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FROM MOVIE TO SRECCY The CRASH guide to film tie-ins coming your way soon! REVIEWED: • NIGHTBREED m JUDGE DREDD • PLOTTING BACK TO THE FUTURE II BATTLE OF THE BULGE I SATAN and much more!

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Barry Norman eat yowr heart out! CRASH has been to the m o v i e s a n d checked out a load of great films — and what's more they're all being converted into Speccy games! Before long you'll be taking the l e a d r o l e in such g r e a t films as Total Retail, Days Of Thunder, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, RoboCop 2, Nightbreed and a whole lot m o r e ! ! Check out the feature this issue. Before you get stuck into the Game Thrills, a huge thank you to everyone who has sent in games and programs to the Powertape department — we h a v e a b o x l o a d of g a m e s to l o o k a t , so please be patient H you're w a i t i n g to h e a r if y o u r Speccy masterwork is going to appear on CRASH! Have fun!

G A M E THRIUS Blast your way into acOon with October 's lab tour games! Gunrunner (Mewson) 1 Sup&>com (Atlantis)1 Mango Jones (PHS)t Taking HWtr (Powcrlape)! Plus tips o n lope r Pokemsma"

PREVIEW

Lorks o lordyl It's a I w a p of happening games coming to your Speccy screens soon1 PVja a stonKing graat power preview of UN Squadron!>

W I N LOTS! It s Monty Python s Flying Compo* Your chance to wvn a lot ol classic comeoy on w j e o . plus games and t-stwts too!

LIVE CIRCUIT Irs your host with the m o s t Lloyd Mangnml Presenting Forum! Jetman! Comix! News! Compo Winners! And lots of exdamataon marks!!!!!1!!1

S'AMAZING Golty gosh' News and set eenshots ol SAM Coupe games coming soon from Enigma Variations!!

CRASH AT THE FLICKS!! Corky Caswell has b e e n to the enema! Hun ah' H e came back! Boo' But to* at at these Speccy g a m e s coming o i which let you take the starring rote m Dvs year's biggest movies!!

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T p e . tncks and maps galore, D J Nk*o"s back from the seashore! H rhymes / s e e

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REVIEWS More games go floodng into t t w shops and we've checked 'em out. telling >you what's hot and what's rwt!

BACKPAGE Yes. it's the afrnojf legendary backpage! Home to the number SO. the niexi month bit and a £ 1 5 0 Skalextnc sot that's up tor grabs In a rip-roarmg Accolade cormpo!! Yayy<

H e w s o n is a fab c o m p a n y a n d currently celebrating its 10th birthday!! With a • stack of brill g a m e s planned for the future, they've released loads of g a m e s during the last ten years w h i c h are well w o r t h playing again! C R A S H h a s a stack of H e w s o n thrills lined u p for the next few m o n t h s a n d the action starts right here with Gunrunner\

distant ice-clad planet is under attack from the dreaded Destrovians, with its complex Plutonium pipework being the saboteurs' prime target. G u n r u n n e r is the only hope for this troubled world. There are ten levels to piay

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Check the inlay for loading instructions. Should your tape be faulty, send it. In its box. to: N E W S F I E L D , C R A S H TAPE C L I N I C (81), L U D L O W , SHROPSHIRE SYB1JW A healthy specimen will return to

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through, each consisting of a pipework landscape on a horizontally scrolling screen. Gunrunner moves left and right through this, jumping and kneeling where necessary — blasting the Destrovians to kingdom come! With hazards a plenty it's a tough journey — beware of dangerous gaps in the pipework; booby trapped domes; opening bomb doors; mine scanning orbs! Collecting a jet-pack allows him to fly to greater heights and depths, and a blaster is his protection. To upgrade his weaponry, pick up equipment discarded by previous resistance fighters. You can grab, amongst others, a Multi-lire unit, a shield and a smart bomb.

A level is completed when you reach the striped emergency defence computer. Gunrunner then automatically receives a jet-pack to help him fight his way to the next level — but be quick, you're playing against the clock!! D O N ' T G U N R U N N E R OFF... ...cos you can't play Gunrunner without knowing the controls! Keyboard players can take their pick of control keys as they're redefinable. Joystick junkies are fine as long as they plug into Kempston, Cursor, or Sinclair interface.

• Hacking away once again with Atlantis!!

W h e n Supercom has loaded the program generates its secret codes — these alter with every game (unless you're playing a saved game). When it has done that your working screen is displayed, offering five modes of operation. The first mode allows you to p h o n e another computer, the second is the link analysis which generates data to the information board, mode three is the information board, the fourth is the save/load facility and mode five displays your p h o n e bill (watch your money trickle awaytf). Once you've dialled into another computer the link analyser grabs as much information as it can. So if you don't know the complete phone number (just make two digits up in the case of the number from the CI5 agent) or a password, let the phone dial and when you can't get any further cut the call. Put the link analyser into action and any clues it can provide wilt be displayed on the information board. Virtually all the codes can be cracked with the help of the link analyser. There's only one tip w e can offer and that's make sure to make good use of modes two and three as they're very important to solve problems. All controls are through the keyboard using the appropriate keys to select options and input information. Happy hacking!!

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In C R A S H 79 a super hacking g a m e called Satcom by Atlantis w a s featured o n the Powertape — the response w a s so g o o d that Atlantis has put its original hacking g a m e Supercom o n this month's tape) It's slightly easier than Satcom, so if that baffled y o u have a go at cracking Supercom straight away!I T h e Government have failed to track down the criminal mastermind who is holding the country to ransom with a computer activated nuclear w a r h e a d . No one knows where the computer or warhead are located. Even if they did, the task of shutting down the computer is almost impossible. The only information you have is an incomplete telephone number supplied by a CIS agent who was terminated whilst transmitting what he had discovered. The number is 818-771?? (?? means there are two other digits missing}. Supercom plays very much like Satcom, so if you've cracked that you should know how to play this style of game. For those who missed it here's a run down of what you do.

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M a n g o J o n e s is a space archaeologist a n d a pretty g o o d one at that. While • venturing into u n k n o w n space M a n g o stumbles u p o n the planet Shela-Rola, a strange place inhabited by intelligent bananas but in terrible danger of being invaded by the Darkk Empire!

hela-Rola is surrounded by seven other worlds, all of which are occupied by the Darkk Empire — there's only one thing for it: take your ship onto each planet and destroy it, and wipe out the Darkk Empire. Succeed and you get the O o z l u m statue, a priceless artifact bringing you fame and fortune. Mango Jones is a two-part multiload so keep an eye on the screen for prompts. When the first part has loaded stop the tape and a menu pops up after the credits have run through. From here select control method, movement sensitivity, mission briefing — the fourth option initiates the second load. Start the tape at the prompt and wait for the g a m e to load. When the second part has loaded you're ready to play. Follow the onscreen instructions to select which of the seven planets to begin your mission on and prepare to be teleported. Your ship is equipped with a laser cannon and a supply of bombs with which to defeat the Darkk Empire. Blast enemies as you see them, and destroy ground installations as you fly past by dropping bombs. Beware: when an installation explodes a shower of highly daqngerous debris engulfs the playing area. If you're hit by falling debris the energy counter drops, if it reaches zero it's game over. Help is at hand — pick up special objects and be rewarded with a bonus. Clear the planet of all enemy installations before progressing to the next, and have a rootin' shootin'

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CONTROLS Don't get into a twist with your Mangos — check out the controls which are redefinable if you're playing on keys, or use a joystick, select your type on the menu screen in the first load. Psychaedelic H e d g e h o g Software is a software house currently operating on a mail order basis. Details on its games are on the loading screen and you can contact P H S by writing to: 55 Stanley Street, Ramsbottom, Bury B L O 9JG.

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• Anothar brilliant g a m s f r o m T h a o O e v e l e g a s In Greece!!!

