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"
...an
apocalyptic orgy of gut wrenchin
g.
mind blow
ing,
nose
shauering,
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tion.
Strap yourself
to that
chair
,
oi
l
yo
ur
joystic
k,
grit your
teeth
and get
ready
to
Oy. ki
ll
and
die.
It
's
a
total
sensory
over-
load,
it"
s
a
totally
wicked experience, it"
s
Denaris!
,.
-
Computer
Gamesweek.
'· ...no
zap
addict
should
be
witho
ut
(D
enaris).'
·
-
Commodore Computing.
·
·
Denaris...the
best
shoot
·em up
yet
to
appear on the Ami
ga.'
·
-
AmigaUser
lnternarional.
·•...superhyperastro top
sound...Jinks
.
··
-
Run (Germany).
·'(
Jinks)
Graphics ...
I
0.
Sound...
JO,
Playabili ty
...
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-
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Games.
Available now
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and
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on
Reader
SeMce
catd
Look for Designer Databases- Templates
pre-constructed for
home
and
business.
Circle
10
on
Reader
Service
card
.
VOLUME
5, NUMBER 5
MAY
1989
FEATURES
THE "SOUND" OF MUSIC
By Tim Tully .
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...
...........
16
If
you
and
your
Amiga wanLto make
beautiful music
together
, you 'd
better be
aware
oflh e
two subjects
covered
in
our
mu
sic
feature: What are the
capabi
lities-
and
limitations-of
the Amiga's
sound sys-
tem
?
Which
pr
od
ucts
on
the
Amiga
mu
sic
market
cap
italize
on tho
se streng ths,
and
which improve upon
th
ose
deficiencies?
HELP KEY
..............
.
.....
If
your
RAM's been
repo'ed.
And
your
files
got
zapp
ed ;
And the
Gu
ru's
laughing
,
While
your
mouse
is
trapp
ed ;
Don't
give up,
don
't feel
blue:
The
call
is
o
ut,
here
comes
Lou!
.
88
REVIEWS
PROFESSIONAL SCANLAB
(ASDG)
...
T
his
hardw
are/software
interface
to
Sharp color
scan
ners
o
ffers high-q
ua
lity,
large-scale
digitizing
potential for
serious
graphics
profe
ssionals.
12
ARTICLES
NET RESULTS
By Louis R.
Wallace
. . . .
There
's
a trea
sure
tro
ve
of
free
software
,
informati
o
n,
useful
serv
ices,
and jus
t
plain
fun
out there on
the
communi ca-
tion
s
networks.
Her
e's
the
inside
slant
on
the
Big
Four
among
Amiga
network
s-
what
they
offer,
where to
find them,
and
how to get
your self
up, runnin
g,
and
on
line.
THE
SQUEEZE PLAY
By
Jonathan
Home
...............
.
.........
.
30
41
If
you
want to take full
adva
ntage
of
what
the
comm
uni
cation
s
networ ks have
to
offer,
we
su
ggest
you get acquainted
with
th
ese
four
pop
ular
"archiving "
utili-
ties
.
Learning
how
to
compr
ess
your
files
for easy d
ownload
ing
and
upl
oadin g
will
save you
time,
di
sk space ,
and
lots
of
money on
you
r
p
hone
bills.
While
Amiga mu.sici.sour feature i11.side
month
this
(see
'Th
e
'Sound
'
of
Mu.sic"
011
p.
16),
we're
fea
-
turing
a11other
the
Amiga arts- graphics- on
the
of
out.side.
Our
Amiga-ge11rated
Mu.siccover
was cre-
e
ated
iTy
AmigaWorld
Assi.slantArt
Direc
Roger
tor
Goode
who
TaJ·lracedthe image using Swlpt-Ani-
,
mate
40.
Special
tha11ks
Bria11McCullough,
lo
Bmce
Cranofsky,and
BJte
by
BJlefor
their help
i11
/>ro
uci11g
image.
And
additio,wl tha11ks
d
the
to
Philadelphia
Video
Labfor producing
the hardcopy.
