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One Good Nurd„.
Who were the pillocks in the
'S**t on FAST' t-shirts?
Why not wear a shirt that
says 'Kill the industry'. What
nurds.
In case you don't known.
FAST is the Federation
Novagen's Damocles
Programmers Unite!
Above: Wot no tree software.
Though absent from the
Show, Novagen is about to
release Damocles, the sequel
to the magnificent Mercenary.
Damocles was first previewed
as a demo at the PC
Show in 1987, since which
programmer Paul Woakes
has been working hard to get
The Society of Software
Authors (SSA) stand
attracted a steady trickle of
programmers, graphic artists,
musicians and games
designers who were curious
to know what it was all
about.
The SSA has been
founded to serve the needs
of professional software
authors by giving advice,
helping with problems and
generally turning the rag tag
industry into a professional
body. Full membership costs
E150 and is open to any
author who has had at least
one title published. For unpublished
novices, the
Against Software Theft
whose primary aim is to
prevent the organised
ripping-off of software.
To turn up for an industry
show while wearing a
provocative slogan is just
asking for trouble. We hope
they found it.
the 3D flight game off the
ground. In the game, the
comet damocles is heading
towards the planet Eris. By
exploration the player has to
discover the necessary objects
to prevent the disaster.
The release date is definitely
pre-Christmas and at
£24.95 for the Amiga, it
could be a surprise Christmas
hit.
annual subscription is E.50
for associate membership.
Amongst the societies benefits
are business guidelines to
help with VAT, solicitors
and money chasing, plus the
excellently informative
newsletter full of news,
warnings, and professional
equipment (hardware and
software) reviews.
According to Mev Dinc,
director of Vivid Image
Developments and SSA
member, the society has already
attracted some of the
big names in the industry but
there's always room for
more. Further details can be
obtained from the SSA, 6
Callow Croft, Burbage,
Wiltshire SN8 3TB.
Above: I'm putting on my top hat!
Above: The Level 9 tat cats.
Levelled Out
Britain's senior adventurers,
Level 9 Computing, is pulling
out of the adventure
market after the release of
Scapeghost.
According to 1,9 designer,
Pete Austin, "People
have been declaring the
death of the adventure
market for years so Scapeghost
is an appropriate final
release. It comes from beyond
the grave."
The company has been
producing adventures since
1981 and it is sad to see them
go. Perhaps part of the
problem lies way back when
Melbourne House produced
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The Hobbit and took the
software market by storm.
L9 resisted following the
new style of adding graphics
to adventures, a concept
pioneered by Sierra Online
many years earlier. Since
then Magnetic Scrolls has
further advanced the popular
adventure while L9 has
maintained the opposing
view that complexity of
gameplay is the main thing.
Whatever the reason for
the move, we thank Level 9
for hours of fun and we look
fonvard to their new venture
as an arcade-style games
company using their new
development kit, HUGE, for
16 bit programming.