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announcement of the lucky conjunction with Hardwire, is cyberfunk in effect. An
person who has won the invitation to take a sidestep into the future.
exclusive ACE Mirrorsoft FM Coldcut's Matt Black and Jonathon More were the first
Towns postcard competition UK DJ's to make a cut-up record back in '87 - the start of
from issue 31. Thanks for the sampling revolution. Since then, they've worked with
your huge response, it was Lisa Stansfield, Yazz and James Brown.
overwhelming, In '89 Coldcut met computer freaks Miles Visrnan and
The peeps at Minorsott Robert Pepperell and formed Hardwire, a graphics house
were so pleased with your dedicated to proving that the Amiga, Macintosh and
response that they've decid- Archimedes micro's are the next logical step in video
ed to generously donate tech.
i550-worth of runner-up Another first came with Coldcut's Christmas Break, the
prizes_ That's 10 copies of first music video created entirely on micros.
Gravity and 10 copies of Hardwire's latest project are longterm videos for all
Triad. The 930 ACE-rated trax on Coldcurs Some Like It Cold LP, to be released on
Gravity from Imageworks is VHS and CDV. They mix live action' from artists like
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likes an involved game which generated using chaos theory, grabbed and processed
exercises the old grey pictures, and computer artwork.
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latest prolect is a movie based around an advanced computer game.
Until the End of the World is set in the beginning of the 21st century. Computer
service will be fully operational from Tuesday 12 Ju
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C generated images, designed by Sean Naughton of the Frame Store, will be used for a
dream sequence that recurs throughout the film, The movie also features a nightclub
per minute peak, and 25p per minute off-peak. The
service is updated every Tuesday at midday. Give us
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scene with a pop promo of David Byrne of Talking Heads. The novel aspect of this is the
o spesh effects people have used computers to make Byrne appear 10 years older. CES show in Chicago...
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DearACE,
WhydoyoukeeponcoveringCDtechnology?
As we we n t to
press, th e launch
of the 'CD Amig a'
was rumoured to
be only days
away. Af t e r
months of denial
by Commodore,
ACE secured
exclusive details
fro m the States -
with the proviso
that there ma y be
minor alterations
to the specif-
ication prior to
launch. Here's the
full story...
• t's called the CD-TV—
I I and the name is
important. This isn't just an
Amiga with a CD-ROM, this
is a whole new ball game.
First, Commodore intend
this to be the machine that
blasts computer
entertainment into every
home_ Even the Dickenson-
Smythes are going to find it
difficult to resist this one,
however snotty they may
have been about their next-
door neighbour's addiction
to Xenon II. Not only does
the unit play all their music
CD's (it has music CD
routines built into ROM so
you can do all the clever
things that expensive,
intelligent CD players can),
but it will also offer access
to a library of software quite
unlike anything seen before
on a home computer. Check
out the software panel
elsewhere on this page.
Second, the technology
of the unit goes beyond a
simple Amiga with CD-ROM
attached. So far, CD-ROM's
have simply been mass
storage devices (mainly
attached to PC's and PC
Engines). The advantage is
8 ADVANCED COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT
..HERE'SWHY!
Thc Carnmodore CII-TV. N oir tha t this phrancraph Ls o f a pre- productinn m od,i - thE re m a t, bs m inor
variations in the apprarance e J t i fl n Z or,rodast
that you can store tons of
graphics and sound data,
but the disadvantage is that
you can't pull all the data off
the disk at once. In
particular, you can't pull
sound and graphics data
simultaneously, so you're
unable to implement what is
often referred to as 'talking
head technology'. TT means
tieing able to animate a
computer graphic and pull
accompanying sound off the
disk at the same time.
THECOMMODORE
CD
The CD-TV has full talking you've got a lot of space for
head capability. That means sound and graphics.
you can add a whole new
dimension of sound to
existing Amiga titles, and
develop new ones that really use of CD. Since your CD
make use of the CD quality
stereo the system offers.
You can also map Amiga
generated sound over CD
stereo tracks. And since you within games—like the old
have the equivalent of 700
Amiga disks on a single CD games, for example, or a
(which costs less to
produce than two floppies)
Luc
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Jam
Unfortunately this means
pulling even more data off
the disk than it does to
reproduce sound.
Commodore are making
the extraordinary claim that
they will be producing a Full
Motion Video (FMV) adapter
for the CD•TV. This upgrade
will be possible because of
the 'open architecture'
design of the CD-TV which
positively encourages
upgrades and third-party
add-ons to be connected to
the unit.
If this FMV adapter does
materialise, then the CD-TV
will offer a complete home
entertainment system for
playing music CD's, videos.
and computer entertainment
titles that combine stereo
sound and FMV. Add the
The problem of pulling existing colour graphic and
data off the disk also sound capabilities of the
effects another potential Amiga and you really do
have the entertainment
has the storage capacity to machine of the future. And
hold video images, it would that's what ACE has been
be nice to present real-life campaigning for for the last
video (or animation) footage twelve months. At last, it
seems, the machine has
Dragon's Layer laser disk arrived that could serve as a
platform for truly Advanced
film license with actual Computer Entertainment.
sequences from the movie.
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Yes, existing Amiga
owners will be able to
upgrade to full CD-TV
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capability later this year.
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as soon as possible.
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Everything's here to produce the games machine you've always dreamed of. Two player IR
interface, overlaid CD sound and Amiga sound, IR remote controls, the existing Amiga
graphics capability, MIDI for blasting synth accompaniment, high score RAM cards, and the
promise of full motion video in the future. Wowl,
So what's going to hit the shelves in the near future?
The answer, predictably, is nothing like as much as you'd like. ACE has uncovered a
large nng of UK software companies who are producing software for the CD-TV, but none of
I Lucas/11ms ant working on CD- TV projects. 1.4 them (except Virgin) were prepared to discuss their plans with us since this article was
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b
t i e s . e , •••• t r t t • t i t i f f • include products from Rand-McNally (an interactive atlas), Lucasfilm (what's the betting it'll
sans A n •.toa
h o g • r• •a t ti thn m e • t o t , “ S till •es
• , • • •t• t I t t Ibt i l I •i , I t . • S k t 1.14 t b o t . . . . . . be a version of Loom with enhanced audio?). Virgin Interactive (North Polar Expedition), and
la off d g 1 ••• o i l . , I l l , • - fl t t

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even some CD-TV versions of the famous Beatrix Potter stories for younger (or young at
x t ?
A heart) players.
v e r There's a superb foreign language disk as well, where you can click on words and hear
laking s i o
them spoken In French, or Spanish, or whatever. And of course the CD means proper
imthat n
o human speech none of this synthesised rubbish any mote. One application t h e Family
ga Full f
Health Adviser ev en diagnoses common family illnesses. And Jack Niklaus himself will be
dapter I n
giving you practical tips on golf and shots of him playing in the CD-TV version of Jack
c!i;
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use of a

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In fact, most British and American software houses have expressed an interest in
producing software for the machine, giving it a greater degree of support than any other
computer has had at launch to date. That in itself must be encouraging.
Naturally, many softco's will be producing enhanced versions of existing games and the
wty FLIP 17Q two player IR interface bodes very well for the latest trend towards multi-player
:ted to
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tout be the compaRyesitrat c or toe r s ionfi , the CD- TV . New software design techniques are also promised, as programmers produce scenarios
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lorne gamesters to compete on equal terms with their younger relatives, We're looking forward
for to a whole new category of family games,' said Commodore's Gail Wellington, "...where
people can play together and the level of difficulty suds EVERY player, yet all are involved in
deos, the same scenario. This is very much a home Information or entertainment device.'
mment BL ACKS M I T HS In fact, it could be the final realisation of the Amiga dream - persistently marketed since
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DIY SURVEY
I was very interested to read in ACE,
the ACE Debate and the three phone-
in questions. I think it is a great idea
to put an item like this into the
magazine each month_ At the CES
show in September. MPH will be
launching its own software title.
However, before we decided to
launch the title, I had to spend a long
time researching the market and in
this letter I'm going to write what my
research found out and to also voice
my own opinions on the three
subjects.
Software Licensing - Good or
Bad? The results I got Showed a
massive NO to software licensing. Of
all the people interviewed, only just
over 17% said that they actually
found a licensed game was more
enjoyable and had more lasting
appeal than an original game. The
public felt that they could never rely
on a licence to be playable or even
well programmed. Nearly everyone
asked said that they felt on the whole
that original games are well
programmed and well thought out.
My personal opinion is very much
in line with the majority of the public. I
feel that the licenses are actually
killing the industry. A massive 96% of
all people interviewed actually want
the price of software to go down. The
reason why the large software houses
won't reduce the price of games is
this. It is nearly always the large
software houses who write the
licenses and to quote Gary Bracey of
Ocean. The disadvantages of
software licensing are the huge costs
involved". Who has to pay the cost of
the license? The end purchaser.
The second reason why the
licenses are killing the industry is
because the technology in the
arcades is just too far advanced for
that of even the most powerful home
computer. Everyone wants to produce
the latest arcade hit but just how can
you put the contents of an average
arcade machine with 68000 and Z80
processors, dedicated graphics chip,
dedicated sound chips and with a
memory of several megabytes into a
16-bit computer well 1/2meg of
memory. It just cant be done. Three
and four years ago when everyone
ownec ether a Spectrum, C64 or
CPC464, the arcade games that were
being converted were relatively easy
to convert. These games like Mike,
Hyper Sports, were again both simple
ideas, but so annoyingly addictive.
Today, programmers try to convert
Afterburner, Hard Of1Wie which just
cant be done. As for the films, they
never convert well to a computer
mainly due to the poor story lines.
The third reason why licensing is
killing the industry lies with the
programmer. All the big software
houses have their own in-house
programmers. These people do
nothing all day but sit at a screen and
program a computer. These people
who have been with the software
houses for some length of time must
be so short on inspiration, it is hardly
surprisingly that they often produce
such rubbish. Of course, I am not
saying all the house teams are bad. A
lot of the newer ones - Sales Curve,
Assembly Line - are very very good.
However, the future of good games
lies with todays young programmers
who are growing up with 16-bit
machines and using 16-bit techniques
as opposed to the old 8-bit ideas and
techniques. They have got
enthusiasm, drive and most important
of all, new ideas.
Golden Oldies. In the survey,

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about 65% of the public want
conversions of the oldies if they are
released at a budget price. Most 16-
bit owners have upgraded to a 16-bit
machine from their 8-bit and say, is
there a game like Jet Set Willy?" The

W Having been reading your magazine since it was first published, I can honestly answer is unfortunately no. Games
say that the quality all round has gone downhill. today are often just too complicated
Since EMAP have taken you over, typographical errors have crept in, to be really playable.
sentences missed out and generally annoying mistakes have been seen all My opinion is that we need the
' round. Although you do have more features - a good thing to some extent - golden oldies to compete against the
•and other new stuff, I feel the general quality of writing has diminished
PRIZE licenses. To quote Gary Bracey again,

H somewhat. I know that the writers you have on ACE are excellent I particularly
used to enjoy Eugene Lacey's input in other magazines.
What annoys me most about ACE now is that no sooner have we bought an
Arniga, ST. PC, Sega, Nintendo, PC Engine et al, you're bombarding us with all
!" this information about FM Towns and CD-I. The Towns I'm not bothered about - it
LETTER
'There is better impulse buying with
licensed games'. What would you buy
if you were in a shop and saw Jet
Pack for /4.99 or Tin Tin on the
Moon for /19.99? There can't be

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is your job to tell us what's new anyway, but this CD-I, DV-I, etc is really getting many Spectrum owners who have
on my wick. You've been going on about it now for the past year, if not more, never played Jet Pack. Even if the
and it is becoming a bore. The whole charade of CD-I has been farcical since Pholtps announced Compact Disc eon conversion is poor, you have only lost
ago. Can we please give it a rest and, instead of threatening us with machines we'll most likely never have, devote / 5 as opposed to / 20 which means
•more time and space to more closetto-hand matters. that a lot more people would be
I would personally like to see more 'progress reports' on up.and-corning software, games or serious which I willing to take a chance and buy the

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think would serve a much better service to the reader than listening to ACE "rave on" about machines that 9 game. It can't take much for a good
• the
4 British computer-using population has never seen! young programmer to produce an
19% Don't take
o f this letter as a put-down, I enioy ACE immensely but rectifying these few points would. I think, ser exact copy of an 8-bit game -
to imorove this enjoyment. PS Hi to all Cnetters, Strawberry Head and The Camel. especially Spectrum games - and
DAVIDCASSIDY, aka Zoggo on Compunet, West Midlands then jazz it up - as in the case of
• While we Live to hear praise, we also Jove to hear constructive criticism. Production problems are a menace Manic Miner - and put them on the

O any magazine and the EMAP purchase involved a tremendous amount of administrative work which meant less time same disk for a budget price. This
to sort out things like typographical errors. However, we think the magazine is now better than ever before - way, everyone is getting a good deal.
witness this issue with its world exclusives on CD-TV, Nino Turtles, and much more. And we are now taking on mo The original software house, although
staff
r r n to allow us to pack even more between the covers. We're searching for t alent ed Staff Writer to join us they're unlikely to be with us, and the
ACE. Are you interested? See the advert elsewhere in the Pink Pages. end purchaser would both be happy
Our brief on ACE is simple. We are here to develop a platform of expertise and information on the technologies with a situation like this.

T that will - whether you fike it or not - dominate gamesplaying over the next ten years. No other magazine covers ai
vilde a variety of informative games topics as ACE does. No other magazine provides the definitive games referenc
material that ACE does. That's not a promise, thars a fact. We're just as happy to cover a CD-I title as a c/assic
Spectrum game or console title, CD technology, however, will be part of tomorrow's Advanced Computer
Entertamment. Check out pages 8-9 it you don't believe us...And you get a prize for speaking your mind!
Too many games get false
reviews. Most magazines only review
the graphics and sound in a game,
and judge the game upon them -
although thankfully you don't. This

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can't be done. Nearly all good old 8-

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are the re sults t o the
, AC E De ba te s on Softwa re Lice nsing,
Golde n Oldie ga me s, a n d SAM
Coupe ...
SOFTWARE LICENSING - GOOD
OR BAD ?
Wha t wa s sa id before—
'T h e a dva nta ge s spe a k f o r
the mse lve s. By e sta blishing
conta cts w it h the e nte rta inme nt
gia nts, w e 're he lping t o g ive the
ga me s m a rke t a m o m a ssure d
f u t u re ."
Ga ry Bracey, So ftwa re
D e ve lopme nt M a na ge r a t Or
'it 's killin g the m a rke t. it slo p s
I nnova tion. The na me is more
importa nt tha n the g a m e .'
M a rk Cale, M O o f Syst
The re su lt ...
25% o f ACE vote rs thought
softwa re lice nsing is a good t h i
and should continue_
75% o f ACE vo te rs thought
softwa re lice nsing is ru in in g th e
! Softwa re ga me s in d u st ry a nd
should be stoppe d,
.„.,.
Wha t wa s sa id a fte r—
"Your re a de rs o b vio u sly d o n 't vo t e
wit h t h e ir mone y. D o n 't f o rg e t t o
me ntion the fa ct th a t I d id n 't ha
a ny t im e to t h in k a bout m y ca se
softwa re lice n sin g ."
Ga ry Bra ce y
r P n i ve ry surprise d b y t h is re sult,
f I t s not re fle cte d in the sa le s o f F i r
ga me s. I f 7 5 % o f pe ople a gre e w it h
•me , w h y d o n 't the y b u y o rig in a l
product?"
M a r k C a le
GOLDEN OLDIES - NEW
VERSIONS OF CLASSIC GAMES
4 5 % o f ACE vote rs thought t h e y'd
like to te e m ore re le a se s o f cla ssic
arcade a nd 8 -bit ga me s on 1 3 -bit
ma chine s a nd the ma chine s ye t t o
come .
•5 5 % o f ACE vo te rs th o u g h t t h e y'd
ra the r ha ve t im e a nd m o n e y
Inve ste d in bra nd n e w sta te -of.
Sri software.
IS THE S AM COUPE ACE?
55% o f ACE vo t e rs thought the
SAM wa sn 't th e ir ide a o f Adva nce d
Compute r Ente rta inme nt,
45% o f ACE vote rs th o u g h t the
SAM sounde d like t h e ir kin d o f
ma chine .
bit games had simple graphics and
basic sound but had superb
playability. Todays biggest hits, Kick
Off and Populous have simple
graphics - although the graphics in
Populous are very good - but they
both have bags of playabilay, This is
the main ingredient needed for a
good game, not the graphics or
sound. Too many people forget this.
Is the SAM Coupe ACE? In my
opinion the technology in the SAM is
wasted. There is a lot that is good in
the SAM but it really needed to be a
16brt machine to compete with
todays computers. I can understand
how the younger Spectrum owner
1 4 ADVANCED COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT
who wants an improved Spectrum will
be over the moon, and for the
younger first time buyer it is the
perfect thing, but for the older more
mature person, it is wasted because
it is limited by it's Spectrum
compatibility. While the processor is
fast, ifs not got the power or speed
of a 16-bit processor. The most
annoying thing about the SAM though,
is that it has come too late. 16-bit
machines are well established now
and there isn't the room in any market
for an upgraded Spectrum.
As you say in your magazine, the
Coupe's in the terrible catch 22
situation as it hasn't got the software
that it needs to get the sales. If it had
been released two years ago, while
the 16-bit machines were all £400,
then at £250 with a dish drive, it
would have got the software support
that it needed and that would have
made it the perfect ACE machine, but
alas, now it's not to be.
Finally, if there is anyone who has
written an addictive game on the ST
or Amiga that they think is worthy to
be released as a budget game or as
part of a compilation, then please get
in touch with me.
PHILIP HARMAN, MPH. 10
Chandlers Court. Eaton. Norwich
NR4 6EY,
FLAWLESS
PLAYABILITY
I enjoy your magazine but that is not
why I am writing. After first owning a
Spectrum 48K, then a C64, I now find
myself computer-less. I am somewhat
having problems choosing a machine
though I don't want to hear the 'my
computer is better than yours'
debate. What I want to hear is, as I
only want to play games, which
machine is supported by the most
playable and original software?
The Spectrum was, to my mind,
the machine with the most playable
games. The technical ability was not
so good, so programmers
concentrated on the game and let's
face it, when games are expensive as
they are now, who wants to stare at
fantastic graphics and listen to
fabulous sound but do Rotting else.
The point I am making is that I'm so
sick of software companies using the
technical merits of a machine and
licenses to sell inferior products. I am
sick of the software companies force
feeding us with a million variations of
the same game.
Anyway. after 'upgrading' to a
C64, I was initially very impressed
with its technical merits and
performance, but I was very
unimpressed with the Don-existence
of gameplay. Regretting my 'upgrade'
I sold the machine shortly afterwards
and considered buying an Amiga until
my friend bought one. There is
nothing wrong with the machine, in
fact it is excellent, its just a pity 9596
of the programs aren't and why
shouldn't they be? I think most of us
already know the answer_ My advice
to the unfortunate programmers
earning a crust by producing
licenses, battery-hen fashion, is to go
home, clear a space in your bedroom
and think long and hard about what it
was that got us all hooked in the first
place. It was people like you with the
ability and ideas who wrote, often for
long periods at a time, the kind of
classic games people enjoyed
playing, e.g. Manic Miner, Abc Mac,
and the kind of classic games people
wanted to buy. Don't worry too much
about selling your games as I believe
the magazine you are now reading will
review your game if you send them a
copy, as that is their bread and
butter, Good product sells itself and
an inexpensive advert in the back of
ACE magazine with recommendations
from reviewers will go a long way to
ensuring that you enjoy the fruits of
your labours. Just take a leaf out of
Jett Minter's book.
Please don't recite lists of highly
rated games I could try and how well
these programs are faring in the
charts because, to me, we have all
been brain-washed into appreciating
the type of product which six years
ago would have received poor
reviews, but now stands out from the
crowd as 'quality' product.
Another machine I considered
buying was the Atari Lynx. Fabulous
though its merits are, each game is
priced at approximately O a Silly
me, I thought the high price of
software was because of piracy, yet
the Lynx cards are virtually pirate'
proof, as are, I expect the cartridges
for the consoles. The hardware
manufactures, it appears, are really
ripping we consumers off. Whilst I
don't object to technological
progress, it does seem a shame that
after many people have begged,
borrowed or stolen to buy the new
'state-of-the-art' hardware, the
company suddenly announce a new
and even better product. Computers
aren't like a cheap pair of shoes, to
be replaced every few weeks, and it
is high time the manufacturers
realised this. I even hear that, as I
write, Atari have an upgraded Lynx,
almost ready. Then why the hell didn't
they release it instead of this one?
Profit, perhaps. Will software be the
Stock, Aitken, Waterman singles of
the eighties and hardware the Rap
music of the nineties? In short: here
today, gone tomorrow.
Two friends of mine, who both
owned Arnaga's have after much
expense arrived at the same
conclusion as myself. We have in
honesty decided to search through
the local papers and pick up one of
the many second hand Spectrum 48K
computers to be had. The ones that
we don't buy, we will certainly advise
the owners not to let go at any cost
because it is better the devil you
know than the devil you don't. It is a
shame that this is the case, when
technology can promise so much, but
with regard to most things in life, it is
what you do with it that counts and
I'm not necessarily talking about
graphics and sound, speed plays
probably the largest factor. To me,
the ultimate computer would be the
one with the Great Graphics chip, the
Fast Processor chip, the Superb
Sounds chip and most of all the
Flawless Playability chip. Though
sadly, with the exception of the
Spectrum, all new computers have
disregarded the latter.
In conclusion, all I want is to play
enjoyable, original programs with
good graphics and sound on a
computer which I won't need to
replace within a year and not be
robbed by software manufacturers
using piracy as an excuse for high
prices. I know I'm not alone in my
feelings.
I feel this letter will do the whole
industry a lot of good and let other
disillusioned users know that they are
not alone.
ANDREW HIRST, WEST
YORKSHIRE
• There are good and bad games for
every machine, that's why there's
ACE - keeping you informed of the
good and warned of the bad.
SAM COUPE
COMPATIBLE
Now that the MGT SAM Coupe is out,
I would like to say that it is a brilliant
machine. It has superior sound
capabilities to any 8-bit computer or
the Atari ST and breathtaking
graphics - close to a 16-bit's
capabilities and a very fast BASIC.
The crunch comes when buying
new software - there is no way for
the buyer to discover whether a
program will work on the Coupe using
the Emulator, or if you're lucky (like
me) have access to the Spectrum's
48K ROM.
The solution is simple. Software
houses ensure that any new games
will be written so that it will work on
the Spectrum and the Coupe and put
on a label something like "SAM Coupe
Compatible", and also test their old
games and put on similar stickers if
they work on the SAM. Only then can
we confused Coupe users find out
whether to buy it.
rm pleased that some companies
are taking an interest in the SAM
Coupe but I hope they will soon start
including Coupe specific games in
their range, then it will really take off!
Finally. MGT have put a lot of hard
work into the machine and they
deserve to succeed
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head i s a 2 D p ie ce o f h a n d p a in t e d assorted Transputers per person. See ACE 7.
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Shape D e sig n e r b y G l y n W i l l i a m s .
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Motion Pict u re Ho u se . I n st e a d o f la b o
at any m a g n ifica tio n . Fractal geometry was invented b y Benoit
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EXPANDING THE EDGE
What can we expect from the next generation of 30
for their predictions...
games?
Glyn Williams: "Doing solid fill on the ST and Amiga is
asking a lot. I don't think you'll see a huge amount of
progress, I think people are pushing the outside of the
envelope now. I'd like to see polygon games on the St
and Amiga which are much more fun to play. Better
games that happen to have polygons in them instead
of Vow, this game runs at a million frames per sec-
ond. features 10000 models with millions of facets': ILKPERTISE
Michael Powell: "Better games. Better simulations." • I AN AN D R EW o f I nce ntive •
Mike Singleton: "The maths involved in 3D graphics D rille r. D a rkside , Tufa / Eclip se
are quite horrendous." • D AVI D AR ABEN - Elite , Virus,
Adrian Stephens: 'I like to create the looks and do • PAUL CARRUTHERS o f Astra l So ft
the maths." wa re - Archipe la gos. R e solution Pia/Mead • Wi l l i a m s
Martin Kenwright: "Speed and detail are going hay. 101.
wire, Paul Carruthers: Th e idea o f a 3 D image isn't
• * N O Y CRAVEN o f Ve kto r „ a
Jez San: "The good 3D programmers have got the enough anymore. Gameplay aspects will become more
- Bombe r, l a i important. You shouldn't use 3D unless you have to."
games as fast as they can go." • M AR TI N KEN wiliGu rr o f D ig it a l -
Ian Oliver: "Battle Command and Duster are aimed
Martin Kenwright: - Image D e sign • F-2 9 R e ta lia tor
'on. A ll more at the American style of gameplaying. We'd like
-Pbute ifs
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e as it's going to get." p • I AN OLIVER o f R e a ltime Ga me s -
Ian 3 0 ta nk Due l, 3 D Sta ostrike C a r the British market to be a bit more mature and discern-
ISOgot r u s h "People can't perform miracles. They
Oliver:
shoul
t dorelax the realism. That's why we set things in
rie r Comma nd.
a ll ing."
the skill the future." • BR I AN POLLOCK • ju st finishe d David Braben: "Speed is essential, but the game-
g e t play's far more important."
David Braben: "A lot of 3D games are just 20 games
t h e MICHAEL POWELL - Powe rcirome
Andy Craven: "We're currently working on five 30
with 3D graphics."
motion fJez San:
a "You'll
s t start getting more interesting shapes. X i SAN o f Argona ut Softwa re - games, one for Mirrorsoft, two for Activision, and two
e I, S t a r g lid e r . St a rg lid e r Of
' in sst e at d of lines and polygons. We're working on • • M I KE SINGLETON o f M a e lstrom
for Virgin/Mastertronic. Mirrorsoft's Killing Cloud uses
3 a lot of 2D screens, we're trying to do down the 3D
like transparency and shadows." r Games - Lords o f M idnight.
D
Brian Pollock: The base routines are already down. h and concentrate on great routines. It will have real
Wh irlig ig . M id win t e r.
u cylinders. For Activision we're working on Mechwar-
The frame rates are there. Only programmers are n • AD R I AN STEPHENS o f The Asse m
riot It This is a collaborative venture between three
rabian interested in the number of polygons per second." d
software development companies. Three companies,
David Braben: "Computer graphics seem t o g o e • GLYN WI LLI AM S o f M o t io n Plc
r three styles, all mixed into one. It could be a nightmare
through fashions. At the moment that fashion is 3D." ture House • Warhead_
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Adrian
y o uStephens: People will make an appearance ye a rs time ? An d wh a t ha rdwa re w ill it be running on?
Things This is yo u r chanCe t o pre dict the future W r it e t o us
c a are n strictly mechanical a t the moment. The a t VIRTUAL PREDICTIONS, ACE, EN I AP Images, 3 0 -3 2
"The good 3D program- games
t a k probably
will e be more fantasy-orientated." Fa rringdon Lane, Prio ry Court, London EC1R 3 AU . The
mers have got the games as David Braben: "There are too many tank and flight most o rig in a l o r a musing conce pt w in s a spe cia l so ft-
tsimulations."
o wa re prize f o r yo u r micro, D o n 't fo rg e t t o include
fast as they can go" p your f u ll na me . a ddre ss e nd com pute r m o d e l.
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y1he race
g isoalways on to produce a piece of white hot tweaking their 3D engines and ignoring gameplay. We
n
code. What new software techniques will make the nearly went that way with Carrier Command."
p
transition from innovation to application? Andy Craven: "I employ a guy just to sit there work-
e
David Braben:
r "Programming 3D graphics isn't hard, ing on new 3D software routines. It's a battle of tech-
flying realistically with correct motions and collision nology."
detection are the hard bits,"
Glyn Williams: "I don't think you're ever going to see FRACTAL FUTURES
ray-tracing as a live action thing. Ray-tracing is to do Will Mandlebrot's geometric baby find a place in future
with optical simulation, calculating what 3D games?
every single beam of light in the scene Mike Singleton: -
does - that means a lot of work. But you to
F rdo a ca tgame
a l s with any breadth in it. As processing
will be able to see fight source modelling, speeds
a r e increase you won't just get fractal landscapes able
where sources o f illumination illuminate but
e s s e n t objects like trees.
detailed fractal d it
polygons which reflect the fight in a more Michael
-i a l Powell: 'You can use fractals to create ter- toctz
realistic manner and actually cast shad- rain meshes."
i f play
ows. There are some games that have Glyn Williams: 'Rescue on Fractaius used a clever Mik
y o u
already started to do this. Also smooth technique called Polynomials - equations that make
'things
r looke like fractals. Sort of ragged-edge poly- go.
shading of objects - so instead of objects tote
looking like they're made out of origami, g
gons. Itowould be nice to see someone pushing fractal too
they're separate pieces of facets. You i
games na hit further."
you
need at least 256 colours to do this. With g ty L
Pu se e r H e a r t i m e Gro an cs. i d i rro rs o f t texture mapping you can take a photo- HARDWARE HE AV E N Dali
graph and stick it on a polygon. But all this is big corn- Software is only as good as the hardware its running am
outer stuff • at the moment," on. Will future 3D games run on dedicated consoles, ave
Ian Andrew: It's a trade off between resolution and CD-ROM, CD-I, or something even better? the
detail." Ian Oliver: "We tend to lead with the PC."
Mike Singleton: 'I'm getting into curves." Michael Powell: "More and more arcade games use Je;
Glyn Williams: "Eventually you'll be able to use the polygons." ch(
real technical drawings straight from the designers for Mike Singleton: - Virt
vehicles and buildings with satellite data for the land- hardware:
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scapes." Jez
c hSan: a "Every
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e that doesn't concentrate on sprites and scrolling.'
s a David Braben: "Consoles with dedicated polygon tic
m e crops will produce the 3D games of the future." la
Mike Singleton: "My ideal machine would be a con- pl;
sole with polygon and floating-point co-processors. I'd
love to do games for the new Microprose coin-op." P
Adrian Stephens: "Dedicated polygon processors will
take half the fun away. They'll level things up. You need
to keep the edge."
David Braben: 'There's enormous potential in CD-
ROMand CD-I."
Jez San: 'I'm very interested in CD-ROM, I'll support it
where I can."
Martin Kenwright: "I'm getting into CD-I very soon."

V I RTUAL V E NTURE S
Virtual reality was first conceived by IE Sutherland at
the University of Utah back in 1968. Basically the idea
is to create a complete artificial world inside your
computer. You interact with this world — or cyberspace
—using sophisticated human-machine interface periph- k.
Thundim idr ik e by B r ian P olloc k . M i l l e n n i u m erals like data glasses, gloves and even suits. You're

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if I•it was real. ,
You enter a virtual reality. Cyberspace is 10-20 years. I can't really see it taking off as the ulti-
create ter-
today.
• RASA develops it. VPL constructs it. Nintendo mate game."
pl•ays it. Cybergames • are tomorrow... Andy Craven: We already have the cyberspace soft-
Ja clever •
Mike Singleton: 'Virtual reality is the way things will ware, all we need now is the hardware. Our 3D soft-
hat make •
go. o it's most t people's , ideal. Most people want to get ware technology is perfect for it. I'm looking for a joint
idge poly- venture with a hardware company
totally
• lost in a game. The trouble with reality is that it's
ing fractal •
too boring - you can't make things too real. How do specialising in cyber-kit."
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you l edit out the boring bits? I'd like to do a virtual reali- Michael Powell: " I think you're
tyt Lords of Midnight." going to get hi-tech helmets like
David Braben: "Cyberspace and alternative reality are the one's fighter pilots use. Beyond
's running
amusing buzzwords. They are lust one interesting that, you'll just plug it straight into
consoles, avenue connected to control methods. The trouble is, your brain."
they're very solitary. Multi-player games with big dis- Glyn Williams: "You're creating
plays make a lot more sense." illusionary worlds, actually creating
ames use
Jez San: "Cyberspace. I like the idea. You could do it space in the computer that you can
cheaply. The Nintendo/Mattel Powerglove is incredible. enter in t o a n d interact wit h .
re better
Virtual reality will be in the arcades in five years time. Cyberspace will be good. You can
There are much cheaper virtual reality options. We've imagine yourself going round a vir-
isk to put tual dungeon in your living room,
looked at doing cyberspace already. We'd really go to
day they town on it, we'd love to do it." Andp Cruwen o f Mektar Graphics
hitting things on the shelves and
Ian Oliver: "A lot of hardware power is needed for treading on the cat."
:sengine
cyberspace applications. It's all good fun. As you can Brian Pollock: "Virtual reality. Excellent. Amazing.
imannes, When I was at school I wanted to interface a video
probably guess we don't take things too seriously."
Adrian Stephens: in the far distance there will be camera with the brain to create blotchy sight - patches
s, higher of light and objects. Imagine replacing all the sensory
more virtual reality stuff. It looks astounding. You can
create a far richer world. 3D is the only technique you nerves with silicon."
console
can use t o move around a n artificial reality: Martin Kenwright: "I can see really incredible things
ng.' on the horizon."
Cyberspace is a natural for human-computer interac-
. bon. Glyn Williams: You just want something that's bloody
Ian Andrew: "I believe one of the main areas of game- good fun."
epa con-
o I'd playing will be real-time alternative realities. Nothing
isors.
l beats it. it's the ultimate game feeling."
-op.* Paul Carruthers: 'Certain hardware will be created
;sors
y will
rgou need for virtual reality. Cyberspace is happening. But I can't IS THERE SPACE FOR CYBER?
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an amazing depth of play t h e best
flight simulation I have ever seen
(and there's nothing on the visible
horizon that looks set to come close).
It's not a simulation, it's an
a experience O c e a n s first flight sim
is the best out!" Zzop 97%.

