200 (7 PD version of Action Replay can see are only part of the pro QErA letters months old) which shortly, keep reading the mag. g ra m , w ith th e m a re d a ta file s, CU Amiga Magazine regret libraries, configuration settings has a bloody annoy that they cannot reply to ing problem. It is a n d m o re , b ut th e se d o n't h ave ® every letter in person. CU unexpanded (2Mb) with an external 6 0 0 QUESTIONS 2 ic o n s an d a s s u c h yo u c a n 't s e e Amiga Magazine reserves the disk drive and a Star LC10 printer. l have an A600 and th e m . 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HP DeskJet 500 Colour «k|et printer HP DeskJet 560 Colour rtqet primer f o w /niaitA ) 7AS S»T«niEvesham'Mi f Everything you ever wanted to know about ... sound. John Kennedy has the answers. Frequently Asked ■ Q ■ A What sound support does the Amiga Not in the same w ay that you could have as standard? with a PC. There is no standard for Amiga sound expansion cards and ■ A cartridges, so although there are a The Amiga has four channel sound, few options available (Sunrize AD516 which means it can play up to four dif and Hisoft's Aura to name two), their Questions ferent sounds at once. Most sounds compatibility with existing music soft are actually 'samples' of real life ware is usually limited, or non-exis called an opto-isolator in the receiv time) you might eventually use up all sounds, and they are played back with tent, although the OctaMED-Aura ing end. A MIDI interface should pro 16 channels. an accuracy of 8-bits (a CD player combination is looking promising. vide an IN terminal (for receiving uses 16-bits). information from a music keyboard), ■ Q ■ Q an OUT (for sending data to external Can I add more than one MIDI ■ Q But I’m interested in music and I really synthesizers and drum machines) interface to my Amiga? How can I get to hear it? want to add some more sounds... and a THRU (for echoing incoming data back out again). There may be ■ A ■ A ■ A more than one OUT terminal, which If you have an A2000. A3000 or A4000 There are two phono-style sockets at If you need better quality sound, you will keep transfer speeds high on big you can add a card which provides Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMthe back of every Amiga, which can can either consider looking at MIDI, or set-ups. extra serial cards, and then add be connected to a hi-fi amp in the instead use one of the 16-bit Amiga another MIDI interface to the new seri same way that you would connect samplers available. ■ Q al card. However, not all music soft other sound equipment, such as a CD What sort of MIDI equipment is ware will be able to support the serial player. Some video monitors have ■ Q available for the Amiga? port (M usicX v2 will have a good speakers built-in. and it is also possi What is OctaMED? attempt though). If you use Bars and ble to buy stand-alone speakers with ■ A Pipes, a MIDI interface called ‘Triple their own on-board amplifiers. If you ■ A There are dozens of ‘home keyboards' Play Plus’ is available for all Amigas, are using your Amiga with a television OctaMED is a 'tracker* program. It available. Most have a MIDI interface and it provides three separate 16 chan set. the sound is included in the RF allows you play samples and MIDI (which looks like one of the old five- nels outputs. signal, so you can hear it through the instruments simultaneously. Despite pin DIN socketsl and som e have inte TV speaker its non-musical look, you can create gral amplifiers and speakers The ■ Q very impressive music. sounds from these keyboards, can be Can I link two Amigas together? ■ Q exceptionally good, but check for fea How can I capture ‘real life’ sounds for ■ Q tures such as the maximum number ■ A use with the Amiga? W hat's MIDI? of sounds which can be replayed at If you run a program such as OctaMED once (defined as polyphony and multi- on both machines, it is possible to link ■ A ■ A timbrality). and whether drum sounds them so that they are perfectly in time. You’ll need some extra hardware, MIDI stands for Musical Instrument are also included. If you have more You will either need a MIDI link, or con specifically a small cartridge called a Digital Interface, and it’s a way of link money to spend, it's possible you nect the machines with a null-modern ’sampler’. These devices normally ing together musical equipment such might want a more professional syn link (as used to play certain games). By connect to the parallel (printer) port as synthesisers, computers and drum thesiser. These are usually available writing half the tune on each machine and convert sounds into digital for machines With a computer fitted with with or without keyboards and all you can double the number of voices mat. The sounds can then be saved to a suitable interface (which costs require an external amplifier A s you available. This method can also be disk for later use about £20 and fits to the serial port) would expect, the sound quality is used to add more MIDI channels. it's possible to use a program to much better. ■ Q record, edit and replay music ■ Q Can I add a sound card to my Amiga Programs such a s Music-K Bars and ■ Q What about direct to disk' recording? like