Sending y o u best wishes from sunny Greece is CRASH'S new found Euro• c h u m Theo Develegas. Last m o n t h you played his crazy shoot-'em-up Solaris and now It's time to battle with your brains and play his addictive action puzzle g a m e Talking HedzI

f you want a plot, read it on the intro screen — here's how to play the game. It's a bit tricky to begin with so read carefully! What you're looking at here is a sliding block puzzle game, played againd the clock, as you attempt to rearrange eight jumbled up pictures to form faces of the famous. Having selected the options fron the opening menu you're into the game. On the main playing area you'll see the complete face of tht first famous person — but the second you hit a key it all jumbles up and you have to reform it. There are five e m p t y squares and 25 squares that are part of th» main image, image squares; the

empty squares begin lined up along the bottom of the playing area. You can only (this is very important) move an image square into an empty square. Don't try just swapping a couple of image squares around: that won't work. You can only move an image square if there's an empty square beside it. Using the control keys select the image square you want to move by pressing fire, now continue holding fire down, and while doing that press the key corresponding to the direction you want the move the image block in. So. if you want to move an image square into an empty block to the right, go to the image square, hold down fire, press right and it has moved, swapping places with the empty square. Sounds complicated, but it's simple when you get the hang of it. It's not an easy game but to help you there's a small copy of the playing area in the status panel, top right-hand side of the screen. Here all the image blocks are numbered 1 to 25 so you know exactly where each one goes. Beginners are recommended to play the game paying very close attention, if not total attention, to this mini playing area. It won't take long to master — after three goes the C R A S H team had completed three levels!!) HEDZ U P C O N T R O L S Plenty of options on the controls — you can use a joystick on the Kempston or Sinclair interfaces and for keyboard players the keys are definable. Additional keys to know are. S Y M B O L SHIFT/pause, ENTER (while in pause mode)/change colour of playing screen. Who t h e h e l l d o e s THEO DEVELEGAS think h e is?? Theo, the first of our EuroPowertape contributors, is 23 and lives in Athens. Greece. Currently studying Information and Computer Systems at the Polytechnic of Athens, he's had a Speccy since Christmas 1985 and currently programs on a +2 with Beta and Disciple disk systems. Slotting in

DIVE! DIVE! DIVE! HERE COMES A SUB!! PHWEEEEEEPPP! THAR SHE BLOWS! POKEMANIA RULES, OK? Find out what G r a h a m Turbo M a s o n has In store for y o u on the Powertape this month! Turn to DJ Nicko's Tips...

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the back of his Speccy is a Multiface, Vidi Z X Digitizer, Currah Speech, and he also owns a Quickshot II stick, which is broken. H e must be rushed off his feet because apart form studying and programming he also contributes to a Greek computer magazine and writes to his UK pen pal who's none other than our very own G r a h a m 'Turbo' Mason!! Oh. and he likes eating kebabs. Yum. N E X T M O N T H : H a p p e n i n g next m o n t h on the cover cassette is our T H I R D Euro-Powertape g a m e from T h e o called Gunheadl It's the sequel to Solaris and looks utterly fab! Don't miss tttt

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MIDDLE EAST FLARE UP • UN SQUADRON tf you fancy a trip that'll take you flying high and provide enough action to get your adrenalin racing, look no further than a career with tne elite U N Squadron force 1 A blaster of a g a m e is heading your way in the conversion of Capcom s air combat coin-op, touching d o w n in the shops this October from US G o l d UN Squadron is set in the future when technically advanced planes zoom through tne air loaded with deadly weaponry, a n d the story behind the non-stop combat action goes like this... The countries of the Middle East have been lorn by violent civil war and conflict. As tne rest of the world hopes for the bloodshed to end, corrupt arms dealers are working with tne fighting nations to develop revolutionary weapons, spreading terror across the globe a n d shattering all hopes for world peace The U N Squoaron, a multi national p e a c e keeping force equipped with the latest in aerial firepower, is called in — tf they can't halt the destruction, no-one

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installations' The tenth level is a special assignment with one adversary — a gigantic mothership As it pumps out Tighter planes Mi(J 29s a n d the rest of its attacking force, circle the beast a n d blast like never before! Succeed and you'll blow a w a y segments leaving a gaping hole giving you access to the heart ot the mothership for its ultimate destruction' A n d that's it1 Phew! As US Gold say flying a UN Squadron mission is like snaking hands with the devil (and spanking the bottoms of his demonic little helpers")

The deadly heat of the desert is the setting for the fourth mission, jets a n d helicopters make up the enemy Forces here a n d the destruction of a missile silo ts the aim at the end of this level Jets a n d lighter bombers swarming over a rocky landscape make up mission five a n d there is a spoctocular end of level force a mammoth helicopter dropping attacking lighter lets from its belly' Levels six to nine take you through a n enormous cave, over a n oil refinery over the ocean ond over a mountain range all packed with legions of enemy attackers a n d a nightmarish collection of end of level

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CRUISING SPEED! • DAYS OF THUNDER Drooling over Tom Cruise appears to be a national female pastime at the mo Software house Mindscape have follen for the American star too a n d are releasing a g a m e based on his latest hit movie Days Of Thunder You play the part of Cole Trickle (Cruise) a iookie NASCAR (National Association of Stock Cor Auto Racing) driver w h o dreams of winning the Doytona 5 0 0 0 Bonked circuits a n d the pulse pounding 2 0 0 m p h driving speed leave little room for error on the driver's port Six tracks are included in the game Doytono Atlanta Charlotte Phoenix Bristol a n d Dover viewed

from behind the cor with variable perspective As with neoily all racing games you must finish at least third in eveiy race to qualify for the next and if you qualify on oil the tracks you get the chance to w m the coveted last race at Daytona The car is likely to suffer a lot of d a m a g e in such a violent race, so frequent pit stops are advised Here you con change tyres, repair bodywork (the car s not yours) and tune the engine. Busy development company Tiertex is responsible for the Speccy version, which goes under starters orders in October

LETHAL MEMORY!

• TOTAL RECALL

W e con remember it for you wholesale is the proud boast of Recall Incorporated the company construction w o r l i r Doug O u a i d

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There s nothing medieval about the first g a m e from new software label Storm, even though you're living to save a kidnapped dragon (who'd be silly enough to try to pinch a drogon?') ST Dragon is the futuristic story of one brave star pilot's attempt to rescue our reptillian pal Provided with a huge drogon shaped craft to travel across six alien scrolling landscapes, there ore hordes of alien uglies to fight off You starl the g a m e with a standard bloster, but as you plough through the levels power ups such as shields, fireballs a n d bouncing balls present themselves for collection Incorporated into the

spy on Mars, a spy in double-dealing trouble Before he knows it he s on his w a y to the red planet and hounded by sinister forces That's Total Recall a great f l m A n d now O c e o n are nopmg for a great gome from thr licence. Beginning on Earth a n d taking O u a i d to Mors, you get three levels of horizontally scrolling shoot 'em-up action a n d two levels of racing viewed from overheod In the first level you run from O u a i d s house to the Subway whilst being chased by

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BEATING BEAST! Originally published on the A m i g a , Psygnosis' Shadow of the Beast w a s reckoned to be unconvertible However, plucky software house Gremlin said "Yaa, boo, sucks!' to that a n d promptly b e g a n translating it to the Speccy 1 Hurrah! Shadow Of Tfte Beast is the heart-rending story of a human child being k i d n a p p e d by evil Beast-Mages a n d being transformed into a creature of feorsome power, agility a n d strength For years the beast child serves the Beast M a g e s , but one d a y he stumbles upon the awful truth In o fit of roge he swears to destroy the

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mmions with a display of martial arts prowess, pick up icons that help you on the way. Extra energy m the guise of pepperoni-ond-cheese pizza and more powerful weapons help no end in your fight for trutn, justice a n d the turtle w a y 1 Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles stick their necks out in N o v e m b e r from I m a g e W o r k s Altogether now Cowabunga dudes!!!

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Reading The Release Schedule, a regular feature In Computer Trade Weekly (the industry organ), I w a s shocked to discover there are only 11 S p e c t r u m products to be released between A u g u s t and October, and, just seven of those on +3 disk alsol A n d m o r e shocked that 59 g a m e s are to appear for the A m i g a In the s a m e period. Are y o u shocked? I'm so used to the notion of the Spectrum having the most product. But then, it's you, the buyers, w h o m the software houses cater for. Are you happy with the a m o u n t , a n d style, of software being released — if there w a s m o r e product, w o u l d you buy it? W h a t sort of software d o you want to buy? Or have you given up? I want to smell burning paper across the country as your pens scribble your thoughts o n the subject. Get your letters to m e at: N E W S F I E L D . LLOYD M A N G R A M ' S F O R U M , C R A S H . LUDLOW, S H R O P S H I R E S Y 9 1JW. A £40 software voucher awaits the writer of the best letter!

