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Hello and welcome to a new section in POWER which will hold all the lies and
rumours circulating in the ST scene and thus, is cleverly called, "LIES AND
RUMOURS". This section is not to be confused with the NEWS section. All
information in the NEWS section is 100% true (well, 99.9%) but what appears
in here may well be pure fact or pure fiction. We're not going to be
starting off any rumours (honest!) but I am simply going to stick bits of
info I've heard, whether you choose to believe it or not is totally up to
you. If you know of any rumours, be sure to write and tell me about
them. Sources of LIES AND RUMOURS will always remain anonymous.
Right, well, here's the LIES AND RUMOURS for this month...
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--- MORE PAK FOR DEV ---
It is rumoured that Hi-Soft have now started work on Dev-Pak 4 which will be
another greatly improved version of the infamous assembly language. The
package is expected to come on two or three disks and have tens more
options, loads more keyboard short-cuts, more efficient compiling (with an
improved version of GEN-ST), improved block handling of files and lots, lots
more. If all is true and all goes well, it should be a coders paradise!
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--- FALCON 040 : HA! YA MUST BE JOKING! ---
There have been many rumours of a Falcon 040 but inside information now
rumours (or lies) that a FALCON 040 has never been taken into serious
consideration and it is very unlikely that it ever will be.
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--- BATTLEMORPH ---
It is rumoured that the ATARI Jaguar console bundle game, Cybermorph, is
already becoming old-hat as the sequel, Battlemorph, is apparently well
under way although with all the improvements and enhancements being
entailed, it is expected to still be quite awhile before we see the game on
the shelves.
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--- P.D.L. MASSACRE ---
It is strongly rumoured that roughly 6 or 7 of the large advertising
P.D.L.'s on the ST scene are very near folding over. It would be unfair to
name any of them as at this point (still rumours really) although I will
mention that two of the P.D.L.'s folding are WARPZONE P.D.L. and 16\32
because they're two of the crappiest P.D.L.'s in the world. Not wanting to
commit liable I won't go into all the details but let's just say that all
of their bad doings are beginning to catch up with them and it serves 'em
right.
The other P.D.L.'s are closing down due to lack of care about the library
(better things to do with more money to be made elsewhere) and others are
simply in financial strife.
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--- COMMERCIAL CAPERS ---
People involved in the ST scene have been saying that there may well be a
new commercial group appearing on the scene similar to that of CASPIAN
SOFTWARE. No names, idea's or anything have been mentioned yet.
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--- MORE ST REVIEW ---
It has been strongly rumoured by Vic Lennard (editor of ST REVIEW) to us
that circulation of ST REVIEW may well be increased very soon so that much
larger numbers of ST REVIEW will be printed every month. It's supposedly a
very big risk though and if it goes wrong it could be the end of ST REVIEW,
however, Vic really wants to give it a go.
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--- ST FORMAT AND ITS CHRISTMAS GIFT ---
We have heard that the future of ST FORMAT is being put to question at
Christmas this year due to FUTURE PUBLISHING (the publishers of ST FORMAT)
being sold off for quite a substantial six figure sum.
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--- TOWER P.D. REBUILT ---
The once large ST P.D.L., TOWER P.D. closed down a while ago due to personal
problems. However, we have been told that TOWER P.D. may well soon be
starting up again in the near future.
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--- JAGUAR 2 ---
Yes, rumours are now going wild about a sequel Jaguar console. Some say
it's going to simply be called the JAGUAR 2 but personally heard that if it
DOES happen it will be called the SLAZENGER (or that will at least be the
working title). Expected to be twice as good, the aim will basically be to
try and double EVERYTHING - 128-bit, twice as many pixel movements a
second, twice as many colours and so on. Work hasn't started yet but will
start as soon as ATARI get back into positive figures (at the moment, they
are still making a loss) and if and when the Jaguar has really taken
off. They expect by then (between 1 and 3 years time) the technology will
then be available to them and the console will be easily made into a
reality. Well, let's see shall we...
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--- ST USER'S FUNERAL ---
A reliable source has informed me that ST USER is going to be publishing its
final issue very, very soon, probably even before Christmas of this year so
keep an eye out to see what's happening. It's though that this is happening
due to lack of readership.
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--- MEGA STE AND TT DROP INTO THE BARGAIN BUCKET ---
Maybe it is just wishful thinking but there have been murmurs of the MEGA ST
and TT going super cheap in a similar way that the STFM did when it came
back. It is rumoured that, as with the STFM, they have found a much
cheaper and more efficient way to produce the two machines and will soon be
bundling the machines in large packages with not so large-a-price tag. An
exact price was not mentioned but a decrease in price of between 40 and 60
percent can be expected if the above is true.
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