a PC? Pipes and even OctaMED can be used Do I need a separate MIDI interface for MIDI music sequencing. for each instrument? ■ A ■ A Some 8-bit samplers will record sam You don't really need tol Most PC ■ a ■ A ples directly to disk, which means you sound cards don’t sound as good as How does a MIDI interface work? No. MIDI operates using 16 chan don't need to use memory to store the Amiga's standard sound... Well. nels. Each channel can send and samples. This is really a bit of a gim OK then to be honest som e of the ■ A receive information on notes, volume mick more than anything else as far as n ew 16 bit sound cards on the The MIDI interface adjusts the and so on. You can daisy chain the 8-bit samplers go, but at the other end PC are pretty good, but they cost Amiga's serial output into the correct MIDI leads and assign your MIDI of the scale, hardware such as the a fortune. format for transmitting to musical instruments to different channels, SunRize AD516 sound cards will alkrw 8 instruments. This process requires an but if you're using a multi-timbral track disk recording - effectively giving ■ Q adjustment in the voltage/current lev device (that is, one which can play your Amiga the capabilities of a multi But can I add a sound card? els. and also the addition of a thing more than one type of sound at a thousand pound recording studio. ■ Masterclass John Kennedy looks afresh at the Workbench and Operating System, especiallyHi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM for those who may have only received their first Amiga. 'm sure old hands w ill forgive m e if I the extent that every program running can work another clock will start running. You can drag it step back from the m ore advanced on the assumption that it a complete computer away from its position slap-bang over the origi stuff and take a brief look at the available - any sharing problems are sorted out nal and start as m any a s you like. Am iga from th e point of view of automatically. W hile all th e se clo ck s are ticking a w a y the newcomers. In the old days, writing In theory this sounds very nice, but when moments that make up the dull day. you can Oprograms for home computers was a relatively would multitasking actually be useful? How open the System drawer and double-click on straightforward affair. The program knew that it many times would you need to run two word the Shell icon. This will open a window into was in total control of the computer hardware, processors at once for example? You might be which you can type AmigaDOS commands or and could do pretty much as it pleased. These surprised how useful the ability is. start programs. In fact, you can open as many days of course, computer systems have If you are busy running your paint program of these as you like as well —although by this become a lot more flexible. With added speed you can still flip back to the Workbench to copy tim e you w ill probably run out o f sp a ce on and greater memory capabilities, new ways of files or format a disk. If you are running a time your scre en . This is what multitasking is all working have evolved. One of the most obvious consuming program such as a RayTracing pack about: lots of utility programs running, multiple is the 'Graphical User Interface' which removes age, you can let the Am iga get on w ith it while Shells open for writing programs, editing files the unfriendly text-only systems, and instead you use your desktop publishing package. and formatting disks. provides a WIMP or 'Windows. Icons. Menus and Pointer' system. M ultitasking If you have seen the recent advertisements You can demonstrate the ability of the Amiga to for the OS/2 operating system you might have do several things at once very easily. Inside the thought that IBM have invented something Utilities drawer of your Workbench disk, you'll called 'multitasking' - the ability for the com find the clock program. Double-click it to start, puter to run more than one program apparently the analogue clock will open a window on the simultaneously. Of course, as long time Amiga screen and tell you the time. fans will tell you. we've all been multitasking Unfortunately, unless you have a real-time for years very nicely thank you very much. clock module fitted (A1200's out of the box Multitasking works because the operating can't remember the time when you switch system provides an extra layer between the them off) the time and will probably be wrong programs running and the hardware. The pro but you can always fix this from the grams request resources from the OS such as Preferences tools. memory, access to the disk drives and win When the clock is open and running you can dows for displaying text and graphics. The OS easily get multitasking by double-clicking allocates the resources and looks after them, to AGAIN on the clock icon. Low and behold. A M*|4c if t I light awrtcilt. bat thti M M hMMMtntH b*w MShg the A m fi’t lA vuct4 iftn tiag r r s t n cm adtitMfc M c iH t pngrMU. S c r e e n t e s t bar! and hold it down w hile pressing 'M ' or 'N' to stored on Bulletin Board system s and in lU btc Using a program such as Deluxe Paint, you can sw op the screens being displayed. You can also