DtSC&JEREP Lf m ICH GtJVSS HIM U OUT HIS TKU&V A Mi£AT 1C£A... 1r-i1 ROU-UfTlH AWP HIS fiWft Or TAB £HO$. OUR PACKAGE PLEA Dear Lloyd W e all hate piracy and the one thing to defeat it is marketing. H a v i n g spent £10. what do w e get apart from a good game? You look around t h e shops at records. T h e sleeves look good and tell you a b o u t the product. W e must h a v e m o r e info about the g a m e w i t h it and m o r e attractive a n d neat boxed-cassette holders w i t h it. So come on software houses! Phil Wain, Northampton N N 2 6JU. I've c u t m o s t o f Phil's letter because it w a s going over o l d t h e m e s , b u t h i s point r e g a r d i n g p a c k a g i n g is w orthy of note. Buyers do g e t etxtra v a l u e for m o n e y f r o m a d d i t i o n a l sleeve notes or f r e e b i e s w i t h i n t h e packs, m a k i n g the product a p p e a r a b e t t e r buy t h a n just a box, i n l a y a n d (cassette. C ' m o n s o f t w a r e h o u s e s — include d e t a i l s of t h e p r o g r a m m e r s , a n y t h i n g t h a t rmakes the p a c k a g e a morte essential t h i n g to h a v e — if yom're pushing out just a g a m e i n {a box, w h a t ' s to stop p e o p l e p i r a t i n g ? T h e y w o n ' t m i s s out on a n y t h i n g . LM

Ho! Ho! Nicholaas Cotton has just w o n a game!! M A Y NOVT RELEASE Dear Lloyd Why. oh w h y ddo software companies say / May Release for a g a m e a n d t h e n a it comes out in June or July? TThis really annoys me. For t w o or r three months before they rel«lease a g a m e it is advertised a n d & us poor buyers

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Chortle! Alee Borrows from Epping, tickler! get all excited for a good g a m e . W e w a i t a long time, b u y it a n d then it's rubbish! Pathetic graphics, poor sound a n d quality, the lot. Scott Woodrow, Romsey S 0 5 1 8QD. You o l d m i s e r y g u t s ! A d v e r t i s e m e n t s for g a m e s are u s u a l l y b o o k e d m a n y m o n t h s in advance — here in the CRASH office it's m i d - A u g u s t a n d s o f t w a r e houses are b o o k i n g ads for g a m e s t h e y h o p e to release a t C h r i s t m a s ! I n t h e time between booking an ad a n d r e l e a s i n g t h e g a m e , a l o t of t h i n g s m a y go w r o n g w h i c h c a n result i n it b e i n g d e l a y e d . It's not d o n e on p u r p o s e a n d a l l advertisers t r y to be as up-tod a t e as possible. LM

Essex gets a prize w i t h this ribUNBELIEVABLE! Dear Lloyd I couldn't resist w r i t i n g to you to say thank you very m u c h to everyone in producing C R A S H , you've m a d e m e a n d m y children very happy. I bought m y 48K Spectrum over five years ago a n d I m a n a g e d to build u p a collection of about 50-60 games tapes of various types, mainly b u d g e t as I w a s on a l o w income a n d couldn't afford to b u y m a n y expensive tapes. I n early 1988 I m o v e d house

This month we wave a tearful goodbye to the litter-filled Cartoon Corner and welcome back the crazy world of the Bug Box I! The advantage is that loads more cartoons can be printed and, so now, even more prizes can be given away! The prize for any cartoon published is a F R E E game! Don't delay, get your chortle inducing cartoons in the post today! Send your scribblings to: NEWSF1ELD, B U G BOX, C R A S H , LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE SY81JW so I immediately sent off a n order for some back issues. I ' m n o w totally hooked a n d w i l l a l w a y s buy C R A S H . I ' m still on a low income (due to being a single parent) but thanks to you I can n o w begin to build u p my collection again. I a m one very

h a p p y and grateful lady. M y children also love the games so they too are happy. So I would like to send a big kiss to everyone on the C R A S H team from us a n d a b i g thank you to all. Keep u p the good work! M r s C Bellamy. Huntingdon Ching! A n o t h e r satisfied c u s t o m e r ! A n d t h a n k s for thoses kisses! LM BLEE! 16KI

ROCKFOLLIES Dear Lloyd This message is to all people stuck on m y brother's g a m e Rockfall. Firstly, I w o u l d like to point out t h a i all levels are possible as they have b e e n tested. (Check out playing tips if you're stUl stuck — L M ) . Secondly, m y brother's plea i n June about readers creating Rockfall 2 w a s not heeded, and I've received only four levels — I need 28! M o r e please! Check out the details in C R A S H June forum, and send t h e m to: R o c k f a l l 2 Levels, A n d r e w Collier, 57 W y n d h a m Ave. Bolton BL3 4LG. Please enclose a s t a m p e d addressed envelope if you w a n t a reply or your entry to b e returned. A f e w extra points on the size and composition for w h e n you're p u t t i n g your designs on paper: T h e size is 32x64 blocks, including the outer wall. Having to collect 99 diamonds should be avoided if possible otherwise it gets boring. E v e n only one d i a m o n d to collect could work! Levels w i t h the centre of attraction being t h e author's initials w i l l be filed in t h e w a s t e paper basket. Don't be offput, it's quite easy! A n d r e w Collier, Bolton

Dear Lloyd I have a 16K Spectrum, and 1 can't g e t g a m e s for it. So. does anyone have some games they w o u l d like to sell in m y area? Could C R A S H put any 16K games on the tape? S Bodycote, 2 L a m b e r d Avenue. Shepshed, Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9QH. Tee hee hee! A prize is w i n g i n g it's w a y to Barry Sutton from Stanley Common, Derbyshire! a n d unfortunately lost most of my tapes. I w a s grief stricken as all m y favourite g a m e s w e r e a m o n g t h e m . Being very disheartened I put m y Speccy a w a y . A b o u t four months ago m y children told m e about these computer magazines they had seen in t h e n e w s a g e n t s w i t h free games tapes. I couldn't believe it at first so I w e n t to look for myself. I spotted C R A S H , I bought a copy a n d I ' m very glad I did. I found the g a m e s w e r e terrific (I loved Kemshu) a n d t h e reading w a s interesting a n d fun, on t h e w h o l e it w a s very good value for money. I w a s overjoyed to find t h a t not only w a s it possible to ' buy back copies of this great m a g but some of the tapes contained g a m e s from m y original collection

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r e m e m b e r v i v i d l y w a s Sir Lancelot, t h a t w a s a b o u t six years ago and, sadly, w e c a n ' t f e a t u r e it o n t h e tape. Y o u m a y b e l u c k y to f i n d it i n a b a r g a i n b u c k e t a t your local shop, b u t it really is t i m e t o u p g r a d e ! ! LM W H E R E IS BROS? Dear Lloyd C a n you please tell m e w h e r e I can get hold of a copy of Mario Bros a n d Super M a r j o Bros. H e l p I Kristen Dyer, Surrey. Mario Bros w a s p u b l i s h e d b y Ocean a f e w years back, you could w r i t e to t h e m a n d ask if it's still a v a i l a b l e . Super Mario Bros is n o t a v a i l a b l e o n t h e Speccy, nor is it ever l i k e l y to b e as Nintendo, t h e g a m e ' s coin-op a n d consoles publisher, is v e r y strict o n c o p y r i g h t . LM

LIVE tV CIRCUIT X HELP!! While s o m e very confused readers are waiting for help! with problems featured last month, here's another plea for helpl from Keith Pritchard from Tamworth. W h a t ' s up Keith? I'm looking for any MID! programs for a 128K Spectrum, and if anyone can give me help regarding MIDI I would be grateful. D o y o u know about MIDI and think you could spare some time to heip Keith? Drop him a line at: Mr Keith Pritchard, 115 Medway, Belgrave, Tamworth, Staffordshire B77 2JW. W h e n you d o write, please print clearly as Keith is partially sighted. Don't forget if y o u need help! or can help! s o m e b o d y eise, write to C R A S H as soon as you can!

