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    at the ~ from F16s to - tomorrow's games technology? THE LATEST AND EM HON” ancnon F0M £14 Mh sarness YOU 2 | _ 499 r AcTALU! | Rescue ON FRAC AT rom racaus Tura 12 esc ue eke 887 Atari have-always had the greatest arcade games in the galaxy, now they're adding even more winners to the collection. From the high speed skills of handling a WW. biplane, to the brain-aching Archon battle of wits. Whether can you shoat the Pas vee pie RUD, CASSETTE. £4.99 U0. | Aseegeonsana devs. with | gh ov ; ‘TWILIGHT WO! are your way Ormater pacs ar youre landing the punches with Fight Night or using the awesome power of Thunderfox to blast the enemy, Atari give you the best com- bination of graphics speed and skill this side of Alpha Centauri of all it, yo Atari ALL GAMES SHOWN ARE COMPATIBLE WITH: ATARI XE GAMES SYSTEM, ATARI65XE, | THE GREATES' FIGHT NIGHT ma - £14.99 | BLUE MAX = ROM = £14.99 0 | Pict NIGHT - son Bat li * he Te construc i pone 7 0 Se ee | | el _s= or 4.99 | THUNDERFOX CASSETTE: £4.99 oo aeine | LATION cassert eee cent snerpenmeer rca | nora = or a = Then there is Atari's compilation cassette [7 nn wana falloacer esse] ‘0 | ofall time favourites, which at only £4.99, makes | Srigmannacans 77) SURICBMENNSAE HueMan sa? | Formara ehequepota ore for otal srcumtacsorbniea ty te m- Mifiateteuessed it, the best value on Earth! | Sanjens Ancor kinked star use obey ec le Pick the latest and the greatest from your _| Sa. = a ARI ‘65XE, 130XE, AND 800XL COMPUTERS. | i AVATART' Atari Dealer or fill in the coupon to order by mail AMERICAN ISSUE eee ee eae ay Ful lbadnginstuctons for puter tee cassette ol the 28 Inventing the future The Ameccan Rovoliion stared in Boson, now zoho revoutn’s uncer way a the bons othe Media Lab explore the posstiies of computer Pusan iran 32 Console Crazy 43 rion Nitendo onners cant be wong: we cheek ou the sae conscaecre Eines trum Hocbyie'sbeilint Falco has won jst us every award the Sofware Pubichers Assoc ten had io gio away. Wo ved tor San Franco lace see whaler goo theyre coking up. Eeveicoices the future of games? We've head alto ia, bt what i OD a about? Roseaien & Davlopmont toans tom Electronic Ars, Activision and Lucasfilms show us what it gt lock ke and predict heft Cons big, big, big in America. We survey the Scene and ing you an indepn repr on Air War time tus ea ie a combat, Tere bigs) GAMEPLAY No 2D specs neces! ACE 8 you right into te 10 expe the best in isometne 8D ganes, inv ing such gam as Ban and Argh ove Staggering cut tris mont n te zippest. most authoritative ganes review section afound. Got a load of he att Archie game Canguerr ard Rain bed sunning Carer Command (Care Corman de ster, basting acton =a Acverture creators nave been aura fr some tie. Wo ok alter bacoround and ie, and ives gate Inentvels ST Advntie Cretor \s STAG the best othe oun? Sat OLS Dragon's Laon you Merecens interactive leer isk sym. FTL viened n San Oago.exclsive inracion with the team fat brought you Dungeon Master and Ou Hot su coming yor way ral soon non, Congo taig ed ton te ee =. Ss © 207898 re We review Basted, sn of Asari yet anaher ‘ofé-timer atonping a 1980s comeback Mewn cast rg st Pe Cakes Erg, staring ‘hetanape eee ‘ce fights Fakoninaly makes i over bere on ‘he PC perplexing puzze: Doth cartons is way oto be ST. Reviows of Sects and Cis ‘rom be wot of PM. pies lates! nows Wout you bli i? thay ail wig in azeut the rat ray controversy - is one wil ran and ‘Bungeen Masier~ the complete players’ guide ielusing map of tha hal of Changions, a it of eee wet spall and a map othe fst eve Pus ou usual plethora of pokes fr the gas that aed ii attude aster We rame the winsers, ard tl sad tale of what skalsboatng cand io OPS, 1s da a. ————————— sts de, tof ve ‘Ohl! Wine. dre, havea goad time i you win 2 ech oro n PARIS, co.asy f Er nena {ana And 20 unre up ge te ick of sme ace sofa A superb Spectavaeo oysick nevth £14.69 Yours for nova wren ou suse A ‘You want a bargin? Then oe Fert games ap o £4 off nine Fad al abot a brillant nen conootn magazres foy ST and Aig owners ~ ane about a special inrodutory ofr ACE rede, PINK PAGES Exhaustive eviews ad raison eng Tbe epee wing ‘or your cash. Cont buy beer you Tead ose Gago5! Fuses al the best i sit aeons The inboggling ACE puzl, tne erytie ACE AMON dort jt st tere ~ bk about some iho. An, of couse. we're otenng ese tergtng aes Pace eeao Tiss the maering of ntorctive entertainment - A Sal your Don wors the smal ads, he aver Wie cova, the user cup ad, he sotware and tarde sae THE ACE eV Tic Se Ce] ee a Se LETTER FROM AMERICA Alastait Cooke eat your heart out ~ this is the only Letter from America that counts. This month’s ACE is a special American issue, bringing you (on-the-spot reports from the US computer entertainment scene. You see we've actually been there on your behalf ‘We've visited as many of the hot