ALIUE | KICKING Games Reviewed This Issue : Titus The Fox Switchblade Shadow Of The Beast od - Features - . of all the latest games, plus, Ks N20 had to Dise news, and muchHeLLo Evervome !!, AND WELCOME TO THE ALL WEW GAMES FAWZINE FEATURING GAME REVIEWS/TIPS BOWZO MEWS ETC.. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL EMJOY YOUR READ, AND IF VOU HAVE AMY @UERYS ABOUT THE MAGAZINE, IT’S FORMAT ETC.., VOU WILL FEEL FREE TO CONTACT Me. As IT IS THE FIRST ISSUE, THERE REALLY ISW’T ANY NEWS TO REPORT BUT I HAVE HEARD FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE (cueers Martim,Pure,Tim) raat CPC ATTACK! HAS NOM CRASHED, AND THE URRENT ISSUE IS THE LAST ONE. SMFOUNDED GOSSIP IT MAY BE, BUT I EL IT SAD THAT ANOTHER WAGAZINE WAS FAILED TO MAKE A DECENT PROFIT MARGIN, AMD HAS CUT OUT OF A STILL BOUYANT MARKET. THERE ARE SUPPOSED To BE HALF of wMiLLIon CPCS WATIOWMIDE, SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS POTENTIAL READERSHIP 77, I reckon THaT 488,088 CPC’s nave BROKE, AMD KO ONE CAN BE BOTHERED TO LEARN HOM TO USE THE “INFERIOR™ macurnes. (Ha !) Tue CPC HAS GOT TO BE OME OF THE EASIEST mrcRo’S TO LEARN BASIC on, AMD THERE IS MHOLE WORLD OF GAMES/BUISNESS SOFTMARE TO BE CONQUERED, SO IF YOU KNON ANY BODY 1 WOT USING THEIR CPC, GIVE THEW A WUDGE AND REMIND THEM THAT WE HAVE YO CLUB TOGETHER TO KEED THE CPC ALIVE & KICKING !!. WE/LL REVIEW THEM !!. Alive & Kickin: Nov ‘92 Waffle Gorner ei With your Editor - Lee Rovane. BERR de LECTURE ASIDE, OTHER. NEMS 15 : THAT, Hi-Tec SOFTWARE HAVE ALSO GOME UNDER, QUT THEIR SPOKEPERSON WAS QUITE ADAMANT TO ME OM THE PHONE, THAT THIS. Isw’'T THE Last oF Hi-Tec, AMD “NO MATTER WHAT HADPEMS, EXPECT MORE NEW RELEASES FROM THEM. THIS IS THE KIND oF TALK THAT I LiKE To HEAR ! 11. I AM INTEKOING To FEATURE @ FOR SALE/BUYS AND. SRAPS coLum, AND READERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO GET THEIR FREE ADVERTS IM, AS IT HAS GOT TO BE BETTER THAN AN AD IN THE LOCAL Hensacents !!. ALSO TO BE FEATURED ARE COMPETITIONS GALORE, AND WAKE SURE YOU DOM’T MISS A COPY, ELSE vou cou1o Lose our !I, READERS CONTRIBUTIONS ARE WELCOMED > AND VOU CAN REVIEW A GAME OR A DIECE OF BUISWESS SOFTHARE,OR INDEED, ANYTHING YOU WISH, BECAUSE IF YOU THINK THAT A PROGRAM IS REALLY GOOD, Tam sure we ALL woutp LIke To HEAR pour IT. PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BEST REVIEM PRINTED EACH ISSUE, AND ALL THE REVIEWERS WILL GO INTO TRE DRAW FOR A CONSOLATION PRIZE EVERY MONTH, SOQ HOM GAN vou Lose 72, GeT THOSE REVIERS IN MOM !!. (PLEASE Once AGAIN, I HOPE THAT YOU LIKE THIS FIRST ISSUE, AND I HOPE TO BE SPEAKING TO YOU AGAIN MEXT TIME Lee Rouane would like to thank the following for all their help :~ shell, ay fiance’ (a tower of strength), Jean her Mun (registered lender. ) Nick (Playtester), Martin Cossins (Ace reviower), Phil Howard ¢ Mr. Hack) Alex Cochrane (Get it on to Disc), Steve Hayward (The fastest letter writer) Jonn Brown (Good Bloke), Jamie Verity ¢ It’ Richard Fairhurst (Excellent Progra), Phil Craven, Carl Surry and Sheba ay dog, a worthy companion.Also the Stone Roses for the background ausic. flurve & KicK1wG WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INCLUDE BUISWESS SOFTHARE REVIEMS AND PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTMARE REVIEMS, SO IF YOU KMOM ANY BODY WHO WISHES TO HAVE A STAB AT WAITING A COLUMN, OR YOU WISH TO HAVE A CRACK VOURSELF, GET IM TOUCH AND TELL US WHAT YOU WISH TO DO, AMD WE WILL WAKE SURE THAT YOUR VIEW REACHES THE DUBLIC. ALSO, IF YOU HAVE ANY HOME BREN GAMES, GET THEM IW AND Paget 5 easier on the Mac), Tia Blackbond ut SLaDe You ARE HIRO, THE LAST OF THE BLADEKMIGHTS, AND YOU ARE ON A QUEST TO RID THE WORLD OF Havoc, THE MO GOODER THAT HAS PEEVED YOUR MATES OFF MO END. THE GAME I5 SET HITH FOUR COLOUR MODE 1 GRAPHICS, AND, SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, THEY COMBINE WITH SPEED TO GIVE A TRULY EXCELLENT LOOKING GAME. OM FIRST PLAYING, YOU HILL BE CONFRONTED WITH A GRAPHICAL STORY TELLING YOU WOW YOU GOT MIXED UD IN THIS MESSY BUISNESS, AND ONCE PAST THAT, YOU ARE THROWM INTO A SINGLE PLATFORM worto. Ir 15 NOT ALL AS IT SEEMS HOM EVER, AS VOU HILL FIMD OUT OW WALKING TO THE RIGHT A LITTLE. Ewzov vour prop 77. THE GAME LOOKS fA BIT BETTER MOM DOESN’T IT QucE INTO THE GAME, A HHOLE NEW & WORLD OPENS UP WITH LOADS OF DOORS AND PASSAGES §=FOR = YoU INVESTIGATE. Look out FOR THE BRICKS THAT HAVE A GRAINY TEXTURE, AS THESE CAM BE KICKED TO REVEAL OTHER PASSAGES OR POWER ups, THE GAME LOADS ALL IM ONE GO, AND AS THERE ARE MO LEVELS, THERE 15 A BIG GAME TO CONQUER ALL AT ONCE. THE WAIN AIM OF THE GAME IS TO BASICALLY STAY ALIVE, AND COLLECT ALL THE PIECES OF THE FIREBLADE (SIXTEEH), AND THIS WILL ENABLE YOU TO KILL Havox BABY, AND STILL MAKE IT HOME FOR TEA AND BISCUITS, OM YOUR LONG TRAVELS YOU WILL COME UP AGAINST A PLETHORA OF MUTANT TYPE FUTURISTIC MONSTERS, THAT SEEM TO LIKE EATING CHUNKS OF LITTLE HIRO FOR DINNER. YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL A HANDY CYBERNETIC ARM, WHICH CAM HOLD AND FIRE THE WIDE ARRAY OF WEAPONS THAT CAM BE FOUND IM THE GAME, BUT AT FIRST YOU ARE ARMED ONLY WITH YOUR TRUSTY LIMBS, AMD A CLEAN PAIR OF UNDERDAMTS !, THIS 15 MOT TO BE MOCKED THOUGH, AS THE LONGER YOU HOLD THE FIRE BUTTON DOWN, THE STRONGER = THE KICK/PUNCH THAT YOU CAN DELIVER TO YOUR FOES LEGS/HEAD. uso, you MILL FIND OM YOUR WAY CERTAIN LETTERS, AND THESE LIGHT UD vour BOHUS/EXTRA WORDS ON THE BOTTOM MEM, AMD ONCE THE WHOLE WORD HAS BEEN LIT, YOU MILL RECIEVE EXACTLY AS THE mond SAYS. THE GAME SPAMS oveR 158 SCREENS, AND ME SUGGEST THAT YOU GET A COMFORTABLE CHAIR AND THE FRIDGE SETTLE DOWN, AS YOU ARE GOING TO BE IM FOR OWE WELL OF A GAME !!. THERE ISW‘’T REALLY MUCH ELSE THAT YOU CAM SAY ABOUT THIS GAME, EXCEPT THAT IT IS BRILLIANT, AHO ME RECOMMEND SELLING THAT SPECTRUM MOM, AND YOU HIGHT JUST MUSTER UP THE READIES FOR THE BUDGET VERSION .... Grapnics ..... 