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From: pyppad@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P A Dale)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Balance of Power
Message-ID: <1991May8.152608.11050@gdr.bath.ac.uk>
Date: 8 May 91 15:26:08 GMT
Sender: pyppad@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P A Dale)
Organization: School of Physics, University of Bath, UK
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The June issue of Amiga Format (no. 23) has a complete
copy of Balance of Power (the later version with advisors
and MultiPolar option). As to be expected the docs in the
magazine are minimal. Any pointers from those lucky people
who have been playing this game for any length of time ?

As a side note, the coverdisk war is really hotting up with
a game of this quality making it onto a magazine cover. What I 
consider one of the best review mags, Strategy Plus, has said it
too now has to provide a cover disk to keep up with competition
which will result in a price rise. This I think is a shame as
it stands so well by itself. The UK is awash with mainly game
review mags and their coverdisks all costing 2.95 (or 3.95) sterling.
How is it in the States and elsewhere ? What goes onto most coverdisks ?
Is the balance between game demos and more serious software correct ?

Personally I'd like to see a magazine which costs less without a disk.
Very often the demos are shoot 'em ups which don't interest me and add
a quid to the price of the mag. On the other hand we've had Lemmings :-)
as a demo. Amiga Computing has to rate as one of the best coverdisk mags
out of the UK as it consistently has good quality, mainly PD utility
based software (SID and MED3.0 to name but two).

Anyhow, off the 'box. How about those BOP tips ?
Paul