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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!
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.
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 - 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.
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.
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.
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.