Dear friends,

    It won't come as a shock to most within the community that advance sales
of our forthcoming Amiga titles have been disappointing. On the classic
Amiga we are fighting with hands tied behind our backs due to the lack of
new hardware sales and in addition we are being hit below the belt by
piracy. It is with deep regret that I announce CS&E has cancelled all future
games development for this system. This was a difficult decision for me to
make but financially impossible for me to ignore.
    More positively, remember we arrived on the Amiga scene in anticipation
of a new machine - hence we will develop for the new Amiga and I have great
pleasure in announcing that CS&E will be giving away development kits free
to all Amiga developers who pledge to release their forthcoming titles
through our network. In addition our £1,000 competition will be carried over
to the new Amiga so that £1,000 will definitely be given away in advance to
the developer of what CS&E judges to be the best software offering, now
extended to the end of 2,000. By taking these steps CS&E is making
development for the Amiga pay and ensuring the best quality in gameplay and
service for our customers. Nothing has changed since we entered the Amiga
market on the back of successful PC releases last year, our quality,
originality and commitment to Amiga speaks for itself.
    Amiga Survivor will play a key role in being one of the most respected
sources of information for the Amiga community through the launch of the new
Amiga. AS has recently been put in the hands of an independent team of
budding journalists from all over Europe and is the premier independent
magazine for Amiga news and reviews. Issue 10 will be the first release in
the new format on August 10th, after which you will get regular bi-monthly
release dates.
    Look out for more news at http://www.CSandE.co.uk coming soon!

Kind Regards,

David Connolly
Managing Director
Crystal Software and Electronics Ltd
7200 The Quorum, Oxford Business Park, Oxford, OX4 2JZ, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 481 421
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 481 482
http://www.CSandE.co.uk