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\ | | | | | THE
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∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ & NONSENSE ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙
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LARGE POSSESSIONS
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The host of Channel 4's Gamesmaster programme, Dominik Diamond
always seems to have one thing on his mind - and it's not
computer games. You'll see what I mean when I give you a couple
of his recent quotes. "Gamesmaster is responsible for more
sprained wrists than Julia Roberts", a reference I think, to the
shows' participants waggling their joysticks. And one
participant, who after walking off with the top prize of a
golden joystick, was followed by "and there goes Stuart with his
large possession". And they put this programme out at 6.30pm!
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EMULATORS ACCUMULATE
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What is the matter with ST programmers? No sooner have they
dumped their 8 bits and spent £300+ on an ST, then they go and
write ZX81, Spectrum and C64 emulators! And ST owners (most of
which have also upgraded from 8 bits) go and buy them in their
droves!
But I must confess to being an emulator user. For some reason,
it is more fun playing emulated spectrum games on an ST than on
the real thing. But why does this particular emulator run so
much slower? The Spectrum can't be the most complex of micros to
emulate. It doesn't matter that much, it's the 'nostalgia'
factor that matters - and there's plenty of that.
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A SERIOUS (BACK) ISSUE
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ST Format must have an awful lot of back issues to shift. For a
while now they have been littering their pages with adverts for
their back issue/subscription service. They'll mention something
like a review or simply a news item that they have published in
the past, and then immediately follow it with something like
"(If you missed it,turn to our back issue service on page 114 to
order that issue) ".
They do this so many times in the latest issue it makes you want
to order their entire stock of back issues just to keep them
quiet. Nobody else does this, not even ST User. (By the way, If
you missed my review of the new-look ST User in Sten 7, contact
the editor for a back issue).
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ARTY FARTY
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The number of ST paint packages continues to rise but they offer
nothing new. They all seem to stick to the same old Degas-type
features and even menu layouts. All very well in 1986 but not
now. We need to have more complex functions like better object
manipulation (wrap bitmap onto circle etc) and more colours and
colour control. Deluxe Paint has blend and smooth functions but
with only 16 colours they aren't as useful as they could be.
Neochrome master came close, but this was banned by Atari!
Interestingly, the Amiga with it's 'better' graphic capability,
only has a handful of paint programs, and only 1 in the PD at
the last count!
ם That's enough Stuff and Nonsense for this month, more next!