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                         DateLine:  August 14, 1992
           This 5-MINUTE Newscast presents the following stories:
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     1.  Commodore Announces 68040 Amiga 3000T

     2.  September World of Commodore Amiga Show

     3.  Touchdown 100 Hard Disk Backup System from New Horizons

     4.  Next Week's *StarShip* Amiga Conferences
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     5.  American AMOS Arrives on September 2

     6.  Essence: New Library of Algorithmic Textures for Imagine

     7.  Six CD-ROM Publishers Join Expanded EA Affiliated Label Program

     8.  Dojo Dan from Europress Software

     9.  Can You Overcome the Dangers that Lurk in the Evil WaxWorks?




                            *StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
                               1st of 9 Stories



    _               Commodore Announces 68040 Amiga 3000T
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  / - \
 / ___ \
(_/   \_)ugust 3, 1992 -- Commodore Business Machines, Inc. today announced a
new version of the Amiga 3000T multimedia workstation powered by a 25 MHz
Motorola 68040 processor, making it the most expandable and powerful Amiga
currently available. The Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price is $5998.00
including a monitor, until September 30, 1992. Units should be available in
mid September 1992 at Commodore authorized reseller locations.

The Amiga 3000T-040/200 features the Motorola 68040 processor with an
integrated math co-processor and provides approximately 20 CISC MIPS and 3.5
DP Megaflops. The 68040 equipped A3000T features throughput that equals or
surpasses other similarly equipped Motorola 68040 or Intel 486-based machines.
The unit includes AmigaDOS 2.0 and comes standard with a 200 MB hard disk
drive, a 3.5" floppy disk drive, 5 MB of RAM (expandable to 18 MB), and 32 bit
bus architecture.

"The Amiga 3000T is ideal for the demanding needs of the professional
multimedia developer involved in videographics, dynamic presentations,
interactive training or point-of-sale kiosks," said Commodore Director of
Business Marketing David Archambault. "The great speed and expandability of
the system, combined with the system's ability to connect to a Novell network
and share information with Macs and PCs, make it the logical choice for use as
a multimedia development workstation."

The Amiga 3000T comes with Commodore Express Gold Service Options, Commodore's
industry-leading service program, and is backed by a one year limited
warranty.

Leasing terms are available through most Commodore authorized resellers.

Commodore Business Machines, Inc., based in West Chester, PA, manufactures and
markets a complete line of computers and peripherals for the business,
education, government, and consumer markets.

Commodore and CommodoreExpress are trademarks of Commodore Electronics
Limited. Amiga, AmigaDOS and Bridgeboard are trademarks of Commodore-Amiga,
Inc. MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Motorola is a trademark
of Motorola Inc. Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Novell is a
trademark of Novell Inc. Intel 486 is a trademark of Intel Corporation.

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                            *StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
                               2nd of 9 Stories



                  September World of Commodore Amiga Show
                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                           Pasadena, California
                          September 11-13, 1992
 See all the exciting new products and get the most up-to-date information!

    The Pasadena Center                  Friday, September 11: 10AM - 5PM
    300 East Green Street              Saturday, September 12: 10AM - 5PM
    Pasadena, California 91101           Sunday, September 13: Noon - 5PM
                          ______________________
                         /                      \
                        |   Admission: $15 Day   |
                        |   $30 Three-day Pass   |
                         \______________________/

   Group discount tickets are available until August 21 for $8 each day.
   Minimum order required for group rate is 25 tickets.

