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thing t h a t A m i g a owners h a v e
been clamouring for: and here it
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Amiga F o r m a t , 1 1 5 p a g e s
packed w i t h n e w s , r e v i e w s ,
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history behind i t , a n d n o w w e
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better. You can see from the first
issue that the balance of content
will be the same broad mixture
of everything from graphics t o
games, music to DTP.
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important things is that we now
have the whole cover disk just
for Amiga programs. N o t o n l y
will we be bringing you the best
In playable g a m e d e m o s a n d
utilities, but there will b e much
more interaction b e t w e e n t h e
disk and features inside A m i g a
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using t h e d i s k i n conjunction
with t h e graphics s e c t i o n i n
particular are immense.
There are also plenty of new
features that make this not just
the biggest but the best Amiga
magazine. Brian Larkman joins
us f r o m n e x t i s s u e a s
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provision o f t h e s o u r c e
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As part o f t h e Edinburgh A r t s
Festival, Amiga Centre Scotland
is running its animation competition again this year Winners will
have their work displayed a t a
special exhibition at the Festival_
Entries should b e sent on PA L
VHS videotape o r o n disk, t o
arrive b y A u g u s t 2 4 . F u r t h e r
information a b o u t t h i s u n i q u e
event c a n b e o b t a i n e d f r o m
Martin L o w e a t t h e A m i g a
Centre Scotland, 4 Hart Street
Lane, Edinburgh EH1 3 R N , o r
by phone on 031 557 4242.

6 A M I G A FORMAT

was too! If you don't

i h r h a mind
t a being
glorious
show in
it
trapped
an enclosed space with several
thousand Commodore owners.
that is_ The Amiga dominated
totally, there was hardly a C64 in
sight. and consequently this year's
Commodore S h o w w a s a l s o
buzzing with a lot more interest
than some previous ones.
There was no single outstanding event but the feeling of excitement was tangible and there was
a host of new products on show
and being announced. Serious
software and hardware were very
much the order of the day, with
only a couple of games houses
represented, so the vibrant atmosphere was all the more gratifying.
Attendance was 10% up on
the previous show at the 12,000
mark for the three days and the
organisers, Database, are pleased
with the way things went. As yet
there is no date set for the next
show, but we'll keep you posted.
MICROILLUSIONS
WRANGLE

Visitors to the Commodore show

may h a v e n o t i c e d t h a t
MicroIllusions had their own stand
where Music X was on display.
and that copies of Photon Paint 2
were on sale at other stands. At
first glance this isn't curious, until
you realise that ACINISPOn are still
claiming the UK rights t o these

MicroIllusions products.
At present the situation i s
unclear b u t i t appears t h a t
Activision are involved in a legal
tussle with both MicroIllusions in
the US and the new group which
claims to represent them in the
UK. Which means that neither
program will be widely available
until the dispute is settled.
Let's hope that's not too long
away, because this is what Jon
Bates and Brian Larkman had to
say about Music X and Photon
Paint 2 respectively...
MUSIC XTRA

Music X for the Amiga is coming.

But from where? The American
software house MicroIllusions has
been promoting t h i s stunning
sequencing, voicing and sampling
package heavily in the American
press for well over a year now.
Surprising, therefore, that the only
versions seen this side o f the
pond were demo versions that
had yet to be de-bugged.

The first demo version, which was

pretty spectacular, was shown by
Actrvision who claimed to have an
exclusive deal with Microillusions.
Confusion has arisen now since
dealers and the press alike have

been informed that The Software

Business now has -the exclusive
UK and European rights to Music
X', and was exhibiting a t the
Commodore show a n d taking
orders with one ex-Activision staff
member doing the demo work,
although at the time of going to
press they "hadn't got the final
version yet (not bad for a program that has been advertised for
nearly eighteen months!) Activision
claim the matter is "under negotiation" with mutterings about contractual obligations. Time to stand

back and watch the litigation!

P H O T O N P H A N TA S Y

After a few quiet months on the

Amiga painting front, things are
hotting u p again. First i t was
Deluxe Paint III, soon i t will be
DigiPaint 3 but now w e have
Photon Paint 2!
The original Photon Paint has
remained t h e favourite o f the
three HAM painting packages for
most artists because it is the easiest t o use and most 'painterly',
Many traditional effects are easy
to achieve, including t h e b e s t
watercolour effect s o far on the
Amiga with Blend. The new ver-

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The most dramatic additions
are contour mapping and multipage, 'pageflipper type animation,
but also included are stencils, airbrush, rub-through, pantograph.
auto-shadowing, cycle draw and
many more minor enhancements.
In line with our new policy for
graphics reviews, a really lull
description o f Photon Paint 2
including DIY tips and tutorials,
written by people who are using
the program every day, plus original artwork that will be included
on the cover disk, is being prepared. It takes time, but you will
see it soon! Photon Paint 2 by

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the Commodore Show was the
first hologram generated from a
microcomputer i m a g e . U s i n g
equipment d e v e l o p e d a t
Loughborough University and an
Amiga 500, Rob Munday and his
team, with advice from the Amiga
Centre Scotland, have produced a
3D holographic view of a partiallyanimated wireframe bird rendered
using Sculpt 3D.
To produce i t , over 1 0 0
frames were generated a n d
recorded onto a holographic plate
in stereo pairs as a series of vertical strips. Viewing the image

from the front, slight movements

of the head reveal hidden parts of
the object that would normally
only be seen if it was real and
solid. This is normal for a hologram as anyone with a bank card

knows. Usually though, the object

from which a conventional hologram is taken is a 3D model; here
it is a series of flat, 2D images.
This is much more difficult and
has previously only been achieved

using high-powered Cray supercomputers. Now, in another first

for the Amiga, a 3D computer
model has been recorded halogr aphic ally.
The physics is quite difficult,
but if I understand it correctly, the
process works something like
this: conventional holography captures the image of a complete 3D
object in such a way that the
parts of it that can be seen vary
according to your viewpoint, just
as would happen with a 'real'
object. In effect the hologram has
superimposed an almost infinite
series o f 'views' o f the object
which are revealed as your viewpoint is changed. Stereoscopic
holography has the same effect
but in this case the 'views' are
captured separately l i k e t h e
frames of a stereovision film, one
for each eye, in the form of pairs
of vertical strips on the plate.
The advantage of this method
is that the content of each 'frame'
is much more controllable so that
any object capable of being mod
elled on a computer can be captured in 3D and even animated.
The use o f Amigas, o r other
cheap micros, also means that
the commercial potential of such
'animated' holograms i s much
more likely to be realised. I t is
only a matter of time before fullcolour, fully-animated sequences
and even whole films appear.

A2500 VANISHES
ti you are looking f o r t h e
promised r e v i e w o f t h e
new A m i g a 2 5 0 0 i n t h i s
issue, t h e n d o n ' t b o t h e r,
because t h e A 2 5 0 0 h a s
been shelved. Planned t o
have a 14 Mhz 32-bit 68020

was openly talked about.

We will have t o wait f o r
further d e t a i l s b e f o r e
getting our hopes up,
The A500 i s also making n e w s b e c a u s e o f
suggestions t h a t i t i s
being ' g r e y i m p o r t e d '
from Holland. T h i s h a s

CPU a n d u p t o 4 M b o f
RAM, the A2500 would be a
prompted c o m p l a i n t s
straight u p g r a d e o f t h e
from r e t a i l e r s a n d a n
A2000 t h r o u g h e x i s t i n g
announcement o v e r t h e
add-ons, w h i c h i s thought
PA a t t h e C o m m o d o r e
to explain the strange nonshow t h a t s u c h
appearance. C o m m o d o r e
machines being sold o ff
prefer to wait for the A3000
which w i l l contain t h e 2 5
cheap might cause probMhz 58030 CPU_
lems f o r t h e b u y e r. S o
However, it remains l o The A2500: no longer a machine in its o w n right. w a t c h o u t f o r a n y
machine t h a t c o m e s
be seen whether or not the
there are such machines i n exiswith a foreign manual at a knockappearance o f t h e A 2 5 0 0 U X ,
which w i l l r u n t h e U n i x O S , i s
tence, b u t whether t h e y b e c o m e
down p r i c e , b e c a u s e y o u c o u l d
imminent_ A n o l h e r r u m o u r t h a t
have p r o b l e m s w i t h d i f f e r e n t
available i n t h e s h o p s i s a s y e t
has resurfaced i s t h a t w e w i l l
unclear. C o m m o d o r e h a v e m a d e
voltage powerpacks and t h e lack
no a n n o u n c e m e n t o f t h e
of a v a l i d w a r r a n t y i f a n y t h i n g
shortly see A500s fitted with 1Mb
machine: unlike the A2500, which
should happen to go wrong.
of RAM a s standard. A p p a r e n t l y

JUST SAY THE WORD

Computers can be of great use to the
disabled in all manner of ways, one of which
Is demonstrated by Arnor's new speaking
version of their word processor Protext. It's
designed for use by the blind and is currently still undergoing development and testing.
All Protexrs functions are available from
the keyboard, which is essential because
pull-down menus and a mouse are no use to
blind users. The WP will be able to speak
each key as Ills pressed, speak every word
as it is typed, read back the current line.
read back from the start of the paragraph.
speak characters as the cursor is moved
and speak useful status information. Price
and release details have not been decided
yet but Amor promise discounts for the
visually handicapped. More on 0733 68909
ROMBO MACHO VIDEO
Rombo are well known for their digitisers
and other add-ons on other machines, but
now they are bursting onto the Amiga scene
for the first time with the Video Image Digital
Interface, VIDI-Amiga.
Although it's their first attempt it could
make a big impact because it is attractively
priced at 99.95 and has an impressive list
of features. These Include grabbing frames
from a moving video In a 50th of a second in
both mono and colour, load and save in IFF
format, overlaying an incoming frame anywhere on an existing one, a user-definable
palette. analogue contrast and brightness
control, eight-level brightness control and
drop-down menus.
The package includes a video cable, so
all you need is a VCR or camera. At time of
going to press Rombo were still working to
make the unit produce colour pictures and
the latest details can be obtained from them
on 0506 414631 or at 6 Fairbairn Road,
Livingston, Scotland EH54 6TS.
ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE
Equinox have enhanced their Small

Business Accounts program to create SBA

Xtra. Its new features add to an already comprehensive list of capabilities.
Money moguls will be interested to
know that It provides profit and loss statements, trial balance, lull audit trail. VAT
reports, balance sheets, budgets. day
books, account group reports, transaction
listing by batch or account heading and a
constant update of cash position and profit.
The new features are debtors and creditors information, enhanced puma' entries, a
chart of accounts and relaxed security
allowing copying of the chart of accounts
and access to DOS commands.
SBA Xtra costs 115 and existing users
can upgrade for 34.50 + 2.50 P&P. Equinox
Business Systems can be contacted for
details on 01 729 0990 or at 16 Arming
Street, New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3H13.

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PLANNING AHEAD
Good news for financial folk. A new
version of Best UK's Plan IT spreadsheet
has arrived. Version 3.0 has been reduced
in price to E126.50 and offers new features,
including lull import export of Lotus 123
worksheets. AreXX support, Dataview mode
from the database and an outline mode for
viewing different levels of data on screen,
Owners of Mario/an can upgrade to
Plan IT for E57.50. Best will also accept
'trade-ins' on other existing similar
software. Further info from Best UK,
Block 3 Unit 1, Baird Avenue, Strutherhill
Industrial Estate. Larkhall, Strathclyde ML9
2P.I. Tel:0698 887770.
COLOURFUL CARDS
Heads-up artistic geniuses with a few pennies to sparel Hi Tension are working on
Ami-graphex, a graphics expansion card in
two versions. Zooming in at E899 will be
Ami-graphex 1, which raises the screen
resolution to 1024x768 pixels and provides
a palette of 256 colours on screen from a
choice of 16 million. The card comes fitted
with 2Mb of high-speed RAM.
The Ami-graphex 2 will cost the princely sum of E1599 and for your cash you get
1280x1024 pixel resolution and the same
palette options. Double the amount of high
speed RAM in this one. 4Mb. allowing it to
handle two full screens at the same time.
Further details from Hi Tension, Alexander
House, Station Road. Aldershot,
Hampshire. Tel:0252 344454.
CENTRAL TELEVISION
The Amiga is taking off as the most
important tool in video work with new
products like G2*s Videocenter bursting
onto the scene. The Videocenter combines
in one neat box the facilities of a video
mixer, genlock and PAL encoder.
The Center mixes an incoming video
signal with computer output using sliding
faders or software to control fade to black
and the mix level. It also has a filtered and
buffered RGB output for connecting an
RGB monitor. YC inputs and outputs take
advantage of the new Super-VHS systems.
G2 are no novices to the video game having produced the 02 MasterPieCe 900 that.
among other things. mixes the graphics
and live action for the BBC's quiz show
Going for Gold. The fact that they produce
everything from genlocks to broadcaststandard graphics and captioning systems
really makes this one to watch out for. The
Videocenter costs E595 from G2 Systems
on 0252 737151.
If talk of PAL encoders, genlocks and

FOFT ARRIVES: THE

FIRST OF A SERIES
Gre lin's massive space trading
shooternaip, Federation Of Free
Traders, is set to arrive on the
Amiga in the near future. Billed by
Gremlin as an 'Elite beater', FOFT
was some two years in development and was advertised heavily
in the press prior to Its release on
the ST. When it finally arrived the
game proved to have a few major
ga eplay flaws which, when combined with the appalling manual,
reduced t h e game almost t o
unplayability.
Gremlin listened to all the critici s read the reviews, took
no e of what people had to say
an set about correcting t h e

tan replied -It's not an Elite beater

we're after so much - we just
wanted to produce a realty good
game that would appeal to fans of
this genre". Let's hope Gremlin
really have got it right this time:
and watch the reviews pages next
month for the definitive Amiga
Format in-depth review.

game before releasing the Amiga

version. Ian Stewart, Gremlin's
MD, is now 'Very, very happy with
the product - we've really done
the business and got it just right."
When asked if he thought Amiga
FOFT really was an 'Elite beater'

NIMATED MAGIC
A really useful piece of software
must have two qualities if it is to
be marketed successfully a s a
professional product. It must do
its job well, obviously, but also it
ought to look good, operating intuitively and ergonomically so that
its power is not hidden by a complex interface. In short, it should
be fun to use. AN1Magic (Aegis.
69.95 from Digiriro, Tel 0703
703030) is a powerful and almost
unique piece of software for editing ANIM files, but like many Aegis
products it suffers from an ugly
d clumsy interface that takes
ti me to get to grips with.
This is a great pity because,
Nike most other animation editg and sequencing programs, it
ilows direct editing and rearrangng o f individual frames o f the
actual compressed ANIM files.
What it does can be divided into

two areas: ANIM editing a n d

enhancement, and Digrtal Video
Effects (OVEs). Among the editing
features are: full cut and paste
between ANIMs, plus merge and
crop, 'A-B Rolls' type transitions,
layering of several ANIMs on top
of each other, adjustment o f
colours (for one frame or globally)
and optimise palettes. and use of
any resolution o r screen mode.
OVEs include all the usual transitions, wipes, turns, rolls and spins
plus a library of special effects
such as shatters, fountains etc
that can be 'enhanced' with other
customised effects by the user.
The layers of effects possible can
be so complex that the dialogue
box provides space for a four-line
description that can be saved with
the OVE. A lot of people are really
going to need this versatile and
powerful package.

KLASSIX GOING CHEAP

The first three titles on US Golds new budget label Klassix are O u t

Run. Foundations Waste and World Class Leaderboard each one

for the amazing sum of just E9.99. As yet no other hill-price software
house has followed suit in the move to cut-price bestsellers.

buffered ROB outputs is just so much

wibble to you. then check out the video
feature on Page 17. Also keep your eyes
peeled for a review of the Videocenter

Among US Gold's major competitors are Microprose, who have

no plans to introduce a budget 16-bit label according to Managing
Director Stewart Bell. "You get what you pay for If you can't compete
on quality or gameplay, you could try to compete on price. If l had
bought a game at E25 l would be very annoyed to see it being sold
for E10.- Activision's Amanda Barry said they too had "no plans for a
budget label, we're a full-price only company.'
Mastertronic already produce budget A m i g a games l i k e
Sidewinder and Chase for E9.95. Spokesman Andy Wright was
unconcerned by US Golds move and promised "a new range of 16-

coming to Amiga Format s pages soon.

bit titles at a new price point.- Watch these pages for more details.

8 -AMIGA FORMA

The next game i n what's

planned to be a Federation series
is well under way. I t won't be
another space trading cum shootern-up, but it promises to be just
as large and have just as much
playability. It's not due tor release
until sometime next year, so we'll
bring more news as it comes in.

DESIGNS
ONDISKS
Over recent months, Antic seem
to be breaking the habit of a lifetime and converting their excellent Atari graphics programs for
the Amiga. This is quite a revolutionary d e v e l o p m e n t f o r t h e
Amiga. Already Cyber Paint has
warped a c r o s s i n t h e f o r m o f
l o e trape ( a v a i l a b l e i n P A L
format from ISM: 0983 864674):
now t h e w h o l e s e t o l D e s i g n
Disks has arrived, along with an
entirely new one.
A number of other developers are starling t o otter -readymade' o b j e c t s f o r u s e i n 3 0
modelling systems, b u t this set
from Antic i s the most comprehensive a n d u s e f u l available.
Disks on offer are:
Architectural D e s i g n : e v e r y thing f r o m a d o o r s t e p t o a
complete c i t y. I n s t a n t F r a n k
Lloyd Wright.
Future Design: space stations,
space craft, robot vehicles and
androids, D I Y Star Wars.
Human Design: skeletal m a l e
and f e m a l e h u m a n f i g u r e s .
Detailed s t r u c t u r e s t h a t a r e
anatomically c o r r e c t . T h e S T
demo did backward somersaults!
Microbol Design: DIY robot kit.
Almost all possible components
for detailed, advanced robots.
Interiors: latest addition to the
set, with room plans, objects for
the inside of a house, 3D clip-art.
All t h e 3 D D e s i g n series a r e
available f r o m P r e c i s i o n
Distribution (01 3 3 0 7166). Now
we c a n look forward t o C y b e r
Tenure with eager anticipation.

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barter, negotiateeven lie through your
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all the characters in Bloodwych allows a rich
style of role-playing that has only been
dreamt of.
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this is the game that you've been waiting for.
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LONE WOLF AND

THE MIRROR OF
DEATH

XYBOTS

op. A s w e l l a s b l a s t i n g a l l t h e
aliens, y o u h a v e k e y s t o f i n d

Tengen/Domark

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Audiogenic

two-player strategic blast.em-up

converted f r o m t h e A t a r i coin-

areas a l t h e m a z e . L i k e
Vindicators, t h i s garret i n v o l v e s
a lot m o r e thought than your
average a r c a d e s h o o t - s m - u p
a n d is b e s t p l a y e d w i t h a f r i e n d .

Major R o c k H a r d y a n d C a p t a i n
Ace G u n n s t a r i n t h i s o n e o r

S o m e w h e r e in the sinister t o w e r
fortress o f K a z a n - G o r l i e s t h e
Kai g e m o f p o w e r, t h e f a m o u s
L o r e s t o n e . A s t h e L o n e Wo l f , t h e
l a s t K a i M a s t e r, It's d o w n t o y o u
to r e c o v e r i t . T h i s a r c a d e a c t i o n
g a m e is b a s e d o n t h e L o n e Wo l f
role-playing b o o k s o f J o e D e v e r :
so g e t y o u r s w o r d s h a r p e n e d
and p r e p a r e f o r s o m e f r a n t i c o n screen c o m b a t very soon.

Assault with a deadly w e a p o n .

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Delphine/Palace
The c o m p u t e r g a m e s a r m a l l
French r e c o r d p u b l i s h e r s
Delphine is gearing up t o launch
a second game, full o f arcadestyle a c t i o n a n d s p l i t i n t o s i x
levels. A s E d r e d t h e Brave, o n a
mission t o f i n d t h e a n t i d o t e t o
the poison that your father w a s
forced to s w a l l o w, you'll h a v e t o
battle t h r o u g h s u b t e r r
caverns, t a k e o n d r a g o n s ,
dodge s p e l l s l o b b e d a t y o u b y
evil m a g i c i a n s a n d still m a k e it
h o m e s a f e l y. R e c k o n y o u c a n
h a n d l e all o f that?

Ma/or Rock and Captain Ace take throe out to dualism a tow robots.