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This month s raver is J a m e s McConnell from Belfast, and here is hts list ol the top five games to get into on the Speccy' What are your five favourite games 7 Put pen to paper and send your hit parade to the usual address. 1. F A N T A S Y W O R L O D I Z Z Y (CodeMasters) Cheap, cheerful, colourful! Wonderful soundtrack and well designed screens What more do you want 7 (Apart from Dizzy 4!) 2. B A T M A N - T H E M O V I E (Ocean) Okay, so it's in monochrome but the graphics are highly detailed Very playable But perhaps a bit too easy7 3. O P E R A T I O N THUNDERBOLT (Ocean) In my opinion, betler than the arcade The scrolling on the 3 D sections is superb the coin-op s animation was jerky 4. CASTLE MASTER (Domarh) Bigger and better than the other Freescape games The graphics are more recognisable than in, for instance, Darkside which was brill 5. G H O U L S N' G H O S T S ( U S Gold) Who cares that the graphics are small? They're pleasing to the eye and well animated Imaginative monsters and a good range of weapons make it terrific Not to mention the 128K music

• Would ya credit it? The irresistible dynamite duo, Tom a n d Jerry, are currently celebrating their 50th birthday! Crikes! To mark the occasion M G M / U A Home Video has released a video compilation of the pair's best adventures, and completely hilarious they are too! A snip at £9.99, Tom and Jerry 's 50th Birthday Classics Vol. One brings you 56 minutes of action and the chance to join the Wild Cat Club' It's out now. and Vols Two and Three are released in October and November respectively. So. why is C R A S H telling you this? Is there a game on the way? Nope. W e just adore Tom and Jerry.

MORE FUN FAIR

• Bargains a plenty, as usual, are to be had at the next two All Format C o m p u t e r Fairs. The dates for your diaries are: November 4. and December 15 and the place to be on those dates is the New Hall of the Royal Horticultural Society. Greycoat and Elverton St. Westminster. London. The show opens at 10am and it costs £3 to get in.

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• Activision UK is to release |ust two more Speccy games before it says goodbye to the Speccy world forever: and goodbye to the Amstrad. C64, ST and Amiga world too. Employing 34 staff not long ago. Activision will be drastically slimmed down to a two-person operation dealing in the distribution of Nintendo and P C products. Mmmnvnmm (maybe it should have advertised in C R A S H a little bit more). But before it goes on said diet, the two games up for launch are Dragon Breed and Atomic RoboKid. Dragon Breed from the Irem coinop, is the story of a young King called Kayas and his huge fire breathing battle dragon. It would seem that Kayas' kingdom has been invaded by myriad nasty alien creatures. So the good king and his unusual steed take it upon themselves to kick ass. The game

splits into six levels full of bloodthirsty aliens. Our lad sits astride the dragon and is capable of firing his little gun in five directions, whilst the dragon breathes flaming bolts from its mouth and is able to shield Kaya with its tail. November is the release date, watch out for a preview very soon. Popping up in November is Atomic RoboKid. The hero of the title is a state of the art robotic war machine just graduated from the Universal University of Space Combat. His first mission is to travel deep into enemy territory and destroy everything that gets in the way (sounds like a good simple plan). You control Robo as he travels through 21 levels collecting add-on weapons while frying alien scum. Robo has two modes of locomotion: flying or walking and can inflict as much damage in either mode. And collect as many weapons as possible 'cos every third level pits you against a terrifying end of level creature. Again watch out for a preview soon.

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Gotta high score? We want to know about it! This is Hi-Fire, where you can announce your high score to the Speccy universe! Every month we'll be pulling a name from the Hi-FIre hat and awarding the lucky scorer £40 worth of software)! So, play mean and get yourself a high score and send it, with a photo of yourself, to: NEWSFIELD: HI-FIRE, CRASH, LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE SYS 1JW!! KEMSHU

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H o w t i t t e r f u l ! D J N i c k o in RoboStob! H a w l H a w ! Congrats to Jason S m a l l w o o d f r o m Leeds — your pic's just w o n you a free g a m e !

I t From the belly of the heeeuuuge [Newsfield publishing empire come Itwo new magazines, giving C R A S H I'.win sisters. Aw. The first new I arrival was launched in July and is called G A M E S M A S T E R I N T E R N A T I O N A L - Ihe Independent Fantasy Gaming

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• Festive spirit abounds at U S Gold as it announced the star line up for the Crimble season. Final | Fight stars three guys — Cody, Hagar and Guy — who stalk city streets and kick seven shades of blue out of attacking baddies.

i Monthly. Yes. it's for weirdos who enjoy pretending to be trolls, ores and suchlike. A snip at £1.75 every month, GMI brings you all the latest news, reviews and features of all that's hot in the crazy, crazy world of RPGs. FRPGs, PBM. LRP and G U R P S (whatever that lot means)!

Sounds original. Line Of Fire is a two-player Operation Thunderbolt derivative where you and a pat can grab the Uzis bolted to the cabinet and blast away at the on-screen bad guys. And finally Eswaf sees you as a member of a futuristic police force stomping around in the latest combat armour and carrying a range of large and very lethal weapons. Remember kids, stay out of trouble.

NUT ANT

Actually, it's rather good. T'other babe wrapped in swaddling clothes goes under the name of R A Z E and is all about the brilliant games out on the consoles and swank 16-bit machines. Costing £1.95 every month. R A Z E is launched September 27, replaces T H E G A M E S M A C H I N E and should shake up the g a m e s p l a y i n g world as it's completely brilliant, a n d 'cos It c o m e s with four m e g a posters every m o n t h ! Coo! Billions of copies of both m a g s are flooding into the n e w s a g e n t s , but, if they're all sold out before you get a c h a n c e to grab, you can obtain a copy, at cover price, from NEWSFIELD. Ludlow. Shropshire SY8 1JW. And mark your envelopes R A Z E or G M I

CHIC SHOW

• T h e Chic Computer Club s technical and hobbyist computer newsletter/magazine celebrates its 25th issue this month and is celebrating by sponsoring and attending the first T h a m e s Valley Computer Show on October 6. The venue is The R G Hall at High Wycombe and promises to have lots to interest the computer hobbyist. Details of the informative newsletter and the club itself can be obtained from: The Chic Computer Club, PO Box 121, Gerrards Cross. Bucks SL9 9JP.

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MUTANT MOVIE TICKETS ON 0898 404634! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie is coming soon, and you could be one of the first to see it if you win our shell shock of a comp!! We've got 100 tickets to give away to a special show later this year, so call now!!!

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CRASH regrets to have to advise readers who have ordered goods from SOFT OPTIONS, 6 Hope Street, Hartley, Stoke On Trent ST1 5BS, and whose cheques have been cashed with no fulfilment ol iheir order despite complaints to contact their local police, or P C S t a n y e r a t Hanley p o l i c e s t a t i o n o n 0782 202555, ext 311 who is already dealing with the matter We also urge you not to place orders with the above company We apologise to readers who have responded to S O F T O P T I O N S advertising printed in CRASH in all good laith Newslield Publications

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• S p e c t r a v i d e o , the creators of the hugely popular Quickjoy joystick range have announced they will soon be dropping the prices of their complete 11 joystick range. Changes will range b e t w e e n £1 and £10. This is mainly b e c a u s e sales over the last six months h a v e rocketed. S o those of you in search ot a new stick should look no farther

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Lots off news and plenty of action heading your way if you're a SAM Coup6 owner!

COUP£ GAMES ON THEIR WAY!

