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EXCLUSIVE! POPULOUS II 64 Fancy a little fire and brimstone? Turn to our exclusive review of the sequel to the ultimate God game.

EXCLUSIVE! MORTALKOMBAT 70 Acclaims conversion of the classic Midway coinop looks extremely similar to the coin-op... but is it any good?

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EXCLUSIVE! ECCOTHEDOLPHIN 86 Yes! Finally, the Mego•CD version of one of the greatest games ever arrives and it looks better than Lucy in frogman's gear!

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OFTHEYEAR U LARS EDITORIAL 6 Rich speaks. Also, secret life of an 8-bit recluse...

NEWS8 Exclusive pics of up and comings from our software house chums. All the news, read all about it etc...

MEANYOB 28 YOB's your man to put Shelley and her mob to flight.

Does anybody silence him this month?

JAZZAIS 0+A 32 More questions. More answers, What more can we add?

A Teas oi action la the cyborg standoff. Tronk 9 gets caught in the crossfire.

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The man who knows oil about cheats and suchlike, Foul Davies, presents you with a fine selection of dried tips.

REGIONALSPOTLIGHT 96 Learn about the best console shops in your vicinity.

MEGAMART110 Relief for the bargain minded, in 'Car Boot System'

NEXTMONTH 113 A fine figure of a filler that may contain details about next month's issue. Don't get your hopes up though.

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VIRTUALREALITYCOMESHOME 46 We're talkin' bout a Revolution. Mean Machines travels to the far reaches of new games technology, VR,

EASOCCER A fine work-in-progress feature concerning one of the best soccer games for the Megadrive... perhaps!

THEJUNGLEBOOK 24 More work-in-progress malarkey as we examine one of Virgin Games forthcoming stunnas, The Jungle Book!

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Cince issue one of the original MEAN MACHINES athree years ago (when I was but amere 18-yearold lad staff writing for CVG), we've always tried to bring the very best, totally exclusively!

Three yeors on, with oil manner of sod "competitors" now muscling into the marketplace, we like to think we're still carrying on this proud tradition This month for example, we're proud to bring you the exclusive lowdown on games such as Populous II, Ecco CD and Jurassic Pork (to name but three). Also, we've in-depth exclusive features on Robocop Versus The Terminator, EA Soccer and The Jungle Book!

However, following on from the exclusive Sega VR playiest we secured at lost month's Chicago CES (we were the ONLY UK magazine allowed to playtest the hardware by Sego of America, much to the annoyance of certain other publications), we've got hold of the story every magazine even vaguely Segarelated has been trying to track down: the full lowdown on the Megadrive's 32-bit successor: Project Saturn.

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E D I TO R I A L M 1 X Top 4 Bores people with 'colour' names: 1. SARAH GREEN. Talentless ex-Blue Peter presenter who thinks falling out of helicopters is clever. Fool.

2. B EM BLUE. Tolentless character from a croppy French film, where everybody foolishly thinks taking their clothes off, and talking foreign-like, is clever.

3. JASON ORANGE_ Talentless moron from Take That, foolish enough to think goatee beards are clever.

4 VIOLET BERLIN. Er. presenter of ITV's Bad Influence, foolish enough to think peroxide blonde rugs ore clever.

Thismonth the gang were asked the probing question, "If you had a bullet and a lollipop whowould you give them to?".

JULIAN 'AL' RIGNALL Jaz smiles. "Me? I wouldn't point o gun at anyone...I'd just get Lefty to do it for me". Yes, as Jaz is indeed 'Mr Big' in these ports, he only has to snap his fingers to seal a fate. His bodyguard is Dove Kelsoll, who masquerades as a 'Designer', but is so talentless that no one on the floor is fooled. His moll Glenys gets the lollipop.

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LUCY 'NIKITA' HICKMAN Lucy comes over all funny when asked, 'cause she fancies herself as Bridget Fonda in The Assassin.

'I'd get John Major,' she snarls, 'lout my aim would have to be brilliant to hit his tiny brain. And I'd have the lollipop myself,' she odds in on ominous tone. warned, though. I don't suck — I biterErkl Be CURRENT FAME GAMES:Master Blaster, Gunskir Heroes OZ 'HOODLUM' BROWNE For the bullet, Oz selects the cheeky ginger-haired • c h o p in the Sun 'newspaper' ad, for his chirpy banter/mindless drivel.

"Give me an Uzi ond take out the rest of the carrot-tops!" shrieks our designer who's been reading too many ‘Gongsta' mags of late. His

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CURRENT FAVE GAMES:SOR II (GG) Rocket Knight ANDY 'MILITANT' MCVIIIIE Andy was on a bit of a Good Life 'tip' when asked the question. 'I'd hove to start the Class War by shooting that Penelope Keith," intones our cloth-capped Prod Ed. The reason being "She's for to snobby". Andy's lollipop goes to t h e lovelyFelicityKendal,'She's the perfect English rose and on angel for putting up with that daft husband of hers," he odds, rapidly losing his grip on reality.

CURRENT FAYE GAMES:Rocket Knight, Gunstor Heroes ANGUS 'CURLIES' SWAN "My bullet would head straight for Clement Freud, the guy who endorses the British Rail Buffet," moons Gus. "I'm sure I could claim • s e l f - d e f e n c e after the amount of near misses I've had with their burgers". The callous Caledonian o f f e r s hislollipopt o TVairhead Anne Diamond, "In the hopes she'd choke on it".

CURRENT FAYE GAMES:Powerstrike II, Gunstor Heroes, Risk PAUL 'WOBBLE' DAVIES Paul's single bullet is for Hugh Jelly (Julian Clory's outsize assistant). Mistaken identity is the problem. 'I'm fed up with getting asked for my autograph in the street". His lollipop is reserved for his dad, because it's his birthday, and Paul forgot to get him a decent present.

CURRENT FAYE GAMES:Rocket knight, Gunstor Heroes, Powerstnke RADION 'DISCIPLE' AUTOMATIC Rod would give his lollipop to Perry Halley. Who, apparently, is port of a circus made of frocks, dwarfs and sick acts. "Maybe he'd give me my big break,' Rod opines hopefully.

"Gm! Andripper Gore for the bullet. She's the nutcase who thinks r o c k musiclyricsleadpeoplet o Satanism. What rubbish,. .Never mind, the Master has plans for her," he whispers.

CURRENT FAYE GAMES:Gunstor Heroes, Rocket Knight

Eir AV R O S : CELEBRITY GAMER W I TE N I

This month the celebrity gaming spotlight falls on evil genius and mastermind of the Daleks, Davros. Already a cult star in the MEAN MACHINES office, Dovros is something of a loss at video gaming, mainly down to his single arm, limp wrist and dodgy fingers (which were subsequently blown off in Revelation of the Daleks). Hand-to-eye co-ordination is also something of a downer... still, here's a list of ten games that even old Dewy could have a crack at — using just the one finger!

6. Time Gal 1. Olympic Gold 7. Phantasy Star II & Ill 2. Arnold Palmer's Golf Et.Shining in the Darkness 3. Sword of Vemillion 9. Where in Time is Carmen 4. Evander Holyfield Boxing Sandiego?

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Always first with the big exclusives: MEANMACHINES! Last month we exclusively revealed Sega VR, MEAN MACHINESbeing the only UK magazine invited to playtest the new hardware, leaving all of our purported "competitors" in a big sulk. This month we go one better, with the full story on Sega's new 32-bit machine: the Saturn. MEAN MACHINES' editor, Richard Leadbefter brings you the

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SEGA 3 2 4 I I T 14ISTORY Sego ore pioneers of 32-bit technology. In a recent interview with computer trade paper O W, Tom Kalinske (president and chief executive officer of Sego of America) announced that they could release a 32-bit console at any time they wished. Apparently, Sego have cut their teeth with 32bit arcade machines like Virtue Racing and are almost ready to bring that technology home — in the form of the Sego Saturn.

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with all software for the machine being released on disc. At the heart of the beast is a custombuilt 32-bit processor, It's based roughly on the existing V60 NEC 32-bit chip. However, Sego have spent considerable time upgrading the (admittedly rather old) chip, increasing its performance considerably. The current prototype processor runs at 27 MHz — that's compared to the Megodrivers 7.61 MHz processor and the Super NES's 3.58 MHz. Comparing speeds isn't the best benchmark though — even if the V60 was forced to run at a paltry 3.58 MHz, it would still process similar tasks a lot quicker. This is because the Saturn chip is 32-bit

Aconcept drawing of the new 32-bit Sega Saturn. The artist has conjectured that the finished console will be shaped roughly like its celestial namesake.

meaning that is inherently faster and it's a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Chip) — this basically means that program code is simpler and thus quicker to execute

THE A M A Z I N G BITS Now brace yourself for the best bits! Our insider source at Sega of Japan says that comparing the graphics of Saturn to the new

3D0 multimedia machine is like comparing 2D to 3DI Backing up his claims are the stunning graphics chips allegedly inside the Saturn. This chip renders 24-bit graphics by using the sort of technology we use with our Macintoshes for our digitised scans (the Robocop cover this month is a scan) — and Saturn can produce pictures of the same quality! The 24-bit pixels enable Saturn programmers to muck around with 16.7 million colours!

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Apparently, Saturn will cost around $400 in the States, with Tom Kalinske going on record saying that he doesn't wont to release a machine for anything above $500. We reckon that a UK price point of around E350 to E500 will probably be the order of the day. The release date of the machine is slightly trickier. Our sources hod previously hinted at a Japanese premiere of the finished orticle in the spring of 1994.

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W H AT I T DOESN'T DO The architecture of Saturn is so radically different from anything ever seen at home that the system is not backwardly compatible with other Sega systems, The Megodrive and Game Gear, for

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The Saturn's utterly awesome graphics chip is capable of all manner of graphical effects. This is due to something known as The Alpha Channel". Details are a bit vogue, but it appears to be some kind of hardware graphics filler that enables the Saturn to produce the likes of "transparent" colours (as seen in Super NES games), modified colour palettes and textured shading (os seen on Virtue Racing). Sounds amozing!

Using technology developed during the production of Virtue Racing, Sego have incorporated a highly advanced polygon generator chip into the Saturn, Put simply, this chip allegedly passes water over the Nintendo 'Super" FXfrom a very great height. The Saturn's chip can display and animate over 16.000 polygons on-screen of once! Nothing like this has ever come close before - at least not at home,

example, hove comp System circuitry built-in Power Bose is literally a cart converter, no more sophisticated than some importers' cart converters designed to run import games). Some rumours persist that say that the new machine is compatible with Mega-CD, However, our new information says that it's just not possible — the machines are just too different. In fact, since the system is CD-based, it looks as though there isn't even going to be a cartridge slotl

THE SPECS Drool over these specs of the current Saturn prototype machine, subject, as they say, to change:

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bit processor based on the NEC V60, with speed modifications by Sega and Hitachi to make it run at 27 MHz. GRAPHICS: Custom 24-bit processors with Alpha Channel effects.

COLOURS: A massive palette of 16 7 million colours!

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Capable of displaying and animating 16,000 polygons onscreen!

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We couldn't just sit here and take all the glory for this amazing news exclusive! Credit must go to Francois Hermelin, Tokyo representative of our French sister magazine Consoles Plus, for getting hold of the info. We'll hove more exclusive information in the months to come, so stay tuned to MEAN MACHINES!

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L U N I T T I V E l l Y SE N I C Nal, CAM. iglf M I C A CO Feast your eyes on these ultra exclusive pics of that most famous hedgehog of all time in his eogerly awaited CD saga, coming to you later this year courtesy of Sega.

From what we've been able to wheedle out of our various sources so far, it appears the ganneplay of Sonic's CD debut is going to be much the some as the other two Megodrive games. Naturally there's going to be a few added extras like better animation, Sonic actually speaking and stocks of cinematic interludes as well as a fob new mystery move on the part of the spikey blue fella himself CD music is the order of the day as Sonic battles Robotnik accompanied by II manner of rave tunes!

These snazzy bits are all very well of course, but we're just going to have to pray that there are enough differences in other areas such as the speed • and level designs to make the added purchase • worth while_ • Rumour has it that he does go faster in this new quest (indeed he can't be much of a slouch if he's fast enough to travel through time) but we'll bring you all the ins and outs as soon as we can get out little maulers on a copy. Check it outl • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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The game retains the goodly features of its predecessor, NHLPA Hockey '93, but includes a ruck of added extras, the most notable being a link up with EA's new 4-WAY-PLAY which allows four players to compete two on two. This sequel is much faster and includes a manual goalie option so the ployer can be solely to blame if the goals fly in.

The cart also includes 'one-timer' volley shots for the forwards, penalty shots within the game, a penalty shoot-out option, new crowd animations and battery back up. From our first look at the game, it's looking a vast improvement * II u k t e k so e • e n d on the prequel I trsr iOt iW p r e o n h o t — boy is it 11111' t ,irkBtrDi isaatl entsMt •aertn. .dt toeil n+e e, o i l .1 PO M fast, and the 11. four player - 1 1M 11 1 A TC H LIP S option greatly 1 : 1 0 t P enhances the 1 . fun factor. Full i i T r AnvmtrAct review soonl • g ir l( r • - • • rf ra n

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Called the Cyberpad, this modified controller allows players to store combination of moves into its memory.