Domain libraries. Have a look in the Toots drawer also discover how the Amiga’s unique screen use a special key and mouse combination. This of your Extras Workbench disk. handling makes multitasking even easier. Run combination is defined in the preferences tool The Commodity Exchange program is a cen the paint program (select a low resolution, small called TControl'. under the title Screen Drag. tral control program that allows you to keep number of colours) image. The normal painting The default setting is to hold down the left- track of which programs are running. Start it frst. screen will appear. Now the standard Amiga key at the sam e tim e a s pressing the left and watch as subsequent commodities (indud- Workbench screen is still open in the back mouse button and moving the mouse up and ing the Commodity Exchange program itself) ground (assuming that you booted from down the screen. You can change the left-Amiga appear on its list. Workbench first, and have enough system mem key to b e Shift. Ctrl or Alt if you require. A s an example, the Blanker commodity w d ory). You can easily flip back to the Workbench clear the screen and display lots of squiggley Screen (and carry out some file maintenance for Getting started lines after a predeterm ined tim e of inactivity. It's example) and leave the paint program running. Multitasking enables all sorts of utilities to run in supposed to prevent you accidentally leaving a the background, waiting invisibly until you need static display on long enough to dam age a moni them. With the advent of Workbench release 2 tor or television screen. and up. Commodore created a standard for this If you want th is program to start automatical programs called the 'Commodity' system. All ly. every time you switch on your computer and commodity programs obey similar rules which start Workbench (not play games — these usual makes them easy to keep track of. It also ly ignore Workbench altogether) you should drag ensures a degree of compatibility by forcing the Blanker icon from its drawer and place it in them to share resources. the WBStartup drawer on the Workbench disk. The standard Workbench set-up comes com Rem em ber to experim ent like this only with plete with plenty of commodities to get you copies of the original Workbench, in case started. You can always find more on coverdisks. things go wrong and you get stuck. ■ To do this, m ove the m ouse pointer right to the very top ot the screen, and hold down the left m ouse button. W ith the button still held down drag the m ouse back down the screen. The Workbench screen will appear 'underneath'. This is a quick way of checking on what is happening Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMin the background. If there isn't a screen open, there will be nothing but a black display. 2. Use the screen depth gadgets Workbench Screen Like individual W indows, Screens can have 'depth gadgets'. These are little buttons that will instantly sw op the current screen for the one beneath it. Click with the left mouse button in the top right of the screen, and again to flip back. 3 . Use the key hoard _ ] » *•"... J ■» | C«K.I |i There are several keyboard short-cuts for flipping between screens. The easiest is to use the left- Amiga key (the key with the A next to the space to a transistor radio through a card section of the magazine!). The Bass board tube. Enhancer is a rack-mount sound Sound System The place to start EQ control is at processor that takes the bottom P rob lem s your sound source. This will usually end frequencies of the in-coming O n e o f t h e be your sam ple editor, although if sound, transposes them down an biggest prob- you also use MIDI equipment, you octave, and combines the results le m s m ay find this has on-board EQ too. w ith the original sound. All you do S B recording a If your foundation sounds are solid, is pass your complete mix through mix concerns then you'll have le ss of a m ess to the Bass Enhancer, and feed the d if f e r e n t clean up when you make your output straight to sound system s. Although recording. Use the filter and boost your you might com e up with a options on your sam ple editor to mix that sounds great on clean up each individual sam your system , when ple. If you've got a A played on a different bassline v system, it could sound awful. Tape decks, . J speakers and ampli fiers all have their own characteristics. Until you can afford studio qual ity monitor speakers and recorder and am plifiers, this w ill be a speakers. Watch this problem. One of the best space for an in-depth review. ways to check if your mix For all-round sound improve will sound good on other played m ent, aural exciters are very handy. stereos is to com pare it to with a particular These can add definition to your a new, clearly recorded sam ple, then make sure it music with a range of tricks. Thanks cassette - one that you’re Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMhas som e bass in it! Take out as to some extremely clever electron fam iliar with. Play this cas much unwanted fuzz, hiss and hum ics, they can simultaneously reduce sette through your system a s possible, and boost the appropri h iss, add top-end sparkle, stoke