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shootings,
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n 35 V I RG I N CONFERENCE
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t most mot ley c rew of visitors it s ever had t he
"pleas ure' of look ing af t er - ACE readers! Read
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39 I N THE WORKS
A further three games currently in, if you must,
. ' dev elopment • get the critical eye t reat ment .
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Lotus 2 may well turn out to be Gadgets, widget s and gizmos. But absolutely no
Gremlin's biggest seller to date. But a
print er cables or disk box holders, thankyou.
-ashing in on last year's success story f
Lould easily have turned into this year's o 14 LETTERS
nightmare for development team The writ e stuff.
Magnetic Fields.
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We talked to the teams at Fields and s 84 TRICKS'n'TACTICS
Gremlin to learn just how they intended e This mont hs lucky games t o receive t he envi
put a new spin on the race genre, and h able T'nT t reat ment are Gods f rom t he Bitmaps,
particular what new elements could
n Monk ey Island f rom US Gold, Super Mario
included to improve on their undeni-
World on t he Super Famicom, and Space
bly excellent prequel. o
The Feel! The Frantic Bends! The SEPTEMBER 1991 Quest IV f rom Sierra. We l l also be pay ing a
t ret urn visit t o old friends Prince of Persia and
ogl They're all detailed on page dB.
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crisis situations ar ound the world wi thout pr ovoki ng full scale war.
Control Thunder hawk in what is proclaimed to be ''The fastest 3D graphic
system to appear on any home computer '•

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Somegood news for those
players mho have already
conquered Castks from
Interplay and fleetronk Arts.
An add-on datodsk - packed
with extra missions, castles
arid scenarios - will be out in
late September for wound
E15. 14 contends Castles
was oneoh their biggest ever
ship-outs for a PCbete, rum
to page 56 ify0tJ want to find
Take the A lr e in looks somewhat fa m ilia r to us tins Crty fans, the amusement park and ski areas."
but the recipe's so good, who's complaining? ( M any thanes
to Japae• !nolo rnagatiow for permission to use this
illostrationl
Rik H a y n e s w i t h m o r e o u t o f this
world stories...
Take The A-Train
if you're bored with being a Railroad Tycoon, why not take the A-Train?
This lively locomotive simulation is steaming its way over from japan.
SimCity creator Maxis has picked up the European and North American
fights and is init ially working on a PC adaptation which it hopes to
release early next year.
Superficially, A-Train from Artdink is the
Japanese version of the popular Microprose
game - except in Railroad Tycoon you just hied
to get rich, with the Maxis release you're trying
to be a good city administrator. You have to
raise money, buy land, put in your rail and run
the trains. Simple. eh?
This is sort of a living train-set,'' asserts
Maxis boss Jeff Braun, "You can just let it run
and see the trains moving around and the
buildings growing and shrinking. There's all
kinds of detail going on. Keep an eye peeled for
Star Wars
ACE can exclusively reveal lucastilm Games
in California is secretly working on a Star
Wars flight simulation based around the
renowned motion picture.
Many of the best designers and
programmers at Lucasfilm Games have been
assigned to the project which focuses on the
rebel X-Wing fighter flown by Luke Skywalker
in the original movie. Although development
has hardly begun. an insider suggested the
game is already looking like a potential
blockbuster. He told us the graphics engine
found in Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
(reviewed elsewhere in this issue) has been
refined beyond recognition and used to
create the realistic Imaging of Imperial Tie
Fighters and Star Destroyers. The Millennium
Falcon may even make a special guest
appearance along with a few Star Wars
characters like R2-02 and C-3P0.
Lucastilm Games has previously enjoyed
considerable success with Their Finest Hour
and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
games for the PC, Amiga and ST.
Birmingham-based US Gold handles these

The Rescue Of Princess Blobette prestigious products in the UK.

Unfortunately, nobody there could throw any
light on the matter of an X-Wing sim.
the blob is back! Cont inuing the story of the award-winning A Boy and His Blob, The Rescue Sue Seserman at Lucasfilm Games
of Princess Blobette for the Gameboy has been licensed by Nint endo itself for release in confirmed the existence of the new Star
Europe later this year. Wars project but added the company isn't
lellybean-loving alien !Hobert and his t art h-boy c ompanion are back in a brand-new 'definitely committed' to it... yet! if the go-
adventure taking them to the Royal Castle of Blobolonia. Nav igat ing the traps and secret ahead is given, PC players could be
rooms, the player must rescue the Princess f rom the attacking the Death Star within a year.
clutches of an Antagonistic Alchemist and eat as many Meanwhile, French firm Ubisoft is devising
jellybeans as possible! a Star Wars title for the Nintendo Gameboy.
Absolute Entertainment's The Rescue of Princess Blobette Indications are that this handheld game will
is the creation of David Crane. This veteran video games be similar to the NES console adaption of
geezer gave us the memorable Pitfall, Ghostbusters and Star Wars - due for an autumn release from
Little Computer People when he worked for Activision. Lucasfilm Games and NC Musical industries
Crane is now completing development of a new Simpsons (see ACE 42 for further details). A
Gameboy title for Acclaim. spokesperson for Ubisoft said the movie is
like a big video game and Star Wars will be
a bey and 'P ollen tackle the a nta gonis t Alcheinfet on tisw Game S oy one of the most exciting Gameboy titles
available.
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Are you ready to be whip-tickled by the Gas Pump Girls? Activision is set to launch Leather Electronic and Japan
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compete with the likes of Sierra On-Line and Lucasfilm Games. Activision has enlivened the
sequel with 256-colour VGA graphics, 'hundreds of scenes of animation', digitised voices and
music, a point-and-click interface and characters which can speak five languages through the
usual sound boards. The first infocom Multimedia Adventure Game has been designed by Steve
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Like a typical B-movie. Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2 sees a smell '50s American town ter-
rorised by a meteorite and an alien invader. Only the military and a group of attractive gas
pump girls can save the day. Ugly girls Just couldn't do the lob, obviously!
Activision is including a 'Free Life Size Sound Enhancer' widget to play sampled sounds
through the parallel port on your PC.

iDune
Before he created Twin Peaks, cult director
Games looks set to continue the confusion
but hopes that's where the similarity will
end.
With developers in the USA and France
"At the moment we're trying to decide
what to do," verifies David Bishop at Virgin
Games. "It's going to be decided when we
get a playable version of both games."
writing two separate strategy titles, Virgin News wonders quite how the massive flop

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David Lynch attempted an epic sci-fi movie
based on a Frank Herbert book. Dune may Games still isn't quite sure about this "cult" movie will end up in computer form,
mammoth undertaking. How would you turn a but is keen to see the results nonetheless.
have had Sting and Spice but the result was
complicated novel into interactive Dune should be available in spring 1992 on
confused and catastrophic. With two comput-
er games concurrently in the works, Virgin entertainment? Amiga, PC and ST.

eThe Chaos Engine

Those busy Bi tmap Brothers are r eadyi ng another release i n the
depths of London's East End. The Chaos Engine has very little to do
with fractal geometry theory and instead mixes 'the finest points of
computer role-playing games and classic Bitmap Brothers action'.
Players control up to three characters with individual abilities and
weapons on a l ook-down ei ghtway scrolling arcade adventur e to
destroy the dastardly Chaos Engine and a horde of creatures.
"These monsters employ intelligence and cunni ng using a uni que
form of behaviour modelling," claims a spokesperson at Renegade
Software. "Additionally, the game encourages teamwork and charac-
ter management"
The development gr oup has oodles of experience wi th top-selling
games like Speedball 2 and Gods. Eric Mathews and Phil Wilcock are
designing The Chaos Engine, Steve Cargill is punchi ng the code,
graphics are the responsibility of Dan Mal one with music and sound
effects provided by Richard Joseph.
The Chaos Engine should be available this winter.
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Generally regarded as the worst film of all time, Plan 9 from Outer
Space is coming to the Amiga, PC and ST early next year courtesy of
Gremlin
Enlisting the talents of a few ex-Cinemaware programmers in
Ireland. Gremlin is busy converting this 1959 black and white sd-fi
shocker into an action adventure. The team reckons this game-of-
the-movie will be unlike anything you've played before. "We don't
want to make the usual mistakes made by our competitors," con
fi- rmed Ian Richardson at Gremlin, "We're taking our time on this
project and aim to get everything absolutely right,"
Finding the holder of the rights to Plan 9 has proved to be a task in
itself. The production of the original movie was plagued by problems
and a severe shortage of cash and talent. Tragedy struck after only a
few days of filming when leading actor Bela Lugosi suddenly died
and the director ended his career writing pornographic novels, Will
Gremlin face similar problems?
Fans of Plan 9 will be pleased to hear Gremlin will include a video
featuring edited highlights of the movie. Additionally, there are
rumours of a West End theatre production planned for later this
year.

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Later Utilities
The programmers at Sierra On-Line are continually larking around
so they've come up 'the ultimate in productivity software' for your
office PC, Laffer Utilities is an off-beat collection o f programs
designed to keep boredom at bay.
'Now you can e ffi cie n tly waste time a t wo rk," re ma rke d a
spokesperson, "pretending to be hard at work while you actually cre-
ate lotteries, play games and read jokes."
The database of gags, supplied by ol' Leisure Suit Larry himself,
can be fine-tuned by playing with the humour level and 'Filth-0-
Meter'.
A built-in safeguard feature in Laffer Utilities immediately changes
the screen display, just in case the boss suddenly looks over your
shoulder.

Dan Dare
The Pilot of the Future and his faithful companion Digby are to star in
a multl-million pound series for television. so Virgin Games is consid-
ering re-releasing their Dan Dare computer games to take advantage
of this renewed interest In this seasoned comic book hero.
Zenith, the acknowledged TV production company behind Inspector
Morse, is pumping huge amounts of cash into the shows which
should air on ITV early next year.
Virgin Games has supposedly retained the computer game rights to
Dan Dare, though a spokesman for the firm said he doubted they will
do a new game to coincide with Dan's TV debut. W e might got for a
special compilation package," he announced, "Dan Dare II was my
personal favourite."
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ACCLAIM.AND MASTERSOFTHE GAME. ARETRADEMARKS OFACCLAIMENTERTAPIMENT
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Complimentary peanuts are no longer e nough! raced with
fl ight bor e dom passengers are de m a nding ever mace forms
of high- tech leisure. Systems tile S k r ne w. • c om por t TV and
VCN built into the armrest, puts passengers in c ontr ol of
their own e nte r ta inm e nt so the y ta n wa tc h videos in the
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— of stereo channels offering high-quality CD
More detalk have surfaced
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1video games console. Fa r
front being a itandard
rys.tern, the Mega-CE) can
scale and rotate sprites cour
rely of a built-in 68000
mkropnvessor naming at
12.5MH2 and 3iX megabits
of huller RAM to speed
things up. Roughly thirty
gamesare currently being
developed for the Mega-CD
in Japan. North America and
Wa ve . ' e a told ACE the
machine will be available In
the Uk next year. A price is
vet to be set.
Sky-High
Video Game
Flying business class on japan's All Nippon
Airways certainly has its benefits, namely free
video games! Passengers on long trips from
London to Tokyo are treated to luxurious seats
Who's p u sh in g t h e e n v e l o p e o f with individual TV monitors and a wider choice
electronic wiz ardry? Rik Haynes sound,
Konami, a respected lapanese software house,
fi nds out... has created six video games for the airline
including a colour conversion of the Gameboy
Putting On The Polygons
Not wishing to be left behind in the race to create virtual realities,
title, (North, and a popular golf simulation.
Little is known about the actual system except
the software runs on Sony screens. Now you
really can join the mile-high club!
Japanese coin-op giant Sega is now developing spectacular polygon-
pumping visual technologies. These could hold the key to a new For reservations or more information contact
generation of arcade gaming. According to leading Sega scientists, your travel agent or All Nippon Airways on
the humble coin-op will soon be showing sophisticated computer (071 49.5 7667),
generated images similar to those normally seen in movies and
military flight simulators.
Most sprite-based titles, typified by S e p's Out Run and G-Loc, tend
to be simple driving and flying games where the programmers manipu-
late motion objects to create the illusion of speed.
Designers of games utilising photorealistic polygon graphics can cre-
Rappa
Better known for toy trains, Hornby is 'on
ate their own worlds for players to enter and experience. Right now,
the beat' with a portable drum machine.
complex polygon-based games are expensive to develop and produce,
Rappa is the size of a Walkman and consists
but systems like Micropmse's F15 Strike Eagle and Virtuality from W.
of one large pad for the bass drum and four
Industries are showing the way.
smaller pods providing snare, tom-tom and
'We'r e working on a very powerful system right now." claims a Sega
cymbal sounds. Each of these four touch-sen-
spokesperson, I t ' s simply a question of improving polygon-generation
sitive finger pads can be varied to produce
two other percussion sounds such as an elec-
tronic snare, cowbell, clap and carnival

Video Painter easy to use electronic sketchpad for kids

with a spare E80 in their piggy-bank!
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"Now you can rap to your favourite rave
with the latest and most sophisticated chip
Not everybody needs or understands the operating on batteries or a 9V AC adaptor, technology," suggests a wired-in
latest font editor or sprite animation Video Painter provides the young artist with spokesperson for the company, "So next time
package for their computer. Video Painter twelve bright colours and six different you're listening to a groove, remember to
from Vtech Electronics (0235 patterns to play around with. There is also strap a-kappa to your stereo and boogie-on-
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 Digital Art
Verbum, the Journal of Personal
Computer Aesthetics, has
launched a CD-ROM magazine
which features a showcase of
4 ani m at i on and interactive
multimedia works, Interactive
columns and feature stories,
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wire
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led Pi and
musicians Todd Rundgren and
M il of Graham Nash, and several recog-
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composers. This is the perfect
way for you to experience the sub-culture of electronic art.
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magazine in a way that has never before been possible by making
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sound, motion and Interaction with the magazines contents available
inra free form, reader selectable way," chirps the cheerful publisher,
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megabytes of text, graphics, sound. animation, 2 0 minutes of music
tracks,
rn 60 minutes of audio Interviews and 150 pages of printable
iality CD
text.
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ire house, p8-bit
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thep oApple Macintosh. Based on geometric modules which contain
crystal-like
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creation
as and modification of these modules. Thus a vast number of
patterns
yt may be quickly created, making Expansions the perfect gift
fori architects,
h clothing designers and illustrators seeking inspiration.
s'on These
n e strange patterns grow within a 1280 by 1280 pixel array and
mayg ' even be grown inside the artwork of imported MacPaint compati-
:onsists blea rdocuments for crystalline chaos. Expansions is priced at $79. 95
id four andc ecomes with over 100 predefined pattern definition flies and a 132
m and page
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Kh-sen- Author John S Stokes iii has been updating the software since 1985
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FOOTBALL?
I just thought I'd write and tell you about our
Computer Football compo we are running in the
Merseyside (mainly Liverpool) area. We will be
staging a compo to win a Sega Megadrive some-
time in December. The compo will be staged
sometime in Liverpool and we are looking for
people to enter.
The compo will use Kick Off and Kick Off 2 for
its knock-out round and use STs only (they are a
lot fasterll). If you could mention us, we would be
grateful.
We only ask that the competitors bring their
own joystick and the entrance fee is five pounds,
Merseyside Computer Football Association
(M.C.F.A.)
28 Watergate Lane
WooIton
Liverpool
L25 80J
Tel: 051-428-2280
Well, how about it? If anybody reckons
themselves a bit and would like to try their luck,
give it a go. We're not too sure about your claims
of the ST version being faster, though.
ANDANOTHER
THING!
I'm sorry to tell you that my letter is yet another
one that is going to complain about one machine.
in defence of another.
I am referring to the Sega Megadrive, Atari
Lynx, Super Famicom and all that rubbish - these
consoles are filling up your magazine like
nobody's business, and what do we get? Terrible
screenshots of someone kicking hell out of
someone else, badly written reviews about the
same old games, games that might have looked
good about eight years ago, but now, in their mil-
lionth re-incarnation, are looking slightly less
attractive to say the least.
I'm not saying you should completely cut
consoles out of your otherwise excellent mag
1 4 M N MICE° CCO PUTS Ercru timilmENT
itteris1
(although it would be nice...), just tone it down a
bit - balance the reviews a bit more. If ACE
stands for Advanced Computer Entertainment,
why are you supporting machines like the
GameBoy and GameGear? They may be portable,
but speaking from experience, I can say that the
majority of games on the GameBoy (Tetris
excluded) are completely unplayable - the
graphics are tiny and blurred, the sound is awful,
no doubt the GameGear is the same.
It seems that the only real way forward for
games lies in the hands of the PC, and maybe
the Amiga. While the Megadrive may deliver
impressive aesthetics (though nowhere near as
good as a VGA PC with a sound board), it is quite
obviously limited only to shoot'em-up games.
Although various manufacturers will try to tell you
otherwise, consoles are no good for playing
decent, long-lasting games on, such as Sierra
adventures, or Ultima type games - platform
shoorem-ups are not long-lasting games, no mat-
ter how good they are.
I know there are many people out there who
will disagree with me totally, but there are also
people who will agree with me - most of my
friends prefer proper computer games to
consoles. I know a good PC will cost you nearly
five times as much as a Megadrive, but prices
will come down very soon, and it will be a matter
of comparing the Megadrive's lower price to the
superior features of the PC.
Piero Serra
Northampton
So ACE has terrible screenshots and badly
written reviews, but the magazine is excellent?
Sorry, but those two statements would seem to
be mutually exclusive. That means that can't both
be true, Mr Serra. Just what is the problem with
console games anyway? The fact that you're hav-
ing a go at the Sega GameGear without even hav-
ing seen it working is a bit rash, don't you think?
And the GameBoy, unplayable? What about
games like Choplifter, Super ManoLand, Hunt For
Red October, Tennis, Qix and many others too
numerous to mention?
Isn't it funny how people always believe that the
way forward for computers is with the machine
they happen to own? Now we ourselves have high
hopes for the PC, but when you start on about
how much better it is than the MegaDrive even
though by your own admission a decent model
costs five times the pricethe comparison seems
a little useless.
You mention that while people (such as me)
disagree with you, many people will also agree
with you. Well, let's see how many people leap to •
your defence over the next couple of months
OUTRAGE!_ 1
ACE - you are my only hope! I've suffered in
silence for so long now that I'm on the brink of
doing something psychotic.
What is making me so mmmmmad? What has
got my goat? What, at the moment, is sitting
so squarely on my wick and sticking right slap
bang in the middle of my craw?
Shopkeepers.
Now don't get me wrong. I've had plenty of
experience of perfectly decent shopkeepers
who inhabit our shores, but I seem to find the
'standard (what a joke!) of service provided in
the computer shops in the UK.
At first I thought it was just me. I lived in
London until recently and sort of expected the
rude, discourteous and unhelpful service
provided in Centra London.
But I've recently moved into a far quieter part
of the world (I'll refrain from saying exactly
where, in order to spare the embarrasment of
store owners in the area) and I couldn't believe
my misfortune.
For a start the shops seem to be staffed
entirely by either pre-pubescent boys with only
the slightest knowledge of forthcoming releas-
es or stupid old men who seem to think that
just because I'm female I don't have the slight-
est idea about anything one of these people
actually tried to convince me that a Sega
Megadrive was simply a Master System for the
American market, and it was a bit of a waste
of money. What a co-incidence that they only
had Master systems in stock.
I've also had cause to complain a number of
times about faulty disks. Now, I'm fully aware
that many software companies provide
replacements, but rm also aware that it is the
owner of the shop's responsibility to provide
goods of a saleable quality. I don't take kindly
being told that my son (who doesn't exist,
unless I'm very much mistaken) has 'Probably
already made a copy of it and just wants a new
game."
In a word I'm disgusted. If you purchase a
dress or a clock or a record, a portion of the
outlay, it's nice to believe, is intended to
ensure a decent treatment by the people who
are taking your money.
Mavis Nicholson t
Address witheld by request
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INTHEREDCORNER...
It's happenteg again, isn't it? It started with 'my Speccy's better than your Commodore". (I should know as I owned both at one time or another).
Time passed. 8-bit owners upgraded to more powerful 16-bit computers. And then it began again - "flity Arniga's better than your ST". Which wa
strictly true for several years because Amiga games used to be straight port-overs of ST games and were released a couple of months after the
Atari version. This kept me happy because by then I had upgraded to an Atari ST.
But now the ST is in decline - all ol my local computer shops have stopped stocking STs and their software because of nearly non-existent sup
from Atari and the recent boom in Amiga sales.
Asan ST owner I can see the limitations of my machine now that companies like Psygnosis are exploiting the Amiga to the full.
! I can see the age-old argument against progressing further now that consoles are again resurging with new-found popularity. Row long is it. I won-
. der. until your letters page is full of "My Famicom is better than your Megadrive" letters?
)ple leap to At the moment I own a Megadnve (I managed to flog my ST to some unsuspecting fool) and I intend to buy a lamicom as well when it's officia
months. released over here. At present the Megadnve retails at £150 so Nintendo will have to undercut this price if they want to ensure that people not in
know" will choose their product over the Megadrive. I have read in the computer press that it will be about i100 - the price
or 4 Megadrive games, I won't buy a Famicom to replace my Megadnve, just to widen the range of games I can play.
Olso noticed that in a reply to a letter a couple of month's back you said that several magazine publishers were getting
ther to try and stop the coverdisk problem. Well since I bought that issue I noticed TWO weekly magazines published
uture have joined the bandwagon. Wasn't Future one of the companies that agreed to help stop the coverdisk
ered in al? In your August issue (page 70) there is an advert for The One For Amiga Games" announcing TWO free
nebrink of
s!Can you explain this or are you just a bunch of hyprocrites?
?What has the way, I notice you've dropped the PC Engine in favour of the GameBoy and the GameGear. Since the
Gear is basically a portably Master System and the GameBoy is monochrome. I don't really think these
Or.<\
Is sitting
right slap t as 'Advanced Computer Entertainment". You can't con me into believing that it's all due to the small user
of the PCEngine users in this country because the Famicom's got an even smaller user base here at •
sent but still gets its own Direct Line section in the Pink Pages. Toshiyuki Kawahita probably knows all the
t.„
plenty of icom owners personally!
ceepers from that your mag isn't half bad (by this I mean it knocks the hell out of the tabloidy approach used by
find the
rovded in
Alex Walsh
red in Herts
ected the
vice
re not [Yarning to by a Super FamiCom until it's officially released in this country, you could be in for a bit of a wait. There's
uleter part fficial UK launch date, and it may not be until well into 1992, and possibly even later. You wouldn't be badly advised to
xactty an import mode/ - it may set you back a few bob„ but at least you won't have to wait until Judgement Day to play Super MarioWorld - an
isment of anice looking machine, and not the redesigned US model. That's one ugly muther.
n't believe son we don't cover the Engine any more is twofold - for a start, we simply don't see software for it any more, so there's not really anything
us to cover, and also because the Engine is never going to be released officially in the UK - unlike the FaMJC0171, which is a new and interesting
taffed hine, and will definitely be launched over here at some point. Fair enough?
•with only the coverdisk controversy - The One For Amiga Games did in fact comply to the full-game ban, which didn't come into force until August
ig releas-
magazines published before that date (which included the two-game Amiga One) were perfectly alright. Future, however, got a bit carries
ink that
d a couple of its titles went one game over the limit. But rest assured, now that the new regulations have had time to take effect, you'll n
the slight-
people rig any more commercial full-price games appearing on magazine coverdisks. So t a rs alright.
;ega
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ley only This isn't the only letter we've had from ACE you took it back well son, that's the chance looking for a sound board. There seem to be
readers who are disgruntled about the poor you take"? Or maybe you ve been the victim of four on offer: the Roland, AdLib, Soundblaster
umber of standard of customer service in computer actual physical abuse by a retailer or shop and SoundMaker II. Could you tell me what dif-
y aware shops. What is most horrifying is that the prob- assistant. We're keeping a closer of ference there is between them and which one
ie lem doesn complaints here at ACE, so if you think there's is compatible with the most games.
fi t s the cowboys - even the supposedly reputable something we should be told about, write and It seems a shame that computer manufactur-
-
provide tshops are apparently doing a lot less less than let us know. ers have concentrated on providing excellent
ke kindly they graphics and improving performance, and
s e could
e m to ensure that their customers get
!xist. have neglected the sound. Every computer
t o deal. There is an organisation called
a square
Drobably NASCR(the National Association of Specialist manufacturer I went to offered a whole range
ints a new

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i s o
keep a watchful eye on this sort of thing, but
lthinags obviously
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ASOUND of processors, hard disk drives and monitors,
but not one even mentioned anything about
their computers' sound capabilities. Not every-

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n of the eof shoddy
d service is still the best punters can one does word processing or the company
' to texpect. accounts all day n o t even the accountants!
iple who o Have you been on the sharp end of a foul- Game sound effects seem to be at the bottom
jmouthed and acne-ridden pencil-necked shop of list of most software houses as well.
uassistant? Or bought a game only to find that I have just purchased a PC, and not being I, and I'm sure many others would welcome
licholson there was no disk inside and been told when impressed with the built-in speaker, I am the day when sound wasn't lust added as a
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token effort. After all, sound could make or it's one of those things where you really have So there. And you're right about the Sonic end
break many games. to see the game in order to understand. sequence. Gamesplayers who lash out good
Remember, graphics aren't just about giving a money for a game and then spend weeks
James Westcott game a flashy face - really good graphics completing it are entitled to a decent reward
Woking actually work with the gameplay and serve to when they finally complete the game. We don't
Surrey provide the whole thing with an appropriate like to rub it in, but you really ought to see
atmosphere. Mario World does that more MarioWorld - now there's a game with a REAL
It's all quite simple, really. Roland delivers that effectively than any other game we've seen. end sequence.
is generally considered the highest quality
sound with its 1111T32 and LAPC-1 boards.
They're effectively hilly-blown MIDI systems, so
you can generate professional-quality music
with the right software and apparatus, as well
as play games. But be warned - they're VERY
expensive. The Acilib is slightly lower in sound
quality, but is substantially cheaper. finally, the
TA
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Sound Blaster, which produces sound roughly
equivalent to the AdLib in quality, is the cheap- YOUR CHANCE TO MEET BULLFROG AND
est and is rapidly growing in popularity. As far
as compatibihty concerned, you'll find that the SEE THE AWESOME POPULOUS II IN
vast majority of software, particularly the US
stuff, supports all three formats. So it's just a
matter of personal choice and how much cash DEVELOPMENT BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES!
you're willing to lay out, really. Crank it to the
max!

coming games in development, but here at ACE we believe that only the best is
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IT'SSONICGUY! being put together is seeing words and pictures on a page. Next month, however, you could
be lucky enough to see a game in development before your very eyes AND meet the people
behind the magic when we take In The Works into a new dimension. Six people will get the
A few words about Sonic the Hedgehog. chance to visit the offices of esteemed development team Bullfrog Productions (creators of
Firstly, in your review of the game you called
the bad guy Dr Eggman when he is actually Populous, Flood and PowerMonger) as they put together their most eagerly-awaited title yet -
called Dr Robotnik, and the sixth level is actual- Populous II!
ly called Scrap Brain Zone and not Clockwork.
Also, there is a time limit of ten minutes
which may be a problem to those exploring a Not only will you meet the Bullfrog team and see first-hand via live demonstrations how
new act but is plenty of time once you know Populous II is being put together, you'll actually get a chance to put forward your own ideas for
what you're doing.
Apart from that I agree totally with the review the game! It may sound too good to be true, but you'll be designated special playtesters for
and it is an excellent game. the day, and after experiencing the game, in progress and in action, the Bullfrog boys will
As I haven't played on the Farnicom I realise I open their ears to listen to YOUR comments and suggestions. If any of your suggestions go
may be talking c**p here but from the screen-
shots I think that the Sonic graphics are better down well, the idea will not only be implemented in the finished game, but you will receive a
than Super Mario 4. The backgrounds credit in the manual as a member of the game's design team! How's about that then? A
especially look for superior in terms of detail
special report on the day will appear in the next issue of ACE.
and imagination. There is, however, one
criticism. I, being a fantastic gamesplayer,
completed Sonic after two weeks of obtaining If you'd like to take part in this once in a lifetime experience, you'll have to apply fast as only
the game (smug grin) and have seen the end-
six places are available. To get in on the action, write (DON'T PHONE) to us at ACE, not forget-
game sequence. This isn't the masterpiece I
was expecting. I don't want to spoil it for ting to include these vital details:
others to say what it is, but with a game as
good as Sonic I would have thought that Sega
could have done much better. This seems to Your name, address, daytime telephone number and age (must be 15 or over).
be the case with a lot of games, computer and Computer owned.
console, these days. Do you in your infinite Tell us if you've ever played the original Populous before.
wisdom agree with this?
Well, that's it for now. Keep up the great mag
and please send me i2000 for writing such a Send your entries (postcards or back-of-sealed-envelopes only) to IN THE WORKS LIVE!, ACE,
brill letter.
Priory Court, 30-32 Farringdon Lane, London EC1R 3AU. Remember, there are only six
Adrian Hopson places, so if you want to be in with a chance, so get that application in the post NOW!
Broxbourne
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about the Sonic/Mario graphics. While Sonic is and back.
indeed more detailed, we reckon that Mario
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discoveries by the Hubble Space Telescope

Space Telescope when it was
launched last year. In orbit high above
the Earth and beyond the obscuring
T here were
effects great
of our hopesatmosphere,
planet's for the Hubble
scientists predicted that the Telescope would
radically change our view of Space, and that
astronomers would be able to see interstellar
oblects in more detail and clarity than ever
before.
However, nobody was expecting the
Telescope's most recent discovery. Last month,
fine tuning of the Telescope's lensing system
revealed a planet orbiting Alpha Centaurii, the
Sun's closest stellar neighbour. The planet,
named Alpha Centauri' Gamma or ACe-Gamma,
bears many similarities to Earth. Geologists
believe that the planet's many continents were
once part of a single land mass, but owing to vol-
canic activity and shelf-plate drift they have
become separated by vast seas.
But this was just the start. Using advanced
image-enhancement software the astronomers
achieved even greater photographic resolution,
and then they made their greatest discovery yet:
aliens. Each of the planers continents is populat-
ed by a species of being, each very different
from the inhabitants of the neighbouring
continents yet still strangely similar.
Further study revealed something very peculiar:
the ACe-Gammas (or just Garners as they came
to be known) are obsessed with computer
games, and spend nearly all of their waking 1
hours playing them. Rather than enjoying a
variety of games, each species on each
continent plays just one type. So while the beings
on one continent may play platform games,
those on the neighbouring continent play flight
sims.

2 0 ADVAM IDCO M PUIER ENTEATAIIMM I

 ADVENTURE GAMER

This enormous skull houses a massively pow -

* Kul brain, which makes the Adventur e
Gamer approximately sixty times m or e i ntel -
ligent than Albert Einstein.

Over the millennia the eyes have slowly

migrated from being side by side to thei r
current position. The bottom eye is de v ote d
to watching the keyboar d and keepi ng a
track of the frantic typing, w hi l e the top eye
maintains a watch over the m oni tor screen.

The hands are highly specialised to the act

of high-speed tw o-fi nger ed typi ng. The for e-
fingers of each hand are l ong and slender,
while the rest of the hand is severely
shrivelled to prevent any m is-keying. Bei ng
capable of typing speeds of over 260 wor ds,
this Gamer would be the over -w or ked secre-
tary's ideal assistant!

G ener ati ons of Adv e ntur e

Garners si tti ng tr ansfi xed in
fr ont of m oni tor s have r esul ted
in the legs becom i ng l i ttl e m or e
The spine is be nt
than tha n an a fte r -thought.
al m ost at r i ght angles,
so tha t a com puter key-
boar d can be r ested on
the uptur ne d stom ach.

Although their computer gaming technology is
onparwith Earth's, they are completely primitive
in every other technological sphere. They have
nocars, boats or 'planes, so there is no contact
betweenthe continents. One alien did invent a
wheel,but used it to create a floppy disc rather
Tent
thana revoluhon in transport,
Xenologists believe that the different species
have all evolved from just one man-like creature
peculiar:
that existed at the time the continents were
ecame
joined.Fans of one game type congregated
together,and when the land mass split apart,
ing
the gane-playmg groups separated too. Over
a SUCK PASTE
theeonsthe Garners have radically evolved to
suit themselves best to the games they enjoy,
ebeings
resulting in the bizarre mutations observed.
Inthis exclusive report, ACE reveals the
A rt
seaets of four of the strange creatures on the
Planetof the Garners_
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ADV E NTURE GAMER EXAMINE RED BLENDER
Field Notes This is a device for pulping food. There is a
slot on top where food can be entered and a
This hermet like creature leads an unbelievably
small on/off button.
ponderous and slow-moving life. Its sole purpose
PUTGREENVEGETABLES IN RED BLENDER
is to play text adventures, an activity facilitated
The green vegetables are inside the red
by the highly-evolved brain, eyes and hands. All
blender.
non-cerebral activity is kept to a minimum, result-
PRESS BUTTON
ing in severely under-developed arms and legs,
Which button?
and primitive internal organs.
PRESS SMALL BUTTON
Feeding The vegetables spin round and turn into a con-
Due to its tiny mouth and its under-evolved diges- sumable paste.
tive tract, the Adventure Gamer's food has to
pulped down into a liquid paste. The process I don't understand 'SUCK'.
goes something like this:
EATPASTE
You enter the kitchen. You see: some green
vegetables and a red blender. You eat the nutritious paste.
TAKE GREENVEGETABLES
Mating
You take the green vegetables. Reproduction is something that only happens
ADVANCED CO UNT ER ENTER TAINMCNT 2 1
 FERMI

once in an Adventure Gamer's life, and then only

if it's very lucky. Should two Adventure Garners
of the opposite sex happen to stumble across
each other, then they perform a sexual act
known as 'A Meeting Of Minds' - the Garners
press their foreheads together and pass
Solutions.

