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DEPARTMENTS<br />
11 EDITOR'S PAGE<br />
Our Views On The Networks<br />
12 MAGAZINE INDEX<br />
Options and Opinions by Mark<br />
14 C64/C128 GAMES GALLERY<br />
Reviews by Benn, Mark, & Tom<br />
22 VENDOR SUPPORT<br />
From The Horse's Mouth<br />
23 READER MAIL<br />
From You, Our Valued Readers<br />
25 NEWS & VIEWS<br />
The Latest and The Greatest<br />
31 NEW PRODUCTS<br />
What's Hot and What's Not<br />
43 COPY CORNER<br />
SuperKit Reviewed by Mark<br />
45 ON AMIGA<br />
The Birth Of The Amiga by RJ Mical<br />
47 SOUND ADVICE<br />
C64/C128 MIDI by Peggy Herrington<br />
59 NETWORK WARS<br />
Cheap Long Distance by Peggy Herrington<br />
62 DOWN TO BUSINESS<br />
Focub On Spreadsheets by Ted Salatnone<br />
72 DEALER INDEX<br />
Where To Buy INFO<br />
90 AMIGA GAMES GALLERY<br />
Reviews by Benn, Mark, & Tom<br />
104 ADVERTISER INDEX<br />
Please Patronize These Fine Companies<br />
104 UNCLASSIFIED ADS<br />
Good Stuff—Cheap Ads<br />
FEATURES<br />
40 C64/C128 HARD DISK DRIVES<br />
The State Of The Art by Don Romero<br />
53 INFO MANIA<br />
A Free Computer Game With NO TYPING!<br />
57 AMIGA MUSIC PROGRAMS<br />
by Peggy Herrington<br />
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ABOUT THE COVER<br />
The castle courtyard scene on the cover is<br />
just one of a multitude of animated medieval<br />
scenes from the first of a new genre of<br />
computer games, the interactive movie.<br />
Defender of the Crown, a Cinemaware title<br />
from Mindscape, lets you participate in jousts,<br />
raid the castles of rivals, visit Robin Hood, and<br />
rescue fair damsels in distress, all to the<br />
accompaniment of excellent sound and what<br />
are arguably the best graphics ever produced<br />
on a personal computer. Judge for yourself<br />
from the cover photo. The Cinemaware series<br />
invokes the Mical gaming system, named for<br />
our newest regular contributor, RJ Mical,<br />
whose main claim to fame is authorship of the<br />
Intuition operating system that lies at the heart<br />
of every Amiga. In his first column for INFO,<br />
RJ tells the real story behind the creation of<br />
everyone's favorite personal computer.<br />
As the cover proclaims, this is a special<br />
games issue, and the Games Galleries have been<br />
expanded to fourteen pages for this issue. If<br />
that's not enough games to hold you, then turn<br />
to the centerfold and check out INFO Mania,<br />
INFO'S first free computer game! (We finally<br />
figured out a way to totally eliminate the<br />
typing.) Lest you think this issue is all fun<br />
and games, don't miss Ted's look at<br />
spreadsheets, Don's C64/C128 hard disk<br />
roundup, and Peggy's C64/C128 MIDI, and<br />
Amiga music features. Thanks for reading!
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