up with your normal bass and ate frequencies with distorting any the bass end. clear out rubbish treble settings, then play thing (unless of course you actually from the midrange, and give your your own recording want som e distortion). music added stereo interest. through the sam e system. If you don't have enough cash to Examples of these include the 296 If your recording sounds for anything more extravagant, the Dual Spectral Enhancer (£379) from different from this first Sound Enhancer from Omega DBX (tel: 0181 207 505), and the cassette (too quiet, too Projects (tel: 0942 682206), priced at Ultrafex II (£257) from Behringer loud, muffled, tinny etc.) £39.95 is highly recommended for (tel: 0483 458877). you then you should have improving the Amiga's audio output. some idea of where you It has a fixed level of bass boost, E q u a lisers went wrong in the mix. and a knob to control the level o f tre A cost-effective way of improving And remember, if you’re ble boost or cut. The Sound your recordings is to add a stereo recording to cassette tape, Enhancer is specifically designed for graphic equaliser. This will give you what you hear from the u se with the Amiga, and it can make independent EQ control over the speakers is not necessarily a tremendous difference. The left and right stereo channels of what's going onto the adjustable treble control is handy for your music. Th is is useful if the bulk tape. Different cassette crisping up your cymbals and of your sounds are coming from the types and cassette drums, and can also be used as a Am iga's audio outputs. W hen using recorders have their own hiss-reduction tool (when the knob four samples at once, the Amiga frequency responses. is turned right down) for parts of puts two of them on the left chan Alw ays listen back to your your music that contain just bass nel, and two on the right channel, recordings on as m any dif sounds. leading to a very uncomfortable ferent system s as possible stereo effect. However, if the two before releasing them. Professional channels are combined (either with For those with a bit more available a mixer or just a simple merging of dosh. there are professional units leads), a stereo graphic equaliser that do similar things to the Sound will allow you to add subtle stereo quency pins pushed up on the left Enhancer, only with a lot more effects. Slightly different settings on channel, and down on the right finesse. If your dance tracks seem the right and left channels of the EQ channel, the mid-range sounds will to be lacking in the deep bass will give the impression of certain appear on the left of the stereo field. department, you could do worse sounds in the music appearing at Subtle use of this technique across than consider the Bass Enhancer different stereo positions. 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Does that mean we should buy the product with the best Backchat package and totally ignore the perfor For soma reason we always mention covers so we don't really want them mance and features of the product bulging mailbags in the letters page ripped asunder. Have you ever together. It’s fine to say that, but in heard of scissors? These allow you reality it doesn't work to cut things - like the sellotape on Value for money is what drives intro, and what do you know, we've the magazine cover for instance. many purchases o f a peripheral for Take your scissors in hand, put the the Amiga, not shiny packaging. So just done it againl I f you've got bottom blade underneath the sell please all you Amiga developers out otape. then draw down the top there, don't waste time and money something to say, get K on paper, blade. And as if by magic, the disk on expensive packaging. Ju st pro will become detached from the vide us with a good product with a and send it to Backchat, CU Amiga magazine! Simple really. price tag to match the product not the packaging. Magazine, 30-32 Farringdon Lane, Shiny Boxes I would like to respond to October's Mark Cesari, Western Australia. London EC1R 3AU. Points of View column, entitled Packaging Blues. I know that was a I think you're m issin g the point. How stupid? that little bit of sticky tape would not long tim e ago but I live in Australia Both y o u an d A n dy w ant value for I would like to say how much I leave the page I tried and tried until, and it takes a while for the magazine m oney, but w hat A n dy w a s getting enjoyed Ihe December issues ol CU yes you guessed it. the page left the to get here. at is that co m p anies sh o u ld , quite Amiga Magazine I'd like to say it but cover. Stopping once again I moved In the article Andy Leaning dis reasonably, be expected to provide sadly I can't, because I didn't get past to the lower piece of tape and got cusses the importance of good-quali- good m anu als a n d so lid packaging the front cover before the mag went much the same story ty packaging and the perils of dull a s w ell a s good p roducts. W e are hurtling towards the nearest wall at By now ten minutes had passed brown boxes. He says that many paying their w ag e s after all. high speed. and the front and back covers looked Amiga developers spend little time Let m e explain. Having to splash like a sieve and I still hadn't seen the and consideration (not to mention out just under £4.00 for my usual inside of the mag. I'd had enough. money) in designing good looking Rivers of Babylon Amiga mag, means that it's not The disks were coming off. With one packaging for their products, and if A s a loyal A1200 owner I have a few something that I read once and throw big pull the disks and half the front they did they would sell more. questions. Firstly, as soon as (or if?) Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMaway. Instead I like to keep my Amiga cover were finally detached. At this However, in a world where people Commodore manage to become mags all neatly stacked in order for point I threw the mag away in dis want good value for their money, Commodore International, I think that future reference. gust. The story doesn't end there expensive packaging only it would be time to make an excellent This month, however, the because inside the plastic bag sat the contradicts this. advertisement for the Amiga At 200 coverdisk on your mag tempted me - discs fixed together with tape This, Do people really think that the upwards It should boast the Amiga's as well as buy my usual magazine - not surprisingly, took halt the disc co sts of the packaging aren't includ power, not just like last year when it to fork out the extra four quid and label off. ed in the sale price of the goods? Are had a sad fool playing Another check out your magazine. So. my introduction to CU AMIGA w e really that naive? I should think W orid. It should have Babylon 5 type Ironic then that it w as the has been a short one. Next month not. Of course we're paying for the graphics, showing how powerful the coverdisk's fault for the mag's low the extra £4 00 will stay firmly in my totally useless shiny boxes they Amiga can be as well as playing flight pass over the coffee table I pocket. And my usual publication come in. wicked demos, games and other started with the back cover and with somewhat less sticky tape will I ll agree that a good package is software like Ughlwave. Wordworth picked carefully at the end of the sell- take pride of place on top of your what first attracts many buyers to a 3.1 or Final Writer 3, Rise o l the otape that holds the discs on. rather scruffy one. particular product. But when consid Robots, the Tower Assault intro. Immediately a piece of the back However, if you would like to ering the purchase of a product such Aladdin (maybe O ctaMED 5 or Bars cover came off with it. followed replace my scruffy copy with a nice as a memory expansion and acceler and Pipes Pro) and other stuff. It shortly by the wording on the spine. new one I will gladly swop. ator unit, w e shouldn't be influenced should tell the public what Babylon 5, .Stop I thought. Let's try a different in our decision making just because Star Trek The Next Generation. approach. I quickly turned over and P. Whiteley, Leeds. the box is all shiny and new. When SeaOuest, Robocop The Series etc started at the front fcover. But oh no W e put a lot of work into our front considering the cost of these items. were made with. It should also be A LA N D Y K ES USA COLLINS Aftur spending Fed up with her TEAM TALK most of the lat- herd image being y ter part of 94 compromised by U _ *-1 playing S im City always being With new year's eve over, the ■ P t 2 0 0 0 A lan given the cutesy V L decided that his games to review, *• new year's reso- Usa decided to team are on the second week lution would be start afresh in '95 to build a better and only review world full of games with guts, of their new year's resolutions. love, peace and harmony. games with grit, games with However, two weeks In and ha's iron. So she forced her way into cracked already. M ortal Kom bat the gam es room in the middle of Let's see how they are doing. II a n d Shadow Fighter w e r e to o Alan's gore gaming fast. She much temptation for him and, drank it all in, stepped forward as we speak he's in the games for a closer look and ... er faint room running both sfmuTtene- ed. We brought her round by ously so he can get as much waving a copy of M arvin's fighting and blood spilling Marvellous Adventures a t her. action as possible In one sitting. (Which made her faint again). said that the Amiga has always been CD. reducing the interactivity level. and still is a multitasking computet - one of. if not the first to offer this ProCalc Manual? facility. Decades later, PCs get it and I w as delighted with the ProCalc people notice. The public will then coverdisk on November's issue but realise the true power of the Amiga was frustrated to find that there was and not just think that the best it can hardly any information about the pro do is PacMan or Another World. gram's functions in the magazine. I Secondly, what is the best music eagerly awaited the December issue program (at a reasonable pricel you for more details on the program only can get on the Amiga and is capable to find that the 'in depth' look at of blasting Rotator. because I want to ProCalc amounted to some general show our music class in school what information about spreadsheets for the Amiga can do. Why? Because people who have never seen a recently in a school