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-                                BACKISSU.TXT +
-                                ------------ +
-   ** 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.  Please don't forget to include the  +
-  FLOPPY and S.A.S.E.  +
-   +
-     Or send a check/money order (see GN9209.TXT for the address) +
- +
-     Cost per each 360K disk (5.25) = $ .75 +
-     Cost per each 720K disk (3.5)  = $1.25 +
-     Add $.75 for shipping - average size of an issue is around +
-     80,000-100,000 bytes.   +
-      +
-     Or call any of the bulletin boards listed in the GN9209.TXT file+
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-  Issue #     Date           Description +
-  -------     ----           ----------- +
-    01        Nov/Dec 1988   Reviews of Leisure Suit Larry II, Fire Power, +
-  GN88-11                    and Sentinel Worlds, a short autobiography of +
-                             Hsiao & Hunter, Inc. +
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-    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. +
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-    03        May/June 1989  Industry news, Space Quest ]I[ review, 1st +
-  GN89-05                    annual Sight & Sound Awards, "Taito Games Are +
-                             Terrible" editorial. +
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-    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. +
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-    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. +
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-    06        Jan/Feb 1990   A Look back at the eighties, review of Sierra'+
-  GN90-01                    the Colonel's Bequest, and a overview of music +
-                             cards (AdLib, GameBlaster, SoundBlaster,+
-                             Roland), the best VGA games. +
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-    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. +
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-    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. +
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-    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. +
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-    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. +
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-    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. +
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-    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. +
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-    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. +
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-    16        Sept/Oct 1991  Sound Blaster Pro Vs. AdLib Gold, "High Prices +
-  GN91-09                    for Game Software" Editorial, Internet News, +
-                             Contest Winners Announced. +
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-    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. +
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-    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. +
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-    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. +
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-    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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-    21        July/Aug 1992  PC Expo #10 - news straight from the show! +
-  GN92-07                    Reviews of Dagger of Amon Ra & Classic Tetris +
-                             Soundcard news on Gravis Ultrasound and  +
-                             telecommunication news on V.fast standard  +
-                             and US Robotics new line of modems. +
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-    22        Sept/Oct 1992  Special Telecommunications issue, covering +
-  GN92-09                    modems, BBS software, and communication +
-                             terminal programs for PC's, Amigas, and Macs. +
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-    23        Jan/Feb  1993  Nintendo threatens PC Board sysops, US Robotics +
-  GN93-01                    lowers some prices, Wordup Graphics Toolkit +
-                             review, soundcard news on new Aria wavetable +
-                             cards, and Lemmings 2: The Tribes review. +
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