News from August 1999

Goal 2000 Due Out Soon. I have just received confirmation from Alive Mediasoft that their forthcoming game, Goal 2000 isn't that far away now. Alive are currently saying that the game will see the light of day sometime in September. Goal 2000 is a rework of the old classic, Goal. The has been various changes which alive have made to the game and they are now touting it as the best Amiga football game ever. Look out for a full review here as soon as I get it. - 31st August 1999 - Full story Source:- WWW

Gilbert Goodmate Update. A small update concerning Prelusion's Gilbert Goodmate has been posted on the site. First of all, they are still looking for beta testers for the game, although this is currently only for the PC version. As for the actual production of the game, the main charactor has received a complete makeover and now looks much better then it did before, almost all cut scenes have been finished, also, all of the dialogues have been finished and all that is left to do is actually record the voices. A new release date of December '99 has been set, I would assume this is for the PC version and the Amiga version would follow shortly after. - 31st August 1999 - Full story Source:- WWW

Alive Mediasoft Update. Alive Mediasoft have announced that they are going to be expanding and will now be offering utilities, hardware & serious software alongside the games software they currently deal with. The first of these products is going to be Extreme from Darkage Software (Who are also developing the games Tales of Heaven & Land of Genesis). Extreme is a program for creating visual demos or video titling. For full details on this and a new game from Aliver read the full story. - 31st August 1999 - Full story Source:- WWW

Recovery: 2190 Website Set-up. A new support site for Trogladite Software's Recovery:2190 game has been set up and can be found at:- http://thunder.prohosting.com/~trogsoft/product/rec/index.htm It includes a new updated plot, and will be regularly updated from now until the game is released. - 24th August 1999 - Full story Source:- WWW

Bertie's Animal Kingdom Epic Marketing have just released the first of a new range of childrens software which they are starting. It is called Bertie's Animal Kingdom. Full details in the full story. - 24th August 1999 - Full story Source:- WWW

New Maim & Mangle Screenshots Released. The World Foundry have just released 2 new screenshots of their forthcoming strategy game, Maim & Mangle. These screenshots really are getting better all the time and are beginning to look very impressive indeed. Hopefully things will continue at this rate and we'll see even more improvments in the future. Click on the images to see the full size versions. 22nd August 1999 - Full story Source:- WWW

Delsyd Software Update. Delsyd Software have just updated there webpage to let everyone know that they are still alive. Heres a few snippets of what they have to say. We're still alive! "Has it really been 4 months since the last update.Wow! We are pleased to announce that Delsyd Software is moving to a page without annoying pop up windows! Thanks to the genius of Chris Payne,we will soon be moving in to our new web space. Chris is doing a total redesign for the site as well. Hurrah!" More games to come "In our relentless quest to push the envelope of Amiga gaming, we'd like to announce that at least 2 more games are in their early design stages.Both of them are fairly tasteless.The first game,"Pimpin' Ain't Easy",is a resource management game where you get to play as a pimp.Darik Brown is working on this masterpiece.As soon as we get in contact with him again,we'll give you the full details.The other game doesn't have a name yet.It's a Syndicate-like game about gang warfare.Expect both of these games to contain enormous amounts of senseless violence, tongue in cheek humor,and a total disregard of morality. Release dates have not been set." We support the Linux decision "Fair enough.We don't see any problems with Amiga's choice of Linux as their operating system.We will still fully support the Ng.If the AmiRage and Iwin systems materialize,we'll support them as well." 22nd August 1999 - Full story Source:- WWW

Darkage Softwares New Website Opened. Darage Software have just opened a new website, not only has the original one had a complete re-design but you can find loads of new information about there forthcoming games on the new website, including there latest game, Land of Genesis. Check out the website at:- http://www.idealia.net/darkage 16th August 1999 - Full story Source:- WWW

Mushroom Software Purchases F1 Software Mushroom Software have completed the buyout of F1 Software, full details can be found in the full story. 16th August 1999 - Full story Source:- WWW

Announcement: Starfighter -D`Yammen`s Reign Released. Epic Marketing have just officially announced the Release of Starfighter - D`Yammen`s Reign. For those of you that don't know it is a Wing Commander style of game developed by Geosync Software. Full details in the full story. - 12th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email

