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X-DVE

It's an amazing animation package designed for video titling but capable of much much more

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Herman

Collect the bananas and free the boulders in this nineties style Boulderdash clone

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Kumquat


CD-ROM

Another month brings another shiny disc full of goodies. This month's CD is filled with the latest and greatest tools, utilities, program, games, demos - and most importantly of all: your contributions. We've had an overwhelming response to our pleas for content and you've sent in your efforts by the bucketful. See if your contribution is there!


FEATURES

Pure Genios

If Viscorp stick to their word the Amiga will have a new operating system very soon. Ben Vost takes a look at the current state of affairs and compares Workbench with its counterparts on the Mac and the PC.

UNIX for Free!

NetBSD, the replacement operating system, is the best implementation of Unix for modern Amigas. With it you can run a huge range of software. Simon N Goodwin explains how it's done.




Networking

Networking - part three
In the last part of our feature on networking John Kennedy has some final words of advice and some guidance on where to go from here for more information.


Screenplay

Previews
Andy Smith ponders on the future of the Amiga games market and previews a selection of new games, including several created using the Reality Software Construction Kit from BPM.

World Golf
It is notoriously hard to produce a really good golf game on the computer, at the end of the day it's a rather boring game anyway!
Andy Smith would seem to agree but there are some endearing qualities to World Golf.

Alien Breed 3D II
It's finally here. Possibly the most important game release this year, the long-awaited sequel to Alien Breed could be the saviour of the Amiga games market. With a cohesive storyline, intelligent aliens and ground breaking lighting and sound effects this is one you simply cannot afford to miss.

Reader Games
Another selection of games written by you and there really are some good quality games being sent in. Keep up the good work and if your game's the best of the bunch you could find yourself the lucky winner of 50 - another 10 and that's enough to buy yourself two copies of the excellent Alien Breed 3D II.

Gamebusters
If you just can't get onto the next level or you can't find the last gold coin then help may be just round the corner. We've got loads of handy hints, tips and words of wisdom for you to help you on your gaming way.

Serious

Monument Designer
If video work is your forte and you've got a creative steak then
Graeme Sandiford has the perfect answer. Monument Designer has been very popular in Germany for several years and it's finally been converted into English. Turn to page 58 for the complete run-down on this professional package.

Final Writer 5
After Wordworth 5 from Digita arrived in the Amiga Format office we knew that it was only a matter of time before Softwood released their latest version of Final Writer and sure enough here it is. David Taylor decides whether or not version five of this mighty word pro meets the high standards of its competitor.

GVP 68060
This accelerator board from GVP for the Amiga 4000 should improve memory capacity, disk drive and processor speed.
Simon N Goodwin attached it to his Amiga and rigorously tested this accelerator.

Apollo 1260
The new Apollo accelerator is incredibly fast and it is also capable of taking up to 32Mb on a single 72-pin SIMM. But is there anything here that can't be found elsewhere?
David Taylor has all the answers.

CD-ROMs
We've got Aminet 12, Magic Publisher and MODs Anthology to name but a few. Ben Vost has had a good look to see which ones you should be adding to your collection.


Internet Tutorial
You would soon get bored of the Internet without the ability to send emails. Darren Irvine has some useful advice on choosing the right email system.

OctaMED Tutorial
Last month we looked at the basic concepts behind OctaMED. This month it's time to start thinking about menu options and the basic methods of song construction.

Real 3D2
Create your own landscape complete with water, ground and a tree.
Graeme Sandiford continues his tutorial looking at the new features of version 2.

Blitz Tutorial
Now that we can create a Window larger than the screen display John Kennedy shows how to integrate it into the existing HTML code.


PD Select
There's a host of new PD games and utilities reviewed for you this month.

Workbench
We get hundreds of Workbench letters every month and we endeavour to help as many of you as we can. Graeme Sandiford is the man with all the answers.

Amiga.net
There are new Web sites cropping up on the Internet on a daily basis and Darren Irvine has all the details on the new locations that may be of interest to Amiga users.

Mailbag
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