                  Admission Price Includes FREE SEMINARS!
                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seminars begin 15 minutes after the show opens (AM) and are listed here in
order of their presentation each day:

     Friday, September 11
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Great Valley Products in Multimedia
  Featuring the IMPACT VISION 24
- Great Valley Products Presents
  Communication on the Amiga
- Desktop Video
- Gold Disk Demonstrates Desktop Publishing
- Keynote Address by Commodore
- AmigaVision 3.0                                 _______________________
- Commodore New Product Overview                 /                       \
- AmigaDOS 2.1                                  |  NEW HARDWARE RELEASES  |
                                                |       *    *    *       |
     Saturday, September 12                     |    Hands-On Browsing!   |
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                      \_______________________/
- Animation on the Amiga
- Desktop Video
- Great Valley Products Presents
  Communication on the Amiga
- Centaur Demonstrates OpalVision
- SunRize Presents Digital Audio for Video
- Keynote Address by Commodore
- Gold Disk Demonstrates ShowMaker and Video Director
- Scala - Prepare Powerhouse Multimedia Presentations
- AmigaVision 3.0
- Commodore New Product Overview
- AmigaDOS 2.1

     Sunday, September 13
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Animation on the Amiga
- Desktop Video
- SunRize Presents Digital Audio for Video
- Keynote Address by Commodore
- Centaur Demonstrates OpalVision
- Scala - Prepare Powerhouse Multimedia Presentations
- Commodore New Product Overview


                      PRELIMINARY EXHIBITOR LIST
                       (as of August 10, 1992)

  Amazing Computing                        IDG Communications
  Ambitious Technologies                   INOVAtronics
  Amiga News                               L.A. Video Toaster Group
  Amiga Video Graphics Guild               Memory World
  ASDG                                     Merit Software
  Avid Publications                        Micro-Pace, Inc.
  Black Belt                               Migraph Inc.
  Centaur Software                         New Horizons Software
  Central Coast Software                   Nucleus Electronics
  Commodore Business Machines              Opal Tech
  Computer System Associates               Oxxi, Inc.
  Creative Computers                       Pacific Digital
  Digital Creations                        Premier Software
  Digital Micronics                        Scala, Inc.
  Euphonics                                Soft Logik
  Gold Disk                                SunRize Industries
  Great Valley Products                    Video Graphics Toast & Coffee
  ICD                                      Virtual Reality


     Show Hotel:   The Pasadena Hilton
                   150 South Los Robles Ave.
                   Pasadena, California 91191

     Show Rate:    $79 single or double/twin

     Reservations: 1-800-HILTONS Deadline August 8, 1992


For more information contact: Ramige Management Group
                              20 Sundial Crescent, Toronto, Ontario M4A 2J8
                              Tel: 416/285-5950  Fax: 416/285-6630

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                            *StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
                               3rd of 9 Stories

                    Touchdown 100 Hard Disk Backup System
                   Special offer to New Horizons Customers
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   / \                   To New Horizons Customers
  / - \
 / ___ \
(_/   \_)s an Amiga owner, you realize how important it is to have backup
copies of your data. All it takes is one small hardware glitch, and days if
not weeks of your valuable work will be gone. But if you are like most of us,
you don't backup your data as often as you should. What we need is a fast,
automatic, reliable, and inexpensive way to do it. Quite a tall order!

Fortunately, Central Coast Software, a division of New Horizons, has developed
just the solution you need -- the Touchdown 100 tape drive, with Quarterback
5.0 backup software. A complete high-speed backup system!

Quarterback 5.0 is the fastest and easiest to use backup program available for
the Amiga. Quarterback 5.0 can quickly and reliably backup your data to floppy
disks, removable cartridges, and tape drives. And the Touchdown 100 tape drive
makes it even easier to automatically backup your data. Just pop in a tap
cartridge and go -- up to 250 Megabytes of information can be stored on a
single tape!

Just look at some of the features of the Touchdown 100 tape drive:

 - High speed SCSI tape drive. Connects to built-in SCSI port on Amiga 3000
   and 2500 computers, or to third-party SCSI adapters.

 - Backup rates of over 5 Megabytes per minute on an Amiga 3000. Backup an
   entire 50 Megabyte hard disk in less than 10 minutes!

 - Store up to 250 Megabytes on each tape cartridge.


                              Special Offer
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are making the complete Touchdown 100 Backup System available to all owners
of New Horizons and Central Coast Software products at the special price of
just $549.95! If you already own Quarterback 5.0, you can purchase the tape
drive alone for only $499.95!

