jasonf@cetemp.Eng.Sun.COM (Jason Freund) (08/17/90)
I thought that others might find this interesting... (hence, I'm posting it) I found a new amiga "journal" yesterday at HT Electronics called Enchanted Realms. The premiere issue that I found was about as big as a game's manual and it included a disk. It is devoted entirely to adventure games for the Amiga. Between the rather unrevealing, shrink-wrapped covers is an impressive group of articles with basic hints and helpful reviews. My favorite feature about the magazine is that they actually categorically review games (unlike Amigaworld which basically copies what is on the back of the box.) This month featured Dungeon Master, my personal favorite. The general audience of the reviews is intended to be people who have not bought the game. The info is pretty much for people who are considering what adventure game to buy next. **************** BIGGEST DUNGEON MASTER SPOILER OF THEM ALL ******************* Unfortunately, many of you who are currently enjoying Dungeon Master are still reading... On the disk of ER's first issue is a DM saved game with four players with: 999/999 health,stamina, 512 mana, Adept at all skills, 127 for all attributes. They can throw a 14kg chest plate down the longest corridor, they can heal about as fast as any monster can attack them, they can launch 70-80 MON fireballs before sleeping, you get the idea. If you haven't finished DM, avoid this disk at all costs. If you have finished, it might be fun to goof around with these guys -- try to beat the 45 min record. Other than those ~32K, the disk is pretty useless. Not much info on the disk, but the menus and interface are well done -- and there is good potential to put more emphasis on the disk in the future. It's only $9.95 -- I thought it was a pretty good deal. Jason Freund, Sun Microsystems, jasonf@cetemp.Corp.sun.com <== summer address Deprtmnt of Computer Science, Univ California, Davis. freund@sakura.ucdavis.edu Quantum Link: JasonF5, Compu$erve: 72007,244, 690 Erie Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STOLEN QUOTES -- Please give the authors credit if you know who they are! "To understand recursion, you need to understand recursion." "Wow! Virtual memory! Now I'm gonna build me a REALLY big ram disk!" "My other computer is a SUN3/50." "E. Pluribus UNIX" -- authors unkown
kaplan@unamas.esd.sgi.com (Larry Kaplan) (08/24/90)
I too purchased Echanted Realms, the disk magazine.
I agree with Jason that the DM characters supplied are killer ones
and they may be worth the $9.95 the magazine cost. But they better be!!!
Because the magazine, and particularly the disk, are worthless. The reviews
are long winded and contain very few helpful hints, they are basically
rewrites of the manuals. And there are only a few reviews. The disk
contains the Martino spell list and a map of level 4 for DM only. There
is a teaser screen shot of a screen from the Dungeon Master Editor.
There is also a sample of a bad adventure game written with T.A.C.L.
Of course, for only $5 you can order Martino's complete PD maps. And
for only $20 you can get the Dungeon Master Editor. And T.A.C.L. can
be ordered for $40. So, basically I just spent $10 for ads for other
products. Incredible.
For a better magazine try amiDetonator edited by Bryce Dawley at
431 N. Park Dr. #1
Arlington, VA 22203-2312
(703) 525-9230.
This magazine has a fairly complete list of cheats for Amiga games,
great short reviews of a lot of games, and a continuing list of their
favorites. Here is their current top ten:
1. Datastorm
2. Batman The Movie
3. New Zealand Story
4. Battle Squadron
5. Populous
6. Shadow of the Beast
7. Rick Dangerous
8. NY Warriors
9. Denaris
10. Xenon II & Gauntlet II
The magazine also reviewed all the other Amiga magazines!!!
I got the magazine at HT also. It is marked Volume II Issue 1. But I think
there is only one past issue which can be ordered for 2.50 from them.
I called them today, but only got an answering machine.
By the way, the magazine cover price is $2, but HT charges $3!!!!
Larry Kaplan Ph (415) 335-1584 Fax (415) 967-9541
Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA 94039 USA