SHADOW WARRIORS, the latest. greatest and most

ornbitious martial arts coin-op game now rages onto
your computer featuring interactive scenic backdrops]
The secrets of the Ninjitsu assassination techniques hove
been handed down since the Mediaeval wars. now they
live on in the jungle of the American metropolis.
Athousond yeors of the Ninjitsu secrets at your
fingertips t h e Phoenix Ekickflip,Triple Blow
Combination, Flying Neck Throw, Hang Kick and more,
give you a formidable omoury of stunning moves.
Take your techniques to the streets
SHADOW WARRIOR...
the hero of the nineties.

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competition

t could be yours, The console that every well-

informed gamester has been drooling over
ever since the first reports of its existence
arrived from Japan. The Neo Geo 16-bit con-
sole has a spec that should really get the
adrenalin going. including 4096 colours on-
screen at once and 13 channels of CD quality
sound.
As well as cartridges, the Neo Geo will also
take credit-card style memory cards - not for the
games (although that is possible) but to store your cur-
rent game status - giving SAVE game options with
almost any game, something which no other console
currently offers. Save game/status options are very
important since they enable game designers to imple-
ment more complex game scenarios on consoles,
including fantasy and RPG programs.
You can see the Neo Geo in the flesh on the ACE
Living Room o f the Future stand a t the Computer
Entertainment Show in September. But even better,
you can now - if you're lucky - see it in your own living
room even earlier - and become one of the first peo-
ple in the UK to get their hands on this uttra-sexy bit of
kit.
THE CO MP E TI TI O N
What a1
ACEandSNK—aidedand
ME PRIZE!
abettedbyDCMarketing—
The winner will be the sender of the first Go
postcard pulled at random from those till
giveyouanexclusiveoppor- received either on or before the closing date Go
for the competition (see below) and bearing tio
tunity towinthegames the correct answers to the three questions_
The prize will be...yes, yes!,..one perfectly
machinethatmakesother wrapped, spanking new, Neo Geo console
direct from Japan. And as a special bonus,
we'll throw in some free software - the choice
consoleslooklikeZX8Ps— will depend on what is available to us at the
time.
thefabulousNeoGeo... The closing date is 5th July 1990_ No
employees of EMAP, DG Marketing, or SNK or
those involved with the printing, distribution,
and sale of ACE magazine are eligible for
entry. The decision of the judges will be final
and no correspondence will be entered into.
As soon as a winner has been selected, we will
forward the prize as soon as possible, but
obviously we can't be responsible for third
party delays. We will, however, do all we can
to minimise any hold-up.

Here's the machine...

The truth is, it couldn t be easier. All you have to do is
answer the three questions in the panel on this spread,
write those answers on the postcard mounted on the
front of the magazine, and mail the card to us so that
it arrives on or before the closing date, You could
soon he joining the ranks of ACE Prizewinners and IP
playing some of the hottest games around

THE QUESTIONS
Here goes with your chance to win
a Neo Geo console. Answer these
three questions correctly and
you're in wit h a fi ghting chance!

1. The Neo Geo is marketed in

Britain by DG Marketing. Which
Japanese company produces it?

2. Does the Neo Geo console use 8-

bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit technology?

3. H ow many sprites can you have

on-screen a t once?

If you've got the answers, you

could win the prize! Jot them
down on the special postcard
mounted on the fr ont cover and
get them off to us pronto!
Trod U l t i m a t e C o n sata - bO on to h e b l ast i n g a w a y i n h c d i °o n .] 7 ? a c i t u r k y a n d g e t t h a t p o s t c a rd a l l p r a n t a l

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 f competition

pr1ze! BASEBALLSTARS PRO

Americ an sports are really hit t ing the games scene
now. Ever since Americ an Football fans began clam-
ouring f or mic ro versions of their fav ourite sport, U5
and Japanese companies have been casting the net
to bring in more and more special interes t titles.
Here's Baseball Star's Pro on the Neo Geo. Wit h pre-
s entation lik e this, t he real t hing is beginning to
look a bit jaded...

TOPPLAYERSGOLF Hunnur
.m a y b e ro a ri n g b u t t h e
t h e c ould d o w i t h a
score
first c r o f improvement
soot
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111timate Golf and Golfmania on the Sega - not to menti on the superb TE Soft w
ng date Golf on the FM Towns (see page 61). But when it comes to graphic presenta-
d s

Dearing tion, the SNK Neo Geo version has to be seen to be believed....

)erfectly
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...and here's what it can do!

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PO NE

Pi NAM - 1975
Will Vietnam ever fade into history? NOt if they keep bringing u l g e s lik e this, it won't .
Egods? They're cooling
Innen a ll over the plane.
Great tmund• gr e a t graph-
i cs, a n d a g re a t d e al o f
MAGICIAN LORD
Ouch. This game undoubtedly has some of the best
graphics we'v e ever seen in a console arcade/adven-
re. When y ou're not casting fi reballs at the
! h id e o u s variety of evil minions the game throws at
you, y ou're wondering what a Dungeon Master sce-
bloodshed. D e fi nite ly not
for P‘wiff.t-• nario would look lik e on the Neo Geo - and w h
, can afford to buy one, if it appears.
we
r1
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n.rity? With grisehire like
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13:• wouldn't duck out Wr cm, . n't ge t to s t n s e n r
but ice think i t emoted* th a t
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your plane. S om e thing nasty_ . i •101. 1. 1

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y TenM F to one th a t when you ha p up to
ROM: up to 64Mbytes on plug j in c artridge ner. Fu rt h e r lilie s m ay be available o n a A I le ft you ge t steeled by a fi r e
the
IC Card: stores status and player
u data f or up to 27 rental b e d s fro m the d ist rib u t o rs I m p o r - N.
b re at h i n g A ra c h n o s o u ru s
games titles s tant sin ce the fin a l co st o f software m a y O r so m e th i n g u c e s c . .
t be high due to the va st m e m o ry storage
Sprites: Max on-screen at once: 380, with hardware
h requirements o f the Neo Ge o 's m a ssive
assisted scaling a r unny PIOW the opposition
v Out of palette of 65536 game sce na rios. always cheat. Here thelet- e
Colours: Max 4096 on-screen
e de r ide d to ignore the for r e
Graphics: 3 independent background
h v ideo screens o f gravity a nd ta k e you 1
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We take a trip to the tinsel town for
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studios getting into games? Are
games getting into the movies?

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Atari 1040 STE. With such an awesome
machine, we're convinced the only limits
you'll come across are your own.
I cation installation and auto- booting facilities.
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ISTFM, the 1040 STE itself goes beyond the
nlimits of its predecessor.
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' , you've discovered its ama7ing array of
ofeatures,
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understatement
d y of the decade.
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c1040h STE is its graphics. Its palette contains
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4000 colours (all right, 4096 to be exact).
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gimages,
a theSTE features 'hardware
tscrolling',
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hscrolling
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psharp
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w page.
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soundsystem's two chips allow the 1040 STE to
n
replay high-quality sampled sounds, in stereo,
c burdening the CPU. Or, for even more
without
of ean earblasting, lust add a couple of RCA
output
d jacks and power the sounds through your
own stereo.
' b send me likther details of the 1040 STE and other
.Of course we mustn't forget memory. One
megabyte of RAM comes as standard. If that's
not enough, the 1040 STE provides four SIMM
sockets. Simply plug in some SIMM (Single In-
line Memory Module) boards and boost the
RAMup to four megabytes.
To help you handle all this technology,
we've added even more: a Blitter chip, capable
of shifting data at high speeds independent of
the CPU, and a new version of TOS.
WITHOUT IT YOU'RE JUST PLAYING GAMES
The TOS 1.6 (operating system) has an
enhanced file selector with drive-change buttons,
improved desktop with fi le move, MS-DOS
compatible disk formatting, and better appli-
As you'd expect, there's a huge range of
peripherals including hard disks, floppy disks,
laser printers, colour monitors and even
Megafile 4 4 , Atari's unique 44 -megabyte
removable hard disk.
As well as all this hardware, there are
hundreds of software programmes for the 1040
STE - we're even throwing in the ST-Series
Productivity and Leisure bundles free.
The Produc tiv ity bundle
features a database, spread-
sheet, w or d processor and
business graphics package, and
there's S.T.A.C., FirST BASIC,
Hyperpoint and Prince in the
Leisure bundle.
If you're itching to get your
hands on the controls, there are
two 15 - pin analogue controller ports
(which accept paddles, light-
guns and light-pens) and a 9 pin
mouse port and joystick port.
use
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the 1040 at one time. Just in
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case it's too much for one person to handle.
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watching the world's Governments mak- newprogramsthat stufftheworld Software Toolworks claim that the advantage simp
ing an ever increasing mess of things, their atlas is that a large database of encyclopedic in or
and think 'Give me a half a chance and intoyourmicro information as well as the maps are instantly available. Ther
I'd soon have things sorted our! Well now This encyclopedic information actually consists 0 takei
there are a number of games and simula- details on Weather, Population, Economy, and so fort.
tions on the market which give you that The same sort of information is also available in our dem
half chance, and let you try your hand as office Collins World Atlas. It is even more readily avail- entri
a part time God. able (you just have to open the book rather than switch sc re
The popularity of games like Sim City and Popu- on the machine and start-up the software), and it on Eart
lous, are evidence enough that games players have cost us LIO• See what I mean
pie,
the sort of egos that can run a world. Well here are about that essential question? sc re
three more programs - two simulations and an elec- MAP •• •.• • • • • • Well, that's enough griping - one
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how limited 6 megabytes of disk space really is. Tr
-maps willwilonly zoom in to country level, and only t'iT
major cities are shown. Our DO Collins Atlas, on
other hand, shows all major towns as well, and tr•
maps have far greater detail,
World Atlas is a nice idea, and Software Tootworkr
should be praised for breaking away from the main-
stream of utility software, The program is, however, •
likely to fit more comfortably into an eCucational nic'F
than a practical one.

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3 2 ADVANCED CCSaPtITERENTERTAINMENT
 BALANCE OF
THE PLANET
CHRIS CRAWFO RD/ ACCO LADE DE MO NS TRATE
THAT SAVING THE W O RLD IS NO T AS E AS Y AS
IT MI G HT AT FIRST SEEM

If you thought that being a politician was easy, then

this simulation will make you think again. Your goal in
this game is to gain as many points as possible for
promoting ecologically sound policies, and lose as few
as possible for implementing ecologically damaging

The way that you affect what happens in the world

is fundamentally by adjusting your fiscal policies. How
much do you tax CFC production for instance? How
much money do you pump into research into alterna-
ith this that I tive forms of energy? A ty pic a l into screen fr om battmee S t the P lanet • Notos causes a nd ellects t h e P rob
-lem
It sounds simple, but it's not. If excess CFC pro-
:ten quid?'
advantage o f
encyclopedic
duction is causing Ozone depletion it is not enough
simply to levy huge taxes on the responsible industries
DEBUT
in order to reduce the level of CICs in the atmosphere.
ntly available. PANDORA/ INTERCEPTOR LET YOU AND YOUR
consists o f There are many knock-on effects which have to be MI CRO RUN A WHOLE PLANET
taken into account.
andso forth.
ailable In Our The interconnection o f policy decisions is well In certain respects, Debut is a very similar product to
demonstrated by the program. Selecting one of the Balance of the Planet. Again, the overall idea is to man-
readily avail-
r than switch entries on the initial page will take you to a colourful age a planet (not Earth this time) in such a way that it
screen which describes that particular area o f the is ecologically balanced. Rather than making financial
4,and it only
what I mean Earth's Eco-Socio-Political systems (phew!). For exam- decisions which effect the way things run, you use a
ple. clicking the mouse on Starvation Points leads to a The 3 D r e lie f m a p ahnon. th e teeetor o f the
system that the programmers term 'Jostick Program-
tuestion? M one t ipm a r e c ur r e ntly wor k ing on. w h i l e
screen explaining the world's starvation problem. To ming'.
1griping - the pa ne l de a ls math one u s i a , t o f J os tic k
one side of this are a list of causes and effects. By Jostick programming entails setting up logic tests
good things Pnrsmectoandng
clicking on these you can weave your way through an for scans of various aspects of the planet's ecosys-
le go some
interconnected series of factors until you come across tem, like Ozone, Cloud and Weather Patterns, Animal
ieighing t h e
a parameter you can change by altering your fiscal ECO Distribution and so on. Once you have identified certain
•e about the programme_ D id yo u kn o w t h a t areas of need, then you can put things like man, ani-
won't run on When you have made all the changes that you mals, minerals, and chemicals into the planet at the
require, the software will calculate the effects of your • The w o rld consume s o ve r 1 7 0 m il- required points, or, if necessary, remove them.
lare. If you
VGAand a policies - on the whole these are usually appalling. By lion tonne s o f fore stry e ve ry ye a r? There is an additional sequence, called Time
E
selecting the Feedback page at this stage you can • M o d e rn tra nsport ca use s 511% o f Hounded Conscience, in which you guide a robot
tit - the pro-
identify which are your best and worst areas. This the a ir p o llu t io n in the wo rld ? known as Petvlarust (hminm!) into one of the four cities
fteen disks
gives you a good idea of what to start looking at for • The le ve l o f Ca rbon D io xid e in the on each planet. His job is shut down the cities' nuclear
iur to install,
it the sort of your next five year plan. reactors and then evacuate the people and place them
one hundre d ye a rs a go?
run from a When you have played Balance of the Planet for a on the planet's surface.
I
few hours you will start to come to the realisation that • Eve ry pe rson in industria lise d
vou could. A a Debut adds an interesting additional aspect to the
countrie s produce s 1 kg o f na tura l
1essential if things are not quite as simplistic as they might at first i
and a rt ifi cia l wa ste e ve ry single standard game by allowing you to mix elements and
r
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This m onth sees the launch of a ne w Screentest, desi gned to gi ve our readers a solid you ge t a diffe r e nt ga m e every tim e , a nd there's

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nough t o k e e p y o u g o i n g fo r a l o n g tim e . S o
interest is up r ight a wa y in a ntic ipa tion, a nd
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1 PIC 111 7
advanced console enter tai nm ent.
Finally. ACE is the w or l d's fi r st m agaz ine to i ntr oduce a r egul ar section for the exclusive
review of CD enter tai nm ent - the stor age m edi um and har dw ar e for m a t of the futur e. . PIC - Predicted Interest Curve
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At last - computers, consoles, a nd CDs, for the com pl ete cover age of gam es toda y - and
tomorrow. - 1is the most sophisticated - reviewing
tool around.
1o n ACE kn o w you d o1 4T'
ACE Rated! We n 't ju st p la y a game - you
experience it The Predicted Interest Curve is the only
: system tha t takestthis all-important factor into
review
account.
Question: Is this game really going to 1The curve is divided in t o six sections, in d ica tin g the
grab me? And for how long? 1
player's adrenalin level a fte r one minute, one hour,
one day, one week, one month, and one year. But this
Answer: the PIC curve - the heart of g you an a wful lot than just wha t your interest level
tells
will be at any given time (although that's obviously
the ACE Rating System. important in itself)._
Fe. example, a high one minute ra ting means tha t
Each review carries a PIC Curve (see Pic Power panel) and
the game must look fantastic and ge t you a ll excited
special 'Veruon Boxes' that g ive you details o f the game'5
from the wo rd g o . That means it 's probably a g o o d
implementation on a specific machine. These boxes Include
game t o show o f f t o the neighbours - wh o probably
ratings for...
aren't going to pay attention for much more than a
GRAPHICS minute anyway.
All aspect's of the game's graphics - wit h th e lim it a t io n s o f From n o w on. AC E w ill be a wa rding n e w se a ls o f The minute, hour, a nd day ratings can te ll you a lot
each machine taken into account too i f there's a dip here, followed by a rise, you've got
s a p p ro va l f o r o u t st a n d in g so f t w a re p e rf o rm a n ce ,
A110/0 .:. I f a g a m e r e a lly b re a ks t h e b o u n d a rie s in so u n d , a game that may ta ke a bit o f getting into - not
The music and sound effects are rated here. A high ra t in g :gra phics, o r o rig in a lit y yo u 'll see the a ppropria te recommended if you like to get down to something
is possible On even limited machines like the Spectrum and quick and easy. Alternatively, the graphics may put you
PC if the computer's shortcomings are cleverly sidestepped. ACE Aw
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IQ FACTOR
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The Brain Strain rating. Note that ACE readers are a a couple of aspects to the ga meplay tha t take the edge better a game holds up here the more deserving it is of
generally reckoned to be more intelligent th a n other w off it . your hard earned cash.
human beings. so the ratings may be lo w e r than yo u a
expect. r 600-699 The late zone, where It tends to be very
FUNmcToa
Basically a measure of mindless addictiveness. Games like
d good i f you like tha t sort of thing'.
. 5 0 0 -5 9 9 Th is st ill has good th in g s going f o r it,, b u t
THE ACE
Ark ahod and Hying Shark require virtua lly zero brain S he game clearly has some noticeable problems.
1. Unlike many magazines, ACE ONLY reviews finished
o 4 0 0 -4 9 9 Problems with gameplay and programming
power but are still remarkably addictive. M ost coin-ops games I f it's reviewed here, it's what you'll ge t in the
f make t h is an in f e rio r game.
score well here because they are designed for instant shops i f there's any exception to this rule, the page
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satisfaction. Games don't have to be either fun or
w 3 0 0 -3 9 9 Not only is the gameplay bad but the design will cle a rly be marked PREVIEW and the game is not
intelligent - they can be both,
a was p ro b a b ly fla we d in th e fi rst place. rated. We won't let you down by reviewing half
ACE RATING r 2 0 0 -2 9 9 Things are getting re a lly serious now.. finished versions and demos
To get a really high rating a game will not only have to be e 1 0 0 -1 9 9 n u n games running on an Am ig a .
2. Every game has been extenstvely tested. if we come
very addictive but stand the test of time as we ll. Here' a h
U n d e r 1 0 0 Nothing has ever achieved t h is appalling across bugs or other deficiencies, we check immediately
general guide to what the ratings mean: o
level of ra ting. If anything ever does, it wouldn't even with the company concerned The n we give you the
u
900+ A classic game, recommended wit h o u t be worth having it for free. .whole story. Whenever possible, we 'll give you more
s
VERSION BOXES than just the re vie w - analysis, comparison, and
e
900-899 A superb game, but perhaps lacking the technical informa tion is a ll included wherever possible.
s covers version specific in fo rm a tio n on graphics, audio,
This
!nog term depth to last into the month and year :
loading problems etc. if there's no box f o r yo u r machine 3. All ratings are carefully calculated. you can re ly on
categories y a version is planned, it'll be covered as an update in a
but them to make your buying decisions.
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later issue.
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appeared in die Sernontrel section. Tha t's because when i t the best setting Amiga title is one o f the games previewed in . . r mma tatha
fo c t's
h ilany ing
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„first a r t this issue w e l t be resiewing a nd r a r ing I t when we receive W o e revicuAed this best 'setting FM Towns game in this issue
-it to keep lams up to da te Mow you can check Out the r a ting the innis he d nention to fri0E UOU 0 viand im a ge o f tomorrow's games Lechnolavw
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The footy miracle
continues as ANCO take
their winning f o rmu la
and add a wh o le host of
new features. It all adds
up to not one, b u t
DOZENS o f games in one
package...
▪ •ve been working on this for two years,' says
▪ Anco director Anil Gupta as he boots up the
Kick Off 2 disk in the ACE office. 'I wanted a
totally integrated football game, the Flight
Simulator Ill of footy, that would live forever.' This
man has balls, no doubt about it...
And first impressions of Kick Off 2, 95%
finished when we played it (so an ACE review
rating will have to wait) certainly seemed to bear
out Anil's claims. 1(02 is not one, arguably not
even two, but dozens of different games in one
package. Here's the commentary...
Ready to go
3 6 A M M O ( ED COM M IE E WEE RTAINMENT
KICK(
SILK Y SK ILLS
1102 a lso bre a ks n e w bounds f o r a f o o t y ga me
b y in clu d in g a wh o le ra n g . o f ga me pla y t ricks
th a t ca n ke e p you outgue ssing yo u r oppone nt.
Ne ts a re • t e w e xa mple s f ro m the m a ny options
* wa da ble :
• y o u ca n de te rmine the dista nce a nd dire ction
of th ro w-in s
• y o u ca n influe nce the dire ction o f the b a ll f o r
a sp lit se cond a fte r t a kin g a kick
• y o u ca n wa ry the dista nce a nd d ire ctio n whe n
ta king corne rs, e na bling yo u t o pa ss o r shoot
across the goa l
• y o u ca n cha nge ta ctics a t a ny tim e d u rin g the
game
• y o u ca n I ntroduce a substitute a t a ny t im e
• y o u ge t thre e o p tio n s whe n t a kin g a fre e
kick: pa ss i t ju m p ove r it, o r kick it fo rwa rd .
and you can put a bias on the ball when you
kick it a s we ll, in flu e n cin g it s dire ction
during the n e xt 3 6 fra me s (a pprox h a lf a
se cond).
M ost o f the se options a re de te rmine d b y
move me nts o f the jo yst ick a nd fi re b u tto n s a nd
the re for* re m a in in visib le to yo u r oppone nt. I .E.
They are not flagged on-screen as a warning to
the opposition!
All t h is a dds u p t o so n w p re t t y h a iry ga me -
play, he nce the 'slo w ga me o p t io n ' wh ich is
rii
You c a r
vit a l f o r pra ctising some o f the se silky skills if
you're n o t to ge t m u d in yo u r e ye a nd a
drubbing f ro m yo u r pa ls.
d i m e kirk_ a nd there's a wa ll r ight i n fto n t o f gotw. J us t e n* sure Ma: re d A • I L I rernen:ber that all if ye
o f the m a ny ne w gameplao features In 1( 02, Spot
players have their own characteristics in K02, sc sole
The game kicks off (sorry) with nine playing you may find you've selected a slow dog who X
options. First, there's Single Game. This offers won't be able to keep up with the hares. Neve to si
one or two players against the computer, or two ,mind, you'll know for next time! by A
Bea
players against each other. In this respect, it's w
, e
rather like Kick Off 1, but there are revolutionary rock
changes that really set the new game apart.
First, you can choose a whole load of gilts
gameplay options (see on
screenshot). Second, you can Arsi
tea!
import whole teams from Player 198
Manager. This presents unlimited cliff
opportunities in itself, training scre
teams to beat the computer (or 1
your pals). Thirdly, and most Lea
1
important of all, K02 offers two
spe
different gameplay techniques.
The first technique is similar to b it
Tbr options ocreen
KO1 - auto-player activation with pa r
the active player being the one MULTI - P LAY E R she
who's nearest the ball. The second Not only does K02 offer oodles of gameplay ma
as
option is quite different. You can advantages over KO1 (see Silky Skills box) but it
9
choose the members of your team also broadens the challenge by offering 1,2,3, or ,
from a roster displayed before you even 4 player games, with two players slogging 1
Ie.
play and while you do this you can it out against another pair. chi
nominate any team member as an K02 was also originally intended to field a spi
'active player'. In this mode, you whole 16-team league, but there were a host of
chi
control the one player only during phone calls to Anco about the fact that this
the match, so it's wise to make feature was going to be limited to 1 Megabyte
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shin you
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salt a sta rt:

• Single ga me
• Pra ctise
by
Ions a nd • League

onent LE_ . '.• • Cup

• I nte rna tiona l Frie ndly
rising to
• Spe cia l Eve nts (se e pa ne l e lse whe re )

game- • D e sign Kit

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own team in your _favourite two colour combinutiOn • Gom e pia y O p ti e r ti

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skills if .
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Amiga machines_ As a result, the original 8 The la st it e m is e xtre m e ly compre he nsive . To
SPECIAL EVENTS structure
- has been retained, but each team can sta rt with , o n the Am ig a yo u g e t f o u r d iffe re n t
be
teama Player Manager imported team (if you have type s o f p itch ra nging f ro m n o rm a l th ro u g h w e t
er that all

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If you think K0 2 sounds out o f this wo rld , the
inK02, so Special Events option bla sts I t rig h t o u t o f th is
solar system. Get a loa d o f this„,
log who
K02 features a unique option tha t a llo ws yo u
!s. Never -, to slot In special 1(02 data disks. t o be re le a se d
by * rico at the ve ry generous cost o f 1 4 .9 9 c o l t
Bearing in mind the cost of ce rta in da ta d isks
we could mention (Sim City, Bombe r e t a l) w e
reckon this is a pre tty de ce nt sh o t
There will be five type s of da ta d isk. The fi rst
the program) and it will still fit into 512K.
Finally, you get a stunning action replay facility
that you can even save to disk, enabling you to
build up your own library of 'Great Sporting
Moments'. And ACE readers may like to know
that this facility could win you £1000 in the ACE
Kick Off 2 Golden Shot competition in the
September Issue (out in August).
and soggy t o pla stic. You ca n choose f ro m a
va rie ty o f ga me dura tions, ra n g in g f ro m 2 .2
minute s t o 2 .2 0 m inute s (the o ld 4 5 m in u te
option he s gone ). You ca n choose wh e th e r yo u
wa nt Extra Time in the sin g le ga me . You ca n
a lso choose Afte rtouch, w h ich e na ble s yo u t o
control the b a ll f o r a sp lit se cond a fte r yo u 've
kicke d it . You ca n cha nge the skill be twe e n
I nte rna tiona l D ivisio n 1, a nd D ivisio n 3 a nd yo u

gives you complete teams re a dy t o pla y, ba se d Oops, we nearly forgot the Special Events. can slo w d o wn the ga me t o 5 0 % o r e ve n 2 5 % t o
on world-famous clubs pe st a nd pre se nt. Find out more about them in the panel on this pra ctise spe cia l ma noe uvre s (e sse ntia l f o r
Arsenal players coukt f o r e xa mple . ge t a d isk be ginne rs since m a n y o f the options a re p re tty
page.
featuring the ir club's line -up be twe e n 1967 a nd hard to handle).
There's no doubt about it. Kick Off 2 has the
1917 So if you and your frie nds support
AVERS different teams, you can n o w lig h t it out on-
potential to be the first fully•fledged football
screen as we ll as on the turf. simulator that also delivers a kotful of solid
There will also be a spe cia l f u ll 4 -d ivisio n gameplay. We reserve rating until we've tested
League team line-up data disk. the finished version, but so tar the evidence SELECT T E M 1I
Thirdly, there will be ta ctics disks, conta ining points to a very strong contender for Game of 7
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Fourthly, there's the Kick O f f 2 M a ths D isk. A S,Lhoc dongla i i i
Z cecencer
bit of a strange one this, it w ill use the
parameters from the progra m tha t de te rmine
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C641 28 d 'N wn roster. Choose the. plagons you _fancy herr. a nd
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Not content with their Heusi 2 , Unonistoketday Beast lila

but the s ha tte r preseatation

domination of software conceals a hos t o f new _feature,

technology, Psygnosis are

now preparing to take
gameplay to new heights
with a series of highly !M ust 2 ; Lots o f dgfe r e nt weapons
each with the ir own pa r tic ula r

original, complex strengths a nd weaknesses—

scenarios. ACE went up to

Liverpool to find out M ein

what's coming down... ° bottle

help
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ca o m e
hadow of the Beast is one of the best c
t
u
selling games on the Amiga, thanks to its a

superb graphics and technical use of the t

machine. But that's what you'd expect from

Psygnosis - technical excellence second to
none. What you might not always expect is wildly
original gameplay ideas - or at least that was
our opinion until our recent visit to the Liverpool
powerhouse.
There's a revolution going on here. Not
content with their reputation for programming
expertise, Psygnosis are now investing a lot of t 2, Te x t normages a ppe a r a t the bottoms o f the
time and money in developing depth of play. First displag. R ight now you•re1 0 prLson a nd h a w m ilte d a W . )
1106I th a t gua r d
to benefit from this approach is Beast Two
(working title only at present) which
takes the best-selling scenario and his ai
floods it with additional gameplay serue

features. Awesome: A nd believe us. I t is T h e yarn'. fr otur e l several

ROM
diffe r e nt otelopoints as you bottle across a pla ne ta r y system
Beast Two retains the parallax plotting your course us ing a special °implorer r ha t
lunch

scrolling, sideways-on viewpoint, but oalculams oebits a nd distances

spices up the scenario with multiple

objects and weapons and - even more
extraordinary for an arcade game of this
sort - limited interaction with other
characters.
As you move up through the various
levels of the hostile environment you
Atok.nebe: Once on the piattet
find yourself in, you'll occasionally find yourself in e, Joel amr air your fr ie ndly when surface, yOU ean fi e journey
rs. K i l l M o .
situations you simply can't get out of on your de ta ils and buy power ups

own. At one point, for example, you're

overwhelmed by superior forces and dragged off
to jail. There you join another miserable wretch
and only by carrying on a (limited) conversation
with him can you get the information you need to
escape.
Other additions include a far greater emphasis
on brainpower as you negotiate your way round
obstacles, plus a simple inventory system. The
price for all this improvement? Slightly less detail r'r M a lle t ( also c a lle d a t presendleataires the
ceeroordinary group o f q u i o r r M y elates y e lle r
on the principal sprite. Any beast can live with encounerred H e r e the y are cowering ot the tog o f The N
that, surely? oiew as goo skim the s ta tion surface
,bewailing the fa r e o f their companion 11A0 is about to be
P " tte d by the brifrunor. Or M attes Y ou can guide the
Meanwhile, Psygnosis have been working nding
.pla
Ordiepom to safety by browiny 0 tr um pe t or them