85% PLavagrLity . 95x VaLue ... 98% Soumo ........ 80% Cowrrots ....6 98% = Overmur . 97% Alive & Kicking Page 2TURBO THE TORTOISE Revrewep ev LR. CopemasTers. WHAT WE HAVE HERE, IS BY THE NUMBER YOU HEADS. Comparistons ANOTHER OFFERING FROM FIRST THOUGHT OF, AND ARE BOUND TO BE MADE THE poomep Hi-Tec THAT MAKES, ER, THREE BETWEEN THIS GAME AND STABLE, BUT THIS HAS twousaw. {!, (six Sowtc THE HEDGEHOG ON BEEN HYPED MORE THAN ACTUALLY), COMPLETE THE SEGA, AS THEY BOTH OTHER GAMES, 50, JUST LEVELS, AND THESE ALL FOLLOM MEAR ON EXACT WHAT IS WEW ABOUT COME WITH SOME SERIOUS GAWEDLAY (SECRET THIS GAME 77, WELL, EMD OF LEVEL BADDIES. ROOMS, COLLECTING NOTHING REALLY, THE 1COMS, JUMPING = OW BADDIES HEADS ETC..), BUT WE ARE SURE THAT qust Move 8 SMALL SPRITES Turso 1S — STANDARD ARE STILL THERE, AHO PLATFORM FARE, WHERE THE NO FAMILAR THE MAIN AIM OF THE BACKGROUND DESIGN IS GAME IS TO COLLECT THE HERE, BUT THIS GAME WUCH WEEDED MINERALS THAT YOUR DEPRIVED PLANET CRAVES. THIS 15 commcrpence(!), ALL IM ALL, THIS IS A G00D GAME BY TODAYS STANDARDS, AMD IT IS WELL WORTH FOUR QUID OF ANYBODYS MONEY. 4 To ASSIST YOU OM THIS It CONSISTS OF THREE QUEST YOU ARE ARMED LEVELS, EACH WITH A LIMITED NUMBER CONTAINING TWO ZONES OF SHOTS, AND THESE MUST BE USED WISELY, ‘OR YOU ARE DOOMED TO JUMPING ON THE BADDIES JOHKNY QUEST Revieweo By MARTIN COSSINS WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS QUITE AN OLD PEDESTRIAN PACE (WO PUN INTENDED) FASHIONED © ADVENTURE —_ PUZZLER, WHICH DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE vou KNOM, THE ONES WHERE YOU FRUSTRATING AND LONG MINDED. You HAVE TO PICK UP THING FROM OKE START WITH JUST THE OWE LIFE AND AREA TO GAIN ACCESS TO ANOTHER, AN ENERGY BAR. POWER PICK-UPS Grapuics ..... 98% PuavaBILity .. 97% SOUND veeeveee 98% OveraLe . . 95% EACH, SO THAT MAKES 5¢8 pivipeo ey 16 THEN ADD EIGHTEEN, OIVIDE In THIS OME IT’S INITIALLY ALONG THE REPLENISH ENERGY AND COLOURED KEYS THAT OPEN VARIOUS YOULL PROBABLY FIND VOU CAN GET Doors. JUST THAT LITTLE BIT FURTHER EACH TIME. ALONG THE MAY YOU MEET THE USUAL VARIETY OF ENEMIES - GUARDS, SPIDERS ETC ~ ALL OF WHICH IF MOT KILLED (BY KICKING, PUNCHING OR BLOWING UP) OR JUMPED OVER WILL DEPLETE YOUR ENERGY. ALL IM ALL THE SIWLISTIC FEEL AND SPEED JUST MORK TOO MUCH AGAINST THE GAME AND YOULL PROBABLY LOSE INTEREST REASONABLY QUICKLY, RATINGS ceesseeees You’VE SEEM THIS SCENARIO many TIMES BEFORE - FIRELoRD, CURSE or SHERWOOD, QUESTOR ETC ETC ~ THEY’RE ALL JUST VARIATIONS OW THE SAME THEME. THE GRAPHICS IW Jonwny Quest ARE ETTY BASIC STUFF REALLY, BLOCKY BUT. QUITE COLOURFUL. SPRITE DETAIL IS A BIT LIMITED. ‘5 VEAR OLD STUFF Waar Somes !! Ox, BUT TOO SLOW Cena Tc nna eae tLe TC eeataee as azove |! UNO ELL, IT IS A BUDGET) THE MAIN DRAWBACK OMITH THE GAME THOUGH IS THE SPEED - OR SHOULD SAY LACK OF IT. CHARACTER MOVES aT Alive & Kickin written for A & K by Martin Cossins. Bonzo’s @REAKFAST IS THE SECTION OF THE FANZINE THAT PRESENTS ALL THE et REPORTED TAPE To orsc “Back Ups’. Ir you ARENT FAMILIAR WITH THE ONZO UTILITIES, I’LL JUST POINT OUT HERE THAT SOTH THE Bonzo SupeR MeDDLER and Bonzo Buitz DISCS CAN TRANSFER OVER 1888 GAMES BETWEEN THEM, AMD MANY PEOPLE HAVE FOUND THEM INVALUABLE FOR RETAINING THEIR SANITY, BY AVOIDING THE HASSLE OF UNRELIABLE TAPE LOADERS. AMYMAY, HERE ME GO MITH THE option 1 opt 2 Opti aa option option option option option 1.0 - Trantor (main File - LATEST ROUND UP OF HAPPILY ZAPPED GAMES ~ - Rick Dangerous (Six Appeal ‘Comp) Cassette SO Compilation Paws (Micro Value 4 Creat Canes) Fun School (All 3 age groups) Frontliner (Zeppelin Gaaes. Mazie (Zeppelin Games) ~ Boulderdash (Pack Of Aces ‘Coap) - Who Dares Hins 2 (Pack Of Aces ‘Com? Pick ’N’ Pile (Six Appeal ’Coap) nexs Track Of aces i Ground Zero oe eceéaue a creat Ganes) Xevious (Space Ace ‘COAP) Storabringer (Mastertronic) International Karate (Pack Of Aces ‘Comp) yenoa strikes Back (Space Ace “COAP) North Star (Space ace Conp) ce Ace *Comp) Motor Massacre (Main File - From KIAX) Opt i ors 1-1 #2- Fanous Five (aa Freebie) option BunlockK A. & - Bosconian 87 (Mastertronic) - Breakthru (Data East) Hack Pack - satan (Both Parts - Six Appeal ‘Cop) HackKPack 2- Mo bares Wins 2 (Pack OF Aces *COMp) Blitz Detect Biliatz 4 Bilaiat=x= & - Xevious (Space Ace ‘Coap) - Rampage (Hit Squad) - P4? Thunderbolt (Main File only - Six Appeal) BK Cop ai Gx - Aidnignt Resistance (Levels Fron Track 20 on) Alive & Kiccin: Page 4THERE ARE A FEW THINGS TO MOTE IN THE PREVIOUS TRANSFER LISTING, FIRSTLY HEXUS, WHILST BEING A 2X TRANSFER, NEEDS A B17 OF JUGGLING ABOUT WITH. KOT ENOUGH SPACE TO LIST IT HERE, BUT OROP ME A LINE AND DETAILS WILL BE SENT TOOT SUITE. amr iw THE Wio Dares Wins 2 TRANSFER, USE OpTIow 1 TO TRANSFER THE WOW Free (skre THe WOW2 LOADER FILE) AND AMEND THETHE LOADING FILENAME TO BACKL.BIN, ALTERNATIVELY