RPG G AME R
Field Notes
This is perhaps the loneliest and saddest of all
the creatures on ACe-Gamma. During a game the
RPG Gamer has the strange ability to alter its
body shape and assume the form of the
character it's currently playing. Even more
astounding, this cloning is mental as well as
physical. Thus if an RPG Gamer is playing an old
wizard, it will grow a pointy hat, a beard and talk
words of wisdom in an arcane language. (A bit
like Steve)
However, between games the RPG Gamer has
little character of its own. Its flabby, dough-like
body looks like that of every other RPG Gamer,
with no distinguishing features. The babyish face
and vacant expression convey no sense of any
intelligence behind its dull eyes. The creature can
only ever be said to be truly alive when playing a
game.
Feeding
The RPG Gamer will eat whatever food it finds. Since all the top RPGs are contr ol l ed by
Having strong preferences or dislikes imply icons, the RPG Gam er has evol ved uni que
some form of character, and as noted above, hands. On one ha nd the m aj or i ty of the
when riot playing this creature has none. fi nger s have j oi ned to for m a gl ove tha t
Mating fi r m l y grips a m ouse, w i t h e l onga te d for e-
It's very rare for two RPG Garners to meet, and and m i ddl e-fi nger s for pr essing the m ouse
even when they do they usually ignore each buttons. On the othe r ha nd a r ough thi ck
other. It is fortunate, then, that the RPG Gamer w e bbi ng has gr ow n be tw e e n the fi nger s, so
has the ability to reproduce asexually. tha t the splayed ha nd for m s a fl a t m ouse
Fertilisation is down purely to luck. Should a mate,

Gamer form a male character immediately After

being a female one (or vice versa) then there is a
small chance of conception during the brief tran-
sition period. The Gamer grows larger and
flabbier, until enough body matter is developed
for a second full•grown Gamer to 'bud o ft
SHOOT-'EM-UP GAMER
Field Notes
This Gamer is renowned for its incredible swings
in mood. During a game it is cool, calm and com-
pletely collected, but on defeat the creature
becomes an inconsolable ball of rage, lashing
Out at the monitor and screaming abuse at the
screen. This is all due to the bizarre nature of its
adrenal glands.
These oversized organs generate huge
amounts of adrenalin during play, which is
temporarily stored in sacs growing from the
thing's back. Between games these adrenalin
reserves have to be depleted, which can only be
done in the outbursts described above. As you
might guess, the Shoot'Ern-Up Gamer has a trag-
ically short lifetime due to rapid burn out_
The Platform Gamer (not shown) shares many
of the physiological features of the Shoot'Ern-Up
Gamer, but its adrenal glands are far less
productive, making it a more placid if slightly
jumpy creature,
Feeding
The Shoot-'Ern-Up Gamer is a voracious slob-like
eater. In between games it feeds on junk food so
that it can get eating over with as quickly as pos-
2 2 . . M O O r PO cc. . . wry' ENTERTAMENT
sible and return to another game. Particularly
keen on plant tips and flame-grilled scraps.
Mating
Following a lengthy gaming session the Gamees
adrenalin levels occasionally reach intolerably
high levels, which can only be reduced by
passionate acts of reproduction.
To find a mate, the Shoot-'Em-Up Gamer can
alter the pigmentation of the skin across its
back, much like a chameleon changes skin
colour. The creature uses this ability to display
its current hi-score. The higher the score, the
more attractive the creature becomes to a possi-
ble mate.
The reproductive act itself cannot really be
dealt with in-depth in a youth magazine such as
ACE. Suffice to say it involves lowering shields,
using a joystick and bizarre power-ups.
FLI G HT- S I M GAMER
Field Notes
Strangely, for creatures that have never
developed any form of powered flight, flight Sims
are very popular, with this species of Gamer
being one of the largest in number.
Xenol ogi sts believe this Gam er closely
resembles the anci ent cr eatur e tha t al l
Garners evol ved fr om . RPG Garners all l ook
very similar, w i th r ather bl a nd i f paunchy
featur es.
The Flight-Sim Gamer combines many of the
physiological features of both the Adventure and
Shoot-'Em-Up Garners. It's most unique features
are the bone and cartilage growths from the
head and neck, which resemble a World War One
flying helmet and scarf. These appear to serve
no purpose other than making it easier for the
Gamer to 'get into' its pilot's roll. Some scientists
believe these may act as an attractive feature to
possible mates.
Feeding
With playing sessions taking several days, it's
ficult for the Flight-Sim Gamer to find time out for
a proper meal. Thus a huge 'In-Game Fueling' ser-
vice industry has built up around them. Giant
food tankers pull alongside the concentrating
Gamer, and drop a food shoot down to the crea-
ture's mouth. The Gamer then sucks oi a light
notnent soup.
Mating
Sorry, but again we can't reveal too much here.
Scientists believe the creature's reproductive act
shares many similarities with that of humans,
beginning with the male lowering its under-
carriage and... Well, you can guess the rest.
 P I RT Ul l

SHOOT-'EM-UP GAMER
The Shoot-'Ern-Up Garner has
little time for intellectual
thought, The shrunken br ain is
little more than a switching cen-
tre for all the eye-to-joystick
nerve impulses.

An oversized m outh and lungs

and toughened vocal cords
have evolved due to the
excessive shouting and
screaming of abuse tha t always
occurs when this Gamer loses its
last H e f t s vocal pow er is such
that creatures up to 26km aw ay
have been seen to flinch in shock
at the noise. (See 'Field notes'. )

By altering its skin

pigmentation, the S hoot-Tm -Up
Gamer is able to display its
latest hi-score, which is used
as a means to attract mates
(See 'Mating'.)
The S hoot-'E m -Up garners are
s om e w ha t lar ger tha n those of
its ancestors; all the be tte r for
hear i ng those ster eo sound FX.
ed by These l ar ge sw ol l en sacs are used to stor e
unique the huge a m ounts of adr enal i n pr oduced
This Gamer has m any eyes, each al l ocated to w atchi ng a
5f the dur i ng play, w hi ch is dischar ged be tw e e n
.e that certain par t of the m oni tor screen. No i ncom i ng missile or alien goes
gam es by such acts as r aucous shouti ng a nd
ted fore- unmissed by its raz or-sharp vision. The eye socket has gr ow n to for m a
screaming, ki cki ng of the m oni tor screen
raised boney ridge tha t pr events any outsi de distr actions affecti ng play.
1 mouse a nd occasionally fr anti c m ati ng. (See 'Fi el d
ih thick notes' a nd 'Ma ti ng'. )
lingers, so
mouse
FLIGHT-SIM GAMER The lar ge eye is used to scan the m ai n on-scr een Again, the cr eatur es arms ar e r ather
action, w hi l e the four smaller ones bel ow keep shrivelled, but the hands have unde r gone
a tr ack of all the dials and gauges I n the cockpi t incr edible am ounts of adapti on.
osely display. The fi nger s of one ha nd have spr ead out
it all al m ost a r i ght angles to for m a str ong
all look The biz arre gr ow ths on the skull a nd locking gr i p on the base of a joystick. The
.aunchy neck are an a tte m pt by this cr eatur e to t hum b of the same ha nd is lar ge a nd muscu-
sim ulate the appear ance of a real fl yi ng lar, a nd can r api dl y pum m el a fi r e button.
hel m et and scarf. The thum b and for e fi nge r of the othe r
ha nd have becom e j oi ned a t the ti p to for m
nyof the
entire and a var i abl e-di am eter sphi ncter tha t per m its a
e features vice-like hol d on the shaft of the joystick.
pmthe The other fi nger s are shr unken a nd useless.

-Id War One Nei ther ha nd has any sw eat glands, so

•to serve ther e is no chance of the stick sl i ppi ng i n the
!r for the
e scientists
feature to

ays, its dif- The arms a nd hands share m any of the

ime out for Shoot-'Em--Up Gam er 's featur es How e v e r ,
Fueling' ser- since fl i ght Sims usual l y use pr opor ti onal
LGiant joysticks. the Flight-Sim Gam er has evol ved
Irafing very precise a nd subtl e contr ol over the
othe crea- stick, as opposed to the S hoot-Tm -Up
ip a light Garners vi ol ent jerks.

The w i ther ed legs are be nt up so tha t the

tuch here. feet are r aised above the keyboar d. The
ductive act toes of the fe e t have gr ow n to becom e like
Jrnans, fi ngers, a nd these are used to press the
'der- m yr iad keyboar d contr ols typical of fl i ght
rest. Sims.

.DVANCED CMO UTER E N

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Y ou may have
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But this, some allegedly
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but a complete knowledge of their chosen
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however, you should at very least find enough
quandries presented to keep you arguing in the
pub/bus/canteen for many an hour.
There is, of course, a software prize for the
first reader who gets all the questions correct
and mails their answers to ACE Quiz, Priory
Court, 30-32 Farringdon Lane, London EC1R
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1) What is the narne of Mario's brother?
2) What car is featured in Turbo OutRun?
3) How many islands are there in Rainbow
Islands?
4) What was the follow-up to Sim City called?
5) What game by LucasFilm has the shortest
title?
6) Which has the longest?
LOOKS FA MILIA R ?
Here are ten people selected, with no particular common thread except they have all played an
important part in the industry. Can you name them?
2 4 • DV M CID CO .NF ER u o t a d g NT
7) How many batteries does a GameBoy need? Urban Upstart? , 3E
8) What does CDTV stand for? 23) V Name the star of Andrew Braybrook's Day co r
9) Name the chap who co-wrote Elite with David Out game.
Braben. 24) Name the first arcade adventure to have g a l
10) How many bits are there in an Acorn over 100 locations. 4 4
Archimedes? 25) Who used to edit Micronefs Computer and D y .
11) What classic Golf game was written by the Video Games Adventure Helpline? 41
Carver brothers? 26) Name Bubble Bus' biggest hit. 4:
12) Which German programmer converted Star 27) Name the author of Adventureland. No
Wars and Hard Dnvin forDomark? 28) What was the name of the game that Geoff 4:
13) How many Back To The Future games have Brown, now head of US Gold programmed?
appeared on 16-bit? 29) Name the hero of Fantasy Games' Pyramid b i d
14) Which Clive Barker movie was adapted and Doomsday Castle, 4 !
twice by Ocean? 30) Name the author of Android 2, Cyclone and a m
15) What color hair do Lemmings have? TLL.
16) Who programmed 3D Ant Attack? 31) Name Gremlin's Zaxxon clone. Co
17) Who is programming Sim Ant? 32) Name the flop game with the extra-memory
18) What game from Cinemaware featured lots expansion pack for the Spectrum which 41
of ants? effectively ended Mikro-Gen's games production 4!
19) What was the follow up to Dun Darach business. for
called? 33) Who wrote Castle Adventure and Planet of 5 1
20) Which software house produced Super Doom on the BBC for Acornsoft? H u
Pipeline? 34) What did Acornsoff call their Missile 5
21) What was the name of the roller-skating Command clone? pri
game from E a ? 35) And their Defender clone? 5.
22) Which UK software house specialised in 36) And their Panic clone? en
graphic adventures like Espionage Island and 37) And their Scramble clone? 5
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38)Name the coin-op to first use a trackball Little Computer People? 69) How many lines of invaders first appear on
!,_!!.!ok's Day control method. 54) Bob Dinnerman wrote which classic Amiga the screen in Space Invaders?
39)What was the first ever four-player arcade flight sim? 70) What's the new game from Michael
to have game? 55) Who published the Bitmap Brothers' first 'Powerdrome" Powell called?
40)What colour were the two ducks in game? 71) Name the game that Thing on a Spring
nputer and DynamiteDux? 56) What was it called? music maestro Rob Hubbard programmed
41)Name the two kan Warriors. 57) Who designed Kick Off? before turning his hand to tunesmithing,
42)What was the name of the bad guy in Tir Na 58) Which pordy Grandslam character said "You 72) Who was Whispering Horace?
Nog? can't park here"? 73) How many Beam Software titles starred
that Geoff 43)What was the first ever LucasFilm Game? 59) How many The Hunt For Red October their own Horace?
rimed? 441What was the first ever game to have a games have their been? 74) How many games has Tony Crowther had
Is' Pyramid blackhero? on the market?
60) Who was supposed to be doing a
45)Name fourBond games, in order of appear- Nightmare On Elm Street game, but never did? 75) Odd one out and why? Cutiepoo, Dynamic
:yclone and ance. 61) What Infogrames game saw you trying to Debugger, Reach for the Moon, Psyclapse,
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Command. 62) What did FOFT stand for? 76) Name the unifying factor between:
ra-memory 471What was Archer Maclean's first game? 631 What does FAST stand for? Bombuzal, Femadez Must Die and a View to a
cfi 48)What colour is Tony Crowther's hair? 64) Who wrote the original Gunship?
production 49)Name the game he wrote about a recepticle 65) What is the name of the only game Jeff 77) What width is the Motorola 68030 data bus?
for tea. Minter wrote for Hewson? 78) Who programmed the coin op Gyrus, and
Planet of 50)Whodoes 80's C64 music maestro Rob 66) What is the name of the company which has what do they call themselves these days?
Hubbard now work for? risen out of Hewson's ashes? 79) What was Continental Circus supposed to
stle 51)Name the drum synthesiser that Bullfrog 67) Name Matthew Smith's last game, which be called?
produced. was never released. 80) Name the follow up to Sweeny Toddler.
52)Name two Spurs players who have 68) Which game's title was incorrectly
endorsed computer games. -translated over a faxlink, leading to a hysterical
53)Who programmed Ghostbusters, Pitfall and historical name mix up?

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1) What two Arnie films have been featured on ACE covers?
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4) Who edited ACE before Jim Douglas?
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'TURES
PA L A C E
ACE visits Digital Pictures and discover the tricks of
the computer graphics trade.

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ACEvisited their West London headquarters to Siero. The viewer swoops doài, through a layPu.---vi ek_ int e work by Digital Picture animators
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Silicon Graphics 4 0 2 0 workstation. M n has a variaty of control
diorites a t his disposal. A l you'd aspect thare's the tr a ditiona l
m ous . and kayboard, but note those banks of d l i i i . oa th of
which can be s a ftwa r a custornilsol to control various aspects of
the current application ( La Ohre* dials can be sat to adjust the
A, V and Z aims of a scone).

tintless) The sottorma allows the city to be VieWINi fr om jus t

about any angle. Jan inputs the carnera's fl ightpa th around
the buildings by p o t m e ting a fe w key points a long its r oute.
The prolitiem tha n LIS . a proem* called 'splining' to calculate a
smooth pa th be twe e n thessr points. San can wa tc h the currant
fl ightpa th in wireramet and nuk e any adjustments necessary.

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tion. tedious process • just right for the office Juniors!
Next comes the task of collecting sufficient The animators then start planning how the
data on the town and its buildings to accurately animation will look, plotting camera flightpaths
model it. This data can take the form of city through the city and testing them. This is carried
plans, architectural lay-outs and occasionally out using the ancientloolung wireframe 30 - the
modelling data already on disc (although the 4D20s, powerful though they are, can't generate
latter is unfortunately a rare occurrence). the complex objects in solid 3D AND animate
Reference photographs are also taken so that them in real time. Which is, of course, pretty vital •
the colouring and texturing of the final images if the animator is going to be able to do his job r
matches reality as closely as possible. property.
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input into the Digleis
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smooth animation) depends on the complexity of
the scene. Each object has a wealth of data ;* begin_ Initia lly the city
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AND THAT'S I T?
Yep, that's it. All done. It's a beautiful piece of
work, and the 'naturalness' of some of the
scenes is breathtaking. It's lust a pity that the
majority of us will never see it. But if you're on
holiday in Benidorm and you happen to catch
the commercial, remember: what you're seeing
is not real

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THE NEXT MILLENIUM

It is the end o f the 31st Century. Nearly one
thousand years ago man colonised the moon, and
from there created a range of human mutations which
were left to develop other planets. At the same time,
life on earth was destroyed by a cataclysmic climatic
change_
Now the mutant races are at wa r with each other,
Eft and man has returned to Earth, rebuilt civilisation,
and forgotten about past adventures.
Deep in Earth City, plans have been made to
explore space again. The race has started to develop
Earth's resources, to research new technology, to build
for future adventures.
You must control the training, research, resources,
production and stores of Earth City in a complex
strategic battle to ma ximise the planet's supplies. You
must construct and pilot the h i
and
- ships needed fo r mankind to venture out into the
furthest
t e c h reaches
s p a ofc the
e wa r-to rn so la r system.
Operation Deuteros has begun.
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Copyright © 1991 IAN BIRD

 This month brings SEGA
back into the limelight,
with it's new 'holograph-
ic' system generating
floating 3D images, plus a
new dedicated unit that
brings a new meaning to
'motion simulator' and
the pick of the latest
releases, brought to you
by the man with loose
change, John Cook.

O developed its own unique reputation for a

vparticular style of game. Atari produce main-
estream, but occasionally wildly off beam games.
rlrem go for well polished shoot-'ern-ups, Toaplan
t
just throw billions of sprite at the screen and tell
h
eyou to get on with it And Sega, the Big Daddy of
ythem all? I guess the whole of the industry looks
etowards Sega for, above all, technical innova-
ation.
r In the mid-eighties, Sega addressed itself to
sthe problem of Sprite Scaling and Manipulation. Rail Chase h i g h speed sprite wa ling, and this tim e tha Wrin
,This produced games like OutRun, Afterburner, action is tleilberatel

eThunderblade and Power Drift - and further devel-

aopment has produced games like Line of Fire
cand now Rail Chase that would have been
h
cthought impossible a few years back.
o Not content with domination of this part of the
i industry, however, Sega are constantly looking
nforward, trying to move the concept of video
- games into the 21st Century. In Japan this con-
ocept is planned to produce dedicated Simulation
p Centres, linking up video and motion
c bases, the R360 being the logical koriamirs V endetta, The Deed E nd city was be ing controlled

o extension of Sega's long develop-

by Faust and the slime balls of his DeactE nd gang, ,Olowever
P t. Cobras. • group of tha l o w o f the toughe s t guys in the
m ment commitment in that area. city, jolt...Rd twarthev to put • s lop to the Deed E nd Gang's
evil ways..'
p
The company are also known
a
to be dabbling in various announcing a new Holographic video game sys-
n
Virtual Reality technolo- tem - and what's more, it was a system that was
y
gies. affordable by the average arcade owner. We
h
But it was with a big fanfare waited with baited breath, and Time Traveller
a
s recently, they shocked the was launch upon the world last week.
video game pundits by The good news is that its great - a wonderfully
novel display that projects the figures into space.
so you feel that you are almost playing with real
animated people. The bad news, by my dictio-
nary definition, it's not a real hologram.
The technology used by this system takes a
video image from an ordinary monitor (fed by a
I t o Rad Chase cabinet
laser disc in this instance) and uses a parabolic
uses fairgrouroci- style mirror to project this screen onto a platform, so
grephk design and a
'M agical Bends S e a l to the image appears in mid-air. Now, if this was
give a tr a ditiona l roller-
c oin' s Neighbours. it would look rather odd - but if you
, P t. rnanufachaner'S
i war
m pn you not to play if use chromakey technology to matte out the
r e s you've got piles!
s i o background of any footage, the effect really is
n .
b
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One skirt o t• c t of the neiai technology

in S egel 'holographic • system is tha t
It' laserdisc and you are presented with set deci-
. . real- life e ffe c t le undeniably
the
impressive...
y sion points in the action where your must move
d i
f f
left/right, duck/jump or
i c fire your busty six-
u l
t shooter. Unlike
t
o Dragon's
p Lair, all the you've got a bad
h
o sequences case of piles
t
o are filmed
g
r using live action actors and tabby special
a
p effects. Believe me, this looks good. To add to Some of the off• ths - s he ll technology concealed within Saga's
h • holographie cabinet
, the variety, according to Sega Europe's MD Vic colour
- , • TV
b
u
Leslie, the 20 or so scenes that can potentially S o n y
1 7 "
t make up a game are drawn from over 60 l a s e r d

sequences stored on the disc - so its unlikely p

THE BEST OF THE
i s c
l a y
A <maple of itse punchball,. in
that you'll ever play two games that will be exact- e
a REST
r
n
ly the same. d
l e
Undoubtedly, the game plays well, with a neat T HEROES S - DATA E AS T
C
buy-in feature of Time Reversal that plays a Data East's best Ming since Midnight
Resistance has you taking on the role
scene backwards if you got killed, so you can try
one of eight creatures who are fighting for
it again - and the data is sensibly stored on the the Throne of the Realm. With 19 different
disc so there are no long blackouts between moves open to you (from a joystick plus
scenes. two fire buttons) it's probably the thinking
Have a go if you see one - you'll enjoy the expe- man's answer to Final Fight II
fail
, btoubet impressed
y o u with the sound and
rience... but I wish that they hadn't called it a
graphics
c a n ' This
job. t one will go far.
hologram...
BLADE MAS TE R ( R E M
, hem are well known for their sci-fi sh
PI LE UPI 'em-ups, but this is a first into the pixie ba
Sega releases tend to come all at once - so •stakes and it's a most impressive debut.
very distinctive graphic style, with stylish
while Time Traveller was being shown for the
first time, so was a whole host of new Sega M ugh you might find the gameplay a litt
titles, the best of which was Rail Chase. a simplistic. Think of it as being an
T h i n e is decidedly influenced by the Mine h Impressionist kind of Golden Axe....
Requehce in Indiana Jones and the Temple o
CRO S S E D S WO RDS
of DootriAliht.hals,you, or you plus a mate, sitting n
-NowNthatE some
0 classy Japanese develo
on a bench seat arid clutching a joystick. mG E O
are taking the Neo Geo seriously, there
The idea is Mat, having penetrated the HQ of a have been some cracking releases for it in !
Owe chop I. ishd•• A w e , k the past few months. Latest is Crossed
an Andean drug ring. ' a s ' slaves and oil-
-- e Swords, developed by the team that gave
teruci a valuable Inca treasure (clever you, eh?),
s you Dead Angle and Dynamite Duke. This
very convinc4 find yourself looking out the front of a t uses a similar control system, but is set in
arne sys- . There are lirriliatiorraii to how big the images rail a r h the days of yore when you had to use a
i that was - be (it seeejs to b o u t 3-4 in c h e s
can ti ilt : 0 filled with baddies. What's more, ilAjou i word rather than a laser. Not bad.
!r. We -.andunless yoi(tflt standing right in front of the 'ra
don't get a rrize on, Mere are Super Baddies s
'Yeller h ig h ) cin V E NDE TTA - KO NAMI
unit, the imag*ttrangely distorted - but chasing you-frorlit behind. a
there'sno deahlatthe novelty ofthe, g
ycojltr g u n s i g h t , with which you v I tend to dislike beat-ern ups but this one
o has taken so much care over the animation
onderfully alonewould beRrove a pig crowr ouNer. i
** of the sprites and imagination in the number
nto space, u s of ways you can hit, mutilate and be thor-
fact.tilat Segahas but i'decent game insrd' ay ofmthe track, Meanwhde, the
with real t u
shoildmake it very successful indeed, even o moves abotrt ttnd vibrates
ng.on e to the Bad Guys that l
o a
( dictio- l v rig to it. Up to four play-
the presentc5re economic climate. f to Ida taget l e c k e
i l e obligatory girlie, one
, Ti.me Travel
. ler is a style of g a mito rir on c the back of a b e g broncell This r e a l t ble imitation of that won-
takes a Dragon's o m sophisticated I khoot s
o r model, Hulk hop&
[fed by a nature. a Wild West Lawma e a
nThe scree being made up almost e
Darabolic MarshaG m n a
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Readers fi ltrate Virgin HQ

rritory
in the latt st no-holds-barred
ACE Conference...

DL I Nexander told the assembled ACE vis-

L e titors,
s face it,'in
'back Virgin
1983supremo
when weNick
started,
ptom d you to 'EDIT LINE 140'. And that was
y the best bit about it. Turkeys of that ilk
ca a sickly green hue over Virgin's image and,
which team was playing, and told him What Was
To Come. What would you have said? And what
response would you have got?
youhad to be pretty stupid not to make lots of in those good old, bad old days, even Virgin

L
money...'
These were brave words from Nick, because
at least one of those present (the octogenarian
SteveCooke)had vivid memories of 1983 and
Virgin's Owzat - a legendary cricket title that,
whenyou chose to change the team members,
themselves had to admit that most of their titles
were a load of old gobblers.
What, however, would happen if right now you
warped back to the early 80's. found Cooke
hunched over Owzat. trying to work Out where
the ball was, whether the game had started and
You: Er... Steve...
Cooke (for it is he): FitiS
You: Ahem... I come from the future.
Cooke: Far out, man. (Examines 'cigarette')
Either Owzat is getting to me or this is 'strong
stuff_

3
You: And I'm telling you that three
-,=
hundred games companies are
-
going to go bust in 1984...
11
Cooke: Virgin will be the first to go.
•-•1 1 I'll tell you that for nothing...
1 1 TEM111111111
You: Er, actually they're going to

DT
a
— get their act together...
Cooke: Tell us (snigger) anotherl
You: They will then release a string
of hits, from the superlatively vintage

LE! Dan Dare through legendary titles

like Silkworm to the stunning
Supremacy...
Cooke: Guffaw!
You: They will champion top-league
proggies like Wonderland and
Infocom. They will launch Europe's
first officialJapanese16-bit
console...
Cooke: 16-bit? 16-bitwhat??
You: They will buy Mastertronic and
lIBINtran'acionit was up and mousing in wha t aciPPolizd to (above) Dayki E astman demonstrates Floor 13 and the latest
be a Chigoe version, and a damned fi r e playable little V irgin interface te c hnology D a n d s fi nger is m onitor e d by
welter III. too, uni Out on PC A m igo and T . this foillow• r Pei he WW1 magnetic reso aaaaa locator linked to a double i n
of the ode horizontal pletionn scroll., school is as playable as line NANO ga te a llowing him to control the game simply by
Behest in Oa genre Ronnie skims along the reed on skate*. wiggling his fi nger. The unit is to be 'skewed in April 1991.
len Eon attain to higher things vi• window ledges moves,

34
(401) Behind this Innocent facade lucks a treat la by r inth of
want anti other suitably & n u l l e d pletforins N ine levels,
femme with bizarre colourful. mai well- animated mashes and Starnes m a y he m P rogrammers rushing up end down spiral
some perbcolarty odd power-ups! staircases clutching carry- outs, bombshell receptionists breath-
ing into high tech phones. M egadrives blasting out r onnie wor
(Morel Out in the * p o t Plonnie contends with airborne beast• soundtracks. Game Boy's squeaking, M ester Systems beeping.
les.,..rel pigeon thoppirtip••• end outside in the back yard the ACE conference v is itor , s h i ft
ing themselves with fr uit and sandwiches—

IPO Box 201

reyou ohm' / s o w n = CO M M AI N I EVI T RI ANKA N I 3 5
 C O N F E R E N C E

Anus S ummers certainly

voiced the m a jor ity
control one of the largest areas of computer opinion as he named lyrical
entertainment, and they'll end up one of Britain's over Jimmy White's
Whir lwind SoCiOate.
top software houses, finally being wooed, HOWIty• f, a c tion title s like
larnsinatur and Rolling
kissed, courted, and captured for £36 million by illonnie didn' t make such a
Sega... good impresskon—
keener on str ategy,'
With this last retort, you fade from the scene, isepiained Arian. whit also
leaving the withered old hack speechless. With a a dm itte d a s tr ong
a ttr a c tion to Reatme....
deep sigh, he removes the Owzat cassette and
attempts to load a copy of Wacky Waiters...
Meanwhile, back in 1991, Nick Alexander has
departed, leaving the ACE readers gathered in
the conference room at Virgin's West London
headquarters. During the next five hours, they
were caught up in a whirlwind of meticulously
planned Virgin presentations; they met legendary
developers, ranging from Virgin's own Andrew
Wright to the redoubtable Archer 'IK+' Maclean;
they saw some of the country's first CDTV
dedicated software actually up and running; they
were among the first punters in Europe to see
Terminator on the Megadrive; and they were
able to try out for themselves a range of superb
software on console and computer.

And YOU could have been there... if only

you'd applied! Meanwhile, you can cast
your envious eyes over these pages and
see what you've been missing...
Meal Time for gr ub! The V irgin caterers did us proud - but the
real star of the box h break was a sneak preview of an
American Game Roy version of Prince o f P enh. - absolutely
stookingly stunning, g o o n ° , a nd a must- must- have as soon as
the cents arrive...

One o f the infor m a tion

screens fr om the awesome
S hortie. P ractically every
conference a tte nde e wa nt-
Superlative Sega r die s —
and
ed a crack .st this.. though U nfortuna te ly we we re una ble t o bring yo u
several readers were the b e f a r e v e r l i i i m e
scrise nshots o f Te rmina tor on the M e ga drive ••••.11/1 assertee W e n t
nervous a bout the (tre me ndous sound a nd m u sica l e ffe cts) o r the cla s- ty pre tty strongly Willful
inevitable high price tha t
sic M a rble M a dne ss o n the Se ga M a ste r Syste m. M M c a m . to passing idottphaere
accompanies this level 04
goes d o wn re a lly w e ll o n the 8 -bit f o rm a t b u t ein g a m " hotikoom.V, rile kO r
sophistication and de ta il
Te rmina tor is like ly t o be the sta r f o r ACE 1 6 -bit con- ing he m , , i d s he ll out foi

noisse urs. The ope ning se que nce f o r e xa mple , is

pra ctica lly indistinguisha ble f ro m the fi lm a nd the
game fe a ture s se ve ra l d ig itise d out-ta ke s f ro m the
ce lluloid ve rsion. Ga me pla y is p re t t y tra d itio n a l b u t
the re 's lo t s o f it a nd th e speed, sound. a nd vig o ro u s
opposition ma ke t h is one lo o k like a ve ry p ro m isin g
M e ga drive bla st-sin-up. Wa x m a n wa s a I • a t

.1
... . 1 1 0 0 . 1 e a n d l a sta
be que uing u p l i fts
b
It's Bugged! i toterving a t Taneetafi gial
n iM e e nhe le , ha Weil le wd.
Jimmy Wh ite 's Wh irlw in d Snooke r, w e ha ve t o
o o v W eitegadahrl
re port, is se rio u sly bugge d. O n ly se conds a fte r re lin• EatnadaddliW
f
quishing the mouse , fl ie s be gin t o zip a cross the dis- - n
e ' Nt a il*
t
play, se t t lin g occa siona lly a nd e ve n t ro t t in g u p the i out.t whthee i ed danyone
l ne e
reckoned
e d the e m u ides
screen be fore ta kin g o f f a ga in. Eve n worse , wh e n n sw aas ,i bit
, ,
The S huttle prepares for ta k e o ff. The level of detail In this le ft t o the mse lve s, the re ds be gin t o displa y t d irionember th a t M om s c
simulation of NASA•s S pec. S huttle is so high tha t one ap e
d istu rb in g ly disre spe ctful te nde ncie s, st ickin g t h e ir v e ry g o o d Pt a l e n w h y d e
developer hes claimed you could actually fl y the real thing , tsense e recipe keeps
a fte r tr a ining on V irgin's silicon system. The progriirn enables tongue s o u t a t the p la ye r a nd be ha ving in a ge ne ra l- n rreappearing,
s became i n ti
you to fl y missions ranging fr ont scientifi c research to S tar ly una cce pta ble fa shion. l damn' good!
Wets offensives. as we ll as te s t fl ights and satellite recovery i
Bugs like this, it ha s t o be sa id, e le va te Jim m y
Due out iater this y e w for the PC /144.99I, ST ( f) 9 - 9 9 i and a
White 's Wh irlw in d Snooke r fro m t h a t sta tus o f
Amiga 4139.01T. i
supe rla tive ga me to tha t o f a ll-
e
time cla ssic. The y're th e h a llm a rks
a
of progra m m e rlde signe r Arch e r r
'I K+' M a cle a n. w h o d e lig h ts in
putting q u irky fi n ish in g touche s
to h is ga me s. Ta ke those flie s, f o r
e xa mple . w h ich lo o k e xtra ordina r-
ily convincing a s th e y jit t e r a bout
the scre e n d u rin g id le mome nts.
'The y're ve ry e a sy t o do. re a lly, '
1
1 sa ys Arch e r m ode stly. 'a ll th e y do
is move in ra ndom 9 0 de gre e a rcs,
fre e zing occa siona lly a nd
some time s m o vin g ve rt ica lly u p
the scre e n, '
The re st o f the ga me is
supe rb - see the re vie w e lse whe rc peck A r nold m a inta ine d a steadfast silence through mud
in t h is issue . An d wa tch o u t f o r cif the conference, inducing deep nervousness ks v iion
those bugs! s ta ff, w h o thought No m ight have been an sindernwer
agent for N inte ndo. Over lunc h however, he admitted tc
Disgraceful behaviour on Archer's ba le .. being por ted by Jimmy M AW* ieven t h o u , 'I'm not
Judging by the pota tion of the cue ball. normalty keen on arcade S tuff') and very im pa ir e d by tri
punishment by pocketing is called for SFX on ILDTV & c a b a l . ,

2 C A . 0 1 . ;1 1 d 7
 C O N E E I 4 E N C E

Floor T i generates • brooding

atmosphere w i th rts
morsochrowa graphics,
designed by the ta le nte d Cori
Cropley who did the superb
plc' too EA's Hound of
Sharlows. V irgin claim Floor
13 is based on actual events,
developed by PSI, who wr ote
Confl ict, i t puts you in charge
of • mysterious organisation In a Dockland. rifi lke block. Y our
task is to tree any means a t your disposal ithe y include
everything fr om murder to infi ltr a tion) to protect the govern-
No nonfarm about Lie n ment fr om political da m a ge ...without ever being found out.
Paul M ellorkii deesiered
Out in la te ° d e b a r for PC, ST, a nd Amiga a t l i t .ell (PC 134.99)
Dystant - this lad got hill into the conference having
marks for taking a way s ur v iv e d, car Journey h e m
active mile in P e Leicester end the n proceed-
p i e :m e r e , Offering some ed to ta le an cnitspoben V irgin are making no bones a bout Fleaints. it's designed to be
observehens rote in the conference die- P owermonger- basher- P rogrernmed by Grier/gold, i t Incas
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LOTUS ESPRIT
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Challenge found itself the reviewers'
ast November,
darling. It was aLotus Esprit
peculiar Turbo that amid
situation
Sucking the very ma rro w fro m the driving genre,
GREMLIN prepare to release another stick-shift so
so many heavyweight driving sims and coin-op
conversions, a sprite-driven arcade game with a sensation- Wit h the barrel o f originality thoroughly yot
Ins
surprisingly basic premise (no shooting or int(
barging or polygons or spies) was adored so UM-
scraped, w h a t n ew apples can developers Magnetic be
versally by critics and paying customers alike. ley.
The secret, clearly, was Lotus' partaking of
Fields promise?
that Kick-Off-esque property, the Lail Factor.
There was no mincing around selecting which understandable request from Lotus could be
seen to curb the blockbuster excitement which
tyre compound is best. No engine overheat to
worry about. No pulling into the pits for an oil any sequel needs. In the early stages, Gremlin
change. Just staying on the road and going as were tempted to produce a non-licensed semi-
fast as possible and winning. sequel with all the high-octane smashes and
The game held together so well and felt so nat- crashes.
ural to play, you could be forgiven for thinking In the end, however, it was decided that the
that it was a one-off hit. A bit of a software star Lotus name was vital and new angles should be
that just happened to come together in the right explored in order to spice up the formula.
way at the right time, whose sequel would
almost certainly fall flat. WHATE V E R THE WE ATHE R
But Gremlin are confident that they've hit on As any driver will tell you, Mother Nature proves
the magic formula again, and predict an even to be an opponent every bit as formidable as the
cars you're racing against. Each stage of Lotus 2 "The basic aim of the eight levels," says Shaun
hetter-rounded product with Lotus 2.
features a different driving environment and, far Southern, chief programmer, "is to create a
from being simply a different graphics setup, different atmosphere on each stage. The extra
FALSE S TART?
each environment poses a bunch of car-control effects such as lightning, overlaid snow and ran,
The Lotus follow-up was never a certainty.
problems for the driver. sparks on the tunnel walls, smoking wheels, etc,
Although the first title was such a hit, both
On snowy sections, the steering becomes fight, should do the trick."
Gremlin and Magnetic Fields were concerned
almost like driving in a skid-pan, and the drivers' A criticism of the first game was that hitting a
that the sequel might be constrained too tightly
vision is hampered by falling snow and rain. road-side object would virtually put you out of th?
by Lotus' demands that their cars weren't shown
Examine the track-breakdown for more detail. race. This time, we've improved the playability
being blown up or smashed. A perfectly

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No m a tte r h o w busy or e m pty the road. Lotus 2 pr a ir ie 's a constant upda te rate
of twe nty - liv e frames par second. S teeper hills and twistser turns necessitate te r
more driving skill and lass M o u t speed

4 0 ADVANCED COMMIEVE ENTEAINN lot NI

 N ithr ig roadsici• obsta.
des is considerably
less fr us tr a ting tha n in
Lotus 2„ since you're
peS illioned back onto
the track im m e dia te ly .