Similar tape drives sell in stores for up to $1000.00, so this offer is hard
to beat!

To take advantage of this offer, call us at 1-512-328-6650 and use your Visa
or MasterCard. This offer is available ONLY to owners of New Horizons and
Central Coast Software products, so include the registration number from your
product with your order. If you prefer, you can fax your order to us at
1-512-328-1925.
 We are very happy to be able to offer such a high-performance system at this
low price. I know that you will be as satisfied with it as we are.

                                       Sincerely,
                                       James Bayless
                                       President

P.S. Our quantities of these tape drives are LIMITED, and this package will
not be available in retail stores. So order today!


Quarterback(tm) 5.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Advanced Backup and Archiving Program for the Amiga

Features

 - The fastest backup and archiving program on the Amiga
 - Supports up to four floppy drives for backup and restore
 - Integrated streaming tape and removable cartridge support
 - Compression option for backups
 - Optional password protection, with encryption, for data security
 - Automatically formats floppies as it writes
 - Full tape control for re-tension, erase and rewinding
 - Fastest tape backup on the Amiga!
 - Innovative "Interrogator" retrieves device information from SCSI devices
 - Capable of complete subdirectory-only or selected-files backup and restore
 - Powerful wildcard pattern matching for fast and easy selective archiving
 - Restores all date and time stamps, file notes, and protection bits on
   files and directories
 - Can verify data as it is written
 - Automatically detects and warns about bad media during backup and restore
 - Writes file catalog to both first and last disks for extra data protection
 - Supports unlimited file lengths, any number of subdirectories, and any
   number of files per subdirectory
 - Supports both hard and soft links
 - Full macro and AREXX support
 - Workbench 2.0 style "3-D" user interface

Touchdown Tape Drive Model 100
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
High-Speed SCSI Tape Drive

Features

 - Attaches to Amiga SCSI port
 - Data transfer rate of over 5 megabytes per minute
 - External drive with built-in power supply
 - Includes 25 pin to 50 pin SCSI cable
 - Compatible with DC-6150 (150 megabyte) and DC-6250 (250 megabyte) tape
   cartridges
 - Fully compatible with Quarterback 5.0
 - 90 day limited warranty

Remember: This special offer is available only to owners of New Horizons or
Central Coast Software products. Please note your product name and
registration number. Orders without this information will not be accepted.

For more information, contact New Horizons Software, Inc. P.O. Box 43167,
Austin TX 78745 or call 512/328-6650; fax 512/328-1925.

     *StarShip* News Note:  New Horizons is now handling ATALK III.

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                            *StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
                               4th of 9 Stories

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                            *StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
                               5th of 9 Stories



    _                American AMOS Arrives on September 2
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(_/   \_) US version of AMOS, the best-selling Amiga programming language in
the UK, makes its debut on September 2. Since its release 18 months ago, AMOS
has sold in excess of 50,000 units throughout Europe. Numerous accolades it
has picked up along the way include the Tilt Award and the 1991 Computer
Shopper Award for best non-PC package.

AMOS is a sophisticated development language with more than 500 different
commands to produce the results you want with the minimum of effort. Whether
you want to create arcade games, adventure games, demos, educational programs
-- or even serious applications like graphical databases or video titling
sequences -- AMOS will turn your dreams into reality!

Until now Amiga users in the US have only been able to obtain the original
English version, which meant screen sizes had to be adjusted on US machines,
and graphics were not as clear and bright as they appeared on Amigas in
Europe. All these points have been eliminated on the specially written version
for the US.

Another important inclusion in American AMOS is a US support line service.
Users can now get advice via a local telephone or BBS call.

Dave Lezerek heads the support line in the States. A dedicated AMOS user
himself, he is also responsible for the sale and distribution of AMOS PD and
Licenseware software. Any queries which cannot be dealt with immediately will
be forwarded by Dave to the AMOS technical team in the UK.

The support line number is 219/874-6380; BBS is 219/874-0367.