YOU CAN USE HPZ, BUT WHILST IT HILL GIVE YOU MORE SPECIFIC FILENAMES, IT WILL TAKE UP AN ADDITIONAL 17K OF SPACE. ON THE CASSETTE 5@ COMPILATION WATCH OUT FOR DUPLICATING FILENAWES AS MANY OF THE GAMES USE USE ONLY THE FIRST THREE CHARACTERS FROM THE LOADING FILES, YOU MAY NEED TO CHANGE THE FILENAMES YOURSELF. UNFORTUMATELY, THE BOWZO DISCS CAKMOT GRAB EVERY GAME, AND THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS DEFINITE Ho-Go’s, SO YOU PAYS YOUR MONEY AND TAKES your cHorce !!, THE GAMES ARE ~ PAYOUT ERE SEIN PCC CC ate DY ESRC a Oct SET y Se ht Ng ery ev eo Sd rt je (Anco? PD Cea Hin eu roe TC) PO ata) eae jynaps (Space Ace Comp) 4 US esha ye DD POO OReS Day.) more FIWALLY. THE BONZO DISCS ALSO SUPPORT THEIR OWN WERSLETTER WHICH IS ISSUED EVERY THREE MONTHS AMD IT CONTAINS LOTS OF INTERESTING STUFF, (MOT ALL Bonzo RELATED), AS WELL AS IWFO’LIKE THAT ABOVE, It’s TrTLE 15 Bonzo’s ScRAPYARD, AND COPIES CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ... Martin Cossins, Seno A S.S.A.E ENVELOPE LARGE ENOUGH TO 11 Dutverton Sauare, ACOWMADATE AN A4 SHEET, PLUS OWE ADDITIONAL CortinGiev, FIRST CLASS STAMP, Leeos, YORKSHIRE. AMY INFORMATION REGARDING THE Bowzo DISCS, OR Sil @LL. ANY TRANSFER NEWS THAT READERS WAY GATHER SHOULD BE SENT TO THE SAME ADDRESS. Tec : (8532) 715492 peers references are aade in this fanzine towards transfers made from Tape) he understandin: Gat. the Fevelent peraission| ipa copur kant own peraission has| BREAKING THE LAW. hie Tanster advice given| the original Tape/Disc only. If in doubt don’t do it ft. Aiuo so Ewos THE Bonzo HEMS FOR THIS ISSUE, AMD ALIVE & KICKING MOULD LIKE TO THANK MARTI COSSIMS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COMDOSE THIS COLUMN, AND FOR ALL THE EXCELLENT REVIEMS HE HAS WRITTEN FOR THIS FIRST ISSUE. We WELCOME ALL COMMENTS THAT VOU HAVE ON THE Bonzo COLUM, AND ALL CONTRIBUTIONS (WEED WE SAV IT 77) WILL GE GRATEFULLY RECEIVED. WE ALSO HODE THAT IF YOU MOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE BOWZO MEMS REGULARY, BUT DON’T WANT ALL THE GUFF THAT A FANZINE PROVIDES, YOU MILL CONTINUE To SUPPORT MaRTIN’s NEWSLETTER. COWE OW, PROVE TO US ANDO EVERVBODY ELSE THAT THE CPC REALLY IS ALIVE & KICKING !!!, POWER DRIFT Revieweo ey LR. £3-99 Hseo HAVE YOU EVER WAKTED TO BARGE ROOM FOR AM ETHICAL CHOICE !!, THE CAR THAT HAS JUST CLIPPED YOUR HIRG MIRROR, RIGHT OFF THE ONCE You HAYE SELECTED YOUR DRIVING Roap 27. CHAPPIE, IT’S TIME TO CHOOSE yoUR CIRCUIT, AKD WITH A CHOICE OF TWENTY HAVE YoU EVER WANTED TO TRAVEL SEVEN, THERE HAS GOT TO BE ONE THAT aT 208mpH ovER DANGEROUS, aman SUITS YOUR STYLE OF PLAY, WITH YOUR HAIR ON FIRE ? DRIVER AND CIRCUIT SELECTED, 17 15 Wett wow’s vour Hance !!, TIME TO UNDO THE MECKTIE, BUTTOM THE PomERORIFT GIVES you THE SEAT BELT, PUSH UP THE REVS, AND OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT, AND PREPARE YOURSELF FOR OME OF THE MOST MUCH MORE BESIDES !!, REALISTIC ORIVE-EM-UPS THAT THIS REVIEMER HAS EVER PLAYED, THis GAME IS BASED ON THE “ALL TerRAaIm Drag Stvie" FORMAT OF FRIGHTENING BENDS AMD ULTRA SHARD CAR RACING GAMES, AND THE BASIC CORMERS WILL HAVE YOU GASPING FOR AIM IS TO, MELL, HIN THE RACE BREATH, AND ONE OF THE MORE AND TAKE NO PRISONERS. You ARE NOTICEABLE EFFECTS IS MHEM THE CAR GIVEN THE OPTION AT THE START OF YOUR ARE ORIVING HITS A RAMD OR BUMD THE GAME TO CHOOSE FROM A ROW OF IN THE ROAD, YOU GO SAILING OFF INTO TWELVE DRIVERS THAT LOOK LIKE THE AIR AS IF IT WAS THE REAL THING THEY ARE on THE Jack THE RippER Lr ID PARADE, AND WITH NAMES LIKE Jason THE SkinweaD, Ano JERONIMO A wust For THE HIGet MANSELLS AMONG THE MOHICAN, THERE IS NOT MUCH vou. RECOMMENDED, —#- SCORES -#- GRAPHICS 88% ... QUITE REALISTIC EFFECTS AHD COURSES SOURD 68% ... STANDARD BRRRM, BRRRM, HO IM GAME TUKE CONTROL 85% ... A GREAT FEELING OF REALISM AS YOU BURN ROUND THE BENDS OVERALL 98% .,. SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO, GO OH, HAVE A GAME !! CLApomETER TorAL !477¢! mT] Excetext Vaive QUICK DRAW McGRAH REVIEWED C £3-99 Bunge: Quick DRAM To THIS END YOU ARE you ofr, QUICK DRAH 1s as AMOTHER OF Ht-TE6S ARMED MITH A TRUSTY GOOD AS ANY OTHER PLATFORM CARTOON LICENSES, SIX GUM, AND A MILL BUDGET, BUT, IT DOES MOT AND FOLLOWS THE SAME © TO FIGHT LIKE NO-ONE |= HAVE THE GRIPPING GAMEPLAY GAME STYLE AS PREV- HAS EVER SEEM !!, THAT HI-TEC HAVE IMDULGED TOUS GAMES. RECENTLY, THE GAMEPLAY =oIS. You START THE GAME © QUITE EASY, AMD YOU OVERALL, THE GAME SUFFERS OW YOUR QUEST TO GET | WILL BEGIN TO THINK FROM A SEVERE LACK OF FROM OME SIDE OF A © THAT THIS ISAIMEDAT VARIATION, AMD UNLESS You VERY LONG STEAMTRAIN © THE MEE LITTLE ONES, LIKE GOING FROM LEFT TO TO THE OTHER, MITH INSTEAD OF US “BIG' RIGHT ON TOP OF A TRAIN, THE MINIMUM LOSS OF LITTLE OWES, BUT = THIS GAME IS MOT FOR YoU. ENERGY. DON’T LET THIS pUT AVERAGE. Alive & Kickin Mov “92 Page 6THE SPACE ACE COMPILATION By Gremirm. Revrewep By Martin Cossius. LANDING ON AN UNFAMILIAR PLANET WE FIND THAT THE GENERAL IDEA IS TO TRAVERSE EACH ZONE (SCREEN) WHILST AVOIDING A WIDE VARIETY OF DERILS. THAT’S IT BASICALLY - A STRAIGHT FORWARD, SCREEN TRAVERSING SPACE BLASTER WHICH AT FIRST DOESNT SEEM TOO DEWANDING BUT FORGET IT MATE, THIS ONE'S FAR FROM EASY, We, AS THE SPACE TROOPER, START WITH 99 BULLETS, TEM GRENADES AND 9 LIVES. FLYING OBJECTS - ASTEROIDS, WISSILES, AIRCRAFT ~ WEED TO BE SHOT WHILST