From:    Steven Flowers steve@alive-mediasoft.co.uk
To:      Amiga News     team@amiga-news.de

Subject: BIG Change

Hello Amiga Friends,

BYE-BYE AMIGA FORMAT

With the fall of Amiga Format in the UK a lot of Amiga users around the
world are left with nothing to read, and a lot of UK companies with nowhere
to advertise.  If I'm not mistaken, even Amiga Active appears to have
limited it's games support with NO game reviews this issue.
So, Alive are doing something about it....

The Pulse - the publication with more new game reviews than any other Amiga
magazine is undergoing some changes....

ALIVE DROPS HARDWARE & SERIOUS SOFTWARE

From May the 1st, Alive mediasoft (the publisher of The Pulse)
has dropped all
Amiga Hardware and Serious Software.  They are dedicating their time to
expanding their already unbeaten games software.  Some of the smaller, more
common utilities will still be available as well as mice and joysticks as
always, but the decision to drop the serious software and hardware opens
the doors for other Amiga conpanies to advertise their products in The
Pulse.

THE PULSE TO CARRY ADVERTS

From issue 13 onwards, for a very small cost, Amiga software & harware
companies can now advertise to 5,000 Amiga owners!

READERSHIP DOUBLES

 - yes that's right, because of the advertising already taken out, they have
been able to increase the monthly publication to a massive 5000 issues!
Unfortunately, even though they've now doubled the readership, there will
still be some disappointed Amiga owners as The Pulse is a FREE publication
so there must be a limit on the number sent out.

News of the available advertising space went out just seven days ago, and
interest has been so good that Alive have decided to add a further 8 pages
to The Pulse to accomodate without loosing any of the features you've
already come to expect.
They anicipate adding more and more pages over the coming months, but for
now the adverts for issue 13 are:-

Epic UK
Eyetech Group Ltd.
Digital Dreams
Abel Gratis
Marvel Comic (for Amiga X-Men)
Titan Computers

ALIVE GUARANTEE MORE GAME REVIEWS THAN ANYONE ELSE

Not only have Alive added another 8 pages and now a glossy colour front
cover, but they also give you a guarantee that The Pulse will carry more
game reviews and more exclusive reviews than any other Amiga magazine out
there.

BRAND NEW COVER DISKS FOR THE PULSE

The final peice in the puzzle has not been fitted with the introduction of
cover disks for every issue of The Pulse.
Subscription to The Pulse magazine will remain completely FREE and available
with FREE POSTAGE to anywhere in the world.
You can now also subscribe to The Pulse CD (P-CD), or The Pulse Cover Disk
(P-FD) for a very small fee to cover costs:-

*One-off copies will cost:*

(Cover CD)      P-CD:    £3 per issue
(Cover Disk)    P-FD:    £1.50 per issue

*Special offer for 4 month subscription:*

(Cover CD)      P-CD:    £10
(Cover Disk)    P-FD:    £5

*The Pulse Floppys on Issue 1:-*
As a special introduction to the new cover disks, the very first month will
feature Alive mediasoft's critically acclaimed RPG game "BLADE".
The floppy disk version will normally be 2 disks per issue.  However, issue
one will come with FOUR floppy disks to accomodate all of Blade.

*The Pulse CD on Issue 1:*-
Quite simply a brilliant CD containing  The full version of BLADE - CD
edition.
This includes the complete game as well as the full source code.
And for all those of you who can't wiat for Alive's conversion of Elite 3,
the cover CD will contain some brilliant new updates for Elite 2 with all
sorts of new ships etc.
There's also the exclusive preview tralier of Phantasmagoria and a fully
playable demo of Heretic 2.  There's a brand new demo of Descent 2 PPC
Warp 3D and a demo of the X-Men for Quake

Every month the CD will be jam-packed with 650mb of full games, demos, game
updates and some great serious software.

HARDWARE AND SERIOUS SOFTWARE REVIEWS

The Pulse is primarily a games magazine, but does have four pages dedicated
to serious software and Amiga hardware, so there's something of interest for
every type of Amiga user.

Because of the new advertising and the more magazine-like feel to The Pulse,
Alive have promised to tone down the controversy (especially Steven's Final
Word!).  Sorry to all the readers who enjoyed this, but it's not to
everyone's liking apparantly.

CONTENTS OF ISSUE 13 - OUT END MAY:-

*Special Features*
Mame Arcade Emulator
Interview with Hyperion

*PREVIEWS*
Sin
Maim & Mangle
Explorer 2260
Dafel Bloodline

*REVIEWS*
Amiga ClassiX 2
Pot Black (exclusive)
Chess 2k (exclusive)
Wicket Wackers (exclusive)
Ultimate X-Treme Racing (exclusive)
Shrak for Quake GLversion (exclusive)

*BUYERS GUIDE*
Digital Almanac 2 1.8
A to Z of Amiga Games

/and so much more/...

For those of you who are new to The Pulse, it's a FREE publication available
to Amiga users all over the world.
It consists of 40 A5 pages profesionally printed in black and white with a
colour cover.  12 of the pages detail Alive mediasofts range of software,
the rest is dedicated to the best reveiws, previews and news of everything
Amiga related.
This is NOT Amiga Format - it's FREE!

There are still a few copies of issue 12 left, so if you would like one
E-Mail thepulse@alive-mediasoft.co.uk
but more importantly to subscribe to The Pulse from issue 13 then
E-Mail thepulse@alive-mediasoft.co.uk

The Pulse Magazine - TOTALLY FREE!
The Pulse Mag and CD -  £3 per issue or £10 for 4 issues
The Pulse Mag and Floppy Disks - £1.50 per issue or £5 for 4 issues

Subscription through the site is not available for now as we are updating
the site, but should be up again by the end of next week.

OH YEAH, Guess I should apologise for the big email, but I had a lot to say!

Kind regards
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ALIVE mediasoft
Steven Flowers
The Pulse Editor

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Email: steve@alive-mediasoft.co.uk
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