software houses as we could cram into the two weeks available, We've brought you back a report that we think will open your eyes to what's going on stateside, and point you to where computer entertainment could be in a few years’ time. We've got such goodies as an exclusive interview with the creators Of last month's mega-game Dungeon Master. a report on the buzzing console scene (those Yanks are nutty for Nintendos): news and pictures fom Boston's Media Lab, where they're busy inventing the future; a sneek peek at Electronic Arts' Compact Disc Interactive demo: pictures of Spectrum Holobytes's latest simulation - of a PT 109 torpedo boat and a report on Air Warrior, the mult-user modem game that's taking the States by storm, Because we've got all these very special reports, youll tind a couple Of regulars missing from this issue; both our Graghics and Music pages have had to take a rest. But don’t worry - especially if you're a graphics fan; we've brought back plenty of exciting visual stuff rom the U.S.A. ‘And both Music and Graphics will be back with a vengeance next month Last, but by no means least, part of our all-American package is the ccassete on the cover ~ free, gratis and for nothing you get one of the al! time classic games, Epyx’s Impossible Mission. | you've never played it, just buy this mag and take @ home to sample one of the richest experiences of the past few gameplaying years; and if you're 16-pit ‘owner, don't worry ~ we've got a great cisk offer for you. Alters Fete Sern 4 Queen Street Reviews ta Production Editor Ro aaa ae Stall writer Ao Soin Tol 0225 446034 Art Editor Teo Gitan Fax 0225 446019, Telteem Sit ORTS rising Sales Exoeutive Jorn Prestel/Mictonet 045 874.011 Publisher Cis andes ee SUBSCRIPTIONS Avon Dvec: Mal. PO Box 1 Panehsod. Bate! B20 IED, weve Hanae? SPECIAL OFFERS ‘Chretne Siacey| The Old Bam, Somerton, Somerset. TAY PY, (0858-74011 COLOUR ORIGINATION Wences Repracucton, 3098 fete Head. Bratol od 001 + DISTRIBUTION SM Oistbucn. 1018 Trnsy Gardone. Lonson SHAD BOX. ¢ 81116 - PRINTING Chase Wet Osa, Piymoith +c FUTURE PUBLISHING LTD 1868 te ar of hs pustealon may be renaduced many kum tout cur emeser The 11th Official | _ Be computer show ¥ Returning to London with a celebrity Supporting cast x Champagne Suite ‘and Exhibition Centre, Novotel, Hammersmith, London W6 | 1 Hi Friday Saturday ‘Sunday } June 3 June 4 June 5 j 10am-6pm_ 1am-6pm 10am-4pm | 1 MEET / TESS4 sanDERSON *| Olympic Gold Medaltist | Chat to the big names from Chelsea Fc | Say Hello to Adam Faith Mystery guest appearances iscover wih Commodore tie, | | 2 V/AMIGA Seeing bliving isis YOUR | ce to try it out for yourself ort gmoute ye han uae, ienouineretecot cov) ORDERS r Soong Be. Sir el a aw Bou : Neme : Acidross 1 Per tae OE, Bt e 1 1 Be Detsteeeacapeer wear vale INTERACTIVE TAKES OFF ? Remember the ad Dragon's Lair lasocdec coinop? Merodeal cet ‘nly do: theyve jus! teleased | stumey mo The Laan eran video package fom ihe Stes that ings al tal casting cinemasyle aniaion egtint your hone, ‘Ata Facton under £100 ‘ot heap, tut ashe UK's ist ver home imeracive video game it realy put you one stop ahaa o! be Joneses. The Joumay sofware funs on an ST, but the game's fasion sequences ara al provide by re orginal regon's Lav leserige. Youll need a suitable leseuise slayer to run tis on, 2 cable to connect it 0 the ST — 20 Inet ‘Seams a bit sieop fo a game to show of wit? Wel, bear in mind thal the weoke setup of ST, cable, package anc player wil probaoly net rater less than Zarch and an Archimedes fo run it on~ he Sech- nrpossu’s curent best oot. Even youve got tho tght sr of ase ayer an ST and a cable you sill righ shy away Irom sholing out £100 forthe game youre jut ar fenterament. Al the seme, as a tasie of what CD-ROM games could ‘ofa uth to rot fom years te letorestng stu insees and the Journey package iroceal wit sll you one fora sit ‘The Game The Dragons Lar leseiise packed wih shor seion sequences Wweich sting tegeiner to form the game's ran ploine, ps numer ‘4 urpieasan’ ways of oyng# you should deviate frm the plo, The comtiotng sofware eazes the lasordlce action at ervoa! decision Bois, and ofes you a range of possiie commards on tho. ST Seroon, Uso the muse to sleet the ‘ne that looks ros! promising, ane en st back to watch the resus |The price of am ST i sup | seca to nove gone wp by £160, [£09 bat ll ses at | Yeu can get ove, wtnout too | much rouDo, a te old pee. Mak Hoan of Suisse eves CBS. Computos. kid Eiicloritreraithecliprice, || The nero o: to seco, Ok Cann, [ind et people sewrtt @xacy | | wit non eoner pers horrby or Biieiee op 0 buy them at | | acvarce a ite tres ints quest E 'e esove th boautul Daphne, You can choose how complex ou want the gare decsons tobe, bt the process ie tl a mator of ‘al and oro To make matters worse. the sofware sell saems fo bbe bugged in places ans tho insiwcions sre woetusy