I Players can now link up two machines, Amiga

so that when you hit a sign or another car,
ly you're not left stuck at the side of the track.
Instead, you're thrown back onto the road and
ic into play as soon as possible, This way we've
beenable to be cpiite tight on the times for each
level, making for a more exciting race."
Thespeed of the game matches the first,
although is unlikely to beat it, "We're looking at
twenty-five frames per second on average".
YES, MAS TE R
The two-player option worked so well in the first
game, the team had their work cut out for them
when trying to produce an improvement.
and ST. By selecting a slave machine, and a
master, three players can race against each
other, one playing with a full screen, and the oth-
ers in two-player mode on the other machine.
THE CARS
Both the Lotus Esprit and the Elan are raced dur-
ing the game, on alternate stages_ 'Esprits have
far better straight-line acceleration," says Shaun,
'although the Elan has better handling, so can
get through the corners quicker",

111J • • l e l se n t1 W
— ! O lii; if 4 4 Wh i l e o ve rt ake s re d ! Re d fl o o rs
e a. th e g as an d m a k e s a d e sp e rate
— ch al l e n g e , a n d . . o v e rt a k e s wh i t e !
The tio n s-p le yo r m o d e i s m a d . an

o e ve n l i g h t e r co n te st t h an ks t o th e
tu n i n g o f th e R a c k r• p o si ti o n i n g . .

- No more, lead- lrom- the- start no

contest scenarios here!

s Shaun
:e a
! extra
and rain,
els, etc,

ithing a
i e eight stages of the ga me . wh e n a dde d toge the r, co m p rise a wh o p p in g hour's wo rt h o f stra ight d riv-

nit of the r to deal

mg. with.
so it's Erich
good stage
news thaw
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ma p. o
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nwin
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baprogre ss through
ckgrounds th e sta gef a
a nd conditions o nd.
r theo fpla ye rs
yability course, the upcoming se ction. 5. Fog
The pla ye rs w ill ha ve e ve n m ore d if fi cu lt y de a ling
i . T h e FOr e lit wit h poor visib ilit y in th is le ve l, w it h obie cts
Fairly hilly. Lots Of trees a nd bushe s. Logs ca n be a ppe a ring la te r tha n usua l. Furthe r ha ntpe re d by
used to bounce over rive rs. Rubble in the roa d t w ist y be nds a nd b lin d hilts, t h is w ill p ro b a b ly
provides an extra hazard. prove t o be the slo we st sta ge .

2. The City 6. Hi ght

Haring down the ma in strip a nd bla sting through
tunnels, players will face o n co m in g t ra f fi c in the
other lanes. the y'll have the option t o use th e
wrong lane for extra4srave ove rta king m ove s.
3. Desert
Drifting from the centre o f the roa d w ill slo w dOte lt
the player's car as he lose s tra ction in the sa nd,
ra dii line the road and the absence o f roa d $ igns
makes it difficult to sta y on course .
4. Snow
Extreme slippiness wit h ple nty o f ste e p be nds a nd
hills Drivers are ke pt on the ir toe s a s the sn o w
makes viewing the roa d up ahead e xtre m e ly t ricky.
Slower times on this stage a te to be e xpe cte d.
The n ig h t t im e se ction ta ke s pla ce in the cit y w it h a
wide roa d a nd he a dlight e ffe cts g ive n o f f f ro m the
cars•
7. Mar shl and
Through m ore tunne ls a nd ove r ju m p s. Oil pa tche s
cause b ig skid s. Wa te r a longside the roa d.
IL The Stor ni
Rain, ra in a nd m o re ra in . Visio n ha mpe re d b y
lightning, t ricky h ills. Puddle s slo w d o w n the
pla ye r.
Any o f the e ig h t sta ge s ca n be a cce sse d b y e nte ring
the a ppropria te pa ssword.

Ain ri4 CE0 COMPUTER EntERTAINMEM 4 1

Ever wanted to play a
game like Elite, b u t wh ere
you could do wh at ever
you liked? Empire and
Jason Kingsley have got
the solution - and we 'v e

got the details.

a bit of a geezer. He was responsible

for the innovative arcade adventure II
Dade Warrior for Image Works (which
T is only now, after several delays,
hseeing the light of day) and put together the
arather nifty whodunnit Murder for US Gold. Now
the's back with a vengeance once more, this time
Jwith a game that's a lithe bit like Elite - except it
aisn't.
s Eye Of The Storm's scenario is as complex
oand elaborate as the game itself promises _to be.
The whole thing revolves around the planet
n
Jupiter (the largest planet in the solar system and

OF
Kknown as a gas giant due to its particularly
ivolatile and stormy composition).
n Well, you know that big red spot that Jupiter's
ggot? Right, well that's called the Eye of the
sStorm, you see? The idea is that in the future life
lhas been found inside the red planet's eye, and
eunder interplanetary law the area is designated a
yfree-for-all zone for scavengers, mercenaries and

STORNI
iwhoever else is interested in exploiting the
sregion. You play one such merc, a maverick
scientist who has come to the eye in his
,spaceship with an eye on making a fast buck,
band, as an overall goal, achieving control of the
yeye.
a "The idea for Eye of the Storm comes from a
lwhole variety things, sci-fi movies and the nice. I
l particularly like the whole Star Trek idea of
aventuring into space and discovering new things.
cAnd I suppose it's also got something to do with
so you can play the game any way you like_ different. No, let me put that another way.
cmy imagination when it comes to strange
creatures and monsters. There is combat, but you don't have to fight. Because it's networked, you don't have to
o
There is trading, but you don't have to trade. I consciously tie stuff together because the player
u So far as the game itself is concerned, I
wanted to create something that I could play, think games like Elite can get very boring and can just go wherever he wants."
nand would be able to come back to six months repetitive - buy something here, have a dogfight, The game itself is played, on the surface at
t later. sell it somewhere else • and that's just the sort of least, in the traditional Elite-style, from the
s "The idea was to make something that was thing we've tried to avoid." cockpit of your craft as you fly around Jupiter's
, different every time you played it, and that's why Isn't designing a game with a more surreal gaseous atmosphere, fighting with other mercs
Iwanted to steer right away from games like structure a more torturous affair than the familiar (who are there after the same ends as your own),
Elite which have a very linear game design. Eye method? 'Well, yes and no," says Kingsley running missions and, as an interesting touch,
of the Storm is more like a web of different ideas surprisingly. it's actually easier in some ways exploring and surveying as much of the area as
and elements which are all networked together, because it requires less work to make it possible, seeking out new life forms for cash
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rewards.This exploration angle I t to

Novagen'sclassic Mercenary, a do the
elemictittirynen
be crlotig ir jtle gii* intervals, von, mere
areIct Egurrptinet3opymple,you've
gotamliviEsitirwrioatrspiEt, a l g y 3 5 / 3 6
one cittiGittsibiLET i CitlitIOEt tte l l I te 9 While Eye of the Storm's g eplay is quite sur- need anything Idone and so the only reason they
ay.
to inscriliCRESS I.PE real and "tree-range" in ess e , there are some give you missions is so they can have a laugh
There'salsoa thing called a Songspinner, more familiar, linear elemen s. such as the watching you isk your neck. Serious players
the player
whichisa giantrock that starts to rotate when missions that crop up from time to time. "You've may not like to think themselves as throwaway
youshootit As youshoot it more and more got these people called patrons, who are kind of entertainment for galactic fat cats, but the cash
ace at
tines itspinsfaster and faster until it starts to the interplanetary barons. explains Jason, bounties on offer for the missions are so large
the
tun, makinga noise like whalesong. This sound "They're tremendously wealthy, and float it's often worth taking the risks involved.
Jupiter's
attractsawhale,whocomes along and gives around the eye in these giant dirigibles. There To increase their entertainment, the patrons
er mercs
youamessage.There's plenty of aesthetic stuff are eight patrons, each with different are likely to set the player up with false missions
your own).
too,like al the plants have real life-cycles, and personalities, and each has eight missions to - for example, you could get sent to a certain
touch,
youcanactuallywatch them swelling and give you." The only problem is, because the sector on the pretence of collecting something,
e area as
ripening.' patrons are so fabulously rich, they don't actually only to find a flotilla of enemy ships waiting for
Ir cash
A P V A N C I P C O M M M I R . 1 "1 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 t N 4 3
 ( ( Above end le ft)
Fish! S ome of the
biz arre creatures found
in the gaseous
atmosphere of M a n.

them. To survive such double-crossing tactics, TRADE PRICE DAY TODAY!

players must be on their toes at all times.
Talking of enemy ships, they come in the form
of Hunters, high-speed fighters that for the most
part roam around the eye looking for something
De spite Ja son's insiste nce tha t Eye o f tho Sto rm isn 't i l k . Elite .
the re is one a spe ct a bout wh ich the re ca n be no dispute - tra ding.
But wh ile I t's the re , Ja son's ke e n t o p o in t out th a t it 's a fa r cry
from the 're p e t it ive " so rt tha t occurre d in Elite . "Yo u ca n tra de
wit h e ith e r the hunte rs o r the pa trons. The re a re t w o wa ys o f

to shoot at. Four hunters in particular, however,
aren't to be taken so lightly. They're
professionals, out in the pursuit of pretty much
the same goals as you, but mercilessly ruthless
in the way they achieve them.
Because they're so nasty, there's a large cash
bounty to be had for killing one, although the
more sensible player will want to earn more over
a long period by picking up small bonuses for
individual dogfights. "One feature that I'm quite
pleased with,' says Jason, "is that you are able
to see exactly what any of the four main hunters
is doing using special remote cameras. You can
select inset views that basically shows you what
the selected hunter is seeing from his craft.
It's useful for keeping tabs on them, particular-
ly if you want to stay out of their way, and if you
do get into a fight with one and he goes out of
your sight, you can use the view to see what he's
up to."
If all this sounds a bit hectic arid bloody,
players can choose a more sedate way of
earning a few bob, as Jason explains. "Because
the eve of Jupiter is an uncharted area, there is
tra ding - yo u e ithe r b u y some thing f ro m one pe rson, the n se ll it
to some one e lse a t a p ro fi t . o r g o lo o kin g f o r stuff t o sa lva ge f o r
free, a nd se ll t h a t ."
"The re a re fi ve type s o f ra re m in e ra l in t h e e ye tha t m o st of
the tra ding is ba se d a round, a n d yo u ca n a lso tra de a lie n a rtifa cts
and fi sh (!). The proble m is tha t the m ore e xpe nsive mine ra ls a re
prote cte d - one kind, f o r insta nce , is prote cte d b y the Gre a t Eye o f
Terror, w h ich pa ra lyse s a n yth in g it se ts its ga ze upon. I f it lo o ks a t
(Above) This is a M a r ga te S y fl ying through
It. y ou can go to a diffe r e nt piece. TOW can
you, yo u 're de a d in spa ce u n t il it lo o ks a wa y. The sa me a pplie s f o r actually defi ne whe r e your emit por t will be.
any o f the hunte rs th a t m a y come lo o kin g . Yo u ca n a lso go m ine r- thr ough S em* seriously compile* fi ddling.
al m in in g , b y b la stin g a wa y a t rocks, som e o f wh ich conta in
dia monds."
all kinds of undiscovered wildlife about. You can In order to preserve that "still playable in six
earn money just by seeing new forms of life, months" quality that he's been searching for, he
because everything you do is recorded. If you and programmer AJ Perrott (of Starglider 2
find something for the first time, you get a fame) have endeavoured to make the playing
certain amount of money, but if you see area as large as possible. in geographical
something for the second time, or another terms, it's somewhere between ten thousand and
hunter has seen it before you, you get less sixteen thousand miles square. In the game, that
because it's already been discovered." The translates into, let's see... if you had the fastest
forms of life are many and varied, including ship in the game, travelling at top speed, it would
sharks, jellyfish and dragonflies, and the type of take you around six to eight minutes to travel
life you're likely to find changes as you move up from your base in the centre of the eye to the
and down through the different levels of the very edge. In fact it's impossible to travel that far
eye's gaseous atmosphere. in one go, because you wouldn't have enough
fuel. You'd either have to position special fuel

FMMMM, FASHINATING! tge lowl Two spaceships on an

e c ti e n
Y
- ou can enter combat s c e ne ,
pods along the way, or use one of the special
teleport gates."
ped
toe i fi you
e wish. or ta l e the While Jason has been working on the design of
. Eye o f the Storm e m ploys a ll so rts o f cle ve r cutting-e dge te chnica l t ricks
and te chnique s, the hotte st o f wh ich is Goura d sha ding - the
d
cowards
s t r
implore
a fi
wa y and simply
and tr a de Eye of the Storm for over 18 months now (*I've
always wanted to do a 3D game", he says), cod-
ne w buzzword a mong h ip progra m m ing typ e s. So wh a t n g
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curve d polygons, we 've be e n a ble to produce some ve ry
of sitting back and watching the game to make
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f o r the orga nic obje cts in the ga me though - a ll the me cha ni-
sure everything behaves exactly as it should.
cal obje cts like spa ce ships a re suppose d t o ha ve sha rp e dge s The release date for PC, ST and Amiga versions
a fte r a ll." is set for September - watch out for the full ACE
MosM . fa skina ting. review around that time.

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US GOLD hopes that Mega Twins will be the Rainbow
Islands of 1991. ACE visits Manchester-based Tiertex

to see h o w CapCom's cutesy coin-op is converting...

the Blue Dragon's Eyes have it. Magical

T powers, that is. An ancient legend in the
hBook of Illumination prophesies that should the
epeople of Alurea ever be under threat, the Blue
EDragon's Eyes will appear to save them.
y But you can't trust fables. One grey day, a
emonstrous Warlord invaded Nurea and put the
sKing and Queen to the sword. It was only thanks
to the courage of loyal courtiers that their twin
h
baby sons escaped death.
a
Fifteen years passed, and the twins grew
vhungry for revenge. Strapping on swords and
eputting their best platform•hopping feet forward,
ithe two teen-warriors set out on a quest though
tsix levels of arcade action to find the Eyes and
Osave their Kingdom from evils slavery...
r
,CAP CO M KI NG S
tTiertex are nu strangers to Capeom
oconversions, being responsible for the recent UN 1 1 ,4 1 1 M AP0 -
Squadron and Mercs. This current project is
b Don• t panic! This R o n .0
of the intr o screens. Normally the
being programmed by Andy, with Wayne on - arlson never gets this bad • for tuna te ly ! The sprites range fr om
egraphics and John writing the music and sound
m (For security reasons their surnames must •t% more complem m e a nie1 .•• r e built fr om several sprites_
tiny la a a pinels) to huge l i l a a 104 piriell) . M any o f the

oremain Top S ecret9 Work started back in 4

r January using the PDS development system, but
emid-way though the project Tiertex switched to
pthe newer, more-powerful SNASM system.
r What is it that they like about Mega Twins? It's
egot plenty of colourful sprites, fast action and it's
cgreat with two players. The wide range of varied
4 1 WVII
C O IN - O P C O M P A R I S O N
These scre e nshots a re f ro m the o rig in a l coin-
op. Ap a rt f ro m the o b vio u s - a nd una voida ble Thft m our tothioe d greeny Is the guardian a t the end of
• de cre a se in colour. Tie rte x ha s done a
Level S iva A l fi rst he sits on a door ' a t the top o f M e
W V , n and sends wave a fte r wave o f pe a nut m en to attack
ma rve llous jo b o f p o rtin g the de ta ile d
gra phics a cross to the Am ig a a nd At a ri ST.
you, be for e jumping down to fi nish you o ff hirriSeil.

i levels keep you interested because you want to

see what's next." Indeed. As well as the tradition-
s
al cross-country monster bashing and platform
ejumping antics, the Mega Twins have to negotiate
, underwater caverns and even fly through nasty-
infested aerospace at one point (thanks to a
magical flying cap!).
Although Mega Twins is Andy's first 16-bit
arcade conversion (he previously wrote b a t S AS a . . l a r u i . p waya. N O Pis
Defenders of the Earth on the Spectrum), it looks es a " a g o * t o r • l e o s e s e o r ti s e m e n
like the work of a seasoned pro. Many ST ...a ile d a r m I l l e s 6 e..•

scrolling games have drab, repetitive backdrops

because they're built from graphic blocks stored
in memory in several pre-scrolled positions. This
means memory is rapidly eaten up, restricting
the number of different graphic blocks that can L
be stored. 141.41Well 2
a
6 Fe e s 4 0 3 P eeed,
Mega Twins' backgrounds, on the other hand,
Wd I
" . . . lo b o . . • • • • • t a ll• O M • •s.o. • • • • l o p o r,

scroll smoothly and are packed with variety and glOw. W 60 41140herass
a or ba ba I . " ' m e a t , . I k e a . .
colour. Very impressive. How did was the effect
achieved? Andy doesn't want to give too much
Can the Twin. e we the kingdom'? Their fa te is In your (and
away, but states, 'The scrolling in Mega Twins a friend's) hands.•
uses no pre-rotation but takes up a lot of screen
4 6 ADVO ICED CO ...0 T R srm arasi m l arl
 11
(Shawl On Level Three you don s pe c ie l winge d cap for some
*oriel no/prides through • cloird- fi lled sky. rhinos look a little
crowded • perlwor rrd be wise to use a smart bombish M agic
Bomb to clear the arr.

Right) The first lewd sees you making your way though the
woods. Those blue guys may be c ol., but they're je s t a deadly
as the ugliest monster A single jab from your magic sword
will see them off.

beet nghtl Don't dam up! This gia nt Shell goe r & the entrance
to scone underwater caves. To pr oe m s yore!' have to slice •n•
dice the cute little Hemet Crab lir it D on'll ge t too sentimental
the crab doesn't give a second thought a bor t doing the sarrie
to you • Am a a s a a —WI lk

NO C OMMOD OR E COP OU TS

and hardware scrolling ca pa bilitie s w ill be f u lly use d f o r a fa ste r ga me , a nd th e Am ig a 's w id e r

G palette w ill a lso be imple me nte d t o g ive subtle r colouring t o the gra phics. M e m o ry pe rm itting, ce r-
o
tain background features - like the gia nt wa t e rf a ll - w ill be a nima te d.
o Tiertex toyed with the ide a o f in clu d in g the a rca de ma chine 's pa ra lla x, b u t e ve n tu a lly de cide d a ga inst
d The reasons are siniple , pa ra lla x w o u ld me a n using th e Am ig a 's 'd u a l- p la ylie ld mode ', wh ich o n ly
It.
a
allows backgrounds in 8 colours. Ve rt e x f e lt the de cre a se in co lo u r wo u ld sp o il the lo o k o f the ga me .
s
t •••••••••ma lk a immEh d Eid g Eb in imEEMI Nwo le k d a . Ella . M. O lk a wwm-. -

h
e
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memory. It the most difficult bit of the game to
T
write. It's a massive piece of very complex code,
v
eandtook me a month and a half to develop."
r
s
iSCREEN TO SCREEN
oSohowdo you go about porting a complex coin-
n
Iop like Mega Twins across to the home
smachines. Did CapCom help much? As develop-
lers," says Tiertex's spokeswoman, Rachel
o lAbove) Some levels
oFarrow, 'We don't really have that much contact W I you s wim m ing
iarlicier wa te r .
kwith them. It's usually US Gold who deal with complete with snob.
ithem. At first, we were given a video of the mask and ' n o r th .
n Look out for glowing
g
garne bein g played through, but later we were darns which contain
, sp e d with the actual arcade ROM board, so power ups, she. Ns
and extra M agic
AwecotAd get the feel of the game correct as Bombs.
m
wellasthe graphics."
i
g Thearcade machine's graphics were digitised lb a • e e l •F
a straight from the screen, then ported across to Carefully does i t - you're approaching the and- a t the sixth and fi nal level, whe r e you hriolly c onfr ont the two- heeded dragon
M .. e t backgrounds.
This ST shot h a fi ne example o f the highly- detailed 1 . 1 Think s to Andy's programming there hove been no
e
anAmigarunning DPaint 3 for re-mapping in 16 compromises in speed or smoothness to achieve des - the ST game scrolls the backdrops in tw o phial increments every two or
g coloursand general touching up. The three frames ideperiding on how much action there h on screen).
a backgroundsare split up and stored as 480 16
T
w
x16 pixel blocks. Although the sprites and the
i backgroundsuse the same 16 colours, raster and more complex and become more like funfair that doesn't wow Iem in the arcades but converts
n splitting will be used to generate a different rides than games, what do Tiertex think is the well to the home machines. And Tiertex is very
s colourpalette for the score panels. future for coin-op conversions? Rachel's answer happy with their work so far; "Mega Twins is very
p
r is unsurprising, 'We think the futures very good, faithful to the arcade original, incorporating near-
o THE FUTURE? though with some arcade machines it's only pos- ly all of the graphics and playability." But a
m
MegaTwins is well on schedule for its August sible to get a gist of what the original is like Rainbow Islands for our times? We shall see,
i
s compl eti
o n date, and should hit the shelves in because of hardware limitations." readers, we shall see...
e September.But as arcade machines get more Fortunately Mega Twins is the sort of game • David Upchurch
s
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Games tha t re de fine the sta te -
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The m i nute, hour . a nd day 56 CA S TL E S Electronic Arts
r atings can tell y ou a l ot too. I f 78
58 W H I R L W I N D SNOOKER Virgin
ther e's a di p here, fol l ow e d by a
50 CE NTURI O N Eiectronk Arts
rise, y ou'v e got a gam e tha t m ay
take a bi t of ge tti ng into. 51 A L I E N ST O R M M e g a d rive
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characters swap! 74 P S Y CHI C WORLD Game Gear
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w o n ' t r ate I t I nstead w e gi ve i t an 75 G - L O C Game Gear
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ACE Pr eplay ver dict panel tha t tells 76 C H O P L I F T E R Ga m e Bo y
' The two p la ye r • No jo yst ick o r
link-up option f o r mouse control y ou how w e thi nk I t s shapi ng up. I n
m ost cases, a ful l r evi ew of the 77 H A TR I S Game Boy
stage 16 o p t io n
fi ni shed gam e will fol l ow in a l ater
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ADVANCED COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT 5 1

 CIEIITIST COMPUTER

Just in t ime to catch the

combat-sim-without-the-

sim wa v e before it

becomes a cliché, CORE

DESIGN proudly present

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their whirlybird actioner

(UM) The precision and ergonomic micelles's& o f the fl ight con-

Illphey're sick of boring flight sims. are Core. trols a llow for tom e dead tnc k y fl ying. Witness C r• lative
• And they feel that the buying public are the novice pilot's nutmeg- the- oil- rig display. Packed with lovely
touches, Thunder/more is a Joy to behold.
same. So Thunderhawk's mission is to fly
straight into the metaphorical, if you will, 'kill
( Left) E xternal views of the he lk opte r C r . useful for wociong
zone of game play without all that pre-flight out exactly where your targets are, especially whe n they're
nonsense that everyone finds such a drag. And immediately be low vow. I t s also SO *any to hover the chopper,
tha t even whe n cycling around with the m obile camera, the
while its wrong to assume that there's some player can be confi dent tha t no ground- re 'aged harm will come
to hint,
worldwide backlash against detail, it's true that
the statistic brigade have already been more
than admirably catered for. And so, while AMIGA

Microprose et al deal out the heavyweight Sims,

Core are endeavouring to pull that lucrative pool
of arcade fans into the genre more gently. Well, 5
that's the plan. 1
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And it appears to have worked extremely well.
There is, of course, a great difference between 1 hook boat the word po, etrundentaire sewn
(Aly.1gpaaranteed
depth and unnecessary complexity. Stripped of 00/Motterly it may riot otter the metnorte loop- twat newel dui

virtually all irritating drawbacks Thunderhawk hpensates,.end Core mend

Weld heavyantigM u m o f f , but initiate at isse m on than com-
• good chance of scoewrog the wreck
t h e1
scores action-packed hits in all areas. For a otologn ,deeiderity
y, . e le m. With th e p ate rn al fo r e n tre missio n d isks loot
reel, We l% may be boosted further
start, everything is controlled through the mouse. l 1
Everything from weapons selection through 1 AMIGA
helicopter control to target tracking. Only when
flicking through the extemakamera views of the " Pio disksCO Swe e sick putle nte lle n NO
wesens help thunderhowit wore rips

action need the player's fingers ever encounter 1 with Po bet ol Awe, Olion smeltGraphically it
be much b o ttle we ll the otte rne be e te le Al

the keyboard. 1 u n tie ..nd %WAS %eh as d o SLOW 'WO W ond

...aprons whicbent model addmo a i s t
Far from being a nightmare memory-test of poiriked leer
1
clicks and non-clicks, the system holds up
extremely well, making it tricky for all but the I RE LE AS E D E T A I L S
most dismal pilot to perform all those hilarious t 30.99 OUT NOW
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flying into the ground stunts when they were sim- ATARI ST E30 99 OUT NOW
ply trying to select their next target. II3M PC E34•99 IMMINENT
( Above and above le ft and right) M inions are m os t commonly
The game is broken down into a series of cam- fl own under the cover of darkness, but buz z ing targets in an
paigns, each featuring the hybrid chopper b l u e oc e a ni s a w o r th w h i l e v is ua ltr e a t

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Wa te r bor ne targets boast heavy air- defences which prove to

be toughe r tha n any anti- aircraft fi r e They come in fa s t and
won' t le t up until e ithe r the y • or you a r e done for .

gunship in a pivotal role, working at the enemy

(Above) Jack, y our mysterious
and enigmatic controller will
brief and debrief you W i l 4
pilots will heed hie coOlOtis
warnings a bout anti- aircraft
defences, ta nk manoeuvres,
airspace activity and othe r d
enemy comings and goi
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( Left) In the Head Quarters • °pew
s..ile nt M own* . s a te llite resonatea.
It is located here. am ideal s i te vbieh sante fi lm of the ne x t rnission't
Awesthem a send view of the area. on targets a r • shown in
radar and visual. atmosphors- sotting style,
complete with fl icker on the
block- and- M OO* fi lm imaged,
defences allowing ground troops to do their
work. In the first campaign, for example, a
defecting Soviet physicist must be assured safe
pass-age from deep behind enemy lines. The
campaigns are further sectionalised into
objectives. In the safety of his headquarters, the
mysterious allied controller Jack will talk you
through your next mission, highlighting key
targets which should be destroyed to ensure
success.
Before taking to the skies, the pilot of the
chopper must select the most appropriate
arsenal for the mission. An automatic default will
select a decent selections of usable tools for the
job, but self-confident fl y
flashier
- kit to suit their personal preferences. I n e
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Essentially, the player is continually presented

with a list of targets to destroy, some
information on the defences in the area and the
benefits of a successful mission. Depending on
whether you're feeling like a top-dog killing
machine or simply want to get the job over and
done with, you can elect to try and clean the
entire combat zone or hit only your specified tar-
gets before escaping. The rule of thumb is that
by working a bit harder on each mission, destroy-
ing as many ground troops and defences as pos-
sible, your forces will be in for an easier time on
the next mission_
Even in the most ferocious fire-fights, the
handling of the helicopter works intuitively. Some

„spy.

(Above) Realistic objects s hift with impressive speed, and

refreshingly little haw. Core claim the ir routines are the
fastest around. a nd we fi nd ourselves in no pos ition to argue.

( Righti The personaliz ed intr o names the player as the rough-

est most toughe s t s o b , who weery fi r s t a whir ly bir d
( Above I The introduction
sequence tells the film-rase
ta le of a top spy
commander informing the
serious thought has gone into the control P resident tha t they've
method, making it probably one of the friendliest found the r ight man for
the job. A man tough
and most flexible user interfaces around. (See pl ough t o fl y s o l o 011i560•11

the 'You're In Control!' panel) into the world's flashanirit

troublespots, A man who
That the game packs more combat into five would not fl inch in the
fe te o f a hundred intOtoily
minutes than many manage to muster up in half Mavericks. A man svith
an hour while still maintaining a degree of realism your name!

and purpose can only be a testament to Core's

design ability.
The sectionalisation of the game works particu-
larly well; providing short, punchy game
sequences, and since flying through dead air
space is kept to an absolute minimum (having V I E W T O A KIL
completed your main objective, turning tail and Aside f ro m e xte rna l he licopte r vie

heading for home will trigger an automatic back- vie w yo u r choppe r f ro m a fi xe d

to-base situation) Thunderhawk plays like a set of can

a ny o
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more an Action Man novella. curre ntly se le cte d ta rge t.
Presentation and ergonomics are mocilcn e xhila ra ting
'ootatte, a s the lit e n d e d t r g e t rushe s in t o
throughout. and all the words about _bought n e w - - id e xplode s, w h ile l e la tte r re sults in
being put into how the game is playecl, working Rime sp e cia lly dra m a tic' s o t s a t n ig h t w it h
from the user back, putting the fun Lack into* our h e l i c g a t e r ' s ta me r rounds s c a nwa ws ir e m e s we id
lemolsWESIMINIWPf
flight games which sounded so hear t-all-before a icream in g in a t the ta rge t se fo re the scre e n e
turns D sta tic sn o w. Destroying targets with inappropriate weapons can be strange-
couple of months ago have been pre ved to be ly s a tis fy ing whe the r it's dropping an sinews i l y large
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p a stie s takes several existing gameplay

gilifgenres and combines them with a healthy
dollop of historical authenticity to provide a game
packed with punch, promise, and pitfalls in
roughly equal portions. The punch and the
promise give the game a very high initial impact -
leading you to believe that it is every bit as good
as other magazines have cracked it up to be.
After about five hours play, however, distinct
reservations emerge, and after ten to fifteen
hours you're as acutely aware of the program's
Your castle is now in the early stages of cons-a-welkin. Right
deficiencies as you are of its good points. Let's First, design your castle. placing construction elements on the
n o w we've got teams wor k ing on the nor th wa ll. Towers take
map ta k e care to select suitable terrain - don't, for ea- ample
not be too harsh here: Castles IS a very nice put • heavy towe r on top of a marsh! i f you m a k • • mistake longest to build and should bit tackled fi r s t to M e t the y can
give support to the walls • Iongside Wa lls may collapse If adIa
original package and a serious contender for you can i n . the erase tool to remove • lernents ( but don' t
waste tim e building a ny thing you're not 10) % sure of) . cord elerneM s are not ta ll e nough to s uppor t the m
your cash, but the hype has rather overlooked
the weaknesses. Here's the run-down, so you can
make up your mind for yourself.
many of each labour class are assigned to an which complicates what would otherwise be a
There are three game scenarios, involving the
construction of one, three, or eight castles as element. pretty simple challenge. First, you must balance
During construction, your site will come under your finances, which are based on taxation, and
part of your efforts to subdue the Welsh
attack. You are warned of an attack either imme- avoid bankruptcy. The latter can lose you the
chieftains, Using reference material provided
diately the enemy is sighted or sometimes by a game (at least in the single castle scenario),
(and your own imagination) you design your own
castle and then hire labour to build it, along with messenger screen reporting movements of since your soldiers desert and the enemy can
enemy forces. Although some attempt is made then, in the early stages, completely destroy
military (soldiers and archers) to defend it
Your castle consists of walls connected by tow- to generate excitement through reports of maior your site.
offensives, in practise the opposition starts weak As well as manipulating public opinion via
ers (square or round) and broken by gateways.
There are seven classes of labourer and the bulk and climbs a steady curve, pitching its strongest taxes, you must also respond in a multiple choice
force at you at the end. For this reason, and manner to dilemmas presented to you by
of the gameplay consists of optimising your
labour mix and its application to each element of since there is minimal strategy involved, messengers. These dilemmas demand that you
take action or pass judgement in disputes involv-
your site. This is a complex business if you want defeating the opposition is a lot easier than it
to do it well, because (a) the requirements of, ought to be. ing either the nobles or the Church. The choices
tend to fall into the same pattern: either you
say, a wall will vary during construction (more
THO RNY DI LE MMAS please no-one with a compromise or you please
diggers required during the early stages, for
one of the two parties and anger the other, Stick
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large attack by the natives before receiving
a fi nal congratulatory screen, whic h assess-
es your reign and reports on your standing
with the various social factions.

