The latest issue of Amiga Addict magazine pays tribute to the best-selling Amiga magazine, Amiga Format. They say, "we’re celebrating 40 years of the Amiga with a fully-fledged Amiga Format tribute issue! Officially licensed by Future Publishing, for this special edition, we’ve reunited an incredible line-up of former Amiga Format writers, editors, contributors and designers to help us recapture the spirit of the legendary publication"
Inside this Amiga Format commemorative issue:
The latest issue of Pixel Addict features a special interview guest Jordan Mechner (creator of Prince Of Persia), as well as the contents below:
Both magazines can be purchased at https://www.addict.media/
Inside this Amiga Format commemorative issue:
- A welcome from Bob Wade, launch editor of Amiga Format, reflec ting on the early days of the magazine.
- Full, legal edition of X-Copy Professional - included as a downloadable coverdisk, with an optional physical floppy available.
- Sam Dicker, Amiga engineer and creator of the original Boing Ball demo, shares stories from his time building one of the most influential computers ever made.
- Neil Jackson returns to review the brand-new Amiga port of The Settlers II.
- Andy Nuttall revisits Putty, the highest-scoring game he ever gave a Gold Award, but does he still agree with his original verdict?
- A proper staff reunion: Marcus Dyson, Tim Smith, Maff Evans, Steve Jarratt and Ben Vost sit down for a roundtable of behind-the-scenes memories and anecdotes from day-to-day life at Format HQ.
- GameBusters Special featuring classic Amiga cheats, hints and tips.
- Graham Morrison explores MIDI creativity with Bars & Pipes, accompanied by insights from developer Andy Bishop on how the software evolved.
- Robert Polding rounds up the most iconic Amiga software from his time on Amiga Format.
- Amiga.Net highlights the very best online resources for modern Amiga users.
- Gareth Murfin looks back on how working on Gloom 2 helped shape his career, all the way to Vice City!
- Ben Vost guides readers through the Amiga’s premier 3D tool: LightWave 3D.
- Jason Holborn, former technical editor and co verdisk curator, explains how he packaged the classic AF Workbench and PD Update sections.
- Interview with Eric Schwartz - legendary artist behind the Superfrog intro and long-running AF cartoons.
- Sue White, former Amiga Format Art Editor, gives a rare behind-the-scenes look at how the magazine was planned, designed and produced.
- Plus: Amiga news, Mailbag (readers' letters) and much more.
The latest issue of Pixel Addict features a special interview guest Jordan Mechner (creator of Prince Of Persia), as well as the contents below:
- The Games of Jordan Mechner. We interview the visionary designer behind the monumental classics Karateka and Prince of Persia; Jordan shares behind-the-scenes stories and creative breakthroughs that defined his legendary career.
- Celebrating Atari ST 40th anniversary with musician John Sohn. Learn about John's defining moments in the pioneering computer's story.
- Exclusive review of the first part of documentary film series, Commodore 64: Classic Game Insights Vol. 1.
- Interview with veteran journalist Jamie Sefton, known for his work currently at Game Republic, as well as Arcade and PC Zone magazines.
- An introduction to FPGA technology and how it can help preserve ageing computer platforms.
- We test the new Time Crisis G'AIM'E Lightgun.
- Final Fantasy Villain s book review.
- Gaming retrospectives, including Bioforge - an interactive movie for the mind!
- Star Control: Ur-Quan memories. Plus, interview with developers Fred Ford and Dan Gerstein.
- Our new series, Customising Control, offers mods and tips to help upgrade your arcade joysticks.
- Vintage computing and obscure hardware, including the COSMAC Elf.
- Tinman Games, the new champion fighting to keep the classic adventure gaming genre alive.
- WWF wrestling toy collectables, the story of rare Hulk Hogan action figures.
- Our resident expert Matthew Smith grabs the popcorn to review Pokémon: The First Movie.
- Learn Morse Code while having fun! We interview Alex Johansson, the developer behind the game MORSE.
- Plus all our Regulars, fe aturing Sony PlayStation Coding, retro tech news, Covermount Classic, Alex Trowers of Bullfrog, Deadlinez comic strip, vintage toy collectables, and the Homebrew Heroes games section.
Both magazines can be purchased at https://www.addict.media/