music lesson, the spreadsheet program in their lives. teacher said: "Let's play this tune on W hy not provide some useful the computer". "Good I thought, information which will help me use they'll bring in an Amiga 1200 with this program in particular, like what OctaMED 5 or Bars and Pipes Pro the function keys do or how to use (knowing that lots of music groups the macros. I would even be willing have used the Amiga for their music). to send away for a manual if this No! to my surprise, they bought an were possible It seem s a shame to Atari Falcon! I burst out laughing and provide such an advanced program promptly received a detention. which then leaves your readers so Finally, is there any arcade con frustrated with a lack of information. versions of Daytona Racing. Virtue David Fine, Carnaby Street. London. Racing or anything similar planned for the CD32? Other games coming A s w e o nly h ave lim ited s p a c e in out on the Sony Playstation are each issue of the magazine, we going to be nearly arcade perfect. If cannot provide the equivalent of a the Amiga can do Microcosm so full m anual within the p ag e s of one well, why not Daytona or something issu e . W e are currently running a similar with a FMV adaptor. I'm sure series of tutorials, which In turn it could. I know Daytona and Virtue will co v e r all m ajor a sp e c ts and Racing are Sega gam es but Virtue is features o f the program . W h en ever coming out on the Jaguar, w hy not possible, we will be Including com the Amiga? plete m anu als w ith o ur cover- mounted programs, such as last A lex Georgrev, London. m onth's excellent ComlcSetter. transferred over. What's the point? u se of th e 'C hunky to planar chip, M u sic X is your best bet if you want They're ripping us off Come on all you software houses out w h ich w a s sup p o sed to m ake tex Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMto show your school mates and We CD32 owners are being ripped there, show us what you can do. ture-mapped games possible (such teachers a decent, cheap, powerful off. I own both an Amiga A1200 and a a s Doom. TFXor Daytona). The ree- and easy to use Amiga sequencer. CD32.1 bought the CD32 a s a games Hayley Rodgers, Walthamstow. so n w e h ave been given fo r th is, la Version 1.1 is available for about £20 console in the hope that there would that the ch ip is too alow to b e used if you shop around. be truckloads of CD32-specific soft T h e trouble Is that the hardw are effectively in games, which ironical As for conversions of Daytona and ware coming out for it. and I could Insid e the C D 32 is very sim ilar to ly w a s the so le p urpose o f its Virtua Racing, no-one has yet gloat over my A 1200-owning friends that of the A1200, m aking straight inclusio n In the CD 32! T ry Roadklll announced versions for the Amiga or about fast loading graphics and won ports very ch e a p and e a sy to do. In fo r size If yo u w ant a really good CD32. Virtue Racing is a possibility, derful sound. But has this happened? m any w ay s, the pow er o f a C D ROM C D 32 gam e. ■ but the texture-mapped graphics of NO. All that ever seem s to happen is drive is over-rated, a s far a s w hat It Daytona would probably never run that a game comes out for the A1200 can d o for a gam e. Su re, It can fast enough on an Amiga, or even a and a couple of weeks later it improve adventure games drastical W R IT E T O U S NOW ' CD32 with an FMV module appears for the CD32. You would ly (no d isk sw apping, lo ts of graph Send your letters to: Backchat C U AMIGA, 30-32 Farringdon think that the CD32 version would ics, and real talking characters), but A 'pretend' version of Daytona Lane, London EC1R 3AU. would be possible on the CD32, as either be a totally different version of there's really not m u ch a C D ROM you suggest using similar techniques the game or something similar with d rive can do to im prove a platform to those in M icrocosm , but most of really special graphics and wonderful gam e, o r the speed of a flight sim u the graphics would have to be pre sound. But not a chance, all that hap lation. E v e n s o , w e are still awaiting rendered, and spooled directly off the pens is that exactly the same game is a C D 32 g am e that m akes extensive ANDY LEANING TONY MORGAN HELEN DANBY JOHN KENNEDY Handy Andy, as H allo, it 's T o ny The debonair John would lik* w e lik e to ca ll hara. My resolu designer glanced u s t o p o in t out him, is devoted tio n it to g e t a up from her th a t d e sp ite th is t o tran sfo rm in g n e w p h o to fo r work, brushed a p ic tu re , h e is n o t th e C U A m ig a t h is p ag e , strand of auburn a crim in a l o n th e M a g a zin e o ffice b e c a u se I g o t m y hair from her run and living in into a virtual h a ir c u t t o a e y e s , a n d B ra z il, sh o rtly to w o rld . W e d all n u m b e r tw o six revealed that her un d erg o ca m o u s it a t o u r v irtu al m o n th s a g o , and resolution w as to flage plastic desks, drinking I don't look like take the CU su rg ery . It's Just virtual coffee and having the this at all now. That's me though, Amiga Magazine redesign even a h o lid a y s n a p fro m G re ec e th a t sam e old virtual arguments