ST Format 10 - May 1990

Killer!

What makes a game this good?

And just what are the 30 greatest games?
On Review: Dragon's Breath, Space Ace, Castle Master, Crack Down and much more
PLUS: Which graphics package do you need? / Beginners guide ST guide / PD Surveyed


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Cover Disk

  • Personal Finance Mngr Microdeal's fantastic home accounts package
  • GFA Joystick Utility This program allows you to read the joystick port from GFA Basic 2
  • Medrez STE medium res utility. Use this patch to boot your STE into medium resolution
  • Game Busters Saved-game character editor for  Mirrorsoft's ever-so-difficult Bloodwych
  • Animation Mark "The Pix" Pickavance shows off his 3D human animation
  • Hisoft's Devpac 2 Used by programmers worldwide.  You can produce power-packed code with assembler, editor and debugger
  • GFA Raytrace GFA's stunning 512-colour raytracing program. This is not a demo; this is the complete package
  • Wipe Out A hilarious intergalactic hoverboard challenge awaits you in Gonzo Games' incredibly addictive fully playabel demo
  • C-Tutorial Source files for Warwick Grigg's facinating C-series

News Items

ST set to regain sales initiative Following last months revelations about the fate of PowerPack, ST Format can now reveal the details of the new ST Discovery bundle
CD-ROM drive set for ST? Three years ago Atari unleashed a CD-ROM drive way ahead of its time in terms of quality and price
Mind your language Educational software house Kosmos have released all of their popular educational titel for the ST.
Atari show their hand at last Details of attractions at Atari's forthcoming computer show have finally been announced
New games guide for ST There are moe quality games available for the ST than any other home micro.
Kangaroo caught! A new ST genlock with a superb technical specification has just been launched in Australia.
Zoo's old gold drive If you're considering investing in a new external disk drive and are tempted vy a bunch of games of varying vintage, Electronic Zoo's £100 bundle is just the job.
Atari get their sums right After a dreadful showing last year, Atari's profit margins have started to climb again.
The money program Jewsbury Software have produced a share price analysis package and prtfolio manager.

Games Reviewed

Armada Arc / Atari £24.95 91%
Castle Explorer Incentive £19.99 90%
Crackdown US Gold £19.99 81%  
Dragons Breath Palace £29.99 92%
Escape Domark £19.99 80%  
Gretzky Hockey Mirrorsoft £24.95 90%
Ivanhoe Ocean £19.99 66%  
Kid Gloves Logotron £24.99 77%  
Oriental Games Microstyle £24.99 78%  
Paris Dakar Tomahawk £24.99 32%  
Space Ace Redysoft / Empire £44.95 58%  

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Software and Hardware Reviews

Tiger Cub MCM 91%
ST Host Adaptor Third Coast 85%  
Image Third Coast 50%  

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