nace: quate, The game only runs trom @ rmediunes Geskcp, and at tmee the pore’ wi ivexplcaoly oeap eat, making it impossble io selet commands propery Hoy, Geodiootin The stkigthirg about the game is fhe way ‘hal, despa tose prob News! lems and she very led options Ren fo you ~ do te rght thing ar de is prety mich the orcer of tho cay ~ the thing sb managee to be bot competing and excting. On the ight che simply a mater of guesswork ete boing no 10:8! feason why ono tcte shoul tai snd anette: succeed. You can lean what todo — though cuca sequences can bo mirores to make his process harder but ths wows harly pass as garepay wre nor tra! cecurstanes. So wny coeart VIDEO ‘ew be bei apa, te mca he Wa fa ont foe hore? Clary the arewer hes inthe amazing graptics proved by the laserisc sysiem, but #8 not st a |pestion of cleu range of resol tor. Wat does the ticks he sie, amour and pace of he gare's ai ‘main. tie ie romarkale ett indo, ano porns ot us how far computers sil have 10 go before they'e anjwrere near modem exe. ma siandrds. @ ANTIC SHOW THEIR COLOURS Latest addition to the Atari ST paint program stakes is Spec ‘tum 52, fom US sofware house Ani, ane detbutes hte by Elctre Soltear of Cambige, The program alons you display 512 colours on-screen at any one ‘ine wil aomaicaly graduate colours, wrso the colour palotie can De estorised ‘Spectrum 512 shou be avaiable around row a price of £5995, Pao Sm Spectrun 32 Bt ng iit tae? Advaad Computer Exerc! 7 ‘SHOOTING FROM THE LIP. IM you read our news story 0 shost ilo a sal moutipiece Infisue about te LpaicPs,4 on the the Readet, ond 20 em \oeo acted coral teagser late me Tre buen dee proseoa esged in America and citiaut onthe pysick ~ you shout Tie! ¢ over here by US. Gald, youll and the compar responds and oe me ‘be peases to hear at we st ino operat tte weapon fr you. Tho AGE ofices have just got our manufactures rexxon ihe Lstox MICROILLUSIONS = | e2edSe Sosa ‘taptons. Tho thinking toning iho at usde a oyatek fro burton FOR ACTIVISION cae iaien ie as ue bad nh nek thing seemed te wor, Pough ob bing grenade was a ite tcky AA the ime of wong US.Gok were stil undecced 48 1 Faw Trey wore gong to matte! tne Bodie ad at whet pre. Buty the tne you read ts al hat wi have bee sored out ane very shorty. games-sayers county ede wi be aie 0 realy let he alers. koow wal thy ‘ink of ten © Fans of The Faery Tale Adventure, one ote gest ane ‘mos auecessul ot Ariga games, wil be glad fo hear tht Action have signed a woyear agreement tor UK atstieuton win Mero This mean that not only wi eeinaions’ ganas t0 easier 1 foxtan, but at they wi be susan tally cheaper tan hitb, hie MicaiLsens have mage & name lor emcees Brge ‘SHOOTING FROM THE HIP... 1y-0n the strength of ther Ariga | sofware, they are row piaming 12 | | another creative use for len Shostou! where you ty 10 camvon rato toe @ PC and Cee formats Future races il ncuce ‘Amiga gaint program Photon Pant farsade gates. Fisponer are hhome computers fas een sudan 2 buren 0} aliens ‘ound by 3 Livepockbased corr Gamma Ste isa novel product pany caled Gamesware. They simed at the younger player {xp curarty matseing a game wre probably oot quto alt ot Caled Gara Ske wnen satslcton fom it~ as long as Galacte hwason and the cart | | eas a about the £23 rah eran al supeises and ensures (game BuckackAcacony, Ci, Specium ac Amsrad, andthe pci ao weed eat @ Most imgueg, tough, is || comes in a large box coneite Fomantc Encauners at the Dome | | ath mo ai-ponered plas pi hich Action are touting as a | | Tyr MenrPares Base Oe ‘wa He aout encounter Yor men | | jee and a taget mounted en & sre women’ Most Meraluaors || ‘staanthve sou Pet pgs fies wit cost etter £1990 0 | | Gucayeurconpuler-pte £29.99, but a gree tor Proton || Sf cone, tw neceesry om Part es yet tobe red ware The dea # "one fo ar Actors sgring ola 108it | | Wave ts ete rns shctng a sofware ouse dees nat mean rey || SeManet yout ecaet ave gon are abergoning tre road of arease | | ecayed on yout mont. Wah ccorvartons Due oul in Septerber | | qeonnee onan Mal is R-Tpe, white tho micro versions. | |" Pes ofa . te the tile of aes itso. | Accog to he game muh, ama en Compvrot ow eanena | Aan iaren, ‘he. aoronoe¢ Er ars Ate owners ts vol es | bneuee rt Me yu aide Cid wer. Fated ge | avandia carp tc mmeney" ond pono! to. bocomo | Fadea” Nw cot you Ou FUTURE'S FORMAT Ermer, Compre! canta the | £1 5 per hour on op of Compe! Biggest news tia month x | row migazre nou be cowtng a | factions mutiver games” | hedterercein © turanol (ot macnn hes gett. | bond ene ol epee Feary par bbe the aunch of 2 new monihy dick | sora produeivey, programming, een- | Wer tome wnt Rashes we meso» trading contact magazine trom Futuie Publsting | nological’ ceveiopments, music and a tan pushes cf yeur own, war | gas fe at Il eve nd Thea i Seal fay eet von om Adand Conga’ En | Seaarorgenphai en he Aref tort eansone acon