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lads.
Check out the other goodies we stumbled e fun
across in Liverpool elsewhere on these pages.
Whatever's happened up at Psygnosis, the - t i b l y
results amount to nothing less than a revolution
in their approach to gaming. Combine this new
energy with their existing technical expertise and
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employing both two and
three-dimensional graphics
I mpenetrable plots it seems, are de rigeur for
fantasy games nowadays, and Ubi Soft's latest
opus is no exception. The storyline to Unreal
reads like a rather chaotic mix of all the Disney
fantasies ever written. In essence the idea is that
you, Targan, must set out with the help of a
friendly dragon to rescue your kidnapped soul-
mate lsolde from the clutches of the Protector of
Evil. You are aided by an old magician (the
defeated Protector of Good).
The game has nine sections in all, live of
these are head-on 3D sections interlaced with
four 2D parallax scrolling sections. Having two
very different graphical approaches within the
same game makes for some interesting and
In the 3D sequence your dragon Is ofte n dwa r fe d by the l a w
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The 3D sections involve guiding the dragon
which you are flying around and over a fast mov-
ing landscape while destroying as many crea-
tures en route as possible. Tasr is the operatwe
word here - the speed that the programmers
have achieved is quite incredible. They have had
to sacrifice some resolution to manage this
however, so objects do look a little blocky when
they are in the foreground. Along the way there
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Ubi So f t ha ve chose n to ma ke cornpa risons
be twe e n t h e ir ga me a nd Sha dow o f the Be a st
f r o m P i y g n o s i s . T h e r e a r e i n d e e d s i m i l a r i ti e s ,
but in a he a d-to-he a d ne ithe r ga me come s o u t
on to p . e e a srs gra phics ha ve t h e e dge in te rms
of te chnica l q u a lit y (a lthough n o t in a rt ist ic
qua lity) w h ile U nre a l e a sily score s highe st on
pla ya bility.
Although the progra m m e rs ha ve chose n to
ma ke use o f o n ly t w o le ve ls o f p a ra lla x scrolling
as oppose d t o Be a t ' s m a xim u m o f thirte e n.
this ha s a llo we d the rn t o be m o re ge ne rous
wit h de ta il, a s w e ll a s a llo win g a gre a te r
inte ra ction w it h obje cts in the ga me . Eve n if the
gra phic se que nce s a re n o t a s te chnica lly
a ccomplishe d a s those in Be a st, yo u w ill im m e -
d ia te ly be ta ke n w it h t h e ir be a uty. The 21)
se ctions ha ve a stra nge e the re a l q u a lit y a bout
the m wh ich p e rfe ctly offse ts the fa st pa ce d 3D
se ctions.
are also bonuses to be collected, often involving
some death-defying manoeuvres if you are to
reach them. These give you extra fire power and
other useful 'add-ons'.
The 2D sections are a lot more cerebral than
the 3D shoot 'em up areas, There are a number
of puzzles to be solved if you are to make
progress. It is in these sections too that Unreal's
graphics are at their best. You will be drooling
each time a new screen appears - they're that
good.
With it's mixture of two and three-dimensional
areas and a good combination of arcade type
action and problem solving, Unreal could very
well be a monster hit. Next month we will of
course bring you the definitive review of the
finished game in which we decide if Ubi Soft's
finest hour has arrived.
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take the part of two guys, Yohan and Ben
re, except (although I've Only ever seen one player in this
up, turn game)who must penetrate the Gylend stronghold
that bestow to rescue their fellow "Seven Earth Commandos".
ahuman Gyiendhas scattered them through time and you
erboard must guide our hero(es) through the many
different time zones to rescue them and save the
Mere are cosmos. Oh yes, and at the end you get to beat
hwith its the crag)out of Gylend too. If you're hard enough,
1races, that is.
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The wore b e a m . , pou preose the more owispons thew drop
space, a tunne l wh ich jo in s t w o diffe re nt p o in ts o f
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you ca n e ithe r jo in t w o diffe re nt points in the
being something of an obvious hit. But it would unive rse f o r tra ve llin g in spa ce o r t w o points in
have been easy, as an obvious seller, to just blip the sa me pla ce f o r tra ve l in tim e . Tha t is t o say,
it off and not bother about the quality of the you co u ld d ive in t o the wo rm h o le a nd a rrive ba ck
game. But the quality is there, with a lot of well at t h e sa me spot some t im e be fore yo u left_
The d isco ve ry o r ge ne ra tion o f such wo rm h o le s
drawn graphics, atmospheric sound and smooth In re a lit y is t o rn * w a y off, a s the e ne rgy re quire d
addictive play. A bit more trouble could have Is e norm ous. For e xa mple , t o ke e p the throa t o f
been taken on support graphics like for hi-score such a tu n n e l ope n w id e e nough t o a llo w a la rge
tables and such, but the lack of these doesn't space sh ip through it is som e thing like the
pre ssure a t the core o f a ne utron st a ri
take away from the game. Okay so it's not the if yo u wa n t t o Wa rn M OO" a bout Wormholos a nd
most original game around, but it plays very well tra ve llin g in time , che ck o u t "Wo rm h o le s. Time
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s the attention to detail in both backgrounds and Nof th e ga m e w i l l ha v e y ou hook e d be for e y ou
l Thave e v e n picked u p a Joystick T h e e a r ly levels
o sprites, and the quality of animation. The cute-
f i Eere ha ndle d quite easily, but the r e will eventually
v ness factor of all the sprites goes right off the Rtom e a point whe n the game ge ts on to p o f you
i e
top of the scale, and let me tell you, some of
and y ou have to be s pe nd some tITTIO honing up
Eyour shills_
s
u
sthemare weird. S Ono, y ou ha v e c om ple te d th e ga m e y ou m a y
Tbe inclined occasionally to c om e badk for more -
a o Thegame is divided into several levels, each I f . . r a ndom eirnnents i n th e ga m e h e l p k e e p I t
Cfresh, a l th o u g h u l ti m a te l y s o m e th i n g e ls e is
l
nof which has to be conquered if you are to reach Ugoing to c e c he . your interest.
Pearly in time. Time is the operative word here. R
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eTheseconds are constantly ticking away so you
lcan't afford to wander about aimlessly. Your 1 E
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component letters of a magic word that trans-
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ports you to the next level. This is done by
w Amiga, b u t oome changes* to the m ute s panel
searching for a particular type of creature indi-
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cated on the status panel at the bottom of the
rscreen.
n The scrolls must be taken back to the shop
each tme you find one, and here you can also
spendsome of the cash you have earned by
shootingVon Dandruff's creatures. Extra fire-
power is available if you have a little cash, or, for
more extravagant amounts you can buy more
time, an additional letter, or even the whole
magic word (although this won't particularly
please Flimbo's bank manager).
Thenice thing about Himbo's Quest is that any
I P limbo on the O b i pious Just the same as the game on the
S (6 4 1 1 4 .9 9 dk 1 9 .9 9 cs O U T N OW
T 114,99dk f9•99cs I M M I NE NT worth recommending is it's playability. The
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degree of control you have over the central
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P character is superb (an aspect of gameplay not
no o t h e r ve rsio n s p la n n e d
to be underestimated — it has ruined many
C
games before), This game is going to have an
instant and universal appeal—the only platform
The a u d io • visu a l a sp e cts o f t h e g a m e
are a ll supe rb. The de ta ile d a fforde d t o game I've seen to date to rival it is Rhenium's
the ba ckgrounds a s w e ll a s t h e sp rite s. Kid Cloves.
a rid t h e h u m o ro u s a n im a t io n is b o u n d
to ca pture t h e im a g in a tio n s o f a lo t o f
ga me p la ye rs. T o t o p i t a ll. i t is ve ry,
• Laurence Seaford
ve ry pla ya ble , a nd a d d ictive t o o l
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ofthese bonuses may appear randomly when
you shoot a particular animal. This means that
youcan be desperately short of time, having
acquired only a couple of letters that make up
the magic word, and without warning you'll come
across a bonus with the whole of the magic
word, thus turning an almost hopeless situation
into a very hopeful one. Bonuses can also be ha:
in the form of hearts which, providing you have
collected enough will endow you with an extra
life. As with the scrolls, these are stored in the
shop.
Finally, what really makes Flimbo's Quest
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The g a m e o n t h e C 6 4 h a sn 't q u it . g o t
the gra phica l a ppe a l o f t h e Am ig a , b u t
co n sid e r in g t h e l i m i t a t i o n s o f t h e
h a rd w a re i t i s s u p e r b . A l l o f t h e
e le m e n t s o f g a m e p la y f o u n d i n t h e
Am ig a ve r sio n h a ve b e e n re t a in e d .
w it h t h e e xce p t io n o f t h • w a y t h •
sta tus p a n e l w o r ks w h ich is diffe re nt,
a lt h o u g h n o t cr it ica lly so . D e fi n it e ly
one o f t h e b e st p la t f o rm ga m e s t o b e
re le a se d o n t h i s m a ch in e f o r so m e
time .
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GOING IT ALONE
Syste m 3 begets lif e a s a publishe r in 1 9 8 3 . The ir
first product wa s Cteathstar inte rce ptor, re le a se d
in 1 9 8 4 . in 1986, w it h some strong t it le s in the
offing, the compa ny stru ck a de a l w it h * d ivisio n
to distribute it s products. The fi rst ga me t o be
re le a se d unde r t h is se t-up wa s n vist e r, a n %missal
game w it h d ist in ct ive 3 D gra phics. Furthe r hits,
like rh e La st Nirtja , f o llo we d close ly. I n 1989
Syste m 3 f e lt the t im e wa s rig h t t o g o it a lone ,
and b ro ke a wa y f ro m Act ivisio n • Ft/ n* 0 * s Que st is
the com pa ny's fi rst inde pe nde nt re le a se since
19136. N o w Syste m 3 is se t t o g o f ro m stre ngth t o
stre ngth w it h f o rt h co m in g re le a se s o f La st Nortja
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I t's always the way, isn't it? Just when you
IN thought it was safe to open a magazine, four
thousand ads for soccer games drop into your
lap. Yes, it's the soccer silly seiAson again, and
any software house with one finger and hall a
brain has been busily programming a super
soccer hit to surprise and delight. Of course
They'l all have to go some to beat every man and
his dog's favourite computer footy game, Kick
Off, but as David Coleman always says
"footballers need hurdles". So let's look at some
of the front runners, or should that be 'hurdlers',
and see what they have in store for us in the
corning months.
WORLDCUP
SOCCER
Virgin's offi cial attack...
World Cup Soccer is of course The only official
World Cup game as it blarps from every ad,
complete with the pukka Italia '90 licorice allsort
man and ball logo. This game is a real Italian
meal of graphics and sounds. There are screens
for every aspect of the game, and sampled
sounds (especially prominent if you have a 1
Meg Amiga) of all kinds fill the air. But y'know
somehow the game itself is a trifle wooden, as
compared with the likes of the agreed yardstick
in these matters, K)ck Off. If it ain't as smooth
and playable as Kick Off, then it's not going to be
any cop.
N ot m u ch t o t h is g a m e , re a lly, w i t h
most o f t h e e n jo ym e n t co m in g f r o m
the q u a lit y o f t h e so u n d a n d gra phics.
M eg ve rsio n I n clu d e s re f s w h ist le s,
crowd ro a rs a n d a ll t h e fl a vo u r o f t h e
tourna me nt.
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muds rooms le ft for a game.
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In the run up to the World
Cup, ACE looks at the
recent rash o f football
games which have sprung
up through th e t u rf
GOAL
It is more of a 'licensed' game than the others,
so you can expect it to be more of a simulation A ve ry good, p la ya b le re n d it io n o f the
ga me , a n d a c t u a lly s o clo se t o t h e
of the spectacle rather than a really hot game. It Am ig a v r i r s i o n a s t o b e I n d i s t i n •
falls into the by now typical footle format, with a guisha ble . Ap p ro p ria t e noise s through-
out t h e g a m e a n d a re a l ca t ch y t u n e
scrolling overhead view and auto-player- too.
activation, depending on who's nearest the ball.
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Only trouble is, unlike Kick Off, it doesn't have a
M OO 6 F U N FACTOR 9
mini-radar map of The whole pitch. At times this
can lead to moments of panic as the computer
goes onto the attack and you're not entirely sure
where you are on the pitch and what you've got
in the way of defence, And although you choose
which team you want to play, unlike Italy 1990
you can't choose which players play in which
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Ts ty le a n d s o t h e c o m p u te r a lwa y s w i n s . F o r
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Sales of the game are assured, however, so
what else will people get for their money? A grou
No otherversions planned trivia
World Cup game (hopefully), plus the obligatory
Filof
wall chart and potted history of the World Cup.
ITALY1990
nice
Dh yes, and a box. The game comes on one disk
inter
on the Amiga and C64, and two on the ST to
the I
cater for 400K drive users. (You'd have thought
Czec
everyone would have upgraded by now, but still,
.E60 is a lot of money to some people.) and US GOLD'S nam
in th
The Amiga version comes in two flavours, one unoffi cial defence soc(
of which has all the sexy sampled sounds
stripped out to allow the game to run in 512K Although not official, US Gold have made a very
machines, (Again it makes you wonder how many pad
playable solution to the problem of having to
people still run 512K Amigas in this day and spo'
come up with a World Cup computer game. chal
age.) For all the advertising and hype, the game Although not nearly as flashy or as, well. 'official'
remains a little slow for our taste, and the and
as the Virgin game, it does make a splendid cus•
computer still doesn't play fair. The best game effort to be faster and more enjoyable, using the wha
you'll get out of WCS190 is in two player mode, standard top-down view, auto-active-player. to f
but then that goes for every footy game ever selection that we've seen almost everywhere
made. else.
n
There's one major drawback, however—you
can't play two player in the World Cup itself, or%.
in 'friendlies', or practice games. And as we said
just now, the whole point about footy games is
their ability to draw two humans into the
proceedings, thereby making sure that BOTH
players, not just the computer, get to have a
shot at goal.
Another problem is there was no real stopping
for half time to rest and chew over what the first
half had been doing to you. If you had a sneezing
fit just before half time you could miss the
division, and be shooting at your own goal for
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CHAMPIONS
...and CHALLENGE
SOFTWARE adopt
Although the graphics in the game wouldn't
pa rticula rly t a x a Sin cla ir Spe ctrum, t h e
strategic elements make this game a winne r
with the more serious player. Although there
Cr, a how sampled sounds and the odd screen
of graphics, the game is mostly te xt based.
Gut easy to get hooked on.

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trsOf the
unconventional tactics
to t h e
sdistin- PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE
ihrough- This is one of the few new football management
hy tune
games to make an appearance in recent months,
with only the shy and retiring Kevin "Addictive*
Toms' Football Manager World Cup Edition for
company. It focuses firmly on the managerial and
financial framework behind the game rather than
the actual act of playing a game of football. The
_ R N matches in the tournament are shown as text on in t b u l k i s u p s Iowf a n t h e n stays a l th e
Obsessive l e v e l f o r a w h i l e , th e n d i e s d o w n
the screen, so no net-ripping goals to be found gradually over a similar pe r iod o f tim e . Y ou . l a y
here. But this one's a grower. come badc to i t . . a year or so, b u t a tta r you've
be a te n th e s y s te m a f e w tim e s , y o u w i l l los e
five minutes before you notice. So, it drops a few After the initial grappling with the text to see interest formate.

points there for really basic design slips. But what it is you're supposed to be at, you soon get
whatabout the rest of the game itself? buried in the game and it becomes feverishly
Thegame plays quite fast, with the minimum addictive. This is one for the strategists among
PM
of interruptions for support graphics. Goals, goal you, rather than players who crave a bit more RELEASEBOX
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seeanotherangle and these are pretty much We can just see your face. You don't believe
preset, so it's nice to have a rest. As we've that a program that has no graphics could be AMIGA E 1 9 . 9 9 d k IMM
pointed out with other games, the computer that fab. Well, it's true. All computer games used
doesseem to cheat quite a lot, and you'd have to use text to interface with your imagination— Nootherversionsplanned
to have similarly digital reflexes to tackle the even flight simulators used to be made this way.
computeron its way to goal, and win! This is a Okay so it's an archaic way to get a computer
realproblem with computer soccer and can't be program to give you its data, but its a valid one.
reiterated enough. They only work as two player Although not exciting to look at, Treble
gamesand that's an end to it. Champions deserves to be taken seriously.
Inside the box you get a rather attractive little You have control of your team in the league, WOR LD CUP 9 0 PR EVIEW
'File Of Facts' on the world cup, its players, being able to alter their attributes and therefore
groupingsand prospects, plus a nice little footy their chance of survival. You have four divisions Although a f u ll pla ya ble ve rsion wa sn 't
a va ila ble a t the t im e o f going t o pre ss, a ve ry
trivia quiz. Isn't it clever how they made you say of 20 teams plus a non league division of 20 impre ssive de m o ve rsio n o f Line l's Wo rld Cup
Ratak using different words, eh? Anyway, this teams, all of whom have their own attributes and 90 wa s. Progra mme d b y Ge nia s, i t s (a ccording
nice thick booklet gives you all kinds of player tactics. All the games on any Saturday are to the credits) the only World Cup Game written
interesting information, like if you read between played at once, so you get a full results service. by I ta lia ns. The home te a m ha ve gone f o r the
the lines you discover the fact that You get full details and attributes on over 1500 Cine ma wa re a pproa ch, it se e ms, w it h gra phics
and sounds a m u n d o . Pla ya b ilit y I s ha rd t o
Czechoslovakia is fielding more players with players, and not only do you have to balance the gauge w it h o u t be ing a ble t o p la y I t. b u t I t lo o ks
namesending in K, C and Y than any other squad books, but you have to decide who to play and at ve ry slick, a nd if it pla ys a s w e ll a s it lo o ks the n
in the games_ But not bad value for 68 pages of what position. You also get to do transfers, league leader Kick Off may be /wading for the
soccer trivia, early bath.
coaching and all the other fun things that go with
i very Soall things considered this is a very neat running a professional football club. Including
to package, with lots of features, which hits the paying the bank manager at the end of the
spot every time. The playing is fun, the league a month. What this is really is soccer role-playing.
challenge and the support graphics appropriate The game is light on the animated graphics,
freebies and colourful inducements that the TA!. I A
andpretty. Obviously we have to say the GENT I NA
lig the customary 'not as good as Kick Off bit, but then others have, but heavy on undiluted tactical IIIRAZ
variables, like training and finance. You have COSTARICA
Mat is? Kick Off 2? Check out pages 36 and 37 UNITEDARAB
re to find out control of literally EVERY aspect of the team, LAND
which again makes it unsuitable for the ETNERLANDS
you type of person who wants to be up and
, only running in a few minutes. If we have
said any crits at all, it's that more time
s is could have been spent tarting it up,
just a little bit. A few more graphic
screens to sit the text on rather than
a this rather boring green/white/cyan
affair. Otherwise, it's a good product
oping which deserves a place in the league.
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 co m p u t er
TRACON/
RAPCON
F light Simulators
efforts of Wesson - forget it. Thanks
International you to
canthe
prove you've really got what it takes by taking
responsibility for not just one aircraft, but several
- simultaneously!
Tracon and Raocon simulate civilian and
military Air Traffic Control respectively. Both
programs allow you to experience the strains
and stresses of Terminal Radar Approach
Guiding pJanni a r ound Gorr E dwa r d. A lr n o n e R a w bs the
milita ry stimulator. RAMON
Control. This is the section of Air Traffic Control
responsible for guiding aircraft in and out of
airfields before handing them off to the airport's
tower or surrounding centre controllers.
The job boils down to three tasks: supervising
aircraft that are crossing your airspace, vect-
oring aircraft in to land, and clearing aircraft for
take off then guiding them Out of your airspace,
and all the while keeping them apart.
If it sounds easy, believe me, it isn't. This is a
very heavy-weight simulation of a heavy-weight
job. After ten minutes of play you will begin to
feel sorry for ATC operators who have to do it
for real Clmanaged to make two airliners collide
A U T O MA T ED ATC
tet T gad
_ba se d a round a ma infra me progra m w rit t e n in
1977 b y Dr. Robert B. We sson. As w e ll a s sim u l-
a ting the m ove m e nt o f a ir t ra f fi c a nd the re le -
va nt ATC syste ms, it a lso a u to m a tica lly re solv
se pa ra tion co n flicts (de fine d a s t w o Of more a
cra ft coming w it h in 3 m ile s h o rizo n ta lly a ndloie
1000 fe e t ve rt ica lly) . Whe n te ste d b y profe s-
siona l controlle rs it wa s judge d t o pe rform
be tte r tha n huma n ATC pe rsonne l. OrWe sso n
we nt o n t o de ve lop the AER A syste m, wh ich ha s
, b e co m e a n inte gra l p a rt o f m ode rn Arn te i
ATC systems,
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on first play- a breeze. Personally I found a combination of
i t i r C r
ing, and even both methods was the best way to manipulate
e l f t
killing simulated m a n
aircraft smoothly - use the mouse to select
n e u
people was quite targets quickly and the keyboard to input
e r i t
harrowing). i g
accurate values. That way the speed of
m
The IBM's screen shows communication is not much slower than spoken
e
your radar scope (which can t
commands would be.
H e
be configured to your require- a These simulations go beyond being mere
t
ments by toggling the built-in op- h r
games - and that just might be the problem w
o w
tions, like the Heading Indicator), the them for some (especially younger) players. But
%
Pending and Actives flight strips, which if you want to get first hand knowledge of air
show the flight plans of all the aircraft you traffic control, this is the safest way to do it.
are handling or about to handle, and a programs succeed brilliantly in evoking the sh
Communications window, which shows the terror of a difficult situation. Experience one n
dialogue between you, your charges, and the miss, and you won't want to do it again!
other con-trol facilities you must deal with. • LaurenceSc
Dialogue is also 'spoken' through the PC's
internal speaker. This is just about intelligible,
although apparently the quality is equivalent to RELEASEBOX
that obtained from the headsets in a Cessna.
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'God help Cessna pilots' is the only response to
that claim. PAPCON PC 34 99dk OUTNOW
Both programs give you the opportunity to
adjust the running parameters before the simul- skfotTracontoto
abon begins. This allows you to ease yourself
gently into the simulation by starting with very
few planes over a long period of time, in calm Graphics in both f u n c t i o n a l ,
weather, with perfect pilots. When you get a little but thin so ere t s c o p e . n
you possess a v -
more adept you can increase the tempo and try colour
w e is usedn o p r o g r a m uses
out stormy weather and lousy pilots. The latter is the highe st re solution . h r o m e i mode
s Io
that t can.m
Give ne the d u b i o u s quality
not recommended for the faint of heart. I had to of the PCs internal s t h e synthesised
take one errant pilot round three times before he speech is quite a n a t • n t I t is worth
buying a mouse (or a de come t o tha t) to
managed to land without missing the approach, experience these simulations at their best.
and this during a particularly hectic period!
Rapcon, the military simulator, also allows you GRAPHICS 5 O R M E 9
to try your hand at PAR (Precision Approach AUDIO 8 F U N FACTOR 7
Radar). This shows the landing plane against a
horizontal and vertical glidepath, and it is up to
you to continually talk down the aircraft by giving PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE
positioning instructions until he can see the run-
way. It's quite a tricky procedure, especially 5 p p - m o .
since the pilot expects instructions every fifteen
seconds at least or he'll abort the landing. m y
i m a m "
Rapcon also treats you to the occasional w r
equipment failure. You've got everything under
control and are quite happy when suddenly the 0
data tags on your scope disappear, leaving This is de fi nite ly n o t th e s or t o f th i n g y ou ta n
lus t pic k u p a n d p l a y . D e ta i l e d s tu d y o f th e
nothing but indistinguishable blips. It's a night- manual is essential fi rst. e v e n the n i t is best to
start slowly by s e tting up simple, easy to control
mare, but it happens for real too! scenarios until y ou r e a lly g e t i n to the s wing a t
Controlling both simulators is very simple if things- A da y s pla y should be m o o c h he get to •
bask le v e l o f profi ciency- b u t i t will be months
you have a mouse, but even if you don't the be for e y o u be c om e r e a lly a d e p t a t ha ndling
heavy air traffi c_ The w are tw o pr ogr a m you are
intelligent entry system makes keyboard control go tric; to come ba th to te m m ei tione again.
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and drugs runs through the streets of the
city. Crime is in control. Warriors creating the
wasteland, a powerless Government. One last
hope. Fight fire with fire. Set convicted criminal
against active criminal. Rez 101. A deal for the
future, a chance for freedom.
Resolution 101, sub-section (a): "It is hereby
passed as law that, from the 19th January 2038,
any offender held within a State or Federally
owned prison of the United States of New
America, wishing to receive amnesty from the
Government for any past crimes that he/she has
been judged guilty of, may receive his/her
amnesty through the successful application
and completion of a State Sheriff's Termin-
ation Warrant. These Warrants shall only
be for the termination of the most •
highly dangerous criminals in the
United States of New America -
NMI classed type 'A only
They call me Crusader.
-
Incarcerated
. on a slight technicality - I'd
amputated my partner's spleen with a
9mm automatic - completion of the State
Sheriff's Termination Warrant would gain me an
amnesty. I tasted freedom. I was hungry for
more.
Raw and ruthless, I quickly terminated two
major drug dealers - Toby Komazuki on the
Eastside and Johnny Psyclops in the Southern
Boulevards. Now I was cruising West Side in my
Theta 4000 ground skimmer vehicle on Search
and destroy. My target, Lord Camamile, dealt a
fast-line in genetic drugs. Osaka biotech masters
had created subcellular codes to transmute your
DNA-binding in reattime. Spice with a slice.
My Theta 4000 was fitted with extras. All
vehicles are required by the Department of
Defence to have an offensive unit fitted to their
vehicle. Every citizen must be capable of
defending themselves on the streets, Class One
auto-macgun comes free of charge thanks to a
government subsidie. If you've got the tech-
nology, you've got the edge. My edge was a
Supercharged Nucleocatalysed Kevluminum
Booster Pack for my turbo-thrust jet engine -
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need. A p o lyg o n citysca pe popula te d b y
sprites in fl ig h t - funtime during runtime .
Atmosphe re co u ld h a ve b e e n f u r t h e r
enhanced w it h the introduction o f a le ss
gaudy colour scheme and more original sprite
design - bright prima ry colours, flying saucers
and rabble robots are not 21st C. This can be
forgiven, the soulle ss a udio cannot. Jumpy
junk soundtrad‘ white-noise splinter effects.
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1 And I was heading for a matt black 'death'
Aggressive, b r a c i n g , c r is p. deeloors,
frenz ied. gla r ing, honincidel, ins tinc tiv e . jolting,
k e e n, l e t h a l , m a n i c , n o v e l . o b s e s ti v e , p s y
c hologic a l, quic k . r igor ous , s tr ik ing, th r i l i e n g
unorthodox, v ir ule nt, wild, z e a te d y om ping and
z ippy , i n o t h e r Wor ds . 0 0 5 0 1 0 ti o n 1 0 1 i s a n
e x c e lle nt s tir ns int, a ga m e f o r th e • r tifi c ia lly
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HIGHLY SPIR ITED
"Resoluticm 101 wes a nightmare from start to
finish," says its creator, Paul Carruthers of Astral
Software. 'Making the 30 buildings link up to
the floor and the sprites expand and Contract in
real-time was very hard". The game took nine
months to develop. Carruthers wrote the ST and
Am iga ve rsions o f 101 f o r M ille n n iu m . This 2 8 -
year-old programmer from Nottingham
previously created the cult ACE-Rated games
Archipe la gos a nd N or. "Eve ryb o d y is d ra wn t o
the spe e d o f 101. b u t it wo u ld ha ve be e n nice t o
encompass more detailed and involved game-
pla y. For insta nce , the a b ilit y t o e xplore
I ndividua l b u ild in g s. I wa s m o re influe nce d b y
Ow code f ro m Alrh ip o la g o s tha n the conce pt o f
cybe rpunk - tha t's more o f a m a rke tin g p lo y."
And wh a t doe s C a rruthe rs d ish ke a bout the
ga me s industry? "T h e incre a sing num be r o f
lice nce ga me s, a cla ssic e xa mple o f m a rke t in g
pe ople in it Only f o r the m one y. I t s be coming
too corpora te . Orig in a l ide a s a re wh a t's ne e de d
more tha n a nything e lse . The re a son I like
w rit in g ga me s is tha t th e y offe r a n ope ning f
m y cre a tive ta le nt i ca n d o the a bstra ct. Yo u
ca n't d o th a t w it h lice nce product " C a rruthe rs
ne xt ga me w ill be a f u t u rist ic sports sim u la t ioic
u t ilisin g 1011; code . Sfo rm im it (curre nt w o rkinr
n
t it le ) should be o u t in e a rly '9 1 I n the m e a ntimge ,
Ca rruthe rs w ill C a rry On wa tch in g his fa vo u rite
type of films - bawdy English comedies.
I Three auto-macgun, Class Two vertical spray
cannon, Class One Heat Seeker Missile Laun-
cher. Auto lock-on, unlimited ammo. Nothing to
get hung about, silicon yields forever.
Turning a corner, my dashboard came alive.
Vidscreens bopped to the beat of red blips, The
Run Complete warning light flashed before my
eyes. I rushed to the drug runner. Classic
response, classic mistake. Robot snipers gave it
their best shot.
I was still kicking but I'd taken some serious
damage. The fibre-glass armour patch with
damage sensitive membrane underlay was down
to a quarter. My construct was about to destruct,
canister at 650kph. Emergency evasive res-
ponse. Jolt, flash, nothing.
My International Vehicle Insurance Corporation
credit was at zero rating. Last chance. $5000
New American Dollars would buy me the best
console cowboy on the circuit, eager to hack up
my credit rating on the IVI Corp database. The
trouble was, I didn't have $5000,
I woke up in hospital, I couldn't move. Body-
snatchers had done a job on me. Somewhere an
old rich guy was walking around with my young
cheap heart. I was burnt-out. Life would be hard
back in the State Pen,
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set in Onc e you've maiched o n to 'Alec however,
1 you can espect to be campaigning on a nd o i l tor
a long tim e
lasting a whole year. You start off controlling the faction has to feel it is being represented in
1 revolutionary fraction. So does one simply unveil some way.
1 RELEASEBOX one's sabre and have at it? No • this is not, repeat You also need money. How do you get money?
not anything like a simple wargame. First off you You print it! Printing too much causes inflation, so
1 E3499dk have to Organise. Set up a provisional govern- what do you have to do? Raise taxes! Raise the
0 ment, raise money, recruit troops. conduct mortgage rate. Does this start to sound familiar!
diplomacy, reform the economy and still find After recruiting, the campaigning itself is a far
time to declare independence. from a doddle, with having to keep an eye on
factors such as supply and morale. Remember, if
you alienate a general, he may well defect -
A leave this green and pleasant land for something that actually happened when Benedict
r
some faraway, inhospitable shore, when they Arnold did a runner and took the King's Shilling.
e getting stroppy. Well, within a hundred
start It has to be said, even after quite some play, I
years or so they do, anyway. feel like I've not even scratched the surface of
n
t And so the scene is set, in the Thirteen this title. Criticisms are few • a campaign-only
Colonies of British America, around 1 770• One option would have been nice, or an introductory
c
of the most powerful imperial countries is milking level of play to get you into the basic mechanics
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you dry, you don't get the vote and there's a of the thing.
l Right now, I just feel a humble admiration for a
rumour that something called the Poll Tax is
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coming in. Surely this calls for - Revolution!!! designer who has set out to show what running a
n Revolution 76 is a detailed - and therefore war is truly about and at least halfway suc-
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fairly complex—military, economic and diplo- One o f seveml gr a phic screens th a t keep you upda te d on
ceeded. Yes, Revolution 76 is complex, but
enema. Y oube fastfr eeel y our s e lf from those nasty poll tate
a
matic simulation of the American War of Indepen- le tting given the scope of its brief, the game is as
dence.
l This shindig started around 1775 and manageable as it can be.
ended
s with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on This takes careful planning and thought. The Students of this period must buy a copy - if
January
q 1783. Just in case you didn't know it, user interface for the game • mouse driven and you are into military matters and want to find a
we
u lost. graphically pleasing, with attractive maps, charts different perspective on warfare, again you
and bitmaps - tries to make it easy for you by should get hold of a copy. Having said that - it
a Before you even get near to booting up the
machine, it is necessary to read both the Hist- leading you stage by stage through a turn, but won't be everybody's cup of tea.
i
orical Perspective and the Players' Reference the complexity of the thing will be offputting for
n some, while fascinating for others. It has to be • John Cook
manual . Ay into this one without the research
t you haven't got a hope.
and said that the vast arrays of
? Game designer and programmer Ed Bever information that are put before
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writes the 64 page Perspective. It's certainly the you can be unattractive and a bit
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most cogent historical text I've read in many confusing.
years.
s It gives the historical background for the If there's one myth that this
reasons
o behind the unrest in the Americas, and a game explodes to the full, it's that
blow
o by blow account of the action itself. But war is all about fighting battles.
more importantly, it explains the political back- Battles are about combat and
n
ground, the economics of running a revolution there's much more to warfare
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and how diplomacy with other European powers than simply slugging it out. In this
r
played a major part in the long term victory over game, warfare is dealt with in a
d Brits. Reading makes you wonder why there strategic sense, at province level,
the
o supposedly a 'special relationship" between
is concentrating on key towns.
t UK and the US, when it was the French that
the But to keep the army in the
h
bailed them out originally! field, (and the navy on the waves)
e The game itself is played on a strategic level you have to have the support of
within
y the Thirteen Colonies of the Americas the people. That means a whole
(split up into 4 areas: New England, Middle load of things. You have to have
Atlantic, Chesapeake and Carolinas) with turns Popular leaders. Each area and
The m a in s tr a te gy screen y o u ' r e pla nning the ne x t pear's m ilita r y carspettga