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• rest until Snipes is ice cubes agoin. The result is a sock Their telephone number r • high-action movie which we dearly hope will be A h0285 642211. a • reflected in the game We'll fill you in as soon as we t c •• know. o t c • i o v • • • • • • • • • n e t v a e c r N E W CAMW t s B Y ine c us IM U IN IV • S i u MDCEADIBIO o n n c Virgin Games o are currently coding away on Dune II: o a brilliant sequel to the original PC game (which is f corning out on Mega-CD!). m The idea tof the game is to take control of one of w h the major families on Arrokis and farm the planet h for spice — the e most precious drug in the universe o which Arrakis mhas in abundance. With the money We've had an early sneak preview of the game mode on spice, you con expand your operations and o and it looks absolutely brilliant, combining all the buy new harvesting equipment or weapons! You construction fun of Sim City with the strategy of the v need these weapons pretty badly because there are greatest war games available. Look out for a full two other families on Arrakis determined to take i work-in-progress reports and previews soon, over the planet e for their own ends. ' PAM SEGA 1 1 ,

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As you con see, it's a platform game based around the hamburger-related antics of Ronald McDonald. To its credit, the action does look fast and fluid, even though it is yet another platform game! Arrgghhhl How does it compare to the other McDonaldsrelated platform game, Global Gladiators? Find out • N E W M U N I • in forthcoming issues of MEAN MACHINES SEGA • By where we'll have more intriguing details.

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The evil Dr Maybe has returned to create havoc in the world. His new plan is to mine yogurts, ice cream and cheese from the moon, monopolise and change the face of the dairy market as we know it. E l l e n

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Armed with a stack of special powers such as suction boots to mount any surface, a fruit suit which doubles as a deadly weapon if he rolls on the enemy, rocket and anti-gravity boots, Pond also drives a lunar buggy, a drilling machine, a giant moonworm and a mini-rocket. The game also introduces Pond's new side-kick, Finnius Frog and follows their quest for the world's salvation. More news next month.

Hot on the trail of the action/comedy movie, Sony ore releasing Arnie's new smash hit — lost Action Hero in a show-no-mercy shoot 'em up extravaganza on the Megodrive, Mega-CD, Master System and Game Gear. The story centres around young Danny Madigan who, with the aid of a magic ticket, accidentally flips into the cinema screen and meets up with his hero and the star of his favourite movie — tough cop Jack Slater (Arnie).

At first Danny goes into spasms of ecstasy at meeting all the all-time greats of the movie world but things go horribly wrong when his magic ticket falls into the hands of hoodlums who break into the real world to continue their dastardly deeds. It's up to the player as Slater, his daughter Whitney or o particularly well-'ord cartoon cot detective to track down the crooks and foil their evil ends by bashing through six scrolling levels (each a scene from the movie), Tune into a future issue of MEAN MACHINES SEGA to find out

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JEWS n The Flash arrived a little too late for review in this issue, but is sure to grab the attention of Master System owners. Flash is the latest DC Comics character to be 'Sega-ed'. Resident comic 'expert' Tom from MegaTech commented: "Ooh, that's Flash isn't it — he's the fastest guy in the universe and can stop bullets with his teeth... can I hove a go?". And in Probe's comic conversion he is indeed a sprightly lit. tie thing, bounding across platform levels and overtaking lorries on the MI, like there's no tomorrow.

The game features his struggle against archenemy The Trickster and his beer bottle-chucking acolytes, using his speed powers and thunder flashes. This looks like one of the most interesting Master System products in months, so catch the full review next month.

Storm is I n Lawnmower Mon on the Megad o n d Mego-CD on on unsuspecting audience soon, to coincide with the release of the sequel to the smash hit movie. !'l T h e first movie told the story of the simpleton Jobe, who spent his life cutting grass until Dr Angelo uses him as a human guinea-pig and turns him into a super-human with the use of drugs and I. virtual reality. However, the powers ore too much for Jobe ond he turns into a dangerous psychopath — Cyberiobe — , intent on taking over the world via its In the Megadrive game, play Dr Angelo or Carla in a quest over six real and 20 virtual worlds to destroy CyberJobe before he can escape from the mainframe computer. Battle past 1 computer networks,

police, army and lab technicians and destroy wasps, monkeys, mutant plants and even petrol pumps! Successfully blow up the Cybersphere Chamber of Research and Development and the player is transported into the elements of the second film. Check out future issues for more details. o n

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back for more to save their chum Marion from the evil Mr Big. As ever they're in fighting form and proceed to make their way over stacks of levels punching and kicking anything that tries to stop them. Full run down when we

get •ae _it. d a i m o n g l a d i a t down to Dixons and purchase Do te d at 96% byoMEAN R.MACHINES, we reckon that Jungle Strike and you're automatir cally given a free, exclusive Jungle Jungle Strike is the single most b Strike dog tog. Each dog tag is amazing shoot 'em up ovailable u inscribed with your own personal for the Megadrive. And now, recruit number. If your recruit when you buy Jungle t Strike at number is listed below send your branches of Dixons, you get a t dog tog to the EA address (also free gift AND the chance of winh below) and they'll send you your ning one of five amazingly sexy e special recruits CD player (and personal CD players!

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Terminator-related levels include the rebel under,Ind and the Skynei HQ.

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The w i l e l e -decided to get in on the action and trundled down to the Electronic Arts offices to witness their new soccer exp eriL id's g o • f o o t b a l l c r a z y ELECTRONICARTS s o L NOVEMBER 1992 u A The players go about their business, hopelessly unaware c Kra/len° - God of the ioypads looms above..,waiting. y CHRISTMAS1993 H i c k m a n vour in the British public like

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ing, instead of hanging around in some God-forsaken desert wearing girly sandals, he should probably come back os a footballer where adoration would be a forgone condusion (having said that it didn't do a lot for David Ike but at least he got to have two women)!

Love it or hate it, you lust can't ignore it, oodKulorly around 1 time of the World Cup when the excitement reaches fever pitch and England managers tend to become more unpopular than Hiller.

Sega software developers have finally jumped onto the soccer bandwagon and this year we're going to see an absolute flood of Megodrive titles hitting the streets.

We've already had US Gold's Super Kick Off, Sego's Tecmo Cup Soccer and Ultimate Soccer (reviewed this issue). Coming soon is Accolode's Pete Soccer and US Gold's new offering os yet unnamed which will hold the offi-

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r ther t n blobs But del g it a is invol s a lot of work s o uch a c o + — because o u h ve to franTlive different angles r the eight different directions." a a l sociOl_event."'That's e player can choose fro re national teems, each with difo ferent playing styles They can what oboutI boor the game ' n well'. very you Tream, manage team fortnotians and t strategies before end during the iA GAM E OF TWO game, select the starting line-up -HALVES and substitute players, choose wen, to kick off, foLir profree kick end corner set plays, sgrammers, five graphic artists there's an on-screen crowd with o three musicians hove put their - - d kp it ised cheers, cheads together to come up wi boos and chants iwhat is the first 16-Meg socc (a really neat trick with this is agame on the Megadrive. It ha amazingly detailed player sprites the way the lwho each have more than 2000 e ore masses of moves per ploy s o screaming esca— e should be with 2000 frames of i o n frames of animation. Instead of k i t e s as the pt the usual two-dimensional overw least ten times more than usual footy ers get close to ehead viewpoint of footy games, es). Among others these include. overhead the goal) ond the le kicks, diving headers, chest control, 'EA Soccer hos opted for a 3D isoobligatory animetric viewpoint which, Mott mated referee. no kicks, back heels, goalkeeper kicks, rclaims, makes you view the playBut that still rows, drop kicks, dives and jumps, shielding eers in o more realistic sense. "it the ball, sliding tackles as well as player celedoesn't eiplain tmakes them look like real players brations — knee slide, somersaults, fist air, why they think u hugs, shirt-pulling, and barging. r n 1PP i n* .4 : 2 A rte. mc (VP% g I i I t ••• • 1 ) , 1 • • • • a I

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I IDEA T H E N ? rThe actual basis of the game is still under discussion Virgin Games. However, the gome itself is kbosedaton the same graphical engine that was the basis for Global and Cool Spot. The HJungle Book hasGladiators the some kind of super-slick routines as its predecessors, and his Mowgli Ascroll the man cub running around the screen, shooting T(bananas this time) and jumping in much the !_ame style as the previous games.

A ' THE B E A R SNECESSITIES Games have employed their own skilled TVirgin sound department to provide the soundtrack for Jungle Book. A vast range of awesome samHThe ples create an excellent atmosphere — even the have several sampled whoops! The Emonkeys music, though, is the main attraction. Virgin have some of the strangest synthesized instruI used ments ever to re-create top Jungle Book numbers Llike Bear Necessities!

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OT B A E r L RC O O L -MIa. More graphics and more variety than Gladiators, but does suffer ever-so-slightly I rtSobal P O T from a lack of different things to do Still, its I-w mega pl b i l i t y o r e t ...i. it_7 N .

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that we've seen a million times before. Them are few aright& features and its mask is really choosing me off. I'm not going to toil you what it is - you'll just have to goes& j u s t got on answering your letters, wikh is infinitely more fun. If yoe've got anything to say, why not write in. The address is: KNEE MN w a s 1 SALLSTEWARDBARMAILLIAG, MEANMCINNES, PRIORI' COURT, 30-32 FARIINGDON LANE,WNDON, ECM31111.

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RUHHOImonoLAUNCH Dear YOB As I om about to publish a Megadrive magazine at school, could you answer my question: How do you produce screenshots?

Your reply will be extremely appreciated if you print this letter in your next meg.

Geoff Wood, Solihull, West Midlands YOB:Coming from the barren wastelands of the Midlands, you probably won't be able to afford the expensive

playing these games all the time".

She actually thinks I'll go braindead. No chancel Do you know why adults think games are a bad influence? In one of the papers HENN Ws Time gal, apparently. $ to Andrew Thorne.

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like we did back in the olden : Y O B : N o . days. You need a dark room d not much of a problem I should imagine because B irmin g h a m has yet to be con- Dear YOB You know, YOB me old Buddha, neced to the National grid it s not easy being a moior and a camera capable of taking pictures at 1 /16th of a celebrity as I ern. People approach me in the street second or slower (any faster and ask, ''Arnold, Arnold! and you get roll bars because

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TC I KLEONMETUN Dear YOB I am fed up with older people going against video games. My mum is always soying, have Y o uno ' l lbrain one of these days,

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How do we go about finding the secrets of the Universe?". And I reply, "You mindless gibbons, do you not know of MEAN MACHINES SEGA — the most vital of all organs? Put pen to paper and consult the oracle that is YOB, for he has a large gun, o r osk Rizzo, for his answering trousers ore siinable". I then pull out my Uzi and tell them to

be gone. Anyway, do you know what Sego Power have gone and done? They only reviewed the American version of Streetfighter II, hoping to pass it off as the offi• cial UK review. Ha l They could not hope to fool me or the mighty YOB either. What's the use of reviewing o game in the USA that is this moment undergoing changes for the UK release.

Whatever happens I know I am assured a proper review of the finished gums in MEAN MACHINES. Ho w about a poster of M. Bison in a futtee issue. He's one of the best characters and usually underrated by crap ployers. vista!I might be back, haste la i t t ol

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1 etc. Come 1 on! The level of playing safe has reached on all-lime high!

As your1magazine has stated before, the most tired genre is the shoot 'em up. I look around and see Desert Strike/Jungle Strike.

Thunderforce IV? It's just Thunderforce III with pretty colours. Hellfire, Gynoug, Zero Wing (cue yawn). They may be good games, but originality 15 non-existent_ And now tea h the option to spend c,.270 for some tired games with funky beats. The most original gonlow N I " I've for years is Toe Jam , played and Earl, Surely witl i t h e

YOB:We do as many previews as we can. i YOB:What an utterly revolting e EGM is an American magazine and it's far easier for them to specimen you are. Mould by s go and see early versions of name, mouldy by nature. You m games. However, when it should take up chainsaw money thcirs ploug i n t o the . comes to previews of Britisk. ling.— blindfold. games, we're always first. It' industfy, someone.Ion come up a x I don t with somethiv new_ r any ideas mgelf, but , then, I d get paid lopihat Sorry for 011 Dear YOB i :pessimism; but the wiliile situ I'm an Australian, so pl w Dear YOB tiort with me. Bock i n m •can't be bothered . Aporogie., for writing ubout five . . . there was a bloke begging f somethina I ajr4icreep or .nsult so I'll forgivencs., in ornost parasitical is,b Issue feet t get straight to the manner. eco n u mond b I'd e just like to say it's point. After flicking strongly because befoi M M Segu there t nlin about and rwas MM Totally crap! And you through some back e issues of MEAN g not the crop know why that is don't you? r that fills MACHINES I hapc l Because you bused the mag on 95% of your two things: reviews and adverts. o pened across the a u editorial of issue ers poge, f It's ettibarassii s t if any , of the issues from before the g 13, 'where hove r o amused flyer. all the good id big g tsplit. o Have you ever ?mord of e gone?'. Where •• Dorcljester, by the p h a mag titled 'Electronic Gaming o indeed? The ortisnide com- c l a i m Dorset o l Monthly'. It's loaded with a YOB:No ments made o n of e amazing previews, butg de in question plethora l in Sega Power's looking apologies h a at the reviews makes oner was tackling the i sister magazine, Mega about required arcade industry hove an extreme urge to either s n reviewing games early... you're makspecifically but read your mag or vomit. So the ing an excelpurpose of this letter is to ask you. now it seems lent point, that the conYOB (your parents weren't fussing similar to sole industry about choosing names) to tell the one that Jac Dear YOB has basically rest of the crew to got their act made in the Hi! My name is Blob -fuce, the gone the together and bring us more preKing of Blobby Loud. I have the same way. In Nita effort, Christian Word, but low editorial colviews. I'd soy try and have a balumn only last • these harsh following computers. Megodcive about owe colour,someflowers,— ance of pages for review and premonth.