And you thought Defenders of the Earth was going to be the onlv S A M Coupe gome released? Here s some good news: software house Enigma Variations is set to put out a bundle of S A M games over the next few months. Hurrah! Better news still is that even more are in the pipeline. For now, here's the low-down on the first batch... • M i n d Games 1 is a pack of four arcade style games, especially written for the Coupe. They challenge your quick wits ond fast thinking rather than an itchy trigger finger! The puzzles a n a problems will bend your mind, the more you play the tougher they get! Look at the preview shots ond wait for the full review next issue. • The first graphics adventure for the S A M comes olive in The Fomous Five on Treasure Island. Based on the Enid Blyton book a n d officially endorsed by the Blyton Estate, you can play any of the four children or swap between them as you solve the puzzles. W h i l e based on a children's book, don't expect the g a m e to be easy: Enigma say it's challenging enough for the most adult of minds a n d includes over 8 0 locations a n d plenty of problems to tackle. Release is set for lote September, a n d Enigma hope to include a copy of the book in the packaging. • S A M Multi Pack 1 is a double-play pock featuring two original games by Rob Holman, creator or Defenders of the Earth. G a m e one is Futureball, a sports simulation set in the future when the gome of football has changed dramatically. Lasers, killer robots a n d deadly traps a r e all part of standard play in the year 2 0 9 0 . You're a new recruit to the team a n d play through tough training sessions before being accepted. The other g a m e is arcade adventure S A M Strikes O u t a n d features the S A M robot familiar to all Coupe groupies. Loads of screens packed with weird

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While many software houses are still humming and ahhing about producing S A M software, you e a g e r beaver readers have been busy jmesl Neil creating your own games! Pointon of Caerphilly sent us his g a m e called Ditchscape a n d a n admirable piece of S A M rogramming it is too. The game i s est described as Pipe M a m a viewed in isometric 3 D a n d plays well once you get the hang of it. Neil's selling the game for £ 3 . 5 0 on disk and £ 3 . 0 0 on cassette and you can order it from: Neil Pointon, 31 St Teilo's W a y , Watford Farm, Caerphilly, M i d G l a m o r g a n CF8 1FA.

a n d wonderful creatures make up the scenery and you have to take S A M across theperilous traps and hazards to safety. The S A M Multi Pack 1 is out in September. • In Sphera, Enigma promises a shoot- em-up to make 16-bit owners jealous! A full-screen vertical blaster, with three layers of parallax and more aliens than you would have thought possible. Hoping to better the classic 16-bit shoot-'em-up Xenon II, Sphera, which is only o working title, is due end of October.

HELP AT HAND

S A M C o , the new company formed by e x - M G T pic directors Alan Miles ond Bruce G o r d o n , has been a great success. The company is committed to continue supporting the Coupe in every possible w a y a n d providing advice to anyone w h o is stuck with a Coupe problem. Alan says 'Almost 3 , 0 0 0 users have repliea to our letter mailed out a month a g o a n d the support we're getting rrom all sides, including software, hardware and repairs is fantastic'. If you want to contact S A M Co, the address to write to is: S A M Computers Ltd, 7 Clevedon

il Court, Uplands, Swansea S A 2 O R G . For the moment S A M C o can only deal with written enquiries, a phone line is to be installed very soon.

ON THE PHONES

Don't forget a dose of help on all things Coupe is available on the S A M Coupe Hotline. Information from Alan Miles of S A M C o offers hints, tips and advice for all S A M owners a n d there's a new three minute progrom recorded every week The number to ring is 0898 299380. A call to the Hotline costs 3 8 p per minute peak times, 2 5 p per minute all other times.

SOFTWARE CLUB

N o t only is Enigma Variations creating a ton of S A M software, it's olso forming a S A M Software Club. It's a mail order club which will keep members up to date on the latest releases with a bi-monthly newsletter. A spokesperson for the club said T h e software selected for the club will be

TRANSFER THREE

Lerm Software, producers of Speccy and S A M utilities, hove released a new version of their transfer modeeasy program SAMtape. S A M tape 3 , which allows you to transfer thousands of Speccy programs onto the S A M has many new features' missing from the original. So, what's new? t h e Snapshot function has been made more reliable: you can now save a screen or whole program to disk. It's compatible with programs oroduced from the Disciple or Plus D disk drives ond also features two loading values to help you load in Speccy programs from tape. SAMtape 3 costs £ 1 0 . 9 9 , and owners of the original SAMtapes con upgrade for £ 4 . X » os long as they sera back their original tape. The address to contact is: Lerm Software, 11 Beaconsfield Close, Whitley Bay, Tyne & W e a r N E 2 5 9 U W .

More up to the minute news on all things SAM next month!

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rounds all hoping to be 1 9 9 0 ' s box office smash! And don't s o f t w a r e houses k n o w it! O u t g o t h e cheques, in come the licences a n d here come the games! 'Pass the popcorn' pipes Oliver Frey...

• Films are BIG business producers don't count like normal people they count in millions Ask them how much their recent smash pulled in at the box office and they II answer something like 8 0 What. eOp 7 C80? No, they re talking C80.000.000"" You could $ subscribe to C R A S H for, um five million years for less!! But. if i money's there to be made, they II be making and raking tl And the film that s expected to wipe out the resl ihis Christmas is the brilliant Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Image Works has the licence for the game, due to hit the shelves the minute the film f. opens

Past agent: 0 0 7 in The Spy Who Loved Me, on video now, but new on the Speccy from Do mark: race a Lotus in Sardinia, hop into a speedboat lo reach evil Strom berg's aquatic base, bade on (he rood avoiding innocent drivers and meet up with Q's mobile truck, spend collected Q tokens for lots of gadgets, then turn the Lotus into a sub, head for Sternberg's seabound stronghold and prepare for the final showdown. Phew! Full review lined up for next issue.

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Out to scare you now — Nightbreed — you may be too young to see the movie, but you con play Ocean's game (see the review this CRASH}

tie-ins are the one way of launching a game without having to spend a fortune on publicity and advertising to alert the public to its existence. With a conversion from an arcade game, publishers can fe$i confidertihat a lot ot us will have already seen or played the original, or at least heard from friends how good it is Reminding u^,pl it when the Speccy version is due will be easy. Link to that the fact thai all your programmers

Big Ocean and big Arnie remember wholesale past successes and hope for more with Total Recall

someone in Japan or the Slates i has already burned the midmghit oil creating and you quickly stee the benefits Film tie-ins are helped

W H A T ' S HOT, W H A T ' S NOT M U S T SEE Back To The Futur^Part III Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Gremlins II Total Recall The Spy Who Loved Me W O R T H WATCHING Nightbreed Days Of Thunder Back To The Future Part II W A I T FOR THE V D E O Robocop II Dick Tracy

Bock to the Future Ilk Cclloid hopes from Image Works its Christmoj. Will it be betfcthan |J? hree levels — Doc ehaje _ coach, avoidingslling luggage and Red Indians/orty | checks his gun skills at a ootina gallery; a dramatic train tscue bid — all geared for our pleorei

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enormously by the huge publicity that surrounds the blockbusters:' after ail the hype on a B a t n ^ n - ^ i The Movie or a Dick Tracy, all a I software house with the licence has to do is tell us T h e game is here!, and we alt know what they're on about. Theif ads will be but a minuscule drop m the ocean of alt the advertising film companies have already spent money on for their own purposes The other benefit is that a ftlm tie-in is the one reasonably safe cover under which ordinal and novel gameplay ideas can be marketed. After aU, a film's plot ts but a story line: what game you create from it is largely up to the development team and its creativity. If the film inspires a good game, you've got it made,

But what would happen if, say. O c e a n had released their brillia nt Batman as City of Superheroes"? They'd have had lo spend a • t u n e telling us all about its dlxfeterce' And we might still no t have noticed. Check out the box on these pages for just how many film tieins the industry has spawned s o far. and you'll notice how many of them didn't live up to the+r cinema originals when it came to game pi ay — it proves a famous title is not enough: lack payability (pfogrammqr's fault) and you stHI have a dood on your hands' This risk won't deter the software houses, and we're not likely lo see an end to games from movies, and why should we? Cowabunga indeed!