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blocky looking landscape, but there is a
into
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smoothing function that rounds of the square
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corners, giving rivers and wooded areas a more
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game, Debut from Incentive (see an existing city, but are too lazy to create one i o
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preview elsewhere in this issue) looks set to from scratch then the program can generate a d
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surpass both of them by letting you run a whole random landscape. Rather than just placing tiles i
500 new lands for only /9,99 (and even that
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was too expensive). This is still worth a look,
t If your copy of Sim City has been consigned landscape with realistic forests, waterways, and k
however, if you are a mayor fan of Sim City and
toothe shelf recently then Infogrames are now plains. are, beginning to exhaust all the possibilities.
b ing you an opportunity t o revive it with their
giv If you are in a creative mood you can paint the s
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mom hey're here Michaelangela, Donatello,
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weapons.
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(and soon, almost certainly, to be licensed by
someone in the UK), Ninja Turtles is a pretty
standard arcade number with one big difference:
which, due to their narrow width, enable only one
enemy to approach you at once (thereby making
it a simple matter with the Bo of sending them to
manual w i l l e ithe r ir r ita te or a m us e v on. W h e n
Imo s ta r t. i t s till fa its to itispress because we ' v e
seen a ll th i s be for s . • o t a ddic tion s e ts i n * ne e
you realise th e strollegic im plic a tions a nd Tongan
to encounter the c h a i n . , npponv nti la te r on

you can swap turtles in mid-stride and use their Pizzaland) and you have a recipe for a very high-
different abilities to slice up the opposition. This scoring game that, although very challenging in
introduces an element of strategy into the game parts, is still easy enough to keep the interest up
that lifts it from the mundane to the almost for weaker players.
special. The controls are simple enough. A quick stab
on the fire button uses the current weapon (there
Its a big game, too, coming on three Amiga
disks and forcing you through five levels to are others to be found as well). A longer stab on
rescue April O'Neil from the ruthless Shredder the button sends your turtle flying into the air,
and, in doing so, retrieve the Life Transformer Combinations of stabbing, holding, and twisting
Gun from the Evil One and use it to turn rat-friend the joystick gets your turtle jumping, crouching,
Splinter back into human form. and slashing in mid-air with gay abandon.
Action takes place in many different locations Apart from the multi-turtle approach, there's
but by and large the game is a platform and absolutely nothing new in Nino Turtles, but as
ladders beat-em-up. Each turtle uses a specific license games go, this one really slices ahead...
• Steve Cooke
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against enemies who - if they could approach
closer - might prove more dangerous. Enemies
like these would be hazardous to Leonardo and
the limited reach of his Katana Blade, but then
Leonardo is rather good at slashing airborne
enemies from beIow.
This is where the strategy comes in. First, you
must survey the opposition, then decide which
turtle you want to throw at it. You must also
balance their resources. Energy fades quickly as
the foes pile up, and the only thing that restores
it is pizza. Not all the sewers you battle through
contain pizza, however, so you must decide
which turtle is in most need of grub.
All this is made easier by the fact that sewers
- after you leave them - reset themselves. If
there s a bit of pizza at the end, you only have to
leave and reenter the sewer at that end several
times to boost your turtles energy levels right
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going round in circles A may be lucky enough to find, such as homing
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plane. vectors and rotated sprites, USG have come up
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techniques to create a breathtaking contoured landscape. With super-smooth
3Dscrolling the gladiator's craft huntsand attacks the enemyvesselsin deadly
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• Available from the end of June 1990 for
Millennium,Chancery House the Atari ST,Commodore Amiga (E241.99)
107 StPauls Rood,London NI 2NA and the IBM PC (EGA/VGA)1E29.99) M I L L E N N I U M
screentest console
ELECTRON
STORM!
The noaties or the end o f hruel 1. S hoot Van erlou9h tim e s In the r ight place a nd y o u l l boo •ern
ASSAULTCITY
Sega's shades of Robocop
A end-of-level guardian. Four important barometers
popular sci-fi truism that in the 21st
s
century domestic robots will be as essential a
s
piece of household furniture as a refrigerator or
TV
a set.
u Whether or not this is an accurate prediction
for
t the future of Zanussi's 'appliance of science'
tremains to be seen but one thing is already
C clear. Malfunctioning droids who turn from
docile slaves into homicidal bone crushers are
i Assault City doe s n' t errobrace any o f these Improve.
likely to continue to dominate the computer
tgames scene, even if this does involve flouting
ythe first rule of robotics (as outlined by Asimov) -
ta droid can never harm a human being.
a The Assault City droids, like so many before
kthem, show scant regard for this seminal piece
eof robot brain engineering. Ho hum, here we go
sagain, the droid's on the loose - killing anything
ithat moves. And you thought the connection
tbetween technology and computer games might
slead to a more intelligent understanding of the
future. You were wrong - and have five seconds
ito live.
n
s
5 6 ADVANCED COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT
p
The console
software war is
hotting up as new software
and hardware companies
enter the arena. ACE checks
out the latest contenders...
SEGA SOFTWA R E S TOR M
The ste a dy trickl'e o f n e w Se ga ga me s is a bout t o
become a fl o o d whe n a se le ct g ro u p o f Europe a n
softwa re house s o ffe r t h e ir ga me s t o M a ste r
Syste m o wn e rs la te r t h is year,
Like ly t o be fi rst o f f the m a rk a re US Gold
wit h a n im p re ssive list o f s ix t it le s re a dy to g o 1
on sa le in Se pte mbe r. Pa pe r Boy, I mpossible
M ission, I ndia na Jone s, Ga untle t, Le a de r Boa rd,
and He roe s o f the Lance a re in de ve lopme nt_
ACE ha s se e n I mpossible M issio n a nd Ga untle t
I. a nd th e y're lo o kin g good. We 'll be re vie win g
the m close r t o the re le a se da te ,
Joining US Go ld o n t h e Se ga la b e l w ill be
VirginiM a ste rtronic (o ffi cia l U K d ist rib u t o rs o f
the Se ga console ) w it h ve rsions o f t h e ir ga me s.
The be st n e ws o f a ll f o r Se ga ga rne rs,
howe ve r, is the d o wn wa rd tre nd o f price s. Sa g a
are le a ding the pa ck b y re ducing ce rta in ga me s
(a dm itte dly some o f the o ld e r title s) t o E9•99.
Ou t the n e w ca rtridge s w ill a lso m o ve a wa y
fro m t h e ne a r E3 0 price m a rk t o the m ore
a fforda ble 1 2 0 m a rk. Soga t o ld AC E the y hope d
the n e w p rice structure wo u ld '— fa cilita te g i f t
a nd im pulse b u yin g pa tte rns' - or, I n p la in
English, a m a d rush t o the shops.
SEGA
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spin around to reveal the crazed droids and you
have to blast them before the tiles spin back
again.
In the game itself there are six levels of
difficulty. Each one comes in two phases - battle
PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE mayhem and a more calculated shoot out with an
5 0
are positioned above the main action window
1
1 keeping you posted on your life force level, heat
S
reading, strength of power-up reading and high
E
G score reading.
A
At the end of each of the six levels of action is
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 . 6 p t a m * , K n 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 an end-of-level guardian that can only be
V ery dlia pointir op s h o o t 'gem up_ T h e cross h a i r destroyed by shooting in certain strategic
super- imposed o n th e scr een te c hnique ha s n o w
moved on a good deal 'mos the Duck S hoot days but places. This makes for marginally more
interesting target practice but overall the game
merits. T h e r e part is m
for
. e v e n the Noss dexterous s hoot 'ern ups ta ns a nd is a fairly lacklustre blast 'em up.
it
t qunk
e n ly
o ubecomes
g h boring.
c h a l l e n g
This type of game has been greatly improved
e by adding 3D animation to the targets in games
If you do plug Assault City into your Sega
i n
like Operation Watt and Operation Thunderbolt,
before you die, you'll find it all boils down to an
t h e r
e Sega themselves have an excellent rendition of
updating of the old fairground duck-shoot type
this new modern shooting gallery style video
games, so popular on early console offerings.
Your cross hair is moved around the screen game in their own Rambo title - and this is
greatly recommended to anyone seeking a game
and positioned over a target before it disappears
of this type. Unfortunately, in Assault City, sound
- or in the case of Assault City before it strafes
effects, graphics, the storyline, and game play
your hero with laser fire. A shooting gallery
all fail to impress.
training mode is compulsory at the beginning of
• Eugene Lacey
the game to determine the level of difficulty. Tiles
 console screentest

Rac ing ov er th e c hequer ed soccer, and ice hockey in particular - stand or

fi n i s h i n g ti n e fi t th i r d
plac e. T h a t w i n loin o u r
racer enough dash to bug
a p o w e r up i n th e g r i d s top.
fall on how well they perform in one category,
passing. Unless this manoeuvre can be crisply
carried out then the simulation is likely to
collapse into a tangled mess of colliding players
with the ball lost somewhere in between. The
fact that this frequently happens in the real world
as well is irrelevant to the creation of an
entertaining video game.

R.C.GRAND
Slap Shot manages passing well enough and
has some nice extras to add to the fun. If two
PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE
players get involved in a particularly drawn out
scramble for the ball a cameo will come up

PRIX
showing them slugging it out. This provides a
brief interlude of beat 'em up where you have to
throw as many punches as you can to win the
scrap.
0 The sport's governing body would probably
Chasing the laurel M T • • • • 1.11

S lap S hot will s a tis fy k e hockey fa ns b u t i t doe s n't

not approve of this at all, but - as all fans will tell
you - ice hockey wouldn't be ice hockey without
garlands by remote have Quite e nough a b o u t i t i t t o p e n i n loos c om -
m itte d ga m e r . , I t looks lik e the to r t o f o w n • tha t ts
the scraps. Sega also feature the now more or
control destined to e nd up in S IGA S bargain range so i f y ou
do fancy a spot of slippery hockey hank on a bit, less standard slow motion replay when a point

T one of America's fastest growing sports TNOW

h many individual and racing teams receiving
with
A t e SAT I NG
sponsorship
e to take part in grand prix's in 10MOOR 3
exactly
R the same way as do the drivers of their FUN M G M 6 610
larger
C counterparts in the Formula One Circuit.
RC races take part in large fields or car parks racers don't nave. A touch of the James Bond's,
s
where the mini-tracks are laid out with all the maybe, with machine guns, and oil slicks
t
twists and turns and chicanes that you need to available at the press of a button.
a
make an exciting grand prix in miniature. This The racing itself is great fun - and the
n game simulates some of the fun and is at
Sega challenge of negotiating a remote control vehicle
d best in a multiplayer format - with up to four
its around sharp bends at high speed is accurately
s
players each controlling his or her own car. Cash difficult. Nevertheless it is difficult not to get the
f
prizes are awarded for placings and this money impression that RC Grand Prix represents a
can
o be used at a later stage to buy extra missed opportunity.
components
r to soup up your racer. • EugeneLacey
S lap S hot fe a tur e * on excellent built in boot • e a sip m ono. I
r The game has similar appeal to the coin-op giv e goo a Home u p o f the s c r ap uthon tw o Jocks Wo r t to s l u g

SLAPSHOT
Super
e Sprint, featuring a complete image of your it o u t on th e ic e.
car as it makes its way around the track - as
m has been scored. A choice of exhibition or
opposed to speeding tarmac in 3D-through-the.
o international championship campaigns can be
windscreen games. The trouble with this is that
t graphics are fairly basic as a result - when selected and the computer of course keeps
the
e game really needed some of the detail of the score and provides the ref.
the
c to lend it realism.
Sega skate on thin ice
cars Slap Shot will not disappoint sports sim fans,
o The additional equipment is a bit disappointing but it's perhaps not the best new Sega game to
-n offering little discernible difference to the T across Europe and the game does lend rush out and buy for the rest of us.
overall
t performance of the car. It was a shame h
itself quite well to conversion to the small
that
r Sega didn't take the opportunity to add screen.
e Flow does this version score? • Eugene Lacey
some
o features that the real remote control r Most team sports sims - but basketball,
l e
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n s GI1APHIC5 6 * F A C T O R " ST I NG

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s o
w PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE

i
n
g
i
n
t an
e The pr oble m w i t h RC Gr a nd P rix is t h a t y o u c a n
r re la tive ly q u ickly roa ch a n optimum skill le ve t
be y ond w h i c h i t is n o t pos s ible t o pr oc e e d. This
e could have been evoided by be tte r usit o f the poorer
ups or s om e m or e r a ndom factors such as oil slicks
s on the road. As i t stands you s oon ge t the be ttor o f
your c om pute r oppone nts . This o f course doe s n e t
t apply i n t w o pla y e r m o d e whe r e P C really comes
into its own.
A titoh s peed m o to r Ls a good inv es tm ent h u t i t r m or e ti o p o t,h i i s e .00111• h l
9 t, t , n
,
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brgetntesil

P R E 1 1 M R I E S T CURVE I

0 ,•••••
Bank Ouleset on the master system gives only
the v a gue s t fowling o f th e c oin- op. The r e is a n
a tte m pt to a dd m or e ge m e ple y w i th th e rescue
element b u t this only h a l f works. The a ppe a l o f
B attle Outr un will quic k ly wa ne as i t la dts th a t
basic hook to keep you intoe s te d.

tioarnants offer s a birds ewe view o f the gr a phir otip de ta ile d

course a nd a ll the im pa r r oni stratospyr.,prions in easy in piny
windows

GOLFMANIA The saringometer Is bock. P resofi re whe n the moving needle

reaches the M a r k ba r a t the centre o f the s tr e ngth ba r for
maximum powe r

The Nineteenth Hole is a

distance right. The leader board flashes up at the
Cartridge Slot fo r Sega end of each hole telling you how you faired
against your opponent - whether friend or Master
System.
W full swing Sega have upgraded their Other neat touches are the Caddy advice
i
basic golf offering for the Master System. The option. You don't need to take it of course—you
move
t is in keeping with other console manu- are the pro after all. But then again how many
facturers
h who are striving to create software times has he seen the same mistake made time
The Fe r r a r i m a s t rarn the VillAiAS, C hos e litgla s hion. to win
t choices that will appeal to older garners, I don't over on this very same hole? Ow w o r n ti o l p e e n s / o r peeler ape.

h know about the statiscal justification that the But by far the best of all the game embellish-
marketeers of Sega have for launching ments is the save game option. Saving your
e
Golf-mania but it certainly is a most position takes seconds - as does beginning again - A N D MOR E 16-BITS
S
welcome addition to the catalogue at the exact hole you left off. Just switch on your
u from the garners point of view-
confirm e d th a t
Sega and plug in your cartridge. Neat to a treat- a drive w ill be la unche d in the U K la t e r this
m however long or short in the and dead useful when you have eighteen tough or. The m o st like ly ve nue f o r the u n ve ilin g o f
m tooth. Its strength lies in its holes to play, against thirty of the worlds best supe r Se ga w ill be the C ompute r Ente rta in-
e abundance of options and straight- pro's in the U S Masters. n t S h o w ( CE S ) a t E a r ls C o u r t o n t h e 1 3 th t o
th o f Se pte mbe r.
r forward yet effective game play. A An excellent round of computer golf. Trade rum ours a bound th a t the sh o w w ill
g bit like golf itself provide the la unch pa d f o r N EC '. o f fi cia l
o The animated arcade part of the game • Eugene Lacey ropean ve rsio n o f the PC Engine . The Ja pa n-

BATTLE
is a simple hole-by-hole excercise involving compute r g ia n t ha ve so fa r ke pt the ga me s
l mess gue ssing a bout whe the r th e y w ill, o r
fmoving a cursor with the joy pad in the direction y w o n ' t la unch the Engine in the U K
of
s the hole, pressing the 'that'll do button' when rope ) t h is ye a r f o r fa r t o o long T h e w o rd I s
an animated shot strength needle reaches the tha t the y n o w ne e d t o g ive a de finite ye s o r

OUTRUN
e pa rticula rly w it h Se g a co m in g cle a n a nd
degree of 'whack that you are happy with.
a
Nothing could be simpler. The tricky bit is in nte rido's 1 6 -bit console a bout to be la unche d
Tokyo (se e o th e r ne ws sto ry on t h is spre a d).
sjudging just the right direction for the fight of the The NEC m a ch in e is a lre a dy on sa le iorthe US
oball, making sure you use the right club, keeping here it is ca lle d the Turbogra phs 1 6 ) a nd NEC
nan eye on wind speed, trajectory, and getting the a lso confirm e d t h a t it ha s a f u lly so f t wa re
pa tible ha nd-he ld ve rsion in the w o rks. C it y
g Sega's Ferrari fantasy rces be lie ve tha t Europe is g o in g t o be
e runs and runs re a singly I m porta nt t o the Big Thre e
EDICTEI inte nd°, Se ga , a rid NEC) ma nufa cture rs I n the
t

1
's w it h the lu cra tive Am e rica n a nd Japanese
t rke t f o r console s ra p id ly a pproa ching
i O ful coin-ops of all time. It was a macho ura tion.

n A spoke spe rson f o r the C ompute r En t•rta in -

dream.
u An open road somewhere in California, a nt Sh o w wo u ld sa y o n ly tha t 'w e a re I n
g Ferrari Testarossa, a beautiful blonde beside you.

1
t scussion w it h a ll ha rdwa re ma nufa cture rs
i What
r more could a man ask for? Well • perhaps a ra ve d both dire ctly, a nd indire ctly, in the
little more gameplay. Think about it - once you pa te r ga me s in d u st ry a nd fe e l confide nt
n u the y w ill se e the be ne fit o f the unique

5
t La s ting ppppp I is gua r a nte e d. Y ou a r e a lwa y s take away the flashy 3D graphics and the pretty- tform we can offer them'.
going to fa no/ a round o f golf fr om tim e to thine n
o a nd GoOrmania ha s s o m a ny o p ti o n s a n d s k ill pretty scenery what are you left with? In fact the
levels b o l t in tha t it Wilt Always provide you with h
a challenging game. E qual to many o f the 1 6 - bil original Master System Outrun didn't even have
a
ga it offerings currently available. particularily good graphics - so it is nice to see
s
Sega dusting down the old racer,tarting up its as as unthinkable as a Testarossa running on
t
graphics and giving the gameplay an overhaul. green petrol. So the race is on. Across America -
SEGA E 2 9 99dk O U T NOW o Your girlfriend has been kidnapped by a taking in nine of its biggest cities. Chase the

g
b
criminal syndicate and you want her back. Well - kidnappers through LA, San Francisco,
ACE M A M A
GRAPHICS 9 toFACTOR 7 Chicago, New York and even Washington as you
ALIESO 7 ;UNFACTOR 9 915 you
e would do wouldn't you? I mean a Testarossa
without a blonde in the passenger seat? Almost attempt to catch up with and ram their cars.
o
n
5 8 ADVANCED COMPUTER ENTIRTAINMENT
e
o

[HOWE.
CHnssis.
NITRO_
reside the Pnobile garage. Wha t eets-wo ecul yogi a ffor d for
,ur Te• tarosaa? How ahour some jrisdry dir e.
The scenery is good.. but not that good. The
Golden Gate Bridge looks like a Lego construc-
tion model and the White House appears to be
made of pitta bread. You could forgive all this if
there was something to the game, but ramming
cars is a pointless excercise unless you can do it
sideways-on, forcing them over a clrlf. Battle
O'Run just repeats the Chase HQ charade where
you keep ramming the bad guys* motor up the
jacksie until a few sparks appear - no dents -
which merely looks like someone fighting a
sparkler where the 'Careful - Baby on Board*
sticker should be.
The saving grace, however, is the power-up
screen, Drive into an artic where you can pur-
chase all kinds of extras for your Ferrari - as long
as you have enough dosh. Dead useful and they
work as well.
Battle Outrun is certainly better than the
original Master System Outrun—but that is not
really saying much. The trouble is that the game
design is so reliant on top-notch, state-of-the-art
30 graphics which this version fails to deliver.
The conclusion must be that, incredibly, Sega
still don't have a top-notch 3D racing game for
the Master System_
• Eugene Lacey
IC E ngine Chase HQ ' t h e hoot nomputeriaed m i n in o
Porsche ever
console A pe e nte s ti
CHASEHQ N IN TEN D O 16-BIT?
to plot wort
domina tion w it h t h e ir sixte e n b it console s,
Ninte ndo ke e ps m u m . Bu t rUeflOtirS f ro m Ja pa n
sugge st incre a singly th a t th a t the console gia nt
Smash and nab on th e PC is pre pa ring a 'la t e e n b it la unch in the ne a r
future .
Engine The N ikke i I ndustria l D a ily ne wspa pe r re ports
the 'Supe r Fa micom• is sche dule d f o r
ivo ry la te in 1 9 9 0 . w it h softwa re a lre a dy
missione d f ro m ga me s gia nts like Ko n a m i
I ison between all the popular consoles, the Hudsonsoft, to g e th e r w it h n e w N inte ndo
f Engine is way out in front in terms of the s in clu d in g Su p e r M a rio R ios 4 a nd a n e w
PC ion o f Le ge nd o f Ze ide .
y
range and quality of its race games. Japanese source s a lso sugge st th a t N inte ndo
o Chase HQ is another welcome addition to a been pla nning a 1 6 -bit la unch f o r some
range
u that already boasts Power Drift, Motor- In f a ct f a r f ro m be ing the la st in to the 1 6 -
cycle console arena, N inte ndo we re a ctu a lly pla n
m Racing, and Victory Run. to be fi rst . This, howe ve r, wo rke d a ga inst
a This superb rendition of the popular Taito coin- as th e Se ga Pille ga drive la unch de mon-
op
k puts you at the wheel of a throaty black
ed a h ig h e r te chnica l sta nda rd tha n
Porsche Turbo 944. You receive your instruc- endo wa s e xpe cting. The com pa ny we re
e fore force d ba ck t o the d ra win g boa rd t o
tions from Police Headquarters. From what I rove the te chnica l spe cifica tion - he nce the
a
remember of the coin-op, Nancy at HQ says
s
something like "Intercept the criminals that have Annoyingly. Nintendo aro currently following
i
kidnapped the girl". But it is difficult to tell typ ica l Ja pa ne se lin e o f re fusing t o co m m it
m
exactly what she is saying in this version • la unch o f the Supe r Fa micom outside
n. I f th e y re a lly p e rsist w it h th is a t t it u d
p
because she's speaking in Japanese. Fortu- and NEC a re g o in g to m o p up the re su lt
1 1
nately,
l you are shown a photograph of the • t h o w o rld p re t t y ra p id ly. The da ys o f Japanese
.
criminal vehicle so it is pretty obvious what you iso la tio n ism in console s a re d e fi n it e ly ove r. 1
e
have got to do anyway. Al,
g
The criminals are apprehended by ramming three ol them arxi must also learn to watcn out
a
their car up to twenty times. Each successful
m for obvious road hazards that will slow you down.
bump is recorded by a barometer that appears
e Chase is most fun when you catch up
on screen when you make your first smash.
- The first criminals are pretty easy to catch as with the criminals ramming them as you
dodge in and out of the other cars on
b soon outrace their battered old car in your
you the road with your siren blazing
y
gutsy Porsche. But the chases that follow be- and red 'cherry top' flashing
-
come increasingly testing as the criminals are away on the roof of your
g a longer amount of get-away time and
given Porsche.
better
a vehicles. The PC Engine was designed witn
m need to master the controls of the
You games like Chase HQ in mind and this
Porsche fully. Time is of the essence and if you
e fact shines through in the quality of the
spin off the road too often you are simply not
c conversion. All of the jolly tunes from the
going to bag any bad guys. The secret is to use coin-op are here and the speed, colours, and
o
your turbo boosters sparingly. You only have
m quality of the animation are all remarkably similar
to the coin-op original. For simple, arcade-style
p
racing frills and spills this is as good a game as
a
you are likely to get any-where on a home
r system.
-
• Eugene Lacey
PC ENGINE E.3499dk OUTNOW
act Wilma
lm
GeAPHKS 9 10 RCM 4
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PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE
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Porsches a bound in computer ga m e s - b u t rarely
has th e super fa s t Ge r m a n dr e a m m odr ine be e n
as e ffe c tiv e ly digitis e d as he r e in C he s . HD. fh e
oarneolas is s ir nott but chatlenoing• I t will ta k e a
good de a l o f practice be for e y ou maim th a t fi nal
A r a c e t o c or ne b a c k t o . t i m e a n d t i m e
&earn, whenever y oa r e in the m ood for a spin.
ADVANCEDCOmeuTER EtriteTAnimtul 5 9
 screentest cd

FORE!
As the launch o f the
manual together with a real photo of the corres-
ponding part of the course), the super incidental
sound effects, and the excellent vectored land-
scape, the game also manages to push play-
ability right through the roof. All game gameplay
features are extremely simple to use, yet power-
ful in effect. There are a host of extra frills,
ranging from an option that actually tracks the
ball through the air during a shot to little advice
panels that pop up with one of the course pros'
digitised fizzogs chattering away at you as he
Amiga CD-TV brings tells you how to play the shot.
CD based en tertain men t 1 1 .1 1 Ellko rr • .7 1 gM ilfiiilltitila rla .ORE2 M I 53 There's only one drawback • 3DGS is only
Oalled Y ou're in the bunko,. Fir m , choose gour fl old o f I a n .
Using the direction indic a tor window itop refi t Joao c onfi ne available for the FM Towns at present. But it's an
one step closer, ACE kicks tune the direction in aohleh gnu wis h to go to pis ,' width excellent indicator of the sort of software we can
actstrarg.
expect from the new generation of CD machines
off its n ew regular CD that are about to hit the UK over the next year.
Reviews section wit h sle o xs l . err. 9)
As golfer Graeme Boxall put it, while he took us
a look at the world's through the games paces, 'There are no words
to describe this. Its just like being there. This is
greatest golf game, the only chance I'll ever have to actually play the
a trip to the North Pole, Augusta National'.
and news of up and Many thanks to Psygnosis and Mirrorsoft for
their help in bringing you this article.
coming CD products...

A us Brits, we have to remember that it

1 1 1 1 r 1 , n y w r i l a tole I hitI tt:
other
I parts of the world it is rapidly becoming a up pops one o f the pros to advise you on the lie o f the la nd. MUSIC D A TA DISK
reality.
t Japan has the FM Towns and numerous
Wha t ha ppe ns wh e n a com pa ny likir Sony (big in •
console
h CD games, the USA has the NEC PC CD) b u ys a cornpa ny like CBS (b ig in m u sic). The
Engi
o ne CD market and will almost certainly 'go M usic D a ta D isk, th a t's wh a t. This lit t le numbe r,
Towns' soon, and the world has the Amiga CD-TV de mo'e d a t the re ce nt Wh ich C ompute r! Show,
u this autumn.
for And all that's without the fla she s up a rt ist s' na me s on screen_ C lick on the
g name, a nd yo u g e t a scre e n sh o win g f u ll- co lo u r
massive launch of CO-I next year.
h Hence the ACE CD Reviews section, showing
I C l i c k o n the a lb u m a nd yo u ge t a list of tra cks_
C what's going on and keeping you right up to
you
D with the best in CD Software. Along with our
date qua lity ste re o sounds_ b a b y. Ou t soon o n the
CD-ROM it A f o rm a t a nd, w e hope , a sim ila r
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for used in schools and we wrote the whole thing interleave sound and vision. We still haven't got different situations and animated sequences
in BCPL. But the Amiga is a machine everyone the full-motion video that the Laservision and STITCH will keep them in meaningful array
knows something about and the development provided, but the whole package is far more for the player throughout the game. A very
hardware is more accessible and cheaper.' powerful in terms of interactivity. And powerful utility that could bring us some
Virgin's North Polar Expedition is the perfect Commodore are promising an WV add-on to excellent scenarios from Virgin in the future.
example of how the evolution from Laservision the CD-TV in the future. Similar benefits - 'CD is the way to go,' affirms William
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development as well,. STITCH. This operating
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AMIGA
CLOUD K IN GD OMS
Millenium; 124.99
Pac Man with holes is the phrase
that comes to mind. Guide your ball
around the maze, collecting gems
and avoiding the bad guys (in the
form of black pool balls), Smooth
scrolling and addictive gameplay
certainly add to this game's high
degree of cuteness. Not the great-
est puzzle game in the world, but
taxing enough to provide a good
few hours of solid entertainment.
ACE RATING 7 3 0
CASTLE MA STER
Domark/Incentive; £24.99; ST
Version Reviewed Issue 32; ACE
Rating 835
Freescape, for all the merits of
the idea, still has a long way to go
before it is capable of creating a
fully realistic and atmospheric
game environment. Castle Master
contains many more features than
the previous games to use the
Freescape system (which might ex-
plain the relatively sluggish screen
update). Your task is to rescue your
soulmate from the clutches of the
evil Magister. Looks much like the
ST version, but sounds really great.
It's good fun, as all the others in
the series have been. If you liked
them, then you'll like this.
ACE RATING 8 5 0
6 4 ADV AP KE 0 COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT
ULTIMA V
Orton/Mindscape; £29.99 PC
Version Reviewed Issue 13; ACE
Rating 928
"Twice as large with twice as
many of everything", was how
Richard Garriott aka Lord British
describes what he tries to fulfil in
an Ultima game. The long running
adventure series has developed
something of a cult following now,
and the latest game, Llitima VI
looks set to take the games playing
world by storm (see last month's
issue of ACE for a detailed review).
The existing versions of number V
are great so Amiga owners can
rejoice that they are now able to
get in on the action. The graphic
and sound could be improved
(marginally), but the game is so
strong in gameplay and depth that
this is little more than a quibble.
Near Perfection.
ACE RATING 9 1 5
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FERRARI
FORMULA ONE
Electronic Arts; E9.99cs;
i14.99dk
For a supposedly fast action
sport, this game makes Formula
One racing look about as exciting
as a wet Sunday afternoon spent
visiting your deaf Aunt Mildred. The
graphics are horrendous and the
road update is outrageously slow. if
Ace keeps you
informed of the
latest versions
of the greatest
games
you don't have a disk drive you'll incarnations, only an lot faster).
have to put up with a hideous Sound, of course, is dreadful, but
loading system as well. Totally un- just stick yello on your Walkman,
and that's been taken care of.
enjoyable.
ACE RATING: 2 6 5 ACE RATING: 9 0 0
CASTLE MA STER
X-OUT
Rainbow Arts; i9.99cs;.€14.99dk; Incentive; £24.99; ST Version
Amiga Version Reviewed Issue 29; Reviewed Issue 32; ACE RATING
835
ACE RATING 939
The C64 is a machine made for Not really any different to the other
scrolling shoot 'em ups (witness versions. The graphics are nice and
the likes of (iridium), so why are 64 colourful (if you have a decent
owners constantly disappointed by adaptor that is), and the screen
the unplayable efforts released by update is slightly faster than the
almost every softco under the sun. Amiga's, but only slightly. The puz-
X-Out was amazing on the Amiga, zles are similar to those in previous
full of original ideas perfectly exe- Freescape Games, but the sheer
cuted, On 8-bit the ideas are still size of this won should prevent you
there, they work well, the graphics from completing it too easily.
are very attractive, and the sound
is as good as you could expect—
problem is, it plays like mud.
Shame that.
ACE RATING 470
PC
POWEREDROME
Electronic Arts; £24.99; Atari ST
Version Reviewed Issue 15; ACE
RATING 925
EA's futuristic racing sim comes to
light on the PC, and it's been well
worth the wait. To my mind this
version is far more playable than
the Amiga and ST versions, even if
you are using the keyboard, and
the graphics are just as effective (it
is visually identical to the other

ARCHIMEDES
BATTLE TANK
Minerva Software; .f14.95Ok
Unlike most visions of 21st cen-
tury war, Minerva predict that tanks
will be hardware of the future. Set
in 2037, Battle Tank pits you
against hordes of invading enemy
tanks. In a rather contradictory
mission, you must drive around,
shooting 'beacons' in order to
activate the automatic defences.
Why couldn't they have had a but-
ton back at HQ (so much for auto-
matic). The game is set over four
'landscapes', Village, City, Country
and StarBase.
Each level is displayed as a very
smooth, vertically-scrolling over-
head view with trees, buildings and
fences making up the majority of
detail. Getting from one corner of
the screen to the other means
steering around every obstacle in
your path. Blasting a pathway
Conqueror-style just isn't possible
and even little fences refuse to
budge.
Tank movement is realistic in
that left and right tracks are
controlled independently. This can
be tricky at first, but once mas-
tered makes quick manoeuvring
easy, especially when evasive
action is required. Turning on the
spot is just a case of moving the
left track forward and the right
track backwards, or vice versa.
Sound wise, your tank squeaks
around the landscape with a kind of
'un-oiled' whining sound, that is not
very tank-like. Shooting and ex-
plosions are far more believable
with a satisfying 'kaboom' as each
enemy tank is put to rest. Other
tanks don't seem to make any
noise except when they're taking
pot-shots at each other. There's no
other use made of sound which is a
shame, as the game would have
benefitted from more creative use
of the Archimedes' excellent sound
generation facilities.
Depending on the skill level
chosen (out of three), a varying
number of enemy tanks are sent to
attack you. Navigation-wise, they're
pretty good at their job, and will
home in quite rapidly. Once they've
found you though, the enemy tanks
will start shooting at anything that
moves, and that includes them-
selves. If you can hide behind a
clump of trees, they will happily go
about their own business and wipe
each other out.
As you progress through the
different levels, the number of
enemy tanks increases as does the
fire to avoid. Once all the beacons
have been found and destroyed (by
you OR the enemy!), the automatic
defences come in and the enemy
tanks retreat to fight you in another
land.
Most of the scenarios are
believable with trees, houses and
roads making a familiar appear-
ance. The last level though seems
a strange choice. Tanks in Space?
What happened to gleaming Space
ships and star fighters? The same
tank sprites are used throughout
the game so there aren't even any
gleaming tanks.
Generally Battle Tank was fun to
play for a while. Lasting interest
didn't seem likely though, as once
you've finished the four scenarios,
you just get the same four with yet
more enemy tanks. Graphics are
nothing special and seem a bit flat
(physically) throughout the game.
Nothing moves apart from you and
the other tanks, Maybe the odd
jeep to pick off would have livened
things up. The only comparable
game is Conqueror, which seems
to do a much better job, albeit at a
higher price. The Archimedes
needs an all-out shootem-up that
really pushes it to its limit in sound
and graphics, Unfortunately Battle
Tank comes nowhere near and I
can only really recommend it for
the committed tank fans and
wanna-be commanders,
ACE RATING 5 5 0
MA D D IN GLY H A LL
Minerva Software; i.14.95dk
Apart from the valiant efforts of
Magnetic Scrolls, the Archimedes
has been hard done by for adven-
ture games. Minerva have therefore
released their first 'non arcade
game' to help redress the balance.
Madding& Hall, puts you in the
shoes of Bertie Hall, short on cash,
but eager for the high life. Keen to
pursue your interests, you turn to
your rich Aunt for the readies and
must persuade her of your worth-
iness. The opportunity to court
your childhood sweetheart, now
resident at Madding& Hall, makes
the visit even more of a challenge.
The game starts off in familiar
'adventure-style surroundings. 'You
find yourself on a gravel drive with
paths leading off in all directions
With no time to waste, you set
off into the house and let your pres-
ence be known, In keeping with
more recent adventures, there are
a number of characters with whom
you can interact.
There are certain tasks you have
to carry out, in order to keep every-
one at the hall happy. Most of all
you must please your Aunt at all
times or there's no chance of any
inheritance.
The passing of time is simulated
with each turn/command taking
one minute and there are a number
of tasks which have to be carried
out on, or before a certain time.
Dinner's served at seven o'clock
precisely, so it's best to keep an
eye on your watch.
Like all stories set in manor
house, someone gets murdered, so
it's up to you to pinpoint the culprit.
If you can get enough evidence, the
murderer will be caught, impress-
ing your Aunt and increasing the
chance of an inheritance. Fail, and
the chances are that you'll end up
being suspected of the murder
yourself.
The game continues in a similar
murder/mystery style with virtually
every cliche under the sun con-
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tamed within. If you've played many
adventure games (notably Moon-
mist from Infocom) before, don't
expect anything new. Even a crusty
old Butler and the Village Bobby
make their obligatory appearances,
Madding& Hall is a graphic
adventure with each location being
illustrated by a small picture. The
graphics employed are best des-
cribed as 'kit-form'. When a a room
is required, a wall is drawn, a door,
and then a couple of chairs.
Although the pictures look ok,
there's no physical depth and there-
fore everything has a distinctly two
dimensional look to it.
Perhaps the most important part
of an adventure program is its
parser—that is the bit that allows
you to give commands to your
character. Madding!)
the
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l then noun' style which
is virtually
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Considering what has been
i n t o
achieved by other software houses
(namely Magnetic Scrolls), it seems
something of a step back, Adjec-
tives can be used although they
don't seem to particularly neces-
sary when conveying instructions.
The parser also falls down when
words are left out. For example, if
one was to type 'GET KEY' and the
computer replied 'Which one?', just
typing 'IRON' would get a 'I don't
know what you mean.' message.
The whole instruction must there-
fore be repeated.
Apart from the graphics, there's
nothing here that hasn't already
been done on an 8-bit micro. Con-
sidering the whole program is
written is Basic, it runs fast,
although this is mainly due to the
Archimedes' phenomenal speed.
The Arc is capable of so much
more, and really games of this type
should be left to the 8-bits. On the
other hand, it's a reasonable intro-
duction to adventure games and
should keep all 'Whodunnit' fans
occupied for a while. At this price,
Madding& Hall is reasonable value.
Minerva should be commended for
supporting such a vastly under-
rated machine as the Archimedes.
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Loc ation: Lacy Road, Putney, London