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Your labour teams have evacuated the s i t.
and the program gives you a crianc• to
place m ilita r y units in position be for e the
enemy arrives Onc e the opposition is in
range, y our infa ntr y units will move
towards the m and fi g h t while you direct
individual units towards individual targets.
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seethe screenshots for details - showing your in an identical state of its 1 0 %. •
workers scurrying ant-like about their business. construction), to the program's
annoying habit of interrupting
COUNTING THE NI GGLES you at any time • even in mid-adjustment of
Al! this makes for very absorbing garneplay - for labour values, for example - with another
a Ale. So what goes wrong? First the messenger or announcement.
documentation is very poor to the point where These problems - and others like them - are
parts of the game are almost unplayable without particularly frustrating because there's not
someunsupported lateral thinking. For example, technical reason why they couldn't have been
youcan actually redirect labour crews on sqhted before release. Take the interruption
exisbng site elements using the DESIGN option, problem above, for example: far better would
which gives you an overhead view of the site. have been a flashing trumpet or scout icon on
This is necessary because, using the isometric the screen, which you could click on as soon as The DESIGN screen shows you an own- heed v ie w
of the site and can also be used Utter in the
Wee, it is sometimes impossible - or at least you'd finished your current task, invoking the game to direct labour teams without having to
extremely difficult to click on areas obscured by messenger screen - or suffer the consequences scroll ar ound using the large sitaW isometric
view
othersthat stand in front of them. The program of ignoring it. A similar design failure means you
Providesa flip viewpoint function to facilitate this have to be careful to pause the game whenever
but it doesn't always help. you leave the terminal, even for short periods. If
Thedocumentation also fails to support the you forget, messages (which do not wad for an
interesting aspects of castle construction as ENTER key to scroll off screen) will have come
implemented in the program. For example, the and gone, leaving you with a screen of multiple
code is obviously allocating different labour choice options and no idea what's going on.
classes to different elements at different times, When you finish a game, you get a very brief
butneitherthe program nor the documentation analysis of your career • far too brief, in fact. It
updatesyou on this score. More on-screen infor- would be nice to have had some form of
mationabout what's going on would have made performance analysis on your labour allocations, e ve ry so o fte n yo u I I h a • vi si te cr b e a

abig difference. for example. As it is, you feel a bit let-down after Messenger, M e news le ithe r good or ba d) ,.
than followe d by • m ultiple choice response
Inlaterstages of castle building, you have no spending so long constructing, conciliating, and
wayof telling the difference between an almost- kicking ass.
finished section on which work has stopped for On the positive side, Castles is genuinely differ-
somereason and a finished one, other than by ent. You get a feeling of authenticity and a task
clicking on it with the mouse for a labour report. that constantly requires attention, spiced with
tt wouldbe rice, particularly when you've just numerous little added dilemmas. On the minus
restored aSAYEd game, to have all the elements side, anyone with a decent brain is going to find
reportedon in either a different screen format the one and three castle campaigns rather easy
(e.g.a MasterMason's report) or, even better, (the eight castle campaign is as much one of
co-screen with arrows and boxes reporting on added patience as it is one of added skill). In the
eachelement end, the absorbing garneplay is slowly eroded by
Thereare numerous other niggles, ranging niggling shortcomings and the frustrating feeling
fromthe tact that even the Treasury can't give that just a few extra ounces of game design
youa totalexpense sum for your current would have resulted in a real heavyweight title, You can also v ie w combat in the M AIN m ode - more o ttr e e th o
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( Below Right inset! Whe the r you
we nt to impress your mates or just
get in • bit OP practice, the Trick
S hot E ditor is tor you. More, y ou
can set up any s hot you lik e plac-
ing balls anywhere. S hot set- up*
can be saved out to disk so you
can relive those s how- oft
moments tim e and tim e again-
( Right) No tw o break offs are
ever the same, because the pack
of reds is assembled with m inute
differences in the gaps be twe e n
balls each tim e - as this dose up
shows. Thus. as in the real thing.
you can never be quite sure how
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Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker uses an
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Snooker loopy nuts are approach similar to the aforementioned 3D Poof -

we... and it's all thanks
to VIRGIN and Archer
Maclean.
A nd it's hardly surprising, given the quality of proximity, so you can see what's going on from
Olathe latest game from veteran programmer
Archer Maclean. From the violent excesses of
the brilliant Dropzone, International Karate and its table and leaning in to get a better idea of angles
even harder sequel IK-1- to the hushed
atmosphere of the matchroom and the famous
green baize? Hardly a predictable move, but the
end result is, nevertheless, a winner - and
Archer's most remarkable game to date.
Cue games have of course been around as
long as people have been able to program - plot
a few coloured shapes, bung in a few angle-of-
deflection algorithms and away you go. Even the
idea of taking the genre into the third dimension
is nothing new, thanks to Nick Pelling's 3D Pool
of two years ago. One vital feature that's been
the idea is that you view the game on screen
from the same angle that you would view the real
thing, so shots are really lined up from behind
the cue ball rather than floating over a plan-view
table like you're having some kind of out-of-the-
body experience. The table can be rotated
through various axes and viewed from adjustable
virtually every angle conceivable - the
computerised equivalent of walking around the
and distances before playing a shot.
More than anything, the trick with Snooker
games has always been simulating ball
movement accurately, so that the game plays as
it should, without balls careening off at inexplica-
ble angles or suddenly running out of momentum
or no apparent reason. In JWWS everything is
spot on, and those who play the real thing
regularly will be most impressed, as they see
that they make the same mistakes on screen as
they do on a real table. As in the real game, ama-
teur players are likely to get mighty miffed until (Above) A special computerised ta r ge tting line is av• ilablit

missing from all these past efforts, however, is they learn how thick or thin to hit a ball in order all tim e s a nd ofte n invaluable for whe n playing tong or tricky
shots - s how.ofts will prefer to leave it off. though. In Its non
any element of realism. No game has ever for it go at the right angle, but once you've advanced form, the line also shows how the cue bell will

recreated what it's really like to play Snooker. picked up the nack there's nothing quite as satis- bounce o ft animism - particularly valuabl• whe n trying to p t
Out of snookers of ' double " • ball into the opposite pocket
Until now. fying (and tense) as break-building.
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Might M uni If you need to swerve the cue ball ° v e t e short distance Ito go around a bail be twe e n you and your ta r ge t for
instance), you need a ellassay sho( . For non- snooker buffs, this is whe r e the cue is raised almost vertically and the cue bail is
struck a t an acute angle I n NAV S . the v ie w of such a shot Is recrosted mcurately, to the higher you " M t the ta ble
swerve
- M A be applied. Warning, this s hot is Oda ' s
, ft oh r e t m h eo r pe r o s .
( e e k . inowl) When a shot is played, spoodat "canWraer can be put into operation to hack the action around the table. The cue
tell. target ball or both can be locked onto and followe d, so thongs never happen out o f s ight This mode is also quite handy for
impressing your males - we've y e t to fi nd anyone whose forst haven't been sent a- goggling by its hogh speed shotheni9Oels•

(Above Main Picture) A lot of thought hes gone into M IN S ' , k e n control - the control panel can even be viewed in tw o diffe r e nt ways to tha t it
O h . t o t in the wet' of the a nion. S pin, screw, swerve and gnawer ere all jus t • mouse dick away, and b e i m , long you fi nd yourself s e tting up
Moab leatinchuoly. without even having to think a bout It. Full marks for im ple m e nta tion hare, as the loss tim e you have to spend fi ddling w i th
besoblesteve icons, the more grey m a tte r you can de v ote to the s hot on hand_

SNOOK While a two-player game is obviously the most

fun, a variety of computer opponents are provid-
ed for solo people to play. They are Tom (easy),
Dick (good), Harry (harder) and Jimmy (White, the
champion). As you progress, you can hone your
game, incorporating more sophisticated tactics A la in ST
like positional play (you're lost at serious level
without it). Swerve, stun, screw and every type
ot spin imaginable are all possible, and vital for
such dirty tricks as snookering your opponent.
The end result of such a comprehensive and
realistic approach to recreating snooker is Oa, opeo• m a m a l e e r

lebovel Venous plan Views are ...N oble . g i v i n g . more com- without doubt the most authentic and playable That fememe on the n fl office ises been hopeless to play Smoker
Is beaurrom to ice phirreonserwi newel a nd because It has ell the
plete new of the table Its inadvisable to play shots fr om
F... es fine angles are diffi cult to outigao, but it's ofte n ha ndy sports simulation ever seen on a home o m e n . o f th e road th e w (wh ile teeing • mbe the llially ch i m e r an d
oakmg up much len worn. irs unlikely to 10Se It3 appeal for
for etell.t for mample, hove far a ta r ge t ball is away fr om a computer. It looks the same, plays the same and o a t. same oime.
pocket and therefor* whet kind of s hot is required.
ifs virtually impossible to find something you can
AU m o w ,
do on a real table that you can't do here (short of A TA RI S T
Senn) Yee should swifts remember to chalk your cue be ton'
playing • shot11 only takes a mouse clock, but like the real tearing the cloth). The only omission would seem 930 the h e m ormothen weed 30 you've ewo seen a
thong I t ell too easy to forget and playing w i th . . d r y " cum to be the absense of rest shots • no matter how on dopey, along met topnotch possanuaitio that
canamok in some awful <funky nrois-cues and foul shots. tho highboon
awkwardly a shot is positioned, it's always reach- rnelenek
, t eladn what time a aides! nothough ihe lin
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p e r fteheyti
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able with a standard cue. That minor niggle o tIawar) Le nin out tee the °owe d ay/O m/mm* 1 m
c tl y
aside, Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker is the you b te kt I de ce nt We ak e e ry Safiseyong indeed.
S o u
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ultimate sports simulation to date - and unless th at,n d .
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1 oohing back through the annals of world his-
Emory, it's not difficult to find that, in their hey-
day, the Romans really knew how to put
themselves about a bit. In their time the boot
boys in leather skirts stoved in more than a few
heads and stamped their authority throughout
Europe. Electronic Arts' simulation of those
great and gory days first appeared on the PC
late last year, with an Amiga version following
shortly after - now Megadrive owners, so far
stuck with a diet of shoot-'em-ups and platform
games, are in on the act.
Centurion is ever-so-slightly similar in its basic
approach to strategy to that crusty Cinemaware
classic Defender of the Crown - which, upon fur-
ther investigation, is hardly surprising as the
author of both games is one and the same,
Kellyn Beck
You're cast as an aspiring young Centurion,
with a duty to defend his homeland and at the
• ab000rni T• ste elintris de a th Alien sewn! Beefcake Gordon
kicks ii• nornorph b u tt while the android S cooter M olts on in
M ie n S tor m
Attack of the killer trashcans. Gordon and Karla's weapons
twee • lim ite d energy supply. whic h m u tt be toppe d up by
collecting the bonus icons. I f . we a pon runs dry, they're
reduced to k itting the aliens with the butt of the gun.
Scooter's • lectric whip hm m u m m y , so be•s a lr ight
6 0 • (. t • t t i E R I ADANENT
N D E R O F
The First Romsn Anew faces a l l against An t . a r b a r i a n
force for control o f • territory. Since the n u n
•, ven, this one will all be down to tactics
he r , 1 . 4 n k a b o u t
same time spread the Roman empire as far
afield as possible by capturing foreign provinces.
Things kick off in Rome (you know, that place all
roads lead to), with a single legion of soldiers
under your command and a city full of already
disgruntled citizens to deal wilt
The fact is, getting your gloved mitts on other
provinces ain't easy. The people that live around
Italy may not be as technologically advanced as
you, but they don't take kindly to'the Romans
marching into their territory and assuming
control. To win a province over, you've either got
This time it's really really personal - courtesy of those
slimey xenomorphs at SEGA
A ot the nice sort of aliens either, not like
the
a ones with the spindly arms at the end of
lClose Encounters. No, these ones are really hor-
arible, with big, slavering mouths full of razor-
isharp teeth, leathery scales and big claws_ And
they're not here to be our mates either. Instead
i
they're spending their time rounding up innocent
e manner of alien hordes. Combat is simple
humans, eating their houses and generally taking
eover the planet.
e Between them and planetary denomination
lstand three awesome shadowy figures. The
Aultimate warriors. The Earth's last line of
ldefence. Or something.
i Their names are Gordon (super-butch male),
eKarla (well-endowed flamethrower woman) and
nScooter (C-3P0 lookalike with an electric
sbullwhip). Together they must complete eight
a
Chariot Racing is a good wa y to Melee a fa s t buck pr ov iding
you•ve got the Skill to ga t across the fi nish line first_ It s possi-
ble to bribe your oppone nts to g b . you a be tte r chance. but
don't be too 'ors o f yourself.
to schmooze them into a friendly alliance or, if
they're not going to listen to reason or you just
feel belligerent, blitz them on the battlefield and
seize the reigns of power.
Friendly alliances are relatively easy to
organise • providing the other party is willing to
listen. Problem is, most of the time they're not -
so violence is often the only alternative. When the
two armies face oft a variety of classic Roman
battle strategies are available to you and making
the right choice, based on the size and
characteristics of the opposing forces, is vital.
missions, blasting the alien filth back to the
galactic hellhole they crawled out of. And a good111
thing tool
Alien Storm, converted from the Sega coin-op,
is a one
that's or described
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Axe with guns t
and extra bits. The hero(es) stroll along from left
to right and as they go are accosted by all
enough - just hammer away at the fire button to
deal out whatever death you're equipped with
until the alien shrivels up and dies. The trick is
doing it without letting said aliens get close
enough to use their own particular special talents
against you. Each type of alien has its preferred
method of attack, ranging from mindless bashing
to jumping on top of you and sucking your face.
When you've battled through to the end of a

Ildbovo) the mein POSS of E urope Is M IS C . ail the main
or, the prowess of other armies arid fl eets.
egy takes FIN N . P ro,., here you select territories to Inv a de a nd de e &
labor* bet) Coins city of the the living, a paradise on E arth. M any of your most Im por ta nt decisions a r t mada hor n here
°remising garnet, budding your armies easel fl eets ond generally keeping wa tc h ores' your woctess.
If you emerge from the melee victorious, the
Province is yours to command. but you'll have to
work hard to keep it that way, fighting more
battles to quell resistance forces and organising
gamesto keep the populace happy_ You'd be
welladvised not to squeeze them too hard for
– ginfOrtunateely iho loxes • Pi ol • letdown with
taxes, or you'll find yourself with a rebel uprising
the right on your doorstep.
Asthe game progresses, so does your rank
ing andlevel of power. More men come under your
commandand you have access to ships to
spread your empire still further. You may even
street, corridor or whatever there's some
humanrescuing to be done. Enter a rather inter-
esting (and very fast paced) Beast Busters style
sub-section played in first-person perspective as
youtorch everything in sight through your
weapon's roving crosshairs. In addition to the
aliensswarming about and leaping at you, there
are life-restoring medipacks to blast (a neat tea-
lure is the game of ping-pong that often
develops in two-player mode as you and your
mate battle it out for the bonuses - the prize
goesto the last person to shoot the icon as it
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using their brains to send electrical impulses to uratineweare mad and Olirt•ol•Sy annoying I n
their joypad fingers. All said and done, it's a nice
Into. battle scenes
introduction to strategy, and hopefully not the
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falls down the screen) and you can also blow the Perhaps that's why its much more fun in two-
hall out of the background, just for a laugh. What player mode, because you can have a laugh with
seems strange, however, is that the human your partner while you blow away all and sundry,
i
hostages that run across the screen to safety particularly in the gunsight section.
can't be shot. It might have been better to leave What disappoints most is that the heroes'
them vulnerable, a In Operation Thunderbolt, so weapons really aren't that good and, while some
the player must be careful where he shoots. of the action set-pieces and smart bombs are
Anyway, once that's all over with, there's anoth- quite impressive, the guns themselves are a bit
er short sub-section where the players run at high pathetic and don't have the kind of awesome
1
speed across the landscape, shooting everything wasting power that would have given this game
in their way, and then it's back to the familiar some real fun, Marks for effort – and fans of the
action on the next, tougher mission. And that's coin-op and Golden Axe will be happy enough –
about your lot. The ubiquitous end-of-level nasties but at the end of the day, I'm afraid, this one
misses its target.
their best to make them as bizarre and as
1
gruesome as possible - although since the game • Gary WhItta
has such a camp air about it (innocent dustbins
and oil drums come alive as mutant snails and Thanks to Shekhana Consols. (081 889 9412) for the loan of
attack you), it's difficult to take any of it seriously. this review cartridge.
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V enue- player tennis games as the partners fi ght ober who gets and busty Karla. This one shoots electric bolts fr om d , hood
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y is done in what is supposedly the most
concerned, however, the detective genre has
o convenient way possible, so no matter how com-
never really become much more than just a quiet
ubackwater, with only the occasional offering (nor- plex the plot gets, all you ever have to do is
cmally, for some reason, from across the make a couple of mouse clicks to do whatever
achannel) popping up from time to time. you want. Everything is menu and graphic-
n Things are looking up, however, with controlled - you're presented with a first-person
'Delphine's Cruise For A Corpse looking set to view of your surroundings, with the menus
trevitalise the genre when it surfaces later this comprising the various actions (take, talk, ask,
bsummer, and in the meantime we've got another push, etc) at the top of the screen. You pick up
E verything is controlled via pull- down menus, as this shot * I
clues by looking for interesting objects (most
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locations have them, you just have to look very
atheir toes. Maupiti Island is set on an isolated
Before you le a v e , look in the cabinet for tor n* useful dents.

carefully), and questioning the right people.

ttropical caribbean paradise where you, vacation- Nobody on Maupiti wants to talk much, but what
ing detective Jerome Lange, have been stranded
a they do say, when collated, can often create new (there are plenty of characters and locations), it
by a malevolent cyclone. During your stay on the
gisland a young girl. Marie, is kidnapped and you leads and suspicions. You can follow suspects somehow gives the impression of being very lim-
oagree to head up an investigation to find her. around the island, listen in on conversations and ited, and somehow claustrophobic. While much
oPretty shaky stuff of course, but no worse than even beat people up to get answers out of them. is made of the complex plot, the majority of pla5
dyour average TV 'tec set-up. Despite the fact that Mauprti is no small game ,ers are likely to get fed up before they get far
enough for a discovery to spur them on, and
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d and Vera Cruz have shown over the years. This,
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the score zone. The only way to make scoring

way through the playhelds - there are magnetic
arrows which force you in various directions, easier is to turn the Throw Power right down so
H are back in style. Core Design's Retro and
steep hills, narrow catwalks and a vanety of you can get close, then just trundle it over, but
e s Cyberfight are both being rewed up for
EA' this slows down the rest of the game because
release soon, and rumours abound concerning different surfaces that slow you down, speed you
Y you then can't throw the puck at a reasonable
' signing of the official Rollerball licence. While up and send you bouncing around. And that's
the distance across the field. Surely a more sensible
mwe wait for these to turn up however, we at least about your lot, really. Thankfully, the game's alternative would have been to relate the shot
front end is very user-friendly, allowing you to
ahave Sliders to keep us going - although if this is change just about every game parameter (speed power to how long the fire button is depressed?
an accurate representation of how the future is Another frustrating flaw is the over-use of land-
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going to turn out, we might as well turn it in now. of the spheres, inertia, friction, shot power et afl scape features, particularly the slow-down tiles
, Sliders is played over a series of 12 4-way - a vital addition, as the game is frustrating to the
H and magnetic arrows. All the do is interfere with
scrolling isometric chequered playfields. Each point of wanting to put your foot through the
iplayer takes control of a free-floating sphere that monitor screen with the default settings. the game itself, and thus they detract from the
overall effect rather than adding to it. Remember
tslides around the landscape after a little puck, The crying shame about Sliders is that,
because it's basically a good idea, it had tremen- guys, sometimes less is more. At the end of the
twhich also slides around the object. The idea is
dous potential to be playable - and that makes it day it's a funny old game, and Sliders is a game
hto score goals by getting the puck to pass over that could have been excellent but instead isn't.
all the more frustrating. There's nothing more
ethe opponent's score zone, which also acts as And that's the biggest shame of all, really.
annoyi ng than playing a game that's oh-so-nearly
wthe starting point for each player. Now, each • Gary Whtlia
excellent but has been wasted by sloppy
hsphere comes equipped with a little compass execution. There are brief moments, particularly
i thing that always points in the direction of the in the split•screen two-player mode, when the
puck to help you find it, and once it's found you
t can use magnetic power to attract the puck and game really is fun, but the whole thing is lost etairia
efix it onto your sphere. When locked on you can because of a few frustrating elements. For a 5
r then fire the puck in any direction you choose, start irs incredibly difficult to score a goal, CAI 1
ohopefully sending it sliding over the score zone. because half the time you have to guess where
o Extra gameplay elements are provided by land- the goal is, and when it's on screen it's even
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C oi n-opt acabinets
aren' with guns
new concept. Theymounted
go backontothem
the
turn of the last century, when our arcade-going
ancestors piled their money into 'shooting
arcade cabinets and blasted at moving targets
with guns that shot ball bearings. Nowadays the
guns'shoot light and the targets are presented
ona video screen, but basically the concept is
the same
It was Taito who really revitalised the guns-on-
machines craze a few years ago, when their Uzi-
mounted cabinet Operation Wolf took the arcade
world by storm. By the time the sequel
Operation Thunderbolt arrived, every coin-op
manufacturer in existence had leaped onto the
bandwagon,and now arcades are packed with
machines sporting one, two and even three
count 'ern) guns!
Onesuch game is Beast Busters, more memo-
rable than most because instead of blasting mili-
tary targets, the players must destroy an army of
brown-bouseringly horrific zombies, who are
whoopin' it up around a shopping centre in true
Dayof the Dead fashion. All manner of horrors
mein there, from zombie dogs to shocking zom-
bieshoppers, and there are big zombie
guardian; lurking at the end of every zombie
level. So it's blast, blast and damn and blast to
keepyour energy from being sucked up by the
zombie scum.
Activision's Amiga conversion certainly man-
agesto capture the looks and action of the origi-
nalmachine. It's got virtually all the levels and
thesimultaneous two-player action, but liound it
allrather dull.
Themain problem is that when it comes down
to it, playing with a mouse is awkward. In the
arcades,having a black placcy Uzi chattering
awayby your cheek as you blow the beanies out
from JaSten iFriday
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book. these end- of-
level Zombies C r .
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there that love games like Operation Thunderbolt
and Line of Fire, and are waiting for this with bait-
ed nostrils. If you are one such bod, you'll be
pleased to hear that the graphics are very close
to the arcade original, the sound is quite a laugh
- especially the ultra-camp zombie death whimper
- and the action is fast and furious enough to
maintain a reasonable challenge.'
But to me it's fundamentally all to similar to the
of the baddies is quite fun. Rolling your mouse other games in this genre, except that there are
around the table, pointing the rather jittery sight different things to blast. Call me a po-faced
at targets and pummelling the mouse button just hunchback if you will, but I've had my fill of cur-
doesn't feel the same. sor-driven blasters, and this simply doesn't offer
Making things worse is that there's no inertia enough variety or new ideas to get my gaming
on the cursor, so you have to be very accurate glands pulsating.
with your mouse movement, stopping and start- • Julian Rignall
ing as you whizz it around the screen, rattler MASSA
than moving smoothly. To be honest, you'd be 5
doing virtually the same thing if you challenged '
yourself to knock out a page on a DIP package
in five minutes!
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the points
earned troy
The in-game action is viewed from a 'camera' goal vary
W a coin-op or film licence? Surely Wild floating lust above the car, looking towards the depending ,
which 'r um
hWheels is not - Heaven forbid! - an original game? opposition's end, and mixes solid-3D polygons shoot fr om

aWell, yes, it is, and the good news is that it isn't for the pitch and shrinking/enlarging sprites for closer to th
m outh you
half bad. the competing cars. This is all well and good and
t the more pv
Wild Wheels can best be described as 3D Kick it looks very pretty. but it can be hard working yo u w i n
'
Off with cars, Two teams of five highspeed high- out where the ball's gone.
s Arrows indicating the ball's position help, but
tly-armoured roadsters compete for the right to you'll still discover that during play you spend
shunt a giant steel ball around an arena. Points
hare awarded by scoring goals (surprise!) and more time looking at the overhead scanner than M e plan s i te of
ikeeping the ball in the opposition's half of the watching the 3D action. Winning often seems
r f h
sarena. From time to time bonuses and power-ups more down to luck than any skill on the player's screeno shows the

?mysteriously appear on the arena floor and can part. e

positions ol all
the cars,
n balls aid
Abe collected by simply driving over them. bo t -
ADDE D I NTE RE S T spend a a lot of the
g gamet looking It
aTWE NTY THO US AND LEAGUES? Programmers Red Rat have obviously realised this to
t 's or t out

The aim is to work your way up from the bottom- that the basic premise, while entertaining where ' the Hall lie
m echo.,is_
enough, lacks depth, so they've introduced
erung Alpha League through Beta, Gamma, Delta several features to try and help sustain player
and so on to become League Champions. It's
f interest. There are three difficulty levels and two From this • crave
brutally tough; lose one match and you're out.
r Fortunately there's a SAVE option so frustration control methods; Arcade and Professional. yyour
o a u l *
oat not being able to get beyond a particularly In Arcade mode the car moves in the direction u
d c rrna tilk
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mtough set of matches is kept to a minimum. the player pushes the joystick, while in rnoticed ar y mete
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Strike r a nd trie s t o ra m it t o o b livio n .
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Go fo r a spin wit h OCEAN's car-based future sport putting itse lf be twe e n the St rike r a nd the
opposition's Kille rs_

F E T C H E R - At t e m p t s t o he rd th e ba ll
Professional mode the player pushes up/down to
towa rds the Strike r.
accelerate/decelerate and left and right to rotate
the car. The idea is that beginners start in G U A R D S • Pa trols the goa l m o u th a nd trie s
Arcade mode and 'graduate' to Professional, but to b lo ck a ny shots.
I found Professional the better control method
right from the start.
After a game the points scored are converted M I AMIGA
into cash which can be used to equip the team
with a new cars. Although the cheaper models
only vary in minor ways such as how well their
tyres grip or how quickly they accelerate, some
ham- msn- m- minultiball A l random times in the ga m e the of the more expensive models are fitted with
gia nt ball splits into tour identical spheres. Only one is the
'true' ba ll t h e rest emplode a fte r a short while_ hake care you unique add-ons like giant metal laws or missile
donS ge l caught in the Wa it! tubes. The higher-powered vehicles fun foe a while hot despite the been* can and loleple •MMO*
_ma require special licences or flame-retar- the germ lacks depth a nl gammen variety. Saone M ee tir
bend sower rattier than later with P r/sone
dant suit before you're allowed to buy
them, which can only be earned by run- act Ra n i . AMIGA
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are coessenen s o a k and re alake M eek
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heve stung doves about'esa f o r e
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succeed.
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if the Floating platforms carried by har dwor king fl ies a d not only
handy ties- stun, b u t also as v ita l stepping s tows boni one
9 at
out pla tfor m to another. Jumps have to be judged Carefully
ill the I t's only fair to say that, while Ocean chooses though, as Cornelius can be k ille d if he falls too fa r

to dabble in original software only very rarely,

when it does, the fruits of its endeavours are
AN I A
wean
usually very tasty indeed, From the 'Good Old
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more recent F-29 Retaliator and Battle
na tion.
Command. Oceans original products have often c- a 5 1 .
major '12.L.') 1,1
proved themselves to be considerably more 1 4 11 1
me appealing than many of the firm's licensed
tower
wares, Keen to continue this trend, Ocean is 0 _021
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promising a higher proportion of original games F
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to keep awn1swooned we i interested for quite a while, but
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abducted by Necrilous the Not Very Nice. variety of special powers are available from the we
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C- O y
inv Lew
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heftyshoot'em-up overtones. It's a little like Rick horting himself.
Dangerous meets Ghosts 'n' Goblins meets Lord At the end of each level there's a guardian that
OfThe Rings. There's an unmistakably strong needs slaying. Each one, when killed
Dungeons 'n' Dragons feel to the whole relinquishes a green crystal that are used to
adventure, spiced with a small amount of gain access to Necrilous' chamber on the final
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lust what is going on? On the one hand you
'Shave Sonic the Hedgehog and Alien Storm
setting new graphic standards , and on the other
youhave Wardner Special and now Marvel Land
proudly parading sprites that look more suited to
aC64 game circa 1986. Perhaps the Japanese
findthese retTo-style graphics cute and unusual.
'§ihoknows? Strange people, the Japanese...
However, whatever your nationality, there's one
thing everyone agrees that a game should have
tomake it special, and that's addictiveness. So
leesgive credit where it's due and admit it:
MarvelLand has this magic ingredient in
obscenely large buckets.
Noplot surphses. It's yer usual old rubbish
tout four helpless fairies who have been
kidnapped by the wicked Wolf Lord, The
WIlainousdog has placed one of the fairies in
eachof the four areas of Marvel Land, and it's up
toyou as the bravest ickle pixie to trek through
theseveral level's making up each area and
rescue them.
Thegameplay harks back to the Good 01'
ManicMinerdays, with lots of bottomless gaps.
deadlylava, crumbling ledges, levitating lifts,
moving platforms and o f course - wandering
meanies,However, as a concession to these p-M
tpost-Mario)times, the pixie can bop the baddies
into nextweek by jumping on their heads.
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crackingopen golden chests, Most effective is
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for gates tha t' ll knock y ou oft and to the ground fa r be low!
pixie-alikes to string out behind the main sprite
as he runs along and jumps about. Tapping fire
causes them to swing around the main pixie in a
big circle, clobbering anything in range. But
every hit causes one of the clones to disappear,
so they have to be used wisely.
At the zone's end, the pixie must battle one of
the Wolf Lord's henchmen. Rather than being a
epic slug-it-out, the two foes play 'stone/paper/
scissor' - but with a twist. If the pixie wins then
the player has to hit fire to strike the baddy
before be ducks. If the pixie loses then the
player has to defend against attack by pulling
back on the joyoad. Combat continues until the
pixie or the baddy is smashed into submission.
Perhaps it's a touch of nostalgia for Marvel
Land's 'old style' gameplay, but this is by far the
best game I've played this month. Its easy to
pick up, easy to control and easy to like. There
are enough surprises and novelties to keep inter-
est going, and a password system means that
you can cut past the boring bits. Hell. I'm even
starting to like the graphics...
• David Upchurch
Thanks to Shekbana Consoles (081 8 8 9 9412) for
the loan of this rev iew c artridge.
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At last, real shoot-'em-up action hits the Famicom -
but just h o w Super is IREM's souped-up conversion of
its o wn coin-op classic?
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TYP
of bolting on a few extra bits and bobs, rather
than just going through the motions of porting
over the coin-op, even if not all of the new addi-
tions hit their target.
The majority of the game's seven levels are in
fact straight out of R-Type fl, but there are a cou-
ple of original worlds • the first one you play, for
example, has you blasting through a deadly
space minefield. In addition, there are a couple
of excellent new power-ups - one that fires a
wave of high-energy orbs, and a rather natty
ile the majority of us might find it diffi-
cluster bomb that acts like missiles, but
cult to take pity on those who are fortu-
nate enough to own Super Famicoms, there has, explodes violently after a few seconds' flight, tak-
ing everything caught in the explosion with it.
ever since the machine's appearance, been a
They're great. A new twist has been added to the
gaping void in their gamesplaying lives. They
Super Beam weapon too - if it's held for too long
may be well serviced with platform games
without firing, it overheats and reverts back to
(Super Mario World), beat'em-ups (Final Fight)
the regular Beam and has to be powered-up
and racing games (F-Zero), but apart from the
lacklustre Gradius Ill, Famicom owners have again. A nice touch, that.
One of the more agreeable new options is a
been on a stale-bread-and-luke-warm-water diet
skill level selector that can be set to Kids, Easy,
as far as shoot'em•ups are concerned - at least
Normal or Hard. The latter level is a real sod, as
until now. And what better way to bring some
real action to Nintendo's 16-bit wonder than with it not only gets very stingy in the way it doles out
a turbocharged version of the best coin-op shoot- power-ups, but it increases the intelligence of the
aliens greatly, so they fire not only at your cur-
'em-up of recent times?
Actually, what you're getting with Super R-Type rent position, but also at where they anticipate
is R-Type with knobs on. Quite a lot of knobs in you're going to be in a second or so's time. Very
nasty. There's also a rather nice intro sequence
fact, and shiny brass ones at that, It's nice to
see that Irem's designers have gone to the effort that shows the R9 fighter being prepped for
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combat and blasting off towards the Bydo
empire_ Completely useless of course, but very
nice all the same.
On the minus front, there are a couple of little
niggles. For some reason (probably the program-
mers wanted to prove they know how to use the
Famiconn's background-scaling technology), the
screen fades out and back in again before the
confrontation with the end-of-level baddy, and the
result looks rather cheap and fragmented. Also,
when the going gets tough, the sprites start flick-
ering and slowing down - not much, but enough
to detract slightly from the action. This, however,
is a small price to pay for the amazing pyrotech-
nics that are on show here, and the game has a
tremendous feeling of chunkiness and weight, so
that when the Beam weapon blows something up
for example, the visual and aural effect really
packs a punch, unlike the rather flimsy 'indoor
firework' explosions that 16-bit garners so often
have to put up with.
Hooray then for the first really good shoot-'em-
up on the Famicom. It's got everything you could
want and more, and comes as a godsend at a
time when frustrated Famicom owners were just
about to go over the edge through s h o o t
deprivation.
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t's going on? Don't tell me that we're
forgetting our roots. With the occasional
exception of games like SINTV, which succeed
notbydoing anything new, but by sheer bril-
liance of execution, the poor old arcade blaster
hasbeen floundering a bit of late. What makes it
worse is that this hideous phenomenon seems to
beless because of garners opting for 'deeper'
games,and more due to the sheer lack of inspi-
rabonand originality that is spreading like a can-
certhrough the shootern-up genre.
Atleast the disease has not yet reached
America or Japan, as last year's crop of coin-op
offerings was as fit and healthy as ever, in partic-
ularlrem's top-notch sequel to the game that
shookthe shoot-'em-up world and spawned more
clonesthan Raiders Of The Lost Ark - the sensa-
tionalR-Type. Making the sensible decision not
to toolaround too much with the original game-
play,R-Type Ifs designers opted instead to build
aroundthe existing framework, adding nastier
nasties, designing more torturous landscapes
andgenerally souping the whole thing up into a
muchmeaner, turbocharged GTE version.
Forawhde, it looked as though problems at
klivision might scupper its conversion of R-Type
IIbefore it waseven released, but thanks to
French firmThe Disc Company stepping in to
savethe day, all we've had to put up with is a
slightdelay. But has the wait been worth it?
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M ind your becks - aliens coming thr oughl I t m ight be a d e te r
m ote to fl ip the Force round onto your reap for this section,
converted by Arc Developments, which has a
long and prestigious track record, including pris-
tine jobs on Forgotten Worlds and Crack Down.
And once the action gets started it becomes
apparent that - at least in this case - pedigree
counts for a lot, as the boys have played a blin-
der in bringing the sequel to the small screen.
The storyline (such as it is) goes thus - years
after getting a right old pounding from you in the
original R-Type, the evil Bydo Empire has been
licking its wounds and re-arming its forces in
preparation for another attempt to spread its vil-
lanous tentacles throughout the galaxy. With a
number of peaceful planets already in its grasp,
you've been recalled to once again leap into your
trusty R9 fighter and hit the Bydo where it hurts
before they seize control of the universe. Gosh.
For the most part, the gameplay remains the
same and fans of the original with have no prob-
lems at all getting back into the saddle. Six (as
opposed the original's eight) horizontally-scrolling
levels await you, as you battle from left to right
through the alien hordes towards the mother
alien that awaits at the end of each world. Hardly
unfamilar stuff of course, but like SWIV it's excel-
computet s c r e e n t e s t
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slightly dodgy when you begin to realise just how
similar the game is to its classic daddy. The bolt-
on weapons and power-pods are the same, as
are many of the aliens and even some of the
level designs create a remarkable feeling of deja
As before, holding down the fire button powers-
up your laser into a tremendous bolt of plasma
energy that tears through anything in its path.
But if you dare to hang on and hold the button
down still longer, the beam turns into a Super
screen in little blobs, knackering EVERYTHING.
While the age-old line 'fans of the original will
be impressed' seems to get dragged out of the
cupboard every time a sequel is reviewed, in this
case, quite the opposite is true. If you bought
the original, you might feel a teensy bit cheated
to see that this isn't radically different - at least
not enough to justify a E25 outlay. If, however,
you're coming into it 'clean', or are enough of an
R-Type fanatic to not care, R-Type II comes unre-
servedly recommended as the best I6-bit shoot-
'em-up since SWIV. And that can't be half bad.
• Gary WhItta
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coloured blocks,
is now available for the Game Gear. Clearly
pitched at Tetris fans, this variant on the theme
is either a novel twist teaching the player
different prioritising abilities or glorified 20 Snap
-depending on who you listen to.
A narrow strip down the centre of the screen is
gradually filled by falling bars. Instead of rotating
the bars to make building-block complete fines,
the player must cycle through the order of the
blocks, endeavouring to place similar colours
next to each other. A line of three or more
rho into Tore enKty colours stem off the Gene
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deficiency, but I find it impossible to plan ahead
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blocks, I end up simply trying to dispose of the
colours - whether diagonal, honzontal of vertical - current block as swiftly as possible; hardly a win-
will disappear, scoring points. Causing previous- ning strategy.
ly separate blocks to fall down and form new Also, I find it nigh-on impossible to accurately
lines incur extra knock-on points. predict the results of knock-on effects, since the
For novelty's sake a bunch of extra graphics colours all tend to fall down and knock out each
have been included, enabling the player to opt to other in particularly unexpected ways.
try to line up similar fruit/dice/jewels/etc. The It should be clear, however, that many people
size of the screen, however, and the nature of find Columns particularly satisfying, and there's
the graphics means that most of these (especial- no doubt that in normal big-block mode the
ly the dice, which are virtually indistinguishable graphics are large and clear enough to make it
from one another) simply make the game more an ideal Tube journey's worth of fun, it not much
difficult in the same way that all games are more more.
difficult if you squint or put jam on the screen. • Jim Douglas

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new-look locations and encounters with wider Hardly the best Gamegear title available
selections of foolish monsters. • Jim Nu&