MICRO MOVIES Just to prove the popularity of movie tie-ins on the speccy, here's a complete list of those reviewed in C R A S H since the word go. Some were great, others best forgottenl

TRAILERS Other news on future film tie-ins i n c l u d e s h y b r i d Aliens Versus Predator. I n t e n d e d for y o u b y Activi&ion (if their slimming course allows — see news) a n d based

on the Dark Horse comic of the same n a m e where the beasts f r o m t h e m o v i e s c o m b i n e to terrorise us all.

Gremlins II from Elite is very near completion, opain Billy, Kate and Gizmo battle the evil little G r e m l i n s w h e n they infest a skyscraper o w n e d by a nasty scientist: the little blighters have hod their genetic makeup fiddled with, m a k i n g them nastier than ever (gulp). Yellow hot on h e a d a n d y e l l o w r a i n c o a t f l a p p i n g in the w i n d

Dkk Tracy is the man to clean up the streets. Disney Studios have signed a deal with Titus to p i x e l a l e the golden a g e private investigator as he battles Big Boy a n d his gang. Also set for release in the n e a r

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A few tips for the Issue 79 cover g a m e . Gladiator from Domark. If you're finding it hard to stash up your foes then John Mitchell from Doncaster will lend a helping hand. He completed the g a m e in just an hour! 1. Select Ihe two-pointed dagger. 2. Select a trident (that's one of those three pronged pointy things). 3. Select the two-poinied dagger again) 4. Start. 5. Move forward but try to dodge

ihe other player. 6. Keep moving forward until the other player turns around 7. Move back a bit. gel behind the player without him lurning around again and stab him 8. If he does turn around go back to point five. 9. Keep stabbing him by standing still with Ihe border flashing. 10. W h e n his energy has gone move back so he dies. 11. Do this on every round. 12. The bets, well I II leave this to you I can't tell you everything!

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Continuing on from the tips printed w h e n this g a m e w a s on the cover cassette are this lot from Chris Dand of Surrey.

L o t s of l u s h i o u s t i p s for y o u t h i s i s s u e . It's b e e n q u i t e a s c r a p e to get this lot t o g e t h e r , actually. L u c k i l y I f o u n d a secret stash of letters w h i c h had d r o p p e d d o w n the back of my d e s k (phew!). C o m e on e v e r y o n e , get tipping and m a p p i n g all t h e l a t e s t r e l e a s e s : I h a t e s i t t i n g a r o u n d twiddling m y t h u m b s . S o what is there for y o u to get your peelers a r o u n d this month then? I've got tips for Vendetta, Back To The Future II and Gladiator plus s o m e handy m a p s for Bloodwych. What more could you want?

You should now be in posession of a list of phone numbers. Note Ihem all down. There's no point dialing NASA as you can't crack the code using the logic analyser. If you dial C O N you get a system overload hence the name. So dial TLL. Terminate the phone link and work out the code as you did for Global Atmospherics. Re-dial and enter the code Make a note of which satellite has had extra equipment fitted Return to the control screen. Dial LION, terminate the phone link and work oui the code, Dial LION and enter the code. Make a note of the AD Countdown code. Return to control. Dial CLR. This bit had m e confused for a while there was nothing but an advert for Cameo Laser Refractors but it all became clear at the end. Note down the colour order of the four bars or colours (ie. red, green, purple and blue). Ihen return to SatCom control. Now dial CEL. Work out the code.

re-dial and enter it You'll get two questions; answer the first one N and then Y You'll be given Ihe code lo gel into NASA But Ihere s more. The little quirk talked about is thai the number is actually written backwards, SO to get inlo NASA you have to reverse the code (54321 would become 12345) Dial NASA and enter Ihe reversed code Then enter the correct satellite (you should have noted it down) Now enter the Auto Destruct Countdown code Press SPACE twice to reiurn to SatCom Work out the code. Repeat the procedure for the next two codes You'll then face a display showing the satellite racing around the heavens. You must arrange Ihe coloured blocks in Ihe correct sequence to destroy it: I did it by random key pressing and shouting very loudly at the computer! It's easier if you put in the colours from the Cameo advert, but put the last colour first and work up. All things in the correct order, the satellite will explode and you II have finished the game. I've seen some boring end of game messages bui this takes the biscuit1

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fault but a trap for the greedy! The instructions should say not collect all the jewels' but 'collect the required number of jewels'. Sometimes not all the jewels are required but collecting extra ones will get you more points. Level two of the game is made up of 54 jewels all of which you can collect except one: you can guess which one that is! Of these only 50 are needed to get you to the next level (see the number in Ihe bottom right of the screen). You should be able to get most of the 53 diamonds fairly easily, except for four diamonds in a box towards the bottom of the top-left quarter of the level (see diagram) You have to use the bomb correctly to get into the box. Do not get the top two diamonds immediately. When you drop the bomb, arrange

THE RACE All you have to do is press the keys P. I. T and Y and then SPACE. You'll be rewarded by ihe 5 0 seconds on the clock being permanently changed to 99,

enter the room you're in until his time is up. Look under the various objects in your room and you should find the suitcase, passport etc., and you can now go through the exit to the plane. (Robert Dorlen)

SPY VS SPY Load the game as normal, select one-player mode and make sure the exit door to the plane is visible right through the game. Now play the game. G o to the screen with the exit on it and close all doors on screen. Put a bucket from the inventory on each entrance and wait in the room. The computer player will pick up all the objects needed and then go to the room you're in. When he comes in the bucket falls on his head and he'll go to heaven for a short time. Now close the door he came in through and put a bucket on it. The computer player wilt keep trying to

WORLD CHAMPIOHS This is a game from the Supreme Challenge Soccer Spectacular compilation. If you've lost after 9 0 minutes, press BREAK and type G O T O 7000. The g a m e restarts but the scores stay the same until someone gets a goal. (M. Smalley)

Here are a few tips for that recent Powertape g a m e . Breakpoint, the interesting' g a m e of Snooker! The expert at the g a m e is Graham Cormode from Maidstone in Kent.

the top, but this doesn't affect gameplay at all The colour of the ball does not affect the question, just the time, so a black question could pop up as a red question but with more time to answer. Don t let time run out. guess if you don't know. Finally, if you BREAK and LIST 1. you find the game program — it's in Basic! At the end of the listing are the questions with the letter of the correct answer at the end This corresponds to the possible answers after the question because answer A is first. B is second and so on

SOLUTION Key: R-Right. L=Left, U=Up, D=Down, T=Teleport. UL-Up/Left etc.

p r o g r a m m e r of the g a m e , Ian Collier is here to put the record straight. What you've found is not a program

L, I. u, d. d. t. r. r. r. d. d, r, r, I, I, u, ur, r. I, u. dl, 1,1,1,1.1, u. r, r. u. I, r. r, t, u, u. I, d. 1.1,1, d. 1.1, r, r, u, r. r, r, u, d. d, t. I.d, d. d. 1.1, d. d, I. d. r, u. u, I. stand on pad below the teleporter, this will activate the bomb, t, d, d, t. u, r, u. u, r, r, u, t, r. r. u, u, r, r. u, d. d. t, r, r, r. I,h u. r. Id.

Press BREAK, then enter 781 and finally C O N T I N U E : When you get a question wrong you'll just proceed to the nexi without getting the chances left' message. After you've potted 16 reds and answered 16 coloured questions you'll get a final score out of a possible 128 The only problem with this cheat is that you lose the picture of the table and the boxes at

DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH (SAM COUP£ VERSION) W h e n on the high score table type in '....ORG' (the four full stops are essential) and you won't lose energy but still lose a life if you fall in the water. (R.J. Clark)

ROCKFALL Many readers have been writing in telling of their m i s h a p s with level two of this brilliant cover game from Issue 75. T h e

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for it to explode at the point marked with an X. Do this by following tlhe arrows — go vertically down to tthe X. collect the diamond then m o v e up to the bomb and gel out of thie way.

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SOVIET FIGHTER Lots of fighter plane action in this action packed g a m e . So m u c h action in fact, you can hardly do without these tips from a mystery person w h o lives at 47 London Road, Newark. These tips work o n levels one to five.