Notable releases:
Eureka

V p, iPOnary
t's five minutes to noon, the first ACE Confer- • Star Wars
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ence (at Domark) starts in half an hour, and a lThe Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jed(
STILL the coach from Bury St Edmonds hasn't P A WSW to A Kill 1 9
arrived. Its a disaster! u The Living Daylights
The coach, you see, was carrying Gary r Live and Let Die
Brackett and Simon Brown —the first readers s.
Eeenpe from the P lanet o f the R obot M oa-
ners - r a te d atbd in ACE a nd nom 'abode. ever to be selected for an ACE Conference u L • S p y Who Loved Me 1 9 9 0 (not yet releas
ted to the rigours o f te ttihw bw the ACE and now, it seemed, unlikely ever to make it. i i -
Conference Revieun Committee
Other readers were due to start arriving at tc f
Domark within twenty minutes and the Editor was on FI LI ATE LABELS:
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the verge of giving them up for lost. r gen - an outlet for Atari coin-op conversions
n
Meanwhile, things were hotting up a t Domark. m has released APS, Tooly e. and Hard Orivin'. •
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Company PR supremo Clare Edgeley was having hys- e m
terics at the thought of speaking in public, let alone in bet Monsters, Cyberball, and S.TU,N. Runner.
t a ntiva renowned for their Freescape games inclu
"Where were the girls!!? front of a group of no-holds-barred, speak-our-minds, o g• most recently, Cas tle Master. Incentive are now
Don't they want to be rep- blast-the-opposition ACE readers. She consoled herself K stributed
a arid marketed by Domark.
resented?? A by rushing out to the nearest delicatessen and buying O odeibund
1 - Domark license this company's produ
n out —and well worth it
day all the most expensive edibles she could find. Its a I cthei UK. This year's releases include the Ancient
credit to her self-control that she didn't seek immedi- of War, Ancient Art of War at Sea, and Wogs of Fury.
e xto cother
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ate oral pacification and scoff the lot her-
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self.
But in the end the coach arrived, Clare
saw that we were — for the most part —
human and decided that we could b e
addressed in relative safety, and the first
ACE Conference got under way.

Rise - r a te d APS In ACE and antoersally
adiffl tied by the Conference Attendees, Who
a ll agreed th a t I t etas fa s t a bit ha r de r
than Teens a n d t o o
THE PAST
Domark is one of the oldest companies still
launching games into the charts. Started
back in 1984 by Dominic Wheatley and
Mark Strachan (Do-Mark...geddit?), t h e
company kicked off with a winner—literally.
Eureka offered a £25000 prize that made
one young player very rich indeed a year
later.
Not many of the ACE readers attending
the Conference remembered Eureka but
A nti K hedon complained th a t ther e weren't a ny girls a t the Conference - but boos
everyone knew about Trivia1 Pursuit, not to M ark S tr a r ha n shows th a t he can tor n a pr e tty a nk le whe n he wont* to. W i th hint
mention the Star Wars trilogy and the Bond are pa r tne r Doindnie Whe a tie y and incentives Ia n A ndr e w - both o f whom were
there to speak to the te a m
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exchanged about the quality of one of the earlier Bond
MEET THE TEAM! licences. 'You're quite right, admitted Mark Strachan,
and w e unreservedly apologise. Every company
comes up with a turkey now and then, and we readily
Nine readers made it to the ACE Domark Conference. Here are a few extracts from their savage on- admit that that one was one of ours. But I hope you'll
t O f the games they played.
agree that the recent games have been in a different
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don: T h e hom e c o m p o te , ver-
class: The assembled company did agree, though it
sion o f Kies is wr y s intita r to was felt that the score was now Domark 0, ACE Read-
the arcade version ha t the
ers 1. Would the company come up with the equaliser
grcwhicto are less c olour ful. h t.
also slower. H ighly necoomnend when we moved play over on to the new titles?
ed a l l the same.•

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Because that's what the conferences are all about
(apart from lunch and freebies, that is) - getting the
chance to see the latest games, usually before any of
your friends, playing them, and telling the company
httehool Renanssanfross B e dfor d Nell Dauestm fr om Croydon, I what you think of their offerings.
E eteps how The Pliuset o f the ha m r e ins a nd ha te it. /nit Itis s During the afternoon, whenever they could be
Rabat K oe s te r ' is de fi nite ly bet IS du:E el
, - dragged away from the Hard Drivin' coin-op - which
en f opped quite happily without a coin, needless to say -
t e r e s player gosne._..• -
v e n the assembled company were taken in pairs to the
t Domark development studio where they sat down in
p l a
y a front of Max and Escape from the Planet of the Robot
A nti Ithe dun fr ont Toternharar b l e Monsters. You can get the flavour of their reactions
The 'r es tudy gets a W a s h e e d ( :
in Eaespe a n d y ou gran r as e g o a t
from the panels elsewhere in this feature. Seems by all
s e n s e o f w h a t 's i p i f t i t a l l . T h e accounts that Domark got the equaliser here.
m u l ti l i g r e e ti o n a i s ens tr ing on
the Amiga is pr e tty good. _Plays
THE FREEBI ES
eVell b e tte r w i th o f r i e n d : y After lunch, the lads had a chance to meet Ian Andrew
of Incentive and members of his programming team,
D r a m S panner o f Creggcm: including the genius responsible for the GAC (Graphic
Simon linnet, O m n 'Esesge m i r y good gr a phic a lltr .
i S t •Erstept w a s a cross
Edmonds. bid in two player mode a pla y e r
Adventure Creator). Ian filled in the team on details of
'Mesmer, K ebob,. Les t K i n * a n d can be locked ge t the screen the Freescape system and there was much chat about
Commando wrapped sip in a until the othe r one arrives,.
s ty lis h pac k age w i th teems the excellent Castle Master (rated 835 in ACE issue
am us ing charaefeeS and W i p e . - 32). 'But why do programmers share the same prehis-
sise c onue s hots - Lac k s o r i g i n a l
toric haircuts?' asked Anil Khedun in a letter he wrote
ity ba t middies srpfer it in game
ptay, s a il* , a nd colourfulness.' to us afterwards. Presumably because a good crop-
ping discourages bugs.
At the end of the day, everyone made their escape
with loads of goodies, including an abundant supply of
free games and even an exclusive ACE I Shirt. And
Dav id Ng o f Thyternham. ' K is s ?
Wert. It's Just a nothe r puz z le Domark had made it clear that they were not only a
game, 4P I1 I t? I thought i t was a name to be put up amongst the Oceans and US Golds
bit ha r d. but th a t probably won't
P at PooPla te f:
of this world, but were a very friendly bunch into the
. bargain. Very many thanks from all of us to those who
took part.
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Obviously they are less superficially attractive than
their arcade/adventure cousins, but few adventure
eastwards is a pear grow. ln ü ly. pstr sister, is
programmers realised that it was the very aspect of
windowinggamesystem. stool here rending b u n k.
the adventure systems that they were constantly
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M agnetic Wbuloom O n e s &ton o p o n . w e l n i m s e r tnte r fa c e t h a t i s MUM AND PUT IT IN THE ROUND BUCKET'. And then
eAf1"MA%, fl e x ible P r ogr a m designers a r e s wing to be m a k ing he w N
says 'I DON'T UNDERSTAND ROIND" because you
with this one for a tong dine to c om e _ .
mistyped it. No wonder people went back to joysticks.
C But o the basic adventure formula o f creating a
magine a game system that offered full multi-
ple window, mouse, and icon control together m
bravebnew world and filling it with chance, challenge,
with superlative quality graphic screens and iandnchampions is still a winning formula. It just needs
animation. Its totally reconfigurable so that you e right package. And that's what Magnetic Scrolls
the
could design a Balance of the Planet scenario t
reckon they've come up with - a wonderland._
for the system just as easily as an ICOM graph- h
ic adventure look-alike with arcade sequences. iMAG NE TI C WI NDO WS
That's the Magnetic Windows system for you - MW
s is a multi-window, mouse-drive system with drop
and Magnetic Scrolls are about to launch the down menus. All windows can be resized and moved
s
first MW game through Virgin - Alice in Wonderland. anywhere on the screen, enabling you to configure the
i
Now hang on a moment. Mag Scrolls. That means screen to your taste. In the Alice game, other windows
m
adventures, doesn't it? And adventure games are about include an iconic listing of your inventory, a compass,
as sexy as a PC Internal Card Insertion Slot (down, andp another icon list of objects in the current location.
boy?). Aren't they? Butl you could change the form and function of win-
Yes, they are. But the extraordinary thing about e
dows to suit any scenario. Windows are also more
Wonderland and MW is that the user-interface is so o simple display panels - you can drag objects in
than
slick that it might just achieve the impossible and put andn out of them, show graphic animations in them,
adventure scenarios back on the map with a bang and even
e interact with the sprites in them by clicking on
a white rabbit. And it makes sense when you think them
l or controlling them with a joystick. Yup, this is a
about it. Here's why... very
e flexxxxible system.
"From the technical t The heart o f Wonderland is the Story Window
WO NDE RLANDS which operates like a traditional text adventure window
-
point of view, people Adventures actually started, believe it o r not, in the but with tremendous ease of use, featuring command
simply aren't going to same way as arcade games - it's just that the two menus, scaleable fonts, and all sorts of goodies. Many
styles developed differently. One o f the first adven- commands can be entered by clicking on objects or
believe what we've tures, for example, was Hunt the Wampus and involved icons so this is definitely NOT a system for typists!
done." a very primitive jaunt through a number of locations. Graphics windows pop up for various locations
Anne Sin cla ir, Magnetic Scro lls The locations had to be described in words because and feature animations that are often triggered by
the machines of that era had no events in the game. There's also a self-building map
video graphics facilities. Th is display and very useful tree-structured help system
SHITHN ?/9
basic idea o f creating a game- that you can call up if you want advice. Saving and
ice world with places to explore and loading uses a named game system so you can
threats to be faced is common to restore any saved version whenever you want. And on
both traditional adventure games top of the graphics you also get great music - the rea-
AND arcade games (which have son, in fact, why the product has been delayed, since
increasingly b e e n c a l l e d MS wanted to ensure that the sounds were as hot as
'arcade/adventures' in recognition possible - another welcome departure from the tradi-
of this). tional, silent adventure.
Whereas arcade/adventures real- Wonderland follows the Alice story pretty closely.
ame t h e i s i n l y t h e ly made use o f the increasing You'll be getting a full review in the next issue. But
toot cupboa ro, t o t h e w e st .
A b ir d ca ge slit 5 cm t h e fl o o r . graphics and sound capabilities of remember, Wonderland is only half the story - it's the
)oe t t h e b ird ca g e a nd co o n I t
modern machines, the traditional system behind it that's the real jewel and will certainly
Fish fr om M S o n e of the nte l school to p * o f graphic adventure th a t adventure game set itself apart by be the driving force behind many wonderlands to
made the cvenponit fa m ous N o te the dom ina nt graphies o n e ° Lim n
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o f these fus c ina ting creatures in Brune, Bon
nell's collection

This na s ty look ing fe llow is a n e x a m ple o f

Istfogrames n e w te c hnique l o t inte gr a ting
sequences o f fi lmed a r tiOn i n t° Orideo games

Where the
Armadillos are... •

license, and one they are particularly proud of, Well-

ny with a turnover just short of SUS 9 Mil- tris, the much-awaited sequel to the chart-topping SOVF
ContinuingourElectricEurope
lion, sixty employees with an average age et puzzle game, Tetris. The game, also programmed round-up.LaurenceScotfordvis-
of twenty-six, a host o f International by Russian mathematician Alexei Pajithov, is like Tetris
awards for its products, a brave policy for but played in three dimensions rather than two. The itedaGallicCompanyresponsi-
producing innovative a s well a s main- game has all the addictive appeal of it's forerunner, but
stream products, a release schedule of the added complexity makes it just that little bit harder blenotonly forahostoftop
seven major titles a year, and a dynamic to master. We/leis is due to be released this month, so
T president at the helm only thirty-one years keep 'em peeled. 4 . v e ' 1 quality originalgames,butalso
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old. No, ifs not Ocean, nor US Gold, in fact its not a 1 - The Russian game is far from being Infogrames'
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British company at all. It is Infograme* the largest pro- only - major product in the pipeline
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ducer of entertainment software in France, and one of a ; special
I t i strilogy t ho f ehighly innovative games to be losthissideoftheMedl
e major European players in the industry.
the released
fi r s t the course of this year as The Crystal
during
i When I was invited to visit Infogrames a t their pCollection. On the basis of what I saw on my visit, the
a r t
offices
s in Vilieurbanne, Lyon, I snapped up the chance collection is set to further reinforce tha.company's rep-
to find out what this expanding company has planned o f quality original software.
a utation for
for the coming rnontht. What I discovered were some Tucked away in one of the development rooms on
n
_ the sixth floor I came across 24 year old programmer,
e
, I was greeted at the airport by the charming Chris- Frederik Rayne'. He is. currontly 'yr:Manton the second
n
v!elle Gesier. Infogrames' pretty PR person. She chauf- game in The Cryitd1 Collection, It is based closely
t
e'eured me to a large office block in Rde du le r Mars around the American theory of Brain Building, The the-
e
r 1943 (what a delighthil name for a street), in which ory states that certain coordinated
r
y 'nfogrames occupy a veritable warren of offices and patterns of light and sound can be
Nochrooms
t on the sixth and seven floors. used to reduce rapid Beta Waves
e
a Lyon, the second largest city in France is a delight- (normal brain emissions) to slower
xTill city which straddles the two rivers of the Saone and Alpha Waves (a fa r healthier and
i
cthe Rhone. The centre of the city is dominated by tall more relaxed brain state). The game
n
i pink and orrige stucco-covered buildings interspersed is called Alpha Waves after these.
m
t by many, many trees, making this one of the greenest 146; T h e game is set in 256 rooms
e
i cities I've seen. It is no wonder that, given such an -
n
ndtmospheric working environment, all the employees I mapped out with some of the fastest
t
gof Infogrames look happy. wsolid vector graphics I've seen. t r
s
d Before getting down to business I was dragged off hfact they are so fast that I thought
o
eto sample some real French cuisine (I was even tempt- i the demonstration I was watching
f
ved to sample a little fromage frals). Unlike the British, - c
t
ewho have something of a Philistine attitude to food, the 'Chimed
-h out t o be '
French
w really know how to enjoy eating! (My apologies ,b ancient 8086! Bruno D onne ll. Infa gr a m e o* P r e s ide nt, to g e th e r w i t h a c a nor s te
l r A r m a dillo c o m p a n g s ' I m h o f. T h e s c ulptur e h a d or igte ta ily
to
a all the English culinary geniuses reading.) J eu n t Your
i h ' iobjective is t o guide a hod pr ide o f M ote on his offi c e de s k u n t i l th e desk br ok e unde r
o Back at the office I am shown Infogrames' latest a g
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sents the player with a unique challenge. Pick certain
routes through this artificial brain and you will come
across one o f sixteen rooms with a special effect
designed to provoke Alpha Waves. Furthermore, the
game can operate in one of three modes: the standard
Alpha Wave inducing mode, an opposite mode to
increase Beta Waves for rapid thinking, and a third
mode specially designed t o increase the player's
capacity for learning.
The third game in The Crystal Collection, called
Corridor is th e creation o f programmer Vincent
Pourieux. It is another 3D game, but in this instance
Weatils Es the ihront- dirriensional successor to
you are looking down a long straight corridor full of 'Dude. T h e guy On screen to Alessi P a lins o, The advantage of the new technique is that it is very
blocking walls of various shapes and designs, some the game's c r e a tor quick and uses comparatively tiny chunks of memory. I
static and some moving. Using a transparent racquet saw a demonstration showing an animated skeleton
you must keep a bouncing ball moving down the corri- swinging a sword, and very impressive it looked too.
dor— if it bounces back past you you lose a life. Every This technique should allow a greater integration of
so often you will encounter a special challenge sector movie techniques and computer programs in future
for bonus points.
I was privileged enough to be treated a sneak play e••°t•, productions.
Together with 2 3 year old Laurent Salmeron,
of the game and within a minute I was hooked. The ,• Michel is also working on conversions for the new FM
game is quite as compulsive as all-time greats like \
Towns machine. Drakkhen is in the pipeline a t the
Tetras, Breakout, and Ammania, and once again moment, but original titles are planned for the near
proves that you can't beat a simple idea. With 100 lev- future. This is just one area in which Infogrames are
els this looks like it is going to garners happy for quite Ramfirne a r e produced fo r a l l th e a r twor k i n moving in on the Japanese market. They have also
some time. a game to, ha nd. The n the graphics te a m ge t
to "na r k o n th e m . T h e m Or e a l l f o r info- managed to interest the major console manufacturers
Of course, even the best programmers need a stamen' Sairprise success. N or th and S outh in conversion rights to many of their recent titles.
good back-up team, and one o f things Infogrames A further example of Infogrames' ability and willing-
prides itself on is the high standard of the company's ness to constantly embrace new methods of getting
graphic artists and musicians. I talked to Josyane their product across to the consumer can be seen in
Girard who is currently putting together the ST graph- their first video production. Finding that their recent
ics fo r another forthcoming game, Alcatraz. This board game conversion, Full Metal Planete, was prov-
sequel to Hostages has your two-man team perform- ing a little complex they decided to make a video
ing a raid on the deserted prison island, which is being "CD-I requires a totally which discussed the rules and tactics of the game.
used as a base by a major criminal, new development Unfortunately only the French version of the video was
Josyane has gone to great lengths to get the approach if it is to work— available for viewing, but it looks good. Look out for
graphics right. She first produced an accurate hand an English version soon_
drawn map of the prison which was then used to cre- it is the first truly interac-
tive media" With all it's current develo e n t s
ate the backgrounds f o r the game. Muybridge's the pipeline like a s i o r o d
i
famous photographic sequences were used as a basis Bruno Donnell
President at Intogrames H_1x • I f )
for the sprites in the game, with French comic art pro- s5 e e n : l a r t o i f r o m strength to strength. s i -
viding the inspiration. The sprites were drawn and ani-
.1_
mated with Infogrames' home grown graphics soft-
ware, Anam ST. C Bruno Bonnell sees greatse,t'
dent
identified the need f t t in inz
hu
Home grown software is something that the com cAl el at nr at lee i ag total marketing
ture a omethod
r companiessimilar to ven- that
pany- takes very seriously — at the moment veteran b
programmer William Hennbois i s working o n a n
ON LIBRARIES & championed by the likes of Nintendo. Bruno and his
m o o r e
advanced synthesiser and editor which will allow SCHOOLKIDS colleagues have already successfully experimented
o TV Advertising — just one step towards further
with
sounds t o b e synthesised directly on th e target Infogrames' in -h o u s e p r o g r a m . k
establishing Infogrames as a force to be reckoned
machine rather than being sampled. all wo r k o n PCs lin k e d t o with.
s
Infogrames' policy has always been to look to the house net work . Mos t o f t he
, ving suitably impressed. I was chauffeured to
future, so I was delighted to see evidence of a new rk is a mix t ure o f t he t arget ,
s Artistes, a place populated by French
i
software technique in use, as well as a new machine.
and c o m p ile d C . Ra t h e r t h a n actor
n , a t the nearby Theatre des Celestins,
Programmer Michel Royer is using a technique which . work i n is olat ion, w r i t i n g t h e •_' f
then it was t t 4 v e to (lipid
allows him to overlay features from grabbed video ' code f o r e a c h p r o j e c t f r o m delights
-o o u tLyonahasn tod' e e l ' s k hungry English-
frames with graphics generated in a standard way. scratch, t h e p ro g ra mme rs h e r e man
make use o f a special library o f sg aon amwarm p spring
l e evening.
routines whic h has been built up tr h e
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Em urope O n to p o f the h i l l I . the m a gnifi c e nt c a the dr a l o f P owders
s pirit c i f m u t u a l s u p p o r t a n d
whic h "N e w
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winner of THE GAME OF THE
YEAR award in U.K. and
similar awards right across
Europe. A host of new features
have been added to the ones
that enthralled the players the
world over.
Full size multi directional
scrolling pitch with the players,
markings etc. in correct
proportion.
1to 4 players (Amiga & ST only)
option.
2 players TEAM option against the
computer or 2 other players.
Hundreds of players. each with a
unique combination of attributes
(Stamina-Pace etc.) and skills
(Passing, Shooting and Tackling etc.)
Instinctive Kick Off joystick controls to dribble, p
shoot, head or chip a ball and do sliding tackles or
scissor kicks. Kit design — 6 styles and 32 colours. (Amiga & ST only)
Facility to load Player Manager teams for a single
After Touch controls to bend or dip the ball.
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Set Piece Free kicks including dummies to chip
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injury time and sudden death penalty shoot out.
Restricted features on IBM and B tat machines.
Facility to view, edit and save the action replays
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"Haga el favor ' de inetuir el cafes, shopping chic. Devious women, dangerous
seguro a iodo riesga," men. Carefree culture to the core. The most famous
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towns centre.
1 but if Dinamic wants worldwide success it must fast
Dinamic awareness arrived in the UK back in '87
1 after a license deal with Ocean fo r Army Moves,
Game Over, Freddy Hardest and Basketball Master.
4 Awareness turned into notoriety after a bare nipple
was part-shown in the Game Over advert The offend-
ing piece of anatomy was quickly airbrushed Out in
successive ads.
Michel Angstadt, Dinamic's International Manager,
confirms, 'The deal with Ocean was a very good one.
It got us known in Europe". Unfortunately the next non-
Oceaned Dinamic releases, Game Over II and Navy
Moves • released through Electronic Arts - attracted
variable success. "The EA deal was more interesting in
terms o f experience rather than turnover, sta te s
Angstadt, "The UK response to our games isn't as
good as we expected_ It's much better in Continental
Europe. Maybe our type of game isn't best suited to
UK tastes.'
Angstadt is probably right. Dinamic games are
both acclaimed for their graphical excellence and criti-
cised fo r their lack o f originality in the UK press.
Angstadt agrees, "We've been criticised for doing the
same type of game over and over again. We're seen
as outsiders. There's a rejection in the UK against for-
CORTEESPECIAL eign product unless it's American". And Dinamic's forth-
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coming releases, Satan and Arctic Moves, are unlikely
to change this view as they're similar in style to previ-
ous Dinamic games. The other main title under devel-
opment, Mega Fenix, is an enhanced version of the
classic coin-op, Phoenix.
The Dinamic guys are very enthusiastic, but this
isn't always enough. While UK software companies
compact disc development, Dinamic is about to launch
its first Amstrad POW game. The firm is in danger of
being left behind. Interactive entertainment is a global
market with global demands. Success in Spain is fine,
forward into the game technologies of tomorrow. His-
tory's for the taking.
ME E TI NG THE MADRI LE NO S
After visiting Dinarnic I lay sunburning in the nearby
park on Plaza De Espanol. An attractive Spanish girl in
her early teens sat next to me. She rolled and lit a
splif. I looked up. Our eyes met. She smiled. I recipro-
cated. She offered me a smoke. I declined. The only
trip I was taking was the one back to England_ I fell
asleep and dreamt I was a cannibal. The Spanish
authorities have a more relaxed attitude to artificial
additives. Possession is legal, dealing isn't. Presum-
ably this discourages small-time drug entrepreneurs.
I woke and walked back to my hotel. Crutches are
the "in" accessory for the successful Madrid street
beggar, I passed two in as many minutes. There was
no sign of ACE on the sidewalk magazine stands, I
was told they immediately sell out. A t least sister
EMAP Images publications were on sale. Micro Mania
is the most popular indigenous Spanish games maga-
zine.
The air-conditioning in my room wasn't working so
I stuck my head in the refrigerated mini-bar. Bad mis-
take. 15 minutes later I was out of Vodka and all the
mixers. It got worse, I was still thirsty. I switched on

7 6 AOVANC10 COMPUTER PPITERIAMPANT

 the sat-TV. A German-dubbed episode of Neighbours Japanese coin-op manufacturers because its copyright
"Llamen a un medico,
beamed in. I decided to go shopping, message sits alongside theirs on every machine.
Gamegear is sold almost anywhere in Madrid, rapidamenter I was hungry. Time to explore. Every so often, just
Del d o c i o r cpuieldvi
from DIY store to market stall. The most popular when you think you've discovered the real Madrid, you
micros in Spain are the Spectrum and Amstrad CPC - get a 'reassuring signpost leading you to the nearest
taking a whopping 50% market share. Then comes the McDonalds. I firmed down a side-street and stumbled
PC, MSX, Amiga, ST, Sega and Nintendo consoles. A upon a Chinese restaurant packed to the max with
Console Nintendo costs 1790Optas, a Sega Master locals_ Must be good, I scanned the menu in eager
console 19900Dtas a n d a STEM Po we r Pa ck anticipation_ Top of the list came Cazuela de Rape al
68000ptas, Amstrad dominates the Spanish hardware es tilo Chino 1.225ptas. The English translation read
scene with its Spectrum, CPC, PC and PCW micros. 'Rape. Oriental Style". It looked like I'd be eating a Big
Games software is cheap in Spain. A typical Spec- Mac after all.
trum cassette co st s 1200ptas, a Se g a c a r t I surveyed the street below Hotel * * * * * *
199Optas. UK software is very popular. Highly compet- (name withheld on legal advice). Perception hit perver
itive Spanish distributors license the games from their sion. Skin on sale. New wave sex slaves for corporate
British creators, These distributors duplicate, package clients. I drank my Euro-fizz in disgust. 24 hours was a
and sell the titles in Spain - paying the UK software long time in Madrid. I was down E175 on miscella-
companies a royalty on each sale. Keeping the price neous expenses. I was talking in a street-speak synthe-
of software down is the Spanish solution to stopping sis of Spanish and English. I was physically wrecked.
piracy. M ichel - Only one thing left for me to do... Liamen a un medico.
the
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IN THE ARCADES
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there are three ways that developers can create the
illusion of real space in a game. Firstly you can con-
burner,G-Loc• is ar netr ic Wo w ns s ios tl w i t h g o o n s * /V er n t h e P l a n e t o f th e R o b o t struct a world using vector style graphics, or you can
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ric perspective, or you can expand/reduce sprites to
n the beginning, coin-ops were flat, Flat as a pan-
cake. Flat as a June Witheld sitcom. Flat as a give the feel of moving in/out of the screen. You can
also cheat by using cartoons or video for the main
M etal H a w k - s pr ite ex pans ion a n d c o l week old pint of lager. That's not to say that
-v i o l , fa s t playfield, overlaying sprites on top. All four techniques
norms many of those old games were bad. Some, such
as Defender and Pacman released back in were used early on - but have been taken to their lim-
its in recent times by the latest crop of releases.
1980, are still acknowledged as true classics,
but by and large, the processing power neces-
sary to produce that extra dimension just wasn't
there, The number of Us was, strictly, two.
How the names trip off the tongue as the memo-
ries of flood back - Lunar Lander, 2-D vectors in glori-
ous black and white, where you had to land a space
craft on the surface o f the moon with very limited
amounts of fuel. One of the first games with player
selectable difficulty levels and well worth a sequel a
decade on, surely? Scramble, Mr Do - still knocking
around some very plush arcades - Asteroids, Sprint,
Lunar Rescue....but even then, back in the dark ages,
developers were still trying to create that extra dimen- Power r r r i fi - S e g o s p r i e r er c hnologg a t i t s b e s t M a t s o t t h e 0 - l o c
sion in gaming - surprisingly well considering the tech- p a n e l els ewher e on th i s s pr ead/

nology at their disposal. What was the first vector style game? Battlezone?
Polygon te c h n o l o g y fr o n t A t a r i Gam es w i t h
STEM Runner Nope n ic e try but no banana. The very first, although
it barely appeared in the UK, was something called Tail-
gunner, that had you firing a machine gun into great
blackness, at enemy fighters. That was in early 1980.
Later that year saw the release o f Battiezone, the
game that made green cool, and what a classic that
was.
A combination of good controls (two levers rather
than a joystick) and the fact that the game made you
peer through periscope-like eyepieces to look at the
screen in first person perspective, made you feel, well,
as if you were really driving a tank. You ducked when
the missiles started flying. You cringed when you were
hit and the screen -
superb.
c r a c Ikwondere d why the follow up, Red Baron, never
did
u as p well?
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be,
w say,a Stun s Runner
, from Atari Games (who produced
the first filled poly game - the deeply weird I Robot), or
a n
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Winning Run from Namco. Now the polys are filled, and
sshadedt in multi-colour,
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Again, like everything in life - (all this and philoso-

phy too, boys!) - if at first you don't succeed, cheat.
That's what some people have tried to do with games
such as Astron Belt and Firefox (Laser disc shoorem
ups) and Dragon's Lair. This video technique is the
most unexploded area in the arcades right now, and
expect it to reappear in a couple of years time when
the technology gets geared up properly.

Sega ca n d o things w it h sp rite s tha t consiste ntly a ston-

ish. An d now, w it h the lo n g a wa ite d se que l t o Af t e r
burne
, r, G.Loc, t h e com pa ny ha s prove d th a t it s 3 0 0 odd
team o f e ngine e rs re a lly d o e a rn t h e ir Ye n.
M ixin g 3 -0 p o ly te chnique s w it h it s e sta blishe d
sprite te chnology, t h e ga me is a te chnica l tour-de -force i l l
which ha s you, t h e pla ye r, a t the controls o f a n a dva nce
je t fighte r. The e ffortle ss spe e d, t h e a ma zing e ffe cts - a ll
this a nd a de ce nt ga me to o . Pla y it a nd we e p.