New C40+ f o r, vi ee and Mega-CD. The ra% a fat la view, OK? Also, the and exciting games are what cake at my school called Adrian game is not easy to bY s mog is makes this industry ticks - very Faggot (short for fat git) and bilk il few players are going to buy thinks that the Super-CD will be something differenknorn *le l the same old rehashed games • wIlen a punter i rsAhc do 1 " S i c " better. 'cause it's got more over and over again, and colours'. Then I said, "Yeah, would go claw' t re a t . h some companies are going to maybe so, but the Mega-CD is a Flashy graphics and C VO es s p lot faster • Faggot-face still seems r quality sound do notSon e* fig n ad that out the hardidea way. to thirst< that colours are more original genie con have the right with a ; h o u t their new VP odd-on and their . continued development of the U ,invited faggot-face over and new 32-Bit Saturn console flies n are adopting 'tasty visuishowed him the Mega-CD_Then hopefully those two tasty bits lie broke the disc troy! (faggotals; i bugger the gorneploy• rface that he is). He said it was on policies. For example, take .."8" of technology will inspire a r 'ccident. elmmm, my chin is look games designers and pro. at Electronic Arts' track n grammers into developing record.

One of the most innoviburning up. Tell the fat git to get lost and get a life!

We sued the f ative and exciting game deipl- • some new, original and highly p entertaining new games. git 'cause the Mega-CD is a opers oof the post few years.% o beautiful piece of hardware, Recently though, we've been getk rand it's useless without the ting the return of the sequel synldisc tray. I hate him now. dromee— Madden '93, NHLPA, r 2, Road Rash II, All are PGA Tour Dear Claire Rayner oPlease tell him to get a life, I have a problem. Apart from get'cause he's broke my best excellent t games, but merely r possession.

Yours pleadrehashes of previous games. ting addresses mixed up, I live in u e Another example is Copcom (my one of the most boring villages in ingly, me. . tOliver Mould, Guildford, (aye company) —SFII, SF2 '92, the world, This village is Sapcote hSurrey Hobo. Dessert Strike, geddit?

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Post Office, a corner shop, a coop, a gardening centre (well it's just outside) and a sad primary school. And all I do is play on my Megadrive, so please help me by sending a Mega-CD. Please, I was so desperate I almost wrote to MEAN Uln a% Mind you, we M : c us people A I o (ge of lC Maynard v H lh Heart e beat fame, though I'm not I h adt enough to N h Il l t iE techno r fan Stepheri & a Flynn, whose tip e lvb you printed last iS e month; and lastly, n w the living, talking g a mop Adorn Watkins th May I just soy your e c mag is excellent and thank you for the brilr h liant pies of SFII. e i Adam Watkins — get a ;t decent haircut you sad burglar.

B ) Phillip Dunn, Sancote, teics CLAIRE:If I hod a Mega-CD I'd i, lt send one to you, but unfortunately I'm an Agony Aunt who lh doesn't deal in these things. If e you'd written to Mean g Machines, they might have r been able to help you. e a t

ore thethepeople that believe all the Royal scandals.

As for she Night Trap saga, I think that warnings on the box might be a good idea in principle, but will it really stop kids buying games with ratings? It may encourage them just to get on older friend to buy it for them.

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begone before I run you through with my trusty cutlass.

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Batmen end the Joker shore e memovie? haughtfully he decided to pass 0 * of mintier jokes. C Word again!

Perhaps 1the gov • A r cole herself, who promptly was sheuting ever ernmerd tried to orise o knocked rie bock, in a public should y s his fingersONVa lace. I was humiliated in the the end my i Ded found out and concen- 4. eyes of the entire world, and had to take him to the casualty irate on r en:nap* thought of justice and dept, where he y.u,ted for three Omore P hours to get seen to. I'm ground Pimpor- u revenge Now, my kid brother m likes a game of Streets of Rage II. ed.

Forevei A tant In fact, I used to treat him to a Septirnus, Septimuss ,droom, o i r issues, like the economy , A f 'pretend' version when he Exeter unemployment. Then ma u YOB:Here's another sod slice annoyed me, but that hod to stop might be able to afford these r when I bruised one of his ribs of life bought to you from the games. s doing a flying kick off the YOB Kitchen Sink Drama Dept.

Tim Marshall, Ripon North NON o YOB:True... unkbeds in our room. So, after q You've made your bed - now lie in it 0 great King goon ass. f 4y horrible humiliation at his • , , m hands, I showed there was n e feeling by suggesting we hove a . y two-player cooperative game that.

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Dear YOB Hard Oi be Cop n Long John e that I'd just put suporolue on his I must be that rarity amongst Silver, scourge of three and a half joypaci. When we started to play v readers of being a full-blown seas I be walking through Olde he noticed the stick ines, be woman, not a young lad or girl. o England towne many moons ago, said I I'd i spilt some coke oq it It You are not the first Sega meg I Dear 'YOB • and it come to my attentions of t ,quickly dawned on him t tried when I got my Megadrive, I feel destiny has compelled me to this Sego magazine, that be the i something more tharterala but I stopped getting the other best an the shelves. It be filled o holding his fingers to the pad. So I . read the issue of MM.S with Mrs ne which I won't name, becaus with coverage on the new Mega. had triumphed in the end. and n Ilk of . , my views. You see, it devotes CD, and it be featuring 'Rizzo' Margaret Shelley's letter Oh A graciously suggested he go and section of its letters page to 'Pro t Rigricill arid the Mean Yob also be . dear,tanyone needs counselling wash it off. But. .1 must have put l b Girl% I'm not so stupid as to niiir there toe Anyways, oi gathered o on more than I meant to. because wit's her. Saying that video games the pun contained there, and me army of Long Johns r ore evil and are equivalent to he was well and truly using un insulting cut-out of an and dio set soil with full or taking drugs Is quite i drinking old ad fthe One for a camp the most nonsensical statement I head wind to ye rnerrv flogging miport convertors t have ever heard. Would Mrs e r old towne of Skegness to which Wa$ pulled for being eShelley rather these children lay hands on ye plentiful off) compounded the dnmoge. supplies of this organ t watched 18-rated films, or buy Who t h But now I wants to learn opornographic magazines? Video teenagers think they are in pore more of the delights ygames are generally good fun, traying girls as the knicker-clad known as Silpheecl VR. I nobody takes them seriously. I h ell bimbos of thei ohove quite a few games tried to consult old Ma d tasies.

Although people think i r , umachines. but I don't tend to get Peggeriy and her magic, MEAN o MACHINES is a bit oil-knowing striped s w e a t y .an urge to go Out and kill people, immature, I actually think you t i l bloomers, but she be not to mention the fact most l i ore t t pretty l F guys sound in your e ! moves are physically impossible to appearing on Hovis e i views, at least where women are reproduce anyway. Secondly, I am adverts, so yon Mean , o involved. f a n rpretty annoyed by the media bias Yob be my only hope on s Karen lseworth, Blackburn, th' matter. I would sin portraying video games. Each Yorkshire p shake yon hand, but .week there is a damning new YOB:Speaking as a full-blown o sodlys ois only got one. report on games written by jour1 man, we won't resort to sad, t t nalists who obviously have no real Cop'n Long John, (a h cheap sexism to increase our conception of what they're writing ship) y oabout, and the only people that YOB:Spawn of the vbelieve or care about these stories devil's trumpet e Atiti SEG A j

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Dear Jaz I hove some questions for you concerning the Mega-CD. 1. Con the Mega-CD play ordinary music CDs? 2. I have heard that the Mega-CD can ploy films on CD; "lop Gun for example. Is this true?

3. Con the Mega-CD play ordinary VHS videos?

4. When will the Mega-CD come down in price?

Mark Gilbert, London JAZ: 1. As they say in the positive vernacular, yep. 2. Nope, as they say in the negative vernacular. 3. Unfortunately not. Neither does it play 78's.

Or 8-track tapes. 4. Well, at the moment it doesn't look like it will. Apparently, the 'cut down' Mega-CD II will cost about the same price as the current Mega-CD. Doh! We'll let you know as soon as we have a defin

r Jaz pl I've hod Rings of Power for a fortnight and it's driving me silly. I know it's not the most highly-rated game ever, but it was only E20 and I'm determined to finish it. The problem is I can't 'nd the sextant. I'm presently at e Waterfall to the east of Speed, and west of the Cathedral. I've been all over the area by foot and boot, but the sextant adamantly refuses to to show itself. It's getting to the point where I'm looking for people to fight, just to relieve the monotony. For the sake of my mental health, where is it?

I. Riley, Liverpool JAZ: It drove me silly too.

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er the foil q u e s s.

1. Is WWF Royal Rumble coming out for the Megodrive?

2. Is Zelda 3 coming out?

3. When will 'Dizzy the egg be officially released?

4. Is Dynabloster coming out?

5. Is there a game similar to Super Mario Kart coming out?

Neil Holes, Walsall JAZ:l. Yes. 2. Following a sharp intake of breath and " an exasperated sign akin the sort you'd make when confronted with a gimboid question, h u l a , through gritted teeth, answered, 'it isn't'. 3.

September. And I really can't wait. Honest. Anyway, why

can't Code Masters release Dizzy Gets Chucked into a Razor Sharp Shredding Machine and Gets Turned into Mush? 4. Not at the moment.

5. No.

Dear Jaz Would y4 s o L as to answer my ittle queries?

1. Is it true that Streets of Rage will be Sego's first 24 Meg cartridge?

2. How much will Champion Edition and Mortal Kombat cost when released?

3. Will the Capcom coin-op Knights of the Round be converted to console?

4. For one of your features, could you do on arcade guide to Mortal Kombat or SFII Hyper Fighting?

Lots of readers including myself would love to know how to do all the special

moves?

Matt Brach, Bingham, Notts JAZ:l. Streelfighter II looks as though it'll be the first. So put out the flags and play a big trombone in readiness for the 41Miteal day. 2. Mortal Kombat S E49.99. Streetfighter II hasn't a got a price yet - but I reckon it'll be pretty expensive. More k info when I have it. 3. Let's s hope not, eh? 4. Watch this a A Pc s 1 t 5.• h o u g h i t ' l l c o s t

answer these questions for me.

1. What is the crappiest game you hove ever played?

2. What is the best coolest, most brilliant game you have ever played on the Megadrive and Mega-CO? 3. Which company do you think makes the best games?

To my brother Andrew - keep your mitts off my Sega!

Philip Bell, Pylon, Tyne and Wear JAZ:1. I can't quite remember Its name - it was something like Roboboll. It doesn't really matter - I reviewed it when I was working on on old Commodore 64 magazine called ZZAP! 64 and gave it 2%. It was utter crap. 2. PGA It's true - I've played this more than any other Megadrive game. The controls and gameplay are amongst the most perfect I've ever experienced. 3. EA is the most prevalent company in my alltime lave games list.

Dear Jaz After seeing you on Games World and spotting you were sporting a skill Neath top, I decided I would hove to write in with a few questions.

1. Any n s o n Rocket Kriegl a s I wet myself with excite-

ment after seeing the screenshots?

2. In a crappy publication (Mega Action) it is stated shot SFII only has 16 colours on screen. Is this true?

3. If yes, why don't these use the maximum 64 colour pollens?

4 Why is Balrog yellow on the Megadrive version?

5. In Mega they claim the Mega CD does not hove scaling or ro tional hardware. Is this true?

6. Could you tell your sister publication Megatech not to feature the gatefold reviews, as they fall out the mag!

Gavin Richards, Tonyrefail, MidGlamorgan JAZ: Ah my lave Neath top. I'll have to get a new one when next season starts! Anyway. 1.

Read the review and go with the flow. 2. Whaddaya think?

You buy a mag for peanuts and you get a load of monkey drivel. 3. Bo-roog-oh! 4. A bit of jaundice methinks. 5. No. They obviously haven't seen Thunderhawk. 6.

2. If so, when?

3. What do you think of it? I think it's excellent!

Darren Conley, Eston, Middlesbrough JAZ:1 N o t at the moment. 2. ks unlikely. 3. Nob.

can you answer my guess about games for the °drive? $ Fatal Fury any good?

Who will Sonic 3 have in ii apart from Sonic, Tails, and Dr Robotnik?

3. Will Liverpool in Europe come out for the Megodrive?

I buy your mog every month, and it's brill.

Thomas Craze, Red ruth JAZ:l. Not really. 2. Hammy Hamster, Fanny the Rat GP the Guinea Pig. 3. No.

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mayas well writ, out my quesJaz I'm bored - so d o write a letter to Brains, aski a few questions to be answered.

1_What exactly is the lob of a Games Designer? Is it along the some lines of on artist's?

2. Will Sego's forthcoming Silpheed VR be foster than Storming? I have * s e e n Storwing and • played it. It beats the crop out of any SNES or -4 3. Will we see any racIt ing games like F-Zero S on the Mega-CD? e 4. Last, but not least, has g anybody out there got o Fantasia second birthday g celebration? I have - it's brill! o Mr O'Neill, Gosport m JAZ:l. A games designer e designs games - where everything s goes, how it works, . where hidden bonuses are, time limits, score... absolutely everything. 2.

Silpheed is slightly slower than Starwing, but has far more polygons and is technically much better. 3. Possibly. 4. You must be bored-.

tions to the only mog that con answer them. So here they are.

1. Is it true that Sego's version of the Super FX chip will be 100

times faster?

2. If so, will this give the Megadrive Mode 7 and better quality sound?

3. When will Copcom stop bringing us versions of SFII and start on SFIII? 4. Will Sego use fluid animation in games like SOR III, thut have been used in Delphine games like Flashback?

James Roberts, Worthing, Sussex JAZ: 1. No. 2. Binky the Cat went up the garden path. 3.

When they finish the arcade game I should wager. At the moment they're working on Streetfighter II: Trombone Edition, the sequel to Streetfighter II: Hypedighting which gives each character special musical instrument moves with which to wreak death and destruction on your opponent._ n t u a l l y , yes.