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string o f r e l e a s e s i s u p a n d c o m i n g , i n c l u d i n g
Crime To w n D e p t h s , i n w h i c h y o u p l a y a m e r c e nary s u m m o n e d t o r e t u r n h o m e a n d h e l p d e f e n d
the planet from alien a t t a c k . Sophisticated a r c a d e
action a n d superlative graphics a r e p r o m i s e d i n
k i t h ' s o n e , s o w a t c h t h e S c r e e n P l a y p a g e s c l o s e l y.
T h e r e ' s a l s o a o n e o r t w o p l a y e r h o r i z o n t a l l y.
scrolling shoot-em-up in t h e offing. C a l l e d P h o b i a ,
it h a s b e e n d e s i g n e d b y D a v i d B i s h o p a n d
programmed b y To n y C r o w t h e r a n d b o a s t s f a s t
a n d f u r i o u s g a m e p l a y, s t r a t e g y e l e m e n t s a n d m o r e
of t h o s e s u p e r b g r a p h i c s .
Arcade adventure fans a r e also w e l l catered
for w i t h t h e r e l e a s e o f Te r r a r i u m . I n t h e s e t t i n g o f
a miniature world inside a large glass bottle, t h e

SPExploration kg.

player assumes t h e role a t Captain Frontier and

, must r e s c u e a s c i e n t i s t w h o h a s b e e n m i n i a 'turised a n d imprisoned w i t h i n t h e t e r r a r i u m b y a
nasty b u n c h o f louts f r o m a neighbouring planet.
There are jungles, s w a m p s , deserts a n d forests to
be c r o s s e d , c l u e s t o b e f o u n d a n d p u z z l e s t o b e
solved in a g a m e that's bigger t h a n its setting.
Getting b e c k t o arcade-style g a m e s , there's
DOT coming up. U s i n g Hold a n d Modify m o d e , this
horizontally-scrolling p l a t f o r m g a m e c o m b i n e s
shoot.em-up a n d a r c a d e a d v e n t u r e a n d i s s e t o n
the cartoon-style w o r l d o f S h o g g i e Wa g g l e w h e r e
the p l a y e r t a k e s t h e p a r t o f a n a p p r e n t i c e

y- Dynamic Debugger. W i t h o v e r 4 , 0 0 0 colours o n

screen, DDT promises to be something of a Wakes
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Tessera is u n d e r t h r e a t f r o m t h e
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bad, a n d t h e p e o p l e ' s o n l y h o p e
is t o f i n d s o m e o n e w h o c a n
w a k e t h e s l e e p i n g g o d O ' N n i r.
That person, m y f r i e n d , is y o u .

if you c a n find s o m e weapons,

and friends t o interact w i t h (be
prepared to go on sub-quests for
additional h e l p f r o m s o m e o f
these) so it looks as if you'll b e
engrossed i n t h i s f o r a w h i l e .
Wa t c h f o r t h e d e f i n i t i v e r e v i e w
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spots lately, a n d this imminent
release f r o m S i l i c a S o f t w a r e
seems likely to b e another step
forward. I t will include many o f
the most sophisticated aspects
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dusty clothes i s i n d e e d b a c k .
Guide i n d y t h r o u g h a c t i o n

destroy t h e f o u r L o r d s o f D o o m
who h a v e s t a r t e d t h e i r p l a n t o
dominate t h e w o r l d b y infiltrating
and t a k i n g o v e r a s m a l l v i l l a g e .
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as they corn* in, so keep reading.

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we'll bring you the full review.

Swiss s o f t w a r e h o u s e L i n e l i s
another b u n c h t h a t h a s n ' t b e e n
idle. T h e c u r i o u s l y. t i l l e d O o z e i s
due f o r r e l e a s e s o o n . F r o m
German programmers Dragonware,
this a d v e n t u r e g a m e s e e s t h e
player i n t h e r o l e o f o n e M a i n
Burger t r y i n g t o r i d h i s u n c l e ' s
house o f ghosts. O o z e I s p a c k e d
with puzzles and more than its fair
share of humourous touches.
Strategists s h o u l d k e e p t h e i r
eyes o p e n f o r K a i s e r, a g a m e i n
which you s t a r t a t a lowly f a r m e r
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test r a t e s , b u i l d c i t i e s a n d s t a r t
armies. U p t o e i g h t p e o p l e c a n
play, s o it's going t o be gloves off
and back-stabbing all the way.
Last b u t n o t l e a s t i s Lords o f
Doom, a n i c o n - d r i v e n a c t i o n
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EXACTLY WHAT
ARE COMMODORE
UP TO NOW?
If therewasonepersoninthecountrywhokneweverythingthat
washappeningtotheAmiga,whoknewexactlywhathardwareand
softwarewouldbeavailable,you'dwanttotalktohim...sowedid.
on a typical hi-tech industriA s u n n y , blue-skied morning
al park near the edge o f
Maidenhead, beside t h e green
fields of the Berkshire countryside. Within the friendly red-brick
walls of Commodore UK's headquarters, in a light and airy office,
sits Dr Rahman Haleem. He is
head of Technical Support and a
guiding l i g h t o f t h e A m i g a
Developers' Advisory Board in this
country: and as such, he knows
everything there is to know about
developments in Amiga hardware
and software_ He's also uniquely
placed to give an insight into how
Commodore s e e t h e Amiga's
strengths and weaknesses, both
now and in the future.
Commodore h a v e b e e n
accused in the past of blurring the
public perception of the Amiga,
and even being confused about its

role themselves, with the A500

daring to be more than just a winning games machine, a n d the
A2000, expensive for home use,
moving into powerful 'business'
roles. But in fact, just a few minutes' chat with Rahman Haleem
reveals a dedicated and impassioned commitment to a very definite future for the Amiga range.
Not one single use, of course: but
certainly a distinct direction
dictated by the Amiga's architecture and capabilities.
HOME USE
The A500, Dr Haleem believes,
has now "broken through the barner of 'would it make if ". A touch
wary of revealing sales figures, he
prefers to look at the total number
of machines that have been sold
to date and now form the user
base: the A500 has passed the

The Amiga 500: soon to have 1 Meg?

14 A M I G A FORMAT

one million mark, and o f these

some 6-700,000 are in Europe. In
roughly a year, s o Commodore
reckon, the A500 will have outstripped t h e A t a n S T. T h i s
comparison reflects the popular

"I have not seen

a real Amiga
game yet"
use of both as games machines, a
role in which the Amiga is bound
to become stronger and stronger
as programmers' awareness of its
capabilities grows.
Rahman sees the increasing
domination o f the 16-bit games
charts by Amiga games (19 as
against 11 ST in the latest top
thirty, he notes) and the concur-

rent release dates a n d equal

prices of Amiga and ST games as
"a major breakthrough", indicative
that software houses now recog
nise t h e s i z e a n d continuing
expansion o f the Amiga market.
Even so, the Commodore people
would j o i n w i t h many Amiga
owners in lamenting the tendency
to port over I6-bit games from
poorer machines without a n y
adaptation: "We're asking f o r
Amiga-specific development". The
full potential is a long way from
being fulfilled. "I have not seen a
real Amiga g a m e yet", s a y s
Rahman. A challenge?
Meanwhile, a n y h o m e
machine nowadays must be able
to support a couple o f serious
applications - Commodore would
like to be able to bundle in some
word-processing software with the
computer - but wp and home
accounts are not seen as necessarily t h e machine's greatest
strength. They particularly wish to
encourage t h e 'hobbyist' user,
who needs the machine a s a
leisure tool.
The pattern for the Amigas
future i s revealed by the great
emphasis Commodore place on
its graphics capabilities, which is
not entirely unreasonable considering the power available in this
field as a result of the machine's
design. Dr Haleem hopes to be
able t o bundle in graphics and
animation demos, perhaps even a
tutorial along the lines of The Very
First covering t h i s area, a n d
to continue to supply users with
information about hardware and
software for use in the graphics
and animation field. I n a similar

The Amiga 2000: top of the range?

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for itself with the video enthusiast.
Commodore were proud o f the
fact that What Video magazine
voted it the most important video
peripheral o f the year: and it's
been described as the most significant development since t h e
video camera. With a simple genlock tool, the humble A500 can
provide a range of professional
quality post-production facilities,
particularly useful f o r dropping
captions, logos o r animation
sequences into any video picture.
Commodore see the Amiga
as having great potential benefits
for the musician, too, denying
vehemently that the ST has any
inherent superiority in this area
except for an in-buift MIDI interface, which can be bought quite
cheaply anyway. The possibilities
of the Amiga's internal soundchip
have barely, as yet, been touched.
All these areas for home use of
the Amiga will b e even more
enhanced, we are assured, by a
strong push from Commodore on
the use of the computer's unique
multi-tasking capabilities. K e e p
watching this space...
SERIOUS U S E S

Meanwhile, the expandable A500

with its big brothers the B2000,
the possibly-to-be-released A2500
and the pipeline A3000, shift the
Amiga up into the business user
bracket. Once again, though, the
impression Rahman Haleem gives
is not of an ordinary computer
trying to compete in the serious
world of accounts spreadsheets
and word-processing. Instead, it is
apparent t h a t h e s e e s t h e

machine a s having specific

strengths suited t o particular
uses. The visual aspect is very
important," he stresses, noting
that the audio-visual power the
machine delivers for the price is
its unique selling point. However,
the perceived cheapness and flexibility of the Amiga may actually
discourage some specialist users:

"The Amiga:
voted most
important video
peripheral by
What Video"
in a certain European country, we
were told, every time the price
was increased sales went up.
Interactive video programs,
particularly for training purposes,
represent one area 'Where the
A2000 needs t o g o " , s a y s
Rahman. Desk-top presentation is
another "very strong area", particularly considering the high-quality
graphics the machine offers, arid
even using the computer as a
delivery system for slides and the
like. Desk (op publishing would not
seem to be such a high priority,
the niche having been amply filled
already - "it's what you can offer
that's different that counts' although developments a r e
expected o n a Commodoreapproved laser printer and other
DIP peripherals shortly, following
proper evaluation. Computer-aided

O The Amiga 2500: does it even exist?

design is another growing held.

with some mention being made of
use by architects and of a five-fold
speed gain over the standard
Autoc ad system.
Networking, with Ethernet and
Arcnet already available, will also
come in for some serious attention, and a cut-price network for
schools is currently under test.
This latter example reflects the
Amiga's attempt to move in on the
educational market (left somewhat
open by the gradual fading of the
BBC micro) and the BBC Emulator
for the Amiga has already sold
more than a thousand copies,
which speaks for itself.
Perhaps the most glamorous
professional use of the Amiga is in
the heady media world of video
and television: it's even been spotted by Rahman's son in use on
Rolf Harris's programme! And we
are told t o expect some "very
interesting developments" in the
near future...
H A R D WA R E N E W S

The big news, of course, is of the

imminent non-appearance in this
country o f the 68020-equipped
A2500 workstation as an upgrade
development of the Amiga 2000,
of which there are more details
elsewhere in these pages. The
importance of development with
an upgrade capability i s highly
stressed by Rahman, intended to
protect Amiga owners from the
"technology trap that catches so
many machines that were once at
the forefront of progress.
Next step up, currently i n
development, i s t h e A 3 0 0 0 ,
employing a Motorola 68030 CPU
to give a 600% speed increase
running with a 25Mhz MMU and a
68882 processor. R u m o u r s
abound of a development machine
under test by McDonnell Douglas
in the States being glimpsed by a
local user group, but Commodore
are playing their cards close to
their corporate chest...
This coyness, prompted by a
laudable wish n o t t o harp o n
about products that simply aren't
available, also delays news of the
A2024 hi-res monochrome monitor, which will feature 1K by I K
resolution and is clearly intended
for use with DIP or similar highquality presentation functions.
More excitingly, we can bring you
the news that Workbench 1.4 is
currently with 1 2 developers in
the UK for beta-testing in conjunction with the Enhanced Chip Set.
ECS, I t will feature a new noninterlace high resolution graphics
mode and fast filing for floppies.
Again, watch this space...

AMIGADEVELOPERS'
ADVISORYBOARD
The Amiga Developers Advisory Board
grew out of a meeting at the Commodore
Show in June 1988. Its purpose is to act as
a forum for ideas and to help sort out technical problems. New software and hardware
is made available by Commodore to be
"beta tested" in actual use, and to be updated as a result of the experience: for
instance. Workbench 1.3 underwent five
changes alter developers' testing. The
Enhanced Chip Set (ECS) and Workbench
1.4 are now under test with 12 developers.
A two-monthly mailshot gives details of
new prbjects. and also supplies technical
notes to advise developers on problems:
recent Kickstart 1.3 loading problems with
certain games on certain drives, for example. were traced to a loader that exceeded
the specs laid down by Commodore.
Developers are also asked to register
their projects to avoid duplication of effort
and unnecessary competition, whilst being
guaranteed confidentiality in sensitive
areas. This comes across as a benevolent
version of Apple's coordination of Mac software developments, intended to encourage
unique developments and seed ideas.
Marketing opportunities are also opened up
and passed around within a European
forum. A test lab has been set up al
Maidenhead to make the very latest hardware available in all the possible combinations, to which developers can bring their
software and test it themselves:
Commodore don't touch pre-release
product. although they will test it all postrelease. The new AGNUS chip is currently
available for development testing.
So why do Commodore bother with all
these expensive and time-consuming facilities? Basically. Rahman Haleem sees development support as an obligation for such a
-young' machine: "The Amiga has been
around for three years now. and three years
is not a long time." Support ensures the
quality of Amiga software. which
naturally benefits sales of the machine.
helping -to break the chicken and egg situation" of no decent software, so no point
buying' that has had such a detrimental
effect on other innovative machines. It
further serves to curtail harmful rumours
about Amiga technical problems. and gives
a picture ot development which puts
Commodore in a good position to ascertain
what they should undertake themselves, as
they did with the BBC Emulator.
Although Commodore UK do provide a
technical support hotline for users, much
of their effort goes into dealer support, so
your dealer should always be able to help if
you ever encounter any problems...

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The shots on this p a g e h a v e
been t a k e f r o m t h e ' R a g s T o
Riches' r o c k v i d e o , f e a t u r i n g
Leicester group Crazybead.
A background o f newspaper clippings b u i l d s u p w h i l e
the l i v e a c t i o n c o n t i n u e s ,

keyed into a central frame that

looks like a photograph.
The * p h o t o ' i s a m a t t e
drawn over the still newspaper
image, a n d t h e l i v e a c t i o n i s
keyed i n a s a s e c o n d v i d e o
source. T h e live action footage

had t o b e p l a y e d b a c k o n a n d
reshot from a monitor tilted at
the right a n g l e t o b e m a t c h e d
into the angled 'photo' key box.
Mote that Only the more expensive
genlock units can be used as matte

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generators i n this way. However,

similar effects could be produced by
quite simply using sequences o f
static, digitised images t o replace
the pre-edited video footage, with
only a comparatively minor less of
quality in the finished product.)

Another shot f r o c k video features a static h e a d w i t h

pre.edited picture
k
stars within the lenses of the shades.
With the free
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head running through t h e Amiga t w o
lens shapes were u s i n g a particular colour. This colour was
then used a s t h e 'key' on which t h e second video source would
appear. I n this case, t h r e e VCRs would b e needed: o n e f o r t h e
head, one for the stills in the lenses and one t o record the composite image. The photos must be filmed t o video separately and
positioned in the frame so as to completely cover the key.

16 A U K
power of I6-bit machines augI n much the same way that the
mented by MIDI compatibility
has opened a world of opportunity
to electronic musicians, t h e
Amigas superior graphics capabillties combined with genlocking
promise similar opportunities for
the amateur video producer.
However, t h e often-misleading
hype that surrounds the topic
belies the true nature of the beast:
anyAmiga owner who buys a genlock with the intention of creating
'Roger Rabbit II' is going to be
sadly disappointed. But with the
right equipment, plenty of time
and some patience, impressive
results can quickly be obtained.
18 AMIGA FORMAT.

The hardware a t the heart o f

Amiga video production i s the
genlock. This ingenious device
enables pictures from the Amiga
to he composited with a video
source from VCR. Camcorder or
even another Amiga.
Any output T V o r monitor
picture is built up with hundreds of
scan lines, all of which are drawn
and redrawn around 50 times a
second. To enable the separate
images t o b e combined, their
signals must be synchronised by
locking together the line and frame
sync generators of each source,
hence the name 'genlock'. B y
keying the video signal onto a
specified colour within the Amiga's

RGB monitor output, the genlock

effectively acts a s a real-time
'matte' generator: anyone familiar
with the blue-screen 'chromakey'
system used in TV broadcasting
will see immediate comparisons,
There's a variety of genlocks
on the market, starting at just
under i100 for use with domestic
standard videos. After that, the
limiting factor is cash: investment
is reflected in increasing picture
quality and system flexibility.
T H E R E C I P E FOR
SUCCESS

Video production i s hardware

intensive, so anyone who doesn't
have or can't afford access to the

minimum of equipment might De

advised to follow a different creative path. Realistically, would be
Allan Temples need an Amiga with
one meg of memory; two video
recorders; a genlock device; and
specific software packages,
depending on the image required.
A catalogue o f additional
equipment might fill the rest of the
magazine, but to make the whole
process a little less painful, interested parties should take a look at
a video camera of some sort (a
second-hand Camcorder is fine,
although shoestring budgets can
always stretch to short-term rental
or even to filming in Super 8mm
with subsequent transfer to video).

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PLAYBACK TRAINING LOGO.

Gradually, still photos of this training
company's w e l l - k n o w n c r e a t i v e
directors a r e covered w i t h artwork
to build up their logo.
For reasons o f clarity, footage o f
photos w a s s h o t i n p r e f e r e n c e t o
using d i g i t i s e d i m a g e s . T h e s e w e r e
gentocked i n t o a 0 P a i n t t i a n d

Videoscape 30 sequence which gradually draws i n frames o f 2 0 and 3 D

animation, O n c e t h e faces a r e completely c o v e r e d , t h e g e n l o c k i s
switched out in order to prevent any
break-up o f t h e a r t w o r k w h i c h u s e s

white, t h e s a m e colour a s t h e key.

The animation continues until the final
logo is displayed in its entirety.

To i n t r o d u c e a B a s s D i s t r i b u t i o n c o n f e r e n c e , A l t e r n a t i v e I m a g e
designed a 3 D r o b o t , u s i n g V i d e o s c a p e w h o s e l i p a n d b o d y m o v e ments a r e s y n c h r o n i s e d t o d u b b e d n a r r a t i v e .
Live-action f o o t a g e o f a n a p p r o a c h i n g B a s s t r u c k i s r u n a n d
then f r e e z e - f r a m e d . T h e g e n l o c k e d l o g o z o o m s i n a n d t h e r o b o t
slides u p i n t o f u l l v i e w . T h e t r u c k i m a g e t h e n f a d e s t o b l a c k , l e a v ing t h e r o b o t t o b e g i n h i s i n t r o s p e e c h .
All 3 D a n i m a t i o n s e q u e n c e s p r o d u c e d b y A l a r e e x e c u t e d i n t h e
same w a y, u s i n g c o m p r e s s e d f i l e s p l a y e d b a c k a t 2 0 - 3 0 f r a m e s p e r
second o n t o v i d e o t a p e . R e c o r d e d s e c t i o n s c a n t h e n b e e d i t e d
t o g e t h e r to f o r m l o n g e r s e q u e n c e s .

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and hard drives become increasingly important as more and more
computer-generated artwork i s
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composite sequences. Similarly, a
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really how much you've got but
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different s o u r c e s c a n d o v e t a i l
together.
To r e p r e s e n t s o m e a l i e n sub,
stance a p p e a r i n g i n t h e p r o d u c tion l i n e , a 3 0 o b j e c t c r e a t e d
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to be outlined before and during

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produced b y Alternative Image.
This Leicester-based company
first appeared on 1984 as a small
production unit with the intention
of creating visual media for small
businesses as well as industrial
and community protects. Their
work encompasses all manner of
presentations, including v i d e o
productions and audio-visual slide

shows, handling graphic design,

photography a n d even looking
after some of the sound work.
Their links with M e Amiga
started from the need for a cheap
caption generator. For little extra
outlay. 1.)(2 Amiga was seen as a
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are: S t u a r t ! l i c k i n g , C l i v e Wa r d e n ,
Kathy Borg D'Anastast, Dave litorcom,
Sheen Canadale and Kenri Bujito.

backdrop.
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more O Paint a r t w o r k - and passes b y a s p i n n i n g s a t e l l i t e t o
approach images of Earth grabbed
from photos using DagiView.
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a pair of 3 0 O t s fly past a digitised cloudscape, while the object

continues toward the factory: pet

flexible and viable alternative t o

any specific hardware, also doubling as an entry-level computer
generated graphics system. A n
A2000 was purchased at the end
of 1987, which currently boasts
4.5 megs RAM, a 20-meg hard
drive and two floppies. I t also
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maths co-processor, 68851 memory management chip and 2 megs
of 32-bit dynamic RAM! generally,
one mean mother of an Amiga.
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producing very-high-quality screen
shots. This now enables them to

another digitised photo.

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object tailing among crisps.

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the n a r r a t o r w h o stands a g a i n s t a
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shot incorporating O Paint art genlocked over live action.

run a bureau service for the costeffective production of slides for

presentations, promotions etc.
IMAGE PROCESSING

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Alongside an impressive array
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facilitates the inclusion of simple

and rapidly-produced animation.
TV S h o w (E61) does wipe
transitions easily using an editable
script file to create synchronised
sequences. (Anyone wanting t o
include Amiga-generated sounds
should look at Aegis' Lights, Camera, Action). TV Show can also
move single bit-mapped images
around, although this function has
now been superceded t o some
degree by Deluxe Paint in,

recording and playback equipment, w h i c h

provides the n e s t step-up in quality from
Replaced in an a m a t e u r system by
domestic quality VCRs. T h e r e is venally
of different video to/mats, from broadcast
quality 1" t a p e to 3)4" H i and tolltionet
U- M a l l e , and down through Super VHS
(semi-professional quality V H S ) to
domestic V H S and Eletamas tapes.

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genlocking process, and also for

producing background pictures or
re touching digitised images, i s

CAMERA - Sony M A analogue. A digital 'chip* c a m e r a to

another future purchase, but t h e Sony still m a n a g e s to
produce the goods. The current range of h o m e video
cameras is vast: no doubt there are s o m e prime
second-hand bargains to be p i c k e d up as w e l l

Aegis V i d e o t i t l e r ( 1 9 6 )

uses Amiga fonts in any resolution

and comes with four stretchable
fonts, which can be scaled, compressed o r condensed and still
retain their true outline. It also features a variety of wipe transitions
and captioning effects, and can
animate t i t l e s easily, creating

VISION MIXER A l l o w. a number

of video sources
to be combined
with wipes,
dissolves,
lades etc.

