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GlIGP-ED V3
Produced by: Oliver Roberts
Available from: Aminet
Geoff Crammond's Formula One Grand Prix
is quite probably the greatest computer
game ever (although admittedly Sensible
World Of Soccer comes quite close). The
problem is that Microprose have not seen fit
to update it in any way whatsoever since its
original release in 1991, with the consequence
that the data contained in the game
is now rather out of date.
To address this problem, and to provide
numerous gameplay improvements, Oliver
Roberts wrote RCP-Ed, an early version of
which made its way onto an Amigo
Computing coverdisk some time ago. It
enabled the editing of team and driver
names, car colour schemes and suchlike,
and allowed less patient drivers to cheat by
employing the driver aids even on the higher
skill levels.
Fl GP-Ed has since developed at a phenomenal
pace. Version 3 enhances the game
in numerous ways. Its now possible to edit,
amongst other things, car set-ups and camera
views, the lap records, arid the frame
rate of the display (producing smoother
graphics on faster machines). There are also
plenty of fancy additions: there's an optional
pit-lane speed limit for added realism, plus
the facility to upgrade computer car performance
on various circuits, and a handy cheat
whereby your car's position can be
snapshotted at any point and then recalled.
The latter function is extremely useful for
'REAR DOWN THE WALL
Produced by: Union P i n k Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall receives the demo
Available from: 17 Bit Software treatment, with a rather scratchy sample of the song
Disk No: 3907 b e i n g accompanied by plenty of fairly fuzzy graphics.
Don't expect Gilmour and co to perform at CD quality:
knackered 70's tape-deck quality is closer to the ma& However, some quite impressive data
compression has obviously gone on to squeeze this whole production onto one floppy disk,
so the low sample quality is excusable. (It also probably helps avoids copyright problems...)
The visuals, if a little less than impressive in definition, are at least a little more imaginative
and impressive than might be expected. They're not stunning by any stretch of the
imagination, but they're passable.
Suddenly, however, Another Brick In The Wall finishes and we're catapulted into a rather
average, highly predictable demo featuring texture-mapped donuts and cheesy tracker musk,
This bizarre turn of events i a little disappointing but unfortunately riot entirely unexpected;
perhaps a sad indictment of Amiga demos in 1995: There are few surprises left these days,
and demo programmers don't seem to be going out of their way to hit us with therm Still, at
least Tear Down The Wall includes some music that's not straight out of the Euro-cheese
dance stable.
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practising tricky comers. It's also now possible
to display plenty of useful information
during races, such as the time difference
between your car and the cars in front and
behind when you cross the start/finish line.
You can even change the sound effects and
graphics should you feel the urge.
Fl GP-Ed is shareware, with registration
costing E6. Considering the hours of extra
interest it can add to an already classic
game, this is an absolutely essential
purchase
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GALLERY II
Produced by; Jason Jordache
Available from: 17 Bit Software
Disk No: 3921
This is a collection of Jpeg images designed
for greetings cards. The highly stylised
artwork is colourful and attractive and the
quality throughout is excellent.
Some of the designs have vaguely fantastical
themes, whilst there is also a cute
cow and plenty of abstract
images. There are a couple that
you perhaps wouldn't send to
kiddies.
Maybe not the most useful
disk in the world, but
an effective way of showcasing
this artist's talents.
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