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PC40-III Feature Review

September1989

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M A G A Z

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SEPTEMBER 1989, Volume 10, Number9

FEATURES

HEIDI TURNIPSEED,

THEAMIGA'S DISNEYANIMATOR 54

She has worked for Disney Studios and Don Bluth Productions,

butnowsheworksforherself. Ifyou askher, she'll tellyouthat her

Amiga has made it possible. Read about the animatorwho has

worked on everything from Disney'sRobin Hood to Microlllusion's

CellAnimator.

byBen & Jean Means

COVERSTORY

DATA EAST'S GREAT EXPECTATIONS 50

Data East began making arcade machines manyyears ago. They

then moved on to pinball machines, and in 1985 created the

consumerdivision of Data East USAto publish personal computer

games. Their specialty to date has been arcade conversions —

Commodore 64 and Amiga software based on their arcade hits.

The new MVPSports line lookstostarta newspecialty. Here'sthe

story of this growingsoftware company.

byRuss Ceccola

PC40-111: A COMPROMISE OF SUPERLATIVES 58

Wegave a Commodore PC40-III toa solid MS-DOS columnistand

asked his honest opinions. Well, he liked some of the features,

and really didn't care so much for others. Take a look at this

comprehensive reviewof the PC40-III.

byDaniel Grotta

COVER PHOTO:DennisDegnan

Software-.ABCMondayNightFootball by Data East USA

DEPARTMENTS

ULTIMATE CHALLENGE WRAP-UP 62

Last October,Commodore Magazine aand Microprose Software

teamed upand created the Red Storm Rising Ultimate Challenge.

Now that the dust has settled and the winners have been

announced, we can take a look at howthis complex contest

was designed, who played, who won, and why we did it.

byJim Gracely

LETTERS

NEWS

TIPS &TRICKS

Hints for Fun and UlWityCompiledbyLouisF. Sander

Gold M\neCompiledbyLouis F. Sander

PROJECTS

Building a MIDI Interface DevicebyJohn lovine

TECHNOLOGY

Artificial Intelligence and Artificial UtebyJeffSpira

PUMPING GEOS

Laser PrintingbyMarkJordan

ADVENTURE ROAD

Every Picture Tells a StorybyShayAddams

INSIDE Q-LINK

NewQ-Link Library Searches^Robert W. Baker

AMIGA UPDATE

The HDTV BattledMatthewLeeds

Amiga Public DomainbyGraham Kinsey

128 MODE

A Look at Free Spirit SoftwarebyMarkJordan

PROGRAMMING

The Memphis GamefcyC./V. Lawrence

D-l-Y Picture ConversionbyRichardCurcio

HOW TO ENTER PROGRAMS

MAGAZINE ENTRY PROGRAMS

ADVERTISERS INDEX

REVIEWS

64/128 SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Project FirestartbyScottA. May

Navy SeaIbyMike Rivers

The King's Hu\ebyJack Emberly

Wooden Shipsand Iron MenbyRuss Ceccola

Sketchpad 128byGary V. Fields

AMIGA SOFTWARE REVIEWS

ShoguniyJohn Ryan

Baal Mike Rivers

Dream lonebyGary V. Fields

Alien Syndrome^/Mike Rivers

Sculpt-Animate4D, Jr.byDavidDuberman

Street CatfiyRussCeccola

A.M.A.S.6/Steve King

SOFTWARE SHORTS

Role-Play ChroniclesbyRussCeccola

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