Nanteces Pab o m b e r r q w o n fr o m B attlez one

S HRI NK THAT SPRI TE

The first game to exploit the sprite expansion/compres-
sion properly was Turbo from Sega - back in early '82.
And the boys at Sega have been bathing away at this
technique ever since, through Buck Rogers, to After
Burner, to Galaxy Force, Super Monaco Grand Prix, the
astonishing Power Drift and the latest and greatest yet,
G-Loc.
This technique, more than any other, does rely
heavily on processing power and memory. So the old
games look like crap and the new ones are nothing
short of stunning. Older machines simply have ROM's
chock full of pre-shifted sprites, while the more recent
have hardware routines to do this kind of manipulation
realtime.
The other company that has had consistent suc-
cess trying its hand at this style of game successfully
is Namco. From the beginnings with the excellent Pole
Position (early '83) to the more recent Final Lap -
arguably still the best two player game on current
release.
Namco has also made more programmers pull out
hair than anyone else, with Assault and Metal Hawk, by
rotating a screen full of sprites realtime, as well as
expanding and compressing. Ask your local program-
ming genius to do that on an ST if you want to shut
them up fast.
The final technique, that o f isometric view, has
been sparingly used in the arcades, simple because
they are difficult to play, rather than any major technical
problems. It's been used more in home computer
games, as the thing doesn't have to be quite as imme-
diate there. In an arcade, if it doesn't grab you in five
seconds, a game is dead.
Zaxxon - remember that? It has to be the first iso-
metric view that made everyone sit up and take notice.
Revolutionary in its time - Zaxxon is another classic,
even 'though it was pretty unplayable. At the time of
release, however, (March '82), it just blew everything
else away. The style did not, by and large, catch on.
D'Bert used similar techniques, but apart from the odd
release, like Crystal Castles, isometrics have never
really caught on.
The most recent attempt, the graphically excellent
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters from
Atari Games, works fine as a game, but has failed to
capture the imagination of the game playing public. But A n thes e s p r i te . - a n d p a t* . to e - ok nwr a i l i ftfr o m b•r go on CI- Lee
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its own laws and rules of logic - something that
the beautiful
too many game designers overlook.
Chronoquest Ii and the Together with the normal TAKE, DROP,
EXAMINE and USE commands is a separate icon
disappointing ST and menu which appears when you encounter a
Amiga versions of The character with whom you can converse. This
Third Courier.., plus hints, allows you to talk or listen to a character or give
them an object. Talking consists of choosing one
tips, and the ACE RPG of two possible responses to the other
Charter - are we being character's questions - get it wrong and you
won't live to apologise - it's simply a matter of
ripped o ff by RPG?? reload and try something else until the correct
response is discovered. Since conversations can
synthesised version (not very good) of
encountered characters' speech. With a second
drive this disc can be left available at all times,
but with a single drive you need to swap discs
just to listen. Thankfully the speech synthesis
option can be turned off at will. However, with
another disc again for your saves (only one per
disc) a tremendous amount of swapping is
involved to progress.
If you enjoyed Chronoquest and have plenty of
time and patience CH will probably appeal to you.
Despite all the messing about with a single drive
it has me intrigued enough to get me back to the
keyboard

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PSYGNOSIS
e g o ti me -tra v e l l i ng reviewed in ACE on the PC, where it
M I fi t ono i n C h i v e ° .lis tnt
again...
s failed to impress. Now, however, the
a last for several rounds the permutations rapidly ST and Amiga versions are here and the first
So
s you thought you'd completed your task in become vast and tedious. question we had was whether the gameplay -
Chrono
t quest, found your father's murderer and As with Ctrs predecessor, finding objects in which had serious shortcomings on the PC - had
the whole episode could now be put behind you? the locations takes patience at times. Although been improved. Here's the run-down if you
r
Well, think again! About to take your trusty time some objects are in full view, others simply don't missed the last review...
o The action is set in Berlin and revolves around
machine back to the chateau, a temporal exist visually so examining a location is a pixel by
n
disorder causes the engine to overheat, using up three couners who went missing while heading
pixel job. Since the 'examine" icon must be
g
too much of your precious metal fuel. So now clicked between each look you'll need the
lyou must start all over again in Chronoquest I/ - patience of a saint to cover all the available LANDS CAP E 7 5
yyour task this time to find enough metal objects ground. Pretty g ra p h ics b u t not to o m any lo ca t io n s. Novel
w use as fuel and take you home.
to The game is spread over four discs, although method of controlling le ve l switching.
o The game consists of thirteen levels, each one is only used if you want to listen to a
MI NTE RS 50
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as
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own radioactive value which in turn dictates the
e though.
direction and distance of travel, In fact, much of
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the puzzle element of the game consists of
p The p u zzle s aren't to o d iffi cu lt, but a p p lyin g
working out the correct sequence for using the solutions can b e .
rfuel so as to hop between eras without getting
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saving and loading) b re a ks the flOw of the game
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Causing unnecessary frustration-
spuzzles, such as levering a rock to expose
tanother exit. Movement on each level is
restricted to 'advance" and 'retreat", caution ane ACE RATING
regular saving being the watchword for 675
ATARI ST Exxxxdk
advancing as several locations are "sudden
death" with absolutely no warning. you can nut with the system. it's
AMIGA xidk IMMINENT wortha l'ook...but the b e a u ti
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Your s ta r ting point in The Thir d C a s tl e , - almost ide ntic a l to the P c oerstan
for a top-secret conference in Brussels. Each
courier was carrying vital components of NATO's gizmos without which no self respecting spy
defence plans - now two are dead, one has
vanished, and it's up to you to find the
components before they fall into the wrong
hands.
I must admit that my knowledge of spy
thrillers dates back to a few James Bond books
read years ago so I was pleasantly surprised to
find myself drawn into the game with a minimum asking for a West German passport to get his
of confusion.
The game is played with yourself as the sole
character and as usual starts by generating
statistics, Rather than a dice roll you choose a
personality such as what type of urban/rural
background you have, your preferred pastimes
and your civilian occupation. Thus you could
choose a rural background, racing as a hobby
arid research scientist as a job. On the other
hand you could be a jet-setting, partying type
from the inner city. Whatever you choose will
affect your strengths. You are also allocated
various other attributes - mine were poor vision
and an unattractive appearance (Ha!).
The game is played in a similar manner to
many other so-called RPGs. The streets of Berlin probably deserve to play this game.
are portrayed in 3D perspective, movement
being by clicking on a directional compass. As
you move through the streets you are likely to
- e ve n d o tha t.
cpanhandlers (beggars) in addition to both East
oand West German poke.
m Combat is necessary to acquire experience
e a bility-to-re inca rna te a ttrib u te (yo u ge t thre e
a live s).
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n Fla kie . Be lve de re House . 2 7 L in skill Terrace, N o rt h
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M ANI AC M AN SI ON (Scott Jone s. N e wm a rke t )
s To ge t the cha nde lie r ke y (to ope n dunge on)
, find loose pa ne l in libra ry, ope n a nd ge t ca sse tte
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o the n use th e vitricria to p la y d isk w h ile re cording
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points and the options are run,
fight, chat and threaten.
Running simply dumps you in
another part of the city while
threatening sometimes scares
your assailant away. If you
decide to fight this will take
place with whatever weapon
you have armed. Weapons
range from bare hands
through switchblades, small
arms, rifles and sub-machine
guns.
Some weapons can be
acquired from the bodies of
your victims while others are
available from the Mission
Support Supply in the city. Here too are other
would venture out Bomb sniffers, lock-picks, bug
finders and bullet-proof vests are just a few of
the available items.
All pretty standard stuff, but how does the
game play? The atmosphere is well maintained
by touches such as the police demanding your
papers if you stop to chat, the sausage vendor
relative out of the East and even the inevitable
can-toting drunken football hooligan in the park.
Only problem is - as in the PC version - the
encounters are repetitive and, after a while,
hardly exciting.
Although the Berlin Wall is now no more, the
game gives a rare opportunity to experience the
frustrations which must have occurred daily for
Berliners until last year. Unfortunately, it's also
just one of many opportunities to experience
other frustrations - constant disk access,
repetitive graphic locations, repetitive
encounters, and a rather low-grade search-and-
solve puzzle structure. If you think living in an
oppressed society is romantic and exciting, you
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STUDY - get sphere
HALL - use sphe re o n ba niste r
LANDING - get key from foot of statue, use on
bure a u. ge t g lo ve s f ro m dra we r. g e t punch ca rd
unde r rug_
FATHER'S - ge t gra pple a nd rope unde r be d a nd
punch ca rd unde r p illo w .
Get com bina tion f ro m dra we r.
KITCHEN - lo o k cupboa rd, use co m b in a tio n o n
safe, d ro p combina tion, ge t bottle , d ro p w in e
HALL - go NE the n lig h t lig h t e r
CHAPEL - lo o k le f t o f photo, g e t ca ndle s a nd
lig h t the m the n lig h t e r o f t lo o k b o o k the n ge t
punchca rd.
LIBRARY - drop photo, le t t e r & bottle , lo o k
glass then posh switch.
HALL - pick u p the n drop sphe re .
LIBRARY - ge t fuse s f ro m d ra we r the n drop
MACHINE - push le ve r up. use fuse s on fuse
box. posh te Ve f down, push switch, use f o u rt h
fro m le ft ca rd in slo t.
PREHISTORY - he re we come !
NM/NM
LANDS CAP E 7 5 -11!
Atmosphe ric gra phics - monotony Is, after a ll.
Something we rightly or wrongly associate with I
Eastern Europe - add to the realism, a s doe s a city
Map with actual pla ce names.
ENCOUNTERS ss 1
Bribable ba r sta ll, nonky-tonky operators, stiff
necked police and aggressive down-and-outs all
react in a thouroughly believable manner. But they
all tend to do the same sort ol thing.
CHALLENGE 7 0
Relying mainly on combat and exploration, the game
Is tor the e xplore r rather than the puzzle solver_
S Y S TE M 60
Lots ol disc swa pping on the ST ve rsion and
Movement around the city can be slow with much
disc a cce ss on both ma chine s.
ACE RATI NG
655
Standard fare cleverly dressed in
new clothes, but it's a pity that the
" n e w versions didn't improve on
the PC original
RPG R I P O F F S!
and more games are &Gosling elements
'IRPG' I n t h e ir sce na rio blurbs_ L ike ' All N a tura l
I ngre die nts', we t h in k t h is so rt o f cla im sh o u ld
be subje ct t o some so rt o f le gisla tion!
The f a ct is tha t sim p ly g ivin g a cha ra cte r
a ttribute s a t the be ginning o f a ga me is h a rd ly
RPG. An d if those a ttrib u te s ha ve a n e ffe ct on
oa me pla y tha t ca n o n ly be disce rne d b y those
w it h a t le a st sixte e n unna tura l WOWS, it 's e ve n:
le ss RPG. An d if the structure o f the sce na rio is
the sa me f o r a ll cre a te d cha ra cte rs re ga rdle ss
a ttribute , wh e re 's the 'ro le -p la yin g e le m e nt??
Even m o re se rious, m a n y of the se ga me s -
The T h ird C ourie r is ju st one e xa mple - sim p ly
give yo u a single p la ye r cha ra cte r a nd do n o t
a llo w yo u t o cre a te a te a m o r p a rty w it h
va ryin g a ttribute s, so the 'cha ra cte r co-
ope ra tion' e ffe ct goe s out o f the w in d o w . The
Third C ourie r a t le a st le ts yo u sa ve Age nts f o r
future re -a ctiva tion, b u t m a n y ga me s d o n 't
The f a ct is tha t the w a y things a re going.
yo u 'll soon be a ble t o sa y tha t a n y o ld 'be a t-e ne
up' is.._ yup, a n RPG, f o lks! Yo u r a xe -wie ld in g •
sprite come s w it h a spe cia l stre ngth a ttrib u te •
(whe n it runs down, yo u 're de a d) a nd a spe cia l
wo u ld sa y th a t a ny ga me w h ich ca lls it se lf RPG„
should ha ve a t the ve ry le a st the f o llo w in g
fe a ture s!
t. The a b ilit y to cre a te a p a rt y o f a t le a st throat
cha ra cte rs.
2. Al l cha ra cte rs t o ha ve a t le a st f o u r
a ttribute s. p lu s se x a n d use r-supplie d name.
3. At t rib u t e s t o ha ve a notice a ble e ffe ct on
ga rne pla y a nd ga me structure .
4. Sa ve cha ra cte re pa rty to d isk option_
S. Cha ra cte rs sh o u ld id e a lly ha ve se pa ra te
gra phica l a ppe a ra nce s.
. c l a s s e s o f cha ra cte r (e .g. a ssa ssins, p o lit icia n s
a nd ba nke rs - o r m a g k use rs, fighte rs, a n d
vica rs) a nd diffe re nt ra ce s
All progra m m e rs conte m pla ting a n RPG ga me
should be ma de t o sig n t h is cha rte r, o r fa ce a
boycott b y a ll ga me ste rs se riously conce rne d
a bout the future o f RPG. Sta nd u p a nd be
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To begin T
oation in the manual: Choose
w ith t his swhether you're the Prince or
month w e uthe Princess, then shoot the
rspirits on your way to rescue
have s o m e nyour sibling
mThe Big Bad spirit (Magistet)
star ting awho guards the cell in which
ryour twin is incarcerated, can
hints for t he ionly be destroyed when all the
16-bit eother. spirits have be e n
tdispatched, so the route to
ver sions of hyour goal involves finding
ethem all. Your way is barred
t h e l at est iby various puzzles, some of
which must be solved in a
n
F r eescap e fparticular order, and by locked
game, odoors, which may only be
opened once you've found the
r
C ast le m
appropnate key.
Some rooms contain spints.
-You can tell when there's a
Mast er ,
spirit in the room because the
cour t esy of screen will jump around or
flash in an alarming (some
Incent ive. would say lunch-retrieving)
fashion. A spirit can attack you either by sapping your strength happy chomping sounds and your strength increases.
with its presence or by flying/crawling through you. Either way Take a look around you. There's a table with a large seat,
your strength (as indicated by the number of weights on the bar) there's a mat on the floor, and there's what looks like a picture
goes down If it drops below one full weight each each end, you on the wall. Go up and take a close look at it (action on it). Its a
can no longer run; if it falls below half a weight you can only clue! So that's how to open the drawbridge
crawl; no weights and you're dead. Spirits can be destroyed by Once you've opened it and gone into the gatehouse, turn
throwing a rock at them. Use the mouse or the keyboard to immediately right and go through the doorway into the Right
move the fire/action sight (that's the double-line sight, as Atrium, then ahead into S.East Tower. Turning a little to your left,
opposed to the single-line centre-sight) then the left mouse you see a plain door. Go up to it and action it to open. Go in to
button or appropriate key to throw. Some spirits need more than the Kitchen (hmm, that fireplace looks interesting, maybe we'll
one hit. When you kill a spirit the 'spirit-level' bubble moves left a have a closer inspection later.) Take a step forward and turn
little_ As time proceeds the remaining spirits increase in power round to find a key - action on the key to collect it. Go to the
and the bubble moves to the nght. If it gets to the far right, the information screen (either press 'I' or click on the "Castle
spirits have overcome you and your quest is lost Be sure to keep Master
an eye on the level and rind some spirits if it gets too high. key
- hanging on your key rack, Its "Igor's ROOM Key". Click on
-b a n
A n initial recce of the castle surrounds (don't fall in the
n Go
G e rback outside, turn to the right (it's a good idea to close
moat! You never paid proper attention to swimming lessons as a the
a Kitchen door by actioning on it) and go to the next door
a
child...) reveals a shut drawhodge and no other obvious way in. along.
m This has a keyhole, implying the door is locked. If you
Round the corner huddles the Wizard's Hut - walk into the t
action the door it will tell you where it leads. If you action the
e
doorway to get inside. tkeyhole,
" you will unlock the door (provided you have the
Turning to your left you see something on the table. It's a piece h
appropriate
t key).
of cheese! (there are several kinds of food in the game, but e After you've finished tangling with Igor (hint - he has a thick
o
cheese seems to be a bit of a favourite with the castle's hide)
tc continue around to the tower corner. Ahead of you is a
inhabitants). As you try and move around you find you keep simple
o
o puzzle, consisting of a gate and some buttons on the
bumping into things. Try walking CW') or crawling ('C') instead of wall_
n
p There are more complex puzzles further in the game, but
running ('R). Running is useful in open spaces or long corridors, tthey
o
all rely on actioning, shooting, or shouldering (running in
and if you run past something you can always run backwards a to)
if something, or positioning yourself using the contents of the
room,
n or a combination of these.
Now you're a little nearer the cheese, aim the sight on it and t After you've solved the puzzle (c'mon, what would you
u
press the right mouse button or the 'A' key to perform an action: h
usually do with a button?) go through the doorway to your left
e
in this case the obvious action is 'eat', the cheese disappears to e the East Passage (hmm, what's that hole in the ceiling?
into
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Maybe it'll become significant

later...) then ahead to the N.
East Tower. I wonder what's
behind that door? Maybe the
clue will help. Foe the time
being, let's press on round.
After grabbing the cheese
someone carelessly left lying
around, and climbing in and
out the window a few times
to convince yourself you can,
walk carefully over the paving
slabs someone's kindly placed
over that rather dangerous looking hole in the floor. That's a
curious little crawlway to our right. I wonder if there's anything
useful behind it? Maybe later - for now well go through the l e
doorway into the North Passage.
What's this step halfway along? Doesn't seem trapped'
perhaps we'll find Out what its for later. Meanwhile, over it and
MIDWINTER
onward to the N. West TOINet Open that door slightly to your lel!
and go in. Shoot the spirit! Now things are quieter let's have a
look around That door ahead looks rather heavy. Actioning on it Follow ing W
reveals the contents, while actioning on the handle reveals that
we need ten pentacles (what's a pentacle? maybe we need a our Tr ade alone
h
only
on patrol and likely to be in the wilderness. Armed with
dictionary...) e a rifle and a clutch of grenades, you'll soon be under attack
Turning round we find another key, and ten flashing five sided
S ecr et s from
n an enemy convoy with the upperhand in military hardware
and manoeuvrability, or shelled as the spotter planes get a fix on
t
things Hmmm, maybe we don't need a dictionary after all.
Actioning on each of them reveals the location of each pentacle.
f eat ur e on your position Be certain to have checked the map thoroughly,
h
down to the maximum magnification, before starting to ski.
That'll take quite a while; I wonder if it's worth it? Mi d w i n t er e
Initially, look for two things,
Back into the tower, turn right, dose the door and follow the g
I) The nearest place of safety.
tower round (another of those ominous looking holes in the last mont h, a
ceiling...) This door looks interesting - it's got a sign next to 2) The nearest garage
that looks like steps. Shame it doesn't seem to open from this her e ar e m
side - maybe there's another way down. e
Secondly, look at the relative positions of your colleagues
Here's another of those button puzzles, a little more complex
some follow s
awaiting recruitment. If you are undecided as to which building
this time, but not too tricky. Ouch' Bumped your head - better t choose, let your choice be influenced by the direction of
to
crawl under. This door on the nght seems to be padlocked. VOL
up tips from a
recruitable (check you manual biographies') colleagues.
don't have a key for it - maybe you can shoot it off_ Micr opr ose r If you have to stay on skis for any length of time at the start of
In to the Guard Room (luckily, the guards seem to have the
t game, you're likely to meet more trouble than you can
deserted along with the rest of the human occupants of the for t hose of handle.
s You need wheels
castle) and by pressing your nose against the grating you can see so
,, (get
o moving
r to the nearest garage.
what's inside the Pentacle Vault. Maybe it's worth looking for the you still w When
h a tyou
e encounter
v e r an enemy convoy whilst skiing, you
pentacles after y
Back out, then through the doorway to your right. Ignoring
struggling should
so n attempto w - to reach a hill Of plateau from which you can see
a fair distance in all directions. This doesn't necessarily mean
bu u g g i e s
the side doorway for now, through the doorway ahead into the
S. West Tower. Here's another clue, but how do we.get over this
to get t o heading for the mountains. You can often see further in valleys
ra u
with small elevated ridges. When you are in control of Stark,
n
obstruction? Maybe the roof is a bit too low to walk over the top grips w i t h provided
o
r that his arms are uninjured and he has plenty of energy,
nis relatively
. .easy. You must shoot vehicles early, i.e. before
step... sniping
e
Round the corner there are some double doors. Somebody the g a m e . .they
i ) ,
spot you. If you are lucky, you may find a whole string of
must have oiled them lately, as they're easy to open. In to the vehicles
n travelling in convoy, As you shoot one, another will
Great Hall (here's another appear over the horizon from the same direction. If you find that
spirit!) Now, where coulc c
vehicles are attacking from different directions, try to ski on to
something be hidden on here? 1 h ‘ M ( E ) • • • It o
safety, as sniping may take up a lot of time - remember that you
Back out in t he t ower, n looking to recruit people quickly.
are
there's a doorway to the right 1 t If you are controlling a good skier, try 'swooping' down hills at
into the Left Atrium., which enemy
r convoys. When you are within a few yards, launch a
leads to the Gatehouse again 1 grenade
o and swerve sharply to avoid the vehicle as it explodes,
Go underneat h t he large careering
l out of control.
block, taking care with your 1 o
timing to avoid being crushed T h
(saving the game i$ a good : f
directly
e
C
ahead of you. from the time they appear to the time they
idea at this point. Go to the bomb you is usually long enough to get a good shot in with your
information screen and click 7 e
a
idle.
n Out-skiing planes is difficult, but use the time in between
on SAVE or press 'S', then p
plane attacks wisely. As soon as you have shot one, ski on a little
give a fi lename. I f y o u 1 e
further
t If another appears, and you are at walking pace, shoot it.
manage t o g e t y ours elf ifm
a you are skiing quickly, press on until the plane is circling
splatted, y ou can load it : y
overhead,
i
back.) p On reaching a settlement, go to the decisions display. Select
In the Courtyard you may — n
the
l enter building icon to confirm which buildings are present,
S
want to run as it's quite large. Taking a look down the well we and
a which, if any, are Occupied by potential recruits. Check your
(
find another key. i wonder if there's anything else interesting t
character's
n level of Muscle Power, Energy, and Alertness. Also
down the well? a whether the character has dynamite with him, and check
note
9 e
r time remaining before the next situation report is due.
the
F u r t h e r questions: why is there a wooden horse 1 1 ,1 1 1 1 s
k You now have to make a judgement as to which building to
the
1
, stables, what's being guarded in the hay barn, where's the - w
enter,
, according to the state of the character and the time
h
3
door for the smithy; what's the secret of the flag, why is there d
hole in the chapel roof; and what happened to the last guy to
11111 remaining.
i
supplies?
Do you need to eat, rest, or sleep? Do you need
Will you over-run the Situation Report time, thereby
give a sermon? 1
1
Take your time - there is more to this game than meets the .
c
restricting
team
h
your ability to move on? Always attempt to recruit any
members first, and, if there is a garage present, always
eye
: leave
a enough time to enter it and get a snow buggy. •ik
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If y ou wa n t t o k eep any
recruited characters together, 50 You WANT TO LIVE FOREVER?
access t h e c o m p a n i o n s
display and select methods of
mov ement f ro m t here. By
The idea behind the TNT survival guide
referring t o the Personality has been to enlighten those of you who
Displays of characters whom want to know a little more about the art
you wis h t o mov e together,
find the best driver, and make
of hacking and cracking. Over the next
him/her the party leader. few issues, master programmer Jon w ill
Driv ing is muc h eas ier if be talking us through the intricacies of
you stick to the valleys. If you
hacking on the C64. This month he
have to travel over elevated ground t o reach a character
by snow-buggy (e g. Knstiansen), refer constantly to the introduces us to the art of hacking with a
map, mak ing use of - general method for fi nding infi nite lives.
R e l iHowever,
path. ef" there is no substitute f or driving slowly Next month he will explain how he
(about
m o 40 d m.p.h.)
e and look ing at where you are going
through cracked Bombuza l.
t o the main window! Keep an eye out for the trees
and
a steep
n a ridges
l y(the latter being identifi able as they are
usually
s e much darker than the gentle slopes), and watch H a v e you ever wis hed f or the programming skills necessary
the
t skiesh for patrolling planes. Unleash a surface-to-air t o writ e y our o wn pokes? And do t he very words 'mac hine
missile
e as early as possible. but ensure that you can see c o d e ' fi ll y ou wit h fear and confusion? If so, read On •
the
b planee in the centre of the window T h i s inf ormat ion is specifi c
to t he Commodore 64 but
s t
E
gVa
4
P enemy
a units are concentrated in the south-east of the island, y o u will need t o buy a c art ridge wit h a mac hine c ode
near Shining Hollow. Five or six will have made incursions across m o n i t o r (perhaps y ou already have one.) No w c arefully
r *V-

the
l island, arid will always stick t o the valleys. Once you have a n d precisely f ollow these instructions:
recruited a few members, and before synchronising watches too 1 ) Load the game on which you wish t o cheat in the
y
many times, it is often useful to send one character in a buggy to n o r m a l way.
o off' the lead units. You do not have to shoot every vehicle in 2 ) Start the game, mak ing a note of h o w many lives you
'pick
n convoy. You may get lucky and kill the command vehicle; you h a v e left and enter the mac hine code monitor.
the
1
imay be able to kill off half the convoy quickly; in either case the 3 ) Search all me mo ry f o r t he n u mb e r SCE, (t he d o lla r 4 1E
n
remaining vehicles will desert, giving you valuable time whilst the s i g n m e a n s t h e n u m b e r is i n h e x — i f y o u d o n ' t .
1 'Dec rement
t
other convoys travel from the Shining Hollow area, u n d e r s t a n d it. ignore it). This i5 the mac hine code ins truc tion f or loc ation X'
h The speed at which the convoys travel, and the regularity with a n d is writ Zt en 'DEC'.
which they fi re depend on the number of 're-stocking' buildings
1
e 4) M a k e 7 a lis t o f a l l t h e
they have captured nearby. Destroying Synthesis Plants, Factories.
g W dis play ed (I k now,
numbers
and Warehouses will s low them down and make life easier to. t h e r e are aNlot of them)!
yaour t eam. Howev er, s abot aging b u ild in g s c an b e tirnE 1
,m
consuming. Mak e sure t hat y ou use a character wit h above
5) Disassemble 1 t he fi rs t ad.
e
average ability to perform such tasks. dress- in t h:e lis t, e.g. I f t he
fi rst address is 010E ty pe 'D
, Spending some time at the start of the game deciding whice 1
010E'.
characters
y to recruit fi rst is a must. Kristiansen is a valuable, bi.i7
difficult, member to recruit. He is surrounded by steep hills 6) Disassemble t he fi rs t ad-
o p
Diamond Valley and will only Join if asked by certain cieilians. d. r e s s af t er the mnemonic
u
Stark starts the game in the centre of the island, try to recruit ' D E C , e.g. if you get some-
w t hing lik e ',> 010E CE CF DO
Davy hart fi rst, stark should take the boy in a s now buggy to
i
Kristiansen t o rec ruit t he profes s or. Then s end Stark and D E C SDOCF type 'D DOCV.
l stiansen d o wn t o Snows torm Valley t o the
Kn - radio s tation . 4 . - • f o 7) I f t he fi rs t t wo fi gure
l
Caygill can be recruited there by Stark whilst the electronics • 0 1 • . t t an u m b e r at the address you
n
expert enters the radio station and LISPS his radio knowledge t o h - a - v e dis as s embled is equal
recruit
o four other members at random, t J -o t he number o f lives y ou
4
t Meanwhile Davy can either travel west to recruit Rudel, a5 the h a - - v e left, t h e n s tart a n e w
only person who can persuade the hunter t o join the struggle, or go to liberate gearby Peace l i s t a n d J ot d o w n t h e addres s t h a t h e l d t h e 'DE C'
i
Officers recruned by Krisbansen's message, who are captured by c o m m a n d (in my example this would be 01(E).
c
the enemy. Civilians can enter enemy held buildings and free the 8 ) Go on to the next address in the list you made earlier,
e
officers. Then, by using the Companions display to exit the d i s a s s e m b l e it and go back to my sixth instruction. If you
t
building, the civilians can take prisoners with them. h a v e no more addresses in your old list then go on t o
h With luck, Kristiansen will recruit someone in the north-west i n s t r u c t i o n nine. a
a of the- gisland.
o Use the person you enlist to recruit others in a
t south-easterly direction. Once one is recruited, find him or her a
t snow-buggy and split up. Employ a 'pyramid effect so that one becomes two, two becomes four, four becomes eight and so on.
h This will probably leave you with two 'waves of recruits. One
in the north-west, and one to the southern-central part of the
e
island. Getting to the Shining Hollow can be achieved in a
m
,wvey Pritiple Q U A L I T I E S AND spa ts number of ways. Driving head first towards the enemy can prove
a disastrous, but with a little luck you may succeed in blasting a
obras I x : e m s *
j ,Licsu path through to General Masters HQ. H a n g
1 da ille bte I , V o l l e y
ikAN.
o 4
= P S I 1 - - * ; 1 ' =
E X M AINt
skill
- but can be quick and effective. Sometimes the most direct
r W1a s tease i k K a t vey P eingia Exe llita t route
las been weaned gamy a time by Oood G l i disi nnot
g thet most
h e effective
r e Try sneaking behind the enemy
i Rot) without even tosbeing * - Oood with the help of two sisters!
Hef: I f oresWaimea had Stens a s
t a k e s
Abyssal And fi nally, if skiing, driv ing, and hang-gliding t o all y our
t t bet ko tyvith, the y Abyssal
= U . time tor M a Preirhe /OrlyCosed comrades seems lik e a lit t le t oo muc h effort, des troy ing all
y e
WIMPSOwarart entirely' for be a m, Fade Geed
lite wife erkray sad twrw suspects_ Ave re ro enemy held radio stations will allow you the freedom of the
o Va s fsloole. that Buskinshi and below Pa r
;
Osseo have the s w i•tentions. Soapier airwaves to perform a massive recruitment drive across the whole
f S a b o te r e Below Pe r
e island. There is no easy way to win Midwinter, as no two games
f ;
are alike. I f you succeed, t ry again f rom a different s tarting
o ,
position. If you don't, buy some ear-muffs. Your team members
,
r , will be executed, and Masters' gun-shots will be ringing in your
m c ears for a long time to come •
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9) You will n o w have anot her list. If you disassemble all the

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locations in y our newes t lis t and t hey all dec rement t h e

CODNOLE 8
same loc at ion, e.g. t hey all c ont ain t h e ins t ruc t ion 'DEC
S2C59' t hen change all the 'DECs' (SCEs) t o LDAs (SADs) and
go on t o ins truc tion ten. If not then reenter the game, lose
a life, re-ent er t he monit or (remember y ou n o w hav e one
less life) and go back t o my fi fth ins truc tion.
10) You will probably now have infi nite lives. If you haven't,
go back t o t he t it le screen and s tart a n e w game. No w go
back t o ins t ruc t ion t wo b u t read SC6 ins tead o f SCE and

ILtin]
$AS instead of SAD.
There are a f e w games whic h are protec ted agains t this
k in d o f c h e a t , S o me g a me s us e a d i f f e r e n t w a y t o
decrement y our lives, I only have ro o m here t o leav e y ou
With some clues;
Hu n t in g f o r t h e s t rin g o f by t es 38 E9 01 w i l l lis t a ll
occurrences o f c ode t hat subtracts one f ro m (rat her t han
decrements) various locations. A possible 'lif e
byte' will immediat ely f o llo w this code af t er
an 'STA' command. This month w e continue w it h tips from Jojo Cicero and
If, as in Armaly te, t he game does not work Mark Hook, t he console crackin g crew from Wales with
a f t e r y ou in s t a ll t h e c heat, a n d t h e ' DE C
c ommand is at loc at ion SE9F3, t h e re mig h t
more tips for the Seg a Mast er System.
be a b it o f c ode t h a t checks t o mak e s ure
that loc at ion 5E9F3 is alway s SCE, (e.g. LDA BLACK BELT - THE BOSSES
5E9F3, CMP //SAD). I n t his case re-load t h e
Boss 1, RYU
game and c hange the code t o mak e sure the
v alue is alway s SAD (i. e. L DA SE9F3, CMP Jump over him, face him in mid-air and on landing ;.!..e,J.
him into the corner then, as he runs back past you, repeat the aforementioned routine.

Boss 2, HAWK
lump his projectile then, as you land, kick him, Keep advancing at
him and kicking him whenever possible.

Boss 3, GONTA
Make him walk toward you with his hands outstretched. Run i
him, punching rapidly. If he jumps at you, back off Don't get
far away or he'll run at you.

Boss 4, ONI
Stay in the left corner of screen. When ONI is less than
away, kick. He will duck and punch you. As he rises, k
Repeat the routine. Don't worry about losing energy, he d
one energy block left!

Boss 5, RITA
Use the following routine on her. KICK, PUNCH, DOWN PUNC
DOWN KICK. REPEAT EXACTIY and the FLY KICK to finish.