STATIC ONES - ROCKETS, LAUNCH PADS, ROCKS ~ NEED GREWADING. THERE ARE VARIOUS AMMO PICK-UPS ALONG THE WAY BUT IT’S BEST TQ BE CAREFUL WITH THE GRENADES AS YOU CAN EASILY RUN OUT AND GET "STUCK" IM THE GAME. OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS MINES OR ALIEN MACHINERY NEED TO BE PASSED, YOU CAN Fae SUee abe THEM BUT IT’S BEST TO TRY TO JUMD OVER THEM.DEATH JUST RETURNS YOU TO THE BEGINNING OF EACH SCREEN. THERE ARE 99 ZOWES (screens) ano I’ve YET TO DO IT MITHOUT THE CHEAT IW ! : THIS GAMES A LITTLE LONG IM THE TOOTH MOM, ORIGINALLY BEING RELEASED IW 8?, BUT I7/S QUITE SURPRISING HOM WELL THE GRAPHICS HAVE HELD up. LoTs & Lots OF COLOUR WITH WELL DRAWN ROCKETS, LAUNCH PADS & GENERAL SPACEY TYPE THINGS ALL LAID AGAINST A STARRED & SATELLITED WIGHT SKY. SONICS ARE WINIMAL WITH JUST THE USUAL BLOW-UP STUFF. CONTROLABILITY IS ALL YOU'D EXPECT. A soon ONE. CYBERNOID 2 More OF THE SAME REALLY WITH A SLIGHT VARIATION IM THAT YOU ARE PILOTING A SDACE GRAFT AND THE ROUTE TAKES YOU ADDITIONALLY UP OR DOWN THE SCREEN. You GET VARIOUS PICK-UPS ALONG THE WAY WHICH INCREASE YOUR FIRE-POWER OR POWERS OF OEFENCE. THE GAMES WRITTEN BY THE SAME BLOKE WHO DID ExoLON AND IT CERTAINLY SHONS. THIS I5 CERTAINLY A LITTLE HARDER, REQUIRING QUITE A DEGREE OF JOYSTICK DEXTERITY AND TIMING TO BE ABLE TO PASS SOME OF THE ENEMIES, GRAPHICS MATCH THOSE OF EXOLON AND ARE MUCH IM THE SAME VEIN AS ARE THE SONICS. AM ADDITIONAL OPTIOW GIVES YOU THE CHOICE TO HAVE (ow oT) IN GAME MUSIC, PRETTY GOOD STUFF AGAIN BUT FOR ME IT RESEMBLES ExOLOW JUST A TOUCH TOO CLOSELY AND THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL IS PITCHED TOO HIGH TOO SOOM, VENOM STRIKES BACK LookING DECIDEDLY SPECCY PORTED THIS GAME COMES ACROSS AS A SORT OF SDACE WANDER ABOUT MEETS SHOOT ‘EW UP. THE ULTIMATE AIM OF THE GAME I5 TO FIND YOUR MATE SCOTT, WHO MENT MISSING WHILST OUT TO GET @ DACKET OF FAaGS veeeeersssee ERR, WELL SOMETHING LIKE THAT ANYWAY. SO, LOADED WITH VOUR TRUSTY JET-PACK OFF YOU GO BLASTING ACROSS A HOSTILE TERRAIN. OW THE WAY YOU ERCOUNTER AIRBORNE & TERRESTRIAL HASSLES (THAT'S FLVING AND GROUND BASED To YOU) IM THE SHADE OF BOIS, MISSILES, ASTEROTOS ETC (SOUNDS FAMILIAR OOESN’T IT 2). POWER DICK-UPS ARE THE USUAL OWES — ENERGY, FIREPOMER & JET-PACKS. THE TRANSPORTERS YOU RUN INTO, TAKE YOU TO SCENARIOS - THE DLANETS SURFACE, INSIDE THE SPACE CENTRE & uNDERGROUND. IT DOES SOUND VERY SIMILAR TO EXOLOM BUT DOES DLAY QUITE DIFFERENT. GRADHICS ARE NICELY DRAWN (IF COLOURLESS) BUT A BIT MINIMAL BY TODAY'S STANDARDS. Bit buff 27. en the Spac pester, is ri jour street NY” Alive & Kicking A VERTICALLY SCROLLING SPACE-BLAST IT.PRESENTED AT SCREEM LEFT MITH PLAYER DETAILS THE SWALLISH PLAYING AREA AT SCREEN RIGHT HAS TO CARRY THE GAME. You’RE IM A SPACE CRAFT AND THE OVERHEAD VIEM SCROLLS THE GROUND BENEATH YOU BRINGING ENEMY AIRCRAFT/SHADES & STATIC GUNDOSTS. JUST BLAST AMAY. THE GUNPOSTS NEED TO BE SIGHTED AND HIT ACCURATELY BUT IT’S ALL TOO CRUDE AND SLOW MOVING BY TODAYS’S STANDARDS REALLY. GRAPHICS ARE BLOCKY & RATHER TOO MONOTONE (ALTHOUGH NoT SpECcY poRTED), EVERY COMPILATION HAS IT’S CRUD, THIS IS ITs NORTHSTAR THE USUAL RATHER LAUGHABLE SCENARIO, SPACE STATION OVER-RUN WITH ALIENS, YOUR LIMITED LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM, LIMITED FIREPOWER ~ IN OTHER WORDS ALL THE USUAL RUBBISH ~ CAN‘T DISGUISE THE FACT THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY RATHER G000. THE PLAYING AREA, WHILST BEING RELATIVELY SMALLISH, IS PRESENTED IM A COLOURFUL T.U. TERMINAL STYLE. THE GAMEPLAY IS MUCH AS USUAL, JUST ROLL ON BLASTING AMAY PICKING UP POWER-UPS AMD (TRYING) TO AVOID THE ALIENS HHO COME AT YOU IN DROVES. CONTROLABILITY IS GOOD WITH JUST ABOUT THE RIGHT DACE BEING USED TO MAKE THINGS INTERESTING WITHOUT BEING TOO FRUSTRATING. S ARMED INITIALLY HITH JUST A ROBOTIC ARM BETTER MERPONS ARE PICKED UP ALOKG THE WAY AS ARE SCORE BONUSES. THE GRAPHICS USED IM THIS GAME ARE TERRIFIC, REALLY GOOD, WELL DRAWN CHARACTERS & OBJECTS. PERHAPS INDIVIDUAL ITEMS MAY NOT TEEM WITH MINUTE DETAIL GUT THERE’S JUST SO MUCH COLOUR & VARIETY IN EACH SCROLLING SECTION. Son1cs ARE O.K. Too. Nice CRASHES & BLASTS WHEN THINGS GET BLOWN UP. YUD, ANOTHER GOODIE ZYNAPS coup BE suB-TITLED OLO, NEX, BoRRoWeO & BLUE AS MANY OF IT’S THEMES ‘SEEM TO HAVE BEEN NICKED FROM OTHER GAMES, CuRowos & AceNT X 2 spRING TO MIND, THE GENERAL THEME IS A SORT OF HORIZONTALLY SCROLLING VERSION OF REVIOUS, ALTHOUGH MUCH BETTER PRESENTED. THE FIRST SECTION IS A BLATANT CHRONOS RIP-OFF WITH GENERAL SPACESHIP DUCKING, DIVING & BLASTING BEING MUCH IM EVIDENCE. ACTUALLY IT’S A SIMILAR THEME THROUGHOUT, HoT QUITE AS SLOM AS XEVIOUS AND THE GRAPHICS ARE QUITE COLOURFUL AMD REASONABLY WELL PRESENTED BUT REALLY IT’S THE GAMEPLAY THAT ULTIMATELY FAILS. JUST UP, DOWN & CONTINUOUS BLASTING DOES EVENTUALLY GET A LITTLE TIRESOME. ADDITIONALLY THE HI-SCORE TABLE 15 GUARANTEED TO BOGGLE THE EVES OR INDUCE FITS ~ THE SCROLLING IS THAT ANNOYING. IN SUMMARY, IT’S ALRIGHT BUT JUST TOO SAMEY. TRANTOR - THE LAST STORMTROOPER IS A COLLECT/BLAST “EM UP WHERE YOU WANDER AROUND A SERIES OF UNDERGROUND CAVERNS BLASTING EVERYTHING IM SIGHT & AVOIDING DEATH WHILST TRYING TO FIND THE COMPUTER TERMINALS HICH NILL GIVE YOU DART OF THE SECRET CODE THAT MUST BE COMPILED. POWER DICK-UDS ALONG THE WAY FOR ENERGY, FIREPOWER, EXTRA TIME (YOU'RE PLAYING AGAINST