Recommended Retail price is $110.00.

Remember! The release date for American AMOS is September2.

Further information may be obtained from Nicola Murray at Europress Software,
Europa House, Adlington Park, Macclesfield SK10 4NP, Tel: 0625 859333 Fax:
0625 879962.

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                            *StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
                               6th of 9 Stories

 ______     Essence: A Library of Algorithmic Textures for Imagine
(__  __)    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  / /
 / /
(_/he 3D software Imagine by Impulse, Inc. allows users to define object
attributes with an "algorithmic texture," a surface that can be characterized
with a mathematical algorithm as opposed to just "painting on" an image with a
brushmap. Examples of these algorithmic textures are checkerboards, grids,
camouflage and even wood. These textures are not brushmaps or pictures. They
are algorithms Imagine uses to color your object. They take very little RAM
(about 1-15K each) and have no pixel artifacts.

Apex Software Publishing has developed Essence, additional Imagine-compatible
algorithmic textures for use with Imagine, which gives users a library of even
more surfaces for their objects. These additional textures range from simple
textures like Hex, a tiling of colored hexagons, to a complex surface called
Fractal Noise, which makes a turbulent, detail-rich natural looking coloring
for objects like clouds, fire, planets, landscapes, or even dirt.

These textures were designed and written by award-winning Amiga artist Steven
Worley with the help of Glenn Lewis, author of the powerful Imagine TTDDD
utility package. Steve is also the author of the successful book
"Understanding Imagine 2.0."

The library adds over 60 (sixty!) new textures to the original 12 Impulse
textures.

A description of just some of the new textures:

Counter: A flat texture that applies the image of an LCD display to an
object's surface. The number it displays is defined in the texture parameters.
By morphing the object in Imagine (which is clearly described in the Essence
manual) the LCD display can form a timer, speedometer, or any other numerical
display you wish.

Floortile: A bit like Impulse's "Checks" in that squares are added to your
object. However, these squares have the classic utilitarian floortile
appearance with long, irregular streaks of material running through the tile,
and with tiles oriented at right angles to one another.

Fractal Noise: A suite of textures that are difficult to describe. Fractal
noise is a turbulent, detailed blend of colors that can be used for naturally
detailed surfaces ranging from clouds to dirt. Lightwave 3D has a similar
texture, although the Apex version is considerably more versatile. The fractal
noise can be animated in time, allowing the surface image to swirl and eddy as
the object is animated. There are versions of fractal noise that apply single
or multiple colors with sharp or soft boundaries. Reflectivity and
transparency can also be controlled through fractal noise. Fractal noise is a
workhorse that is nearly indispensable for many realistic surfaces. How else
can you make an animated photorealistic, swirling planet atmosphere in three
minutes?

Hex: A tiling of hexagons. Simple but pleasant alternative to checkerboards!

HueRotate: This changes the color of your object by "rotating" the color
shades of your object around the color wheel (blue to magenta to red to yellow
to green to cyan to blue). This can make wonderful surface effects, especially
when animated. This can also change the color of images added with brushmaps.

Mandelbrot: An amazing twist on a classic image! The fractal Mandelbrot set is
computed on the fly. This image has an infinite amount of detail, with
beautiful spirals and structure. By zooming the camera closer to the object
surface, you can magnify the region you are looking at. See the Mandelbrot set
with a flight-simulator like perspective! A truly stunning texture.

RGBvary: Related to fractal noise, this texture does not ADD color, but it
instead varies the color that already exists. Most real world objects have
slight color variations due to wear or weather. RGBvary will take (for
example) green paint and subtly change the shades of the paint over the
surface of your object. This variation adds considerable realism to your
object. The amount of variation, of course, is completely user definable.

Swirl: A spiral based surface like a spinning hypnotist's disk or a barber
pole.

Turbulent Transition: Like Impulse's "Linear" and "Radial" except the
transition boundary is turbulent like fire or mixing paint. Growing mold or
the "Genesis Effect" can be produced with these textures.

