AmigaComputing002-Jul88.pdf

MINEENNIall

A Database Publication

Volume 1

Number 2

July 1988

E1.95

COMPUTING

AMIGASOUND

Five super samplers

are put to the test

AMAMI'

AMIGA VIDEO

A guide to the

ultimate in

animation

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AMIGAGAMES

• Zork

• Exodus

• Sentinel

• Footman

• Barbarian

• Ferrari Fl

• Star Fleet 1

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A new generation in Amiga

programming takes off

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The trilogy

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Interactive ﬁction

from LPTIPi

tures - Lords of Time, Red Moon and The

Price of Magik - come together in one

package. Each has been enhanced and enlarged

with more text than ever before - 60,000 mind-

expanding words creating magik and mystery

round every corner. There's a powerful new

parser, and most disc versions include stunning

digitised pictures that help to dramatically

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What the press have said:

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AMIGA SCENE

Managing Editor

Derek Meakin

Group Editor

Alan McLachlan

NEWS

An update on the new Amiga prices.

Plus hol gossip from America, Canada

and Germany as the Amiga shows it

can offer the world a challenge.

LATEST

&Mot

Simon Rockman

Pmditchon Editor

Peter Glover

Animated A

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ADVENT!, IRES

.4r1 Editors

Mark Nolan

Doug Steele

THE PLAIN MANS

GUIDE TO CLI

Phil South continues his explanation

of what happens when you click on

the al icon and face AmigaDos

naked. This month ASSIGN.

SCULPT AND

ANIMATE 3D

A pair of programs which work

together to make the Amiga shine

brighter than any other computer

but are extremely easy to use.

Editorial Assistant:

Elaine Rawlins

PORTAL

Dave Eriksson looks at two classic

games which have proved that even

the ravages of time cannot harm a

well written computer fantasy.

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News Editor

Mike Cowley

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GRAPHICS

DTP

Advertising Sales

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PHOTON

PAINT

Trip the light fantastic with a great

new artists' package from ACtiViSiOn

Something which will make IIAM

mode far easier to manage.

GOLD DISK

PAGESEITER

With a high resolution screen and a

fast processor the Amiga is a great

machine for desktop publishing, but

it needs good software to do it.

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INTERCEHOR

Electronic Arts latest game release is

certainly its greatest. A military ﬂight

simulator which breaks new giou

and is set to be a winner.

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•CONTENTSI

PRINTERS

When one printer costs half as much

as its nearest rival ii looks like a

bargain but in the printer stakes you

may often ﬁnd less means more.

SYMPOSIUM

STAR I.C40 Vs

OKIMATE 20

DEVELOPERS

FACE TO FACE

To eavesdrop on the Washington

conference Dave Parkinson battles

Kennedy airport and wins, but loses

out to Autoboot and a Copper.

This month sees the launch of the Amiga

Computing Awards. These are given to

outstanding products reviewed in our pages. in

Olympic tradition there are three types: Gold.

Silver and Bronze.

The Silver award is given to a product which

offers outstanding value for money. A Bronze

award goes to one which is particularly well

made or a program which shines_

The supreme Gold award can only be won by

a product which is both exceptionally good

value and well made.

Very few products will win an award - fewer

still an Amiga Computing Gold. Don't expect a

Gold winner every month - they will be saved

for the cream of the Amiga crop.

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ilOUSE CALI.

LANGUAGE

ELECTRONIC

ARTS

Electronic Arts has been an Amiga

fan since well before Commodore

launched the machine, John Minson

ﬁnds out more about the company.

TRUE

BASIC

When the original authors of Basic get

together again to do things properly

they have the beneﬁt of hindsight —

and it really shows in the end result.

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SOUND

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ADVICE

QUESTIONS AND

ANSWERS

Whatever your problem we have a

panel of Amiga experts who are here

to help you solve it. Ask and we'll do

our best to put you on the right track.

BAME

Five of the lop Amiga sound samplers

are compared and put to the test for

three major criteria: Sound quality,

ease of use and value for money.

LETTERs

SOFTWARE

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AMIGA

ARCADE

The joystick hotshots rate the newies

in the shops, killing Barbarians and

avoiding the evil Sentinel: racing

Formula I and joining Star Fleet.

FROM OUR

POSTBAG

Our readers write and we reply:

Views on piracy and ﬁrst comments

on the ﬁrst issue of Amiga Computing.

Plus prizes for your best letters.

ElLa, IRONIC ARTS

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HINTS

ENDPIECE

GAME

KILLER

Join Max l'he Hacks" Tennant as he

and his friends explain how to win at

Bubble Bobble and ﬁnd your way

round Activision's ['framer.

GURU'S

HAUNT

We've all seen the Guru meditation

message, But who is the Guru and

why is he meditating? To ﬁnd the

facts we delve back into history.

Electronic Arts Puge 36

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