_{Cover of the November 1988 issue of ST Amiga Format}

While both the Amiga and Atari ST would go on to have their own "Format" magazines in the U.K., they started off together with "ST Amiga Format" that covered both machines. The November 1988 issue includes:

Departments

• News - The 1988 Personal Computer Show; Commodore releases video editing kit for the Amiga 5t00; Sinclair Professional PC200 specs; Atari cuts price of Atari 520ST; HiSoft BASIC compiler coming soon for the Amiga; Sculpt 4D Professional ray-tracing package, Forms in Flight 2 and Fantavision animation packages coming soon; Lords of the Rising Sun (Amiga & ST), Pioneer Plague (Amiga), Damocles (ST & Amiga), Afterburner (ST & Amiga), Rocket Ranger (Amiga), Dragon Slayer (Amiga & ST), Falcon (Amiga & ST), and Pacmania (Amiga & ST) all coming soon.


• Pixel Punchers - An overview of the hardware and software now available or coming soon to assist with creating graphics and animation.


• ST Blitter Boost - Two ways to add blitter capabilities to the Atari ST, including soldering on a new chip.


• Amiga MIDI Interface - A tutorial for building your own MIDI interface for the Amiga.


• Gold Dust - Atari releases details of new TOS version; 80286 AT-bridge board for the Amiga nears release; and more.


• Disk Extra - The cover disk this month includes two full games (Spooks for the Atari ST and Amoeboids for the Amiga), in addition to a variety of utilities and other stuff.

_{Table of Contents from the November 1988 issue of ST Amiga Format}

Games

• Screen Play - Reviews of the latest Amiga and Atari ST games including Menace (Psygnosis), Fusion (Electronic Arts), P.O.W. (U.S. Action), Powerplay (Arcan), Luxor (Software Horizons), Stargoose (Logotron), Elite (Firebird), Veteran (Software Horizons), Operation Neptune (Infogrames), Super Hang-On (Mediagenic), and Netherworld (Hewson).

Graphics

• Cartoon Capers - How to draw cartoons or comics with the software of your choice. Some suggested software includes Neochrome, Spectrum 512, Art Studio, Art Director, GFA Artist, Quantum Paint, Cyber Paint, and Easy Draw 2 for the ST and Deluxe Paint II, DEluxe Photolab, Digi Paint, Photon Paint, and Express Paint for the Amiga.

_{Table of Contents from the November 1988 issue of ST Amiga Format (continued)}

Reviews

• Sprite Factory - A software package for designing sprites on the Atari ST.


• Animation: Flipper - An animation program for the Amiga.


• Robokit - Software and a hardware interface for controlling robots on the Atari ST.

Music

• Sell Yourself! - How to make money with the MIDI music you create by making tapes, CDs, and more, including the tools you will need to accomplish this.

Technophile

• Amiga Tools - Reviews of CygnusEd (a program editor) and W-Shell (an enhancement to the Amiga CLI).


• Learn BASIC - Part four of an extensive BASIC tutorial. This part covers arrays, data types, and more.


• Desktop - Tips and tricks for the Atari ST, including booting from the B drive, using the file selector, altering the SCART connector, and more.

_{Back cover of the November 1988 issue of ST Amiga Format}

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