Veined Marble: Finally! Layered veins of turbulent photo-realistic marble.

These textures are fully compatible with the floating point versions of
Imagine 2.0, Imagine 1.1, and even Turbo Silver. You load and use them in an
identical fashion to the current Impulse-supplied textures. Currently, there
is no support for using the textures in the integer versions of Imagine
designed to run only on a 68000 processor, but if demand is high enough this
can be implemented in the future.

Essence has a retail price of $79.95 and should be available in late August
through most Amiga dealers and mail order firms. If you want to get more
information or a flyer you can write to:

                              Essence Info
                        Apex Software Publishing
                      405 El Camino Real, Suite 121
                        Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
             Or call 415-322-7532, or email spworley@netcom.com.

Imagine is a trademark of Impulse Inc. Essence is a trademark of Apex Software
Publishing.
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                            *StarShip* Amiga *Flash*
                                7th of 9 Stories

  ____
 / ___)             Six CD-ROM Publishers Join Expanded
( (__             Electronic Arts Affiliated Label Program
 \__ \            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ___) )
(____/an Mateo, Calif., July 29 -- Electronic Arts will distribute CD-ROM
software for six publishers through a strategic expansion of its affiliated
labels program, the company announced today.

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) will begin to distribute CD-ROM titles in August
to meet the increasing demand for these products, according to Nancy Smith,
vice president for sales.

The six CD-ROM publishers joining the Electronic Arts Distribution (EAD)
program are: Ebooks; Humongous Entertainment, Inc; ICOM Simulations, Inc.;
NovaLogic; Pop Rocket, Inc.; and Zelos!.

"As we bring the best of the CD-ROM publishers into our AL program, Electronic
Arts will work with retailers to develop this important new product category,"
said Smith. "This program will help ensure that Electronic Arts and our
affiliated publishers maintain a market-leading position in interactive
entertainment."

Other ongoing members of the EAD program include Millennium, Mindcraft
Software, Inc., Strategic Simulations, Inc., and Three-Sixty Pacific, Inc.

"As the industry's leading affiliated label program in North America,
Electronic Arts remains committed to presenting the best of the independent
publishers through the broadest retail channel possible," said Kelly Conway,
director of affiliated labels.

A brief sketch of each of the CD-ROM publishers follows:

- Ebook publishes art and literature titles. Its first titles for EAD will be
  Aesop's Fables; Renaissance Masters Part 1; and Twelve Roads to Gettysburg.

- Humongous Entertainment, Inc. was formed in March of this year. It plans to
  produce Junior Adventures(tm) titles for children 3-6 and Graphic Adventure
  titles for consumers 15 and over. Its first title for EAD will be Putt-Putt
  Joins The Parade.

- ICOM Simulations, Inc., produces both entertainment titles and utility
  software. Its CD-ROM titles include "Sherlock Holmes, Consulting
  Detective,"(tm) at present the only interactive movie with 90 minutes of
  quality video on CD. Future titles for EAD include Sherlock Holmes II and
  Earth Invitational.

- NovaLogic, Inc. is a Tarzana Calif.-based publisher. Its first two titles
  for EAD will be battle simulations for "floppy" media. NovaLogic plans
  CD-ROM releases in 1993.

- Pop Rocket, Inc. is a San Francisco-based software publisher headed by Joe
  Sparks, who co-developed Spaceship Warlock for Reactor. Pop Rocket's first
  product for the EA affiliated labels program will be a rock-n-roll
  adventure called Total Distortion(tm).

- Zelos! is a San Francisco-based publisher of informational CD-ROM titles.
  Zelos! products provide comprehensive information and resources and
  hands-on tools for small business management, professional skills
  development, personal interests and hobbies.

Electronic Arts is a leading entertainment software company that develops,
publishes and distributes computer and videogame software worldwide.

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                            *StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
                                8th of 9 Stories

     ____              Dojo Dan from Europress Software
    / ___)             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   / (_                    Exciting Arcade Action!
  / ___)
 / /
(_/ollowing the immense success of Lombard RAC Rally, most recently topping
the budget charts on the Hit Squad label, Europress Software re-enters the
games arena with a fast-action platform game based around a cutesy Japanese
teen-warrior.