THE CLOCK AS WELL). BRIGHT, BOLD & COLOURFUL GRAPHICS WITH TRULY EXCELLENT DETAIL. THE STORMTROOPER IS WELL DRAWN AND HIS CONTROLABILITY IS EQUALLY Goos. You 00 GET A SENSE OF DESA-VU PLAYING THIS AS IT’S COWES ACROSS AS A SORT OF Firweo’s QUEST MEETS RopOZONE (ALTHOUGH THIS CAME FIRST). INDEED SOME OF THE CHARACTERS SEEM TO HAVE BEEM MICKED FOR Fimo. Hice BLASTING AND INCIDENTAL EFFECTS MAKE THE SONICS ALL YOU'D WANT, THE ONLY REAL MOAN ABOUT JHE ENTIRE GAME IS THE LOADING TIME WHICH COMES IM AT 15 MINUTES ON THE TAPE VERSION. —*— SUMMARY —*+— VERALL I SUPPOSE THE COMPILATION SUFFERS FROM BEING TOO SAMEY. IF yoU’RE INTO" SPACE BLASTERS THEN THIS IS THE COMPILATION FOR YoU. Less COMMITED FANS WANT A BIT MORE VARIATION THOUGH. THAT'S NOT TO SAY AVOID IT, JUST THE OPPOSITE AS THERE IS SOME GOOD STUFF HERE - BUT YOU ARE UNLIKELY TO FOLLOM EACH GAME WITH THE WEXT OME UNLESS YOU LIKE CONTINUOUS TOTAL MINDLESS MAYHEM. Alive & Kicking Page 8SONICS GRAPHICS 70 90 | Trantor 95 95 | KeviOUS 80 | Venom $.B 85 } Cyber 2 0 | gunaps 60 | Northstar 85 THE GRAPHIC PUZZLER STRIKES AGAIN » AREN’T ALL THE BEST IDEAS SIMPLE ones ? Jo— THE PLUMBER LAYS HIS DIDES THROUGH MHICH THE HATER EVENTUALLY FLOWS, NEEDING TO LAY A SPECIFIC AMOUNT (AT LEAST) WITHIN A GIVEN TIME IT’S EASY ENOUGH TO START WITH BUT LOTS OF LEVELS BRING INCREASING DIFFICULTIES, THE CLOCK SPEEDS UD, CONTROL © DURABILITY OVERALL 90 95 35 70 BS 50 90 30 90 $0 85 85 1 85 888e5sR BETTER), A NICE LOADING SCREEW IS MATCHED WITH EQUALLY GOOD GRID & PIPE SECTIONS. SONICS CONSIST OF ‘SRUIRKS‘ (wHaT’S A SQUIRK ?) WHEN PIECES ARE LAID AD AN INCREASING LOUD DRONING AS THE TIME ELAPSES BEFORE THE WATER FLOMS, ff PASSWORD SYSTEM IS USED 50 THAT IF YOU FIND THE LOWER LEVELS JUST TOO EASY YOU CAN SKIP THEM, HORRENDOUSLY ADDICTIVE AMD EVERYTHING you’D WANT IN OBSTACLES CONTROLABILITY. wae ‘he “tacos (US BEGINNING AWD END IM ADDITION TO THE WAIN SECTIONS ARE GIVEN, Pipe SECTIONS ARE PRESENTED AT SCREEN LEFT AND ARE PUT IN THE GRID BY MOVING VOUR CURSOR ‘BOX’ TO THE REQUIRED POSITION AND PRESSING FIRE. PIpeS COME IN A VARIETY OF SHAPES ~ CROSS PIECES ARE THE BEST AS IF YOU MANAGE TO GET THE FLOWING GOING THROUGH BOTH SECTIONS YOU GAIN EXTRA POINTS, UPON COMPLETION OF EVERY FOURTH LEVEL A BONUS SCREEN ADDEARS WHICH IS JUST A VARIATION OF THE MAIN GAME, To SUCCESSFULLY ADVANCE TO THE HIGHER LEVELS (THERE ARE 36) A DEGREE OF JOYSTICK DEXTERITY AND QUICK, FORMARO THINKING ARE WEEDED AS IT'S OFTEM NECESSARY TO BUILD UP UNCOMMECTED SECTIONS FIRST HOPING TO LINK THEM UP WITH MORE ‘FRIENDLY’ PIECES LATER ON. VERY WELL PRESENTED WITH GO00D GRapHICS (THE 16-BITS ARE LITTLE “Grab factors don Alive & Kicking Lot THEME THERE ARE THO Martin COSSINS. VARIATIONS OF THE GAME WHICH MAKE THINGS EASTER/WARDER DEPENDING ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW. SECOHD OPINION “Tf it’s a puzzler that is missing in your life, then you could do no | worse than to buy PIPE MANIA. aa Ui Terrific STUFF, AND THE ONLY compiarmt THAT I HAVE IS THAT THE TAPE VERSION TAKES FOREVER to LoAD. HEVER MIND MAKE THE TER, YOU COULD GROW THE STUFF IW THE TIME IT TAKES to roan hs Grapuics 85% -Yup, Goon sturF. \Sonres 88% -Sutt THE GAME STYLE ADEQUATELY ENOUGH. Puavasit. 99% -GRraB FAcTORS DON’T COME ANY HIGHER. DURABILITY 98% -EASY ENOUGH TO START, BUT THE HIGHER LEVELS? Qverace - A must For any CPC onneR. *t come any higher " Page Revreweo ev MARTIN COSSINS. By Imrecrames. THIS THE FOLLOW UP TO ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY KNOWN GAMES EVER ON THE CPC (oR = ON MOST COMPUTER FORMATS) ETRIS. Tetris ENTAILED SIMPLE BLOCK MANOEUVRING TO CREATE UNBROKEN LIMES OF BLOCKS, SCORE POINTS, SAVE CIVILIZATION AS WE KWON IT & WIN THE CUP FINAL !. WELLTRIS WORKS ON THE SAME PRINCIPLE EXCEPT THAT IM THIS GAME THE BLOCK LAVING AREA SITS FIRMLY IM THE CENTRE OF THE PLAYING AREA & THE MULTI-SHAPED BLOCKS COME AT YOU FROM DOWN THE FOUR ADJACENT SIDES. THE BLOCK-LAVING AREA CONSISTS OF A SQUARED X 8 GRID, THE BLOCKS/SHAPES CAN BE LAID AKVRHERE ALTHOUGH THEY MILL WATURALLY COME TO A HALT WHEN REACHING ANOTHER BLOCK AT THE EDGE OF THE GRID. THE BLOCKS COME DOWN IM ALL SORTS OF SHAPES & SIZES AND CAM BE MOVED AROUND THE PLAYING AREA. Lixe TetrRIs THEY CAM BE TURNED BY PRESSING THE FIRE BUTTON, THE BLOCKS/SHAPES ARRIVE AT A CONTINUALLY INCREASING PACE SO AS YOU PROGRESS THE GAME GETS MORE DIFFICULT. THERE ARE 9 LEVELS & AT THE EMD OF EACH ONE vou GET A ‘BONUS’ PIECE TO FIT IM WHICH IS INVARIABLY AN AMKRARD If THE BLOCKS/SHAPES YOU PLACE IN THE LAYING AREA ENCROACH INTO THE PLAVING AREA THAT SIDE BECOMES BLOCKED OUT FOR A PERIOD. THE GAME ENOS WHEN ALL 4 SIDES BECOME SIMULTANEOUSLY BLOCKED OUT. Hom WELL DOES THE GAME PLAY 7, WELL, LIKE MOST GAMES OF THIS MATURE IT RELIES HEAVILY ON THE GRAB FACTOR. GRAPHICS = ARE ACCEPTABLE ALTHOUGH COLOURS ARE SDARSE, CONSISTING OF REO, WHITE & BLACK, EACH LEVEL HAS IT’S OWN paRTICULAR ACCOMPANYING ‘preture’, Leven 1 15 Rep Sauare a LEVEL 5 IS THE GAMES AUTHOR (I THINK BUT IT COULD BE CLIVE SimcLArR wITH A WIG on IIT), DirFicuLTY LEVELS CAN BE ADJUSTED TO SUIT AT THE START OF EACH GAME. COWTROLABILITY IS GOOD WITH BLOCKS MOVING & RESPONDING WELL TO JOYSTICK CONTROL. SONICS ARE LIMITED TO THE 00D BEEP MHEMEVER A LIME IS COMPLETED. ALL_IW ALL THIS GETS MY VOTE OF APPROVAL BUT I MILL ADMIT TO LIKING THIS SORT OF STUFF. Ir vou LixeD Terers I’m sure vou’D