SPECIAL EFFECTS
GENERATOR - A s the
name suggests. Ilies
bos of tricks allows
video sources to be
mixed and composited
using variable hard and
soft-edged mattes.
Both the SEG a n d TBC
are pretty high-tech
beasts and are difficult
to imitate on
a domestic
level. But
software

A nevi p i e c e of
hardware cMled
the VideoC e n t e r

.anim files like Videoscape does.

(G2 Systems;
595) allows
video and Amiga
signals to be
mixed in a
similar fashion
and features slide controls for lades and
adjustable mis levels.

packages
such as

Version 2,0 of Videoscape

3D (,f125) is used in preference
to Sculpt 3D due to the speed of
rendering. However, w i t h t h e
advent o f S c u l p t 4 D (L368)
including a 68020-compatible
version o f the program, A i now
intend t o produce lull ray-traced
animations w i t h shadows a n d
reflections. (Sculpt 4 0 Junior is
about t o be released at around
M O as a cut-down version without the ray-tracing facilibesl_

DUAL C H A N N E L TIME BASED CORRECTOR

ITEICI - Primarily a digital f r e e t e - f r a m e and
effects box- Dual inputs e n a b l e single
frames to be stored, re-touched and manipulated, or t w o sources to be combined in a
variety of complex w a y s , using picture-inpicture. mosaics. lades, w i p e s , reveals e t c ,
National Panasonic h a v e produced a budget
Dual-Channel TBC tor
around 111,000 (well,
budget c o m p a r e d to a
professional Single

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Video Wipe
Master (C7.)
go some w a y
towards appeosiimating
these effects w h e n
used in conjunction
with IFF graphics.

Finally, the P i n n a t e I m a g e

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real-time trame
grabbers available tor
the Amiga, such as the
high quality Superpic
which comes in at CSIO
and features a 6414
frame store and

EDITING CONTROL U N I T A
Sony R M 4 4 0 tor anyone who's
interested. Provides fine
control of the to-band
U-Nlatics. Onfortuntotely, the
domestic equivalent is a
stopwatch and tildes linger

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colours and imported to O Paint,
while retaining the overall integrity
of the image. PIP is also used to
clean up pictures, de-focus them,
produce edge effects, and even
compress o r stretch the image.
Palettes can also be customised,
in a fashion analogous to a graphic
equaliser for colours.

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Talespin is a package which allows the collecting together of drawings, texts and
sounds onto a series of pages together to form an interactive story, guide or textbook,
which is read purely by clicking the mouse on the drawings or texts. Variables may be
used to control the flow of narrative or record progress made. Talespin itself is entirely
mouse-driven and very user-friendly, requiring no programming skills for its use. It
includes an art package as well as importing Neochrome, Degas or IFF picture files
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TALFSPEN COMMANDS AVAILABLE
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 4 0 k is allocated to samples in
a SMACK game, w h i c h allows a
lair o l d b i t o f r a c k e t t o b e
appended t o t h e a c t i o n . T h e
Sound E d i t o r c o n t r o l s c r e e n ,
however, a l l o w s y o u t o m e d d l e
with the rate a t which a sample
will be played back, so the same
effect c a n b e u s e d a t different
places w i t h i n a g a m e a n d y e t
sound c o m p l e t e l y d i f f e r e n t .
Examine S l a p ' p i ' T i c k l e i n
SEUCK, t o r instance, a n d you'll

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II A little lateral thinking allows

you t o c r e a t e e x t r a e f f e c t s b y
doing m o r e t h a n assign noises
to obvious e v e n t s , l i k e bullets
being f i n e d , o b j e c t s b e i n g
picked u p a n d s o o n . T i n y o r
even i n v i s i b l e o b j e c t s c a n b e
assigned a sound and triggered
for additional effects. I n B l o o d
W' Bullets, f o r instance, a t i n y
object that travels with a line of
soldiers shoots off bullets which
have the effect "Fire!" tagged to
them. S o a s t h i s r o w o f enemy
troops m a r c h e s d o w n t h e
screen, their commander simply
appears to be shouting "Firer' at
regular intervals.

find t h a t o n e s o u n d i s u s e d f i v e

times: b u t y o u ' d n e v e r r e a l i s e
this w a s the case by just playing
the g a m e . For continuous noise,
effects c a n b e looped: t h e t a n k
in Blood 'a' Bullets drives across
the screen accompanied b y t w o
looped samples.
The S o u n d E d i t o r c o n t r o l
screen a l l o w s a d e s i g n e r t o
fiddle around with a sample that
has b e e n a s s i g n e d a s o u n d
effect number, adjusting the volume and sample rate a t which it
will b e p l a y e d , a n d previewing
the e f f e c t o f a d j u s t m e n t s b y
clicking on t h e EFFECT button.
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background of a game created in
SEIM'S, o r you c a n combine a l l
three together in different levels
of t h e s a m e production. A p p l y
some o f t h a t g o o d o f ' l a t e r a l
thinking, a n d i t ' s p o s s i b l e t o
come u p w i t h a g a m e l i k e
Psycho B l a s t , w h i c h i s q u i t e
different f r o m y e r t r a d i t i o n a l
shoot-em .up. squire.
A f e w words o f explanation.
The player - t h e pink daisy-like
creature - is confined to the central square i n t h e playzerie a n d
can shoots a single missile with
a prod o f t h e fire button. Geometric s hapes t u m b l e o n t o t h e
screen and hang around firing a t
the play er until they are all shot
or t h e l e v e l t i m e r h a s c o u n t e d
down t o zero, w h e n t h e a c t i o n
moves to the next level.

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Kit should have been released
about six months ago, but its only
t appearing in the shops now:
why the delay? SEUCK has
effectively been re-written, explains
Palace supremo Pete Stone_ l o t s
of little changes have been made,
but they are all important ones.
We're releasing a product which
has been revamped.*
SELICK originally appeared on
the Commodore 64 a couple of
years ago. The Sensible Software
guys, Chris Yates and Jon Hare,
were working on Wizbalt using a

number of sprite and background

utilities that Chris had written. They
were talking over a few game.
plans with Palace when the idea of
producing a construction kit based
on the utilities came up, and a lew
months later SELICK was launched
to an appreciative audience.
Last year, work began on an
Amiga conversion with Richard
Leinfellner in charge of the project.
Six or seven months' work followed
which resulted in the early version
seen by magazines around Christmastime. Then Sensibles Jon Hare
was called i n t o u s e Amiga
SEUCK to write a trio of games
that would accompany the final

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Building t h e N u m b e r 4 s p r i t e
in t h e e d i t o r. T h e t h r e e . d i g i t
counter a t t h e t o p l e f t o f t h e
gamescreen w a s c u n n i n g l y
assembled f r o m a s e q u e n c e o f
ten different sprites - t h e digits
'0' t o ' 9 ' - grouped t o g e t h e r a s
an e n e m y o b j e c t a n d c o p i e d
twice t o g i v e t h r e e t e n - d i g i t
objects. T h e three enemy object
counters w e r e then animated a t
appropriate d i f f e r e n t s p e e d s
and p l a c e d i n p o s i t i o n o n t h e
background a s s t a t i c e n e m y
objects t o give a digital readout
that gives all t h e appearance o f
decrementing in real time.

Enemy objects, or aliens as far

as t h e player is concerned, c a n
be linked t o g e t h e r by assigning
the s a m e f l i g h t p a t h t o t h e m ,
thus creating a w a v e o f followme aliens like these t a k e n from
Slap ' n ' T i c k l e . S h u t t l e t h e

objects c l o s e r together a n d

composite sprites l i k e t h e e n d .
of-level d r a g o n s i n S p a c e
Harrier may easily be created.

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Degan to evolve. "I needed some:Jibe to write a game in it to find all
the pitfalls. I began to get the feednack I needed when Jon started on
the project," Richard explains. Jon
as on the phone t o Richard
almost daily, with suggestions for
tweaks to make the software more
competent and more userfriendly.
At the same time, musician
Richard Joseph was working on
sounds for the three games Jon
.vas writing as well as building a
library of samples to accompany
the finished package. Leinfellner
happily took musical suggestions
on hoard as well, and as a result

LASTFRAME
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During play, a w h i t e highlight

cycles round t h e 'petals' o f t h e
player's d a i s y. C l o s e e x a m i n a tion o f t h e Psycho Blast Player
One O b j e c t i n S E U C K r e v e a l s
that the animation sequence for
the c y c l i n g w h i t e p e t a l u s e s
eighteen a n i m a t i o n f r a m e s ( O M only eight o f which cycle
the w h i t e p e t a l : i n t e r m e d i a t e
frames move a highlight o n the
dome of the daisy, adding to the
effect. An impressive and apparently c o m p l i c a t e d a n i m a t i o n
has b e e n b u i l t u p f r o m simple
building b l o c k s i n t h e s p r i t e
editor: the basic daisy has been
drawn, copied lots of times and
then the copies titivated slightly
to p r o d u c e t h e f i n a l e i g h t e e n
frames of animation.

On this MOW% OW attributes of the enemy objects can b e edited,

ensuring that characteristics like speed and sound are appropriate.

the n a i S w i r l come with

three sound directones, each containing 25 files, and you can now
load i n any I F sound sample.
Richard created a l l t h e vocal
effects himself, and everything
else was collected from a tape
library at Pinewood. "I hope that
people mil organise themselves,he explains, a n d start collecting
their o w n sounds, swapping
sample disks and so on."
Three example games accompany the kit: Brood B u l l e t s ,
Slap Ti c k l e , and Psycho Blast.
SEUCK is completely mouse and
ioystick driven, and while the temptation may be to dive straight in

and start knocking up a game, to

get the most Out of the package
you'll need to give the manual a
close read and plan your game
before starting w o r k . Lateral
thinking is the key to producing
good SEUCK software.
SEtiC( is a versatile utility,
capable of producing games that
are much more than vertically.
scrolling shootem-ups t a s t h e
example game Psycho B l a s t
reveals) providing you understand
fully how the package works and
can think laterally. I t would b e
quite possible to do a Paperboystyle game, s o long a s y o u
remembered to make the paper a

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Fire rate

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bullet and had b o x as an

enemy with a r e f . s e as the
explosion when the enemy takes a
hit. The best way to start, according to Jon Hare, is to load in one
of the example games, play for a
while, then start taking it to pieces
in R U C K , meddling with t h e
parameters. Experiment t o your
heart's content. You'll soon get a
feel for the possibilities...
SEUCK will cost around 29 95
and contain three disks: the Master
Editor, which is the keydisk; the
Sound Disk which contains the
sample libraries; and a copyable
disk containing all the files needed
to run a stand-alone game design.

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Getting started couldn t be simpler. You

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whether you want mono or stereo samples) and load up the sampler software.
Once the software's running, you
control everything with the mouse, just
clicking on the function you want to acti-

SOUNDIT OUT
So you think y o u know your stuff,
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tech-specs of Futuresound 500.
FutureSound Is an 8-bit sound sampler, utilising the Texas Instruments
Ti 548 high-speed analogue-to-digital
convertor.
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output a sampled sound at a rate of
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to peak.
FutureSound can handle two types
of file format: straight IFF (one-shot
or 3 Octave) or J ukeBox style.
All disk file operations use the popular ARP (AmigaDOS Replacement
Project) file requester system.

capabk or producing lifelike siKinds. From the latest

demo soundtrack to your
favourite game explosion.
you'll come across these
real-life sampled sounds.
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the action? It's easy: all
you need is some hardware. software and an
ordinary sound source
such as a Walkman or CD
player... and ),ou'll soon he

The Futuresound 500 software in action: this is what the sample looks like.

vate. With the software you can listen to

any incoming sounds, record and play
back a sample, alter the rate of playback/record, select mono o r stereo
recording, switch the high-pass fitter on
or off, monitor the incoming sound's signal (allows you to adjust to just the right
recording level), magnify the sound sample's graph, select one of the four possible Amiga sound channels, select either
chip or fast RAM (if you've got extra
RAM you can have bigger samples), edit
your sample using standard cut and
paste commands, and load and save
your samples.
SOUNDS ALL RIGHT TO US
FutureSound i s a s o u n d sampler's

delight. From the sturdy hardware to the

efficient software, everything you need
is on hand. As far as the hardware's
concerned, we haven't seen anything
better on the market_ We tested it Out
with other sound sampling software and
discovered i t worked better than the
original hardware every time! Noise disruption is kept to a minimum, and the
on-board recording-level control is a real
solid gold bonus.
As far as software is concerned,
FutureSound provides most of the facilities you could wish from this type of
package, w i t h n o frills whatsoever.
Although its front-end looks primitive,
this just translates into every function
being easily accessible and instantly

executed. We've used better sampling

software before, but if this bothers you
too much you'll probably be able to use
your o l d sampling software w i t h
FutureSound's hardware: thus having the
best of both worlds.
The manual i s a n easy read,
although it may confuse the complete
novice at first_ Bad marks for not including an index, but this can be forgiven in
the light of it being only 44 pages long.
In conclusion, we can recommend
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anybody wanting to experience Amiga
sampled-sound making a t first hand.
This is the best sound sampler package
on the Amiga, and although the software
is rather primitive, the hardware is firstclass. You'll have a great deal of fun
(and more than a touch of frustration)
along the way, and you'll end up with
results which can be used in your own
programs, in other sound creation o r
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Every game is played by at least TWO
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CREEN
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GRAPHICS

(Jood graphics are an important part of any

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Sphere to a game and good sound r.ati
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INTELLECT

Howmuch real thought do you have to put

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agame with a high Intellect rating tells you
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ADDICTION
Howeasy r, a game to pick up and play?
Howmuch sheer fun will you get from it?
Nit you keep coming back? Important
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viewed from above and scrolls in
all directions, with goals situated
at top and bottom of the play area.

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You can choose to take part in

several t y p e s o f tournament:
these range from the full-blown
World Cup Finals, via a league or
a two-player Nerdy fixture to an
individual challenge tournament in
which the player attempts to beat
progressively h a r d e r t e a m s .
These competitions remain the
same for both types of soccer,
with two of more players able to
take part in all but the challenge.
During the game you control a
single player, a n d switching
between team members can be

Goatmouth

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M e n b mental
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scantily-clad poker-playing women
will pop into the average gamesplayer's head. This stereotype is
not entirely fair because Anco
have released some great titles in
the past, including Karting Grand
NIX - but perhaps Kick Off will go
some w a y towards changing
Anco's image in the public eye. It's
the first in what promises to be a
strong range of products coming
upover the next few months.
As you might guess, Kick Off
is a football game. One or two
players can compete, each controlling a full eleven-a-side team

during games of between ten and

a full ninety minutes of real time.
All the action i s viewed from
above and you control the player
in the best position to get at the
ball: the character under control is
highlighted by a black line. The
game has been designed so that
players automatically dribble the
ball whenever they come into
contact with it. Shots or passes to
another player simply require a
tap on the fire button, and the
longer the button is held down,
the higher the ball will go.
Because of the dribbling it's
tough to get used to turning with
the ball, so for the first match or
two you'll end up kicking the ball

GRAPHICS AND SOUND

Terrific scrolling and animation compliment the gameplay, and the
sound effects (whistles, crowd reactions and ball being kicked or
bouncing off the goalpost) add lots of atmosphere. Triffic, Brian!

but the goalkeeper manages to push the ball past the post

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they move sluggishly and
are not very well animated.
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and the eorneeklek is given: can the Reds pad it away this time?

hall-way up the pitch in completely

the wrong direction! You can hold
the f i r e button d o w n before
making contact to trap the bal;
and turn in any direction you wish,
then release the button to kick the
ball. This makes things easier, but
by taking advantage o f t h e
'practice' option you'll be in much
better shape t o play against
someone who's trying to beat you.
Once confident w i t h t h e
controls, you can choose to play
a single game or to compete in
the league (the players and the
computer can have their skill level
adjusted, from International class
right down to Sunday League).
There are eight teams in the
league (so up to eight people can
compete, if each selects a different team) and each team has a
different playing style and skill
level. For example, West Germany
tend to tackle heavily (not always
to their own advantage) while

is gained by
g
into
ball of tackling the player with the
ball. The ball sticks to the ends of
a player's boots until he is tackled
or kicks it, so dribbling is easy.
Kicks a r e split into three
types: volleys, chips and banana
shots. The banana shots can be
quite spectacular, but they bend
far more than a real ball would.
The computer opponents range
from kickabout-in-the-park cannon
fodder to the 1-cost-L3million-and,
you'rehve-nii-down superteams.
One of the annoying features
of Microprose Soccer is that you
can run straight through the man
in possession without actually
tackling him. To tackle, the fire
button has to be pressed. It's not
a serious pain, but this and several other factors make it lose out
to Kick Off in the 'best footle

Russia are extremely fast and very

skillful. A coin is tossed at the
start of the match to determine
whether you play up the pitch
(screen) or down. Then you select
a fine-up, 4-24 for attacking play,
5-3-2 tor sweepers and so on,
and dive straight into the match.
Anco have really delivered the
goods here. Kick Off is the best
football game on the Amiga t o
date and should be in any gamesplayer's library, whether he or she
is a fan of real football or not.
Andy Smith

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ly reduce the o e r i
ing area and don't improve the
gameplay a t all. The action i s
much slower as well, losing the
adrenalin rush of non-stop action.
This is not a bad game, but
just is not as good as Kick Off. It
has more features though: the
indoor league is of particular interest, and the different types o f
competition add interest too.
Bob Wade

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smarter. for example, Squashers
which appear from Moon Two
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have bombs, so a quick tactical
analysis is called for.
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of the best around, The filled3D
graphics are slightly jerky, but are
at least fast. The title music is far
more interesting than the sparse

sound effects. Although lasting

interest fades because the task
tends to get repetitive, the subtler
challenge of working out how best
to deal with the tougher enemies
remains, and with 800 to blast
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years, with this space-tank shooterri-up for one or two players.
Controlling an SR 88 Strategic
Battle Tank, the player must eliminate each one o f 14 mutt-level
space stations, sent to conquer
earth by the evil alien Tangent
Empire, by finding and destroying
the control centre at the heart of
each station. To reach the next
level, the player must locate and
trundle over a key.
Each level i s defended with
turrets and roaming tanks, but to
make your job slightly easier a
number of star symbols lying on
the floor can be collected arid
traded f o r goodies s u c h a s
increased shot power, speed and

shield strength. Unfortunately, the

tank is very fuel-hungry so you'll
also have to collect fuel canisters.
After bombing a control centre the
player enters a bonus room
littered with goodies to collect,

Good coin-ops d o n ' t always

make good computer games but,
happily, Vindicators does. T h e
'viewed f r o m almost directly
above' perspective works well and
the sprites and backgrounds are

great, with the explosions worthy

of particular note. Sound is not so
impressive: sampled tunes are
reasonable but effects are weak.
Vindicators i s an outof-the-ordinary shoot-ern-up, very addictive
and playable, especially when
played with a friend. This is a
good start for the Tengen label:
let's hope everything that follows
in the future is just as good.
Andy Smith

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enchanting game at home.
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play through, each level made up
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sublevel guarded by an end-oflevel nasty that needs destroying
before you can progress.
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bunch o f _ well, you can't really
call them nasties, because they
appear t o be teddy bears and
snails! But contact with them will
cause you to lose one of an initial
three lives. For self-defence you're
armed with a small bow, from
which to fire arrows at the baddies
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and lasers, t o be obtained bj

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baddies simply turn into jucy
pieces of fruit, which are collected
for bonus points. Some baddies
fire back, though, so keep on your
toes to dodge their shots.
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are objects in the scenery that
can kill you, such as spikes on
the floor that must be jumped
over. The levels (and sub4eve4s1
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right side of the level but
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play throughout, and you end up
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name in the world of ice

p r i d hockey,
e of Canada,
biggest
but still virtually
unknown in the UK: that's Wayne
Gretzky. In North America he has
achieved the sporting god status
reserved for Ian Botham and Daley
Thompson over here_
Like recent soccer games, its
viewed from overhead. The pitch
is about two screens wide and
scrolls horizontally as the puck
moves from end to end. While not
visually stunning, this display is
functional, because y o u c a n
always tell exactly what's going
on_
As with most American sports
games, this one loves statistics.
There are whole screens full of
information and options, which are
useful o n t h e coaching s i d e
because you can alter everything
from individual players' attributes
to the lines' (best described as
preset team line-ups for particular
situations: attacking, defending,
taking penalties and so on). You
can opt to control a player, coach,
both o r neither. T h e coach
decides which lines to play: the
strategic side of the action.
On the ice, you control one
player at a time but can switch
between any of them except for
the goalie. All the rules o f ice
hockey must be obeyed, so there
are penalties for charging, holding,
tripping, cross-checking, elbowing,
high-sticking, hooking, roughing,
slashing, spearing and anything
else ending in -ing'. You can also

have fights and instant replays to

add even more realism.
Options allow skill levels arid
playing time t o b e altered: a
match against the professionals is
the ultimate challenge, and n o
easy proposition. Starting at the
most basic level, the game's very
easy t o play, b u t has hidden
depths of strategy. To begin with,
you can hit the ice and simply
skate around enjoying the game,

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but later on there is more satisfaction to be derived from it through
gaining experience o f switching
lines and learning tactics.
In the long term, most reward
can be obtained from the process
of creating your own teams. Each
of the teams has ratings for 11
different characteristics, and once
the players are defined they can

be arranged into lines of your own

choosing_ A s well a s changing
lines, the players can be made to
operate certain pre-arranged plays
to try to gain the upper hand. All in
all, this wealth of detail adds depth
to an already good sports simulation, making it one of the better
ones currently available.
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68881 M a t h C h i p a s a n WC
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JOURNEY
languages zoo not toy specialty. But the Millet
are Dvarvish, and long ago I 1earned son* of
their yards. This f i r s t rune, 'Bern,' means a
'gate', and this second one, ' L a y, ' refers to
and other nasty things
D e a t have
h , stricken
pestilence,
thefamine
oncefair lands and it seems that only
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populace from complete despair,
Only problem is, Asterix opted
out of the rat race some time ago.
He now lives alone atop a mountain and he's none too keen t o
receive visitors, so the first task in
this keyviord-idriven adventure is to
guide a party of (up to five) characters to Asterix and ask his help.
The screen i s divided into
three main sections: the top left is
given over to small pictures of the
various locations, the top right is
where all text messages and general location descriptions appear
and the bottom part of the screen
is where you select various keywords that advance the adventure.
The keywords offered for selection depend on the characters in
the party, their current situation
(they might be in the middle of a
battle, or preparing to camp for
the night, for instance) and the
location. So playing the game is

'the plains'

The gate to the plains," I said, tutting two

and two together. B u t from where?
I-That is a simple question," Praxix replied,
-A tiOre interesting one would be 'How shall
we get i t to open?"

