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**** PAGE ************************************************** LETTERS ******** -------- | he place to be.... | | XMAS 1994 /---- ----- ------ ------- ***************************** / / / / / / * * /---- /----/ / ______ /----- * DAN WOODS POINTS OF VIEW * / / / /____/ /______ * SECTION * * * ***************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'M NOT VIOLENT YOU D%$#HEAD! COME ON THEN I'LL SMASH YOUR - SNIP! Dear Dan, I have read issues 1 through 3 and love them all. But I wish to talk about the violence in computer games and this new age rating system. Now look at it this way. The graphics in games are getting more and more realistic (UP TO THE POINT OF FULL PHOTOGRAPHS NOW - DAN). Mortal Combat was released last year and that is every bit as gory as the second one, but now that we have this $#%##@ (SORRY WE CAN'T USE THAT WORD!) Age rating system we have Mortal Combat II under a 15 certificate, in my local computer store kids can't buy this game. Now I think it is daft (YES , STICK WITH THAT WORD - DAN) because Mortal Combat 1 is on sale to any kid who wants it. Now I would be very interested to hear other people's views on this completely crap headed Subject. JOHN WALL, TYNESIDE Dan Says... Yes I agree with you there. But kids in most circumstances should be allowed to buy the game, as the certificates are only there for the parents to decide on. It is not illegal to sell these games to underage kids. Also I should bring the soap round your house! Next... DELUXE PAINT IS ONLY HALF THERE!!!!!!! Dear Page, I have gratefully received Page 3 (SO DO MOST OF US! ... OH! YOU MEAN OUR PAGE ISSUE 3. RIGHT. - DAN) and have enjoyed it. Although I think I should point out that Rick's Deluxe Paint review is only ½ complete (RICK, OFFICE NOW! - DAN). Why? CLIFF FRISE, STOCKTON Dan says... Oooer! I think I need to torture Rick a bit. I am in a grumpy mood tonight aren't I? Well, there isn't much I can say apart from sorry! It won't happen again. Rick says he put it on the disk but didn't get around to finishing it before the posting date. Feeble excuse if you ask me... LLAMATRON IS THERE!! PRINTERS ARE NOT THOUGH! Dear Sir/Madam, Thanks for Page issue 3 but I have searched right through the disk for the Printers section promised but I can't find it. Also in the Page 4 preview it says to make up from Llamatron... What happened? CHRIS SHUTT, CLEVELAND Dan says... Damn! We really did cock up last issue didn't we. Well it was because of us changing the mag so much from issues 1 and 2, is that OK... no thought not. Well the Printers feature was all there, but on the night before posting the original page disk developed a read error, so I used XCopy to copy it using DOSCOPY + which kills faults, unfortunetly I had to remove the faulty disk block, which lost that file, which explains why disk 3 is not 100% full, also at first I didn't have enough room to include Llamatron, but right at the last minute I put it on instead of the Printers feature. By the way, don't take too much notice of the Next Disk pages as 50 % of the time they are wrong, but they are only intended to give a brief outline of next disk. You mat have noticed the missing of the game Galaxions from this disk (Promised by me last disk - DAN), well since it is crimbo I decided to use Phsyco Santa instead. Q & A SECTION IS GREAT, BUT WHERE'S MY ANSWER? Dear Dan, I have recently written with a question but have not got an answer back yet. Where's it gone? JAMES THOMSON, STOCKTON Dan says... That's the question about the Amiga 590 Hard Disk isn't it. Well check out this disks Q&A section, you are in there. Well why didn't you receive an answer in the post? Because you didn't include an SAE! You can't expect us to pay for ALL the postage we have to do you know, although we have been known to send a few answers back with out you sending an SAE in the past, we really must ask you to include an SAE if you can't wait 2 months until the next page. ************************************************************************** STAR LETTER - FREE ISSUE OF PAGE WINNER! Dear Dan, I have been buying Commodore computers since my first Commodore 700 computer in 1981. Back then Commodore machines weren't as widely available as they are now. You couldn't walk into Dixons and purchase a C700 you had to buy from mail order or Commodore-only dealers. But the good thing about it then was that all the techie information was available, you got the specifications from the dealers and they knew what they were talking about. Through the years I have stuck with Commodore, I have progressed through Vic 20s, 64s, 16s, and recently have just sold a 128. I sold my 128 when I decided that it was about time for something different. Since how I have trusted Commodore in the past and got all the details I