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- * Issue 1, Volume 1 *
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- New Programs for the ST!
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- Good games are proliferating on the Atari ST right now. We
- have Populous, where the player can "play God" in a most literal
- sense in over 500 scenarios! Populous has been out a while, so it
- may not be "new" anymore, but the new Populous "sequel disk" lets
- you move on to more intriguing worlds.... This one is from
- Bullfrog U.K\Electronic Arts. $44.95 suggested list price.
-
- Falcon 1.1 (update is $7.50)and Operation: Counterstrike
- ($24.95) are out. Air jockeys, gird your loins and prepare to
- take on the MiG-29, now added to spruce up Operation:
- Counterstrike, which is the "sequel" to Falcon. Kudos to Spectrum
- Holobyte for getting this one out...
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- Spectrum Holobyte is also busy planning to release new games
- for the ST. Current plans are Tank, an M-1 Abrams tank simulator,
- 'Vette, a Corvette driving simulation that is purported to
- include fast 3-D updating and even pedestrians! More titles
- should be forthcoming, and we will keep you updated.
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- Empire ][ is being advertised by some mail order merchants.
- For those of you who loved Empire by Interphase, this one will be
- a must have.
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- However, if you're not committed to Empire, you may want to
- consider what many people consider the sequel of an ST original
- military simulator "of extraordinary magnitude": Universal
- Military Simulator 2. UMS ][ apparently offers new features, but
- at press time I have no further info. Suggested list price is
- unknown at this time.
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- Other games to look for: Xenon 2 (which is a suprisingly
- good shoot 'em up that is pretty intriguing and has incredibly
- smooth scrolling and great graphics), Gauntlet ][ (the Mindscape
- USA version is out, but no apparent differences from the European
- version by U.S. Gold), TV Sports Football (perhaps THE biggest
- disappointment this year... CinemaWare has adopted a policy that
- essentially claims the ST isn't worth a full port of TV Sports
- Football from the Amiga, so you know where to put your money?
- Everywhere BUT CinemaWare! [But the game play is still good and I
- can't say it is that bad overall...]), Blood Money (another great
- shoot 'em up with stunning graphics and sound), and others merit
- attention as well, if for no reason than that they round out the
- ST games market.
-
- Speaking of which, DM ][ has still not been released yet, but
- that may no longer be a problem. We will be calling FTL for our
- next issue to get the low down on exactly what is happening since
- the ill-fated release dates have passed by for DM ][: Chaos
- Strikes Back!. The reason this isn't a problem for adventurers is
- that Bloodwych, a 2 player DM-style game (looks so close, it is
- hard to tell the two apart looking solely at dungeon graphics from
- the screenshots and demo!) that adds a few new twists to the
- original but is NOT DM ][ contrary to some earlier statements.
-
- The ST of course isn't all fun 'n games. Programmers can
- rejoice that GFA Compiler for GFA Basic 3.0 is finally out. Antic
- should have it for sell at $49.95 suggested list price. Antic
- also supports STOS Basic by Mandarin. STOS Basic has been out a
- while but Mandarin has been releasing several packages that
- support STOS Basic such as: STOS Compiler ($44.95), STOS Sprites
- 600 ($29.95), STOS Maestro (h/w sound sampler + s/w, all at $130).
- It looks like with GFA, HiSoft and Mandarin competing, there will
- be no shortage of good BASICs. And I almost forgot LDW Basic
- (which doesn't seem to have a large USA following...)!
-
- In terms of applications, ISD should have the Calamus O-Line
- Art package ($250) and a few new fixes for Calamus by the EOY (End
- of the Year), that make it equivalent to the rumoured "Calamus
- Plus".
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- We also have out a few new telecommunications packages.
- Intersect should have MasterLink available now, for about $75.
- There is also rumoured to be a new telecomm package from Canada
- for $30 that offers background terminal as well as file transfers,
- all from a desk accessory! We'll keep you posted on that one as
- well...
-
- CodeHead, led by the prolific programming of Charles F.
- Johnson (if you want to see skill, peruse the source code of one
- of his many PD efforts!), has released the CodeHead Utilities
- disk. One program, CodeCopy, is being used by us to duplicate
- THIS very magazine! At $29.95, a bargain! Also, CodeHead has
- updated MultiDesk to v1.8. Updates are (naturally!) available to
- registered owners...
-
- Finally, for the artist in you, Quantum Paint Delux/][ ($60)
- should be making its way over here. It, like its predecessor is a
- 4096 color paint program for the ST utilizing a similar technique
- to what the Amiga uses in interlaced. So yes, you do wind up with
- that annoying flicker...
-
- That's all for now, I'll be back in 60 days with a LOT more
- info as 4th quarter releases fly hot and heavy in the USA!
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