-Or better still, 'What do ve do now?"

snarled Esher as, to everyone's surprise a

round gate appeared, yawning wide before us.
Ester

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When you're on a Journey, even the most unpromising rock can open up new opportunities. the party
should wish to enter the door, the option keyword must be selected in the bottom left-fiend corner.

JOURNEY

INFOCOM/ACTIVISION E29.99 MOUSE AND/OR KEYBOARD

GRAPHICS AND SOUND

The small pictures are
adequate, b u t n o t
superb. Still, there are
plenty of them and they
help t o add t o t h e
atmosphere c r e a t e d
mainly by the text. As
for sound: forget it (on
a basic A500 anyway).
The lack of sound does
little t o detract from
the game however, so
don't let it put you off.

Individual Commands

Picture a monster confrontation...

International terrorists are a nasty

hunch, especially when they take
control of foreign embassies and
threaten to blow them up. Luckily
for civilisation, the Mayday Squad
is here.
As the Squad's commander,
you must select a team of three
(each member specialises in a
certain area, such as explosives
or communications) who explore
the floors of the embassy, shooting terrorists before they score
too many hits on the team. The
aim is to rescue the ambassador's
daughter and free the prisoners
before guiding them safely to the
roof for collection by a helicopter:
all within a time limit.
Each room is well drawn from
a first-person perspective and the
graphics are of very high quality,
although repetitive. Sound effects,
such a s machine-gun fire and

very easy and consists of simply

reading the messages and deciding which actions to take.
Once you've found your way
to Asterix's abode, the adventure
really starts. The quest involves
searching through the kingdoms
of Dwarves, Elves, Nymphs and
other creatures both fair and foul
for seven sacred amulets that will
enable the wizard t o fight the
Dread Lord. Progress is generally
rapid if a little common sense is
applied, but if you are completely
stuck the 'musings' option at the
end of the game hints at actions
that you should have taken.
Altogether, Journey is good
fun_ The keyword system is simple

and easy to use and the puzzles

are all very logical and intriguing.
It obviously won't appeal to hardened shoot-em-up fans, but anyone who likes games that require
thought input will be rewarded with
many hours of enjoyment.
Andy Smith

1GRAPHICS
SOUND

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ADDICTION

OVERALL 82%
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Mayday
Squad
wastes a
couple of
beret-clad
guerillas
before
planting
some high
explosive.

explosions, are extremely good.

All in all, with plenty of baddies to
blast and some clever puzzles to
solve, it's enjoyable and exciting
for a while: but it is ultimately a
simple 'search and shoot' game,
lacking in variety and lasting challenge despite the advantage o f
changeable skill levels.
Andy Smith

GRAPHICS
[SOUND
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ADDICTION

OVERALL 67%
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GRAPHICS AND SOUND

Sound is disappointing:
the attack helicopter
sounds more l i k e a
diesel bus struggling up
a one-in-four than the
real thing, and explosions aren't outstanding. The graphics are
fast and smooth, though, Preparing to attack an infants, = p o d .
and are certainly very
colourful. Take the plunge, set everything on 'realistic' and volunteer
tor some of the more hazardous missions, and you'll find that
Ganship is action-packed enough to keep you coming back for months.

absolutely nothing, then the

I t chances
'cyclic and
'collective'
mean
are you've
never
pitted your wits against a helicopter
flight sin). In a real helicopter the
pilot uses t w o joysticks: t h e
cyclic, which controls the pitch
and roll of the aircraft, and the
collective, which controls t h e
angle o f attack o f t h e rotor
blades, so governing the lift.
In Gunship - a simulation of
the American A H 64A Apache
helicopter - the player uses a joystick to control the cyclic and the
keyboard to control the collective.
There are a number of missions to
attempt, set in various parts of
the world and with different divisions of the American air force. As
with most games of this nature,
diving straight into missions is not
a good idea until you've put in
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the weather. Fortunately you can
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while training: f o r example, b y
making crash-landings impossible
or minimising cross-winds.
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time to attempt a mission with a
difficulty level equal to your ability.

You've a whole range of weapons

to choose from, including guided
anti-tank Hellfire missiles, FEAR
rockets and a 30mm chain gun.
The cockpit is equipped with all
the latest gadgetry including TADS
(Target Acquisition and Designation
System) and radar and infra-red
warnings and jammers.
Missions usually feature both
primary and secondary objectives,
so i f your 'canter isn't shot to
pieces on the first, you can go for
the second. The Apache is lightly
armoured. so can take a little flak
without crashing into the bush, but
it's still vulnerable, so it's always
advisable t o land a t base f o r
repairs if things start to look bad.
Should you complete a mission
successfully, t h e chances a r e
you'll he awarded a medal and
maybe promoted.
Gunship has plenty going for
it: the missions are numerous and
varied and it's high o n lasting
interest. The politics are dodgy,
but i f you're not worried about
zapping gooks you'll find t h e
game entertaining, challenging
and packed with action.
Andy Smith

GRAPHICS

SOUND

INTELLECT

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multieventer set in the Big Top.
There are five events in which
you and a friend can participate.
The first is trampolining, on which
you have a couple of minutes to
bounce around performing forward and backward somersaults
in order to impress the crowd and
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character on his own trampoline,
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somersault the other follows.
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to help Olga balance during her
diagonal walk across the screen

by moving the joystick to the left

and right. If things are going well
it's possible to attempt tricks such
as scissor kicks, handstands and
backwards somersaults, e a c h
completed trick earning points.
Survive the high wire and it's
time to try your hand at juggling,
with up to six tennis balls plus a
balancing ball on the foot and the
occasional Indian club. As if that's
not enough, a midget clown riding
a motorbike occasionally attempts
to run you down, so it's a good
idea t o jump in the air a t the
appropriate time and so avoid him!
The penultimate trick is quite
likely to be the most dangerous:
knife throwing. Line the crosshairs up on the wheel, to which is
securely fastened a nervous
young lady, then take knives from

GRAPHICS AND SOUND

aphics throughout are good The colourfulco
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good per
spective and smooth animation all work well together making it ver
active visually. Sound
not so hot: the barrelan tunes that accorn
y each event are all
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tier rather than later.

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A careless knife throw elicits a barrage of abuse from the victim

the obligatory scantily-clad assistant and lob them at the wheel,

trying t o miss the girl i f at all
possible. Curiously, the assistant
is none too friendly and will sometimes try to hand you a stick of
dynamite, which explodes if you
accept it, thus ending the game.
The final trick involves three
clowns and two see-saws. The
player must guide each clown in
turn as they jump from one seesaw to the other, avoiding a ghost
that appears between them, and
collecting any bonus points b y
catching various obstacles that
appear above the clowns' heads_
The events all require practice
to achieve a good degree of competence, and some events are

definitely tougher to master than

others. None o f the events has
outstanding gameplay, so Circus
Attractions comes across as a pot
pourn o f mediocre games that
tend to frustrate more than entertain. The fun improves if you play
with two, but not greatly.
Andy Smith

GRAPHICS

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This is another one for
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which the advanced
control mechanism
is matched by the
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of the game.
Imagine racing a jet lighter
along courses that dive under
ground, twist and turn wildly, and
even have moving walls. You are
now imagining this game. It's a
futuristic sport that is far more

demanding than anything on two

or four wheels, or any flight sim.
Not only are you required to battle
the tortuous courses but you must
also take on computer opponents,
or another player via a datalink,
at the same time.
There a r e
seven tracks, t h e
simplest of which is
*slit)
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rest are much more
complicated. You must
fly around the tracks as
quickly as possible, trying
to avoid the walls and other ships.
This is made easier to start with
by using a centring mechanism
which attracts the ship back to the

GRAPHICS AND SOUND

Astoundingly fast solid 3D graphics
give a marvellous feeling of movement. This is complemented b y
excellent presentation and demo
modes that make delightful viewing
and listening. The pit graphics are
detailed and believable, Engine
noise a n d mechanical sound
effects are all on the money' too.

II The ship retired to the pits.

In hot pursuit of a opponent.

middle o f t h e track. I t h a s
adjustable strength that can be
gradually turned down a s you
learn t h e intricacies o f t h e
courses and how best to fly them.
Each track is on a planet with
Its own atmosphere (methane,
oxygen, ammonia or sulphur) so
the ship must be fitted with the
appropriate lifters. This is complicated during races b y rain o r
other precipitations that require
particle fitters to prevent engine
failure. The ship also has other
adjustable features, such as the
fuel type, aerofoils and brakes,
that affect its performance.
There are four other racers in
different ships and contact with
them or the track walls damages
the ship. Too many accidents will
affect the handling or instruments.
In order to undergo repairs or be
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Obviously the citizens wish t o

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Framed a g a i n s t t h e s k y l i n e , o u r m o n s t r o u s h e r o e s p r e p a r e f o r d e m o l i t i o n .

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phenomenon of the year,

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are constructed 99 fun levels.
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vertically-scrolling levels packed
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creatures that appear from portal
tiles and are fatal when run into.
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let Skweek travel only one way,
explode o r dissolve c a n also
cause problems for the unwary.
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creatures and pick u p useful
bonuses along the way which

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include increased firepower, more
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ing sprites that are detailed and
nicely animated. Sound consists

of a repetitive, wibbly tune played

throughout and cheery in-game
effects, The fun might not last for
long, but it's great while it does
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part in the African stages
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house Tomahawk.
There are five stages to the
game, the idea being to make it
from Point A to Point B in the
shortest possible time, any which
way you can. There's a roadway to
follow, should y o u s o wish,
marked out with old barrels, but
its twisting and the other racers
tend to stick to it so your times

will be slow. To be in with anything

like a chance of winning you have
to venture cross-country, which is
where the problems start.
The desert is full of hazards:
barrels from last year's race,
herds of resting camels and soft
sand. Sand multiplies problems by
slowing y o u r i g h t down, b u t
fortunately you can simply switch
from two- to four-wheel drive and
crossing the sand becomes much
easier, though still slower than
two-wheel drive on firm ground.

To help you navigate while you're

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also a fuel gauge and an indicator
(updated by transmissions from a
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grid reference, which enables you
to follow and plot the course on
the map supplied with the game.
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stage, but they can get broken if

you smash your car up too mucn,

and it's terribly difficult to navigate
with no instruments: s o careful
driving is a prime requisite.
On the approach to the finrrt.
ing post, only i f you loin
follow the track t o the line
your position be logged. Then the
car is repaired and you can set
Out on the next stage.
The perspective used is good,
the game overall is very fast arid rl
boasts good gameplay: but it's
not the most exciting o f race
games and offers little new apart
from the map-reading aspect and
a couple of new hazards. Still, its
well worth a look.
Andy Smith

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As you might expect from the French, the graphics a o f a high

standard. Collision detection seems a little iffy, but not disastrously
so, and the undulating desert, the
hazards and the
backgrounds are
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helping to make
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only leaves the conclusion. The

Invaders i n this version move
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or absolutely nothing no matter how many times you fire)
and the sound is best left
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has, and always will have, a place

in the hearts of most computer
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roll once it starts or whether it will

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snorkel and make ready

p
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your
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death and destruction time.
The U5544 nuclear submarine
must be destroyed and it appears
you're just the person lot the job:
if y o u c a n g e t there. L i k e
Dinamic's earlier game A r m y
Moves, it's a two-parter, access to
the second part being denied until
you complete the first part and
receive an access code.

1
The first part is also sub-divided
into smaller sections. At the start
of the game you're on the surface
of a very choppy ocean in an
inflatable dinghy, trying to jump a
line of mines that are little more
than a boars length apart. Then
you confront enemy commandos
on j e t skis: here's where the
harpoon gun comes in, because it
these guys shoot or crash into
you, one of six lives is lost.
Get past them and it's time to
dive in and take on some deadly
sharks a n d enemy frogmen.
These are all small fry compared
to the third stage, though, where
you clamber inside a bathyscaphe
to take on first an octopus and
then a large eel-like monster.
The second part is a side-on
viewed platform game set inside
the sub, during which you must
place a bomb in the reactor and
escape. Unfortunately, i t ' s not
easy to move around the sub without the passes that officers carry,
so you must shoot and rob them.
This game differs from Army
Moves in the scenario only. Navy
Moves too has extremely difficult
gameplay, t o the point where it
spoils your enjoyment rather than
increasing it. Its incredibly tough
and for the first part at least, the
game is simple, uninspired stuff.
Andy Smith

GRAPHICS

SOUND

INTELLECT

ADDICTION

OVERALL 53%
uphill to the exit again (unless you
are lucky enough t o discover
a gravitation switch, which will
simply reverse the gravity).
The control is awkward, but
the game's f u n t o play and
although it's unoriginal ifs quite a
mental exercise. W i t h 2 0 0
screens to complete rrs liable to
keep you busy for some while
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the USA and USSR. The attention
to detail i s extraordinary. After
playing this, you will probably
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TIPS

Striking a balance between survival

and scoring points is the whole art
of the game. Factors to bear in
mind are spheres o f influence,
precedence and relative importance level. The advisors are a
good general guide, but the hard
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CHALLENGE

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compex and a match for anyone.

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graphics ever seen and gameplay
to suit the most demanding o f
players. Scores over its rivals in
the variety and deviousness of the
alien attack patterns. Satisfyingly,
a death and the loss of all additional weapons does not necessarily
herald the end of the game: it is
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although much tougher. The end-oflevel guardians are varied and
tricky, the hardest being Me enormous spaceship. There are enough
levels, too, to keep even the most
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TIPS

Static attack patterns mean most

waves can be wiped out easily by
correct positioning. Beware the
weapons capsule with the yellow
block in: i t removes the nose.
cone, leaving the ship vulnerable.
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Survive through three levels without collecting additional weapons.

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CHALLENGE

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This classic space trading combat game is still the best of its
kind. Starting o u t w i t h little
money in a simple ship, you have
eight galaxies t o explore.
Dogfight with pirates and aliens
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impressive. Everyone should own
at least one combat flight sim
this is still the best.
TIPS

Be careful not to always trust

mission briefings!
CHALLENGE

Experts should be able to compiete

a mission without using rnissile

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TIPS

Type 'SARA' when first prompted

for the start-up password, then
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game press t o bring up the

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ground emplacements and any
alien attack ships that are foolish
enough to appear on Me wrong
side of your laser cannons. As you
progress, you can pick up extra
weaponry to help the alien wasting
move into top gear,
TIPS

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Memorise the flight patterns of the

different alien attack waves s o
that you can waste them as soon
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no time: if possible, knock them
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that tests both the mind and the
reflexes. The crucial feature is the
setting, in the middle of a sea on
anumber of towers that revolve
as your character moves round
them. There are all manner o f
nasty surprises throughout t h e
game, as you struggle to reach
the top of the towers within a
tine-limit and without tumbling into
the water. It's a magnificent concept, superbly executed, instantly
addictive and with enough difficult
towers to stretch the best.

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the key to the game, is derived
from settling, If they are too comfortable and have lost the inclination to explore, reduce the size of
a settlement until it's too large to
hold the population: the settlement will then kick someone out
to explore and settle new territory.
CHALLENGE

Play three consecutive worlds

without using any of your divine
powers: n o earthquakes, volcanoes, knights, floods, swamps, or
any of the other acts of god...

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You play the part of a divine being
overseeing a race of people living
on a small world. Unfortunately,
there's also another divine being
(either the computer or a friend)
trying to look after a rival race:
because the world is too small for
both races, one has to go. And
that's where you come in. By helping your tribe t o settle, build a
civilisation a n d conquer n e w
ground, you gain the power t o
invoke a whole gamut of natural
disasters upon t h e opponent's
people, thus helping your tribe
and increasing your power still further. With a thousand worlds t o
conquer, Populous is destined to
keep you playing for months: and
you're sure to enjoy every minute.

Complete the first three towers

without being knocked down once
to earn a 100% technique bonus.

POPULOUS

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Bizarre and compelling strategy

game played over the chequered
surface of a planet dominated by
the Sentinel. Essentially, you must
absorb energy while trying t o
prevent the Sentinel from absorbing yours. A clear brain and a fast
trigger finger are both vital in this
original and huge - ten thousand
landscapes - game.
TIPS

Remove all the sentries and position yourself right next t o the
Sentinel (so you can absorb him
whenever you wish) then, while
he's turning slowly toward you,
survey the land and absorb any
extra trees and the like. As soon
as he starts scanning you, simply
absorb him and take his place.

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A relative newcomer, but with all

the essential ingredients needed

Aconsiderable achievement would

be t o win a landscape without
taking Out any sentries.

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The best racing game on two

wheels, more than a match for
any of its four-wheeled rivals. The
rolling road looks fantastic, every
stage is accompanied by delightful scenery, the roaring engines
sound good and the music i s
excellent_ Pacing is perfect: tightening time limits make winning a
very difficult proposition. T h e
mouse control is delightful too.

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Keep your finger on the accelerator and go! Well, OK, you do need
to slow down occasionally: but
steering into corners early helps.
CHALLENGE

Complete t h e f i r s t five-stage
course without crashing once.

VIRUS
FIREBIRD E19.95

State-of-the-art 3D graphics and a

superb control system are hallmarks of this classic from Elite
author, David Braben. Although
criticised for being too hard t o
play, with a little practice it's one
of the most addictive, challenging
and enjoyable shoot-ern-ups ever
created. Stop the aliens from
infecting t h e beautiful, rolling
patchwork landscape by reducing
every one of the many types of
enemy craft to glittering clouds of
debris_ The graphics are stunning,
the sound effects are superb and
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Missiles are precious - use them

only t o take out attractors and
mystery craft. B y hovering low
over the water you can see the
shadows o f incoming attackers
and their vapour trails. Along with
the sound cues, this allows you to
manoeuvre and thrust at the right
time to gain a height advantage
and attack. Take out bombers and
seeders first because the landscape bonus can earn valuable
extra lives. On later levels, try to
refuel just before the pests start
warping in: you will not be able to
while they are around.

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CHALLENGE

Destroy all the scanners on Wave

One and then get to Wave Five
(the new landscape) flying blind.
High-score fans should have a
crack at getting to the third land
scape and scoring 250,000.

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As i f a two-grand
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giving away 20 sweatshirts and 2 0 games as
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Gauntlet II is a classic game that combines
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you'd like to receive if you win a runner-up prize.

