REVIEW: AMINET 18 CD-ROM

by: Pauli Porkka


Aminet 18
The Quality of the Aminet collection! Pics, Mods, Demos, Utilities, Data packages..The Works.

This time everything on this CD is new stuff. No older packages were included. Not everything even got included! There was actually too much new stuff to be included. As it is mentioned in the CDs readme:

                   New stuff since Aminet CD 17

 All of the software on this CD is newer than Aminet CD 17. Therefore, I've
 removed the index files for new files only. As mentioned before, this CD
 does not contain all the new material since the last CD was made; there
 wasn't enough room. The files omitted were demos, mods and pictures from 
 The Party 1996, close to 300 megabytes (uncompressed). I've decided to 
 stay with the bi-monthly Aminet CD rhythm and put the omitted material on
 the next Aminet Set, which will appear ahead of time. Please tell me what
 you think.

So expect to see that marvellous Aminet Set 5 coming your direction before fall.

On a commercial side of the CD there is only one. Game called Xtreme racing. Personally I didn't like the game at all. Ok I admit I was really lousy at it so maybe I just took it as too hard. It had its own appeal: Texture mapped scenery (very flat one though, even the obstacles on a road weren't raised from the flat road.) and fast going. Basically the game is a car game where you compete against the computer and/or human players. I think the game has had too much good publicity for what it is worth.. So the reason to purchase this CD is not the game, but instead the other about 2500 other reasons.

Although The Party 1996 demos were omitted from this CD there were a few good ones on it. Not to mention the pictures and animations and modules. It constantly amazes me how an earth is anyone able to go through the modules on the CDs. I mean it must be a real hard work to go through all the hundreds of modules coming every month to a Aminet. Still every module has a number to it telling how good it is, cool.

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