Boss 6, WANG
You're on your own herel

CAPTAIN SILVER
To annihilate-

SAD). Ins tall t he c heat and restart, and t he
game should n o w work properly wit h infi nite
lives. In my ex ample y ou would hunt f or t he
string of bytes AD F3 E9 C9 CE, If you are one
of the many people that have just rooted Out
t heir Armaly te disks, t hen try ty ping 'ID A194'
in t h e c art ridge's mo n it o r and c hange t he
bytes 20 30 EO to 4C 97 A l, n o w re-enter the
game by ty ping 'G A000' and you can't die.
Some g a me s h a v e p r o t e c t i o n d ir e c t ly
a g a in s t c a r t r id g e s , i t w o u l d r e q u i r e a
c omplete mac hine c ode course t o ov erc ome
it and I am not at liberty to div ulge t hat k ind
of inf ormat ion anyway (so tough luck),
A wo r d o f warning; wr it in g c heat modes
wh e n y o u a r e n o t v e ry g o o d a t i t c a n
s erious ly b o re y o u r f riends t o deat h, o n ly
at t empt it i f t hey hav e s o me t h in g els e t o
amuse themselves wit h!
For c o m p a r is o n i t t o o k m e e i g h t e e n
seconds t o ins tall t he 8ismbuzat infi nite lives
c heat w i t h o u t u s i n g a n y c h e a t - a i d i n g
s oftware! You will soon learn the short-cuts.
Happy Cheating! •
...Boss 1, WITCH
Just before the Witc h ap fi re at her entran
spot. If you fi re very rapidly, she will be half dead by the ti over No w face
and as soon as she is within reach, jump and blast her!
_Boss 2, NAPOLEON
Fire like mad at him (obviously). When his knife gets within approximately 1 centimetre of
vicinity, run back. After gaining a little distance, turn and fi re. Whenever he jumps, run
let rip with the cutlass.
ss 3, CYCLOPS
Repeatedly fi re at him. Stay very close to him though, lust in case he throws a low stone,
be ready to move away in case he moves quickly,
Boss 4. DRAGON
at the left of the screen, Whenever he fees a bolt it is easily jumped. Hit him, then
k. Repeat.
—.Boss 5, VILLAGE CHIEF
Not much here, just to observe that when he pulls back his arm, he throws his chain above
(duck). When he doesn't move his arm, he throws his chain at your feet (duck).
...Boss 6. CAPTAIN SILVER
When he jumps, run underneath him, not slopping until his arrow hits the ground. Then tu
round and let rip. When he jumps again, repeat routine.
NB. Bosses 3, 4, 5 and 6 can only be killed with the blade, not the stars
To continue:- Press button 2 and up when 'game over' is displayed.

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Anyone fo r tennis?
Eugene Lacey serves a
f e w aces and puts you in
the right court...
ennis ought to be a fairly simple sport to
simulate. Two players bat a ball back and
forth to each other across a net in a rectangular
court. The first 'Pong' computer games were
practically doing this nearly fifteen years ago!
In 1990, however, the simpler the game the
greater the expectation that the graphical
representation of the sport will be close to the
real thing. Tennis suddenly begins to look a lot
less simple. Practically every muscle in the body
is involved as the player throws the ball in the air,
swings the racquet above the head and brings it
down through the air, twisting and bending the
whole body at the same time, as the ball flies
towards the opponent's chalk.
And that's just serving!
The Tennis ACE's presented on these pages
are in our view the best games around. We have
looked for games that try to push the frontiers of
presentation but also those which are - first and
foremost - strong on playability. Go for that
ace...
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TENNIS
The PC E ngine serves a scorcher
No doubt about it. PC Engine International Tennis
is the standard that should be looked at before
all new tennis games are embarked on.
Programmer beware. PC Engine owner, rejoice.
The rest of us, look on and wonder.
PCP
that - make the difference between good and bad
computer
p tennis. The first category is the
essential
e r one of 3D graphics - the movement of
thef ball is totally believable as it pursues its 3D
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trajectory towards your opponent from whatever
rm
position you strike it.
sSecondly, the method of hitting the ball is
b to master but also totally plausible as the
simple
r i
computer animation reflects the decision you
makel l with your keypad. The net result (sorry) of
thisi is that great, flowing rallies can be enjoyed
byathe participants.
nThe third key category is options and here
agait nl PCiT points the way. Spin, force of shot,
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positioning, four player doubles - the player hasextra's - as you would expect from programmers
many possibilities at his/her fingertips at all
times.
The fourth essential is extras. There must
always be a gloss for a sports game. It may be
TV style commentaries as you get in Cinemaware
games, or a completely separate arcade
adventure as you get here in P CP
progress
. dependent on your performance on the
centre
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simulation programming.
• Eugene Lacey serious money is riding on the winner and runner
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TENNIS
Total 3 D e x pe rie nc e fr om Palace
Here Palace up the stakes with a revolutionary
new system which rotates and tilts the court as
you make your shots.
There is a price to be paid for this
enhancement, however - the players turn out to
be wire-frame stick-people of indeterminate sex.
But the benefits more than outweigh the
limitations. It enables you to have much more
control over the ball - including top spin and
back spin - and to get into and enjoy those
rallies to a much greater extent_
The game features lots of other options and
Sensible Software (Microprose Soccer, Wizbalt).
There are four skill levels to play against an
opponent, or the computer: Amateur, Semi-Pro,
Pro and Ace. Ace is where all game play options
are switched on - it's also quicker, with a greater
variety of shots at your disposal and - most
importantly - you are also playing for money.
The money side of things provides for a sub
game of some merit. You have to decide which
tournaments to compete in and work out your
likelihood of taking home a cash prize if all of the
up.
3D International Tennis represents the most
innovative approach to computer tennis for
years. This is praiseworthy in itself but what is
even better is that all of its radical ideas are
made to work. Highly playable and addictive.
• EugeneLacey
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options are the key distinguishing features here.
k game requires some effort from the player
The
toOmaster the six different types of serve and
thirty
U possible strokes available to you
(depending on your position on the court) and the
return your opponent has just made. But once
you're up and running you can begin to enjoy
some sterling rallies.
The whole play area scrolls sideways in both

directions as the rally flows. The limitation of this
type of presentation is that it does not allow
players to attack the net. However, apart from
the limited nature of the 3D presentation, Tennis
Cup has lots of visual treats and the overall
standard of graphics is very high. Particularly
neat are the variety and detail of faces in the
crowd - so much more convincing than the usual
row of footballs.
The game lets you play on grass, clay, hard
court, or indoors. Three or five set games can
be selected against a friend, the computer, or
you and a friend against the computer in a game
of doubles.
Tennis Cup is more o f a game based on
tennis than a simulation of the sport as
represented by 30 International Tennis. But this
compromise is made for good, sensible reasons
of game design and hardware limitations and is
as playable as any of the games on this page -
and a good deal prettier than most of them.
• Eugene Lacey
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PRO-TENNISTOUR
Thrash Becker a nd Lend! - tha nk s
to I l bi s oft
Pro-Tennis Tour brings you up against the top
players on the world tennis circuit - Lendl,
Becker, they are all here as you seek to up your
own personal world ranking.
Ubisoft opt for a fairly straightforward
presentation of the court with the action viewed
from your end of the court throughout. No split
screens or three dimensional rotation here.
Game controls are simplicity itself. To serve, you
throw the ball in the air and then move a cross
hair to determine the direction you want it to
BALLS U P!
H a rt's th e ACE Te nnis R a ting Syste m :
3 BALLS Be tte r tha n Bo ris Be cke r's Pe cke r
2 BALLS Jimbo C onnors' Sta nda rd -
5000d, b u t it a in 't g o in ' t o w in
Wimble don t h is ye a r
BALL You ca nnot be se rious
NO BALLS
travel.
Returning shots is equally simple. All you have
to do is press fire - the computer works Out for
you whether to use a backhand or forearm return
depending on your position on the court_ This
simplicity does facilitate some excellent rallies,
but you can't move and swing at the same time.
The bat seems to take forever to make the swing
before it connects with the ball and this means
your positioning has to be spot-on, arriving at
the position where the ball will be returned just
before it gets there. This doesn't spoil the rallies
exactly, it just makes them slightly unrealistic.
Pro-Tennis Tour has excellent sound and
graphics. Worthy of particular mention are the
landmark shots at the start of various
tournaments. The Tower of London never looked
so good in pixels, and the Statue of Liberty isn't
bad either.
• Eugene Lacey
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Image Works last year launched one of the fe'•
conversions
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Unfortunately,
of a coin-op tennis game ever.
like its arcade big brother, the
11
,
home versions of Passing Shot failed to make
much impact on the games scene.
The trouble is, it suffers from a very odd
overhead perspective. The ball flies skywards
everytime a rally gets going and to make matters
even worse it only shows part of the court whilst
the ball is in motion. It does scroll vertically to
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show you the rest of the court eventually, but this
is little compensation. It is therefore difficult to
predict where the ball is going to arrive back in
your court - the very essence of tennis, surely.
Thankfully, it switches to a 3D perspective for
serving (server's view) and this aspect of the
game works fine. But just as TV tennis fans find
-
it a complete bore to see a match won on
service alone so the same applies to Passing
Shot.
Within Passing Shors very unrealistic
parameters it is possible to enjoy it. You can
have decent rallies, however untennislike. ACE
is sure that Sega - the industry's leaders in coin-
fi
op 3D - could do better if they were to make
another attempt.
Exa ctly.
• Eugene Lacey
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Tennis ha s fe lle d t o ca pture the im a g in a tio n o f
ga rne rs in the sa me w a y a s sports like footba ll
L
(both Am e rica n a nd Anglica n), golf, Or e ve n
l ske tba ll. T h e e a rlie st ra llie s t o o k pla ce o n
ba
i ctrum's a nd Z Xlit 's tha nks t o a ga me ca lle d
Spe
Psion Te nnis- f ro m the sa me compa ny th a t n o w
s
produce the yu p p y (doe s th a t w o rd st ill e xist?)
fiblo ta x w it h ch ip s in - t h e Orga nise r. Alt h o u g h
i
Psion m a y n o w be a lit t le e mba rra sse d a bout
the ir vid e o ga me o rig in s the y d o de se rve t o be
t
give n cre dit f o r h a vin g 3 D gra phics w e ll susse d
i ry e a rly on.
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m As Psion gra spe d n e a rly te n ye a rs e go. 3 D
re ma ins ce ntra l t o the succe ss o r othe rwise o f
unnis ga me s. CO-I a nd M u lt im e d ia C r, u n like ly
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l o ffe r a ny bre a kthroughs f o r the te nnis ga me
to
In the ne a r a nd m e d iu m t e rm future . These
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te chnologie s w ill o f f e r the p o ssib ilit y o f lin kin g
t
foota ge o f re a l ga me s w it h some o f the t o p
4 ye rs a s lo n g a s the le g a litie s o f doing so ca n
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be so rte d . The y w ill fa cilita te good
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compute rise d stra te gy ga me s a nd e ve n tra in in g
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progra ms f o r the re a l t h in g .
. But w h a t the se te chnologie s w o n 't d o is
fa cilita te a be tte r com pute r gra phics sim u la tio n
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of te nnis in a n a rca de style . Tha t is w h o lly
' d e, p e n d e n t o n the de ve lopme nt o f fa ste r a nd
more p o we rf u l proce ssors, ca pa ble o f
pe rform ing the com plica te d thre e dime nsiona l
ca lcula tions re quire d t o sim ula te te nnis
prope rly on a sin g le d isp la y w in d o w . All o f
these proce ssors e xist, t h e p ro g ra m m in g kn o w-
how is in pla ce , t h e w ill is the re t o d o i t the
e conomics o f using the se proce ssors t o produce
te nnis ga me s isn 't . N o t ye t .
TENNIS
Take the set out to play with
Nintendo's Gameboy
Gameboy Tennis offers the best game you can
get on any of the handhelds so far. This
statement is a bit unfair as the Lynx doesn't have
a tennis game as yet and the PC Engine
handheld is still under development by NEC.
But not that unfair either, when you consider that
it offers a better game than many of the
computer versions that are available. No mean
achievement considering the black and white
graphics on a tiny LCD monitor that the
Gameboy has to work with.
But these limitations do not stop Gameboy
Tennis offering superb rallies, great control over
the ball in serves and returns, a convincing 3D
ball trajectory and, best of all, a two player link
where two Gameboy owners can play head-to-
head, each enjoying a full 3D players view of the
court from his own end.
• Eugene Lacey
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V W in ALL the magazines (and there- month and you too could strike rich. THE STOCKMARKET
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THIS MONTH rating, which is calculated
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The Stockmarket winners have now Deeri Drought fully up to oaf e pus month was we publish the winners
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d month by checking the next issue of the magazine, and not by having to wait a couple of issues until the month than last month, its price will drop. If it
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wsmoothly and prizes are now on their way. Associated with the share price is the +/-
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h As most readers are aware, we now run a slightly different system for selecting winners. You only
company's share price has risen or fallen this
i have to nominate one title in each category and where more than one person gets it right, there is a ran- month.
cdom selection to pick the winner. This makes it easier to submit a an entry with a chance of winning in at Finally, there's the company's INDEX RAT-
h least one category. For those geniuses who were consistently getting nearly all entries right in the vari- ING. This shows how well a company's games
ous categories, however; it makes it slightly more diffi cult to win since there's likely to be more competi-
have done this month c omparedlo the average
tion. Eggheads will, of course, still be able to score big wins in the Jackpot Category if they get all live
score gained by all the other games reviewed.
entries right and if they get more than one individual entry correct in the other sections they do get
It's this rating that determines the position of a
included in the draw for each section. thus boosting their chances. This month, Phil Maxfi eld missed the
company in the charts. The average score for
Jackpot in Round Six by only one game on the PC (he got Blood Money in fourth place instead of Gun-
ALL games reviewed each month is called the
boa ri
SOFTWARE INDEX and ifs printed at the top
Round Six winners : Nick Brewer of Bedlord was one of six people to get Rainbow Islands as num-
of the Stockmarket. For example, this month
ber one for the Spectrum; Amarendra Swarup of Golders Green was one of ten to nominate Vendetta for
reviews of System 3's titles have scored a stag-
the C64, and Jay Noble was one of 16 to guess E-Motion for the PC. No one guessed Space Rogue on gering 18.89 points above the average review
the Amiga, Myth on the CPC; or Klax on the ST Shame on you!
mark for all games.
Round Seven winners :Emy r Jones of Llanrwst got Tower of Babel on the Amiga; Regan Atkinson
All fi gures in the Stockmarket are derived
was one of ten to get Hammerlist on the SpecIrum: Richard Mather was one ot three to get Midwinter on
from as many magazines as we can lay our
the ST: Adam Shapiro was one of six who got Turrican on the C64: and Kashif Ouraishi of Hayes was hands on each month.
one of twelve to get Ultima VI on the PC.

THE 16 BIT CHART THEEt-BIT CHART

Title Publisher Format Rating Ti tl Publis her F o rm a l Rating
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Midwinter Rainbird ST 93.27 Turrican Rainbow Ar.s Co m n 94.25
Tower of Babel Rainbird Amiga 92,92 Castle Master Domarlr -
C64. Sp 89.38
Their Finest Hour US Gold Amiga 90 Hammerfi st Activision 88.92
C64,
6 4 CPC. Sp
Warhead Activision Amiga,
ST 90.13 X-Out Rainbow Arts Comm64 86.5
Castle Master Domark Amiga,
ST 88.49 86.25
Pipemania Empire Sp
LI-IX Attack Chopper Electronic Arts PC 88,47 Nino Spirits Activision Comm64 84_5
Escape/Robot Monsters Domark Amiga.
ST 8748 E Motion US Gold 83.94
C64, Sp
F29 Retaliator Ocean Arffiga,
ST 87.84 Millennium Comm64 83.67
Cloud Kingdoms
Hammerlist Activision Amiga 87.63 83.11
Fiendish Freddy MI ndscape CPC. C64. Sp
Player Manager Anco Amiga.
ST 86 Oriental Games 82
Micro Style Sp
Antheads Cinemaware Amiga.
ST 86,85
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88 Bubbling under: Startioght (Electronic Arts) on Commodore 64. Crackdown
Bubbling under: Dragon's Breath (Palace) on Amiga and ST; Xenornorph (US Gold) on Commodore 64 and Spectrum; Overlander (Encore) on Spec-
(Pandora) on Amiga and ST: Max (Dornark) on ST. trum.

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Tower of Babel Rainbird 92.92 Ultima VI : Origin 88.5 Midwinter Rainbird 93.54
Their Finest Hour US Gold 90 LEIX Attack Chopper Electronic Arts 88.47 Castle Master Domark 88 58
F29 Retaliator
Player Manager
Ocean
Anco
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89
Loom
Gunboat 1 US Gold
Accolade
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79.5
EscapeiRobot Monsters
Xenomorph
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Pandora
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86.5
Domark Thalamus 79.5 Palace 86.33
Escape/Robot Monsters 89 Mindroll
1 Dragon's Breath

Player Manager makes its second appearance in
the Amiga top five, on the format which consistent-
ly features the highest ratings. Despite the horde
of football games coming out in time for the World
Cup, Anco's Player Manager is the only soccer
game to make it into the lop live, on any format.
Ultima VI is getting glowing reviews everywhere; The two Dornarl‘ titles have switched places from
expect to hear:more on Loom in the future. Having last month, with Midwinter, suffering from delays in
two fantasy titles in the top five roust say some- the shops. topping the lot on the reviewers lists,
I
thing about PC owners - though exactly what, we
can't say!
CO MMO DO RE 64 RATI NG S

S P E CTRUM RATI NG S Turrican Rainbow Arts 94.25

AMS TRAD CPC RATI NGS Flimbo's Quest System 3 9 3 . 5
Hammertist ACIIV IS IOD 90.25 Castle Master Domark 9 1 . 5
Fiendish Freddy Mindscape 83 Castle Master Domark 87.25 Hammedist Activision 8 8 . 5
Psycho Hopper Maslertronic 76.25 E-Motion US Gold 84.88 Fiendish Freddy Mindscape 8 8
Raster Runner Masledronic 66.25 Oriental Games Micro Style 82 TV Sports Football Cinemaware 8 8
Dr Doom's Revenge Empire 64.17 Fiendish Freddy Mindscape 78.33
Hopping Mad Encore 59.75 These are the best scores tor the Commodore 64
Hammerfi st makes it two mOilth's running in the for ages; a breath of fresh air for 64 owners who
Not a vintage time for buying CPC games; it Spectrum top five, albeit with a slightly lower mark. were beginning to feel neglected, with three titles
seems fairly clear whereyour money should be Also, these are all full-price games, unusually here consistently scoring over 90%.
going this month. these days on 8 bit formats.

TOPCONSOLEGAME SALES IN MARCH 1990

These are the console games that SEGA ME G ADRI V E TOP 10 2 P O W E R DRIFT 4 TE NNI S
are selling the most copies at 1 G O L D E N AXE 3 C I T Y HUNTER 5 L A S T BATTLE 'North Star)
Shekhana's London outlets... 2 G HO UL S ' N' G HO S TS 4 P A RA NO I A 6 S U P E R MARIO LAND
No change at all on the 3 S U P E R SHINOBI 5 C H A S E HO 7 S P A C E INVADERS ORIGINAL
Megartrive, but a host of new titles 4 F I N A L BLOW 6 N E W ZEALAND STORY 8 P A RA NO I A
on the PC Engine including Splatter 5 L A S T BATTLE (North Star} 7 P S Y C H O CHASER 9 T R U M P BOY
House which takes pole position. On 6 R A M B O III /3 T I G E R ROAD 10 FL A P P Y SPECIAL
the Gameboy the all-conquering 7 F O R G O T T E N WORLDS 9 C Y B E R CORE
Tetris has been hit for six by Batman 8 S U P E R REAL BASKETBALL 10 S UP E R VOLLEYBALL LYNX TOP 5
and Soccer Boy kicks Golf right out 9 A S S A U L T SUIT LEYNOS 1 C A L I F O R N I A GAMES
of the chart. Finally. the ever-popular I() TA TS W I N GAME BOY TOP 10 2 G A UNTL E T
Gauntlet shakes up the Lynx chart 1 B A 1 MAN 3 C H I P S CHALLENGE
and topples Blue Lightning out of the PC ENGI NE TOP 10 2 TE TRI S 4 G A T E S OF ZENDOCON
top five. More new titles next month. SPLATTER HOUSE 3 S O C C E R BOY 5 E L E CTRO CO P

THEACE STOCKMARKET - ME TOP 25 SOFTCOS

There are four columns of ratings for companies each month in the ACE Companies rating 100 and marked • are anew entries'. They haven't
Stock Market, The first shows the overall score for this month only, sta- featured in the Company Counter before, and a company's launch share
tistically calculated from hundreds of reviews in magazines during the price is always 100.
current month, The second shows the amount of change - up or down - There's just one new entry this month: Gonzo Games just sneaks
from the previous month. The third is the sh a re price: the company's into the top 25 with Wipe Out, its novel space age skateboarding game.
rating relative to its past perfor- The Software Index contin-
mance, wh ile t h e final column THIS MONTH'S SOFTW A R E I N D E X R A T I N G : u e s its steady climb: at 73.86 this
shows how highly each company's 73- 86 month, it's up nearly half a point
titles have scored compared to the again, Are games improving all the
software index rating f o r th a t UP NEARLY H ALF A PO INT ! time, o r are reviewers becoming
month. more generous?
The software index rating is the overall average mark given by mag- System 3's flying high, while Anco is basking in the glory of Player
azine reviewers over all titles. Although we only print the top 25 compa- Manager and Kick Oft 2. Regulars such as Microprose, Image Works
nies in the Stock Market, all other companies' performances continue to and its American associate Cinemaware, which all pride themselves on
be monitored the high quality of their releases, are finding the reviewers in agreement.

Publisher Rating + or - Shares Index Goliath Games 86.61 nia 108.71 12.75 Blade 82.5 ma ••14.58 8
Rainbow Arts 86.5 +4.12 105 12.64 SSIAIS Gold 82.33 -3.55 95.87 6
8.47
92_75 +21.17 129.58 18.89 Pandora 86 n.'a 149.57 12.14 Rainbird 82.2 -6.6 92.57 4
834
System 3
Anco 91.59 +9_42 111.46 17_73 Interceptor 84.75 -2.25 97.41 10.89 Ocean 80.91 +4.15 105.41 7.05
Audiogenic 90.8.3 +6.83 108.13 16.97 Micro Style 84 rue 87,5 10.14 CDS BO eta 144.14 6.14
M ierefrOS P 90 nia 112.56 16.14 Domark 83.61 -1.24 98.54 9.75 Mindscape 79.56 rue 95.57 5.7
Image Works 87.75 n/a 93.35 13.89 Palace 83.07 rue 94.4 921 Gremlin 79438 -4,62 94.5 5.52
Cinemaware 86.93 4 22.43 134470 13.07 Bethesda 83 rue 112 16 9.14 LibiSoft 78.86 -6.36 92.54 5
Electronic Zoo 86.75 nia 100 12.89 Miliennium 82.87 +7.97 110.64 9.01 Gonzo Games 78.75 nia 100* 4.89

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CD UPDATE
At a recent convocation o f UK of the Smithsonian, for to experience Caesar's type of music. At the same
example (see ACE 32) will World of Gambling • without time, you'll see the
developers and trade parties, retail at S49,95 (around losing their shirts.ICIAIM is accompanying video on
Philips announced its plans fo r 640), which is cheaper than overseeing ABC Sports screen, and at any time
the 'coffee table' book of Golf, Treasures of the during the 'performance'
CD-I in the UK. Here's a quick pictures of exhibits currently Smithsonian and the CD-I you can stop it and choose
checklist of the schedules and available.ICIPhilips hopes versions of the children's TV to listen to something else.
that around 30-35 titles will series Sesame Street, After listening to your
the software w e can expect to be available in the UK at Sesame Street Numbers selection, you'll be asked to
see wh en the system appears launch, which doesn't sound and Sesame Street Letters. rate what you've heard • a
in 1991. very many at all, until you Other children's titles useful piece of market
remember that a single CD-I include the Cartoon research for the record
like a rather fat CD audio title will be far bigger in Jukebox, Children's Musical companies. The day can't
p launched CD-I in the player and will hook up into terms of content than a Theatre, a disk of Bible be too far away before all
UK stories retold for kids and a your music-only CDs
h • although we still won't your hi-fi and television - disk-based computer game,
be plus the fact that there are become redundant as
i able to buy the finished helping to keep the cost of colouring book. ICIA number
product in this country until buying a fully•featured CD-I around 75 titles in of the products in artists release the record
l
1991. What is available now system down, Philips says development in the US development in the UK plus video on a single CD-I
i that the cost of the CD--I
are specific CD-I alone.ICIThere are a good follow on from titles nearing formatICIThis analogy is
p
development toolkits, as 40 titles in development in completion in the US. ACE, continued in the Cartoon
player will definitely be
s
Philips Interactive Media under $1000 when it is the US which are being kept issue 32, looked at several Jukebox disk, aimed at
h
Services (IMS) now has a launched in the US next under wraps, since the CD-I products in young children. Here the
a to attract British
year year, and when it arrives in companies concerned don't development at care that Philips is taking
publishers,
s software the UK about three months want competitors jumping Philips/Polygram subsidiary with making CD-I suitable for
companies,
o record later we can expect a price on their bandwagon before AIM. For AIM's Palm Springs mass use is apparent. While
companies,
f etc, into tag of around 0750. After the official launch date. Golf, read St Andrew's: the the system will be mouse-
working
f on CD-I products. that, you can expect the - Royal and Ancient Golf Club compatible, and have a
Most CD-I work is currently price to fall in much the of
T production and some is talking to Philips about mouse port built-in, the main
i
taking place in the US and same way as prices of video have
h non-disclosure the possibility of doing way of controlling CD-I
c
Japan - Europe has some recorders and CD-audio agreements
e attached to something with CD-I. The programs will be from the
i
catching up to do. (CIThe players did five or six years them
s due to competition in company is also actively comfort of your armchair,
laaunch also gave Philips the

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ago.ICINor will the disks the publishers' markets," encouraging cartoonists to with an infra-red remote
l e
opportunity to explain where themselves be particularly said Julie Davies of Philips feature well-known cartoon control similar to the one
a
itl hopes to sell to sell the expensive. A basic IMS.ICIOver 30 however, characters in games and you use with TV/video. But
y interactive cartoon on CD-I rcan be named, and come 'educational' disks, since Philips is also developing a
systems, and the heartening
news for ACE readers is is likely to cost around 615- e
from companies as diverse much of the cartoon-based children's version, a larger
that CD-I is intended 620, going up to perhaps ias book and encyclopaedia development so far is based remote control with rounded
primarily for home 6200 for a full multimedia n
publishers, such as harcourt in Japan, and thus featuring edges and bigger buttons
r*
entertainment use, to encyclopaedia. Hardly an Brace
v Jovanovich and characters unknown in the more suitable for small
become as much partof impulse buy, but it certainly a
Britannica, through AIM, to WestICIOne product fingers.lCIPotential
your living room furniture as compares favourably to the software
r houses such as demonstrated at the launch developers who buy one of
the TV, VCR and hi-fi, ICIThe cost of a 20 volume set of Icom,ICIThe
i atmospheric was The Listening Booth the authoring units also buy
system, when commercially the Encyclopaedia ostrategy/adventure games from EMG/Microware. While into an impressive support
available, will look exactly Britannical AIM's Treasures Deja Vu and Uninvited are designed for the home system based around
u
both being developed for leisure enthusiast, Listening Philips' multimedia studios in
s
CD-I, as is Sargon Chess - Booth isn't a disk you can Surrey. Technical advice,
C A N T H E Y P U L L I T O FF? s
which was released in the buy to take home with you, training courses,
Philips ha ve re pe a te dly de la ye d the la unch o f CD-I e ve r tUK many years ago on but it could revolutionise the newsletters are all available,
since the product wa s fi rst a nnounce d thre e ye a rs a go. Wit h a
Atari's XL 8-bit machines. way you buy records or as is practical help with
the launch of the CD-TV the market has moved on a step,
and Ph ilip s m a y w e ll be le f t m a rching o u t o f lin e .
g
The American Rand McNally audio CDs, and is being integrating data on
The p ro b le m lie s w it h the te chnica l spe cifica tion o f CD-I. Road
e Atlas is a natural for piloted in the US at the disparate formats (video,
Howe ve r good it s ha ndling o f vid e o ima ge s is inte nde d t o translation
s to CD-I, as is the moment. ICIListening Booth computer graphics,
be (a nd the syste m STILL doe sn't ha ve f u ll m o t io n vide o,
Grolier Encyclopaedia, is in effect a CD jukebox, audiotape, etc) on to the
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forms the he a rt o f the CD-TV. Proce ssing p o we r is g o in g to demonstrated at many record shops. With you can is determined to make life
be vit a l if the n e w vide o/ a udio/ compute r sta nda rds like CD-I exhibitions in its CD-ROM choose to listen to songs as easy as possible for CD-I
and DUI a re going t o be a ble t o ma ke m a xim u m use o f the format. Philatelists will be from an album, or a authors to ensure the
thre e me dia the y com m a nd.
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ma y be soon be kickin g the mse lve s. Stamps disk, while those artist, or more broadly a projects come to fruition in
who like a flutter will be able selection from a specific time for 1991.

