A NEW software house has been formed with the aim of being the friendliest Amiga games company around, and already has almost 60 freeiance programmer developing software. ROLF Harris found just how popular the Amiga is with Pritain's kids when he asked viewers of his tTV television show to send in their animations. Around 70 per cent of the submissions he received were on Amiga disks and the rest were on VHS or Super 8. Many of the cartoons were shown on Rotf's Cartoon Ctub. Harris says: "Kids are reaiiy comfortable with computers, and today's machines are amazing. You can create you own cartoon and then speed it up or slow it down at the flick of a switch." The programme'; animation tutor Pip Banyard added: "The Amiga is very simple to operate and perfect for art and graphies. "We were aware when we chose Amigas that thousands of youngsters already use them." Black Legend Software are a subsidiary of Swiss firm Basicc tnternationa) and their first retease wit) be Addictive, described as the "cutest, sitiiest and most addictive game". Anybody with ideas for new games or interested in programming for the company should write to Biack Legend Software, PO Box 85, 8612 Uster, Switzerland. Te!: 010 41 1 941 7895. Sales boom for Brits THE pound's weakness against the deutschmark meant a sates boom for British computer dealers attending the recent Computer Shopper Show in Cologne, Germafty. One eyewitness said the show resembled a "jumble sate" as thousands of Germans tried to grab bargains for their Amigas which firms from their own country coutel not outprice.
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