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      Just-one-more-thing productions proudly presents:-

           LOOK-AT-ME!! - The 'Zine within a 'zine..
                Another day, another Maggie....

         --Compiled by Idiots, delayed by Students!!--


Issue  13,  finished  (well  95%) on the 13th  January  1994,  how
appropriate..

COME IN NUMBER NINE, YOUR TIME IS UP....

I say 95% done as we are awaiting two very late arriving textfiles
from someone up in Liverpool who has just changed his address,  he
will  'get  in  touch' with the new one,  but it seems,  not  this
week..  As  he  attends the university there,  I have had Kev,  (K-
Klass of lovely picture on main menu fame) carry out what is known
as  'Electronic  Whingeing'  on my behalf as  Leon  (Oops  what  a
giveaway!) is on the University E-Mail system..

Maybe tomorrow, we'll be lucky.. More on that one later..

THE USUAL....

I suppose you want to know what's inside..  Well stop reading this
textfile  and  get  loading!!  Maggie is still  very  much  Falcon
compatible,  and  so  it  ought to be,  as assembly,  checking and
debugging  were  all done on my machine without a sniff of  an  ST
getting involved.. But if you are not running it in ST-Medium res,
then you are in biiiiig trouble!! The screen goes all funny..

THE AMIGA CLUB IS REALLY EXTREMELY DEAD THIS TIME....

In  a  very  similar  textfile in issue 12,  I  told  you  of  the
'killing-off'  of  our  local  Amiga  club..  Unfortunately,  like
certain species of other dinosaurs,  the message from nerve-ending
to  puny brain takes some time to travel,  and it is only in  this
early part of January that the message they are really not  wanted
seems to have finally come home..

THE DUTCH BLOKE IN FULL....

Richard Karsmakers of ST-News is now fully Falcon-fitted and ready
to  roll..  He  has had a machine since the end of  November,  but
informs  me that this does not dim his commitment to  keeping  the
'ST' part of ST-News well and truly alive..  The present GEM style
menu  is unlikely to change either..  Fans of ST-News may like  to
note  that with the sound turned off,  it is totally 'transparent'
to  things  such  as System Audio Manager  and  any  DeskACC-based
module player such as Proplay on the Falcon.. Give it a whirl..

STEN IS DEAD....

More  on this in the issue proper..  STEN succumbed to  collective
fatigue  on  the  part of the authors who decided  it  wasn't  fun
anymore.. So they got out..

ABOUT BLOODY TIME....

Today,  the  14th  January  1994,  I  hear  that  the  overpricing
practices of the 'big two', Sega and Nintendo are to be subject to
an investigation by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission after  a
flood  of complaints to the Office of Fair Trading.  This led them
to  conclude  that  a system of competitive  pricing  was  not  in
operation..  Sega  are  said to be surprised,  but will co-operate
with  any investigation..  Lots of comparisons with the favourable
price situation in the USA have also been made..

The market for 'videogames' (assuming they mean  console/cartridge
systems  only)  is estimated to be worth £700 million  in  the  UK
alone..  Perhaps  it  should only be "worth" £300  million!!  (Tee
hee!)

STENCH OF FAILURE????

It is still early days for the 3DO but problems have been  arising
for  this  new system..  Sanyo,  developers of the 'cheap' 3DO may
well  be pulling out..  Many of the 300 developers are involved in
such  non-exciting projects as educational software..  People  may
even have been returning their units in the USA, disappointed with
what was on offer.. More definite news in a future issue..

FRONTIER HANDY HINTS....

People  have been really getting into this game in a way not  seen
for  years on the ST,  or any other computer for that..  Some very
useful SAVEGAME files are included elsewhere on this disk, but for
those people determined not to cheat,  their best course of action
is  as follows..  Get to Barnards Star from your start position on
Merlin,  then  sell  all your non-essential equipment such as  the
missiles,  scanner, atmospheric shielding etc. (You may even go as
far  as removing the laser,  but only you are the judge of that..)
Load  up with computers or robots and go to Sol  (Earth  system)..
Buy  luxury goods or similar there,  and just trade back and forth
between  these two systems until you have built up enough cash  to
trade up your ship and get the weapons/extras you want..  YOU WILL
NOT  BE  ATTACKED IN EITHER OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS (So I  have  been
told..)  Don't  forget to check out the BBS  before  selling  your
cargo,  as  occasionally someone offers double the usual price for
robots..

AMSTRAD CDI....

Amstrad are to launch their own interactive CD-player based on the
Phillips  CDI  technology..  The question,  of course,  is whether
Amstrad are providing deep and meaningful support, development and
care  and  attention for  the  consumer/entertainment  electronics
industry.. Or whether they have merely spotted another way to make
a  quick  and  easy  buck by  jumping  on  to  the  CD-bandwagon..
Experienced Amstrad-watchers will instantly realise that the above
question has answered itself!!

HOORAY IT'S ALL DONE....

Today, the 27th January 1994 is now the new   'official'   release
date  for  Maggie  13,  the 'missing' text files  and  screenshots
having   arrived  at  long  last  from  Liverpool,   courtesy   of
'snailpost'   (Thanx   Leon!)  The  final  assembly   was   almost
straightforward as  one  of his textfiles managed  to  get  itself
deleted before my horrorstruck eyes..  A quick rescue mission with
KnifeST  was needed before it was all smiles again..  Another last
minute  addition  is  a  large  and  comprehensive  capture   file
concerning  the Jaguar,  with loads of well-known stuff,  but some
relatively little-known facts as well..  WIth testing,  etc,  I am
fast running out of things to do on this issue, so it looks like I
will have to release it after all...

This  is one of those rare issues with respect to the 'extras'  on
the disk.. For a change, the ST community has got a fair deal, but
as  the  two  ST mini-demos also run on the Falcon  as  well,  the
Falcon folk have got a even better deal!!! Well....

SOON COMING (V.V.HOT NEWS!)....

DBA (Disk Busters Association) now have their new  Falcon-specific
Diskzine  shell ready,  but they need some articles to be able  to
release  a  new issue..  (Get writing fellas,  it's a tough,  tough
world  out there for getting contributions from people!) A  sample
demo by them for the Falcon called 'Rave the Christmas' is now  in
my hands.. More next issue..

Synergy  have a new two-disk ST demo out,  we are waiting for  the
second  disk to turn up!!  It features loads of their famous 'SID-
Voice'  soundchip  wizardry and what we have seen so far  is  very
nice..

Atari  to  FINALLY release the long-awaited 'Llamazap'  and  other
releases for the Falcon in the next few weeks...

Loads of Falcon demos confidently predicted for the next issue  as
well..   EKO   (Extremely   Kriminal  Organisation)  seem  to   be
particularly active with two new ones, even a game may well emerge
from them as well.. (It is called 'H2O' but no other details yet.)

Titan Designs are getting involved in games production across  the
entire  ST(E)/Falcon range with their new label,  Inspiration FX..
Titles announced include 'Brain Dead' for the STE, 'Munchkins' for
the ST, and 'Wayfarer' for the Falcon..

An extremely groovy and well-coded desk accessory 'FLI'  animation
player  has reached me this week..  it is by the French developers
Brainstorm,  and  allows you to run more than one FLI 'movie'  at
any  one time on the desktop,  and even from within GEM programs!!
More next issue,  but this looks like being a strong contender for
DeskACC of the year!!

I'M BORED, OUT OF IDEAS, WHY IS EVERYONE ELSE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND,
WHY ARE WE ALL HANGING ON A WIRE... Time to go I think.. Bye..


      CIH Jan 27th 1994 - Maggie productions..


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