Just shoot a few planes, then switch to air to ground missiles and use all of them After that just switch to heat seekers and keep dodging bullets. The Apache will soon arrive just dodge all its missiles and launch your heat seeker. This missile will automatically home in

Well, we've had Deja Vu a n d n o w Deja Vu — The Remix, w h e n are we going to get Deja Vu the 12" CD megamix import with free poster and signed autograph of the programmer? Sam Harvry of Motherwell has sent in his solution and top tips.

on the helicopter and blow it up ; There should only be one Apache to each level, but just in case, always collect more heat seekers. If you're lucky enough to get a nuclear warhead before you come to a chopper, save it to use against it this will give you extra points Always collect all the parachutes. Whenever a helicopter isn't near, blast enemy planes, and on bonus levels just sit still, the parachutes offer extra points. You must always keep moving so tanks can't lock on to you.

d. I, r. r. r, u, r, enter spaceship, you've won! HINTS AND TIPS Some places will be protected wrh a code Press fire above the pad and you'll see the puzzle to solve it. Put the lowest number first then the second highest and so on. You do not need to collect the bomb, just stand on the pad. A teleporter is Ike a pad but it has a roof. If the worran member of your crew is not in the place she usually is. iust look around: she II be on the opposite part of the ship, past some metal robots. You may need more shields on your way than Ihe ones you've get, so look around tor them You neel all tour keys, and take all the items you come across To open a locked door you must have the right key then stand on the pad. press fire and it opens.

BLOODWYCH W e said in the review that Bloodwuch w o u l d b e a g a m e for all m a p p e r s out there to get stuck into, a n d by jimminy that's

exactly what's happened. The best of the m a p s a n d tips for the g a m e I h a v e been sent are f r o m M.C. Parker of Hyde. F.A.B.!

More brilliant budget tips from the mysterious p e r s o n from Newark. You should always put your n a m e o n all pieces of paper you send in, you never know w h e n a page is going to g o missing! This time the lips are for LA. Drugs Bust. A GUIDE TO THE ENEMIES ON ALL LEVELS Big Guys: These are pretty easy targets one shot will put them to rest Little G u y s : Slightly harder than their big brothers. Every second one shot drops an icon for you to pick up. D o o r m e n : These are quite hard and fire like crazy To get them put your target half in/half out of the

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PART ONE — S O L U T I O N Walk right, punch door, go to box on the floor and pick up: you should have a crow bar. Go left out of the room and right, go to box on floor and pick up you should have some pliers. Go right, climb the ladder, left, left, go through door, go to the fifth box and open it with the crowbar. Pick up: you should have something, go right, right, stab the map on Ihe wall, it will disappear leaving a hole: pick up and you should have a road map. Search all the drawers and tables for objects, do this in all of the rooms. The objects you should have found are two video tapes, a screw driver, a disk and a weapons code. Use both the video tapes in the video recorder, put the disc into the computer and type in the weapons code which is ZIP1: you should get an ignition key. Now go to the car, use the screw driver to open the door and the ignition key to drive off. PART T W O — S O L U T I O N Walk forward, punch door, go in. go to three weapons on the wall, pick up: you should have a bazooka Using the crowbar search all crates for ammo, go out of the room and

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VIEWS It's a bit at a bargain this Heroes tthingy. RICHARD Top o( the pile is Licence To Kill, a red1JCENC* hot shoot-'em-up played against violent attackers a v e r a

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part from being the title of a David Bowie album Heroes \s the latest four game compilation from Domark. For those of you who've been off-planet for the last lew years here's a rundown of the fab four games that will set your Spectrum alight! Licence To Kill is a six level 007 game where Bond must apprehend evil drugs baron Sanchez. The six levels split into three scenes in which Bond chases Sanchez around most ot North and Central America in a range ot vehicles, takes swimming lessons, is shot at a lot and finally faces Sanchez on an 18-wheeler truck. In Barbarian II you choose to play either the tough Barbarian or Princess Mariana. Trudge across wastelands, caverns and dungeons until you reach evil Drax's inner sanctum and lop his head off once and for all. Drax isn't at all sporting: he sends a range of his most evil denizens to stop you. But with a range of devastating combat moves at your command, he'd better watch out. Nexl hero in the line-up is

Amie Schwarzenegger as The Running Man. You control Ben Richards,participant in the future's top TV game show where punters are ripped limb from limb by paid assassins called Stalkers for the entertainment of the masses. With five sections to the game, there are four zones where you're attacked by Stalkers. Survive that and the fifth tevel takes you back to the studio to face Killian

scrolling landscape. Barbarian II is neat too, but not wholly playable unlit Ihe many attacking moves have been masstered. Once you get the sword swipe just right, ploughing (through Ihe original array ot monsters and mutants is great turn! Star Wars is enjoyable enough, though simplistic play and dated action may not have you returning to it often. And whal <of The Running Man? It's a case of good presentation covering a rather unplayable game — and the multi-load on the cassette version's a pig to use. 76% the smug MC ol the good game and several programme. turkeys. It's nice to see a The fourth game is Star compilation with three (good Wars. Guide Luke Skywalker games and only one duid. as he flies his X-wing lighter The Running Man is the* fly in into the Empire s most the ointment as far asl' m devastating weapon, the concerned: the sluggish Death Star. Three sections control and unawait: the dogtight in space Schwarzenegger like m;ain with the TIE fighters, the sprite turned me against it death defying slalom through when it was first reviewed. the laser defence towers and Four games for fifteen quid is finally a flight through the good value for money, (even trench to hit the impossibly though they are getting on a small exhaust port. bit now. Most compilation games MARK 8 7 % verge Ihe average because they generally contaiR one

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ou can't be serious! The ball was in! Atl the atmosphere of the real game has been captured in Pro Tennis Sim with the usual moves available to the player, and a choice of court surfaces to play on. including grass and ctay. Many past tennis games have been almost impossible to play, with complicated key combinations needed just to hit the ball back at the other player. This is much simpler and should appeal to a wider audience. Graphics are ot a good standard, with large animated tennis stars and well drawn and coloured surroundings to the three

courts. It takes a bit of practice to learn when to hit the ball and judge where the other player is going to hit it but once mastered you can be on your way to the top of the league. The two player optiin is really fun, especially if you get someone to play against who hasn't got a clue. Smashing the ball so hey can't reach it is tremendously satisfying! One of the better tennis games around, I just wish it simulated cool drinks after each match! NICK

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pook city, ahoy! Welcome lo Midian. home ol mulants. beserkers and psychotic killers. Not the place you'd normally pick to get away Irom it all. but playing Boone this is where you are Y see Boone has been accused ol a series murders he didn t commit and as he runs lor the prarielands of Canada. a j M M W W M M M M B i

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stumbles across this longforgotten necropolis. But in the game there's no time to stand around like a lemon catching up on the storyline, because the colourful scenery is packed with vicious attackers. The assorted hordes {some almost human, though mostly a lot of huge ugly bugs} are trying to prevent you reaching Mask, arch enemy in the game. Nighibreed is essentially, a beal-'em-up played across a huge map. Scenes are

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lassic shoot-'em-up action straight from the oldest arcade machines! Guardian II Is a space invader game featuring a fast horizontally scrolling landscape as you attempt lo rescue people

slranded on the ground. This kind of gameplay was all the rage In the early days, similar to the excellent Scramble type games. Graphically it's very simplistic: small aliens fly about each level shooting tiny bullets at you — so tiny you can easily mix them up with the starry background! One thing that annoys me is

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AJ) mSik viewed side on, and the screen Hips between areas as you control Boone's movement to the left or right If a route is available up or down the screen, arrowed gateways mark the turning point. Boone is unarmed to begin with and it's up to you to control his attacking moves such as punching and kicking. Most ol the humanlooking mulants can be defeated with a good few solid blows, as long as you lay into them before they pull oul a gun or flamethrower' Midian's monsters are slightly more difficult to kill outright, though a swift sliding kick knocks them out of your way — giving you. at least, the chance to escape! Some armed attackers, when knocked oul. drop their weapons — pick em up and success should be easier to achieve (use sparingly: bullets are limited!).

