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@{"b"}PowerAmiga Software@{"ub"}  

So when you have your lovely 200MHz 604e, what will you be able to run on it? (as of late July '97)  

@{"b"}3D Software@{"ub"}  

Cinema 4D v4, Maxon - Expected very soon 
Imagine v6, Impulse - Already ported! 
Reflections v4, Oberland - ? 
Tornado 3D, Haage and Partner - ? 
Alladin 4D, Nova Design - ? 

@{"b"}2D Graphics@{"ub"}  

Personal Paint v7, Cloanto - Parts of it already ported! 
Art Effect, Haage and Partner - Parts of it already ported! 
Image FX, Nova Design - ? 
Adorage, ProDAD - ? 

@{"b"}Programming@{"ub"}  

GNU - C++ - Already ported! (Comes with boards) 
StormC, Haage and Partner - PowerPC module already available! 
StormPowerASM, Haage and Partner - ? 

@{"b"}Emulators@{"ub"}  

Fusion - Available soon  

@{"b"}Internet@{"ub"}  

Merapi, Haage and Partner (Java) - August for both 680x0 and PPC 
MOca, Finale Development (Java) - August for both 680x0 and PPC 
Finale Web Cruiser, Finale Development - August for both 680x0 and PPC 

@{"b"}Games@{"ub"}  

Myst, ClickBOOM! - Available soon  

@{"b"}Other@{"ub"}  

Monument 3D, ProDAD - ? 
Isis, Phase 5 (MPEG Video player) - Available now! 
CyberGraphX v3, Phase 5 - Already ported! 
CyberGL, Phase 5 - Already ported! 
MPEGA, Stephane Tavenard - ? 
QT - ? 
SIP v3.6 - Already ported! 
Superview - Already ported! 

If you're worried that it's a bit short, remember this is only  the very beginning; software that is already available on PowerPC, or shortly will be. Phase 5 had about 250 developers commited to porting to PowerPC last time I looked, and let's face  it, any Amiga developers would be foolish to stick with 680x0 rather than moving to PPC. The likes of Wordworth, Final Writer, Lightwave, DOpus, Scala would be nice to see. And remember, Myst may be the only game listed currently, but we should see a lot more appearing, from ClickBOOM! and others.  

One thing I have wondered is if you will get both 680x0 and PPC versions together if you buy the product, especially if on CD  ROM. Kind of like the way you got the 2MB and 4MB versions with AB3DII. There should at least be a cheap upgrade opportunity - anyone know how this works on the Mac?  

@{"b"}Top Most Wanted Programs Wanted For PowerAmiga!:@{"ub"} 
	(Taken from the PowerUP homepage) 
 
    	
    IBrowse 
    	
    ShapeShifter (sadly, Christian Bauer said he won't be porting  it, but Fusion will be available) 
    	
    Real3D 
    	
    FinalWriter 
    	
    MUI (The author said he would port it to 'every successor of the AmigaOS'.) 
    	
    Lightwave 
    	
    Quake 
    	
    ImageFX 
    	
    Pagestream 
    	
    Movieshop 
    	
    DOpus 
    	
    Tomb Raider 
    	
    Voyager 
    	
    Grand Prix 2 
    	
    Draw Studio 
    	
    Red Alert 
    	
    Genetic Species 
    	
    Wordworth 
    	
    Trapped 
    	
    Final Calc 
    	
    Wipeout 
    	
    Netscape 
    	
    DPaint (wahey!) 
    	
    Diavolo Backup 
    	
    Diablo 
    	
    Monkey Island 
    	
    YAM 
    	
    Amiga OS (Hmmm, that would be a good idea) 
    	
    Blitz Basic 
    	
    Settlers 2 
    	
    Word 
    	
    Photoshop 
    	
    Steel Panters   

Interesting mix of native Amiga and Mac/PC programs there. One  thing I was wondering with programs like Lightwave and Pagestream, considering that there are native PowerMac versions, then hopefully they can be bothered to port to PowerAmiga! Especially Lightwave - who would spend over a grand on software, and then opt for '060s over 604s?  

@{"b"}Mark@{"ub"}   
 
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