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anincredibly sticky wicket, since even the origi-
nalcould hardly be said to boast anything but
the slightest depth.
Theplayer views the war-torn future-world
through first person perspective out of the
cockpit of his state-of-the-art jet fighter as
enemyjets, tanks and warships attack.
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simply because it's probably the best shoot-out the Game Gear has to offer. Carefully
designed to show off the machine's sprite handling abilities, Halley Wars offers a swift learning-
curve of play and plenty of variety.
In the cockpit of the rebel forces' most advanced fighter, the player must fly up the screen,
dispatching alien ships and ground installations with his ever-expandable arsenal of weapons,
Power-ups are mined from asteroids drifting around the space lanes_ Shoot down the asteroids
and collect the speed-ups/laser enhancements. Protective force fields and drone pods which fly
around behind you can also be earned.
The alien attack waves are simple enough to form recognisable patterns to begin with. A smart
piece of design, since losing a ship will result in the loss of your last power-up and when you return
to the game. The asteroids at the start of each tricky stage are rich in weapons, so even
Continuing with no extras in the later stages doesn't become pointless.
Inevitably, the long-term appeal will wane once completed, but Halley Wars still provides enough
mindless entertainment for the price.
IDJim Douglas
Thanks to Snekhana Consoles (081 889 9412) for loan of this review cartridge.
and it's oft into the blue yonder to do some
good.
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(particularly easy, except its a shame that
pulling back on the joypad pushes the plane's !in
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N ben was Torn Clancy's
topping naval techno-thriller
the best-seller lists back in you.
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bothered about the computer game potential- torpedoes and the more sophisticated homing
strong though it was, book licences just aren't missiles, which must be collected as you 11.1 OANIE110V

'sexy in the minds of licence-dealers. As soon as progress. A novel touch is the Cavitation Drive
the film appeared, however, it was a different feature - if things get too hot, the sub can be put
story. Grandslam was quick to dredge up its orig- on silent drive for a few moments, rendering it
inal licence and hurry out a lacklustre arcade invisible to enemy ships and torpedoes. There's
game to cash in on the movie's record-breaking also an interesting two-player feature, where the woo

success, and now its surfaced on the GameBoy. second player commands the Russian fleet and
As renegade sub commander Marko Ramius, tries to sink the October. ACE M T N .
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self thinks. Enjoyable stuff all the same, and diffi-

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I 780 An alrnospine rli le kn st,le opetnng ne4p,Nren is &san t Gameboyl Only last month the cutesy consumer blob of a hero can turn the tables on his ethereal
was caught hiking through PacLand on the Lynx, pursuers and lunch on them for a big bonus.
tome * Hu n k although v71;11 inevn b wo wi n g

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, a s o u s * and this month Namco delve even further into The game can be played in one of two ways;
Grnhosahv I's vonynnosty indeed. and taw la nuke
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the Pac back-catalogue with this conversion of either full-maze view, or quarter-maze scrolling
Irirco
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i s . i n WRY difficult indeed

the timeless original. view. Both methods have problems: the former's
You're probably well aware of the complex • ha! small graphics make it hard to tell between dead-
RE LE AS E D E T A I L S ly and eatable Ghosts, while the latter's restricted
- plot, but for gaming newcomers or those with
GAMEBOY 129.99 O U T NOW (Import) the memory span of a goldfish, here it is: guide window make it hard to plan route strategies (the
Pac Man around a maze, eating the dots littering more serious of the two faults).
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opponent's 'game over' line to fall slightly. As the

game progresses the playing areas get tighter
and tighter until eventually one player is forced
to lose!
READ While Hatris isn't as immediately 'pick up'-able
a as Tetris or as heart-poundingly fast paced, it
doesn't take that long to get a handle on how the
game works, and it's just as engrossing and
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addictive as its illustrious forebear. If you want to
get ahead, get Hatrd
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bocce/tenon you're back, and on my fa v our ite handheld too. S uperb! k Choplifter first
appeareda via Broderbund in

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1983, and is still a
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blast from the past is the two-player link-up 5 favourite today. Now
option. Players compete head to head in a num o there's no need to drag
herof 'rounds' and any Ghosts eaten by one Pool I r your dusty old 64 and all
playerappear in the other player's maze! It's a / , ,
ow. s a l the ugly wiring out of the
smashing twist and injects new life into an old
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converted well to Nintendo's handheld. All the original... Converting such an old
the habot. M a n a m a . , along and rie a away al caw c
ghost-evading playing tricks you learnt as a rook-
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screen causing gameplay differences. You're
player has to try and stack hats of same type_ i
cast as a crack helicopter rescue pilot whose job
HATRIS is to extract survivors from a series of war-torn
Stack five hats together and they disappear. The
longer you survive, the faster the hats fall. If a
u
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. ou can't keep a good game stack reaches a line at the top of the screen m
Defender, realty
designer down. Aiexey then the game's over_ While tanks and fixed artillery take potshots at
Pajilmov, the designer of Tetris, Score a 'Hatris' by completing two stacks at you, you've got to avoid the fire and land in the
is back! And, in partnership with the same time and the player earns a fireball, correct places to pick up the frantic survivors
VadimirPokhilko, he's written yet another which can be fired down a lane to destroy the (sitting still on the ground and waiting for them to
r's cunningarcade-puzzler. top hat. Even better, saving up three fireballs get on board can get pretty hairy at times), then
ad- Like allgood puzzle games, the basic concept rewards the player with a helmet, which crushes ferry them back to base. A level is completed
ted •sdeceptively simple. Pairs of different hats fall all the hats in one lane. when the required amount of survivors are evac-
the dovonsix lanes'. By moving the pair left or right Like Tens, two players can play head to head uated successfully.
3ndswapping the tumbling hats' position, the where completing a stack causes the To add action to the proceedings, you're
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s e
a m they're all gone, you can progress. Special CHASE
b bubbles and bonus icons pop up along the way to
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y provide variety. I f you can't beat 'em, join 'em. With Mario
GAMEBOY £ o2 9 . 9 9 O U T NOW (Import) The biggest problem with BB is that the having toppled Mickey as the most instantly
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p converters, anxious to keep the cutesy graphics recognisable character in US society, Mickey's
l recognisable, have done everything to scale obviously trying to regain some street cred in his
a
armed with a cannon and a limited number of
y which means you can't see the whole play area at own platform caper.
f
bombs and seeker missiles to drop on ground once any more - you have to scroll around it. This The plot is typical Disney, i.e. non-violent and
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can lead to frequent disasters and Game Overs more than a lithe wet. Mickey has bought a lovely
enemies. To make things more difficult, you've
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also got top be careful of storm clouds and flying which aren't the player's fault because you can't
n big prezzy for his beloved Minnie (Hip-hip-
t
birds, both of which can down your chopper.
M see where the monsters are. Bad idea. hooray!), but Big Bad Pete has swiped it (Boo!
o Also, the levels have been completely Hiss!). Taking on the role of either Mickey or
Although Chopillter looks arid feels
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redesigned to go along with this new display Minnie, the player has to chase the villain through
considerably more claustrophobic than its eight-
n
s format, and to top it all it doesn't even feel much five levels of action, each split into three stages.
year-old dad, its still a damn fine play, with plenty
y
like the original. Fans of the original may well be The first two stages are platform based, with
of variety (later levels take you out to sea and
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u pleased (the original music has survived intact), Mickey racing over a horizontally-scrolling
into underground caverns). Toughness•wise, it
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but for everyone else, ifs a bit of a duffer really. landscape, jumping across platforms and
sits just on the fine line between addiction and
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frustration, but like all the best games never
f avoiding the mouse-disliking wildlife (not 'mouse-
t
crosses over it. Two big thumbs up for sheer fun • Gary M i t a hating' - nobody in Disney's lovey-dovey world
value. ever 'hates' anything). Mickey can dispatch the
almost-nasties by picking up any nearby crate
• Gary WhItta
and lobbing it at them. Some special crates also
BUBBLE BOBBLE ..- contain various point and health bonuses.
The final stage cranks the game's pace up a

WI NINO, notch as Mickey careers around the screen while

driving a variety of high-speed vehicles or

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Bob are back!
of Taito's
Unfortunately,
cutesy two-
this
player classic is nothing to foam at the mouth 0 hanging from some balloons. The aim here is
about - unless it's in frustration. Bubble Bobble basically to scream from one end of the level to
did the rounds on computer about three years
ACE n ari NG
I the other avoiding trouble and grabbing goodies.
back courtesy of Firebird, and with considerable 510 BDisappointing, low-quality conw0 0 0 n of ...classic It's all very 'nice', though the graphics are a bit
success on all versions. Here, however, it's a
whole different kettle of bananas.
The lack of a two-player option (one of the origi-
1 Ucoin no that does ortiM fwg wive"; Sub and Bob
Bmat be rolling in their grate" el atlamar it is they
Bart
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drab compared to the gorgeous sprites and
backdrops seen in Duck Ta)es. It's a bit of a
paradox that while the game tasks are simple,
the difficulty setting is a little high. This is a pity,
nal's best features and a disastrous omission

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 Wot a bumper bundle this
month! There's the con-
clusion to the Space
Quest IV guide, the Gods
quest continues, there's
the first trip to Monkey
Island, Su p er Mario World
in full, more Prince of
Persia hacks and... a
secret room found in
Super Mario World
Mario World - there were no arrows showing you which of the locations the tips were referring
Megadrive Strider.
A nd to! after
S0000 allsorry!
my hard work,
This too!we're
month There was a bitalloflast
reprinting a problem with(all
week's tips lastpresent
month's guide
and arouna
correct this Curiouser and curiouser...
time) akin with the rest of the undercover areas.

A reel pain. this one ! The trick is to ge t the cape and fl y over
You've got to h a v e . cope to do this le v e l A t the s te n of the level, r un • little wa y to the r ight tkum run back le ft and ta k e the b t t t t t ws. Once past the m . s woop down under the end
off Y ou should fi nd a pla tfor m fl oa ting in the sky. Nun along It and drop o ff the end to fi nd four blocks c ont• ining entre gate and the n pull up so tha t you don't fl y o ff the bottom el
lives end e secret • s it. the screen. Continuo hy ing r ight to fi nd a second gate Spocay

One of the green pipes in the ceiling

leads to a secret room. Inside you
should fi nd four y e llow blocks for m
ing some steps end an e m pty shell
trapped under some more blocks. S pin
Offi o the blocks and ge t the shell G e t
the shell and thr ow It s tr a ight up into
the air so tha t it Inds the top block in
the steps A vine will grow. whic h you
can climb to reach • key end keyhole
leading to the green pod room level.

Right e t the god o f the level, just

before the end ge t., there's a key end
a keyhole on a pipe pla tfor m high in
the sky. If you're clever you can grab
a cope and fl y across the level to
reed. them, b u t it's easier to fi nd the
green pod room fi r s t the n come back
here and run up the newly- formed
wall.

Bit of an admission to make here w o don't quite

Y ou'll have no doubt found the pod tha t risekes the • • i t door P retty 0051". Just ge t
appear. RUM I f you hit the y e llow block r ight above the newly- the cape and fl y
formed door, • vine will gr ow tha t' ll tollt you to a teleporte- under the end stole
lion *tar— a tte r you ye fought a fearsome ghost. to fi nd a second
ga l.-
understand how we did this one. If you keel) miltot
mg it you should eveM ually fi nd tw o exits, one to
ta k • you to the ne s t location on the le ft and on. MA
takes you to the pipe to the nor th.

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You should haws no tr oublo

Just past the ha lf- wa y
making your wa y to the y e llow
pOirrit y ou'll fi nd a
call door, b u t it you run on a bit
valley with a blue
fur the r le ft you'll fi nd a second
pipe on a pla tim m emit.
fl oating pest a b r . . it.
Using a cape to he lp
stow your fell, pim p
onto the pla tfor m
and go down the blue
pip. to fi nd a key

As you s wim near to the end of

the level, y ou s h o u l d , . . a pol.
low block a t the bottom le ft Of
the screen To the le ft of this is
a strange- loobing wall. Just run
straight into it to fi nd a key
room.

On your travois you'll fi nd an area dotte d with iota of haphas-

ordly- plered y e llow blocks. E ventually you• II come to tw o
American footballors. Just past these, go down the green pipe
to fi nd a secret key room.

UNDE R THE MOUNTAI N. . .

On your havais
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I NSI DE THE RO CK DRAG ON'S MOUTH. . . y across a pod on
o top of a huge pile
u of yellow btocks.
You•wo got to be s Pick i t up and carry
pretty good to do h it le ft onto solid
this one o ground, the n pop
Somehow you•ver u It. Run le ft and go
got to got dino to down the s ha lt
l
the and ot the d tha t was formerly
owl to that he blocked. Y ou
c
on eat the key. should fi nd a key
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You can probably and a keyhole.
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work out the
e

You've gist to ha lf. been to the rod pod room to fi nd the secret
molt, If you has* it's very easy s o I l l lease you to wor k it out
Speed is essential hir e . On the second On the thir d stage
stage of the level, go r ight and run you should be in an
down the tunnel o f coins to the Lest area wis e r . the parts SECRET I S LAND
door Erdoi to hnd a pod. Pick it up of the fl oor try to
and carry It right as far as possible. crush you. Run to the
Then, pomp up thr ough the fl oor and right- hand edge of
continue right Y ou should fi nd a yel- the fi rst such area
low block and a door D r op the pa d you come to. Jump
and hit the block. Guide the coin tr ail up off th l o p ot the De X ) p e X X X X D e
X X X * * M M x x x
up off Ow top the uneets o tha t the y screws a nd move le ft, * X X X X x X X
Ion,, same steps. N ow hit the pod ( this You s hould fi nd y our X X X X .1 1 X D C X x XX
will tem this coins to blocks). Climb up self on an off- screen X X X X N E x X X
XX X X e t X X X
the steps to fi nd a key r oom Roar in pla tfor m . Run le ft to X X X X el X X X
mind that you have to be small M ario fi nd a key room.
In get in

STAR I S LAND

Rather than Throw a block into

enter the green the air to knock the
pepe at the end bomber o ff the
of the terel. cloud. Peow comman-
swim along the deer the cloud and
passageway ai fl y It upwards to
the bottom of fi nd a key room
the sown to
find a key room.

Half- way along the

level you should
(so to the far fi nd a grey rock
right of the pla tfor m
mem and Underneath is a key
spin to 'wash room. I f you've
dorm thicugh found the green arid
the Mocks and mei pod rooms you
discos!., a key should have no
problems here.

And how do you ge t to the te le pon s ta r a t the Centro of the island? Sorry, not going to toll
you. We can't spoil everything, can we? Out here's a h i n t i ts got something to do with a
cape. a pod and a y e llow blodt.._ S olve it, a nd you can tabe a tr ip to Secret Land.

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cof the complete solution...
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fLook at toe nearby poster, then walk right and
enterthe Scumm Bar. Once inside, talk to the
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fat pirate beside the door and then to the pirate
in black at the table, namely about the Governor
iand teChuck. Go to the next room and start a
nconversation about wanting to be a pirate with
sthe important•looking pirates, Find out more
eabout the three trials and then bid them
efarewell.
mWait until the cook leaves the kitchen and has
tgone to the first room, then sneak into the
okitchen. Put the joint of meat in the pot o' stew,
dthen remove the stewed meat, Take the pot
Linderthe table that the meat was on.
o You
Open the door to the dock and a gull will fly
n dance steps correspond to directions in the for-
downand start eating some fish. Walk to the
oright of the bird, then step on the plank the
w screen. At one point you should encounter a
bird's resting on. Repeat this process until the
ryougrab the fish while the bird is in mid-flight.
oOnceyou have the meat, fish and pot, leave the
nvilage and access the map of the island.
g Travel to the clearing and enter the circus
w tent. Wait until you interrupt the Fetuccini Bros
isquabbles, then when asked to perform their
texciting feat, ask how much it's worth. Agree to
hthe offer of 478 pieces of eight and when
asked if you have a safety helmet, say yes and
t petal with the meat. Feed the dogs the drugged
showthem the pot. Perform the stunt and stag-
hgerback to town.
e Goto the citizen of Melee and buy the map. If
i youwant you can also get two pieces of eight
rand wine minutes from the pirates nearby. Visit
the jail and check out the odious prisoner, then
goto the store and buy the sword, the shovel
mid the breath mints. Examine the voice from
the alley and feel free to insult the Sheriff. Go
backto the jail and start a conversation with the
prisoner, after toning down his breath with the
mints. Visit the voodoo lady. making sure to get
the rubber chicken on the table. You are now
ready to face your trials...
TRIAL 1: MASTERY OF THE SWORD
Goto the house in the south-east. When
stopped by the Troll, ask about the toll and give
himthe fish (actually a red herring). Once at the
house,read the sign and knock on the door.
Protest that you do have "what it takes" until
Captain Smirk does agree to train you. Pay him
the thirty pieces of eight.
Afteryou've been trained, wait on one of the
roadsuntil a pirate crosses your path and pro-
vokea fight You'l almost certainly lose the first
fewfights, but you'll remember the good abuse
forlater! Always use any new insults until some-
oneusesthe correct counter•insult • these are
necessary to win the battle with the Sword
Master.Once you've defeated at least three
peopleyou're ready to fight the Master.
Enterthe forest and search tOf a location with
- open_
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TNT
and a secret bridge appears. Go across and
challenge the Sword Master (for it is she) to a
Space Quest IV
fight. Although she uses different insults you
half of ACE•s complete solution to Sierra's
should by now have correct retorts for each.
T fun-tastic graphic adventure. Once again,
When you win, take the T-shirt and leave. If you
warm
h thanks to Dave Driesen from Antwerp in
are beaten, do not return to the forest again
(unless you're particularly masochistic), as once Belgium
e for all his hard gaming. Remember -
the
you've discovered the secret house you can to it m term 'clicking' means clicking with the hand
cursor unless otherwise stated.
on the map (It's the point of light inside the for- a
est, away from any tracks). d
PART 3: SPACE Q UE S T 1 - THE
n
TRIAL T R E A S U R E HUNTING SARI EN E NCO UNTE R
e appear next to the Droids-R-Us shop at
Re-enter the forest and consult the map. The s
Ulence Flats. Go south and enter the bar. Walk
s
up to the monochrome guys at the bar. Once
est, with back meaning backwards into the
c are thrown outside, get your revenge by
you
o
vandalising the nearby sand bikes. Do this by
plant with bright yellow flowers - remove one of
its petals for later use. Once you have found the clicking
n on the bikes. After the animation
sequence you'll find yourself at Tiny's Used
treasure site, read the plaque and marker, then t
Spacecraft shop.
dig up the marked ground. Collect the "treasure" i
and return to the Scumm Inn to brag of your suc- IMPORTANT
n NOTE: If at any time you hear a
whining sound approaching, stand still until a
cess. u
bike flashes by, and when it does, click the
e
TRI AL 3: THI E V E RY walk cursor anywhere on the screen.
s
Go the Governor's mansion, and use the yellow Go east and enter the bar again. Walk up to
i bartender and take the book of matches
the
n the left corner of the bar. Now, go back to
from
meat and enter the house. Pilfer the Ming vase
and enter the door beside the entrance. After the t your time pod and click on it. Type in the co-
h
ordinates that were on the display the very first
lengthy scene that ensues, return to the jail and
trade Otis the gopher repellent for his carrot time
i you entered the timepod (i.e. at the super-
computer's landing bay).
cake. Open the cake and find the file. Return to s
the mansion and leap through the wall once ,
PART 4: SPACE Q UE S T 12 V O H A U L ' S
more and rejoin the fray. When apprehended by t
REVENGE 2
the Sheriff, claim that the idol was given to you h
After
by the Governor. e arriving at the supercomputer, walk all the
Thrill the Governor with your eloquence then way east and click the jar of blob cursor on the
s lock. After passing it, call up the inventory
door
leave the mansion, remembering to take the e
screen and click the book of matches cursor
vase as you leave.- Use this opportunity to insult c the cigar. Click (OK] to get back into the
Fester, as everything you say results in you on
o
game. Now that you can see the laser beams,
being dropped in the sea, along with the idol.
click
n on the device in the eastern wall and enter
Hang around (after all, Guybrush claims to be
able to hold his breath for ten minutes) until hope the
d numbers 160, 30 and 110 to get all the
of salvation comes (and goes), then pick up the lasers vertical. Click [X] to leave the keypad
and walk through the lasers.
idol and make good your escape.
(You'll find the next bit easier to understand if
you refer to the map.)
That's all for now. More fun with the scurvy
Walk all the way north and take the last turn
knaves next month!
left_ Now take the first left turn you come to
and save the game. In the middle of the screen
you should see a pillar. Wait a while and walk
around it (1.e walk north at the left side of the
pillar). Then walk off the screen to the right -
you should find yourself at the first screen,
Take the other way out of the left side of the
screen (the path in the middle left of the
screen) and follow it all the way west. When you
arrive in the strange room inside the supercom-
puter, click on the door. Now enter this set of
numbers: 6 9 6 5 8 4 7 6 6 9. The door should
 T NT
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. an icon-driven user interface. First you must turn
E off the guard droid system by putting the droid
icon in the toilet and then format the system by
n
putting the brain in the toilet. Icons are selected
t
by clicking on them. Don't put the SQ1)1 icon in
e the toilet or you'll return to DOS. Instead follow
r the directions on the map to find your kidnapped
t son.
h Eventually you should come across Vohaul him-
e self. Fight him (it's pretty easy, but stay away
p from the edges just to be on the safe side).
r Once you've defeated him click on the ladder
o going down. When Roger returns, select the
g 3.5" floppy from your inventory and click its icon
on the disc drive next to the beam. Load up the
r
program on the disc and the one from the
a
beam. Select [Roger Jr] and push [beam down-
m load] to complete the game!
m
i
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g
gem room On that order) so that you can reach
r
o
Gods WO RLD
Make sure you push the pressure pad to the the World key. The ice gem is in the room at the
right of the start position. Go left and down a lit- top of a ladder by a treasure chest. The other
o two gems are found by killing baddies.
tle. Kill the monsters firing at you across the
m But there's a quicker way to get the World key.
month I asked you how to get the gems on gap, then jump across to pick up a gold key.
a I World 3. Well, Christopher Bromilow from Continue going down, then right. Take the ice gem to the gem room so that the
n fSkelmersdale and David Appleford from Milton You should find yourself near a door and a key platform drops a little. Then toggle the door
d shield guarded by some spikes. A thief will switch a couple of times to drop the teleport
eKeynes reveal that you simply get to where the
y appear. Don't kill him - let him get the shield gem - this takes you to a bonus room. If you
eStone Gargoyles are, then go left and then when
o then drop the key to attract him. Kill the thief, complete it properly you'll find a jump potion
lyou get to the third platform jump into space.
u pick up the key and use the shield to get which you can use to jump up to the World key.
sWith luck you should land on the moving plat- Simple, when you know how.
w through the spikes. Throw the door switch. An
oform. Then jump onto the platform with the out-of-reach key and a thief will appear. Position
i sgems above it. As if by magic the ledge will dis- WO RLD 2
l appear and the gems will drop down. yourself in front of the door, then • just before
t Your quest continues here, with the guide to the thief touches you - enter. Jump onto the ladders you first come across to
l oLevel 2 of the Bitrnap Bros' wondrous arcade climb to a ledge with a chalice on it. DON'T fall
You'll be transported to a new room. Grab
f oadventure. No more a-do, let's get on with it... off - if the drop doesn't kill you the spikes at the
everything and drop down the shaft. At the bot-
i p tom, take advantage of your shield by pressing bottom will. Throw the switch, then climb clam
n the nearby pressure pad and killing any local the ladder and drop off the bottom. Go down
i LEVEL 2
d bad guys. Drop all your items, then go right to the ladder to your right to collect a key.
d(As last month, 'throw a switch' means pull it
!ewe the thief was. Wait for him to get the key. Go back up the ladder and go right. You
!down or push it up - depending on its current
Go and pick up your previously dropped items should come across three switches above two
Yposition - while 'toggle a switch' means pull it trapdoors. Throw the switch above the left trap
then return. The thief will approach you. Kill him
odown and then push it back up again.) door and then the switch above the right trap-
and get the key.
u The rest of the level's pretty straightforward. door. Drop down the now opened right trapdoor
I N THE SHOP
m to find another chalice,
Stay with the throwing stars and fireballs, and You've just got to find the ice gem, water gem
ause your cash to up their power. and fire gem and take them individually to the Make your way back up and go right. You
y should come across a golden teleport key.
r Return left and go down the pit of switches and
e trapdoors. At the bottom go through the doorto
your right to be teleported to the door to the
m •- t r . ' '
e ,tagrr• . o t r w r r ship room. Pick up the third and last chalice and
r7rntr go through the door to enter the ship room.
m -r rt Pick up the two keys and drop all your chalices
b rAw r ri-•r: , v-r before leaving.
e P
r
- . Prrr7i r1t w y r7r Go left and down the ladder. Kill the monster
7 7 Z r on the platform to your right • a teleport crysW
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r W7 X
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Having got the door key, throw the switch to the
t ) r i nr m
rt r right of the door, then the switch to the left,
r then the switch to the right again • this should
rA v 0 01 1 reveal a secret corridor. (Incidentally, has any-
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Strider
4 1 -4
,
6; . ing little featurette none-the-less. Did
4 t. N you know that there's a secret room
d i
IAI! • -• o the second level? Nope? Well, neither
on
: A
, did
t I, but here to show use how to find
4 A
f itr is D. Wyman of Edgware in
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1 d
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a Know the beginning of the level,
1 with
1
onefound a way to open this door?)
A
l the wolves and the giant
i
Down the corridor are four doors. Enter the robot gorilla? Well, once past
' - l
second•
one you come to to find a skull, Take these perils you should find your-
. yself riding on some rotating plat-
. this to the room behind the last door to be a
forms and under attack bu guards
f rewarded with a piece of mosaic and a bottle of c what not. Normally you exit this
and
L herbs. Take the herbs to the third room to find
h
section by jumping up a small slop-
i another mosaic fragment and a globe. Take the
i globe to the first room to get the third and final e passageway to climb above
ing
• mosaic piece. Your reward for your restoration ground
a (where you II meet the phantom
. work is a teleport to a new dungeon area. fighter).
t
' Goieft, killing all the monsters as you go. t Instead of doing this, jump into the stone
_ wall
Eventually some will drop a key. Go back right h just below where the passageway starts
- (as
.
andthrow the first switch on the level • a plat- i shown in the diagram). You should get stuck in
the Kill the
' form will appear letting you reach a secret s rocks and forced into the secret room. Doh, scary.
phantom fighter then go right to continue.
- chamber containing another key. Go back down ,
(Actually, I have an admission to make: after many goes I couldn't get into this sup-
! then left to open a passage down to another b
posed secret room. But then I'm not the World's best Strider player. although I do try!
i secret room. Throw the switch in this room. u
Perhaps you'll have more luck? If you do find it, please write in.)
d Goup and left to find some trapdoors and
t
4 switches making steps to an upper platform. As
_ you jump up the steps, toggle all the switches a
7 you come across. Get the candlestick at the
. top-right and the key at the top-left of this area, Prince Of Persia
n
i
Wthen drop through the trapdoor in the upper n
A
platform. Go back right to the treasure room. t tap of a button. Well, it appears that this is just half the story. Both Dan Flett from Australia and
' S
1
Return left and go down, Get the cross at the e Roddy MacLeary from Fife. Scotland have written in with lots of extra secrets.
far left (just past the spikes). The rest of this or As before, load the game from DOS by typing 'PRINCE MEGAHIT. Then press the following keys
,
i le during
m e play for the required effects:
i knows
v where the treasure key is). Remember to es
take
i el the cross to the chapel for a big crystal tt Kills any swordsmen instantly. WARNING! Don't use on skeletons.
g reward. This will come in very handy against... View screen above.
i i-
' View screen below.
sTHE DRAGON m View screen to the left.
fircp me crystal to the left of the screen and e
View screen to the right.
astand between it and the dragon. The monster a SHIFT-I Extra damage point.
i aim its fire at the crystal leaving you free to g SHIFT-I Flips screen.
rblast away, just crouching now and again to o SHIFT-1 Advance one level.
lavoid the fireballs from its tail. wSHIFT-W Makes you light as a feather (no damage falling off ledges).
y e SHIFT-8 Blacks out non-animated °Wa s (very useful!).
sSofar, so tough, but your quest is only half p
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FitCOGGIER
B y P e t e r M o l y n e u x o u t o f Bullfrog

How would today's long ago Bullfrog actually wrote its own version
doesn't it? Frogger by Bullfrog? To be hon- of the classic coin•op. -
est it wasn't Molyneux's first choice. When Wh e n
PowerMonger, we were worried that the player
1 developers revamp their first approached with the idea, he instantly might
d o get i nbored
g while waiting for the game to
I chose Ultimate's classic Knight Lore. Then load," Peter explains. "So we wrote Bulltrogger,
own favourite classics? t
deciding that wasn't such a good idea, he spent which was basically a slightly tarted-up version of
d day in deep contemplation before deciding 1
a the original frogger that you could play while
want
o to do that caterpillar one. You know, waiting. We got it finished and playable and
ACE asks that very • Centipede."
e Then, while explaining why his everything."
Centipede
s would be so good, he threw in one However, it was at that point Bullfrog realised
final twist as the Frogger brainwave hit him. And that were they to release such a game, even
question in the first of s
that was that. within another game, the chaps at Sega would be
o
Fortunately, it all fits in rather nicely, and quite anxious to talk to them, using words like
u
an occasional series. there's more behind it than the rather tenuous 'copyright', 'solicitor' and 'twenty years hard
n
similarity between the two names. Not only is it labour', and so it was shelved. Now the game's
d
genuinely one of Pete's old faves, but not too got a new lease of life - at least hypothetically -
l thanks to Molyneux's New Originals treatment.
i "I think one of the reasons I chose Frogger is
k because ifs an old classics that was very
e popular in the early days, but never got
a updated," explains Peter. "Asteroids became
b Blasteroids. Breakout became Arkanold, but
i nothing ever came of Frogger. Which I think is a
shame because Frogger was the first ever game
t
to have a cute character - something that's been
o
very popular recently. The other thing I liked was
f that it had a down-to-earth theme. While all the
a other games had space mutants, here you hada
w frog trying to cross a road and a river."
i Peter believes that Frogger has plenty of paten
n tial for enhancement using today's more sophisti-
d cated technologies and gameplay philosophies.
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,
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all sorts of things you could do. The graphics
would obviously be very important, and with the
right use of colour and animation you could
create a really nice wet and slippery feel that
would be just right for Frogger. Yes, plenty of
moistness."
—
T h is i s h o w P e te r rilo lyn e ize • • 1 9 9 1 ve rsi o n o f F ro g ve r wo u l d l o o k i n th i s a rt i s t ' s i m p re ssi o n b y au l l tro g • g r • p h i c s w i z a r d P au l
P aclaiag h lin . N o ti ce h o w M r F ro g . I n h i s n e w ) 2 - co l o u r i n carn at i o n i s a m o t h cu t e r c h a ra c t e r t h an th e o ri g i n al • an i m p o rt a n t
point in P eters book T h e Infamous road, however, is as dan9orous as it ewer swat a nd now comes with extra features - n o t . According to Pete, the most useful application
the manhole roan, of any enhanced graphics would be to bring the
aDVANCEDCO O rtfrEafe rte lo Win n i
 LEVEL BEST
So how long a re the le ve ls going t o be the n?
"Oh, the re 'd be ju st one— o f in fi n it e le n g th , "
says Peter. Yo u W H Art i 'T h e proble m w it h
games wit h a de finite e nd I s th a t whe n yo u 've
completed i t yo u don't w a n t t o p la y a ga in. So
In this game the re w o u ld n 't be a n e nd a s such -
the obje ctive wo u ld ju st be t o ge t a s f a r a s p o e
disks. Eve ry thre e scre e ns o r so yo u 'd ha ve a
continue point tha t w o u ld a llo w yo u to re sta rt
from the re if you die .
"The wa y I t wo rks is like the lit t le hole s yo u
have to jump in t o a t the e nd o f a n o rm a l
Frogger scre e n. Yo u ha ve , sa y. fi ve tunne ls o r 111
lillypeds, b u t o n ly some o f the m w ill be contin-
ue points. The re 'll be a lit t le clue a s to wh a t
ones the y a re ju st be fore yo u ge t the re , like
two eyes inside the rig h t tunne ls tha t b lin k ju st
for a mome nt. I f you ju m p in t o the rig h t
tunnel, you're give n a pa ssword.
"I bis pa ssword wo u ld a ctu a lly conta in the
Information tha t the progra m use s t o se t up a
level, because the e n tire la ndsca pe w ill b e ge n-
erated, not store d, So e ve ry t im e yo u sta rt a
new game, you p la y o n a ne w, ra n d o m ly-
generated la ndsca pe . Bu t if yo u type in a pa ss-
word, the progra m inte rpre ts the in f o rm a t io n
and recreates the o ld ga me f ro m th a t I nforma -
tion, so you ca n continue f ro m wh e re yo u le f t
oft I f you had te n-le tte r pa sswords, yo u co u ld
easily generate a round 196,000 le ve ls.'
Awatit antics in another mock-up screen hor n
Malynesis s modem Frogger. Bundles of extra feetures
hese tea, such as the friendly m otor boa t fr og, towing
ding the helpful lillypad. Y ou can't a ffor d to miss
thasigh • trots aboard in these w• hir s .
LOVE STOR Y
"It would be good if you could ha ve
Frogger distra cte d b y things. Yo u could
have Mrs Frogger wh o a 0 p s u p f ro m t im e
to o n a lillypa d. She w o u ld a ct like a
love magnet tha t dra ws Fro9 ge r to wa rd s
her, but you'd ha ve to fi g h t a nd ke e p h im
away from he r because she 'd be
surrounded by da nge rous o b je ct s.'
WA ITER , THERE'S A FLY
IN M Y GA M E
Se ve ra l fl ie s in fa ct, a s Pe te r e xpla ins. A s
Frogge r goe s a long, h e wo rks u p a n a ppe tite
f o r flie s. Eve ry so ofte n fl ie s b u rs a cross the
screen, a nd if one ne a rs Frogge r, h e a utoma ti-
ca lly shoots his tongue out a nd e a ts it . Bu t
the m ore fl ie s Frogge r eats, t h e fa tte r a nd
he a vie r he ge ts, so whe n he la nds on a n
obje ct th a t's fl o a tin g o n wa t e r it sta rts t o
sink a nd he ha s t o ju m p o f f a ga in q u ickly.
This e le ct w o u ld n 't la st ve ry long though.
and a fte r a wh ile he 'd sh rin k ba ck t o n o rm a l
sire b y using a b it o f fro g g y fla tule nce . This
wo u ld a lso g ive h im a n e xtra burst o f spe e d
as th e fla tule nce prope ls h im a lo n g ." Ah e m .
the fa ble d Ituftfro9ger, or igina lly wr itte n as a game to pass
the tin,* while Powenesonoirr loaded, i t • now slathering dust
in Bullfrog's offi ces • whic h a crying shame as it's actually
very playable.
central character to life and give him more char-
acter than the original's inanimate green blob. in
cutesy arcade game's it's important to establish
a player/character bond. If a player is going to
spend more than ten minutes playing a game, he
has to care about his character. I'm not suggest-
ing that people ever realfy think about how much
they like Mario or Sonic, but it's subliminal and
it's important."
So how do you create a character you can
care about? 'The most important quality is the
way the character reacts with your commands
and to the environment," says Peter. "The ways
he responds to things creates the biggest bond.
Sonic does this well - if you leave the controls
alone for a few seconds he taps his feet and
looks at the screen, and if he's on a small
• • • • • • • = • . • • • • • • • • • • •
M ore Bultfrogger action, this tim e p i th Froggy M om& in dire
This long- expouire s hot gives an idea o f how fa s t the
traffi c motors along. I t also looks as though fr ogpy is a bout to
get squished into the tarmac_ enallieweeel
platform, he'll balance on one foot, teetering. It
all helps create a more interesting character."
"For Frogger, this type of treatment would
work particularly well. Running the game at a fifti-
eth of a second, you could produce some
dazzling frogleaping animation. If he jumps on a
log, he'd scamper around as the log rolls under
him. If he jumps on an alligator, his eyes would
bulge with fright. If a lorry zoomed past him, he'd
do a W000aahr gesture. This would all be tied in
to different sound effects. Remember, it's the
not the size of the sprite that determines its
character, but the animation. That's something
that the development of the people in Populous If
is teaching us."
The most controversial changes are in the
game's design. "The game wouldn't be just a sin-
gle static screen, but an on-going, vertically-
scrolling level. This would help keep the player
involved, as the game's less fragmented. I'd
keep the gameplay varied by adding new
terrains for Frogger to cross. There'd be a back
garden area, for instance, where you'd have
dogs, cats, birds and dangerous plants to avoid,
and a sewer area, with even bigger alligators.
"One of the advantages of this new scrolling
format is that you can give the enemies more
detailed movements rather than just moving
from side to side in a straight line. They'd move
in fixed movement patterns so that with practice
the player would learn their habits and play to
avoid them. Random movement patterns don't
work, because then it's more down to luck than
judgement."
"A change of pace every now and again is
essential, like in the Mario games, because peo-
ple get bored with doing the same thing all the
time. Frogger could jump into a pond and
instead of jumping, he would swim. Underwater
you'd have real froggy momentum, so Frogger
would push himself along in little bursts. In this
section the enemies would come down the
screen towards you instead of from the side, and
there'd only be a limited amount of air, so
Frogger would have to catch oxygen bubbles in
the water to top up his supply."
Peter's more than aware of the dangers of
updating an old classic_ "It's very important that
you don't destroy the feel and spirit of the
original. The trick is to enhance the game while
keeping the original qualities intact. Hence, the
basic idea remains the same - its still all done
from a plan view, and the little frog's got to work
his way up the screen, avoiding danger. That's
another thing I like about Frogger - it's a passive
arcade game. You don't kill anything or go
looking for trouble. You just have to avoid
things." Aaaah.
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92ACE Charts
Haveyou ever wondered which games get the highest review marks
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96Hardware Buyer'sGuide
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month - see the opposite page. Xenon 2: Megablast M i r r o r Image 93.87
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Xenon ll's budget re-release . And Microprose'S Sorcerors Get All The Girls is
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Monkey Island L u c a s fi l m / U S Gold £29.99
number a . I ts rather daunting to note, however, that K0 2 is Just one of no less

c
than 14 re-entries in the ST top 20 chart (as opposed to i n the Amiga), which
could be taken as evidence of a dearth of quality new releases for the Ata ri.
Lemmings P s y g n o s i s £ 2 4 . 9 9