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a) Bimbo the Bandit
b) Darren the Dull
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by the 'IT monster?
a) See a doctor immediately.
b) Touch another player and pass it on.
c) Touch a THAT monster to get rid of it.
3. What nasty tactic do sorcerers
use when attacking you?
a) Shoot magic that freezes you to the spot
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Compiled programs have no run-time overhead;
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Commodore have stepped u p
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past couple
of months,
advertising
into the
vertical
markets. The latest market to receive
the Amiga treatment is that of the lowendCAD workstation. Commodore have
pulled together a range o f 'official'
Amiga CAD 'solutions', as the PR people
like to call them. The basic system
consists of an Amiga 2000 with 3 Mb of
memory, 14-inch multi-sync c o l o u r
monitor, 68020 accelerator card and
Me professional version of X-CAD, the
suitably named X-CAD Professionaf.
Prices for these lovely bundles of kit
range from about three grand right up to
awhacking eight grand (although pricing
is still to be confirmed). For the home
market, however, there i s a distinct
possibility that Commodore may bundle

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This i s X - C A D Designer i n action:

experimentation with text entry.

both the A2000 and A500 with the low

cost version of X-CAD, X-CAD Designer_
Modular Times' X-CAD Designer is a
fully-featured, two-dimensional design
and draughting tool which will be o f
interest to draughtsrnen, designers and
engineers alike. The package arrives in
one of those very nice box folders that
seem to be standard issue for serious
PCsoftware, but tend rarely to be used
for Amiga products. Lurking inside the
box you'll find a manual, a single
program disk and a dangle, which must
beplugged into the second joystick port
for the program to function fully.
Both versions o f X-CAD a r e
designed in a modular form, which
means the software is built up from

three primary components: the X-CAD

program itself, a set of run-time libraries
and a set of command overlays. The
advantage o f this system is twofold.
Firstly, system memory usage is kept to
a minimum by loading commands only
when they are required. Secondly, this
modular form allows new commands to
be added to the system comparatively
easily by just adding extra command
overlays and run-time libraries.
LAYER OF T H E A M I G A

All professional CAD systems allow the

use of layers, which means a diagram
can be split up into several overlaying
sections. X-CAD certainly isn't let down
in this area, since it allows the definition
of up to 256 different layers, which can
be displayed in any combination.
X-CAD Designer features a l l the
standard drawing tools that you'd expect
to find in a high-end package, such as
splines. cross-hatching, grouping, line
breaking and trimming. All are executed
at a phenomenal speed. This speed is
probably X-CAD's greatest a s s e t .
because i t uses the Amiga's custom
hardware to offer redraw rates over five
times quicker than those of the most
popular PC package, AutoCAD, running
on a 80386-based PC-compatible.
Once you've 'designed' your master
piece, you'll want to output it to paper.
Luckily for those of us who can't afford
pen plotters, X-CAD has extensive support for dot-matrix printers. Even with a
bog-standard nine-pin dot-matrix, some
very professional results can quickly be
produced. When i t is printing, X-CAD
automatically builds u p a smoothed
representaban of whatever is on-screen,
producing the highest resolution printout
that is possible on your printer.
It is very unusual to find an Amiga
package that not only destroys the
competition on the host machine, but
also on all other comparable machines.
This system's greatest assets a r e
undoubtedly its high level of adaptability
and sheer operating speed. X-CAD
Professional running on a 68020-based

While X-CAD Designer is Ideal for most semi-professional

applications. f o r some users X-CAD Professional is t h e only
choice. X - C A D Protossiona0 1t3991 r e q u i r e s a t l e a s t t w o
megabytes of memory, but boasts a whole range of enhancements OVIW X-CAD Designer. X - C A D Pro features full online
help, a n i n t e l l i g e n t d a t a b a s e , a c o m p l e t e pr ogr a m m ing
environment and xtensive batch processing facilities.
We haven't yet had a chance to take a look at X-CAD Pro,
but from initial impressions it looks like beirog a heavyweight,
powerful p a c k a g e a i m e d a t t h e b i g - l e a g u e professional
market. A set-up like the one shown hale costs a tidy penny.

Amiga with t h e n e w super-high-res

A2024 monitor could quite simply clean
up t h e low-end C A D market. I f
Commodore's advertising department
gets it right, I can see the Amiga and
X-CAD becoming a formidable force.

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Amiga. Previously, the

image that surrounded
any CAD system was of a
powerful graphics
workstation costing
many tens of thousands
if pounds, linked to a
super-high-res vector
screen that required a
fork lift truck to shill it.
With the arrival of powerful personal

PowerfulgraphicschipsmaketheAmigaideal for abudgetCADworkstation.

JASONHOLBORNlooksatthe 'official'AmigaCADpackage.

computers such as the

Amiga. CAD has finally
been brought within the
reach of the masses.

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Apple'sMacintoshhasearneditselftherare
honourofbeingregardedbymanyasalmosta
'cult'computer.JASONHOLBORNchecks
outA-MAX,anewhardwareadd-onthat will
giveyourAmigathatoldMacmagic.

BIG MAC
& CHIPS
Amiga certainly has taken a
A M a c emulator f o r t h e
long time t o arrive: ST
owners have been happily running
Mac software on their machines
for over a year now. What has
finally arrived is a hardware-based
emulator that has a very simple
objective: t o turn your Amiga into
a perfect imitation of a Macintosh
Plus computer.
The first thing you'll probably
ask yourself before considering
forking out for any emulator is
'What can this machine do that I
can't already do on my Amiga?'
Well, the answer to that question
isn't as straightforward as it would
first seem. It would be correct to
say that there probably isn't a
great deal that you can do on a
Mac that you couldn't already do
on your Amiga. So w h y even
consider a Mac emulator? Well the
reason, put simply, is that Mac
versions o f software are often
considerably more powerful than
similar packages on the Amiga.
One area that the Mac excels
in particularly is that of Desk Top
Publishing. Compare Professional
Page on the Amiga to even the
simplest o f Mac DTP packages
and you'll soon realise why nine
Out of ten electronic publishers
prefer the Mac. The Mac WIMP
system, Finder, lends itself very
well t o heavily graphics-based
applications such a s DTP and
although the machine lacks the
advanced graphics hardware o f
the Amiga, graphics-based applications still manage t o steam
along at an astonishing rate. For
an example, try comparing the
redraw speed o f Professional
Page t o that o f a similar Mac
package. The Mac has almost
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completely captured t h e D I P
market with its excellent range of
professional DIP packages.
SETTING UP YOUR
PAcAPAIGA

As is the case with nearly every

emulator known t o man, AMax
isn't a ' p l u g in and go add-on.
After you've found a source for the
Mac ROMs (no easy task), the next
job is t o actually get the Mac's
WIMP operating system, Finder,
over t o an A-Max format disk_
Because o f obvious copyright
restrictions. A-Max isn't supplied
with the Mac OS. You'll have to
obtain a copy of that yourself.
Once you've found a friendly
Mac user who is willing to let you
borrow a system disk, the next
problem i s h o w t o g e t t h e
contents of a Mac disk across to
an A-Max disk. The Mac uses a
special mufti-speed drive with a
disk format that cannot be read by
any machine other than a Mac, so
lust inserting the Mac system disk
into your P o l o drive isn't the
answer (that would b e far too
easy!) I f , however, y o u have
access to a Mac second drive,
getting Finder across is childsplay,
because A-Max will allow you to
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the A-Max cartridge and use it as
you would with a 'real' Mac.
Thankfully, unlike with similar
units on the ST, this initial setting
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can be achieved in no time at all.
Although Amiga drives cannot
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to read IBM and Atari format
disks). Special formatting software is provided for the Mac that
allows the creation of a mini transfer-disk that can be read by both
the Amiga and the Mac. This disk
Only has a 272K capacity and so
once you've got the Mac desktop
on-screen, you're strongly advised
to transfer a comms package
across so that larger applications
can be brought across into A-Max.
To get AMax up and running,
there are two files that must exist
on your A-Max boot disk, namely
the Apple Finder and System files.
These two files between them
contain the Mac operating system
and desktop environment. O n
some versions o f the Mac OS,
you'll probably have to remove as
many fonts and desktop accessories as you possibly can so that
both files fit on the limited capacity of the transfer disk.
Once both the System and
Finder files are on your transfer
disk, A-Max will boot up and your
hybrid Mac will spring to fife. The
next step is to format a Mac disk
from within A-Max and copy both
files to this disk so that the mini
transfer-disk can be used again.
SOFTWARE
C O M PAT I B I L I T Y

ReadySoft, t h e producers o f
A-Max, claim that A-Max will run
most productivity software without
problems. We've managed to test
several major Mac packages such
asMac Write, MacPaint, MacDraw,
PageMaker 2 and t h e public
domain comms package R e d
Ryder, all of which worked without
any problems_ A-Max will also
support HyperCard and the new
Multifinder, although you'll need at
least a megabyte t o take full
advantage of these.
WhatA-Max won't run is any
software which bypasses the Mac
operating system routines and hits
the hardware directly. The kind of

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software that will definitely not run

under A-Max includes the vast
majority of Mac midi software, and
quite a few Mac games software.
The good news (in the view of the
Amiga Format team) i s t h a t
Spectrum Holobyte's excellent
Mac version of Tetris works fine!
SCREEN S C E N E

On a standard Amiga using the

current release o f Agnus. Mac
emulation can operate i n both
high-res interlaced and mediumresolution screen modes. A-Max
also provides full support for the
new enhanced chip set (if we ever
see di) and the new high-res mono
monitor. the A2024.
For those o f you without
either ECS o r the A2024 (le,
99.9% o f Amiga owners), t h e
rather annoying flicker o f t h e
Amiga's display i n hi-res mode
makes i t almost unusable, s o
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When using [CS with a multisync monitor, A-Max will provide a
very attractive working environ
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screen resolution rises t o a n
impressive 1008 by 800: virtually
the same as that offered by a
/5000 Macintosh 2.
H A R D WA R E C O R N E R

The A-Max hardware consists of a

long, grey box that plugs into the
external drive port. As well as providing a pass through connector
for external Amiga drives, the AMax hardware provides a connector for an Apple external drive.
Unfortunately, A p p l e external
drives (in fact. Apple hardware
items in general) are not particularly cheap, but if you intend using
A-Max seriously the investment will
be worthwhile because it will allow
you to read Mac disks directly.
Unfortunately, t h e current
release of A-Max doesn't support
hard drives, although plans are
afoot to include this in future versions. For some applications, hard
drives are a vital necessity, so the
lack of support could prove to be
something of a problem.
All Macintosh emulators
require access to Mac ROMs, and
A-Max i s n o s o l e exception.
Unfortunately, A-Max does n o t
come as standard with the necessary slithers of silicon, so you'll
have to purchase them separately.
A-Max will accept both the old 64K
ROMs from the original Mac and
the newer 128K ROMs from the
Mac Plus. The larger ROMs have
several advantages over the older

64Ks in that they run faster and

are able to handle a higher proportion of the newer Mac software. If
you have an accelerator card in
your Amiga, you must have 128K
ROMs because the smaller ROMs
are not compatible with these
more advanced processors.
Installing the ROMs into the
A-Max cartridge i s chddsplay
(although removing them from a
Mac is a nightmare!). With them
installed, your Mac is ready to roll.
Obtaining Mac ROMs can be a
difficult task: most Apple dealers
are not to keen to hand them out.
Unfortunately, this means that UKbased suppliers who are willing to
admit the fact that they supply
Apple ROMs are very hard to find.
Entertainment International a r e
currently looking at the possibility
of supplying ROMs as well as the
A-Max unit itself_
CONCLUSION

A-Max certainly is an impressive

piece o f hardware. I t i s highly
compatible, and the inclusion of
[CS and A2024 graphic modes is
bound to earn AMax more than a
few friends. The only negative
aspect o f A-Max is .the lack o f
hard disk support, which makes
professional use o f the system
questionable. Many users will also
complain about the inability t o
autoboot A-Max from hard disk:
with the new 1 . 3 autobooting
ROMs, h a r d d r i v e s u p p o r t
shouldn't be hard to implement.
Hopefully, future releases of A-Max
will address this: but this is one of
the best emulators available on
any machine, and is not only great
fun to own, but also very useful.
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straight-from-the-box s t a t e ,
will perform three musical
roles. Firstly, it will CREATE
sound entirely of its own by
tweaking the internal sound
chip. This effectively means
the c o m p u t e r i n s t a n t l y
becomes a n instrument, a
synthesiser, in its Own right.
Secondly, it RECREATES
sound' f o r instance, i t can
take samples of noises from
the real world, so that genuine
drum or violin notes or even
human voices can be built into
a piece of music. Similarly, it
can store, change and recreate all manner o f artificial
synthesised sounds
Thirdly, it can ORGANISE
these sounds, building up inchvidual notes to create a piece
of music i n a role that i s
known as sequencing. And all
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and it doesn't matter of you're
about as musical as doorpost
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main points of computers and
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Your Amiga, in its naked, straightIromthe-box state, will perform
three musical roles. Firstly, it will
CREATE sound entirely of its own
by tweaking the internal sound
chip. This effectively means the
computer instantly becomes an
instrument, a synthesiser, in its
own right.
Secondly, i t RECREATES
sound: for instance, it can take
samples of noises from the real
world, so that genuine drum or
violin notes or even human voices
can be built into a piece of music.
Similarly, it can store, change and
recreate all manner of artificial
synthesised sounds.
Thirdly, i t can ORGANISE
these sounds, building up individual notes to create a piece of
I q music in a role that is known as
sequencing. And all this without a
t
bolt-on i n sight. Many Amiga

music packages offer all three of

* t h e s e options under one roof,
whereas more specialised prol e " g r a m s will make extensive forays
into just one area
AND MIDI MAKES SIX
MIDI, t h e Musical Instrument
Digital Interface, is a common
language that enables the Amiga
to perform all three functions with
electronic instruments. With a
synth, for instance, it can create
sounds to be replayed from the
keyboard a s well a s storing.
recreating a n d editing those
sounds; the sounds are called
voices, so this function is known
as voicing. Particularly important
with MIDI is the organising of
sound: sequencing. A s a
sequencer, the Amiga can, i n
effect, record music played on
electronic instruments, and edit
the music s o bad notes are
chopped out, play the piece back
via the instrument. Moreover.
MIDI allows for 16 channels, so
16 separate instruments can go
into one song, and the sequencer
allows sections of a piece to be
looped, repeated and generally
messed about with.
The usual MIDI interface uses
the serial port o f the Amiga
although there are in existence

plug-in boards which will give you

permanent MIDI ports. M I D I
travels at 31.25K baud, which is
quite fast enough f o r most
processes. And the beauty of
MIDI and the Amiga is that the
interfaces are all one standard.
INTERNAL EXPLORATION
First off, the internal sound chip.
Aquick flick to the back of your
Amiga book produces a picture
of the sound chip "Paula". Not
terribly enlightening, but it gives
you a rough idea of the chip's
capabilities. It can produce four
sounds simultaneously a n d
spread them between the stereo
left and right ports. It has a range
of nine octaves o n e more than
a piano a n d the claim about
using amplitude and frequency
modulation means it can create
sound from both simple and more
complex waveforms. Obviously
the way forward is to seek some
reasonable software to control it,
so a selection of the most commonly available packages follows.
INSTANT MUSIC
Perhaps the most 'entry level'
program i s Instant Music. For
'entry level', read 'absolute bozo
beginner'. Instant MUSIC is rather
a neat composition program that
doesn't really require a n y
musicality on behalf of the user. It
uses a graphic score, a series of
coloured oblongs relative to the
length of the note which scroll
past on screen: a different colour
represents each instrument, and
it comes with a full compliment of
sampled instruments. Actual
composition i s performed b y
dragging a n d placing blobs
around the screen: the higher up
the screen , the higher the note.
If you drag the note out from left
to right it becomes longer. Notes
occurring at the same time form
a chord, and every movement of
the note on screen lets youl hear
the pitch and sound of that note.
If you are familiar with traditional
notation this is a really slow way
of working, but as a heuristic
(such big words!) approach t o
music it works very well.
The favourite feature i s
'Mouse Jam' which everybody
who has had a go with this program becomes addicted to. You
select the backing and style that
you want to play with and away
you go. By clicking the mouse
and moving it around the screen
it manages to play only those
notes that sound in tune and in
stylistic keeping with the backing;
a form of 'artificial intelligence
that should b e a compulsory
implant in the brains and fingers

of adherents to the 'Oddly acidly

School of Guitar Torture'
MUSIC STUDIO
If you can live with the fact that
your sound files will not be compatible with any other program, a
decent sequencing and sound
creating package is the Amiga
Music Studio, which has a very
good instrument design page.
The program comes with fifteen
preset sounds which can b e
subjected t o a whole host of
alterations: harmonics, envelope
shape, sustain, vibrato a n d
tremolo, and stereo position_ Not
a bad introduction to the world of
sound (or voice) creating.
It offers you a choice o f
either graphic or traditional music
notation to sequence the notes.
Graphic is an alternative to traditional musical notation that uses
a set of shapes to represent
notes. The usual way this is done
is to have the pitch of the note
running Irom the bottom of the
screen t o t h e t o p and t h e
time/length of the note running
on the other axis from left to
right. With Music Studio each
instrument is given a separate
colour. You can even add lyrics to
your efforts and it supports the
full 16 MIDI channels in and out.
PAULA IN PUBLIC
There are several Public Domain
programs that give you access to
the Paula chip in varying degrees.
There will be an article in the not
too distant future covering the
music aspect of PD software. But
for now, you could check out Fish
Disk 9 4 which has an 'Audio
Tools' utility
SAMPLING

Avoiding the technical details for

the moment, sampling is the way
in which sound is encapsulated
digitally. The most critical part of
this, as far as your ears go, is the
actual conversion from messy
electrical impulses to digital data,
and vice versa, known in the business as A X (analogue to digital
conversion) and DAC (you can
work that one out).
Most other micros require
hardware to convert sound to digital and back again, but the Paula
chip is very efficient at converting
digital data back to the stuff that
makes your speakers work. I t
would be not far short of the truth
to say that the sonic capabilities
of the Amiga rival all but the most
expensive a s in coming up to
1000 o f professional samplers. Plus with sound editing
'software you can actually see the
sound and play around with i t
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something that is a real pain to

achieve on a piece of dedicated
sampler hardware.
Since there is also a common
standard for stortg data (IFF), it
follows that many sound sequencing and creation programs come
with sampled sounds all ready to
play. Any sample can usually be
loaded into another piece of suitable software. There are also programs about that will let you
arrange these sounds into pieces
that can subsequently be stored
as a module t o b e used i n
games, or wherever.
Although you can easily enjoy
the benefits of playing back prerecorded samples, making your
own will require some outlay. The
three main contenders are the
Pro Sound Designer, AMAS, and
the D a t e l A m i g a Sampler.
Compatible with these are MIDI
players that allow the samples to
be played from a MIDI keyboard.
However, ST/Amiga Format marketed sampling hardware in kit
form in Issue 11, May 1989. This
is available from Magenta who
will also sell you the sampling
hardware, Perfect Sound, for a
ridiculously low sum. How's that
for a low-cost entry into sampling? There will be a sampling
special in a corning issue, but for
now check Pages 31 and 73.
MIDI STEP BY STEP

Two good MIDI programs are

Aegis Sonix, which contains
sections on all the subjects men(creatingsound,altering
sound, creating songs and handling MIDI data) and Dekore
Music Construction Set, which is
a step-time sequencer. You insert
the notes individually defining
length and pitch for up to eight
parts, using a combination of up
to four of the internal voices and
four o f t h e external M I D I
channels, although you can if you
wish u s e u p t o eight MIDI
channels as well as the internal
voices. It has a full palette of
notes and signs and the graphics
are well-observed. Sound editing
features are absent, however.
MIDI ON THE ROLL
The ball really starts to roll when
we start t o consider multiple-

t r a c k
sequencers of the real-time
variety. These will let you play
your tunes in sections, and check
them for errors via either graphic
notation, traditional notation or at
worst a data stream. Having
sorted out the major calamities
you can then call some smart
software routines t o help you
correct bad notes and timing
blunders, which i s known a s
Quantizing. Once all is' to your
satisfaction, you can organise the
sections that you have recorded
into a full-blown arrangement.
The list of dedicated MIDI
sequencers for the Amiga gets
longer each month and so I won't
bore y o u with t h e details.
However there are two programs
soon to be available which will
open up the field for the Amiga.
The first is a version of one of the
most successful o f a l l MIDI
sequencers, the Steinberg Pro
24, only available up until now for
the ST. I think this is a measure
of how Steinberg, who are a
German software house, view
things. Although they are starting
to m a k e inroads i n t o t h e
American market which is awash
with PCs, they see the way
forward on the Amiga, and not
the PC with its problems of no
standard interface (unless you
count the ultra-expensive 'industry
standard interface' of the Roland
MPU401 at 250 a throw!) The
Steinberg Pro 24 will cost exactly
that, 250. Watch this space for
an in-depth review of what i s
promised t o be not merely a
cross-over but also an update.
More promising still is the modular program from t h e S a n
Francisco based Microklusions
who are launching MUSIC X. This
modular program does all sorts
of sequencing with several different types of editing features, all
very professional, as well as full
MIDI features. While all this is running you can also call up other
modules w h i c h a r e
resident in the machine at the
same time. These will do voiceediting for various synthesizers
and store them in libraries, which
can be called in at any given
moment into the sequencer,., and
will also handle voice creation
and sample editing. The demo
versions seen so far are tremendous. A full review should be
possible soon, b u t meanwhile
take a peek at the News pages.