Dear Jaz I have been to my local arcades and played a game called Vendetta.

1. Ar e *more any plans to release

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1 OIL'S AFTERBURNER I t ' s summertime and still there are those of us spending time indoors, puzzling over the next move in some game or another! Still Ws no less foolish than sitting on doorsteps, trying to catch a bit of sun in the pouring rain and getting soaked instead! There's been a Flashback frenzy this month and a wildly animated response to Konamrs classic Tiny Toons, in both cases this has presented us with loads of useful pasuodes and tips. We've even a tip for the menaced The tips are so good at the moment that there's only your weird 'alternative' suggestions to separate their quality and earn the prizes! Keep them coming to: PM SO WEIRD I NEED £150 WORTH OF SOFTWARE JUST TO SURVIVE!, TIPS SECTION, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON. EC1R 3AU. 4

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Seeing as After Burner III on the Megc-CD is such a disgrace, Andrew and Claire Dixon have seen fit to remind us all of the level select for the superior After Burner II. On the START/ OPTIONS screen press and hold the A, B and C buttons then press START to access this

MEBADRIVE TIP Flashback to feel left out, or Simon Shan to feel like he's wasted his time, here are the level codes for Another World on the Megadrive Level 2: HTDC Level 3: CLLD Level 4: U3KG Level 5: XDDJ Level 6: FXLC Level 7: KIFB Level 9: EIFLX Level 10: BRTD Level 11: IFBB Level 12: 110 vel 14: LFCK o IF p v e l 1 3 : O a t _ David Haslom has on American copy of Battletoads for his Megadrive but his discoveries should work on the British version too. The first is a trick that warps the toads from level three to level five. After killing the rats and the Space Invaders guide the toads onto the Jet Turbo. On the fifth section along there is a warp zone, marked out by white dots.

Haslam's second tip is a reminder that all ravens in level two ore sources of 1-UPs when kicked enough. Finally it is possible to ride the dragons in level one, using them to attack with fireballs as well as fly.

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e heard of Davey Janes' er, well this is Richard Jones' rocker of a tip for Crue Ball - - on okay, Megadrive Pinball game featuring music by t l e y Crue. By listening to lo 6 on the sound test and ve n g A, C, A, B then START is i now possible to advance levels by pressing B a nd UP once the . i s started.

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Though l t fun playing as your favou m in Euro C l u b 1l 1 way e c cto e ploy r , as Brazilian or even Argentinean teams — if only to have them lose! James says that, by entering the password screen in 6 simulation mode and simply typing the alphabet followed by the g numbers 1 to 9, Argentina or Brazil ore at your beck and call. This r only losts for the duration of one match. e a t t h For unlimited continues on Fatal Fury, press and hold UP on the 0-pod and a press A, B and C simultaneously on the continue screen. The cheat awards an extra continue each time it is used but only nine are dist played on screen. Cheers to Owen McCarthy and Ryan Lynch for that.

J a m e 0 s iI 1 1 S This is on excellent cheat for Megalomania on the Megodrive from u Alan Patten, Merseyside. It allows players to retain the amount of l men on on island whilst increasing the amount of men that ore co l nod over to the next. This is all achieved by selecting as many men i as possible from the man pool, placing them on an island then * quickly decreasing the number of people on the island back to ze v Its spowny, but it works! a n a n d P a u l H o l d h o m h o v e d

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Brian Doyle supplied us with this list of Rood Rash II codes that give access to oll levels with the Wild Thing bike.

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1: Select a team to play at their home ground.

2: Go to the scoreboard screen 3: Plug the controller into PORT 2.

4: Select 'Change Goalie' — the oppositions keepers are listed here.

5: Choose no keeper for the opposition. (yuk, yukl) 6: Return to the scoreboard.

7: Plug the controller back into PORT 1.

8: Start the game and stuff the opposition!

Goodorikey and oil that! This Speedball It clones positively Jurassic/ However Borne McBride has token his trowel and unearthed this cheat to reveal four new teams — Mexico, Germany, Canada and France. It is achieved by pausing the game on the Team Select screen then pressing B, B C, 8, B then C. There is the sound of a bell which

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The combined efforts of James Hale and Kevin Tysdall have recalled these Spiderman cheats. Unfortunately they require a second controller Anyhow, first of all move Spiderman next to the word LEVEL then press and hold the START button on controller Now press and hold A. B and C on controller 1. With these buttons depressed, push UP/ RIGHT on controller 1 ond three exclomation marks appear to the right of the word level. Upon starting the game more web is obtained by pressing A and life provided by pressing B when the game is paused. C allows five seconds of invincibility. Kevin also added kote that a level skip is possible in conjunction with this — pressing A, B and C together when the game is pousedl However be careful that this isn't used in the caverns as it sets off the bomb and finishes tho gornei

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As this is such a superb game, we've token the best hints from all of the letters received and banged them all together. Just as Flashback promoted such a massive response there's a mini, Tiny Toons Hallof-Fame to follow:

World of Illusion for the Megadrive isn't difficult but it's incredible all the same! Richard Gillingham has saved us all the trouble of compiling the full list of passcodes for all the amozing stages.

Stage 1: 1: ZMGL, DILL, DDDD, LODI, DIGO 2: NBKL, LDDL, DDGL, LLDL, DLVD 2 EXTRA: MNOG, IDIL, LDZL, LILO, LLNP 3: HONG, UAL, LDZD, LIDL, LLNP

Tare-player game: Level 2: K of S, K of H, Q of S, K of C Level 3: K of D, Q of S, K of H, Q of H Level 4: K of C, Q of S. K of D, Q of H Level 5: K of 5, K of C, K of D, Q of H

$tage 2: 1: PHQK, DLDL, LLWG, DDLD, LIT( 2: YRWB, LDLD, LLQK, LDDL, DDTZ 2 EXTRA A: PJWQ, WDLL, LIQW, KLDL, LDDG 2 EXTRA B: VNQQ, WLDD, DLQW, KDDL, DLDG 3: MHOS, MIDI, LDWB, POLL, WAD 4: BNVAV, WILD, DDWQ, BDU., DDVG 5: KZWW, QILL ,Stage L I Q 3: Q , B L D QGLD, D 1: XNQW, DLWQ, QLDD, LOP ,1EXTRA: YAWN, M a , DLWQ. WGOL, Wi t t D DQWW, 2: L WWGL, LLQW, WZOL, LDXZ 3: V PiQQ, G WWDD, IDOW, WKDL, DUK 4: ZZWW, WQGD, LDQW, QQDD, DDXQ

O . . - p l a y e r Donald: Level 2: K of S, K of D, K of C, Q of S Level 3; K of C, K of H, Q of H, K of S Level 4: Q of H, K of D, K of H, K of S Level 5: K of S, K of H, K of C, K of D One-player Mickey: Level 2: K of C, Q of H, K of H, K of D Level 3: K of H. K of S, K of D, Q of S Level 4: Q of H, K of D, K of S, K of C Level 5: K of D, K of C, K of H, K of S

Stage th 1: DTWW, WWKL, DLQW, QQGD, LLDD 1EXTRA: NXWW, WQWD, LDQW, QQKD, LDTD 2: PTQW, WQWG, LDWW, QWBD, LIPP 3: HTWQ, QWWG, LDWW, WOQD, DLNP Pelee St 1; JTQW, WW0K, LDQQ, WQQG, LLNY 2: HXQQ, QQWB, LIWO, WQQK, DDNZ Stage Ss 1; XQQW, WQQQ, GL.Q0, QWWW, I M O 2: HDQQ, WQQW, GLWW, WWQW, DIZQ 2 EXTRA: BQWQ, WWWQ, BOWW, QWQQ, GDPO 3: IDQQ, QQQQ, QDWW, WQWQ, YLTD 4: YIQQ, QQQQ, QD0Q, 0 0 0 W , BLDG 5: KGWQ, WWWW, QGQW, WQQQ, QDRP Stage 7: DPQW, WWWQ, WKWQ, 00WC), WGRY The 'EXTRA's referred to are the levels requiring a revisit when Gogo Dodo is topping his foot. Andrew Gallagher is the top geezer who supplied the most complete list of codes however this is a list of other, hord-working contributors: Adam Bewes, Andrew Clark, D Cassidy, Dominic Cavanagh, Ion Harper, Andrew HickirL1 n , Stuart Lee, Adorn Nemenyi, Tuarach, Paul Wickens (sorry d n ' t use your mops)

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With the opponent still out of the ring this guarantees an instant win!

You could probobly bet on Leigh Evans of Cardiff and Sean Kennedy of Northampton having very sore forefingers and thumbs at the moment. There are two possible explanations: One: They sent in loads of passcodes for Lemmings that amount to these four, key ones: FUN = PFECXODY. TRICKY NBUIRDHO .

TAXING = DHODZTHP. MAYHEM = WMZTHPFE, Two: Erm..,not enough room, sorry.

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SYSTEMTIPS • MASTEROFDARKNESS Thankfully Sego hove hidden away a secret options screen in this cool, creepy game and Tang Tarapdar has written in to tell us about it, a i Once the Master of Darkness logo is on screen, press UP and buttons I w and H together. The options screen contains a level select, a choice for invincibility, a sound test and the option of increasing the amount of starting credits. Greot or what! By the way, Jason Edwards sussed th s • o n e too.

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Sherlock Holmes, he's just blown the game all to heck for all thos ! who haven't solved all three cases yet. The culprits ore --- arid, B remember you don't have to read this: y Pierre Arreau p lip Travis Loretta Nolen Mystified Morderes r e M hi SEGA 41 s s

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a l l i tt c rue l fa te th a t l e d Le s te r Cha y k l a to his l a b o r e t o r y l to do s ome pa rti c l e e x pe ri me nts on a w e t a nd w i ndy ni ght, a nd e nds up w i th hi m dodgi ng s tra nge a nd fe r a l creatures in 'An o th e r Wor l d'. Ne v e r fe a r . Us ing th e same princ iple s th a t a l l ow the c re w to de a l w i th a grumpy Lucy o f a Mo n d a y m or n, w e 'v e de v is e d a fo o l pr oof gui de to s a id a l te r n a te r e a l i ty , w i th thos e tric k y

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1. Swing left and right until the coge foils.

2. Bend down to pick up the guard's gun, 3. Run right for two screens and fire at guard.

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2. Head right, jumping gaps, to blast a thin wall to the right. Where the bat is hanging from , the ceiling, shin up the stalactite and return left.

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1. Go left and up the stairway, then right. Use the shield, blest and fire routine on another guord 2. Make a forcefield at the doors and walk towards them. The guard rolls a grenade. Step back and the grenade rebounds on him 3. Fire at the light-fitting to squash a guard. The right time is when his reflection in the nearest globe stops in the centre.

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2. Run to the for right, beneath the hole in the ceiling. Keep making shields as you wait for rescue.

Wha t a wa its our bra v e scientist? Will he fi nd somewhere to c ha nge his now w e l l -m a r k e d unde r w e a r? Find out in the second, a nd v e ry conclusive pa rt of Anothe r Wor l d: The P l a y e r's Guide .

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Well, to celebrate the success of one of the platform otions of the year — Cool Spot on the Megadrive — in Games hove dug deep into their pockets and ore lashing out a fortune to send one of our lucky readers a parent, guardion or mote (provided they're over 18) ool Spot country itself — sunny California! And the 'gob-smacking marvels don't stop there.

To also toast the imminent release of their Disney titles — Jungle k and Aladdin, which ore both looking like pretty sumptuous plotgames so for Vi r g i n are also picking up the tab for that same • Mind l , The e lucky winner will be flown from Britain on a date to be orronged, to the City of Angels. From the Los Angeles airport, they wi b ot owisisked off to a luxury hotel in the fabulous Californian suburb — g g o hen they will be free to explore all those American marvels l i s heard about b u t never dreamt they'd see. And don't des n g w re not in the running for a holidoy because 10 runners-up will s oreceive a splendiferous Cool Spot g oining a T-shirt, frisbee, badges and t n h, much more. Phew! u o f f f f ! t o t h e w o n d e r f u l A feel Spot by D Virgin Gaines out now in the s i Rated by Rich and Gas at 00%, we reckon s n form fans should add4tie theicialierHon home e y L a 44 nMM SEGA d

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3. Which American state is Disney Land in?

Of course, a competition isn't a competition without the obligatory tie-break question, so without further ado, complete the following sentence in no more than 15 words; I'm so cool because.

Slap your answers on a postcard and send them post haste to: COOL SPOT COMPO, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, PRIORY COURT, 30 - 32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON, EC1R 3AU. Answers must be in by August 30 or you've got no chance of anything what so ever. At all. Zilch. No one who works for EMAP Images and Virgin Games or their relatives ore allowed to enter. Oh, ond the editor's decision is final.

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ATM CYBERPUNK OR BUCKETHEAD?

Ideally you should see, heor ond touch this false world by the aid of I Lcomputers, 'Virtual Reality' at ' I present is this alternate world dis- .9layed through a visual head-set with stereo sound, and controlled u g h a glove or trigger.

— t h r o — Virtuol Reality h a s the omen. 7 biggest innovation tial to be the 9 since Television; or the biggest crap fad since 1 breakdcmcing or body-popping.

In fact, it s much k more likelyI to be the former, since most people that come into conM think its the best tact with VI( thing sincePsliced bread This feature intends I to be a fool's cribsheet to VIZ. . So learnt About headsets, cyberpunks, teledoldon1 ics and Sego VR; the first home 1 Virtuality system — for the Megadrivel7 — b e launched this year h . o d w a i d e r t e r m ' V i r t u a l i If you're standing with a bucket t on your heod playing Dactyl y Nightmare, it's pretty easy to ' realise you're in Virtual Reality. c However, finding a written definio since Virtuality has tion is harder. spawned all v sorts of fringe things in the realm e of video and film.