THE COPYIST PROFESSIONAL
1.5
(Dr.
T'
s).
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. .
.
. . . . .
.
. .
. .
. .
.
. .
. .
. .
A composer 's
d
elight
that pr
ovides
score
editin g,
file-convers ion
capabilit y,
and
custom
printing
all
in
one
package.
MEDIAPHILE
(Int eractive
MicroSys
tem.s).
. . .
.
. . . . .
.
. . . . . . . . . .
14
68
Inn
ovat ive
soft"·are
that
can
turn
your
Amiga into a
capable
low-end
video
record ing-and-edit ing
system
.
A.M.A.S.
(Mi
crodeal
I
MichTro11).
. . .
. .
Sampl
e, ed
it,
and
re
play
soun
ds
from
a
MIDI keyboa
rd
-a
ll
with
the
same
package.
72
GAMES
DEPARTMENTS
REPARTEE .......................
Don't
ju
st
think
it,
stmd
it!
NOTEPAD
......................
The
news
this month is
on
the
cu
ltur
al
front,
with
Amiga gra
phi
cs going
post-
g
rad
in J
ersey,
and Amiga mu
sic stea
ling
the
show in
Anahe
im.
WHAT
'S
NEW? ............
..
....
Accelera
tors,
genlocks,
ga
mes, font sets,
databa
ses,
mice
..
.and
man
y
more
Amiga new products,
that's
what
!
HORS D'OEUVRES
................
More
helpful
hin
ts an
d inno
vat
ive
tech-
nique
s
from
fellow
Amiga
World
read
ers.
THE GAME PRESERVE
By B.G.
Hu11ter.......
.
..................
B.G.
is
off
o
n
another
adv
entur
e-t
h
is
time
to the
heart
of
dark
est
myth
in
Elec-
tronic
Arts' Bard
's
Talc
I
I.
On
locat ion,
and
near
cx
piraLion,
somewher e
between
Oscon
's
Fortress
and
the
Temple of
Cor-
int h
,
he
send
s
back
advice
to
the
unini-
Liated. Other
ga
me re
views
follow
his
colum
n
:
HYBRIS
(Discovery
)
.
. . . .
.
. . .
. . .
. . .
.
Fast-p
aced action ,
d
ramat
ic
firepower,
and
super stere o sound
in
thi
s
ar
cad
e
adventur e.
CHARON
5
(Rainbird)
.............
Save
impri
sone
d
space
scientists
from
their
gloomy
fate
... or
d
on't.
COLUMNS
ZEITGEIST
.
.
.
. . . . . . . . . .
.
.
. . . . . .
.
.
The editor is "wir
ed
for
sound
"
this
month
,
and
he
seems to be
heari ng
mu-
sic
ever
ywhere.
INFO.PHILE
By Mark L. Van
Name and
Bill
Catchings
. . . . .
.
.
. .
.
.
. . .
.
.
. . . . .
Co
ntinui
ng
their
hand
s-on
exam
inati
on
of new
and
impr
oved
featu
res
in Work-
bench
1.3,
Team
info.phile
spri
ngs
the
lock
on
l.
3's
Utilities dr
awer an
d
discov-
ers a
bon
anza of
usefu
l
new
good
ies.
56
6
8
10
48
60
78
60
ERS. Be-
NITTE:
BASIC
BY
THE
NU~IB
cause of
space
d
emands, we
reg ret
we
could
not
bring
you
the
co
nclusion
of
Bob's Amiga Basic
data-manipu
lation
tu-
tori
al.
The
final
installmen
t
-
includin
g
the full
Add
ress
Book pr
og
ram
listing-
will
appear
next
month.
84
AUSSIE JOKER POKER
(Joker
I
Mindscape).
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.
.
.
. . . . .
. . .
62
A
five-card dr
aw
poker
ga
me
you
can
play
with
up
10
90
opponent s?
Th
e Cin-
cinnati
Kid
wou
ld
ha
ve
loved
it!
COVER
ILW
STRAT
ED
BY
RO
GER GOO
DE
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