As colourful as Night Breed is. il's a wee bit over the top. Both Ihe character sprite and a t t a c k e r s are m o n o c h r o m e , and a g a i n s l a colourful background they're very difficult to see. Add to this the very very annoying multi-load and I was turned against the game very quickly. Bui after a bit ol perseverance (and a lot of peering myopically at the screen) I started to enjoy mysell. Boone has a bard time of it initially as he only has his lists and teet lo defend himself but later on weapons of varying eftecliveness come into play. It's a shame the multiload is such a pain because after initial doubts I quite liked this — but not when you have to reload whole sections of the game 69%

There are three different levels lo explore (above Midian. in Midian and the bowels ol the necropolis), but. and this is the rummy thing, you don't have lo complete one level before progressing to the next. Often you don't have a lot ol choice — holes open up in the ground and downwards you plummet. If you collect secret pass codes you can enter one level automatically, instead ol playing through others. Sound's fun. eh? Well, this is where the most annoying element of Ihe game comes in: it's a multi-load and every level is loaded independently ot each other, and that. includes the main pan ol the program and the introductory screens. The effect is like playing a game on ITV: you just get into the action when you have lo stop for the ads (here. Ihe next pari to load). So. in one game you could spend more time forwarding and rewinding the cassette and loading rather than playing the game!! Boo! The disk version makes everything a lot better because ol the rapid access. The gameplay is good fun

and not as predictable as most beal-'em-ups — just as you begin attacking one enemy, a bomb, or another mutant flies onto the screen causing extra hassles. Though packed with colourful graphics from start to finish, the layout of a scene (iyou often walk behind objects in the foreground, disappearing Irom view) may make ut difficult lo see what's texactly going on An enjoyable, playable action game ipacked with tots lo discover, should holid youi interest for a long times. RICHARD 80%

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overallI the keys the programmer has chosen to control the ggame. they're impossible! It's's even worse on joystick! Guardian II is highly y addictive: one lor arcaede freaks everywhere. A * word of advice though, read thihe instructions first: in myiy first game I started to massisacre all the earth people — they weren't too pleased!

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pre-starl options include an Allied/German computer player, a two-player option, levels ol difficulty and deployment options (historical or player-set). The on-screen map and units are well designed and easily interpreted Placing the cursor over any unit brings up its stats including unit morale, supply level, movement points, etc. Orders are easily despatched and info found by the Find key which hops around the map. cycling through your forces

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unit an order turns it light blue. Orders include Move. Road (an excellent, timesaver, order that requires the unit to follow the road lo the destination). Bomb (artillery lire), Construct/Demolish (lor bridges) and Sabotage (for the two American supply depots). Initially, considering the bad weather, aircraft support was negligible. Sensibly, though, some air attack/recce is available on a limited basis. On Ihe whole. Battle of the Bulge is an excellent game — although I'm slightly foxed as to the 128K version on side two ol the tape as I couldn't see any 128K enhancements and no mention was made ol this in

The game follows the standard order/movement phase-type play. Giving any

o-karling hasn't been used as a game theme for, um... well, it's never been used! So. if you fancy racing it up, )ump in! There are three circuits to race around, each different in layout, featuring hills, valleys and plenty of scenery that flies past at a rate of knots. Racing against three other crazy karlers and the clock, your kart is equipped

with a hell of a lot of speed: four gears, and a turbo booster for tha) extra thrust. Gamepiay is incredibly simple — push down on the accelerator and keep your kart on the track! But It's not easy, especially as there are so many signs, billboards and hay bales lining the route — crash into one and your kart goes flying sky high! Pro Go-kart Simulator, as the inlay says, is all about speed — unfortunately there's just a bit too much. Your 'kart has two speeds:

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the manual. CCS have not includeda modifier for the German undercover commando ham that caused some disamy in their American uniforms by scaremongering, rumour spreading, etc. I would teve liked to have seen this included as they did havt limited success. Americin troop movements were delayed, some high ranking US oflicers were arrested/delayed on suspicion ot being a spy, etc Even with my minor gripis, I still enjoyed Battle oltht Bulge. CCS once again show they have the Spectrum wargame market by Ihe shod and curiies. PAUL RIGBY 32%

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udge Old Stoney Face Oredd is one ol Ihe longest running and best loved characters Irom 2D00AD comic and now you get to control Mega City One s finest cop Oredd battles through six levels, each based on a Oredd story Gameplay is essentially that ol a shoot- emup. and similar to RoboCop as you view the eight-way scrolling action trom side on

In the game Dredd does what he s best at. catching perps . Level one takes you to Dan Tanna block where the League 01 Fatties are running riot and eating all that comes to hand. So. with trusty Lawgiver gun in hand and Lawmaster bike on call, your prime objective is to shut down tour food dispensers and then guard the food convoy as it trundles into the city to teed the starving millions Watch out lor Ihe latlies as they throw tood at you and even |ump oil walkways in an attempt to (latter you The

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his is nowhere near as good as the original Cerius. That was full ol cute, cuddly creatures and addictive gameplay. this is just a basic shoot-'em-up with nothing to compel you to come back lor more. You lly awkwardly around each screen hopelessly trying to avoid enemy bullets and return some ol your own. The ship moves so slowly you're bound to be killed before you get anywhere. You can build up your ship's weaponry (like all the best games) to a double laser, triple laser and even a Antiphib blaster (cool)!

Graphically, Cerius II resembles the other games created by programming team The Shaw Brothers, colourful and detailed sprites move glitch free across the screen. But graphics alone do not make a game, and with a tune like the one on the title screen anybody with ears will want to switch oft! A disappointing follow up that may only appeal to shoot'em-up fans. NICK Overall 51%

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status panel shows your energy (knocked down by attackers) and the rising crime level: the idea Is to keep your energy high and the crime rate low. Scene two lakes you to Charles Oarwin block where Professor Fribb has created an enzyme that reverses the process of evolution. Unforlunately. some ot the deadly enzyme has escaped through Ihe vents and the inhabitants ot the block are now less than human Here Oredd must again walk through platform alter platform apprehending lizards, amoebas and monkeys whilst closing the outlets Irom the ventilation system. Once this is done he heads lor Fribb s lab to arrest the amoeba that the unfortunate Prof has become. Levels three tour and live cover the events ol one of my

favourite Oredd stories — Blockmania. The Sov Block agent Orlok has started blockmania. induced gang warfare, in Ihe City and Oredd must stop him and his comrades who are contaminating the Aqua Plant in level three. In level four, his Aqua Plant plan thwarted. Grlok tries to contaminate the Weather Station. Level live sees Oredd trying to control the outbreak of blockmania. And level six 7 My advice is give up now because the four Dark Judges Fear. Fire. Morlis and Oeath pay Mega-City a visit and it's up to you lo get rid of them using dimension bombs Good luck Oredd. you'll need it! A far belter game than the original Judge Dredd game by Melbourne House. Virgin have done a good job in adapting Ihe 2DOOAO strips. My only slight moan is that the six

Q l f ^ l J I I n n O o n t be put off by the small size ot Ihe n i v t l H l l U p l a y i n g area shown on screen, when the action begins you soon forget about that G—so much happens! Judge Dredd is very well presented the introductory computer terminal section with its many lunctions gives that extra sparkle lo a game thai s little more than a shoot- em-up. Gameplay is tough but enjoyable as you stomp around the walkways killing oft (he appropriate perps. However, you have to watch who you're shooting, as killing a normal civilian doesn't do you any good! Each level is big. and mapping is a worthwhile job as getting lost isn t dillicult! For its many loads (yeah, it s a multi-load) Ihe gameplay does not really dilfer trom level to level, and it's the repetitive nature ot the gameplay that prevents Judge Dredd from being a real hit 76%

levels look and play very much Ihe same; you wander around Ihe playing area bagging the baddies and shutting off four valves vents/food dispensers etc Graphically the game is good, especially the cartoon style drawings that appear when Dredd calls his bike and is hospitalised through loss ol energy The sound track on the 128K version is neat too. Gameplay is tough keeping the crime rate down and your personal energy level up takes a lot ol practice Add to that the novel logging-on to the Justice Department computer system before playing |a 9.4 million gigawatt computer, indeed!) makes Judge Dredd a playable package. It's a shame about the limited conlenl though. MARK 79%

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