THE WORLD'S BIGGEST-SELLING AMIGA
MAGAZINE
| Issue No: 87 |
Month: August 1996 |
| Release Date: Thursday July 4th |
Price: £4.50 (2 disks) £5.50 (CD-ROM) |
| Editor: Nick Veitch |
Page Count: 124 |
MAIN FEATURE
Build a Better Face
Six-page feature on font basics, converting and installing fonts, and
creating your own.
COVER DISK
The AF coverdisk became increasingly unimportant
after the launch of the CD edition.
Serious Disk
TypeSmith 2.5
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Games Disk
Toyland Capers
Charlie Chimp & the Treasure of Tutankamun
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CoverCD
TypeSmith 2.5
Viscorp AVI conference
Real 3D v2
Flick
Fonts
Lots of fonts
Even more fonts
... and much. much more! |
NEWS ITEMS
It had to happen
Following the launch of Digita's Wordworth 5, Softwood launch version
5 of their Final Writer DTP package.
Eagle Towers Fly at Blittersoft
Blittersoft launch ther Eagle tower Amigas with the blessing of Amiga
Technologies.
Only Red Dogs and CompuServe...
On May 22nd 1996, CompuServe announce it was going to ditch the proprietary
nature of its service's interface.
Aminet
The Aminet officially became the world's largest archive of software
on the 16th May 1996. The library totalled over 30,000 files, 5052Mb of
data.
PIOS and Phase 5 in punch up
Early net users were enthralled by the verbal battle between Dave Haynie
of PIOS and Wolf Dietrich of Phase 5.
Processor Price pummelled by Power
Power Computing announce the Turbo 1240 40MHz 040 accelerator for £329.
John Smith is no more
Not the former Labour party leader. John Smith of Amiga Technologies
resigned on the 25th of May, to join PIOS Computers AG
Psst! Wanna buy a Mac?
Blittersoft reveal pricing of software-only Emplant range.
| Emplant 1200 |
£49.95 |
| Emplant Lite |
£69.95 |
| Emplant Deluxe |
£199.95 |
FEATURE
Networking (Part 2)
In the second part of his feature, John Kennedy analyses the hardware
designed specifically for networking Amigas.
REVIEWS
SCREENPLAY
Previews
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The Daring Adventures of Robin Hood
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Dominins 1, The Chthonion
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World Golf
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SpaceFighter
Reviews
Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve - 51%
Exile Discovery Disk - 50% |
AF SERIOUS
Reviews
Surf Squirrel - 92%
M1764 Monitor - 91%
Graffiti Card - 82%
Photogenics 2 - 89%
ClariSSA Pro - 91%
CD-ROM Round-up
EMC Index - 80%
C64 Sensations Vol.2 - 80% |
AF CREATIVE
(TUTORIALS)
Amiga.net Tutorial
Darren Irvine takes a look at some of the applications you'll be needing
when you get online.
OctaMED Tutorial
Getting started with OctaMED 5.
Real 3D v2 Tutorial
Graeme Sandiford introduces version 2 of the 3D package.
Blitz Tutorial (part 6)
John Kennedy provides SuperBitMap, Windows, and Gadgets support for
the HTML browser.
REGULARS
Month in View
Amiga Format News
ScreenPlay
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Previews
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Readers Games
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GameBusters
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PD Select
AF Serious
CD-ROM Round-Up
Workbench
Amiga.net
Amiga Format web site
Amiga Format Special Offers
Back Issues
Mailbag & The Gallery
Amiga Format Coverdisks
Amiga Format CoverCD
Amiga Format Coverdisks Extra!
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