Welcome to the News In Brief Section. This page contains all articles from 1st - 15th October. Enjoy.
Following popular demand, MagicWB 2 (which was previously only available through prior registration) is now for the first time publically available as fully installable shareware version. Get it if you still have the old and outdated MagicWB 1.2p running on your system or if you haven't yet installed MagicWB...
This version is fully installable and usable, hence you can very much
evaluate if you like MagicWB or not and if it's worth to register it. By
installing this version you are also updating to the new MagicWB
color-allocation scheme which makes you compatible with other applications
using MWB. After this installation no graphics, icons etc. should appear
in the wrong colors again. And the icon build-up and general workbench
performance will be much faster than before:
Download MagicWB 2.1p now
What is MagicWB?
The definite WB-Enhancer no Amiga can do without. MagicWB is a full replacement for the graphic user interface of the Workbench and has become the standard on the Amiga. MagicWB 2.x is completely restructured on a new color-allocation scheme which more than doubles the speed of the WB and reduces chip-consumption to only a third compared with all previous versions and also features a highly improved color palette. MWB 2.x introduces a never-before-seen standard for over four dozen of new image-drawers to achieve a more diversified look on your WB. More icons, dock-brushes, a dozen of new patterns, fonts and a AA-support complete this special product.
Note: If you already are a registered user of MagicWB 2, don't install this shareware version but read the "About MagicWB" readme first and copy the udpated MagicWB fonts over your old fonts. That's all.
Contact: SASG International
The following is from the UK mirror of Amiga Flame.
The rebirth of the Amiga Games Market has brought about a rebirth of Amiga
Flame. Amiga Flame has always had aims to bring positive Games News to the
Amiga Community and to help Developers find Publishers. I think I can say that
these aims have been completed and their is much expectations for the future of
the Amiga.
It has been decided that Amiga Flame will now continue more than ever with these
aims, this is not the time to be laxed as their is much we all need to do to keep
Amiga on course to a come back.
Amiga Flame has expanded and is now on a Commercial Server to cope with the
increased News, Reviews, Demos of the Month and so much more planned for the
future. This may also lead to possible Sponsorship or Advertising from companies.
I hope that you will continue to read and support Amiga Flame.
At the Pianeta Amiga Exhibition on 20/21 September 1997 - Empoli , Italy, Petro Tyschtschenko, that the upcoming 3.5 release of AmigaOS will be out around February 1998, and Contrary to what Darrek Lisle said at another conference, OS 3.5 will be a software and a firmware upgrade (ROMs) and also Amiga International will try to keep the cost as low as possible. Also Petro indicated that they still haven't made up their mind on which processor will be used in the next generation Amiga, with a possible prototype for a new Amiga appearing in late 1998. Petro said that more would be revealed at the Cologne Computer Show.
Aphasia is another new shoot-em-up which will be coming our way, and being in the very early stages of development, the game is set to be released around the beginning of 1998 at the earliest.
There aren't that many details on the game at the moment, except that it will contain probably 6 levels which will comprise of a mix of both vertical and horizontal scrolling. A very nice feature of this game, is that the ship will be able to transform into a mech, and it will also be able to change aspect depending on what weapons are being used.
The game will also boast some special light and water effects, and also 3 different languages and in-game speech will also be there. I haven't be able to get any screenshots as yet, but they will appear here as soon as I can get soon. Finally, a demo should be available sometime around Christmas.
Vulcan Software have announced that they will now be selling a CD-ROM drive package. The package will consist of a 4x SCSI CD-ROM and a Squirrel interface to connect it to your A600/A1200.
Vulcan who are considered to be the biggest Amiga publisher in the world have made this move on the back of announcements that nearly all of there future games will need at least a 4x CD-ROM drive as a requirement.
The whole package will cost only £149.99, this also includes delivery.
Hopefully people will who don't already have CD-ROM drives will take Vulcan up on this offer. If not you may miss out when games like Genetic Species, Hard Target and Wasted Dreams are released.
For more information please contact Paul Carrington at Paul@vul- soft.demon.co.uk.
Amiga Nutta is currently doing a survey of what your most eagerly awaited Amiga game of the year is and also what game you'd like to see appear. The latest is that Foundation is top of the most eagerly awaited game by a considerable margin (no surprises there) and Monkey Island 3 is top of the games that you'd like to see. If you haven't done so already, fill in the survey at the Amiga Nutta web site.
A new version (0.2.1) of CounterStrike, a Command & Conquer can now be downloaded direct from http://homepages.enterprise.net /dallsopp/ under the relevant section. More information, will appear on this game in the future.
As you can see from the Main Index at Geocities, that Ian's Homepage is now a part of clickBOOM's Amiga ring and Ian's Homepage will continue to support this and other campaigns to show the world that the Amiga does indeed have a presence on the Web.
The Amiga RC5 Team Effort is now ranking 9th overall, with their efficiency dropping to below 40%. They are still looking for other Amiga owners to assist them, to find out how you can join them goto the Amiga RC5 Team Effort web site.
According to the Vaporware web site, Phase 5's delivery of their PowerPC accelerator cards will now mean that PowerPC optimised versions of their products will be coming soon.
Nordic Global now have a new web site where you can download and register any of their products on-line. Their web site is located at: Nordic Global.
As of 12th October, Amiga Flame will be a year old and also a new Game Tips and Cheats Section has been put together. Hopefully, they will be around for a long time to come.
News coming from Italy suggests that a Development Team is making a game based on EuroFighter2000. According to an Italian Amiga Magazine, The Games Machine the game will be PPC only.
EF2000 is the sequel to TFX, the complete version TFX has just been recently released on CU Amiga and has been enjoyed by many who have got it to run. More news on this will appear soon.
A deal has just been signed between Vulcan Software and The World Foundry which means that all related products and development teams for Explorer 2260 and Maim & Mangle. Vulcan Software is now going to be Publishing both of these games.
Explorer 2260 is a 1st person 3D trade/ simulation game set in the year 2260 and Maim & Mangle is a real-time strategy game in the same style as Dune II or Command & Conquer. As revealed previously their games will have PPC versions.
The following is from the Amiga International web site.
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