Virtuality involves the creation of r an olternate reality, by manipus five 4 lation of the senses.

a broader field than that, where technology attempts to create a believable other world, be might display it on a normal television or film screen (eg, Sego's Virtue Racing, The Lawnmower Man).

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encrosed headset. S o f t w a r e developers expen First primitive VR w i t h virtual worlds. For home engine, c o m p u t e r s , concepts like 'Frectscapit' are invented — a 1970s slow-moving polygon field with moveable virtual objects.

Development of CAD (Computer 1991 Aided Design) in W-Industries launch on arcade VR engineering and Architecture , system. A 32-bit processor runs using 3D comsit-down or standing virtual units puter models.

Replaces Virtuality: the Nrst step for bringexpensive real * VR to oil. The Sega W-1 venture promises the second generation.

1967 Prof. Ivan Sutherland of the University of North Carolina demonstrates apparatus that involves computer images being displayed through

models of projects with Virtual ones.

1985 NASA unveil first real virtuality engine. Their system is cheap — mode by customising two mini-TVs an run on a normal PC. This is the start of commercial interest in VR

TheVirtuality headset is quite heavy cad cumbersome, but doeswork pretty well.

FEATURE DACTYLNIGHTMARE.The 'dactyl's view of the play area.

He swoops to attack players.

First experience of VR for most people.

JUNE 1 9 9 3 Sega show their home virtuality unit for Megadrive at Summer CES. Launch dote is set for November, priced around $200,

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ers. Saga's home VR uses the Megodrive's standard 16-bit processor, so multi-player games ore unlikely. A good engine will use detailed polygon graphics and fast update.

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The more advanced each of these becomes, the more realistic and absorbing Cyberspace becomes.

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The program that controls the vir. tool environment. A good engine relies on two things: o powerful processor, and a well-written program. WIndustries machines are controlled by a 32 -bit processor based around Amiga technology. Thespeed is needed to deal with the interaction of up to three other play-

THE VIEWER The headset offers the sights and sound of the virtual world. The headset should consist of two separate LCD screens, showing slightly different pictures, the difference allowing you to see in 3D (stereoptics). Colour and con-

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1 W-Industries encode Virtuality machines ore found in larger li amusement centres. There ore two versions; one with the player standing in a ring with a headset and trigger. The other is o sitdown cabinet, the player's interface is a steering wheel and floor pedals.

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An arcade shot of Virtue Rating, not The helmets have excellent (but strictly a real virtual reality game, very loud') surround sound using hid it doessuccessfully render a q u o d ra inside the headset A maximarn of stunningly realistk virtual world. thom tour players may interact in i) sin( f o RAIDM&STERS gle game. Games costs around u r Futuresport played in a massive s f u stadium where bouncing robots sTHE o kGAMES blast hell out each other.Simple e r # gomeplay, but exciting while it 1 * Elasts. s te u in m r5 fo .2 )4HEAVY METAL Like Bottletech, this is a hunt-tokill tank game set in a futuristic maze. Batilezorte for the 90s and very good fun

DACTYL NIGHTMARE The original virtuality game.

Exploration on a chessboard landscape linked by stairs, and patrolled by a pterdactyl. Eerie atmosphere but not much action.

leavy Metal: one el' lat est Virtuality games in Me arcade. Very similar in concept to Bettletech and almost as much fun!

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Sego's VR system uses the Megadrive as on engine, ordinary loypad as interface and a custom-built viewer with siereoptics and sound Sega VR, initially won't use polygons to generate graphics, relying on proven sprite technology (used in most video games) to create the virtual world. However, VR games combined with the new DSP chip (as seen in Megodrive Virtue Racing) should be able to create worlds comparable with the

GLOSSARY user Aided Design; an industrial viewing computer models of ..ring.

Virtuality arcade games.

The Sego VR headset is high quality, with good LCD screens and a decent speaker system.

Unfortunately, it suffers from some of the drawbacks of Virtuality headsets "fuzziness" and initial double vision (owing to thethetwo screens).

But people adjust quickly and the motion detection system works a treat.

Sega are having problems converting VR to run on our power system, so expect to see the hardware on sale sometime next Easter for around E200 with games retailing at E50 to E70.

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cresesPaa The virtual environment: not lust you see, but what your imoginof adds to the simple graphicsPI I LD The oreo of Cyberspace in your vision ony o n e t im e

FRACTAL" mathematics used to create cho looking pciiiirns G ood for fast, able virtual graphics.

H I DO M ci-fi concept of a virtual world sets linked by fibre-optic *Sec obons

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multomaNcut ci-fi novel by William Gibson, descri o future world dominated by VI, Virtual Drug everyone :escapes S ond kiponese TV system, for VR has been dewelaped.

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Wish TV system running at SIMI. resently incompatible with Sega

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Qualifying laps, tyres and pit-slops are, as i I n playing. Have Domark made something to really l g break clear of the pock? l g ' a u m s e u . a E l v , e a r l s l i t n h c e e r A e t NH. of the game, in caseyou didn't know.

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A major feature of Formula One is the - t 'on, which utilises a s me, with a course m •e r t of the screen lay d time detail s. H i two-player mode, th *fled horizontally, to remaining screen or s • • , • • t 7 rz o rvarr t'• • 1 7 1 7 " rt rt e y r r provide a view for bo players.

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Formula One World Championship is just a brilliant racing game, wiping the floor with just about every other racing title on the Megadrive.

The main feature is its speed.

The incredible acceleration, coupled with the extremely smooth update is a stunning coup. Looking at the stills here you may not be convinced, but to play it is to understand exactly what the programmers were trying to achieve, and they succeeded. Thankfully, getting the basics right has been supported with a thoughtful approach to options, including a vital two-player mode, which retains all the excitement, if not all the speed of the solo option. What with ten save positions, four levels and even an arcade variaHon with scores, this cart has massive lasting value, and should become an instant classic amongst Megadrive racers.

CONSTRUCTION TIME AGAIN The Championship option is for racing across a succession of the wodd's most mil events of each year's Driver's Championship. On the construction screen you get to choose any number of the courses, in any order. You (and another player if selected) race for the Domark team against the familiar names of Prost (Williams), Schumacher (Benetton) and (Ferrari). A league table after each eve shown. The first five are awarded p tct

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Superb graphics, incredibly speedy action, fullscreen one-player and split screen two-player modes, smooth, fast and utterly realistic 30 graphics, arcade and championship options, great sound, loads of tracks, fabulous presentation, four difficulty settings, loads of features, plenty of nice touches and marvellous, highly addictive gameplay drive this straight into pole position as the greatest Megadrive race game yet seen. It's brilliant fun and provides tons of long-term interest both in the form of solo Grand Prix Championship attempts and simultaneous two-player battles. If you're a racing fan and miss this, nominate yourself as nob of the year.

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SAN MARINO real horror track. The bends ore as tight as a duck's behind, and there ore loads of gantries and

obstructions.

NTE CARLO r of a course. Do serious ge to the palm tree setting, nd enjoy the glorious tunnel section. Monaco demands constant attention.

ESTORIL o designed these preposterous curves? Estoril also has a magnificent straight, and a sneaky dan• er area before the lost bend.

FUJI ostalgial Fuji was featured in the original Pole Position. To its distinctive rounded curves are dad some steep gradients. t's nice to see Fuji again, so often passed over for Suzuka (which is a bit dull,if the truth be told).

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Climb into your wonder cars and chase the terrorists to their lair!

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the crockiest CDs in the games cosmos. The graphi are stu dously bad, sort of 'cubist'. The sprites are total unrecognisable. But please, please believe me when I say the playability — the part you CAN'T see is TEN TIMES WORSE! The game is easier than Outrun 2019, a game so unchallenging Jeremy Beadle could complete it while carrying a tray of drinks (with bait hands). It's utterly crappily programmed, even Taito's previous Ninja Warriors, a digital horror looks good comparison. Taito are go to get a really bad name if more like this is to come.

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CITY The cityscape is a pile of random buildings, hiding heinous helicopter hordes. Your flightpoth follows the line of the highway, making targets of the terrorists killer cars.

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The factory has a low slung roof, supported by pillars that are easy to fly into. Later factory level hove box obstructions. The boss is a trolley with a single robot arm, and a nasty line in plasma bombs

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The canal is made hozordous by the ventilation ducts slung across the narrow waterway. Your shield is depleted quickly here.

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Above the city area, squadrons of helicopters attack. The boss is a massive skyship which lowers cannons from its underbelly to attack, These ore its Achilles' heels (so to speak).

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Mess obout on the water, by flying through a flotilla of killer sampons (?) These normally innocuous and serene ships give a speeding Night Striker a nasty headache. Then pass through a series of low bridges before taking on a dual dragon boss

This minds me i f the da when ho programming was big deal.

Motes would in me round their hou to witne ir latest interpretati Space Invaders, Pac Ma Tennis and the like. They were all absolutely terrible, of course, but is was never for anything more than a laugh.

Likewise Night Striker is nothing more than a laugh and it too looks like something one of my mates might knock together in about 40 minutes. In fact it's difficult It raise even a snicker. It's awful! A disgrace! Somebody, somewhere has deeply offended the chaps at Taito Towers, otherwise they wouldn't have subjected the unsuspecting. Mega-CD owning public to Night Striker.

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THEFINAL STRAW When you reach the final stage your croft transforms to meet the final boss. It may become a Space Harrier-type warrior, or a deadly motor-bike! Don't despair, it doesn't alter the game, or your tint at all.

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Oh boy, here we go again... Joe responds to directional presseson the pad by courtemally moving in those directions, vAilst jumping and slashing at a push of the rimed button.

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W e would Care to journey e through 0 mysn terious world on a a quest to s defeat a master k evil, Joe of eMushoshi replied n o ' A d perfectly good ianswer we fthink, and one that certainly saves him a lot of messing about in the long-run. You see Joe's really had enough of chosing villains, he'd 0, much rather sit in front of the TV and forget his Ninici past. Of course this isn't at all possible, for Joe's arch enemy, Neo Zeed, is back from the grave! Having been severely done in at the sword and shuriken of Joe in Zeed's previous bid for World domination, this evil character is understandably sore One night, whilst watching Far•Eastenders, Joe is suddenly left storing into an empty blackness. Zeed has cut the powerlines! Zeed is obviously throwing down the gauntlet. Joe accepts!

It is the player's duty to exoct Joe's revenge as he tracks the villain down in his desperation to return the power-supply in time for the weekend omnibus edition Joe hos some new tricks up his sleeve to make the going easier .However, there ore seven areas standing between Joe and the final confrontation with Zeed himself. Only with his Ninja magic is Joe assured any chance of success!

GETTING THERE In terms of stealth, Joe's feet ore the most dependable means of getting around undetected. However there ore occasions where speed is of the essence and so Shinobi ill (Mk II) incorporates a horse-riding section and power-board water level! Both ore a departure form Shinobi's more strategic gomeploy but lend themselves to some extremely fast-moving action indeed! The power- board section, in 411010111011rat particular, offers some of the most , exciting action and the boss that awaits Joe is • Ily lye!

MEDRORIVE REIM %RATE EXPECTATIONS Shinobi is one of my top three Sega characters. His previous games are shining examples of Sego's inventiveness and knack for hitting on that alltoo-elusive special ingredient — atmosphere. Joe Mushashi's character development has now reached a stage where he is the most complete, serious action character I can think of. The wide array of moves available to him make his control superb. If only the situations set before him in this latest venture were more taxing. As impressive and innovative as the power-ski and horse-riding sections are, the gameplay involved is quite basic when compared to the care required for success in Revenge of Shinobi. Joe's wall-hanging technique is made good use of, but the dash-slash manoeuvre is quite redundant. Moreover the boss characters, whilst exciting visually, have predictable attack patterns. I still recommend this game to

r A feature retained from the Shinobi coin-op is the exploitation of crates for their corgo. These miniature treasure chests provide Joe with practically everything he requires, with the exception of occasionol booby-trapped boxes. Items discovered within are as follows: Heart: These replenish Joe's diminishing lifemeter.

Shuriken: Boost Joe's supply of shuriken. The basic icon supplies 5 with crossed-shuriken icons purveying as many as 201 POW: The power of Joe's attack is doubled. His shuriken ore wrapped with flame, as is his rd Akindly

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It's also big, fast, tough and good fun and I'd have no difficulty recommending this to anybody H i n i a freaks In particular will wet their pants over it.

NINJA, SWORD SWORD, N I M A e power embodied in a Ninia's sword is • the understanding of most people. Joe isn't people He knows his sword like he knows t bock of his mind, and the thoughts that he kee ere help fuel his sword's capacity for mac,' ses.

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IKAZUCHI: Being one of those fortunate people who live their entire lives out of a dentist's chair, Joe envelopes himself in a shield of electricity that ought to ploy havoc with his fillings — only, he doesn't hove any!

MUIN: At the cost of a life, Joe explodes and hopefully takes his enemy out with him. Foolish, perhaps, but then Joe returns to fight again whereas his enemy does not. Obviously this powerful mantra is best reserved for emergencies only.

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FUSHIN: For all Joe's fantastic, wall scaling abilities, there's no denying the Fushin magic's benefits. This magic lasts for the duration of a level and affords Joe the ability to jump supernaturally high into the air!

RIU: A fan of Jerry Lee Lewis as a child, and a closet fan of Jerry Lee Lewis as a grown-up, Joe accidentally summoned great balls of fire one day! However he liked the effect so much that he kept at it, and now the Kariu, as they are so called, pose as his most effective magic.