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Castles Electronic Arts £ 3 4 . 9 9 Flames of Freedom R a i n b i r d £2999
Lemmings Psygnosis £ 3 4 . 9 9 Manchester UnitedEurope Krisalis E25.99
ColossusChess X CDS £ 2 4 . 9 9 ArmourGeddon P s y g n o s i s £25.99
FunSchool III (5-7) EuropressSoftware £9.99 Kick Off 2 Anco £24.99
Links SSI/US Gold £ 3 9 . 9 9 Teenage MH Turtles Mirrorsoft £24.99

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built-in drive with separate PSU; Inter faces: -
A1500 and A2000 have separate key- stereo
N o v o audio; external disk drive(s),
board with built-in (fan assisted) RS232
J o y serial;
s t i Centronics parallel
PSU. A3000 is a very powerf ul printer;
c k / SCART RGB/video, composite
machine indeed. monochrome
m o u s e ; video; expansion bus
Mem or y: A5 0 0 512K: A1500 & (internal on A1500 & A2000, 32-bit
A2000 1MID, A3000 2Mb. on A3000), clock/memory expansion
Proc es s or 500/1500/2000 7.15 on 4500 only; internal PC expansion
MHZ Motorola 68000; 43000 16 or on A1500, A2000 and A3000,
25MHz Motor ola 68030,
Recom m ended Retail Price: A500 S O FTW ARE
hopefully provide an at-a-glance comparison between computer
O f NA; Screen Gems E399.99, Flight of Existing S oftw ar e Base: Similar to
and console. Still wondering what to go for in the great 'Console or
n Fantasy Pack £39999; Class Of The the ST
Computer? debate? Well, if you can afford one of each, our money's on the
c 90s pack £579.99 (all packs inc A500); Cur r ent Releases: Everyone's doing
Amiga and Megadrive. But if you only go for one, get an Amiga. I ts an
eexcellent all-round performer that gives the best VIM. A1500 from 1999, A2000 from t hem
a 1199(for 1Mb+20Mh hard disk); Games: Som ething for everyone.
g A3000 from f3160(for 2Mb-i-40Mb Graphics: Quality and range is
a hard disk). (All prices inc VAT). unsurpassed.
:
i Cont ac t : Commodore (0628) 770088 Music: Needs better support for
1
n MIDI. Internal sound software is well
1 Per for m ance: Thr ee 8-bit PCM IN BRIEF
,
a
ATARISTE / stereo sound channels. A stunning specification with custom
supported thanks to IFF standards.
Prospects: Excellent.
1
r chips to rival almost everything S oftw a r e Loadi ng: Noisy but usu-
i HARDWARE
Models: Atar i 520S1E; 10405TE; around, the Amiga is the first choice ally reliable. Plagued by viruses.
a T
Mega ST5 Disk For m at: 3 . 5 inch - 720K for the most exigent of games play-
t A
Package: 5 2 0 and 1040 have key- Disk Price: Ar ound E1.50 ers and video professionals. After an BUYLI NES
h I
board with built-in disk drive; Mega Disk Per for m ance: Fast, reliable. initially shaky start the machine con•
e i Best Buy Price: O l d Amiga 1000s
versions have separate keyboard. K ey board: 9 6 keys inc luding 10 tin ues to sell extremely well and has
r can be picked up cheaply enough
Keep eyes peeled for current1 soft- functions keys. Has a cheap feel overtaken the ST in the UK. though but these lacked the extra graphics
t
ware bundles. i which can be improved with third the latter mac hine still has a s lightly
r modes of later models. Try to find a
Mem l
or y: S2OSTE 512K; 1040STE party spring kits. larger installed base. The A1500 is good value pack.
u i All
1M13; Mega ST 1,2 or 4Mb. Joystick/Mouse: 1Wo joystick ports near-identical spec-wise to the
n Second Ha nd Avai l abi l i ty:
machines can be expanded 1 internally are standard, tw o•button mouse is A2000, but cheaper. The 43000 is a Becoming c ommon, Best buys are
c 4Mb.
to ; supplied with machine. top•end workstation substitute; late Amiga 500s wit h Kickstart 1_2.
a
Processor: 8 MHz Motorola 68000 includes Workbench 2, featuring Mai ntenance: O ne years guaran-
t
Recom m ended Retail Price: SOFTWARE enhanced icons, file handling, and tee. Return faulty machines to deal-
e
520STE £299; 1040STE £399 Existing Software Base: Excellent. security features plus Amiga Vision, a ers.
d
Contact: Atar i PR (0753) 33344 The budget market provides a rela- multi-media programming tool.
H
tively cheap way of building up an A3000 also comes in three configura-
IaN BRI E F
r
impressive collection of software tions, ranging from a 16MHz /40Mb IBM PC
Hard days for the machine that classics, hard disk to a 25M1lz/100Mb disc.
d
arguably started the avalanche to Cur r ent Releases: None of the Model : IBM's PC was the first PC to
S
16-bit computers. The STE boasts major software houses ignore the ST G RAP HI CS
be accepted in large quantities (not
e
capabilities almost on par with its so it is well served with plenty of Resolution: Fr om 320 x 200 to 640 the first PC) and remains the stan-
l
arch-rival the Amiga, but the good software. x 400 (more possible in software) dard by which all others are judged.
Commodore
l machine seems to be Games: Across the board. Palette: 4096 There are hundreds of clones and
the
t one most people want these Graphics: G ood with some excel- Colours: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 or 4096
variations including offerings from
days.
h As shame, because this is still a lent software to manipulate them. TV: Wi th modulator. Amstrad, Atari and Commodore, In
great
i general purpose home Music: Excellent, Plenty of sound M oni t or O ut put SCART + compos- general, with PCs you pay for speed
machine
s for games, small business samplers, editors and MIDI software ite video in monochrome.
and better graphics standards. The
arid
m productivity, and thanks to its make this the musician's choice, Moni tor Supplied: N o extra m oney is wor th it if you can
MIDI
o port is still the number one Prospects: Very good, but the Moni tor Options: C1084 f349_99 afford it.
choice
n for MIDI musicians. Amiga is currently the favourite with Sprites: 1 6 in hardware + unlimited Package: Depends on the manufac-
t software houses in the UK and the BOBS from soft/hardware.
turer although most are supplied
GRAPHICS
h Chances of a sudden boom of inter- Speed: Ver y fast with good soft- with monitors. They can even be
Resolution:
, Low-res 320 x 200; est in the ST Stateside look very slim. ware.
bought in kit form at no extra saving
medium
S res 640 x 200; high-res 640 x S oftw ar e Loadi ng: No problems at Mem or y: Usually 512K or 640K. Can
400
t elf The STE's drive is fast and friend- SOUND
be anything from 64K to 1Mb+.
Palette:
i 4096 ly to the ear. Be warned that some Speaker Quality: Depends on mon- Always go for a 640K model_
Colours:
l Black and white in high- companies still release games on two itor. Processor I ntel 808818086 in base
res,
l 4 colours in medium-res; 16 in or more single-sided discs (a hang on MI DI : No. Third party interfaces machine is sometimes replaces with
low-res. from the old days when the ST had available.
, the faster NEC V20/30. Mor e expen-
TV: Yes. single-sided drives) which can mean Ster eo O utput: 2 phono
i sive machines are based on Intel's
Moni
t tor O utput: RG8. unnecessary and annoying bouts of connectors. much faster 286, 3865X, 386 and
Moni tor Supplied: No, disc swapping. Per for m ance: Am ong the best even the latest 486.
s
Moni
h tor Options: Atar i monitors around. Custom hardware squeezes Recom m ended Retail Price: Can
SM BUY LI NE S
o 124 high -res mono; SC1442 med 9 octaves of 8-bit digital sound into be picked up for as lit t le as E299 for
res colour Best Buy Price: As RRP, the four channels.
u a "n o frills " machine_ Wit h top-of-
Sprites: No. Second Hand Avai l abi l i ty: Very
l the-range 486 based clones - and the
Speed: Fast common and quite cheap. Beware HARDWARE
d official IBM versions- the sky's the
NB High resolution display is only very old, single sided ST machines. Disk For m at: 3.5inch - 837K A3000 limit. Look for a good EGA or VGA
available on monochrome monitor; Mai ntenance: O ne year's guaran- 40/100Mbyte hard disk formatted. model for between £750 and f 1200.
medium and low res displays only tee. Return to dealer if faulty Disk Price: Ar ound f1.50.
avadable on colour monitors or TVs. Disk Per for m ance: Noisy and slug. IN BRIEF
gish. Third party software is available Superb value if you want the ulti-
S O UND COMMODORE AMIGA to improve matters, mate all-rounder, the PC still betrays
Speaker Quality: Depends on mon- Keyboar d: 9 4 keys. 10 function its business origins. Almost every
itor Model s: Am iga A500; A1500, keys and separate cursor cluster. major software house now port their
.MIDI: Yes 4.2000; A3000 Joystick/Mouse: T w o titles to the PC but these remain lim-
Stereo O ut put Yes Package: 4 5 0 0 has keyboard and -mouse supplied as standard. ited by the constraints of the basic
button
9 6 ADVANCED COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT

(most c ommon) machines w h i c h
means they tend to be limit ed in
sound and graphics. Defi nitely NOT
fi rst choice if ent ert ainment is y our
preferred use f or computers, or if
you cannot afford the better EGA or
VGA models (whic h are really essen-
tial for good games playing).
G RAPHI CS
The fi rst PCs weren't fi tted wit h
graphics as standard but most clones
incorporate the necessary hardware
and come wit h a monitor. There are
three main standards: (G A - a nasty
but all to c ommon c olour display,
EGA about the lowes t c olour display
worth considering. VGA a n
Amigat5T beating display; and
Hercules monoc hrome. EGA or VGA
which are usually only fi tted as stan-
dard to more expensive machines
(Amstrad's PC2086 is one exception).
Res olut ion: CG A 320 x 200; EGA
640 x 350; Hercules 720 x 384; VGA
800 x 600.
Palette: ( G A 8 (in t wo fi xed sets);
EGA 64, VGA 256
Colours : ( G A 4; EGA 16; VGA 64;
Hercules 2
Moni tor O utput: TTL RGBMGBI
(CGA); analogue RGB (ENGA)
Moni tor Options: V a s t Many
monitors are dedic ated t o just one
or t wo modes - some have amber,
green or whit e monoc hrome dis-
plays - check before buying.
Sprites: No n e
Speed: Fro m very s low - 8088 - to
very fast - 80486
S O UND
Speaker Q ualit y : B uilt -in sound is
very poor. Third-party add-on sound
boards such Roland (E380) and Ad.
Lib (EIS()) - whic h is fast bec oming a
standard - prov ide synthesiser-quali-
ty sound t hrough an amplifi er.
MIDI: Third part interfaces avail-
able.
Stereo O u t p u t Wit h boards, yes.
Performanc e: N o t the ideal
machine for the musically bent - an
Atari ST offers more for MIDI, the
Amiga more for s oftware sound
purists.
HARDW ARE
Disk Fo r m a t 5.251n -180/360K/
1,2Mb, 3.Sin 720K/1.44Mb
Disk Price: 60p - 0 . 0 0
CONSOLES
ATARILYNX
Package: Lynx. Pay extra for periph-
erals and inclusive California Games.
Processor: 16-MHz 6502
Console Mem or y: 64K
Recommended Retail Price:
(79.99 (f99 99 wit h peripherals ;
E129 99 wit h peripherals and game).
Contact: Atari PR (071-388) 9871
IN BRIEF
Designed by the man behind the
Disk Per for m ance: Average.
Most PC owners also buy hard disks.
A large amount of PC applic ations
s oftware refuses to work unless you
have a hard disk.
K ey board: A lmo s t as many
Amiga, the Lynx is an amaz ing hand-
held. Af t er a shaky start, t he Lynx is
doing fi ne and - if the rumours are
to be believed - is s tarting t o take
off in the States. Its most obvious
c ompetitor, the Gamegear, lacks the
Lynx's frills, but makes up f or it wit h
s maller unit size and TV adaptor.
GRAPHICS
Resolution: 160 x 102
Palette: 4096
C o lo u rs: 1 6
T V: N o
Moni tor O u t p u t N o
Moni tor Suppl i ed • Yes - 3.5' back-
lit c olour LCD
Moni tor Options: None
Sprites : Special graphics hardware
effectively treats ALL screen objects
as sprites!
Speed: Fast
SOUND
Speaker Quality: Very good
MIDI: No
Stereo O utput: Yes
P erf ormanc e: Four-channel, fi ve
octave stereo sound has to be heard
to be believed.
HARDWARE
Joystick: Eight-way joypaci.
Ports : Cartridge port, multi-play er
port; miniat ure stereo headphone
jack.
SOFTWARE
Price: 0 0 -3 5 .
Car tr idge Mem or y: 8Mb
Existing S oftw ar e Base: Very
small.
Cur r ent Releases: California Games
is a great 'freebie'.
Pros pec ts : Unc ertain but several
new titles in the pipeline,
OUVLINES
Best Buy Price: As RRP
Second Hand Availability: Very
f ew
Ma in t e n a n c e : One year's guaran-
tee
STAR RATI NGS
Graphics: * * I s * *
Sound: s t e - * * *
Ex pans ion: *
O v erall: * * t e a r
NINTENDOGAMEBOY
Package: Main unit with Terris
game.
Proc es s or 1-MHz customised 8 bit
280A.
Con-sole Mem or y: 8K
Recom m ended Retail Price:
E69 99
Cont ac t : Deight on PR (071-836)
2973
I N BRI E F
Nintendo were the fi rst company to
produce a dedic ated handheld con-
sole and now it seems everyone
wants t o get in on the act. On refl ec-
t ion even the Game Boy was a long
t ime c oming since the tec hnology
employ ed by the display is s tarting
to look dated. Not to be dismissed
simply because of mono graphics -
this mac hine has some superb titles
and games mak ing use of the t wo -
player link -up opt ion are tremen-
dous fun (especially the superb free-
bie Terris).
GRAPHICS
Res olut ion: 20 x 18 characters.
Colours ; 4 grey shades.
Moni tor Supplied: Yes - LCD dis-
play is lit by ambient light.
Sprites : 40 8 x 8 pix el blocks..
Speed: Fast for what it is,
pink pages
SOUND
Speaker Quality: Depends on
headphones
Ster eo O utput: Yes
Per for m ance: Plays a lot better
than it looks
HARDWARE
J oy s tic k : Built -in 8-way joypad.
Ports : Headphone socketclual-
machine interfac e.
SOFTWARE
Price: L20 25.
Car tr i dge Mem or y: 64K
Existing S oftw ar e Base: The best
f or any handheld.
Cur r ent Releases: Increasing
Pros pec ts : Excellent
BUYLINES
Best Buy Price: As RRP
Second Hand Avail.: Some compa-
nies (e g Cons ole Quest) do 'ern.
Ma in t e n a n c e : One year's warranty
STAR RATI NGS
Graphics: * * *
Sound: * * * *
Expansion: * *
O v erall: eriterster
NINTENDOSUPER
FAMICOM
Pac k age: Console unit, c ontroller
unit and Super Mario World.
Proc es s or: 3.58 MHz 65(816.
Cons ole Me mo ry : Not k nown
Recom m ended Retail Price: N/A
(Japan price = [100)
Cont ac t : Local dealers
IN BRIEF
Wit h the weight of all-powerf ul
Nintendo behind it, the Famicom
can hardly fail. Alt hough not hugely
s uperior to the Sega Megadriv e
technically, it's the games that
impress - notably the bundled Mario
World (whic h will no doubt help
sales no end) and F-Zero. That said,
there are some real duffers amongst
the gems (Beg Run, anyone?), but it's
still early days yet. The Super
Famicom's enormous games poten-
tial has barely been scratched,
GRAPHICS
Res olut ion: 512 x 512..
Palette: 32,768
Colours : 256
TV: Yes
Moni tor O utput: Yes
Moni tor Supplied: No
Monitor Options: RGB, WART
Sprites : 128.
Speed: Remark able
SOUND
Speaker Quality: Depends on
TV/monitor
MI DI : No
Ster eo O utput: Yes
P erf ormanc e: 8 Channel custom 16-
bit PCM/dsgitel.
HARDWARE
Joystick: Supplied.
ADVANCED COMPUTER ENTERTAINMEN
- 9 7
 pink pages

Ports: One big expansion port. the colour handhelds. But times - Price: Ar ound E20-25 GRAPHICS
SOFTWARE and, more importantly, prices • have Car tr i dge Mem or y: Not known. Resolution: 320 x 224
changed. The Lynx, a technically Existing S oftw ar e Base: Small. Palette: 512
Price: E40 SO
superior machine with some fine Current Releases: Few as yet, but Colours: 64
Car tr idge Mem or y: 16 Mb..
lots in the pipeline TV: Yes
Existing S oftw ar e Base: Small, games available for it. has had its
price slashed and - if US sources are Prospects: Very good Monitor: No
Cur r ent Releases: Lots, and plenty
correct - is enjoying a sudden Sprites: 80
more planned.
Prospects: How can it fail? Back upswing in support from American BUYLINES Speed: Very fast
orders were in the millions before it consumers. In the Gamegear's favour Best Buy Price: As RRP SOUND
was launched. are the clout of mighty Sega and the Second Hand Availability: None as Speaker Quality: N/A
potential to turn the unit into a yet MIOI: No
BUYLINES portable TV via a cheap adaptor Mai ntenance: One year's guarantee Stereo Output: Yes
(around LSO is current estimate). But Performance: 12 channel stereo
Best Buy Price: Grey import.
Second Hand Availability: None as at the moment, it's anybody's game. STAR RATI NGS sound is produced by a custom FM
Graphics: t r-k t rit chip and sounds fantastic.
yet
Maint enanc e: Take care- grey GRAPHICS Sound: * * * I t
Resolution: 160x 146 Expansion: * * * * HARDWARE
imports are rarely under warranty .
Palette:4096 Overall; * * * * J oy s tic k : Dedic ated c ontroller sup-
STAR RATINGS Colours: 16 plied
TV: No SOFTWARE
Graphics: is A wrt
Monitor Output: No. Price: (30-50 (typically E35).
Sound; * e r r * *
Expansion! * * * *
Moni tor Supplied: Yes 3 . 2 ' back- SEGAMEGADRIVE Car tr i dge Mem or y: Not known
lit colour LCD. Existing S oftw ar e Base: Good
Overall: * * I r e *
Moni tor Options: None. Package: Console unit, controller, Cur r ent Releases: Lots.
Sprites: Not known and Mickey Mouse or Moonwalker
Prospects: Very good
game.
SEGAGAMEGEAR Speed: Okay.
SOUND Processor: 8-MHz 68000 + Z8OB
BUYLI NES
Speaker Quality: Good. Console Memor y 74K main, 64K
Package: Gamegear unit. Best Buy Price: As RRP
MIDI: No video.
Processor! 3 SI3 MHz Z80A Second Hand Avail.: Some compa-
Recommended Retail Price:
Ster eo O utput: Yes nies l eg. Console Quest) do 'en).
Console Mem or y: BK RAM/16K 1149.99
Video RAM Per for m ance: Three-channel PSG Ma in t e n a n c e : One year on UK
sound channels + noise channel. Contact: Virgin Mastertronic (071-
Recommended Retail Price: machines.
727) 8070
199.
99
Contac t: Sega (071-727) B070 HARDWARE STAR RATI NGS
IN BRIEF
Joystick: Eight-way joypaci. Graphics: * * * e s
Excellent example of the new 16-bit
IN BRIEF Ports: Cartridge port; multi-player Sound: * * * * *
console technologies. The first
Opinion used to be that the port; miniature stereo headphone Expansion: * * *
decent 16-bit console to receive off i
Gamegear was going to be the jack; I V tuner port. Overall: * * * * *
SOFTWARE cial s upport in the UK.
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▪ s ee that Domark have hijacked
▪ t h is year's buzz word 'v irt ual' and
cobbled it onto their new c ompila-
t ion of Incentive Freescape games
'Virtual Worlds '; I'm surprised that
they didn't rename 3D Construction
Set as 'Reality Dev elopment Tool o r
s omething while they were at it.
Mind you, r m not k noc k ing it - it's a
very impressive package and is one
of the f ew 'big' titles to be released-
during this long hot summer. As
such, I hope it does very well.
There are many retailers c urrently
facing s omething of a dilemma
regarding software, There have been
very few 'biggies ' released this sum-
mer and so sales at retail lev el are
s omewhat depressed as hardware is
almost as diffi c ult to shift as the
prov erbial c hewing gum on the
trousers. The dilemma is whether or
not t o stock import ed console soft-
ware. Americ a and Japan are some
months ahead of this country
regarding new releases and so there
is a fairly buoy ant demand (fac ilitat-
ed by so many of the monthly maga-
zines rev iewing import ed s oftware)
f or these 'unoffi c ial' titles. Up unt il
now, indiv idual retailers have decid-
ed themselves whet her or not to
stock these titles but a new sinister
Software seller
Dirk Longhorn
trembles at the
approach o f secret
Nintendo agents,
and wonders
wh ere all th e wire-
heads have gone...
card has recently come int o play:
Nintendo are visiting retailers and
ex amining t heir stocks, if they see
imports they are dropping very
unsubtle hints that the retailer's sup-
ply of 'offi c ial' s oftware is being put
into jeopardy by his c ontinuing t o
stock these 'grey ' imports .
At this t ime of year that would
probably be neither here nor there,
but we all have to have an eye on
Christmas and the prospect of
December wit hout an offi cial supply
is worry ing. So what should retailers
do? Stop stocking these titles and
turn customers away to rivals or
mail-order merchants? Or brave it
Out and say 'bugger off, you bullies,
you can't int imidat e me'? I wis h I
k new - perhaps the s olution is to
have an 'under-the-c ounter' sup-
ply....
'Have you got any more Game Boy
titles other than the ones on y our
shelf?'
'How do you mean, sir?'
'Well, Boris sent me...'
'Right you are sir, k now what you
mean, step this way...'
WHERE HAVE ALL THE TECHIES
GONE?
Six years ago, the typical customer
who came int o our shop would want
one of the f ollowing:
a) an improbable lead to connect an
exotic print er (whic h we had never
heard of) t o a c omputer;
b) t o see a selection of esoteric pro-
gramming books;
c) utilities ;
d) help wit h the c urrent program
they were writ ing (many an hour I've
sat wit h a budding programmer
helping t o sort out his variables):
e) t o see t he latest games that had
been released;
f) to fi nd out why t heir Commodore
64 games load on t heir friend's com-
puter but not on theirs...
Nowadays the (e) group have, lik e
so many grey squirrels, v irtually
swamped the others and the role of
the c omputer shop in society is
c hanging rapidly . Whereas it used to
be t he local meeting place f or all the
wire-heads, it is n o w much lik e a
record shop wit h programming
teams' latest masterpieces having as
much impac t (and, unfortunately .
much the same s helf-life) as the cur-
rent hit parade favourites.
But, one of the great unanswered
- unasked even - questions of our
t ime is 'Where have all the wire-
heads gone?'. What happened t o all
the people I used t o DiMens ion
arrays for? The ones wh o had trou-
ble wit h t heir fl oating points?
Have they all gone on t o become
ace programmers , o r have they
'grown up' and lost interest? Who
knows?
Finally, Dixons are very fi rmly
embrac ing the new generation of
consoles, aren't they? Their new cat-
alogue has the fi rst four/fi v e pages
dev oted just to consoles and t heir
computers (indeed the cover of the
'mag' shows four players c rowded
around a Nintendo hav ing a f our
player game of...Super Mario
Brothers! Oh well, wh o can compete
against that?
• Dirk Longhor n

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On the software front, there's loads of new stuff in

DIRECT
SEGAMEGADRIVE the pipeline. Oodles, it would be true to say. Want a
quick run-down? Oh, all right...
First off, there's Berlin Wall (Kaneko) and Turbo
Outrun IIDG's very promising conversion of the classic
race game sequel). From Ballistix there's Test Drive
(more high-speed marque malarkey). Onslaught (crud
conversion of the cruddy flop Amiga game), Aikke Ditka
Power Football (Amencan style, that is) and Turman

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Sega was agleefully
moment man, herubbing
would be hiswalking around at
palms together
and beaming a lat, smug, self-sabshed gnn. Rather like
the person everyone thought was class weed suddenly
turning into a hero and publicly bitting the school bully
on the nose.
You see, at the June CES Show in Chicago Sega
managed to upstage Nintendo's launch of their Super
FRIVCOMwith a wealth of very impressive titles and a
host of new third-party licensees. People were six-
prised. So were Nintendo, who were expecting their
relentless war machines to roll on unchallenged.
Adding an extra push to the Sega offensive is the
tact that Megadnve ownership in the States recently
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scorched past the 1,000,000 mark, and is still rising
10M•
( NV last Why? Well, there's a lull in the marketplace - impa-
EO tient Nintendo owners who are getting bored with their
8-bit NES and want to experience 16-bit gameplay are
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by the fact that Megadrrves now cost only £90.00 (with
ARD Altered Beast and another free game of your choice)
aid that they can buy It now, rather than waiting until
October for the Super NES!
LINE
(multidirectionally scrolling arcade adventure-turn-shoot
'em up starring a robot).
Electronic Arts are releasing Road Rash (motorbikes.
violence and high-speed action), ice Hockey (ice, vio-
lence and high-speed action), Star Hight (none of the
above), Earl Weaver Basebafl(yawn-o-rama) and Rings
of Power (RPG fun 'n' laffs, if you like RPG fun 'n' laffs
which personally I don't) and they're also doing
Psygnosis Kiliing Game Show and Shadow of the Beast
(they look just like the Amiga versions, but hopefully
won't play the same).
New development house, Drearmvorks have Jesse To YOUR micro...
"The Body" Ventura Wrestling Superstars (order that
after closing time!) and Trampoline Terror (sounds like
toss, but it's quite a hoot, and Tengen are lining Lip a
veritable goodie-bag of gonad-grabbing conversions
including Pitfighter, Rampails, Ms PacMart. Paperboy.
Pacmanta and Roadblasters.
Monthly machine specific
Flying the flag for Britain are Mirrorsoft. who are cur- columns for the users of
rently working on Speedball If (dead impressive) and the seven most popular
Battle Master (dead dull). Sega have a pile of stuff,
including Toe Jam and Earl (a "breath of fresh air video
machines, written from a
game' that's about as challenging as bursting out of a personal viewpoint by
wet paper bag) other users...
So it's all happening on the Megadrive front!
JULIAN RIGNALL

unprotected. call S&S International on 10442 877877). controlling Homer, Marge, Lisa or Bart in a mission to

IBM PC Remember, pirated software is the easiest way to

infect your software collection. Play it safe and stay
rescue baby Maggie who has been kidnapped by crooks
in pursuit of a stolen diamond. Using household gad-
clear of dodgy backstreet dealers. gets like a vacuum cleaner, skipping rope and skate-
Despite enormous success in America and Japan, board, the family tend off the thieves and save Maggie.
baseball has never reaNy taken off over here. A lack of The Simpson's arcade game is packed with humour and
popularity hasn't stopped Electronic Arts launching big bright colourful graphics. Pop along to the local
another baseball game endorsed by Earl Weaver. What's coin-operated video game emporium for a sneak pre-
new. then? view of what's coming to your machine.
For starters, this sporty simulation comes with vari- With the clout of being possibly the world's largest
•1*
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I M E RM E M M O M E M E M O M I NI M M E M mated characters and a 'physics model that recreates ed the help of Simpsons creator. Matt Groening, in
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2 . Z . realbrne baseball'. bringing Bart's cult character and pernicious personality
Y.
The impatient programmers at Electronic Arts have to life.
T•.
.w also included a quick-start feature to get you into play House of Weirdness begins as Homer grounds Bart
D Robinson's
.= micro was invaded by one of those within thirty seconds. Prospective players shouldn't get to his room until he is 'ready to act like a human being'.
nasty
i computer
=I viruses. What can you do if your PC too carried away by VGA visions of arcade action, the There's little chance of that. eh readers! To escape his
catches
d a
F dose of digital disaster? As Josh isn't avail- emphasis in this sequel flows more towards the strate- tragic confinement. Bart tries to find a way out through
abl
y e to cure such problems in real-life, those very nice gy side of things. the hallway, closet door and bedroom window. He must
mock
o at S&S International have stepped in with an Oh, I nearly forgot. Tom Selleck, alias TV private eye enter each of these routes to find some essential stuff
al
utemabve solution. Magnum, is starring in a new baseball movie to be that transforms him into the radical 'Bartman: Avenger
w The latest version of Dr Alan Solomon's Anti-Virus released next year. of Evil'. Only then will Bart be prepared for the base-
Tooilot apparently tackles over 650 viruses and their
a Cowabunga is out, Have a Cow is today's current ment, backyard and the 'coolest item in the universe'.
vari
t ants. I never knew there were this many strains of catchpluase. Yep, America's latest cult cartoon charac- 'Bart Simpson has quickly become an entertaining
potenti
c al pain, a frightening thought isn't it? ters are currently being shown on satellite television, character and a symbol of rebellion and radical humour
h 'Severe viruses work covertly, typically by swapping printed on T-shirts and signing chart-busting rap songs. for both children and adults," says Konami's Brian
around
N very small elements of data files so the unpro- The Simpsons are set to hit the poor PC... Dimick. Both titles should be available in time for Xmas.
tected user remains unaware of the infection for a long
e A leading Canadian software development outfit has Warthog is winging rts way back! Flushed by their
ipenodot time." reveals Or Solomon. By the time a virus been commissioned to vmte not one but two games success with the reformed re-releases of older games,
gis discovered, few people are likely to have back-ups based around this year's replacement for those teenage Dynamix and Sierra On-Line have devised an upgrade of
hgong back far enough to restore completely clean data turtle Mingles. Konami asked DS1, developers of Test their A10 flight simulator. Tank Mier Enhanced is avail
blies. Drive and 4D Boxing, to get cracking on an original able to registered owners of the original game and
o Anti-Virus Tootkit costs between £59 and 5275. The arcade adventure title called Bart Simpsons' House of comes with improved graphics and animation, new flight
umore expensive price is primarily for business types Weirdness and a conversion of the newly released modeNing (or added realism, and better support of
rrolio want the piece of mind provided by monthly Simpsons' coin-op_ sound cards and flight yokes..
suogrades, newsletters and fax alerts. If you feel a little In the arcade release, players have the choice at • Rik Haynes
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you produce special visual effects including flying logos about something similar in the UK?
AMIGA and log. Plus, there are many more soohisticated
graphics tricks such as 'fast photorealistic rendering
Disaster struck Kevin &Amer, creator of Terminator
2 for Ocean. when thieves broke into his house while he
with adjustable anballasing', 'particle systems with vari- was on holiday last month. These tiresome troublemak-
able motion blur' and 'realtirne scene preview with jog ers ransacked the place and stole BuIrner's Amiga-
shuttle control'. I don't know what this stuff does, but based development kit, including a hard drive full of pro-
Ailmmenummeii they certainly sound impressive. gramming routines which are useless to anybody but
You can phone NewTek on (0101-913-354-1146). KO( Kevin. Luckily this unfortunate situation hasn't
\ m s i m M U E S S IM M Os m m s t. T en them ACE sent you and they might say, *Gee, I love affected the release of the game. Good lob really, con-
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m
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D l digital effects, dual frame buffers, character spin-outs. All this reminds me of Mindscape's Days of The past year, Sierra On-Line has employed some of the
generator
o so and 3D animation? Have you got $3,995 to Thunder - not a very good omen. very best programmers and designers in the USA.
spend
y mon such a device? Answer yes to both these The trouble with stock car racing is that it's all pretty Games like King's Quest V are proving the prudence of
questions
o sm and you should be thinking about purchasing boring until a crash happens. Konami has tried to iniect this recruitment scheme.
the
u critically-acclaimed
o Video Toaster from Amiga graph- excitement into their release through the implementa- Desktop pilots after some plane facts should look no
ics
n specialists,
s NewIek Incorporated. tion of a first person perspective view of the track and
s further than The Official Lucasfilm Games Air Combat
e Being
o situated in the sleepy mid-west state of buritin car editor. Here you adapt your beast by adjust- Strategy Book. Phew, what a mouthful! Authors Ruse(
Kansas
e m hasn't prevented NewTek''s engineers from ing gear ratio, spoiler angle, tire stagger and transmis- DeMaria and George Fontaine have plenty of hot hints to
m
devising
d s one hot piece of gadgetry. Na wonder the sions for the hairpin turns of Sears Point or the high Battlehawlis 1942 and Their Finest Hour: The Battle of
Video
a Toaster took them over four years to develop. banked ovals ol Daytona and Talladega. If you really get Britain. Even the Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe have
n The New York Times says Video Toaster is the equiv- into the game, there's a Gameboy version for players been dissected for your playing pleasure.
alent
a of a $60,000 TV studio and USA Today believes it who want to line-tune their stock car skills on the way to Without repeating any information already found in
makes
l an Amiga act just like a Hollywood production work every morning. the manuals, DeMaria and Fontaine provide new insights
studio. High praise indeed, but what does this wonder To make you feel green with envy, Koriami in America
l into the historic air missions and the people who flew
widget
- actually do? For a start you can create animated has NM run a brilliant competition to meet Bill Elliott, them.
videos in full broadcast resolution and 16.8 minion witness the 1992 Daytona 500 and win a sporty Ford
i The air strategy guide teaches you the special flying
colours.
n Video Toaster pumps out fades, digital trans Thunderbird Super Coupe. The finalists are due to play manoeuvres used by pilots in battle, explaining in step-
and
- tumbles like there's no tomorrow. Yeah, that's a lot the NES adoption of Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge later by-step detail how to fly your plane through the tricky
ofovision in anybody's language. this year • where they'll compete to capture the flag as acrobatic moves of the skilled combat pilot.
n NewTeli's LightWave 3D Animation software helps well as the Ford. Now that's what I call a prize! How • Guy WebbACE
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Nso on the way from Friend-Chip are Mini-Max, a 12-in
d Sound Technology's C-Lab display featured music edu- 15-out MIDI patchbay; and SM'X 900, an expandable
c
cation programs Aura and Midi& together with the long- version built up from 8-out units. The function of a MIDI
a awaited cut-down version of the Notator sequencer/ patchbay is to allow you to route different MIDI con-
s music transcription package. trollers - a sequencer, drum machine, keyboard or MIDI
t
Notator Alpha was The most striking product of the drum pad perhaps t o a number of MIDI sound mod-
s Show, though, had to be Philip Rees' G2 MIDI controller.
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t amomommonna
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immumnimainumum expensive and fiddly to use. The Friendchip products,
u looks like nothing so much as Mr. Spock's Vulcan harp. though, are MIDI-controlled using Super Max, an Si
d With six velocity-sensitive plezo pickup plates mounted software accessory which uses a series of pro-
i where the strings of a guitar would be. the G2 has grammable gird screen displays which can be called up
o ulys Olympia British Music Fair (or International twelve button on the neck, which can be programmed from your sequencer program, re-routing your equip-
l w to produce any note from a 'strummed" plate. A knob ment as you Oay! Prices have yet to be confirmed.
ai
broaden the range of exhibitors) is usually the launching on the end of the neck and the LCD on the body allow Another good bit of ST music news is the return of
point
Mt lor loads of new music software. you to store forty "necks" of chords, giving a total of Hybrid Arts after a period in the distribution wilderness.
u hThis year, though, there was hardly a computer to be 480 chords. A thirteenth button on the neck calls up SMPTE Track, GenEdrt and HA's other MIDI software
seen,
s major distributors kke Eventorle Soundworks and new programs, and a pressure-sensitive plate on the packages have finallybeen picked up by Digital Music.
Zone
i failed to appear, and the remaining exhibitors body allows you to introduce performance effects such New versions in the pipeline include Edit Track Gold
c
showing loads of updates but very little in the way of as potchbend. V6.0 and SMPTE Track Gold V6.0 for the
new
F product. In conjunction with an ST running a sequencer pack- Si, at £129 and £395 respectively (with an upgrade
a Good news came from distributors MCMXCIX, whose age, the G2 would form a powerful programming sys- oath offer from Edit Track II and SMPTETrack11): and the
entry-level
i ST sequencer Trax has now been ported to tem; it will be available from around October at just latest version of the generic patch editor GenEcirt, at
the
r PC, Amiga and Mac,still costing only E594.VAT. over E400. £179 for the St
Encore,
a the powerful Mac notation program, has been Not seen at the IMS, but launched a few weeks earlier Digital Music's most interesting new launch is an
ported
s to the ST and PC, it can record in real- time or at the trade-only APRS (Association of Professional unusual product from Scorpion Systems; "sYbir isni a
stephme,
i transcribe MIDI files, and support 64 staves Recording Studios) Show, was the KAT from Friendc hip, sequencer or algorithmic composer as such, but a real.
with
t 4 voices per staff_ Cost is L369+VAT. to be distributed in this time MIDI program for improvised performances. Taking
i country by Q-Logic, the inventors of the MIDI Metro simple melodies from a MIDI controller, sYbil can turn
s New from Opcode is Track Chart, for all formats, a visual timing display.The K-AT is a remote controller them into multi-Writ:oral chords, complex meloches,or
studio
n management program providing the engineer designed for software sequencer users; it plugs into the even program change commands, The package is avail-
with
o on-screen mix information which can be locked to joystick port of the ST, arid is supported by desk acces- able at £99
SMPTE.
w Printed track sheets can Include information sory software which lets you assign any of the 14 avaa- 'CHRIS / DO G
such
k as song titles, track names, able control functions to any ST key, so you could
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ATARI LYNX matter. Er, the size of your software base