You've got your Amiga, sorted

out various bits of software and
maybe a synth into the bargain.
Now all you need to do is to hear
yourself in true perspective and
then commit it to tape. First thing
is to get some decent amplificaton. The Amiga stereo outputs
are of the phono type, which by a
happy coincidence happens to be
the same as most hEfi amplifiers,
so a s long a s the amp can
accept an external source in,
usually called Aux, you're away
The part of the sound chair
that is most suspect is the speakers themselves. A decent set of
speakers will improve a hi-fi no
end whereas a decent amp
shoved through a rubbish pair of
speakers still sounds pretty naff.
If you have neighbours who
not appreciate a few hundred
watts of bottom end bass line
rattling the headboard of thee
bed at 4 am then maybe a good
pair of headphones is in order.
Money spent in these areas win
save a lot of frustration later on
What you should try to get is a
true picture of the sound in all its
glory. If you don't, then when ycti
transfer it to tape and take it
somewhere with a decent sy
tern, your prized efforts will start
to sound like a crossed telephone
line to Greece with all sorts of
unheard-of bangs and whistles.
There are various other items
no, lots and lots of other items that can be thrown into the chain
of sound recording. In fact there
is scope for a complete feature
on just that in some future issue
The bottom line for anything like
a mixer, tape deck or effectsund
is to ensure that it doesn't add
any significant amount of noise
into the system. If you insist on
using cassettes obtained free at
the local garage along with a
dirty old cassette player that
used t o double a s a data
recorder you'll get no sympathy
from me when the result sounds
like it was reCorded on the wing
of a 747 at 30,000 ft.
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the packages mentioned in this
article, and names, addresses
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messages that are used to change the

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writing i s t o help other Amiga

users obtain ridiculously cheap
public domain software. l get all
my PD disks from Ray Burt-Frost,
a disabled Amiga fan who runs his
own PD library. His PD disks often
retail as low as 50pquite an eye
opener when you realise t h a t
other companies a r e charging
around i3! Could you please print
Ray's phone number so that other
Amiga owners are able t o take
advantage o f Ray's generosity.
Ray Burt-Frost can be contacted
on 0703 785680.
DF Way
Harpenden, Herts

Please, please, please, can you help? I've lust spent the last six months
saving 250 to splash out on a colour digitiser. There are several available that all seem to offer similar facilities: which one would you choose?
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depends on what you intend to use it for.
From your letter, i t seems obvious that
your decision will be guided by the extent
of colour support offered by digitisers.
you aren't particularly worried about the
digitiser being able to grab images at any
great speed, then NewTek's Digi-View 3.0
unit is still one of the best (and cheapest!)
colour digitisers available.
If you d o want t o digitise colour
images, you'll also need to fork out for a
blackand-white video camera. Surprisingly, these cameras can be
picked up quite cheaply from most Amiga dealers (try the Amiga Centre
Scotland on 031 557 4242 for both Digi-View and the video camera).
LOST W I T H O U T A
KEYMAP

After purchasing Issue 11 of your

parent magazine S T / A m i g a
Format, l tried using the SetKey
utility that was included on the
free coverdisk. After a few seconds of disk access, the SetKey
window appeared, but apart from
the menu bar nothing else was
displayed. When I tried to quit out
of SetKey by double-clicking on
the 'window close' gadget, the
machine lust locked up and l was
forced to reset my Amiga. What
amI doing wrong?
SF Lawrence
Gosport, Hants

As far as Amiga word processors

go, Protext is without doubt one
of the best available. The program is powerful, fast and fairly
stable. Where colour DTP is concerned, Comic Setter isn't really
the ideal choice as it is rather hrnited for serious DTP applications.
You would probably be much better off forking out the extra dosh
for Professional Page.
Can we print Ray Burt-Frost's
phone number? Well, consider it
already done!

just go back to the CLI and type

'Setmap g b ' . Thanks t o Phil
Wares a n d Chris Morris o f
Cran brook in Kent for sorting that
one out!
ARE Y O U P R O P R O T E X T ?

My reason for writing is twofold.

Firstly, l am soon to purchase a
memory upgrade and a Star LC10 colour printer for my Amiga, l
am also hoping t o purchase a
word processor and a colour DIP
package, aiming to spend about
150 a t the most. I've been
advised t o b u y Protext a n d
Comic Setter: a r e these g o o
choices? My second reason for

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drive for the Amiga 5041 I have
looked through various magazines
and they all seem t o sell f o r
around 400 for a 20 Mb drive.
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l have already seen Macintosh
emulators for the ST: do you know
of any similar units for the Amiga?

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problem with the Setkey utility,
which had us stumped for quite a
time. The problems toes in the
fact that the program was written
for the American market and
therefore expects t h e default
keyboard setting (set using the
CU command SetMap) t o b e
usa0. If you boot your Amiga with
the British version of Workbench,
the keymap i s automatically
changed to the UK configuration
*Ifich confuses SetKey.
To get around this, you will
have t o change t h e current
keymap at the CO prompt by typing 'SetiMap usa0'. You can now
runSetKey without problems.
After you have finished using
SetKey, to change back to the
British keyboard configuration,

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package on the Amiga to date, but watch out for Pagestrearri.
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IS YOUR
WORKBENCH
A BIT
PLANE?
How m a n y colours d o e s y o u r Workbench screen h a v e ?
Unless you've treated yourself to a package such as I c o n
Paint, you're probably limited to the standard four (though
Workbench 1 . 4 will f i x this). T h e following AmigaBASIC
program i s designed to allow you t o add and remove a s
many b i t p l a n e s a s h a r d w a r e constraints w i l l a l l o w ( a
minimum of one and a maximum of tour).
The t w o plane-manipulating routines a r e written a s
subprograms t h a t c a n b e called straight i n t o y o u r p r o grams and are accessed in the same manner as any standard AmigaBASIC subprogram.
Using t h e programs couldn't be simpler. Firstly, make
sure t h a t y o u h a v e t h e t w o . b m a p files, intuition.bmap'
and 'exec.bmap', i n the same directory as your program.
To a d d a n e x t r a p l a n e , j u s t c a l l u p t h e CreatePlane'
subprogram a n d e x t r a c o l o u r s w i l l instantly b e m a d e
available_ E x t r a bitplanes m e a n l e s s f r e e m e m o r y a n d
slower p r o g r a m execution a n d therefore, t o r e m o v e a
plane. just call 'NukePlane'_
Fergal M o a n e
Belfast, NI

REM * * T h e f o l l o w i n g t h r e e l i n e s m u s t b e

In a review of the Spectre 128

Mac emulator f o r t h e S T
(ST/Amiga Format, Issue 12), i t
was stated that you need access
to a real Mac to get your 'false'
Mac working. I s this real Mac
permanently needed?
Simon Knight
Toot Baldon, Oxon

Until recently, Hard drives for the

Amiga have indeed been rather
expensive t o s a y t h e least.
Thankfully, t h e market d o e s
seem to have come to its senses
and several cheap units are now
available, The best of the bunch
is undoubtedly ASAP's Amdrive
which is a 40Mb unit for the
A500 and A2000 for only i399_
ASAP can be contacted at their
Scunthorpe HQ on 0724 280222,
You'll be glad t o hear that
ReadySoft in the States are soon
to release a hardware-based Mac
emulator called A-Max. A-Mak
plugs into the external drive port
and, to all intents and purposes,
transforms your Amiga into a
Mac. This unit performs very well
indeed, a s you c a n read o n
Pages 64-7. A-Max is currently
being distributed in this country
by Entertainment International
who should b e contacted o n
0268 541126.
The A-MAX unit allows you to
connect an Apple disk drive to
your Amiga and so, in theory, you
shouldn't need access to a Mac_

REM * * a t t h e v e r y s t a r t o f y o u r p r o g .
LIBRARY " i n t u i t i o n l i b r a r y '
LIBRARY " e x e c . l i b r a r y "
DECLARE FUNCTION A l l o o M e m L L I B R A RY
SUB C r e a t e P l a n e S TAT I C
bitmap&=PEEKL(WINDOW(7)446)4.184
bitplane6=PEEKW(bitmap&)*PEEKN(bitmap&+2)
wdepth*.PEEKibitmap&-F5)
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newplane4=AllocMerak(bitplanefi.655385)
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POKEL b i t m a p & + 5 , w d e p t h a + 1
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END SUB

START AT T H E
BEGINNING

l recently bought an Amiga 500

for myself and m y five-year-old
daughter but unfortunately l d o
not know the first thing about
c omputers.
The manuals that come with
the machine seem to assume that
l have a basic understanding of
computers, but l don't. Can you
recommend any good books or
packages that will help me?
D James
Plaistow, London

SUB N u k e P l a n e S TAT I C
rastport5=WIMOON(B)
bitmapsfi=PEEKL(raistport54.4)
current.planes*ePEEK(bitsaps&A-5)
window.basefi=WINDOW(7)
a c r e e n . b a s e 6 = P E E K L ( w i n d o w. b a s e & 4 - 4 6 )
adreen.widtlitePEEKM(screen.base&A-12)
screen.height*=PEEKW(screen.base64-14)
planes*ecurrent.planes*-1
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POKE i s i t m a p s 4 4 . 5 . p l a n e s i ,
plane.ad&.PEEKL(bitmaps54-41-4*current.planeet)
CALLFreeRaster (plane ad& , s c r e e n . w i d t b a , screen h e i g h t * )
CALL R e m a k e D i s p l a y
END SUB

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Andy Smith, our games supremo,

swears by the 'Penguin Pop-up

Guide to Computers' - it taught

him everything h e knows (but
don't let that discourage you!)
Seriously though, one of the best
introductions we have found to
the Amiga actually comes with
your machine: the 'Very First' disk
that comes with your Amiga provides a very good tutorial which
will help y o u understand t h e
basic operations of your Amiga_
QUESTION BY NUMBERS
After buying my Amiga SOO, I've

found it to be the most useful and

comprehensive computer l have
used to date. However, l have the
following questions:
1. Do you know of any add-on
boards that hold both Workbench
and extras in ROM so that they
are instantly accessible as soon
as l turn on my machine?
2. D o you know o f any user
groups in the Midlands area who
can cope with the needs o f a

beginner in BASIC and assembler

programming?
3. Can you please give me- details
on how to obtain back issues of
ST/Amiga Format (your parent
magazine).
$ Hill
Monkspath, Solihull
Numbering questions seems to
be the order of the day and so,
not wishing to flaunt tradition,
do likewise with my answers,
/ W e certainly haven't heard of
such a device. The nearest you
will come to your requirements
are the Kickstart boards that
seem t o be s o popular in the
States. These boards allow more
than one version of Kickstart to
be resident in your machine at
the same time.
2. The UK's largest Amiga users'
group, the UK AUG, is based in
Leicester, The AUG publishes a
regular bi-monthly newsletter
packed with useful information on
all aspects of the Amiga, including B A S I C a n d assembler.
Contact Yuri Large at the UKAUG
on 0533 550993,
3. Back issues can be obtained
from our mail order people in

Somerton on 0458 74011,

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really u n d e r s t a n d t h i s a r c h a i c a r t . L u c k i l y, i f y o u h a v e
Workbench 1.3, you will never need to get your hands dirty
with all the complex argon that Amiga technical people have
to endure, because Commodore have seen their way clear to
provide a handy little tool which takes the pain out of icons.
The w o n d r o u s little program i n question i s t h e I c o n X
command t h a t y o u ' l l f i n d i n t h e ' C d i r e c t o r y o f y o u r
Workbench 1.3 disk. IconX allows y o u t o run a n y program
from Workbench t h a t c a n u s u a l l y o n l y b e r u n f r o m t h e
Command Line Interface (C1.1).
An advantage o f u s i n g I c o n X i s t h a t m a n y programs
(SetKey for example) need s o m e form o f setting u p before
they can successfully be run. The S e t Key program is a fine
example, a s it needs the current keyboard map to b e set to
usa0 before it can be run. This is easy to do from the CLI but
is a l m o s t impossible f r o m Wo r k b e n c h . H o w e v e r, t h i s i s
easily achieved with I c o n k
!conk( works by reading an ASCII batch file that contains
all the commands that you would usually enter at the command line. To use IconX, create a batch file using a standard
text editor and then find a data file that has an icon (a DPaint
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STAR TREK
Ever since Firebird released an
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the same fascinating gameplay,

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Workbench release.

that lets you peek a t the inner

workings o f your Amiga, a n d
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The Tampa Bay collection of disks
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plete w i t h graphics, digitised

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FISH No 163
The Fred Fish collection of disks is
probably the most well-known and
most popular collection of Amiga
POdisks. The collection currently
stands at over 200 disks and their
contents are highly regarded by
both u s e r s a n d s o f t w a r e
developers alike.
BANK'N - Is your bank account in
amess? Then you need Bank'n
lbanking, geddit!). Bank 'n i s a
powerful little personal finance
program that will allow you t o
keep track of your bank accounts.
The program is written to take full
advantage of the Amiga's windowing environment, Intuition, and is
very simple to use.
FIVEINLINE - FA/Online is a fun
interpretation o f t h e 'Connect
Four board game that was so
popular a few years back. The
idea o f the game is t o get a
continuous line of five counters in
any direction.
MACHU - Machu is a powerful little
mouse accelerator program,
complete with hot keys. If you've
never used one o f these programs, then you just don't realise
what you've been missing.
MEMTRACE - Have problems with
your memory? (I don't know, I
can't remember!) MemTrace is a
linkable object module that, when
called, gives you a complete run
down o f a l l m e m o r y
allocation/deallocation performed
by your program.
PCPATCH - If you have access to
a PC compatible that uses 3.5
inch disks, you'll probably want to
port files across to your Amiga at
some time or another. PCPatch
patches the PCLItils that carne on

SACC 23
The Sacramento Amiga Computer
Club, like TBAG, pays a great deal
of attention not only to a disk's
contents, but also to its look. The

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amounts of information with ease.

HERMIT - Everyone needs a
screen grabber! As you've probably noticed when looking through
Amiga Format, w e u s e them
extensively ourselves. Hermit i s
one of the best and will allow you
to snap any standard intuition
screen and save it as an I F file
that can be loaded into any of a
number of paint packages.
UTILIMASTER - Utildplaster is
another o f t h e ' D O S
Workbench' programs.
MORSE - Turn any text file
into dots and dashes without
ever having t o learn t h e
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Morse code. This program
will be of special interest to
all HAM radio buffs.
BLUE MOON - Blue Moon is
an i n c r e d i b l y a d d i c t i v e
'Solitaire' game that will keep
you going for hours on end.
TRIX - Anyone remember
QV? Trix is an 'Amiga-ised'
z version of the classic Dragon
32 game (anyone remember
'b
those?), i n which you must
Patch.
cover the screen by capturing

SACC collection uses a special

utility that allows u p t o eight
colours t o b e used o n t h e
Workbench screen, which gives
SACC disks a very impressive and
individual look.
CARD FILE - Card File is a very
simple but very useful database
program that is written entirely in
compiled basic. Card File's simplicity allows you to locate large

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operate with Me Amiga's threeand-a-half inch drives.
VIEW - The 'official' text reading
utility. More, as provided on the
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to say the least. View is a fast
and flashy text-viewing utility that
makes a n i d e a l replacement
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WORKBENCH DEMOS - SACC 23
also includes a directory filled to
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such a s ) ( W i n d o w s ,
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FISH 185
You don't need to be a registered
software developer to get your
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tation disk. Every so often, when
an u p d a t e i s r e l e a s e d .
Commodore also put the disk into
the public domain for general distribution to the likes of vou and I.
Fish 185 is the latest release
from Commodcre and it includes
full source code for loading, using
and saving data i n several IEF
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aspects of Amiga programming.
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deserve their own t o p t e n .

Every month, a s well as the

more serious 'Top Ten PD' list
Amiga Format in conjunction
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Space, as always, was our
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TBYB 12
Buying software cart be a risky
business when you're forking out
something like 100 for a single
program. The 'Try Before You Buy'
library is a collection of disks containing working demos of commercial programs. With TBYB, you can
get a taste of what a program
really offers (Or perhaps completely ails to offer) before handing over
the necessary readies.
TBYB N o 1 2 i s a working
demo of Gold Disk's acclaimed
animation program MovieSetter.
The demo consists o f a runthrough, demonstrating the program in action, and a separate
demo of a finished animation,

TBYB 2
Try Before You Buy No 2 is a fully
working demo of Intelligent Music's
popular m u s i c composition
program M. So what's so special
about M? Well, instead of forcing
you to do all the hard work yourself (as is the case with other
sequencers), M uses artificial intelligence algorithms t o produce
variations on your existing music.

TBYB 11
Doctor Tobenteld's keyboardcontrolled sequencer is one of the
most popular MIDI sequencers
within the music industry. You'll
find many top groups using Dr T's
KCS on machines such as the
Mac, the PC, the ST and even the
Amiga (Heck no! But yes...)
The TBYB d e m o i s t h e
complete, working program minus
any form of save function. The
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sequences that can b e played
through either the Amiga sound
hardware, or if you have them.
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external MIDI devices. It allows you

to use KCS for up to fifteen minutes before the program locks up.

255 Walker Demo 2 (1 Mb:

2 3 2 9 Star Trek Dry Dock
Arum (1 Mb)

Just like music and animation

demos, Fonts are also regarded as
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any disk, and various utilities to
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BLITZ FONTS Do you often find
yourself having to wait for your
word processor to catch up with
you? If so, then BiitzFonts is the
answer. BlitzFonts speeds up the
Amiga text display speed by over
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SETFONTSet-Font allows you to
change the standard Topaz system
font for any other of your choice.
The Font WorkShop includes both
version 1.0 of SetFont, and the
newer version 2.0.
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N E W Z E A L A N D S T O RY

Try your hand at Ocean's latest (sod

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your Kiwi friends from the evil Sea
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THE NEW
ZEALAND
STORY

Every month, we'll bring you a

disk filled with the very best from
the public domain libraries and
from your very own typingfingers.
;nether i t s games, graphics,
music, serious applications o r
programming, you're sure to find
something on the Amiga Format
disk that'll appeal to you.
This months disk kicks off
with a demo o f Ocean's highly
addictive and amusing arcade
conversion, New Zealand Story.
Funand enjoyment is what Amiga
Format is all about and, between
the utilities for all you tech-heads
out there, there's bound t o be
plenty of stuff to keep fun-loving
types happy for hours on end.

P R O G R A M : BY OCEAN
SOf 1 WARE
FILES: NEW ZEALAND
STORY, NZ_LOADER,
NZ_DATA. NZLOADX.PC I

Life has always been an uphill

struggle for the Kiwi, What with
the Japanese enjoying a succulent
Kiwi with their side-salad, and
tourists running around trampling
all over their precious eggs, it's a
wonder there's a single Kiwi still
hopping around at allf
In this game, you play the role
of a little KIA11 whose fellow K m

buddies have been kidnapped by

the big, bad, old Sea Walrus (boo,
hiss!) Who's going to rescue them
from their plight? What do you
mean, Not me matey! How could
you l e t those cute little Kiwis
suffer at the hands (flippers?) of
such a horrible evil Walrus?
You must journey through the
Walrus's domain, searching f o r
your imprisoned fellows. Once
you've found them, just jump onto
their cages and they disappear,
leaving your Kiwi buddies free to
escape. All is not in your favour,
however, as t e Walrus obviously
isn't going to hand your buddies
back o n a plate (possibly the
bones, tough!). M r B i g B a d

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FROG D E M O

Ta k e a look a t w h a t your Amiga is really

capable of w i t h this cute little animation.
Every month, A m i g a Format and
S e v e n t e e n Bit S o f t w a r e will bring you
the l a t e s t and greatest demos to really
show off your Amigo-

VILBM
Here's a great little utility t o stick on all
your boot disks. If you've e v e r had a
stray picture file b u t no rowans of
displaying it, t h e n step aside:
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disk errors will have nowhere to hide,

What d o you mean, you can't program

hut you still w a n t to send something in
for the A m i g a Format coverdiek? Then
why not get out your easel and paint us a
picture? To k i c k oft, w e pigment the very
best on PD art.

r i m y yellow kiwi who

" W I must rescue his
mates- H o e i n
the b a l l o o n a n d
g e t t o it q u i c k !
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WORKBENCH HACKS
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ART
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PROGRAM: PUBLIC DOMAIN
FILES: GARFIELD, CUBOLA2,
ALIEN LANDSCAPE
This month, we bring you three
of the very best examples of
artwork in the public domain.
However, in the near future we
hope to be showing readers' art
in the best possible form: on
screen. So. i f you have any
pictures y o u ' r e particularly
proud of, send us a disk!
In this slot too, we hope to
show work by our new Graphics
Editor. Brian larkman. This will
back up reviews of packages or
products by illustrating them on
your o w n computer screen.
Watch out for id

Familiar furry l a m a s t h o f a t
cat and his muchselbelled pal-

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Success! T h e c u t e yellow K i w i rescues o n e o f h i s buddies, and
t h e c a p s t h e f r i e n d w a s t r a p p e d in d i s a p p e a r s i n a p u f f of s m o k e .

Walrus has employed the services

of a motley crew of henchmen
who are out for your blood. Even
the teddy bears are out to get you!
You're not a Kiwi who's gonna
let a load of weedy teddy bears
walk all over you, 'cause you're
well hard. To help you in your
quest, you carry a bow and arrow,
which is lust the job to give those
nasty teddy bears a taste of their
own medicine_ Once a baddy is
shot, it'll magically turn into a
piece of fruit that can be picked
up and eaten. Extra weapons such
as bombs can also be picked up:
these'll really give t h e Walrus
something to chew on! See the
full review on Pages 38-9.

Finally, if you only have 512K of

memory, it is best to unplug any
external devices and close as
many windows on the Workbench
as possible.

GETTING GOING

You can load our exclusive New

Zealand Story demo by inserting
your coverdisk a t t h e 'Insert
Workbench' prompt. The demo will
then autoload. To play the game,
plug a joystick into control port
two. Now stop reading and go rescue those Kiwis!

FROG DEMO

This marvellous representation of a lone figure s e t against

an a l i e n l a n d s c a p e i s j u s t o n e o f t h e p i e c e s o n d i s p l a y i n
our A r t G a l l e r y : i f y o u ' r e a n A m i g a a r t i s t , s e n d u s a p i c c i e !

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PROGRAM: PUBLIC DOMAIN

FILES: FROG ANIMATION.
FROGANIM. SHOWANIM
Entertainment i s w h a t t h e
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conjunction with Seventeen B i t
Software, Amiga Format will be
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What is a demo? Put simply, a
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show off the talents of both the
Amiga and the demo's author. This
month's demo is an animation of a
rather cute frog (can frogs be
cute?) enjoying himself in the summer sun. To load it, just double.
click on the 'Frog Animation' icon
on the Workbench and the demo
will load and run.
If you only have a single-drive
Amiga, then you'll probably have
to swap disks several times: just
follow the on-screen requesters
and you won't g o l a r wrong.

TRACKMON
PROGRAM: BY MATHEW
BURT
FILES: TRACKMON,
TRACK MON DOC
How many times have you ever
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POP up onto the screen? Wouldn't
it be nice if you could be told precisely where on the disk that error
occurred, 50 that you could hunt it

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another. Even if your picture is in
some strange resolution like overscan, Viibm can handle it with no
problems at all.

down with your trusty disk editor?