Set in the mythical land of Banzaari, Dojo Dan takes on the evil warlord
Valrog and his hideous hordes of mutant supporters. Dojo Dan has earned the
right to battle for the honour of ridding this beautiful world from the
tyrants.

The mutants plaguing this virgin land must be overcome before Dojo Dan can
face the ultimate challenge of Valrog himself.

Designed to outplay some of the best console games, Dojo Dan promises to be
one of the surprise hits of this year. Twenty gruelling stages of exciting
action with puzzles and end-of-level guardians test even the best players.
Dojo Dan guarantees hours of playing time.

Awesome atmospheric music by Alistair Brimble, up to 160 colours on screen at
once and the smoothest multi-directional scrolling make Dojo Dan extremely
playable and addictive. With up to 24 sprites on-screen at once even the most
experienced games players will be pushed to the limits.

Dojo Dan from Europress Software is available at local retailers now.
Suggested retail price: $49.99

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                            *StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
                               9th of 9 Stories

                             Victim or Hero?
       Can You Overcome the Dangers that Lurk in the Evil WaxWorks?
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  ____                    Category: Role-playing
 / ___)       Price & Availability: IBM-Compatibles $59.95 (October)
( (__                               Amiga - $59.95 (November)
 \__ \
 ___) )
(____/an Jose, CA - August 7, 1992 - Bats flew at you from the dark crevasses
of the cave, knocking the flashlight out of your hand. You groped for the
light in the cave's utter blackness. When you finally found it and flicked it
on, your twin brother Alex had vanished and was eventually presumed dead. Now,
even years later, you still feel his presence. This overwhelming feeling that
he is alive leads you to your Uncle Boris' horror-filled waxworks, a place
that fills you with dread, yet was once like a second home to Alex.

WaxWorks(tm) is Accolade's new true horror role-playing game due to ship this
October for IBM PC computers, and in November for Amiga computers. WaxWorks is
being developed by Horrorsoft, creators of Accolade's popular horror based
role-playing games Elvira and Elvira II. This bone-chilling foray into five
very detailed horror-filled worlds will provide the player with over 100 hours
of challenging game play.

Uncle Boris has just died and left you his Dodge and his prized possession,
the WaxWorks. It took him years to create his collection of evil-looking wax
figures. This is not a normal wax museum full of icons of royalty, pop stars,
and current celebrities. Uncle Boris chose to mold dark treacherous beings
from his imagination, as well as duplicate criminals, witches and monsters
from film and history. Your first temptation is to destroy the waxworks and
its dreadful occupants. Yet something beckons you to the old Victorian house
that serves as host to the collection. You are drawn into the fearsome scenes
depicted in wax. Your find yourself searching for your missing brother
throughout the labyrinth waxworks, in ancient Egypt, 19th century England, in
a dark, musty mineshaft and in a creepy, haunted cemetery.

Can you escape from the clutches of the waxworks and rescue your brother?
You'll travel through five different worlds, battle loathsome undead creatures
and monsters using your wits, weapons, artifacts and even household items. Use
a crystal orb Uncle Boris left you to invoke powerful incantations that give
you magical powers.

WaxWorks is completely icon driven with a fast and intuitive "point and click"
interface. The first person perspective produces some very terror filled
moments, as you quickly have to decide to escape or fight to the bitter end.

WaxWorks will be available at local software retailers or can be purchased
direct from Accolade by calling 1-800-245-7744.

Accolade, a privately held company, is a leading developer, publisher and
distributor of entertainment software for personal computers and leading video
game machines.
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Disclaimer:  I have no relationship with GEnie, GE or any subsideries, except
as a subscriber to GEnie.  This document is presented for your use within the
guidelines of the publisher.

Jim Loomis   LOOMIS@ITHACA.BITNET   GEnie: J.LOOMIS