that is! Sega is launching a new
new, if an unimaginatively titled, maga-
zine dedicated to our favourite handheld
ers. You must rid the planet of alien
invaders who have taken over the skies
and seas. Turbo-Sub uses the sprite scal-
Gamegear title every week or so. I think slab of silicon. I haven't actually seen the
it's about time Atari started to realise the first issue yet, but if you're interested ing features of the Lynx to great effect,
Lynx needs up-to-date conversions from send 35p and a large SAE to: Lynx User, though some would say the gameplay is
top people like Ocean and Konarni 11 Montgomery Drive, Spensers Wood, a little too basic by today's standards.
they're going to win the colour handheld Reading, Berkshire RG7 1BO. This fast blast is out soon.
wars. rd rather play Terminator 2 than Meanwhile, Andrew Reid is offering
Turbo Sub Know what I mean? players a free sample of his fanzine if you TAME THE GAME
send a first class stamp to 63 Croftway, Don't forget to defuse the ball in TOUR-
Thanks for the terrific response from Selby, North Yorkshire YOB 9DD. Don't NAMENT CVSERBALL if you want to keep
A when Gazza was seen holding a
people out to grab some tree publicity forget to include your return address, those powerful running backs, agile wide
t Lynx on the front page of The
for their Lynx-onentated efforts. My heart though! receivers arid star quarterbacks alive.
Sun,
a but Sega is pulling out all the stops
leapt with delight and surprise as I dis- Last, but by no means least, Peter Short plays such as Flex Run, Goal Line
promoting
n their Gamegear colour hand-
covered the large number of generous Terry has a more commercial venture on and LB Blitz are great against the run or
hel
md console. Every time I switch on souls helping other players with hints, operation where he buys, sells and short yardage plays. Whole short passes
Chi
a ldren's TV - only for my kids of course maps, cheats and reviews. Well done, exchanges Lynx carts. There's also a are hopeless when facing defensive line.
-I'm
y bombarded by yet another give guys! monthly mag to keep his customers up's like Safety Blitz and LB Drop. For
aw
h ay competition, giving away the com- Judging by the mail I've received over happy. Does Peter ever find time to long formations go with a Prevent,
peti
a tion. Even cricketer Graham Gooch the last couple of weeks, there are seem- sleep? For more details send an SAE to Corner Blitz or Flat Nickel. When playing
prefers
v his free Gamegear to buying a
ingly loads of active Lynx users dotted all 32 Boma Road, Trentham, Stoke, offensive passes there's nothing better
Leynx and I've just seen children's
around the country_ I only wish we could Staffordshire ST4 BEB. than a good Thrust, dastardly Double
favouri
w te Ti personality Philip Schofield form some sort of official club like the I'd love to hear from you if you've lust Cross or taking the Easy Money!
vat
o one. Looks like Sega employs a pub- lucky Japanese video garnes players started a user group or have some tips
ico relations agency with better contacts
have for their consoles. Let's hope this to share with other players out there. Or You can make your plane perform
ilayou ask me.
dream of togetherness could someday perhaps there's something bugging you really tight turns in WARBIRDS by switch-
P The bosses at Atari must be feeling become a reality. What do you say. Atari? about the Lynx or video games in gener. mg the engine off. When pursued by a
the
R squeeze because they recently print- Without further delay, here's a quick al? Either way, please write to me care of persistent enemy, dive into the clouds to
ed a Mine is Better Than Yours' sort of
c run-clown of the most active Lynx users Lynx Pink Pages, ACE, EMAP Images, ditch them. Finally, and a rather obvious
brochure filled with statements such as
o around. Priory Court, 30-32 Farringdon Lane, one here, attack aircraft from behind.
the
u 'Gamegear is based on the old Sega Sorry, if I've missed you out. London EC1R 3A1). For those of you real- Why should this be so air-pparent? Guns
Master
p and shows it', 'Garnegear has no
Unfortunately, the mail has been effected ly into high-tech gadgetry Ill also include are forward-finng only in this game!
special features like scaling and rotation'
by a local postal dispute so rewrite those our fax number (071 490 1094),
and 'Garnegear is limited to 64K car-
letters and send them into me at the
tridges while the lynx can take eight
usual address lsee below). The aforementioned Turbo-Sub is an • Tony Montana
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SUPER FAMICOM don't know what planet last month's East's stand. I looked underneath really do look like the "real life" char-
writer of this column was from, but the display, Just in case they were acters - I saw Hulk Hogan and the
the game isn't anything like the pulling a fast one and had a coin-op Ultimate Warrior - and the animation
arcade original • it's merely based PCB lurking underneath, but lo and and sampled sound effects are both
on it. The first level features great behold there was a Super Famicom superb. Judging by the immense
mounds of earth which burst with a Caveman Nin0 cartridge! It's popularity of the sport, I think this
upwards as you walk across the a really neat beat 'em up in which could be a massive seller!
ground, cages filled with goodies, you guide a wacky cartoon-style But what I'm looking forward to
and newer, tougher baddies. caveman across a zany cartoon- most of all are Electronic Arts trio
There's also a range of new style backdrop, kicking the seven of sports games: John Madden's
weapons with which you can shades of shinola Out of ker-a-zee Football, Laker's Vs Celtics and PGA
unleash major death and destruc- cartoon-style baddies, In fact, the Tour Golf. I saw very, very early
tion. It's definitely the best Super only annoying thing about the game demos (the John Madden's one was
Famicom game yet seen, with is that it won't be available until about a week old and was finished
T ready for the US release of graphics and sound that'll blow you early next year. Ni well. two hours before the show!) and
h the Super Famicom (Super away. Keep a watch out for it. Tradewest enter the Super having spoken to the programmers.
NES, as it'll be called) is continuing Famicom market with Ivan
e Another joystick-throbbingly good I think all three could be amazing.
apace, and things are beginning to
r title is Super R-Type. Again, it's not lronman" Stewarrs Super Off-Road They'll basically be the same as
look very interesting. a straight arcade conversion, but is
a The recent Chicago CES Show Challenge, a faultless copy of the the Megadrive versions, but with
based on the machine. The first Super Sprint-inspired coin-op. The enhancements wherever the hard-
c a good indication of what was
gave level is all-new, and features a back- game looks, sounds and plays per- ware allows it. So expect zooming
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ment
g for literally a few weeks (caus- next week, and there's a variety of machine. Hot potato! ,Yowzer!!
ing
e some dozy berks to think that I also like the look of Wrestlemania
new and familiar weapons with Finally, if you're thinking of buying
they
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looked
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rows of spanking new, virtually fin- fans should get hold of when it's
o actors that play out utterly hilarious got a guarantee from the retailer.
ished games that were on display at released later on this month.
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FLAME S OF FREEDOM:
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Microprose • Atari ST £24.99 •
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Now this is a challenge; how do
you sum up a huge game like
Fof7 The big thaw has set in,
and Mi dwi nter is now Agora,
the island HQ of the Atlantic
Federation. You play one of

HE
their crack agents with the task
of scuppering an i mpendi ng
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Empire. The majority of the

SHELF'
game takes place in a massive
solid-3D world, wi th your spy
able to use any mode of trans-
port he/she may come across,
everything from on-foot to heli-
copter. But this is no shoot-'em-
up_ There's more than enough
strategy and subterfuge to keep
any non-arcade fan happy. A
major contender for game of
the year - already!
• AC E R AT I N G 9 5 0 O N AT AR I ST

Imperial Palace'. As before the
Do you know, I board is viewed in 3D, with all
hate writing the the pieces 'taking each other in a
intro to Hot Off variety of amusing and well-ani-
mated ways. While a bit slow and
The Shelf. I mean irritating running from floppies
take this month, due to all the disc swapping, a
hard disc shows the game to be
for example. What far faster and more lethal than
on Earth is there normal Chess. A game that
should keep even the most jaded
to say about the Chess fan happy.
Merry Month of... • ACE RATING 895 ON IBM PC
er... September?
Nothing, that's BO ULDE RDAS H
what! Victor Musical Industries •
Gameboy V3400 (Import)
Surely you Yet another steal from the
know the score by aging C64's catalogue of great
games. Hey kids, remember
now: the top this? Guide cute a nd cuddly
respect save one: there were no
guns! Fine for the Ban-The-
Bomb/Wear-Flowers-In-Your-
Hair brigade, but more than a
little disappointing for the rest
of us. This latest outi ng wi th the
grizzled old vet rectifies that
complaint... and much more
besides. Pilots can fly 'planes
from ei ther WW2, Korea or
Vietnam in a number of mis-
sions. Even more fun is the abili-
ty to pit, say, a Mustang from
WW2 against a Phantom from
Korea. High realism means this
isn't one for the pick up 'n' play
brigade, but it's a fine purchase
for the sim fan looking for a
challenging and long-lasting
experience.
• A C E R AT I N G 9 0 0 O N I BM PC
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Mindscape • Amiga £24.99 •
Atari ST £24.99 S PC 124.99
This violent clash between two
solid-polygon generated
pugilists is the best rendition of
the 'nobl e art' yet seen on a
home computer. The use of
polygons allows the action to
be viewed from absolutely any
angle, and a video playback
opti on allows you to watch that
decisive upper-cut again and
again. Highly realistic, some
great pol ygonated expressions
of anguish on the fighter's
faces, a huge range of moves
and a lot of work to be put in if
you're to become World
Champ!
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games from the Rockford ar ound umpteen

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Sequel-itis spreads from
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industry! This time round the
rules are based on the Chinese
variant of Chess, which intro-
duces some new moves, has a
river bisecting the board (which
some pieces can't cross) and limits
the Kings movement to an
(that's journo-speak for more
than can be counted on one
hand) mazes of boulders and
meanies in pursuit of diamonds.
But bear in mind that digging
ar ound boulders can make
them tumble down on your
head! An arcade puzzle game
of the most addictive kind and
yet another game ideally suited
to Ni ntendo's B&W handhel d
wonder
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The two previous Chuck Yeager
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F-14 TO MCAT
Activision • Amiga LTBA •
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One can't help feeling that F-14
Tomcat is going to have some-
thi ng of an uphill struggle to be
noticed, what wi th the recent
release of a whole slew of top-
notch fli ght sims, such as US
Gol ds Jetfighter II and Chuck
Yeager's Air Combat. To be per-
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both these competing titles, but
it's still a hi gh-qual i ty product.
The biggest criticism is that it's
very hard to lose. Eject and let
the jet crash i nto the desert and
nine times Out of ten Command
will return you to active duty
wi thout even a ticking off.
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Renegade crash onto the
games scene with this, their
first release - and what a corker
it is too! Set in Ancient Greece,
the player controls a hunky war-
rior who must be gui ded
thr ough four levels of plat-
forms, monsters and puzzles to
a face-off with Something Very
Nasty in the Underworld. Okay,
so Renegade win no prizes for
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are smart, too!) and bags of
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Game scenarios don't come
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means far too contor ted to go
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temporary luminaries as
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cursor you have t o drop varying
sections of piping ont o t he grid,
wit h the aim of mak ing a
pipeline f or 'fl ooz ' t o fl ow
down. Should t he fl ooz leak
before it has passed t hrough a
set number of pipe sections
then it's game over. Later levels
introduce direc t ional pipes (the
flooz MUST fl ow a certain way)
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Electronic Arts • Amiga £29.99
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A new c omput er classic, wit h
t he highest ACE rat ing ever. You
play a warlord, ex iled f rom y our
homeland along wit h t went y
followers, wh o has just landed
on t he shores of 200 islands,
ripe f or c onquering.
Unf ort unat ely the c urrent resi-
dents are not quit e so keen on
y our enforced leadership, and
will do all t hey can to resist you.
Using a s imilar v iewpoint t o
Populous, t he landscape is here
polygon-based and thus can be
manipulat ed in just about any
way you require. The excellent
visuals are s upport ed by highly
atmospheric sound. All c ont rol
is by mouse, and c ouldn't be
easier, To play it is t o wors hip it.
An abs olut ely essential buy.
* ACE RATING 973 ON AMI G A
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A game t hat could so easily go
unnot ic ed and unlov ed by the
shelf-scouring hordes look ing
f or t he latest licence. The
graphics, wh e n static, are fairly
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but when they move... The ani-
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Prince t hrough umpt een levels
of platforms, pits, spikes and
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ics. Some of t he action has a
real Jody-style c lif f -hanger
aspect t o it_ Miss this and y ou'll
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Origin/ Minds c aoe • PC £34.99
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Using t he Ult ima VI interface,
Origin have taken a side-step
f rom t he mediev al world of
t heir previous games, and now
plunge you int o a night mare
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part y of characters mysteriously
t rans port ed t o a dinosaur-
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* ACE RATING 955 ON IBM PC
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estimate) quest t hrough a world
populat ed by scurvy knaves and
assorted cut-throats. Game
interaction is made easy-as-pie
by t he simple point -'n'-c lic k con-
trol. By turns bot h tense and
funny, t he abs orbing at mo-
sphere is only slightly marred by
t he overuse of t he 'TN' symbol.
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SONI C THE HEDGEHOG
SegaNirgin • Megadriv e 134.99
Aaaah, Sonic t he Hedgehog. At
last a qualit y t it le f or Sega's lit-
tle black beaut y t hat really
shows what t he mac hine can do
in t he hands of the inspired. It
certainly makes up f or t he likes
of Ka•GeeKi and Mi d n i g h t
Resistance. Believe me, y ou'v e
never seen a plat f orm game
move this fast. And thankfully,
clever game design has ensured
t hat high speed does n't mean
high unplayability. But bet t er
t han Mario? Well, perhaps not.
It lacks the Nint endo giants
dept h and long-las t ing chal-
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none-the-less, and y ou'd be a
right f ool t o miss it. Can't wait
f or Sonic 2!
ACE RATING 925 ON SEGA MO
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SegaNirgin • Megadriv e 0 9 . 9 5
This c oin-op conversion was
rev iewed some t ime ago on
home computer. Thankfully, t he
Megadriv e inc arnat ion is
supremely s uperior - if you did-
n't k now bet t er y ou'd swear
you were play ing t he arcade
machine. Strider Hiryu has t o
j ump and t umble t hrough levels
of arcade-perfect action.
St unning f or its graphics, sound
and gameplay, St rider is a must-
buy f or any Megadriv e owner.
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Nint endo • Super Famic om (inc.
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Could this be t he best plat f orm
game available? The game f ol-
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ing adventures of Mario, as he
jumps and joy-rides his way
t hrough 99 sub-levels of plat -
f orm action. What makes the
game so special - apart f rom its
superlative graphics, s t unning
sound FX and super-satisfying
c ont rol - is the nev er-ending
variety in t he gameplay ; it's not
all just running and jumping.
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• ACE RATING 910 ON FAMI CO M
SPACE Q UE S T I V
Sierra On-Line • Atari ST fTE3A
• Amiga f TBA • IBM PC £34.99
Top-Qualit y goof ball space
adv ent ure wit h lots of humour
and minimal dit hering around.
Sierra hav e managed t o com-
bine excellent graphics and a
biz arre-y et -c omprehendable
t ime-t rav elling story line. Guide
Roger Wilc o t hrough a roller-
coaster adv ent ure inv olv ing
absolutely no t y ping and some
excellent puzzle-design. Every
location contains a surprise! Not
t oo good if you o wn a s low PC,
and is v irt ually unwork able
f rom fl oppies. Otherwise, a
pretty essential purchase if you
can put up wit h t he constant
craziness,
* ACE RATING 880 ON I BM PC
WI NG CO MMANDE R
OriginiMinds c ape • Amiga
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Anot her 3D space c ombat
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graphics f or the spaceships.
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t he action and present t he fi rst
t rue cinematic experience on a
home computer. The mult it ude
of missions mean this isn't a
game of surface gloss. Sadly
only best apprec iat ed on t he
high speed PC.
ACE RATING 949 ON I BM PC
WO NDE RLAND
Magnet ic Scrolls • Amiga
£29.99 S Atari ST 129.99 • PC
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The Scrolls, hav ing stunned t he
world wit h The Pawn way back
in 1987, ret urn wit h a new clas-
sic. An adv ent ure game based
on t he f amous novel Alice in
Wonderland, t he plot f ollows
t he book enough t o ret ain its
weird fl av our but not so slavish-
ly as t o mak e it solvable by sim-
ply k nowing t he story. The lav-
ish text, t eeming wit h hundreds
of t ough (but logical) puzzles, is
ac c ompanied by a number of
s t unning animat ed graphic
scenes. The f ut ure of adv ent ure
games is here. An essential buy.
ACE RATING 910 ON I BM PC