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PRIZE PUZ Z L E
The next date that all five of them will be present
is Monday 25 March 1996 (Our Review Editor's
30th Birthday)!
Solution: The listing given counts off the dates
on the calendar, starting at Easter Sunday
1990, and checks each date in turn to
determine if each of the men will be present.
The number of days in each calendar month is
first read into the array M(12) at lines 100 to
110, the values themselves being held in the
DATA line (1000). Line 120 sets the initial date
(year, month and day) together with the day of
the week (W) and a count of the number of days
elapsed (E).
The extra day in February of leap years is set
by line 200 - this becoming 29 whenever the
year value is exactly divisible by 4. Lines 210 to
250 check on the attendance of each of the five
men, rejecting any date as soon as a single non-
attendance is discovered. For example, Arnold
does not attend during the 6th, 7th, 9th, lOtt,
llth , or 12th months (June, July, September,
October, November and December do not
contain an 'Al. Similarly, the number of days
elapsed is tested to determine if it is a multiple
of 13 (line 250), as this will determine if Eric is
present.
Any dates which pass all five tests are printed
out. Lines 300 to 330 increment the various
components of the calendar, E being the number
JULY '90
increased when this occurs.
PRIZE PUZZLE
100 B I M M( 1 2 )
110 FO R M=1 TO 12:RERO Set By Archie Medes
2:M1M I=2:NEHT
120 Y=1990: M=4: 0=15: 111=1: E=0 Illustrated in the figure below are four rows of
ZOO I F Y / 4 = I NT( Y / 4 ) THEN M( 2 ) = 2 9 four dice. The three lower rows are obtained by
ELSE M( 2 1 =2 0 turning over each of the dice in turn, starting
2 1 0 I F M = 6 OR 1M=7 OR M>8 THEN with the penultimate die and moving to the left
300:REM Ar nol d (as indiciated by the arrows).
2 2 0 I F 0 / 2 • I N T ( 0 / 2 ) THEN 3 0 0 : RE M The four numbers so formed are 5623,
Basil 5653, 5153 and 2153. All of these values are
230 I F 111=3 OR W= 5 OR W= 6 OR W= 7 found to be prime numbers - that is, they have
THEN 3 0 0 : BE M Char l es no whole-number divisors except for
240 I F 0/ 50I NT(11/ 51111EN 3 0 0 : RE M themselves and 1.
Duncan The competition this month is to repeat the
250 I F E / 1 3 <>I NT ( E / 1 3 ) THEN procedure using the group of dice printed on
300:REM Eric the entry form, which have been left empty for
260 P R I N T "Year : - you to fill in. here you will notice that there are
five dice in each row and five rows in all. Once
; Y ; " NI;" Da t e : ";0;" Day: -
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h : - again, the dice are turned starting at the
300
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320 0 = 0 + 1 : I F 13>M1N11 THEN numbers represented by these rows of dice
0 - 1 : M=M+I must be a prime,
330 I F M - 1 3 THEN Y =Y +I : M=1 (Note that by 'turning' a die we mean
340 6 0 1 0 200 turning it over so that the value formerly face
1000 DATA 3 1 , 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, down is now uppermost. If you haven't any dice
31, 30, 31, 30, 31 to hand you will find it useful to know that the
opposite faces of any die always add up to 7).
JULY '90
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ONE 30-32 Farringdon Lane,
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machine? Check Out this mon- Cartridge Format: 8 M b ROM Joystick: S u p p l i e d Multi-system uses four hardware screen
W ths console guide f or f ull Cartridge Price: N / A Ports: 2 x 9 pin I) for joysticks; planes (like Amiga's duakolayfield), The
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details of the machines currently available. Joystick: 4 way loypad. TV; cartridge port bktter is capable of 12 million pixels per
n month, well be listing 16 bit comput-
Next Ports; C a r t r i d g e port; multi-player second. In other words, over 50 frames
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mation to ensure that it is 100% accurate Existing Software Base: V e r y small. Games: A few • • •

s comprehensive. Catch t he 16-bit

and Current Releases: California Games is a Prospects: U n s u r e in the light of new Speaker Quality: D e p e n d s on
p
guide next month, and many apologies for great freebie. competition from Japan TV/monitor.
the
l delay. Prospects: V e r y good. Software Loading: I n s t a n t MIDI: N o
a Supplier telephone numbers are their Software Loading: A l m o s t instant. Stereo Output: 3 . 5 m m jack
own
s unless PR agencies are available. As BUYLINES to headphones
ahgeneral rule, however, your local dealer BUY LINES Best Buy Price: A s RRP Performance; Digit al Signal Processor
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should be the first place to start asking Best Buy Price: As RRP Second Hand Availability: W o r t h could produce up to 40 channels of sam-
questions.
u Second Hand Availability: V e r y few looking pled sound. If you want a game as well
t Maintenance: O n e year's guarantee. Maintenance: O n e year's guarantee. this drops to a 8 channels (4 left, 4 right)
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ATARI LYNX STAR RATINGS STAR RATINGS
over 9 octaves - better than the Amiga!

a Graphics: 2600 7800 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

g Sound: Graphics: Disk Format: 3 5 i n - 8801<
Package: Lynx with California •
a Games pack Expansion: Sound: Disk Price: Applies to developers only.
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Memory: 64K Overall: Expansion: None None Disk Performance: F a s t + reliable
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Processor: 6502 Overall: Keyboard: N o
Price:
s Joystick/Mouse: 3 proportional
Contact:
E149.95
Atari 0753 333344
ATARI VCS channels built in.
KONIX Ports: J o y s t i c k ; Sound 3.5mm lack;
PI BRIEF 8 pin DIN RGB, expansion port for
Package: T B A
The Lynx was designed by a team includ- light gun and Power Chair.
Memory: W A Package: Multi-system plus joystick
ing RJ laical one of the men behind the Processor: 6 5 0 7 (2600)/6502 (7800) and Bikers.
Amiga. If that doesn't convince you con- Existing Software Base: Minus c ule.
Recommended Retail Price: VCS2600 Memory; 256K + 512K expansion.
sider it runs a fast 6502, has 8Mb of Current Releases: L a s t Ninia
039.99; VCS7800 67999 Processor: 8086 + 12Mhz custom
game storage on its cards and supports Bikers; Mutant Camels '90; Harnmerlist;
Contact: A t a r i 0753 33344 RISC chip
multiplayer games. The graphics hard- Star Ray...
Price: E229
ware has built in hardware s c roll IN BRIEF Contact: Michael Baxter 0273 675503 Games: A l l likely to be arcade titles.
image
- scaling. Software is a little thin at Prospects: N o w very poor, but
The VC52600 is a reboxed version of the
mg moment
the a n dbut bound to increase during we live in hope.
original Atari garnes console which until a IN BRIEF
1990. Although not officially available yet
couple of years ago remained the best Since its exclusive unveiling in ACE, the BUYLINES
in the UK, the Lynx is wifely available from
selling home video games system of all Konix has suffered from the changing for-
distributors. Best Buy Price; A s RRP
tame. The VCS7800 is a revamped version tunes of its manufacturer. A pity because
Second Hand Availability: N o t on
of the VCS2600 with a faster processor, it had the makings of a champion. For the
GRAPHICS AND SOUND sale yet s o no S/H market.
slightly better sound and vastly improved first time, a games console has the option
Resolution: 160 x 102 Maintenance: E x p e c t one year's
graphics. of changing between a joystick yoke,
Palette: 4096 guarantee with normal return procedures.
steering wheel and a handle bar - depend-
Colours: 16
GRAPHICS AND SOUND ing on the game being played. The multi-
TV; No STAR RATINGS
Resolution: 1 9 2 x 160 (2600) system was going t o be THE machine
Monitor Output: No Graphics:
320 x 242 (7800) when it appears...but whether it will ever Sound:
Monitor Supplied: Yes - 3.5 inch backlit
Palette: 1 6 (2600)/256 (7800) make it now seems doubtful. If you see
colour LCD Colours: Expansion:
4 (2600)/16 (7800) one, buy it for the rarity value, not for the Overall;
Monitor Options: N o n e TV; Yes prospects.
Sprites: S p e c i a l graphics hardware Monitor Output: No
effectively treats ALL screen objects
as sprites!
Monitor Supplied: No GRAPHICS AND SOUND NINTENDO
Monitor Options: No Resolution; 2 5 6 x 200 to
Speed: F
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Colours: 5
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available at
SOFTWARE
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Speaker Quality: Depends on TV low tesolubons; 16 in hi-res.
Stereo Output: Y e s MIDI: No TV: Y e s Standard version - console, plus game
Performance: 4 channel. 5 octave No
Stereo Output: Monitor Output: Y e s controllers plus 1 game (Super Mario
stereo sound has to be heard to be Performance: Limited to 1 channel on Monitor Supplied: N a Brothers); Deluxe version - console, game
believed. 2600 and two on 7800, Monitor Options: A n a l o g u e RBG controller, fight gun, ROB Robot, 2 games.
sound; composite Recommended Retail Price: Standard

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Contact D e i g h t o n PR 01-836 2973 Colours: 2 (monochrome) TV: Yes Games: All arcade
Monitor Supplied: Yes - LCD display is Monitor Output: N/A Prospects: As good as
IN BRIEF lit by ambient light. Monitor Supplied: No any 8-bit console.
The world s largest selling console, largely Sprites: Information not available Monitor Options: N/A Software Loading: Instant_
because of the playability of some of its Speed: Fast for what it is. Sprites: 64 (Tgx. • 128)
games rather than its hardware specifica- Speed: Very fast considering this BUYLINES
tion, which is 8-bit average_ Better sup- Speaker Quality: Depends on head is an 8 bit Best Buy Price: A s RRP
ported now in the UK than it used to be. phones. • • •
Second Hand Availability: S o m e
Stereo Output Yes Speaker Quality: Depends on monitor. Maintenance: O n e year's guarantee.
GRAPHICS AND SOUND Performance: Plays a lot better MIDI: N o Faulty machines return to dealer.
Resolution: 256 x 240 than it looks. Stereo Output: Y e s
Palette: 52 Performance: 6 channel stereo STAR RATINGS
Colours: 16 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE Graphics: • • •

TV: Yes Keyboard: Selec t and Start + 2 option HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE Sound; • • •

Monitor Output: No buttons. Disk Format: C D ROM at extra cost. Expansion: • • •

Monitor Supphed: No Joystick: S i n g l e 8 way controller. Disk Price: R e a d - o n l y so N/A Overall: • • •

Monitor Options: None Ports: H e a d p h o n e socket; Disk Performance: S u p e r b - the CD

Sprites: N/A dual-machine interface. ROM adds a new dimension.
Speed: Average Joystick: S u p p l i e d with dedicated
SEGA
Speaker Quality:
a • •

N/A
Existing Software Base: Growing rapidly
check with your local dealer.
controller.
MEGADRIVE
Stereo Output: No Current Releases: I n c r e a s i n g Existing Software Base: Large
Performance: Average Games: A r c a d e and puzzle-type. Current Releases: Increasing, Package
Prospects: No t due tor UK release until Games: Almost exclusively arcade. . one game
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE at least September. Game Boy - on Prospects: Good_ M e
Memory: 7 4 K main + 64K video
Joystick/Mouse: 2 dedicated controllers technological grounds - ought to be hard Software Loading: Cartridge is Processor:
g a 6 8 0 0 0 + Z8OB
supplied. IR kiareless controllers with 3011 vessed to beat the Lynx, but its cheaper instant CD OK. Price;
d n U n d e r 6200 when it appears.
range now available for t139.95. and the games play very well v e , Virgin Mastertronic 01-727 8070
Contact;
Software Loading: I n s t a n t BUYLINES c o
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titles available here. Many more available BUYLINES Second Hand Availability: V Rare r o
Excellent example of the new 16-bit con-
in Japan but these require a converter to Best Buy Price: Only available Maintenance: Watch out - grey imported l l technologies. Although still not offi-
sole
ruin. through grey imports as yet. machines rarely have any real warranty. cially
e r available, grey importers are laugh-
Current Releases: Ni n t e n d o predict Second Hand Availability: N o n e . ing
, all the way to the bank. All will cease
about 2 Maintenance: 'Watch out - grey imported STAR RATINGS when Virgin Mastertronic start importing
Prospects: I n - the UK, improving due to machines rarely have any real warranty. Graphics: • • •

the official UK in September Likely to tie

3 increased support - but Sound: • • • •
the first decent 16bit console to receive
this tisi yesterday
t l s technology. STAR RATINGS Expansion: • • • •

official support in the UK.

Software Loading: es I n s t a n t Graphics: • • •
Overall; • • • •

p e Sound: • • • •
GRAPHICS AND SOUND
BUYLINES
Best Buy Price:m
r
A s RRP.
Expansion; Dual machine interlace has
lots of potential.
SEGAMASTER Resolution:
Palette:
320 x 224
512
Second Hand Availability:
o A few, Overall: SYSTEM Colours: 64
Maintenance: nt J ot e year's guarantee. TV: Yes
Faulty hmachines return to dealer.
NEC PC ENGINE Package: Co n s o l e using cartndge or
Monitor:
Sprites:
No
80
STAR RATINGS mart card plus game controller and 1 Speed: Very fast
Graphics: • • •
game (Hang On).
Package; PC Engine + controller
Sound: • •
Recommended Retail Price: £79. 95; Speaker Quality: N/A
and 1 game
Expansion: • • • •
u99.95 (+light gun), U129.95 (+ light gun MIDI: No
Memory: 64K internal + 8K video; 2 -
Overall: • • •
and 3D glasses). Yes
128K internal 32K video Stereo Output:
Contact:Virgin Mastertronic 01-727 8070 Performance; 1 2 channel stereo sound
Processor: 8 bit custom
NINTENDO Price:
Contact:
N/A (US price around 5199)
Local dealers
IN BRIEF
Is produced by a custom FM chip and
sounds fantastic.
GAMEBOY Japanese software base is not as good as
Nintendo's but more titles reach UK. Mas- HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
IN BRIEF
tertronic have given good support to the Joystick: Dedicated controller supplied_
There are now very firm indications that
Package + 1 game (Terris) this machine will be released in the UK in machine so the prospects look good. Like •• • •
Memory: 6 4 K b i t (8K bytes) the Ninteedo, however. this 8-bit machine Existing Software Base: P o o r
September. Its CD-ROM add-on drive is
Processor: C u s t o m 8 bit uses established but dated technology_ Current Releases: Few in UK at present
now the largest selling CD unit on the mar-
Price: N o t yet released in the UK. US Games: A l l arcade
ket and is responsible for much of the GRAPHICS AND SOUND
price is around 589. Expect to pay E79 recent increase i n C D development_ Prospects: V e r y good
when officially launched in September. Resolution 256 x 192 Software Loading: I n s t a n t
There's also a sixteen bit version, vastly
Contact: D e i g h t o o PR 01-836 2973 Palette; 64
more powerful, called the Turbographx.
Colours: 16 BUYLINESBest Buy Price; O n l y
but this is only rarely available through
IN BRIEF Pi. Yes available through grey imports as yet
importers and at a price - usually around
Nintendo were the first company to pro- Monitor; No Second Hand Availability: N / A
£300. NEC are also working on a hand- • • •
duce a dedicated handheld console and Maintenance: Watch out - grey imported
held version of the Engine which will be
now it seems everyone wants to get in on Speaker Quality: D e p e n d s on TV machines rarely have any real warranty.
software compatible with its larger broth- Performance: 3 channels
the act_ On reflection even the Game Boy er.
was a long time coming since the technol- STAR RATINGS
ogy employed by the display is starting to HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE Graphics:
GRAPHICS AND SOUND
look dated. Resolution: Joystick: G a m e controller supplied. Sound:
256 x 216
Palette: 512 (Tgx - 1024) Expansion;
GRAPHICS AND SOUND Existing Software Base: V e r y good Overall:
Colours: 32 - 16 background

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/9.99cs /14.99dk • C64
/9.99c s /14,99dk
The game of the movie.
Michael Keaton put up a
pretty good show as the
caped crusader in the film,
and his digital counterpart
isn't too bad either. There
are no less than five
sections to the game. The
first, Axis Chemical Plant,
and last, Gotham City
Cathedral, are superb 20
platform games in which our
hero has to swing around on Master, but is much
his batrope bumping off the
villains before they get him. some
There is also a brain game
in the Batcave and two
excellent 3D games set in
the Batmobile and Batwing
respectively. A must for all
DC comic fans.
* ACE RATING 922
BOMBER CO NQ UE RO R background music are very the computer versions. A
Rainbow Arts • Atari ST striking and the game is must buy.
i24.99dk • Amiga /19.99dk • Amiga made very accessible by the * ACE RATING 937
/24.99dk • Spectrum /24.99dk • PC /24.99dk lack of text entry. There is
/14.99cs /19.99dk • An arcade style tank Sinn enough of a challenge here HARP O O N
Amstrad /14.99cs which makes use of a 3D to keep most adventurers Mirrorsoft/PSS • PC
/19.99dk • C64 /14.99cs graphics system based happy for some time. A I29.99dk
/19.99dk • PC /34.99dk around the one David delightful game. Quite simply the best naval
A flight sim employing fast Braben developed for Zarch. * ACE RATING 910 simulation to be released for
solid vector graphics with There are three types of the General Public. The
more bells and whistles than game available: arcade, G RAV I TY battleset that comes with
most similar programs. attrition, and strategy. All Imageworks • Atari ST the game deals with East-
There are a total of fourteen three are best played with /24_95dk • Amiga West conflict in the North
fighter bombers from two joysticks Battlezone /24.95dk • PC IBA Sea, but other battlesets will
around the world featured in style, but there are enough Deep space strategy unlike be available soon. A clever
the program, If you get control options to suit every anything you've ever seen system of three map types
bored of the standard set-up. A definite buy for before. The universe is is used to effectively
forward cockpit view then it tank buffs. being invaded by the alien manage each mission. The
is possible to select one of * ACE RATING 925 outies who are attempting nice thing about Harpoon is
a variety of out of cockpit to turn all the suns in the that the computer takes
DAMO CLE S
views. The PC version is an universe into black holes. care of all the boring
experience not to be missed
Novagen • Atari ST Meanwhile you must create mechanics, allowing you to
/24,95dk • Amiga
(providing you have a 286 as many inhabitable concentrate on broad
or 386 machine with EGA or
/24.95dk • PC TBA systems as possible. The tactics. A must buy for
VGA), but for all the other
This unusual combination of game makes use of the anyone interested in modern
flight sim and adventure
versions - try before you principle of Einstein- navel warfare.
buy! game, and sequel to the Minkowski fourspace - this * ACE RATING 940
* ACE RATING 925 well-received Mercenary, makes for some very
has been in development for unusual graphics. When you INDIANAPOLIS 500
a couple of years now, but add programmable drones Electronic Arts • PC /24.95
the resulting game has been and travel via black holes The ultimate racing game.
CHAO S STRI KES worth the wait. The you have yourself a highly Indy 500 uses state of the
BACK wireframe graphics of the original and compelling art solid vector graphics
FTL/Mirrorsoft • Atari ST original game have been game. which really add something
/24.99 • Amiga TBA replaced by solid 3D vector * ACE RATING 930 to the high speed action. As
The long awaited sequel to graphics, but they are just in Activision's Bomber there
Dungeon Master. If you have as fast. There are now nine HARD DRI VI N' are a variety of out-of-
already played through the planets to explore instead of Domark • Atari ST cockpit views to select
first program you can use one city, so there is plenty /19.99dk • Amiga from. the realistic handling
•your existing characters, of long term challenge here. E19.99dk • Spectrum of the cars will have you
otherwise there is another * ACE RATING 935 19,99cs /14.99dk • coming back to this game
hall of mirrors you can Amstrad /9.99cs /14.99dk time and time again.
select from. Chaos has a FUTURE WARS • C64 /9.99cs /12.99dk • * ACE RATING 935
similar feel to Dungeon Palace • Atari ST /24.99dk PC /24.99dk • Archimedes
• Amiga /24.99dk • PC /30.00dk I NTE RP HAS E
tougher. There are also TBA A very competent Imageworks • Atari ST
new features thrown A totally mouse-driven conversion of the Tengen /24.99dk • Amiga
in, like a character editor graphic adventure from coin-op. Drive your Ferrari /24.99dk • PC 124.99dk
and help oracle (very French developers Delphine. round either a speed track A 3D extravaganza
handy). It you haven't played You are cast as a mild- or a stunt track complete supposedly inspired by
Dungeon Master then play mannered office window with a loop and open bridge William Gibson's novel
that first before making a cleaner who gets caught up to leap. The coin-op scored Neuromancer. It is set in a
definite date with this game. in an alien plot to conquer on its super fast solid vector hi-tech future. Your task is to
* ACE RATING 945 Earth in the 43rd century. graphics, and these have guide a female saboteur to
The graphics and been faithfully reproduced in the heart of the Dreamtrack

1 2 4 ADwANCED COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT


Corporation by interacting
with a strange 3D
environment. The game is
very weird and very
compelling. It is also very
hard - don't expect to get
through this one in a hurry.
* ACE RATING 915
KNI G HTS OF LEGEND
Ongin/Mindscape • PC
L29.99dk
Role Playing at its best. An
expandable game set in the
land of Ashtelarea. There
are twenty-four quests to
complete, or you can simply
enjoy exploring. The
program stands out
because of its attention to
detail. There are no less
than forty different
algorithms to decide how
and when an enemy retreats
for instance. Impressive
stuff.
* ACE RATING 945
KNI G HTS OF THE
CRY S TALLI O N
US Gold • Amiga L29.99dk
including musicassette of
soundtrack
The most original game that
US Gold has released in a
long time. It has been
marketed as a 'culture
simulator', but that doesn't
really say much about the
game. You play a member
of a futuristic community,
and your task is to rise to
the highest possible status
within that culture. This
involves playing through
several distinct sub-games.
The whole is a highly
unusual experience with
distinct graphics and a
superb soundtrack. This
certainly won't be to
everybody's taste, but if you
are looking for something a
little different - try this.
* ACE RATING 935
MI T A N K PLATOON
Microprose • PC L39.95clk
The ultimate tank sim. Not
only are there reahstic 30
vector graphic sequences
with a hell of a lot of
atmosphere, but you also
have to think carefully about
choice of platoons, men.
and the way you tackle each
scenario. Microprose had to
call on the Freedom of
Information Act to get all the
information that they
needed for the game. The
result is one of the most
frighteningly accurate tank
Sims we've seen.
• ACE RATING 926
MI DWI NTE R
Microprose • Atari ST
L29.99dk
The latest mega hit from top
programmer Mike Singleton,
creator of Lords of
Midnight. The game is set
on a frozen island in the
future. Your task is to recruit
members of the Peace
Force to fight off General
Masters' invasion force. This
is done by managing people
and resources via a series
of Fractal Maps and menus.
The game has disappointing
sound, but nice 3D
graphics, and enough solid
gameplay to keep you going
for months.
* ACE RATING 948
MY TH
System 3 • C64 f9.99cs
L14.99dk • Spectrum
E9.99cs L14.99dk
The game that pushes the
C64 and Spectrum further
than they have ever been
before. Fight your way
through several time zones
to reach the ultimate
confrontation with the god
Dameron. The game is
captivating not only because
of it's size and depth but
also because of the
superbly animated Sprites
and sheer playability.
* ACE RATING 925
OPERATI ON
THUNDE RBO LT
Ocean • Atari ST L19.994
• Amiga L24.99dk •
Spectrum f9.99cs •
Amstrad i9.99cs • CM
i9.99cs
Eminently successful
conversion of the hot coin-
op hit Operation Woff. Grab
your Uzi and shoot your way
through hordes ol terrorists
to rescue the luckless
hostages. There are new 30
scenarios this time to add
to the frantic lead spitting of
the original. Best played
with a light gun, but a
mouse will suffice if you
don't have one. Joystick or
keyboard controls don't
really cope however.
* ACE RATING 927
PIPEPAANIA
Entertainment International
• Atari ST L19.95clk •
Amiga L19.95dk •
Spectrum i9.99cs
L14.95dk • C64 i9.95cs
L14.95dk • Amstrad
L.9.95cs L14.95dh • PC
E.19.95dk • Macintosh
L24.95dk • Archimedes
L24.95dk • MSX i9.95cs
L14.95dk • BBC/Electron
L9.95cs L14.95dk
The game that proves
plumbing can be fun. You
must construct a continuous
length of pipe from several
sections before the flooz
escapes. The action is just
as compelling as that in
games like Tetris and will
have you burning the
midnight oil in an attempt to
beat the odds. It is available
for practically every
machine, so there is no
excuse for not owning a
copy.
* ACE RATING 910
PLAYER MANAG E R
Anco • Atari ST119.95dk •
Amiga L19.95dk •
Spectrum i9.95cs
L14.95dk • C64 i9.95cs
L14.95dk • Amstrad
L9.95cs L14.95dli
Kick Off with a
management/strategy
element. The game is
completely icon driven,
making it easy to get into.
The management detail is
superb, right down to
planning in-match tactics.
And for the match you can
either watch from the
sidelines or join in with the
Kick Off style fun.
* ACE RATING 920
PRO TE NNI S TO UR
UBI Soft/Blue Byte • Atari
ST L24.99dk • Amiga
L24.99dk • Spectrum
L9.99cs L14,99dk • C64
E12.99cs f16.99dk •
Amstrad i9.99cs L16.99dk
• PC L29.99dk
One of the best tennis
games yet. The control
method works really well,
although the standard of the
computer players is good.
so you'll have to put in a lot
of practice. There is a
choice of grass, concrete,
clay, and indoor courts, as
well as comprehensive
practice options. A good
way of spending a few hours
while you are waiting for
Wimbledon.
* ACE RATING 900
THE I R FI NE S T HOUR:
THE BATTLE OF
BRI TAI N
Lucasfilm • Atari ST
L24.99dk • Amiga
E24.99dk • PC L24.99dk
World War II air combat
relived in this superlative
flight sim. You have the
opportunity to fly a variety
of WWII craft from the
Spitfire to the Hurricane. A
neat option is the camera
which records your flight
and can be replayed to
assess your performance.
* ACE RATING 933
TO WE R OF BABE L
Microprose • Atari ST
£24.99 • Amiga £24.99
An imaginative 3D puzzler
from Pete Cooke - the man
who brought you Tau Ceti.
You control three robots, a
zapper, a grabber, and
pusher_ They must be used
to complete a specific task
on a number of futuristic
levels of a tower. This
involves working your way
past various nasty
obstructions deliberately
designed to impede your
progress. This game will
have you burning the
midnight oil as you attempt
to get past a particularly
tricky level.
* ACE RATING 930
ULTI MA VI
Origin/Mindscape • Atari ST
IBA • Amiga IBA • PC
E.34.99dk • C64 TBA
The ultimate role playing
game. Sixteen thousand
objects, two hundred and
fifty characters, unlimited
encounters, a quest that will
take months to solve, and
graphics better than you'll
see on any other game of
this type. The Ultima series
of RPGs go from strength to
strength. Join forces with
Lord British and once more
enter the fray_ unbeatable
stuff!
* ACE RATING 950
V E NDE TTA
System 3 E 6 4 i9.99cs
L12.99dk
A great arcade adventure
that really pushes the CM
to its limits. You must fight
your way past the terrorists
to defuse a bomb, and
rescue the professor and
his daughter. But while you
are on the terrorist's tails
ADVANCED COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT 1 2 5
pink pages
the police are on yours.
Most of the action takes
place against an isometric
30 background, but there is
also an excellent driving
section to rival many full-
scale driving games.
* ACE RATING 912
V E TTE
Mirrorsoft/Spectrum
Holobyte • Atari ST TBA •
Amiga TBA • PC £29.99
High speed racing round the
streets of San Francisco in
one of four Corvettes on
offer. The superb 3D colour
graphics in the game give a
great sense of the wind in
your hair as you roar down
precariously steep streets
desperately trying to avoid
pedestrians and other
vehicles. Realistic and lots
of fun, this game, from the
people who brought you
Falcon, will have you
hooked.
* ACE RATING 926
WARHE AD
ActNision • Atari ST
L24.99dk • Amiga
/24.99dk
Veteran programmer Glynn
Williams' latest masterpiece
is set in deep space. Earth
is under threat from a horde
of nasty extra-terrestrial
insects. The only hope is the
FOE-57, an advanced craft
absolutely loaded down with
weaponry. Fast solid vector
graphics and rapid action
make this a winner. Work
your way up through the
training missions and you'll
soon be zapping away quite
happily.
* ACE RATING 920
X
-Rainbow Arts • Atari ST
O
L19.99dk • Amiga
/19.99dk
U • Amstrad
i9.99cs L14.99dk •
T
Spectrum i9.99cs
f14.99dk I C64 i9.99cs
f14.99dk
Possibly the best
horizontally scrolling shoot
'em up ever written. There's
everything in this game any
trigger happy chap could
want: well animated sprites,
pretty backgrounds, lots of
speed, a bagful of weaponry
for the taking,
loadsabonuses, and plenty
of challenge - What more
could you want?
* ACE RATING 939
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Yes, it's that time of the
month again. Sit back, relax,
and discover who is about
to be launched into a life of
fame and fortune by
becoming a winner of an
ACE competition. Who
knows, it could be you...
CRAZY CAP TI O NS #1
Remember that most
romantic scene we printed
in last month's Blitter End—
a modern business woman
communing happily with her
freindly laptop computer. We
asked you for suitable
captions, and you came up CRAZY CAP TI O NS #2
with some corkers. Then there was that
Our vote goes to Mr. B. ominous blacked out photo
Short with this witticism: on page l a Just what was
Have you got a light Mac? going on behind all that
No, but I've got a dark black ink?
brown Apricot!' Thirteen year old David
Cuesta came up with the
best suggestion. Over to
David: 'The black picture on
page ten is a close up of a
man dressed up in a bin
Finer. He is drunk and has
just wandered in from the
fancy dress party next door.
The reason for the close up
is that he is doing
something indescribably
rude with a male hedgehog.'
Hmmm.., things have
obviously changed a lot
since I was thirteen!

SEEDY CDs
The screenshots in our CD
INVITATION TO TENDER competition were, of
course, modern versions of
FOR Galaxians, Asteroids, and
Space Invaders. Shame on
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT those of you who didn't
CONTRACTS know.
The three winners, who
all receive a SONY 022 CD
Walkman, and a copy of
Impression's game
Renaissance are: Andrew
Lockwood, South
Elite Systems L t d would b e pleased t o receive, fr om Yorkshire; Steven Mudie,
interested individuals, fi r ms and/or companies requests f o r Eastleigh. Hants: and
further information i n connection with Software Development Angela Knight. West
Sussex.
Contracts which Elite is currently seeking to place.
Twenty second prizes of
copies of Renaissance, and
Initially tour development contracts are available for the Impressions 1
conVerSiOn of video games to 8-bit home computer formats. Robert
- Mellor, West
S h i r t s Jamie Rogers.
Yorkshire:
Cheshire:
g o George Noble
It i s anticipated t h a t subject t o t h e satisfactory Aberdeenshire.
t o : Steven
completion o f one or more o f the above contracts, following Flood, Hants. David
successful tender fur ther contracts w i l l b e availabk f o r Dawson, Liverpool. Kris,
consideration. Norfolk; Norman Driskell,
W,Yorks; David
McCollum, Nireland;
Further written information on available contracts can b Scott Byrne-Fraser.
obtained from: Lams; MrNeil Offiler,
Nottingham: Mr.J• Bevis,
Hants: Mark Beck, East

Peter Cook. Product Analyst Grinstead West Sussex;

Nick Chew. Merseyside;
Elite Systems Ltd MrD.R.J. Welsford,
Anchor House, Northampton; Peter
Nelson, Kent: Mr. G.
Anchor Road.
Ogden, Stafford: David B.
Aldridge Richardson, Notts; Mike
Walsall W S 9 8PW Sekowski. Nottingham:
West Midlands E ngland Jonathan Livingstone
Tel: 0922 55852 Glasgow Calum Lowrie,
Scotland.
Fax: 0922 743029 Thirty more runners up
Telex: will win a copy of
.3.36130 ELITE G Hyperaction and a poster.
Th...Th...That's all folks!
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CD4 in the UK, giving details of soft-
ware, release schedules, and approxi-
p
mate prices. You can check out the details in this
h
months Pink Pages (page 103).
i Bhtter thinks that a process of natural selection is
l The editor swears that the placing of the CD-I
article
i at the back of the magazine and the promi-
nent position of the piece on the Amiga CD-TV at
p front was due solely to the timing of the
the
s
arrival of the two articles. That may be so, but it
r
strikes Bitter as being rather prophetic.
e The fact is that, if Commodore live up to their
c
claim of delivering a full motion video adaptor for
e CD-TV, CD-I is going to look very sick indeed.
the
The
n CD-TV can draw upon the existing base of
t ga software. There are dozens of program-
Ami
ming houses around the world with Amiga exper-
l viewed in this issue of ACE, but not rated) should
tise.
y Developments systems are cheap. And the
hCD-TV is promised for this Christmas.
CD-I, on the other hand, is likely to have very
efew titles available at launch. Development sys-
ltems cost a fortune. Comparatively few program-
dmers have the 089 experience necessary to pro-
agram it (and even fewer combine that expertise
pwith knowledge o f games programming). The
rhardware spec. on the computing side, is not as
oexciting as the Amiga—particularly where graph-
dics are concerned. And CD-) is not due to arrive
uuntil a year after CD-TV.
c These can't be entirely pleasant pills for
tPhilips to swallow right now, Even more alarming
is the rumour that Sanyo have badged the CD-TV
l for distribution in Japan, attacking a market that
aPhilips—via their Sony connections—might have
uliked to keep to themselves. If this rumour is true,
nthe path for CD-I looks even rockier.
c Ironically, its Philips and Sony who have cre-
hated this opportunity for Commodore, by generat-
f ing an awareness of the potential of multimedia
oand its entertainment applications. The industry is
r alive with CD activity — ranging from the FM
Towns to the PC Engine CD-ROM—and CD-I was
going to tie all the threads together. It looks now
as if it may be Commodore who will be tightening
the knot. I f they don t mess it up, they may pull
off the biggest coup in electronic entertainment
since Sir Clive launched the Spectrum. And
Philips may end up taking a very cold bath.
Is software getting better? The ACE Stockmarket
results certainly seem to suggest that this is the
case. I took rather a lot of persuading that the
Stockmarket was anything other than a load of
SILVER
SCREE
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reviewed by ALL magazines (or as many as the
compilers can get their hands on) each month.
And each month, the index figure has been rising. Next month ACE really
Now, either this means that the games are gets it all in the can with A
getting better, or the reviewers are getting kinder.
a stunning Hollywood
at work here. Magazines get inundated with prod- competition that could 41
uct every month, but there is far more going on in send two very lucky peo-
the market these days than just games. As more
and more pages get devoted to console news, ple across the Atlantic to
CD news, graphics, and music, there s less and California. There they'll
less left for straight game reviews. Consequently, be hosted by representa-
more and more games head for the office waste-
paper basket if they can't cut the crumpet. tives of Mirrorsoft on an
Result, fewer hostile reviews and higher software exclusive visit to Holly-
index.
wood and a tour round
Finally, Bitter is intrigued that Kick Off 2 (pre-
Universal Studios, includ
have scored so well in the Stockmarket this
ing a visit to the set of
month, Other magazines mu st have ra ve
reviewed and rated it, which is strange because
Back to the Future and —
the game is still not finished. we hope — a special pass
• Wit Blit!
to visit the set of a tea-
duction.
CAPTION ot only that, but by col-
COMPO WINNERS cting a special voucher
l. (fo u n d either in the Mir-,0
p rorsoft game linked to the'
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competition — see next 1
f ing issue of ACE) you
i! could grab yourself E500
of spending money for
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m lywood next month
We were inuodated with entries for this lightheart- a don't miss it!
ed httle caption comp:). Among the suggestions
sent in by Mr B Short of Dover were He loves me
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SPACE, he loves me not RETURN'. the obscure t
'You're nothing like your father', and the relevanl Ooops!
'So ill use my Awayday Blue Saver Weekend u
Aha! This month we've surpassed ourselves
Return travelling after 3am on Any Tuesday dur-
ing Easter and save enough money for my ACE
a and managed to catch the Oops! in THIS
l issue! Chr onoquest II and The Third Couri-
subscription. In the end. however, we plumped for er (reviewed on pages 33;84) had their
'Have you got a light Mac? No, but I've got a dark release details omitted a nd, even worse.
brown Apricot: l TTC was credited to Electronic Arts when it
Then there was the matter of the black is, of course, published by Accolade. Our
square on page 10. which Mr Short - in rather y sincere apologies to both companies and to
bad taste - suggested might be Stevie Wonder's i our readers.details
Meanwhile, here are the release
for both games:
latest painting The answer, of course, was - as

incomprehensible figures, but I'm beginning to

David Cuesta ot London pointed out - a close-up n Chronoquest Il
of a man dressed up as a black bin liner, E25 of l at
s E29,99
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get the hang of it, and its the Software Index that software to each of the winners. p Third
o n Courier is out on PC, ST, and Amiga at
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