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Volume 2

Number 2

July 1989

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4 AMIGA COMPUTING hi& 19

•CONTENTS111

GAMS REVIEWS

71 UNDER THE

X-CAD

DESIGNER

We all know that IBMs pale into

insigniﬁcance next io Amiga& Now

Cadvision International has proved it

with some ace software.

WORKBENCH

Lurking on your hoot disc is a load of

useful blank space currently ﬁlled

with unwanted programs. Henning

Sorenson shows how to free it.

A'-CAD Designer Page 78

HINTS

85 GAME

Silkworm Page 16

Coktel Vision breaks the chains of

Freedom.

Rio Challenge evolves into robotic

attacks.

The facts about Hollywood Poker

laid bare.

Tank Attack: Board game or bored

of the same.

Code Masters slalom into 16 bit

with Ski Sim.

Pac•Land goes OTT on the cute

and cuddly.

The Real Ghostbusters get ported

and slimed.

Grand Monster Slam. Prett

sprites.l

Steve Davis gets to the end of

CDS's cue.

Last Duel — the plot sickens with

shooting.

KILLER

The secret cheat mode for Cosmic

Pirate, how to win at Joan of Arc,

Chuckle Egg cheat and inﬁnite lives

for Pac-Land in MTH's column.

• Silkworm wins a Supreme award

with 96 per cent.

• Raider thrusts on to the glowing

screen.

• Visit the magic land of Archi-

pelagos.

• Beam proves the simplest games

are fun.

• Aquatic action with Live and Let

Die.

• Great reading and action with

Battlehawks.

• Smooth scroll is back with

Goldrunner

[ErrEfts

91 YOUR RIGHT

TO WRITE

How to boot Basic programs, better

binary control, how to remove extra

memory without even touching the

hardware and more.

Game killer Page 85

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