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  • The One (June 1991)

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    While The One covered multiple 16-bit computers and consoles throughout its life, by 1991 it was exclusively and Amiga games magazine. The June 1991 issue includes:

    • The One Disk – The One came with a 3.5″ cover disk for use in the Amiga. It would include various demos and/or games. Included this month was Team Suzuki – The Trainer, Logical, and more.
    • Letters – Letters from readers about “crunching” disks, 16-bit sequels to 8-bit games, game ideas, Turrican games, Shadow Warriors, Final Fight, and more.
    • News – A new release of Tetris, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, new flight simulator game, a new game based on The Rocketeer movie, rent Commodore’s new CDTV, a look back at the June 1989 issue, new games from System 3, and more.
    • Win A CDTV! – A Domark sponsored competition in which you can win a CDTV.

    • Entertainment USA – A look at some of the latest games published in the U.S. (this magazine was published in the U.K.) Some games covered here include Star Wars (Lucasfilm Games), Castles (Interplay), Jetfighter II (Velocity), Cyber Fight (Electronic Arts), Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat (Electronic Arts), and Heart of China (Dynamix/Sierra On-Line).
    • The One On One – An interview regarding the Bitmap Brothers.
    • Work In Progress – Previews of games in progress including 3D Golf (MicroProse), Rod-Land (Storm), Pegasus (Gremlin), Mad TV (Rainbow Arts), and Airbus A320 (Thalion).
    • Competition – An Atari sponsored competition in which you could win the Atari Lynx.

    • Review – Reviews of The Secret of Monkey Island (LucasFilm), Elf (Ocean), Logical (Rainbow Arts), Hero Quest (Gremlin), War Zone (Core), Metal Mutants (Simarils), MegaTraveller 1 (Empire), Mercs, (US Gold), Encounter (Novagen), Eye of the Beholder (SSI), P.P. Hammer and his Pnuematic Weapon (Demonware), Shadow Dancer (US Gold), R.B.I. Baseball 2 (Domark), Stellar 7 (Dynamix), and 3D Construction Kit (Incentive).
    • Demos – A look at some of the latest from the demo scene with the pick of the month being something called 6 Of 1.
    • Budget – A look at the latest budget games on the market. These could be new games but were often re-releases of older game. Some titles here include Blood Money (Sizzlers), Xenon II (Mirror Image), Hard Drivin’ (Respray), Miami Chase (Code Masters), License to Kill (Respray), and CJ’s Elephant Antics (Code Masters).
    • Arcades – A look at some of the latest arcade games including Indy Heat (Leyland Corp.), Battlesphere (W Industries), Time Traveler (Sega), and Strike Force (Midway).
    • Tips – Tricks, cheats, and strategies for Total Recall, Brat, Robocop 2, Golden Axe, Z-Out, Powermonger, Chuck Rock, and Back to the Future III. Plus guides to Powermonger and Castle Master, and more.
    • Next Issue – Next months issue promises coverage of Populous 2, Robocop 3, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Thunderhawk, and more.

    …and more!


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  • Info (November/December 1986)

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    Info is a magazine that covered Commodore computers. At the end of 1986 that included the Commodore 64, Commodore 128, and Amiga. Info wasn’t as widely available as some other Commodore magazines though it was still fairly popular. It was also produced using Commodore computers (the Amiga at this time). The November/December 1986 issue includes:

    Departments

    • Editor’s Page – On upcoming changes to the magazine.
    • Reader Mail – Letters from readers about PC emulation for the Amiga, memory expansion for the Amiga, and more.
    • Rumor Mill – Rumors about new Ashton-Tate software for the Amiga, Microsoft Word ports, Lotus for the Amiga, two new Amiga models, and more.
    • News & Views – Commodore computer fair in New England, the new Apple IIgs, Ashton Tate removes copy protection from their software, Mindscape acquires Scarborough Systems, TPUG Magazine ceases publication, Supra acquires Cardco, Commodore has new vice president, Commodore posts first profit in 18 months, QuantumLink charges extra for e-mail, and much more.
    • New Products – A look at new product releases including The Epyx 500XJ joystick, Writer’s Workshop (C64/GEOS), Sampler-64 Commodore 64 sound sampler, World Geography (C64), LINCAD linear circuit analysis and design software for the C64, Term Paper Writer (C128), Amiga APL Interpreter, DisKwik (Amiga), Kwik Speak 1 (Amiga), Nancy spell checker for the Amiga, AmeriNet Ethernet Controller for the Amiga, Alegra 512K memory upgrade for the Amiga, and more.
    • Copy Corner – A look at memory snapshot programs which take a snaphot of a program exactly as it is in memory and saves it to disk to be reloaded later. Some programs include Isepic, Snapshot, Capture, and The Power Cartridge.
    • Network Wars – A look at modems for the Commodore 64 and Amiga, 300 baud vs. 1200 baud, Xmodem transfers, and more. Some specific modems looked at here include the Avatex 1200, Password 1200 from U.S. Robotics, CTS 2424ADS Datacomm, SmartTEAM 103/212A, and Novation 2400 Professional