LIKE THIS TOO, PERHAPS AS Alive & Kickiii Page 10AS A FULL PRICE GAME IT MAY BE JUST A BIT TOO SIMILAR TO WARRANT THE OUTLAY, BUT AS A BUDGET OR IN A COMPILATION IT IS WELL WORTH ANYONES MONEY. RATINGS «+ GRAPHICS Sowres wise PLavABILITY DurABILiTyY MoOTONE, BUT WELL DONE. Not MUCH, BUT MONE NEEDED REALLY. Goon GRAB FACTOR. % - YOU'LL EXTHER GET STUCK (LIKE ME), OR GO ROUND THE CLOCK (LIKE MY MATE) EVENTUALLY. see, 88% - AS A BUDGET, OR AS PART OF A COMPILATION. OVERALL . SNEWS © SOME WEWS THAT WE HAVE JUST RECIEVED IS THAT PHIL CRAVEN HAS DECIDED TO S1¥eE A & K SUBSCRIBERS DISCOUNTS ON HIS GOODS. How, I KNOW THAT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HAVE DISAGREED WITH PHIL, OWING TO THE SUCCESSFULMESS OF HIS OLD BUISNESS, NICROSTYLE, HE COULD MOT GET HIS ORDERS OUT DUE TO THE LARGE DEMAND, MEHEAR WOW THAT PHIL IS STRIVING TO MAKE GOOD THE DAMAGE DONE TO HIS REPUTATION, AND HE HOPES TO RESUME NORMAL BUISNESS PRACTICE SOOM, THE DISCOUNTS HE HAS OFFERED ARE QUITE LARGE, SO IF VOU ARE DEBATING WHETHER TO BUY A CERTAIN ITEM THAT PHIL SELLS, HERE’S YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE Ai HUGE savine !!. I ALSO WISH TO POINT OUT, THAT GONTARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, THE COMPANYS PRESEWTLY SELLING MICROSTYLES PRODUCTS, ARE MOTHING TO DO WITH PHIL, AND SHOULDN’T BE TREATED AS SUCH. I ALSO ADMIT THAT I NEVER LOST MONEY with WrcroStvie, so I am wor eiaseo, I sust FEEL THAT HE SELLS SOME EXCELLENT PRODUCTS, FOR THE RIGHT DRICE. ANYWAY, ENOUGH OF THIS BABBLE, HERE ARE THE DISCOUNTS AMD DETAILS OF THE PRODUCTS, AND ME HOPE TO BE RECIEVING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION SHORTLY !!, PHIt CRAVEN’S ADDRESS 15 AS PRINTED, AND ALL ORDERS SHOULO BE SENT DIRECT TO WIM, AND MOT THE A & K ADDRESS, 20% off all the Bonzo discs, Super Meddler, was 13-95, Now £9-95, Bonzo Blitz, was €13-95, now £11-96, Big Batch, was £9-95, now £7-36, Flash Pack also £9-95, now £7-96. 10% off the Fleet Eprom Programmer, was £30-00, now £27-00 !!. 20% off MS800 Disc or Rom, both normally £9-95, now £7-96, or if you both the tuo together, noraally £14-95, now £12-96 !!. 20% off MS800 Roa for existing MS800 disc owners, noreally £5-50, now. £4-40, Proof of MS800 disc ownership is also required. The original disc Aust be sent with the order, or the disc aust have been purchased fron NicroStyle in the first place. 10% Off the Dual Mode disc drive, this includes postage, MS800 on Disc and Roa plus 10 3.5" discs, norsally £79-95, now £71-96 $1. 10% off the Robo Roaboard, norrally £25-00, now £22-50 !!. x Please check for availability x. Pure CRAVEN, 28 BeLwonT AVEKUE, Low Moor, Braproro. BD12 OPA. Alive & Kickin Ative & Krorme SuescrrpTron Rates: £5-50 ror Six Issues, save £1-78 !! £11-80 ror 12 rssues, save £3-40 !! BSESSSSER5 Cochran Berore ALEX GETS CARRIED AWAY, ALIVE & KICKING WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK HE HAS PUT IN TO BRING TO VOU WHAT YOU READ NOW .., (ALL PROGRAMMES ARE WRITTEN BY ALEX). Type IN THE CODE BELOW AND POSITION THE TAPE AT THE START oF LOC. Press DLAY AND THEN PRESS ANY KEY. THIS HILL OWLY TRAMSFER TO DISC THE MAIN CODE. You writ STILL HAVE TO LOAD THE LEVELS IN FROM TAPE. Just RUH™CHAGS WHEN YOU MISH TO PLAY. I ALSO HAVE A LIST OF SPELL AND INCANTATION ADDRESSES FOR THE MULTIFACE THAT MAY GET DRINTED AT A LATER DATE. (Yes Please - Ep). 10? Lords of Chaos Big Bust 20 * Unicorn Software * Run"Chaos.Bin to execute 2 If you want screen M/F it MEMORY &9FSF:CALL &BBFF:CALL &BB4E 80 pr Taree Tape at start..... “;PRINT'Then press any key" B58! a = = «IN: LOAD" LOC! KE &AOEO,0:POKE &AQE1,&BE:C5=0 STORE 180:FOR a=@BEOO TO ABELE:READ b$:D=VAL("&"#D$) :C5=CS#D:POKE a,D: ¢5¢93093, THEN PRINT"DATA ERROR. ."*: ALL #an72: "play after Dust as alien eee 1 BC, 21,45,06,11,00,97 »8A,CD, 98, BC, CD, 8F 3,48,41,4F,53,C3 BeseeEnSss mf SSS 5 COTS aCe romeo) et) Buse Type IN BUST BELOW, AND THEN POSITION TAPE AT START AND RUK BUST. EVERYTHING IS DONE AUTOMATICALLY. WHEN BUST HAS FINISHED, TYPE IN THE LOADER, THE ORIGINAL WAS A HACKPACK TRANSFER. sterix Big Bust corn Softwar e IN: LOAD" aster ix" SEEenoeas: : = a pores Boon oe So" wESe: eu 110 bata be, 120 DATA 00,08,on fs, 2,16,24,15,25,12, 19, 21,9, 13 R’a:0 fo is:AEAD DINK a,DiNEX hues ere A ASFF CLOSEOUT AD"asterixi":CALL &A0O Pub Trivia Mini-Bust * Pubtrivia Quiz Big Bust node RODEN ORK O,O:INK 1,26: INK 2,14: INK 3 OAD" saveload", 9000:POKE 8000 Boke 8 OE 8003.8: SPORE BOs sca SOGD s¢ 84 AB cPORE $001, 58:POKE 8002, 162:POKE 8003, 88 KE 8004/1:CALL $000; SAVE" code",b, &sned , aS8n2 30 CALL &3A84:REM Start gare When that is completed, type in this loader :- » Pubtrivia | loader 20’ Unicorn Software 30 MODE i:BORDER 0: INK 0,0:INK 1,26:INK 2,14;INK 3,18:MEMORY 4999: Lorie 40 LOAD" code", 43084 SO CALL &3A84:REM start game THE LAST FILE FROM S1DE 1 OF THE TAPE STILL HAS TO BE LOADED IM WHENEVER YOU WANT TO PLAY THE GAME. THIS FILE MAY BE ABLE TO BE TRANSFERRED, BUT ONCE THE WAIN DROGRAWME IS EXECUTED IT IS MOVED UD TO WHERE THE DISC SYSTEM IS IM MEMORY, THEREFORE OVERWRITING THE DISC SVSTEM VARIABLE. IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO TRAMSFER THIS FILE USING THE M/C FILE WITH THE PROGRAM, BuT I DON’T KNOM THE LENGTH OR THE LOAD ADDRESS OF THE LAST FILE. ALSO, THE WAIN CODE WILL PROBABLY MEED TO BE ALTERED TO LET IT KMOW THAT THIS FILE HAS BEEN LOADED. ANY ONE WITH A SCREEN CRUNCH UTILITY WILL BE ABLE TO CRUNCH THE SCREEN DoWM TO 2K APPROX. #¢AMMENDMENT## TRANSFER THE FIRST TWO FILES OF THE TAPE WITH Option 1 oR GLEWCO, AND THEN TYPE IN THE BUST ABOVE. eee 9 Use Optrom 1 on THE GLeMco uTiLITY GIVEN AMAY MITH AMSTRAD AcTION To TRANSFER UrroruM AMD LOADER.BIN To orsc. You caw erase URIDIUM.BAS tF vou MISH, AS IT IS MOT NEEDED. TYPE IM THE ROUTINE BELOW AND WAIT FOR THE TRANSFER TO BE COMPLETED. 