Labels:text | screenshot | graphic design OCR: 1943 Soundcard Recommendations Simonsboard BBS The Catalyst BBS If a soundcard is in your future purchase plans, you might want to look Carrying Skynet and see what is coming out. GIF News OS/2 Files +27-41-342859 HST/V32bis highly recommends looking for cards USR 16.8K DS Modems +27-41-341122 HST +27-41-343279 that use "WaveTable Synthesis" (See Fidonet Address for Page 3 ). A slew of mid-priced Aria (914) 297-2915 soundcards are due out, including (914) 297-5623 File Request: 5:7104/2 Diamond's Sonic and Sonic Pro. These GIF News Distribution GIF News Distribution cards feature Soundblaster compatibilty, GIF News Jan/Feb 93 a built-in DSP chip, 16-bit sampling and Lemmings & the Tribes ** Page Four ** playback, as well as 512K on-board memory for Wavetable Synthesis. It The original Lemmings game by Psygnosis/DMA Designs took both the PC and Amiga world by storm. little blue creatures cross treacherous lands. Millions helped the uses the Aria chipset, which means it The sequel, will likely be well supported in the called Lemmings 2: The Tribes, adds many new features to future. Over 11 different manufac- turers will be using this chipset and the original game. This review is based on the demo version of the game, since the final version is not out yet. The demo all these boards will be compatible contains four playable levels and exists for both the PC and with each other. The more expensive the Amiga. The PC version is reviewed here. models will have built-in hardware In the PC version, digital sampled sounds are now added voice recognition, but even the lowest to give the Lemmings more life. However, the demo did not priced models are a big step up from yet have them implemented, although the final version will. In cards that use FM synthesis (AdLib, the game itself, there exists different tribes of lemmings. Soundblaster/Pro, ProAudioSpectrum>. The demo features "Medieval" and "Circus" Lemmings, but the The low-end models will have retail final version will have others including "Classic", "Polar", and prices of around #230-#250, while the have different abilities. In "Circus", instead of builders, you more. Depending on which tribe you are saving, the lemmings high end cards, with Voice Recognition, will retail for around $300-$400. Mail have stackers, who build a wall straight up. In "Medieval", order and discount store prices will be instead of bashers, you have fencers, who use a fencing lower. The Soundblaster 16 touts a sword to bore through walls. Also new are ballooners who Wavetable add-on board, but we feel blow a balloon up and float themselves straight up; (you can affect their flight path by selecting the "fan" icon However, that it will be just too expensive for most gamers and that the best bet is and blow them in any direction. The balloon will pop when it to go with Aria. Aria cards will give hits any object on the screen and the lemming comes falling the best bang for the buck and will down. Another new feature is the addition of a fast-forward likely be the next PC soundcard stan- button, which speeds up the action on the screen. Besides out this month (January 1993). left and right scrolling, Lemmings 2 features up and down come dard. Look for the first batch to scrolling (all very smooth) giving a bigger playing field.