needed on site when buying I considered the Amiga as the next logical step. So I popped into Dixons in my town centre and asked about an Amiga 1200. The man who saw to me didn't seem to know what he was talking about. He asked me what I wanted the Amiga for, games or serious applications. I said a bit of both, but a bit more on the serious end of the scale. He reccomended that I give the Amiga a miss as it was primarly a games machine and he said I should go for the PC or Apple Mac. Now I have seen what great things the Amiga can do in Amiga magazines and have read loads about how good they are for DTP, with programs like Pagestream etc. Word processing, and they are meant to be the best in the world for video, anyone who is serious about video needs an Amiga, no other machine is powerful enough, I have been told. Well I decided to take a big risk and go for the Amiga 1200 and I love it! It is 409832574365 times better than any shitty old PC I have used and the Mac? The bloody thing can't even multitask! I am really glad I chose the Amiga, and Dixons putting me off buying one and trying to make me buy a PC which cost many times more makes me think that they are only in this game for the money and all customer loyalty has gone out of the window. Maybe it is time to return to the 1981 way, where you could only buy Commodore from companies who knew what they were talking about and would have your best interests at heart. ANDY STANNOP, STOCKTON Dan says... Very sad... That was Andy Stannop in Points of View from Page 4. He must have ran out of printer ink I think. *************************************************************************** MORE MICRO TIPS FOR GAMESTERS! Dear Dan The Man, (Thank you very much DAN) I think that you should start a games help Q&A thing. The Micro Tips section just isn't enough for us gamesters! By the way , Micro Tips didn't work last disk! NICK LOGAN, DARLINGTON Dan says... Well, Nick The Dick! We have given your idea some thought and decided to put it in with the Gamer Guide section, OK. Oh and why doesn't every one just burn the last issue of page as it totally cocked up didn't it? I need some one to blame it on though... ah Rick! DEAR RICK?! Dear Rick, (Hey this is my section! 8-( ) - Shocked Smiley! - DAN!) I think that you should take over Page as your Games section is sooooooooo cool! Come on everyone, together we can do it! SIMON SLOAN, NEWCASTLE Dan says... Next issue Rick has a massive cheat special (deja vu?) TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE! Dear Sir/Madam, I think that you devote far too much space to the letters pages in your mag and... ANDREW GRIFFITHS, Stockton-on-Tees Dan says... Yes you're probably right, which is why I cut your letter very short! We do seem to be getting loads at the moment, all these new Amiga users. Most people send a little missive in their SAEs for Page. I WANT £500! Dear Dan, I would like £500 for this idea of mine (Well, tough - DAN). I was thinking of a Christmas Amiga list next disk as it will be December won't it. Also send the £500 to me... BLAH! BLAH! JANE JACKSON, BARNARD CASTLE Dan says... We have already prepared an Amiga Christmas list, but since how it was such a good idea have a free copy of the cool PD Amiga game, Pengo! KEEP GAMES CASTLE WHERE IT IS! Dear Dan, I think that the 8-Bit section is a great idea and will attract users of other machines to buy Amigas as well as their other machines (I doubt it, but here's hoping! - DAN). I don't however think you should include it in the Gamer Guide section, keep it in it's own place so that it is easy to find. I own a Commodore 16 along with my A600 so I think that this is a great help with deciding which games to buy for my C16 without having to pay out extra money for a C16 magazine. SHARON STARK, ESTON Dan says... OK I have made sure that the Games Castle part stays in it's own drawer along with anything else that applies to other makes of Computer. Good to hear from you. - | LOVE THE NEW ANSI TEXT! - Dear Dan, Just a quickie (Uhh! - DAN). I absolutely love the new ANSI letters at the start of the new articles and think it makes the Pages look more attractive. JAMES SIMPSON, MIDDX Dan says... Yes I am quite pleased with that idea of mine. Good to hear from you James. HELLO DANWOOD! Dear Dan, I just thought I would write to bring something to your attention, in the Amiga Shopper User group section you are called Danwood! STEPHEN WELCH, COULBY NEWHAM Dan says... I have just had a look at that and I have never noticed it before. I was wondering why some promotion offers from companies such as Digita and Silica were addressed to Danwood. I shall notify Amiha Shopper of this soon. Thanks for your letter. And that wraps it up for another Points of View. Write to me NOW and you will probably be in the next issue of Page. Byeeeeeeeeeeee!