Seems like AMOS captures the eyes and minds of many new
programmers these days. In the last few weeks we have received
material for a couple of disks and we hope to publish them all soon.

     A few new AMOS products have been released. Two of these are being
reviewed in this disk. AMOSPro - smoother, better looking and
well organized, is being reviewed by Paul Dale. This review
was also seen one USENET news a few weeks ago, so if you read it
there, pass on to Mike Cox's "Amiga Game Maker's Manual with AMOS
BASIC" review, taking an indepth look at Stephen Hill's latest work
about the AMOS programming environment.

  As always, some entertainment is provided. David Rudloff's
memory game can be played with 5 to 20 pairs of cards, suitable
for young kids as well as adults. Take notice of the amusing
card shuffle and flipping routines. I liked them!

  Our corner of Tiny Hacks features some amusing routines.
The first is a PAL/NTSC switch through AMOS! This can be quite
useful for those who wanna be able to test their programs
on both types of screens. This will work only for computers
with a 1Mb (Fat) Agnus or a default PAL screen.
    The second Tiny Hack is by Salim Gasmi.  It shows an unusual scrolling
technique and is dubbed the 'peel scroll'.  Full source is provided along
with a full explanation by Salim.  You really need to be in PAL mode to see
the full scroll.

    The next is a story by itself! "PLAYFIELD!", the journal of creative
Amiga programming with AMOS, is a new newsletter/magazine seeing light in
the USA.  It features quite a few articles and many good examples, as well
as a disk with all the source that appears inside the newsletter. Ryan
Scott, Editor of PLAYFIELD!, has allowed us to use a few of his examples.
The "Starfield Generator" program is taken straight from the first issue.
This attractive HiRes+Laced routine is quite beautiful and can be applied
nicely on all sorts of space games. For more information on PLAYFIELD,
send a SASE to:

PLAYFIELD!
5180 NE 6th Ave, Suite 624
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33334

                                      Until next time,
                                      Gal-on Broner,
                                      Editor.