10’ Uridium Hewson/Rack-It Big Bust 20 ’ Unicorn Software 30 MEMORY 43FFF:LOAD"1oader bin" 24000 40 POKE 24140, &¢9:POKE &414E,0:CALL £4000 3 SECM Iga De AC aR UA 30 PRINT 'BUSE Bun. sCALE A4000" Have a 90 =e When this is finished type in the loader/cheat overleaf for infinite lives. Page_13 me oader for ni 108) ae Se Ban the cheat ¥/N";:INPUT chts:cht#=UPPER#(cht#) PUP i UA | AY ASE LORD “Grid t un. in’ rentassy tian PORE AUBe Rad feALL. 24000 SSa8Se8s SEE * ane oa Type IM THE BUST BELON AND READY THE TAPE AFTER THE BASIC LOADER. EVERYTHING I5 DONE AUTOMATICALLY. ONCE THIS HAS DONE TYPE IM THE LOADER, YoU CAN ERASE OR CRUNCH THE SCREENS IF VOU WANT, OR JUST RUN SOUL2.BIN IF YOU DON’T WANT TO LOAD THE SCREWS. 10 ' Soul Of A Robot Big Bust Ce ‘twar 2 ER O: INK 1,24: TNK MEMORY 999 CLOSEOUT ious ae a :CALL 1003,41500 s0Ui fh, kcb00, 84000; SAVE" Soule" 24 10 2S00:NEXT:CALL 2000; 'PI 2,12:INK 3,6 Mo teeDe 9CFO, 8700 play after disc stops a ptt tm er MODE: TeINK 0 OABORDES, O:INK 1 My INK 2,12: INK 3,6 OPENOUT" crap”: MEMORY 998 :CLOSEOU: Wonp''soull", adOpo Lond Soule", 880C Type IM THE BUST BELON. EVERYTHING I5 DONE AUTOMATICALLY. ONCE DONE TYPE Im THE DISC LOADER. You caw ERASE PICL gut PIC2 15 WEEDED WITHIN THE PROGRAM, 10 | * Kobayashi Naru Big Bust (Never heard of it - Ed) een aot aacer AB BORDER -OsFOR tO TO 1S:READ a:INK t,a:NEXT AGO TO &AGIO:READ a$:POKE ¢ VAL ("a"Ka$) ;NEXT -RCOOD ASTEF CALL, EABBO Absa aaeE a saa Hy i bi ne ad8 8, i125 SE * a = ts Ao SSSSSRSSsi onxxSss: 8858) see a Pee ke 2 4 cht AST Mego b,&cO00, 84000 Mid, 88 Leda €2,2,00 68,3, 3e,2a,c3,al,De 2eg aha ee nets 388s soo 3 Sy Stray overleaf for the loader Alive & Kicks)! Noveaber 92 Page 14Loader... 10 Kobayashi Naru Loader 20 ‘Unicorn Software 30 “Able to Load/Save game data To/From disc 40 MODE O:BORDER O:FOR t:0 10 15:READ a:INK t,a:NEXT 50 LOAD"pici", &COOO:OPENOUT"a":MEMORY &653: cLOaEOUT 60 LOAD"gamo", &654 20 DATA 0,26,6,1,7 124, 15.3 3,16,12,13, Ae ak, 25 : Os INK’ 1, 20: INK’ 2 110 WINDOW #2, 6 120 ORIGIN 0, 6,192, 442, 1 125, 2! 130 SYMBOL 255,56,4,2, 258, Ft a 4,56: arrow 140 LOAD"pice™, &CO00: CALL & Tramsrer THE BASIC ano M/C Fite ey Option 1 oR THE GLEMcO UTILITY GIVEN AWAY WITH AMSTRAD AcTioN. TyPE IM THE CODE BELOW AND HAVE YOUR DESTIMATION orsc IN THE A ORIVE. IF YoU DON’T WANT TO TRANSFER THE GAME, INSERT A TTAPE.IN COMMAND AT THE START OF Lime 58, BEFORE THE LOAD commAanD. 10 ’Train Big Bust 20 ,inicare Software SO LOAD"! tape", &9600 60 POKE &9501,1:’x Don’t remove this line « 20 CALL &9600 BO FOR £0 TO 1S:READ a: INK farNexT f 90 SAVE"screen",b, &CO00. Da em ad itp cau ieto0 THE TRANSFER INFORMATION WERE, IS ESPECIALLY USEFUL 130 CHUL Cau 2360 FOR THOSE mITHOUT THE BOHZO 140 oA et 1b, &1500,&8300 DISCS OR MULTIFACE, AS IT 44000 WILL CUT OUT ALL THAT WASTED LOADING TIME THAT YOU GET 170 CALL &F800:’ WITH A TAPE. THESE LISTINGS 180 OR fo 0 TO 15: NR f, tor :NEXT f ENABLE VOU TO DUMP A TAPE 490 RE GAME TO DISC. se ETN, 26,6,20,8,18,2,24,15,3,17,10,13,19,11,0 WHEN THE TRANSFER IS COMPLETED TYPE IM THE LOADER BELOM. THE ORIGINAL TRANSFER MAS DOME BY HACKPACK AMD WOULD ONLY WORK OM EXPANDED MACHINES. THIS SHOULD WORK ON BOTH UNEXPANDED AND EXPANDED MACHINES. 10 ‘Loader for The Train by ACCOLADE 20 ‘Unicorn Software 30 ’The creat can be removed if u want 40 MEMORY a mre O: Donn 0 READ a: INK f,a:NEXT £ 70 Data 0, 26,6,20,8,18/2,24,16 17, 10,13,19, 11,0 80 LOAD" screen", C000: LOAD“ code’ Bo FoR ant fo. NeXt FOR 1-0 f9 8:00 i, 0:KEXT 100 LOAD" code2",&CO00: DO NOT REMOVE 110 CALL &F800 WELL, THATS ALL THE BUSTS FOR THIS wonTH. CHEERS ALex !!, SHADOW OF THE BEAST Reviewen ey LR. Gremiin Grapuics. Tuts GAME STUNNED ON THE AMIGA, SO WHAT CAN WE HUMBLE AMSTRAD OWNERS EXPECT a ee a ves FOR SOME OF 2 a DETAILED GRAPHICS EVER OW * IS ALL DONE IN Move 1, THE GRAPHIC @UALIT' MO WATTER WHAT IS ON SCREEN, ne THE GAME IS PLAYED IN A FANTASY WORLD WHERE YOU, HAVING BEEN TURN UGLY MUG BY SOME EVIL SO AND SOs HAVE "TO STOP CRYING IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR, AND GET OUT INTO HIS KINGDOM AND RETURN YOUR FACE TO NORMAL. THE GAME IS ff PLATFORM ADVENTURE WITH LARGE FLOWING SPRITES, AWD BECAUSE OF THE Move 1 GRAPHICS, THE GAME MOVES AT A FAST PACE. THE MAIN AIM OF THE GAME IS TO TRY AND FIND YOUR WAY THROUGH AM UNDER AND OVER GROUND KINGDOM, AND GET YOUR WAY PAST THE MASSIVE END GUARDIANS. Iw AID To DEFEAT THESE BEASTS, YOU WILL NEED A SPECIAL WEAPON BEAST IS SENSITIVE TO, AND , Once ASSORTED THESE MUST BE COLLECTED TO OPEN THE END OF LEVEL DOORS. HIMOERING VOUR PROGRESS THROUGH THE GAME ARE A WIDE ARRAY OF STRANGE AND HOSTILE OBJECTS, AMD COLLISION WITH THEM WILL REDUCE VOUR ENERGY POINTS BY ONE, AND AS YOU ben a FOURTEEN, YOU WIGHT BE IN FOR SHORT GAWE !!. ALL IN ALL TELY BRILLIANT AND ANY DECENT GAMES WITHOUT IT. Top NOTCH. ite ete ea te Suapow OF THe Beast ScREEN Grae Factor .. 99% OveraLe ..... 