ever vain. My other resolution is further, revolutionising comput we insist on using every month. to follow my own advice and get □er magazines as we know them. As for resolutions, John is about whether Risa of tha B R obots is rubbish or not. In fact a record out. Then I can plug it More she wouldn't say, but the forbidding himself to mention the we'd all be sat at home, linked for months, going on about how seven copies of Vogua, Ella and words 'information superhigh together via a headset and the I m a d e it a n d s tu ff lik e th a t. O h , Cosmopolitan on her desk are w a y '. H e'd a ls o lik e to g e t a n e w Internet. No more delays on the and to get a spot DJ-ing at Sex beginning to worry Alan. More life, but the man from Mepfcn train in the morning, and you Love and Motion, or The Final about the Danby Effect in next s a id th a t th e y don't aafl th e m , an d could take in a bit of Richard and Frontier, or some other cool club issue's CU Amiga Magazine h e 'd h a v e to q u o te a p art n m t a r Judy whenever you likel that lets me wear space suits. Fashion pull-out. if he wanted one anyway. SO/@ GOLDEN JOYSTICKS AWARDS 1995 EMAP Images honours the greatest vote now and you achievements of the games industry could win £500 worth annually with our glittering Golden of software! Joysticks awards. BEST COM PUTER STRATEGY/SIMULATION These prized trophies This category covers many several genres, specifically: racing simulations, flight sim s and are honoured by the war gam es Vote for your favourite of 1994 here. 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I'll count the words, spell check it with the internal laptop checker and then press a key to save it into the battery backed memory There is enough RAM to 1200? store several days work, and when that gets lull I can slot in a cheap PCMCIA memory card. When I need Would they to transler the text to my Amiga, the internal lloppy disk will save to stan dard 3 .5 inch lloppy disks which I really be here are three ques copy of a Z88. Uncle Clive's last can then load via Cross D os into tions you will hear dabble in consumer electronics. Protext on the Amiga Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMw hen any group o l • M ore oddly still, the NC200 cam e When I'm out o l the ollice. I worthwhile, Amiga owners get bottom in a recent portable com can use the internal terminal emu together. The first is puter round-up published in a lead lator to dial up and send copy by Oobvious: "What the hell is going on ing PC magazine: which only goes m odem . I've even been able to or should with the Commodore buyout?" The to show how wide from the mark use the NC200 to explore the second question is always followed those PC people actually are. Internet, which you have to admit by much shaking of heads and star O K, so you might w an t a real is something pretty clever (or the Amiga ing into half-empty beer glasses: Am iga you can carry about. In that something the size ol three issues "What were the people in charge ca se you w ill also w an t a nice ol CU Amiga Magazine. of Com m odore ever thinking colour display - at least 640 by 480 There are lots ol other nice fea stic k to about? All they had to do w a s and lots of colours. No problem, tures too - the address book, diary, (insert some common sense portable PCs have had these calculator, internal Tetris gam e and a here)". The final question is invari screens for yonks. You will also full BBC Basic interpreter (I wrote w hat it's ably "And what about a portable want a fast processor - no sweat, several games and a program for Amiga?" Well, here's some news you can buy an Apple PowerBook displaying IFF pictures when I was for you - 1 have a portable Amiga with a 68030 or even a 33Mhz on holiday in the Greek island - the right here In fact I'm typing this 68040 and stick megabytes of batteries last lo r months). best at? into it right now wh ilst lying in bed. RAM in them too. It goes without The real keyboard and well- Of course, you have to use your saying that you'll want a hard drive designed firmware make it a dod imagination a bit - it does actually and floppy disk port, and some dle to use. and the backlit LCD dis John say Amstrad' on the lid rather than form of sound amplifier would be play ensures it can be used just as Commodore' or even Amiga' And handy. Now, step back and take a easily in a dark room as on a bright it does have a 28 0 processor inside look: what have you got? ly lit beach. Kennedy it rather than a 68020. and true the Even if it had Intuition and a graphics are a little well, black and Too expensive trackball built in I wouldn’t u se it w hite. The surprise is that it does Now. if you put all the above togeth any more. For what I need it's per speaks out. just about everything I could ever er your portable Amiga would cost fect - it's a word processor and want a portable Am iga to do, and it about £2.000. which might be a little Comms terminal that I can carry does it very well. steep for some people. Then there's home from work in a rucksack on This portable miracle is called the fact that due to the disk drives the back of my bicycle. 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