he fee cove dak | “Forma deals of sTiAmoe | [i bint SPH (la ah sit be cuted Ute alten gover | Fora ow tow AE es cn ola tnd conos Bon Tor coootr | | oc portal earmen on at ery tele tarot, [mr il SiAmiga Forma io6 AGE tet the | cower dsk- tum iopage 75 © Ee ee Ee ie 8 seared Crete Enetnet j Tete S rae [ae ae ‘Mntity: Bites eee Last month we raved over wo gares cistibuied rere by Mirorean ~ Dungocn Masta and Os. Ths rronth weVe wandered over to San Diego on America’s Calfornan ‘coast to speak fo the poopie whe 240 rorporeibie tor beth of those rrasiepieces = FIL, 0: Faster Than Ugh =“ ACE aly see over ze ON THE ROAD IN is Sofware 2° SOFTWARE HEAVEN pe wreve payed Oun (gene Mastor or (ids would be icine w dame ‘A the moment FTL are not just Faster Than Light ~ bey Hor ‘Than yon The bvains sehnd FTL is Wayne Holder, man whose fist ‘ommeccal venue in sofware the vary oaty 200 — was a spa checker. Indeed, they sill update the exsting word programs, duo to te constant doranc. youve over $s Ntcosof Spel, you now know who ohare FTL fet game wee Suraoa, roses 84 fore Apple 0 a 9205 crea! reception bu uimpres Sie sls. The rain imptis being re company came fom the unvai ing of Me Ala ST at the dan 85 (Corsumer Eloctrorics Show in Las Holder cocdea te nave oat games. spurs on bya deste tooo someting wih the STs grapes, spece and soura Sundog was didy comorted, but it ves af thar FTL siched io a now gas desig system, bases on re Clnguage hat Holder deseoes as ture set Tha’ go Set tad 3 dame of Dungoon Master on snow at the (CES in Jaruary 1996, ard Holder "3 promsing devary for Chit | mas ofthe same yea. He aye Pal be comsany lock "2 et! ak over the abe ‘Ser, tt hal a3 pa DM became ‘pecsely the toot amioputed prow theres eve boon’ @ DUNGEON MASTER ‘Why the long delay? Wayne Holt © 6 at pans 1 pot out the mee lance oa develo system 0 FTL teviopng Te sysur cok the tne. not Fe cevecpmen a he game tet hy cngacrs? Sura and Soe) was the cigha’ ae, ano Hor ovat he gene a way of futling hs ‘este fo comet pane fb compute gxtes ar we Saco x tage Yous bo he SD pacee” However Pe $298 hr dvonment sytem 's NOT | ane syste arelme gph ls adverize sje’ Andy Jus, Doug Bl rd Mie Newton tar resent fr DW aro now wer 2 me seul fo OM wach ya it be abet at eno and lay an the ovgnat t coud be fro! many coor eke ht wil nave your on fa game go fre. Bit FTL ae even nore ecied about the OM Carat er wt rs youl beetle exact, orators tom a prevous gare. re tka them i you wish and hen 0p thom oa corel new game. ® Fuss Boethaut and Wayne Holder have some inorectng lesas on no Wve of corouter faieranen’ in the USA. rot Jess of wri 's that he pre emeron kcown as voceenng Begining to make comp.ter ates an acceptable frm of ors enariainmen. fo the over ie. Whorss 2 ten years ago renee was oul winsung ano COCOONING ining tat car, te yuppies now havo iss ang are ‘ores 0 send ‘more time at home - wich § what cocaorg is So eye laking er naa ways o spore fal te Fuse Deleves tat ‘games ron have cera aczeplabity to what We oF 10 years ago was a BAD way 10 spend ime. The encence is thee inte incoasing popu ol fight sins, whieh Fuse doscrocs. as ‘oun anasy Ih Amercan trms ths means more Msc and PC sol ware. As forthe Amga ans ST. Wayne Holder soes tose mesing ‘ich rte toads the sins of svaghtowars ganas machees ‘Ana GON? They tl reve 2 tremendous system fo Our: ‘geen Masi, bul theyte leg tmerime. © OIDS | Wayne Holder explains ne geresss of the gare: Dan Hewit walled Ione ay — he waa fren of 2 fend ofa mand wih a goat \ersio ot Xencus forte Aap ‘coddat sel the gare, because o tre rghs pobiems. | maugnt To ie 10 have you". 50! 10K him on showed him a Mar ard he spat Inge 10 four months earning C. Dar's an arcade game faratc and Gis evsived tom dscussions we sad. But eve Wile nero in te UK: evowyone is reminced of Trust al FTL they ony any influence. As Russ Boo haul, FTUs marketing manager says; No-one around here hac “The bad news fr Arig own 1s is tat FTL atom eure of an (ce tor rat machine: the 9006 news for Mac carers (oath of yu) is that Dan Hows is. beavenng Apa’ og asancot Compa Eterannert 9 OBLITERATOR PSYGNOSIS FREEPOST LIVERPOOL L3 3AB UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: 051-236 8818 OBLITERATOR — £24.95 Other Psygnosis Titles Terrorpoas 24.95 Barbarian 5 DeopSpace — £24.95 Arena Brataccas Snippets... Up and coming ti SIDEWINDER Mabouine House wrist C199saK Amiga “19.950 Heres a stunning looking vericaly seroling shootomup or 16Dt machine owning. arcace ‘ans. Thece’s & host af tying lens and (youd insialavere 10 bom and Dast a5. you crogreee hvough ineeasily ict levels. Oastuc tor teal soon fon fare ook ou (BARISTSent SKATE CRAZY Genin Spectrum £7.99¢s £12:9dk ‘Amirad —£0.08¢3 £14.90 84 fi.eGes £1499 Tho ole shatrg siren win a ‘erence, Your rame'sFrecdy and ure nthe mile ofa mut-storey far pak ying 10 impress our judges meh your 360 oegree ein, bare james