Amiga Format: Issue 101

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Issue No: 101	Month: September 1997
Release Date: ?	Price: £5.50 (CD-ROM)
Editor: Nick Veitch	Page Count: 116

MAIN FEATURE

It could be You!
Six-page feature on the benefits of shareware, methods of producing shareware, and the people behind the most popular applications on the Amiga.

COVER DISK/COVERCD

Serious Disk
AnimatED
Ultra Accounts 4
HappENV
CLIMaster 2
FastExec
EasyPatch
Modem Display
Formatext
XFD

Games Disk
StarBoy
Hard drive Installers

CoverCD
Shadow of the Third Moon demo
BrainKiller demo
Hilt2 demo
Six Sense Investigations demo
FreeCIV
AFCDFind
IBrowse patches
Post 2.0
WildFire
Amiga Interactive Guide 1.6
... and much. much more!

NEWS ITEMS

New Amigas. New Prices
MicroniK & Index Information launch several new Amigas - Infinitiv 1300, 1400, 1500, and the Access.

New OctaMED on the horizon?
Rumours persist that an update to OctaMED SoundStudio is on the horizon.

CD software war hots up
New versions of MakeCD and MasterISO are launched.

Picasso IV in update shocker!
Olaf Barthel, sub-contractor for Picasso IV modules, indicates that the Concierto sound card & Pablo II video encoder are nearing completion.

Storming Ahead
Haage & Partner announce StormC upgrade, featuring support for PowerUP, p.OS, and more.

FEATURE

RTG
Picasso versus CyberGraphX - Simon Goodwin asses the state of the art in retargetable graphics software.

Enter the Dragons (Emulators Part 11)
Simon Goodwin surveys emuulators for Dragon and Tandy micros.

REVIEWS

SCREENPLAY
Previews
Shadow of the Third Moon
Genetic Species
Sixth Sense Investigations
Master Axe

Re-releases
Silent Service 2 - 87%
F15 Strike Eagle 2 - 80%

Reviews
Pro Tour '97 - 35%

SERIOUSLY AMIGA
Reviews
The Hidden Truth - 90%
The Epic Interactive Encyclopedia of the Paranormal - 88%
Touch Typist - 87%
Technosound Turbo 2 (long-term review) - 90%
Wizard Power Box - 92%
Power Computing PSU - 92%
Prima Atom - 90%

CD-ROM Round-up
Amy Resources Euro Edition - 95%
APC & TCP Volumes 1 & 2 - 76%
Apollo 1266 - 80%

Software for kids
Sooty Paint - 25%
Dinosaur Detective Agency - 70%
Kids Rule OK - 90%
Kids Rule OK 2 - 85%
Play Days - 90%
Play Days Paint - 20%

AF CREATIVE (TUTORIALS)

Monthly tutorials section for the latest applications and former cover disks.

Beginners Guide (Chapter 3)
Robert Polding goes back to basics, looking at files, directories, and their icon types.

DOpus 5.5 (Chapter 3)
Ben Vost implements advanced forms of file typing into DOpus.

Advanced ARexx Coding: Creating console-based applications (Part 1)
Paul Overaa explains how to use console-based windows within your scripts.

Personal Paint (Chapter 5)
Nick Veitch introduces PPaint's storyboard feature, producing smooth animation effects.

Cinema4D 2 (Chapter 7)
In the second part of the animation tutorial, John Kennedy demonstrates how to create, manipulate, and destroy objects.

REGULARS

Month in View
Amiga Format News & Net Corner
ScreenPlay

Previews
Readers Games
GameBusters & Helping Hand
PD Select

Seriously Amiga
Long-term review
CD-ROM Round-Up
Workbench
Amiga.net
Back Issues
Subscriptions & Special Offers
Market Place (adverts)
Creative
Mailbag
The Gallery
Amiga Format CoverCD
Amiga Format Coverdisks
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COMMENTS
The issue featured two long-term reviews, written by Gareth Muffin, about a DIY A1200 tower case & Technosound Turbo 2. This issue marks the first appearance of AiG in an Amiga magazine.

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