World Foundry Update. This news arrives a bit late but i'll tell you anyway just incase you have missed it elsewhere. The World Foundry have updated there website with new info on both of their forthcoming titles Explorer2260 and Maim & Mangle. There are also some new screenshots of Maim & Mangle which show that the game is certainly beginning to move along quite nicely. Check it all out at http://www.worldfoundry.com - 12th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Moonbases Patch Released. Homegrown Software have recently released a new patch for their rea;l-yimr strategy game, Moonbases. This patch improves the AI behaviour of player controlled units when attacking buildings. To download the patch visit the Moonbases webpage at http://www.eclipse.co.uk/homegrown/mooi.html - 12th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Gilbert Goodmate Beta Testers Required. Prelusion are looking for suitable beta testers for their forthcoming adventure, Gilbert Goodmate. Unfortunalty, this is only for the PC version at the moment so your going to need one to qualify for this. Anyone interested should visit the Prelusion webpage at http://www.prelusion.com and fill out the form provided there. - 12th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Unique Still Require Help. Unique, the development team behind the excellent looking ACSYS are still looking for people to help with the completion of the game. Specifically, they are looking for a talented musician and 2D/3D graphics artist, anyone that thinks thye can help should email Unique at:- christian.sobotta@rz.tu-ilmenau.de - 12th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Siberian Sun - The Operation: Counterstike Replacement. This is a game born from where Operation: Counterstrike left off. Much of the game has been completly re-worked and lots of new features have been added, read the full story for full details... - 9th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Paul Burkey and Epic Marketing announce Cooperation. Paul Burkey has teamed up with Epic Marketing to bring the re-release and the new verison of Foundation to the Amiga. - 8th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Land of Genesis. A new platform/shoot-em-up hybrid from Darkage Software. - 4th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Worms: Armageddon Coming to the Amiga. Somemore excellent news from Hyperion Software, they have just picked up the rights to convert the classic game, Worms: Armegeddon to the Amiga, full details in the full story. - 4th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Lambda Update. An update of the current status of the Lambda project has just been released. The biggest news that comes from it is the fact that the development of the game has now moved to the PC, the Amiga will still be targeted for the project, however, it will probably be PPC eqipped Amigas with 3D hardware. Read the full story for full details. - 4th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Foundation Update. More news has just been released on the situation regarding Foundation. There will be 2 Foundation products released. The first of these will be a re-release of Foundation under the title of 'Foundation: Directors Cut'. 'Foundation DC' will contain the latest (V1.25) of the game which is optimized for GFX Cards which features the new rendering system with Gouraud shading and other special effects. The game will be released with a budget price tag of £14.99 or 50DM (pricing to be confirmed later this week). The second release of the year will be 'Foundation's Edge'. This will be a completely new game. All of the game code will be rewritten in portable C++, all graphics will be redrawn, the in-game GUI system will be redesigned; it will contain new levels, new music, new sound and improved gameplay. The game will look and feel very different to the original Foundation. The Foundation's Edge Homepage has been opened ready to hold all information and pictures as they become available. Information on the availability, pricing and publishing details of these two products are to be announced later this week. Read the full story for more details on this game... - 4th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Pagan World of Amiga Report Online. Pagan have just put there WoA report up on their website, their thoughts on the show and a little bit of info about their forthcoming games can be found on there. The webpage is http://www.pagan-games.com/ - 4th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Tales of Heaven Release Draws Closer.. Tales of Heaven could be as little as a month away from release now, only a few bits and pieces are still left to be done. One thing that will please the GFX card owners out there is that the game will include GFX card support at release time. Hope to see the game sometime around September. - 4th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Titan Announce Co-operation with Hyperion. Titan have announced that they will work alongside Hyperion Software to bring the Amiga some out-standing titles in the future, heres the press release:- Titan Computer proudly announces cooperation with Hyperion Software. Hyberion`s and Titan`s first goal is to brink back great game-titles to the Amiga community. We have signed serveral titles two of them are SHOGO and HereticII. We will develop for both systems Amiga Classic as well as Amiga Next Generation. We hope that our efforts will be honoured by the Amiga community, and not destroy by massive software piracy like it happens over the last 4 years. It`s in your hand, Amiga community, to get more and good software for your beloved Amiga - 4th August 1999 - Full story Source:- email