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- BACKISSU.TXT
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- ** Descriptions of every single issue of GIF News that has come out **
-
- If you want any of these issues, just send a Self-Addressed-Stamped-
- Envelope and a blank floppy (5.25 or 3.5) and I'll copy them over for you.
- Each issue is around 100K zipped. You must include the FLOPPY AND S.A.S.E
- or else you won't receive anything back. ------------------
- Or send a check/money order (see GN9205.TXT for the address)
-
- Cost per each 360K disk (5.25) = $1.00
- Cost per each 720K disk (3.5) = $1.50
- Add $.75 for shipping - average size of an issue is around
- 80,000-100,000 bytes.
-
- Or call the SimonsBoard BBS Network and download back issues. The
- number is (914) 297-2915 (dual standard v32bis)
-
- Or look for it on anonymous FTP sites. See GN9205.TXT for a list
- of some of them.
-
- Issue # Date Description
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- 01 Nov/Dec 1988 Reviews of Leisure Suit Larry II, Fire Power,
- GN88-11 and Sentinel Worlds, a short autobiography of
- Hsiao & Hunter, Inc.
-
- 02 Feb/Mar 1989 Virus protection safeguards, review of Police
- GN89-02 Quest II, "Are MS-DOS Games Getting Better"
- editorial, game hints to Leisure Suit Larry 2.
-
- 03 May/June 1989 Industry news, Space Quest ]I[ review, 1st
- GN89-05 annual Sight & Sound Awards, "Taito Games Are
- Terrible" editorial.
-
- 04 July/Aug 1989 Nintendo Game Hints (Super Mario Bros 2, Rad
- GN89-07 Racer, Karnov), Reviews of 4 different driving
- simulation games (Vette, Test Drive 2, Lombard
- Rally, F40 Pursuit Simulator), Review of the
- game Caveman Ugh-Lympics, a short overview of
- Lotus 123 Release 3.
-
- 05 Nov/Dec 1989 Review of Maxis' Sim City, the new Tears For
- GN89-11 Fears CD "Seeds of Love", and a review of
- Sierra's Manhunter II.
-
- 06 Jan/Feb 1990 A Look back at the eighties, review of Sierra's
- GN90-01 the Colonel's Bequest, and a overview of music
- cards (AdLib, GameBlaster, SoundBlaster, &
- Roland), the best VGA games.
-
- 07 Mar/Apr 1990 "Do Sound Cards Really Sound that Good?"
- GN90-03 editorial, a profile of the Channel 1(tm) BBS
- in Cambridge, MA, review of Access' Crimewave
- and Bitmap Bros' Xenon II, look at digitizing
- sounds.
-
- 08 May/June 1990 Detailed look at the VGA and VESA video
- GN90-05 standard, the Ultima VI built-in cheat, the
- World of Amiga show in New York City.
-
- 09 July/Aug 1990 Request for BBS distribution sites, Computer
- GN90-07 Industry News, a look at the Sound Blaster card,
- a review of Spectrum Holobytes' Faces game.
-
- 10 Sept/Oct 1990 Review of the games Atomix & Puzznik, a look at
- GN90-09 Battlechess II and future game releases, v.42
- & v.42bis - what their advantages are.
-
- 11 Nov/Dec 1990 Look at the TrakBlaster program, new Flight
- GN90-11 Simulator scenery disks, Reviews of games
- Spellcasting 101 and Jones in the Fast Lane,
- the Amiga Video Toaster by NewTek, Being a
- Game Designer for Electronic Arts.
-
- 12 Jan/Feb 1991 V.32bis standard, XGA, LaserDiscs, the
- GN91-01 controversial Lotus-Equifax CD-ROM CD, "Boo to
- Disney Software" editorial, FD-Format, review of
- the game Hard Nova.
-
- 13 Mar/Apr 1991 Look at Workstations, BBS's pay business rates
- GN91-03 on their phone lines, JMPlayer review, Amiga 24
- bit graphics, the first VGA page ever.
-
- 14 May/June 1991 The Prodigy STAGE.DAT controversy, review of
- GN91-05 TrakBlaster v2.0, MediaVision's Pro-Audio
- Spectrum, Amiga News, Review of Lemmings.
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- 15 July/Aug 1991 The PC Expo in NYC, look at Creative Labs'
- GN91-07 Voice Edit program, hints to the adventure game
- Time Quest, a review of the game Armor Alley,
- Internet News, and the first-ever GIF News
- contest.
-
- 16 Sept/Oct 1991 Sound Blaster Pro Vs. AdLib Gold, "High Prices
- GN91-09 for Game Software" Editorial, Internet News,
- Contest Winners Announced.
-
- 17 Nov/Dec 1991 Closer look at AdLib Gold, Windows 3.1 news,
- GN91-11 Wing Commander II Built-in cheat, Police
- Quest III, WordTris, Internet sites, new
- releases for various computers.
-
- 18 Jan/Feb 1992 AdLib Gold Delayed, Brief Windows 3.0 program
- GN92-01 review, Oh No More Lemmings!, 1992 planned
- releases, best graphical adventure game company,
- first SVGA page, Internet Archie Server.
-
- 19 Mar/Apr 1992 Reviews of two VGA shareware games: Scorched
- GN92-03 Earth and Galactix, short look at two multi-
- media groups, the new US Robotics 16.8K Modem,
- SupraCorp's v32bis modem, industry news,
- coming Apogee releases, $49 CD full of share-
- ware and public domain software.
-
- 20 May/June 1992 IBM/compatible sound cards reviews. Pro Audio
- GN92-05 Spectrum 16, AdLib Gold 1000, Sound Blaster Pro
- comparison chart.
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