    Features

    • Info Special Report On Graphics – A look at some of the graphics software available on the C64 and Amiga including Flexidraw (C64), Doodle! (C64), Micro Illustrator (C64), Graphics Magician (C64), Picasso’s Revenge (C64), Deluxe Paint (Amiga), AEGIS Images (Amiga), Graphicraft (Amiga), Flexifont (C64), Icon Factory (C64), Graphics Integrator (C64), Graphic Conversion C64, ART PAK I (Amiga), Grabbit/Anytime (Amiga), Dpaint Art & Utility (Amiga), CAD-3D (C64), Perspectives II (C64), Aegis Draw and Aegis Draw Plus (Amiga), PCLO, Dynamic CAD (Amiga), Movie Maker (C64), Cyber Video (C64), Gary Kitchen’s Gamemaker (C64), Print Shop (C64), Print Master (C64), The Newsroom (C64), Aegis Animator (Amiga), Deluxe Video (Amiga), Impact! (Amiga), Deluxe Print (Amiga), Computereyes (C64), Digi-View (Amiga), and more.
    • Idea Processors – Outline processors for creating scripts, stories, etc. Some of the products looked at here include Flow (Amiga), BrainTrust 128 (C128), Out-Think (C128 CP/M), and Thoughtform (C64).

    C64

    • Down to Business – The second and last part in a series on word processors for the Amiga, Covered here are Timework’s Word Writer, Easy Script, Wordpro 64, Fleet System 2, Superscript, Pocket Writer 64, and Bank Street Writer.
    • 64 Notes – Using DOS Wedge commands from your BASIC programs, plus how to change your background, border, and text colors and scrolling text.
    • FSD-1 – A look at one of the better 1541 disk drive clones along with some warnings about using a non-1541 as your primary drive (mostly related to copy protection).
    • GEOS – A look at this graphical operating system for the Commodore 64.
    • MIMIC Spartan – The Apple II emulator for the Commodore 64 that basically included the hardware of the Apple II+.
    • Lottery Programs – Includes a type-in BASIC program for generating lottery numbers.

    C128

    • 128 Notes – How to control whether you are printing to the 40 Column or 80 column screen, improving the F2 preprogrammed DLOAD command, and creating music easily in BASIC on the C128.
    • Comal Superchip – A 16K ROM extension for the COMAL 2.0 cartridge that adds various improvements.
    • Big Blue Reader – This software allows you to read and translate MS-DOS disks on a Commodore 128 with 1571 disk drive.
    • Partner 128 – A cartridge that provides various pop-up utilities and should be compatible with most Commodore 128 software.

    Amiga

    • Amiga Notes – A trick to save memory, Amiga controllers, CLI shortcuts, bad 8520 ACIA chips, using keyboard shortcuts instead of a mouse, and more.
    • Micro Forge Hard Drive – A review of this $1580+ 20 megabyte external SCSI hard drive for the Amiga. This was one of the only early hard drives available for the Amiga.
    • Sound Advice – Creating and editing digital samples on the Amiga, including a look at some of the hardware and software available. Digitizers and associated software looked at here include MicroGraphics Digitizer, Micro Forge Stereo Sound Digitizer, and SoundScape Sound Sampler.
    • Closeup: Deluxe Video – A detailed look at this software for creating animation on the Amiga.

    …and more!