ard backwards skat ing, The game incorporates Gran. Ii naw Fxloac' sysiom of mt landing whion aon the marty ot tre code to be loaded at oreo, bd ‘Fe vatous scenarios ae leaded Ftvauaty — in watever cre the player chooses Look out fo soon MARAUDER Hewson Spectrum £7.R6e Gee sa.es £14.90 Ars 9.06 14.00 Ths vesoalyecrting eneotemup puts you amongst a host of rasiy lens who fre as0, launoh wir Mess an lo Malet coca Yu so make sore you tigger DiC isin ip top cordon fr he (lagi inte nearien| tau FOUNDATION'S. WASTE joc Stare ats 24950 WAmige 24.950 Up Your ative does not took ata bio Asa captured space plot t 1s for your micro vould apes’ the Feceraton have some rasly surprses in sore for you. RS a god jo tron mat youve managed 10 pinch ore of thes spacecraft. Al you have o do now is survive the onslaught rom the fursuing Federaion ora ans escape! Foundation’s Waste shacks be wi us fis onthe ST wth the ‘amgavoreon nh pure THE SEVEN CITIES. OF GoLD veto As teupc ‘Amige 14.950 14.95¢k IN BRIEF ELITES CONSOLE FIRST hie dim to be the fst ritsh company to produce a game fer the US Nimonce markat I wil be | aversion ore ACE rates Thun | carcats ‘SUGAR ON THE BOX? ‘Alan Sugar motia ar? The aro. ‘Sve magnate is 10 appaat It a soroe of TV advors. by ne Department of Trade and indy ‘aling our enteprenauts about tho 1982 aboiton of customs bar nets within the EEC. Maye the’ (Gre Him hs om sees. [UNHAPPY FAMILIES DIVORGE? CAL ans ER have yet t 00d on twins for a new ‘greomen:, and rumoure abound ‘hat ER ae far Fom happy wih the sotwars that ais aba (CAL have boon produeng, Tho ‘marrage guidance counselors fae stl working onthe case, (MANDAFIN'S PLUM DEAL ‘New sofware house Mandein hive annauness we now deals ‘wih ingepondent abe. From Pais, Fano, oye gt ae Ths (atest) baogot sito has boon faralabe for some fime as an import bul now te big EA ae ds tring it over Poo. You cot of from Spcin sockng fame and fr tune by dscovetng new cies arcs continrts. But watch out oc tho ACTION FORCE It Yin Spectrum £8955 16.95dk (COBRA are holding some polt cians hostage and ifs up to you load te Acton Foice fo fe e800 ‘Saud you use your macrine gun? wil he Blo gun make shorter ers of the enemy? Platform and areage scion ovor Hiraly thou sands of oifrent levels that the computer generates fr each gue ‘Acton Fore 1! shauid bo it the rtoratonal, whose tet release vl be STOS. anew concent in games desires, according to Mancar’s Chas Payne. The tier house is Manchester bases Fe Rat ‘whose lates! Screaming Wings was not terbty wall recevves here at ACE. Th fe! file for Mandarin wil be RAC Faly io September lars nove tReyve moved up a gsr ro, MASTERTRONIC'S OTHER SIDE astern ar geting suthe in tothe double-sided ac AS wal as the £1.99 SpecrumAnsiad cas: seftethayre now preducrg the £9.98 PCICS¢ disk and — wal for Lain PCIAppe 2 lek at he same pree. Gan we now expec! a double-sided Spectun'OL mcr stive candga? ROW, ROW, ROW THE BOAT Wale Americans ‘ight not be auite as gangoterazy a6 tne iapanese, they com lg too ‘ar being, Ta, or instance, Lie Fe: ross Liter anor, wth but ideo sila and game to Keoe pou pling amay A snp a aroun £1,000 — but wot yo avalable a NEWS nope a yu rad rie BLOOD BROTHERS. Gromin Spectrum £7.99es 12.984k Amsivad —£9.90e8 14 990k (64128 9.98e8 14 990k “Two Alen brothers, Hark and Kren, ate tne stars 0! this shoctam-up eum aveage adventure. The bays ‘are trying to recover ges stolen by tre ostie Scorpions, who have ow stad te gome onto plano, Seorpia. “The lads hav je bkos Ftd win taser bot weapon unis ther sposal and some nippy trust: packs fr use undegrore PG fane wil be rearened oy the imminent release of hola ‘st in the Barts Tale series ‘Bars Tle I Tet of Fat wit be evaiode for the Cot rea! soon som. 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C84 avi ‘ign avatabe s00n) Caplan Bleed \Atan ST, Amiga, IBM PC Amid, C54 avalble soon) ENTRY FORM ‘Send his form PARIS COMPETMION, ACE, 4 Qucen Stree, BATH, BAt {EJ TELEPHONE AGE COMPUTER OWNED thnk the our section A, 8 Cand D earescond ote eur gamee a ola: (Dent Spider Phoenix Captain Boos Pe ro CORR PREVIeEws" BONANZA! The software cattle drive's about to hit town, so here's just a foretaste of all that f, We'll be weeding out the bum steers over the next couple of ACEs - assuming the games ranches can keep those dogies rollin’, that is - so be sure an’ git yer copy early, pardners! CHARLIE end CHAPLI US cat four old wait for he the US Gold people bat this fast of Anatag- Ye, he go serene ae ‘ovetpec ces? nH 10 book & ext months ACE, ims. Yau think ght fon budget? You think. you could sily walk (us hon ms ‘Secim=Ciner gn an gut we ct tres mate hoe of es! tng Spey sre gig a pet hae ply mae ware at arr You we serena ‘Satin pln! sth hackyent he Ina ens ain and astra showing bal he ag voc ol eekly bei 8 bw wet Advooed Compr Eretanment 24 previews MICKEY MOUSE romin Yolo, Poo Yes ifs Walt