1 - Commodore Is Awesome

or weeks of speculation throught
the games industry, Comodore
has finally confirmed that
re's another brand new Amiga
mes machine in the pipeline.
There's been talk over the last
nth or so about a so-called A800,
32-bit Amiga with super-fast
30 processor, but Commodore
denying that any such machine
ists. Firm details about the new
iga's specifications are thin on
ground, but it's expected to be
tched somewhere between the
, compact A600 (which has
pparently been selling like hot
kes since its recent launch) and
bigger, high-end A1500.
"The Amiga is not a product, it is
technology and we do have plans
improve the technology," coin-
mented Commodore's Manag
ing Director Kelly Sumner in a rece
issue of industry journal Compu
teif Trade Weekly. "There will not, how-I,
ever, be a product called the A8004
I guarantee that. Over the ne
twelve months there will be a ne
Amiga and it will be a focus, mas
market machine rather than
end. That is not to say that the A60d
is short term. It will be around foi
quite some time. In fact, the A600
will still be the biggest selling Amigli
in 1993, but it will be close."
It's only speculation at Hui
moment, but it's looking as thoug
the new mystery machine will ha
some kind of superior technical sp
- if only because it's difficult t
imagine what else a new Ami
could be. We'll keep you posted.
ternative Software has p u p the righ to two B B C ' s toped
TV shows, Doctor Who and (wait for it) 'Alto 'Alto. Both Amiga games
e being put together as we speak and are scheduled to arrive in time
r Christmas on the company's new £14.99 Admiral label.
The game that's likely to attract most interest is, of course, Dr Who,
hich has been timed to coincide with the show's 30th Anniversary next
ar. Fans of the timelord have always been a bit short-changed in the
ame department, having to put up with second-rate platform
mes and the like - but Alternative is confidently predicting that
s game, called Datek Attack, will be the best thing since that
ally good episode where Torn Baker asked Davros if he wanted
Jelly baby.
The game's set in London in the year 2254, when the evil
Daleks have taken over the planet Earth and enslaved its population
(a bit like the film with Peter Cushing, eh?). Their plan is to
destroy the planet's ozone layer - Alternative is claiming that
4111 !environmental issues will play a major part in the story. Hmmm.
Anyway, you get to be Sylvester McCoy, running around the
futuristic city in an arcade-adventure type thing, battling the
Daleks and their Robomen. Obviously not wanting to incur the
wrath of hundreds of fanatical Doctor devotees, Alternative is
'making sure the game stays faithful to the show, but is also bunging
in a few new ideas of its own - the Daleks can now fly using hoverpads,
for instance. Hopefully the special effect that accompanies this will
be more convincing than the crappy one the BBC uses when the Daleks
• have to float up stairs.
On a much lighter note, there's 'Alto 'Alio, the game of the 'popular'
'. ucy wartime comedy. There's not a great deal of information available
on this one yet, other than it's a comic-strip arcade adventure based
• around a 'crazy chase' to find the fallen Madonna with the big boobies
... : (ho-ho), All your 'favourite' characters are in there, including the bloke
who can't pronounce his vowels properly and the funny Nazis.
We understand that the spirit of the show has been retained, so expect
. lots of trousers falling down, suspender belts snapping and all sorts of
• other racy French frolics - although we're promised it won't be that
• naughty. In Alternative's own words, "It's aimed very much at the family
market." We can't wait. Can you?
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TWOSOME
Good evening, this is the
BBC_ on the left some
scenes from the innuendofilled
goings-on in
Alternatives 'Alto 'Alto game
• we were quite suprised to
see how much the sprites
look like their TV
counterparts. Over on the
right, the more serious (well,
sort of) action of Dale*
Attack. It's all very dark and
broody, which is apparently
what ye can expect of
London in the year 2254.
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