TrackMon is a handy little utility
program that displays the current
track, sector and side being
accessed from any floppy drive
connected to the system. Using
The wonders o f multi-tasking,
TrackMon can be run concurrently

Vital can be run in two ways. The

first, and probably the simplest, is
to u s e t h e Amiga's extende
selection technique f r o m t h e
Workbench. To display just one
Picture, click once on the picture
file that you wish t o view, then
hold the [SHIFT) key down and
double-click o n the Vibm icon.
After a few seconds, the picture
will be displayed.
If you want to view several
pictures, use the same method as
detailed above, but instead click
on each picture icon in turn (don't
forget t o keep the [SHIFT] key
depressed) before finally doubleclicking on the Viibm icon.
The second method of running
Vilbm is from the OLL To view three
pictures called 'Fredle, Tred2' and
'Fred3', all you have to do is to
enter VILBM FRED1 FRED2 FRED3'
and then press [RETURN). To
advance through each picture, just
click the left mouse-button. Once
all pictures have been displayed,
Vilbm will return you to the CLI
prompt (Or the Workbench if you
used the first method).

10 I

TrackMon in action. Here, w e

only h a v e o n e d r i v e c o n n e c t e d

(the internal o n e ) . W h e n e x t r a
drives a r e added, t h e TrackMon
window i s s t r e t c h e d t o a c c o m modate t h e e x t r a i n f o r m a t i o n ,

mit any other packages already

running (providing they don't turn
off multi-tasking, that is!)
GETTING GOING

You c a n l o a d Tr a c k Mon b y
double-clicking on the TrackMon
icon o n t h e Workbench. Full
instructions (do you really need
instructions?) are available within
the TrackMon drawer.

VILBM
PROGRAM: PUBLIC DOMAIN

WORKBENCH
HACKS

FILES: VILBM

Everyone knows that the Amiga is

a wonderful machine for creating
your masterpieces on. With loads
of colours, loads of art packages
and the kind of screen resolutions
that artists demand, the Amiga is
the number-one choice f o r a l l
would-be artists. But once you've
created a disk full of works of art,
what do you do with them?
Vibm is a slideshow tool that
allows the display of just about
any IFF format pictures one after

PROGRAM: PUBLIC DOMAIN

FILES: SCAT!, VACBENCH,
HACKS.DOC
So you think we're going t o
explain what these customers do,
don't you? Well think again!
Workbench Hacks are fun little
programs that are a t their best
when you haven't got a clue what
they do. To run this month's
Hacks, double-click on the associated icon, then sit back and play!

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DOTIL
PROGRAM: PUBLIC DOMAIN
FILES: DOTIL, DOTIL DOC
OK, confessions time. How many
of you have tried t o learn the
Amiga's Command Line Interface,
only to find it almost totally incomprehensible? S o u n d s familiar,
doesn't it! If you are struggling to
get to grips with the inner workings o f AmigaDOS, why bother?
You can use Doff instead!
DoTil is a very useful utility
that deserves a place on any selfrespecting Workbench disk. Do Tif
allows you to carry out practically
any task that you could previously
only achieve through CLI from the
Workbench environment. Instead
of having t o type in all those
complicated ( a n d difficult t o
remember) DOS commands, all
you have to do is to point and
click: it really is as simple as that!
With Dori, you can:
VIEW DIRECTORIES Even i f a
disk contains practically no icons
at all, with DoTil you can travel the
directories, viewing those hidden
files with ease. No more will you
be hunting through a disk for that
mysterious file, only to find that it
can't be found because someone
lorgot t o give i t a n
associated icon file.
r i l l MANAGEMENT
Even i f a file doesn't
have an icon, there's no
hiding f r o m D o f f s
extensive array o f file
management t o o l s .
Using multiple se!eclion, y o u c a n copy,
delete, rename or view
any file o n any disk.
AmigaDOS h a s never
peen so simple.

What do you do if you w a n t t o

copy all files, including all those
without icons, t o t h e R A M disk?

Use DoTil of course! Here w e ' v e

clicked o n t h e tiles t h a t w e a r e

planning to copy across.

N e x t , j u s t bring u p t h e p u l l .
down menu containing the COPY
option, select it and you're away.

GETTING GOING

You can load DoTil from the CLI...

er, b y double-clicking o n t h e
DoTil icon on the Workbench. Full
instructions on getting the most
from DoTit are available within the
Doff drawer.

Et voila, o u r files h a v e b e e n s u c c e s s f u l l y
copied. N o w you've g o t n o e x c u s e f o r n o t
being a b l e t o b a c k u p t h e C o v e r d i s k l

AMIGA FORMAT 8 9

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HOW TO USE THIS DISK

BeforeusingyourAmigaFormatdisk,you
shouldmakeaback-upofthemasterdiskas
soonaspossible.Thisisveryimportant!
BACKING UP YOUR
DISK
Copying the disk may sound like
a complicated task suitable for
techno-buffs only, but it is surprisingly simple provided you read the
following instructions carefully:
1. First, turn on your machine and
load Workbench. O n c e t h e
Workbench screen appears and
the disk-drive light goes out,
remove your Workbench disk and
insert our cover disk.
2. Next, c l i c k o n c e o n t h e
coverdisk icon and then press the
right mouse-button a n d t h e
Workbench menus will appear. Now,
while keeping the right mousebutton depressed (you can cheer
it up afterwards!), move the mouse
pointer over t o the Workbench'
heading and a menu will drop down.
Move the mouse pointer over the

'duplicate' menu option and then

press the left mouse-button.
3, After a f e w seconds' disk
access, the Workbench DiskCopy
tool will be loaded and run. Now
just follow the on-screen prompts
and your Amiga Format coverdisk
will be copied to a backup disk.
When the machine asks for the
destination, insert your blank disk
into the dnve. Further instructions
can be found in the user's guide
that comes with your Amiga.

USING THE PROGRAMS

All the programs on the Amiga
Format disk are specially set up to
make them as easy to use as
possible. I f you c a n use t h e
Amiga's Workbench then you can
use our coverchsk! If you do have
problems with a program, full
instructions on loading and using
the programs are included in the
disk pages and these should get
you up and running. If you still
have problems, you should read
the documentation file (DOC) that
is included with every program,
To run any of the programs on
this month's coverdisk, all you
have to do is follow a very simple
procedure. Unless specified differently within the disk pages, just
double-click on the orogram's icor

on the Workbench and the program will load and run. Full details
on how to use the programs once
they have run are included with
the disk pages and as a text file
accompanying the program.
To display a documentation
file, just double-click on the appropriate .130C file to be viewed and
a window will open containing t e
file's contents. Pressing the space
bar will advance a page at a time.

COPYINGTHEDISK
Unless specifically stated, t h e
programs on the cover disk are
not i n t h e p u b l i c d o m a i n a n d
the c o p y r i g h t remains w i t h th e
author. S e l l i n g o r d i s t r i b u t i n g
these p r o g r a m s w i t h o u t t h e
author's permission i s against
the laws of copyright.

HAYINGPROBLEMSWITHTHEDISK?
We have done our best to check that the programs on the Amiga Formal coverdisk are simple to use, errorfree and have no known viruees. However, we cannot normally answer telephone queries On using the software, and we do not accept liability for any consequences of using the programs.
U your Amiga Format disk is faulty and out of the tens of thousands duplicated, some are unfortunately bound to be you should send it back for a free replacement within a month of the Cover date to:
AMIGA FORMAT AUGUST DISK. DISCOPY LABS. UNIT A, WEST MARCH, LONDON ROAD. DR/ENTRY,
NORTHANTS, NN11 ASS&
If your Amiga refuses t o accept the disk, try using t h e DISKDOCTOR utility o n your Commodore
Workbench disk to rescue it before sending it off for a replacement. Full details of DiskDoctor can be found
in the user's manual that carne with your machine.

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B U S T E R S

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BLISTERS
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10 DIM CODEV255)
A

FORGOTTEN
WORLDS

LORDS OF THE
RISING S U N

Don't bother lighting your way

through all those Rashes, simply
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Try using these handy hints to get

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THUNDERBLADE
20 FOR N.0 TO 95
30 READ AS:A=VAL(&H'-i-AS)
40 CODE%lNkA
50 NEXT N
60 CHEAT=VARPTR(CODE96(0))
70 CALL CHEAT
80 REMTYPE IN THIS LISTING AND SAVE FOR FUTURE USE
90 REM INSERT GHOSTBUSTERS DISK AND RUN THIS PROGRAM
100 REM GAME SHOULD LOAD AS NORMAL BUT WITH INFINTE LIVES
110 DATA 701F,2C78,0004,4EAE,FEB6,2200,5280,6772
120 DATA 413FA,00EE,34C,0400,429D,3AC1,93C9,4EAE
130 DATA FEDA,2ACO32A8O2B40,0008,5891),4295,4BFA
140 DATA 0090,1ABC,0005,3B7C,0030,000A,41ED,0038
150 DATA 2B48,0006,41FA,0060,7000,7200,43FA,006A
160 DATA 4EAE,FE44,4A80,6600,002A,700C,99CC,6100
170 DATA 0024,7002,49F9,0007,0000,6100,0018,297C
180 DATA 31EC,4A54,00AE,297C,57E0,6004.00132,4EEC
190 DATA 000C,4E75,431A,0032,3340,001C,234C,0028
200 DATA 42A9.002C,237C,0000,0400,0024,337C,0030
210 DATA 0012,4EEE,FE38,7472,6163,6B64,6973,6B2E
220 DATA 6465,7669,6365.0000,0000.0000,0000,0000

Type in CRASH on the high score

table and you II find you're able to

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more from the game.

YOSHITSUNE

Yoshrtsune is more skilled at lighting than Yorrtomo, so at the start

of the game make sure you have
almost full strength and m e n
before you try attacking anything.
Your main objective now, because
you are near maximum status, is
to deal with your brother and to
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men and land is yours if he dies.

Matthew and Peter Warner, Basildon.

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was going on. You can't install the
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1. Copy all files on both disks to
your chosen directory (e.g. copy
df0: dh0: Lords all)
2. Edit the start-up sequence file
to read:
'assign RisingSunl dhOlords'
"assign RisingSun2: dhOlords"
'run main*
3. Execute the above file, making
sure that your ORIGINAL disk 1 is
in dfa, as the program is protected and checks for the original
before loading.
Thanks go t o lain Mackenzie
for that tip.

Your next job is to try and

secure the eastern half o f the
Island. To do this, take over all the
castles and destroy or recruit all
the armies on that side o f the
Island. Now concentrate on the
rest of the Island. In Edo try to
leave a General with the least
siege abilities a s h e probably
won't need to siege castles anymore, Remember, one General will
do and if the General is at Edo,
Nagoya will be easier to storm by
boat, If you can send a General
from Akita to Matsue via Aikawa
you will have a good base from
which you can attack the Western
castles. Once you have complete
control over the main Island then
you should be able to wipe out the
remaining four castles on the two
smaller Islands. Don't go for these
unless you have a very firm base
otherwise you will have to trek all
the way back should a range
trooper take over a castle.

IN G E N E R A L

Participate in battles as you tend

to lose more men if you don't.
Chasing the General on horseback
often leads to early victory as you
can wipe Out armies in one battle
instead of at the end of the game,
and once you re confident its possible to do it every time: but do
not engage in the siege sequence,
because losing can be costly. The
most important factor in battle is
Strength and long journeys can
weary your troops, so ensure they
have plenty of rest before a battle.
An army coming by sea will be
tired but faster and more flexible,
so meet them on the shore and
the advantage will be with your
men.

Whichever character you've

chosen, try to isolate the rest of
the island so you're more able to
concentrate o n attacking t h e
enemy and won't have to worry
abaout defensive manoeuveres
YORITOPAO
and precautions:
but watch out for
A great politician and strategist the enemy trying
but try to take Edo first because to outflank you.
its the only castle you won t have The islands will all
to lay siege to to take. If you're
be bitterly fought
lucky though, y o u m a y reach
over, s o ensure
Toyama or Nig ata before anyone that your troops
else. The same rules now apply to
have c o n f i d e n t
Yoritorno as with Yoshitsune: wait
strength b e f o r e
until you nearly have a full army
attacking. T h e
before attacking. Be careful if you islands a r e w e l l
get into any fights, because you
worth going f o r
have a low battle skill and a small- though, because
er army with higher skill can easily they are Ideal restwipe you out. At the beginning of
ing places f o r a
the game try to avoid taking risks
tired f o r c e a n d
and instead concentrate o n
good Generals can
improving your skills. If you ever
interchange t h e i r
armies from island
fight your brother and survive long
enough, chase him on horseback,
to mainland withbecause if you slay him things can out meeting t o o
change dramatically,
many problems,
9 8 A M I G A FORMAT

RUNNING M A N

The key t o early victory i s t o

recruit many more armies than
The first three levels solved for
your enemy, thus trapping him in a you - next month we'll give you
spider's web and gradually wear- the solutions to the last two - so
ing him down (of course he can
watch this space!
always try the same tactic on you,
so beware). It's important to have
LEVEL O N E
a strong hold on North and South
Japan, as a rogue force can wreak A simple run and jump will get you
havoc and open up flanks, causing
Onto the platform. If you have any
all sorts o f problems. If you're
problems with dogs kick or punch
unsure of your force, avoid battles them; the best way to do this is to
because he who fights and runs
stand still with the fire button
away really does live t o fight pressed, and move the joystick
another day. Ninja assassins may left-right depending on where the
sound appealing, but only resort
dog is coming from, Each kick of
to them as a last resort and don't the dog rewards you with a small
send them on too hard a mission
amount of extra energy. To jump
because they might turn back and
the cravass you'll have to have a
running start so run towards the
recognise you as the enemy!
steps, jump up and run backwards
Simon Liu, Morden
and forwards (until you're confident) and jump between the first
And talking of Lords of the Rising
two black slants (indicated by the
Sun, a small typographical error in
red arrows). Keep pushing the joythe manual may have left a few
stick u p diagonally even when
hard drive owners wondering what jumping to the first icicle as you

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and jump the dogs, because hanging around to kick them could see
you getting hit by an exploding
puck a t Subzero. Try t o avoid
Subzero and any more dogs until
you get to the camera at the end
of the level. Walk a little away
from the camera (as indicated by
the green arrow) and wait for
Subzero to appear. When he does,
he'll fire a puck straight at you so
prepare t o jump into t h e air.
Subzero will then run behind you
and before he has time t o fire
another, kick or punch him as he
comes towards you - keep this up
and you'll kill him, then you can
exit a s quickly a s possible
because hanging around in the
cold is not a good idea.
LEVEL T W O

Run along and jump onto the

boxes avoiding any dogs. The
dogs can't climb onto the boxes
so you're safe there the brick is
no use, so don't bother picking it
up. Jump over the falling fighting
and onto the boxes, on the other
side is the lead piping, which you
should pick up. Keep running until
you reach the medical kit, which
will replenish all your lost energy.
Crawl through the rusty pipe and
over the boxes and run along until
you meet Buzzsaw. Be careful to
avoid the many dogs that are
here. Yo u cannot jump o v e r
Buzzsaw when he's pointing the
saw at you, but you can at any
other time.
Use your lead piping on forward diagonals (used for punching) and i t will slash out. Once
you've lunged at Buzzsaw immediately get into the crawling position
he can't get you when you're
crawling a n d crawl past him.
Beware though, because the dogs
can still get you, When he s standing over you, he'll start to move in
the opposite direction t o you:
Quickly stand up and when he runs
towards you hit him and get back
into the crawl position. Do this
until you've killed him and then run
off the screen.
LEVEL T H R E E

You'll realise now that you haven't

got your weapon, find the club on
the first screen and use this to dispose o f Dynamo, who i s the
toughest opponent in the game.
Run to the blocks (there will be a
dog either following you or coming at you, so avoid it) and lump

B U S T E R S

THE WINNERS GUIDE TO KICK OFF

It's fast and furious, it's the best
football g a m e there i s , a n d
despite what the Olympic movement would have us believe it's
not taking part that matters: it's
winning. In the interests of establishing an all-conquering squad of
Amiga footle players, here are the
Format team's definitive tips t o
winning at Kick Off.
THE KICK OFF
An excellent chance to score within the first few seconds o f a
restart. Trap t h e ball, charge
straight up the pitch and shoot as
you approach the penalty spot:
there is a good chance it will go
in. The computer teams are wise
to this tactic, out they will frequently foul you on the way so the
run can still be continued and a
penalty may even result. If someone uses this tactic against you
the best thing to do is to intercept
the attacker: don't just chase him,
wait for control t o switch t o a
defender in his path and then
move up the pitch towards him to
tackle. However, because everything happens so fast it is.frequently a matter of resorting to
hacking the attacker mercilessly
to the ground. Brutally effective.
CORNERS
Another good scoring chance.
There are two main methods for
putting the ball in the net. Either
pull the ball back into the middle
of the penalty area where a waiting player can blast it home, or
float it across the goalmouth for
an incoming forward to nudge in:
you can even score directly this
way. Never hit the ball low to the
near post because the 'keeper will
always collect it. Also beware of
lofting the ball deep into the area
because in this position it is much
harder to control,
Defending against comers is difficult. You have t o spot quickly
what sort of kick is being taken
and then get someone to the ball
to clear it, The most dangerous
kick is the in-swinger across the
goal which you are likely to put in
your own net. Just hope everyone
misses and it goes past.
PENALTIES
A 90% success rate can b e
achieved by following the following instructions. Wait until the
arrow is approaching the middle
point and then give a sharp tap on
the fire button. Anything more
than the shortest of taps will send
the ball over the bar. If you leave

shooting until t h e arrow h a s

reached the middle o r is going
away, the ball will almost certainly
go wide.

is outside t h e penalty area.

Professional fouls are best used
when the ref i s easy-going o r
better still blind,

THROW-INS
Don't hack the ball straight upheld
from these because it very often
goes straight out again. Angle the
ball infield before kicking i t .
Alternatively, dribble t h e ball,
although this is more hazardous
because there are always opposition players in close attendance at
throw-ins.

REFEREES
Pay attention early on to how the
ref reacts to fouls. If he is whistlehappy then try to dribble with the
ball a lot. Hopefully several of the
opposition will get sent off or give
away penalties. I f he does not
give yellow cards straight away,
then feel free to hack the CIppost
tux) down whenever necessary.

PASSING AND SHOOTING

There are two main methods for
kicking the ball: the kick-on-the-run
and the trap-and-kick. The KOTR IS
quicker and goes further, but it is
very hard to get it to go anywhere
but in the direction you've been
running, although 4 5 , 9 0 and
even 1 8 0 degree changes o f
direction are possible with a quick
change of ioystick angle lust as
the ball is kicked. This is also the
method f o r changing direction
while dribbling.
To TM the fire button has to be
pressed down just before the player runs into the ball and held. He
can then swivel round freely and
kick the ball in any direction by
releasing the button: theoretically,
it will be passed to another player.
This is particularly handy if you
are running in the wrong direction
and when used well can result in
very accurate a n d satisfyingly
safe passing manoeuvres.
DRIBBLING
Because the ball is not 'stuck' to
the end of your boot, dribbling is
an a r t that has t o b e learnt.
Running in a straight line is easy,
but changing direction isn't. 4 5
degree changes are possible by
hitting the diagonal at the right
moment. Anything else requires a
quick side-step or detour around
the b a l l s o t h a t i t c a n b e
approached from another angle. It
sounds difficult but with practice
you get used to the timing of the
actual contacts with the ball while
dribbling, s o that changes o f
direction can be made extremely
quickly and easily.

TACKLING
The easiest method o f dispossessing someone on the ball is
lust to run into them, However, if
you're approaching from behind
and they are getting ever nearer
the goal, have no hesitation in
hacking them down: as long as it

GOALKICKS
It's crucial to learn how to win the
ball from goal kicks and again
there a r e t w o main methods.
Either time the run to collide with
the ball just as it bounces, allowing you to dribble away immediately, or hit the fire button with the
joystick centred to leap into the
air and head the ball on. The second tactic c a n gain valuable
ground quickly. If these prove too
difficult then try to trap the ball
when it comes down by holding
down the fire button.

HUMAN OPPONENTS
They are very susceptible to the
charge straight u p t h e pitch:'
always go for it. Try to trap the
ball in the penalty area and wait
for your panicking opponent t o
hack you down, giving a penalty. It
works a treat, and will really
annoy them too.
COMPUTER OPPONENTS
Possession is the key: give them
too many chances and they will
always score. Go for 4-4-2 or 5-32 formations so that you have
plenty of defensive and midfield
control. 4-3-3 is pretty useless
and 4-24 is only for the brave
who reckon they can out-play the
computer: a tall order. The ultimate challenge is the USSR team
because they are so fast. The
trick t o remember with them is
not to futilely chase the ball-carrier with your (generally slower)
players, but to wait for control to
switch to the player in his path,
then clear from the tackle.

AMIGA FORMAT 9 9

G A M E

B U S T E R S

up and over. Here you'll find a

medi-pack to restore lost energy.
Run past the first fight bulb and
then start walking. Chances are
you'll meet a dog either between
the lightbulbs or lust as Dynamo
appears on the screen.
Dynamo appears when the
red X is next to the second light
bulb. As soon as he appears, he'll
fire at you: you can duck to avoid
the blasts, but he can fire at duck
and crawl height too. The only
way to dispose of Dynamo is get
to the club. Unfortunately, every
time Dynamo sees you he fires at
you. When he first appears walk
about 4-5 paces away from him
then turn round and run toward
him: he should now be in his car,
which you can jump over.
Once you've made it to the
club, pick it up and now whenever
Dynamo fires at you duck until the
bolt is over your head, then stand
up and walk one step towards
him, Keep this up until you're in
hitting distance, and i f your timing's right you should be able to
polish him off after a few blows.
This is a lot easier said than done.
especially as dogs tend to come
after you lust when you're about
to whop Dynamo. Keep at it and
get the timing right, and you II
manage it: then just walk off the
screen and into the next level...
Mark Stenning Brighton.

