CU Amiga Magazine August '96 issue contents

FEATURES

• Future of Amiga with VIScorp
  The future of Amiga is now in the hands of American company VIScorp, as of 21 June (see news). What does the future hold then? We check out the key players.
• Euroscene part II
  Going east and south our roving microphone interviews people in the know from France, Italy, Spain, Hungary and elsewhere. Is the Amiga strong in these territories? Does a new Amiga stand any chance of selling there?
  
• VISCorp Feedback
  You can tell VIScorp what YOU want by FREEPOST.
  

NEWS

• PIOS
  This month's news features the full transcript of VIScorp's latest statement on the legal aspects of Amiga Technologies ownership and an interview with John Smith of PIOS on that company's plans for a new machine by September. Plus: news on Final Writer 5, Zip and Aminet.

• Photogenics
  One of the best art packages on Amiga gets a second release.
  
• Audiolab 16
  A 16-bit sound studio from Italy. Just how good is it?
  
• Siamese Twin
  Linking a PC and Amiga can have many advantages.
  
• Eyetech HD
  A 3.5 inch hard drive worth shouting about.
  
• Beginner books
  The Ice Cool Guide to Amiga Basics and Amiga Surfin'
  
• M1764 Monitor
  Amiga Technologies second monitor is a giant step forward.
  

CD-ROMs

• CD-ROM Round Up
  Three pages this month, and some stonkingly good CDs.
  

PUBLIC DOMAIN

• PD Scene
  Games and demos are this month's fare, and there are some good ones too.
  
• PD Utilities
  On the more serious side of things we review a Util Pack and a disk full of garden birds (!?)
  

ART

• Art gallery
  The readers' showcase turns yet another page
  

GAMES PREVIEWS

• Reality Game Engine
  Game for a laugh? Or for profit. Could this be the one.
  
• Double Agent
  Spy Vs Spy for the ninetles. Nice and surreal and released next month.
  
• Dominions
  More from Intersect Developments (who still haven't finished Atrophe).
  

GAMES REVIEWS

• Valhalla III
  The squawking one is back, this time from a different perspective.
  
• Tin Toy
  In The House Of Magic Adventure, to give it its full name.
  
• Game Engine
  What another development tool. It's time for some DIY?
  

PLAYERS GUIDES

• Vampyra
  The delectable tipstress applies her twisted intellect to another Q&A
  
• Snip Tips
  Mat Broughton sends all his tips from Boston this month, for some reason
  
• Offers
  Hit Squad - 5 games for £30, and some good ones at that. Hit Squad are offering their back catalogue at bargain prices
  

COVERDISKS

• XiPaint 3.2
  The full version of this excellent 24-bit graphics package is included on cover disk 136.
  
• Voice Shell
  Shouting at your Amiga won't do much normally but now you can get your Amiga to respond to verbal commands.
  
• Family Connections
  Keeping track of a large family is not a problem when you have Family Connections.
  
• Primal Rage
  The fighting exclusive of the Summer. Probe's latest coin-op conversion comes to Amiga for 2Mb machines only.
  

WORKSHOP

• Imagine 3.0
  It's animation time once more as John Kennedy shows how to get things moving with this powerful 3D package.
  
• Scala MM300
  Following on from last month's backdrops session Norman Harris continues to explain the use of animations.
  
• Soundtracker Pro II
  The Soundtracker Pro II series hopes it dies before it gets old and its dream has come true. This is the final part.
  
• Sound Lab
  Jungle has been flavour of the month for the past two years and due to popular demand, here's a guide to jungle techniques.
  
• Wired World
  Among the Net-related subjects, this month, is a look at the mail package Spot and a follow up from last month's book.
  
• Q+A Masterclass
  The combined power and availability of AmigaDos and ARexx makes them perfect for knocking up little Workbench bits.
  
• Frequently Asked Questions
  Everything you ever wanted to know about graphics but were afraid to ask: that's what you'll find in this month's FAQ.
  
• Questions and Answers
  A lame Impossible Mission theme is supposedly running through this month's Q+A, should you choose to accept it of course.
  
• Points of View
  Ex-Commodore big wig David Pleasance joins Martin Davies and Alan Dykes with views on the future of the Amiga.
  
• Backchat
  Readers from all walks of life get to broadcast their own views to the masses in the regular letters page.
  

EDITORIAL

And finally on June 21 VIScorp's takeover of Amiga Technologies was confirmed by Petro Tyschtshenko. This ended nearly two months of speculation since Escom and the Chicago based Internet developement company first announced that a deal was in the offing back at the beginning of April, Just before World Of Amiga. This speculation centred around VIScorp's intententions for the Amiga as a computer and their commitment to develop the hardware and system enhancements needed to bring it in touch the next generation. But even before the announcement was made official, VIScorp had released a statement stating that they intended to do just that (see news), they also made legal noises about their copyrights and just how seriously they intended to look after them. If during the course of reading the magazine, and my Point Of View in particular, you come accross something about VIScorp NOT making an announcement it's purely because of the time constraints of writing this magazine. Some pages go to press sooner than others, and this announcement arrived very late in the day. I also had a very interesting chat with John Smith, now of PIOS (again, see news). Their development, should they succeed, are promising.

Alan Dykes, Editor

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