28 July 2015, 11:48 | #201 |
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Since I was late in the game, I thought I had missed my chance to purchase it.
Happy ending - Just purchased the revised version with additional pages and more covering of the A1200 and CD32. I read a few articles and I'm liking it so far. Seeing this on the newsstand really took me back when I used to buy my monthly fix of Amiga Power 20 years ago. Happy times! Last edited by Eny-; 29 July 2015 at 09:37. |
28 July 2015, 16:51 | #202 |
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Is there an easy way for someone who knows little about the Amiga to tell if it's the revised edition? Does it actually say 'revised' on it or should I instruct my UK faery to look for a particular article inside?
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28 July 2015, 18:46 | #203 |
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I was a bit miffed at the fact the revised edition came out a month or two after the original release so not likely to purchase any time soon.
If however it is anything like the revised c64 edition ( I missed it the first time round) then it wont say revised on the front cover, but it will say revised 2015 at the bottom of the copyright/publisher section a page or two in. |
29 July 2015, 00:00 | #204 |
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Easy to spot - intro from editor clearly states it is the revised edition (on first page) and there are articles about A1200 and CD32 - the original is A500 only. I'm also pretty sure that it mentions Putty Squad on the cover
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29 July 2015, 09:37 | #205 |
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The spine of the magazine mentions that it is the revised version.
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29 July 2015, 11:28 | #206 |
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Is there many additional AGA articles?
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29 July 2015, 19:13 | #207 |
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This revised edition also includes more recent articles, covering the making of Speedball 2, the resurrection of Putty Squad, features on the A1200 and CD32 and more. In short, if you ever loved Commodore’s computer you need to own this book.
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29 July 2015, 22:48 | #208 |
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Hmm I paid £15 for the first edition a few month back from ebay... dunno if it's worth another £10 for just a few articles. I'll have to see it first to decide I think.
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30 July 2015, 10:46 | #209 |
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I can't check now bit didn't the first edition already have the putty squad feature? Are there more pages now or is the editorial just been rejigged ?
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For someone that has the first edition, I don't think that buying the revised version is really worth it though. |
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31 July 2015, 07:36 | #211 |
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I picked the new version up yesterday. As expected the pagination is the same as there are no extra pages and they have rearranged and I guess just swapped out some of the old editorial with new articles? I'll have a proper read and compare tonight but the new peices are good (putty squad, cd32 etc) but as you said probably not worth buying again but 'll just sell the original edition to pay for the revised one anyway. :-).
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Have to confirm the number of pages when I get home. |
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09 August 2015, 22:21 | #213 |
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Not a lot of difference between the 2 (IMO).
Same number of pages - 180 -in each. As for how to easily spot the differences between the original and revised, see attached pics. |
10 August 2015, 01:59 | #214 |
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That's pretty conclusive - thanks Simmo76!
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02 October 2015, 17:24 | #215 |
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Made me smile to see this book on sale in Kuala Lumpur last weekend. Good to see the Amiga making its way to Malaysia! It was only slightly more expensive than the UK price too, about £12 I think.
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01 June 2016, 23:32 | #216 |
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There's a third edition now? Anything new included or just a reprint? Did a quick search, couldn't find anything.
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"This new Edition includes new guides to some of the Amiga's biggest games, including Lemmings, Walker, Hired Guns and more." Unfortunately, these "magazines" are a rip off. The '3rd Edition' has the same amount of pages as the '2nd Edition (Revised Edition)', 180 pages, so they have removed something else to put the "new" content in. It looks like they are never going to give us more pages, they will probably put the price up to £20 for a magazine. Same with the Spectrum/Commodore book :- 30th Anniversary (224 pages). Revised Edition (196 Pages) 28 Pages less!!!!. 3rd Edition (196 Pages). Last edited by liveevil; 02 June 2016 at 11:53. |
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02 June 2016, 14:20 | #218 |
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I have the first edition and see no reason to aquire the second and third editions.
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17 June 2016, 13:55 | #219 |
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Exactly, its not worth picking up more than one version, i have earlier bookazines as well and the paper quality is alot worse than it used to, id rather them do a 250 page with better paper quality and charge £14.99 for it, then lose pages and quality.
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Well, five years later here's a detailed guide to what's included in each edition for anyone interested.
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FIRST EDITION (2014) SECOND EDITION (2015 - aka REVISED EDITION) THIRD EDITION (2016) =============================== FIRST EDITION CONTENTS AMIGA 500 AND THE REST... AMIGA 500 CLASSIC GAME: RUFF 'N' TUMBLE CLASSIC GAME: SIMON THE SORCERER CLASSIC GAME: SPEEDBALL 2 CLASSIC MOMENTS: FLASHBACK CLASSIC MOMENTS: MOONSTONE: A HARD DAYS KNIGHT CLASSIC MOMENTS: SYNDICATE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE: AMIGA 500 COMPANY PROFILE: THE BITMAP BROTHERS FEATURE: CINEMAWARE FEATURE: PSYGNOSIS FEATURE: SCUMM ORIGINS FEATURE: SENSIBLE SOFTWARE FEATURE: TEAM 17 FEATURE: THE AMIGA UNDERGROUND FEATURE: THE ART OF AMIGA FEATURE: TOP 25 AMIGA GAMES PERFECT TEN: AMIGA 500 RETRO REVIVAL: ALIEN BREED: SPECIAL EDITION '92 RETRO REVIVAL: EYE OF THE BEHOLDER 2 RETRO REVIVAL: RAINBOW ISLANDS RETRO REVIVAL: TURRICAN RETRO REVIVAL: ZOOL THE HISTORY OF: CANNON FODDER THE HISTORY OF: SHADOW OF THE BEAST THE MAKING OF: ANOTHER WORLD THE MAKING OF: LEMMINGS THE MAKING OF: PINBALL DREAMS THE MAKING OF: POPULOUS THE MAKING OF: SUPERFROG THE MAKING OF: SWOS THE MAKING OF: THE CHAOS ENGINE THE MAKING OF: THE LOTUS TRILOGY THE MAKING OF: THE SECRET OF THE MONKEY ISLAND THE MAKING OF: WORMS =================================== Missing in Edition 1: AMIGA 1200 AMIGA CD32 AND THE REST... AMIGA 1200 AND THE REST... AMIGA CD32 FEATURE: PUTTY SQUAD PERFECT TEN: AMIGA 1200 PERFECT TEN: AMIGA CD32 RETRO REVIVAL: SUPREMACY THE MAKING OF: JETSTRIKE THE MAKING OF: SPEEDBALL 2 Missing in Editions 2 and 3: CLASSIC GAME: SPEEDBALL 2 COMPANY PROFILE: THE BITMAP BROTHERS FEATURE: PSYGNOSIS THE HISTORY OF: CANNON FODDER THE MAKING OF: ANOTHER WORLD THE MAKING OF: POPULOUS THE MAKING OF: SUPERFROG Missing in Editions 1 and 2: THE MAKING OF: HIRED GUNS THE MAKING OF: SUPER CARS THE MAKING OF: WALKER ULTIMATE GUIDE: LEMMINGS Missing in Edition 3: THE MAKING OF: LEMMINGS THE MAKING OF: SWOS THE MAKING OF: THE CHAOS ENGINE THE MAKING OF: THE LOTUS TRILOGY Last edited by wanderer; 20 July 2021 at 16:49. |
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