SHINOBUSINESS Only a Ninia master ts cepa of ridding the World of an evil such as Neo Zee& Yet it seems that even the skills of the legendary Super Shinobi are prone to failure. Joe is making doubly sure this time around by adding new moves to his deadly repertoire. Aside from his basic shuriken and sword swipe his battery of techniques are:

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1 4 SHADOW DANCINt.,. Joe impresses with his fancy hand6 work as he walks with his hands . dangling from high places. whilst This —is a skill that Joe perfects for the final stages of his mission.

WALL-TO-WALL SCARPERING: Norrow fissures ore overcome as Joe springs from wall to wall,

DEFENCE: Though this slows his progress, Joe's use of his sword as a shield prevents much unnecessary damage. He also looks amazingly cool in his defence stances.

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and evil. Both forces are in constant battle, using the physical elements and the spiritual souls of creation to dominate each other.

The most important precept of all is that nothing is certain. Good's victory over evil is not a forgone conclusion. As the deity of goodness, ?philosophy universe is ensure a balance twowin, forces, good your , i t ' s your job— inthe Populous II to thatofyou by crushing opposition Your followers ore devoted and will die for you in bottle.

There may be no need for that if you ore a god of the big league — you can bring down fire, brimstone and calamity on your enemy, while your people prosper. Prepare for a bottle across 1000 worlds.

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Each houses a certain amount of It's a bit settlers. When the house is full, a Al I.ettler is ejected tsprogged'l ° n a b like PGA 2 to PGA — lust tweakings and extra features, searches for new ground to build but the tweakings make it a on. This is how your people much better game. There are spread across the land, and why double the amount of levels you must constantly provide land for them. The rate at which setthan in the original; the The basis of Populous is the flattlers reproduce is determined by graphics are clearer; and the tening of land. Most land is natudisasters are more interestthe tech level of the settlement, rally bumpy. You hove the power which you can check with the ing. In Populous, you could to raise or lower land, making question mark icon. use every disaster at the start level areas. If a perof the game, which meant son, a 'settler', there was nothing new to discomes across a flat cover. In Populous II you start ore°, he will create a settlement. The with only one disaster power, and learn more as you cus. tomise your god. The only z ent depends on area where little improvehuge the clear e ment has been made Is the CleBet IL Some areas a conntit be cultivated sound, which is still poor. n if th* kmd ho — Although Populous is a little d scorched, if it ,been eclipsed by Mega-La-Mania, has I'm still well pleased with this t rocks, or has bet. ° tionaid to assailant update. y swamp.

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A flurry comes from the landand presently his dear friend Dr Watson bursts in clutching the late edition of the Times, concern and excitement etched on his podgy face. Like on eoger child he approaches the reclined figure of the World's greatest living detective. "There's something in the Times I think you should read.

Holmes". 'Murder, Watson?" inquires Holmes. Once again he is delving into London's murky underworld, his genius alone capable of salving three macabre crimes.

the three cases starts a brief video introduction at gives you some starting clue to the case. Use this section to pick up vital names and locations that may be listed elsewhere.

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There ore some extra functions on the Full Motion Video and the filing cabinet.

The game also spreads onto a second disc, which is extra value. There's no action as such, so this is for firm strategy fans, but there's nothing funnier than watching the camp performances of hopeless American actors. Dead good.

MEGA-COREVIEW ler THE THUNDERER London's most respected journal, The Times is a vital source of clues. A selection of dotes are available, holding stacks of data.

Only a fraction of this is any use, so you'll need to scan through the editions with a *ham eye.

You assemble a case by visiting locations in London. These ore listed in two different tomes:

NOTEBOOK The Notebook is a list of friends and professionals who provide information for each case. Most specialise in an area. For example Henry Ellis is a foreign journalist, H.R Murray is a Chemist. Known as the Baker St regulars, their expertise has on important bearing on your investigations.

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The presentation is excellent and creates an authentic atmosphere and there's floi; Polways a bit of a laugh on offer by watching the utterly sad performances of the actors! As Gus has said, there's loads to see here with longer cases than the original Holmes game. Lik Night Trap, this Is a two CO game, bumping up the value considerably. If you're into some cerebral action A with your Mega-CD, I highlyw i c s om m c a d thi n y um a .

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s p o cept and execution, if not in graphics, M I is , by far the superior game. However, I do l take my hat off to Probe Software for handing in an coin-op conversion that's literally i arcade perfect. The graphics and sound are p superb, perfectly mirroring the impressive s coin-op's. The digitised sprites and sounds o and the animation on each of the players is just are great n The gameplay, though identical to the coin-op's, just superb. isn't up e to scratch. There's little variety in the way each character plays (apart from the special moves) and the computer d opponents are very thick. A single combination of moves is a to floor lust about any opponent on any of the diffiadequate r culty levels.

Very sloppy indeed. It took Jaz around two minutes ofc play to unearth that very serious fault in the gameplay and it aworks consistently on the majority of opponents making a mockery of solo play. I've played Megadrive Street d Fighter II, and it's just as close a conversion as Mortal Kombat e your choice: if you're an MK fan, get this. If, like me, is. Take p you prefer Street Fighter II save your cash for the forthcoming l game.

Capcom a y e r s w Fans wondered if the i blood 'n' guts of the l arcade would make it l Well, it has on onto cart. r the Megadrive version. The particularly e nasty scene with the Pit is included. a There, when beaten, fighters l fall to a disembowelled doom i in a pit of neatly stacked spikes far below. s However, all the "gore iseonly available if you can find the hidden 'cheat" mode t contained somewhere in the h by game. And the way,aour lips ore t sealed.. ifor the time n being! c o n -

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POWERS:Sonya's Force Wave is a bolt of mysterious energy, only slightly less bizarre than the leg grab she performs on bemused fighters.

The first six matches ore very similar in concept to Street Fighter It — just win the best of three rounds and you progress to the next stage

MIRROR MATCH Here, the forces of evil have conjured up your evil twin, capable of all the special moves and tactics that you are! Use all your skill and cunning against this formidable opponent.

RNDURANCS ROUNDS Here, your Mortal Kombat skills ore tested to the max! With just one bar of energy at your disposal, you're chorged with the task of decking not one, but two opponents consecutively! Aieeeel

BOSS ROUNDS In the finol two matches you pit your wits against the two most dreaded opponents in the game!

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The graph., i c excellent: s are the sprites ore amazingly similar to their arcade counterparts and the animation is very good indeed. Sound too is lust about arcade perfect. So what more could you ask for? Well, let me tell you. The game falls short on playability. When you punch someone it simply doesn't feel like you're making contact. The controls are slow and unaccurate and consequently you can't do quickfire combo moves. Another problem is the lack of challenge. On the highest difficulty level most of the opponents can be easily beaten by jumping over their range move and doing a mid air kick, and It doesn't take long to suss out tactics for the ones that can't. Its a flaw in the gameplay that simply can't be ignored.

Apparently you could do something very similar in the coin-op, but that's no excuse. Don't get me wrong — Mortal Kombot isn't bad, but it could have been a lot better.

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However, the game does have Is moments, particularly playable levels like the country zone and the fairground. Unfortunately the best levels of the game tend to be near the start, the game then runs out of steam, and many of the later zones are tricky but routine- The humour is also not very funny and the character quite unendearing. Accolade really shouldn't have wasted so much memory on sampled speech and put more into the play features. It's still an okay game, with probably a few weeks' challenge, but

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Standing alone, it's not a bad little game with some wonderful animation and some good, solid, fun gameplay (even if it does become rather dull eventually). But if you put it in the ring with Sonic, which Accolade has effectively done, Bubsy doesn't stand a chance! One of the most annoying features of the game is the way that if you rev him up to high speed he usually end up dead because you can't avoid bumping into one of those gormless enemies — when Sonic gathers speed, at least he has somewhere to go! The backdrops are bright and cheerful, the music is irritating beyond belief (thankfully you can turn it off) — all in all, it's not a bad little game. I wouldn't highly recommend It but it might be worth a look.

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1 The Megodrive is now getting used to a healthy number r of soccer sims, and here we go again with Ultimate Soccer, looking to go one up on its predecessors. It comes with oil the options and flexibility that ore part and parcel of any sim these days. There are more countries than probably exist from which to choose, knockout tournament, a league for the dedicated enthusiast and a penalty shoot out for that intense adrenalin rush! As you would expect of such a sports sim this has a two-player option, but this con stretch to on eight player thanks to the all-new Sega Tap. For the ultimate soccer success, developing those dribbling, passing and shooting skills is a must. For the all-round flash Harry, expressions of virtuosity can be seen with the occasional bicycle kick and diving header. But at the end of the day, it's the score that matters and not the fancy footwork, which means that British teams manage to lose out in all departments! Don't worry though, some programmer out there is sure to hove a 'Frustrated Footy Hooligan' sim in the pipeline!

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It's awful as well the way the pitch seems to roll in waves as players move across it like ship-wrecked mariners! Ultimate Soccer's chance of salvation comes in the multi-player mode — it's a real riot with two Sega Taps and eight players!

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If you're a lonely soul it's Super Kick Off for sure. If it's four-player action you're after, check out the more intelligent and challenging .1 League. If you can amass eight players and fancy regular football orgies, Ultimate Soccer is definitely the game you want.

HO'S BETTER 14 Ultimate Soccer takes the pig skin for the 1sheer variety of choice of international sides, be it Angola or Argentina, the USA or the UEA. Each team has a 1 1based on speed, strength and rating agility with the top sides like Germany, Brazil, 1 7Italy and England (oheml) coming out on top. As a player improves, this naturally means they start to choose ' l the noff teams to indulge in a spot from of giant killing. The difference in standards q between the best and the worst teams is not as marked as it could be, wit but if England can get beaten 2-0 by the " USA, it's probably just as well!

F S T Most soccers oce rgomes feature a limited two- player mode, Not so Ultimate Soccer Just like the recently reviewed J League Soccer, this game is fully compatible with the Sega Top allowing for multiplayer football festsl J Leogue had excellent fourplayer matches, but Ultimate Soccer goes one better with awesome EIGHT player matches (by using two Sega Taps!). In these multi-player games, you're able to choose which footballer you wont to be — unlike the one- and two-player modes.

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1111There simply isn't much scope to improve your play once you get proficient at the game: Super Kick Off and .1-League ,Soccer, on the other hand, 4 seem to improve the longer you play them. Megadrive beginners will probably like lilies: experts who like to play alone should check out Super Kick Off and more gregarious players should go for .1-

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The referees are particulorly sensitive to any malicious behaviour and don't think twice about sending a player off. The strange thing is that there ore plenty of players falling over each other off the ball who escape such severe judgement. It's also odd how the ref manages to discern a nasty foul from a fluffy one because they all look more or less the same. At least it moons there ore plenty of opportunities for heated ref abuse and pointless bickering in multi-player mode.

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The fairy-tole land of Elhorn, on the other hund, is rife with animals that possess human-like qualities. This is all due to the land's history of advanced civilisation and a mysterious group known as the Seven Great Sorcerers. This bond of magi created the Pig Star -- a computer satellite used to control Elhorn's weather — and the Forbidden Fire t he limitless energy system that provides for all of Elhorn's inhabitants One animal in porticular that benefits from all this excess magical energy is an Opossum named Sporkster who, as it turns Out, is a most unlikely hero! His tale of bravery begins when one of the distinguished Sorcerers, donning the title Dark Lord tui iis the Pig Star against his associates, killing-off most of them and plunging the word into a terrible Dark Age! Komato is the one sorcerer to survive this cataclysm and promptly amasses on elite army, known as the Rocket Knights, which he employs to fight bock at Dark lord. Sporkster is orphaned in the woke of the disaster and so is taken onboard by a Rocket Knight named Mifune Sangelo who trains the young 'Possum into a useful fighter. It isn't long before Mifune loses his life in bottle, leaving Sporkster to avenge not only the death of his parents but his mentor as well!

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GETONHP Whenever Spa rkster is feeling a bit down, the rocket booster on his back is guaronteed to give him a lift. It takes a few seconds to charge up, but e this has been done, sthe direction button and furry little fellow rockets the screen. This cunning M i t evice proves particularly useful when it comes to scaling i erwise beyond Sparkster's grasp. He also happily rebounds off ,. w at l l s without inflicting any damage to himself this technique some - times h being the best way to move upwards between two walls. e i , o

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One offence I often have to ticket platformers for is ease of completion. Rocket Knight Adventures is a bit of a criminal in that deportment, I'm afraid. But if you go straight for the hardest setting you'll feel better for it. Apart from that criticism, the response on the controls is faster and smoother than most, the graphics and animation are so professional it's suspicious, the sounds so cool all you can do is nod - basically the whole thing really smokes! As far as platforms go this is better than the pair I'm wearing...and that's saying something!!

There ore a number of things that break with platform traditions in Rocket Knight Adventures. While there ore bosses at the end of each stage, don't expect them lust there. They tend to pop up as and when they feel like it. It might be a mutant pig in control of an armoured car, a mechanical caterpillar, a maniac on a roller coaster or on underwater crab vessel. Don't think you've come out victorious when it starts to explode either, because defeating a boss often involves more than one attack.

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It set new standards in videogaming and we immediately called it Megadrive Game of the Year! Now the Mega-CD version has arrived and it's my pleasure to say that it is utterly superb. As you can see from the screenshots, much the some game - but now even bigger! There are over 30 levels in the new version pocked with some of the most brain-bending puzzles you'll ever see. The atmosphere is even more amazing in this CD title, Awesome ambient music issues out from the speakers I thoroughly recommend-attaching your Mega-CD to your stereo for this one to appreciate the pseudo surround sound. It's just stunning. I must say though that most of the game is virtually the some as the Megadrive version, so if you own that there's little point buying this. However, there's not denying that It's simply astounding and easily the greatest Mega-CD title aoney can buy.

