An Interactive Publication COMPUTING June 1990 MPUTING A MEGABYTE OF SUPERB SOFTWARE • 5Y5: Top quality. 50 level arcade game. • CustReq: Mateyou; o»n AmgaDos requesters. • Tmtra: Friendly -epiee-TOni lor Ed. • startup: Give a choice 9! startups wth this • UusicBoi; Major program upgrade and handy utility, another tune tor your colesion, • The Code Clinic: This morttfs source code. • MegaWB: Create a 1021 1 1 024 Korttunetl • Rock The House: Boogie on down Id this oigi- • Chaos: This north's Sstipgs compi'ei nal toe-tapping I one • NoPalfleset: Beat the NTSC boot-up aug. • WotdSeeler: FindthewcKshiddeninthegnd, Full instructions are in the June 1990 issue of Amiga Computing m V I S* J issr Music to yoar ears Rock'n'Roll ' is back in town! In a deluge of colour and ;.t: music, save the zk/X Earth from 'a classical catas- trophe. Classical music (yuk!) in its most tortureous form has overrun the world. With monsters so hideously hide- ous, so exaggeratingly evil, so barbarously bad, it's slowly destroyi ng the last traces of the only great music... Rock'n'Roll. JUMPING JACK SON is our only hope. As quick as a flash, find out the "timeless classic", the "golden oldie", the records which made Rock'n'Roll. And, of course, the first 45 cut by the King himself, Elvis Presley. All these records must be placed where they belong... THE JUKEBOX. JJS is the fulfilment of techni- cal performances. More than 27 colours on the main game screen (on both Amiga and Atari !), and up to 100 colours on the other screens. And don't turn a deaf ear ! JJS also has 400 kb of Rock'n'Roll and FX sounds. JUMPING JACK SON is a Magical, Musical, Visual, Mys- tery Tour... An ear splitting, eye popping adventure. JUMP at the opportunity and JIVE into the action. AVAILABLE ON ATARI ST, STE, AMIGA. 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ISSN 0952-5948 AMIGA SCENE Editorial: Advertising: Subscriptions: Fsk MicroLink: 0277 234414 0625 878888 051-337 2961 0625 979966 MAGO01 interactive publishing Chairman Derek Meakin Managing Director Hugh Gollner Commercial Director David Hurst Amiga Computing welcomes articles for publi- cation. Material should be typed or computer- printed, and preferably double-spaced Program listings should he accompanied by disc. Please enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope, otherwise the return of material can- not be guaranteed. Contributions can only be accepted for publication by Database Publications Ltd on an all-rights basis. f> 1990 Database Publications Ltd. tio materia! may be reproduced in whole or in part with- out written permission. While every cafe is taken, the publishers cannot be held legally responsible for any errors in articles, listings or advertisements, .imign Computing is an independent publica- tion and Commodore Business Machines (U.K.J lid is nol responsidble for any o/ the ariicte in this issue or (or any of the opinions News trade distribution: Comag Magazine Marketing. Tavistock Road, West Dravlou. Middlesex UB7 7QE. Tel: West Dravlon (0895) ■844055. 9 NEWS ROUND-UP A3000 gets closer, A500 sales top a quater of a million, A20OO makes a pop video, Amiga portable has problems and much, much, more. LETTERS 19 EZRA SURF'S POSTBOX Sackfuls of your scriblin' to keep our postman whistlin'. Surf sorts the wheat from the chaff and solves some of your problems. PROGRAMMING 29 THE CODE CLINIC John Kenedy shows you how to display bitplanes in assembler and write a fortune cookie program in C, PORTFOLIO 35 ARTISTS' SHOWCASE Two men and a dog - three stunning and very detailed hi-res portraits by the inimitable Eric Pickering. GAMES 36 AMIGA ARCADE US Gold's Might and Magic 11 goes supreme while Tomahawk's Paris- Dakar gets the big thumbs down, plus the rest of this month's releases. 688 Attack Sab, Page 43 1 -•-.-' A " ^^^^W S™ , ~tBh| Sv^^^ j^ ■*,*» i COVER STORY 66 WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? 84 A3001 REVIEW Alastair Scott brings his popular series to a conclusion by showing that no matter how we try, our lives are ruled bv Chaos. FEATURE Has GVP stolen Commodore's thunder with its new 68030 accelerator board for the A 20 00? Stewart C. Russell find out. HARDWARE 74 THE DUDE ON THE HILL 90 EXP-8000+ RAM...
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