MILLENIUM 2 . 2
How to colonise the solar system and still return to Earth
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have one or two of you somewhat perplexed, i f not completely stuck. If so, read on...
The first thing to do is activate the
Mk l Solagen which is already in
stock in the Energy module. Once
this is up and running, it's simply a
question o f initiating t h e
Resource complex t o g e t
enough material to build a Mk
Once the Mk II has been
researched, you'll find t h a t
there isn't enough energy to
build the thing. Turn off the
Resource complex, build the
Mk II and then turn it back on
again. After that, its simply a
matter o f researching a n d
building increasingly powerful
Solagens up to the Mk X. Don't
worry about the failed Mk
Simply use the Mk II which
should be in store and repeat
the process.
Once the base is operating
properly, you have a number of

100 AMIGA FORMAT

options. But before many of the

items can be built, extra minerals
are needed. To get these quickly
and simply, research and build a
small fleet of Grazers. These can
continually ferry small amounts of
muctmeeded o r e s f r o m t h e
asteroid field.
The central part of the game
focuses on the growth and expan-

(later on in the game you'll need a

full complement of lasers on the
moon, so keep building).
To f i n d m o r e information
about the Solar System, continually build a n d launch probes.
However, don't bother sending
them to the inner planets, Mars
and its moons, Jupiter and its
moons, or the asteroid belt, since

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Moonbase sends replacement
Solagens, Fighters and Orbital
Lasers,
The latter equipment - as if
you hadn't already discovered - is
employed in the continual fending
off o f Martian attacks, Orbital
Lasers are very effective, but can
only be used once: obviously it's
best to keep a reasonable store in
each colony and the Moonbase

they either get destroyed or yield

no useful information,
The key t o completing the
game is Triton: probe, research
and colonise as soon as possible,
for reasons which will become
clear later On.
When reports o f Martian flu
come in, research and produce
the required vaccine, Don't just
ferry i t t o the infected base,
though, but produce enough for
all colonies and the moon base
since the strain i s virulent and
soon spreads throughout t h e
inhabited worlds.
At some point you will b e
informed of the crashed Martian

Fleet Carrier, a n d t h e details

beamed back to the Mcionbase.
Research this immediately: it's
important t h a t o n e b e built.
However, you'll find it takes rather
a lot of materials!
Once the Fleet Carrier is built,
fill it full of fighters and head for
Mars. While in orbit the Carrier is
attacked by a fleet of Martians, at
which point all the fighters should
be launched flower right icon on
the left hand side). A ferocious, if
slightly tedious, battle ensues but
the Martians should eventually
surrender,
After this, M a r s c a n b e
colonised in the usual way. The
colonists then find plans o f a
Martian terraforming machine
capable of making the Earth's air
breathable. Again, this should be
researched a n d b u i l t ASAP.
However, you'll find that the stock
of chromium is pretty much nil.
This is where Triton comes in: you
should, b y now, have enough
chromium collected for shuffling
back to the moon.
Once the Terraformer is built,
you'll find that even the Fleet
Carrier isn't large enough to carry
it t o Earth. Don't despair: -the
researchers redesign the ship so
that the terraformer just fits in_
The newly customised Juggernaut
can now take the Terraformer to
Earth, although i t cannot take
off again.
While the Earth is being terratormed, previous reports of a
huge Martian fleet prove to be
true, when t h e Moonbase i s
attacked by over 200 fighters! At
this point the stockpile of Orbital
Lasers - up to 16 - should be
used up, prior to launching your
fighters. Even after all this, i t
stands a very good chance that
the attack cannot b e repelled
completely, and the Moonbase
still gets duffed up a treat, In this
case, you'll find that the moon
base's population h a s been
reduced to zero. Don't panic:
send a couple of Carracks to
the moon and dismantle them.
The population increases by 80
for every Carrack destroyed.
Having survived the Martians'
final assault, it should now be
just a question of time before
good old Terra is colonisable. In
the mean time all your colonies
start declaring independence.
As long as you have a good
stock of materials, don't worry
about it. When a report comes
in stating that Earth is once
more in a habitable state, build
the necessary SIOS, send it to
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QUESTIONNAIRE QUICKIES

Question 21 ot the questionnaire

in Issue 13 of ST/Amiga Format
was: "It's your magazine - what
do you want to see in it?" We
haven't had a chance to analyse
all the forms as they are still
pouring, flooding, tidal-waving
and water-cliching their way in,
but here are snippets from
answers to Question 21. A full
analysis of the questionnaire will
appear in a later issue.
All pages numbered. A demo,
some pictures or music on the
cover disk. Also examples of
the animation tutorials on disk.
Ptullip Hardcastle
Withernsea, East Yorkshire
Music and art on the disk from
the pros/readers.
Joseph O'Connor
Maghettafelt, Co. Derry
More tips on music/midi and
animation/graphics.
Stephen Spearpoint
Folkestone, Kent
More hints on how to use
drawing and paint packages.
MEJones, Elliotstown, Gwent
could not agree with you more.
Brian Larkman and Jon Bates,
our Contributing Editors for
Graphics and Music, will be providing plenty of tips and tutorials
in their respective areas. We are
also backing that up through the
disk which wilt contain animation,
pictures, music and utilities that
you will be able to use in conjunction with the features in the mags
More in-depth criticism of creative and technical achievements in game reviews, More
discussions about creative

processes using computers

and not just about the computers and software themselves.
Leo Hartas, Seaford, East Sussex
The creative use of the Amiga is
an interesting area and I would
like to do a lot more about the
people that use Amigas and what
they use them for. We've already
taken a look at Alternative image
on the video side and more of
these sort of features are
planned. If you think the world
would be interested in how you
use the Amiga then drop me a
line with the details.
Example uses of professional
packages.
Steve Carter, Boreham, Essex
This falls into the same area, but
reminds me that we are planning
to do retrospective pieces on
various bits of software - mostly
creative stuff - to see whether
they fulfilled expectations_ We will
be answering questions like:
were the reviews accurate? is the
software still useful today? Did it
do the ibb it was intended to do?
How many new versions were
there and why? This too will obviously require examples of people
who have been using a package
for a year or two, so once again
drop us a line if you think you've
got something to offer.
A section discussing the best
deals on the market for buying
software/hardware cheaply.
Michael Ginnelly
Hounslow, Middlesex
The only way of doing that is to
scan the ads in the mag and
prices at your local shops. You
can do that lust as easily as us
and any feature on it would be

pointless because the situation

changes so rapidly. However,
features comparing like products
are planned and these obviously
take into account the price, quality, availability etc of the software
or hardware concerned.
On the free disk I wish there
more mind/card games like
dominoes, cribbage, word
games etc. These can't be
easily purchased otherwise
and your disk would be a
suitable outlet.
Philip Smith, Cambridge
There are quite a few of these
sort of programs in the Public
Domain and we may put particularly good ones on the disk.
However, it's much more easily
covered in the PO pages where
you can make your own mind up
which ones you want_ Plea for a
PD mind games special has been
passed to the Tech Ed.
Longer and easier to
understand assembly
language course.
Paul Bayford
Hales Green, Norfolk
More features at a basic level
as the bulk of new users are
not interested in C or
Assembler.
JMackey, Woking, Surrey
At present there are no plans for
a general assembly language
course. in order to learn assembty language from scratch you
really need to read fat books on
the subject. We suspect it might
be a better idea to guide you
towards the best books: what do
you think? What is in the pipeline
is much more specific handling
of programming the Amiga. On

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FULL M O O N B L U E S

Dear ST/Airiga Format (or whatever you turn into when there's a
full moon). Sex and computer
magazines. My first thought when
I saw the June cover was 'Can't
they sell anything without having
to use sex?" My husband (I think
the safe thing to say is that he is
not a computer enthusiast, just in
case you print this) even pocked
up the magazine to see what the
cover story was - which just goes
to prove that sex on magazine
covers sells them.
As a woman with various interests that are usually regarded as
'the male province', I'm used to
seeing pictures of unclad women
on magazine covers but saddened
that the company concerned
thinks it necessary, also saddened
that you seem to think that you
have an exclusively male readership. I'm not asking for male
nudes but it would be nice if
computer magazines stuck to
computer-relevant subjects for
their front covers.
The article didn't go into
enough depth and there were too
many pictures in my opinion.
Mrs P Bates
North Wa!sham, Norfolk
The biggest problem seems to
be that computing is regarded as
a mate pastime. It seems to me
that the only way to eliminate
sexist drivel in the computer
industry is to increase the proportion of women involved with rt.
Most surveys reveal that 95% of
computer users at home (not
business) are male and therefore
the advertising and magazines
are aimed at them. I'm not saying
that condones the sexism or the
exploitation of women, but you
have to deal with the causes and
not the effects to get a lasting
solution.
The answer is simple - we
need more women to get into
computing, writing games,
becoming journalists, buying
magazines, logging on to bulletin
boards and making themselves
heard. There are plenty of nonsexist men in the business but
there's always someone wilting to
exploit the female body while it
can be done for financial gain_
CONTRADICTIONS CONFUSE

The articles in ST/Amiga Format

13 about software piracy and the
life of a programmer inspired me
to express my views on these subjects. Did these two articles not
contradict each other? In one you
said that pirates are 'meddling
with people's livelihoods' and
'reaping the rewards of their hard
1 0 6 AMIGA FORMAT

work', in the other you said that

programmers earn 'lots and lots
of money'. If both statements are
true, then l for one would be
happy to become a pirate if the
only result of my evil doings were
to deprive some yuppie of buying
a second Porsche.
Aidan Donnelly
Kilmacud, Dublin
It is possible to make a lot of
money out of games programming, but that only applies to the
minority. For every successful
programmer with a sports car
and large house there are
umpteen others struggling to
make a Wing in a very tough
industry. tt's like any other industry there's a minority at the top
that rake the cash in while the
majority are battling to be part of
that affluent minority. For
instance, just because Michael
Jackson makes a fortune every
day doesn't mean you can lump
the garage-band down the road
into the same category with him.
Nobody likes hearing the bad
news, which is why you don't
hear too much about programmers struggling to eke out a living. Perhaps they would like to
write to us and even the balance,
BACK T O T H E N I P P L E S

l could not resist responding to

the letter from Dermot Byrne printed in your July issue. It would
appear that 'tus not Only beauty
that is in the eye of the beholder,
Mr Byrne appears to have nipples
in his.
The front cover of your June
issue clearly shows a view of the
girl from behind. Admittedly l have
not seen "9 1/2 Weeks" but l have
certainly never met a girl with
'nipples on her back. l fiiund your
article a reasoned approach to a
difficult subject. It never.even
occurred to me to count the
number of nipples.
I suspect the problem is that
discussing sex is like discussing
politics. People approach the subject with strong, predetermined
views. They then react according
to those views rather than to the
discussion itself. The moment you
mentioned the word 'sex' you were
on a loser.
PS rm sorry I'm not female.
John Ray
Letchworth, Herts
Auntie Bob replies: well luvvie,
you'll have to come to terms with
these feelings. There's nothing
wrong with wanting to be a
woman and I'm sure there are
plenty of private dims who will
be prepared to help you out.

the Basic side this will probably

take the form of a beginners'
guide, while on the more techoe
side it will be about getting the
most out of the Amiga hardware
- much more valuable for both
beginners and experts.
More PD reviews, more
competitions, art gallery.
Cotton, Daventry, Northants
Yes definitely, maybe, yes.
More attention paid to basics.
Don't assume that your terminology will be understood.
RD Chambers
Killamarsh, South Yorks
Absolutely. Obviously there are
some subjects where a lot of
technical knowledge will be
required, but everything will be
written and presented in a clear
and concise way with as little jargon as possible. At the same
time, many readers already know
a hell of a lot about these things,
so we will throw in some special
extras for them.
More info from other countries
comparing soft- and hardware.
Col I Winton, Aldershot, Hants
We are currently investigating
getting columnists in the US,
Europe and further afield. If anybody thinks they fit the bill then
drop me a line. We will definitely
be covering the scene abroad
whatever happens - even if I
have to make expenses paid trips
myself (Dream on - Pub).
More on programming
graphics, fractals, quantum
mechanics etc.
David Head, Adstock, Bucks
I'm afraid we can definitely publish articles that may (or may not)
be about quantum mechanics,
but it's uncertain whether or not
we can publish articles that definitety are about quantum
mechanics s e e 'The
Uncertainty Principle in Electronic
Publishing", Heisenberg (or was it
Dirac?), 1930 (or possibly 1934).
Wargames reviews, a more
varied selection of reviews
each month - not just shootem-up games.
Alan Varley, Redruth, Cornwall
A good adventure column.
S Marston, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs
We are not planning to have specific sections for war, strategy or
adventure games, but prefer to

cover them in the main Screen

Play section. We certainly are not
going to cover just shoot-en-up
games - we are going to look at
every game we can get our
hands on. We are not biased
towards any particular type of
game, because we love them all.
And Andy Smith, our Reviews
Editor, is expert at, and particularly keen on, them all.
More music software, more
hardware, less reviews of
games which will not be out for
months.
Michael Herrington
Great Baddow, Essex
There is an ever-increasing competition amongst magazines to
get the first review of a game,
which has led to a lot of problems over the last year. FOFT
and Populous have been classic
examples. We are not going to
stop reviewing 'pre-production'
games fie they might lack the
packaging or title screens), but
we will only review finished ones.
We will try to avoid the review
beating the game to the streets,
but with magazine lead times of
between three and six weeks (we
wrote it that long before the
review hits the streets) it Is
impossible to guarantee 100%
that it won't happen. After alt, you
wouldn't want out-of-date reviews,
would you?
Lots and lots of free or very
cheap stuff.
Scott Orchard, Throop, Dorset
Sorry, this one completely floors
me. Do you mean on the disk,
because you get that free in the
cover price. If you mean the special offers, we will continue bringing you lots of them every month.
if you mean PD stuff, ditto. If you
mean competitions, we will be
doing those too. If you mean anything else - I give up.
A fresh, clean, unused,
preferably new E.50 note.
JBennett, Breastow, Derby
Sex and violence, money,
cover mounted Ferrari.
CO'Dwyer, Catford, London
Pokes, bundles of E5 notes.
Danny Sweetman, Huntingdon,
Cambs
Free Ferrari in every issue.
Just keep it good OK.
Graham Ing, Stubbington, Hants
Ferrarri? No problem! That will be
150,000 an issue, please.

L E T T E R S

More Workbench, Amiga DOS

help would be excellent.
PCNeal, London

Creative stuff - the more

unusual the better.
McIntosh, London

More Workbench there is, and

even more Workbench there will
be. Help with Amiga DOS
depends on exactly what you are
having problems with - write to
Workbench and we can deal with
it there,

We are all very creative, mostly

with excuses, and we have been
told we are rather unusual as
well. But seriously, yes, it's on
the way.

Kim Bassinger (again!)

1.1Shardlow, Eastbourne
How about a picture of me
instead? No, thought not
Puzzle feature - perhaps even
a crossword on the disk?
RSMcCrea, Greenisland

More on DTP, printers and

monitors. More game reviews.
Pi Freeman, Leicester
There is a DIP special next
month and there will be more to
follow in future issues.
My name spelt correctly.
Yogesh Raja. London SW17
Easy.

An excellent idea We would love

to put a puzzle or crossword in
the magazine or, better still, on
the disk. Does anyone out there
fancy compiling one every
month? Get in touch with me.
Treble tips page, classified
adverts, no demo games on
disk - Wicked was crap.
Julian Smith, Sheffield
More tips both for serious stuff
and games are beihg provided.
No plans to do classifieds at the
moment, I don't think Wicked was
crap and most people like the
game demos - you are definitely
in the minority on that one. A
vocal minority? Write in
Something for advanced users
(advanced C routines?). News
on other machines (a summary of what's happening). Not so
many of these game demos they are basically a way for
companies to advertise and
they are really nail. More
utilities and PD stuff.
ABovingdon, Ongar, Essex
There is another side to the
game demos - they also give
potential buyers a chance to test
the game out before they shell
out hard-earned cash for them.
And they're just lots of fun for
free. The additional disk space
also means that we can do more
of everything.
Adetailed list of decent music
packages that are around.
0 Homar, Sheffield
The music pages should satisfy
most of that request and there
are plans to put buyers' guides
on a database on the cover disk.
These can then be updated at
regular intervals.

Please don't get like ACE, it

really went downhill the last
six months or so.
David Ovington, Worcester
The same standards set by
the old Format, not garbage
like ACE.
Michael Ashton, Standish, Lancs
This is Amiga Format not ACE
and we will be catering for Amiga
owners and all their interests.
The Amiga market ts unlike any
other and this will be a magazine
unlike any other. We aim to bring
you the best at all times.
It's already perfect, especially
now I don't have to read all
that ST rubbish.
Anthony Haughty, Magor, Gwent
I won't argue with the first bit, but
the sr is not rubbish and if l hear
one more 'my machine is better
than yours' argument i will lock
the sender in a room with just a
ZX80 for company. But then...
A good balance between
games, serious and creative
software. Lots of reviews of
new hardware. A cover disk
with new stuff on it.
Matthew Bush
Blackheath, London
Sounds good to me.
More cutting software reviews
- not so many sycophants.
Jeff Guest, Warley
We won't slag stuff off just for
the sake of it - that's stupid - but
if it's duff then you can rely on us
to say so in no uncertain terms.
Plus we review software only on
its merit, not to keep well in with
software houses.

NO GO ON GAMES?
I have read ST/Arniga Format
almost since it was launched and I
must say that it was with mixed
feelings that this Amiga 2000
user read that you would be splitting the magazine into two. l have
always found ST/Amiga to be very
'formative and read it because it
gave me more interesting information in 'half' a magazine than all of
the others did in a 'whole' one.
However, are my worst fears
to be justified after this split? Will
Amiga Format become another
games orientated magazine? Your
advertising says that ST Format
will be staffed by the 'authoritative' ST/Amiga team, while Amiga
Format will be staffed by the
'award winning' ACE team.
Personally, I would rather read
something from someone who
knows what they are talking
about, than someone who wins
awards for navel gazing.
l could be doing the ACE crew an
injustice, but l was always of the
opinion that ACE was primarily a
games magazine. Can I have the
editor's assurance that Amiga
Format will not degenerate into
yet another games magazine.
Tim Gathercole
East Tilbury, Essex
ACE was primarily a games magazine, Amiga Format is not.
Amiga Format is here to serve all
Amiga users in the best way possible. That means covering
graphics, music, games, DIP,
PD, video, workbench, news,
hardware and anything else there
is a demand for. The members of
the ex-ACE team are professional
journalists who do know what
they are talking about and will
produce the magazine you want.
Anyway, with Jason 'I'm a technical editor - I'm no good at
games' Holborn on the team
there's no danger of this becoming a games mag at all.
Anyway, what's wrong with
gazing at my navel - it's a very
nice navel. I was thinking of lea,
tunng it on the cover next Issue.
GO ON GAMES?
Aaaagh. On buying my latest ACE
magazine I was devastated. All my
favourite writers disappeared
instantaneously, no closing comments, nothing. Then, on buying
ST/Amiga Format, more than
relief came over me. It was totally
amazing, the ex-ACE team to be
concentrated on one computer in
one magazine.
But why no warning? Perhaps
there was, look at the bottom of
the masthead of ACE Issue 21. To
quote, -Kind regards to the EMAP

eejits and laded fatties everywhere.' Who wrote that? Anyway,

good luck with Amiga Format. I'm
with you all the way.
Andrew J Reader
Maidstone, Kent
There was nothing meaningful on
that little snippet, honest. it was
written before we knew about the
sale of ACE to EMAP and was
just a humorous bit of banter with
some of our friends who work at
EMAP. When you've travelled
around as much as some of us
have you make friends all over
the place - even with your competitors. A certain Graeme Kidd
might be able to tell you more.
CONSOLE COMMODORE
I purchased an A500 nine months
ago from my local dealer at M O
which included the standard software. A particular article which I
read recently stated confirmed
reports of a future Amiga console
to be released. Customers who
have paid four to five hundred
pounds may well be let down with
sub-standard software. When the
Amiga was first released it carried
a status symbol due to its sophisticated hardware and people have
paid for that privilege. if a console
is to be released based on 68000
technology Commodore will
inevitably be required to sell the
system at a competitive price
what with tin PC Engine, ST console, SegaJlintendo etc. Will the
select customer which has been
apparent disappear after the
Amiga console has been released?
Those who will invest in a console
may be unable to afford the previous prices. If Commodore opt to
aim at the lower market the industry may well belorced to produce
sub-standard material to compensate for inexpensive software.
A500 owners will be left with a
machine which may not be programmed to its full potential. A
matter to be taken seriously as it
woukt restrain a prosperous busi
ness and regress advancements.
James Scudamore
Bournemouth, Dorset
No plans for an Amiga console
have been announced, and none
are likely to be. Far more likely os
that the A500 will be upgraded
into a 1 Meg machine, making it
even more powerful, and even
cheaper for the technology
invoked. Have no fear, the exist,
ing land increasing) user base
means software houses will keep
writing for the basic A500
machine and from there on
thongs will only get better. in fact,
it's only just beginning._
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