De 5 Yenc ee pes seh at ht drs hn, re ee BOBO Infogrames ST Cato ged night's sep can be toh ety aap gut 22 Asvenced Compute Enletanmert icadhect all Cut the hassle Cut the coupon! DEPARTMENT STA JUBILEE DRIVE LOUGHBOROUGH LEICS LE11 OXxS FAX: 0509-610235 forace® Y a 4 WO I S\N - a Soot 0 OP Oe scot gr? ad N oh OP PS os Spe oe — ec \O uo ete soe 505 Tc a sone oo we Ee tp at ge Fooven CASSETTE vn Xombender, a computing genus dion mad by afaledhghscoe ator, hacking hie way rio tho woriés mssle atack computers. He's | row only six hors amay from the breakroug ‘hal etm tiggor a nucoatPlecaust Your mi sen is 10 inva is HO, find the poeces of passwerd helen inhi ure and use tem to beak no his contol or HOW TO PLAY IT STRUCTURE Evir's His made up ol large numberof ors ‘comected ty eleva. Whon youra Fan eer 1 you can push up or dow on your joystick 0 rove oe: feos Leave te weve by using Ie or ight run of down coma ard a one othe Hs roms. NORMAL ROOMS Host of te wom in the HO have ma turture posed righ up on platorms cornet by is (or ral, asthe case may be) Using let and ight oy stick roverents 18 un and Me fre button to somoreat you must dodge past Evi's marhurtr ‘cho Li pods wil gt yo fac room has 1 oer us us or own bho can get yu int rouble too, fait pad goes donn Foor Eve, ther be 8 dangerous hole below once ts fas. Falrg off te srean cares the came pena a aucting bing sat bya obese! on rints om the hours ime ava oho mission, in wont each ton of enue Um, then uso an upnard joyetck movement to search i bar wl appear, decreasing inlet 2s yeur search progresses. Once youve complotoy earetod an iem i dsapposs, leaving you wh tithe a passward er noting a all You can resk ofa search bel is compe, are theft up neo youl one dangers passed Leave the fom oy soaring enater tein he mearine weve, an youll have sta al over aga Passnotés come in tee knoe Sroazee Which you ean use to temporary disable all the ‘ae ina ecm iii whch you can use to "eso ali ils "90m 0 the erin Poston, and pleats of he conta room ASSHOF, which you need io corel the gama, To use sreozes orn, you ‘mast sown ona ot the many com pater terminals cited around Eer’s Tae Insoa of giving you he atral ca'09 ba, Mle Ofer YOU & oysiox tae SaaS ed eee uae rnin eee) Recetas 10 operates manu Dead crn) ‘CODE ROOMS See ery Soartingturiur at the ony way 5 get had of those vial srooees aH is. You get ena cnes nwo special eoms, but youve 1b cole ruscal pu220s 10 gol thom The guzzes ‘anys tke the same form when you search te | twon's conta carsole uss up wen youie tracay in on of, hat) te gare ays @ Lune fang marke of squares on he Inge chequered 24 everced Com Entanment oh Sof a COVER CASSETTE Hard to believe, isn't it - the stupendous US Gold/Epyx blockbuster and all-round computer classic Impossible Mission, free on the cover of this very magazine! Well you'd better believe it because crammed onto that cassette are the C64, Amstrad CPC, Spectrum and BBC Micro versions of the incredibly playable arcade adventure, complete in every respect. There's no catch - it's not a demo oF cut-down version but the real, ful-blown thing! It just goes to show, nothing's impossible when ACE and US Gold get together ~ except the task in store for you just as soon as you cram that tape into your cassette player! beara ont of you fy movng a ‘love’ pointer over the boas fd pressing te re uten to select scuare you rust payback he nots of th unin ascenng or = loweet nolo frst, highest last in oer wore, Selecing the pup br aborts the purse Each tive you sucess comple a zz a too, to soauonce of ros ge longer so Pres Alrati hon many snooze or itis you can get ism, POCKET COMPUTER Atti, yeu nad 95 password peces Ye make ‘ample pusswore and get io he eonira room ‘Truco potas ft togerer in fous, 90 a3 10 make nie punched cards. Youve got fo mork out how they ogetar yours, with ony pocket com to ap you To access your pocket computer. simply pres re wren youte ouside a room. This snaps the map inte canes of the display fora pura Sars, nhore you con manpuate peces ard set the getter. On theft you can see wo of the [ces jeuve calle bo far you can sl ho Ti of epicos trough thie wncow use 1 Am cos to tho let of this ~ Whe onthe Fh those nesapace wth oom rout pce 7 Ii Pe pooas tegather you fret rave 12 ‘py em cc tha norspace. To cpy a pece st tok ont ave te love ponte over it ard press the ret) and then clek 9 an amet sot te workspace. You can ony work on one ofthe Workspace paces a aime: his elcid pice is Filia so aso stare out you mart solet Sehr poco. ue ck on ‘You cn change he selected pices colo, A¥p i vetcaly oF "og roizenialy ust the lors or mo rg ess othe seen 20 that t wi Atartrer pece on the wosksoaco Tot together, Iyo paces rust be the same cour and mst not ‘yes wr hoy laches on otha tet. ‘nee ou ecto youve got ft. you can ty Toby cling onthe selected pee, moving fre fe piece you Tin goes wh and ten Dots