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•Though it's a short game — the 80 sections are extremely tiny — this is neatly balanced by the addition of Slap Fight MD. A shoot 'em up fanatic's dream-cometrue, Slap Fight is well worth a look!

Not only does Slap Fight took, sound and feel like the coin-op but the original mode retains a cheat from the arcade machine too! Here's how it works: Begin the game as usual, however don't move the ship or touch any buttons. After a few seconds the ship is token out by a solitary missile. Now, as the Slap Fighter flies into bottle once more it has full, homingmissile power-wings!

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A mers new development from the Konami teamvaults madelooks up oflike programbeing good news for Megadrive owners. Treasure is the name of this team and they are set to make a big impression with their first release, Gunstar Heroes.

A scrolling shoot 'em up for two players, Gunstar Heroes is the tale of two sassy young men carrying weapons into the domain of a mad, bad public enemy. Nothing new in the scenario, but the games levels are split into a variety of submissions, each with a distinctive playstyle. There are ground-based areas, underground caves to be traversed on a skateboard and a sequence requiring you to scale a giant airship. There's also lots of power-up weaponry. Each Gunstar selects a weapon type at the start of the game, but can combine this with another type later on, for all sorts of curious effects.

The screenshots here tell their own story about how polished the game looks; very much in the ultra-slick, Japanese mode of Konami games, and featuring tons of graphic effects and surprises. The most remarkable features of the game ore the bosses. There's more of them you could possibly shake a stick at, and some are quite unprecede for the Megadrive.

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Why software company's keep releasing baseball gomes in this country when the majority of people couldn't be less interested in the sport we haven't a clue but Super Baseball 2020 is certainly a lot different from any baseball game we've seen before so perhaps there's hope yet.

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But, os we all know, when life is looking rosy, something inevitably goes horribly wrong. And sure enough, one day a brick comes flying rough the Rocks' window inscribed with a ransom note threatening to waste Chuck unless his missus coughs up loads of wongo. Enter sixmonth-old Chuck Junior who, armed only with some Farley's rusks (and a big, bad mutho of a club) prepares to rescue his dad from the clutch of his biggest business rival -- Brick Jagger in el Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck Rock.

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As a fully-fledged phantom, the player gets to use his supernatural powers to possess over 400 fright-items to score the wicked family out of their not-to-abundant-wits and out of their homes. Watch Flo lose her wig when Guy freaks her out with a chainsow and ' witness Vito lose his ACompliotbetweso 1 the hellish heeds al Easel trousers at finding a body in his 110 b o o t .

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The red booted egg's quest in this Megadrive cartoon odventure is to rescue his eggess (Daisy) from the evil Wizord Zoks' castle in the clouds and turn all his chums into cute and fwuffy creatures again, back from the fiends that Zak has made them, The player rooms around the massive kingdom, solving puzzles, chatting to strangers and tangling with baddies (but never killing anything because that just wouldn't be cricket, old bean).

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FOR SALE NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM. 2 control pads. zapper. 6 games. including Micro Machines, WWF. Steeicage £85 or swap for Megadrive Tel. 021-353 4903.

SEGA GAME GEAR with adaptor. Master Gear Super Monaco GP 1&2. Columns Wonderboy and G.Loc E145 ono. Tel (0235) 526026.

PIES. 11 games, robot, 2 joypads, advantage joystick, Lynx, 1 car adaptor, case, 2 games, The Lynx games are new Tel 071-483 2550

MASTER SYSTEM N includes

Sonic, pius Asters and lontsiones. 2 pads. 6 months old, all boxed, like new £70.

Tel. 102021 603879 ATARI LYNX for sale with xenophobe, worth E115. sell tor £70, if interested. phone Scott on (04831715709, alter fiprn. also Master Systm with 7 games and 2 controllers (1 control pad), worth £190. will sell tor £90 (Woking. Surrey) MEGADNIVE with 12 games. inc. Sonic 2, Shinota for £350 or 11 games tor iPale CD and gameis) Tel 10787) 224055

AMSTRAD CPC 464 computer with colour monitor, also with adaptor. 5-star joystick, plastic Covers plus 60 games' will sell the lot tor E99 ono Tel 108681 252678 ,alter 4pm. The computer is in exoellent condition, you won't had a better bargain NES with 2 control pads and , advantage, light gun. 9 games. including Mario I ,2&3. all boxed with instructions. £200.

Tel. 107071 074315, PC ENGINE for sale. 8 games.

Including Formation Soccer.

Motoroader and R•Type. slow motion rapid fire pad, £100 Tel Michael on 10538) 304595

IAEGADRIVE (UK). 3 months old. sell boxed, includes 1 loypad and 4 brilliant games. also includes Japanese convertor plus a Megadrere Cheat Book. worth at least E270, sell for £135. Ter Abdul on 081-640 8049, for a definite bargain.

SNES PALSCART with 12

games, 3 joypads (1 auto), super scope games inc. Street Fighter II. Mario Kart. Mario 4.

Contra III, Rival Turf. Exhaust Heat, al tor £350 Tel Nice on (0276) 24236. plus JaplUSA convertor MEGADRIVE FOR SALE. good condition. 7 games, JM 92. Sonic 2. Robocod, etc. 23 joyeads. cheat book. only £225 l el . Tim on 10703) MMS E G A 0 115210.

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LOADS OF ATARI ST games !or sale linclutfing Monkey Island and SF S O B II and Sonic II (Megadnve) mill swap.

Tel (08321 735207.

AMIGA FOR SALE. or will part exchange tar Super NES games, 1Meg upgrade joystick. mouse, and over 70 games, inc. kick-Off 2.

Lemmings 2. PGA Tour Golf and many more, for offers and details, contact: Simon on 105251 861721.

PSS 150 YAMAHA keyboard,

complete well box and instructions. £40 or swap tor Lemmings, SOB II or any good MD game. Wnte to: L. Davies, 74 Devon Road. Frankley, Birmingham 845 ONP

SEGA MENACER tor sale.

nearly row, hardly used. extremely good condition. 6game cart included, E35 Tel 038-17281, after 6.30pm Quickly.

UK MEGADR1VE with Sonic the HeckJehog. 1 joypart. 6 months old, great condition, £85 ono. Tel. 10239) 7 1 SEGA GEAR to( sale.

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Master Gear worth £270, sell lor £100. Tel. Daniel on ( 0 783651 7 MASTER SYSTEM II plus 1 60) pad and 6 games mint cordition. E70 ono. Tel. Kevin on 081-347 8616. or leave message

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Smash TV, 12 Arcade, WWF, Splatterhouse 2. Two-C• Cedes, £27 each. brilliant condition Tel Gary on (0494) 534232

BOXED AMIGA 500, IMeg upgrade, TV modulator. 1 joystick. 2 manuals 10 games. including Final Fight, Dragons Lae, Paperboy. Falcon and brilliant art program. everything in mint condition, absolute bargain at £200. Tel Chris on 081-578 3624.

PC ENGINE wee 8 games, £100 also 4 player adaptor with I pad. C30.Tel. Char on 10825) 762288, MEGADRIVE. mint condition, all boxed plus 2 toypads and Thunder Force di Alasia Dragoon. Sonic. Tel. Barclay on 104251475073.

GAMEBOY tor sale. WWF 2, 'fetes and GB Hoister, excellent condition, £55 ono, also Megadrive games for sale, JM '92 £14. Bulls vs. lakers E23, Mores CI 1, Toraam and Earl £12, WWF Wrestlemania E22, Wrestle War £14. Tel. Kevin on (02691 593950.

SUPER MONACO 2 tor Game Gear C17 with manual Tel. Paul on (0752) 338034. alter 5Pre•

MEGADRIVE plus Streets of Rage 2, WWF arid Sonic, brilliant condition, plus 2 pads £100 Tel (0727) 874150. (St. Albans, Hertsh AMIGA 5004 colour monitor.

35 games. x-copy, blanks. loystick, mouse. leads. £280 °veil. Alan 520 ST FM, res drive. mouse, games. pro. copy. £130 ovno, Alan 2nd Wire £40 ovno, Alan SM 124 monitor. £50 own°. Star LC2410 printer. £100 ovn0, Epsom LX 400 printer, E75 ovno, avgc.

Tel. (0322) 223766. buyer must collect MEGADRIVE with Super Kick.

Oft and Streets of Rage 2 and Jap convertor plus loads of Sega 'nags. books, videos., all this for Only £120 (must collect). Tel. (0484) 538694. ask tor Glyn illirdclerslieel).

PS Will swap for Super Nintendo SNES FOR SALE with 14 games. also included is an &Scope and AR games. includes S Fighei 2, Ranma I. SM.Kart, Contra 4, Zelda 3, P.Wings. S Tennis and Turtles 4, everything is boxed, sell tor £450. first come, first served.

Tel. Edward on 1 .after 5 6prn.

0UK 3 MEGADRIVE. 5 5 2 1 2 2 8 boxed as new, with 2 control pads, 84, including 7 games: John Madden Speedball 2, Team USA 93, Basketball T h u n and more, all in excellent condition, sell tor d e rTel. f David on (0686) E200 o r c 412778,e after eipm.

4 ATARI LYNX 2 plus 2 games. ac , adaptor and carry bag £70 Tel, Ben on (0245) 400112, after 6pim

UK MEGADRIVE. 4 games.

EA Hockey. Road Rash, Rob. Sonic I , Action Replay Pro, 2 joypads, I propact. Master System convertor, all boxed and 35 'nags, posters, cover. gifts worth over E360, will sell tor £200. a bargain. Tel. (0483) 770840, alter 5prn.

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.Super Wiestlernania tor Megadrive tor your Alien 3.

Moonwalker. Budokan or Road Rash II, possibly consider other games or sell for £30 Contact Sion on (0248) 722305. weekdays alter 5prn or weekends. anytime.

UK MEGA-CO tor sale. with Sega Arcade Collection, Cobra. Commando. Sol•Feaoa and Road Avenger, sell for £225 ono, also swap Megadnve (UK) with star control. Sonic 2 Ecco, Lemmings, 3 controllers, toe SNES vinM 2 games l e Mario World. Pilotwings. Ter (0303) 893153.

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LOBSTERS! Quality Hegadrive games like, Chakan, Aquatic Games, Krusty's. Preighter, Toeiam & Earl, Arcus, Odyssey. James Pond II, Shadow Dancer ,Ecco arid more tor E15-E20. Tel. Mike On (07881891 440. all in good condition BARGAIN Japanese Sega Megadrive with Eswal and Golden Axe, 2 boxed and breed new, Quick sale at £80.

Tel Dave on 061-339 9770 FOR SALE. Super Kick-Olt 1MDj. brand new, worth £45, sell tor £30 Tel. 109921 444855.

MEGADRIVE. boxed, 2

ioypads. 8 games. Sonic 2, EA Hockey 2. Streets of Rage 2, Desert Strike. Thunderlorce 4, Tazmarna, etc. plus 49 mags C220 ono Tel. 071.586 4130 GAMEBOY games tot sale £12 each, Super Kick•011.

Marioland. Choplitter 11, Battle.

Toads, GoGo Tank. Terminator II, Double Dragon II. Blades of Steel and Side Pocket, all as new Tel Tom on (0733) 557546 NES FOR SALE with 3 games including Mario 3 and zapper gun. as new £85. also SNES Zelda III Ion sale £20. Tel Tom on (0733) 557546, before 9pm.

PC ENGINE Core Grafic tor sale with 4 games. including PC Kid lb. all as new £110. Tel. Tom on (0733) 557546. also old Mean Machines tor sale. issues 2. 6. and 9-24 Cl 80 each. all as new

ATARI LYNX 1 for sale, with

large carry case. adaptor and 6 games, including APB, New. Warriors and Golf, everything boxed as new £155. Tel. Tom on (0733) 557546, NES 6 games 4-score, 2 joypads. joystick magazines. cleaning kit for E185 ono Tel 07601 338790. atter 6prn and ask lot Coin Areirew, or swap for SPIES and 1 or 2 games, 2 controllers, any game(s) prof Street Fighter 2.

SEGA GAME GEAR. Sonic,

Oil Run, Europa, Super Monaco GP II games £25 the lot Tel, 061-902 1526, daytime only and ask tor Pete.

AMIGA 500 plus Cartoon

Classic Pack for sale (1.5Mb), still wrapped-up and boxed (never used). unwanted present. over E400 of software, mouse, joystick, shop price over E500. see tor C200-C250, great bargain, Tel. Guy on 071733 1323

IAEGADRIVE, toypad, ac adaptor. RF-switch. Sonic 1&2.

Road Rash, Golden Axe, Slanotx 2. Quackshol. NHL '93, good condition, E210 Tel Simon on 081 993 1650

JAP MEGADRIVE for sale with 2 top joypads.sticks, also 8 games inc Sonic 1&2, Shinobi and Streets oh Rage t, all for £250 ono. Tel Joe on (0938) 810205, alter 4pm No post delivery. preferably someone in Wales TEDDY BOY. Quartet. no instructions. arid Mains adaptor tor Game Gear all for CIO, Wonderboy in Monstertand £15. Indiana Jones CIO, Sonic 2 for Garne Gear C15 Tel. Tony Tsang on 041-634 8287, between 9 30-11.30pm.

Monday & Wednesday evenings only GAME GEAR psu, Master Gear, Sonic. Sonic 2, Columns. Devilish, Prince of Persia, Chuck Rock, Super Space Invaders, Alien 3 Terminator, worth over £300. all boxed with instructions. bargain at el 70 Tel Cambridge (0223) 880705. alter 7pm

SNES WITH SF II for sale, only £95 one also Megadnve with 3 games only £95 ono Tel (0392) 438513, ask for Helen.