188% Hrwt Move ™ PERHAPS THE WELL IS LOCKED 2" Qu DEAR, TIME TO CHANGE THE UNDERPANTS AGAIN !! Alive & Kickin Noveaber "92llackers Hawa GreNLIM Grapntcs. Revieweo By LR. Cotume wertren ey LR. Does THE souno oF Gostins, Orcs, THE EASIEST, FOURTEEN BEING THE WIZARDS AMD MAGICAL DISTANT FAR HARDEST), AND YOU ARE BEST STARTING ON AWAY LANDS APPEAL TO YoU 77. QUEST ONE TO BEGIN WITH. HELLO, GOOD EVENING, AND WE! A 2 LCOME TO THE PART OF THE FANZIME THAT IS GUARANTEED TO STOP YOU FROM TEARING YOUR HAIR OUT wal FACE LIKE JOHN MAgoR’S ALL THE TIME !! ee If $0, EITHER TAKE A COLD SHOWER QWCE VOU HAVE SELECTED YOUR QUEST, YOU orn Buy Hero Quest. Yes, YOU HAVE CONTROL FOUR CHARACTERS, THE BARBARIAN, QUESSED IT, THIS GAME TS SET IM THE ELF, THE WIZARD (BIT OF @ MIMD) AND THE EVER LASTING MOULD OF THe Dwarr. QBvrouUSLY IF YOU HAVE A Dunceons ANo DRAGOWS AND OLD FRIEND OR A PET DOG HANDY, YOU PLAY A Rote PLAvING BOARD GAMES/BOOKS. CHARACTER EACH. THE MAIN OBJECT OF EACH Does THIS put vou orF 77, Read QUEST 15 TO FIMD THE WAY FROM THE Oe LADS AND LASSES, THIS GAME | STARTING DOINT, TO THE STEPS THAT LEAD DEFINITELY DOES NOT SMELL OF DUT OF THE DUNGEON. IN BETMEEM STARTING PUSTY. STUDENTS, AND YOU DON’T | AMD FINISHING, YOU HAVE A SHALL TASK To HAVE TO HAVE A BEARD TO PLAY IT PERFORM EM ROUTE. Sounp Easy 77. THINK AGAIN PAL, AS THIS QE POINT TO MAKE EARLY ON IS GAME IS HARDER THAN A ROCK CAKE THAT IS THAT THE, GAME REVIEWED 1S THE TAKING LESSONS ON HOW TO BE fA HARDEE 128K Disc VERSION, AND THIS HAS ROCK CAKE + ALL THE FEATURES OF A SOME DIFFERENT FEATURES THAN THE | BOARD GAME ARE HERE, DICE ETC.., AND TAPE VERSION. THE MORE NOTABLE THE GAME IS PLAYED VERY MUCH WITH A DIFFERENCES ARE THAT THE TAPE BOARD GAME IN MIND. VERSION POSSESSES NO SOUND, AND TE MERU TOOMS ARE ALL CRAMMED THE GAME IS ICOM CONTROLLED, AND YOU THEO MONE CORNER MITH NO BORDER MOVE THE CHARACTER OF YOUR CHOICE BY AMUN SURROUNDING THE SOREEN, | STOPPING THE DICE AND CLICKING THE OM THE DISC VERSION, ALL THE ARROM ICOM, ONTO THE SQUARE THAT YOU FEATURES THAT THE 64K VERSION MISH TO MOVE TO. LACKS ARE FOUND HERE, MITH THE HERG rooms SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE | WHILST PLAYING YOU WILL COME ACROSS BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. ORCS AMD THE TLK, AMD IF YOUR CHARACTER HAS A HIGHER BODY COUNT THAN THESE, YOU fir THE START OF THE GAME, YOU MILL BE ABLE TO ATTACK AMD DEFEAT THEM. ARE PRESENTED WITH A MAIN MERU, FROM WHICH YOU CAN SELECT HAT It 1S NOT ALL ACTION THOUGH, AS ONCE QuceT YoU MISH TO PERISH OM, AND ALL THE ORCS HAVE BEEN DESPATCHED TO CHANGE CONTROLS = ETC... Aw ORC HEAVEN, THEY DO WOT RE APPEAR SO A THTERESTING FEATURE HERE THOUGH, | LOT OF BORING TRAIPSING AROUND IS TO BE 15 THE WEADONS SHOP FROM WHICH = DONE. YOU CAM PURCHASE A HIDE RANGE OF IMSTRUMENTS TO DISH OUT YOUR THIS 15 WHERE THE GAME FAILS, AS EVEN DESTRUCTION MITH. THOUGH THE ACTUAL GAMEDLAY oS INTERESTING, THE ENDLESS ROAMING AROUND ONCE YOU HAVE NAMED YOUR MERRY | HILL FINISH YOU OFF, AND AS EACH QUEST BAND OF ODDBALLS, IT IS TIME TO TAKES AROUND AM HOUR TO COMPLETE, EMBARK UPON A QUEST, AND AS BOREDOM IS BOUND TO SET IM. THERE ARE FOURTEEN TO CHOOSE FROM, AND AM EXPANSION KIT AVAILABLE, PERHAPS IT IS TIME TO Suwiine up. THIS GAME IS DEFINITELY THE CANCEL THE DAILY DAPERS AS YOU BEST OF THE ROLE PLAYING COMDUTER GAME ARE GOING TO BE BUSY FOR A WHILE GENRE, AMD TF Goetrms, Orcs aud DWARFS tt ARE WOT YOUR THING, THEN MY HOT TAKE A Loox aT THE fil DEMO, JUST TO SEE Yes, you KNOW mHAT I MEAN, 4 |, YOU WANT TO BEAT THOSE GAMES ONCE AMD FOR ALL fox ty vou ??, YEAH, VOU MANT TO SHOM THEM THAT YOU MEAN BUISHESS, RIGHT 77. LL, THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT !!, TAP IN THEM MULTIFACE DOKES, OR HACK THE BIT OF CODE INTO MEMORY, AND MHAMMo !!, Bop’s vour AUNTIE (AFTER A WEEK IW THE CLINIC). COME OW, READ OM, YOU KWOW You waNT To !!, Rott up, Rott up, FIRST uP on THE Hal A . UNTS CHOPPING BLOCK IS A MHOLE LIST OF halen Poxes, THAT WERE HACKED BY VouRS TRUELY, (HEY DON’T TURN OVER Gane Naae Media Address = Poke Conaents Extrene Tape 18C8 Platoon Tape forthstar Tape infinite Tine infinite Grenades: Infinite .... seneees Lives infinite Lives infinite Bullets infinite Lives Infinite Geapores infinite Lives funfrisht Tape Asterix & fagic Caul. Tape Cybernoid Tare 1 RGD SEBERERHE HeExXT UP, GRE SOME PASSWORDS AND POKI 18 ES FOR THE EXCELLEWT ARCADE PUZZLE! Titus THe Fox. Ler’s See IF you cAN He . RESCUE OI POINT, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO 77, beac eal rating Level 1; S772 Level 2; F8F4 M/F Pokes - &iF7A,8xx xx-No of Li Level 3: 1D76 Level 6: SFC &2147,4xx =Do both pores I CANNOT SEEM TO FIND THE REST OF THE PASSWORDS Pee Bopy HELP 77, ALL REPLIES To THE A & K ADDRESS. Mow FOR A MEAT LITTLE KEVPRESS FOR SUDERWAN - Maw OF STEEL - At any tine during play, press key to skip a level, MORE KEVDRESS MANIA MOM, WITH A WHOLE LOT OF CHE! Fi Hr fortoane, uo SUORISIHGLY, EAOUgH, THEY ARE wor true Nene ORINTED TN THE EWABLED WE TO FIND THESE GOODIES for vou 1!) ee ee ae Potsworth & Co: Hold down keys D,A,U,E on options screen. (Infinite Energy) Turbo Tortoise: Hold down T,U,R,B,0 on options screen. (Infinite Energy) Scooby & Scrappy: Hold down H,E,L,P on options screen. (Infinite Energy) THE QUESTS RANGE IN DIFFICULTY FROM ONE TO FOURTEEN (OME BEING | HouRS OF FUN FOR THE PRICE. Alive & Kicking Nov ‘92 Page 17 Alive & Kickin’ Noveaber’32 Pa