Where are they all disappearing to? by Bill Gates:

      Have you noticed that when Amiga companies disappear, they don't just
      stop advertising all of a sudden, they just quietly slip away?  There
      are  many  companies  doing  this  at  the moment.  Did anyone notice
      Silica  sneak  out  of  the  magazines?  Remember when the Anglo-corp
      bought  Silica,  they  went  from  a  double page spread advert, to a
      single  page  in  Amiga  Format,  they disappeared completely from Cu
      Amiga  &  all  of  the other mags.  Special Reserve went from hogging
      page  1  & 2 of every Amiga mag, to somewhere in the middle with only
      one  page.   Soon  after, they went to half a page, and now they just
      `sometimes' have half a page in the middle of `some' magazines.  What
      about  17Bit?  For years they had a page of full of CDROM disc offers
      and a list of the latest stuff in their library, now they are reduced
      to  half a page and they have recently disappeared from Amiga Format.
      Gordon Harwood?  They're disappearing as well, but you bet they'll be
      back  for  Christmas!   Also, remember when there used to be loads of
      full  page  ads showing off the latest games?  Yeah, they were a pain
      in  the  arse  at times, cos the magazines were all full of them, but
      now?   Uh  Uhhh.  I haven't seen an advert like that for a while now.
      Another  thing  that's disappeared, the demos!  I used to love trying
      to get hold of the latest demos and then once I've found them, I used
      to  love  watching  those  tunnel  sequences and other effects.  Now?
      There  aren't  very  many.   Remember  the  days when Spaceballs were
      producing demos every few months and they were ones to remember, like
      State  of  the Art, 9 fingers, geez I miss them sorta things.  I know
      some  of the groups have gone P.C, but I don't see the logic of that.
      I  mean,  what would you find challenging.  Making a really good demo
      with  only  a  68020  or 68030 with 2 or 4 meg of RAM or a P.C with a
      mammoth  8-16  meg  Pentium  90/133?  I know which machine I'd rather
      show something special on.  Oh by the way, I've just made a demo with
      5  minutes  of  animation, what did you use?  A P.C with 16 Meg, doh,
      anyone can do that!

      WHat  about the CDROM discs?  Remember last year and the year before?
      There were quite a few P.D CD's, plus loads of CD32 titles, they just
      seem  to be dying like goldfish in a pool acid.  Sure, they are still
      coming out, but they're slowing down like anything!

      The  17Bit  6 CDROM `should' be available soon, so hopefully us CDROM
      drive owners will be treated to a decent CD soon.

      Also,  I've  heard  something  about V12 releasing a CDROM disc, it's
      either in the process of being made or it's not long been out.

      Please let me know about this CD Steve, as I'll send you a cheque for
      it straight away, just gimme the price & a few details.

      Also  on  the  plus side, Cu Amiga plan to produce a CDROM edition of
      their  magazine  every quarter and Amiga Format are releasing a CDROM
      version of their mag, every month!!!

      At  long last someone has decided to say stuff you non upgrading disk
      drive only lot.  Good on ya A.F.


      If you've noticed any other companies disappear these past few weeks,
      let  us know.  You can let us know exactly where they've gone as well
      if you know.


      Until next time, happy Amiga product hunting.


      ED'S FINAL WORD:WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE V12 CD IS AVAILABLE AND IS
      PRICED:  £15.99.... buy it, or be a penguin. (eh?-Ed.)