AMSTRAD CPC 6128. nearly

50 games. 3 joysticks. TV and radio tuner and monitor, sell for C175. Tel. (0494)672426.

MEGADRIVE with 2 control pacts, taws 5 games, only months old (130 ono, Tel 081476 1424 MEGADRIVE tor sale. with 8 games £200 all 88% and above - World of 'Simeon.

Mickey & Donald, Super Off Road. Lemmings. Sonic.

Populous. Wonderboy in Monster World, F22 Interceptor. EA Hockey ,2 joypads, carry case. good condition. Tel. (0702) 467438.

MEGADRIVE GAMES lor sale, all UK. games include SOR II, Krusty's Funhouse, and World of Illusion, will sell for between CI 0-C30, depending on game.

Call Richard on (0222) 371515 for details All games boxed and in excellent condition.

MEGADRIVE tor sale, boxed with 6 *ernes including Sonic 2, Desert Strike. Lemmings and others with 2 joyeads worth £350. sell tor E225 ono.

Tel 021-773 0832.

GAME GEAR, mains adaptor, carry case and 6 games, including Sonic. Sonic 2.

Global Gladiators, Olympic Gold. Shinobi and Columns. worth over £240, sell tor £140. all boxed with instructions, il interested contact Lewis on Stevenage (0438) 359135 MEGADRIVE and 6 games, all boxed and instructions. Euro Club. Soccer. etc. carrying case, 2 control pads. Ter Louise on (0277) 208004

MART AMERICAN SUPER NES Scan only. 8 games, inciuding Stenos, Street Fighter 2 games e d a m'. 2 control pads. sell lot E350. no cheques Te l (0252) 511030, after 6pm.

PC ENGINE with 9 great games, including Gracious, Salamander Outrun, Space Hamer. Power Drift, Chase HO and New Zealand Story. fully boxed and in excellent condition, only £200 ono.

Contact Andy on 051-339 9566

LOOK I AM SELLING a Commodore Vic 20 complete with keyboard database, book joystick and over 13 games, worth over E120, sell tor £65 or swap lot Commodore 64. Tel. 071-635 5234 or write to Carlton Grove, -1Beechelene.

J erry Acorn Estate, London SE15 C o o p e 211H. rMEGADRIVE , 2 pads and 18

MEGADRIVE plays all carts. pad. powetseck. catty case, 9 games. inc PGA Tour Golf, EA Hockey. Leiters vs. Celtics, Road Rash, sale of s in , * games or whole package £335. vgc. all games boxed with instuctions. Tel. (0372) 726840. after 6.30pm,

AMSTRAD CRC SIN, colour

monitor, over £350 games, eg Robocop. Shadow Warriors. wonh over E750. sell for E95 ono Tel. 081-876 6795.

MEGADRIVE. 4 games. all EA. eg. Desert Strike. Madden '92. vgc. worth over £260. sell for E125 ono Tel 081-876 6795.

MEGADRIVE for sate (Jap), 6 amazing games Sonic, J. Madden '92. MM & DO. World of Illusion. Streets of Rage Wrestle Wars and Ouackshot, 1 turbop joypad and 1 normal joypad, vgc. all boxed. sell lor E250 ono. Tel Ric hard on (0646) 682581

games for sale worth Over E700.sell tor E475. including Ecco Sonic, Strider, Desert Strike. Megia-lo-Mania, Street of Rage Tel 071-277 0240 BEST BUY PC Engine handheld with 2 games oncuchng PC. Kid II. mains adaptor, boxed, excellent condition worth £300, will sea lor E180 ono Tel Simon on (0702) 295458. after 5pte

MEGADRIVE GAMES lor sale,

holiday, £230 Write to Simon Chan. 55 Dickson Street.

Widnes, Cheshire WA8 6NX or prime 051-424 0216 HEY!!! Official Megadnve tor sale. controllers, stereo sack and 9 games including Speedball 2. JM '92. Streets of Rage 2, Alien 3, Mega loMania and PGA Tour Golf. both Megadrive and games are fully inseuctioned, boxed and in mint condition, accepting sensible offers, around E260 Tel. Dan on 109081679706 PORSCHES! Just kidding ,Robocod £22 Dec ap C28, also wanted Game Genie, will pay upto F_30. Tel. Chris on (0494) 535799. weekdays 5-9pm.

MEGADRIVE for sale, with Sonic 2, Lemmings arid Menacer worth E230, accept E i 25. Tel. (05394) 36609, excellent condition (la k e District) GAMEBOY for sale, with 5 games. Hanoland. Home Alone 2. etc. with carry case. worth E170. accept E75. Tel (05394) 36609, excellent condition.

FOR SALE, Gameboy with Super Kick-011. Dragon's Lair, Super Matioland 2. Blades of Steel, WWF 2 and Totes, mostly boxed, worth £190 sell tot (110 T01.(0634) 666055. ante 5pm.

sale, inc. Revenge of Shinobi and Super Monaco GP both 94% also Master System games Inc. Vigilante and Super Tennis, pic as vary from E6E10 Ta t Joe on 081 960 0536. after Sore everyday FOR SALE Mogadnve games European Club Soccer. World ol Illusion. Castle of Illusion, Eswat, WWF, flack Tracy £20 eace, all boxed with instructions Tel ()442)

FIGHTER FOR SALE, gift from

all boxed oath rostractions,1 have Streets of Rage I & II, Desert Strike, EA Hockey, PGA Tour Golf, Road Rash 2 and Sonic 2. all games undo( E25. 1 interested. contact Brian on (0232)838101

ATARI LYNX for sale.

complete with 4 games and carry case E80 ono (boxed), Tel Ry an on 407841432394.

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872077 SEGA MEGADRIVE, 6 top 10

games. 2 formes. only 2 months E180 ono, it interested. call David on 10222) 766969

AMIGA 500, 1Meg upgrade. good condleon. over E300 of games. joystick. mouse and mai, lots of magazines, will sell tor (240 ono. or will swap for Super Nintendo and games.

Tel '0903) 501457. after 6pm, and ask for Matthew.

MEGADRIVE 1 -year old, 8 games. including Sonic 2 & Strew, 2 pads, 1 turbo, heactproones, boxed with instructions all for £285, also Nintendo Super Scope lot sale £30 with batteries, Tel. Simon oil 021-705 6699. °trick.

ATARI 520 STE 1Meg upgrade, ext dis k duvet. 4 joysticks, mouse, dtp, business arid games software plus

aocceeorles. Tot 021-357 4262

ATTENTION! I would like to sell Flashback for Megadrive £33. John Madden 92 E22, also tor Garneboy• Manoland 2 £21 and Terminator 2 t 7 . interesied. call 071-703 7516, lf Mon Fn, only between 5-8pm MEGADRIVE for sale. 19 top games lik e Sonic 2, Ecco, Streets of Rage 23. John Madden '92, 2 turbo pads. scan and 17 mags. worth well over E600, sell for around E400. Tel. Phil On (0297) 60347.

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SWAP my Megadrive in perfect condition (boxed) with b great games. including Hockey and Streets of Rage 2 ton SNES with 2 games, or I will sell lot E175. Tel_ Tom on 071624 7166. after 60m. weekdays

SUPER NINTENDO with 12

games. 3 joypads. convertor and magazines. tor Mega-CD with 10 games or Neo-Geo with 45, all on excellent condition, games include Startox and Top Gear Contact John on (0225)873301 (Avon area).

SWAP Chuck Rock MD tor Super Kock-Oft or VVWF Wreseemania, Tel. (0642) 821192 (Middiesbrough).

AFRICAN CAMIAAL I will I WILL SWAP Mickey on the Gametioy for any Megadrive or Gametoy games. Contact Victoria on (0507) 527244

MEGADRIVE GAMES for

swap, Road Rash 2, PGA Tour II, J Madden 93. Golden Axe. Altered Beast, Sonic. it interested, phone (0425) 622996 and ask for Sam. SWAP T2, Sonic 2 and Shadow of the Beast. for Fatal Fury. Road Flash 2 Mic ro Machines, Desert Strike.

Power Monger, must be boxed with instructions, any other good games considered. Tel, (0642) 243502. between 5Opel I WILL SWAP your Megadrive with 12 game lot my Master System with 7 games Tel, (0440) 706015. ask for Ross.

SWAP Streets col Rage II ion Sunset Riders or Wrestlernania for 2 CAude Dudes. Tel (0239) 613782. ask for Gareth

swap my MS with 12 games. phaser, s.stick and pad for your MD with 3 games, (80'16.) or for your SNES with 2 games 180%41. Tel.Henty on (0279) 812811, with details MS is box edl HI THERE! MS owners, how about Sonic I for either Golf, Simps on or Out Run, than call Leigh on (024A) 811926, allow 3prn.

SWAP my Megadrive. MegaCD and Master System convenor, with 9 CD games. 4 Megadnve games, 2 Master System games and 2 controllers for a Neo•Geo with 3-5 games, and 2 joysticks. good condition, person must collect Tel (0633)867444

WANTED WANTED: Mega-CO with Final

10 games (quality). any games considered Tel 10436) 76788, ask for / * Wait Jap games also welcome SWAP my Amiga 500 with joystick, MOU5e. many games tor Megadrive cot will see for E225 Te l Pares h on 081-426 8533.

SEGA GAME GEARSonic.

Outrun, Europa. Super Monaco GP II games, swap for shooting games, except G-Loc. Halley Wars. Tel 061-902 1526, ask tor Pete.

I WILL SWAP Megadrove for SNES. I have 8 decent games, eg Sonic 1&2, Streets of Rage 182, Road Rash II. Tazmania. etc. SNES must have 5 , games. preferably SE II, Mario Kart Tiny Toon& all offers Tel 6 Phil on (0242) 621429, efts( 7prn

Fight and Night Trap, willing to play between C1501200.

Phone (0738) 36169. alter 5prn

Dragons Fury. Gynoug.

Megalomania, Captain America. wanted -Senna S o GP, n i cRoad Rash 2.

2Lotus , Turbo, Challenge.

Lemmings, also of hers considered (all above English attest Tel. Ryan on (0483) 417996, evenings (Surrey area).

SWAP boxed Super NES with Mardworld plus boxed Propad with Action Pro Replay adaptor arid extra 8 games, includes Mario Kart SI2, Note/mg, Contras. Joe A Meek. I want Neo-Geo with 3 games Tel. Ricky on 071-925 0140 or home 081-368 7486

FM LOOKING for a pen friend aged 11 12 oath a Megadrive.

Write to: Tim. 4 Addington Road, Woodford, Northants NN14 4ES HI! l looking for girt pen friend. am Please send a recent photo to a B Preston. 52 Medway 1 Sulgrave, Tamworth, Staffs 2 2JN_ My interests are 877 y most sports, music_ computers and e animals GAME-LINK! The Pen Pal a Club for garners rmembesi Free swap serivce, , O v e r o tips help & more 3 0& cheats, 0 l plus J oin now and enter our free d comp lo win loadsa prizes' For details send sae to. b S. White, 28 Churchfi erld, o Ware Herts SG12 OED. y

MISCELLANEOUS SUPER PRO FIGHTERS tor sale, E230, real time saver cards only E30, dual UGH £270 Write to. Simon Chan, 55 Dickson Street, Widnes, Cheshire WAR 6NX or phone 051.424 0216 e.200? does quick money making interest you S e n d a sae to: G. Lowe 139 Conway Avenue, Great Wakering, Essex SS3 OBH

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SEGA MEGADRIVE games, all types old or new, please send lists to W Ennis, 181 HS Haademmenttog. 105 LB Amsterdam. Netherlands, Tel. 020-684•8425, alter 5prn. please state postage arid packing price as well WANTED: Megadrive games.

Gameboy. SNES games, bought for cash. Tel. (07451 334965, alter 6prn. please OH Have you got any unwanted Marvel on DC comics, new or old and in good condition? Wee, contact Tristram on (0734) 772229. or write to. 5 The Green, Woosehill, Wolunghant Berkshire RG11 9PG, prices to be confirmed, NE0 GEO wanted, with 1 game and 2 controllers, will pay £200E250. depending on game Tel (0939) 210361 HELP. I'm looking for invade(s S p a c e90'. on import lot the Megadrete, if you have a copy in good condition, and with the booklet. Ill pay between E25E30 for it II you've got it. please call me on 10768) 899773. after 6pm I WOULD like any cheap MS games, contact: Rob on (0227) 731484, after 5pm. any weekday not weekends

Mickey Mouse, Wondertsay.

Transbot Donald Duck.

Raster'. My Hero, Bonanza Bros, or Space Harrier on the Master System? Then seed an sae to Edinburgh, Scotland .Terrace, P E815 K i l 280. Don't lust sit there.

NEVER MIND the cacti' lin 'Ultima' has stacks of Tips. Pen ,Pals, Reviews, Swaps, Fee! 1SAE to AJH. 33 Central 2Avenue. Spoke, Liverpool 124 53XG. SUPER PRO FIGHTER S (SNES) £285. Wild Card (2,2) e (SNES) E205 both machines a come with guarantee. power v Supply and 25 games over E1000, end out more Tel 081i e749 7962, some MO games also for sale 'Slop Press* FM w Towns and 31)0 information available.

MESSAGES OVER 210 TIPS tot Megadnve. Master System and Game Gear I also Action Replay and Game Germ) codes) 50p per 3 tips Send sae to: Greystones, High Heworth Lane, Felling.

Galeshead, Tyne and Wear NE10 eXD No Cheats? Money back' IMPORTANT! Read this' We have hints, tips. Game Genie and Action Replay codes available, we will immediately send help needed (Megado,00 only). Send 50p post orcke sae and the emblems yell have Will up to 5 games to: W Llewellyn. 43 Coed•y Lianedeyrn.

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