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Welcome to a new series of short
stories paying homage to the many
varied styles of game genre found
in our vibrant marketplace. Each
month we'll be wowing you with
gripping edge of the seat stories in
the style of a particularly popular
game of the moment. This month
our imagination was especially
gripped by semi-cover game and
not boring flight sim Thunderhawk.
And so it is with no little pride that
we present...
BLOOD ON THE ROTOR
BLADES
ByJim Douglas and Gary Whitta
VOLTS
T plenty of poker in his time, and kne w that he was playing
wrists. Warm, thick blood ran into little puddles along
h forearms. But the centimetre-deep grooves gouged out
his
bye the abrasive rertraints would pale into insignificance
when
r Klanggharninar experienced the searing 500,000 volts
that the Clay County Jail electric chair was about to deliver.
o W bring h e back safely. if you do all that in time and
Aman with a face like the cold stone of the Eiger and
auheart to match, Ex-Colonel and top chopper pilot Hardy
Klarigghamnsar
g was about to meet his maker. Resolutely
silent
h to the last (this, in part was ensured by the black rub-
ber
l bit forced into his mouth to prevent him biting through
his own tongue during electrocution) Klangghammar dis-
e
passionately mulled over his capture, enforced drug addic-
tion
a and framing for a series of grizzly murders at the hands
oft Central American drug overlord Manuel Costa Rica
Alberto Fandango.
h Klanggharnmar had done questionable things, and the
e
world would undoubtedly be a safer place without him.
Indeed Klangghammar could take it like a man, but to die a
r emerged o from the hangar dressed in his flight gear and car-
coward'sdeath on his own home soil without the chance to
s f laser-guided targetting vector helmet H e breathed
wring the truth • and the life - out of the greasy albino
t a few moments calmly trying to tune into a good radio sta-
sob. was making him most unhappy.
r Asthe priest read Klangghaminar his last rites and an
orderly
a tightened the steel skull cap around his head, the
erizzled pilot knew these were to be his last moments on
p n Radar couldn't see it. Sonar couldn't Near it. Not
God'sprecious Earth A distant electrical humming noise
s growing in volume and pitch soine vite ie behind him,
was
but
g he could not turn his head to see the generator from
which
n it was coming Wha t Klangoltammar could see.
directly
a in front of him, was a young man standing behind a
plate glass window, his hand resting gently on a large lever-
w
siMich mounted on the wa ll. in a few moments that lever
e
would be thrown downwards, and Klangghammar would
receive
d Mr-customary two volts that the US penal system
requires
i to send you to your maker But Klangghammar
knew that even here he must show no fear, and 50 he grit-
n his teeth and stuck out his chest in one last gesture of
ted
eternal
t defiance as the priest closed his bible and batted
away.
o Dignified to the last.
Suddenly, the man behind the glass seemed distracted.
Kshand wavered no the switch and then moved away from
Hi
l Over towards his desk. To._ the phone! He listened
it.
a
intently to receiver, shaking his head and then nodding.
Klangghammar
n feared his eardrums would burst as he
strained to the point of blackout to try and hear the words
g
being said The man hung up the phone and motioned to
g skull-cap orderly. Looking slightly disgruntled, and
the
mumbling
h under his breath, he unstrapped the prisoner's
hands
a , feet and after wrestling the skull cap free, helped
Klanggisammar to his feet. "You're out," he said.
r e
n PROPOSITION
m there. h-
a An hour later and Klanisghaminar was sitting in an a ir-
craft hangar, across a peculiarly elegant mahogany desk
rfrom a wrted granite-face who called himself Jack Marshall.
'
Viowered and inspecting his fresh!)
,sKlanghammai
b a n d aquietly g e dlistened while Marshall talked
'You're a gocidamred burnout, Klangghammar. Your
w r i s t s ,
tile makesanything but pleasant reading. Striking a corn
minding officer? Insubordination? Discharging a weapon in
the officers' canteen/ Murder??! I f it had been my hand on
Slut switch you would have fried in a second."
"But it wasn't," Klangghammar cleverly observed.
"Right. And unlike you, I know how to follow orders,
Aro mine come from the top The very top. We've got a big
motherof a problem and we need an expendable psy•
chopath to get us out of rt."
•I'm retired now,' said Klanggharnmat, looking
around the room in the arrogant disinterested fashion that
hehad spent years perfecting. 1 don't do your dirty work
anymore."
said Marshall coolly 'The n you can go back to
the chair • He looked at his watch. -
Can
I f hive
w eyou Bar-B-Crd
h u r rby y lour."
, and
Klangghammar shifted uncomfortably in his chair. He
I t h i n k
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pink pages
FICTION
didn't like not having a choice. -
after
W h aa long
t ' s pause.
t h Marshall
e look a folder from his in-Tray
America. He figured that he had a good twe nty minutes to
locate the terrorist base, would spend a furthe r ten minutes
marked Top Secret and tossed it across the desk at
d e a l softening up the defences with FEAR missiles and the 60mm
Klangghammar. Begrudgingly, he flipped it open and chain gun before landing and rescuing Tama.
r
looked at the papers h e There was no mistaking the girl
inside. He figured wrong. They were on him like buzzards
s the ablack-and-white
in i d picture on top of the pile
"Of course you know who that is, ' said Marshall. Of
round a corpse. Ten, maybe fifteen hostile radar blips
worked their way towards the Thunderhawic Some moving
course Klangghammar knew. Every red•blooded man in the faster than others. The quick ones were MrGs, This slower
country did. looked like more choppers,
"That's Tania teremysinith, President teremysmith's "Pity...", murmured Klangghammar as he performed
only daughter. And she's been kidnapped." Klangghammar
looked up in disbelief as Marshall continued. "The O A has
an outside loop and flicked the Thunderhawk upside down
to face the first enerny choppe r, '. .f or the m.'
done some digging around and linked the kidnapping to ae Abdullah ilyich Sikanksi hadn't been out of the acade-
international terrorist triad, consisting of a group of Middle my long. He could hit the cardboard ground targets and
Eastern fanatics, the Russians and some Columbian drug could make a pre tty good attempt at downing those big
dealers. Of course you know that Miss Tania is not only the
country's top glamour model and film star, but is also the
helium-filled dummy (hoppers, but a live target, le t alone a
target as slippery and deadly as the airbone conga eel pre-
leading authority on high-energy physics in the western
world W e believe the triad may want her to build them an
sented by Hardy Klangghammai in the Thunderhawk was
another matter entirely.
atomic bomb fille d with cocaine to drop on Washington Skankski fumbled with his "Live ' switch, feeling a
DC" peculiar giggly excitement as he became aware of the
"The bastards," muttered Klanghammar. Marshall nod- importance of his situation. Could he, a lowty third-rate just-
ded, and then leaned forward across the desk, his face an out-of-training combat novice really b e about to down the
iron mask of sincerity. -
President
T h e r e has ' s developed a rare bone condition - MS fatal
legendary Klangghammar, thus thwarting the West's plans
for a peaceful conclusion to tomorrow's Soviet summit?
unless he receives a marrow injection within the next 24
s o m e t his Ionia
i n his only living relative and therefore Could he, a nasty oily yellow-toothed communist with ill fit-
hours. Not only ting overalls and no success with women put an end to the
g only person with compatible marrow, her special surgi
the legendary career of the Americaren's most feared and
cal
e training
l smakes e her the only person in the world capable admired flying ace and womaniser?
of
T completingh such a complex operation. And with the US-
Soviet summit tomorrow, we need her bock, H a rdy"
NO.
As Skaoksi prepared his twin cannons and tried a back-
e Klarigghammar decided to play it cool. He'd played up manoeuvre of locking on with his Air to-Airs, the
Thuncterhawk barrel-rolled towards him out of the early
verbal poker with Marshall here. And even though he knew morning sun, delivering a salvo of heat-seeking rockets and
he had a losing hand, he was playing his cards close to hut mini gun fire . And in the rotor blades' swirl, the flash of the
chest. "Wha t's in it for m e r he asked. cannon, the glint of sunlight on the cabin window, and in
- the reflective lenses of his victorious combatant's Ray Ban
girl and Aviators, Skariksi believed he saw in turn each Rider of the
the transplant operation is a success, there may be a presi- Apocalypse. Especially Death.
e
dential pardon You'll go free and your record will be wiped Banging his head like a demented gibbon and crying
w
clean. What do you say?"
and wa iling like the big commie girl's blouse that he was,
Klangghammar
a thought it over for a few moments. Skanksi prepared for his white-Not lead and caudite, bone
"Can Inhave a gun?" he asked. Marshall 'sodded. 'I 'm in .' he cracking, hair bleaching death. I t was all over in a second.
said. They didn't shake hands. Righting the Thunclerhawic and lighting another
t
y TRANSPORT Marlboro, Klangghammar calmly waited for the radar blip
of his victim to disappear from the screen. His eyes then fe ll
o on the three MiGs bearing down from the north in standard
The arrow-head formation
u AH-64-221B-69-724125-X15-80-346 Super
Thunderhawk Low-Level interdiction Stealth Combat Any more for any more , ' he asked with a wry smile.
t
Helicopter sat dormant on the helipad, a s Klaogghammar
The trio of MiGs converged and began the ir multiple-Ca
attack run, fingers twitching on their missile triggers and
rying his
singing the Russian national anthem. Klarigghammar spent
in the lcold, sharp morning air and looked a t the sleek, black
shape of the Thunderhasvir. Billions of dollars and the west- tion, and after a fe w moments' knob-twiddling, "Living in
y
ern woricrs greatest milita ry minds had gone into building America" by tames Brown blasted over the quadrophonic
it, so iti looked more like a shadow than a helicopter, even surround-sound speakers. Klangghammar cranked it up to
up close.
the max and switched it to the external PA system.
even the
, human eye could ever be sure if it was actually Something was getting to Komraide 'Colonel Ivan
there or not. The weapons it carried were enough to raze a Borigovski, squadron leader of the elite Red Skorpion
b
small third-world nation to the ground, and they had done Airborne Tactical Response Unit, the lastest and best air
u
on several occasions during some of the USA's less publicised force in the world - that is, of course, apart front the one-
wars- This
s was a monster, a demon from every Russian's man squadron that was the legendary Hardy
worst tpillow-biting nightmare. It was the ultimate combat Klangghammar. Though he was singing the national
weapon anthem as loudly and bravely as he could, he couldn't help
s
"Good to be back," thought Klanghammar as he tapping his feet and clicking his fingers to the mysterious
walked o across the tarmac towards the helicopter - at least funky sound that was seeping into his helmet, and seemed
he thought
m he was walking towards it, it was always diffi- to be coming from directly ahead. From Klangharnmar I
cult to te ll because of the way the special mulitplexar cam- 'N ie l! M e t!' Screamed Elonstovski and drowned out
e
ouflage hull bent the light around it. Klanghammar groped the sound. He opened the throttle further and screamed
his wahy around the he lya d like a blind man for ten minutes across the sky, his two wingnven in tow This time,
until he e fina lly found the Thunderhawk by walking into the Klangghammar, you will not be so clever,
tail rotor.
a He fe lt his way along the body of the machine But he was. Klangghammar could now see the three
and climbed
d used to into the cockpit. Then he got his first surprise. tiny MiCs about a mile off, thundering towards him out of
He was flying Hueys and A-10s in learn, and was not the sun A deadly game of aerial chicken was about to
prepared s for the technological marvel that faced him now. begin, a nd K lanqg ha menar wasn't about to back down. His
Instead , of the usual complicated joystick controls, in front of mind cast back to when he was a small child, and would
the chair
r was a single Amiga mouse, resting on a bolted- play chicken against his friends with petrol tankers. Fie
down mousemat Ever since the tiny software house from always used to win, and this wasn't arty different. Slowly,
Derby,eEngland had demonstrated how it was possible to and with a malicious smile on his face, he cranked the throt-
control g a helicopter simply by using a two-button mouse. tle to maximum power...
they had v been standard equipment in a ll combat heli- Borigovski was starting to lose his cool. The
copters. Thunderhawk was now accelerating directly towards them
"It takes a little getting used to, " said the voice from
besidet him. Klanghammar turned to see Marshall standing
at an incredible 2000 knots and was showing no signs of
turning. But Boristovski had always been taught that the
Americans were cowards,. surely Klangghammar would
that
B u tcyclice and collective balony. You can cycle through your swerve at the last minute?
weapons using the RETURN key," he continued, pointing to Klangehammar, now just a few thousand feet away
o ncustomised Amiga 500 that formed the helicopter's cen-
the from the advancing MiGs let loose a short burst of the chain
c econtrol console. "Remember you've only got 24 hours to
tral gun, and two-hundred mercury-typed hollow-points
complete
y the mission, so synchronise your watch. And just in turned one of the MiGs to a flaming wreck that fe ll out of
case
o you had any ideas about jetting off to Cuba in this little the sky like a dead bird. Boristovski and his remaining wing-
baby, the water in the drinking fountain that you used man, flinched but pushed on. Surely he would swerve at the
u
before you changed contains a slow-acting poison. You'll be last minute...?
g
dead in 24 hours unless you return here to have the anti- With just a hundred feet between Klangharnmar and
dote administered. And we 'll only do it if the President's
e the two MiGis Boristovski bottled it like the isceschtguz-
daughter is with you. zling ye llowbe lly he was, a nd tried to swerve to avoid the
t
CisrlflI Kla ngisa mme r spat at him through gritted inevitable collision. But the other M iG tried the same
u
teeth and lunged a t him, but Marshall just backed away maneouvre at the same time, and the two planes crashed
s
laughing and shut the cockpit door. "I think you'd better into each other and exploded in a ball of white flame.
get
e a move on," he sa id Klangghammar, completely calm, fle w through the fireball
and, through the cockpit window, saw Boristovski falling,
d FIREFIGHT screaming through the air below horn, his helmet melting
t with the intense heat around his head The ir eyes met for a
o moment and Klanggharnmar extended his iniM ie finger
The whispering turbines of the Thunclerhawk pulled and smiled in One rest farewell gesture.
iKlaogghammar through the dawn. Hugging the terrain, the
Boristovski hit the ground and his evil little communist
tchopper fle w south away from the cities, the skyscrapers
civilisation into the untamed warzone that is central body shattered in a second. His standard pilors Issue pistol,
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toosed off an incorrectly loaded rouretSkywards.
As Klanggearnmar hovered over the cOmDdl Zone and sur-
veyed the destruction he had cleated. h e almost super-
human hearing detected a frantic whistling above the now
gentle hum ol the Thunderhawk.
A second late( the rogue bullet struck the chopper's tad-
rotor sending it into a frantic spin generally regarded as la te
by even the most skilled and olog•nuts pilots. In the subse-
quent G-heavy spin and impact with the ground, even
Klarigghammars toughness was put sorely to the lest and,
sustaining compression breaks to 80% of his vertebrae, cuts
from flying glass and concussion, he passed out.
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The sweet smell of cooking meat was hardly tee la st thing
Klangghaminar expected to notice as he came round O n
realising however, that the smell was coming from the smoul-
dering blistered Ilash of his own che st and the coolung imple-
ment was a parecelarty expensive Cuban agar
Klangehamirear couldn't Nate but allow himself a wry smile.
'Starting gently. e h?'
"Keep quiet, you Steenking infidel capitalist N o g .' rasped
the half-man, hati-Mlno found at the other end of the stogie.
You weal be crushed under the mightee boot of brave drug
clelanous communist oil philosophy! But wee weal not let you
die slowly. Oh, no, MeeSter Not SO Clever Now, Ee t we e
probably rake weeks before your heart gives out under the
eentense pointy sticky M atey torture we have lined up tor
you -
Ke no/ la mina r laughed and spat a thick blob of gristly
phelgm at the shadowy figure. tt het him square in the face
and trickled down his che e k The figure smiled and wiped the
spine away, then leaned torwerd and let Kiangghammar see
his N a l t i was the shockad his life
Grinning at him from behind a cracked pair of sunglasses
and a set of hideously brown teeth was Manuel Costa Rica
Alberto Fanda ego! The vicious dealer
canary
, a n veso
d had not only been responsible tor the eye-water-
aig s u f f e r e d by Kiangghammar and hundreds of his
i n t e r n a t i o n a l
la o w POWs in Vietnam (Fandango was on the NWA's Payroll
m a freelance
as e rtorturer at the time). but who had framed
Klangghammaz ice a number of sexually-motivated murders
that he. in tact ha d committed.
'Fandango" gasped Klanggeammar Fandango smiled
and breke ott a couple ce the de e pe r paces fingernails with a
pair of peers. Klanaghammar used special meditation tech-
niques, taught to him by a Tibetan monk * vile on a Spec Ops
mission to the Far East in 82, to suppress this intolerable pain,
regret that Impel have to leeeve you in the care of my
men,' sneered Fsnolargo. ane motioned towards two muscle
bound fracas,. one carrying a car battery and set of jump leads,
the other holding a trey of surgical alsromenta The big
motorised ones.
I would have pattered to... see to you myself, but I have
other cemportare beeesineett The lovely Tana awaits me. I
weeel be forcing her to build us an atomic deeevice, and
when She is feeenished. I will be how you say. having my leg
over. Whe n a l our troops have had a go. we weeel be tionur
ing her arid keeehry her, and than we wooed drop her on the
Welehouse lawn. Hat har hare
Klangghammar wasn't really listening, he was too busy
trying to reach the !caged( that had been surgically implanted
into the palm of hi ha nd. r case of eventualities like this
Fandango stubbed hos cigar out on Klarghammats arm and
withdrew, and the Iwo Iraqis began setting up thaw equipment
Klanghanimar knew he must work last mlhe was to eel
through the four-inch thick chain that wa s holding him on the
operating table. If the [ ra w got to him feet and began tortur-
trig him, he wouttret be able to think clearly and that would be
it W o
r k As the two Iraqis shared a vile joke and a yellowing
cigarette
la s before getting down to business. Klaneigharnrear
curled his hand round and started to d y into his wrist with his
tthurnianat
... After a minute on intense scratching, the stun
broke and a thin Sliver of metal slid out, Klaoselharnmar
Caught it and went to won on the pa d!* * just by he hand.
Must work last t h e Iraqis were now moving towards him
equipment in hand. Klangghammar worked frantically with the
lockpick and after a tew more seconds, a quiet click told hen
that the kick had sprung open and his hand was free.
Klangghammar tried ID hide he expression of relief and
remained Inert allowing the Iraqis to get closer, weer, striking
range
They stopped by the operating table and looked down at
Klanggharnrnar, smiling "You are a dead man. Americanose
sneered one ot them and produced from the tray of instru•
Monts an amputation saw Now..
'Spin on this. screamed Klangethammar and propelled his
fist upwards. It hit the bottom of the rotaling saw and pushed
etdeep into the throat of the first Iraqi H e tell back, screaming
and clutching at his M e e t which was pumping out thick red
blood in powerful, pulsing jets. The other Iraqi were for his belt
holster. but Klargghammar, with his Delta Force training was
too fast wad had already recited the other loces. He lept
from the table at the screaming, cowardly Iraqi and knocked
hen to the floor, crying and begging tor he life !Hie a little gin.
It was to do him no good ' a Second later, Klarigghammar
snapped his neck like a dry twig arid stood up from the twitch-
ing body Ove r in the comer, the other Iraqi had died from loss
of blood, his face contorted Into a grim death ma sk.
leangohairmar had no lime to waste. He teak each of the
Iraqi's automatic pistols and chambered around into we e .
Time to kICk some ass. Big time.
As Klanggeammar threw oven the twin doors from the lor-
tele room into the terrorist compiexe main corridor, two
guards, who were patrolling lazily at the other end, noticed
him and fumbled frantically101 their riMes, which were slung
over their shoulders. The poor fools. thought Klanghammar as
rbe raised his pistol and abet the two guards through the head
from a distance el a hundred yards before they even reached
thee guns. The two bodies dropped and Klanggharnmar we st
ed no time in taking their rifles and ammunition Unfortunately
someone, somewhere had heard the shoe and alarm klaxons
began to sound all around the complex. 'b a rn : hissed
Klanetemmar and, holding a rifle like a pistol in each hand,
ran down the corridor, kicking in doors and looking inside for
any signs of Tania along the way
Elsewhere SOldiers were being * wa te re d around the
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complex, running MIS way and that. Fandango. who hadn't a
clue what was going on, grabbed hold of a young sergeant
"You," he ba rk
'The Americanose hissed the sergeant, a hint of terror M
,
his voice. Fandango noticed there was a damp, dark patch
' W
around theh top
e tat his trousers "H e e sca pe ' Stunned,
s
Fandango released the soldier, and ne ran off down the cone
dor 0
alter0his men.
0 'So Klanggeammar,• he said with a grin
that9was barely detectable. 'We meet again. For old limes'
Sake,' Fandango released the buckle clip on his be t holster
andowalkedn away down the corridor.
a t
NINJITSU
A tutees 'weight was ensuing. Klangghammar was slug-
ging rt out across a corridor with twenty soldiers, who were
constantly peppering the welts around him with machine gun
ere Klareighammar had originally been imercepted by a garn•
son Of fifty soldiers, but thirty ot them had already been
downed by Klanggitiammare crack marksmartship and a
selection cid exotic ninthsu techniques, Now he was holed in
beheld this doorway. and there was no way out - more men
would be arriving any minute, and he was down to his last
clip. Kianghammar sent another burst of nee tire screaming
down am corridor and another four soldiers fell to the ground.
blood pumping from their punctured bodes. There was anoth-
er burst of fire from the enemy a nd Klanggharemar was
forced ba ck into the doorway tor cover
BEARS
140fried the door. Locked. Not even one of Klaryghamar's
famous shoulder•barges, from his days as-the Chicago Be a re
Quarterback would open it Knowing that he couldn't fight it
out here for much ionger, he jammed the rifle barrel into the
keyhole and fired an extended burst The hot lead ripped the
lock completely oft and the door swung open Klangeammar
fell inside as another volley of ernet she lls impacted around
him
He was inside a cell. The window was barred, there was
straw on the floor and the walls were dank and scarred from
years of people trying to scratch their way o u l with little suc-
cess. But the cell did have one interesting feature - slumped
in the corner e l the room .weeping and with her hands held
f w 0
Recognising her inetantly. Klangghammar rEin over to her and
e sO side
tried to help her up, but she fought him off, kicking and
e s 'Klaaaaanngghhaaaammmaaaarrre screamed Fanciango
screaming.
b "Relax!" he said, trying to cairn her down. -
l Iyou
cue ' m The h ename's
r e Klangghammar
t o Hardy Klangghammare
he
y said.
r e Heswas - glad he had changed his name a ll those
years
o ago. Somehow, 'The name's Dwayne Ponsonby•
Farguah" didn't have Quite the tame ring. "Come on," he said
v don't have much lim e '
'We
e
r
GOD
h
Tapia seemed to calm de mi and Klangghammar managed
e get her to her e e l He brushed her matted hair away from
to
Pi
r er face and lilted her face to look at her God, she was beau-
tiful.
h Her lace eke a pink e lk * now with two bag blue Ferns
embrdded Into it, He r body was enough to drive any man to
e
drink and home again Eve n Klangghamraar was speechless
a a fe w moments, before the shouting of the approaching
for
guards
d outside snapped him out ot it. I le threw Twee to the
floor,
a where she weed be Sa le arid drew back the bolt on his
assault rifle. As the soldiers piled into the cell, Klanggharnmar
s rip and lore into the unsuspecting foreigners. One by one
let
i
they tell ecreaming to the float until Klarigghammat ran Out of
ammo
f and drop the rate 10 the floor. The solde rs were still
advancing - some tripped and lea on the bodies of their dead
t
comrades, but a geed dozen of there had ma ce it through
o
Safety. and were now only milliseconds away from turning
p
Klargghammar and Tane into live hundred pounds of ground
beef.
r
o But Klangghanenar had come too for to ge e up now, 14e
knew that to throw in the towel just when he was on the brink
ott rescuing Tana and saving the free world from the power.
e
grabbingcommie s and their powder sniffing playmates would
bec to let nob only he country down, but to let himself down as
well With a blood-curdling scream that the unfortunate las-
t
cie s would take to their graves, Klangghammar lept at the
h
body of guard& killing three instantly with a series of ca m e
cated
e silent nerve-enchea that only a handful of people out-
side
r of Japan were trained to do Without any formal me le e
training to la ll back on, the remaining eoldiefs panicked and
,s
opened fire blindly, inadvertently killing a further seven with
e
their own bullets. As the last few ran around in disarray,
Klanggnammar
l took a rifle from one of the corpses and
spread their innards around the cow The last body, Wood
f
flooding 're m his mouth, fee to the hoar as the echo of gunfire
,
quietened, arid then there was silence again. Klanggharemer
w
coughed and tanned away the gunsmoke, then grabbed Tana
and a pulled her up 'L e t s get outta here', he said A rescue
isn't
s complete unless someone says l e t s gel outta he re
- T Klarigghammar led Tania through the smoke-filled and
burning corridors, being careful to step over the scores of
.corpses
a which !Mated the floors as tar as the eye could see in
even"
n direction. There was no mistaking Klaryghammars
handiwork.
a O k a "but
Alter some more searching. Klanggriammar and Tama
stumbled out into the daylight and looked across the tarmac
to find • to his amazement t h e Thunderhave. fully repaired,
fuelled and ready to go' Fandargo must have planned to use
it to drop his foul cargo on DC, Klareighammar thought as he
dragged the leiTilled Tania across the tarmac towards the
Thuriderhawk He look a Slim ba tk remote control unit from
his pocket and hit a button. "Ignition", he Said Into the units
tiny inbuilt merOphOnti, and a second later the Thenclerhawk's
rotors started to turn slowly as the turbines tired up with a
high-pitched whining sound.
Alarm sirens were still SOurtiltng alf around the camp. and
Klangghartenar noticed that, from across the compound, a
leash garrison of soldiers were running towards them,
machine guns blazing. Klaneghammar caught a couple of bul-
lets in the chest, but shrugged them off and continued sprint-
ing at Olamtile Weed - he hadn't won those seven gold
medals for nothing, and it was good to see that he still had the
old magic. AS he ram, he pulled his pistol arid picked off a coy•
pie ol the distant enemies, then stopped by the side of the
helicopter, which was now up to speed and ready to lake oft,
'Get I n.' he Said Ta nia didn't need much persuading and
climbed into the passenger seal veithoul a word.
Klangghammer ran round to the other see, Catching a few
more bullets in the process. As he opened the door to climb
in. the fils1 soldier to reach him lumped on his back and triad
to wrestle him to the ground. Without any retort
Klanggharnmar just feted him up above his head arid let the
razor-sberp rotor blades to all the work for him.
When the young soldier finally stopped kicking,
Klangghammar dropped his mangled body to the ground.
paused for a second to wipe the blood and innards from the
windshield and climbed inside. The rest or the seekers were
almost on them. and just as two or three Of them made a grab
for the side Of the helicopter, it took oft and hovered above
therm Machine-gun lire ricocheted harmlessly off the titanium
hull. Klangghartimar was gelling tired of this. He held down
the right mouse button and the sell-aiming 60mm chain gun
opened * a , cutting through the garrison of helpless soldiers
like a laser beam through melted butter. There wasn't much
salaaming Klangghammar had tired over a thousand rounds
in the last lIve seconds H e released me trigger button and
turned the helicopter west. "We're headed home.' he said
through the cockpit mike.
PIG
But Net as the Thundethawk flew over tne compound bar
nor and into neutral territory, Klangghartimar heard the scuffle
from behind him and turred to see Fandango, in Me back
seat. with his arm round Tane's neck and a .4 5 automatic
pressed to her t i e
Ktangghammer.'
- h e squealed like a stuck pig 'An d no tricks
or
h ethe ad beeetch
. gets a .' Klangghammat had no choice but to
obey H e pushed the mouse back around towares the Camp
'"When
T u we r nget back, I ham going to have my fun with theses
t
niee hgay, ea rid! ham going to make you watch. How you like
that
c h o psourn
seeenor
7with
p e himselfr that he hadn't noticed Kianggharnmar ura ip the
flaregun from the door panel and cock it silently
"a s"SOundS
nr e eo liker e ad riot," said Klangghammar and fired the flare
Fu athrough
gun nr i ddthe a back of his own chair and right into
Fanoango's
n. e o . crotch T h e greasy commie screamed in agony
as his private parts were fame-grilled by the degrees flare and
H $ dropped 0 e his 0 gun. Kiangghammar saw eis chance and
he
kicked a n
0FarClang0 hard in the side, sending him flying Out of
the r of the helicopter. They were ten thousand teat up.
as he plummeted to the ground, his groin still ablaze. From
o
the copier window, Klanggbammar saw Fandango, unforlu•
p
nate lol the last,
e lend on top of a passing petrol tanker. which
a
promptly
s
e i
e guess that's what they call poetic s .
lice,'
d said a nggtia mma r as he tareened the distant terrorist
l.
Compound on his HUD arid locked on a AMRAAMSLAM mis-
sile.
i t i l oWhen
C t e the te gs in his helmet speaker turned into a steady
tone,
d. Klaisgharrimar hot the left mouse button arto sa w a singe
smoke trail arc from the low-slung multiple missile bay of the
N
Thunderhawk into the distance. A few seconds later there
was
i a loud expleeion, and a while mushroom cloud appeared
over the horizon. 'M ission accomplished • Klangghammar
smiled, then cranked the radio to maximum volume and
'turned the helicopter towards home
As the familiar sight ot the White House dome came into
view, Klanggharnmar felt a shooting pe n in his arm. He
looked at his watch: 23:57 and r•deng - ne had only a le e
minutes to get back to base before the poison exploded his
heart and took his life Swe a ting profusely. Klanggharnmar
opened the throttle and pushed forward • but Ms vision was
already starting to black out, and a glance a the fuel g u a r
told him he was down to fumes Se conds later, the rotors
started to clunk and grand a s the engine, deprived of gas,
started to die out "H old on." he gasped. "This we ld be
rough.
CRASH!
Much to the surprise of the President h is morning paper-
signing session was very rudely interrupted a s Me I 75-loene
Thunderhawk crashed through the White House dome and
onto the carpet of the Oval Office, right in front ot his desk
The engine spluttered feebly for a few moments and then
died. The rotors groaned to a halt and the door tell open.
Moments later out fell leangghammar and Tama, onto tne
debns-covered carpet. Two armed ailPs rushed as. but the
President motioned to them to lower their guns. He has
r d a menls
u g later,
h t e!Mai
r . Marshall
o
rushed in (he had popped
idaughter.
h
d
s
re
round for a cuppa a few hours earlier) arid broke Into a broad
smile when he saw leanggharnmar and the ge l When he saw
Klanggharnmar writhing around on the floor. grabbing his
throat and spitting blood, he remembered the poison and
quickly ran over to him H e produced a disposable syringe
from his jacket pocket and infected the contents into
Kla rgra mrna r's arm. "M e re " he Bard
Ten minutes later, Klanggnammar. Tana, the President
and Jack Marshall were standing around the vaediege of the
Thunderhawk enjoying a Coke together 'H ow can I ever than
you." said Tania. her blues eyes ablaze with passion.
Klangghamrnar stepped forward and put his bandaged arms
around her. "You could marry me .' he suggested. -
Tama.
y : we'll
s ahave
i dto make a quick. I've got a swiMesar
shoot in Antigua at four, and then I've got to run back arid hole
those NASA guys work some bugs out of thee dead-pulsar-
detection software " With that they kissed, everyone aca)laud-
ed and the President led everyone in a chorus of F o r he's a
jolly good tellow."For Hardy Klangghammar, that had never
been more true.
THE END
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am also looking to join a user
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Norfolk.
CAN ANYONE TELL me the
file structure of Deluxe paint 2
Picture files in IBM PC Also I
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Pascal C or 8086
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forming Demo group Contact
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Tetris addicts are in f o r a tre a t w it h this apparent d o n e
from
1 0 7Fantasia.
) through upgrading w ill fi n d p le n ty o f nostalgia.
Just in case you've never seen Tetris the game
involves manipulating f a llin g coloured shapes. Each piece
can be rotated and moved le f t o r right, th e idea being t o
position the shape so t h a t when it reaches the b o tto m o f
the well, th e place it settles helps to create a so lid lin e o f
colour from one side t o the other.
Sounds simple? I t isn 't. You have n o choice o f wh ich
shapes w ill come o r in wh a t o rd e r so some f ra n t ic manip-
ulations ensue w h ile stacking unwanted (f o r th e moment)
shapes out o f th e way.
If the stack o f shapes reaches the t o p o f th e screen
you've lost. Each t im e you manage a coloured line, th a t
line is removed f ro m th e screen, a llo win g shapes above t o
drop down. This often produces a completely different set
of gaps t o be fi lle d and and necessitates a ra p id tactical
rethink.
Although n o t precisely 'state o f the a rt', t h e game is
simple t o play w it h a good ch o ke o f keys. L e ft and rig h t
are operated b y w h i l e the the 'K' ke y in between
rotates the shape. Tapping the spacebar accelerates the
fall of the shape. Colours aren't t o o bad e it h e r (the KC.5
(Amiga) PC Emulator displays eight) b u t although there is
a toggle fo r sound, I co u ld n 't get a squeak o u t o f the
game.
This is the sort o f program wh ich either grabs o r It
doesn't Personally I fi n d it a lit t le tedious but a f rie n d is
utterly hooked. Eithe r wa y it's not too expensive to give it
a try.
GAMES II
Amiga - 11.50 8,50p pos t - PD
Vally PD
When a PD disk arrives w it h sim p ly a reference number
it's worth jo ttin g a note down o n th e label t o say wh a t
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ACE knows this col um n actual l y results
in more sales for par ti ci pati ng libraries -
at least one has had to be rescued fr om
under the del uge of extr a mail. So why,
we wonder, do w e have to put so m uch
effort into locating sui tabl e softw ar e? I f
you're r unni ng a libr ar y and w a nt to
boost your business, phone Steve Cooke
on 071 251 6222 for i nfor m a ti on a bout
editorial cover age in this section.
the gam e Is about. M y note f o r this disk wa s '0 1 ' Tim e rs".
The disk consists o f six programs in clu d in g b e a u tifu l
(but presumably unlicensed) conversions o f Space
Invaders, M issile Command, ()ix and Galaxian together
with a couple o f puzzle games Ea ch is a good game in it s
own rig h t and as the d isk as a wh o le is superb value.
(Although it's a shame that it appears to have been put
together by software thieves - heaven knows what Ata ri
at a l t h in k o f t h is sort o f t h in g .)
Newcomers t o computing w ill be able t o fi n d o u t
what th e o ld hands are referring t o when discussing
ancient h ist o ry and those w h o lost th e ir o ld favourites
POM POM
GUNNER
Am i ga - 11.10 & 50p post - PD
Wally PD
Mindless blasting Seems to have gone out of fashion these
days w it h a ll th e strategic elements wh ich pepper recent
shootem-ups. Wit h t h is in m in d I was pleased t o fi n d t h is
disk in a bundle sent recently.
Set in th e 2nd Wo rld War, yo u man an Am erican Porn
Porn gun d u rin g a Japanese a ir a tta ck. As aircraft fl y
across the screen in pseudo 3D, the joystick controls your
gunsight and the fire button your trigge r. And that's
about a ll there is t o the game - but it a in 't h a lf fu n .
The backdrops and planes are d ig itise d . Despite an
annoying fl icke rin g band a t the bottom o f the screen,
atmosphere is we ll maintained by both graphics and
sound. Wit h such sim p licit y the temptation is t o annihilate
anything th a t moves -- b u t th a t's not a t o t a lly good idea
as I discovered when I was ticked o f f f o r shooting t w o
friendly planes o u t o f th e sky.
If yo u 're lo o kin g f o r something n o t to o easy b u t ta k-
ing little in the wa y of thought powe r this is an excellent
contender.
FLOWER
POWER
Am i ga (1 Mb) - 13.50 - Licenseware
AMO S PO Library (LPD27)
Len Tucker's a t it again w it h ye t another h ig h ly imagine-
tive game. Th is one's re a lly f o r kid s but th e adults wh o
have seen it usually end op having a go too.
The aim is to grow and pick flowe rs while a voiding
assorted nestles in the garden. Each level demands more
and m ore fl o we rs t o be g ro wn as the m in im u m e n t ry f o r
the lo ca l fl o we r show.
As b e fi t s it s adventure style, th e garrieplay sees you
co n tro llin g the gardener in his task w it h va rio u s jobs t o
be tackled in o rd e r t o nurture nature.
Digging a p lo t is fo llo we d b y the p la n tin g o f seeds.
But seeds need t o be watered t o grow, and the wa te rin g
can needs regular re fi lls. I f you become t o o distracted b y
pink pages
SHAMELESS PLUGS!
Sof t ware s upplied by:
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Ri v e r d e n e PDL 0 7 3 4 452416 (Amiga),
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the marauding garden pests and fo rg e t t o water t h y
plants they w ill start t o d ro o p . On ly when b e a u tifu l
blooms are evident m a y you p ick th e fl o we rs and deposit
them in th e co lle ctin g barsket
Pests range f ro m g ro w lin g dogs t o g ia n t ladybirds,
and a ll of them will eat your seeds and young plants if
they are a llowe d close enough. There's no killing involve d
though - simply shake your fist and e mit a Kung-Fu style
war cry to scare the beasties away.
Animation is simple but effective and the graphics
generally reflect the targeted child player One touch
which a lwa ys tickle s me is the wa y the gardener looks as
though he's doing a 'Prince Willia m ' while operating the
watering can. The entire game is joystick controlle d and
frantic wit h o u t being t o o anxious t o kill yo u o f f .
MEGABALL
Am i ga - 12.50 - PO
Ri ver done G AM906AP A)
One o f m y a ll t im e favourite games has t o be Breakout
and Megaball is one o f th e best clones around. tt's so
good t h a t even creaking u n d e r pressure o f w o rk I had t o
play f o r a wh o le afternoon - just t o test it . yo u u n d e r.
stand.
Although garneplay is p re t t y standard - h it th e b a ll
wit h yo u r bat t o take o u t a ll the b ricks in the w a ll - th e
features included in t h is version make f o r a wh o le n e w
Scenario. All the old favourites are there of course -
bombs, glue, shrink, expand and so on, but you also have
icons which toggle tunes, turn your bat into a high pow
,ered laser, ta ke out solid bricks or slice through them like
butter. Invisible b ricks cause chaos too.
With a ll this to contend with you te nd to forget
about the ba ll altogether. Who cares where it is when you
have just made a double-elongated bat and ca n't move
sideways fa r enough to avoid the bomb now on its inex-
orable wa y towards you. H ighly recommended for a ll ages
and reflexes.
See you ne xt monthl
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ACEDIARY
AUGUST 1991
11-17th Jody
S O FTWARE RE LE AS E S
GBH: Super Cars (ST, Am i ga
17.99). Re-r eleased top-dow n
racing gam e i n futur i sti c set-
ting. Fur ther oldies fr om the
Gremlin back catal ogue to be
released this w eek:
impossamole (ST. Am i ga
17.99). Footba l l e r of the Year
2 (ST, Am i ga 17.99). K i d
Gloves (or iginally fr om
Millenium - ST, Am i ga 17.99).
Cloud Kingdom s (also ex-
Millenium - ST, Am i ga 17,99),
Mindscape: Blue Ma x (ST
130.99). Air com bat in Wor l d
War I. Das Boot (ST 130.99).
Submarine si m ul ati on.
Mindcr aft/Eloctr onic Arts:
Keys to Mar am on (Am i ga
125.99). 360tElectr onic Arts:
Armour Ailey (PC129. 99).
Interplay/Electronic Arts:
Battlechess 2 (Am i ga 125.99).
Graphically-led chess gam e
where the pieces actual l y
materialise and fi ght one
another for possession of the
squares.
Ubi Soft: Fast Lane (PC
129.99). Five r acing games:
Stunt Car Racer, Har d On win,
Vita, Fe i For m ula One and
Chicago 9 0
Empire: Space 1889 (PC
129.99).
Sunday 11
Motor Racing: Hungarian Formula
OneGrand Prix in Budapest • can
Nigel Mansell make up some of the
deficit on Ayrton Senna?
Monday 12
Cricket: Final Day of the Fifth Test
between England and West Indies,
at The Oval. The grouse shooting
season opens.
Tuesday 13
Wednesday 14
Thursday 15
Friday 16
Birthday of Madonna, in 1958.
Saturday 17
Anniversary of the Proclamation of
Independence, Indonesia. Football:
First Saturday of the 1991-92
Barclays league season.
18-24th Augus t
S O F T W A R E RE LE AS E S
Cinemavvare: Doubl e Doubl e
Bill (Am i ga 135.99), TV Sports
Footbal l , TV Sports Baseball,
Wings and Lor ds of the
Rising Sun, all i n one pack-
age.
Mi r r or Im age: S i nbad (ST,
Am iga, PC 19,99). Confl i ct
Eur ope (ST. Am i ga, P C19. 99).
I m age Wor ksiXonam i: Bill
Elhot s ' NASCAR Racing. ( S t
Am i ga 135.99). M ot or r acing
gam e i n I ndy 500 style.
Electronic Arts: P ow er m on-
ger Clue Book ( 7 . 5 0 ) . Hints,
tips and tactics for
Povver m onger addicts. EA
Hockey (Sega Me ga dr i v e
139.99). Ice hockey acti on
gam e. Battlechess (CD-TV,
price TBA).
Nygnosi s: Am ni os (ST, Am i ga
125,99). Pilot your cr aft
ar ound several planets,
destr oy a ny thi ng tha t moves,
marvel at the gr aphics al ong
the way. Psygnosis Sizzlers:
Bl ood Mone y (Am i ga 17.99,
PC19.99).
Empire: Megatr avel l er 2 (PC
130.64). Fol l ow -up to
acclaimed str ategy gam e
(though i t har dl y seems a
w eek since MT1 hi t the
streets).
Sunday 18
1959: the first Mini, produced by
the British Motor Corporation, was
unveiled today.
Monday 19
Tuesday 20
Wednesday 21
Thursday 22
The new law allowing pubs to stay
open all day took effect on this day
in 1988. Cricket: test match,
England vs Sri Lanka, begins at
Lords'.
Friday 23
Liberation Day, Romania.
Middlesex County Council
announced plans to open a new
type of school, called 'comprehen-
sive', on this day in 1948.
Saturday 24
Athletics: World Championships
begin in Tokyo.
25-31st Augus t
S O FTWARE RE LE AS E S
:I m a ge Works: X e non 2:
Me ga bl a s t (CD-TV, pr ice TBA).
The graphics, the scrolling.
and m ost i m por tantl y, The
music, all on Am i ga CD.
Falcon (CD-TV, pr ice TBA).
Fl i ght sim w i th heavy em pha-
sis on realistic controls.
Spectr um Hol obyte: Fl i ght of
the I ntr uder (Am i ga 130.99).
m indcr aftiElectr onic Arts:
Rules of Engagem ent (Am i ga
125.99).
Lankhor tlibi Soft: Ma upi ti
i sl and (ST, Am i ga 125.99).
Ubi Soft: Ir onton:I (PC129-99).
Gr aphically-led m edi aeval
saga. Wi nni ng Five (ST, Am i ga
/ 25. 99). Com pi l ati on compris-
ing tr onior d, Ni ght Hunter ,
Twin Worlds, P uffy and Sir
Fred. Pr o Tennis !bur 2 (PC
129.99). About the near est
you can ge t to the real thi ng
on com puter at the m om e nt.
Activision: Beast Busters (ST.
Am i ga 125.99). De fe a t the
z om bies i nvesti ng the city
centre, F-14 Tomcat (PC
135.99). Fl i ght sim based on
pl ane fe a tur e d in Top Gun.
Sunday 25
Motor Racing: Belgian Formula One
Grand Prix at Spa.
Monday 26
Bank Holiday England and Wales.
Tennis: US Open begins in New
York. Anniversary of first BBC trans-
mission of TV pictures using both
images and sound, in 1936.
Tuesday 27
Wednesday 28
Thursday 29
Friday 30
Saturday 31
National Day, Malaysia National
Day, Trinidad and Tobago.
ADVANCED COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT 1 2 1
p in k p ag es
1-7 S e p t e m b e r
S O F T W A R E RE LE AS E S
Dom ar k: James Bond
Collection (ST, Am i ga 129.99).
Com pi l ati on com pr i si ng
Licence to Kill, Li ve a nd Let
Die and Spy Who Loved Me.
Thunder j aw s (ST, Am i ga
124.99, PC 129.99).
Under w ater m ayhem w i th
m uta nt sharks a nd the like i n
Tension coi n-op conver sion,
del ayed fr om or i gi nal l y
Scheduled July release.
Mi ndcr afti El or tr oni c Arts:
Magi c Candl e 2 (PC 129.99).
Fantasy r ol e-pl ayi ng as you
expl or e the dr eaded dom ai n
of Gur tex. Zone War r ior (S t
Am i ga 125.99). P l atfor m
gam e w i th fi ve ti m e-tr avel
scenarios and pl enty of
mazes and puzzles en r oute.
Gremlin: Pegasus (ST, Am i ga
125.99). Ai r bor ne shoot 'em
up on hor seback (!).
l ankhor tUbi Soft: Vr oom
(124.99). Racing gam e.
Ubi Soft: Music Master (ST,
Am iga. PC 134.99 - ST and PC
w i th sound car tr i dge 144.99).
Tutor ial and com poser pack-
age.
Empire: nv i l i ght 2000 (PC
130.99). Tank si m ul ati on.
De a thbr i nge r (ST, Am i ga, PC
130.99). Mul ti -scr een ar cade-
style gam e w i th y ou as Karn,
m an w i th a sw or d and a mis-
sion t o w r eak havoc.
SEPTEMBER
Sunday 1
All Formats Computer Fair arrives
in Leeds, at the University Sports
Centre_ Doors open 10.00am;
Contact number for organisers:
0225 868100. Athletics: Final
Day of World Championships in
Tokyo.
Monday 2
Tuesday 3
1967: Sweden switched from driv-
ing on the left, to driving on the
right hand side of the road. How?
Wednesday 4
Thursday 5
Friday 6
The UK industry's biggest exhibi-
tion, the Computer Entertainment
Show opens at Earl's Court 2,
London at 9.00am. Phone the
information hotline on (0839)
500820 for details.
Saturday 7
ECES continues, plus All Formats
fair in Victoria (info from the
organisers on. 0225 8681001.
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I laatstleast
:
o! Ho! Our request for bogus game scenarios
month
fivehad us rolling
minutes. Thein the aisles
winner, afterfor, well,
consider-
1
able debate, has to be M. Furnival of Runcorn, whose
entry kept us chuckling the longest:
Mr Furnival's spec for Penuftimate Brawl OP" intro-
1
duced the hideous possibility of virtual reality beat-em-
ups, featuring two game modes: '...TOTAL WEAKLING -
lots of places to hide until those nasty men go away (or)
:I
SLOBBERING MANIAC - nowhere to hide, but who
cares., .you're there to eat human flesh!'
The game kicks off (literally) as you Don your head-
)
set.. and watch in horror as a gang of roughnecks
break bottles over the head of your girl.'
'Good luck! exhorts the blurb, ',..and let's be careful
:
Out there!' Well done, MF, your game is on its way. And
an honourable mention to Nick Oldfield who managed to
come up with a scenario that punned on literally dozens
s
of well-known games.
.
And now for a mega compo because, as you'll find out
below, Blitter is departing ACE this month after four
1
years of (mostly) faithful service. He reckons you
deserve something a little bit special for putting up with
him, and here it is_
r
ACE is mounting the Advancing Computer
Entertainment conference at the ECES in Earls Court in
September (on the 5th and 6th, to be precise). At the
l
time of writing, this conference will give games enthusi-
asts the unique chance of meeting and hearing from
such luminaries as Chris 'Balance of Power' Crawford,
5
Brian 'Beyond Zorh' Moriarty, and a host of others. This Retired Hacks, but watch out for that bedpan...
is a serious affair - perhaps the first professional com-
puter games design conference ever held in
1
Europe a n d the entry price reflects this: £65 for
two days, eight speakers, lunch, and a panel ses-
sion.
1 CH
If you think that's pricey, remember that equiva-
lent events cost at least £200 to enter and usually
much more. However, we recognise that for some
ACE readers this sort of cash is out of the ques-
tion, so Blitter is stepping in with a unique chance
for five lucky chaps (or chappesses) to get in for a
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duck. If you win, you'll berubbing shoulders with
some of the biggest names in showbusiness.
So here's your chance. Simply write down on a
postcard the name of the game you consider to be
the best designed program you've ever played,
and then tell us why you chose it. The five tickets
will go to the five entries that demonstrate to us
the keenest design sense - you don't have to be
literate, abet to spel, or even funny -
CD•I EXCLUSIVE! we just want five people who REAL-
Next month brings ACE readers a red hot LY think they know what makes a
exclusive that could take the lid off the good game, and who can tell us
tuture of home entertainment systems what, in their opinion, that X-factor
We've all heard endlessly about CD-I, but is. Get to it The address for entries
o)ow Philips have Invited us for an in-depth is:
tour of the European software development ACE Blitter Good Bye Campo
labs in Dorking. Well be able to tell you in Priory Court
detail about the sort of games you'll be play- 30-32 Farringdon Lane
ing when the system launches next year. London
how it compares with CDTV, how much it's ECI R3AU
likely to cost and - the nifty gritty - whether and the deadline for entries is
it s worth saving up those pennies for_ August 30th. You MUST also include
your daytime or evening telephone number for contact,
just in case you win!
For many of you, especially those of you involved in
entertainment media, this conference is really too
important to miss. You can book a ticket by telephoning
Steve Cooke or Sarah Ewing on 071 251 6222 for
details. Attendance is strictly limited and interest is
already running very high, so get in touch soon if you
don't want to miss out.
And so farewell, after 48 issues. Bitter can exclusively
reveal that ACE was originally going to be called Blitter
(yes, its true) but a last minute decision went for ACE
instead, with Eihtter being reserved for the final page.
Early Butters make pretty ironic reading - the first
reported how Durell Software's latest astrology program
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