Pe te buen re poche! computer wi TepeL SH te cies ovarian Once youve tied eu pes oeter he pura complete. though oY may have top 01 Fop tor bth) belo ne amour accep ist because yo ed wo oF even vee pecs eter dose meen ey acualy been 1B Mo sine pul youve gota 35 pices and ys ll cant Fd a outs one al Hs, youve Provebly ascembied the fet tree icone. To et rd ofa laed ater st seectt and then ick one rash can ican ot tha rghit oad i you get rol st on tho puzzing sac: tion, you can trade of te by daling trough your ewn home ase, Just cick onthe phone ay {a0 icon at boom it go athe dang mans ‘This pas ine mighty base comeute at your spas 8: ou can gett op rfp the wo pines inthe moray (thang) window so ta eye aright ‘ay round, alrnatvely 1 tall you whoiner youve go the tree pieces that go wih the upper Beco nthe menory window. Hardy encugh sf, ‘babar m ring tha each cat cei bo mute at ‘ame te! (noe youve assembled all rire punched ‘ards, you have ony 10 reach the contol room THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION PHENOMENON 1 ard itn ofa more neni game than fhe orginal O84 verson of Impossibie ‘Mision, An ieiant ard Uncontoson Game ome Menth on Fersoral Coneaer Games when it was landed. is fo the Core ‘osoro wrat Eto Isto the BBC Mero oF Knigrt Loreto the Speci: anhing its stood the lest of ime rather baler than thove io, fact Wrate mor, ie rane 60 10 he cot big 8 bt mci remerkaniy well wih tat tough jonpuogarnet, hese rneeve-racking ‘6018, and il theming mangling puzaies ett very much in evtonoe IMPOSSIBLE MISSION II you De Impasse Mision an you wl YoU nil = ny Pl take aod the Eay folow.up Inooasible Meson 1° Tree's at the same somersauting ad rote éodgig ‘lus bard now room layouts and gules ‘making ta etsomia puroraso fora uy ‘edcated Elun-basters! oor - its a bg square theg in one ol he oom. sls! sland in Fert of the thing. puss upwards ard Evins tosis soaoa HOW TO LOAD IT Hold down SHIFT aré prose RUNSTOR ‘Thon prs PLAY an your ascot unt AUSTRAD Hold down CTRL and prose the mall ENTER key. Thon pres PLAY on the cassette Unt i: lower by any Key onthe heya ‘SPECTRUM 48K Spectrums: Type LOAD™ anc ress ENTER. Then piss PLAY on you caseate unt ‘20K Spectrums: Select 4EK Basie a fnad as abowe BBC MICRO Type CH" ard press RETURN Sit spe LOADING GUARANTEED! “Te sassot ono Yon of he save wae part ct massive aupicaton an ty specs isis ABLEX Thoy ave confidant ereugh of ther quallyconvol otor is quarartee: ‘your cassette mil notion you ray eeu it ‘ect ote fora fee placament The adore ACE Cover Cassette Abiex Audio Video Ltd Marcour, Mastic 14 Toor. TFT 405, you encounter any eadng Stel please firs check hat you have flowed ha acing insircions on Fis gage corocty are tat your system sabe i na hor games satisfactory Acvenod Compu Entetanment 25 It’s here-The return of Elvin Atombender! ro yas Wal at ais rivet sage bea al seus! Imprssile Assent a err a oo ys eva ‘one halen fied 2 ua En ne fl showeonm whe Wl met his end! Search each oom, fd code nana, obec ard ys 1b YOU ‘wit your mission. You must odes te guts nas ape hove cng este your est dt i maya ishafow rou isso From te ft you otters com. Peel BOSTON Once famous largely for its Red Sox and anti-English tea parties, Boston is now the centre of what you might call an east coast Silicon Valley. Spreading out from the city in to the surrounding countryside of Massachusetts are dozens of high-tech companies, making everything from games up to supercomputers. Why? Well, Boston and Cambridge (just across | the river) must have one of the highest boffins-per- square-mile quotients in the world; not only do we find here the world-famous Harvard University, but also the equally world-famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT for short. This place has got more computers than a muskrat's | 1 got fleas; it’s also got a research centre where some of the ways computers will inter- act with us (humans, that is) in the future are being explored... 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Tis les sur rising hen you far tal the tks bering ada have 4 ay mprEssvE pace the crmgany Frosgent 9 rava ote han rth Aatwsion toss Grog Fisctach.whle Senor VP Fb Helnes ao waked for Activin in the no tcodstat pas, ‘The seu of some of Assam’ stare may come 25 a suse oe of her bi sng ties has been Wizards and Warr, designed and programmed by Fave Ltt — who. ar, of ‘ous, or own, out very on, Ula Play The Gare in crates rcamaton as Nevrdo game randacuoo. ‘Which rants the quecton aso when nell be seeing W ans Wand oer Aclam tes ais county, Greg Fsctoach ¢ vty cagey on is AMERICAN sPeciaL” ACCLA' pom: Wel bo Rote when Ninn rk the ma kot can support & We have to sequerce cur Drones. Weve a plans atthe moment” But i) the Netordo markt tes of Fe Ihe Yow, ‘dot be 100 supnses it Azam isa name You start 08g on your games FaAMERICAN SPECIAL SIMULATION STIMULATION SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE | EGAONLY | “twas @ teenage gamer, say Spectrum Holobyte's youthful Chiet Executve Otioor Giman Louie, Falcon started on the Mae, which goas some way towards explaining how he was able te program the Maz vain af Fsicon. and we've ae a3 rviw of ‘Of coun, helps you have Fgh senda. We iy to be highend, he says. "We write speci the PC version in this men cally fo oach racnina, mai in asserble. Uke many peor, we cont wale let of: Ws Screen Test updates ‘Siuiations ae Specrum Holobte’s bg earner: hey sated of wh sub si Gata and new But tnare moro 10 come; Falson has ot $0,000 copes on the FC ae 30 000 cn the Mac which expiains why those Specinum Holby ee now I ‘wo machines are the anes they bax with gleaest w5cu1eus. 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Thre wil be mre combat thanin || range EGA e028 Faton Adar says 4 val be ‘acon, | | mucus But thee you acten acer’ mth30 gris, moan: | | have t waiiousis avy 2es.lancscaoes_ ard. tehectre pare | | cencve macho indod Smee Suctumibtinésres cone. Sous be oval wire Oras: | | sro morethanan acrone ‘coweseiomene Sharda ina ofthe yoot or PC, 64 Alc ami | | chor nthe Slates ranean Deer et icine 34 Advanced Cont Enartinen par rect vey mein the i eta evn este Sod yeu go eon ad ach oped rt ‘tan wh techs noon? PT-109 Fist tore wet igh sims and spot sins. Now it lots ike oat sins avo the corvrg big, Spec: tum Hocbyi’s test fon P7108, asmuaon wth oi oF combat, based on the US torpdeo Dito tat of WM, Ts yea isthe 25h annive. Say ote assassnaton of Jorn F. Kennedy. and Ine ner JFK commanded —a PT “09. AMERICAN SPECIAL 1 aig scent unde yur tp ou can ‘sin he og tw ying Duy Soes ker ay ter sh rote ada fee ws The game pts yeu in conmara ofa boat tre Pact, wnar you take dastoy a6 much jonomy sheng as poseele Tete are several ot feren!missors, all asec on evens that actualy took place between Augus! 1943 and Fooraty 7046, “Te game gives you a view tat the naut cal equivalent cf the HUD [Heed Up Dspay| of Fal; mest of th ra youl be akg Torna ‘rom the cocks. but you can enange your wew through 360 derees, change fa 2 map vi afes youre operaing in, go fo a sia sana soon, Your P08 is a mean machine; pourd for ound, i was the most heavy are ship of te war, Youve got torpodoes, rockets, to sels of cannon. a8 well as mutlos and faves tor aght risson) IS ro supise then, thet P7109 8 rnuch an acton-reniated gare; your objoctve of a0n masons srk as much enemy tonnage at As such is hugely enjoyable, Whi it has to look and fe! of a clase) simulation, he acion 1 mmeditlymvolng ana excing (espacial it you choose the Siting Ducks taining optan ~'a el mora boowe, hat ona) The overal mpres on o & wel esgned and excculed nactage s nhanced by through ard lear maaan the aucble stals epons yout con ge ou "WHERE TO NOW? ‘You might ta hat by now marae ite more do ine ne of sulatons. Wal. you'd be mony. Spctrum Hobe beleve theres sil alt of scope Althe meinen: eye Rong 9° Kay version of Fafa, wo ~ or move ~ pearl can si at Mack In deren areas ofan offen are lake each oer onin the shes, And geslo wil ofcourse, be abet lay via monk. Pi Adam at Spactum Hoobs deloves Pat pecpeitacng wih people Fh bei ‘han peeoe neracing wit computers He hapes tha soo oe posibe fo integrate cerant games so at you coud fy in aloo spans a lank ito comoltey fete catare - agaist Someone wre wasnt evan n he sare iy. Eventual he sys. isk fo be abet 9p be ass (90 Up apanst one of ils (id Bi Staley, of Microprose) products’ Now es ah inketesing idee; Falcon versus F-15 Ske Eagle ‘Stats sree yous armed tthe ath an pret Nat ‘het You's shnadoned hn, ad ings ae ok pts, Advances Corpus Enetainnont 35 FameRican SPECIAL Compact Disc-Interactive is going to be the next thing in home computer entertainment - at least, that's we've been led to believe over the past year. But who's actually doing research, when will see anything on the market, and what it will be like? Nowhere better to start getting some answers than in Silicon Valley, home of the micro chip and birthplace of the computer eg Thacker who, ike to many other people i tho nome computor business, pul in @ spell at x dys ectertanment, says Greg tng thot wal be lke interactive that will take Ssbelit It wil be rl ‘ad nl be fur As kx Dex Lehor Aceon Por Enerainret What is CD-I? wl be the medium that faces inte the nome: Grog Rikot believes that the 1 | the qually waive come fo sxpect tom impact of CDI wil net ke fet until the 30s, | gigtal audio ~ expanded fo provide ler nes been busy ondeveloping cuthorng 60s | gaye experiences lar more real than vain hr oan @f EA Ung neso tos cot (nae ee nef (eoumonaten cto | gr sue up 1m a tec! se of sows) ieve precios: | Ear ewer maga Ch exae mye Sy bs can sre ound 500 otto savor ot wi CP | pgs oh ten 8 COM atm Spare wou bo used fx dota po: ‘Sorat soud ane arimaton. 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