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  • Info (September 1989)

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    Info was a magazine for Commodore computer owners. The unique thing about it was that it was also produced using Commodore computers, the Commodore 64 in the early days and later on the Amiga. By 1989, focus had definitely shifted to the Amiga but it was still covering the Commodore 64. The September 1989 issue includes:

    Features

    • Video Boot Camp – A guide to using the Amiga as a video workstation. Includes discussions of Deluxe Paint, external video adapters, genlock devices, digitizers, and more.
    • Video Hardware Roundup – A look at tons of video hardware for the Amiga including video encoders (C-View, ENC-1, A520 Video Adaptor, etc.), Genlocks (Minigen, Progen, Amigen, Supergen, Scanlock, etc.), video digitizers (Perfect Vision, Framegrabber, Live!, Digiview Gold 3.0, etc.), and more.
    • Interview: Gail Wellington – An interview with Commodore’s General Manager of Software & Product Support.
    • Building a Super Amiga – The Amiga, through software and add-on hardware, could be configured to run IBM PC or Macintosh software as well as Amiga software. There was also a version of Unix created for it. This article goes through customizing an Amiga to be able to do all of this and more. The configuration presented here includes an Amiga 2000 with a 100 MB SCSI hard card, a 68030 upgrade card with 8MB of RAM (total 9MB system ram), Commodore’s A2286 Bridgeboard, and more.

    Departments

    • INFOtorial – News on a couple of Amiga related publications ceasing operations including Commodore Magazine and Robo City News.
    • Reader Mail – Mail from readers including one letter from Electronics Boutique about their decision to no longer sell hardware though they mention still selling software for the Amiga, Commodore 64, Apple II, Macintosh and PC compatibles.
    • News & Views – King James Bible now available on disk for the Amiga; Commodore has a new president; Commodore sponsors Library of Congress exhibit; rumors of Hewlett Packard buying Commodore; and more.
    • New Products – A look at recent releases including a new package from Broderbund called The Family Software Library (includes Bank Street Writer, Type!, and Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?), the Lattice Communications Library for the Amiga, The Accountant for the Amiga, Argus AniMagic animation software for the Amiga, and more.
    • Magazine Index – A look at what’s been in recent Commodore related magazines including Amiga World, Amazing Computing, The Amiga Sentry, Amiga User International, Byte, Commodore Magazine, Compute!’s Gazette, Computer Shopper, Run, Amiga Transactor, Transactor, AmigaTimes, Amnows, Jumpdisk and Amiga Resource.
    • Games for Amiga – Reviews of new games for the Amiga including Dragon’s Lair II (preview), Archipelagos, Deja Vu II: Lost In Las Vegas, Fright Night, Jack Nicklaus, Gunship, Arthur, Time and Magik, Kingdoms of England, The Last Inca, Fast Break, Vegas Gambler, Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom, Titan, Battle Squadron (preview), Robot Reader: The Three Bears, Dinosaurs are Forever, and Uncle D’s Con Sound Tration.
    • Games for C64 – Reviews of new games for the Commodore 64 including Risk, Menace, Qix, Total Eclipse, Destroyer Escort, Axe of Rage, Baal, Hostage, Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn, Project Firestart, Keith Van Eron’s Pro Soccer, and Navy Seal.
    • Public Domain – A look at recent public domain software including three GEOS Utilities (Blue Pencil 1.0, Switcher 1.3, and Printmate), Tic Tock Toe (Tic Tac Toe game with time limits), Flip-Flop (a board game reminiscent of checkers), Authenticalc II (calculator), and much more.

    Reviews

    • Hometown, U.S.A. – Software for the Commodore 64 for creating paper toys.
    • 3D Options – Software for the Amiga that converts IFF bitmapped images into structured drawings.
    • Anti-Virus – Prevents bootblock and worm infections on the Amiga.
    • V.I.P. – Virus Infection Protection protects the Amiga from viruses by keeping a copy of the bootblock.
    • Toshiba 321SLC – A high-end $899 24-pin color dot-matrix printer.
    • Viking I – A 19-inch high-resolution (up to 1008×800) monochrome monitor for the Amiga.
    • A-Max – A Macintosh emulator for the Amiga.

    ETC.

    • Show Reports – Reports from Amiga Festival in San Francisco, World of Commodore Los Angeles, CES Chicago, and Amiga Devcon.
    • BRYCE – A regular comic strip featured in Info.

    …and more!


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