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Volume 1

Number 10

A Database Publication

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A N I IG A SCENE

Stanaging Editor

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Group Editor

Alan liklachlan

NEws

A big screen arrives for the Amiga,

inside tips on the latest software

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LATEST

Editor

Simon Rockman

Assistant Editor

leff Walker

Production Editor

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ADVENTURES

Art Editors

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•CONTENTS•

PRODUCTIVITY

42 DELUXE

AMIGA

ARCADE

Steaming hot reports on the latest

programs to tickle your joystick. But

watch out, there is the odd duff one

about. Stay sharp: Read — then buy.

Electronic Arts Deluxe Paint must be

the most popular Amiga program in

existence. EA's new print program

has a lot to live up to. Can it cope?

tINTs

PROGRAMMING

47 ASSEMBLER

TUTOR

Variables are like sweeties. or like

kumquats. Rupert Goodwins explains

what to do if granny points your

program counter at the pick 'n' mix

KILLER

Max the Hacks, MTh to you and me,

dips Judge Doom, laps Outrun, saves

the world in Rocket Ranger and gives

comprehensive pokes for Elite.

GAME

PRODIJCTIVITY

PROGRAMMING

MAKING

MOVIES

You have probably seen some

stunning graphics produced using

Sculpt, Videoscape and Silver, But

how do you build the movie yourself?

BASIC

SERIES

You can make sums much easier by

deﬁning a function, lust the thing for

smart AmigaBasic programmers who

don't like to clown with a lot of code.

Dragons

Lair. Page 58

PROGRAMMING

LETTERS

FROM OUR

POSTBAG

Did Commodore make a Basic error?

Should virus programmers be shot?

Are there any decent computer shops?

Is there a future in ribbons?

A picrultE

Have you ever scoured discs looking

for some WE ﬁles to load into an art

program? Here's a simple C utility to

iype in and automate the job.

LOOKING FOR

FEATURE

PROGRAMMING

DRAGONS

LAIR

It takes six discs and was ﬁrst started

in the late 1970s. We look at the game

and its history. An epic in megabytes,

but is it worth the pain in the wallet?

THE PLAIN MAN'S

GUIDE TO CLI

Phil South digs deeper into the C

directory to ﬁnd out what lies within

the STACK and SORT commands

while ﬁnding out about spaces.

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